I'll attempt to relate parts of my weekend as it was oddly entertaining... bits were odd, others were entertaining.
Friday night was a colleague's birthday so we went to Beer Garden were they were planning on doing 100 minutes of lager, which I happily watched. Fast forward by about three hours to when a friend's friend (whom I had met a couple of times before but really only knew by name) started chatting me up. It was terribly amusing because he was rambling on and on in a drunken state, but he told me that one time him and the mutual friend were talking about a person with my same name, but whilst he was talking about someone else, Mutual Friend was referring to me and he said "She's a person that you can have an intelligent conversation with" (which I thought was a lovely thing to say) and when Mutual Friend said that Rambling Guy realised that they were obviously talking about different people! Rambling Guy kept telling me that he couldn't understand how I was single, and why was I single? So I just offered, I'm picky? Then another friend, who is gay, joined us and we were chatting, and I said that Gay Friend has very soft lips. Now Gay Friend and Rambling Guy have known each other for years, but it still didn't stop me gawking when Rambling Guy decided to find out about his soft lips for himself! The whole chatting up thing turned upside down, went round the corner and dug itself into a hole! Needless to say, nothing came of that... well nothing was going to come of that anyway because despite Rambling Guy being very sweet, he wasn't my type. [See 'picky' above]
Saturday morning I went into Valletta to buy tickets for National Orchestra Goes Pop but didn't go and see the pharmacist because I didn't have money to buy products, and one doesn't go into a pharmacy and say I'm just having a look thanks! Village feast was happening in the evening and since I had no other plans I plonked myself on a wall waiting for the catherine wheels to start, but they took too long so I went home and watched them from my balcony instead.
Sunday was the long-awaited boat trip. At the bright and early hour of 8:00 a.m. 10 people were standing at the Birgu Marina waiting to board a gorgeous 42-foot Cruiser Catamaran that was to be skippered by a guy named Trevor. After I stepped on the table thinking that it was actually a large step, we made our way out to sea. We cruised for about an hour, berthed towards the south of the island and remained there swimming and sunbathing, then had lunch, and after digesting it we decided to go out sailing. During all this my sunglasses got flung into the sea and despite valiant search efforts were lost to the Poseidana seagrass (please don't quote me on the name, but it's something like that). And that is why I bought cheap sunglasses this year :) The sailing was fabulous. We winched up the main sail and headed out and then put up the spinnaker (I think) and just bounced in the waves. My colleague told Trevor that all we needed to see were dolphins to make it perfect and I very innocently said Try making dolphin noises, to which he retorted Do you say that to all the guys? and that brought on a whole barrage of comments about big masts and all that goes with it. I must have a nittiena face! What's for sure is that I have a rather red face with an even redder back, because the sun was mighty strong and my sunblock was rather weak. Three days of wincing, followed by two weeks of peeling. All in a Maltese summer.
... and National Orchestra was brilliant too :)
Monday, 31 July 2006
Friday, 28 July 2006
I love guys, really, but...
... why do they take so long to take a decision? And why do they make such a fuss about it? On Sunday my colleagues and I are going out on a boat for the day (we don't see each other enough during the week!) and first there was this whole debate as to when to go, once that was decided there were polemics about at what time we should leave, and that being dealt with, today there was a whole discussion over lunch about the food and drink issue. We're going out for a few hours, anyone would think that we were crossing the Atlantic!
I used to organised transport for over a 1000 students a night; planning routes, booking coaches, dealing with drivers and employees. Decisions were the rule of the day!
And why do they agree with you one minute, and then gang up with the other guys a second later? Ooh that drives me mad. They say what they like without giving it a moment's thought and then if you retaliate they get all shocked and defensive. You cannot be seeing porn and then get scandalised by a teeny-tiny comment! Neanderthal, go back to your cave.
I guess it's the whole sticking-with-your-posse thing. There are things that you can only say to your girlfriends... and your gay guy friends who are sometimes better than your girlfriends! I miss my boys.
So on Sunday I'm on a boat with 8 men and 1 woman, whom they invited so that I'd have some female company. Not that they asked my opinion about who I'd like to be there because they were first going to ask an intern (whom I've barely said two words to) because of her female assets; but I objected because I'm not interested in female assets; when you've had your own for all your life they kind of lose their appeal. So then they asked someone whom I'm actually friends with and who's a laugh (and who will comment about porn without being shocked). I'm looking forward to a day of spritzers in the sun.
