10. They brought me Cheese Balls.
9. They brought me Mini Rolls.
8. They brought me proper Cadbury's cholcolate.
7. They brought me Trevor Sorbie Curl Cream needed to create the dishevelled look to my hair. (No, honestly it actually requires hair products to make my hair look like this.)
6. They have not eaten 8, 9, or 10 themselves. I realise this is particularly hard for Mark.
5. My house has been tidy all week because I have guests. Although they might not appreciate it is, I do.
4. I can warrant eating out all week because they're on holiday.
3. I see Singapore through tourist eyes.
2. They were interested enough to come see my Singapore world and come to school.
1. Good old NI banter. There's nothing like it,
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Wardrobe malfunction
My first proper guests arrive tomorrow and I am so excited. Even though I have a thousand things to do for school and my house is tip, I'm so excited. You know Ruth, she comments on here once in a while. I reckon she's now one of my oldest friends (as in known the longest, she's not 80). We were in the same Science class in 2nd Year, we shared a study booth in 6th Year and I made her wedding stationery (v. stylish they were too!). One of the smartest things we ever did was to decide not to buy each other a Christmas present as there is enough expense at that time of year. Yet she is one of my best friends.
So Mark* and Ruth will be in my room whilst I move to the spare room.
However in the attempt to move my stuff to the other bedroom, I broke the wardrobe. Not badly. It wasn't a sofa cushion shrinking moment or anything. It should be a relatively easy fix. (I say this as if I am some sort of expert. Although let's not forget I am my dad's right hand girl when it comes to the old flat pack. We put together that computer-desk-cupboard-thing for my mum in a matter of...hours).
But the one sticking point right now is that I don't have a screwdriver to do it. And it being 1.00am I think I'll have to wait until tomorrow until I can get one. ('Can you believe there are no hardware stores open in the city past 1.00am?!') But unfortunately that means my tidying and swapping bedrooms has been put on hold.
So instead I am writing here and watching 'Later With Jools Holland' on BBC Entertainment. I think it must be fairly recent (as in this year) as Amy Winehouse and Muse were on. Duke Special is playing at the minute. I realise what I am about to say is about as controversial as my 'I don't really like Portrush' statement but I am 8000 safe miles away from getting mobbed so I'll take my chances and say I don't really get Duke Special. Call me 'mainstream' but he's odd. Leaving aside his appearance, he sings with a big old NI accent (and not in a Juliet Turner cute kind of way) and uses cheese graters in his songs. Hello?! Emperor's new clothes?! Am I the only one to realise you're being conned? Of course, I realise that when I come back home and am fully immersed in NI culture again, I'll eat my words and think he's the best thing since...some other fantastic NI artist with cult status.
In other news, I had an impromptu dinner party last weekend when my fridge freezer died. I didn't want to waste the food so invited people round to share in my thawed Bolagnese, Curry and Mushroom Chicken Something. Unfortunately it was too late for the Ben and Jerry's. My new fridge arrived on Wednesday and while I am excited by the turny ice cube trays, I am distressed that pizzas have to be taken out of the box to fit.
*Obviously excited he's coming too.
So Mark* and Ruth will be in my room whilst I move to the spare room.
However in the attempt to move my stuff to the other bedroom, I broke the wardrobe. Not badly. It wasn't a sofa cushion shrinking moment or anything. It should be a relatively easy fix. (I say this as if I am some sort of expert. Although let's not forget I am my dad's right hand girl when it comes to the old flat pack. We put together that computer-desk-cupboard-thing for my mum in a matter of...hours).
But the one sticking point right now is that I don't have a screwdriver to do it. And it being 1.00am I think I'll have to wait until tomorrow until I can get one. ('Can you believe there are no hardware stores open in the city past 1.00am?!') But unfortunately that means my tidying and swapping bedrooms has been put on hold.
So instead I am writing here and watching 'Later With Jools Holland' on BBC Entertainment. I think it must be fairly recent (as in this year) as Amy Winehouse and Muse were on. Duke Special is playing at the minute. I realise what I am about to say is about as controversial as my 'I don't really like Portrush' statement but I am 8000 safe miles away from getting mobbed so I'll take my chances and say I don't really get Duke Special. Call me 'mainstream' but he's odd. Leaving aside his appearance, he sings with a big old NI accent (and not in a Juliet Turner cute kind of way) and uses cheese graters in his songs. Hello?! Emperor's new clothes?! Am I the only one to realise you're being conned? Of course, I realise that when I come back home and am fully immersed in NI culture again, I'll eat my words and think he's the best thing since...some other fantastic NI artist with cult status.
