Playlist

Apparently this song has been out for a while now but I just discovered it and it's on my replay ever since :)

Jeremih - Don't Tell Em

Another old song that I rediscovered thanks to the Voice

Diana King - Shy Guy

Now I'm stuck :S really no new songs in the last two months?!?!?! I'll go check the top40 and see what I've forgotten ;D

HA! found two

Omi - Cheerleader

Fergie - L.A. Love

Estonian selection this time is

Mari Pokinen - No näed

 

That's it for now folks :)
Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

ITB 2015

This year our course had a chance to go to the ITB in Berlin, which is the World's Leading Travel Trade Show. Every country was there with a stand to sell themselves as a destination. Some exhibitors were huge taking up half a hall with multiple stands and businesses representing them (Greece), others were small (France what up?) and others were tiny (Liechtenstein). There were free regional wine/cheese/beer/snack/chocolate tastings, not to mention celebratory cake :) Besides all the country representatives, there were loads of other businesses related to tourism, either promoting their product(s) or finding potential clients or employees. Also, there were multiple lectures given on current issues in tourism. It took about half an hour to walk from one end of the exhibition halls to the other...

Highlights for the common person to go there were definitely the souvenirs you could get :D Free stuff is what dreams are made of, right? The best thing was the opportunity to get real on the spot printed out photos taken of you  (Korea, Ecuador). And not to mention a card with your photo on, sitting on the seat of a Lufthansa plane, that looked like a proper staff-member ID :D

One day to visit is not enough, really, you miss so many things because at first you're just in  awe of the massiveness of it. Another day, at least is needed to fully explore every corner of it and talk to all the people about their destinations etc :) I hope that I'll get to go back next year or the year after that on public visiting days, because this year we went on the days it was open to business etc people. So most of the stands had just tables where proper business meetings took place and I personally felt kind of out of place, especially as everyone kept asking for my business card :D. It would be interesting to see what they come up with when they have to attract a common Joe from the street to buy a holiday :) Already for business people there were various local entertainment, from dancing to massage, but I expect it to be even grandiose on public days :)

Just WOW is what I remember and the desire to go back :)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

Solar eclipse

'twas my B-day!!!! :) yay :D Got up early... wayyyy to early. Then we made our way up to the Arts Centre for the peak time. It was dimmer than usual but I was a bit disappointed :( I didn't see more than a quarter of the sun covered... If I ever upload my pictures on the computer I will show you :D There were loads of people there though, with their sheets of paper, special masks, cardboard boxes etc etc, so I didn't really get to the special glasses to see the sun :( It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to ;D Then the next day I saw a couple of photos on facebook, taken in Aber that had loads of the sun covered. Like how???? Where??? When??? WHy me no see it??? :(

The evening we went to the best restaurant ever in Tal-y-bont. The Black Lion Hotel. OMG The duck there is to die for. Literally! I dream of that food :D

Last year I thought of making a tradition of saying what happened in the world this year on my birthday... well a bit late now innit... umm..let's think.

• Edgar Savisaar was suddenly taken to hospital.
• 4 days later a plane crashed to the French Alps.

If I try to google it now it is just the solar eclipse that comes up :D

 According to astrology, I should have an eventful year ahead now :)

Ttyl ;)

Jazz...

Timetable from hell

Is is just me or is the beginning of a semester always incredibly stressful???

Yeah... halfway through the semester and just now do I get around to writing about my timetable :D one lecture has already finished :D + the title is a bit exaggerating.. but hey ho!

Monday

10.00 Grammar - I've missed the last three lectures because it is just so hard to force myself to get up + I never do my homework and am too scared to show up without it ;( 

17.00 Marketing seminar in the other campus - do you see that huge gap????? What am I supposed to do in between? swimming :) :D no but seriously I hate that huge gap. The seminar itself is alright, not too much work :) mainly doing posters etc. I don't understand the fascination of this uni to make us do posters all the time.

No possibility to go to work on a Monday...

Tuesday

11.00 Dissertation practical (only a couple of times) - doing things on SPSS that are way advanced fo me just yet and even if I understand them and think oooh I'll do that, I forget them later anyway :)

now this is a gap I can work with ;)

13.00 Dissertation lecture - The last lecture had a full on argument between the teacher and some arrogant kid. I wished I had my popcorn with me :D The kid had just realised that 10,000 words is it. literally! Reference list and title and appendices. the whole 9 yards. "Why are you telling us this so late?!?! Everyone's nearly finished, due to the milestones and now we have to re-do EVERYTHING!!!!"

The lecturer: "I'm pretty sure I've mentioned his before, btw hands up who's nearly finished with their diss?"

not a single hand raises

The kid: "But the milestones.... blahblahblah"

The lecturer: "Yeah I know what the milestones say but I'm asking who is actually near enough finished?"

still no one..

The lecturer: "So basically it's only your problem..." to the kid

this was followed by some more stupid arguments and ppl asking if they can put tables in as pictures etc. Like seriously how many words are you gonna gain by doing that???? And to the lecturers defense he had defo said it before because it wasn't a surprise to me or the ppl sitting next to me... I'm so happy I decided to go to that final lecture :)

18-20 Russian :) Yeap I've finally got round to taking a Russian class after 4 years of contemplating this :D 

No possibility to work on Tuesdays

Wednesday

12.00 Listening

13.10 Pilates fitball - the bouncy balls are the best :)

worknight :)

Thursday

10.00-13.00 Tourism Development and Planning - we got the exam questions last lecture, the pressure is on.... 3 hours is too long for this theoretical class...

