Phantom friends

So a couple of days ago Ems bf was refereeing a football match. While giving a warning to one of the footballers, because he had done something wrong obviously, the said footballer turned to him and said: "You can't give me a warning. I know Emma and I know that she's your girlfriend!" A warning was still given but wtf? who would say that in a middle of a football match, what does it matter who's dating who? But the weirdest part is, that Emma doesn't know know anyone who plays football... So who was it? Because that person had to see them together in order to recognise the bf instantly, but Ems and her bf haven't really been that public with their relationships yet... Oh gossip, gossip, gossip... He always says that people talk about them, but really, what is there to talk about that much? Or is it another cultural issue, that the brits here talk and talk and talk and basically get to nowhere, saying the same thing in different words...

But my phantom-friend then :D On the Sunday evening, while standing in front of my door and texting, 3 guys went by and one of them called out my name. Automatically, I turned around and shouted Hi! but since it was so dark and he was wearing a hood, I did not recognise him. Neither did I recognise his voice. But the odd thing is that he pronounced my name as it should be pronounced, so it wasn't some random creepy guy who has seen me at work and read my name tag, but someone who should actually know me. I hate it when people recognise me and I don't recognise them. Why oh why :D I want to know who it was! I honestly can't think of anyone.. and trust me I don't know that many people, that I'd forget them, for some reason I have the perfect memory for names and faces :P

A weekly dose of mystery for y'all :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

May I panic now???

So, yesterday was an usual Sunday, woke up around 1pm, went to work at 3pm (yes, I knew that the clock had to be turned back and my laptop does it automatically :) so I didn't go there an hour early). For a Sunday night shift, there was quite a lot to do :) yay, no sitting around and moping on how I do not need 2 extra people working on Sundays with me! :D So 11pm came rather quickly, time to close the shop. Checked that everything inside was done, turned off the light, set the alarm and locked the bottom lock of the front door. Time to push the button for the shutter to come down, pushed it once, twice, third time... WHY ISN'T IT COMING DOWN??? omg omg omg, unlocked, the door, the alarm hadn't gone fully on yet, checked that there isn't anything in the way of the shutter, tried pushing the button again, still not working. Fcuk... You know when you panic your brain goes to hypermode and pretty much your whole life flashes before your eyes (okay, it wasn't that bad :D), but yeah I imagined that now I have to wait for the security company to come (I read it somewhere, that if something goes wrong you have to wait in a safe place for the security company :D). After a couple of seconds of panicking and thinking what did I do wrong, it suddenly came to me HEUREKA! :D I'd forgotten to switch the shutter sensor or whatever on and that's why it didn't work. Ok so by that time the alarm had been fully set and as soon as I opened the door it went off, another panicking moment, how can I turn it off. The earpiercing sound of it didn't help at all at the time, obviously. Finally got it to shut up. Turned the switch on, set the alarm again, let the shutter down and with very-very shaky hands, locked the door. Every moment expecting a police car or the security company car, or at least a text from my boss demanding wtf did u do??? :D (yeah texting constantly to someone is in fashion here :D kinda annoying if you ask me) but nothing happened. The shop had been closed properly now, or so I hope :D No major damages :P Fortunately I won't be seeing my boss for a few days now, so he won't get the chance to yell at me :D (I don't think he would though, he's nice :) :D)
All is well that ends well ;)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

All the craziness

I have been in a relationship for one month now and it's time to tell you about the crazy ex :D

