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My 19th Birthday and other things

2010-01-25T01:30:00.000Z

It’s been a while since I wrote my last post (hence the embarrassed picture of Tsukasa), the new year has been keeping me busy so far. I’m afraid that when I go back to university on Thursday I will become even busier (there goes all my free gaming time!). Since my last post I revised for and took exams, as you can imagine that stopped me from doing many of the things I enjoy. One of the exams was about Language and Communication the other was Social Interaction. I hope I have done okay in them as I am not a big fan of exams (hey, who is?), I much prefer writing essays as I can put more thought into them. I have also been spending time with Chris as when we are busy with work we don’t have as much time together. We had to make the most of the free time we had!

On the 21st it was my 19th birthday and I had a brilliant day. I didn’t ask for anything in particular as a present from my parents so my mum took me on a shopping spree. She bought me Bare Escentuals makeup (2 kits worth!), Clinique skin care products and clothes from Jane Norman (jeans, a top and a coat) and H&M (a cute dress). My brother Greg bought me a white bag, a scarf and some sweet pearl bracelets. By the time I came home I was exhausted from all the shopping but still very excited. Shopping is so fun with my mum.

Chris then came to my house later and gave me some presents from him and his parents. He had bought me four lovely rings from Wallis, the new Lost Prophets CD (The Betrayed), some sweets in a mushroom, a Zelda toy and his parents had bought me two Fruits Basket mangas. I was over the moon to say the least. He really knows my tastes. Thank you Chris!

I have to say though the best thing about birthdays is cake, I had a yummy chocolate cake for mine. However I would have preferred one of mum’s home made ones. Oh well, just means I will have to pester her to make one or make one myself!

I saw the Sherlock Holmes film with Chris as well. It was pretty good, not one of the best films I’ve seen but definitely one you should watch at home. I’m only trying to save you money on the price for tickets. Students like me have to budget things (yeah right, I bought Tales of Symphonia 2 for the Wii a few days ago not to mention all the manga I’ve bought…). :)

Tales of Symphonia 2 is a good game though and that is what I’ve been playing lately (along with Muramasa). I made a gaming page for you to see what games I own and also what I am currently playing. You should check that out. I own more games for the Gamecube and DS but I couldn’t be bothered to list them all! *laziness* I do plan to write reviews for games but I think I will leave that for until I get further into the game. Sometimes my opinion changes the more I play a game. You will just have to wait and see.

I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately too, including Fruits Basket. I love the manga, it is so much better than the anime (well most mangas are!). I should probably read more intellectual books but sometimes I prefer a book that is light and doesn’t require too much concentration. I bet you are slowing losing your confidence in me as an English Language university student. I am a good student (honest!) it’s just I’ve been on this break too long. My body clock is all messed up.

Oh and before I forget here are the Emu boots I mentioned in my last post. They are super warm and perfect for keeping my feet snug. I recommend them to anyone who loves good quality boots.

Right I think I have sufficiently ranted on here, if you read all of this post you have earned yourself a cyber cookie. Enjoy! I expect my next post will come a lot sooner than this one has. :)

Bye for now.

xxx

Say hello to 2010

2010-01-01T02:03:00.000Z

Happy New Year everyone!! I’m sure you are all sick of hearing that by now. We have all waved goodbye to 2009 and hopefully we will welcome 2010 with open arms. I’m just happy because now I can say the year twenty ten (you know that sounds cool!). I have been busy looking through my old blog archives to compile a list of good times from last year. It’s amazing how many things I have forgotten, thanks for saving me archives! So here is my list of all the good things that happened in 2009 (including links to blog posts!):

I went to New York with people from my old college.
I went on my first little get away with Chris to Castleton.
I transferred Kihugs.com to its new host.
I had my 18th Birthday and became officially an adult.
I bought my Nintendo Wii and became even more of a gaming addict.
I stated watching the anime Shugo Chara.
I had my final college exams and I passed them all.
I applied to study English Language at university and I got in!
I started my driving lessons (not far off my test now!).
It was mine and Chris’s three year anniversary and we went to see Beauty & the Beast at the theatre.
I bought my new pink phone, the Samsung Genio touch and even did a video review.

2009 seems like it was a busy year for me and I hope that 2010 is going to be just as good and hopefully even better. I don’t usually make resolutions as I never seem to be able to stick to them or I forget them (my memory is terrible). This year I want to study hard for university to make the most out of it and I also want to cut back on the sweets I eat (this one is going to be tough!). So what are you new years resolutions and do you think you’re going to stick to them?

