i decided i would not update until i have some news! and some waiting is over!
i got my exam result and i passed! im sooo happy! coz so manay people failed, unfortunately.
i still don't have a reply about glasgow! hopefully next week! i hope it soon comes coz im sick of WAITING!
Tomorrow i start 3rd year... i have some mixed feelings... i hope all goes well and i manage to settle down and everything. There is some strike going on at the moment so we will see when we actually will start.
Well that's all the news on my front - i am a mixture of happiness and confusion lol.
till next time y'all.
xxx
much love!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
still waiting
well today was a good sunday. my parents, bro, my grandma and myself went out for a nice lunch at the radisson hotel (there are 3 in malta)and we enjoyed our last weekend before school starts. Although i don't knw exactly when im going to start uni because there is a lecturer dispute going on over salaries. we'll see.
I'm still waiting for my exam result.. im soooooo nervous :( i just want to pass (please god) and move on with my life. i also want to know if i'm going or not to glasgow. i just want to know taht too. i soooo hope i go. :( im hoping and praying i go. i know that if this is for me, then it will happen. i'm trusting in God here. we'll see though.
much love
xxx
I'm still waiting for my exam result.. im soooooo nervous :( i just want to pass (please god) and move on with my life. i also want to know if i'm going or not to glasgow. i just want to know taht too. i soooo hope i go. :( im hoping and praying i go. i know that if this is for me, then it will happen. i'm trusting in God here. we'll see though.
much love
xxx
Thursday, September 18, 2008
waiting
hey all
this week wasn't the best of weeks... it was full of anxiety and waiting ... and it is STILL full of anxiety and waiting. maybe i should explain myself better.
ok so remember last week when i said i can go to Glasgow? well today had a meeting with the erasmus chair man and i find out that at the last minute 2 people applied ... now i'm back to square one because i don't knw if im going or not!!! and i just want to knw! PFFF i hate waiting for these things! not to mention this means i am now in competition with my best friend ... which is something i wanted to avoid! well we'll have to see i guess. i really hope i go... i really, really hope i go! but i know that if i don't get chosen.. it would be for the best, yea, ill be upset for a couple of days but life goes on. either way i have an equal chance of getting in then i have of not getting in.
Ok so i made those phonecalls finally! i actually met one social worker today - she was SO NICE! i loved talking to her! tomorrow im supposed to meet someone else so we'll see if he is just as nice.
I'm on my way to finishing these formalities.. im actually really looking forward to writing this thesis! i hope i'll feel the same way when im half way through lol.
Anyways enough for today.. hopefully by th time i next write i will know if im going to glasgow and if i passed from my exam (the one i took last week)! we'll see!
much love
xxxx
this week wasn't the best of weeks... it was full of anxiety and waiting ... and it is STILL full of anxiety and waiting. maybe i should explain myself better.
ok so remember last week when i said i can go to Glasgow? well today had a meeting with the erasmus chair man and i find out that at the last minute 2 people applied ... now i'm back to square one because i don't knw if im going or not!!! and i just want to knw! PFFF i hate waiting for these things! not to mention this means i am now in competition with my best friend ... which is something i wanted to avoid! well we'll have to see i guess. i really hope i go... i really, really hope i go! but i know that if i don't get chosen.. it would be for the best, yea, ill be upset for a couple of days but life goes on. either way i have an equal chance of getting in then i have of not getting in.
Ok so i made those phonecalls finally! i actually met one social worker today - she was SO NICE! i loved talking to her! tomorrow im supposed to meet someone else so we'll see if he is just as nice.
I'm on my way to finishing these formalities.. im actually really looking forward to writing this thesis! i hope i'll feel the same way when im half way through lol.
Anyways enough for today.. hopefully by th time i next write i will know if im going to glasgow and if i passed from my exam (the one i took last week)! we'll see!
much love
xxxx
Thursday, September 11, 2008
wow!
WOW!!
this week has passed in a surreal blur. i cannot believe tomorrow is friday!
ok so on the thesis front i have to make a couple of phonecalls - probably tomorrow - i can't put it off anymore! but i have a feeling i will! ARGH! i'll do my best! i just want to get all these formalities out of the way and get started on the real deal!
