Monday, February 27, 2012
happy birthday Sarah, with all my love
Sunday, February 26, 2012
YESTERDAY,
Met Ken in the morning for brunch at Bills, sat outside because the queue was insane but I would've chosen to sit outside anyway,
Both of ordered the full breakfast and the bubble&squeak was amazing.
Headed down to Hampstead Heath because Ken promised good crepes and good views,
both were delivered. Hung out for a couple hours on Parliament Hill,
Left around 5, sunset in the distance as we took the bus to Golders Green. Did not know such a tube station existed,
Met Tarrant at O2 Brixton for the NME Awards Tour 20212!
Azealia Banks, Tribes, Metronomy, Two Door Cinema Club,
5 hours of standing, crowd was really enthusiastic and Metronomy + TDCC were awesome live,
but I was dead tired by the end of the night,
Lay in bed whatsapping Zara & Sha, missed them.
TODAY
All Souls in the morning with Amadea,
sermon was on the identity and sacrifices that come with being a follower of Christ,
will write a proper post up on it soon,
Dimsum lunch at Chinatown after with John at Joy King Lau,
Checked out the M&M store, everything is colour coordinated, my OCD needs were well met,
Bussed back, did groceries at Morrison's (basically bought all the salmon fillets they had),
Flat dinner at night :)
Laura & Soph made beef stew with guinness (so yummy), and Athena & I made jam rolly-polly with custard. Success, everyone had second helpings.
Nice night with the flat again after we'd all been busy with exams and essays and away for reading week,
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Wrote down all my upcoming deadlines- March is an insane month for me..
"Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord", claiming this truth.
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Hair colour's fading, time to redye!
Friday, February 24, 2012
Weekend's here!!
After class today, Megan & I headed for our jam session at the Roundhouse with the others and made plans to start a 2 piece band for easy coordination,
Back to halls for a fleeting moment before heading to 1984 at the Bloomsbury with Maggie.
Skyped with Kenneth, then Nat, then Zihan.
Also,
http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/losing-a-best-friend/
via Ken (glad I am relating less to this today)
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NME Awards Tour tomorrow!
TDCC, Metronomy, Tribes, Azealia Banks
5 hours of standing whoopee~
Thursday, February 23, 2012
After spending the morning playing with animal remains from a Medieval site in field methods tutorial, I went to Esmee's for to hang out and drink tea,
The weather today was so lovely- mostly hovered around 15 degrees and dropped to 10 at night.
People were out in Cartwright Gardens again having lunch, lying on the grass and playing frisbee,
Tons of people were out eating ice cream and wearing dresses,
I think it's safe to say everyone is desperate for Spring to arrive soon,
Met Megan for jacket potatoes at ULU, still a foreign concept to me but I won't argue with hot potatoes with melted cheese and butter,
Rest of the day was really long- 2 hour material culture lab session on Photography was really interesting but frustrating to debate abstract concepts out for such a long period of time,
Israel meeting after classes got me really excited. I think lately it's finally hit me that I'm going to go on actual excavations, not just training projects but actual digs that will yield results that will make an impact, the prospect is so exciting.
First Aid Kit at night with John at Scala, met Trang there,
They were amazing- my favourite song was Ghost Town when they did a completely unplugged version and we were stood in the 2nd row,
Samantha Cain opened for them (confirmed John's and my theory that bands choose someone who sound like them only worse for their opening acts),
Got the setlist at the end of the night!
"so much I know that things don't grow, if you don't bless them with your patience"
Hair colour's fading to a rusted orange, dyeing it again next week.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
"too little of you,
my goodness, and far too much
of everyone else."
- Tyler Knott's haikus
"I don't love you but I always will, I don't have a choice but I still choose you"
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Spoke to Dalton today on the phone finally, was good catching up.
He asked me how my life has changed, and I replied "It's exactly the same- I spend my time trying to keep consistency in my life." so I guess I'm doing good.
Replied Bev & Nat's emails,
Spoke to Leo.
Material culture assignment for this week was pretty interesting, on photography- I gladly did the recommended readings after finishing the essential ones.
Next week we're making playlists to see how digital technology and music has changed its function in our lives.
So thankful for so many people tonight.
if you know who you are, then that's good enough for me.
Got to skype with mum today, and speak with Sarah, Liz & Ethel. Family is love, that is all.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Yesterday,
Class, then OCF Leaders Cell somewhere in Holborn, 4 hours of working through Jonah 1- was pretty intense but also very rewarding, I've always liked seeing how organizations like BPMC or OCF work, walked back with Jeremy and learnt about homestays.
One thing Huijin said that stuck with me - OCF is a training ground for leadership and we're all called to lead. I like that idea.
Today,
Class, pancake day today- one of the lovely traditions in England.
