Leaving for the airport in an hour's time. I'm very, very excited!



... Hence this absolutely pointless post.

Ok, I really need to pack.

Feels like the holidays

Going off to Thailand soon, I'm really looking forward to it seeing as I haven't been out of the country for close to two years now. Must remember to blog about it when I come back.

Some things that I've been doing during the post A-levels bliss:
-Fretting over uni applications. I'm pretty much done with my UCAS application but still have to settle the US application, but frankly my heart isn't really in it and I'd much rather study in the UK.
-Watching House. Fantastic show, I cope with the gory parts through a mixture of looking away, pulling my hair out and pinching my nose. By the way I gave up on Orthros no Inu after the first episode.
-Playing Dance Central on Kinect. Exercise!!!
-I actually had a go at yoga thanks to my mother's persuasion... Needless to say, it was a mortifying experience that I'm not too keen to repeat.

big wishes

My Christmas wish for this year is that in 2013 I will be in the UK watching Sherlock on TV. I'm almost done with my UCAS application, but I doubt the universities I've applied to will accept me. Thank goodness my parents seem willing to let me take a foundation course if need be.

A's aren't quite over yet (1 more MCQ paper left!) but I've decided to give up watching Orthros no Inu in favour of House. I've watched the first episode of Othros and it just didn't interest me much (useless, whiny female detective), so... Now, if only my House torrents would download faster!

I certainly don't feel like I've aced my exams, especially Econs. Will be grateful to get away with 2Bs. Unfortunately, I really can't afford a B in GP or E Lit if I want to do a language-related course in the future. And I put in so much work for Chemistry and Maths...

Some things to do after A's

Some things that I absolutely must do after these pesky exams are over:

-Finish reading David Copperfield. I got to the part where his aunt loses her money, and then decided to cease all leisure reading activity because I felt that I should be studying. Unfortunately any time spent by not reading DC ended up on things such as sleeping, internet, staring into blank space, etc.
-Earn money. Really want to save up in case I go overseas for university. Anyway I don't want to depend on my parents too much seeing as I'm turning 18 soon... Who am I kidding, I just want to be able to buy more rubbish.
-Clean out my room. To make space for aforementioned rubbish, and because my room pretty much resembles some kind of homework, textbook and binder file junkyard at the moment.
-Learn Japanese
-Watch Orthros no Inu because Nishikido Ryo is in it and it looks pretty interesting. This can also count as learning Japanese I guess.

I wanted to add exercising to this list too, but that won't happen so soon for sure.

So the preliminary examinations are over, and I can expect to receive the results within the next week or so. After doing the papers I have a vague idea of how I fared, so I don't have any great expectations. Just hope that I'll be able to pass all my subjects and hopefully improve on at least a few of them! I do feel a tinge of sadness that I won't be able to apply for any half-decent overseas university, but what's over is already done. Celebrated the post-examinations period by going out with a few classmates yesterday. We did spend a heck lot of time walking around aimlessly and taking a few wrong turns, but it was enjoyable all the same.

It's just four days after my last paper but I'm slowly going back to work, I certainly do not want to be unprepared for the actual examination, as I always find myself to be.

Great Expectations

I've just had a lazy afternoon which involved me lying on my bed, alternating between reading David Copperfield and snoozing.

Also in the picture above is a necklace that my mum got for me today.

I'm really excited for the Great Expectations film adaptation coming up later this year! Looking forward to seeing Helena Bonham Carter as well as Jeremy Irvine in something other than War Horse, though I suppose it will feel rather odd given the amount of tears that I've shed for his character in War Horse. Also the child actors seem adorable from the trailer!

I've never really gotten round to reading the book in its entirety though, and hope to obtain a copy of it to read before I watch the movie.