The Last 2 weeks!

If I was to describe the last 2 weeks to you all in words, you'd probably be reading this article for the next few hours. That much has happened! But what I will do is tell you that I wanted my last summer (before I go in to the real world) to be one to remember. And it was. Last week it was my cousins wedding. Now traditional weddings don't last 1 or 2 days, with functions and invites to dinner for just about every day last week (Thursday being the actual day of the wedding) it's basically a 5-6 day thing. Which means, lots of food, lots of jokes, and even more "kodak moments". It was cool as a lot of family were here that I don't get to see very often or spend time with and it was nice to help out and be part of everything. My cousins friends from Canada also came down for the wedding. What an awesome bunch. Again, I wish I could go through all the funny stories and everything that happened but I can't. We were all staying in one house (at one point I think there was 13 people in one house) which was right near the University. We had crazy jokes and I can honestly say, without them here the wedding wouldn't have been the same. I know for my cousin it definately wouldn't have been the same, and I know how much he appreciated them flying all the way for it. In the space of one week, it felt like we'd been chilling together for the past few weeks. Anyways, Jarrod, Justin, Jit, Jazz, Amit, Jess, and Emily... Hope we meet again soon.

So, that was the wedding, which finished on Saturday. I spent Sunday and Monday packing some stuff and from Tuesday - Thurs I was on a short break away again in Europe. I didn't want to come back. But I knew that I had to, I still had to sort out all my stuff to take down to Fleet with me! But it was a well deserved break for me, and I'm glad I went even though I wasn't initially going to go. We arrived back in England on Thursday night, tired, and blurry eyed. I woke up Friday not wanting to do nothing, but its the only day I had to get all my packing done. Half my stuff was at my student residence, the other half at my parents. It was crazy. But surprisingly didn't take me too long to sort out.

And now... well the day has arrived. I'm moving down to Fleet today, I start work on Monday! Looking back over the last 10 months, I can still remember all the dreams I had of finishing Uni and having a job. All the times I couldn't sleep because I was so nervous about my final year project. And then yesterday, it finally hit me that I'm leaving.... or I'm going back. You see, when I was in Fleet for my placement for a year, coming back to Leicester was a bitch. But it had to be done cos of Uni. Now I'm leaving again, going back to the same place, with the same people, it's not like I'm leaving Leicester, its like I'm going back to Fleet, if that makes any sense! Either way I'm a happy happy man.

So, you must be thinking, with all these good things going on around me, something bad must have happened!!! I mean, you can't go 2 weeks and just have jokes with nothing messing up. Well, someone reversed in to my car.... smashed the indicator, bumper and side panel need work! But it wasn't my fault so her insurance will be paying for that. I however did have to fork out a sweet £200 for a new power steering rack as the old one was mashed (not because of the accident). Luckily, my dad sorted it out whilst I was away.... if I'd have gone to Audi to do it.... I was looking at a £800 bill!

What's next? Well, some good times in Fleet hopefully. My next post will be after I've started work and stuff, if I'm still as content as I am today, I got no worries what so ever :) I have to find a house, I can't rent for too long. So hopefully, by Christmas something will be well on the way in that department. And yes, marriage is somewhere on that list. But as always, for me, its the least of my worries, I still got time :) I hope. It's looking peachy.... no!?! :)

I've got pictures by the Gig load all on digital camera, the thing is, I want to get everyone's photos and then sort them out before I upload any. So, pictures for this fortnight will be coming, and there will be quite a few. Just be patient!

R.I.P Victims of London Bomb Attacks.

