The Twilight Realms

Well, I guess I have a few things to tell you now. My birthday was awesome. I only got two physical presents (God Of War for the PS2 and a box of After Eights), but I got a metric ton of money. £500 from my parents alone! At the moment I have £708.72 in my bank account - that's more than I've ever had in there before. It's too bad I pretty much will need all of it to survive in Finland when I move - I wish I'd gotten this much money for my birthday before, when I didn't have a responsible need for it! As for God Of War, as always, I'll be giving a review of it shortly. Anyway, the main item of news tonight is concerning my cat, NiGHTS. After delays due to illness, delays due to time constraints, and delays due to procrastination, we finally took her to get spayed. The operation apparently went off without a hitch, and she was quite stoned from the painkillers and anaesthetic when she got back, but the next day she was fine. She's got a big patch of fur missi...

Welcome to another edition of Blogging During Lectures. My name is Host, and I'll be your Twilight for this evening. In tonight's episode, we'll be discussing foreign languages, one of the (admittedly many) things that I am utterly obsessed with. In particular, we'll be focussing on certain words or phrases that can trip English speakers of foreign languages up, and we'll also be looking at how long I can keep up this TV show host persona. Many languages have borrowed words from English (and vice versa, in fact), but sometimes the words' meanings have changed. French, in particular, is famous (or should that be infamous?) for its "faux amis" or "false friends" - words that look like similar words in English, but often mean something different. Here are just a few examples that might trip a beginner speaker of French up - be on the lookout for them! Une veste = a jacket Un blouson = a leather jacket Une librairie = a bookshop Un biscuit = a sp...

Well, while I'm on a break at uni I guess I should fill the one or two of you who read my blog in on what's going on in my life. And trust me... I don't think I can call my life uneventful anymore. Well, later on this year I'm moving to Finland in order to be with my beloved future wife and mother of my child (gah, the thought still terrifies me XD), so I've got like a metric ton of stuff to sort out before that... Mainly: 1. Get a marriage license 2. Get all the paperwork I need for moving to another country 3. Apply and get accepted to a Finnish university (I'm applying to Haaga-Helia University in Helsinki) 4. Withdraw from THIS uni (which I'm doing after I've finished this year) and cancel all my student loans 5. Find a way to get my stuff shipped over to Finland I got a lot of stuff to do, on top of all my uni work and assignments. On the plus side, though, I got myself a job! It's just working in a warehouse, not the most glamorous of careers, ...

NO WAY! Can it be true? Twilight is bringing a new life into the world! Yeah, it's true. I'm gonna be a father! Scary, huh? I can't believe it. I don't know a thing about looking after kids! Well, let's just see what happens, shall we? Light be with you all!!!

My week of non-stop working on my assignments last year paid off, it seems I passed all of them! Here's the marks I got for anyone interested. Introduction To Business Law - 45% Learning And Skills Development In Business - 63% Business Environment - 47% The pass mark for all three was 40%. It was close, but I made it! Light be with you, my friends.

Bonne année! To all my proud warriors near and far, I hope this new year brings you good fortune and victory in all that you strive for! Light be with you through 2010 and onwards!