September 2003 Archives

I've finally registered, it only took me 5 minutes, it was quite funny compared to last year when it took me 2 hours... Eheheh. I even helped a completely lost American girl who is doing her MA at SOAS and didn't have a clue of what was going on... ;)
So, this year I'm doing the following courses:
Theory and practice of contemporary development
Politics of development
South East Asia on film (cool isn't it?)
Government and Politics of South East Asia
It's not bad is it? Eheheh, I'm quite proud! :)
Anyway, gotta go and find out about the phone line, blah blah blah. Tomorrow I'm going to be at uni at 9 again... Help! ^^;;;

So, I'm in London, I've been for a while now, and it's been wonderful and weird at the same time...
The flat is the sweetest little flat you can imagine, exactly what I was looking for, in a big old Georgian building, I love it to bits. We even got an armchair from the street (someone was throwing it away), and we've got lots of cushions everywhere, it's the best.
Something happened with someone, I don't want to get into the details because I don't know if it will work out or not, it's pretty confused and... I don't know.
My uni was on strike so I still haven't registered, which pissed me off a bit really, but well.
I thought that when I finally got on the internet I would write for ages about everything, but I can't do it, sorry... You know, life without the internet is good sometimes. This is the first time I touch a computer in ten days and it feels good... So, yeah, I'll write something else pretty soon, I promise... Love you all!

In 24 hours:
- It will be an hour earlier for me! *lol*;
- I'll be in Stoke Newington in the flat;
- I'll be with Sophie again (and Paul, I think), finally;
- I hope I'll be drinking nice French wine in our living room *lol*;
- I'll be in LONDON;
- I'll feel at home again.
I'm so happy I could cry. I mean, I know it's stupid to be so... I don't know, emotional, but... It's going to be like a dream coming true again... It's just amazing what life can be.
Coming to the serious stuff, I won't be blogging for a bit. We don't have an internet connection in the flat, but I'll try to find an internet café as soon as possible. But still, I will have lots of things to do, I'll hopefully find a job very soon, so we'll see. Obviously I won't ever close the blog, because it's way too important to me! So, don't worry! *lol* ;) Anyway, I'll try to check my email as soon as I can...
Until I come back with (let's hope) broadband, have fun guys, and lots of love to everyone. *^_^*
I'm so incredibly happy, it's like I felt last year but ten thousand times better. Seeing my friends again, being in the city I love the most in the world, they are the most important things in my life. And I'll finally be able to walk on the street and tell myself "I'm in London again, I'm dreaming again".
And I have this strange feeling that when I get out of the Eurostar terminal, I'll start crying.
I... I just want to live there forever, I want to be with my friends forever. And I don't care about the rest, I don't care about all the material problems, money, jobs, university, as long as I'm there.
Now, look, I'm all emotional again, but what can I do? I don't know if you can understand how important this is to me... I don't know who to thank because I've been blessed with so much damn happiness. I'll go now, because I'm really babbling too much, and I have to do lots of stuff tonight...
So, yeah, have fun! ;) Oh, and download Black eyed peas - 'Where is the love?'. I just love it. *lol*

Do you remember this game?
It's the ILM shuffle mp3 game or "Load every single MP3 you have into WinAMP, hit 'shuffle' and list the first ten songs that come up"!
So, here we go: 1. Justin Timberlake - Like I love you feat. Clipse: Well, Justin is Justin. I love him, he's sexy and this is like one of the songs I love to dance to (in the 'normal clubs' category, when it comes to raves it's different, eheheh). Vely shexy.
2. No Doubt - Running: Never really listened to this one. It's not bad actually. By the way, I never bought the album ('Hella Good'), I won it in a tv quiz thingy, I just left my name on some site and then I got the cd. Duh.
3. Counting Crows - Colorblind: *sniff* As I already said before, this song makes me cry, and so does 'Cruel Intentions', and they both make me think a lot. It's one of my favourite songs ever (the soundtrack from 'Cruel Intentions' rocks).
4. Ms. Dynamite - It takes more (Bloodshy main mix): From her album, 'A little deeper'. Very good indeed. Did I ever tell you that my parents went to her concert without even knowing her? I bet they were the only people who were over 40 at that concert. And then, well, she's British. Everything British rocks in any case (I'm joking!!! Eheheh *^^*).
5. Michelle Branch - You set me free: From 'The Spirit Room'. I downloaded this at the same time as Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton... And I love the three of them! (yeah, I do like Avril Lavigne, even if she's just a little girl who tries to be cool) Gotta download Michelle Branch's new album though. When I get broadband in London...
6. Vanessa Carlton - A thousand miles: Lol, see, she comes up next! I really like this song. It's sweet. If I ever have a serious boyfriend again (:P) I'll tell him I love him with the lyrics from this song. (what the FUCK is wrong with me now?)
7. The Magnetic Fields - The death of Ferdinand de Saussure: I downloaded this thanks to Ruby. I really like the song, even though I've never even read the lyrics... *ops* But it's good.
8. Ivy - I think of you: This is a French band, slightly similar to... Air, maybe? But not really. The kind of music you listen to when you drink a coffee in a nice café (like the ones in Croatia, luff' them). 9. Amr Diab - Aktar Wahed: From Buddha Bar IV - Drink. Did you know I really like the Buddha Bar compilations? But I've never actually been to the real place (it's in Paris). But I don't have anyone I can go with!!! ;__;
10. Garbage - So like a rose: I'm kind of a fan. I only have 'Version 2.0' and 'beautifulgarbage', but still... I really like them. It's the same thing for The Cure, luff' them, but I don't know them that well (I only have 3 albums I think). Those are two of the bands I NEED to get to know better.
So, voilà! These are only 10 songs out of my 'collection' which counts 1000 mp3s (on this computer, and I have even more on the laptop). Yeah, I do spend a lot of time downloading songs! Eheheh. *^_^*