Oh and just before I go I would like to say:

Happy Birthday Chris!

It’s my boyfriend’s 19th birthday today! I’m going to go to his house later and give him his presents/cards. :)

So once more I’m going to say Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a good 2009 and I hope this year is even better for you all.

xxx

PS. My new Emu boots came today. I will post pictures in my next blog!

Christmas 2009

2009-12-28T23:29:00.000Z

Well Christmas is finally over, everyone can be free to breathe at last. I managed to get all of my Christmas shopping done on time and people were happy with what I’d got them so that was a big relief. I’m kind of sad really that Christmas passes by so quick as everyone is usually happier this time of year and I love all the decorations etc. But I don’t enjoy buying presents not because of the expense but because of the hectic shops where old grannies shove me and I have to watch out for prams running me over. Honestly if I could just get all of my presents of the Internet I would, but you can never really rely on the postal service around the winter season.

I got some brilliant gifts this year and I was surprised! I hadn’t really asked for many things in particular as I prefer to be surprised and after all it’s the thought that counts. So because I’m so nice I decided to take pictures to make this blog just that little bit better. First I will show you the pictures of what my mum and dad bought me as well as what my brother gave me.

One of the first gifts I opened was this lovely DKNY perfume called Be Delicious. It is so cute and looks just like a little green apple. It smells absolutely gorgeous! It came with a moisturiser as well that smells just like the perfume so now my hands can stay nice and soft while also smelling lovely.

My parents also bought me some Philip Kingsley products as well as a Philip Kingsley paddle brush. I love these sort of gifts that are really useful. The brush feels super soft and doesn’t make my hair statically charged (an annoying side effect of plastic hair brushes *shudder*).

Pictures below are some more presents from my parents including: some more perfume, the film Confessions of a Shopaholic and the book The time traveler’s wife. It’s a tradition every Christmas for my mum to buy me a Chick Flick to watch. It would be nice if I could get round to reviewing some of the chick flicks in my collection but it might take me a long time!

My parents also got me this cute love heart watch and a little handbag.

They also bought me games of course! My brother bought me Muramasa. Pictured here is Mini Ninja’s, Muramasa The Demon Blade and Broken Sword. This satisfies my gaming needs.

My mum bought me these sweet pyjamas too. I love the little polar bears on them.

So that just about wraps up (pardon the pun!) what my mum and dad bought me. The other gifts I got which I didn’t take pictures of were a new coat, a cream jumper from Jane Norman and a white scarf and gloves set.

I also got some amazing gifts from my boyfriend Chris and his parents. Pictured below is what Chris bought me. Some yummy Thornton's chocolates, a cute skull necklace, a Fruits Basket sticker book and the full Heroes box set (Squee!). He really knows my tastes! Thank you so much Chris!!

Chris’s parents also got me a great gift and I was really surprised that Chris told them I liked Robin Hood. They bought me the box set for the first series.

So that is all the presents I received this Christmas I also got sweets and a some chocolates but don’t expect to see pictures of them (they didn’t last long!).

Christmas day was brilliant, after opening all the presents we had our Christmas lunch in the conservatory. My mum had put heaters in to warm it up so we were all nice and toasty. I loved spending time like that with my family. Me and my brother Greg were having a good laugh. Later we all snuggled in the living room and watched a few films.

I hoped you all had a good Christmas too!

xxx

Christmas time, mistletoe and wine.

2009-12-08T23:05:00.000Z

It is hard for me to begin writing a blog post after so long away from my website. I was sat at home today nearly falling asleep and just I was drifting in and out of my sleepy haze I thought: "Hmm, I haven't blogged in a while... ugh I shouldn't have eaten all those sugary cola bottles". Maybe you should forget that last part and maybe I shouldn't eat so many sweets. My dentist is going to have a fun time... Eek!

November has been a busy month for work, as I said in my last post I was writing an essay about human language. I managed to finish it and hand it in on time. I haven't yet received my mark for it but when I get it back I shall post it up here. I tried my best so I am really hoping for a good mark but if I pass I suppose I will be happy enough. Well I enjoyed writing it at the very least.

Also on the subject of university work, I completed a group presentation. It wasn't too bad apart from the fact I got slightly flustered and embarrassed. Hopefully no-one noticed even though I felt like my face was on fire and my heart was going to burst out of my chest. I don't enjoy speaking in front of a load of people, for some reason it makes me all nervous and I can't seem to say anything right.

