What people may think about England, just because it's England, doesn't mean there is always shit to do. Unfortunately. My life has been rather uneventful.
I have found my Asian counterpart in Mr. Kevin Chatham and we hang out almost everyday. Walking, shopping, eating lol. The usual. I finished catching up on Glee so I am officially a Gleek.
I have made a lot of friends in the LGBT community at UCLan and it's great to see such a strong and accepting group on campus. They've got a definite ally in me!
This week is homecoming at UCM and I have no doubt my Mules will pull out a win :) I also have a tremendous amount of faith in APhi's candidate Katie Fisher! She's a phenomenal woman and has done extraordinary things for our chapter and no matter what happens this week, she's our homecoming queen :)
I'm really starting to get a good grip and who sincerely cares about me back at UCM. It's obvious by who messages me and replies when I contact them. Spring should be fun with this new info ;)
This next weekend comes with no plans made but there's still a week for things to happen! I'm hoping to get in touch with everybody this week and plan a weekend to London for November. Clearly I will be visiting London before I leave, it's just a matter of when. Lol.
I bought my ticket for my spring break trip! I'm flying down to Texas to see my best friend/sister/cousin and Roger and Aiden! Those 3 keep me going sometimes :) Such an amazing family!
A lot of things have been happening back in Elwood and it's making me appreciate living farther away, despite that I wish I could spend more time with my parents. But, it only makes the time I spend with my amazing parents that much better :)
I e-mailed UCM housing about applying for somewhere to live in the spring. I'm still praying to get a CA position. I never realized how much I enjoyed the position and the work until I came here where there is little to no housing system. I miss that job so so much and hope that a position comes open for the spring! I really miss it!! :/
I also e-mailed my douche of a professor today to see if he can help in explaining this assignment he gave us because no one understands what in the hell he is asking for. He literally needs to take classes on how to teach a class. I always get negative about that class :/
Positive-Fun plans this week! Oh, and the first official Greek Week meeting tonight! It's at 3 am my time and I have class the next day at 10 but Imma handle it :)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Phenomenal Weekend
First, let me start off by saying congratulations to my newly initiated baby Phi's! Congrats on embarking on the funnest journey of your life :)
Now, this weekend was absolutely amazing. Like I said in my last post, I was preparing myself for hell since Oxford was literally almost that. This weekend couldn't have been better!
I rode with Pimlott, or Ross, the entire weekend since the mini bus was a bit cramped, lol. I learned so much about English people! It might sound crazy but he really helped me to understand a lot of things English people say, do, and what a lot of things mean so thanks Ross :) P.S. I saw a Defender today and called it but nobody understood ;) Lol.
When we arrived at the beginning of our trip, I was so taken aback by how beautiful it all was! It was so pretty. And that was merely the beginning. We drove farther into the area we were at and saw the mountain we were about to climb. Yep, I said mountain and climb in the same sentence and involving me. We "scrambled" up the mountain and it was amazing! To think that I climbed a mountain and climbed through waterfalls and things is amazing! I'll post an entry with a handful of pictures after this entry.
Climbing was super fun! An amazing work-out and such a good experience. It was so amazing to be a part of and look back on now.
We also went to a waterfall park type of thing, I don't know what else to call it, lol. We walked through this little foresty area and got to the waterfall which was beautiful! It was so amazing to see it so close and be there and see such an amazing area. Might I also add in that Ross and Eliot decided to take a jump into the lake. Boxers&Boots ;) Lol.
That night, we went to our bunk house and dropped off our things and proceeded to a pub for drinks and dinner. Let's just say everybody got their fair share of drink on. It was a great night. We went back to the bunk house where Bear, our mountaineering leader, played guitar and sang and we played Twister and "The Cold Wind Blows..." which is a form of Never Have I Ever and Musical Chairs all in one :) Some good fun was definitely had in that!
The next morning we all woke up, after sleeping until 9 which was nice, and got ready, had a really good breakfast at a little cafe just inside the town and went to a new area to go rock climbing!!!
