Never Give Up! Never Give Up!

STEP 1 - Get number.

STEP 2: Pay at the till.

STEP 3: Take the receipt and exchange for Voucher.

I bought a Day ticket for the Reading Festival. The line up on the day includes:

• Kings of Leon
• Keiser Chiefs
• Placebo
• Fall Out Boy
• Deftones
• Funeral for a Friend

Queuing took me 4ish hours but it is sooooo worthy! While on queue(I queued alone :( ), I learnt loads about the British Culture.

• They love their music.
• They will booze wherever possible. In front of me was a group of teenagers and they were boozing while on a slow queue.
• They will do very stupid things when they are drunk. How about peeing on the bus stop with hundreds of people with you?
• Parents totally support their kids on what they want. Behind me was a mother-daughter tandem and on their phone was their dad trying to book a ticket to the Festival. Yes, I was eavesdropping. I can't help but eavesdrop when I am alone. Action Justified! :P

This is one ticked off on my bucket list! :)

Fact:

Online tickets were sold in minutes. Pre-Festival tickets were sold last year and you can't buy tickets on the same day.

Lesson Learnt:

If you want something, never give up until you have tried it! It feels so good after buying the ticket!

Valentine's Meal

I am one of the mushiest person I know. :D I love dressing up and going on dates, I love popcorn/pizza and DVD's, I love long drives, I love endless phone conversations and yet I was depressed on Valentine's day. After my night out at Sakura, I slept the whole morning waking up at 1 in the afternoon. I wasn't excited about the day at all. I dreaded going out and seeing happy couple holding hands, with bunch of flowers on hand, cuddling and kissing. By 4PM, I was back at bed again then finally woke up at 4:30PM to put mud pack on my face and hot oil on my hair and by 10 to 6PM,I am off to church.

We had an improvised dinner after church. Bought 4 whole chickens from Nando's,(My favourite. Nando's in Asia taste different. Definitely gonna miss that when I leave the UK)Peri-Peri chips with Perinaise sauce and spicy rice. Yum yum! The dinner went very well. I talked endlessly with my church family discussing all topics - recession, laying off, my plans of going back home, relationships(I don't have one and I don't think I will have anymore. I can't seem to trust anyone now and I don't want to try and look for anyone), Italy Trip plans, everyyyyything til it's 2AM! We were surprised that we can last that long without alcohol unlike British people. They can't seem to talk unless they are chugging on endless litres of liquor! Talking from own experience, don't grill me. Anyway,so we left at 2ish AM and had a 10 minute agonising walk. The streets are full of drunk people, swearing, shouting, cursing, taking the piss out of random people and provoking passers-by. Now, I am not painting a dangerous country here, it's just that, when people drink in here, they get hammered and when they get hammered, they seem to pick up a fight. It is scary for us as we were minorities and we were walking late at night with no man with us. No worries, we were home safe now. :)

Pre-Valentine's Dates

LUNCH DATE WITH GIRLFRIENDS

Yesterday, I went to an Italian Lunch Date with my girl friends, this may be the last Valentine's I will have with them since I will be leaving the UK in a few months(I haven't set a date yet so don't ask me when but I am planning on the 2nd or 3rd quarter of this year). While eating, we saw elderly couple dancing Waltz in their own tune. I am one of those people who gets emotional when I see old people together, holding hands but not this time. My break-up made me as hard rock. SAD. After lunch, we went to the college only to be told that the college is closing early. I spend 2 hours sleeping at home so I will have enough energy for the night.

SAKURA NIGHT OUT

I went to Sakura with two of my friends last night. One is married and the other in a relationship. Both in their 30's. Yes, I have friends older than I am. I love being with them. They listen and they tell me that I have years ahead of me. :P Last night was an okay night. I enjoyed taking the piss out of people who can't carry a tune. I didn't know that the little drummer boy dance step is still in fashion? How about Herculian dance steps in between downing 2 bottles of corona? Running man anyone? Hahaha! You will die if you see these people dance! Either they are tone deaf or they hear a different tune in their head. They are loud and it's as if being drunk dead is an SOP. Total Culture Shock if it's your first time. I used to get scared when drunk people shout but not anymore. UK made me feel like drinking and shouting is normal. This is British Culture for you. I will post more.

Oh Boots, It is ridiculous!

AFTER CARE APPOINTMENT

It is official, I am getting blind. I went to Boots yesterday morning for my contact lens after care. After working with computer for so long, I can say that my eyes went from blurred to blind. Yes, blind. You see, in the last 6 months, my eyes have gone to -1.50/-1.50 to -1.75/-1.75 to -2.25/-2.5. In my family, there are only 4 people who wears glasses on both sides of the family(except for the oldies of course) - me, my dear sister, my cousin Ruzelle and my nephew Argene. So me saying blind isn't a exaggeration.

EYE TEST

After my after care appointment, I was asked to do series of eye tests which I gladly agree as an excuse to skip my college class. BUSTED! The optician is not motivated at all. He looks like, I am only here for money. He didn't explain what the test is for or what the result of the test is. Great! The First test consist of "count the green dots" followed by "I will blow air into your eyes" and "look into the picture". Nothing made sense and nothing was explained to me.

LENS REPLACEMENT

Now that my prescription has gone up, it is only natural that I express interest on changing the lens of my old glasses. I told the sales assistant that I want to use my old glasses and she said that the style that I have was DISCOUNTINUED and if it breaks, they are not held responsible for anything. She suggested that I should buy a new pair of glasses instead cause it will be cheaper with my Boots Vision Plan(£50 off promo). I told her that I will have a look on what's on sale. After few minutes of browsing, she approached me and showed me the same glasses that I have, the one they said was DISCOUNTINUED! How ridiculous will it be buying the glasses that I already have? What would I do with two glasses of identical style? On even more ridiculous note, Lens cost 180 quid versus Glasses and Lens for 130! Seriously,it is fucked! I ran as soon as I got the chance. I don't like being robbed. CREDIT CRUNCH PEOPLE!