Let's contemplate

I have been thinking about telling you guys something for a few days, but I have decided that it is going to be a surprise to everyone, hehehehe. It concerns a very very brillant gift I got from friends. You guys are great! I am getting extremely emotional here, just thinking about it. My family has been threatening exposure when I arrive at the airport on Sunday, but I hope this is an empty threat, hehehehe. I even threatened to go out the back door and my brother asked if I was feeling that important, like a celebrity having to sneak out through the back, hehehehe. It will be sooo much fun to tell everyone at work, and now that I think about it. I really really need a very very big hat for that wedding I am going to. I have to fit the image, I really do. See what I find at the airport if I can smuggle a big hat home, through customs, hehehehe!!!
And don't worry, everyone will eventually find out what this surprise is, but until then ... mwhahahahaha, the last laughter is MINE.

Last Night

I had such good fun last night. It was sort of my birthday party even though my birthday was on the 24th. But because of the exams we waited until the 25th to do something fun. And fun it was. About 8:30 Dee appeared at my door and forbid me to enter the kitchen, I was not even to venture out the room no matter what. Then ten minutes later or so there was a knock on my door and it was Laura it was soo great to see her again. And becuase she had been forbidden to go near the kitchen as well, then we just spent nearly an hour chatting in my room. Then we were called into the kitchen, Emma came as well and Dinesh and Deepak were waiting in the kitchen with a wonderful Indian feast for us. It was heavenly, with all kinds of food and rice and everything you could imagine. They also had Coke for us and I had red wine and Emma had oddly enough Baileys and milk, very odd that. We ate until we were full to bursting and our mouths were blistering but they truly outdid themselves they even had desert. Mango and almond/pistachio icecream and Indian sweet heated in the microwave and it was gorgeous. It was delicious and wonderful.
I even got gifts, from Laura I got a bottle of red wine and and a hair clip and also Aroma therapy spray and lip balm also from the boys I got a Burberrys bag and a cap. Really cool now. It was a beatuiful evening wich ended with me lying in bed watching tv until I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

Thank you all

Thanks to everyone who has been sending me birthday cards and well wishing. I miss you all, look forward to see you in 11 and 1/2 day (when I arrive back home).
Today was my first exam day and although it went all right, you can always write more than you have time to so I was really falling on time but I hope I managed to safe my ass. It is just always oddly surprising how they can ask a question that makes the question look like it is in a foreign language.
After the exam I went to pick up my two essays I had yet to collect. I didn't want to ruin my mood for the exam if the essay marks were bad, but they weren't and I am sooooo happy. In my Celtic Civilisation essay I got a B-, happy with that because poetry analizing is not my thing. And I got an A- in Gaelic Bárdachd( poetry) which makes me think 'hummm, maybe I have a future in this' but no, I don't think so. But this was a great brithday present.
Now I have finished 25% of my exams only 75% left, it will go down another 25% tomorrow. I am just sooo looking forward to this being over.

Eurovision

Doh, I favored Moldova! I really wanted Moldova to win. My friend and I voted for Moldova and when UK cast their voting and Moldova only recieved 2 points from us, we knew that those two votes were ours, hehehee. Although I must say, we were quite alright with Greece winning, although not a really great song, just your typical Eurovision song, but anything that kept Israel down was ok with us. We really don't like Israel right now. It is quite understandable that Spain, UK, Germany and France don't get any voting at all really, because they are iron-clad in the compeition, both they contribute so much of the funding for the contest and also they can't be kicked out so why vote at all for them.
I also quite liked the song from Spain and from Ukraine. Terry Wogan the presenter here in Uk is hilarious, this was the first time my friend watched the Eurovision in the UK and we were rolling around laughing from his comments about the contestants and the countries.
Few comments (loosely remembered);
1. when the Moldova song was on; "this song came through the semi-finals, and if this is a taste of what is to come, then God help us!"
2. when Cyprus gave UK 5 points; "I won't say anything about Cyprus!"
3. when the French song was on; "Princess Leah!"
4. when Romanian was singing; "Does she remind you of somone, maybe a younger version of Ruby Wax!"
5. when someone gave their neighbouring country 12 points; "well, this is a surprise!"
He was completely politically incorrect and we loved him for it. It it had been anyone else than Terry Wogan he would have been taken off the air as soon as the show started, but it was just great. Especially when he was making fun at the countries competing and we actually knew what he was talking about.
Looking forward to the competition next year!

Poetry-crazy

Since I am doing really well learning my 10 Gaelic poets and 13 poems I am going to the store and buy some junk food for tonight's Eurovision contest. I also just need the air. I have discovered since starting to revise for the exams that I need air in more quantity than I usually do. I am not going far today, just keeping it local so I won't be too long out there as well, because if I am taking time off tonight to watch the Eurovision (even though we are not competing) I am going to have to get cracking as soon as I step through the doors again. We will see how that works for me. If there is anyone out there, wish me luck with the revision. I am going crazy here with minimum people contact.