I used to organised transport for over a 1000 students a night; planning routes, booking coaches, dealing with drivers and employees. Decisions were the rule of the day!
And why do they agree with you one minute, and then gang up with the other guys a second later? Ooh that drives me mad. They say what they like without giving it a moment's thought and then if you retaliate they get all shocked and defensive. You cannot be seeing porn and then get scandalised by a teeny-tiny comment! Neanderthal, go back to your cave.
I guess it's the whole sticking-with-your-posse thing. There are things that you can only say to your girlfriends... and your gay guy friends who are sometimes better than your girlfriends! I miss my boys.
So on Sunday I'm on a boat with 8 men and 1 woman, whom they invited so that I'd have some female company. Not that they asked my opinion about who I'd like to be there because they were first going to ask an intern (whom I've barely said two words to) because of her female assets; but I objected because I'm not interested in female assets; when you've had your own for all your life they kind of lose their appeal. So then they asked someone whom I'm actually friends with and who's a laugh (and who will comment about porn without being shocked). I'm looking forward to a day of spritzers in the sun.
Thursday, 27 July 2006
Tuesday, 25 July 2006
The curtain closes
Tonight shall be my first free evening without any commitments! Great, but also rather sad because I had got used to seeing the same people, and I enjoyed their company. But it's also good to get your life back and be able to plan things and go out with friends without them feeling like you've abandoned them!
The play ended well. The audience was a bit poor which, in one word, sucked but the final curtain call was a well-deserved one and one of much relief. The 2 good things about the last audience were the two gorgeous men who came to watch. One of them was sitting in the front row and would have stopped traffic, and the other was sitting in the very last row and almost gave me a heart attack! I saw the latter at the bar just before the play started and after picking my jaw up from the floor lest I should trip in it, I positioned myself at a table and man-watched! He then went to speak to Queen Pea so immediately after I went scrounging for details, and as she began telling me who he was and what he did I realised that he was my pharmacist... erm, actually that's a wrong link. He wasn't the pharamacist of that entry, he was another one - the blue-eyed one who I'm sure I wrote about but cannot find the entry... ooh here we go! So then I enjoyed backstage cos I was ogling freely without the risk of being seen and reported as a stalker.
Yesterday evening was the Cast Party which was great. The food, the company, the location... it was a fantastic evening and we really laughed and I didn't even have a drop of alcohol!
This morning I need to get some work done; send out e-mails, update spreadsheets, and generally administer things. I also have to stop by uni to see my class position.
The play ended well. The audience was a bit poor which, in one word, sucked but the final curtain call was a well-deserved one and one of much relief. The 2 good things about the last audience were the two gorgeous men who came to watch. One of them was sitting in the front row and would have stopped traffic, and the other was sitting in the very last row and almost gave me a heart attack! I saw the latter at the bar just before the play started and after picking my jaw up from the floor lest I should trip in it, I positioned myself at a table and man-watched! He then went to speak to Queen Pea so immediately after I went scrounging for details, and as she began telling me who he was and what he did I realised that he was my pharmacist... erm, actually that's a wrong link. He wasn't the pharamacist of that entry, he was another one - the blue-eyed one who I'm sure I wrote about but cannot find the entry... ooh here we go! So then I enjoyed backstage cos I was ogling freely without the risk of being seen and reported as a stalker.
Yesterday evening was the Cast Party which was great. The food, the company, the location... it was a fantastic evening and we really laughed and I didn't even have a drop of alcohol!
This morning I need to get some work done; send out e-mails, update spreadsheets, and generally administer things. I also have to stop by uni to see my class position.
Saturday, 22 July 2006
Lesson of the Week
If you hear something about a friend, keep it to yourself. Nothing good comes out of knowing extra information that is inherently useless.
Two more shows left... time's running out.
Mid-way through summer, and haven't swam nearly as much as I intended. I'd go this afternoon but people think it's a good idea to get a pedicure on a Saturday afternoon! Not in summer I don't think, but anyway, I digress. Now, do I walk down the road and find the sea in front of me and go alone, or do I stay indoors which is cooler, and forego the swimming?
I have decided that I shall not be starting my Masters this October. It's not the right time. There are other things that I want to do this year, and evening lectures will clash with everything and I won't be able to cope. So for now, the Masters is sitting quietly on the back burner. At least I'm now qualified to do it, which was the most important step. Maybe I'll even manage to study abroad if I don't rush into things.
