I am awsome!
Yes I am. I can now do the ultimate, worlds number one puzzle, the coloured cube all without checking the clues.
Awsome! Yeah!
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Grey like the sky
Today I feel really down. I think that the sky mimicked my feelings as in the morning i was feeling fine as the sun showed sighns of breaking through the low clouds or fog. However in the afternoon the sky seemed to fall towRDS THE GORUND and so did my spirits. I felt really homesick after i walked home from th ecity through the fog, it was almost like a soft mist rainign down on my spirit in the afternoon. But then again the temperature seem s to be in the rise as during next week we will be expecing temperatures around the teens. Yay! But for now I guess I just htin kthat i miss the summer a whole lot...
E Cubed!
Last friday I decided that I would go and buy a Rubics cube. Well back to the begining...
In school last week one of the students had brought in with him a Rubics Cube key ring. This is perfectly fine, however it was not fine that he decided to play with the cube rather than doing his work. So I confiscitaed it from him till the end of the day and to my utter doom I ended up playing with it! Oh well I was hooked. So last Friday I decided to go out and get my hands on one with the intention of finally being able to complete it.
After a hour here and an hour there my breakthrough came yesterday. I was able to finish off the cube! It was a bit of a fluke I thiought at first, however after Sarah got her hands on the cube last night and this morning I was again able to finnish off the Cube! Success! It made me feel real pleased and pretty smart too, but as always Sarah was there to bring me back down to earth.
In school last week one of the students had brought in with him a Rubics Cube key ring. This is perfectly fine, however it was not fine that he decided to play with the cube rather than doing his work. So I confiscitaed it from him till the end of the day and to my utter doom I ended up playing with it! Oh well I was hooked. So last Friday I decided to go out and get my hands on one with the intention of finally being able to complete it.
After a hour here and an hour there my breakthrough came yesterday. I was able to finish off the cube! It was a bit of a fluke I thiought at first, however after Sarah got her hands on the cube last night and this morning I was again able to finnish off the Cube! Success! It made me feel real pleased and pretty smart too, but as always Sarah was there to bring me back down to earth.
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
All Peaked Out!
So its the mid term break and I wasn't too sure what i was going to do, so when Sarah's friend Liz suggested that we go hiking (walking) in the Peak district I thought that it sounded like a great idea. (I was at first put off because I had thought that Liz had said Peat district and the idea of trudging around in mud in the middle of winter wasn't such a good idea). However when the weekend came around I was ready and rearing to go.
Sarah and I decided to head up to the Peak Distrct on the Saturday morning, before a day of walking and then stay the night in a hostel there before heading back to Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. As I still have not recieved back my license, Sarah was left to do all the driving while I navigated. Starting off at 05:30 on Saturday morning sounded pretty easy enough, however I had forgotten that in Feburary in the U.K., 05:30 in the morning is bloody freezing. Yes, literally freezing
But that didin't stop us and after a journey with a couple of stops for directions and a bit of sleep for me we had made great time in reaching th Peak District. Liz and her fellow walkers had alredy set off at around 9:00 so that meant that Sarah and myself had to double time it to catch up. Fortunatley double time for us ment driving to the top of the hill and waiting till Liz and her hiking buddies to reach us. Cheeky i know, but well worth it at the end of the day.
Sitting on the top of the hill, waiting for Liz to arrive, we watched the sheep with tails, that looked part goat, eat the lush green grass and drink the only unfrozen water in the vacinity. This was in the wheel arches of the various cars that had just parked along the side of the road. This I thought was a great bit of initiative on behalf of the Shoats until Sarah opened her door and wacked one in the head! Oh well, they don't have that many brains in the first place. We didn't have to wait long for Liz and then the walking started.
