Sibling Rivalry

Well readers I am sure you are aware now that I come from a large family and there is always sibling rivalry, arguments and as always revenge. Muhahahahaha (Evil laugh here)
So readers what can you do (that I myself have done obviously) to get revenge or do out of boredom.

Problem One
Running late for work and need the bathroom only to find someone else is in the bathroom, not having a shower but taking a bath?

Solution
Well after endless banging on the door, switch the hot water off and run all the taps in the house. This will definitely get the person to hurry up, coming out angry might I add. But by that time you will have hopefully left the house!

Problem Two
They won’t share their clothes?

Solution
Take one of their favourite socks so they are left with the other. This will mean that they will not end up wearing the sock at all and therefore leave the house stressed out.
Also take the item of clothes that you want to wear without asking. This will also give you UNLIMITED access to clothes AND accessories. It really infuriates my younger sister. Unfortunately when she does it to me, it is ineffective as my room is messy, I wouldn’t know anything has been taken until they come forward and confess.

Problem Three
They won’t share their money?

Solution
Raid their piggy bank. That is one of the good things about having tons of siblings. Someone somewhere will have money lying around always ready for you to take. Also since there are some many siblings there are also so many people to point the finger at.

Problem Four
Need a wakeup call?

Solution
If you share a room then set the alarm and put it next to siblings that way you have to cross over them to switch it off. It will annoy them but will also get you moving…

Problem Five
Are you lazy in general?

Solution
Carry a bell!!

Wedding And All Things Related

As I mentioned in the previous blog the wedding was last minute and everything was rush, rush, rush!! Even the bridesmaid outfits. The entire weekend was spent consulting the tailor and making sure we had the outfits made. We got ripped off but as it was last minute we just agreed as we just couldn’t be bothered to haggle hard. Anyway the tailor was a last minute person and actually finished the outfits at 8:00pm on Monday night and as neither I nor the tailor could be bothered to give/get the dresses, collecting it would then be on Tuesday.

So come Tuesday morning me and my little sister got up early enough to get the dresses. By the time we got back everyone had just started to get up and hog the bathroom... typical!

The wedding itself was hectic, as everyone was getting ready and whilst we had to get ourselves ready, we (as in me and my sister) had to get others ready and babysit the children. I know women are multi-taskers but this was impossible and therefore when people complained why we were running late I was not happy.

The hall we booked was okay I guess. Thank goodness we came in way early as we made a few changes. And thank goodness for contacts as dad sorted out the caterers, hall and stage. Anyway the wedding had slight hitches, mainly from guests who did not understand the concept of a segregated wedding and no pictures. Other than that it went smoothly. I as usual was put in charge of the female hall and had to be a bouncer. So much for enjoying myself ey readers? Anyway I finally got to eat at 4:00 and I only had starters. Not much of a curry fan I’m afraid... oh the irony.

Once the wedding finished we went to my sister’s new flat and chilled there until like 12. When we finally got home we were told to clean the kitchen. Yes, I’m for real. By then I was really losing my sanity! We finished the cleaning and then had to clean our room up as it had everything everywhere. Boy was I glad at 2:00 am that I finally got to sleep!!


Bridesmaid Outfits

Yes, modelled by yours truly

Everything about the Mehndi and wedding was last minute. I mean even the invites were sent out a few days before the actual wedding and that is not my style. I prefer to be prepared and that’s why I have planned out my entire wedding, from the card design, the dress, the hall and the food. Yes you got it I have started planning mine (only in my head of course). Better to be prepare than not!

Now my sister is gone it is a bit weird. I mean I actually have to cook now and then, but unfortunately my curries never come out right...

It’s weird that she’s married and gone now, living elsewhere. It means now that we have to actually call when we want to pop over. Don’t worry people there is an upside, our room has more space now, I chucked my bed out, moved onto the bunk bed and added an extra wardrobe. But unfortunately no new outfits as I’m broke till payday...

Also now the hustle and bustle is over I still have to get back into my life routine and get started on my coursework. Man I need a holiday to get over this holiday!!!