In other news, I had an impromptu dinner party last weekend when my fridge freezer died. I didn't want to waste the food so invited people round to share in my thawed Bolagnese, Curry and Mushroom Chicken Something. Unfortunately it was too late for the Ben and Jerry's. My new fridge arrived on Wednesday and while I am excited by the turny ice cube trays, I am distressed that pizzas have to be taken out of the box to fit.
*Obviously excited he's coming too.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Bad day sandwich
My day started with a mosquito bite at the bus stop. I should have realised then it wasn't going to be pretty.
It ended with me missing my nice bus home. Yet, this was no surprise.
Yup, the day in between ssssssssuuuuuucccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddd.
Except for the announcement that I have my first namesake! Welcome Lucy Wogan Aldersgate Blair. Yeah, not Tina, Aldersgate is my bit. Because I am the biggest stinking Methodist around!
It ended with me missing my nice bus home. Yet, this was no surprise.
Yup, the day in between ssssssssuuuuuucccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeddddddddddd.
Except for the announcement that I have my first namesake! Welcome Lucy Wogan Aldersgate Blair. Yeah, not Tina, Aldersgate is my bit. Because I am the biggest stinking Methodist around!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Put your hand up if you're not here
I just spent about fifteen minutes reading other people's blogs. I started off with people I knew and linked through to other people that I had no clue about. Most people are way more deep than I am. Part of me thinks they're smarter than me, part of me thinks they're putting up a front (or at least they have different aims from their blog).
My blog is meant to be nothing other than a way for me to let my friends know what I am up to. Sometimes (although probably less and less often) I might make you laugh about something that happened to me, other times I might, just might, make you think about something. But most times I hope I at least provide you with a tinternet doss that you were looking for.
But seriously, who are you and why do you read this? Are there people I don't know reading this? I just ramble on here about nothing in particular.
So in that vein, here is the top layer of my brain arranged in no particular order:
-I went to the supermarket yesterday. I bought lizard traps for the geckos and it made me laugh about the whole different set of problems I get in my house this year compared to last. Although the geckos are not really a problem, I have guests coming to stay and I don't want them to think they're some sort of pet. Mind you, I'll get rid of the traps before they come. They might get scared if they knew!
- I also got a window cleaner (the instrument not the person) as I noticed my windows weren't the cleanest and I have guests coming. They better notice clean windows.
- I didn't eat dinner tonight. This was mostly because I ate chocolate (so as not to be too specific I shall be cryptic but it's the most geometrically interesting chocolate and the kind you tend to get in the airport). It was given to me by a parent whose child is pretty much getting bullied. I must be a great teacher, I haven't even really begun to try and help and I'm being showered with gifts! Huh! Maybe it's a bribe? Although for what I am not sure.
- I watched 'The Last King of Scotland' the other night. Fantastic film, although not a popcorn film but so many things going on in it. I talked about it today in two separate classes and am seriously thinking about some sort of History movie club in school. This might mean that I actually see 'Schlinder's List'.
- I laughed with my class about 'The Pianist', not that it's a funny film at all, but if you're 15 and still adjusting to a NI accent then what you hear when I say 'pianist' is funny. (It helps to adopt the brain of a fifteen year old.)
- I also showed some Peter Kay to my class the other day. The bit about emergency chairs. They didn't understand him but I laughed to watch it again. Thinking all this might be contributing to why we are a few weeks behind the plan. Oops, but I am educating the whole child!
- I'm waiting for Grey's Anatomy to start, that's why I'm still up.
- August 07's playlist contains:
Kings of Leon - Fans (they were in the Live Lounge an age ago doing this and it sounded unbelievable!)
Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting (you'd know it if you heard it)
Heaven 17 - Temptation (sang this all week because I was teaching a lesson on, yes, temptation. I didn't sing to the class because I didn't think it was target.)
- but also really like that Plain White Ts song and seem to rememeber liking Scouting for Girls when Scott was in for Chris a week or two ago but I have never knowingly heard it since so I can't be sure that was it.
- really need to back up my computer as I think it is now only a matter of time before it pops it.
