A start to the year with a BANG!

SOOO it's that time of year again when the leave start to fall, the weather gets that little bit colder and the trunks of cars are filled with an enormous amount of luggage. This can only mean one thing.....YES, I am back at University.

(In the case of this video: I am the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" and the music build-up is going to Uni.....my mum is Penny)

And it's good to be back! I have a house this year with my new roomies Sarah, Gina and Katie. I've already been here two weeks and only just got internet (I don't know how I survived so long) but everything seems to be settled now. I'm nearly unpacked, it's been a lot harder than I planned simply because I get so bored so easily. I honestly can't be bothered! The clothes are done, but we already have a ton of kitchen stuff so that's all sitting in my room gathering dust, and my posters have only just arrived, so they can grace my walls soon. I cannot explain how much of a momentous event this is. I am in my own home, with bill paying (not looking forward to that) and being independent once again. However, without my housemates I'd probably be in a cardboard box by now so I have a lot to thank them for. I'm also on the committee this year for "Amateur Dramatics Society" so this year is full of new experiences. I'm so excited!!! However, I am not changing the name of my blog to "WKD, Chinese, Amateur Dramatics" because it's waaaaaaaaaaay too long!! To make a long story short....I am ready for anything that comes my way this year. I have to believe that I can do anything, that I can push myself to be the best person I can be.

I may be a second year student, but I'll always be a fresher at heart. I love the whole fresher way of thinking: not caring about what you do, what you wear or what you say, you just do it! It's so freeing and I recommend the experience for anyone looking for an experience or a lifetime. This year, I'm going to be the organised one, the funny one, the wing-woman and the take-everything-as-it-comes girl!

Now one thing that is majorly different compared to last year is that I definitely am not living with some nasty people like I did last year during my freshers. It completely ruined the experience of freshers for me, so in a way this is my first freshers. I am so glad I live with people that I actually get one with this year. The people I moved in with after the whole freshers week fiasco were so lovely and so accepting. I really couldn't have asked for better housemates. I learned that even though you may feel powerless, you really aren't. You have the ability to go and tell someone and form that moment on you are no longer alone. You can change how things go just by telling one person. I unfortunately left it too late and only managed to say something a long time after it happened. I got my pay-back, but it would have been better if I had done it sooner, before the negative thoughts popped into my head.

However, it's a new year and I can feel that this is my year. I've already been reasonably lucky already this year, so it can only be a sign of the good times ahead....

After all, you have to live life to the full, because you never know what is going to be around the corner....




Live Long and Prosper

H.x

To my little Kiddie Christmas Cracker

That’s it! That’s the final straw! After I heard this today I knew I had to write a blog post on it.

Oh, by the way, Hello! Sorry it’s been a while, nothing interesting has happened....

So, what may you ask has made me so enraged that I have to blog about it after a month of silence? Well it’s something very close to my heart and very close to home for me. I mean that when I hear of it, and when it comes into being it just makes me erupt to the point of tears. Now even I’m asking myself “What in the blue hell are you talking about?” Well the answer is very simple: It’s my mother.

Yeah, you didn’t see that one coming now did ya?!

Before I go any further, I should urge that this isn’t a blog post bitching about my mum; in fact it is the total opposite. But today something happened that gave me the inspiration for this blog post. As many of my friends have found out, my mum can come out with some real crackers of one-liners. I’d say she is a walking Christmas cracker, but my dad has already claimed that title long ago! She’s like the little kiddie crackers you get that just about pass as Christmas crackers. As me and her have been home alone for good months now, we both get very VERY bored when we aren’t out and about. Today, we headed out to our local high street because I wanted to buy a book I’ve been waiting a year for. As we were heading home, I looked out my window to see two dogs with their owners. The conversation that followed had me crying with laughter and reduced my mother to a childish snigger, but its best shown in the conversation format. So here it is:

Me: Oooh look! It’s a Poodle and a Shih Tzu!

Mum: Doesn’t that make it a Shitz Poo?

Me: No! It’s a Poodle and Shih Tzu, two totally separate dogs!

Mum: Oh! If there was more than one would they be called Shitzy Poos?

At that point mum had to slow the car down as we were laughing so much. To me, this was comedy gold, but probably written down it’s not so funny. However, this isn’t the first time mum has had me in stitches. She once thought she knew one of my friends because she had seen their butt. As creepy as that sounds there is a back story needed. One of my brother’s friends “mooned” our house and my mum mis-took him for the person who did it. So when she proclaimed this in front of my brother’s friends, and a big group of friends at that, every single one of us was on the floor!

Other classic one-liners include:

·         Market Guy: So what book did you buy then?

Me: Oh it’s nothing, just a kid’s book

Market Guy: Oh not that “50 Shades of Grey” stuff?

Mum: Only if that was a kid’s colouring book

·         Brother: Well mum if you win the lottery and dad sleeps with a supermodel we can be rich for life!

Dad: Why would I sleep with a supermodel?

Mum: He wouldn’t be able to walk after sleeping with a supermodel!

I would name others, but they may be a bit rude. I’m not sure what age group reads my blog, but I can’t be dealing with getting into trouble.

Also, just a quick shout out to all my readers from across the water, including countries such as: Malaysia, France, Egypt, Latvia, Canada, Germany, Russia and the United States. I can’t believe we have readers in so many countries; it’s amazing, especially if you have to translate the blog into another language. I hope it’s gets through as much as I hope it will.

Now I’m off, there’s a kid’s book that requires my much needed attention.

Live Long and Prosper

H.x