tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30083113077899530042024-02-06T19:43:06.299-08:00Life's Wonderful HappeningsNikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-78746428568550010652015-04-04T15:07:00.000-07:002015-04-04T15:07:05.650-07:00Beautiful Belgium - The Concrete Cavas Walking Tour Edition<div style="text-align: center;">
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Slowly following on from our <a href="http://lifeswonderfulhappenings.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/beautiful-belgium-arrival-edition.html">arrival edition</a> and the <a href="http://lifeswonderfulhappenings.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/beautiful-belgium-graffiti-lane-edition.html">graffiti lane edition</a>, I bring you... </div>
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<b>the Concrete Canvas tour!</b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div>
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We attempted the <a href="http://www.visitgent.be/en/brochure-concrete-canvas-tour?context=tourist">Concrete Canvas</a> walking tour on our second day in Ghent but somehow managed to fail miserably at finding any of the art work we wanted to see.</div>
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Bring on our last day in Ghent, lots of motivation to find these gems all over the city and the hopes of a day filled with fun!</div>
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Roa was on the top of our list, after being slightly familiar with his work after seeing some of it around London. We opened our map and circled all of his art work on the tour and set off for <i>the second time - </i>succeeding greatly!!</div>
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We took turns at being the tour guide, which we all took very seriously..</div>
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And we managed to see ALL of the Roa artwork on the tour! </div>
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Ghent is pretty cool - not only is it beautiful, it's pretty small which made walking around the town super easy and enjoyable! </div>
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The rabbits were my favourite piece of Roa's artwork, I'm so glad we managed to find them!</div>
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We started to try and guess which artwork was coming up next, as on the map it didn't specify which animal it'd be, so that added to the excitement!!</div>
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This was another favourite from Bue the Warrior - They had some cool takes and concepts of stuff!</div>
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We stopped off for lunch at a cute wee pub, filled our bellies with delicious food and mulled wine, then we were ready to find the last few artworks! </div>
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Ghent was such a lovely place to spend a couple of days with two pretty choice people. </div>
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If you love old cities, wandering around aimlessly whilst actually achieving things and and getting a bit cultured, then I'd highly recommend it!</div>
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We went for a stroll down Graffiti Lane once we had arrived at our hotel and got settled in. It was on a list of things to do in Ghent and was right across from our hotel. We entered this scary lane, hoping for the best...</div>
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We weren't disappointed!! </div>
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The colours were amazing! So was the art work! </div>
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This was perfect timing as we were there on Valentines day!</div>
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During the February half term break, myself and two other fun humans, who we shall call Rach and <a href="http://www.britventures.com/">Cara</a>, set out on an adventure to Belgium..</div>
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After getting on the ridiculously early 7am Eurostar from London, we arrived in Brussels a couple of hours later to then enjoy another short train ride to Ghent.</div>
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Somehow, mainly thanks to Rachyroo our travel guide goddess, we got on the tram to the town centre where our glorious hotel was. For someone like myself who doesn't stay in hotels very often, there was quite a novelty about it all. I'm not sure what was more fun - putting our most prized possessions - read: passports - into the safe and opening and closing it a few times for fun, OR the fun of getting to sleep in a luxuriously huge bed!</div>
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We stayed at <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g188666-d206722-Reviews-Novotel_Gent_Centrum-Ghent_East_Flanders_Province.html">The Novotel</a> hotel and I really couldn't complain one bit about it. We were lucky enough to have a pretty sweet view from our window overlooking a little square, getting cheeky views of the locals demolishing beers in the early afternoon and my favourite part - <b>hearing the bloody church bells ring for a bajillion hours straight on a Sunday morning... </b>I swear, it didn't stop for at least two hours and when our heads were slightly sore and we were all craving frites, it wasn't the best start! <u style="font-weight: bold;">However - </u>the windows of the hotel were very soundproof!</div>
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We did loads of exploring and walking around the quaint, little, cobble stone streets dodging bikes, ate lots of delicious things and took lots of photos of each other... and the beautiful city we were in for three days.</div>