Again, yes I said rock climbing pertaining to me doing it :)
So, rock climbing, we climbed up to the rock and then Bear, Eliot, and Ross set it up as we checked out the surroundings. And, just a thought for my GS Camp girls, we wore some of the same helmets we wore at camp! And, they tied a figure 8 knot in our rope to climb :)
I definitely wasn't first to go, although I contemplated it, I wasn't feelin' it at the time. When my time came, I felt like I was up there forever but apparently I climbed relatively fast! I only slipped on the rock, never had a "proper fall" Eliot said. Lol. We then hiked up past the rock we climbed and went farther up to see the most amazing view! It was beautiful. Then we climbed back down and headed home.
My body hurt like nobody's business, I've got some gnarly bruises, and ruined a pair of jeans but it was the best experience!!!
Positive-I did homework for the first time all semester today and it felt amazing to do it! Call me a nerd :)
Now, this weekend was absolutely amazing. Like I said in my last post, I was preparing myself for hell since Oxford was literally almost that. This weekend couldn't have been better!
I rode with Pimlott, or Ross, the entire weekend since the mini bus was a bit cramped, lol. I learned so much about English people! It might sound crazy but he really helped me to understand a lot of things English people say, do, and what a lot of things mean so thanks Ross :) P.S. I saw a Defender today and called it but nobody understood ;) Lol.
When we arrived at the beginning of our trip, I was so taken aback by how beautiful it all was! It was so pretty. And that was merely the beginning. We drove farther into the area we were at and saw the mountain we were about to climb. Yep, I said mountain and climb in the same sentence and involving me. We "scrambled" up the mountain and it was amazing! To think that I climbed a mountain and climbed through waterfalls and things is amazing! I'll post an entry with a handful of pictures after this entry.
Climbing was super fun! An amazing work-out and such a good experience. It was so amazing to be a part of and look back on now.
We also went to a waterfall park type of thing, I don't know what else to call it, lol. We walked through this little foresty area and got to the waterfall which was beautiful! It was so amazing to see it so close and be there and see such an amazing area. Might I also add in that Ross and Eliot decided to take a jump into the lake. Boxers&Boots ;) Lol.
That night, we went to our bunk house and dropped off our things and proceeded to a pub for drinks and dinner. Let's just say everybody got their fair share of drink on. It was a great night. We went back to the bunk house where Bear, our mountaineering leader, played guitar and sang and we played Twister and "The Cold Wind Blows..." which is a form of Never Have I Ever and Musical Chairs all in one :) Some good fun was definitely had in that!
The next morning we all woke up, after sleeping until 9 which was nice, and got ready, had a really good breakfast at a little cafe just inside the town and went to a new area to go rock climbing!!!
Again, yes I said rock climbing pertaining to me doing it :)
So, rock climbing, we climbed up to the rock and then Bear, Eliot, and Ross set it up as we checked out the surroundings. And, just a thought for my GS Camp girls, we wore some of the same helmets we wore at camp! And, they tied a figure 8 knot in our rope to climb :)
I definitely wasn't first to go, although I contemplated it, I wasn't feelin' it at the time. When my time came, I felt like I was up there forever but apparently I climbed relatively fast! I only slipped on the rock, never had a "proper fall" Eliot said. Lol. We then hiked up past the rock we climbed and went farther up to see the most amazing view! It was beautiful. Then we climbed back down and headed home.
My body hurt like nobody's business, I've got some gnarly bruises, and ruined a pair of jeans but it was the best experience!!!
Positive-I did homework for the first time all semester today and it felt amazing to do it! Call me a nerd :)
Friday, October 8, 2010
UPDATE
It's been a minute since I've posted but that obviously means that nothing too amazing has happened here in jolly ole' England since I last wrote :)
I do, however, leave tomorrow morning to go hiking all day at the Lake District tomorrow. It's another Give It A Go trip so let's please pray that it's nothing like Oxford or I will have visited hell twice in a week and personally, I don't really wanna return!
Positive-I just Watched 'Notorious' and that is now one of my favorite movies. Amazing. I highly suggest it!
I do, however, leave tomorrow morning to go hiking all day at the Lake District tomorrow. It's another Give It A Go trip so let's please pray that it's nothing like Oxford or I will have visited hell twice in a week and personally, I don't really wanna return!
Positive-I just Watched 'Notorious' and that is now one of my favorite movies. Amazing. I highly suggest it!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sometimes
I can't believe what people will believe and not see for themselves.
If you really knew me, obviously you'd know that when I want something, I don't half-ass it or try and make a back-up plan. I only go 100% in for what I want when I want it.
