Hey guys, its Sheems here.
Wow, I haven’t updated my blog in absolutely ages. I have missed these pink little walls. Alas, I feel it is time to update you all on what is going on in Shima world. It’s pretty exciting here you know. I have just completed my finals and as long as I don’t have any resists, my exams are over!!! Four years, down the drain, LOL. Nah, it’s been fun really. I don’t start my project (which I shall give you some more insight into later) till next Tuesday so I have a few days to relax and socialise with people. My housemates are quite shocked really because I don’t think they have seen me out of my room for such long periods of time.
Anyways, I feel I ought to explain the title of this entry, “Unleashing the geek within”. I thought it was a suitable title since I have completed my final exams and am coming towards the end of my time as a student. It is common knowledge and dare I say it, a fact, that I am a “geek” or a “nerd”, or whatever you kids like to call it these days, but this past year I have surprised even myself with my geeky qualities. As ever, I will list these geeky qualities in an organised fashion.
By the way, before I start, I thought I would share a little story with you about how I subconsciously knew I was going to be a pharmacist from a very early age. On Christmas day, Lora and I were talking about the times our parents smacked us when we were children (random, I know!) and there was one vivid memory which came to my mind. I think I was about 7 years old and Shaz had a cold, so my mum gave her some Calpol. Anyways, while my mum was checking on Shaz, I decided I quite liked Calpol so I just casually started to drink it like most people would drink a bottle of coke. Naturally I got a smack from my mum, which is good because I could have killed my liver, LOL. But isn’t it funny that the one smack I remember is drug related. I shall leave you to ponder on that.
Better get back to those geeky qualities, which are as follows:
1. I have a Dictaphone. In case any of you don’t know what that is, it is a little device which allows you to record things and I actually purchased one to record my lectures. And, afterwards, I listen to my lectures again at home. It is quite funny though, listening to me laughing at my lecturers jokes. I hate my laugh, lol.
2. I laugh at lecturers and pharmacy related jokes. I just can’t help myself.
3. I also laugh at my own jokes. Is that a geeky quality?
4. I dream about pharmacy. In my most recent pharmacy related dream, I married my project tutor. We just came to a mutual agreement after my project. Strangely enough, we were in Mount and I remember him saying to me, “Shall we get married straight away, or get engaged first?” to which I replied, “Maybe get engaged first”. I don’t think I saw him after that. He’s French you know.
5. I answer questions out loud in lectures. I have always inwardly mocked those people who speak up in lectures but in my third year, I had a sudden urge to do it myself.
6. I remember page numbers in textbooks, for chapters which are relevant to me. For example, I know that in the BNF, the section on infections starts on page 271 and the section on palliative care starts on page 14. That is not an exhaustive list. A few days ago, I went to ask my lecturer about some past paper questions and I mentioned that the question was in the 2001/2002 paper. When he opened that paper, it wasn’t there so I apologised. He then said to me, “Don’t worry, it would be really sad if you remembered ever single question in all the past papers”. Inwardly, I laughed to myself and thought, “If only you knew!”
7. I get excited about exams. I know this is extreme but this year I did actually get excited about one of my exams, which actually didn’t go well at all. It was an oral exam and we had actors come in to play the part of patients and we had to pretend to be the pharmacist. I was mainly excited about what the actors would be like. I of course wasn’t expecting Brad Pitt or other ‘A list’ stars but I was excited all the same.
8. Lastly, I am always in the library and I have had a lot of fines on my books.
I am sure that you guys also have some reasons for why I am a geek but I feel those are the main ones. As for my dissertation, I am sure that many of you will be excited to know that my title is as follows:
“Evaluation of the effectiveness of using contact plates for monitoring microbial environment – recovery of Candida albicans”.
It is a lab-based project, which I am sure will shock many of you, considering my track record in the lab. For more details on my amazing lab skills, see my previous post entitled "The end is nigh". I feel for my tutor. I don’t think he will want to marry me after he has seen me in the lab. Indeed, I don’t think he will ever want to marry me because he is already married. Oh well.
Finally, (I bet many of you are glad to hear that word, but somehow you don’t quite believe it) I would like to throw a question out into the stratosphere. I have watched the Truman show quite recently and was thinking that if there was a show about my life, entitled “The Shima show”, would people watch it? Would you watch it and do you feel you would be amused? How many viewers do you think I would get?
Thanks for your co-operation. I am sure I will be back here in the not too distant future to inform you of another interesting lab incident or accident rather. I am off to enjoy my time. I can’t be social for too long as I get withdrawal symptoms from my studies.
Love Sheems xxx
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Monday, October 30, 2006
Those darned clocks
Hello my little chicklets :)
The time has come for another inspirational blog entry. I don't know if you knew this, but I started this blog with the sole purpose of amusing others rather than keeping a literal online diary. I really do hope that you have been amused thus far.
This post refers to my latest classic "Shima moment", which occurred at approximately 9:15am yesterday morning. Allow me to set the context for this particular event.
