Bizarrely managed to get a job, and did work 4 days this week. Crazy! Also will be working all next week, although trickily doubled booked for the majority of it. Not quite sure how that will all work out. I will endeavour to keep you all updated.
Am currently exhausted, due to excessive lack of sleep-age. The Heathfield Rd house turns into a sort of refugee camp over the summer months, during which the general homeless come to get rest, or more commonly, disturb ours. To be fair, lack of sleep mostly related to my own self absorbed stresses, not really blameable on any one else.
Anyway, time for a nap I feel.
Vix
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Moving On...
Well beach was great! We are nicely tanned (the burnt bits are receding into quite a nice brown colour!)
We've spent all morning packing everything up...we are leaving our humble abode in Bucharest behind.
The next challenge is getting all out tonnes of baggage toBrasov via metrou, bus and minibus!!
Oh the joys
Love you all
Hannah
xxx
We've spent all morning packing everything up...we are leaving our humble abode in Bucharest behind.
The next challenge is getting all out tonnes of baggage toBrasov via metrou, bus and minibus!!
Oh the joys
Love you all
Hannah
xxx
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Job, more information
As I sit and write (type) this Vix should be on her way home from work as she got work at lunchtime.
I'm getting a new car tomorrow (Wed) which is really exciting as mine keeps leaking water from the radiator. Also, I've just tidied my bit of the room and found things that disappeared months ago...cufflink things for example, missing since Sept. To complete the list of good things, I handed in my essay last week and I'm going to Romania next week.
However, every silver lining must have a cloud, the washing line broke earlier dumping all the bedsheets in the flower border and most of the people who drive down this street could do with improving their clutch control, especially when reversing early in the morning.
Sweating like a ... (fill in with your own simile)
Fran
xx
I'm getting a new car tomorrow (Wed) which is really exciting as mine keeps leaking water from the radiator. Also, I've just tidied my bit of the room and found things that disappeared months ago...cufflink things for example, missing since Sept. To complete the list of good things, I handed in my essay last week and I'm going to Romania next week.
However, every silver lining must have a cloud, the washing line broke earlier dumping all the bedsheets in the flower border and most of the people who drive down this street could do with improving their clutch control, especially when reversing early in the morning.
Sweating like a ... (fill in with your own simile)
Fran
xx
Job
The general job/lack of saga continues. Thought I had a job for four of the five days this week, however, on turning up this morning I realised it is actually for next week. Nightmare.
Life continues eventless and moneyless.
Vix
Life continues eventless and moneyless.
Vix
Monday, July 17, 2006
Accents
At church yesterday someone told me that they were suprised I was English, as I have an American accent!!!?!?!
This is not the first time I've been told this since I've been in Romania this summer, however, this time was made worse by the fact that it was an English man who said it!!!!
I do NOT have an American accent!!! GRRRRR!!!
This is not the first time I've been told this since I've been in Romania this summer, however, this time was made worse by the fact that it was an English man who said it!!!!
I do NOT have an American accent!!! GRRRRR!!!
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Eight Project Free days....
Well, feels like a long time since i updated this (i really do seem to be the only heathfield girl with anything happening at the moment) - various internet disasters have prevented my blogging activity for a while! (so this means this is going to be an essay!!!)
Summary of how zoezoe and the Hannah lady have been spending there project free time:
Day 1 Sat: We found an exciting little park that we'd not been to before and ate lunch there. Then we watched the wimbledon women's tennis final with some english guys that we met via a friend. Then said english guys took us for our first KFC experience - apparently EVERYONE has eaten KFC (is this true??) (there i've mentioned it now guys - it really did happen!!!)
Day 2 Sun: We went to the international church where the english guys have been working for the past 8months. It was great to worship in english and hear a sermon in English, and not have to concentrate so hard on understanding the words, thus being able to concentrate on the meaning and application more. Oh we also ate Romanian food in a Romanian Restaurant with the English guys. The restaurant was quite exciting - the roof opened and closed and there were chickens and ducks in cages everywhere!
Day 3 Mon: Mountain Adventure 2 - Uphill, Busteni - Babele
Zoezoe and I decided it was about time we went up the mountain the traditional way (rather than our previous cable car cheat!) So we scaled 15m wide mini-glacier type things, edged our way slowly along the tiny mountain ridges and bravely stepped off the edge of a thin snow overhang onto the rock below! Most embarrassing moment was being caught mid-change between trousers and shorts by the only man we'd seen all day! (yes i was dancing on the mountain side in my pants! Oops!!)
