Monday, February 27, 2017



- There is happiness in everything, but only if you choose to see it -


Sunday, February 19, 2017

- Catch up -

Haven't really been talking about what I've been doing or how I've been doing recently because all I've been posting are travel updates, so finally this is it!

This semester has been the most relaxed and stress-free of uni so far because I only have 2 mods of which one of them only has 4 contact hours a week. So I get Wednesdays and Fridays free and I've only got a 50 min lecture on Tuesday and Thursday each! This leaves me with a lot of free time but somehow I don't really feel like I have a lot of free time just because I do fill my time up with doing things - not necessarily and not usually in fact, productive. I have been baking a lot more, which I thoroughly enjoy and also painting more,


This is one of my fav animal paintings I have done :) 

and definitely watching a lot more YouTube videos. (Thanks to Bincs, I have been watching so much of catcreature's videos!!) 

But sometimes, I feel so unproductive because of my free time. I feel like I'm not utilizing my time wisely and not studying enough, but the fact is that there is not much work to do anyway so there is not point feeling like that because it's out of my control. It makes me feel worse when I think about how much my parents are paying for me to be here, but I guess University isn't all about studying, just being able to be in this magical city and all the opportunities that come with it is already something to be so grateful for (and money's well spent if you get what I mean???) So yeah. This year, I am really trying to see the bright side about things and not get so worried or down so easily because I tend to do that quite often. 


I am also keeping in touch with friends more like Skyping Bincs!!! and Rgoh when she's there :) Also trying to be better at replying people's messages on wa because Im really so bad at that. (Justina can vouch for that) 

and definitely being really consistent on making delicious and pretty breakfasts hehe 








Also want to share this Tofu scramble recipe by Tessbegg - its sooooo good! 


This is also the sweetest thing I've seen this year :') We definitely need more kind people in this world


Seems like my thoughts are all over the place but another major thing that has changed this semester is .... I've got a job!!! Finally got one after saying for the longest time that I really wanted a job 
So I'm working as a student caller in the alumni office at the uni basically having conversations with them about their time at the university and asking for donations to the Edinburgh fund - which is our charity that provides scholarships, principal teaching awards (for enhanced and innovative learning and teaching), innovative initiative grants (student projects) and research. 
I enjoy working so much because I get to improve on conversational skills and get to talk to many interesting individuals! You also get really mean people on the phone but you learn how to get over it quickly and move on. Of course, I love my job too because it pays really well and it'll hopefully help to self finance my trip to South Africa in July to work with the Big 5 - The African Lion, African Elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard and Rhinoceros!! It'll be an experience of a lifetime and I cannot wait to see these majestic creatures in the wild :')


and Yay to snow in Edinburgh though it only lasted for a couple of hours and I'm pretty sure that'd be the last of snow for this winter. Being in a relationship has definitely been the biggest change of year 2 of uni and despite it being an emotional roller coaster, I am really learning so much from it and would never have it any other way :') 

I am soo excited for Mallorca next week and bye for now!! ☺






Monday, February 6, 2017

☼ Windermere, Lake District (2) ☼

The next morning, we headed out on our bikes for more exploring and ended up cycling through a part of town that was solely for private property and all the houses were super fancy and grand. Some even had their own dock for private boats!☺


Super cool vintage car!









This is what I meant by houses with private docks! Don't they look lovely :')



My camera was placed on one of those traffic poles that you pull out from the ground to act as a barricade (hope you get what I mean)






I could never  currently can't master this skill but I will one day!!



It hailed on several occasions the day before this and even snowed in the late afternoon and I suppose it continued to snow through the night to have resulted in these snow capped hills!! Thank goodness for clear skies which allowed us to appreciate this beauty!




Stopped by a shed to get a cheeky veggie burger 


Ta-da! It was yummmz


We then took the ferry to get to Ambleside (right across the river in about 5 mins) and went to Hawkshead and Claife - the view from here was stunning 



*gasp*








*more gasps*







Back to Jintana for lunch!


I had a red curry with vegetables and tofu with Jasmine rice


And Topo had a pad thai..

with veggie spring rolls!

After lunch, we returned our bikes and as we were waiting for Gordon (the man in charge of cycle centre) to come to get our bikes, we headed into Booths (a really fancy and huge supermarket, like M&S but better) to aisle-shop and I found whole wheat flour!!!!!! I have been on the hunt for this since year 2 started and could never find them anywhere, or for crazy prices on Amazon - and so I grabbed 2 bags of it (2kgs hehe) for just £2.40 each! We also got alpro soy vanilla milk which we had later that evening with cereal and it was divineeeee ☺

The next morning, we woke up at 6:30am to get our 8:22am train from Oxenholme back to Edinburgh! If you were wondering why we had to wake up that early, it was because it took us 30 mins to walk to Windermere station, to then get the train from Windermere for 20 mins to Oxenholme. 

I was so impressed by our time management and we successfully made it on the train back home and it was the best train ride I have ever taken because we were surrounded by endless fields of pastures and hills covered in snow so white that it made the sheep look dirty :')






We were hoping to return to a snowy Edinburgh but unfortunately that was not the case :( 
As I arrived home and entered my room, I felt a wave of 'oh it feels so good to be back' and I hadn't realised how much I missed my room and how much comfort it gave me. I'm so glad it does because it means that I truly can call it my home ☺

✨ I will be back again Lake District! You were amazing! ✨