Sunday morning events in Gabalfa Baptist Church
9.00am - 10.15am ~ Adult Bible Class
10.15am - 10.50am ~ Music practice
11.00am ~ Morning service
Other important details (Lol)
Housmates were away from Saturday to Sunday night.
Simon is the leader of the Adult Bible class and the Music group.
Getting to the point
I hope I have psyched you up for the story now, lol. I don't know if I have made it clear, but I am part of the music group for Gabalfa (I am one of the singers, lol). Usually, me and my housemates, who are also in the singing group, walk to church together but I was on my own this weekend (get out the violins).
Anyways, I got ready and walked to church and arrived at what I thought was 10.15am. I was allowed into the church by someone from the adult bible class and I went into the main church to wait for them to finish because they usually take a little longer than 10.15. I was sitting there playing the piano casually (yes, casually) and the time was slowly ticking away. It was now, what I believed to be 10:50am and I just thought to myself "My gosh, Simon is pushing it a bit isn't he? We should start practicing by now!". And then I just looked around the church and realised that it was incredibly empty. I just though "Where the heck is everyone? Is there something I am missing? Why are the doors shut?". And then I realised what had happened and I started laughing to myself. I was pretty sure that the clocks had gone back and I decided to confirm my suspicions by ringing home. If the clocks had indeed gone back, my parents would not have left the house. I rang and my mum answered the phone so I told her my little story. She laughed and said to my dad, "Aw Bless, she went to church early". I cannot believe I was 2 hours early. Lol.
After this phone call I sat in my little pue and just laughed because it had taken so long for me to realise what happened. Of all the people in the world, I am the kind of person its most likely to happen to (does that make sense?). I guess you could say that I am truely unique.
Why I need a man
As I previously mentioned, my housemates were away this weekend. When I went to brush my teeth in the morning, I felt really lonely because only my toothbrush was there. Lol. That is when I realised that I would never like to live alone. Also, I am having a lot of trouble with my house key at the moment. It takes me ages to turn it so I just end up ringing my bell. It would be rather handy to have a man to open it for me. Lol.
Its time for my lecture now. I hope you have enjoyed this story. I know I have, LOL. Do comment.
Love Sheems xxxx
The time has come for another inspirational blog entry. I don't know if you knew this, but I started this blog with the sole purpose of amusing others rather than keeping a literal online diary. I really do hope that you have been amused thus far.
This post refers to my latest classic "Shima moment", which occurred at approximately 9:15am yesterday morning. Allow me to set the context for this particular event.
Sunday morning events in Gabalfa Baptist Church
9.00am - 10.15am ~ Adult Bible Class
10.15am - 10.50am ~ Music practice
11.00am ~ Morning service
Other important details (Lol)
Housmates were away from Saturday to Sunday night.
Simon is the leader of the Adult Bible class and the Music group.
Getting to the point
I hope I have psyched you up for the story now, lol. I don't know if I have made it clear, but I am part of the music group for Gabalfa (I am one of the singers, lol). Usually, me and my housemates, who are also in the singing group, walk to church together but I was on my own this weekend (get out the violins).
Anyways, I got ready and walked to church and arrived at what I thought was 10.15am. I was allowed into the church by someone from the adult bible class and I went into the main church to wait for them to finish because they usually take a little longer than 10.15. I was sitting there playing the piano casually (yes, casually) and the time was slowly ticking away. It was now, what I believed to be 10:50am and I just thought to myself "My gosh, Simon is pushing it a bit isn't he? We should start practicing by now!". And then I just looked around the church and realised that it was incredibly empty. I just though "Where the heck is everyone? Is there something I am missing? Why are the doors shut?". And then I realised what had happened and I started laughing to myself. I was pretty sure that the clocks had gone back and I decided to confirm my suspicions by ringing home. If the clocks had indeed gone back, my parents would not have left the house. I rang and my mum answered the phone so I told her my little story. She laughed and said to my dad, "Aw Bless, she went to church early". I cannot believe I was 2 hours early. Lol.
After this phone call I sat in my little pue and just laughed because it had taken so long for me to realise what happened. Of all the people in the world, I am the kind of person its most likely to happen to (does that make sense?). I guess you could say that I am truely unique.
Why I need a man
As I previously mentioned, my housemates were away this weekend. When I went to brush my teeth in the morning, I felt really lonely because only my toothbrush was there. Lol. That is when I realised that I would never like to live alone. Also, I am having a lot of trouble with my house key at the moment. It takes me ages to turn it so I just end up ringing my bell. It would be rather handy to have a man to open it for me. Lol.
Its time for my lecture now. I hope you have enjoyed this story. I know I have, LOL. Do comment.
Love Sheems xxxx
Thursday, October 05, 2006
How could I forget this quiz?