To make it clear my le bf lives wiht his ex and their child, yeah, I know, sounds complicated and obviously it is. Starting from the fact that ex changes constantly her mind about if le bf can see his child or pick him up, because one day he can see him but on the next when she is upset he can't, ridiculous. Then the sleeping arrangements, if he is not home, she sleeps in his bed, so yesterday I said to him that he can stay over but he went home because ex wanted to know by 9.30 if he is coming or not, so basically, they are not sleeping together but kinda share the bed.  A couple of weeks ago, when ex started to ask questions about me and wanted to see my picture I was freaked out, to say the least, because the stories I have heard, let's just say that we wont be a big happy family playing with their son in the park :D So she saw my picture and cryed because she thinks I'm more beautiful than her etc. Some days after the picture incident I was working and guess who came to the store, oh yeah, I saw only her back and the trolley but as she saw me, she turned around straight away and left, because she has this idea that I can't see their baby. Some days ago le bf told me that the ex is upset because he is not cheating on me and she told that she doesn't have anything against me but still he being with someone else is an issue. And the most recent thing: le bf had a social on Wednesday and he looked good and then obviously ex started to bitch about it and begged him to move out because of what he is doing to her and their son, don''t know what it is though. Not even going to write about the constant texting at some nights just to make a problem and make him feel crap.

Uni is great, I think. Had my first presentation about Iranian foreign policy yesterday. I and L. did good, but for others, 2 minutes means 2 minutes, not 4 or 6 or whatever and making the presentation is a different story, the day before the deadline someone found that she doesn't agree with our main argument, well, good for her, make your points to agree then, because we won't change it the day before.  At least it's done now, I and L. celebrated with a lovely dinner and some wine. Actually decided to celebrate after every deadline, just to keep up the good work :D Now it's time for the essay and then the next essay and so on. 

Oh, in three weeks time I will have my Internet at home, I won't leave my room for days probably because I need to watch all the things I have missed so far.

And just to finish it off, about week ago I felt like drinking after my zumba class and as I got home I did. Hours later when we went to the 24h computer room with Scarlet decided to get some juice and milk for coctails. But as we were sitting in the comp room, we soon discovered that it's only 8 minutes until the shop where I work closes, so we rushed there and bought pineapple juice and milk to make a coctail with Baileys, Scarlet had promised to make it for a year, but there was one BUT, we needed ice and as we don't have freezer at home we decided to ask from a pub. Academy it was, we went in, Scarlet had the best poker face ever (shame on me, but I'm so bad at keeping poker face) and asked for ice for the friend whose nose is bleeding outside, they didn't have any plastic cups but napkin was good enough and we got our much needed ice, win. At home I got my coctail, which was really good, probably one of the best I have had, it's a pitty that we ran out of Baileys :D 

See ya, if not earlier then in 3 weeks time :)

Ems

"Crap" music that I just LOVE! ;)

So, a full week has almost gone by since the last post,  and I'm so embarrased to say this, but my life has been pretty boring atm :D I'm so broke, I can't even go out. What day is it? Ah yeah Friday, so yesterday was the remarkable Latin Party, that everyone just loves and this year it was actually in a decent place, up in the Union. Last year it was held in a little shabby looking wannabe club that we have, that basically stinks and is just yucky :D But for some reason they play good music - and that's why I hate it so much - because of the music I want to go there, but because of the club itself I just want to run away screaming. I think I've been there in total 4-5 times.
Anyway I have to finish this post now quickly because the nice sunny weather we had this morning (that I, as always, slept through) is slowly disappearing and dark dark clouds are reclaiming their usual place above our heads. Awsum -.- So I need to get out of the flat for at least a bit before it starts pouring down. Yay let's take a trip to Morrisons :P with no money... woop woop - that's how bored I am on a Friday :P
Anyway some good music I've found recently pour vous:

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

In a rut

Nothing new nor exciting this week unfortunately :( But since there's nothing I hate more (ok, there are actually several things I do hate more) than having a blog and not writing in it for a long time, I'm going to tell you about my week, oh yeah, it's freaking planned :D I just love planning for example, right now I'm living at the end of December (because I don't want to jinx it, I'm not going to say what I'm up to :D), my planning disease has gone that bad, that I'm even planning several days upfront for when I'm going to buy plane tickets and train tickets. To be fair that is mainly because I don't have any money right now, have to wait for the payday, just 13 days to go - yes I just counted the days :D

Anyway my routine week would be like this:
Saturday (yes, my week starts with a Saturday) waking up around noon, maybe later, maybe earlier feeling the need to actually get up, especially when the sun is out, I feel extremely guilty for laying in bed - like today, but oh well, I still have time for a quick stroll on the promenade. Then work starts at 3pm. I'm there until 11pm. Then I come home, spend some time on the internet and go to sleep.

