Summer.

So, hello readers- if you're still there.

Summer is here! Finally. It always feels like we spend the whole academic year longing for summer to arrive, and now, here we are.

My last uni exam was on 20th May, and I'm on summer hols until the end of September, which is a ridiculously long time.. what am I meant to do now? It kind of always feels like an anti-climax; you go from being crushed under mountains of work and revision and the stress of exams and then WHAM suddenly you're released back into the world with absolutely no work to do.

I think it's strange how summer is regarded as the best time of year, but for me it's just a limbo, a gap..

I mean sure, there's the weather (ha) and it is really nice going away on holiday and exploring new places and meeting new people and being WARM for a change, but the majority of it is just not very exciting. Apart from the boredom, what I really don't like about summer is not seeing friends every day, like you do at school/college/uni. Everyone seems to go their separate ways until September.. it's peculiar! 

So with all this time and not much to fill it with, I decided to make a to-do list (though admittedly, this was mainly because I just like writing lists..) but anyway here are ma optionz:

1. find something to make out of the 1,500+ foil milk bottle tops I collected
2. do some reading in preparation for my 2nd year of uni *whimper*
3. make gothic-y candle holders out of pretty, old wine bottles
4. make fridge magnets out of beer bottle tops (there seems to be a bottle theme here..)
5. SELL THEM ON EBAY
6. learn new songs on my cajon
7. discover new music
8. do other stuff

Haha reading this post back, it seems quite gloomy and not summer-y at all.. sorry about that! Maybe I'll do a happier post about Summer next week.. WHO KNOWS EH

over and out.

Cruise.

So, as most of you will know, at the end of July/early August I went on a lovely cruise onboard the P&O cruise ship Aurora. I promised Maria (@MaxIsFlawlessx3) that I'd write her a blogpost about it, so here I am, writing a blogpost about it.
 
Here are the top 5 things she wanted me to write about:
 
1. Where I went
Well the cruise was around the Meditteranean, and we spent a day each ashore at: Malaga, Zakinthos, Dubrovnik, Venice, Split, Corfu and Oporto.
My favourite ports were probably Malaga and Dubrovnik. In Malaga I saw the most amazing authentic flamenco show; it was performed in quite a shabby little room, but the guitarist's constant, energetic strumming and the clapping of the assistant created such a buzzy and intense atmosphere. It was "muy sensual"! In Dubrovnik we wandered around the town, which is really beautiful as it consists of narrow, winding cobbled streets which are surrounded by the city walls. We stopped at Dubrovnik on the previous cruise we went on, and had sworn to go back to this pizza place called Mea Culpa which do the most HUMUNGOUS and delicious pizzas! So obviously, me being a lover of food, I had to revisit this place! And boy oh boy it did not disappoint. Seriously, you do not know the definition of good pizza unless you have been to Mea Culpa, which admittedly, is unlikely. MY MOUTH IS WATERING. I want this pizza again. Right now please.

2. Who I Met
I met a lot of people on this holiday, but I'll tell you about the best ones ;)
Everyday at dinner in the restaurant, we spoke to these two little old ladies on the table next to us, who were so sweet. They were sisters, aged 87 and 91! I couldn't believe how "with it" and giggly they were for such oldies! Definitely young at heart, I think everyone should be as smiley as they were.
My sister and I also befriended a group of people in the jacuzzi, who I am so so glad to have met! Strangely, two of them live about 10 minutes away from me, which was such a coincidence considering the ship had nearly 2,000 passengers and out of anywhere in Britain, they live so nearby! Anyway, Gemma, Jack, Mark, Dan, Leigh and Becky are awesome. Our jokes times included doing the mexican wave with one of the hilarious waiters, owning the dancefloor whenever 'Sexy and I Know It' or 'Walk The Dinosaur' came on, going bonkers at irish snap, running away from the "pedo in speedos" and taking over the sauna and kiddies playarea. I really miss these guys.

3. Music/Entertainment
Well, there were so many various clubs and bars on the ship, so music was never very far away. In fact, nothing was ever very far away. But anyway, in terms of music, there was this DJ called "DJ Danny Feelgood" (which is a fuuuuuunny name) who basically could play any song you wanted. Weirdly, the ship always seemed to be playing 'Ignition' by R. Kelly or 'Walk The Dinosaur'. There were shows every night too, singing and dancing type stuff, which was cool. Oh and the cinema! It played a different film each day, so we went to see Johnny English 2 (legendary) and The Hunger Games (bit weird/creepy).

4. Was I seasick at any point
NO :-) My sister was, but I was seasick-immune, oh yeaaaah! It's actually quite nice at night, it felt like you were being rocked to sleep like a baby. The best place to be when the ship was really rocky was in the pool; at one point the ship was so unsteady that it felt like you were swimming uphill, and being whacked around by these massive waves while half the pool's water was sloshing around on deck! Looking back, it probably wasn't exactly the safest of things to do, but it was fun so whatever.

5. How much I missed Meanwhile in Tinseltown
Tons! It feels weird being kept out of the townie loop for so long! But the pain was relatively soothed by constantly listening to them on my ipod, and using sharing a cabin with my sister to my advantage by forcing her to listen to them with me, mwahahaha >:)

So I hope this has shed some light on THE MOST AMAZING HOLIDAY EVER OF ALL TIME IN ALL OF ETERNITY! If you want to know more, just drop me a comment :-)

Adios.