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<i>You should check out <a href="http://www.britventures.com/">Cara's blog - Britventures</a> for <a href="http://www.britventures.com/2015/02/belgium-holiday-part-1-ghent.html">part one</a> and <a href="http://www.britventures.com/2015/02/belgium-holiday-part-1-ghent.html">part two</a> of our trip away!</i></div>
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Going back to Wellington for Christmas was probably one of the best holidays of my life.</div>
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I was well overdue for some R&R and what better way to spend ridiculous amounts of pounds and three glorious weeks with my family and best friends!!</div>
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Spending my second to last night and last day with Meg and Mark and the boys was one of my most special and favourite times. And having 'panini coladas' on New Years eve!!</div>
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After <b>3 long months, </b>this time next week, I'll be in the hospital having my first ever operation. It's freaking me out to no end, I feel like I'm going to throw up every time I think about it, but I know my knee will finally be fixed. </div>
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Autumn has well and truly hit London. The clocks have gone back an hour. The days are darker earlier. There's that autumnal chill in the air. The leaves on the footpath are scattered for what seems like forever. </div>
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We've approached the end of the grueling first term back at school, with extreme levels of exhaustion and stress. </div>
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The spiders have been out to play in backyards. And in our case, as of last night, four wee mice have resided in our kitchen - <i>more on those antics later!</i></div>
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Flower markets have been visited with friends. Pubs have been calling our names after long days at work. </div>
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-56428618623519186472014-09-24T14:34:00.001-07:002014-09-24T14:34:22.933-07:00Is London really where my heart is?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>Coming to you from one homesick Kiwi, with a love-hate relationship with London.</i></div>
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It took me well over two years to allow myself to know and feel that it <b>is</b> OK to miss home. Living on what is literally the other side of the world didn't sink in for a while - I don't know if it ever will to be honest.</div>
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But the longer I've been in London, the bigger and stronger those pangs are and get; </div>
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It <b>is</b> OK to want to be back there... sometimes.</div>
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I've only been back to New Zealand once in three and a half years. That one visit was a real test of <b>me.</b> </div>
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I got home wanting to come back to London straight away. But I had a long six weeks ahead of me. Things got better; I saw more friends and family, went to more places, chilled out more, enjoyed life at a slower pace. </div>
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The challenges. job opportunities, friendships, life experiences - all make someone a better person. </div>
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-16640619802700027122014-09-16T13:41:00.002-07:002014-09-16T13:41:49.602-07:00It'll keep you breathing<div style="text-align: center;">
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The craziness of the life-spinning takes over and makes you feel like there's not enough hours in the day; you can't quite get everything done and when the overwhelming backlog of really important stuff mixed in with all the mindless crap gets too big, you wish time would stand still. </div>
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We realised we only had 5 days in London, in between going to Devon, Bath and back up to Glasgow, so we made the most of it!<br />
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Sometimes, scratch that, a lot of the time, it makes me sad that I'm not friends with those I was closest too and loved to the moon and back, a few months ago, a year ago, a lifetime ago.<br />
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What makes me sad, is the fact that some of those people weren't meant to go. They might have moved, fallen off the face of the earth, fallen out of friendship, it doesn't matter. The fact is, is that they're gone. And at the end of the day, they're still gone.<br />
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There's always hope. There's always that little glimmer that wills you to grasp at an opportunity, to have it all back. But something has changed in one of you. Something that tore you both apart. In hindsight, it's probably for the best, but in this time, right now in the present, there's no understanding what has happened. She said this, I said this, it goes on and on and on.<br />
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Girls are horrible. Going to a high school of 1700 pupils, I was at times, not the nicest person. I'm no saint. I try my hardest not to moan and talk behind people's backs. If I have a problem, I'd rather talk to that person or ignore it. Girls can be absolutely wicked, manipulative and just plain old mean. I had more boy friends than I did girls at school, mainly for this reason. And because I liked running around playing soccer or rugby at lunch times.<br />
