went to see wolf parade (http://www.myspace.com/wolfparade) last night, they were amazing. they sound much better live than on disc or 'computer' or whatever you kids are calling it these days ! they were supported by another cool band called something frog, i cant remember. the music scene is so good here- so unexpected. ani difranco is playing here in october so im gonna def buy tickets. i dunno if i said already but i already have tickets for KT tunstall and sugarcult. new found glory and hellogoodbye are both playing here but im having to limit myself ! apparently brandnew were here last month. typical !
i am in the union computer room and its so cold, why do they make it so cold ?! im drinking a peachy pineapple smoothie which i paid for with the money on my student card, its like part of the meal plan here, you get $200 on your card to spend on food in any of the places around the uni. they offered to put a "booster" in the smoothie -the options were lik slim down, protein and stuff, these americans will believe anything. as well as the $200 i get 6 meals a week in the uni canteen place, tonight i think im gonna go to a dif one cos theres like 4 or 5 about campus and im getting a bit tired of mrs Es. im not sure if i sed already but this is my time table: monday and wed 1:30 until 2:45 i have film production, monday from 6:30 - 10pm i have the history of american sound film. tuesday and thursday from 8 - 9:15 i have marketing strategy and new product development from 11-12:15. then i have fridays off. im just about to head home now cos im freezing and i have a lot of reading to do tonight, plus an innovation thing to hand in tomorrow.
im gonna help out the study abroad people here by manning a stall for stirling university in a couple of weeks time. i would say its biggest selling point is the fact you dont have to actually do any reading...you can but u dont have to ! also u can drink. so its my birthday on sunday, we are all tailgating the football match on sat and im not sure what the plan for sunday is yet but i reckon picnics and drink should be involved. failing that pizza, you can buy dominoes pizza with your card too !
too cold, have to go, bye x
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
frida and mara
this is frida and mara on friday. in other news dashboard confessional and brandnew are doing a gig together (probably the best possible gig that could ever exist in my life) and its in denver which is the state next to this one...only thing is , its 10hours drive from here :( gutted. im off to hit the books, its hard work here like !
the crew
this is us in the bottleneck, from right to left : rhondas sister jennifer - who is staying here for like a week, jason, rhonda, jennifers mate, philipa and katarina :)
american fridge
hey, been so busy doing work so here goes a big update...or a short one covering what i can remember. so on sat me emily rhonda and philippa went to the fiddle playing contest in south park (otherwise known as fiddle fest!) it was well funny and we had a good wee dance ! then we went to rhondas mates house where i found this amazing american fridge which is just so super cool. i took a pic to show debi cos i know u will appreciated it and on closer look it even has stuff bout veggies written on it ! so then after the house we went to the bottle neck for rhondas mates gig, its a club where u can get in if ur over 18 but u get crosses on your hands so u cant drink and u have to pay more so it really jsut sucks. but we had rum ahahaha. so i danced loads and it was ace. then it rained like crazy once we left but rhonda had her car so we got home only half soaked through :)
Saturday, August 26, 2006
im only happy when it rains
ok so i went to the cinema to see snakes on the plane the night before last. was extremely american and people clapped and cheered and laughed so loud *cringe*. last night i went back to freestate, the rain was crazy. it was like a tropical storm and iv never heard thunder so load, it was amazing...until after we came out of freestate and everyone was trying to decide where to go...just think hunter square except theres a massive shower head on full power above our heads. katarina took a video so maybe il get it and post it. was mental. just woke up now, think i might go into town and spend the vouvhers i won in a raffle last week :)
im only happy when it rains
ok so i went to the cinema to see snakes on the plane the night before last. was extremely american and people clapped and cheered and laughed so loud *cringe*. last night i went back to freestate, the rain was crazy. it was like a tropical storm and iv never heard thunder so load, it was amazing...until after we came out of freestate and everyone was trying to decide where to go...just think hunter square except theres a massive shower head on full power above our heads. katarina took a video so maybe il get it and post it. was mental. just woke up now, think i might go into town and spend the vouvhers i won in a raffle last week :)
Thursday, August 24, 2006
every day after that in the night i will dream i am with you
this blog has 51 posts ! im too good to you guys. i got my threadless tshirt in the post today which was pretty exciting, i think il wear it tonight-might be going out for a beer if i can get in somewhere :) it came with a free sticker and pencil i was so chuffed. i am goin food shopping tonight so i can actualy make nice food every now and then. the food place here is nice but u just know it aint good for you :s you just scan ur card to get in and you can eat all u want and drink all u want, they have a mexican chinease and pizza bit plus like 4 other bits and salad and condiments and ice cream and just anything you can think off really. its good but bad.