Day 4 Tues: Babele - Omu - Bran and onto Brasov
Was rather suprised to wake up and find my legs to be pain free...the night before they had been in agony! So off we set across the mountain top to reach the peak, Omu 2507m. We arrived much faster than expected and after a quick lunch decided to set off on the 6hr trek down the mountain to Bran (the place of Dracula's castle). This seemed like a good idea at the time, we'd finish a day early and all that....2hrs in my legs began to shake and be in generally a lot of pain! The paths were really really steep and my knees weren't made for such trauma! With the help of two big sticks that zoezoe found, we eventually made it down the mountain - and even then we had a 2hr walk into Bran!!
In Bran, we ate a filling meal of good old meat and potatoes! Romanian cuisine is immense!!
We then got the bus to Brasov, where i'd cheekly phoned up the place i'd worked in my Gap Year and got us a bed there for the night!!
Day 5 Wed: Brasov
Spent the day hobbling around in Brasov, helped with day care at the house (its a charity that works with children and young adults with disabilities). It was great to see everyone again, they have a new lady organising the day care now, and she has such a heart and vision for the place, its so exciting to see!! In the evening we got a minibus back to Bucharest ( the driver kept telling me off for putting my feet on the seat...ooops!!)
Day 6 Thurs: Don't remember much from this day apart from Pain, my legs didn't really understand why i'd made them climb a mountain, and being annoyed at the internet not working!!
Day 7 Fri: The most typically english picnic you've ever had....
We met up with the English guys in the park, and found a bit of grass by the lake to sit and eat our picnic on. All was fun...lots of banter! (how i miss being mocked for my crazy ways!!)
Then rain began to fall...but being britis, we decided to stick it out and finish our game of cards!
Then we packed up and went off to play the most craziest and impossible crazy golf you've ever seen!! It was made even more crazy and entertaining by the torrential thunderstorm that decided to start as we all began the 4th hole!! Some holes were actually impossible to get the ball in the hole, others seemed to have no obstacles at all - so we had fun making human obstacles (all very well until certain people called zoezoe decided to whack the ball into my ankle!) We were all drenched by the time we reached the 5th hole and continued to hole 18 in grand form - i even put in a shock hole in one!! Crazy!!
Day 8 Sat: Shopping
Zoezoe made me go to a shopping mall!! (no joke - this was actually zoe's idea not mine!)
I bought my first clothing purchase of the 9weeks so far.
We also bought ice-cream.
Then i phoned up the internet place - and HURRAH!!! The internet works!!!!!
Planned for next week is a trip to the seaside! yay!!
Love you and miss you girlies
xxxx
Summary of how zoezoe and the Hannah lady have been spending there project free time:
Day 1 Sat: We found an exciting little park that we'd not been to before and ate lunch there. Then we watched the wimbledon women's tennis final with some english guys that we met via a friend. Then said english guys took us for our first KFC experience - apparently EVERYONE has eaten KFC (is this true??) (there i've mentioned it now guys - it really did happen!!!)
Day 2 Sun: We went to the international church where the english guys have been working for the past 8months. It was great to worship in english and hear a sermon in English, and not have to concentrate so hard on understanding the words, thus being able to concentrate on the meaning and application more. Oh we also ate Romanian food in a Romanian Restaurant with the English guys. The restaurant was quite exciting - the roof opened and closed and there were chickens and ducks in cages everywhere!
Day 3 Mon: Mountain Adventure 2 - Uphill, Busteni - Babele
Zoezoe and I decided it was about time we went up the mountain the traditional way (rather than our previous cable car cheat!) So we scaled 15m wide mini-glacier type things, edged our way slowly along the tiny mountain ridges and bravely stepped off the edge of a thin snow overhang onto the rock below! Most embarrassing moment was being caught mid-change between trousers and shorts by the only man we'd seen all day! (yes i was dancing on the mountain side in my pants! Oops!!)
