16/12/2012
LIGHTS, CAMERA, JUMP!
Yesterday evening I decided to take my dad's Canon 600D out as I've not been able to use it for the last 3 months as I've been away at university. What was meant to be one picture turned in to a little photoshoot! So here are some of the picture we took!
15/12/2012
LONDON & HOME
Yesterday my dad and my brother left west wales at around 4:50am in order to come and get me from London. The night before, my last night in university before christmas, I attempted to pack, watched a film (as I gave up on the packing) and played poker with friends intill about midnight. I woke up at around half past 6 in the morning in order to get my stuff together before I had to carry everything out to the car. One bad thing about living in Reid is that we have to clean our rooms out in christmas and easter (we do pay £1000 less though so it's worth it) We eventually did get everything in the car (somehow) and I had to sit on half a seat the whole 4 and a half hours home. It's a strange thought not seeing the flat mates everyday for the next 3 weeks after being used to being surrounded by them for the last 3 months. It's a nice feeling not having to do work all the time for a couple of weeks (although I do have a lot of reading and an essay to write! but I'm not thinking about that now).
Anyhwho - last week my parents came up to London as I had to see the Doctor in Harley Street in order get an epidural injection. It's just a little injection to try and reduce the pain in my leg (this is the same injury that has meant that I won't be playing rugby anymore). The pain is a result of a slipped disk among other things. We went down to the train station to get the train in to waterloo. However, due to snow (which I didn't say any of. Must be magical invisible snow!) all of the trains were cancelled from Egham to Waterloo. As we had to be in London by a certain time we had to get a taxi to Heathrow (which is only about 15mins away) and then catch the tube all the way from Heathrow in to Oxford Circus. The injection went fine and we headed to the hotel to drop our bags off before we went out. We had a few drinks in a pub on Baker Street before we went to have supper a Chinese restaurant called 'Pheonix Palace' which was also on Baker Street.
It was a big place and upon entering there was a wall filled with pictures of famous people who had eaten there. People from former Prime minister Tony Blair, Barbra Windsor, Matt Lucas and Gok Wan. The food was really nice and I had one of the nicest crispy beef dishes I have ever had! Yuuum. I was shattered though, so once we finished our meal we headed back to the hotel and had an early night!
I decided to head back early the next morning because I had lectures and I had to do my presentation on Protests in Early Modern Europe in the seminar that afternoon. The parents shopped for a bit and then made it back to the university at around 4pm before leaving to drive back to wales.
Anyhwho - last week my parents came up to London as I had to see the Doctor in Harley Street in order get an epidural injection. It's just a little injection to try and reduce the pain in my leg (this is the same injury that has meant that I won't be playing rugby anymore). The pain is a result of a slipped disk among other things. We went down to the train station to get the train in to waterloo. However, due to snow (which I didn't say any of. Must be magical invisible snow!) all of the trains were cancelled from Egham to Waterloo. As we had to be in London by a certain time we had to get a taxi to Heathrow (which is only about 15mins away) and then catch the tube all the way from Heathrow in to Oxford Circus. The injection went fine and we headed to the hotel to drop our bags off before we went out. We had a few drinks in a pub on Baker Street before we went to have supper a Chinese restaurant called 'Pheonix Palace' which was also on Baker Street.
It was a big place and upon entering there was a wall filled with pictures of famous people who had eaten there. People from former Prime minister Tony Blair, Barbra Windsor, Matt Lucas and Gok Wan. The food was really nice and I had one of the nicest crispy beef dishes I have ever had! Yuuum. I was shattered though, so once we finished our meal we headed back to the hotel and had an early night!
I decided to head back early the next morning because I had lectures and I had to do my presentation on Protests in Early Modern Europe in the seminar that afternoon. The parents shopped for a bit and then made it back to the university at around 4pm before leaving to drive back to wales.
13/12/2012
DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS :)
Well, it's been a busy week trying to get everything organised before we go home for a 3 week break for Christmas! 3 essays were turned in this week along with numerous quizzes and diaries. Finally they are done so I can now relax for a bit! Although we do have an essay to do over the holidays (bleeeeeeugh!) although it's still CHRISTMAS so that's fine! I can't wait just to be home for a bit, as much as I like it here and the friends that I've made, I think after being home only once in nearly 3 months one needs to just relax on a sofa and be able to go to the kitchen and get food whenever you want without having to worry about not eating too much as you have to survive off if for the next 3 days!
