Dear diary

So I’m exaggerating there a little bit but it did happen!!!

Last week there was something that happened on the A2. Don’t ask because I honestly don’t know! What I do know is that it affected my route home. We left work at 5:30 and waited half an hour for the 132 bus. We waited and waited until we remembered about the accident and then gave up waiting even longer.

We eventually started walking and then guess what happens….Yes a very very packed out 132 goes past us. We didn’t know whether to laugh or cry there!!!

Well on the up-side we walked it from Avery Hill to Greenwich and it didn’t take too long!! However there were dark moments where we thought it would never end and it didn’t help that our crazy personalities decided to overtake our sensibilities!!

As the picture above illustrates: there was a few side effects from the over exercising we did. Maybe it was from the lack of food or being away from civilisation for so long or the fact it was too much exercise for us to handle… That my readers we will never knoooooowwww!!!

But on the other hand we managed to get to Greenwich safe and sound and it is an experience I would remember and would also recommend to others. What also helped is that we had hope to get us through; the idea that we were going to stuff our faces when we got to Greenwich and being able to sleep peacefully throughout the entire night! GOOD TIMES!!!!

The Reason I’ve Disappeared from the World of Blogging Part 2

Here you go readers; here is the second part as promised!

Ramadan

It is the final week of Ramadan and there are only a few days left. Yes, a whole month of fasting and abstinence is almost over. And weirdly I think because I actually got used to the routine, I’m going to miss it. Fasting takes place in the month of Ramadan and that month is dedicated to worshiping and fasting more so then other months as we believe the reward is greater. The purpose of the month is to allow us to feel like those who are deprived. It gives us the chance to approach our daily tasks without food and water. These are the basic essentials that we take for guaranteed in our everyday lives; so imagine been so thirsty but not having a drop of water to quench your thirst or having the worse ever migraine and not being able to take an aspirin. It sounds hard? ... Well that’s the whole point. But don’t worry, a few people are exempt from fasting e.g. those whose health may severely suffer or are in the last few weeks of pregnancy.

We follow the Islamic calendar to verify when the month of Ramadan is, as it changes each year as the Islamic calendar follows the moon and is roughly 10 days short compared to the Gregorian calendar. The fast begins at sunrise and ends after sunset and as the days are longer so is the fast. Man I miss the days in when fasting took place in winter. These were the easy days!!

The reason we fast is because fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, the others are: Sahada (the declaration of faith), prayer, Pilgrimage and charity.

My Days of Fasting

As I have been fasting for what seems like ages I get the odd craving during the day. But fear not readers, I have not gone delusion due to the lack of sleep and food.

Anyways fasting is almost over and then I can eat like there is no tomorrow. And straight after it is EID!!!! Can’t wait for Eid, it is the religious celebration to the mark of the end of Ramadan. Got the hottest outfit ever!! We get proper dressed and either gets money or presents. The best thing is there is an ‘All You Can Eat Buffet’ for the day at our house!! Muhahahahaha

Starting my Masters course: MA Literary London

I have enrolled on another programme at university and hope to stay here forever and ever....seriously im kidding! I received my induction pack for my Masters course. Yes people you heard right, my masters course. How grown up am I? Here at university for another year!! Lectures start at the end of September and what makes it worse is that we received the reading list a month ago and I haven’t even started. Didn’t really have much time to read as Ramadan and Clearing starting on the same week. But I hope to get started soon and if not there’s always reading the story plot online technique. (Would not recommend though; always read the book readers).

But with the Masters Course I’m back on the Greenwich campus so no more travelling to Avery Hill for early morning lectures. This course has lectures only in the afternoon. Woohooo!!! I actually can’t wait, started missing lectures and assignment for a while. But fear not readers straight after that, it will be my official RETIREMENT?????!!!!!!

The Reason I’ve Disappeared from the World of Blogging Part 1

It has been a while since I have written my last blog. It’s not that I’ve been too lazy to write, it has just been really busy at work everyone.

So these are the things that have happening recently:

Office Competition: Theme Your Team

End of Clearing

We have settled into our teams and so there is a hint of rivalry amongst the team. Therefore when the yearly competition of ‘Theme Your Team’ came up, a few went to extreme lengths to win. Here are a few pictures. Sadly our team didn’t win!! It was Team 3: Uzmapolitian who won.


Team 1: Anarchy 101
(Our rebel side came so we protested against ‘theme your team’ but then our mafia ego came out to!)














Team 2: Wacky Races

Team 3: Uzmapolitian

Team 4: Mad Potter

Team 5: Sponge Bob Squarepants

(I cut that cake!!)

Team 6: Popcorns and Movies

Team 7: Dodgy VV Phibbs GB

But don’t worry I won a prize at the barbeque. I got the prize for office joker. Best award to win ever!!!

This is the final week of clearing and most courses are full. Only places now left are for those in partner colleges so those who still haven’t secured a place need to phone us up as soon as possible, to apply. This is also the last week where we are at Greenwich, starting from next week we are back on the Avery Hill Campus. NoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo. Yes this means going back to the routine of having to wake up at 7am and leaving the house round 7:30am for a 9:00am shift!! Not that it made a difference as I have to wake up at 7am this week as my shift starts at 8:30!!!!

Anways readers as this is a really long blog read Part Twoooo to find out what else has been happening. Latersssss