my bike died. i only bought it on sat and the handle bars went dodgy but the same thing had happend to katarinas so i just figured it was usual for a $50 bike, then i was cyclin down a steep hill to mass street and it went crazy, turns out my tire popped. so i pushed it to katarinas and tightened up the bars but i dunno what to do about the wheel, proper gutted.
we are gonna each have the net in our rooms on sat :) for now im just chillin in the living room. miss world is def not moving in she is stayin in dif halls. thus i currently have my own room but that could all change ! its good but also a little bad cos my room is so bear and dull lookin. by bear i ment bare. i was so bored today, i have friends and that here but i miss haveing loads of different friends, like i just have a few. but im sure that will change.
cant think of anything else to write about
-squeb
my bike died. i only bought it on sat and the handle bars went dodgy but the same thing had happend to katarinas so i just figured it was usual for a $50 bike, then i was cyclin down a steep hill to mass street and it went crazy, turns out my tire popped. so i pushed it to katarinas and tightened up the bars but i dunno what to do about the wheel, proper gutted.
we are gonna each have the net in our rooms on sat :) for now im just chillin in the living room. miss world is def not moving in she is stayin in dif halls. thus i currently have my own room but that could all change ! its good but also a little bad cos my room is so bear and dull lookin. by bear i ment bare. i was so bored today, i have friends and that here but i miss haveing loads of different friends, like i just have a few. but im sure that will change.
cant think of anything else to write about
-squeb
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
roomies
these are my roomies, one on the left is emily and on the right is rhonda, they are super cool
bed
this is my bed, brought the pillow from home and got the covers here from wallmart, the thing on the wall is the frisbee i won one day :)
my desk
this is my desk, it makes me happy cos the drawer handles make a smiley face...its the little things !
hall
this is the hall, and that room at the end is mines :) just now its all mines cos miss world is not moving in cos she is trying to get into naismith !
living room
this is my sexy living room with its 2 sofas and coffee table, not a very good picture to show it all but its hard to take it from a good angle.
Monday, August 21, 2006
enough about me lets talk about you for a minute
so, i went to film works which is the film club here last night and it was so cool. probably the best thing ever. its in this huge proper studio and theres proper cameras and everything. also met my leturer who i have today and he is the single most inspiring man ever. one of those people that make you feel like, yeh, im gonna do this. i love it so much. so there was about 30 people there, 5 girls including me...and 25 super geeky guys but thats cool.
miss world hasnt moved in yet but some guys came round today cos apparently she sed her bed was wobbly so i reckon she is waiting til its all fine before she moves in...its mental. im scared. i have a class at 1:30 in old father studios which is miles away so i have to leave here at 1 then i have a class from 6:30 until 10pm ! who does that !!!
gonna do laundry today...that should be exciting :
food lasts much longer here.its jammed full of preservatives, you can buy scrambled eggs in cartons. everything is huge...america is not famous for its cusine....think thats the single worst thing bout being here, everything else is fine but really, i just need some nice food. i have been to mrs es a few times now, its the cafe place of whatever, its like all u can eat which would be dangerous but its all super sweet.
ok so this blog is good but you all need to send me some pictures of what im missing cos for all i know you all look completely different ! my email is gooberish_genoober@hotmail.com for all thoughs who do not know already x
gotta go to class...but its in the film studio so its just cool :D :D :D
miss world hasnt moved in yet but some guys came round today cos apparently she sed her bed was wobbly so i reckon she is waiting til its all fine before she moves in...its mental. im scared. i have a class at 1:30 in old father studios which is miles away so i have to leave here at 1 then i have a class from 6:30 until 10pm ! who does that !!!
gonna do laundry today...that should be exciting :
food lasts much longer here.its jammed full of preservatives, you can buy scrambled eggs in cartons. everything is huge...america is not famous for its cusine....think thats the single worst thing bout being here, everything else is fine but really, i just need some nice food. i have been to mrs es a few times now, its the cafe place of whatever, its like all u can eat which would be dangerous but its all super sweet.
