A day and night in Camden Town...

Okie, so these last few days I had a reason to visit my old haunt in London. Glorious Camden Town. I had lunch, coffee dates and gigs. Almost feel like my old self a bit at that.

First time was with Vince. He likes Camden. I like Camden. Seemed like a great place to choose to meet and catch up. Bad plan for me though, as I came straight from John's and had heavy books, dirty clothes and my laptop. Note to self. Lugging around a giant rucksack makes wondering slightly difficult.
It was nice though. Brought a diablo from Oddballs, ate a lot of Camden style food and laughed with Vince at the "fashion" there. Bliss.

I went back the next day to meet my old Uni mates-Dolly, Smi and Sarah. All were depressed about work (or in Sarah's case lack of). Tis a hard life for us some times. We all were happy with catching up, being cam whores and eating in our favourite restaurant Max Oriental...


I was soon greeted by another friend: Cookie. It was good timing of her as the others left for new adventures in various London hangouts while I wanted to stay for a gig in Camden.
Cookie did seem to get on with Smi..At least Smi was making her giggle with talks of Clothes and accounting stories.
Bored with the shops, Cookie and I headed for Hampstead Health. The plan was to sit down in the green and have a hot drink. It was far to cold though to put that plan in action (In this weather? In this Country? What were we thinking?!), so we stopped into a quaint looking shop. It served good cake and was reasonable for the drinks. Plan B turned out to be not so bad.

Vince graced us with his presence in the evening..We meet at the World's End pub- Best one ever with this sign by the way:


and went straight on to the gig.

I saw one of the bands before-Molloy so I was happy. The lead singer Caz give me a big hug and it was nice to hear more of her life then just music based news. She was amazing on stage as usual!

Another band I grew to like was Slow Gun. I did make a prat of myself after with the Bass player- She was handing out badges and didn't hear what I was saying. Basically she thought I was a twat.

The other band was cute but boring to listen to. The name failed to register in my mind..Sad for them I'm sure.

Hungry after the music, I persuaded the others to go eat with me. I was going to have Chiense but the store for Falafels caught my eye. Managed to make a prat of myself for the second time that night.

Me: Do you do any veggie Falafels?
Guy: umm..Falafels are always Vegetarian
Me: But why does it say it has mince in it (pointing to the sign)
Guy: It says Mint, not mince.
Me: ....................I will have one then -Blush-

To top it all off, after I got the damn thing, I hated it and Vince and Cookie laughed as I struggled to enjoy it. That and I managed to get it on my skirt, hair and cookie's hair while devouring it..Typical.


Then on Monday I went again. Well this time to Mornington Crescent for KOKO. Managed to score two tickets to see Mika, Courteeners and JLS for free for the Album Chart Show. Went with Vince as I thought he would like it (he did). As it was live recording though it ran late. Doors opened at half 7 not 6..Brr, was snowing as well when we were outside.

Inside was okie, and was enjoying myself til JLS came on. My goodness, I took an instant dislike to them and it got worst as I realized that they were lip syncing and doing very dodgy dance moves. I cried when they had to re do the entire set.
I was so happy when Mika came on. I loved him before, but now I would happily be a mindless drone for him. He was quirky. He was a natural on stage. His voice was a-maze-zing. I am in love. Seriously.

Pictures came out good to!

Last was Courteeners. Not my favourite indie act out there, but they had talent (and an army of groupies it seems).


All in all. A great few days in my favourite place in London. You can guess where you can find me if I am out of bed now!

Birthday wishes and a day in Camden

As the lovely nurses did not get the chance to say Goodbye properly on Friday, Dolly arranged for us to meet in Camden for lunch and shopping.
Tis was quite successful.

Although all were invited only Dolly, Nash, Sarha, Verconia and myself came.
Will gossip about the others though:
Belinda: Got a job in St Georges Hospital onthe neuro rota. She is with her boyfriend Vince, who wants her to move in together. She was babysitting (She had a sister who is 2 and a brother 1)

Smi: Is Sad as the hearing was not in her favour. She is appealing against the uni.. Basically the essay passed, but as they accussed her of copying, they failed it anyway..As Smi had no credits leftto fail..they kicked her out anyway (With Kalpana..Same story there). She is with her parents in Farnbourgh.

Kalpana: See above.

The rest are looking for jobs and relexing..
...
Anyway, we went to Max Orient..A place I have been several times before. It is all you can eat Buffet. As it was lunch time it was only £8 p.p . It even had desserts included (extra for filter water..Still a bargain though).














We all ate way to much and caught up:
Nash: Working and Partying
Sahra: Revising for retake of the final exam
Dolly: Excerising and relexing
Veronica: Revising for the next module
Myself: Catching up on the hours I owe..KILLER!

