It’s 14:49. Or well, was. I’m currently sitting in my college’s library, completely bored out of my mind. I don’t even know why I’m still here…I finished 3 hours ago. But now I’m here, typing up this and listening to Rule by Ayumi Hamasaki using headphones I borrowed off the library staff. I have 20 minutes before I have to go and catch my train.
I came back from Tenerife a while ago. It was rubbish! There’s like, no culture at all there. I mean, if you’re in Spain and the supermarkets there have to advertise the fact that they’re “Spanish style”, then you know you’re someone completely moulded for British tourists. We went bowling! wtf I never thought I’d go bowling abroad. It was definitely boring. I think the best day was when we went to the water park. I don’t really like swimming that much, but it was a good day. Everything out there is fairly expensive. D: I was on a budget of 35€ and I came back with 5€…good budgeting lol.
The half-term has finally arrived. What a relief. I have so much work to catch up on. :/ It sucks to spend all of my holiday inside the house. I did go out on Sunday, though. I went with my mum into London and went to this really nice Japanese restaurant in the back alleys of London. They had pretty traditional table settings and interior. The food is cheap and nice, but the restaurant has really slow service. I suppose it was because there was only one waitress working that day. We ordered a lot and it only came to £23! Their deep-fried oysters are delicious. I liked their fried squid as well, and the gyoza was nice. I ordered the yakigyoza and the table next to us ordered the normal steamed gyoza but they got our order mixed up and gave us their gyoza order. It was kinda annoying but I didn’t want to send it back. I kept changing my mind when I was trying to pick my main, but I ended up going with the tempura bento because I didn’t want noodle soup. I got a voucher for the restaurant, so if anyone’s in London, give me a ring lol.
After eating Japanese food, I left my mum to find my friends who were also in London. They were in a Chinese restaurant just off Chinatown. I don’t really understand why Chinese people would go to Chinesetown and eat Chinese food that I wouldn’t really consider Chinese. But the dim sum is usually nice and cheap, so I suppose anyone would go. I’d prefer to eat other cuisines, though. They went to take purikura, but I didn’t take part because I don’t really know half the people? To me, purikura is something you do with close friends. I had to run off and pick people up for karaoke that was happening in the evening. It was really good. No one wants to sing, so I always just pick up the mic and sing whatever is playing. I didn’t stay for it all, though. D: The people I invited had to go, so I went with them.
I got a a job now! It’s only at my aunt’s fish and chips store, but a job is a job, right? All I do is work the cash machine but it isn’t too bad. I spend most of my time just talking.
Currently listening to: PAPARAZZI (Feat. 윤하, 태완 a.k.a C-Luv) by 아주, from the album PAPARAZZI.
Do you know what I heavily dislike? Two back-to-back exams. My brain felt so physically drained after my Film exam. And I still had another class to go to! They went fairly well, I thought, so I think I should be okay. The hall we did the exams in was cold. As they’re rebuilding the school gymnasium, we had to do the exam in a church hall just down the road. There was heating at the beginning, but it suddenly cut off and left us really cold. D: Anyway, I was really tired at the end of the day and just wanted to crawl back into bed and sleep. I have my last exam today, which is Politics. I’ve done lots of revision so here’s hoping that I do well…>.>
Next week, I’m going on a trip! I will be heading off to the sunny Canary Islands and soaking up the sun. Okay, it’s a school trip, meaning that there will be lots of work to do. My team is in charge of morning on the third day of the trip, meaning that I will have to wake up at 6am and wake every up, get everyone down to breakfast, get everyone to the conference centre to attend some…thing, and then take everyone to the water park. Lots of work. But it should be fun. I’ll be surviving on a measly budget of €40 but that’s fine as I rarely buy cheap tack to litter my house with. I’d rather save the money and go out drinking/karaoke/clubbing, which I’m doing haha. This year seems to be my year of travelling. I have loads of countries lined up to go to. It kinda makes up for last year, where I didn’t get a chance to go anywhere abroad. D: Tenerife, Hong Kong, Greece, Italy and Qatar seem to be definite. I don’t really know why I’m going Qatar…I’m flying to HK with Qatar Airways and there’s an option to spend a few days there (as my plane will make a stopover there) and my mum said yes. I’ve yet to organise anything else though, like accommodation. I don’t even know what there’s to do! I’ll probably just stay in Doha…I don’t really want to get lost in some foreign country by myself.
Chinese New Year was boring! My whole family is in Hong Kong at the moment, so I spent it alone and with the people in my Mandarin class. For dinner, I had leftovers. But whatever, I’m not really bothered about having a boring CNY, I’m just bothered that my day was kinda boring.
I should probably make my breakfast.
Currently listening to: love the world by Perfume, from the album love the world.
I started a Korean course at the KCC yesterday. It was good. Korean is like, the one language I WANT to learn, so I was really attentive to what the teacher was saying. The teacher wasn’t Korean, but that doesn’t matter. He just got his PhD based on Korean language acquisition, so I trust that he indeed know what he’s talking about. We only learnt the basic phrases and started learning the Korean script, but I knew most of it anyway. It surprised me that a lot of people want to learn Korean…although, most of the people there were doing it so they could speak to their Korean girlfriend/wives family, or for business reasons.
My January exams has started!! Oh what fun. I’ve already had my Travel exam, which wasn’t too bad. I just finished on time. My arm ached like hell, though. I have a Film exam on Thursday, which will probably go down bad… I’ll have to study hard for it. Fighting!!
I can’t wait for summer to come because I will be going back to Hong Kong! It’s been such a long time since I last went…I really can’t wait. I want to go to Taiwan while I’m there but we’ll see. I just want to eat lots and lots of food. : D There’s not a lot that I’ve yet to do while I’m there, so it’ll just be travelling places in China I haven’t been to, like Shenzhen. Shenzhen is so close to HK but I’ve never been. >.>
Currently listening to: 데자뷰 by SS501, from the album Deja Vu.
It’s been a while since I last updated. In that short space of time, not a lot has been achieved. : D
I recently got a new phone. It’s the new INQ1 phone. I really like it. OKAY, it looks a little plain, but all the features make up for it. I love the integrated software, like facebook and Skype on it. I can keep in contact with all my friends while on the move. I have unlimited texts and internet, as well as 200 minutes, all for £20. It’s all good.
Christmas is nearing! I can’t wait. All I really care about is the break. College is so exhausting. I have exams to look forward to when I get back. Yay.
Currently listening to: Wrong Number by 동방신기, from the album MIROTIC.