ok so this blog is good but you all need to send me some pictures of what im missing cos for all i know you all look completely different ! my email is gooberish_genoober@hotmail.com for all thoughs who do not know already x
gotta go to class...but its in the film studio so its just cool :D :D :D
Saturday, August 19, 2006
shut your eyes and think of somewhere
last night we bought $14 vodka, so thats about £8 for 2 litres...and that wasnt even the cheapest one. now i know why it was so cheap. my room mate is none other than miss kansas (this sounds like a joke but its actually true) and she is moving in today. i am going to wallmart to buy a bike :) they are like $50 and it will get me around much quicker :) bye for now x
Friday, August 18, 2006
everything is bigger in america
this picture is for anyone who has ever stayed in uni accomodation where you have to share a shelf or box inside the fridge... AH HA :p
il take more pics of my flat and post them next time :) this was probably the biggest entry ever. i just got an email telling me to read 4 chapters of a book by thur...i dont even have the book !i thought i was on holiday, whats goin on !
night out
this is the first pub we went to where it was $1 for a beer. apparently its only for frat houses and sororitys...but we didnt know that at the time !
pizzza
this is mara and johnathin at the pizza place we went to. look at the size of the slice you get !!!
flat
i however am living with 3 americans and my flat is almost fully furnished, right down to this scarey cushion !
philippas flat
the catch with accom here is that wen u move in there is exactely no furniture ! not even bed covers ! heres katarina and philippa trying not to have chins, on the floor of the flat
jayhawk
this bird is eveywhere ! there are 23 big ones like this roundcampus and you can get it on evrything ! so when i finally get round to sending post it will most probably have something like this on it !
frat house
this is the fountain you can swin in, its outside one of the frat houses, which are all massive mansions
Its way too easy to live this life with your eyes half closed
Sorry for bombarding you with all this talk about me, but I want to write it down so I remember! These are some pics from last thursday morning. I didn’t have much to do til around 1 so I went for a walk down by the lake, its really pretty but SO hot so I had to sit in the union for around 20mins with a bottle of water just to recover !! There were loads of creepy crawlys but it looks like a nice place to sit and I seen a lot of graffiti. At night time me philippa fee kathrineand katarina got a free bus downtown and went to a Mexican restaurant. It was fees birthday so we gave her some stuff we picked up from the dollar section of walmart….but it was good stuff! I had anchaladas savas…or something like that and I got free “chips and sauce” as you can see in the pic J then we went to ben and jerrys and I got a strawberry cheese cake milkshake but the smallest one was so big (see pic) so I ended up throwing away quite a bit of it. Philippa dropped ice cream down here top which was funny x The weekend was pretty good, on Friday I moved out of naismith and into jayhawker towers, then…I went to a keg party which was ace. They had American cups ! basically here no one brings drink the person having the party just buys it and then charges whatever they want per cup, it was $4 so that’s nothing considering there was beer, vodka Bacardi and whisky all on offer. I got home at around 4am and had a bagel the next morning to recover J my flatmates or roommates as they say here moved in on Sunday, well Emily and Rhonda did. Stacey is apparently coming this sat. its good though cos shes the one sharing with me so I have a room to myself ! The apartment is really big and the fridge puts stirling to shame ! the night before last I went round to rhondas friends house for a few beers which was pretty ace, they all seems like fun. Last night we walked all the way to 22nd and louisianna which is so far away ! probably like walking from mines to roseburn…but cos of the heat more like walking from Edinburgh to Glasgow…via london just to get some free pizza. It was good though so I would consider it worth it. Then me and katarina went to the shops and I bought a water melon….then walked home, only to dicover I had left my deodorant in her bag…so I may well of smelt a bit of for a day. I have now enrolled in 4 classes and been to 2. they seem ok but the 2nd one is pretty hard core. I have loads of projects to do and I have to hand in the notes iv taken on the reading every week. I haven’t been to buy my books yet but il do that today after this. Tomorrow me and katarina and whoever wants to join us are having a beer and bicycle day. We are going to get a bus to wallmart and buy bikes then cycle to a liquor store cos the only beer you can buy in pubs is only 3.2% then go somewhere pretty and drink. Its gonna be so good ! ok il gonna post this now with some pics above x
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
dont wanna be an american idiot
last night i got wasted on an illegal substance....ALCOHOL !!! we went to free state which is a pub downtown on mass street - the main street here. it was a really cool palce and they brew the beer through the back but you can see it cos its behind this big glass window which is pretty smart. so i had a beer ($1.75) but it tasted horrible so i moved swiftly on to double vodkas with cloudy lemonade ($5.25) a double measure here is 3 ounzes but i dunno what that is in ml. they were pretty good and the bar man asked me if i wanted to start a tab at the bar ! stayed there till it shut which unfortunately was 12 and then got a taxi home, the taxis are stranbge here its like a set price for the number of people there were 4 of us so it was $15 1 person is $9.