So, is anyone having problems reading the blog? Someone left me a comment saying "it's hard to read a black font on a gray background"... Ehm, excuse me? The background is green and the font is dark green, you know? ^^; Anyway, I'll see if there are many people having problems reading the site, and in that case I'll find a solution (using an even darker shade of green for the font, or something).
My parents both left for Scotland, so I have the house all for myself until Sunday morning. I'm already packed (my suitcases are already closed, I only hope the three bottles of wine inside one of them don't break *brrr*) and I have nothing to do, but well. I'll just watch tv and download scanlations and download music... I'll try to use the internet as much as I can because I won't have it in London, at least for a couple of weeks if not longer. I really hope there is an internet café near our flat!
My plan from Sunday on is: go shopping for food and stuff; get my stuff from storage; get a photocopy of the flat contract or something like that; get a bank account; look for a job, possibly in a clothes shop. Can you imagine, discounts on clothes! *yaaaay* XD~~~~~~~~ And in general, get drunk and stoned and whatnot! *lol* I'm going to go crazy this week, I promise.
Mmh... Nothing else to say really. I have to start copying files from this computer to put them in the laptop (emails, new version of the blog, mp3s, scanlations, etc.). Lalala. London I'm coming!

I'm about to upload the new layout! I hope everything is going to be fine, in the end it's only my second layout using movable type... (*help*)
Just wanted to warn you, don't worry if something doesn't work! *ehm* ^^;
[edit] So, what do you think? I'm quite proud, it's simple but cute, and I customized every page I could... (more or less) Well, get used to it because it's going to stay where it is for a looooong time! *lol* Doing layouts with movable type it's just too much of a hassle, really. So, yeah, enjoy! [/edit]

I've started to pack. It's hell. I don't know what to bring. I really have _NO_ idea of what I am supposed to bring and what I am not supposed to bring... I don't knoooow! I want to throw away half of my clothes, seriously. Wouldn't it be simpler if I only had like 1 pair of jeans, 1 pair of trousers, 4 t-shirts and 2 jumpers? It would be like... Heaven? *lol* But the nice (or maybe it's bad?) thing is, I have two very big suitcases and I'm coming back to Paris in a month anyway, so... Even if I forget something it's not a problem... I guess? Heeeeeelp!!!
Anyway, to the important stuff. My dad (through my mum's friend who lives in England) has paid the deposit and the rent for the first month (fucking 860 quid, why is London so expensive why why why???), so the flat is ours! Sophie is moving in on Friday/Saturday... Oh, and I also found out that there's a bus that goes directly from Waterloo station to Stoke Newington! Very useful for two reasons: I don't need to get on the tube when I have my Eurostar, and the bus also stops very close to Rusell Square, meaning that I don't have to change buses to go to both campuses. Stoke Newington rocks, seriously. *lol* Uh, and Sophie and me have a plan of finding a nice gym somewhere near where we live so that we can swim a bit. Fuck! I HAVE to remember to bring a swimsuit. *ehm* Ok, I'll go back to the packing (which, by the way, has been going on since this morning in a completely random way)...

...Google! Five years old, that's quite a lot isn't it? ^_^
Righ now I wish that this Winter I will be able to: have a wonderful flat and decorate it a lot; go to a couple of evening courses at St. Martins (like drawing, or sewing, or accessories design, bags bags!, or graphic design, or jewellery making...); buy myself a digicam; have a nice job, possibly in a cute clothes shop (do you need any experience for that??? Mmh, because I don't have any ^^;;;)... Lots of stuff, lots of stuff.
But I'll be happy enough when I'll be in my flat in London, smoking a cigarette in my living room! Bwahahah! ;)