30/1/09

The River Clyde. My friend Becks says there are about 5 bodies a year that wash up on the banks.

More flats

Fountain in Kelvingrove park.

This is BBC Scotland.

Row of flats.

Fountain in Kelvingrove Park

The Uni is the tower in the background, I was standing in the park.

Walkway across the interstate to cross over to the River Clyde.

I can now tell the different accents apart! The only hard ones to tell apart are Scottish and Irish, but I've got them now! The hardest, tho, are the people like Paula who is Finnish, but lived in Russia and somewhere along the way picked up English, but has no particular or specific accent.

I was in a weird mood yesterday, kinda feeling lonely but at the same time perfectly content. Then Paula left and I felt really lonely, I was hoping to finally spend some time w/her, but she was off to her BF's. I can hear ppl in the hall shouting and laughing and having fun, and I felt like I was missing out and I didn't want to intrude on them. So I stayed in my room and watched youtube, trying to fall asleep. Around 11ish, there is a knock at my door. I reluctantly said come in. Emma and Becca walk in, and they want to stay in my room cuz they are avoiding some guy who is basically stalking Emma. So I say sure, whatever. The 2 of them are quite entertaining, especially when it comes to Paula. Last time she left them alone in our room, her wardrobe was gone and her shoes on the ceiling. This time they decided to write a whole bunch of little notes about Paula and her BF and they love Paula's brother, so they cut out little hearts and put them around all her pics of him and I helped them write a ridiculous poem about Paula, which they taped to the ceiling of course. All in all, it took them until 1:30am. Around 12:30 Becks and Sophie just walk in cuz they heard our voices and Sophie started playing guitar and singing (She sang Moldy Peaches "Anyone Else But You" and Regina Spektor "The Call", she was so good!). All the while I am thinking how horrible its gonna be getting up at 8:30 for class the next day. Finally, they left and I got to sleep, but they really brightened up my day and I didn't feel like such an outcast anymore!

Today went really great, too! Ok well, I was so tired I didn't want to get up this morning. Lectures and seminars are blah and not exciting, and I never talk and the tutor actually had to call on me to get me to talk today, and since I've been sick, I get into the coughing fits cuz its so dry inside and blah blah blah...

But after class I went for a walk and thats when the great part of the day started! And when I took all the above pics. I started out walking towards this bridge, then just kept walking and ended up at the River Clyde, then I just followed along the river. Then I came back to do some laundry (b/c its horribly difficult to get a machine) and then walked around the park.

Here's where it really gets great!

I came back and realized I was starving, I haven't had time to eat a good lunch cuz of my class schedule and the only place to eat at Uni is cafe's that don't take credit cards and I run outta cash way too quickly to spend it on food. I need it for clubs and taxi's lol! So I ate real quick and chatted w/sophie the french canadian for a while. Then I went back to my room just as paula came in. She asked if I'd eaten, cuz she wanted someone to eat with. I said yes, but that I'd have some hot chocolate while she ate. So we went to the kitchen and Becks was there, so the 3 of us had a nice chat. Then Paula and I went back to our room and had some more bonding time, and it was really nice! It's the most I've talked to her yet, but of course then she's left again for Fabian's house.

But earlier Beck's had invited me to come to her and Becca's room to chill. So I went to their room and Carol (another girl from our kitchen) came and we hung out a couple hours, til we thought we best go to bed. I had a great time! Becks is sooo nice, we had great talks and really got to know each other! I am so excited! I love people, they are just so interesting and nice and friendly and they are all so different, I love that there are so many ppl from all over the world here. I am beyond amazed!

I have to go to bed now. I needed sleep last night but i'll hopefully get it tonight, cuz now I feel like I have a sore throat again, and I just barely got over the last cold I had :(