I don't know what else to say for you to take that into greater consideration but me being literally thousands of miles away isn't exactly helping my case.
I can only hope you'll stop being blind by your fear of what may happen because I feel like your reasoning isn't exactly solid.
Positive-I'll make it work.
If you really knew me, obviously you'd know that when I want something, I don't half-ass it or try and make a back-up plan. I only go 100% in for what I want when I want it.
I don't know what else to say for you to take that into greater consideration but me being literally thousands of miles away isn't exactly helping my case.
I can only hope you'll stop being blind by your fear of what may happen because I feel like your reasoning isn't exactly solid.
Positive-I'll make it work.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Epic Fail
Yep, you heard it here. Oxford trip was an EPIC FAIL. Awesome.
So let's recap the day shall we?
First, which wouldn't have been so bad if the rest of the day weren't shit, I woke up at 7 in the AM which is the earliest I've woken up in literally a month, which means I need more to do. And when I walked to the bus stop to check in, it was definitely raining which isn't uncommon in England however, it hasn't legit rained in Preston in days but picks our trip day to unleash. Awesome.
So we get on the bus only to find out that the 143 mile journey will be taking 3.5 hours to drive. Now I know the road system is different here but I can cover 143 miles in 2 hours or under easy. Lol. We are also informed that in England, it is illegal for a bus driver to drive so far without a break so we must take a 30 minute break for him to "rest". Legit. If it were a 8 hour drive, but it's the law, no use fighting it.
So we are 5 minutes from our break destination when the door opens. Now, the bus door isn't like a school bus door, it's a mechanical door so it has to slide out of its spot, out and across to open fully. We assumed that the driver was trying to air out the bus because his window was extremely foggy and you could barely see out of it. Until I smell something burning, like an overworked motor...We find out once we are at the stop that the door opened on its own and that isn't the only problem. The brakes have also gone out. Awesome, right?
So, as we sit in this little coffee shop at this rest area that did happen to have amazing hot chocolate, we sit and chat and talk about how we just straight don't want to go anymore.
2ish hours later, we board the bus to travel 90 more minutes to Oxford. We are beginning to think we are home free when we get on an exit and are waiting to turn but, oh, when the light turns green, guess what bus is stalled on the side of the road? Correct, you are! So as we sit there for 35-45 minutes and ponder our lives, the bus company is sending us another bus to get us into Oxford. This finally happens and we reach Oxford at approximately 3:15 pm. A grand total of almost 4 hours later than we should have.
Now, while in Oxford we managed to see some amazing architecture, because it is literally everywhere you look and happens to be amazingly beautiful, and some gardens and the inside of a Burger King. Other than that, everything we made it to was closed because once we made it through the line at BK, because it was fastest and simplest, and ate it was almost 4 which gave us an hour until stuff closed. Awesome plan to go on a Sunday.
So needless to say we didn't see much. Our time to leave was pushed back until 7, why I do not know considering everything was closed, but apparently it was so that we could have more time to site see. Perfect plan sir. Perfect. So, as we are all gathering to prepare to walk to where the bus is picking us up, we happen to watch an altercation between a 13ish year old boy and an over 30 shop owner who would not give the boy his change, long story, but the interesting part to me is that this shop owner literally grabbed this kid multiple times, grabbed him by the neck as if to choke him 5-6 times and kicked him, yes literally, in the back as he walked out the store and then proceeded to go after him down the street and take the altercation onto the streets. I assumed someone would break up the event or call the police, but to my amazement, not a single sole did. Myself and couple others watched to step in if it got awful but no one ever physically stepped in or called anybody. Had I known what number to call, best believe that man would have been arrested.
So, we finally make it to the bus stop at 6:45 and normally buses are early for things like this so we assumed it would be there shortly. Well, we were wrongo. The bus arrived at 7:45 and we then made our trek home with a 45 minute stop so the driver could "rest".
All in all, we spent 12ish hours on a bus and less than 4 in Oxford. Fucking phenomenal.
However, I did get to know people better and hung out with great people that day, saw some amazing buildings, and did manage to have some good times during the day so I'm chalking it up to experience and leaving it at that. Also, check out my FB quotes section. Mr. Kevin and I added some new ones to that list :) We are catty, but fierce, bitches ;)
Positive-I signed up for spring classes today! Watch out UCM! Ya girl is comin' home!