Hey guys,
I can't believe that I forgot to write about this quiz. One of our lecturer's was giving this rather boring lecture on audit's and throughout his presentation he had several quizes (is that how you spell it?). Now this icecream one was amazing. Go to the site below to find out!
http://www.personalityquiz.net/test/icecream.htm
He did a poll to see who liked what flavour. Now obviously these quizes are rubbish and they don't mean anything, but in my case, it was surprisingly accurate. My favourite falvour is banana icecream and this is what it says about me:
"If you like banana, you are easy going, well adjusted, generous, honest and empathetic.(Prototype: the perfect husband, wife, parent or child.) "
I was laughing so much. I am not sure I can be the perfect husband but I am pretty sure I am a perfect child and I know I could be a great wife, LOL. There was also a compatibility chart which said that I am compatible with all flavours. My housemates Helen, who chose strawberry and Becci, who chose chocolate chip, were most distraught to read that "Strawberry is compatible with chocolate chip". Apart from amusing myself with these quizes, I have also spent my time embracing wildlife. See http://www.beccinoake.blogspot.com/ to find out!
Best be off, time for lectures :)
Sheems xxx
I can't believe that I forgot to write about this quiz. One of our lecturer's was giving this rather boring lecture on audit's and throughout his presentation he had several quizes (is that how you spell it?). Now this icecream one was amazing. Go to the site below to find out!
http://www.personalityquiz.net/test/icecream.htm
He did a poll to see who liked what flavour. Now obviously these quizes are rubbish and they don't mean anything, but in my case, it was surprisingly accurate. My favourite falvour is banana icecream and this is what it says about me:
"If you like banana, you are easy going, well adjusted, generous, honest and empathetic.(Prototype: the perfect husband, wife, parent or child.) "
I was laughing so much. I am not sure I can be the perfect husband but I am pretty sure I am a perfect child and I know I could be a great wife, LOL. There was also a compatibility chart which said that I am compatible with all flavours. My housemates Helen, who chose strawberry and Becci, who chose chocolate chip, were most distraught to read that "Strawberry is compatible with chocolate chip". Apart from amusing myself with these quizes, I have also spent my time embracing wildlife. See http://www.beccinoake.blogspot.com/ to find out!
Best be off, time for lectures :)
Sheems xxx
The end is nigh...
Hey guys, its sheems here.
I am currently sitting in my living room, waiting for some inspiration for this blog entry and I must admit I am really struggling. I feel that my struggle is partly related to the fact that my housemates have decided to throw things at me. Its seems that I will always be a victim of abuse (physical and verbal (not by my family)), wherever I go. Ok, I think I am safe now. They have stopped throwing things :)
I guess I should start by explaining the title of my blog, "The end is nigh...". As most of you know, I have moved back to Cardiff and have started my final, yes, final year in the Welsh School of Pharmacy. I can't believe it really. I didn't think I would survive a week at university but here I am. I feel so old now, introducing myself to the freshers as a fourth year but I am filled with new strength and courage because I know that after this year I will have no more revision or exams. I will now describe the events during my first two weeks in an organised fashion.
Fresher's week
I can confidently say that fresher's week has been the most boring week of my life. Due to the fact that I am not actually a fresher, there wasn't a great deal for me to do. However, I think the most exciting (I am contradicting myself aren't I?) part of the week was going to the societies fayre, where I received several freebies. It was amazing. My favourite freebie was the dental pack, which included a decent toothbrush, a mini colgate sensitive toothpaste and a sachet of colgate mouthwash. I love dental stuff. And I got a few free pens too, which is great because I forgot to buy some this year. That is really all I have to say about freshers week.
Pharmacy lectures begin...
I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to start lectures. You are probably thinking I am a super geek now but I love being busy! This week, we have had a series of introductory lectures for our modules and there was one introductory speech which really stood out for me. I honestly felt as if I was being spoken to personally. For the last 2 years, Dr Daniels (looks like Santa) has given us a speech saying, "If you thought last year was hard, you ain't seen nothing yet", which is always a joy to hear. But this year, he didn't say any of that! Instead, he lectured us on our final year project...
The time has come for me when I have to choose the title of my final year project and I have to submit my top 5 titles next week. Dr Daniels was explaining the selection process when he spoke these imortal words:
"Now, you should know that you can choose to have a lab based or a non-lab based project. For those of you who only need to look at a test tube for it to shatter into pieces and who are inclined to pour things on the floor, you may want to choose a non-lab based project".
And at that point I just smiled knowingly and shook my head in agreement to his speech. Surely, he was talking to me. I wonder if I can ever reach that stage where I can break equipment by staring at it. Last year, I had a test in one of the labs and at the end, when I was putting my books back, I managed to knock over several bottles. My tutor said, "You didn't even make anything!" I really am that bad. But considering this, I am actually going to opt for a lab based project, mainly because the others are computer and maths related. I am most excited by this particular project where you take the fluorescent protein out of a jellyfish and you inject it into the cell. Then you look at the protein with a microscope to see what the cell has done with it. Well, I find it interesting anyway. I must admit, this is turning out to be the geekiest entry I have ever written.
