It's not a holiday!

As you may or may not know, I'm away from the lovely lovely Aberystwyth for the week. "It's not a holiday!!!!!" as the lecturers keep saying, yes the lecturers because I'm on a study trip: International Tourism in Practice, in MALTA!
and as I don't have access to the internet all the time, I post whenever I can but will summarize each day.

Day numero uno:

Finished my assignment early in the morning, printed it out at 3AM and submitted it electronically as well. Did my packing and went to bed to wake up at around 9 do finalize the packing and freak out and all that usual stuff you do before a trip. Quarter past 10 I started walking up the hill, with a small, hand-luggage size suitcase, so not too much effort :) Handed the hardback copy of my assignment in and let the "It's not a holiday!" begin :) With three hours in a coach on those awful welsh roads... Oh god please do not make me sick!!! And yay, I survived!

A little tour in the Manchester airport that really made me realize that there is so much more to airports than just flying :D It is like it's own little community, which is really cool and interesting, like how they worry about good reputation regarding to polluting the environment, different security measures, how one stupid and at a first glance quite insignificant employee may ruin the smooth operation of an entire terminal, like losing every passenger's luggage... Did they get fired? :D

Finally time to check-in for our flight, we were flying with Air Malta, a "proper' airline :D compared to the usual Ryanair and EasyJet... But I've never been so unhappy and annoyed with an airline ever. The check-in process was horrible mainly because they had overbooked, I think it took us nearly an hour to get us all checked in, in the middle of our group the check-in was closed and they had to wait a long time to get it open again... -.- One team member tried to serve three people at once, making a huge mess that resulted in everyone having to wait longer, just deal with one person at (oh god I already finished this post, but it didn't tell me that my internet allowance ran out... so I have to write this part again... why????) a time :D I wonder if someone was left behind...(not from our group)

We were the only flight in that terminal and it was really bizarre walking round the basically empty terminal... like you were in a movie or doing something illegal :D But yet again, seeing the airport from a different light :)

I got to seat next to the emergency exit, so sooo much leg space :) Me likey :) Me likey very-very much :D Why have I not sat there before????? OOOOh and the food! It was so good! Mashed potatoes, green peas and carrots and chicken fillet :) I'm in heaven :D The girl sitting next to me said that this one was even better than the meal she had while flying to Cuba... and our flight only lasted for three hours. I slept most of the flight :) And I didn't mention it before, TV's on the plane, showing where we are on the map all the time and what time it is and how high up we are... high-tech :D Feels so fancy compared to RyanAir :D

Arrived in Malta around 11pm and had to wait for our luggage, haven't done that in two years :D Now I'm a proper flier again :D Then got in the minibuses and headed towards our hotel :) Malta seems nice :)

(I think the original post was a bit longer, but my arms are already tired of typing :D so bye-bye and soooori)

Keep a look out for the next post, can't predict when I will be able to post it though :(

Ttyl :)
Jazzz...

Another day in paradise

or maybe the first one, tomorrow will hopefully be another.

We have a crappy weather here, so windy, that I'm surprised if I still have windows in the morning, not just a hole in the wall (I envy Jazz, who is under the sun, getting a tan, while I'm under my duvet and still cold).
Anyhow, why paradise? Today was the first day, when I didn't have to do anything, like nothing at all, and boy, I enjoy those days (although, I'm kinda getting bored already, but that is mostly because my crappy internet, which won't let me watch my TV shows :/).
So as I didn't have to do anything, I ended up going to our Polly shops, just to find the dress from the picture they posted on Facebook, and well, I know, I was bad, for spending money, but I bought the dress, because it looks soooo nice, and as I didn't have anyone to take with me (thanks Jazz, for being away, when I need you, first this and then you are not here, so that I could get some green clothes from you to wear at work for some charity event) I had to ask the shop assistant how it looks on me, the thing I hate doing, because I really think that they usually try to convince people to make a purchase. But she was lovely and hopefully didn't lie :D Now I just need an occasion where I could wear that dress, as it's quite fancy, at least Liz promised to organize a party, if I buy this, or my dear le bf should take me out to celebrate our 6 months anniversary, not gonna hold my breath for the last one tho.
So after the Pollies, came back home, to warm up under the duvet again, did notning, and then finally went to store to get some food, in order to recreate my favourit baguette (bacon, mayo, tomato and egg) from our Art's Centre, yum, good food.
So now some more TV shows and sleepy time :P

Ems

A good or bad day??