For a Communications graduate, sometimes I'm really crap at communicating what I want to.
Two more shows left... time's running out.
Mid-way through summer, and haven't swam nearly as much as I intended. I'd go this afternoon but people think it's a good idea to get a pedicure on a Saturday afternoon! Not in summer I don't think, but anyway, I digress. Now, do I walk down the road and find the sea in front of me and go alone, or do I stay indoors which is cooler, and forego the swimming?
I have decided that I shall not be starting my Masters this October. It's not the right time. There are other things that I want to do this year, and evening lectures will clash with everything and I won't be able to cope. So for now, the Masters is sitting quietly on the back burner. At least I'm now qualified to do it, which was the most important step. Maybe I'll even manage to study abroad if I don't rush into things.
For a Communications graduate, sometimes I'm really crap at communicating what I want to.
Friday, 21 July 2006
It's still purple
I got another comment about the in-your-face, eye-popping, sunglasses-needed colour of my blog. So I'm thinking about altering it slightly. It's still going to be purple, because it absolutely, positively, without a doubt, has to be purple. I've already changed the text colour to black about a week ago which I much prefer, so maybe the background colour could also do with a little revamp at this point.
Never let it be said that I don't accept changes :)
So looking on my favourite HTML site I'll browse the colour chart and select a pleasing shade of the colour that is... purple!
Never let it be said that I don't accept changes :)
So looking on my favourite HTML site I'll browse the colour chart and select a pleasing shade of the colour that is... purple!
Monday, 17 July 2006
Got the balls?
I work in an office with 3 men, and a department with 7. There are 2 females in the department... the other is a foreigner who's away for a month at the moment. Having two elder brothers means that I'm very comfortable in a male environment and clearly this shows, because the words 'Don't say those things, there's a female in the room' stopped after my first two weeks of being there. So I get to enter the guy world and listen to comments about asses and boobs and cars and motor-racing and football scandals and fishing and pints of beer. Moreover this is the 'geek' department with people working on two screens, typing code and using buzzwords. So seeing them thoroughly amused by Darth Vader was a very normal occurrence.
You'd think that all this insight into the male psyche would help me understand them better, but it hasn't! All it's done was teach me a few more words and phrases, although 'shafting' is not a word that I think I'll be using anytime soon.
You'd think that all this insight into the male psyche would help me understand them better, but it hasn't! All it's done was teach me a few more words and phrases, although 'shafting' is not a word that I think I'll be using anytime soon.
Sunday, 16 July 2006
Saturday, 15 July 2006
Procrastinating results
edit: I DID get an A in my last credit :)
I'm waiting for my last result of uni - just a 2 credit topic of E-Commerce, the assignment of which was handed in aaggeeesss ago but alas, no grades are showing on the nifty esims yet. However, my grades of my final papers did come out and I got a C+ in both of them, which is good I suppose, but what irks me is that I was 1 mark away from a B in one paper, and 2 marks away in the other. And a B just looks so much better than a C+! I was hoping to keep away from the C's this year. Oh well grades until now are 4 A, 2 B+, 3 B, 2 C+ and 1 C. So I guess I shouldn't complain. Especially since when I checked out the average class grade, I was way above average in most credits. That is not meant to sound like bragging, but consolation :)
Finally it's Saturday. I don't really have anything planned for today, apart from the play tonight and the much needed relaxing bath this afternoon, complete with bath bombs that fizz and let out sparkles in the water!
I'm waiting for my last result of uni - just a 2 credit topic of E-Commerce, the assignment of which was handed in aaggeeesss ago but alas, no grades are showing on the nifty esims yet. However, my grades of my final papers did come out and I got a C+ in both of them, which is good I suppose, but what irks me is that I was 1 mark away from a B in one paper, and 2 marks away in the other. And a B just looks so much better than a C+! I was hoping to keep away from the C's this year. Oh well grades until now are 4 A, 2 B+, 3 B, 2 C+ and 1 C. So I guess I shouldn't complain. Especially since when I checked out the average class grade, I was way above average in most credits. That is not meant to sound like bragging, but consolation :)
Finally it's Saturday. I don't really have anything planned for today, apart from the play tonight and the much needed relaxing bath this afternoon, complete with bath bombs that fizz and let out sparkles in the water!