University has been taking up a lot of my time but I do feel like I am finally getting settled there. I am finding my way around easily and I have already made some brilliant friends. It's a great big confidence boost as far as I'm concerned and gives me something to work towards. Now all I need to do is pass my driving test and my life will be complete. Speaking of driving I have had over 35 hours of driving experience so it shouldn't be too long now before I take my test. I'm getting excited just thinking about it (haha!).

I saw the film New Moon in November too and I found it to be pretty enjoyable. Then again, I'm not a hardcore film critic and I never will be. Bear in mind this is coming from a girl who loves chick flicks. So I recommend it to anyone who likes having a giggle and watching cool CGI wolves (I just love wolves). Chris took me to see it and I got to snuggle up with him which is always a plus.

Christmas is well and truly upon us now and I have been trying and failing at getting my shopping done. I just don't like being swamped in the shopping centre. But what I do love about Christmas is all the decorations, yummy home baking, presents, songs and ... mistletoe. I need to get some of that to ambush Chris with! I'm just joking, honest!

So I'm sorry for being away for so long and I shall try to keep up with my posts. Oh and just before I go, tell me one thing you like about Christmas. I want to compile a list! hehe :)

xxx

Essay: Is human language innate?

2009-11-15T23:25:00.000Z

Well as I said in my previous brief post I have been busy with university work. I'm currently writing an essay about whether human language is innate. It has been a productive day today as I have reached my target amount of work today and done above and beyond really. My mum has been really supportive throughout all of this and so has Chris so I would like to take this opportunity to thank them both. I don't think I could have done it without them. :)

xxx

Busy busy busy

2009-11-14T11:00:00.001Z

Yeah university is pretty much ruling my life right about now. So no post for today. :)

xxx

100th Post

2009-11-13T23:48:00.001Z

Yes this is officially my 100th blog post on Kihugs.com. I'm feeling pretty proud about that. (^.^)
I've really enjoyed having Kihugs as my little home on the Internet and I hope we have many more years together. I'll try not to get too sentimental here!
I feel like I've made some great friends online and met some brilliant bloggers/web designers. All I can say is that I'm glad I stuck with this blog and worked to improve it and make it what it is today. Thanks to all my visitors who come and read my blogs. It really makes me smile when I hear about people visiting Kihugs.

I first had the idea for Kihugs in late 2006 back when I had a site called Cosmic Passion. I even made a layout for it and had it as sort of a secondary site:

This was the first layout I made for Kihugs. I was really into cutesy things at the time and most of my layouts featured bunnies.

After that I began to learn more HTML and toy around with other layouts. I eventually left I-frames behind and the whole kind of 'graphics' community. I began to focus more on my writing and realised that I actually preferred blogging rather than designing graphics/writing tutorials for other people.

I gave Kihugs lots of different looks and I eventually came to this one. Nice and minimalistic but with a touch of pink (you can never have too much pink).

I feel like I have come pretty far with this blog, it is practically my online journal where I write all my musings. hehe

So thanks for visiting Kihugs and give me a cookie because this is my 100th post you know. :)

xxx

I wuv Hello Kitty

2009-11-12T23:39:00.002Z

Today has been a busy day for me and I still haven't done half as much reading as I would have liked to have done. I really need to break this writers block I'm currently having and get back into my work. I keep having little breaks all the time and what would be best would be to work without get distracted!

While I was on one of my breaks I decided to have a look around Internet shops and I found an adorable website (Artbox) with loads of Hello Kitty products. Even though Miffy will always be my favourite, I can't help but love Hello Kitty.

Here are some of my favorite things off the site:

1) Hello Kitty watch.

This watch is adorable and I love the oriental style of it.

2) Hello Kitty Tartan Beanie (made by TY!)

When I was little I collected loads of TY beanie babies. This is one I would defiantly want to add to my collection.

3) Hello Kitty Mousemat and Optical USB Mouse

Yes I know I am silly. But seriously who can resist this mouse. haha (^.^);;

Bye for now.

xxx

Respect your elders

2009-11-11T23:36:00.000Z

Today has been another typical cold day. It is worrying because If I’m finding it cold now, imagine what it will be like when January rolls around. Not fun.

I caught the bus this morning, like I do every morning, and as I stepped on I noticed that the evil old granny was not there. Now I’m telling you she is evil because every time I get on the bus back from university she sits there watching me.

I breathed a sigh of relief knowing that I wouldn’t be stared at for at least this one bus journey. Evil granny likes to sit in a corner and shoot me cold stares like as if I’m a troublesome youth who is going to steal her handbag. What I don’t understand is why I would steal her handbag when I have my own which is quite obviously filled with books/work.