Before the pub yesterday we went to a free bbq which was organised by this christian group but they didnt ram it in your face and they actually do a lot of cool stuff with fair trade and environmental stuff. so i signed up ! but i dunno il see what there email says. i had a meat burger first it was good but a little pink so i went for a veggie one next but it was rubbish, not at all like at home. they always have a veggie option here though so its good. think i might go to mrs Es tonight for tea, thats the cafe place i get my meal plan from but i can spend it other places too it just seems to be nearest to where i live. im currently on 12 meals a week but i think il change it to 6. you can go for breakfast lunch or dinner and the meals carry over so you can have 3 one day if you want :)
think my flatmate is buying a wireless hub today so if all goes well i might be able to update with some pictures later on.
over and out x
Before the pub yesterday we went to a free bbq which was organised by this christian group but they didnt ram it in your face and they actually do a lot of cool stuff with fair trade and environmental stuff. so i signed up ! but i dunno il see what there email says. i had a meat burger first it was good but a little pink so i went for a veggie one next but it was rubbish, not at all like at home. they always have a veggie option here though so its good. think i might go to mrs Es tonight for tea, thats the cafe place i get my meal plan from but i can spend it other places too it just seems to be nearest to where i live. im currently on 12 meals a week but i think il change it to 6. you can go for breakfast lunch or dinner and the meals carry over so you can have 3 one day if you want :)
think my flatmate is buying a wireless hub today so if all goes well i might be able to update with some pictures later on.
over and out x
Monday, August 14, 2006
write me a love song, drop me a line
yo hombres. this is my postal address:
1603 w. 15th st.
apt. 505b
lawrence
kansas
ks 66044
havent been able to write anything cos i dont have the net in my new room yet but i am gettting wireless this week so do not fret :) my new place is pretty cool its big and has a carpet. im living with 3 american girls but the one im sharing a room with (Staci) hasnt moved in yet. iv met Rhonda and emily and they seem nice but when i was reading harry potter emily asked me if it was in english so i dont reckon they know where scotland is. il write more along with some pics some time this week, im gonna go to the poster sale now and buy some stuff to decorate my walls x
1603 w. 15th st.
apt. 505b
lawrence
kansas
ks 66044
havent been able to write anything cos i dont have the net in my new room yet but i am gettting wireless this week so do not fret :) my new place is pretty cool its big and has a carpet. im living with 3 american girls but the one im sharing a room with (Staci) hasnt moved in yet. iv met Rhonda and emily and they seem nice but when i was reading harry potter emily asked me if it was in english so i dont reckon they know where scotland is. il write more along with some pics some time this week, im gonna go to the poster sale now and buy some stuff to decorate my walls x
Thursday, August 10, 2006
my current digs
my current digs
Originally uploaded by squeb.
this is where i am staying just now but im moving on to bigger and better things on friday morning
the football stadium
the football stadium
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this is the uni american football stadium, its massive
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first week 041resize
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this is the study abroad office, all the buildings here are a little grander than in stirling
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first week 021resize
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the girl on the right is my roomie and the one on the left is the polish girl who lives next door.