16.00 Translation

17.00 Oral - this is way better now since the teachers swapped their subjects :) I might even be enjoying it a little bit :D

No possibility to work on Thursdays

Friday

13.10-15.00 - Tourism Marketing lecture - quite enjoying this one :)

can't work Friday nights since I'm working Saturday mornings :D And I can't cope with that :D

The reason why I hate this timetable because it is scattered all over the place!!!!

But it's all coming to an end soon ;)

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Taking stock vol 2

I thought it was time to do another one of these :)


Making : up half of the things I've done regarding to my dissertation... (I will finish it on time, not a month before ;) )

Cooking : philadelphia cheese muffins, even bought a special muffin tin for that :)

Drinking : water, and cherry coke, because Mr. Special still doesn't understand me when I say cherry coke is forbidden in this flat!!!!! (or he pretends to forget). I blame him :D Ooooh and I've discovered Capri sun too :)

Reading: My California, well trying to read it. It isinteresting, but lately all I seem to have time for is stressing about all the uni work and lying on the sofa doing absolutely nothing because of it...

Wanting: for my dissertation to be written already! At one point I seriously considered bullying Mr. Special into writing it for me :D

Looking: forward to the trip to Berlin next week with our course!!!! We're going to one of the biggest travel trade shows! :) Exciting!

Playing: Simpsons Tapped Out, Hayday and Sims (2) :D I still play the candy crush, pets and heroes blahblah but I've become stuck on those levels for too long so I've sorta given up coz it seems impossible to win. Also, we paly quiz games on playstation 3, like national geographic ones and buzz.

Wasting: time... big time... I'm two milestones behind with my dissertation. And what do I do all day??? A big fat NADA

Sewing: my shirts still... maybe I should buy more quality clothing that have less of that type of problems?

Wishing: that I'd know what to do after graduation :D

Enjoying: going to pilates fitball :D Seriously recommend that, the ball is a lot of fun!

Waiting: for a miracle to happen and me getting a gush of inspiration and writing up my dissertation: that means the last day before the deadline lol :D

Liking: that all the French teachers swapped their subjects :D I believe it is much better (and challenging) now :)

Wondering: why I can't be a normal person and sort out my life...

Loving: Mr. Special for just about everything :D
Hoping: that I will get a superawesome job after graduation (yeah I want it to fall onto my lap)

Marvelling: some people who have already finished their dissertation (HOW???). They must really have their life together :D

Needing: a plan for the future

Smelling: Flowers :) it's daffodill season + we bought other flowers as well, now there are flowers everywhere :)

Wearing: pyjamas... what? It's still early(ish)!

Following: blogs

Noticing: that the carpet under outdoor shoes needs some serious hoovering... :D

Knowing: that there will be a (partial?) solar eclipse in the UK on my birthday!!!! :) :) I've never seen one before

Thinking: how to justify my procrastination to my dissertation supervisor...

Feeling: lazy... stressed... tired... but also happy :D I don't know, woke up with a good feeling (I have big plans of doing some of the homework today :D)

Bookmarking: blogs and jobsites...

Opening: books just to close them again coz me have no timey... Seriously why do I even go to bookstores anymore. I have a whole boxful of books demanding to be read...

Giggling: while watching cat videos. There was a whole tv-show dedicated to those yesterday :D

Feeling: the warmth of the sun and can't wait it to be summer already!

Watching: The Originals, Vampire Diaries, The Challenge: Battle of the Exes 2, and Home and Away - this is a seriously shortened list of what I've been watching over the past couple of years :D Coz now I have a tv, which means: The Walking Dead, Dance Moms, Little Women LA, NCIS, The Real Desperate Housewives: Beverly Hills

Listening: to my Estonian radio morning program during the day still... mostly when I play Sims :D


oh and I got this awesome tag from here:

http://meetmeatmikes.com/taking-stock/

Music time

OMG I initially posted this two days earlier :D That just shows how stressed I am with everything lol don't know even what day it is anymore. And today I almost forgot... :(


Hey y'all time for another bimonthly music and unfortunately I have to say I don't have any new discoveries this time round coz I've listened to all of them for at least a month now :D

First a crush to a song that I haven't had a loooong time. I just keep this one on replay at all times + it has a nice 90s vibe to it so it reminds me of my childhood :D :

Blonde - I loved you

Next is the song that comes on the radio and I love it but I never actually got round to listening to it on my own:

Selena Gomez - The Heart Wants What It Wants

Now an awesome uplifting song :)

Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Nabiha - Animals

And this years Estonian Eurovision Song that I LOVE, I'd heard it before on the radio but would never in a million years guessed that it was an estonian song. Seriously and I'm so happy it won our national selection this year (the other songs were bleh, seriously this was the only one I liked)

Stig & Elina - Goodbye to Yesterday

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Questionnaire

Heya,

I always love to fill in questionnaires. It's fun ;)

This is my questionnaire for my dissertation... oooh a little insight of what I'll be doing mine on :)

So please please fill it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QWFT7P8

Thank you :)