Sometimes I sit there and wonder to myself what it is about my appearance that gives her this impression. Maybe I look dangerous with my fluffy scarf, pink IPod and language books (trust me, some of the books I carry are pretty heavy). Whereas other times I just stare at her as much as she stares at me to see who will crack first under the pressure.

I probably should respect my elders more…

“Yeah, as if granny! You have not won the battle yet!”

Vlog 1: Samsung Genio Touch

2009-11-10T23:32:00.001Z

Watch the video on Youtube.

Well it looks like Youtube has decided to work for me today and I have been able to upload my short video review of my new phone. It is more a video of my initial thoughts rather than a full in-depth review. I recorded it using my webcam so I apologize for the sound quality, hopefully you can hear me. Also there is a slight bit of interference from the phone connecting to the service provider but that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I recorded this review a couple of days ago so I feel more adjusted to the phone now. As I have stated in the video, I think it is a really good phone and it is simple to use. I have yet to encounter any problems with it.
I would recommend the phone to anyone who is looking for an inexpensive touch screen phone and who doesn't want one that is overloaded with unnecessary features. Lets not forget its main function here. :)

Yes this is one of my first video logs in a while. I may record another one but I'm not sure. I might just do them for reviews of things I buy. I prefer to blog about my life rather than talk about it!

At the moment I am currently writing an essay for one of my module assignments. It is pretty intense and I have quite a bit of reading to do. So please bear with me!

Bye for now.

xxx

Youtube is not working

2009-11-09T23:30:00.001Z

Hi everyone, sorry for a late post tonight. I have recorded a video review of my new phone and I was trying to upload it to Youtube for the past few hours. For whatever reason it is not working. I'm going to try again tomorrow but if it still doesn't work I shall just type up the review and post it instead. :)

So I shall bring you a review and a quick update on me tomorrow!

Goodnight. xxx

Cute pink phone update

2009-11-08T11:09:00.000Z

I have bought it today. (^.^)
I will give more information about it tomorrow but right now I'm going to bed. So bye for now.

xxx

Cute pink phone

2009-11-07T23:00:00.001Z

I've been studying my grammar book, Rediscover Grammar by David Crystal, today and have been trying to understand noun phrases, prepositional phrases and so on. It is a lot more complicated than you think it is because I didn't really do a lot of grammar in school. I can only say that I learned the basics in primary school and that is about as far as it went really. I'm glad that the book is broken down into small sections instead of huge walls of text (that would really give me a headache!). Apart from that, today has been pretty relaxing. I feel like I have finally caught up on my sleep so I should feel refreshed to do some more work tomorrow. (^.^)

I've also been looking at phones on the Internet and I think I have decided on one I like...

It is called the Samsung Genio Touch and it is a pretty cute touch screen phone. I love Samsung as a brand and this phone is a brilliant price too. What I like about it is that it has a normal T9 keypad on it for texting instead of a Qwerty keypad. Don't get me wrong, I do like Qwerty keypads it is just that I prefer T9 keypads for texting. I guess I'm weird like that. (^.^);;

It has a modest 2mp camera which is fine for me as I don't take loads of photos anyway and it takes pretty decent pictures. It also has a radio on it which I'm super happy about because my old phone doesn't have one (I love listening to the radio! haha).

If you want to view its full specs then go to this website.

Also here is a video review I found:

It is not too detailed but you can see the phone in action. I think it is going to be a good phone for me as I don't really want to be paying a lot for a new phone. My student budget owns my soul. (T.T)

Let me know what you think!

Bye for now.

xxx

Ninjas can't catch you if...

2009-11-06T23:47:00.001Z

Chris showed me this funny meme and I just thought I would share it with you. (^.^)b
Its called ninjas can't catch you if (blank).
This is one of my favourite ones:

You can view more of them here or have a go at making your own. If you make your own could you post me a link to your image. Thanks. :)

Enjoy!

xxx.

Bonfire Night

2009-11-05T22:35:00.002Z

Just a quick blog tonight. I think that things are picking up. Today wasn't so bad, I had a laugh in my seminars today and the person who I was talking about is being nice to me. I will keep you all updated of course. Thank you to everyone who has been wishing me well (especially, Shola, Christine and Rose).

Happy Bonfire Night everyone, hope you all had a good time. I just stayed at home, it's too cold to go outside in my opinion! I think the autumn weather is getting to me. I really need to go and buy a winter coat before it gets even colder. British winters are brutal you know! (^.^);;

Take care!

xxx

Rainy Day

2009-11-04T23:12:00.001Z

I apologize in advance for my boring entry today. It's been all rainy and murky today, not nice at all and it hasn't really left me in good spirits.