Next - i got accepted for ERASMUS!!!!! this is a student exchange which i am very excited about it mean that i get to go to university of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland UK for 6-8 wks! i can't wait! It means a summer away from home but that can't be helped! i will be doing my placement (practice in a social work agency) there, which i think is a great experience! WOW! this is something i really wanted.. and what more - my best friend is coming with me.. say what!?!?!?? yes i knw, im one lucky girl! now i'm just praying all the formalities go smoothly! really i have to thank my mum coz she is funding all this for me... thanks mum u r the absolute best!
on tuesday i had my exam.. i dont think i did absolutely fantastic, but neither do i think i did horribly... i'm just a bit pissed off that i didn't do as well as i wished coz i studied sooooo hard, but the questions aren't very direct so i'm not sure i included everything the lecturer wanted... but i'll wait and see and PRAY!
This week has been hugely busy - getting ready fot the 1st semester which starts on october 1st! WOW! ill b a third year. in the mean time im helping my family get ready for their first day bak too. my mum and i went shopping for some new clothes, and den my brother and i went shopping for some new clothes too! it just brings reality to me that things in malta are SO expensive! oh my goodness! for jeans, a sweater and a shirt and socks my brother paid over 100 euros! that's quite a bit considering!
today i went to the beach with my friends - it's still excruciatingly hot here - heat rash in odd places hot! LOL. In fact i better go coz i'm cooking tonight for my sister and her husband and my brother. And i still have to have a shower coz im full of salt and sand. lol.
Have a great weekend everyone! i know i will :) lol.
much love
xxxx
this week has passed in a surreal blur. i cannot believe tomorrow is friday!
ok so on the thesis front i have to make a couple of phonecalls - probably tomorrow - i can't put it off anymore! but i have a feeling i will! ARGH! i'll do my best! i just want to get all these formalities out of the way and get started on the real deal!
Next - i got accepted for ERASMUS!!!!! this is a student exchange which i am very excited about it mean that i get to go to university of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland UK for 6-8 wks! i can't wait! It means a summer away from home but that can't be helped! i will be doing my placement (practice in a social work agency) there, which i think is a great experience! WOW! this is something i really wanted.. and what more - my best friend is coming with me.. say what!?!?!?? yes i knw, im one lucky girl! now i'm just praying all the formalities go smoothly! really i have to thank my mum coz she is funding all this for me... thanks mum u r the absolute best!
on tuesday i had my exam.. i dont think i did absolutely fantastic, but neither do i think i did horribly... i'm just a bit pissed off that i didn't do as well as i wished coz i studied sooooo hard, but the questions aren't very direct so i'm not sure i included everything the lecturer wanted... but i'll wait and see and PRAY!
This week has been hugely busy - getting ready fot the 1st semester which starts on october 1st! WOW! ill b a third year. in the mean time im helping my family get ready for their first day bak too. my mum and i went shopping for some new clothes, and den my brother and i went shopping for some new clothes too! it just brings reality to me that things in malta are SO expensive! oh my goodness! for jeans, a sweater and a shirt and socks my brother paid over 100 euros! that's quite a bit considering!
today i went to the beach with my friends - it's still excruciatingly hot here - heat rash in odd places hot! LOL. In fact i better go coz i'm cooking tonight for my sister and her husband and my brother. And i still have to have a shower coz im full of salt and sand. lol.
Have a great weekend everyone! i know i will :) lol.
much love
xxxx
Sunday, September 7, 2008
keeping it simple
when i talk to my friends and family they are always clamouring for more. More money, bigger house, better jobs that pay more etc. It seems to me that people forgot how to keep things simple, and enjoy the simple things.
I lead quite a simple life, i live in a small appartment with my parents and brother and my cat, my parents both work, but it hasn't always been that way, and i am just a student. And i really wouldn't want to live any other way, right now, this is perfect :)
10 years ago, when cable first came to Malta, I was hooked on to this cartoon - Hey Arnold! and a couple of days ago, when i was at my grandpa's mass, some of my relatives wer complaining on how little money they have to spend etc. It really made me think of how we don't appreciate the things that we do have - enough food, clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads and people to love us - there are so many people who dont even have those basic needs... and we are always complaining for more, bigger and better stuff.
how is this related to hey arnold? well i remembered an episode where this song - the simple things - was sung and i decided to look up the lyrics because i feel as if they are very relevant to our lives at the moment. We need to take time to appreciate the things we have - not complain about the things we don't have.