Woke up quite early today - 10.30 :D so so early for me!! ;) This essay is having a positive effect on me. 

Firstly went to town to buy some empty travel bottles and two pairs of trainers (only eight quid!) for my upcoming trip. Look out for the entry under stupidos turistos label in about a week and a half ;) 

First stop the atm I need to take money out just in case savers or poundland has a card limit (to those of you who do not know what the hell that means - you have to spend a certain amount of money to be able to pay by card - stupid in my opinion). So automatically typed my PIN in, chose to take out 10 pounds in cash, got my card and went to the shoe store. Tried on shoes a size smaller than mine. They fit just fine! YAY (obviously they did not have my size) and went to pay for them... Had a look in my purse and guess what I didn't see, yeah you guessed right: the £10 note that I previously had taken out... FUDGE FUDGE FUDGE!!!! That's karma, B! I have to mention that Wednesday I found £10 laying on the ground, so technically I'm even :( But still!!! Why do I have to be so absent-minded??  To make matters worse savers didn't have the travel bottles I was looking for, to the slightly more expensive superdrug then... They had them. (it was surprisingly fun to put my shampoo and shower gel into them later :D like I always say, it's the small things that make me happy :D so if you ever need to fill those little bottles please please please let me do it ;) )

Had 2 lectures today and got my french test back with a wicked result... ouyeah I still have it in me :D it made me especially happy to see that the previously advanced students next to me had lower marks... (sorry for being mean, but that's just the way I am so deal with it!). Stayed in the computer room after the lecture (the one that only language students know about ;) but thankfully it wasn't completely empty : two other students were there, it just creeps me out being there alone, like it's forbidden or something but actually it's a nice alternative to the usually full library computer rooms) and wrote another 700 words of my essay. Yippikayay :) And I still have two days left before the deadline, you just can not imagine how proud I am of myself at the moment :D

I even managed to watch an episode of The Vampire Diaries and two episodes of Home and Away. What a productive day! (not sarcasm) Even hoovered my room :D At eight o'clock I was torn, since I had been invited to a birthday, but since it was the last free evening before the deadline and the party was up the hill, I decided to ask if Rebecka is going (she's doing the same course as me and is struggling with the same essay) and if she was going to go then I would join her but she wasn't really keen on going so I said that ok I won't go either. After that she revealed that if I had gone she would've gone with me :D lol we made a compromise to not go then.

And here I am, yet another Friday night in the 24h computer room in my pjs, lol that's the way I roll! My current word count is 1 541 and I plan on finishing it tomorrow, chose the articles and main points for the third part today as well, so all that's left to do is write the damn thing and put all the references in order and tables - I must include tables -.- I hate tables! But all in all it looks that I might even have a good night sleep on the night before the deadline - a first during my university time :D 

Still wish me luck though!

Jazzz...

PS! forgot to mention that my laptop had major difficulties in connecting to the wi-fi again -.- no surprise there and forced me to restart it, and guess what omfg! The screen started fully working again! Just like that, out of the blue after several weeks of only having 2/3 of the screen actually working (1/3 was just black) :D So happy :D Once again I have normal laptop :)

Double standards

Shame on me for not having posted for so long, but I always think that I don't have anything so interesting going on to write a post.
Basically is my life pretty much like Jazz's, have to write my online seminar post and essay on top, which is due to on Monday, so even worse than Jazz's, but have I done anything, no, oops.

