It just had to happen to me!! First two nights in a flat full of chinese boys in a strange new city! Of the hundreds of thousands of new students accommodations deal with, they had to hand ME the wrong key to my flat! Anyway, the boys.... were a sweet sweet bunch who actually got quite sad I had to leave and was ready to help me shift flats again. So now I'm in the flat I was originally supposed to be in. Yea..an all girls flat I'm afraid. Still got to make that long due trip to IKEA coz the room looks too damn dull at the moment... needs some colour, a mirror and ..hmm..other interesting junk while I'm at it . My flatmates are all really nice (so far atleast haha) and they sure do cook alot..which is kind of a good thing coz in their company I've made quite a few meals myself. :)
The two day fieldtrip to Northern Scotland( Glenlivet Estate) was FUN. About 21 of us from the Msc course, spent two nights in a small quaint town of Tomintoul. Got really good 3 course meals ..ofcourse all of this for free! Got to love Simon, my programme director..such a nice person. So in those two days..lets see..visited farms, national parks, talks by park rangers about course related stuff, an ecovillage, walked for miles uphill in rain and sludge to see trees being sawed off(!), fed reindeers under that same bloody pouring rain...well atleast the rest of them did anyway. I was just pissed I had to be standing cold and soaking wet in a farm surrounded by a herd of &**%^ reindeers! Really sympathetic beings though.
They say you haven't seen Scotland if you haven't been to a Whiskey Distillery. So we did the rounds there as well. Had free tasting of an 18 year old single malt which wud have probably cost me an arm and a leg. I know now, for sure, that I am no whiskey lover. A pint of beer....hmm..now thats something else.Tried the local brewery's beer and ofcourse some gorgeous black guiness. Add to that a shot of amarretto and I was in my happy place! Came back to the city on f riday and headed straight for the Celidh( Scottish dancing)..amazing ..had an awsome time there getting thrown around my men in kilts!:) Later went to this 3 storey club called Espionage....missed the good old Cool Bananas like hell!!
Spent the weekend walking around the royal mile n high street. The good thing about this city is how you keep bumping into someone you know ...so met david n leo from my course n went to a pub called the last drop. Apparently this place was whr prisioners came for their last pint before they got hung in the gallows which is just outside in the square. Another reason why it isn't hard to fall in love with Edinburgh- all that history!!
Had my first lecture for my course today..it went well so im happy about that and looking forward to all the long sleepless nights studying in the Library..haha. ganbarenakya....
Would really want to strike a balance between having fun n course work. Some ppl manage it so well. Edinburgh's music scene is also too good to pass so will be hopefully going to atleast 1 live gig every once in a while. BTW, talking about music..hehe..met this 17 yr old kid during the fieldtrip..a wanna be rocker..sort of mixed up with all the smoking and doped out look plus the hanson brothers hair style and still breaking voice. Apparently he has a "rock band" and plays some nights in venues around the city. He even gave me his record which I must say is seriously deranged and mental! Oh and their band is called DED Rabbits( like LED zeppelin) The most hilarious bit was the fact that he was telling me about all his head banging rock band and hard core habits when the clock strikes 10 and he asks me for a mobile so that he cud call his dad to come pick him up from the pub! Priceless!
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