Other stuff
Other than lectures, I have been enjoying myself by watching certain tv programmes. My favourites at the moment are X factor and...wait, that's it actually. I am really looking forward to next week when Strictly Come Dancing starts. And Casualty. I must watch Casualty.
Summary
To conclude, these last two weeks have been both boring and interesting and this is probably my most boring entry. I bet you are glad you read it now. I am still trying to think about all the interesting things that we did in Rome so I can write an entry about that. I think that is more appealing.
Love you all,
Sheems xxx
I am currently sitting in my living room, waiting for some inspiration for this blog entry and I must admit I am really struggling. I feel that my struggle is partly related to the fact that my housemates have decided to throw things at me. Its seems that I will always be a victim of abuse (physical and verbal (not by my family)), wherever I go. Ok, I think I am safe now. They have stopped throwing things :)
I guess I should start by explaining the title of my blog, "The end is nigh...". As most of you know, I have moved back to Cardiff and have started my final, yes, final year in the Welsh School of Pharmacy. I can't believe it really. I didn't think I would survive a week at university but here I am. I feel so old now, introducing myself to the freshers as a fourth year but I am filled with new strength and courage because I know that after this year I will have no more revision or exams. I will now describe the events during my first two weeks in an organised fashion.
Fresher's week
I can confidently say that fresher's week has been the most boring week of my life. Due to the fact that I am not actually a fresher, there wasn't a great deal for me to do. However, I think the most exciting (I am contradicting myself aren't I?) part of the week was going to the societies fayre, where I received several freebies. It was amazing. My favourite freebie was the dental pack, which included a decent toothbrush, a mini colgate sensitive toothpaste and a sachet of colgate mouthwash. I love dental stuff. And I got a few free pens too, which is great because I forgot to buy some this year. That is really all I have to say about freshers week.
Pharmacy lectures begin...
I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to start lectures. You are probably thinking I am a super geek now but I love being busy! This week, we have had a series of introductory lectures for our modules and there was one introductory speech which really stood out for me. I honestly felt as if I was being spoken to personally. For the last 2 years, Dr Daniels (looks like Santa) has given us a speech saying, "If you thought last year was hard, you ain't seen nothing yet", which is always a joy to hear. But this year, he didn't say any of that! Instead, he lectured us on our final year project...
The time has come for me when I have to choose the title of my final year project and I have to submit my top 5 titles next week. Dr Daniels was explaining the selection process when he spoke these imortal words:
"Now, you should know that you can choose to have a lab based or a non-lab based project. For those of you who only need to look at a test tube for it to shatter into pieces and who are inclined to pour things on the floor, you may want to choose a non-lab based project".
And at that point I just smiled knowingly and shook my head in agreement to his speech. Surely, he was talking to me. I wonder if I can ever reach that stage where I can break equipment by staring at it. Last year, I had a test in one of the labs and at the end, when I was putting my books back, I managed to knock over several bottles. My tutor said, "You didn't even make anything!" I really am that bad. But considering this, I am actually going to opt for a lab based project, mainly because the others are computer and maths related. I am most excited by this particular project where you take the fluorescent protein out of a jellyfish and you inject it into the cell. Then you look at the protein with a microscope to see what the cell has done with it. Well, I find it interesting anyway. I must admit, this is turning out to be the geekiest entry I have ever written.
Other stuff
Other than lectures, I have been enjoying myself by watching certain tv programmes. My favourites at the moment are X factor and...wait, that's it actually. I am really looking forward to next week when Strictly Come Dancing starts. And Casualty. I must watch Casualty.
Summary
To conclude, these last two weeks have been both boring and interesting and this is probably my most boring entry. I bet you are glad you read it now. I am still trying to think about all the interesting things that we did in Rome so I can write an entry about that. I think that is more appealing.
Love you all,
Sheems xxx
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Its in the name
Hey guys, its Sheems here,
I just thought I would share a few of my more recent classics with you. You need to bare with me as there is a little story to lead you into the classic comments. Actually, I think will put them under subheadings according to where they occurred. Yes, I'll do that!
Co-op Pharmacy, Branch 360, St Helens Road
So, I was happy in work today and it came to that time where we had to sort out the order of medicines. There are a few companies where we get our drugs from but the main ones are AAH and Scotchem. Now, the AAH one, we can just send over the computer but the Scotchem people ring us to ask us for our order. And everytime they call, there is a lovely and polite scottish lady on the other side to ask us what we need to order. I don't know why I didn't get this before now, but today it just really hit me why the people are scottish. This company is called "Scotchem" and it is in Scotland. Its in the name! I decided to share this thought out loud, which brought people in work into the realisation that I am rather dippy. They ain't seen nothin yet. I cam close to destroying their phone/fax/copy machine. And we know I have wrecked their dyson. I think I am allowed one more electrical appliance and then I won't get a pre-rej. LOL.