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But as an adult, as someone who has had to grow up rather quickly, girls are still mean. Yeah sure, boys can be just as mean, but they lack that cattiness; that bitchiness; that <i>"I always have to have the last say, so will use your own problems against you, just to smack you down, stomp on you that little bit more". </i><br />
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I admit, I have been a bit slack in keeping in contact with people from back home, family members included. What I didn't realise when I first moved to London, was that life goes on. It simply just keeps on going on. My friends didn't have time to email me back, to facebook me, to skype. Then when I started working full time, I didn't have that time either. Sure, we can make time, but then where's the time to do that?<br />
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All in all, I do have an amazing group of friends. It might be small, but they're the most precious, magical, special ones. The ones who I'd drop anything for, do anything for, and be there for them no matter what. Whether they're close by, a bajillion miles away, they're still those precious, magical and special ones.Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-1416196890724245522014-08-28T04:48:00.002-07:002014-08-28T04:48:49.143-07:00A year ago...<div style="text-align: center;">
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A year ago, I was about to board my flight back to London.</div>
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I had had an amazing 6 weeks in wonderful Wellington, with a quick trip up to Auckland.</div>
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I hung out with some of my favourite people, met some fellow bloggers IRL, and soaked up the beauty that New Zealand has!</div>
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I still can't believe it's been a whole entire year. Since I've got back, there has been many ups and downs, health issues, work stresses, you name it. But I love being able to look back on previous blog posts and photos, reminding myself of how lucky I was to go back to my little windy city and enjoy my time there. </div>
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I do actually really kinda want to go back right this second, but just for a holiday. London's where my life is for now, but I'd really like to sit down, chat, hug and be close to those special humans! </div>
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I like that I live in a house with no T.V. We didn't have a microwave for nearly a year and a half and survived just fine. I like it when I go on holiday and there's no wifi to connect to, so you're detached from the world that is social media. I like living what I like to think is a 'simple life', but electricity - <b>I need you!</b> </div>
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This school year has definitely been my favourite one out of the last three, but it didn't come without a stressful cost. I sat and passed my GSCE Maths exam and managed to sit and pass two more exams in English and Maths as well as compile a super-nearly-killed-me portfolio for my teacher's registration! But this year the kids were different. They were even cuter, even funnier and even lovelier than the last two classes I've had. Don't get me wrong, I've loved majority of the kids in all my classes, but this year I was able to form special bonds with them all. Their progress has been soooo evident and makes my heart swell that little bit more, knowing I've actually <i>taught</i> them. </div>
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In September I start my Teacher of the Deaf course which is two more years of fun, stress and learning. I'm pretty excited to also be starting my British Sign Language course in September as well! </div>
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Anyhoo, over the last week I've been seeing a lot of <a href="http://www.britventures.com/">Cara</a> as we partake in some sweet sweet London culture, along with Rachey poo as well! </div>
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We've endulged in some pretty choice dance moves at a silent disco on the Southbank and saw some awesome bands play at <a href="http://www.morelondon.com/events/about/">The Scoop</a> as part of the More London Summer Season!</div>
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Boy, this really one of the happiest places on Earth! We had amazing weather, amazing company and an amazing time! Up there with one of the best days ever! My favourite ride was Space Mountain 2, a crazy roller coaster in the pitch black, my favourite purchase was my Pluto hat and the light, firework and little movie show at the end was tres bon! </div>
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-64706132248288040742014-07-03T13:08:00.002-07:002014-07-03T13:08:42.543-07:00Life's Latest<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>In between remaining a human, working full time and still trying to enjoy life... Here's what I've been up to lately!!</i></div>
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I have now passed both my maths and literacy skills tests! The literacy wasn't too hard, it was more the nerves that got in the way! The maths on the other hand - well that threw me. It's not my strong point at all and it was and is up there with one of my all time proudest moments!</div>