But what I really wanted to write about is my last night with my dear le bf. We were planning to watch master chef, but his laptop crashed, so he restarted it and it took soooo long, god knows how old his laptop is, for taking so long :D So I don't even know why, but while waiting he asked what my password for my laptop is, and I told like it is, that it is a place related to one guy. Which led us to a discussion, that if he would have a password related to another woman, I would be upset. And all the things he has done, not to make me upset etc, but I'm with him and have a password, that reminds me another guy, well, in my defence, I see it only as a password, yes at that time, it was a reminder of this guy, and still is, but I don't smile or think aww in my head, when I type it in, like he said, that you think about this person when you remember the password, well, I don't,  it's just a good word to have, I have different versions of that in many accounts and changing all the passwords just because I'm with someone seems pointless. But like he said, if he would have password related to someone else, I would get upset, which is why, when we got together, he changed his passsword from something related to Jazz (yes, you, and apparently it was a very good one, but he still changed it) to something that reminds him me. So in his opinion I have double standards, just because I can have a password like that, but I would be upset, if he would have one, although, it's a password, not meant to be shared, so how would I know in the first place. So the conclusion of the night: it seems like I pretty much ruined Jazz's and my bf's friendship, bcs they had such a good laugh before, and then I came along, well, I'm so sorry, wasn't planning to ruin anything and of course, I have double standards and in his opinion what we have is not special enough for me to change my passwords, thanks. Oh, and when I asked what was that special thing between him and my best friend, then it suddenly was nothing, didn't matter and so on, yet, he told we shouldn't be secretive, but said that she won't tell me, bcs it was nothing, well, if it was nothing, then what's the problem with just saying it out?

Ems

Last minute

My favorite and most hated time to do stuff. I just can't help it, I am really struggling to find motivations to do my essays or applications etc. before the deadline comes. I have tried, trust me, done some reading and research before-hand but without the pressure of the deadline being so close I soon find other, more interesting stuff to do, like writing a blog about writing an essay or just waste time watching sitcoms or mindlessly watching youtube videos of the stupidest things ever... Fun right? Who needs an university degree anyway? Not me apparently...

So my 2500 word essay's deadline is 3pm Tuesday and it's mainly a literature review. 2500!!! So many words!!! I've now gotten to the point where I've done my background research and bookmarked like ten or so articles (didn't bother to read them through yet - it'll be the murder of me I'm sure) and now all that's left to do is write the damn thing. Easy right? Guess again... I haven't even come up with a proper title... But I have an honorable mission to write at least 500 words today - introduction - yes I am the freak who does the introduction first not last as it should be done. Whatever I'm unique and weird don't even try to tell me that it is smarter to leave the introduction last - I know that already! And choose to ignore it (maybe that;s the reason I do not get firsts on my essays) you have to live dangerously right? ;)

Wish me luck! :)

Jazzz...

I belong

I've been accepted to the small weird community in the middle of nowhere where I live :) At least I feel like it and that's what counts the most ;)

The locals are just creepy and cringe-worthy and just blatantly weird or aaaargh stay the hell away from me - first impressions that sadly still are true for some of them (I'm talking about the drunkards who smell), but the rest are actually really cool and bring a smile to my face oh it's him/her again :) At work that is :D

