Tipyn o bopeth

For the past 2 years i've been the backseat driver behind Fairtrade in my school. This year i've officially taken over as Fairtrade co-ordinator and as it's FairtradeFairtradeFairtrade for me in work at the moment due to Fairtrade Fortnight starting yesterday, i feel compelled to share the Fairtrade feeling with you all too ;o)

We had a special visitor in work today....










Needless to say, the children (and the staff) loved it! I know i did - i've never touched anything worth £30,000 before ;o)

Saw [Inception] in the cinema on Saturday, and after going in having read no reviews and only having seen the trailer once, it was easily the best film i've seen in a long time.

I'm not a huge Leonardo DiCaprio fan. In fact i'm not a fan of any of the actors in the film, but the whole concept of the film is just so fascinating, and when you leave the cinema, you're still thinking about it hours later, this crazy concept that's been created. Not to mention the soundtrack that Hans Zimmer has created for this film is just incredible and so fitting.

And then i go home, Google Arthur/Eames and there's an lj community with just pages and pages and pages of amazing fics for characters belonging to a film that has only been out just over a week. It just shows how much of a pull this film is having.

I'm a very happy girl.

In celebration of my cousin's baptism tonight in a service that was truly amazing.

If you want a giggle and get further into the Christmas spirit, be sure to check out Ant, Dec and Robbie Williams singing 'White Christmas'...it puts a smile on my face everytime i watch it.

Nadolig Llawen!

Going through some old documents on the parents computer, i discovered several saved word documents containing codes to quizzes that i'd taken, but never bothered to post. So in order to delete them from the computer, i've decided to post them (with the original answers) here for prosperity, as i think some of them are still pretty cool (and one or two decidedly less so).

( Old quizzes this way.... )

Interesting things always seem to happen to everybody else.

For the last two days, my dad has come home from work saying he has seen the TARDIS from the train. Which totally isn't fair! First 'Torchwood' filming, then the TARDIS!

And then i get a text message off my mum while on her way to London today saying that she's on the same train as the family of tonights 'Britain's Got Talent' entry [Greg Pritchard], who were on their way up to London to support him tonight (he'll be singing 'Barcelona' btw). I wanna see something/one cool!

Still, i get to use my lovely Ant and Dec icon *pets*. I love those boys. ♥

I can't believe it's been nearly 6 months since i've updated this journal. I can't believe we're already in May, and 2009 is nearly halfway through. Is the rest of life going to fly by at this insane pace? If it is...stop the ride - i want to get off! Lol!

I've been insanely busy these last few months, working on two courses at the same time, working (both paid and voluntary) and trying to develop a social life (and so far, i think i'm managing okay!)

★My LSA course is due to finish at the end of May, and i have a whole mountain of courswork left to go. My assessment and observation by the class teacher has yet to happen due to several postponements, and while at first i didn't mind, now with the end of the course approaching and a lot of coursework relying on said assessment, i'm starting to feel the clock ticking and the pressure building. I'm both excited and terrified at the end of this course. Excited, because it hasn't been the most mentally stimulating course, and i'm glad to see the back of boredom and courswork, and terrified because after the course is over i a.) have to look for an LSA job in a new school because the current one doesn't have any jobs going, and b.) learn to drive, which was a target i set myself once this course is over. When i said i would learn to drive in May all the way back in January, i had no idea May would swing around so fast - i'm not ready!

★My OU course on the otherhand is going incredibly well. It's called "Environmental Control and Public Health' which focuses on environmental policies and legislations, and way to improve environmental and living conditions in both the developed and developing countries (full details can be found here). While i'm not really enjoying the course, as i prefer learning about the physical world like glaciers, oceans and volcanoes, one thing that i've learnt during my studies with the OU is that the courses i don't like are the ones i do better with. The two assigments i've done with this course so far have recieved 96% and 100% respectively and while i'm estatic with the grades (i've never had grades that high since I was like 12), it leaves me wondering if the assessors actually read what i submitted - i'm telling you, they were both piles of bull$&!@.

★I managed to destroy my computer again last month, but luckily the technical minded brother was around to reformat the whole thing. I lost some stuff, but it was no-where near as emotionally devastating as losing the 500GB of photos, videos, coursework/school work and references, as when my younger brother accidently kicked and destroyed my external hard drive back in November.

★I've gotten back in touch with three old school friends, one whom i've met up with once, one whom i've met up with twice, and another i'm hoping to meet up with soon.

★And finally! I've been to London, done a Duck Tour and saw Dirty Dancing and We Will Rock You. While i preferred WWRY, i am still somewhat boggled how someone came up with such an 'out-there' story to link all the Queen songs together! That was a seriously bizarre story! But the singing was great :o)

Here's to it not being another 6 months before an update! ♥

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