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Now that that's out of the way, I can very happily also say that I've been pretty lucky to be accepted onto the Teacher of the Deaf course! I have been lucky enough to have this opportunity - so <b>bring on the next two years!</b> Yes, that's two more definite years in London <i>(sorry parentals!) </i>but I <b>cannot</b> wait! And better yet - I get to do it with a pretty cool chick who I work with too!!</div>
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Lapping up the sun at any chance I can get has been pretty bon - especially when it's with some pretty choice people!</div>
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Making Pimms has been fun! Drinking it was even better!</div>
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Now I have the anxious wait for tomorrow's second to last observation and portfolio to hand in before I'm a registered teacher in the UK. Eeeeek!</div>
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<b>Disneyland</b></div>
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I've said it before and I'll continue to say it again - this place was <b>more than awesome! </b>p.s so was my Pluto hat..</div>
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I went into <a href="http://www.planetorganic.com/">Planet Organic</a> the other week to buy some more magnesium supplements and whilst I was at the counter, I came across a to-good-to-be-true muffin. <i>Boy was it delicious!!</i> It's times like these, where I'll pay £2.99 for a muffin that <i>I can eat</i> and be sooo simply happy about it all!</div>
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I've been <b>mega loving</b> on these new shoes from <a href="http://www.asos.com//ASOS/ASOS-JOYRIDE-Leather-Shoe/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=3534170">Asos</a> so much that I bought a pair! </div>
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Admittedly, I've just bought a second pair for when they 'run out'. They're the prefect white leather spring shoes!</div>
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I knew my inner self would be mad as heck if I didn't exit my house when it was 23 degrees. The downfall was was that I was studying for my literacy and numeracy skills tests <i>(which are the biggest ball ache ever and a complete waste of time - well they allow me to get my UK teachers' registration - so not all wasted - but still unnecessary!) </i>so after a knock on the door from my lovely neighbour, we both mooched on down to the park, so I could study in the sun and she could have a nap. It was a win win situation if you ask me! I got quite a bit of study done and got quite a bit of sun on the ol' shoulders and back who have been very deprived of vitamin D having had three winters in a row!</div>
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This year, I had a lovely 3 nights of celebrations! I went wining and dining with some of my nearest and dearest to <a href="http://rhumshack.co.uk/">Cottons Rhum Shack</a> in Shoreditch, which was some seriously delicious Caribbean grub - and pretty strong Mojitios <i>(which I accidentally mistook for a Margarita..)</i></div>
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My lovely friend Julia organised for a few of us to go and see Arc Iris. They're a freaking awesome band and were even awesomer in real life! </div>
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Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764125005456821771noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3008311307789953004.post-55289235344914109402014-05-28T10:56:00.002-07:002014-05-28T10:56:53.981-07:00Happy 3 Years in London!<div style="text-align: center;">
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I seriously <b>cannot</b> believe I've been living in London for <b>3 WHOLE YEARS!!! </b>Time has literally flown by! I was lucky enough to be indulging in some delicious French wine in Paris when the anniversary hit!</div>
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I'm still very happy with my decision to move to London - <i>most of the time! </i>It has been hard work living in London, but so much fun at the same time! </div>
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I've been lucky enough to travel to a few places... like... Porto, Malaysia, Paris (3 times!), South France, Budapest, Stockholm, quite a few places over the UK and a trip back to New Zealand!</div>
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A couple of weeks ago, Erin and I went to Brighton. It was my mission to go swimming and I made that happen. It was definitely freezing but coming from a girl who used to spend all summer at the beach or river, I was in desperate need of 'going for a dip'!</div>
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An older man then approached us asking if one of us would like his other cocktail as he only wanted one. At first, we were <i style="font-weight: bold;">very apprehensive </i>- coming from London where there are 'creepers' everywhere. </div>
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This man had a walking stick, was very wobbly on his feet and facially, there was 'something going on'. </div>
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He had an <b>amazing</b> sense of humour and was great with his comments and comebacks. We chatted about the usual stuff - our jobs, where we were from. We played some games - if you had to eat only one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? If you could have any car in the world, what would it be? And so on.... </div>
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As the conversation flowed, so did the beauty of it. Our new friend Chris said to us that he has Parkinson's and hadn't left the house in a long time, but was having 'a good day' today so thought he'd venture out. </div>
