#20

Just a quick one for today.

• Mutant potato no longer exists and didn;t take a photo in time. Mother made dinner with it... But its size is relative to a volvic 1L water bottle (no joke).
• Paid for me resits today ;___; Really only have about £15 left to my name.
• Thus I'm now selling shit on ebay. A ton of old clothes that I don't need.
• Just had a scone, but no cream in the house so it was crap.
• hating the Student Finance form with a passion, good thing I've already finished my part of the form, just waiting for parents to do their bit.
• Lost my last 嵐 bracelet somewhere in MY ROOM. The person who sells them don't do the same style anymore and the new edition looks a bit meh.
• Chopsticks training is going good but my hand is so bloody weak. Can't even hold them for 10 minutes ;___;

And here's a gif my sis sent me the other day:

CUTENESS OVERLOAD.

Will do a proper update when I cba and finish this ebay malarkey.

#19

Problem?

So yeah, I'm left handed and left wing (coincidence? I think not.). But I'll leave the whole politics crap for another time... As my sociology lecturer said one lesson: If you're not a socialist when you're young then you've got no heart. If you're not conservative by the time you're old, then you've got no brain" - Somewhat true I guess... Just to make it clear, I'm a libertarian socialist.

Anyway, recently I've been trying to learn the proper way to hold chopsticks (yes, being azn and not knowing how to hold chopsticks properly + bonus of being lefty = BIG SHAME ON THE FAMILY, as witnessed when I went back to HK the first time round and met some family friends.). I'll (hopefully) be going to Japan for a year so it feels like I should learn properly after like 13+ years.
the actual form itself is really pretty :< mine is nearly like a whole fist clenching the chopsticks, still can move though.
'Cept I'm having a few problems. The ones I have at home are the corner-y ones and my hand keeps rotating the bottom stick which is fricking annoying me. I'm thinking it'll be easier for me to train with rounded ones (they look so expensive and elegant :o)
I'm getting the positioning of my fingers right, but hand is so weak and obvs not used to the actual way of holding it so gonna try a bit more till I can properly do it.
Thing is right, my parents never taught me (or siblings) how to hold them properly. I mean, I think my mum gave up on me after I turned out to be a lefty (apparently I was originally a right-y, then switched hands one days for some reason.). I'm gonna try and ask them both to help me on sunday so that I can get to my goal quicker.

ALSO, HAVE A GIGANTIC, SOMEWHAT MUTANT POTATO IN  THE HOUSE. POST IT UP TOMORROW/SOON.

#18

Lunch+Dinner for today~

So I handed in my media coursework but didn;t sleep until 4:30am the night before it since I was busy writing the evaluation which was really good apparently :<...
Glad that's out of my life now, gawd. now I'm left with a pile of sociology essays to do, got through two of them but lecturer plopped a whole paper to do for the rest of the week since it's a bit whacky this week.
tomorrow not in due to it being a training day (srsly, in the middle of the week?! why didn't you gaiz have it on monday?) and thursday is a strike day for some lecturers so not in then either.
So much work to do even after all this coursework malarkey.

Anyways, the pic above is something I've been dying to make again since it was quite good last time I made it. It's basically udon in cream cheese and tomato base sauce. But the cream cheese is a crappy version (tesco) so it started to clump when I put it in the oven....
Got the idea from an episode of Shukudai-kun where one of the guests requested unique udon dishes and it was pizza style.
It wasn't too good this time round since the sauce turned out to be like that and the udon began breaking apart so they were really short, no fun :< It tastes like the lasagna we make at home, without the meat and pasta sheets, so no.
this blog is now slowly becoming a food blog...

The weather's been really good this week. Nice and warm Spring, almost summer, weather. Obvs not gonna last since it's Britain. But it was fun yesterday since we had lunch outside at college (outside of the main building is a circular area with benches and patches of grass :D) with the sun. Vitamin D goodness :o

#17

Apple turnover in a sense...'cept not triangle-shaped and it has pecans :D.
Such an attractive photo.

