Cardigan and Nant yr Arian

For some reason I had thought that Cardigan was a bigger town, worth going to as a tourist... Maybe I just assume that when something is called a town it is automatically better than Aber :D But the sad reality is that is maybe even smaller? And just like a town where people live and work. Did have the best chocolate fudge cake and hot chocolate though... (I even took a pic)

There is a "castle" too. Not sure what happened to the "real" castle but the one in Cardigan looks good on the outside: walls on a higher ground than the street that is. When you get inside you have a nice garden and then a quite modern building, that is more a manor I'd say than a castle... Btw it was just opened to the public this year :) (someone already warned me that you can't get in there). Without the castle Cardigan is... just nice I guess for a stroll through the streets that lasts about half an hour... I don't even have any pictures to share :D

The castle inside the walls

Nant yr Arian on the other hand is even smaller :D unless you take a walking tour ;) But it does have impressive views and it's the place they feed red kites everyday and when the feeding time comes you can see the sky almost blacken (on the second pic you can see a couple of black dots (red kites) gathering above the feeding island, I hope they aren't smudges on my screen :D )

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Playlist

 Obviously as soon as I'd posted my last playlist, saying that found it hard finding the songs, I remember the Fast and the Furious new film and soundtrack -.- so yeah I have more than enough this month :D

David Guetta feat Nicki Minaj - Hey Mama

I love their collabs and this is won my ears from the first time I kind of heard a teaser/chipmunk version of it :D

Now the Fast and Furious 7 :)

Flo Rida - GDFR

Kid Ink, Tyga - Ride Out

Sevyn Streeter - How Bad Do You Want It?

With the Estonian song though, I haven't really discovered anything "new" so had to especially look for it :D and came up with a song I heard on the radio once about a month ago, think I knew the singers but took an hour to actually find the song :D It was Stig's "rapping" that made it memorable

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Santa's new beard aka got my hair cut

Firstly, I think it's worth mentioning that I waited 3 months to get my hair cut, because I wanted to go to the same hairdresser I always have and as she is very popular I had to wait forever.

Finally sat in the chair I showed how short I want them and I heard woooow, well, I should probably say that they were down my waistline already so I wanted her to cut off like 30+ cm

She cut them off in three parts and tied them together, then came up with an idea to donate them to a Santa nearby who is in need of a new beard and apparently my hair were perfect for that. Feels rather weird having such short hair, but no more blowdrying.

Now I'm just waiting for lots of presents for Christmas ;)

Emma

Worky work work

My work is now officially my life... and no, we don't have fancy photoshoots like Emma's work do :( Where have I gone wrong in life?????

I am getting more responsibility now though since the trainee assistant manager is gone, I believe my last words to her were that you should go! :D She might have misunderstood the meaning behind it, I was just merely expressing the need to get away from this town that traps people (omg is it happening to me????!!!), she on the other hand saw it as me wanting to take her place.. which is kind of true actually...

Anyway I was freaking out about my first morning shift on my own (because it's such a big deal), asked all the possible questions what if the alarm doesn't go off, the computer won't start and making lists about things that I mustn't forget to do. And you know what went wrong??????? The cashier didn't show up... ummm... thanks, and no one answered their phones either to tell me what to dooooooo :D Actually we didn't even have his number written down so I couldn't call him and ask if he's ill or just slept in or whatever...

I must say the best day at work so far has been the day when all the tills were down :) so we got to just chill for a couple of hours :) The downside of it was that coincidentally the delivery that day was late as well, otherwise we could've put that out in peace :)

We have a couple of new people starting and one of them calls me Jan (english pronounciation). like wtf? Where did you get that from???? You're freaking Polish as well so you of all people should not call me that!!! It just makes me so mad, and I am starting to quietly hate her... Literally everyone else can say my full name but to her it's "oh so long" dafuq????? where on earth do you get that Jan from though? I'll start calling her Peggy then, why? well why not... it's easy :D (yes I have told her please don't call me Jan :D ).

What am I going to do when Tay-Tay leaves :'( ???

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Top model

Had my first ever photo shoot last week. Needed a photo for my job so made an appointment to get one taken. Had to cancel once, felt relieved at first, but then realized I need to get another one. Then it was the case of, omg, need to get fit and crossed my fingers to have some kind of normal skin for that time. Choosing the outfit was a nightmare, nothing fits together or looks professional enough -.- eventually managed to put something together. So on the day went there, the studio was very nice and cosy. Had make up done, a pretty thick one, but it's what u need to look perfect I guess. Did my hair in the morning, as I thought I wanna have something different from everyone else and that my superduper long hair would seem to go on forever on the photo. And now the taking photos part...well, if one thinks they are gonna look like Heidi Klum and be toppest of all the top models and pose for every shot then hahaa. Since I don't like taking pictures (Jazz can tell all kinds of funny stories how I escape from them) I was standing there, doing what the photographer said, mainly feeling awkward for having an absolutely empty head and no ideas what poses to take. At least I tried to think about nice things to have a natural smile and not to look fake. Oh yeah, I have sensitive eyes, meaning they are extra sensitive for the flash and closed on many of the shots. So in the end, after all this effort, out of 200 shots I will have 15-20. All the work to get 20 photos. Now I'm just waiting for them to arrive and fingers crossed they look nice!

PS! Got back to work and noticed a teeny tiny black speck on my lip – great if I had it there all the time, well done Ems, well done!

Ems :)

Devil's Bridge

On one sunny afternoon we thought we'd go somewhere, otherwise my life here would be even more depressing: work-sleep-work-sleep :D

Oh wait, no, one day we went for Sunday roast in a pub outside Aber, mmm delicious, and yes, I've only discovered Sunday roasts after having been here for three years... So after that we went to the nearby powerplant and the lake, took some photos and decided that it's too nice and early to just go home. I know! we can go to the Devils Bridge!!!

The Devils Bridge is just a little bridge under! the current bridge that is open to traffic. The story of it is that an old woman was herding her cow when the cow decided to cross the river but couldn't come back. Then a man? appeared and said that he'll build a bridge so that the cow and woman could reunite, but that he'd keep the soul of the first living thing to cross the bridge. The old woman agreed and returned the next morning when the bridge was built. She then threw a piece of bread on the other side and out of nowhere her trusted dog ran after it. The woman had conned the devil and gotten her cow back. Am I the only one thinking of the poor dog though :(

So you have to pay a pound to get on the little 10 minute trail down to the stream, which I think is stunning and definitely worth going to, when you're already in the neighbourhood. There is another 45-minute trail on the other side of the bridge for another pound but it was a bit too cold (meaning I wasn't dressed properly) for us to go there that time. There should be more waterfalls to see there... I kind of find it funny that you have to pay to get to the nature trail though.. Ok it is not much and probably goes to the right place - to maintain it but still... Shouldn't nature be free?

PPS! for some reason I can't seem to locate the photos we took :S so I'll hopefully add them later (yeah-yeah I said that about all my Paris posts last year didn't I, but added no pics :D oops)

Awww yeah I do keep my promises sometimes;)

The steam train that takes you from Aber to Devil's  Bridge and apparently is quite expensive

This is a hotel. A nice hotel :)

If you look to the left of the photo there is a road coming towards the hotel and parallel to that is the road that this photo is taken, both of merging into one going past the hotel from the right... Did I mention there is two-way traffic, so if you are coming from the left you end up blindly taking the turn and hoping for survival :)

Finally the bridge. Can you guess which one it is?

I believe the bottom one is the original... I think... :D

Lastly a nice view of Aberystwyth, mind the sheeps :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...