Gregs, Swansea city centre
For most of my lunchtimes, Fong and I take a little walk into town and I pay a visit to Gregs, the bakery. I am a boring and predictable person so I often go for my usual, two small sausage rolls (Thats 77p). One lunchtime I was really enjoying my sausage roll and then it hit me. It was as if a light went on in my head. This caused me to say, "Wow, there's a sausage in here". Well duh
Its in the name. I always knew it was sausage roll but it just hit me in a completely different way that it was a sausage, rolled up in pastry. There it is.
The end
I just thought I would share a few of my more recent classics with you. You need to bare with me as there is a little story to lead you into the classic comments. Actually, I think will put them under subheadings according to where they occurred. Yes, I'll do that!
Co-op Pharmacy, Branch 360, St Helens Road
So, I was happy in work today and it came to that time where we had to sort out the order of medicines. There are a few companies where we get our drugs from but the main ones are AAH and Scotchem. Now, the AAH one, we can just send over the computer but the Scotchem people ring us to ask us for our order. And everytime they call, there is a lovely and polite scottish lady on the other side to ask us what we need to order. I don't know why I didn't get this before now, but today it just really hit me why the people are scottish. This company is called "Scotchem" and it is in Scotland. Its in the name! I decided to share this thought out loud, which brought people in work into the realisation that I am rather dippy. They ain't seen nothin yet. I cam close to destroying their phone/fax/copy machine. And we know I have wrecked their dyson. I think I am allowed one more electrical appliance and then I won't get a pre-rej. LOL.
Gregs, Swansea city centre
For most of my lunchtimes, Fong and I take a little walk into town and I pay a visit to Gregs, the bakery. I am a boring and predictable person so I often go for my usual, two small sausage rolls (Thats 77p). One lunchtime I was really enjoying my sausage roll and then it hit me. It was as if a light went on in my head. This caused me to say, "Wow, there's a sausage in here". Well duh
Its in the name. I always knew it was sausage roll but it just hit me in a completely different way that it was a sausage, rolled up in pastry. There it is.The end
Saturday, August 05, 2006
Don't make friends at petrol stations
Hey guys, its me again.
I feel like I have been offline for absolutely years but I know that this is far from the truth. I feel I ought to share a little story with you about an experience of mine at the petrol station funnily enough. It happened a long while ago, probably during my second year in cardiff. It was an ordinary night and me and Mari were driving somewhere and Mari decided she needed petrol (are you impressed with how I have set the scene for you?). So, we stopped and she put in the petrol and then went inside to pay while I remained in the car.
So, I was sitting there waiting and I was just looking around as I normally do, and in the car on the left there was an old man and I accidently caught his eye, and I smiled and turned the other way so that he didn't think I was looking at him. Then, Mari came back into the car and sat down and we heard this banging/knocking on the window. I turned round and the grand-daughter of the old man in the car on my left was knocking the window to get my attention and the old man was like "Alright luv, alright?" and he was waving at us madly. Mari and I were just waving at him and looking rather bewildered. We were both asking eachother if we knew him, which we didn't but he was really eager to get our attention and I thought that it surely couldn't have been because I smiled at him. LOL. He kept going for about a minute so we waved and drove off.
Now that I come to think of it, I must smile at a lot of random people because people are always waving at me as if they know me and looking around, I can see that I am the only person they could be waving to. Its mad. They all seem to be in buisness suits as well. Its really strange. Maybe from a distance I look like someone famous, like that girl from Blue Peter. I don't know! Its all very strange though. And I guess you had to be there so find it funny really :)
And I shall have to leave you on this strange note.
Sheems xxxx
I feel like I have been offline for absolutely years but I know that this is far from the truth. I feel I ought to share a little story with you about an experience of mine at the petrol station funnily enough. It happened a long while ago, probably during my second year in cardiff. It was an ordinary night and me and Mari were driving somewhere and Mari decided she needed petrol (are you impressed with how I have set the scene for you?). So, we stopped and she put in the petrol and then went inside to pay while I remained in the car.
So, I was sitting there waiting and I was just looking around as I normally do, and in the car on the left there was an old man and I accidently caught his eye, and I smiled and turned the other way so that he didn't think I was looking at him. Then, Mari came back into the car and sat down and we heard this banging/knocking on the window. I turned round and the grand-daughter of the old man in the car on my left was knocking the window to get my attention and the old man was like "Alright luv, alright?" and he was waving at us madly. Mari and I were just waving at him and looking rather bewildered. We were both asking eachother if we knew him, which we didn't but he was really eager to get our attention and I thought that it surely couldn't have been because I smiled at him. LOL. He kept going for about a minute so we waved and drove off.
Now that I come to think of it, I must smile at a lot of random people because people are always waving at me as if they know me and looking around, I can see that I am the only person they could be waving to. Its mad. They all seem to be in buisness suits as well. Its really strange. Maybe from a distance I look like someone famous, like that girl from Blue Peter. I don't know! Its all very strange though. And I guess you had to be there so find it funny really :)
And I shall have to leave you on this strange note.