Mwhuhahahah

Iceland did not get through the semi-finals in the Eurovision song contest, surprising, not really. But I still look forward to seeing the final finale on Saturday.
Right now, I am walking on sunshine. I just got a 15min massage and it was heaven. But the poor guy probably injured his hands with trying to work out the sement in my muscles, hehehehe. But I know that I will sleep very well indeed tonight, which is why I am soon going to disappear from the screen and give myself over the the nice place in my dreams.
Tomorrow it will be 2 weeks until I finish my exams and 2 weeks and 2 days until I get home. Looking forward to it, immensely, really, if anyone doubts me, look for me on the 5th when I step out from the airplane and kiss my native homeland. Well, maybe I will just kiss my family, but I will be really really glad when I get home.

A Little Hero

He is only six months old but is a very brave boy. He is my cousin, whom I have never seen but I think of often, because of what has been going through. He was very ill from the day he was born and just yesterday had a twelve hour opperation. He recieved a piece of liver from his mother and they are now both doing all right, but still in ICU. His dad appropriately called yesterday the Long Tuesday, but hopefully now the worst is over. He said in his blog today that they could already see improvements. Keep on getting better little guy and hope you and your mum recover soon so that you can come home that much sooner.

Breik!!!

Ahhh, it was good to get a wee break from studying tonight. Árdís and me went to the cinema, surprise, surprise, and saw The Kingdom of Heaven. Ok, film, rather lengthy, two jokes in the whole two hours and twentyfive minutes, but ok if the price ticket is like under 4 pounds for the both of us.
I studyed from 11:30 to 14:00 when I took just over an hour break for lunch, then from 15:30 to 17:00 and managed to do some pretty good damage to the pile of books I have to read through. Finished one book already and started on the next one. Basically, it was Scotland today, tomorrow it is Ireland and over the weekend it is Wales. Then next week, focus on Gaelic Bárdachd (poetry) and Eachdraich (history).

Speaking exhaustion

I was going to say oral exhaustion, but decided against it since some of you might get the wrong impression of me. I had my Gaelic oral exam yesterday, and at the end I was completely stressed out and was really making a mess of things, trying to express my opinion on the Scottish and English Parlament and taxes in Iceland in Gaelic. I came out from the room, shaking, and could hardly even manage to speak English. So while I waited for my friend Claire I tried to calm down. When she came out I saw where we were headed. We ended up in Jim's Bar trying to 'sober up' after this horrifying experience. Thankfully, this is probably the last time I HAVE to speak in Gaelic, but you never know if I am stuipd enough to go out seeking some outlet of my Gaelic.
Claire is now on a plane heading for Las Vegas, taking a week off, feck all! She is not going to do anything that makes sense for a week and then come back and study for the exams that are in two weeks time. I must say, I would never be able to do that. I would be freaking out from guilt of not being at home studying for the exams. Enjoy the holiday, Claire!!! Bring back some juicy stories for me, am going to need it after all the studying.

In the deep end ... and drowning

I am preparing for my oral exam in Gaelic on Tuesday, but damn, what have I gotten myself into. I said I was going to talk about the Icelandic Parlament, and right now I am like, ... aaaa, what is there to say about it.
Tha Parlamaid na Innis Tíle? Doh! Chan eil mi fios agam. I only have a few lines, about 2 and a half minute long, so I have to find something more to say about it. But what? Chan eil Parlmaid na Innis Tíle mar am Pharlamaid na Sasainn no Alba. Gaaa, that doesn't help with points and on top of that the Parlament back home is different from the Parlament here so many of the words and what-nots they have here we don't. This is proving to be challenging. Maybe something like this: Bha Parlamaid na h-Innis Tíle stéidhichte ann an 930. Bha Parlamaid suidhichte air Thingvellir. O chionn, bha am Parlamaid choinnich gach bliadhna gus an ochdamh linn deug. An sin, choinnich am Parlamaid airson uile ráithe do naoi míos dhen bliadhna. ‘S e an seann Pharlamaid ann an saoghal, no co-dhiú, ann an Eorpa. Ann an 1380 Innis Tíle rach a-steach am Crún an Damnhairg. Ann an 1874 fhuair Innis Tíle ar bonn-stéidh agus sinn fhéin-riaghladh againn. Thug le Innis Tíle neo-eismeileachd ann an 1944 bhon Danmhairg. Although this is only a small part, but I could start with this. The years in themselves will probably add a whole minute to the speech anyway. 1874 – ochd ceud deugh trí fichead ‘s a ceither dheug. Try say that very fast over and over again. [Ohk keiud djíug trí fíched sa keiher jíug] bókstaflega.