I decided that I wasn’t going to watch this series. I find Alan Sugar annoying - can’t stand the way he interrupts people all the time and how he insists on being called ‘Sir Alan’. However, last night, I was home alone and had nothing else to do. I was channel hopping and stumbled across a repeat [...]
The sky was blood red, with large splashes of yellow; the photos don’t do it justice.
And obviously sunsets in the city are not as nice as sunsets on the beach, but this was pretty spectacular nonetheless.
Since I no longer travel on the Silverlink - recently renamed London Overground in attempt to fool passengers into thinking that the service has improved - I have become less used to retching on my daily commute. I was therefore unprepared for the treat afforded to myself and the other passengers as my DLR train approached Canary [...]
I popped into the library on my way to meet I. for a drink this afternoon. I wanted to get some TEFL/ ESOL books that I can use with my class, since resources in the organisation where are work are rather thin on the ground, to say the least.
Whilst there I couldn’t resist the allure [...]
I am really tired - not sure why. I went to bed at 10.30 last night and got up at seven this morning so I shouldn’t be feeling this tired. Eight and a half hours’ sleep should be enough, shouldn’t it? Maybe I’m ill. Maybe I’m just tired of London and working like a lunatic [...]
Deffrwch Cymry cysglyd gwlad y gân
dwfn yw’r gwendid
bychan yw y fflam
Creulon yw’r cynhaeaf
ond per yw’r don
‘Da’ alaw’r alarch unig
yn fy mron
Every day when I wake up
I thank the Lord I’m Welsh
Darganfyddais gwir baradwys Rhyl
Gwledd o fedd gynhyrfodd Cymraes swil
Every day when I wake up
I thank the Lord I’m Welsh
International Velvet, by Catatonia.
I originally planned to keep this blog a complete secret. My reasoning was simple: I could use the site to rant about whatever I wanted, and reveal my inner most thoughts and secrets … and no-one in the real world would be any the wiser.
Ha! Best laid plans etc.
A few months after starting Stratford Girl, and at [...]