Sheems xxxx
Saturday, July 29, 2006
My Surprise Surprise 21st Birthday Party :D
Hey guys, its Shima here.
I just thought I would express my feelings about my surprise birthday party last night. Now, you may have read the title of this blog and thought to yourselves, "Daft girl, she has put the word Surprise in twice!" but alas, there is a reason for this. By the way, just as an aside, doesn't the title remind you of Cilla Black? Do you remember that show she had called "Surprise Surprise", where she surprised people, not surprisingly? She always sang that song at the end, "Life is full, full of surprises...etc" LOL. Ok, it seems as if I am the only one that remembers.
Anyways, back to the story! Before I went to America, I was considering having some sort of Party for my 21st because after all, it only comes round once. So I said to Sam and Mari, "Hey, do you fancy organising me a surprise birthday party?" and the big surprise was that they did and that was a surprise. And considering it was about 2 weeks after my birthday, it was completely unexpected and added to the surprise. It was really funny because I knew about it (not the party of course) like last week. Mari and Sam told me we should do something this friday like go to Castle a mare (I know thats the wrong spelling) for coffee and because that is a usual meeting place for us, I didn't think anything of it. Mari did laugh a lot everytime I mentioned it though but I just didn't catch on.
The pre-party preparation was the funniest though. I went from home to find Shaz and Garbo there, which again is normal. Then I saw Leila and Leila-Marie walking to Sam's and Shaun came in. I didn't think it unusual that Leila was coming and I thought Shaun was just round to see Garbo and Shaz. Then, when I was round Sam's, Mari came and was discussing how she was getting Garbo, Shaz and Shaun there without my noticing. They were whispering and then when I found out Mari had brought her car, I was confused and started asking questions. This was because I was under the impression I was giving them a lift and I was trying to convince her that she didn't need her car and there was room. That was when Mari got flustered and started making up stories. After I was convinced by her story, I was distracted and during that time, Sam gave Mari the cake through the window and Shaz, Shaun and Garbo legged it in the car and they drove off.
The arrival was the absolute best though. As we were walking up I could see Paul and people sitting inside and to myself, I thought "Oh wow, its a coincidence that they are here at the same time!" LOL. Then I went in and saw everyone and Shaz and Garbo and I was like, "Hey, how did you get here?" and then they all started singing and everyone in the restaurant was looking at me. I was embarrassed but happy at the same time. And that is it. I just had to write about it because it was my first surprise party and it was lovely. Big thanks again to Mari and Sam, the ring leaders/organisers of the party. Love ya both.
Love you all a plenty,
The one and only, ever blogging, Sheems xxxx
Ps. Do you think I could be entered into the Guiness book of Records for most repetitions of the word "Surprise" on one blog entry? ;)
I just thought I would express my feelings about my surprise birthday party last night. Now, you may have read the title of this blog and thought to yourselves, "Daft girl, she has put the word Surprise in twice!" but alas, there is a reason for this. By the way, just as an aside, doesn't the title remind you of Cilla Black? Do you remember that show she had called "Surprise Surprise", where she surprised people, not surprisingly? She always sang that song at the end, "Life is full, full of surprises...etc" LOL. Ok, it seems as if I am the only one that remembers.
Anyways, back to the story! Before I went to America, I was considering having some sort of Party for my 21st because after all, it only comes round once. So I said to Sam and Mari, "Hey, do you fancy organising me a surprise birthday party?" and the big surprise was that they did and that was a surprise. And considering it was about 2 weeks after my birthday, it was completely unexpected and added to the surprise. It was really funny because I knew about it (not the party of course) like last week. Mari and Sam told me we should do something this friday like go to Castle a mare (I know thats the wrong spelling) for coffee and because that is a usual meeting place for us, I didn't think anything of it. Mari did laugh a lot everytime I mentioned it though but I just didn't catch on.
The pre-party preparation was the funniest though. I went from home to find Shaz and Garbo there, which again is normal. Then I saw Leila and Leila-Marie walking to Sam's and Shaun came in. I didn't think it unusual that Leila was coming and I thought Shaun was just round to see Garbo and Shaz. Then, when I was round Sam's, Mari came and was discussing how she was getting Garbo, Shaz and Shaun there without my noticing. They were whispering and then when I found out Mari had brought her car, I was confused and started asking questions. This was because I was under the impression I was giving them a lift and I was trying to convince her that she didn't need her car and there was room. That was when Mari got flustered and started making up stories. After I was convinced by her story, I was distracted and during that time, Sam gave Mari the cake through the window and Shaz, Shaun and Garbo legged it in the car and they drove off.