I've been sort of wandering around and not really paying attention to my surroundings. I suppose having an argument yesterday has left me in a numb condition. I didn't even bother getting lunch today, which is really weird for me. Usually I can't resist the smell of freshly made sandwiches.

I was feeling pretty down in the dumps when I was in the library trying to study. I'd waited around hoping I could see someone but they were busy. I was practically holding back tears which made my eyes burn in protest.

I am just hoping that something good will come out of all this, but oh well I just have to get on with it. I can't let things get me down and upset. I'm sure I will be back to my normal cheery self soon enough. *positive vibes*

Until next time.

PS. I'm still blogging everyday! Don't worry I haven't lost my motivation (yet!). (^.^)b

xxx

Awkward Much?

2009-11-03T22:19:00.004Z

Hello everyone, I'm back blogging today even though I don't feel too brilliant. Isn't is rubbish how when you have an arguement with someone it seems to dwell on your mind for the rest of the day. That is what happened to me today. I felt about as sad as Tsukasa does up there when she broke the cookie in half.

Even my driving instructor said I looked a little tense and I admitted to her that it was because I had had an argument and I couldn't concentrate.

However once I had relaxed a little bit, and pushed all thoughts of the person to the back of my head, I felt better. I managed to do all the maneuvers swiftly and accurately. I was actually praised a lot for my driving today, so I'm feeling pleased with myself. :)

All that remains is the possibility of seeing said person tomorrow. It is not an experience I'm looking forward too as I just know the atmosphere will be awkward.

Wish me luck. (^.^);;

xxx

Tearful films. :’(

2009-11-02T23:43:00.000Z

I watched the film ‘Save the Last Dance’ today. It is a sad film about a girl whose mother has died in an accident and how, through finding love, she pursued her dream of being a prima ballerina.

I always say to myself during these types of films that I will not cry but when sad music comes on (and I think about what would happen if it was me in that situation) the tears begin to well up. I guess it is just because I have come to care for the characters so it hurts to see them upset. Its like they have become real people rather than just characters. I suppose those are the makings of a good film though, right?

Some people feel embarrassed when they cry during a sad film. Personally I don’t think it is embarrassing to show a bit of emotion. After all I don’t have a swinging brick for a heart. I’m actually a pretty sensitive person when it comes to sad films.

I remember when me and Chris first saw the film ‘Marley & Me’. Anything to do with animals being hurt or someone losing a pet always makes me cry!

Maybe I’m weak-willed like that… (^.^);;

Have you watched any tearful films lately?

And what do you think to people crying during sad films? Do you cry?

Feel free to share your stories below.

xxx

November Blogging Month

2009-11-01T11:00:00.000Z

Hello, how are you all this fine evening? (^.^)

I am very pleased to be telling you that its that time of year where the ‘November Blogging month’ is upon us. I’m viewing it as a real challenge so I stay motivated to do it, as you know my blogging habits could be described as pretty sporadic. Last year I successfully completed the challenge and this year I’m hoping to do just as well.

If you would like to take part then pop on over to Oh-Vintage to check out the details. You need to do this fairly quickly as the challenge has already started today. It would be great if you could put this banner at the top of your first post; basically just to help with promoting the challenge and to let people know you’re taking part.

Now that’s all clear I shall get on with my blog!

♥

Yesterday I went to the theatre to see Disney’s Beauty and the Beast with Chris. It was a belated present for our 3 years of being together. All I can say is, what a show! It was brilliant. The actors, the singing/dancing, stage effects, orchestra and atmosphere was amazing. I was really glad that we had got tickets early as we had perfect seats where we could see everything.

It also helped that I was with Chris as it was so romantic (he bought us ice-cream during the intermission and he looked gorgeous with his new glasses on). So thanks Chris for making that a wonderful evening and night (I stayed over at his house!). We even slept in this morning, it just goes to show that we are both not morning people.

♥

In my last post I said that I had a bad cold and you’ll be happy to know that it has long since cleared up. Finally I can breathe easily again and I don’t have to act like a geeky mouth breather (actually I’m still geeky… but in a sexy way, yes?).

University has been keeping me busy and I have a huge reading list to get through. I’m doing a bit of research for an essay I’m going to write. I’m not entirely sure which topic I should do, its between a child language acquisition question or the “is language innate” question. I’m so indecisive. Is anyone else indecisive or is it just me? (^.^);;

♥

While I’ve not been reading books I’ve been browsing around on the Internet and behold I have found something I want.