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first week 048resize
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this is me katarina and ghoovie in the union. ghoovie is my group leader and katarina is my swedish friend :)
these tropicana drinks are free, fun and sunshine, theres enough for everyone
hello :) went to a pool party last night, it was the best thing iv done since i got here ! i had a tasty burger from the bbq then sat and talked for a bit. wasnt gonna go in the pool but once a few people went in and it continued to be 40 degrees at 6pm i desided to get in. didnt have a swimsuit so i went in in shorts and tshirt. which weighed me down a litle but i didnt do much swimming. it was so ace, someone brought a massive yoga ball so we played with that for a while. almost got knocked out by it but ghovie jumped infront and possibley saved me life. met my first american friend !! here name is mara but you say it like maura. she has a car and a flat and is over 21 so this could be a useful contact :p !we stayed in the pool til around 9 and were some of the last ones out. dried off almost immediately. sat next to the pool for a while and decided to go to mass street tomorrow, which is the main street here. also found out they have 18 and up bars that just sell juice and that but it could be cool. not really missing drink to be honest. next week is hawk week and it sounds amazing theres loads of free stuff a movie on the hill and free icecream and cookies ! yesterday there was a housing fair in the kansas union, me and katarina already have flats but we went along to try get some free stuff. she talked to some people for about 15mins so i could get a free cookie, but it was really worth it...so good (the gym here is free so hopefully il start balancing all the food out soon). then we did this fishing thing where you put the rod over this screen thing and they attach a prize. katarina got a red blanket and i got a rubbish frisbee :( so we asked this guy called manwell...or something like that and he won me a tshirt that says neismith hall, which is where i am staying, score. they have so much uni merchandise here, to the point you get it on shoelaces fake tattoos cufflinks and pretty much anything else you can think of. pretty much got the morning off today since i did my health check thing yesterday and i speak english, but i need to go pick up a few things and pay my cheque into the bank. i got an american sim for my phone yesterday it costs me 35cents to txt home and 15cents for people from home to txt me. im gonna post some pics i took in the last few days x
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
and the truth is, i miss you
today is the 8th of august. i just got back from target where i bought bed covers for jayhawker cos they dont have any there. i got black ones with a red blanket cos they were on sale :) im gonna have so much extra stuff when i come back ! there is a tkmaxx here but its called tjmaxx which is just odd. i got up at 7 again today and phoned my mum which was nice but there was an echo on the line which was pretty annoying. but it was nice to here a familiar voice and remember that things are still going on at home ! after breakfast we got a bus to the woodruff lecture room where we got talks on classes and cultural adjustment and things, it was pretty interesting. i had to go for a language interview to show i speak english which was a bit of a waste of time. also got a list of all the clubs here, there are some pretty cool choices like the 'jayhwker stunt group" and the juggling group and film and radio ones too. theres is also a snowboarding one but i dont know where we would go cos theres no hills here. its so odd cos the road up to the uni has a tiny slope, like maybe the same as the bridges and they actually call it a mountain, its called like mount orion or something and all the americans are like "phew u gotta be fit to walk to class" and it honestly takes around 15 mins to get acros the campus so they are infact odd. im gonna have to go to sleep cos yet again im knackerd but il probably post again tomorrow, i have my medical check in in the morning then i get my internet id andamerican email and stuff. today i signed up with commerce bank so i can pay my cheque in (they spell it check) and i got a free tshirt and whistle which is pretty cool
night guys x
night guys x
theres nohing on the tv, nothing on the radio that means that much to me.
hey, its just past 11pm and im pretty sleepy but i want to keep this up to date. ok so il just copy out what i wrote in my travel journal yesterday and then underneath il write what i got up to today. its nice to finally be doing interesting enough stuff to write about...well maybe its not interesting but its different and that good :)
ok so 7th of august on my bed in naismith hall continued !
..when i am free folk at home are in bed and my mobile wont work so its a bit rubbish but hopefully il get a sim sorted soon. its rubbish not being able to phone home but next week by thursday or by thursday il have a lot more time and probably my laptop will work in my room on the net. so its a bit rubbish but good in a way cos if i talk properly on the phone i might get homesick. right now i feel like i am in some sort of parallel universe. cant believe stuff is still going on at home. so today i had loads of talks about banks and insurance which was boring but necessary. we are all in groups for this week. i am in the 'free state' group, my leader is ghoovie, also in my group is: ariya from bali, chung fu - taiwan, deeptea - india, shravan - india, youngking -china, lu - china, eshan - india, gudir - jordan, yousive - sierre leon, jotea- india, kathrine- england, christopher - germany, regine-germany, supang - china and maybe a few others but i think i did pretty good to remember all thoughs names ! we had a tour of the campus today then we had to all say something unique or interesting about our country (my room mate just answerd the phone and is realing so fast in chinease, is so cool !) i took a pic of her and krasha (polish girl who stays next door with keoko) i havent taken nearly enough pics. today i seen a sign on campus which says you cant skate which is the worst. speshially since i had just seen the smooth road which goes from jayhawker towers (my oermanent accom) to the union. i was picturing myself on a maple long board with orange resin wheels cruising to class but it is not to be :( the campus is so quiet now as it is only foriegn students. the food tonight was sponcerd by the us bank itwas super fancy beef with chicken ans spaghetti.
ok il post a separate entry for today x
ok so 7th of august on my bed in naismith hall continued !