To get us all in the Christmas mood we did our secret Santa last week. This is where you put all the names of the people in your flat in to a hat and then the name you pick out is the person that you're buying your present for. It makes it much easier and it's much cheaper! It was nice to see everyone getting excited about opening their presents (the first present of Christmas!) I received a lush sign from my Santa which said "Live well, Love Much, Laugh Often" which I loved. It was cool to see what people bought for each other!
A couple of days after Secret Santa we went out for the Block J Christmas meal in Prezzo which is an Italian restaurant down the road. Everyone dressed up - the men in suits and the girls in nice dresses and heels etc (like a little black tie event!). I had risotto for main which was soooo flavoursome and tasty. For desert I had honeycomb cheesecake - yuuuum! To finish the evening I watched a film (and fell asleep) in my friend's room!
Wwwww... I've spent the last week listening to the Christmas playlist I created on spotify! It is awesome if I do say so myself! A bit of Buble, Elvis and the classic Shakin' Stevens!
I'm going home tomorrow! I can not wait!
. . . "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . !"
Here are some pictures of campus that I took because recently it's been looking all christmasy because of all the frost that's been everywhere making everything white (:
To get us all in the Christmas mood we did our secret Santa last week. This is where you put all the names of the people in your flat in to a hat and then the name you pick out is the person that you're buying your present for. It makes it much easier and it's much cheaper! It was nice to see everyone getting excited about opening their presents (the first present of Christmas!) I received a lush sign from my Santa which said "Live well, Love Much, Laugh Often" which I loved. It was cool to see what people bought for each other!
A couple of days after Secret Santa we went out for the Block J Christmas meal in Prezzo which is an Italian restaurant down the road. Everyone dressed up - the men in suits and the girls in nice dresses and heels etc (like a little black tie event!). I had risotto for main which was soooo flavoursome and tasty. For desert I had honeycomb cheesecake - yuuuum! To finish the evening I watched a film (and fell asleep) in my friend's room!
Wwwww... I've spent the last week listening to the Christmas playlist I created on spotify! It is awesome if I do say so myself! A bit of Buble, Elvis and the classic Shakin' Stevens!
I'm going home tomorrow! I can not wait!
. . . "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . . !"
Here are some pictures of campus that I took because recently it's been looking all christmasy because of all the frost that's been everywhere making everything white (:
06/12/2012
LIVING ON THE TRAIN
It seems that I've been living on trains recently, well either that or they've been controlling my life with delays and cancellations!
On Friday the Mothernator came to stay for the weekend. Friday night we headed in to Windsor for a quick pip around and then we went to have some dinner in a Nepalese restaurant which was yummy. I suppose it was quite similar to Indian food in a way. We also had some traditional Nepalese lager to go with it. Before supper we headed to the Windsor Timberland shop because I had recently purchased a pair of winter boots there but the glue on the shoe had worn. even though it was still waterproof, the boot should not break like that. I thought that they would take them away to repair them but no, they gave me a brand new pair straight away! What good customer service! We eventually got back from Windsor and stayed in my room for the night.
Saturday morning, guess what? . . . I was on the train AGAIN! This time we were going into London for a couple of days. We were staying in a little B&B just off Oxford Street. We dropped our bags off and then went to some shops, but not normal high street shops because they were just too busy (as it was a Saturday close to Christmas!). Instead we went to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. In Harvey Nichols we had some champagne in the champagne bar and a quick look around the clothes (which were ridiculously expensive!). We bought some pastries and juice from Harrods, which we later ate whilst looking over the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We went to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland last year whilst we were in London for another University's open day. This year we had a look around the fair, we didn't go on any rides (thank God - I think I'm still traumatised from last years experience!) and we listened to some Music in the massive bar they had there.