Day 4 Tues: Babele - Omu - Bran and onto Brasov
Was rather suprised to wake up and find my legs to be pain free...the night before they had been in agony! So off we set across the mountain top to reach the peak, Omu 2507m. We arrived much faster than expected and after a quick lunch decided to set off on the 6hr trek down the mountain to Bran (the place of Dracula's castle). This seemed like a good idea at the time, we'd finish a day early and all that....2hrs in my legs began to shake and be in generally a lot of pain! The paths were really really steep and my knees weren't made for such trauma! With the help of two big sticks that zoezoe found, we eventually made it down the mountain - and even then we had a 2hr walk into Bran!!
In Bran, we ate a filling meal of good old meat and potatoes! Romanian cuisine is immense!!
We then got the bus to Brasov, where i'd cheekly phoned up the place i'd worked in my Gap Year and got us a bed there for the night!!
Day 5 Wed: Brasov
Spent the day hobbling around in Brasov, helped with day care at the house (its a charity that works with children and young adults with disabilities). It was great to see everyone again, they have a new lady organising the day care now, and she has such a heart and vision for the place, its so exciting to see!! In the evening we got a minibus back to Bucharest ( the driver kept telling me off for putting my feet on the seat...ooops!!)
Day 6 Thurs: Don't remember much from this day apart from Pain, my legs didn't really understand why i'd made them climb a mountain, and being annoyed at the internet not working!!
Day 7 Fri: The most typically english picnic you've ever had....
We met up with the English guys in the park, and found a bit of grass by the lake to sit and eat our picnic on. All was fun...lots of banter! (how i miss being mocked for my crazy ways!!)
Then rain began to fall...but being britis, we decided to stick it out and finish our game of cards!
Then we packed up and went off to play the most craziest and impossible crazy golf you've ever seen!! It was made even more crazy and entertaining by the torrential thunderstorm that decided to start as we all began the 4th hole!! Some holes were actually impossible to get the ball in the hole, others seemed to have no obstacles at all - so we had fun making human obstacles (all very well until certain people called zoezoe decided to whack the ball into my ankle!) We were all drenched by the time we reached the 5th hole and continued to hole 18 in grand form - i even put in a shock hole in one!! Crazy!!
Day 8 Sat: Shopping
Zoezoe made me go to a shopping mall!! (no joke - this was actually zoe's idea not mine!)
I bought my first clothing purchase of the 9weeks so far.
We also bought ice-cream.
Then i phoned up the internet place - and HURRAH!!! The internet works!!!!!
Planned for next week is a trip to the seaside! yay!!
Love you and miss you girlies
xxxx
Friday, July 07, 2006
The good, the bad and the ugly!!
The good
Projects are finished and submitted!! Praise the LORD!!!
We are now officially FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
The Bad
Its official - All hope is lost, the washing machine will never come. I gave in this morning and went back to the old handwashing technique!
(I have a picture of me in my washer woman outfit but the computer's being STUPID so won't let me load it up!)
The Ugly
Well this was going to be a beautiful picture of momma cockroach - the evil cockroach master who by her call, lured TEN cockroaches into our bathroom the other night - I killed them all but then had nightmares!
Projects are finished and submitted!! Praise the LORD!!!
We are now officially FREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
The Bad
Its official - All hope is lost, the washing machine will never come. I gave in this morning and went back to the old handwashing technique!
(I have a picture of me in my washer woman outfit but the computer's being STUPID so won't let me load it up!)
The Ugly
Well this was going to be a beautiful picture of momma cockroach - the evil cockroach master who by her call, lured TEN cockroaches into our bathroom the other night - I killed them all but then had nightmares!
Also where are you guys? What are you doing? Are you still alive?
I miss you.
Love and Hugs to you all, with an extra special one for vix
Mwa xxx
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Photos from Romanialand
Ok attempt to load up photos is underway..can't work out how to get the lay out how i want but you get the idea
This is the Danube...the land you see is Serbia!!
We passed this as we were on a long hot train journey back from Timisoara
Below left: Zoezoe and I in the rose garden
in Timisoara. Beautiful!
Adventure One (Photos to the right):
On top of the mountains in Busteni! Yes we did cheat...we took the cable car!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Summer
After a brief return to normal Cardiff weather- coinciding with the start of Wimbledon as is tradition- the halcyon days of summer continue uninterrupted.
Germany have just beaten Argentina in the quarter finals of the World Cup, much to mine and Lou's satisfaction and Andrew Murray is through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon. As can be seen from this we are spending much of our time in front of the TV.