So let's recap the day shall we?
First, which wouldn't have been so bad if the rest of the day weren't shit, I woke up at 7 in the AM which is the earliest I've woken up in literally a month, which means I need more to do. And when I walked to the bus stop to check in, it was definitely raining which isn't uncommon in England however, it hasn't legit rained in Preston in days but picks our trip day to unleash. Awesome.
So we get on the bus only to find out that the 143 mile journey will be taking 3.5 hours to drive. Now I know the road system is different here but I can cover 143 miles in 2 hours or under easy. Lol. We are also informed that in England, it is illegal for a bus driver to drive so far without a break so we must take a 30 minute break for him to "rest". Legit. If it were a 8 hour drive, but it's the law, no use fighting it.
So we are 5 minutes from our break destination when the door opens. Now, the bus door isn't like a school bus door, it's a mechanical door so it has to slide out of its spot, out and across to open fully. We assumed that the driver was trying to air out the bus because his window was extremely foggy and you could barely see out of it. Until I smell something burning, like an overworked motor...We find out once we are at the stop that the door opened on its own and that isn't the only problem. The brakes have also gone out. Awesome, right?
So, as we sit in this little coffee shop at this rest area that did happen to have amazing hot chocolate, we sit and chat and talk about how we just straight don't want to go anymore.
2ish hours later, we board the bus to travel 90 more minutes to Oxford. We are beginning to think we are home free when we get on an exit and are waiting to turn but, oh, when the light turns green, guess what bus is stalled on the side of the road? Correct, you are! So as we sit there for 35-45 minutes and ponder our lives, the bus company is sending us another bus to get us into Oxford. This finally happens and we reach Oxford at approximately 3:15 pm. A grand total of almost 4 hours later than we should have.
Now, while in Oxford we managed to see some amazing architecture, because it is literally everywhere you look and happens to be amazingly beautiful, and some gardens and the inside of a Burger King. Other than that, everything we made it to was closed because once we made it through the line at BK, because it was fastest and simplest, and ate it was almost 4 which gave us an hour until stuff closed. Awesome plan to go on a Sunday.
So needless to say we didn't see much. Our time to leave was pushed back until 7, why I do not know considering everything was closed, but apparently it was so that we could have more time to site see. Perfect plan sir. Perfect. So, as we are all gathering to prepare to walk to where the bus is picking us up, we happen to watch an altercation between a 13ish year old boy and an over 30 shop owner who would not give the boy his change, long story, but the interesting part to me is that this shop owner literally grabbed this kid multiple times, grabbed him by the neck as if to choke him 5-6 times and kicked him, yes literally, in the back as he walked out the store and then proceeded to go after him down the street and take the altercation onto the streets. I assumed someone would break up the event or call the police, but to my amazement, not a single sole did. Myself and couple others watched to step in if it got awful but no one ever physically stepped in or called anybody. Had I known what number to call, best believe that man would have been arrested.
So, we finally make it to the bus stop at 6:45 and normally buses are early for things like this so we assumed it would be there shortly. Well, we were wrongo. The bus arrived at 7:45 and we then made our trek home with a 45 minute stop so the driver could "rest".
All in all, we spent 12ish hours on a bus and less than 4 in Oxford. Fucking phenomenal.
However, I did get to know people better and hung out with great people that day, saw some amazing buildings, and did manage to have some good times during the day so I'm chalking it up to experience and leaving it at that. Also, check out my FB quotes section. Mr. Kevin and I added some new ones to that list :) We are catty, but fierce, bitches ;)
Positive-I signed up for spring classes today! Watch out UCM! Ya girl is comin' home!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Spring 2011
So, I made out my schedule today for next semester. And for the rest of my time at UCM. As much as this thrills me to know that I am almost over half way done with my undergrad, it scares the living hell out of me.
Next summer, I have to intern, and I've been googling and searching for hours and this shit is gonna be super difficult. I'm behind the curve as far as a resume goes because my high school resume was a big crock, thanks Mangas-Florea, and there are a million internships and more than 10 million people applying for them. Best of luck to yours truly would be greatly appreciated.
I also got my head on straight for classes. After dropping what was sure to be a horrendous film class, I enrolled in an event planning course and after having my first class in there and talking to the prof, I'm thrilled I'm in there! I'm going to learn a lot :)
As for my history course, it's bound to be boring and drawn out and cultural events management, aside from having a dick for a prof, should be good practice and a fun time!