The Best Laid Plans Often Go Awry

So I haven’t written a blog in so long that now I’m back I feel like I got tons to update you readers with... Telling you about what I did over the last few weeks... Well it’s a sacrifice of my time I am only too willing to make readers... just for you lol.
Okies so last December term ended and my target was to have completed an essay with research and all things related and that way I would only have two to hand in January. Obviously that didn’t happen, but hey readers the important thing here to remember here is that it wasn’t my fault...

Roughly a week before Christmas my sister had her wedding date booked, and when I mean booked she booked it for the following week. This meant we only had nine days to prepare everything for her wedding... (0-0). She booked it for the 28th December!!!

It didn’t help that out of the nine days I was working during three of them and then there was Christmas day where no shops were open. Frustrating if you actually need to shop...

So as soon as I finished my shifts I spent Thursday and Friday getting everything sorted and planning her Mehndi. The Mehndi is usually a few days before the wedding and it is where people get to put henna on the bride to be. It’s the equivalent to a (most of the time clean) hen party. But anyways it’s amazing what you can accomplish within a few days. I spent these days getting outfits made and buying bits and bobs for her Mehndi, including stage stuff. Yes I got material and made the stage. Not bad for someone who does no work. Hehehe

Picture of stage

A Close Up


(Me being lazy meant the decorations have not come down yet...)



Yes, yes we forgot to iron the material before we put it on but hey it was rush, rush, rush and we did the best we could. Shame I couldn’t take a picture of the entire living room... most of all I had fun with the staple, stapling anything and everything to the wall and ceiling. (0-0)

So the Mehndi night we made it strictly women so we could all let our hair down and have fun... We tried but come 10pm all the men gate-crashed our party so we have to move elsewhere. We were very very annoyed and jeez man did they not have any other time to come! Talk about wrong time, wrong place!!!

Then Monday come and just about as we were about to relax, about 15 odd guests came round to stay. I’m not joking. Our house was jam packed but thankfully I did not share my room, or my bed. No one touches my bed!!! I don’t know how we would have managed without our guests. For some reason no one trusted my cooking even though I volunteered to cook (in my head and I can cook!), they did ALL the cooking. Yes ALL the cooking!! Thank goodness for family!

Alas we could relax or so we thought.....

I Work Way Too Hard...

On Thursday and Friday I usually work at the Enquiry Unit and have to be out the house by 7:40. This week due to the deadlines it is really hard to get out of the bed. Thursday I woke up at 7:30, and rushed and got ready for work like never before. Mind you it’s was hard but I got to work on time.
Friday was worse. I was scared I was going to be late that I set roughly about 6 alarms. I ended up waking up later than ever. Woke up at 7:40 and made it out of the house at 8:00. Panicking, I ran like I never ran before and thankfully everything was working as better than usual and only got to work a few minutes late. For some reason though I had time to go on chat sites while I was running! Anyways, Man all that huffing and puffing was hard work so I just stuffed my face away when I got to work. Good times. Hehehe

Now work has these brighter than bright lights. It’s hard working at work with all the bright lights. It’s got to the point where I have to wear my hood inside the building. Yes that’s how bright it is! If I don’t, I get seriously bad migraines and the only cure for that is to sleep it off. Yes I’ve tried every other remedy and they are hopeless. My remedy is to sleep in the dark for like 12 hours and it works every time... So to avoid migraines at work, as soon as someone tries to pull the blinds open, I’m like ‘noooooooo’... It’s not a vampiric thing... I just prefer the dark...

Then came Saturday and Sunday it was the end of term at the tuition centre and they had exams. Man I did not look forward to marking the exam papers but somehow got through them like magic. Once you get into the groove, time just flies. However, that’s the only negative aspect of teaching... taking work home and spending more time working at home instead of stuffing my face in front of the telly or laptop. Good Times...

Anyways peeps until next time, I’m off to sleep hahaha. Au revoir!!

Reports Are A Matter of Simply Copy And Paste?