"The Simple Things"
You can offer me a diamond-plated pearl;
You can send me all the riches in the world;
You can tempt me with the palaces of kings;
I'd give 'em back in a big ol' sack and keep the simple things
I've got the simple things; I've got the rain in spring,
Got spicy chicken wings, and French-fried onion rings
You can line me up a mile of limousines;
For me it don't add up to a hill o' beans;
I got no hankerin' for grabbin' your brass ring;
It's crystal clear - I'll stay right here and keep the simple things
I've got the summer breeze, got 16 cans of peas,
A two-speed window fan when it's 93 degrees,
So forgive me for not grabbin' your brass ring;
It's crystal clear - I'll stay right here and keep the simple things
much love
xxxx
I lead quite a simple life, i live in a small appartment with my parents and brother and my cat, my parents both work, but it hasn't always been that way, and i am just a student. And i really wouldn't want to live any other way, right now, this is perfect :)
10 years ago, when cable first came to Malta, I was hooked on to this cartoon - Hey Arnold! and a couple of days ago, when i was at my grandpa's mass, some of my relatives wer complaining on how little money they have to spend etc. It really made me think of how we don't appreciate the things that we do have - enough food, clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads and people to love us - there are so many people who dont even have those basic needs... and we are always complaining for more, bigger and better stuff.
how is this related to hey arnold? well i remembered an episode where this song - the simple things - was sung and i decided to look up the lyrics because i feel as if they are very relevant to our lives at the moment. We need to take time to appreciate the things we have - not complain about the things we don't have.
"The Simple Things"
You can offer me a diamond-plated pearl;
You can send me all the riches in the world;
You can tempt me with the palaces of kings;
I'd give 'em back in a big ol' sack and keep the simple things
I've got the simple things; I've got the rain in spring,
Got spicy chicken wings, and French-fried onion rings
You can line me up a mile of limousines;
For me it don't add up to a hill o' beans;
I got no hankerin' for grabbin' your brass ring;
It's crystal clear - I'll stay right here and keep the simple things
I've got the summer breeze, got 16 cans of peas,
A two-speed window fan when it's 93 degrees,
So forgive me for not grabbin' your brass ring;
It's crystal clear - I'll stay right here and keep the simple things
much love
xxxx
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
this is what happens in Malta
When one watches the news or reads the newspaper they expect to hear bad news or good news such as russian troops withdrawing from georgia or else abolishing hunting. In Malta, expect to hear GROSS news.
Some background information before you read the article down below. On november 5th 2007 Malta opened the second ever hospital run by the governemnt and called it 'Mater Dei'. This hospital is a state -of - the - art one. it literally is the best of the best and the best thing is all health care is free to maltese citizens. Anyway this is the article... warning those of you with weak stomachs STAY AWAY!.
Nurse finds part of mouse's head in her plate - caterer destroys supplies, may sue supplier(Adds caterer's comments)
The Health Department said this afternoon that prompt action was taken after a nurse yesterday reported finding part of the head of a mouse while eating vegetables at the hospital canteen.
Health inspectors were on the scene quickly to verify the report . Since the vegetables had been imported from Belgium after being processed in the Netherlands, the Public Health Inspectorate informed the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed to investigate this batch on the European market.
Contact was also made with the supplier, the stores were inspected and the remaining packets of that consignment were sealed.
The inspectorate will be taking action against the person responsible, in terms of the law, the Health Department said.
The canteen caterer in a statement said that the vegetables served in the meals were frozen packed in the Netherlands and imported from Belgium.
All stock coming from the supplier concerned had been destroyed, all ties had been cut, and legal action was being considered.
The caterer explained that health inspectors happened to be making an inspection of the canteen on the same day of the incident. They had found the canteen and kitchen to be up to all the catering standards required by EU legislation.
The caterer said he was completely confident that the incident did not arise in-house.
The Health Department in a second statement said the caterer at the Mater Dei Hospital canteen who provided meals for the workers was not the caterer who provided the patient meals.
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All i can say is GROSS and poor nurse! Besides that i seriously doubt that this was the Benelux's fault it is clearly so Maltese for this to have happened in malta! everyone knows that the hospital food can kill u!
Till next time!
xxx
Some background information before you read the article down below. On november 5th 2007 Malta opened the second ever hospital run by the governemnt and called it 'Mater Dei'. This hospital is a state -of - the - art one. it literally is the best of the best and the best thing is all health care is free to maltese citizens. Anyway this is the article... warning those of you with weak stomachs STAY AWAY!.
Nurse finds part of mouse's head in her plate - caterer destroys supplies, may sue supplier(Adds caterer's comments)
The Health Department said this afternoon that prompt action was taken after a nurse yesterday reported finding part of the head of a mouse while eating vegetables at the hospital canteen.