We started out heading across the plateau straight for a fantastic ridge of upthrust rocks that ran for most of the mornig's leg of walking. So for Sarah and myself, the initial walk involved a gentle walk over to these rocks, then a short climb up onto the top of the ridge, then a pretty much flat meandering walk till lunch. The morning leg gave some spectacular views looking both West and East. The only problem that I had for most of the morning was the fantastic weather that we had to contend with. 5 degrees max. with a wind chill that brought the temp down another couple of degrees and bright sunshine. A perfect day for walking. At times the only thing that I had wished for was my second coat that I had left in the nice and warm car, that could take us to a nice and warm pub, that... Well I hadn't really wished for all that stuff, I had come to the Peak District for the walking and the fresh air. I was getting plently of the fresh air (fresh as in almost bitterly cold).
The walk along the ridge showed us some fantastic views right across the Peak district. Aparently the ridge is quite a popular with the rock climbers so there were quite a few of those hanging around. The thing is that I don't think that I could have even climbed some of the rock surfaces, bascially because it was just so cold, I was having a hard enough time keeping my hands warm in my pockets, let alone climbing on really cold rocks. This part of the walking also led us to Robin Hoods cave, a natural cave that was carved out of the side of the wall. Quite fascinating, especially the grafitti that had been left, mostly chiseled out words or names, quite beyond the chalk drawings that you usually find in a cave. Walking at this time of the year also allowed me to witness first hand the frozen ground that was around. There were many puddles along the path which were frozen, there was also quite a bit of mud around which was also frozen and then there was the ground that remained in the shade all day. At the end ofthe day, if there was a piece of ground that remained in the shade all day, there was sure to be a whole lot of frost on it.
By the afternoon I thought that we had walked quite a long way and therefore a rest was required. Seeing the car form the top of the plateau was a relief as for Sarah and myself it ment that the end of the day was upon us. For the others they had at least another half an hour or so of walking back to their cars as they had polietly, in the British way, refused a lift back to their car. The end of the walking and therefore off to the nice warm pub for a beer and a nice hot soup.
We spent the night in the local YHA which seemed to be full of westie kids on 'adventure' holidays. It was OK as they kept to themselvs and we stayed in the kitchen playing a nice game of spoons to pass the time. After leaving the kitchen we spent a little while playing connect 4, of which I aparently got a little competative, which I believe is completly out of my nature. heheheh, maybe. By that time everyone was completly buggered from all the fresh air, I thought that it was because of the endless miles that we had walked during the day, so we all trundeled off to bed. When I arrived I was greeted in my room with the thunderous welcoming noise of not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 different people snoring the night away. Fortunately for me I was completly tired so I fell to sleep straight away.
Sunday turned out to be a better day, weather wise, with temperatures rising an extra degree to 6 or so. Sarah and I decided to part company from the group and head our own way. We decided to climb the tallest hill in the area, which happened to be the easiest to climb. There were fantastic views and what made it a bit better was that the walk was relatively short.
We sat and drank in the serenity that was ocassionally broken by a loud walker passing near by. It was a nice and peaceful situation, even if you can't get away form people whereever you go. They just seem to be everywhere. After locating the paragliding launch site, as well as the landing Sarah decided it was time to head off as she had a long drive back to Cardiff. We left just as a couple of paragliders decided that it was time for them to have a sledy each. The conditions were mot promising at all and the wind was not strong enough. Just enough to take off for a short flight. A great weekend getting away from the hustle and bustle of london as well as a relaxing start to the mid term break for me.
Sarah and I decided to head up to the Peak Distrct on the Saturday morning, before a day of walking and then stay the night in a hostel there before heading back to Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. As I still have not recieved back my license, Sarah was left to do all the driving while I navigated. Starting off at 05:30 on Saturday morning sounded pretty easy enough, however I had forgotten that in Feburary in the U.K., 05:30 in the morning is bloody freezing. Yes, literally freezing
But that didin't stop us and after a journey with a couple of stops for directions and a bit of sleep for me we had made great time in reaching th Peak District. Liz and her fellow walkers had alredy set off at around 9:00 so that meant that Sarah and myself had to double time it to catch up. Fortunatley double time for us ment driving to the top of the hill and waiting till Liz and her hiking buddies to reach us. Cheeky i know, but well worth it at the end of the day.