Sunday is pretty much the same as Saturday, but more boring since no-one likes to come to the shop on a Sunday, so it's pretty dead and basically nothing to do. After work I used to watch the X-factor, but now, with the live shows, they don't put them up on demand before Monday, bastards ruining my plans! But this might even be a blessing in disguise, since I usually have french homework that I haven't bothered to do. Oh god I have a test Monday, on subjonctif, yeah I have no idea what that is too, yet ;)

Monday: 2hour tourism lecture - oh no wait, it's not actually about tourism, it's more about adventure, what is adventure, different types of adventure etc. Basically the conclusion in every lecture is the fact that to each individual adventure is defined differently and therefore, everything is an adventure. Great! Looking forward to the exam already -.-
An hour break and then french grammar, which is okay. After that, forthnightly we have a traduction class, which last week was overcrowded and I spent the entire lecture sitting on the table.
After that I used to go to step&tone workout, but now they've put me to work on mondays, so there's couple of hours to just chill and eat and then 5-11 work. Now I come home and watch the Xfactor, both the saturday's show and the results :D

Tuesday: Starts with 10am french listening, then either a 2 hour break or 2 hours of seminars (every other week), first, marketing which again was so crowded that about four people sat on the ground :D ok to be fair, I shouldn't have been there, because my seminar slot is actually from 3-4, but I had to be at work already at 4 o'clock, followed by tourism (why do we need a seminar in that class? we're already a class of about 15 people...). Then 2 hours of marketing lecture - which I swear is exactly the same as last year, so for that class I now bring a book to read - A game of thrones!
After that work for the fourth nightshift in a row, I'm freaking tired of it already :D

Wednesday: basically my week-end begins, as I have nothing planned, no work no school

Thursday: 9am Language of business lecture which is the same as traduction class. I'm no happy bunny in an early morning lecture. yes. 9am is freaking early for me! Then 2 hours of preparing for the french oral class and after attending the oral class I'm done for the day. Yay, more time for activities :D
8pm I go to my friend Katies house and we catch up, what we've done for the week, I don't have much to say, because I lead a fairly boring life, and then we watch Harry Potter, one movie each week. Last year we tried to watch them all in one go but fell asleep on the second film already :D noobs, clearly movie marathons aren't for us.

Friday I have absolutely nothing planned, so by 5 o'clock I'm bored out of my mind, because I've done practically everything - went for a walk, went to a couple of shops - can't go to many, because then I'll probably find something I like and then have to buy it - obviously it's better to stay away from them. I just can't sit around and do nothing anymore for that long. wasting a couple of hours is perfectly fine, but a whole day! You could say that I should study then but naaah that's not in my nature :D

That's it folks! My week that they sometimes mix up, like changing my rota without telling me (last week I went to work an hour early - 3pm, but my shift actually started at 4, why?) taking away my monday shift one week, aading a wednesday one the next.

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Get me outta here!

