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

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So stuff that has been happening since last blog:

1) Shirin and Holly have gone and left the team with the prospect of a new start at totally different jobs. Shirin is starting an office job and doing stuff to do with accounting and Holly is working in a dating agency where they set up events. It’s weird when you realise that someone is actually leaving and it’s going to be ages until you see them again. I mean with Shirin we always went home together and so it’s weird not going home with her and she also used to sing everything, which made us all laugh. But now she is gone I’m actually missing the singing. I also miss Holly, she is one of those people that always have a smile on their face and she always warms my cold hands up. Even if it is 30 degrees outside my hands are always cold so Holly warms my hands up. Heaven knows why that happens but now there’s no one to warm my cold hands up. Okies, so I’m exaggerating but still that’s not the point. And Julia is leaving us this week; she is going to start her PGCE. Although I kept trying to persuade them not to go, they still went (-_-).

2) Clearing has started and the phones have been ringing none stop and we the buddies are training up the newbies. I have had the 8am shift start since Thursday and couldn’t sleep in on Saturday because it was OPEN DAY!!!! Whilst it worth while working on Open Day I do really dearly miss my sleep (-o-). Don’t worry people Sunday is for sleeping which i did alot off. I’ll let you know how clearing went on the next blog. Its 7.30 Monday morning, time to get ready for work!!!

The Art of Complaining

So we are in the month of August and I’m already two weeks behind in writing my blogs. I’ve not really noticed the weeks I haven’t written for, except the odd everyday reminder from Richard reminding me that my blog was looooonnnnnnnggggggg overdue. The last two weeks have flown past with me not really doing much, it’s just the odd bits and bobs and being here at work that makes the time fly. Hannah here sitting next to me saw me composing an email today and has realised I’m skilled in the art of complaining. Basically I got kept on an hour on the phone to the 0870 numbers and the service was terrible with me being kept on hold and the company not finding my details regardless of the amount of details I gave. What was funny was that I even told them that I received an email confirmation from them and they still couldn’t find me... The AUDACITY!!!

           

Copy of Picture Sent 

Anyways I haven’t received a reply from them yet and it has been almost 2 weeks so I think I may have to complain about the complain letter.

Other than that, works been pretty much hectic since 1st July as the university opened to clearing. This is the process whereby prospective students apply direct to most universities in order to secure their places for the forthcoming September. So we, the beautiful, bright, funny and smart people (have to stop with the adjectives here otherwise the list would be endless) here working at the Enquiry Unit are the people behind the number 0800 005 006 that helps students to secure a place at university. It’s going to get more hectic around 19th August when main clearing opens and that is when the phones ring nonstop.

But never fear people we’re here to help!!

“University of Greenwich, Course Enquiries. How may I help you?”

Meet on Platform 6

Okies! So during the weekend a few mates decided to meet up inside Bank Station (where there are no signs whatsoever) with different trains. Anyone who regularly goes inside the station will notice it is like a maze and it takes forever to get to one platform to the other.

So we all decided to get there for 11:30. I admittedly only got there 6 minutes late, (not bad ey??) and since there was no signal I waited on the Northern Line Platform...... waited and waited... very patiently I’ll let you know.

After a short while, I ended up going to the barriers to get signal and phone them up. I also sent out a lost customer announcement to no avail (which they later told me they heard).

After 40 minutes of waiting and randomly walking around the station, I gave up and just headed to London Bridge by myself. The weather was beautiful and the amount of heat was just right. Sitting outside in the sun enjoying myself and calling random people for a further 15 minutes, I see them coming out of the station dazed. After catching up on what everyone has been up to I inquired what happened to them. They told me they got lost inside the station, heard the tannoy announcement and then got lost again. Oh well at least they made it... We can’t ask for much more then that (-_-).

So we made our way to the London Dungeons and once we got in, we thought we were in for good. But once you’re at the front of the entrance it is all very misleading and it gives you false hope that you made it. Once you’re in the first set of entrance, you realise you're at the back of another long queue...And then another one to pay for your ticket and a final one to actually get on the tour. In total there are four long queues.

Anyways once on the tours, the others screamed and squeal and held on to my arm for dear life. I was their HERO!!!

Note to Readers: There was nothing actually there that is worth screaming over but this lot are very FRAGILE. Lol, Of course I didn’t help matters scaring them as well hehehehe. Here are a few pictures that we took.

Man After Eating Summi's Cooked Food

Note: Summi didn’t actually go on this excursion but it is how I felt after eating something dodgy made by a certain someone (*-*)

Poor Man Who Was Trying To Make Supper Just For Himself?

Note: He was probably lucky... a quick finish for him.... unlike the man in the first picture...
Any ways the best bit about the tour was the throne which was in the gift shop. It was obviously made for me. Don’t you think I fit right in???

Random Conversations

A few weeks back I wrote a blog about this particular friend who likes very much to get her own way and this is the feedback I got on the article. She disguised herself as ‘Justice’ when leaving feedback.

For the article in question, see the link below:
http://gre-razmin.blogspot.com/2010/07/oriental-mad.html
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"WHAT!!! im outraged at your way of treating your friend! im pretty sure she's the buffest and the most popular one out of all your friends and really you guys are jealous of her! but as a partial person who has no connection to this whatsoever, i feel that it is just appropriate for someone to defend her and say that she only reacted the way she did only because you made her. I mean what do you expect from a person who's very modest and always thinks of others! Gosh i think you should cut her some slack instead of telling the whole world your side of the story. Anyway its just a thought from a complete stranger...”



9 July 2010 22:20
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“Dear ‘Justice’

Thank you for your comment regarding my friend or in this case about yourself. I can’t believe you actually made a Google account just for this. You have way too much time on your hands. As for the comments you made about my friend and I quote here ‘she's the buffest and the most popular one out of all your friends and really you guys are jealous of her’, that it a matter of opinion. It would be well for you to remember that ‘Beauty is really in the eye of the beholder’ and make use of that quote pleasseeeee when constantly checking yourself out in public while I am out with you. The boundaries of friendship are no longer there with us guys. Even Summi’s saying ‘Everyone is beautiful’ will not save you. The quote about beauty is an ancient one and has survived the many generations due to it being very accurate and useful in many situations. I also feel it does have a strong hold in this particular conversation with regards to my friend aka yourself.

Alas for my friend being modest that is a different story entirely and is very much a difference of opinion and therefore I will not expose her downfalls very much. Should I tell the readers about the bangle incident and when YOU thought you weren’t going to get any presents???. That’ll teach you to write that comment on my blog.

Anyways once again thank you for reading the article and thank you not for your kind words and support regarding this particular insane, vain and demented friend. She will be pleased she has your support.

Raz”


12 July 2010 18:08
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“gosh raz wats with the formal speech?”

12 July 2010 20:38

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I had had a chat later during that night regarding this and she clocked on that, after reading my email how bait her post was, especially with the comments about being buff & modest etc. We spent ages on the phone talking about more random junk and had a good old hearty laugh as I managed to talk her into making me desert and dropping it right outside my house! And that, my people, is what you call service!!!