i need to go buy candy for the kiddies. We live right opposite a primary school, so i know we're going to end up with tons of little ones trying to get treats off of us. It's so cold and gloomy out right now though, why would anyone want to trick or treat ( Read more... )

I am so happy to hear that my mother is actually going to the 'little dude's' ceremony! I feel a lot better about not being able to go now - as one of the reasons i was so stubburn on wanting to go was the fear that my mother would not have. I wanted there to be at least someone from the family to be there, we can't just not show up! It's really ( Read more... )

i'm even starting to scare myself - our flat is like living the perfect 'family' life. we spent saturday painting the walls (we had really old walls which def. needed a paint job) then spent sunday gardening. Josh cleared out the shed, i planted blubs for the spring, and Holly/Anna trimmed all of the bushes. hehehe! we then made sunday roast! and ( Read more... )

i'm taking a regional politics course on CHina.. haha and it is plain ridiculous. I hated the fact that in my African Politics course last year we had people who's parents were like Chiefs and ministers etc.. cuz they knew everything and you really can't argue with them.. well i'm pretty much doing the same this year in Chinese politics. it's not ( Read more... )

by the way.. J caught some tropical disease that the doctors can't seem to pinpoint - he just got released from the hospital this weekend. So heard from Hendrik he was having such high fevers that he suffered memory loss. SIGH ( Read more... )

thank you for your lovely phone calls.. most of them were totally unexpected and thus really did make the day EXTRA special ( Read more... )

Even my supervisor now thinks i'm a bit.. insane. I don't think that is the best thing. I've been a bit sick this week - i think its from just being so busy and the cold weather - anyhow, so i'm just totally out of it. I was late to my meeting with him.. runing in from Warren street which is like a 15min walk or now realizing about 8 min run/slip ( Read more... )

I love SOAS.. or at least the people and the politics department. The first few weeks coming back is also the best because although it is really busy and stressful, everyone gets really excited. There's so much going on and there's just that general joy of seeing old friends. Jack came to "keep me company" while i was working yesterday, and he ( Read more... )

SOAS is such a weird place... people that you just doesn't expect to speak a certain language turns to you and speaks a bunch of jibberish that just doesn't fit with sterotypes. (some white girl just ran out of the computer lab speaking perfect japanese.) I've been working straight for the last 5 days.. and I AM exhausted! Orientation week is hell ( Read more... )

I don't have the internet yet at my new flat. I might be out of contact for a few days... and i'm working 9-5 everyday.. so.. god help me!
I also think i broke my laptop.. but will deal with that later.