I actually had to do some work yesterday as I lead a seminar but it was all over by lunch allowing me to carry on making my dress (now finished.)
Vix has started working 3 hours a day (just about, she finishes early most of the time) and Lou is back in the hospital of doom. Vix and I shocked her earlier by coming down to say hello to her LUNCHTIME visitor in our pyjamas... Rachel loved it!
I feel an explanation of the nightwear worn in this house will clarify why Lou was embarrassed, Victoria was sporting a very lovely bright green t-shirt saying "make trade fair" and some pink dotty pyjama bottoms. I, the picture of beauty and elegance, was wearing huge baggy surgical scrubs bottoms not quite tied up enough and a grey vest. Lovely!
On a trip to shot in the dark last night I discovered where many of the people we see in church socialise, I recognised a fair number of the people in there. Obviously as it's a coffee shop rather than a pub or bar it is ok to visit with friends, especially ones of the opposite sex.
Fran
xx
Germany have just beaten Argentina in the quarter finals of the World Cup, much to mine and Lou's satisfaction and Andrew Murray is through to the 3rd round at Wimbledon. As can be seen from this we are spending much of our time in front of the TV.
I actually had to do some work yesterday as I lead a seminar but it was all over by lunch allowing me to carry on making my dress (now finished.)
Vix has started working 3 hours a day (just about, she finishes early most of the time) and Lou is back in the hospital of doom. Vix and I shocked her earlier by coming down to say hello to her LUNCHTIME visitor in our pyjamas... Rachel loved it!
I feel an explanation of the nightwear worn in this house will clarify why Lou was embarrassed, Victoria was sporting a very lovely bright green t-shirt saying "make trade fair" and some pink dotty pyjama bottoms. I, the picture of beauty and elegance, was wearing huge baggy surgical scrubs bottoms not quite tied up enough and a grey vest. Lovely!
On a trip to shot in the dark last night I discovered where many of the people we see in church socialise, I recognised a fair number of the people in there. Obviously as it's a coffee shop rather than a pub or bar it is ok to visit with friends, especially ones of the opposite sex.
Fran
xx
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Adventuring and Doctoring
Well no one appears to have blogged for ages!! Obviously having way to much fun without me!
Weekend: Overnight train trip was very exciting - triple bunkbeds on the train!!We had a lovely weekend in Timisoara - its an beautiful city with a fairy tale church right in the centre of town!
(Look!! I've managed a picture!! i'm in shock!!)
Then we went to stay with some contacts of zoezoe's who run a charity with street children in Arad (1hr from Timisoara). We went to meet the woman at the train station - she was surrounded by a mass of gypsy people (its probably very politically incorrect to call them that)! It was awesome! We later went and played with abandonned babies in hospital and went to a gypsy "village" (about nine houses) built around the above ground gas pipes. We went with the woman's daughter who is a medical student and was treating some of the gypsies who had cuts and burns. So i got to hold bandages and stuff which was exciting! But it was sad at the same time to see the conditions in which the families were living - never seen anything like it before in Romania.
We are thinking about going back up to Arad to do a bit more work with the charity there in one of our free weeks at the end.
Doctoring quote of the week:
Consultant "what are you doing?"
SHO(very proudly) "I'm talking to the english students about Eminescu" (Eminescu is a famous Romanian writer)
Consultant "Why aren't you working?"
SHO (very very suprised) 'Working!!??!!"
Hilarious the SHO seems to have an aversion to work - he never quite seems to know what he is meant to be doing or which patients are his! That's going to be me soon!! Haha - Hospitals beware!!!
Anyway our consultant guy is away for the next two weeks...so two weeks free to er...uh...Work on our projects of course!!!
We had a lecture this morning on Cystic Fibrosis from the world's number one CF consultant from Imperial College London, UK! It was truely informative and joyous! Zoezoe and I were proudly presented to him at the end, he asked us what our project was on and I was like "er well its just a project i don't know er...um... we're just writing a load of rubbish really" then we ran away!
Think thats about all for now.
I'll love you and leave you.
Hxx
Thursday, June 22, 2006
To amend a lie.
To be fair, really haven't been leaving the house all that infrequently, as have been attending many many internationals events. Including hilarious pool party, and various sporting competitions which would have been more hilarious should I have attempted to take part.
