Home Time

Gotta go home! This was our yesterday:

As we stroll across Hyde Park to the V&A

Voilà

In Brick Lane

Karma!!

Donna and I

Ridwan

Sunday Morning

After making it to the hotel breakfast service, we're off to the V&A!

Here's what we looked like yesterday evening:

Hotell foyer

Love the pig!

Day in Camden

A mellow day in Camden. What will the night bring...

The synopsis:
The sun also rises when you've had a late night, as you walk in cloudy London.

Camden market, punk etchings here and there

A store I'll stand outside of, but not walk inside; All Saints

People get grumpy when you try to take scenic photos

Classic beauty Frida

Hiding the hippie

Chandeliers <3

Cables in the sky <3

We thought it would be a good idea to pre-drink at Proud:

Spot the granny

But they don't do cocktails!

We settled for mixes and sat down on bean bags and gazed towards the natural- and artificial lighting.

Public snogging

Party napping

Hearts don't have to be cliché

- if they represent blood red love for butterflies, it's okay

London Friday

We arrived at our hotel and went to Brick Lane to meet up with Nina, Maria and Jamie!

Gazing out over the London sky from our hotel room window

A pattern maker like Frida loves a good vintage dress

Rib stole-hippie

Sophisticated lady

Packed 1001

Nina embracing her South American heritage, Mojito-style

Friday and myself

My ladies

Tacky mural decor and a classy lady

This Crazy Life

Tomorrow it's London time with Frida who is flying in from Sweden.

Currently, I am essay-writing with tea and Kirsty at hand. It's getting late.
"Tea is really good it doesn't make you feel evil like coffee" sincerely and factually.

"I'm getting the eggy burp that I get when I don't sleep" in a 'I need your affection'-voice.

You really need to hear her talk, her confusing tone of voice.

Been to the Enterprise Gym Annual Award Dinner, amazing food!

Got a blue certificate for the highest level of participation and our team won the title Champion Team of the Year! Jamie, then Dan and myself stood for the evening's entertainment

Dan and Jamie, two odd musicians in a business crowd at the reception:

Lots of clapping after each accreditation on stage.

Quite a crowd of well dressed people, bring out your table manners!

I was really enjoying the food, it was visually and audibly apparent

Cheese, pesto, tomato and vinegar heaven

Pheasant with barley risotto!

Pistachio icecream! with a brownie and raspberry sauce!

Farewell thee shadow in the night!

48 hours

Could use twice the hours in day/ in 48 hours this will hopefully be over. Need to become sharper, clearer, focused, faster academically. I remember the first half of 1st year when I hated Dundee and my life here, but everything academic was incredibly effortless, fewer hours and better grades. Correlation? The scrutiny of depression seems to breed academic sucess, effeciency and precision.

For this reason, I tried to get back in that place today, all the sad songs, all the sad thoughts, but the feeling was overwhelming, the emotional contrast was too great, so it gave no academic boost, just a need for friends and family! So, intermittent downtime is the only thing that works relatively well and working with coursemates to supervise you. I feel like I'm in Kindergarten, longing for the teenage hell of uncontrollable zit-popping. I hope I don't need to explain that metaphor..

Anyway now I'm back to number-crunching and then later on an all-night essay session at Kirsty's. Had a Kings and Coward's gig today at Drouthy's opening for Our Future Glory (who where releasing their EP). Downtime. Now it's game time.

Weekend Blog Bomb

A helluva weekend...

Hosted Open Mic with Chris on Thursday

Portraits of fun kids:

The Dave Jappy Experience

On Friday we had band practice and went to Distorted:

The night ends late.

On Saturday I hauled myself to the Library, here during Earth Hour:

Beautiful views on the way home

Love, Susan playing at Dukes

Annuka puts on a sulking face although her life is brilliant.

We hit a warehouse rave:

Players rollin'

The Surf Club:

The all-seeing eye in a skate hangout/ art studio.

The night ends late..

Sunday begins with a band practice/ Dan in trackies

At the Doghouse playing at the Acoustic Session

Cutest glockenspeil player of them all (down on her knees)!



This week will be tough, with course work, the E-gym Annual Awards Dinner and a weekend trip to London!