The latest thing I want:

Yes, it is a pink DS Lite (don’t act like you didn’t know it was going to be pink!). Don’t get me wrong, I love my big DS but its just that the screens are so much brighter on Lites. Plus they weigh less so that means it won’t break my hands after I spend hours playing on it. This isn’t really a want but more of a need. A gamer like me should never be without the required equipment. Maybe my parents will buy it me for my birthday (hint, hint).

I also need a new phone but I can’t decide which one to get. I guess I’m just fussy like that. (#^.^#)

Well I’m going now, but I shall return tomorrow!

Take care. xx

Good Morning (?)

2009-10-22T11:00:00.000+01:00

Do you ever find that the longer you sleep in the more tired you are when you wake up? For instance this morning when I woke up at 10:30 I found myself feeling just as tired as I would do if I woke up at 7:30. I don’t understand. Surely more hours of sleep equals more awake…ness? Maybe its my internal clock telling me that I’ve have too much sleep and therefore I must be punished.

So this morning I woke up with my hair stuck up at a weird angle and my eyes welded together by sleep. I slowly opened my eyes and shifted my gaze to my pink clock; 10:30 was staring back at me. Stupid clock. It must have been wrong, I still felt sleepy. I turned over in my bed and snuggled in the folds of my duvet. It was so warm and cosy. It practically felt like a sin when I had to stick my foot out of my bed and put it on the cold wood floor.

I sat up and bravely put my other foot on the floor and shivered a little. The worst part was yet to come. I slowly peeled the duvet off and felt a sudden rush of cold. I quickly moved myself away from my bed (so I wouldn’t chicken out) and turned back to look at it with a tear in my eye. Don’t worry I wasn't crying, I had just yawned and my eyes were watering.

I tip-toed around my bedroom and began opening the curtains. Sunlight darted across the floor and slowly began to wake the rest of my room up. I felt awake at last. I gave in to one final stretch and caught sight of myself in the mirror.

“What is going on with my hair? Are those eye crustys? What should I have for breakfast… ”.

Don’t you just love mornings.

University today was a blur, to say the least. Maybe it is the fact that I have been struck down by a sore throat, thick headache and stuffy nose. Having a cold can seriously effect my ability to concentrate. I found myself staring quite misty eyed at my lecturer and allowing all sorts of random thoughts to pop into my head.

“Oh look at that bus outside, it says Free Bee on it. Haha I get it, its a play on the expression freebie. I love how they’ve drawn a cute little bee on it too. It looks happy”.

My lecturer coughed and I shuffled in my seat. I was sort of doing little shuffles every now and then to generate heat. It was pretty cold in the room and I thought that it is only going to get colder when winter decides to come into full swing. I sniffled and decided to distract myself from that depressing thought. I glanced at the girl on the opposite side of the room. She had a bottle of some sort of energy drink in front of her, well I’m guessing that it was an energy because it was electric blue (either that or our water has become so polluted it has turned neon).

I turned back to the lecturer and he was continuing to talk about word classes and other grammatical things. I used all my willpower trying to listen to him and trying to make him interesting, but to no avail. Unfortunately no matter how much I tried I couldn’t make nouns, verbs and adjectives seem like a trip to Disneyland.

I arrived home after the intense mind-numbing session… I mean I arrived home after university at 6:00. I stumbled my way through the front door and clumsily took off my boots. I could hear the faint babble on the TV from the kitchen and made my way in.

My mum was busying herself cleaning and as always the kitchen look immaculate.

“Now you wouldn’t get this in student accommodation”, I thought and I plonked myself down at the table.

I promptly told my mum about my extremely long day and by the end of our conversation I felt lighter. My mum hugged me and I soon felt like it was only the start of my day. I was refreshed.

“Now if only I could bottle that and market it as some sort of aid to waking up in a morning”.

Of course I’m joking.

I am a morning person.

It’s just that my mornings start later…

It begins

2009-09-23T22:22:00.000+01:00

Well I finally enrolled at university yesterday. Today I went in for a few social activities and I have decided that it is time to fill you all in on how it is going!

Yesterday I arrived at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) with mixed emotions. I was nervous because the building was huge, however I was excited because it was the start of my student life. I was also impressed that the whole thing seemed to be organised (I didn’t get swept into the crowd!). There were lots of people around to help so I soon began to feel more confident in my surroundings.

SHU is not just one building but more like a block of buildings which are close together which makes it seem like one huge building. I loved the bookshop (Blackwell) that was right next to the university, all the crisp new books just waiting to be read! I actually treated myself to a book while I was there entitled Language:The Basics by R.L.Trask. There were other books that I wanted too, including a grammar book by David Crystal. I was surprised to find that they even had a manga section (that is such a bad distraction for me!).

