Monday, August 14, 2006
Latin
I recently learned that this sentence has duel meaning:
Mater mea mala sus est
The mother pig is eating my apples.
or
My mother is a bad pig.
You wouldn't wanna get that the wrong way round...
Mater mea mala sus est
The mother pig is eating my apples.
or
My mother is a bad pig.
You wouldn't wanna get that the wrong way round...
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pet hates
I've never had a pet but theres a few things i hate
People who think its ok to stand you up. Agree to do something with you and then just never show. Without a by or leave.
Employment agencies. They take your money and treat you like shit. always.
Chav dog owners. fancy attiring your long haired alsasian in a studded belt collar and calling him Prince. As though the concept of a "Chav dog" exists
Telephone boxes - obviously
yeah well, theres a whole load of other things but i can't be bothered to talk about that now.
People who think its ok to stand you up. Agree to do something with you and then just never show. Without a by or leave.
Employment agencies. They take your money and treat you like shit. always.
Chav dog owners. fancy attiring your long haired alsasian in a studded belt collar and calling him Prince. As though the concept of a "Chav dog" exists
Telephone boxes - obviously
yeah well, theres a whole load of other things but i can't be bothered to talk about that now.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
home sweet home
haven't been to paradise, not living in Leeds.
four day bus ride - interesting people, boring people, quiet people, football. four days on a bus.
I was suprised to find that public phone box charges hadn't tripled in price during my absence, though calls to mobiles - about 30p a second. and black and yellow teoelphone boxes steal your money by saying they're gonna text the person you called. How exactly is that going to help anyone especially as if they don't answer they're obviously busy - yeah i'll just hang out in this phone box waiting for the person i called to attept to ring me back - though they won't be able to cos u can't ring a phone box from a mobile. "someone in a phone box tried to call u"- great, who?
however i have discovered the mega train and late night liscencing. Now its possible to get a good night's sleep by sending your noisy. drunken mates to the pub late at night and its not possible to go anywhere very useful on the mega train
if "not writing a cv" was a way to actively find a job i think now i would be inundated with them. imagine all those jobs just waiting for me...
four day bus ride - interesting people, boring people, quiet people, football. four days on a bus.
I was suprised to find that public phone box charges hadn't tripled in price during my absence, though calls to mobiles - about 30p a second. and black and yellow teoelphone boxes steal your money by saying they're gonna text the person you called. How exactly is that going to help anyone especially as if they don't answer they're obviously busy - yeah i'll just hang out in this phone box waiting for the person i called to attept to ring me back - though they won't be able to cos u can't ring a phone box from a mobile. "someone in a phone box tried to call u"- great, who?
however i have discovered the mega train and late night liscencing. Now its possible to get a good night's sleep by sending your noisy. drunken mates to the pub late at night and its not possible to go anywhere very useful on the mega train
if "not writing a cv" was a way to actively find a job i think now i would be inundated with them. imagine all those jobs just waiting for me...
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Ode to Polly Ridley
Tomorrow i leave Moscow.
My life has become one big "to do" list.
I am going to the park today.
Love me x
My life has become one big "to do" list.
I am going to the park today.
Love me x
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
high days and holidays
Its all sunny outside and today im going on a boat trip around the city. and tomorrow im going on an excursion to a forest or a monestry or something like that and on Friday im going to the banya. how russian am i?
milk in camomile tea sucks too..
milk in camomile tea sucks too..
Monday, May 22, 2006
What is a whotleberry?
All is sunny and rainy in Moskva. I am panicking about exams that i don't know quite when are cos its all in Russian and struggling with a terrible teacher who loves Pushkin. I have nothing against the chap but shes not a good teacher. She only gets really enthusiastic about teaching 10 minutes after the lesson is supposed to have finished.... But last night i cooked Shephard's pie for my suprised babooshka and i have now been promoted to 'jam status" in our flat. That means im allowed to eat the jam on the table. And wot nice jam it is too. the current jar is apricot and blackberry. Thick and sweet but not too sweet. My bab is a true jam maker.
In Russia its common to put jam in your tea.
In Russia its common to put jam in your tea.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
high on vitamin D
yeah the sun came out...
you know what, they give you a holiday here but before you know it they've taken away one of your weekend days to make up for it - how does that make sense - have Monday off ut come in Saturday. Thats not an extra holiday its moving the weekend.
you know what, they give you a holiday here but before you know it they've taken away one of your weekend days to make up for it - how does that make sense - have Monday off ut come in Saturday. Thats not an extra holiday its moving the weekend.