..when i am free folk at home are in bed and my mobile wont work so its a bit rubbish but hopefully il get a sim sorted soon. its rubbish not being able to phone home but next week by thursday or by thursday il have a lot more time and probably my laptop will work in my room on the net. so its a bit rubbish but good in a way cos if i talk properly on the phone i might get homesick. right now i feel like i am in some sort of parallel universe. cant believe stuff is still going on at home. so today i had loads of talks about banks and insurance which was boring but necessary. we are all in groups for this week. i am in the 'free state' group, my leader is ghoovie, also in my group is: ariya from bali, chung fu - taiwan, deeptea - india, shravan - india, youngking -china, lu - china, eshan - india, gudir - jordan, yousive - sierre leon, jotea- india, kathrine- england, christopher - germany, regine-germany, supang - china and maybe a few others but i think i did pretty good to remember all thoughs names ! we had a tour of the campus today then we had to all say something unique or interesting about our country (my room mate just answerd the phone and is realing so fast in chinease, is so cool !) i took a pic of her and krasha (polish girl who stays next door with keoko) i havent taken nearly enough pics. today i seen a sign on campus which says you cant skate which is the worst. speshially since i had just seen the smooth road which goes from jayhawker towers (my oermanent accom) to the union. i was picturing myself on a maple long board with orange resin wheels cruising to class but it is not to be :( the campus is so quiet now as it is only foriegn students. the food tonight was sponcerd by the us bank itwas super fancy beef with chicken ans spaghetti.
ok il post a separate entry for today x
Monday, August 07, 2006
in the morning you know you wont remember a thing
ok so im back, just out the shower, was my second one of the day :o (if someone could pop round to wellyboot street and treat debi for shock that would be ace) its so hot here, wen i arrived it was around 40 degrees and tonight its 32. i think the weirdest thing so far has been having to put a jumper on to come inside ! they love the old air con here like. ok so im just gonna write up what i wrote down earlier today and then the next post i do will hopefully have loads of pics.
on my bed, in naismith hall 7th of Aug 2006
ok so its the 7th but it feels like i have been here for about 4 days. i am staying in naismtih halls with jinyi lu who says i can call her vicky. she is real nice and her english is really good which helps as i speak exactely no chinease.when i arrived i got a bag full of sweets which has everything in it including skitles which are way sweeter than the ones back homeas are the frosties i had for breakfast. so yeh i got that and an orientation briefcase thing and a pass that goes round my neck which gets me free tea and shuttle bus rides. im on the 8th floor so i just take the lift but its pretty high up so i reckon thats fine. there are only around 5 computers downstairs and way more people so its pretty hard to get on one, plus i have a schedulewhich starts at 7am and finishes at aroun 8pm
... which reminds me im exhusted so il post this and then take off from here next time i have chance
p.s im missing everybody who is reading this like crazy but at the same time its hard to comprehend the actual length of time i will be missing you for...if that makes much sense. thanks for my envelope of letters guys, il write more on that when im not so sleepy x night
on my bed, in naismith hall 7th of Aug 2006
ok so its the 7th but it feels like i have been here for about 4 days. i am staying in naismtih halls with jinyi lu who says i can call her vicky. she is real nice and her english is really good which helps as i speak exactely no chinease.when i arrived i got a bag full of sweets which has everything in it including skitles which are way sweeter than the ones back homeas are the frosties i had for breakfast. so yeh i got that and an orientation briefcase thing and a pass that goes round my neck which gets me free tea and shuttle bus rides. im on the 8th floor so i just take the lift but its pretty high up so i reckon thats fine. there are only around 5 computers downstairs and way more people so its pretty hard to get on one, plus i have a schedulewhich starts at 7am and finishes at aroun 8pm
... which reminds me im exhusted so il post this and then take off from here next time i have chance
p.s im missing everybody who is reading this like crazy but at the same time its hard to comprehend the actual length of time i will be missing you for...if that makes much sense. thanks for my envelope of letters guys, il write more on that when im not so sleepy x night
oh my god i can't believe it, iv never been so far away from home
Hello avid fans!! i have made it here in one piece ! iv just been to the shops and bought an internet cable so i now have the net in my room, my phone is completely useless so if any of you guys sent me a txt im sorry but i havent got it, i have been communicationless for 2 whole days and now iv got tuns to say. so your gonna have to bear with me! ok i wrote stuff down on paper an that so il just type it on to here, will save me thinking cos its 10:05pm here but it feels like 3 in the morning (im 6hrs behind here by the way).
