Also 2 weeks ago I went to Glastonbury for the day. The festival is unfortunately not on this year but its a grand place to visit anyway. Very different thats for sure, no chain shops AT ALL, all the shops have something to do with africa, india, witches or second hand clothes, so basically suits me just fine. Did the tourist thing and walked up to the Tor while I was there. This is where, according to legend, King Arthur is buried, or its one of the suggested sites at least. It's really beautiful and the walk is so worth it when it is followed by tea and cake at one of the gorgeous little cafes in town.

The photo on the right is of me and my aunt Caro (who I have been pretty much living with for the past 6 weeks). As you can see its kinda windy when you get up to the Tor:) The photo on the left is the Tor, quite a tourist attraction as you can see:)

Hi everyone
last week on my day off i went to Southampton for the day and then went to visit Steve for the night in Bournemouth. Southampton was really good. Spent the day going to museums, going to the harbour and doing some shoppping. then caught the train to bournemouth to meet steve after work. we went to see some of his mates at a house party and then walked into town to do a bit of partying. I have to say that bournemouth is a really cool place to live. better than london in a lot of respects as it has the same relaxed vibe as SA, lots of very friendly people and is great fun and lots of grand places to go out as well, and obviously great beaches which are a definaite plus!

I cant really explain why I am devouring a burger in a bright red sombrero, but what the hell, its good for a laugh:)

so a few weeks ago on one of my days off my cousin and i decided to go to bath. unfortunately we did choose the hottest day of the UK summer to go on and we went by bus, but it was grand anyways. went to go and see the Roman Baths, very interesting and as you can see in the photo of cousin elle, they gave us handy portable personal guides:)

also...we found a rat and parrot to have lunch at, how cool? a rat in bath! but no where near as good as the gtown one! but made me think of all the great nights we had.

...nic is coming to visit! he arrives on the 28th Sept and is staying for two weeks! so hopefully we shall have a real blast. I will have just finished work, so we are gonna go round the countryside and visit friends and family, spend a few days in london all that jazz.

so ja cant wait. other than that work continues, not much excitement there. i served guy ritchie the other night, didnt even know it was him until one of the other waitresses told me. then on my days off apparently madonna's kids came in (not a clue what their names are), so maybe once the tour is over we will be seeing madge herself?

hope you are all brilliant and slowly recouperating from huge trivarsity parties.

ciao!

So these are some of the people i work with now. From the left: Nick (works in the kitchens, his mum is the manager of the inn) then Will (actor currently saving so he can go back to london and continue the job hunt, works behind the bar, he lives in the staff house with me), Clare (believe it or not, a rhodes girl from milner, originally from east london, waits tables with me), then James (his mum ownes the inn and he is back from varsity right now so is helping out a bit, he lives in the house when he is working), Thom (james older brother, just finished at oxford and works in london at advertising agency), Ollie (works behind the bar while on holidays from varsity).

this photo was taken at a festival that took place down the road from the inn, Larmatree Festival. great fun, very bungy, but oh so chilled out. people dancing around in fairy outfits, people smoking weed everywhere, kids from 3/4years old to people in their 60's all dancing like mad. was a good night out:)

and this is ade and i while watching the soccor world cup final. was a really cool night in spite of france losing:)

ok so since i have been unable to connect my laptop to the internet i havent been able to put any pictures up, but i am hoping that i have now mastered it, so here are some photos in no particular order, just cos i thought my blog needed some brighteneing up, and im sure you would rather see some pics than have to read my terrible writing!

this was taken on my last night in london when some of us got together for supper at this great little restaurant in wimbledon. back row from left: florian (carol's bfriend), carol, se, jamie, will (robs bfriend). front row from left: magoo, me (:)) and robs scheckter.

i everyone, well not much has changed since i wrote last but i thought that my blog needed a bit of an update. so as i am soon to return home i thought i may sit down and think about what i have learnt in my short time over here...

1) what is a chav?
well all chavs know they are chavs and as far as i know the majority of them are proud to be chavs. an example of such a person is a 15 year old girl walking down the road, push chair in hand, accmpanied by a pasty looking male youth with no shirt on a chain around his neck. they are commonly found all accross london and even in farther parts of england like dorset. they have a strange and often incomprehensible vocabulary and diction, and have little ability to control the volume of their speech. they are also know to have extremely loud and vulgar arguements in public places (in person or over the phone).

2) dont fall asleep on any tube, train or bus
several people i know i have done this and the outcome is finding yourself in leytonstone or heathrow airport, with no transport to take you except for a ridiculously priced taxi.

3)always ask for help
there are so many newcomers around the london area that you can ask for help without fear of being laughed at or ignored, the wiser ones are generally quite helpful. my dear sister learnt this one when she tried to visit me at work and caught the RIGHT bus, but in the WRONG direction. poor se soon found herself on the opposite side of london:(

4)just because people have money doesn't mean they have class
this has been especially obvious since i began work at the museum. a lot of people with tons of money come to eat here and it is sad to see how their money has made them nothing but rude, revolting and exrtremely cheap.

5)some people will always try to put you down to make themselves feel better
i was lucky enough to work with one such individual at my last job and i am sad to say i gave in to her ways and left. such people i think are difficult to deal with, because no matter how much you tell yourself not to listen to them, they manage to bring me down, so in fact this is a lesson i am still trying to learn.

6)never be in too much of a hurry
i cam to england beacause for some reason i had told myself that i have to everything right now otherwise i would miss out. this i have decided is not the case at all. there is plenty of time for everything and if you rush into life you may forget to enjoy it.

7)be honest with people
if you arent honest with people you only end up losing out as they never really get to know. a real friend is the one who knows everything that sucks about you and loves you anyway.

8) on that previous point, there is nothing more important than the people you
love
i cant believe that i had to come half way around the world to realise that. no where on earth are there people like the ones i love at home. and i know that if i were to die tomorrow i wouldnt regret never seeing the eiffle tower, i would however regret not spending more time with you guys. i cant wait to be home and see everyone. to get to know my parents as people, not as parents and to spend more time with the best friends i could ever hope for. nic and i are also back together now. as most of you know i have never felt about anyone the way i feel about him and im starting to realise that i would lose out hugely by letting this relationship go. it may not last, but you never know-it might, all i now is i would always regret not giving it a shot.

so thats me for the night.

photos of life here in farnham will follow asap.

miss you and love you all!!!!

PS sorry this was longer than i had planned, hope you are still awake:)