The first activity of the day was the welcome assembly in which a few course leaders introduced themselves then it was time to enrol (after a 3 hour break in which I explored the shops!). The enrolment process went pretty smoothly, the only annoying thing was the queue I had to stand in for 20 minutes (I really hate queuing). An administrator signed my enrolment form and checked that all my grade certificates were okay before letting me proceed to get my student card.

My student card is really cool because it allows me to get discounted travel, get into certain clubs as well as other perks I have yet to discover. Everyone was complaining how they looked bad in their photos on the cards because the pictures were taken by a webcam on the same day (let’s just say it was a particular windy day). Mine doesn’t look so bad but then again I have had worse experiences with ID cards.

After collecting my student card I was free to go home for the day, it was great because it was only early in the afternoon. I walked some of the way with Chris and we got a lift home the rest of the way. I took a few pictures of us out and about. I also grabbed a classic hot chocolate from Starbucks (with cream!).

Today was mainly activities in which we were meant to socialise with out peers and course leaders. I also have found out what my timetable is like and it is nice. I have every alternate Monday off which is brilliant because I hate waking up on Mondays with a passion.

Tomorrow I have a couple of class activities to do and then I finish at 12 noon leaving me free to enjoy the activities/societies fair. Hopefully there will be some I can join as I really want to get involved with lots of fun things. I would need to join something which I can plan around my studying and driving lessons.

Don’t worry as I will keep you updated on Kihugs and on my Twitter page.

So I shall take my leave now as I don’t want to stay up too late tonight. I will leave you with a final picture of me looking shy for whatever reason (credit goes to Chris for taking the picture!).

Bye bye! :)

PS: Contestants are still needed for the Site Glamour Contest. It is hosted by Dayna at Amour Chaleur and there are lots of prizes to be won!

Site Glamour Contest

2009-09-09T15:15:00.000+01:00

I decided to join the Site Glamour Contest which is being hosted by the lovely Dayna at AmourChaleur.com. The Site Glamour Contest is a semi-annual contest to find the most glamorous website.

What makes this contest so great is that the judging is not just based on your design skills, but also your writing ability (I am so going to enjoy the writing!) as well as a vote (just like a SOTM contest). Seen as it has been a while since I have entered Kihugs in any kind of contest I figured that the timing couldn’t be any better. I am not busy with work at the moment so I have loads of free time to take part.

I have placed a link to the contest page in my navigation and it will stay there until the voting starts (at that time I will swap it for a vote button which you can click to vote for Kihugs!). Voting starts on the 1st of October. If you would like to know more about the contest click the cute blue robot button. :)

Have fun!

Hallam, here I come!

2009-09-08T22:10:00.009+01:00

Clicking the "New Post" button just gave me tingles. Seriously, it has been that long since I last blogged cobwebs are forming on my Blogger Dashboard. I think it is time I brushed them off, gave my blog a dust down and got back in the blogging spirit.

The one thing which has probably effected how much I have blogged is the summer. The summer months are a brilliant time for students, a time in which we relax and energize ourselves for the up coming academic year. Unfortunately in my case this just simply means lazing around all day.

Fear not for while I have not been blogging I have been busying myself with other activities. For example my driving lessons, which have been going pretty well. Hopefully you will have seen me driving around (I know I have an awesome I-am-concentrating face).

I have also been hanging out a lot with Chris. During such times we have either eaten out, been shopping, watched films, played on my Wii or his Xbox or just generally mooched around.

My exam results came back from college on the 20th of August. It was a great day simply because I got the results I needed and also because I was interviewed for our local radio. My reaction to opening my exam results was played on the radio to I don't know how many homes. It doesn't get much more exciting than that!

My exam results were:

English Language - B
Media Studies - B
ICT - B
Archaeology - C

You will agree that those are great results yes? I worked so hard in my final year at college so I feel I thoroughly got what I deserved. :)
I am now preparing myself for university which starts on the 22nd of September with my induction day/enrolment. I plan to take pictures and of course I will write a blog documenting the day!

I got into my first choice of university which is the Sheffield Hallam University. I am going to study (BA Hons) English Language as a full time degree. I can't wait! The student union looks brilliant too, I actually want to get my own little hoodie (which they have available in pink!).

So wish me luck for uni. The plan is to study hard and party hard (maybe not so much of the latter! haha).

xxx

The Ugly Truth

2009-08-08T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hey everyone, ready for your Saturday dose of craziness? … I thought you were!