And...today Mim and I had the pleasure of one of Frannies open days which was a lot of fun! It's always good to have a little look inside the place where a friend spends a lot of their time. Was cool.
Vix
And...today Mim and I had the pleasure of one of Frannies open days which was a lot of fun! It's always good to have a little look inside the place where a friend spends a lot of their time. Was cool.
Vix
Actually have job!
Crazy, crazyness. Since dispatching dentistry and no longer spending my days in the hospital of doom, have taken to leaving the house infrequently.
However, I now have a job! Albeit part time, and in telesales...Beware the general public!!!
Vix
However, I now have a job! Albeit part time, and in telesales...Beware the general public!!!
Vix
The Longest Day
Yesterday was a long hard day in Romania-land.
We completed FIVE activities yesterday (its a new record)!!!!
Generally we don't like to set ourselves too many tasks in a day - lest we fail and then we feel sad. But as yesterday was the longest day of the year we thought we'd go for it!!
1. Hospital placment
Yes this counts as an activity...and in fact yesterday we were in for over 3hrs!! And did lots so thats a definite big activity point for us!!
2. Lunch in the park
This too counts - especially the getting to the park bit - which involved one very very squished bus journey. Everything here seems to take three times as long as it does in the UK!
3. Swimming with two girls from the christian union. That was a definite add to the list of Romania experiences activity! The grubby yellow slime round the water line and all over the bottom of the pool and the hilarity of trying to get a swimming cap on my head (and then having to be seen in public) all brought joy to the day!
4. Dinner at susan's house (though getting to her house could be counted as an activity in itself - it was quite and adventure!). Proper meal with meat in (my Iron levels are being filled up well out here - enough to survive another year in our house i reckon!!) and lots of fun company. Much hilarity playing PIT which involves lots of shouting and mean tactics!! Heeeheee I love it!!
5. Phone conversation with the non-stupid, very beautiful vix! With the added joy of further serenading from the fobbit! Yet again i endured the stares of Romania's watching a crazy english Hannah lady getting very excited during the conversation.
As a result the Hannah Lady is incredible tired today and will hopefully sleep well in her bed on the train tonight as she travels to the beautiful place of Timisoara with her companions zoezoe and whitters.
love you
xxx
We completed FIVE activities yesterday (its a new record)!!!!
Generally we don't like to set ourselves too many tasks in a day - lest we fail and then we feel sad. But as yesterday was the longest day of the year we thought we'd go for it!!
1. Hospital placment
Yes this counts as an activity...and in fact yesterday we were in for over 3hrs!! And did lots so thats a definite big activity point for us!!
2. Lunch in the park
This too counts - especially the getting to the park bit - which involved one very very squished bus journey. Everything here seems to take three times as long as it does in the UK!
3. Swimming with two girls from the christian union. That was a definite add to the list of Romania experiences activity! The grubby yellow slime round the water line and all over the bottom of the pool and the hilarity of trying to get a swimming cap on my head (and then having to be seen in public) all brought joy to the day!
4. Dinner at susan's house (though getting to her house could be counted as an activity in itself - it was quite and adventure!). Proper meal with meat in (my Iron levels are being filled up well out here - enough to survive another year in our house i reckon!!) and lots of fun company. Much hilarity playing PIT which involves lots of shouting and mean tactics!! Heeeheee I love it!!
5. Phone conversation with the non-stupid, very beautiful vix! With the added joy of further serenading from the fobbit! Yet again i endured the stares of Romania's watching a crazy english Hannah lady getting very excited during the conversation.
As a result the Hannah Lady is incredible tired today and will hopefully sleep well in her bed on the train tonight as she travels to the beautiful place of Timisoara with her companions zoezoe and whitters.
love you
xxx
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Fatty Europian girls!
The girls of this house took one for the fatty white girls of the west this evening. Had many varieties of Chinese food with many tiny tiny asian Chinese/Taiwanese girls.
Must say Fran, Lou and Mim sitting opposite me took up about the same space as the eight chinese girls sitting next to me. Funny thing is Lou and Mim are particularly tiny varieties of Western girls. Work that one out.
Vix
Must say Fran, Lou and Mim sitting opposite me took up about the same space as the eight chinese girls sitting next to me. Funny thing is Lou and Mim are particularly tiny varieties of Western girls. Work that one out.