Finished my production pieces now for media (after like a good 15 hours, not consecutively, but spread across last night and today x__x). Now for my evaluation (which is all due on Monday...) I cheated my way through two of them since I didn't have a "imaginative" tagline so screw you mark scheme.
I haaate evaluating my stuff. I am so critical of myself and I am cringing at the thought of analysing my own ads D:<  I also feel somewhat embarassed as my work is gonna be moderated by my lecturer and he always feedback the same thing with me so not looking forward to that...

Haven't gotten very far on my sociology essays since I've been concentrating on media. But I'm sure my sociology lecturer will understand since I always hand work in, 'cept for this module!

Thinking to plan a mini-meet during half-term to the American diner I always point out when walking down to Central. If not, NUDO TRIP :D.


And now to chomp down that delish apple goodness.

#16

WORD.

Totes forgot that I was meant to go camping with college friends as well as Paris and now because I'm being the awkward one (yet again), it's gonna be one hell of a week for me right after exams...
Basically I'm going away on Monday afternoon to Keswick(?) with people and then return on Wednesday night. Then thursday afternoon I'm off to Paris till Monday(?).
srsly, I'm gonna have such an awesome time but'll be fricking exhausted by the end of it.

Also planning to find a second job during the summer since I'll (hopefully) be living in halls (if not, then definitely moving out) next year and I just want to be able to actually afford materialistic stuff instead of all my pay just going on necessities.

finished my media essay as well ('cept it's about 100 words shorter than the other and have no idea if I've left anything out...) - woot.

#15

how I felt last night....

I WAS ON A ROLL LAST NIGHT. Finished my media essay, listed all references in my bibliography and everything and guess what? THE FRICKING MEMORY STICK DIED ON ME. What's worse is that I thought I had saved a completed copy on my hard drive - nope. FFFUUUUU
At least though, I have half of my draft printed out with lecturer's notes as to what needed to be changed and the analysis of the second ad is all in my notebook so it's sorted... It's just I spent all that time finishing it and then bloody technology decided to take the piss.

Anyway, tomorrow is handing in day for resit forms and I am doing three resits which will total my summer exams to SEVEN, WOOT. a resit costs me £22 y'know ;___; That's £66 (more than half of my basic contracted hours pay) coming off my paycheck this month ;___;
SUMMER IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN, GAIZ.

Random note. I was at the post office today to send a returns package and whilst queueing I saw the exchange rate for the Euro - 1.1119... BLOODY HELL IS WAS ONLY 1.15 NOT LONG AGO...
/sigh

#14

The glorious stuff I woke up to today... Left to right: Quorn sausage bun, char siu and apple bun

Man, yesterday was tiring...
I was at work yesterday till 4pm and then met up with frilly friends to talk about Paris. not much got discussed since nothing was actually researched until last night, where a shit storm came along...
Basically, there are two groups who want different things. One (the one I'm in, but tbh I don't care), is going for 5 days (since the convention we're going to is only two days) and staying over in a hotel.
Second group, probably staying about three days and staying in a hostel.
I have no qualms about staying in a hostel as long as its reputation is good, but some people in the group are just not having it... /sigh
And now, there's a rift between the group ;___;
Have the money, just not sure how pissed off organiser will be since I have to pay it all in installments :<

anyway, still haven't finished media coursework, got photos done but perfume name+bottle and last bit of essay has yet to be done AND IT'S DUE FOR NEXT MONDAY FFFFUUUU.
 On top of that, about five essays to do for sociology =___= and catch up with maths. fml

Ah but, the end is near ;____;

#13

this pic makes me feel sick...

srsly, can this week get any worse? I found about it (on getoffegl actually, lawl) and I really didn't take it in until I was out with my mum in Esquires watching it on the screen (oh BBC 24, you and your repeating footage).
I know that chibitenshi (lj shopping service) resides in Sendai, just not sure if she's been affected...
And I guess now Sendai is ~famous~ to the world and people realise that there are places outside of Tokyo.