After lunch, we got caught in the rain shopping. Mostly just window shopping..We are all broke o.O




Had to rush off as usual to go to Tom's gathering in Cheam. His birthday is on Friday, but h
e is away..So drinks and clubbing was tonight's plan. At least it should have been if I decided to bring my passport!
Arghhh. Again I forget it. Idiot I know! ><
Hm, I did have a good time though..Caught up with peeps, drank for the first time in Weeks and was a camera whore with everyone. Seemed the whole world was there- From Phoebe to Waffle, John to Rory (and his dick), it was a pick and mix..















:)
I was sad to depart to Chelsea while the rest went off to Black Sheep but hey..More adventures next time huh..?



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOM!

Soo...Finally free are we..?

Okie, so after 3 Years of slugging it, being bullied, losing sleep and generally facing the toughest course for students, it is time to graduate and put all that behind us right..?

Umm.
Wrong.

Even though the 7th was supposed to be the day we all skipped merrily on the way to being qualified nurses, most of us tripped up near the finishing line.

Oh yes-Kingstonis not letting us go *that* easily!

-Smi and Kapana have charges against them for copying each other's finally essay. They have a formally court case against them..
-Gina has to do her presentation for the 4th time as well as her last essay..
-Sarah has to redo her snapshot and last exam..
And me..?

I AM STUCK IN PLACEMENT FOR ANOTHER 5 WEEKS!!

Groan.
I cannot take this anymore, My life officailly starts in September. I have a job. I finish student life. I get to move out to my new room in East London, I visit friends in various plaes..And I an say bye bye to SGH for a while.
At least Belinda got lucky and finished things..

Anyway:
Pictures of the good days in Kingston..It was not all bad:


Ben and Jerry's Machine
Skipping lectures for pool
Mmm...Sub of the Day..:P
Helping each other through the exams/essays/stress

Random FunLectures (when they were intriging)

Subway sofas...So nice and cozy..The friendship formed..Never forget you guys..


And in case you were wondering why no "graduation" pictures...Our date is in May. Keep you posted..:P

Mustard Bar and a double Birthday!

Fun times is always on the horizonwhen one hangs with certain people. In my case those people are Nash and Sunshine-Two brilliant friends from Uni.
They decided to have a joint birthday in a place called "Mustard Bar" near St Paul's. For a set fee, there was promises of male strippers, free drinks, a table reserved and the enterance fee included..

Everyone was invited, and it seems everyone turned up-even Dolly!

We sat around socialising..Smi and Kalpana did everyone's make up and Natasha took it upon herself to change my outfit, Dolly looked..well like a Dolly and Sarha laughed and danced.

It took a while before a cab was called and we piled in to go to the club. Between the cabbie lack of direction and Nash's harsh tongue, it took a while to get there. I was glad to pile out.

First impressions of the club was that it was overpriced. Music was okie, but the bar was a rip off. The company was ace though, and I stayed til the end. Belly came with Vince (though left soon after) and Smi had to go back to Kingston with Veronica.





At the end of the night I discovered I had forgot my purse so was near stranded. Thankfully there was a cool guy that give me a lift home with another friend (Of a friend). Whew. He lived really near me as well so was really nice.
Was glad to get into bed at the end. Drunk, tired, but satifiyed extremely..


HAPPY BIRTHDAY NASH!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARHA!
LOVE TO YOU BOTH :)

Work and no play makes Cat unhappy..

-Sigh-
Exams are on the horizon and have my nose to the grindstone in learning maths, memorising drugs and trying to complete my final essay...
I am stressed. I am unhappy. I am a final year student.

Hmm, I am not the only one that is feeling teary eyed though-everyone is. This is why this happened:



Yes, sweet, smart Smi decided to lead the pack into teaching us Maths and aiding us with learning.
Well, most of us..I decided my gameboy was more interesting (typical!)



Questions she gave us included:

A client is ordered 37.5 milligrams of Dothiepin. 75 milligram tablets are available. How many tablets will you give?

A client is ordered 35 milligrams of Codeine phosphate by subcutaneous injection. 50 milligrams in 1 millilitre of liquid for SC Injection is available. How many millilitres will you administer?

A client is ordered 2.5 milligrams of Promethazine hydrochloride orally. 5 milligrams in 5 millilitres of elixir is available. How many millilitres will you administer?

Urgh.

We did have some form of play though...
After a hard session we went out for a meal in Nandos..It was nice and relexed, though Dolly had a mini argument with her parents for staying out to late to study..:(

It was nice after. Crashed at Smi's for days after. Poor her.

Summer days for the picnicing brunch

I do not like the Sun much, but even I could admit that it was a beautiful day that called for a picnic.
Meeting Belinda and her Boyfriend Vince in Green park, we did just that. Between the 3 of us, we had a good picnic. Me being me I also brought a kite and a fisbee.. (What..? WHAT..?!)
I could not get the kite to work despite my best attempts. I sat down in a hump after making my fingers bleed from the strings. Grrr.. Did enjoy the pop though and the fact I won a running race. Sahra and Nash joined after a while to..They managed to have better success with the kite. Jealous? Me..? Extremly...:) Wooh. And Vince told me how much he Loves Belly...Romantic..