Vix
Counting Sheep
How do you count sheep?
Random question I know but zoezoe and I made this bizarre discovery:
I count sheep by imagining them jumping over a gate one by one.
Zoezoe counts sheep by imagining a field of them and counting all the sheep in the field.
Weird...i just assumed that everyone counted sheep like me, but zoezoe's way makes more sense than my way.
Hmm....How do you people count sheep?
Other than the sheep discovery...we have been sweltering away here the last few day, but its the kind of heat thats too hot to sit out in...tricky!
We are thinking of going to an outdoor swimming pool sometime this week...but we need to do research and find out which one has the least number of naked people at it! Also tricky!
Love you
Hxxx
Random question I know but zoezoe and I made this bizarre discovery:
I count sheep by imagining them jumping over a gate one by one.
Zoezoe counts sheep by imagining a field of them and counting all the sheep in the field.
Weird...i just assumed that everyone counted sheep like me, but zoezoe's way makes more sense than my way.
Hmm....How do you people count sheep?
Other than the sheep discovery...we have been sweltering away here the last few day, but its the kind of heat thats too hot to sit out in...tricky!
We are thinking of going to an outdoor swimming pool sometime this week...but we need to do research and find out which one has the least number of naked people at it! Also tricky!
Love you
Hxxx
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Apology for failure
A house apology goes out to the Fathers of the girls of this house for our general lack of appreciatiation. Apart from Mim who was inspired to run out and get a card for her Dad, to celebrate Fathers day, when he announced that he was to visit yesterday, no other Fathers of this house have yet recieved a card.
We do all love our Fathers very muchly, we know we're rubbish.
No more to be said!
Vix
We do all love our Fathers very muchly, we know we're rubbish.
No more to be said!
Vix
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Project Work
Well no one seems to have written in the blog for a whole day!!
What's going on? I fear that all my beloved housemates may have been abducted by aliens or burnt the house down!!
What to say...
Have done approx half of my project now (how i love waffle!!) actually looks quite good...lots of little pictures and tables! Still haven't found a computer in this land with power point on it though..slightly problematic as project is meant to be submitted as power point (think we need to tell Alcolado that we're going to submit it as a word document!)
Obviously its all the horrible research parts that are left to do!
We have taken hostage of Aidan's and Whitney's laptops for the purpose of project work and have invaded Whitney's house for the day to use her internet...so at last we have been somewhat productive! Though I am getting incredibly BOOOORRRREEEEDDDDD now - only so many hours a Hannah Lady can work for!
Though the tennis is providing welcome distraction (though Tim Henman has just lost - bad line call meant he lost his serve and then he kind of collapsed! Nightmare!...bring on Wimbledon!)
Just realised its Fathers day tomorrow...slightly tricky due to several reasons
i) no way can a card get from here to home in less than 12hrs
ii) my parents are on holiday in France so i can't even do the phone home thing
Ah well yet another father's day will slip by unrecognised by me...my poor dad.
Am getting ever closer to working out how to put pictures on this thing....give me a few more weeks!!!
Love you xxxx
What's going on? I fear that all my beloved housemates may have been abducted by aliens or burnt the house down!!
What to say...
Have done approx half of my project now (how i love waffle!!) actually looks quite good...lots of little pictures and tables! Still haven't found a computer in this land with power point on it though..slightly problematic as project is meant to be submitted as power point (think we need to tell Alcolado that we're going to submit it as a word document!)
Obviously its all the horrible research parts that are left to do!
We have taken hostage of Aidan's and Whitney's laptops for the purpose of project work and have invaded Whitney's house for the day to use her internet...so at last we have been somewhat productive! Though I am getting incredibly BOOOORRRREEEEDDDDD now - only so many hours a Hannah Lady can work for!
Though the tennis is providing welcome distraction (though Tim Henman has just lost - bad line call meant he lost his serve and then he kind of collapsed! Nightmare!...bring on Wimbledon!)
Just realised its Fathers day tomorrow...slightly tricky due to several reasons
i) no way can a card get from here to home in less than 12hrs
ii) my parents are on holiday in France so i can't even do the phone home thing
Ah well yet another father's day will slip by unrecognised by me...my poor dad.
Am getting ever closer to working out how to put pictures on this thing....give me a few more weeks!!!