The arrival was the absolute best though. As we were walking up I could see Paul and people sitting inside and to myself, I thought "Oh wow, its a coincidence that they are here at the same time!" LOL. Then I went in and saw everyone and Shaz and Garbo and I was like, "Hey, how did you get here?" and then they all started singing and everyone in the restaurant was looking at me. I was embarrassed but happy at the same time. And that is it. I just had to write about it because it was my first surprise party and it was lovely. Big thanks again to Mari and Sam, the ring leaders/organisers of the party. Love ya both.
Love you all a plenty,
The one and only, ever blogging, Sheems xxxx
Ps. Do you think I could be entered into the Guiness book of Records for most repetitions of the word "Surprise" on one blog entry? ;)
Sunday, July 23, 2006
The American Adventure: The Random Bits
Well here it is guys, the first part of my American Adventure. I thought I should share the random bits of the adventure with you first because I myself am random and I thought it would be fitting to do so. So, without further a-do(?), here it is...
The People
Wow, I really don't know how to start this one! The people in America are lovely and really friendly. They did however manage to gather that we had a very strong non-American accent and the phrase "Where y'all guys from?" was used frequently. We did however have some very interesting conversations with some people and these conversations are outlined below.
Conversation One: The Direction giving man
Mum and Dad: Excuse me, could you tell us how to get to Ironbound road?
Unknown man: Sure sure. Y'all guys Italian. (LOL)
Mum and Dad: We are from the UK.
Unknown man: (The man gives us the directions). Y'all kids speak English or just Italian?
Me and Shaz: We are not Italian. (We did say this nicely)
Unknown man: (He confirms the directions). Well as they say good-bye in Italian (And then he says good-bye to us in Italian).
How many times do we have to say that we are not Italian?
Conversation Two: The man in the hotel
Hotel man: Where y'all guys from?
Me: The UK
Hotel man: Japan. Nice
Me: No, the UK, Britain!
Do we really look Japanese to you? That made me laugh so much! Maybe its the way that I speak.
Conversation Three: The man in the clothes shop
Man in Shop: (To Shaz). Hey, can I try these on?
Shaz: Sure, but I don't work here.
Man in Shop: Really? You look like you could work here.
This was like two days into our trip. I am trying hard to think of some other random conversations. I know that there are more. But so that I don't keep you waiting, I'll push on to the topic of "Interesting finds". This is about random and funny stuff they sell in shops etc.
Interesting finds
I have to say that the funniest item of clothing I saw was this t-shirt which the following written on it:
"Nobody cares about your blog"
I thought it was amazing. And behind the title it had was looked like a really long and boring blog. I do hope that my blog doesn't come to mind when you are reading this! I should have bought it really, but it wasn't worth the price unfortunately.
The second amazing find was this sign I found for my door. When I saw it, I was immediately reminded of myself. This is what it says:
"I'm going to be more assertive
if that's ok with you"
I love it. It is me to a T.
The third amazing find was another church called Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Yey.
The fourth amazing find was a book about weird myths and traditions in some countries. The funniest was this:
"In some European countries, there is the belief that a good remedy for constipation is eating bacon. However, this is most effective if the bacon is stolen."
This is just to bizarre! I mean, who, I repeat, who discovered this? And why would they steal bacon of all things? I would just love to be an English teacher and set this as an essay title and ask them to discuss it. I feel it would be a very interesting read. Anyways, I feel it is time to press on to the last of my titles, which is "Novelties".
Novelties
I have to be bold now and admit that the most amazing novelty for me, was found in the toilets or "Restrooms". Every single toilet had a toilet seat cover dispenser. It was amazing. So hygienic! No more putting toilet paper on the seat - they had actual covers. To get them out, you pull up and then down, and then you break the tabs. I had so much fun doing this but it meant that I did spend considerably longer than everyone else on my loo breaks. Also, I am a very sad (As in weird sad, not upset sad) little person. The other novelty was the flush. You get up, (I'm sorry if I am going into too much detail here) and the intelligent toilet simply flushes itself. Amazing. This novelty however was slightly rarer but still amazing in my sparkly eyes. The other novelty for me was the air conditioning in every building and though this was highly appreciated, it was not as impressive as the amazingness of the toilets.
Now, I feel it is time for this particular post to come to an end. But before it does, I would like to share some other things that have amused me these past few days, in the hope that it will amuse you too!
Amusing Thing One
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend in Cardiff (this detail is relevant to my story) and was saying that I was so jet-lagged because we were five hours behind in America. But my friend looked rather shocked and confused and said "You are five hours behind in Swansea?!" This was so amusing. Her name has not been included in order to protect her identity.
Amusing thing Two
We were having a lovely conversation today with a Welsh family and not surprisingly, the meanings of some Welsh words sprung up. I was horrifically reminded of the times in school when my Welsh teacher said "Shwmae" to me. Shwmae means "Hello" but me being me, I thought she was getting my name wrong so I would continuously say under my breath "Its Shima!". Luckily, I don't think she ever heard.
