And to your left is our tea room....

So yesterday Liverpool finally managed a 2-0 win against Newcastle. About time too. So far this season they played awfully (ok ok, it's still quite early, but nevermind...frustrated supporter here!!!) Hopefully a crappy start bodes for a super ending :o)

I'm still living with my friend Sam at the moment...Blogging from the living room, which has become my den, so to speak. I found out today that I can move into my next place on Sunday as opposed to Monday - one day won't make much difference but it's a bit of a pain to have to move on a Monday and miss uni (Nerd alert! Achtung!!!) Talking of which....I wanted to sign up for Intensive German evening classes. Last year Dany and I took an eight-week taster course, and since we both enjoy learning new languages we thought we'd crank it up a notch and sign up for the intensive course this year. Thing is this: it costs £106. Student rate. For a year. OK at the end we get a diploma. And another thing is, should I really be doing stuff like that in my final year? Hmmm....in theory no. But really, I'm the type of person who gets more motivated, the more stuff I have on my agenda. Give me a day during which I have to complete 10 tasks and I'll do them all, well, and with time to spare. Then on a day when I have zero to few tasks, chances are I'll get nothing done. Weird. I know...

Anyway...So moving house on Monday, Open Day tomorrow and Saturday....fun weekend all in all. Open Day means I get to show people around the School of Chemistry, telling them how fantastic it is and how my life changed after joining, and how inspiring the surroundings are, bla-di-bla. Funny that a few minutes later, they'll be taken to Selly Oak where some of the residence halls are. Would we call that environment "inspiring"? Wow...I guess it's all relative...innit?!

Bad points about having to do Open Day:
1. You get no work done
2. You have to lie about Birmingham
3. It's boring...and looong (6 hours tomorrow and 6 more on Saturday)
4. Saturday is the WEEKEND. And I have to be at University....Moo.

Good points about having to do Open Day:
1. They pay you for wasting time and lying. And they pay well.
2. To console ourselves, we're going to eat curry on friday and sushi on saturday. MMmmmm

OK fair enough. I'm convinced.

Oh and on Sunday we're going to Cafe Soya since I'm moving out :o)

Enough now. Good night everyone!!!

xXx

Confessions of a hobo....

So I'm back in Birmingham...It's actually surprisingly sunny. Transition between home and UK went smoothly...I went to Liverpool for the weekend so I had something to look forward to. I met all the Liverpool group of friends, we had dinner, and went to a few chill out places. Good stuff. Then back to Birmingham....

At the moment I'm homeless, so my nights are spent camping in Sam's living room. Poor Sam. She's too patient. The contract for my previous house ended beginning of August, and my next one only starts on the 25th September. So for the time being I'm spending my mornings desperately rummaging through a huge pile of boxes, hoping to find a suitable item of clothing for the day. By the time I've found what I was looking for, it starts to rain, so I have to repeat the procedure to find a jacket. But before I set foot on the damp path leading to University, I realise the sun has come out, meaning that the jacket I'm wearing will be far too thick. So I go back to the corner in the living room where my boxes are stacked, and look for a lighter top. Mission accomplished. And now the day officially begins. Walk to uni. Say hi to people in my lab. Be ignored. Try harder. Still being ignored. Give up and start doing something useful. Supervisor walks in and says she needs to meet in half an hour and could I please do this extra bit of work by then. Do the work. Half an hour later, meeting is postponed to lunch time. Tell friends to have lunch without me. Meanwhile I get something light from across campus. Come back in time for meeting. Told to wait for 5 minutes. An hour and a half later, see supervisor walking out. Apparently meeting was cancelled and the work wasn't so urgent.

Go back to desk, and do some more work. Have coffee. Check for any football that's on that evening. Pack stuff and go home to my hammock.

Highlight of the day: I have a suitcase full of Twistees. In cases of severe boredom, homelessness and other such conditions, eat Twistees as needed.

xXx

Hey Bab...fancy goin' to the pub tonoiiiq?

Bleugh....Sorry for the lack of posts! The smurfette is back...I'm in Malta at the moment. Very very good times. I miss this place so damn much I'm not recognising myself. I came down for the wedding, which was real fun. It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves, too.

Met up with friends, caught up with family, spent some time with my cat, and my room....job interviews, beach, family hassles...the lot. Can be very hectic at times, but the truth is I love living here. I really do. Life is fun, and easy....and fun. :o)

Today I went to Marsaskala for a day with my dad. We fixed the plumbing so now the kitchen has water...YAY! And we went for a walk. Marsaskala is my favourite place in Malta. Not only because of the sea...there's Sea everywhere here...but also because the summer housewe have there used to belong to my great grandfather, and I remember my grandparents living there very clearly. It's well over a hundred years old!!!! I hope to live there for a while after my PhD.

Anyways...So my time in Malta was too short. I met Janice and Godwin, Sharon and Chris, Edward, Martin, Mirko, Julie...all my sixth form friends, and many other friends I made along the way. It was fantastic. I enjoyed every second of it. I'll post pictures once I have them.

Meanwhile....I'm gearing up for Friday. Yep...back to the soggy side of the world, where the "i"s are turned into "oi"s and the t's and q's are freely interchangeable. Where man's best friend is no longer the dog, but a sturdy, loyal brollie, just in case it's not windy when it rains.

Great.

I'm going to Brummy-land. 'Ere...quick!! Goq yer a seqqa ear-moofs.

Cheers mejq!!!!