On the plane from Newark to Kansas 06 Aug 2006
Im sitting on this tiny plane waiting for take off...i'll start at the begining (which seems like quite a few days ago!) Stewart (my brother) dropped me and debi off at the airport and i checked in. Got asked loads of questions before i was allowed like "is there anything in your bag which could be used as a weapon?" at which point im thinking you could probably clamp someone to death with straighteners or laso them with a belt.... however the guy explains he means knifes and guns so i decline ! I checked in and we sat upstairs opposite boots. Talked and laughed and i went through to board at 7:10am relatively tear free, but i don't think iv ever tried harder not to cry, apart from maybe on the plane here. Went to the loo but i made it super quick so i wouldnt end up as a blubbering mess ! i was right at the back of the plane on the left in 34D. The first inflight movie was something about Antorio Bandaras teaching folk to ballroom dance. Was pretty rubbish and i fell asleep near the end. Ice age 2 was on next which i watched but the monitor was wonky so everything that was white showed up brown, which kinda took the edge off it !then something starring chevy chase came on so i looked out the window for a long while. I got some free pretsels and a roll and cake and beef with rice then later they gave me a roll with chicken and cheese and some crisps and a choc crispy, as well as all the juice i could want...i know this is probably standard but iv grown used to easy jet. SO thats my tummy americaned up...will....be....buff !! My emotions were all over the place during the flight, to be honest if i was driving i probable would of turned back. had a wee sleep and felt a little better. Once i arrived in newark and managed to transfer my baggage and check in for this flight i was (still am) feeling really confidentand excited. looking forward to arriving and getting some sleep its now 2:30pm but at home its like 8:30pm its a bit confusing.
- things that made me laff to myself- folk call each other ma'am/ only in america does the safety thing at the start of the flight have a backing track !/ pic of george bush was up at the airport
p.s i am so brave
ok so im just gonna post this now then go for a shower (obv this is me speaking now and not on the plane, although being american they said "there are 2 bathrooms aboard the plane" ahahah) i might post more when im out x
On the plane from Newark to Kansas 06 Aug 2006
Im sitting on this tiny plane waiting for take off...i'll start at the begining (which seems like quite a few days ago!) Stewart (my brother) dropped me and debi off at the airport and i checked in. Got asked loads of questions before i was allowed like "is there anything in your bag which could be used as a weapon?" at which point im thinking you could probably clamp someone to death with straighteners or laso them with a belt.... however the guy explains he means knifes and guns so i decline ! I checked in and we sat upstairs opposite boots. Talked and laughed and i went through to board at 7:10am relatively tear free, but i don't think iv ever tried harder not to cry, apart from maybe on the plane here. Went to the loo but i made it super quick so i wouldnt end up as a blubbering mess ! i was right at the back of the plane on the left in 34D. The first inflight movie was something about Antorio Bandaras teaching folk to ballroom dance. Was pretty rubbish and i fell asleep near the end. Ice age 2 was on next which i watched but the monitor was wonky so everything that was white showed up brown, which kinda took the edge off it !then something starring chevy chase came on so i looked out the window for a long while. I got some free pretsels and a roll and cake and beef with rice then later they gave me a roll with chicken and cheese and some crisps and a choc crispy, as well as all the juice i could want...i know this is probably standard but iv grown used to easy jet. SO thats my tummy americaned up...will....be....buff !! My emotions were all over the place during the flight, to be honest if i was driving i probable would of turned back. had a wee sleep and felt a little better. Once i arrived in newark and managed to transfer my baggage and check in for this flight i was (still am) feeling really confidentand excited. looking forward to arriving and getting some sleep its now 2:30pm but at home its like 8:30pm its a bit confusing.
- things that made me laff to myself- folk call each other ma'am/ only in america does the safety thing at the start of the flight have a backing track !/ pic of george bush was up at the airport
p.s i am so brave
ok so im just gonna post this now then go for a shower (obv this is me speaking now and not on the plane, although being american they said "there are 2 bathrooms aboard the plane" ahahah) i might post more when im out x
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