I went and saw the film “The Ugly Truth” a couple of days ago and it was anything but ‘ugly’ (see what I did there?). The film was a typical romantic comedy. It had highs, lows and non-stop laughs in between. It also manage to satisfy my romantic side and even left me a little bit tearful at times (courtesy of Gerard Butler’s brilliant performance).

The story centers around the control freak of a woman, Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl). She has a cat, OCD and enjoys researching into a mans background before she decides if he matches her checklist of the ideal man. This makes her (unsurprisingly) quite unsuccessful regarding love and relationships. She goes home after another disaster of a date where she sees on TV a programme called “The Ugly Truth” in which the presenter, Mike Chadway (Gerard Butler), gives out relationship advice in the most cynical way possible. Abby phones into the show and has a huge on-air argument with Mike about how not all men are as chauvinistic as he is.

Eventually it ends up with the two having to work at the same TV Station. The two spark a love-hate relationship when Mike agrees to help Abby bag her dream man, the very cute doctor Colin (Eric Winter). Soon Mike finds himself falling for Abby (and this is where I tell you no more!).

The film is full of laughs and silly moments which you won’t forget (for instance Abby’s ‘spazzy dance’). If you enjoy chick flicks and romantic comedies then this is the film for you. It subverts away from the clichés of most romantic comedies and provided the audience with a few surprises along the way.

I would personally give the film a rating of 5 hearts out of 5. It was brilliant and no that’s not just because I love Katherine Heigl’s acting. The film wasn’t too long either (which is always a plus!). My attention span is brilliant at the best of times so knowing that I don’t have to sit down for three hours to watch a film makes me very happy indeed!

- Rated as: A must see.

The screen that we (Me, Shola and Aisha) saw the film in was brilliant. It was one of the larger screens and I thought I was going to get vertigo from climbing all the way up to our seats. But once I’d settled down with my bottle of Cherry Coke and the film had started I was lost. Lost in a sea of happiness, as if all of my troubles had disappeared.

After the film we were practically starving and decided to brisk walk over to the nearest Subway. This wasn’t without its randomness. The guy serving us was flirting (really badly, might I add. I mean come on, is there such thing as subtlety?), the banter we had was hilarious, Shola bought me a cookie (which I didn’t realise was there until half an hour later!) and a giant moth dive-bombed my head.

So I suppose I would just like to take this moment to thank my friends Shola and Aisha for being scared of moths (as I have never walked out of Subway so fast in my life and actually been relieved). Thank you, you two rock.

Well I think I have sufficiently talked your ear off.

My questions for today are:

Are you scared of insects? And what are your tactics for dealing with said flying/crawling monstrosities?

Until next time, I bid you a good night. :)

Okami is made of awesome

2009-08-02T10:51:00.002+01:00

I’m getting my hair cut tomorrow and it’s about time too. My hair is so long now and needs, how should I say it, neatening. I’m also getting it dyed again. I’m having my pink streaks removed and having different tones of brown. I’m going for a sexy brunette kind of look and I think it would go well with my glasses (cue my boyfriend’s glasses fetish). It would also enhance my natural colour, which is always a good thing. Perhaps I’ll put pictures up tomorrow, I don’t know, depends if I can be bothered to take them. I’m not much of a camera lover.

Today I’ve been busy playing on my Nintendo Wii. I’ve been playing this game called Okami (I bought it pre owned for only £20!). It is a really addictive game and I love making little drawings on the screen with my celestial paintbrush. Here’s a quick synopsis of the game:

“Based on rich and varied Japanese mythology, Okami combines the all action gameplay of the Wii with the most unique and visually stunning game world and characters. Play as the wolf incarnation of the Japanese sun god, Amaterasu, and channel your divine power through the mighty celestial paintbrush to restore beauty and order to a bleak world overrun by evil. Fight against powerful enemies, use the Wii Remote to slash through wood, rock and demon foe. You'll also need to be smart enough to solve puzzles and create images in the game world that will come to life to assist you in your quests”.

It is a stunning game, I love the Japanese drawing style graphics and the music is brilliant. I found myself humming along to the music as I was beating enemies with Amaterasu (or as I call her, Ammy-Chan). If you own a Nintendo Wii, I highly recommend this game as it is really fun. If you enjoy RPG’s, such as The Legend of Zelda series, than this is for you.

Hopefully I’ll manage to pull myself away from gaming long enough to keep you all updated!

My question for today is: Do you own a console (E.g. Xbox, Playstation, Wii) and if so, what are your favourite games for it?

So, I shall say sayonara for now. :)

xxx