嵐 have been confirmed to be a-okay which is good  (yes, I thought about them before anyone else so deal with it). Obviously I hope anybody who has been affected turns out to be fine.

So been watching 嵐 related stuff all day to cheer myself up for this week's crappy happenings and just found this vid on YT. omg like hnggggggg.
Sho, showing his awesome-ness side (I love his accent .___.)
idk about Jun
Nino, being an arrogrant prick like usual.
Aiba, omg /spazz. Always the one to be so hyper and different :<
Ohno, can see how simple he is,  haha.

#12

such pretty packaging ;___;

Lots of things have happened within the past few days... Let's start with the crappy stuff, eh?

I got rejected from Edinburgh two nights ago and ended up crying myself to sleep.
Somewhat glad I have Newcastle as a back otherrewise I only have UCLan and Oxford Brookes and I   REALLY don't want to go to OB from what other's have said...
But I'm definitely moving out, even if I'm living by myself (yusshhh). I asked some friends today if they wanted to move in and they said no .___. w/e
Well at least I definitely have a job and know the area well if I stay...
If I knew this was going to happen, I should'vw applied with partners since entry grades will be lower and I'll most likely get in.
 And here lies the second problem...

I got my results from January today and it's unlikely I'll get in...
I need an ABB. From the looks of things, it's more of a BBC/D.
I got a C in my sociology which I found out last night and was pretty pissed off and depressed about it. I tried so hard in that exam and I know for a fact some dick in the year who never turns up has a better grade than me... FML
My overall maths AS grade has gone up, so proud ;__; 'cept the fact that I failed my C3 module (so has most of my friends lawl) and so there it proves I have no hope of passing this A2 year...
Also failed general studies, LAWL /highfivemyself

good stuff...
Well the two pics above is my new shiny laptop bag from Cath Kidston (was on sale otherwise I would've never bought her stuff, cheapskate) It JUST fits my laptop. I can now bring it to college to use for work :D woot.
I bought a portable external hard drive as well (need to transfer stuff from comp to laptop, vice versa) so it means I have so much space now ;___; MORE SPACE FOR RAINBOW SPARKLY GHEY GAIZ.

My character on Kal also work again, haven't levelled much but omg...so happy. though I do need to get moving with my media coursework since the due date is on the 21st March... >___>

Group photoset I got the other day :D

#11

Got these (+group photos) today from a couple of friends of who mine were in GLORIOUS NIPPON for a few months. They went to see 嵐 during their stay .__.
BUUT, I would never want to go to their concerts since they have these "rules" fans must abide by. I don't see why I would have to when I'm already paying close to £70+ for a fucking ticket. DVD KTHX.
but totes need a group poster nao. 5x10 one pissing me off since they aren't ~styled perfectly~ or smiley :<

So Saturday night...
 Didn't do aanything as expected and gawd, I hate club music.
It's probably the places I went but urgghghghghgh.
I'm officially just a person who enjoys being stuck in her own room playing games/music and watching random programs :).

#10

d'awwwwww. 

Just spent some moniez on 嵐  merch, but planning to use it to decorate my room when I get into uni (hopefully). So it's not like I'm just spending random money for the sake of it...
I WILL SUCCESSFULLY SAVE FOR PARIS!

Going out for a birthday outing of Saturday and not looking forward to it. Mainly because I don;t drink, like chart music and clubbing in general. tbh, the person who has organised it said he doesn't like it either, but his dad (fff parents) is the one forcing him to do this. I've been out several times and I've done about nothing every single time. GAH
Also need to find something to wear for this as I don't really want to ruin any other clothes I have, ffs. But it's been a while since I've went shopping so somewhat looking forward to tomorrow :D