• I still do not really talk to them :D just say Hi, how are you, then when sometimes they have something to say, I listen while serving them on the till and make a sound and a face that mimics theirs because 85% of the time I do not really understand what they say because I do not pay attention :D 
• I've managed to teach some of them how to say Hello in Estonian, btw as I recently learned it means 'come here' in Welsh and you'd say that to a dog -.- Thanks for shitting all over my language.
• One guy (old man) actually said that when someone asks him who he's doing he replies with: ' Rather good, I get money from an Estonian girl each week so life's pretty good' LOL really? just to clear things up, I do not give him money, I just pay out his pension or whatevs, 'cause we do that in food shops here in Britain
• I've been hugged by three customers (old men)... talk about awkward - I do not hug them back, just stand there awkwardly and walk away with rolling my eyes like wtf just happened??? - they do not see it of course ;)
• When I went back home for two weeks during Christmas some customers had actually asked where I'd disappeared to and said that they like me... Awwwww... I like you too! (maybe, I do not know who they are, if they are the creepy drunkards then NO).
• They actually notice when I'm working more than my regular hours. In the summer some people asked me if I have a life outside the shop at all because I was always there and now that I did two weeks of 39 hours one guy yet again asked if I even go to a university because I'm always in the shop when he comes in :D Well.... welcome to my sad-sad life and thanks for pointing out that sadness.
• Once I had a discussion about where the word vodka comes from and surprised that old man when I said I already knew it comes from the Russian word for water. ' HOW DID YOU KNOW?' LOL, well common sense, if you know what I mean ;)
• A couple of days ago two guys (young ones this time, even I get lucky once in a while ;) ) came in with some toys :D that allowed them to see over the shelves to the next aisle, it was soooooo funny to watch :D like little boys :D and they were so happy! When they came to purchase something they were all cheery and said my name in their greeting awwww... you made an effort :D lol they literally made my day.
• One guy (regular customer, a young man) bought some tobacco and we had chocolate shortcakes next to the till, he was looking at them and saying how tasty they are etc. but still hesitantly stated that he will not buy them and when I asked if he's sure because it is only a pound he literally started running away screaming nooooo don't tempt me! :D
• I once saw a regular customer at a different shop, when I was shopping for food as well, made small talk and then he asked me where something is and I'm like how the f should I know??? I do not work here. LOL pointed in some direction and hoped it was right (as I usually do) and ran away :D

That's the little things that make me happy at work :D amongst others :D
I just have to mention how Emma maliciously made me fall down on my bum and nearly broke ten vodka bottles - it was hilarious :D Luckily it was in a camera blindspot - I checked later, you can only see Emma opening the door that I was leaning on and then stopping, bending down (to see if I'm okay since I fell on the floor). The other camera just shows my leg stretching suddenly and bottles falling but no one will notice unless they're specifically looking for it. No harm done, I didn't even get hurt at all and all the bottles were fine, so when Emma went to serve the customer waiting I just died of laughter under the tills, wondering if the customer had noticed or heard me scream out WHYYYYY???? Did I scream I out loud or just in my head? I do not know....

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

FOOD

Last Sunday (yes I do know that I'm a bit behind in writing these entries) was Estonia's birthday also known as the Independence Day. YAY we're 95 years old!!! :) The local Estonians here in Aber decided to make a traditional Estonian feast and party in honor of it Saturday evening. Unfortunately me and Emma were both working and couldn't attend the entire party. Bummer, we missed all that delicious food! Yeap food is my main concern. To be honest I do not really know how i survive here, haven't cooked a proper meal for myself in ages. Ready meals ftw! Maybe that's why my immune system isn't as strong as it was before, I'm simply not getting all the necessary vitamins to fight the common flu :(

Anyway, Ems got a text after work that the party people are still in the cafe and would be there for at least another hour. Food time :D So we decided to join - before that obviously went home to change. Arrived there like half past eleven and saw that they're cleaning. -.- That means no food :( I was gutted. We decided to walk in and greet everybody since we were there already and the first thing Ruby said to me was that if I please could take all the leftovers back to my fridge since I live opposite the cafe. Oh yeah of course epic win :D Haven't had a decent potato salad since forever and now I have two :D Me and Ems grabbed both of the salads and made our escape to my place where we decided to watch the Estonian Eurovision semi-finals that were on the same day. Felt like home :)

BUT, I still have half a bowl of that salad left :D HAHA and I've gotten so sick of it already :D everyday I'm eating it! :P LOL

Basically the conclusion of the party for me and Ems: walk in late say Hi to some people, grab the food and go home with it :) Or am I the only one finding it funny? :D ;)

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...