My blog is meant to be nothing other than a way for me to let my friends know what I am up to. Sometimes (although probably less and less often) I might make you laugh about something that happened to me, other times I might, just might, make you think about something. But most times I hope I at least provide you with a tinternet doss that you were looking for.
But seriously, who are you and why do you read this? Are there people I don't know reading this? I just ramble on here about nothing in particular.
So in that vein, here is the top layer of my brain arranged in no particular order:
-I went to the supermarket yesterday. I bought lizard traps for the geckos and it made me laugh about the whole different set of problems I get in my house this year compared to last. Although the geckos are not really a problem, I have guests coming to stay and I don't want them to think they're some sort of pet. Mind you, I'll get rid of the traps before they come. They might get scared if they knew!
- I also got a window cleaner (the instrument not the person) as I noticed my windows weren't the cleanest and I have guests coming. They better notice clean windows.
- I didn't eat dinner tonight. This was mostly because I ate chocolate (so as not to be too specific I shall be cryptic but it's the most geometrically interesting chocolate and the kind you tend to get in the airport). It was given to me by a parent whose child is pretty much getting bullied. I must be a great teacher, I haven't even really begun to try and help and I'm being showered with gifts! Huh! Maybe it's a bribe? Although for what I am not sure.
- I watched 'The Last King of Scotland' the other night. Fantastic film, although not a popcorn film but so many things going on in it. I talked about it today in two separate classes and am seriously thinking about some sort of History movie club in school. This might mean that I actually see 'Schlinder's List'.
- I laughed with my class about 'The Pianist', not that it's a funny film at all, but if you're 15 and still adjusting to a NI accent then what you hear when I say 'pianist' is funny. (It helps to adopt the brain of a fifteen year old.)
- I also showed some Peter Kay to my class the other day. The bit about emergency chairs. They didn't understand him but I laughed to watch it again. Thinking all this might be contributing to why we are a few weeks behind the plan. Oops, but I am educating the whole child!
- I'm waiting for Grey's Anatomy to start, that's why I'm still up.
- August 07's playlist contains:
Kings of Leon - Fans (they were in the Live Lounge an age ago doing this and it sounded unbelievable!)
Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting (you'd know it if you heard it)
Heaven 17 - Temptation (sang this all week because I was teaching a lesson on, yes, temptation. I didn't sing to the class because I didn't think it was target.)
- but also really like that Plain White Ts song and seem to rememeber liking Scouting for Girls when Scott was in for Chris a week or two ago but I have never knowingly heard it since so I can't be sure that was it.
- really need to back up my computer as I think it is now only a matter of time before it pops it.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Seven for seven
I have nothing to say but I wanted to blog because then I will have blogged every day for the last seven days and I don't think that has ever happened, not in Singapore anyway.
But I'll try to scape together some news for you anyway:
- I'm getting monster sore heads at the minute. Not sure why but I ran out of Ibuprofen so had an emergency run to the petrol station to get Panadol. Feel better now, thanks for asking.
- This could also be because of the Slurpee I got there (think there will be more trips there now that I know my garage has Slurpees. What joy!)
- I had Mexican for lunch. Not a whole one as the old joke goes, just some Tacos.
- School tomorrow, not looking forward to a full five days. Especially when I have zero classes prepared.
- I do feel a small triumph as these last few days I completed my coursework accreditation which has been hanging over my head since May. Put things off?! Me?! Stop with your crazy talk!
- I joined Facebook. Now I can talk to the same people that I talk to on Bebo and add in the Americans and Singaporeans too. And to think this time I year ago I wasn't using any social network sites. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Night night
But I'll try to scape together some news for you anyway:
- I'm getting monster sore heads at the minute. Not sure why but I ran out of Ibuprofen so had an emergency run to the petrol station to get Panadol. Feel better now, thanks for asking.
- This could also be because of the Slurpee I got there (think there will be more trips there now that I know my garage has Slurpees. What joy!)
- I had Mexican for lunch. Not a whole one as the old joke goes, just some Tacos.
- School tomorrow, not looking forward to a full five days. Especially when I have zero classes prepared.
- I do feel a small triumph as these last few days I completed my coursework accreditation which has been hanging over my head since May. Put things off?! Me?! Stop with your crazy talk!
- I joined Facebook. Now I can talk to the same people that I talk to on Bebo and add in the Americans and Singaporeans too. And to think this time I year ago I wasn't using any social network sites. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Night night
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