Now, as for my weekend. With Mike and Lena being in Germany and Andrea, thank God, going on trips with her parents all weekend, I've pretty much been alone. It has been super nice to just relax and do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. I also organized the kitchen stuff and kept stuff cleaned. Let's see how long it stays that way, lol.
Being alone this weekend has been really nice, but, last night a group of us went out and to our surprise, the Brits don't do the whole weekend thing. They only go out during the week. Lol. Talk about backwards from what I'm used to!
A group of 4 of us have decided to go to the clubs/parties that no one else seems to want to go to. For example, Sammy wants to go to some kind of a gothic version of techno night but could find nobody to go with her. I love new music, places, people, and especially events so I said yes, let's go! Kevin and Iris were in as well so we all decided to pick a type of club/party that we've been wanting to go to and check out and the 4 of us will go together :) It's nice to finally have a group like that.
Also, I have found a gay for my time here :) Kevin, my dear, you are tremendous!
Finally, and I left this for last for the sole reason that I find it very important, a group of us were approached at a bar last night by a rep from the local health center to be tested for chlamydia. Now, this may sound odd, but after recently reading in Cosmo that more than 1 in 4 women in the US have chlamydia, I was more than happy to take the free test! There is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with getting tested! In fact, it's being responsible. You never know who your partner(s) may have been with and so on so it is simply do a healthy thing for yourself to get tested! I know many people, mainly females, who have been scared to get tested. I told them I'd go with them for support and they agreed and found out some things they probably didn't wanna hear but because they found out, they were able to take care of it before more serious consequences took hold! There is nothing wrong with being a responsible person for yourself and others! Please take this as a PSA if you will.
Positive-Next 3 semesters of my life consist of 12 credit hours per semester!
Next summer, I have to intern, and I've been googling and searching for hours and this shit is gonna be super difficult. I'm behind the curve as far as a resume goes because my high school resume was a big crock, thanks Mangas-Florea, and there are a million internships and more than 10 million people applying for them. Best of luck to yours truly would be greatly appreciated.
I also got my head on straight for classes. After dropping what was sure to be a horrendous film class, I enrolled in an event planning course and after having my first class in there and talking to the prof, I'm thrilled I'm in there! I'm going to learn a lot :)
As for my history course, it's bound to be boring and drawn out and cultural events management, aside from having a dick for a prof, should be good practice and a fun time!
Now, as for my weekend. With Mike and Lena being in Germany and Andrea, thank God, going on trips with her parents all weekend, I've pretty much been alone. It has been super nice to just relax and do what I wanted to do when I wanted to do it. I also organized the kitchen stuff and kept stuff cleaned. Let's see how long it stays that way, lol.
Being alone this weekend has been really nice, but, last night a group of us went out and to our surprise, the Brits don't do the whole weekend thing. They only go out during the week. Lol. Talk about backwards from what I'm used to!
A group of 4 of us have decided to go to the clubs/parties that no one else seems to want to go to. For example, Sammy wants to go to some kind of a gothic version of techno night but could find nobody to go with her. I love new music, places, people, and especially events so I said yes, let's go! Kevin and Iris were in as well so we all decided to pick a type of club/party that we've been wanting to go to and check out and the 4 of us will go together :) It's nice to finally have a group like that.
Also, I have found a gay for my time here :) Kevin, my dear, you are tremendous!
Finally, and I left this for last for the sole reason that I find it very important, a group of us were approached at a bar last night by a rep from the local health center to be tested for chlamydia. Now, this may sound odd, but after recently reading in Cosmo that more than 1 in 4 women in the US have chlamydia, I was more than happy to take the free test! There is absolutely NOTHING WRONG with getting tested! In fact, it's being responsible. You never know who your partner(s) may have been with and so on so it is simply do a healthy thing for yourself to get tested! I know many people, mainly females, who have been scared to get tested. I told them I'd go with them for support and they agreed and found out some things they probably didn't wanna hear but because they found out, they were able to take care of it before more serious consequences took hold! There is nothing wrong with being a responsible person for yourself and others! Please take this as a PSA if you will.
Positive-Next 3 semesters of my life consist of 12 credit hours per semester!
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