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He was so lovely and proceeded to tell us that neither of us had "a bad bone in our bodies" and "were very lovely to let him spend his evening with us". </div>
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His hilarity and wit continued to make us hoot with laughter, so much so, that we told him <i>(and maybe convinced him a little)</i> that he should become a comedian. He was oozing with so much happiness and gratefulness. </div>
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A few hours later, Chris left us to go back home. He thanked us again, shook our hands a few more times, and continued to tell us how lovely we were. </div>
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After he left, both Erin and I just sat there with big smiles on our faces and tears in our eyes. We had opened our hearts to a man who needed it. </div>
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Last weekend we had a lovely Spring day which was fun to share with a lovely lady! My friend Erin and I met up at one of my favourite New Zealand cafes - <a href="http://longwhitecloudhoxton.com/">The Long White Cloud</a>. We ate, chatted, drank one of the best flat whites in London, then left to embrace the glorious sunshine! </div>
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<i>There's about a 100% chance I walked out of the cafe, hands in the air, twirling around, <strike>shouting</strike> saying "What a GLORIOUS day!". Sometimes, you just gotta. </i></div>
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I love city farms! The chickens scare me, but sometimes they look like they're wearing harem pants, so it's ok.</div>
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After battling the use of the footpath with some cheeky, scary, annoying squirrels, who really were out to get us, we made it to the hustle and bustle of proper hipster town. </div>
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After working my first full week in year one with the deaf kids, I'm completely wiped! It's a massive challenge that I'm not really enjoying, but there's seven more days of it for me to complete before I start the course properly to get my QTS. So it's been hard but nice to find the lovings this week.</div>
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The sun has been a-shining over here this week. It was a lush little treat to sit in the park with my neighbour on Sunday, catching some rays and enjoying the view of nature in full swing!</div>
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It all started with discovering this massive bruise on my shin. How it happened - I have no idea! Needless to say, it's a pretty good one!</div>
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Things then moved up in the world for me with a few of my favourite breakfasts/lunches/teas being made. All gluten and dairy free!</div>
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What was meant to be a 'good idea at the time', turned into a massive <i style="font-weight: bold;">egg moment</i>. And the ruining of my classroom carpet. Basically I picked up the water tray to empty it, hurt my back and dropped it, jumped up onto higher ground as I watched <b>a lot</b> of water simply <i>go everywhere.</i><br />
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I loved getting sent through some of my Nanna and Grandad's old photos. My Mum messaged me a few during the week and looking through them all, spotting similarities in other family members, seeing their adventures and sometimes just having a chuckle, was some of the best medicine! </div>
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This is one of my favourites of my Nanna and Grandad - I can spot myself in both of them! And the one of my older sister Rosie and me in Finland - just a bit of cuteness right there! </div>
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I'm pretty good at buying clothes and not trying them on, with the hopes that they'll always be the perfect fit and look good! Mainly this just comes from laziness, not wanting to queue* up in a changing room line thats a bajillion miles long, and the fact that I can't be bothered undressing then redressing then undressing then redressing again. So basically, it's mainly pure laziness.</div>
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So I bought two new tops, both extremely cheap and both they both had horrible fits! I ummed and ahhed about whether it was worth taking them back to get a smaller size, realised that the effort that'd take for the £4 I spent on them, getting on a tube to Tottenham Court Road on a Saturday - <b>defs not worth it!</b></div>
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The first top I love! But it looked like a sack when it was on, and not a good sack. Sometimes I can get away with wearing something a bit baggier without looking massive, but this just didn't work! After sewing up the seams and making little gathers, I have a pretty awesome new style of top! </div>
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One might say I'd learn from my mistakes, but in this case - <i>I never do. </i></div>
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<i>Linking up with the <a href="http://3xsunshine.blogspot.co.uk/">lovely Leonie</a></i></div>
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<i>*I just figured out after googling that the word 'queue' is spelt like that; not 'que'. And that UK prefers 'spelt' where the US prefer spelled. </i></div>
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