Health inspectors were on the scene quickly to verify the report . Since the vegetables had been imported from Belgium after being processed in the Netherlands, the Public Health Inspectorate informed the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed to investigate this batch on the European market.
Contact was also made with the supplier, the stores were inspected and the remaining packets of that consignment were sealed.
The inspectorate will be taking action against the person responsible, in terms of the law, the Health Department said.
The canteen caterer in a statement said that the vegetables served in the meals were frozen packed in the Netherlands and imported from Belgium.
All stock coming from the supplier concerned had been destroyed, all ties had been cut, and legal action was being considered.
The caterer explained that health inspectors happened to be making an inspection of the canteen on the same day of the incident. They had found the canteen and kitchen to be up to all the catering standards required by EU legislation.
The caterer said he was completely confident that the incident did not arise in-house.
The Health Department in a second statement said the caterer at the Mater Dei Hospital canteen who provided meals for the workers was not the caterer who provided the patient meals.
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All i can say is GROSS and poor nurse! Besides that i seriously doubt that this was the Benelux's fault it is clearly so Maltese for this to have happened in malta! everyone knows that the hospital food can kill u!
Till next time!
xxx
Monday, September 1, 2008
new month!
i can't believe it is september! like OMG! where did the summer go? I knw, I knw, i usually start my blog entries with utter disbelief about how fast the days are passing!but i cant help it, i can't believe summer 2008 is going to end in 1 month
:(.
Ok so this week is going to b very quiet. Today was spent studying and when i wasn't studying i was watching re runs of America's next top model (ok, ok i know i'm lame lol) i don't knw y i like that show! i mean it's dumb but i still love it. I cant wait till the new season starts on wedsnesday. actually i can't wait till grey's anatomy season 5 starts either. From reading this u might think i'm a TV junkie, but seriously i'm not! I watch these shows on youtube anyways because it takes forever for them to come on cable here in Malta.
Also this week will be quiet because my best friend is in scotland :( come homee! lol. if i didnt have to study i would have gone with her and we would have had a blast ... oh well. I applied for ERASMUS (student exchange) in glasgow, and she applied aswell so maybe we'll go together! we'll see. I have other friends to go out with, of course, but nothing beats ur BEST friend!
On Friday it will be my nannu's 1 yr anniversary of his death. I can't believe a whole year has passed (there i go again!). it just really goes to show how many things can change in just a year. Last year my dad didn't have a job, my grandfather was alive, my sister wasn't married, my cat was alive... and that's just to name a few! Anyway on friday my whole family (aunts and uncles and cousins) are going to hold a mass in his name with my nanna. I don't know if this is such a smart idea because it would be stirring up past emotions of my grandfather's funeral... well we'll see how my grandmother will react. on the plus side, I haven't seen my aunts, uncles and cousins since my sister's wedding which was last november, so it will be nice to catch up.
Ok that is all on my news front! catch y'all later!
xxx
:(.
Ok so this week is going to b very quiet. Today was spent studying and when i wasn't studying i was watching re runs of America's next top model (ok, ok i know i'm lame lol) i don't knw y i like that show! i mean it's dumb but i still love it. I cant wait till the new season starts on wedsnesday. actually i can't wait till grey's anatomy season 5 starts either. From reading this u might think i'm a TV junkie, but seriously i'm not! I watch these shows on youtube anyways because it takes forever for them to come on cable here in Malta.
Also this week will be quiet because my best friend is in scotland :( come homee! lol. if i didnt have to study i would have gone with her and we would have had a blast ... oh well. I applied for ERASMUS (student exchange) in glasgow, and she applied aswell so maybe we'll go together! we'll see. I have other friends to go out with, of course, but nothing beats ur BEST friend!
On Friday it will be my nannu's 1 yr anniversary of his death. I can't believe a whole year has passed (there i go again!). it just really goes to show how many things can change in just a year. Last year my dad didn't have a job, my grandfather was alive, my sister wasn't married, my cat was alive... and that's just to name a few! Anyway on friday my whole family (aunts and uncles and cousins) are going to hold a mass in his name with my nanna. I don't know if this is such a smart idea because it would be stirring up past emotions of my grandfather's funeral... well we'll see how my grandmother will react. on the plus side, I haven't seen my aunts, uncles and cousins since my sister's wedding which was last november, so it will be nice to catch up.
Ok that is all on my news front! catch y'all later!
xxx
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