Sitting on the top of the hill, waiting for Liz to arrive, we watched the sheep with tails, that looked part goat, eat the lush green grass and drink the only unfrozen water in the vacinity. This was in the wheel arches of the various cars that had just parked along the side of the road. This I thought was a great bit of initiative on behalf of the Shoats until Sarah opened her door and wacked one in the head! Oh well, they don't have that many brains in the first place. We didn't have to wait long for Liz and then the walking started.
We started out heading across the plateau straight for a fantastic ridge of upthrust rocks that ran for most of the mornig's leg of walking. So for Sarah and myself, the initial walk involved a gentle walk over to these rocks, then a short climb up onto the top of the ridge, then a pretty much flat meandering walk till lunch. The morning leg gave some spectacular views looking both West and East. The only problem that I had for most of the morning was the fantastic weather that we had to contend with. 5 degrees max. with a wind chill that brought the temp down another couple of degrees and bright sunshine. A perfect day for walking. At times the only thing that I had wished for was my second coat that I had left in the nice and warm car, that could take us to a nice and warm pub, that... Well I hadn't really wished for all that stuff, I had come to the Peak District for the walking and the fresh air. I was getting plently of the fresh air (fresh as in almost bitterly cold).
The walk along the ridge showed us some fantastic views right across the Peak district. Aparently the ridge is quite a popular with the rock climbers so there were quite a few of those hanging around. The thing is that I don't think that I could have even climbed some of the rock surfaces, bascially because it was just so cold, I was having a hard enough time keeping my hands warm in my pockets, let alone climbing on really cold rocks. This part of the walking also led us to Robin Hoods cave, a natural cave that was carved out of the side of the wall. Quite fascinating, especially the grafitti that had been left, mostly chiseled out words or names, quite beyond the chalk drawings that you usually find in a cave. Walking at this time of the year also allowed me to witness first hand the frozen ground that was around. There were many puddles along the path which were frozen, there was also quite a bit of mud around which was also frozen and then there was the ground that remained in the shade all day. At the end ofthe day, if there was a piece of ground that remained in the shade all day, there was sure to be a whole lot of frost on it.
By the afternoon I thought that we had walked quite a long way and therefore a rest was required. Seeing the car form the top of the plateau was a relief as for Sarah and myself it ment that the end of the day was upon us. For the others they had at least another half an hour or so of walking back to their cars as they had polietly, in the British way, refused a lift back to their car. The end of the walking and therefore off to the nice warm pub for a beer and a nice hot soup.
We spent the night in the local YHA which seemed to be full of westie kids on 'adventure' holidays. It was OK as they kept to themselvs and we stayed in the kitchen playing a nice game of spoons to pass the time. After leaving the kitchen we spent a little while playing connect 4, of which I aparently got a little competative, which I believe is completly out of my nature. heheheh, maybe. By that time everyone was completly buggered from all the fresh air, I thought that it was because of the endless miles that we had walked during the day, so we all trundeled off to bed. When I arrived I was greeted in my room with the thunderous welcoming noise of not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 different people snoring the night away. Fortunately for me I was completly tired so I fell to sleep straight away.
Sunday turned out to be a better day, weather wise, with temperatures rising an extra degree to 6 or so. Sarah and I decided to part company from the group and head our own way. We decided to climb the tallest hill in the area, which happened to be the easiest to climb. There were fantastic views and what made it a bit better was that the walk was relatively short.
We sat and drank in the serenity that was ocassionally broken by a loud walker passing near by. It was a nice and peaceful situation, even if you can't get away form people whereever you go. They just seem to be everywhere. After locating the paragliding launch site, as well as the landing Sarah decided it was time to head off as she had a long drive back to Cardiff. We left just as a couple of paragliders decided that it was time for them to have a sledy each. The conditions were mot promising at all and the wind was not strong enough. Just enough to take off for a short flight. A great weekend getting away from the hustle and bustle of london as well as a relaxing start to the mid term break for me.
Monday, 11 February 2008
Here's my housemates
Here's a couple of pictures of my flatmates.
