After years of refusing to be the same as everyone else, I've given in and got myself an iPhone.
The iPhone 5s in gold to be more specific.
It's not even that I really wanted this phone. It was just because my phone was 3 years old, driving me crazy and I needed to get a new one.
Truth be told, I'm in love with the Galaxy S4 and was even contemplating waiting until the release of the S5, but it's not available on au. And I absolutely refuse to switch networks, so I settled for the iPhone.
I'm neither overwhelemed nor underwhelmed with it. I have an iPad, so it's not like I need to spend ages trying to work out how to use it. Downloaded all my apps again, imported my contacts and I was all set to go.
Loving how fast it is and the battery life though. So far so good.
The other good thing about getting a new phone, is that it gives you the chance to clear out your phone book. I went through all my contacts and just deleted, deleted, deleted. There were so many people I couldn't even remember in there! So I've gone from over 200 contacts to just 59. And I'm feeling good about that!
Now I need to go through all the old messages and actually reply to some of them! LOL!
xoxo
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Monday 9 December 2013
\(^0^)/
This month has been crazy.
Crazy busy, crazy stressful, crazy FAST!
I'm going back to the UK NEXT WEEK!!! What the hell?!
And now I feel that I have a to-do list the length of my arm, full of stuff that I need to sort out before I leave!
But let's start with the good stuff.
I finally finished my pain-in-the-arse DELTA application , had my interview, and I've been accepted onto the course!
WOOP WOOP!
The truth of it is, I didn't really expect to be accepted. I was told by the coordinator in the summer, that most people who apply have at least 3-4 years post-CELTA experience. I applied with less than 2, but I thought I'd just give it a go anyway.
Now that I've been accepted, I'm literally like FFFFFF*****************!!!! Not just because the course is going to be 2 months of intensive stress and then a third month of more stress, but the financial side of it all has completely freaked me out. I got my acceptance letter and along with it came the request of $1000 as a deposit with the remaining $2500 to be paid before the end of January. Then there's the visa fees, flight, rent in Tokyo, rent in Bangkok and the price of books.
It wouldn't be so bad if I was being paid for those two months that I'll be out. But I'm not. So on my return to Japan, I'm going to be well and truly financially crippled for pretty much the rest of the year.
And you know what that means......
....NO TRAVEL!!!!
My. Heart. Is. Broken.
I literally won't be able to go anywhere until at least next winter. A year with no travel - that will be in the first time in......erm......god knows how many years!
And NO - going to Thailand doesn't count as travel. It's purely for study purposes and I'll have ZERO free time. An MA in two months - think about it.
I am looking forward to going back home though. It will be nice to see my family - especially my grandad who turned 90 today.
Happy Birthday!
xoxo
Crazy busy, crazy stressful, crazy FAST!
I'm going back to the UK NEXT WEEK!!! What the hell?!
And now I feel that I have a to-do list the length of my arm, full of stuff that I need to sort out before I leave!
But let's start with the good stuff.
I finally finished my pain-in-the-arse DELTA application , had my interview, and I've been accepted onto the course!
WOOP WOOP!
The truth of it is, I didn't really expect to be accepted. I was told by the coordinator in the summer, that most people who apply have at least 3-4 years post-CELTA experience. I applied with less than 2, but I thought I'd just give it a go anyway.
Now that I've been accepted, I'm literally like FFFFFF*****************!!!! Not just because the course is going to be 2 months of intensive stress and then a third month of more stress, but the financial side of it all has completely freaked me out. I got my acceptance letter and along with it came the request of $1000 as a deposit with the remaining $2500 to be paid before the end of January. Then there's the visa fees, flight, rent in Tokyo, rent in Bangkok and the price of books.
It wouldn't be so bad if I was being paid for those two months that I'll be out. But I'm not. So on my return to Japan, I'm going to be well and truly financially crippled for pretty much the rest of the year.
And you know what that means......
....NO TRAVEL!!!!
My. Heart. Is. Broken.
I literally won't be able to go anywhere until at least next winter. A year with no travel - that will be in the first time in......erm......god knows how many years!
And NO - going to Thailand doesn't count as travel. It's purely for study purposes and I'll have ZERO free time. An MA in two months - think about it.
I am looking forward to going back home though. It will be nice to see my family - especially my grandad who turned 90 today.
Happy Birthday!
xoxo
Sunday 1 December 2013
Are You Kidding Me?!
I'm sorry, but on what planet do some people think it's OK to just not show up when you've made plans with someone?!
I mailed my friend this afternoon just to check that we were still good for dinner tonight. They were supposed to head over mine and I was gonna rustle up something - just because I needed to be at home to make a cake.
So my friend was like, oh yeh, yeh that's cool.
And still hasn't rocked up.
No mail, no phone call, nothing.
I probably wouldn't care if I hadn't already jumped in the shower (covered in flour) and re-done my make up. But I have. So I'm p*****. At least I hadn't bothered getting dressed yet.
Now I know that there could be a perfectly reasonable explanation for it. Something might have happened and their phone could've died so they couldn't contact me to let me know.
Yawn. It better be something good if that's the case.
But I'm pretty sure I know what's happened. My friend told me earlier that they had a seriously late night last night, were feeling hungover and had to work all day. My guess is, they got home and fell asleep. I'd rather hear that than some bollocks about a phone dying. They know where I live, so if they were intending to come over, then really, there's no excuse, ne.
Less than impressed.
On a different topic, I've finished making my second German chocolate cake. The filling is even better than the first one as I added extra butter and evaporated milk. It looks awesome.
And on a completely different note - did you hear about Paul Walker?! I was so shocked to hear that he had been killed - and in a car crash!! It's a little ironic really, but extremely sad news. If someone asked me who I thought was the hottest actor in Hollywood, I would always say him. Hotness. What a shame.
R.I.P
xoxo
I mailed my friend this afternoon just to check that we were still good for dinner tonight. They were supposed to head over mine and I was gonna rustle up something - just because I needed to be at home to make a cake.
So my friend was like, oh yeh, yeh that's cool.
And still hasn't rocked up.
No mail, no phone call, nothing.
I probably wouldn't care if I hadn't already jumped in the shower (covered in flour) and re-done my make up. But I have. So I'm p*****. At least I hadn't bothered getting dressed yet.
Now I know that there could be a perfectly reasonable explanation for it. Something might have happened and their phone could've died so they couldn't contact me to let me know.
Yawn. It better be something good if that's the case.
But I'm pretty sure I know what's happened. My friend told me earlier that they had a seriously late night last night, were feeling hungover and had to work all day. My guess is, they got home and fell asleep. I'd rather hear that than some bollocks about a phone dying. They know where I live, so if they were intending to come over, then really, there's no excuse, ne.
Less than impressed.
On a different topic, I've finished making my second German chocolate cake. The filling is even better than the first one as I added extra butter and evaporated milk. It looks awesome.
And on a completely different note - did you hear about Paul Walker?! I was so shocked to hear that he had been killed - and in a car crash!! It's a little ironic really, but extremely sad news. If someone asked me who I thought was the hottest actor in Hollywood, I would always say him. Hotness. What a shame.
R.I.P
xoxo
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