So now deadline number uno is over, I had to get started on report writing…. Arrggggghhhh….. Yes readers I’ll be doing a lot of that in this week’s blog.


At the tuition centre where I teach, this coming weekend is the last weekend so we had to write ALL the student reports. Aaarrrrgggghhhh yes, yes, yet another time consuming pointless task! I mean even a child could do it and to prove that statement I kind of did make my younger sister write it…

Yes, at 1:00 having written nothing for the reports on Tuesday the day it was due, I got really panicky and divided the reports up and got everyone at home to complete the student reports. I needed a break from the coursework and one thing led to another and I got really lazy.

However the reports were completed and this just goes to show anyone and everyone who doesn’t even know the students can write the reports. Don’t worry readers I gave them a template to use and did proof read the reports before sending them off. Most of the students really had the same stuff written on the report it was just worded differently so it appears different. Hahaha

Here is a copy of a sample of a report and what to include.

It is amazing what you can find on the internet, I mean everything saw and obtained was given or better yet ‘handed on a golden platter’ by Google.

I even found a good site, ‘teachers to be’ can use to when thinking of report comments to make. http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/reportsam/

Other than that T-Mobile called me up and offered me a reward, which is really good of them. I mean these days they are giving away soo many freebies whether you’re on contract or not and that’s why I’m surprised not everyone is with them.

Deadlines, Deadlines and more Deadlines

So it’s almost the end of semester one and I am inundated with coursework deadlines. ARRRGGGGHHHH. The frustration of never ending deadlines is finally getting to me.

My first deadline was for a course called Foundations for Postgraduate Studies…. What is it about I hear you think? Well…

The actual course taught us how to prepare to write essays. This included:

     • Composing bibliographies
     • Using databases for journals and articles
     • How to argue a point
     • Using a website to compile citations

Yes, I am actually serious we were taught from scratch which is why my attendance is very good for the course even though it actually wasn’t. Hahaha

The assignment went very well, it was pretty much easy but unfortunately very time consuming. I also actually handed the assignment 30 minutes before the actual deadline. Not bad for me ey.

Come towards the end of the assignment I actually was so sick of compiling the bibliography that I couldn’t be bothered to do it in the assignment properly. This kind of defeats the purpose of the assignment. But seriously how much citations can one do properly over and over again! But I’m not really fussed on the coursework, I would like for my effort to pay off but it is 5% of the overall mark so really it is meaningless.

Next week I have a presentation to do and as usual went to my tutor last minute to ‘briefly’ discuss the idea. When I mean briefly I mean two minutes as he had to rush of to his meetings lol. I got some good feedback and hopefully will start this weekend! Or I hope to…

Winter Wonderland

So snow has arrived and we have had tons of it. As usual the first thing I did was NOT go into work. Hey readers, I actually didn’t have a choice as work was cancelled. But I did still go out and touch and played in the snow.


I Love You Snow

There is something exciting about the snow. Its magical, our very own winter wonderland and due to the lack of facilities to cope with the snow, the country goes into melt down and it becomes an unofficial national holiday. That’s a good thing for me as I get to stay home and do what I do best: DOSS!!

I mean it has only been in the last few years that we have had proper snow and by proper snow, I mean a few inches deep and whereby we actually can have snowball fights. Before that it was not even worth getting up for. Other parts of Britain may have been different but in London there was barely any snow!

Like all snow, there is the downside of when people actually realise snow doesn’t affect them and they can get into work. By then, it is when all the snow melts and it becomes slippery. I mean the amount of times I actually had to walk slowly down the street whilst actually clinging on the rail for dear life. That is why I have invested in manly snow boots. They actually help. But before I had my manly snow boots I used to walk on the road. Yes, readers the road is actually safer to walk on then the pavement. But that is what I do and as they say, ‘Never take any advice from Raz’. Soooo readers don’t try it, simply for your own safety and if you do, then don’t blame it on me.

Anyways readers, I’m writing this at work where there is a chance we can finish early and then Tas said we can make an office snowman. WoHoOoOo Ciao!