Amusing thing Three
Lastly, I was just reminded of one of my classic comments in school. I was in my maths lesson when I asked my teacher the following:
"Please may I have some scruff paper?"
I obviously meant rough. She merely laughed and said "Haha, Scruff!". LOL. I am so strange. And my strangeness seems to increase as the day goes on. I really better leave you now. I hope that this has been an exciting post. I would say good-bye in Italian but since I am not actually Italian I will not.
Farewell loved ones...
Sheems xx :)
The People
Wow, I really don't know how to start this one! The people in America are lovely and really friendly. They did however manage to gather that we had a very strong non-American accent and the phrase "Where y'all guys from?" was used frequently. We did however have some very interesting conversations with some people and these conversations are outlined below.
Conversation One: The Direction giving man
Mum and Dad: Excuse me, could you tell us how to get to Ironbound road?
Unknown man: Sure sure. Y'all guys Italian. (LOL)
Mum and Dad: We are from the UK.
Unknown man: (The man gives us the directions). Y'all kids speak English or just Italian?
Me and Shaz: We are not Italian. (We did say this nicely)
Unknown man: (He confirms the directions). Well as they say good-bye in Italian (And then he says good-bye to us in Italian).
How many times do we have to say that we are not Italian?
Conversation Two: The man in the hotel
Hotel man: Where y'all guys from?
Me: The UK
Hotel man: Japan. Nice
Me: No, the UK, Britain!
Do we really look Japanese to you? That made me laugh so much! Maybe its the way that I speak.
Conversation Three: The man in the clothes shop
Man in Shop: (To Shaz). Hey, can I try these on?
Shaz: Sure, but I don't work here.
Man in Shop: Really? You look like you could work here.
This was like two days into our trip. I am trying hard to think of some other random conversations. I know that there are more. But so that I don't keep you waiting, I'll push on to the topic of "Interesting finds". This is about random and funny stuff they sell in shops etc.
Interesting finds
I have to say that the funniest item of clothing I saw was this t-shirt which the following written on it:
"Nobody cares about your blog"
I thought it was amazing. And behind the title it had was looked like a really long and boring blog. I do hope that my blog doesn't come to mind when you are reading this! I should have bought it really, but it wasn't worth the price unfortunately.
The second amazing find was this sign I found for my door. When I saw it, I was immediately reminded of myself. This is what it says:
"I'm going to be more assertive
if that's ok with you"
I love it. It is me to a T.
The third amazing find was another church called Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Yey.
The fourth amazing find was a book about weird myths and traditions in some countries. The funniest was this:
"In some European countries, there is the belief that a good remedy for constipation is eating bacon. However, this is most effective if the bacon is stolen."
This is just to bizarre! I mean, who, I repeat, who discovered this? And why would they steal bacon of all things? I would just love to be an English teacher and set this as an essay title and ask them to discuss it. I feel it would be a very interesting read. Anyways, I feel it is time to press on to the last of my titles, which is "Novelties".
Novelties
I have to be bold now and admit that the most amazing novelty for me, was found in the toilets or "Restrooms". Every single toilet had a toilet seat cover dispenser. It was amazing. So hygienic! No more putting toilet paper on the seat - they had actual covers. To get them out, you pull up and then down, and then you break the tabs. I had so much fun doing this but it meant that I did spend considerably longer than everyone else on my loo breaks. Also, I am a very sad (As in weird sad, not upset sad) little person. The other novelty was the flush. You get up, (I'm sorry if I am going into too much detail here) and the intelligent toilet simply flushes itself. Amazing. This novelty however was slightly rarer but still amazing in my sparkly eyes. The other novelty for me was the air conditioning in every building and though this was highly appreciated, it was not as impressive as the amazingness of the toilets.
Now, I feel it is time for this particular post to come to an end. But before it does, I would like to share some other things that have amused me these past few days, in the hope that it will amuse you too!
Amusing Thing One
Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend in Cardiff (this detail is relevant to my story) and was saying that I was so jet-lagged because we were five hours behind in America. But my friend looked rather shocked and confused and said "You are five hours behind in Swansea?!" This was so amusing. Her name has not been included in order to protect her identity.
Amusing thing Two
We were having a lovely conversation today with a Welsh family and not surprisingly, the meanings of some Welsh words sprung up. I was horrifically reminded of the times in school when my Welsh teacher said "Shwmae" to me. Shwmae means "Hello" but me being me, I thought she was getting my name wrong so I would continuously say under my breath "Its Shima!". Luckily, I don't think she ever heard.
Amusing thing Three
Lastly, I was just reminded of one of my classic comments in school. I was in my maths lesson when I asked my teacher the following:
"Please may I have some scruff paper?"
I obviously meant rough. She merely laughed and said "Haha, Scruff!". LOL. I am so strange. And my strangeness seems to increase as the day goes on. I really better leave you now. I hope that this has been an exciting post. I would say good-bye in Italian but since I am not actually Italian I will not.
Farewell loved ones...
Sheems xx :)
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