... shouted the two girls at the front of the raft, while we were stuck under multiple waves of ice-cold water.
And where was I at the given time? Why of course laughing my arse off at the back of the raft :D Oh my gosh, I haven't laughed that hard in months probably. They just looked hilarious when they saw a new wave coming and tried to get away from it by shouting at it (it always helps! :D ) and trying to climb to the back of the raft as well, while our instructor, who quite maliciously made sure the raft would be in that spot, not that I would ever blame him ;), was shouting keep still or something like that.
You must be thinking what on earth is she on about?!? Well...
The good thing about studying tourism is, quite frankly, tourism :D Field trips to be exact, that allow me to get to know the beautiful little country I'm currently residing in.
Last Wednesday was the first of them this year and we went whitewater rafting!! Woop Woop (who doesn't know what it is, Google it, that site knows everything).
When we got there, the river was still half full. You see, the Environmental Agency controls the dam and therefore the quantity of water in the river. To be honest, it was quite scary seeing all those rocks, could you imagine hitting them with just a rubber boat. Oh hell no, I aint ready do die yet! :D But soon enough the water came. We got into gear, wetsuits, helmets etc the usual stuff :D And first did a try run on the ground: got into boats, the instructor showed us the right position to sit and not fall - did you know you have to sit on the edge of the boat! Whaaaaaaat??? I'm defo going to fall in!
Then he familiarised us with the commandments, when to row and blah blah blah :D I kinda zoned out while he was talking about safety e.g. what to do when you do fall in - great, missed that so bye-bye this is my end :D
Done all that, we headed to the river - the most exciting part and guess what? It actually felt natural sitting at the edge of the boat and rowing + when rapids came, we could sit in the boat awwwyeaah! :D firstly we did like a test run, so everyone could get used to it only a few rocks etc. The second run though, oh my dear lord, the incident mentioned above happened, we crashed into every freaking rock in the river! But it was soooooo muvh fun, and no one fell in :D Although I did get some water in my wetsuit and the feel of it spreading on my back prrrr.... chilly to say the least :D On the plus side though I felt warm the entire night.
An totally worth being an hour and a half late for work, ooops :D

Ttyl
Jazzz...

Much needed getaway

So, since Emma is spending the weekend in London, partying it up at a friends b-day bash, drunk-texting le wild bf? ;) :D And Friday was full of nothing for us two, we thought that we'd spend it in Shrewsbury :) Oh my gosh, I think I have a town crush :D It's such a lovely lovely town, ooh la la la the architecture (don't want to offend anyone but it kinda reminds me of the typical German house architecture, better look up it's proper name :P).
We caught the 5:14 train from Aber, which I think was a bit too much. Why oh why, did we have to take the earliest train? :D PS! I went to bed at my normal time which is about 2 o'clock so yeah 2 hours of sleep, fun! :D Not mentioning the fact that we arrived at Shrew around half seven... nothing was opened, it was cold, we were hungry and sleepy :D blah blah blah, whining :P Finally found a café, were we eventually spent two hours :D Hey! it was so nice and warm :P + there wasn't much else to do anyways and we got to read the newspapers, oh god, I haven't read any newspapers in weeks... I have no idea, what's going on in the world :( Now I do, a little :D
After that a little shopping trip :D TKMaxx, Marks&Spencer and H&M :D ooh and mustn't forget l'Occitane, where they made us buy something - out of the blue they just offered us a cup of tea! And it was delicious!!! We just had to buy something now, damn them :D
Food time! I think that this pub in Shrewsbury is the first one, we've actually liked on our outings :D The food was beyond good, the prices were okay, the atmosphere was awesome + the bartender was supercute :D :) what else could you ask for. To clarify: the Manchester pub we went to before going home in June, had terrible service that took forever. In Barmouth the food was so greasy, öäk :D
Have I told you how I just love english parks? Probs not, but I do, they are just so vast and I just love walking there, and the flowers, and everything :D I just can't but it into words.
I promise I'll revisit Shrewsbury again and again and again and again :D
Right, I have to run to work now, don't want to get in trouble for being late :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...
xXx

Long time no see

So, Jazz has asked me to post something for weeks. Since I still don't have the internet at home it's kinda tricky, but I finally have time to write everything down (while doing my laundry in halls where I lived last year) and then post it later. Anyway...I don't know where to start. Uni has kicked off, so much fun that we didn't have our timetables, now it's finally sorted and I managed to get my Tuesdays off, yaay. My first day was pretty easy, one lecture, intro as usual, lecturer had last year slides with wrong information and the excuse was that he and his wife just had a baby, ok, good to know. Then someone managed to get me nervous about our Islam module, because this is going to be hell, we actually have to study this year, lol. We even discussed changing this module, but what the hell, we are both interested about the topic and no obstacle is insurmountable, so we are facing our fears and hopefully won't fail it.