Wednesday, 12 July 2006
The week after the WC
Tonight is Preview/Press Night for The Merry Wives of Windsor! Rehearsals finished at 2:00 a.m. last night and the night before, so knackered is a pretty appropriate word to describe my state of self. I'm subscribing to the idea that 'it will be alright on the night'... and there aren't many hours left till that! I guess the mind frame that must dominate is... just keep going!
*deep breath*
*deep breath*
Sunday, 9 July 2006
The world returns to normal soon
I decided to watch the big final in the comfort of my own home - bed, TV and fan. And my PC for when I'm bored, which was for most of the game! I've listened to it more than watched it. I watched my two favourite adverts though during half time :)
The Budweiser 'The Wave' Advert which I think is amazing! It is so meticulously carried out and just appropriate for the World Cup.
The other is the Peugeot Ladybird Advert which I find hilarious. And I wonder if it has boosted sales? But those ladybirds are so frisky!! It doesn't even seem like they knew each other before they had their little romp on the dashboard! :)
Today was a day off from rehearsals cos they had a line and cue, and when you have two lines, you're exempt :) So I slept a lot. I did do my bit for the promotion of the play though on Friday when the case went to Melita for a drink, along with a box full of promotional bookmark/flyers. Being the 'newbie' to theatre, Alan jokingly suggested that I distribute flyers to the patrons at the other tables, so I agreed! I went to each table, gave them a few bookmarks, and a synopsis of the play and told them that if they want to have a fantastic evening in July then they ought to come and watch us! Et voila`! I can speak to groups of hundreds of people, I can be on a podium or stage with people watching me and I can go up to strangers and promote something. I don't have a problem with that. But not if it's something personal that affects me directly. Then it's beetroot face and blank mind and lost chances. Such are the inconsistencies of life.
We're into extra time... I'm bracing myself for the carcades. I'm not bothered who wins now, cos I predicted 2-1 at the 90 mins and it wasn't.
The Budweiser 'The Wave' Advert which I think is amazing! It is so meticulously carried out and just appropriate for the World Cup.
The other is the Peugeot Ladybird Advert which I find hilarious. And I wonder if it has boosted sales? But those ladybirds are so frisky!! It doesn't even seem like they knew each other before they had their little romp on the dashboard! :)
Today was a day off from rehearsals cos they had a line and cue, and when you have two lines, you're exempt :) So I slept a lot. I did do my bit for the promotion of the play though on Friday when the case went to Melita for a drink, along with a box full of promotional bookmark/flyers. Being the 'newbie' to theatre, Alan jokingly suggested that I distribute flyers to the patrons at the other tables, so I agreed! I went to each table, gave them a few bookmarks, and a synopsis of the play and told them that if they want to have a fantastic evening in July then they ought to come and watch us! Et voila`! I can speak to groups of hundreds of people, I can be on a podium or stage with people watching me and I can go up to strangers and promote something. I don't have a problem with that. But not if it's something personal that affects me directly. Then it's beetroot face and blank mind and lost chances. Such are the inconsistencies of life.
We're into extra time... I'm bracing myself for the carcades. I'm not bothered who wins now, cos I predicted 2-1 at the 90 mins and it wasn't.
Thursday, 6 July 2006
Heck I agree!
"Someone should come out with a man-woman dictionary, like those English-French ones"
Tim Allen, American actor, comedian
Just a load of hot air*
Mid-Week already... here's a news update.
The film that we ended up watching on Sunday was Romance and Cigarettes which was very quirkily interesting and I do recommend it! Sunday night at the movies... great end to the week. However during the intermission I went to use their restrooms and was really appalled by the state that they were in, so first thing on Monday morning I wrote an e-mail of complaint, and got a very prompt reply apologising for the "convenience" (someone forgot the prefix) and promising to sort it out. I'll check next time I go. Pity he didn't offer me a free ticket! *sigh*
Monday was a usual day of work and during the time at the office I must have spent about half an hour yawning and stretching. I was absolutely knackered! And then there were rehearsals in the evening so it was a loooong day.