Love you xxxx
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Beautiful day!
Today has truely been a beautiful day!
Spend most afternoon in boat on Roath lake with Busted Joe and Ioney, ah.
Only forgot camera, nightmare.
So instead am attaching a beautiful picture of one of the many beautiful flowers in our garden, as a symbolic picture of my day!
Vix
P.s If anyone can tell me the name of this flower, would be appreciated muchly.
Spend most afternoon in boat on Roath lake with Busted Joe and Ioney, ah.
Only forgot camera, nightmare.
So instead am attaching a beautiful picture of one of the many beautiful flowers in our garden, as a symbolic picture of my day!
Vix
P.s If anyone can tell me the name of this flower, would be appreciated muchly.
Our First Visitor!
Today was a very special and beautiful day. We entertained our first guest in our humble place of residence. The visitor's identity shall be kept secret for speculation's sake.
I spent an hour with said guest helping put up posters advertising OSCEB's (the Romanian CU) english camp this summer, we went wandering around all the other student halls near where zoezoe and i live, it was quite exciting and we found lots of bars and restaurants that i'd not discovered before!!
I was zoezoe's kitchen slave for the afternoon and chopped up lots of onions that made me cry and helped her(well kind of hovered around her really) prepare the delicious two course meal! We put our visitor to work (in traditional heathfield style) giving them the manly task of opening the cans with zoezoe's ever trusty penknife!
We had huge amounts of yummy nachos and wraps with re-fried beans and salsa, delicious and nutricious. I feel a proper fatty tonight!!
Then we came with our guest to cafe-nescu, we have sat them with some other friends infront of the stupid football (there's some football thing going on at the moment apparently!) and we are now doing "research" for our projects! (its going really well hence the blogging!- its called procrastination i believe!)
Love you Girlies
Mwa
xxxxxxxxxxx
I spent an hour with said guest helping put up posters advertising OSCEB's (the Romanian CU) english camp this summer, we went wandering around all the other student halls near where zoezoe and i live, it was quite exciting and we found lots of bars and restaurants that i'd not discovered before!!
I was zoezoe's kitchen slave for the afternoon and chopped up lots of onions that made me cry and helped her(well kind of hovered around her really) prepare the delicious two course meal! We put our visitor to work (in traditional heathfield style) giving them the manly task of opening the cans with zoezoe's ever trusty penknife!
We had huge amounts of yummy nachos and wraps with re-fried beans and salsa, delicious and nutricious. I feel a proper fatty tonight!!
Then we came with our guest to cafe-nescu, we have sat them with some other friends infront of the stupid football (there's some football thing going on at the moment apparently!) and we are now doing "research" for our projects! (its going really well hence the blogging!- its called procrastination i believe!)
Love you Girlies
Mwa
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Deserted, again
It is a Wednesday evening in the house. I have just returned from Rainbows to find that all my housemates have found something exciting to do with their evening.
Iona, Mim and I have just spent a lovely few days on the Gower peninsula. As it is not the weekend the place was nearly deserted and the beaches very quiet.
Monday evening:
We arrived at the campsite and pitched our tent before walking down the road to Rhossili village to the pub. Upon arrival at the campsite we discovered that a group of college students from the noisier end of the neighbour spectrum were also camping there.
Tuesday:
Having awoken early due to heat, lack of space and noise we started our breakfast only to discover that the gas stove bit and the gas cannister were not compatible and sat down for our breakfast of marmite and cheese on bread. A very lovely gentleman in a nearby caravan kindly made us some coffee. We set out for the beach for a morning swim armed only with a towel and bathing stuff. After a nice walk along the cliffs we found a lush little bay (can't tell you the name in case it gets too well known.)
We quickly clambered down the rocks and changed into our swimming stuff. In the bay with us were a school group (we think) and some instructors- they were all wearing wetsuits, buoyancy aids and helmets. Running past them into the water in our bikinis drew lots of applause and encouragement! We spent lots of time jumping through the waves and got very cold, but stayed in to prove a point to the other group who were doing exactly the same thing as us only in slightly shallower water.
After lunch and coffee (we bought a different cannister) we went to Rhossili bay and sat on the beach with books and ate ice cream.
I've run out of inspiration I'm afraid and so will continue the story of our holiday when I can think of something to say.
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