Oct
26
I had two very hard hikes consecutively! Capel Curig last Sunday was very windy and Langdale this week was very wet. I really thought I had no “acceptable pictures” from Capel Curig but I did have some decent ones. I felt very good after though. Yesterday it was very nice on the social side. Everyone was kind and open. I was never deceived when I went hiking with people from Couch Surfing.
Oct
24
Quiet Weekend!
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No Hiking with the Uni club but Hiking with Couch Surfing people in Manchester this Saturday. I wish I did not commit because the weather forecast does not look good and it is a pain to walk in the rain and with gusts up to 55 mph! I wanted to meet some Couch Surfers in Manchester anyway. They are all newbies concerning hiking so probably no long and painful hikes! What a shame because Sunday looks alright but some of them already bought their tickets! I will never commit again 4 days before an event so that I can check the weather forecast.
Law is boring to death. I need to be careful and not let myself fail any exam. There are resit sessions in the summer but I do not want to retake an exam. The passing score being 40%, I should be able to manage it! My new french credit card should arrive on Monday, I am starting to run out of cash. I did not want to make a banking transfer from Australia because the AUD is pretty low compared to the GBP right now!
Amy’s BF seems quiet, I have not heard anything from them yet…GOOD!
Oct
22
A Scary Thought!
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Monday night at 11 pm, I received a SMS from a team leader in the hiking group asking me if I have lost anything in the bus. I confirmed it was my Ipod. Suddenly I had a very uncomfortable thought. Usually when I move, I used to put a very important personal file called memo.txt on my Ipod. It contains every single information about me: banking access, Social Security number, Ebay, Paypal accounts, etc… and also very important emails kept over the years, etc… Anyway, a person having access to this file could have done a lot of damages if it was her/his intention. I usually never carry this file on my Ipod, it is on my local Hard Drive in my room or on my yahoo email account. I could not sleep overnight. I recovered the Ipod and I was happy to see that it was virgin. It had nothing important on it. I indeed had to burn an ISO file of Windows XP and I had to wipe out all the files on the Ipod.
I returned the new Ipod and I was happy. I also accidently blocked my french credit card because I forgot the code and I typed it twice. I called them and they will reissue a new one. How annoying this stupid credit card is!
Oct
21
Too Windy!
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For the hike on Sunday, it was too windy. We reached the top but came back quickly the same way. No pictures could be taken! I am happy I survived and came back in one piece. Not much fun! Everyone had their own climbing buddy so they stayed among themselves. I did not care much. I came, climbed and went back alone. I was tired, wet and my boots were full of mud! Was it worth it? I do not think so! I am happy I did not even think about joining their long weekend hike: 3 days in the wild! One day was more than enough!
I lost my Ipod Shuffle just when I came out of the bus to go home :(. I bought a new one with 2gb storage. I broke my headphone over the weekend too. I had to buy another one as well. Stupid Total loss for the weekend: 42+24= 66 GBP. Such is life!
Oct
18
The Good Things!
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Since I arrived, I have been extremely stressed and that has visible consequences on my health: a second herpes and two cold consecutively. I am still recovering from the second one. I kept on coughing. There are good things that happened to me though. I was worried about the tuition fee that turned out in the end to my favor. It is a huge saving. It also allowed me to apply for the student residence here because of my “international student status”. So I was comfortably assigned a room. I have 5 quiet and clean flatmates and we get along. I like Amy very much because she has been a good friend. We did many things together. My weekends are quite busy with the UNI Hiking club, the team leaders do not like me much because I was careless about their rigid rules but also because of my eccentric look, long hair, transition glass and a fancy camera. But people I went hiking with liked me. I usually had a good time hiking with them. The other day I paid 10.35 GBP and the cashier gave me back 10.10 GBP. I smiled and took the extra cash and went away. I also could exchange a book for a newer edition and I only had to pay the difference yesterday.
As time pass by, I am getting used to Manchester, this big jungle! Things are nicer also at the pool. All the fast swimmers are now organised and we swim together whenever we can.
I kind of like Manchester now.
Oct
16
Very strange sound and very beautiful: Little Motel by Modest Mouse
Sexy song: Talk to me by Ringside
Oct
16
A Good Laugh!
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I was quietly having my dinner in the common kitchen room when Rafiq came in. We started chatting and he mentioned about the noises made by his neighbor next door: the moaning and the banging she made with her newly found BF. I laughed hard and it felt so good to laugh that much. I knew immediately when I met all my 5 flatmates who might be the troubled one. I was right on concerning Cat.
She already gave me troubles because she kept on throwing her trash in the common kitchen bin. I had to put up a sign and asked everyone explicitly not to throw their personnal trash in there! Now she is making noises and she annoyed Rafiq. I am so glad my room is not next to hers! Amy is having her BF next week from the 22nd of October for 9 days. I hope Amy and her BF won’t be noisy!
Oct
14
Little things in my life!
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After a challenging hike on Sunday, my body is again broken. I should not underestimate the dudes and the chick who were in Hike 1. I hope they are enduring the same pain. I went shopping with Amy, my flatmate next door. She is kind and looks all fancy and sexy. She has a great touch with old men because of her natural forms. Anyways, I met two old bastards, one around 40 and the other around 55 complimenting me and telling me how lucky I was to be with her!!! We both laughed. Amy is strange. She kept on attracting old men.
Today I had a great swim with very fast swimmers and I matched their speed! Weee!
I met my other flatmate’s one night-stand also. It was strange to see her with a new man after seeing her boyfriend last week. He came for her birthday. How kind of her :)!
Oct
13
23 kms: 2 peaks up to 1130 m with a marathon runner, a cyclist, a swimmer/basketball player and other unknown athletes with unlimited stamina! Well I was quite humble during the hike. I was at the front of the hike with the cyclist who did not say a word but seemed to be doing fine all the way. Now my ass hurts! Some muscles seemed to be used more than they ought to be during the day.
My hair s really strange, it gets all curly and brownish. I have not touched them for almost 9 months now. Leaving to themselves, they tend to behave in a strange way. I am determined to pursue the experiment and leave them untouched for 3 years!
Oct
10
Birthday + 28 weeks in Europe!
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My blog is now one year old! It has changed so much since it first started. I never thought I would hold that long and I kept it updated quite regularly. It also has become easier for people to follow whenever they feel like my whereabouts. It is stored on Eno’s Slackware box somewhere in Florida. Its stability has defied all my expectations. An exact copy exists locally on my laptop and it will take the relay if Eno’s box dies accidentally. I am using Flickr to store and share my photos. It is faster this way and Flickr’s format is very nice. I did not know it allows any format size to be uploaded. I paid 30 us dollars for a Flick pro account. I also use Rapidshare to upload and share bigger files.
It’s also been 28 weeks that I am back to Europe: Dublin + Manchester. Time flies so quickly, almost 7 months, my face has completely changed because of the long hair style! I am also glad I did not cut them. I wanted to leave them long for 3 years. As usual, I try as much as I can to stick to my words.
Finally I have changed alot mentally. The jump from the tree in Australia has left an indelible mark. It has a deep and strong influence in all of my current and future choices. I was never the same person since that day for the best or the worse!
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