By the end of Tuesday I emerged looking like a traffic cone cos I went down to the beach for two hours (of direct sunlight albeit with cream) and got a very red front with two white stripes! Vera qieghda sew! So today I tried to wear really light clothing, although my legs aren't sore so I got into my jeans this evening. Now I'll lay on the after sun again and hope for sooth(ness)[??] And after another really long day (I got home at 23:30!) I'm ready for bed. For some odd reason I couldn't stop farting today, guess it's [*see title]
The film that we ended up watching on Sunday was Romance and Cigarettes which was very quirkily interesting and I do recommend it! Sunday night at the movies... great end to the week. However during the intermission I went to use their restrooms and was really appalled by the state that they were in, so first thing on Monday morning I wrote an e-mail of complaint, and got a very prompt reply apologising for the "convenience" (someone forgot the prefix) and promising to sort it out. I'll check next time I go. Pity he didn't offer me a free ticket! *sigh*
Monday was a usual day of work and during the time at the office I must have spent about half an hour yawning and stretching. I was absolutely knackered! And then there were rehearsals in the evening so it was a loooong day.
By the end of Tuesday I emerged looking like a traffic cone cos I went down to the beach for two hours (of direct sunlight albeit with cream) and got a very red front with two white stripes! Vera qieghda sew! So today I tried to wear really light clothing, although my legs aren't sore so I got into my jeans this evening. Now I'll lay on the after sun again and hope for sooth(ness)[??] And after another really long day (I got home at 23:30!) I'm ready for bed. For some odd reason I couldn't stop farting today, guess it's [*see title]
Sunday, 2 July 2006
The only stability you need in life is the table that holds your drink
Put on your pompous hat and check out today's word BROWBEATEN. Gawd! Needless to say these words descend upon me from above - by about 9 inches I think. I prefer words like vodka, chocolate and propinquity!
Funny blonde moment of the week - not said by me, I hasten to add, but no names shall be mentioned lest they be used against me...
A: "Netherlands went out when they lost against Portugal."
B: "Netherlands didn't play against Portugal. Holland did!"
*silence* *guffaws of laughter*
Odd sight of the week - I was driving home in my GAF this afternoon, trying not to take any notice of the sweltering heat, when in front of me was a motorcycle ridden by two larger than usual people. I never felt so sorry for an inanimate object as I did then. The poor vehicle chugged along with all its might and could almost be heard heaving and sighing, and the odd swear word here and there.
Ooh and I was bitten by a ferret today! Those things have sharp teeth and I didn't even do anything to it :( I don't think I like them very much... they're wriggly, and long and have beady little eyes.
I want to go to the cinema tonight so I've just texted a friend of mine to see what she's doing and she said that she had no plans... and then my quirkiness extended itself through my fingers so I type I feel like going to the cinema tonight. Are you experiencing that same feeling? WTF I know!! To make things worse she sends back 'Eeeh I was going to tell you the same thing'. So a reply is in order and I send I could tell. My moon is in its house today and it's shining on your stars so there is a connection. And the impression it's left is said very clearly in six words - 'Lol jaqq you're full of shit.' I agree. So what's a good film to watch?
Funny blonde moment of the week - not said by me, I hasten to add, but no names shall be mentioned lest they be used against me...
A: "Netherlands went out when they lost against Portugal."
B: "Netherlands didn't play against Portugal. Holland did!"
*silence* *guffaws of laughter*
Odd sight of the week - I was driving home in my GAF this afternoon, trying not to take any notice of the sweltering heat, when in front of me was a motorcycle ridden by two larger than usual people. I never felt so sorry for an inanimate object as I did then. The poor vehicle chugged along with all its might and could almost be heard heaving and sighing, and the odd swear word here and there.
Ooh and I was bitten by a ferret today! Those things have sharp teeth and I didn't even do anything to it :( I don't think I like them very much... they're wriggly, and long and have beady little eyes.
I want to go to the cinema tonight so I've just texted a friend of mine to see what she's doing and she said that she had no plans... and then my quirkiness extended itself through my fingers so I type I feel like going to the cinema tonight. Are you experiencing that same feeling? WTF I know!! To make things worse she sends back 'Eeeh I was going to tell you the same thing'. So a reply is in order and I send I could tell. My moon is in its house today and it's shining on your stars so there is a connection. And the impression it's left is said very clearly in six words - 'Lol jaqq you're full of shit.' I agree. So what's a good film to watch?
Saturday, 1 July 2006
Naiveity at its best
Yesterday I discovered that the only reason a guy will give you a massage is to look down your top!
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