Sunday was more of a relaxed and enjoyable day where we did all the touristy things. We walked everywhere on this day. We decided that we were going to go see Buckingham Palace (well I say we, it was mostly my mum telling me where we were going!). So we walked through Hyde Park, past the Wellington arch and to the Palace down Constitution Hill. From there we walked down the Mall to Trafalgar Square and Nelson's column. We had some coffee in the nearest Costa and bought loaaaaaads of travel books! Eventually we made our way over to Westminster and the London Eye where I eventually went and caught the train from Waterloo back to university!
Windsor
London
On Friday the Mothernator came to stay for the weekend. Friday night we headed in to Windsor for a quick pip around and then we went to have some dinner in a Nepalese restaurant which was yummy. I suppose it was quite similar to Indian food in a way. We also had some traditional Nepalese lager to go with it. Before supper we headed to the Windsor Timberland shop because I had recently purchased a pair of winter boots there but the glue on the shoe had worn. even though it was still waterproof, the boot should not break like that. I thought that they would take them away to repair them but no, they gave me a brand new pair straight away! What good customer service! We eventually got back from Windsor and stayed in my room for the night.
Saturday morning, guess what? . . . I was on the train AGAIN! This time we were going into London for a couple of days. We were staying in a little B&B just off Oxford Street. We dropped our bags off and then went to some shops, but not normal high street shops because they were just too busy (as it was a Saturday close to Christmas!). Instead we went to Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. In Harvey Nichols we had some champagne in the champagne bar and a quick look around the clothes (which were ridiculously expensive!). We bought some pastries and juice from Harrods, which we later ate whilst looking over the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. We went to Hyde Park's Winter Wonderland last year whilst we were in London for another University's open day. This year we had a look around the fair, we didn't go on any rides (thank God - I think I'm still traumatised from last years experience!) and we listened to some Music in the massive bar they had there.
Sunday was more of a relaxed and enjoyable day where we did all the touristy things. We walked everywhere on this day. We decided that we were going to go see Buckingham Palace (well I say we, it was mostly my mum telling me where we were going!). So we walked through Hyde Park, past the Wellington arch and to the Palace down Constitution Hill. From there we walked down the Mall to Trafalgar Square and Nelson's column. We had some coffee in the nearest Costa and bought loaaaaaads of travel books! Eventually we made our way over to Westminster and the London Eye where I eventually went and caught the train from Waterloo back to university!
Windsor
29/11/2012
DINNER WITH SIR STEVE REDGRAVE
When I applied to come to Royal Holloway I also applied for a sports scholarship - (better known as STARS). I actually got this scholarship because of my rugby and we are given so much help and advice that helps us reach our goals and improve us as athletes. I'm injured at the moment and they've been very good in helping me, be it with an Osteopath or a strength and conditioner etc. Last night was the STARS presentation evening. This is where we received our certificates that stated we had officially received the scholarship. There are about 25 of us from the whole university who received the scholarship this year. Also, this year the presentation evening was held in conjunction with the honorary fellowship presentation. This year Sir Steve Redgrave was receiving the honorary degree which was coooool! After the presentation and some quick photos with Sir Steve we headed over to the picture gallery where we had a three course meal which was delicious!
We were sat on a table with people who had something to do with the university. I was on the rugby table, so there are four of us (2 girls and 2 boys) who have received the scholarship through rugby, and in between us were different people. I had really nice conversations with the people I sat by and as a result the evening flew by. Also sat on my table was three times paralympic gold medallist - Sophie Christensen! I got to hold her medals twice! How cool is that?!
I really enjoyed the evening, probably one of the most enjoyable evenings in university so far! Just because you got to meet so many different people (oh yeah, and meet Sir Steve!).
We were sat on a table with people who had something to do with the university. I was on the rugby table, so there are four of us (2 girls and 2 boys) who have received the scholarship through rugby, and in between us were different people. I had really nice conversations with the people I sat by and as a result the evening flew by. Also sat on my table was three times paralympic gold medallist - Sophie Christensen! I got to hold her medals twice! How cool is that?!
I really enjoyed the evening, probably one of the most enjoyable evenings in university so far! Just because you got to meet so many different people (oh yeah, and meet Sir Steve!).
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