Adele
Lucy
Vicki
Rachel
They are sooooo messy!
Sun, sunny, Sunshine.
This weekend I had a great quiet relaxing time. Sarah came to Londinium for the weekend and arrived on her train Friday evening, on-time for a change, which was great. My Friday had started out pretty good as well. I ended up going to the pub right after school, which turned out to be a fantastic idea. This was because after the pub, I ended up going back to the school for ballroom dancing lessons! These turned out to be a fun laugh, much to the annoyance of the dance instructor. I started off learning a waltz, a different waltz and a part of the samba. It was O.K., but I don't know if I will go back, ill see. After the dancing it was back to the pub before running off to meet Sarah at the station.
Saturday turned out to be a glorious day, much more like a winters day in Australia rather than the grey cloudy days that everyone was telling me to expect. So to make the most of the weather we ended up going and sitting in the Hibury Fields and people watching. There were already many of the spring bulbs flowering, it just felt like it was spring. The Sun was out and the weather was fine. It didn't matter that I was outside wearing a jacket.
In the arvo Sarah and myself ended up catching up with Bruno in a pub right near the Tower bridge, right across form the HMN Belfast. A fantastic view for a couple of drinks for a while.
Sunday the weather was just as fantastic! The sun was again shining, so I decided to sleep in and then sleep in my bed when the sun was overflowing into my room. At the moment I am loving the enormous south facing windows that take up most of my wall.
Monday was however straight back to work, a fantastic mysterious foggy morning that once again had enormous amounts of sunshine. It made the P.E. lesson, a game of rounders, even better.
Saturday turned out to be a glorious day, much more like a winters day in Australia rather than the grey cloudy days that everyone was telling me to expect. So to make the most of the weather we ended up going and sitting in the Hibury Fields and people watching. There were already many of the spring bulbs flowering, it just felt like it was spring. The Sun was out and the weather was fine. It didn't matter that I was outside wearing a jacket.
In the arvo Sarah and myself ended up catching up with Bruno in a pub right near the Tower bridge, right across form the HMN Belfast. A fantastic view for a couple of drinks for a while.
Sunday the weather was just as fantastic! The sun was again shining, so I decided to sleep in and then sleep in my bed when the sun was overflowing into my room. At the moment I am loving the enormous south facing windows that take up most of my wall.
Monday was however straight back to work, a fantastic mysterious foggy morning that once again had enormous amounts of sunshine. It made the P.E. lesson, a game of rounders, even better.
Tuesday, 5 February 2008
Shrove Tuesday
Wow what a fantastic day! It started with a beautiful morning that was still and calm and the views over the canal from the extra large floor to celing windows that form one of the walls to my classroom. This beautiful morning was only disturbed by the arrival at 8:45 in the morning of the school children who arrived with their usual noise and bustle. They were however not to get me down. As soon as the day was underway and the lessons being taught it fell into a general tuesday, the day of the week that is still too close to the start of the week, but closer to the end of the week than Monday.
After the school day had finished i headed off to the shops to pick up some supplies in order to cook up a storm for 'Shrove Tuesday'. I ended up having a great meal of Lamb chops with vegies and after a while to set my meal settle I decided to cook up some of the best pancakes that I have ever made. I guess that the girls were just plain lucky that I got the mixture pretty much perfect. So therefore Vicky, Adele, Rachel, Lucy and myself were able to enjoy a fantastic bunch of Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.
What a great way to end a pretty much average day. :) Now what do I give up for Lent?
After the school day had finished i headed off to the shops to pick up some supplies in order to cook up a storm for 'Shrove Tuesday'. I ended up having a great meal of Lamb chops with vegies and after a while to set my meal settle I decided to cook up some of the best pancakes that I have ever made. I guess that the girls were just plain lucky that I got the mixture pretty much perfect. So therefore Vicky, Adele, Rachel, Lucy and myself were able to enjoy a fantastic bunch of Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.
What a great way to end a pretty much average day. :) Now what do I give up for Lent?
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