Last Thursday, a series of terror attacks spread havoc across London. I'm not going to bother going through what happened, you can read all that here. I was on my way to Manchester when they happened. What I do want to say is this... I'd like to know who these people who did these things are... and more importantly, what the hell do they think they are proving my blowing shit up and killing innocent people. I mean, come on, lets get real, okay so the war in Iraq was never about weapons of mass destruction, and Bush and Blair are both to blame for the loss of thousands of innocents lives because of the war and everything else that has happened since 9/11. But what gets to me are these wannabe... I don't even know what to call them. Calling them Muslim or anything to do with Islam just makes my own blood boil. I'm not the best Muslim out there, but these people, they shouldn't even associate themselves with the human race let alone a religion. And it's like any other major sect, the authority undermine the "little people" brain washing them. If there was a suicide bomber on the Tavistock bus, he sure as hell didn't want to blow himself up, he was told it was what his "calling" was, this is what is right and for it he'll be going to heaven. Bullshit... he's not going no where apart from a thousand little pieces... and straight to hell for killing innocent people who were just going about their own business. I don't know what more to say apart from I'm worried groups of people exist out there. Groups of people who's main aim in life is to destroy everything just because they think it's going against their "religion" and because two political leaders made them mad. Grow up... know this... in every real muslims eyes (and every other religion for that matter), you will never be hero's, only murderers. Burn.

To all those people who lost their lives and their loved ones, I am pretty certain nothing written or spoken can substitute your loss. I know it's not my fault, but I am sorry. These people have to be found... and then they should be made to give names of people higher up and they should be punished... alot. I won't say nothing more on that matter...

This world is just getting more and more fucked up!!!

Sorted!

I usually hate Mondays, I mean who doesn't? But when you're in between work , everyday is pretty much the same. The last few weeks have been like that for me, and as my last two posts suggested, there wasn't much going on and everything was at a standstill. Last Tuesday I got confirmation of my BSc Computer Science Degree with Honours, in which I got a 2:1 which I was well happy about. I thought I was going to have re-takes, let alone pass all my modules, and then to get high enough avergage to get a 2:1... to say I was happy is an understatement.

Anyway, this morning I decided this week was going to be the week I find somewhere to live down in Fleet. Now, those of you who knew where I was living when I was with on my placement in Fleet will know I didn't really want to go back there. My ex-landlady was Caroline, a 2-time divorcee with 4 children (non of which live with her). She's a beautiful person at heart (and she doesn't look her age!), honestly, but living there was a drama. Things like arguments with her kids (mostly her eldest daughters fault), silly drunken moments followed by serious emotional outbursts, and bringing back random squaddies to spend the night.... but it was all part of what made living there so much fun. And it never affected me enough to really bother me. I was hoping to rent a place of my own, but after thinking about it carefully, if I rented a place of my own I'd be paying about £250 more a month on rent than if I house shared. And I didn't want to house share with people I didn't know for obvious reasons (they turn out to be weirdo's, drug addicts, or even worst, 9 to 5 boring bastards with no life outside of work), so taking that in to consideration I thought, I'm going to give Caroline a call. Luckily she had the bigger of the 3 bedrooms she lets available which has an en-suite. I could talk about the area all day long, its the best area I've lived in by far. I think it was the richest community in England in 2003-04 with an average household earning of £110K or something. Very nice area. I mean, you can leave you're car unlocked with the windows down overnight, and it will still be there the next day! I'd like to see that happen in Beaumont Leys! .Check out what its like to live in Elvetham Heath, Fleet. I did have photo's but I've lost them. But no doubt I'll get some up as soon as I move down there again which is on the 25th of July.

So, degree, check, job, check, accomodation, check, car, check. All moving along very nicely indeed. My cousins wedding is coming up in a few weeks, so family have started arriving from Canada. My mum invited them around for dinner yesterday, and as it is also my sister's 24th today, it was a multi celebration. I'm hoping the next few weeks fly past. I'm sure they will, with airport runs and errands to help out with the wedding. Being one of the best men who is not engaged/married, the only thing I am not looking forward to is the constant comments on "when are you getting married?".... ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!

So, for now that is it.... well happy!

P.S. I went to watch "War Of The Worlds" the other day.... special effects are untouchable and Tom Cruise is pretty good in it as well..... the rest of the film is shit.