The day before lent, everyone makes pancakes from the household essentials before the fasting period. Made pancakes (little Dutch ones) with Asya, Athena & Rob in the kitchen,
Had them with nutella, hagan daazs, crushed dark chocolate digestives, caster sugar,
yay
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Blogged about Edinburgh below! Feb 14th post.
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I thought I understood it, that I could grasp it, but I didn't, not really. Only the smudgeness of it; the pink-slippered, all-containered, semi-precious eagerness of it. I didn't realize it would sometimes be more than whole, that the wholeness was a rather luxurious idea. Because it's the halves that halve you in half. I didn't know, don't know, about the in-between bits; the gory bits of you, and the gory bits of me.
Like Crazy
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Another thing about Valentine's day, Amadea sent me this link:
http://ms-rach.livejournal.com/119235.html
I feel like when I read about old couples and how they're old fashioned, it's something admirable and sweet- and yet when we're young now, so many things tempt us away from that ideal and make us think about complications and factors beyond the pure, simple love that endures through all- if I had to put it to a phrase it would be, "love regardless"
Happy belated valentine's day Zihan, thank you for keeping me grounded and old-fashioned, and making writing these words easy and true. We're many miles away now but love regardless.
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Home all day, Xiang came by to pick up her stuff and drop off red velvet/black bottom cupcakes, bowling tonight for Elliot's birthday~ Excited to see all of Flat F again.
Working on my presentation now, first bit of work I've done all week. hurreh.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
John & Xiang stayed over at my place last night,
Got up at 11am and met the OCFers at Brunswick for our 1-for-1 burgers at Gourmet Burger Kitchen, was craving something spicy so I got the Habanero, the beef was amazing, and it was only 4pounds.
Got ice cream from Waitrose and headed to Abbie's hall to chill and talk,
Then met Kenneth at South Kent to check out the V&A and NHM (which had a queue?!),
I really liked the V&A: impressive collection that is presented beautifully. Plus, there's an entire section on stainglass- who can argue with that?
Embarrassed Kenneth suitably by doing all the kid's activities like pencil rubbing over brass markings and drawing out my views on religion,
At one point to withdraw from the severe information overload experienced in the V&A, we headed out to the garden out back just as we were talking about how we both need some quiet time in the weekends- heard the sound (and only the sound) of water lapping and leaves rustling, was pretty lovely~
I like seeing how ornately decorated all the religious objects are- the devotionals and chalices were so detailed, it's the kind of effect you get stepping into a grand cathedral with all the stain-glass. Part of me feels like this is the reverence we should approach God with, but at the same time I'm incredibly thankful He's stripped away all the excesses so we can have access to him just as we are.
Kenneth was talking about how it's hard to believe these were all from cities and communities just over 400 years ago- and that everything is so different and distinguishing- you don't get these things with mass production anymore. Was a nice day, it's funny both of us needed a day to get away from work- and ended up at a museum.
Saw the sun setting as we went back into South Kent station, and these are the roses Will got for the flat girls for Valentine's- proudly displayed in our kitchen,
Friday, February 17, 2012
YESTERDAY,
Spent the better half of the day in the kitchen catching up with Sophia & Shandana, all of us refusing to do work~
Met Nat's friend Vivian at night for chinese buffet at Camden, stuffed ourselves silly, hadn't spoken chinese in approx 1 year so it was good training,
Went home happy, and watched We Need To Talk About Kevin in bed with Nat, Tilda Swinton is amazing and the movie was filmed superbly but it was really scary.
TODAY,
Sat in the kitchen with Nat for ages talking, both of us left the house at 4pm- she went back and I went down to King's Chapel in KCL for OCF Valentine's Day open mic.
Emceeing went alright, met tons of new people from the other OCF groups, twas a good night.
Waiting for Zihan to wake up so we can Skype, missing my other lover Nat.
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Will most probably be traveling all of Easter- unsure of how I feel about this, and when I will study for my exams in May.
Dad's coming up to Prague for a meeting so I'm going to meet him there then go to Warsaw to visit GM at some point. Hope this works out!
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
It is 10x harder to wake up at 8am when there is someone in your bed sleeping HAPPILY (i.e. Nat),
Spent all day at the London Archaeological Archives mostly fiddling with pottery with Tristan and Chris,
James Vincent McMorrow with John, Ken, Hwee & Megan at Royal Festival Hall,
twas amazing. He reminds me so much of Jeff Buckley, and a little of Ray Lamontagne,
hit octaves tonight and held them for moments I didn't know were possible,
Was sat pretty far back but the sound was amazing,
Bad news: I am missing Norah Jones in London because I'll be digging...
Good news: Scotland was amazing, write soon. Nat's still here.
For now: http://blog.herbonestructure.com/2012/02/edinburgh-february-trip-pt-1.html