And my “Find a .... “ list is probably now final as I have a boyfriend :D And the lucky guy is the one who Jazz was texting with and I was making jokes about them and yeah I know, I told that it's just texting when I started to text with him and then it was just for fun, yet we have been together for a week now. It's kinda weird because we work together and at work he is my supervisor. Although he has a child with another woman, which makes things a little bit complicated, to say the least, but we'll get through everything.

But I'm tired, tired of everything, one of my friends said that I'm always the perfect one, the one who can manage with her things and the one who holds everything together, but you know what, I'm tired of that. I'm tired of the drama about his ex, I'm tired and frustrated because we can't have the internet until 16^th of November, like seriously, how is that even possible. In Estonia, you go to the shop, you buy the thing you need, then go home and plug it in and you have the bloody internet, but in UK it takes more than a month to get the engineer to connect the things, it's ridiculous. Sometimes I really don't understand why on earth I came here, the 2 tap system, banking and checkbooks and all the other aged stuff and I believed that it's not possible to go back in time, well, now I know that it is indeed.

Ems

PS! Hopefully Jazz will entertain you while I'm lost in the british bureaucracy.

Jasmine, you're studying Law now!??...

... Asked a polish guy, when I was simply going through the Law department to get to the European Languages department for my first French lecture as a second year student :D
Anyway, the timetable isn't still set in stone argh, apparently someone from, who's in charge of the central timetable quit and now everything's a mess. And I have a clash -.- Thanks guys. We'll see tomorrow who will get me from 13.10-14.00 on Tuesdays, is it Marketing Management or Language of business seminar in French. Hmmmm... a tough one :D
Anyway, first day in uni has been surprisingly interesting so far :D It started at 10AM with a double lecture of Adventure Tourism, where our lecturer gave us a chapter from a book that hasn't even been published yet, fancy pansy :D Also, there was a weird slideshow about what is adventure, the weird part was the music blasting through the room :D or maybe it's just me :D
After that I had an hour to chill, Ems promised to maybe come up, to get a delicious baguette for lunch from the Arts centre, but when I sent her a text, I got a reply that said she's still sleeping, lol, it was noon already :D Pfff.. politicians :D So I enjoyed it all on my own :)
Just before the French class I decided to buy the book for it, and payed with my Isic card. The cashier then said: "Oh that's handy, having your picture on your bank card. No one can steal your money now." Ummm yeah, haven't really thought about it like that, although I don't think it's very easy to steal anyone's money anyway, there's the PIN code, that only the card owner should know...
Now I have three hours to kill on campus, before I'm going to be killed in Step&Tone class, or at least they say it is really hard, especially the first class, we shall see :D Last year I lived up the hill, 5 min from the campus, so went home all the time between lectures, but now, living in town, 15 min away :D but the hill is the biggest issue :D I have to take all of my stuff with me for the day and hang out in the library (who knows, I might even start studying :D)
Aaah and to make y'all just a bit jealous back home :P my timetable for this week (minor changes next week, hopefully): Monday: 10-12 Adventure Tourism, 13.10-14 French grammar, fortnightly 14.10-15 French traduction
Tuesday: 10-10.50 French listening 13.10-14.00 Language of Business seminar / clash! / 13.10-15.00 Marketing Management
Wednesday is freeeeeee
Thursday: 9.00-9.50 Language of Business and 12.10-13 French oral class
and that's it Ladies and Gentleman :D (no, I didn't forget to write down Fridays lectures :D)
I'm lovin' it :D

Jazzz...