tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90574062011-04-21T19:42:17.102+01:00heart stood stilllilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.comBlogger811100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1154275646579012852006-07-30T16:57:00.000+01:002006-07-30T17:07:26.590+01:00

I've decided to stop blogging. Been thinking about it for awhile and reckon the golden days are long gone. Catching up through emails is good enough. Take care then!

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This is my last week now. It's strange to think that I'll be back in the UK next week. I'm in such a routine now. Never at any stage has it felt like a holiday, I mean it's nice and all but it's definitely not been a holiday. Right now I'm pretty drained. The humidity has been sapping the life out of me and I'm in that funny place were I'm starting to prepare for England. It's not that I'll

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Hi. Apologies for the gap. I have only just got to net cafe. I tried one up in Mussoorie but it was a bit tempermental. I returned to Delhi last Tuesday. It was a really good 5 days away from the heat and buzz of the city. Sarah and Kate came along. We had planned on just completely chilling out but the routine turned into chilling in the garden of the hotel for the morning, reading mainly and

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So I've just walked down to the cafe. Wow...it's incredible what a bit of rain can do out here. I'm living in a place called Saidulajab, the Atulya house (well they're two apartments really) are in the heart of a maze of streets. Very different to my last place in Haus Khas. The majority of the church community live nearby so we walk to most places. The fun really begins when it rains. The

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So I've made it to a cyber cafe. I've accessed my mails and have changed the way this blog does comments. It rained so much this morning. While we were cleaning it went really dark and a dusty wind blew up. Big fat drops of rain poured down. The streets are all dirt so when it rains, rivers of gunge are created. We chose our paths carefully this morning, we slipped over a couple of times.

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

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Had a bit of frustration with the internet. Can't get hotmail to connect so for now can only communicate through this blog and text.I've been getting on with things here but when I stop I miss home. I'm used to my own space so find it difficult living with 9 others and a baby. It's good for me I'm sure, but it's still hard. My normal day consists of waking at 6am and cleaning til 7 when we all

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Hi everyoneSo finally I've got to an internet cafe, although hotmail isn't working right now. I'm settling into the routine here with the girls and slowly am adapting to the heat. I had a good flight out stopping over in Bahrain. It was quite intesting seeing the men walking around in Arab dress and some of the women wearing burkas. The thing that make it serile was that the airport was so

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As you can see I'm changing the look of my blog. HTML is a nightmare for those of us who don't have a clue. Made some lucky guesses so far. Just need to sort out the pic at the top and this colour scheme. Enough for now though, getting fuzzy vision.

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Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

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As the saying goes, there's something in the water. I heard awhile ago that there was a Herne Bay in New Zealand. Today I did a search on google and found out that it's actually in Auckland! For those of you who don't know I was born in Auckland and moved to the UK with my family because God called us here. Funny hey...Herne Bay in Auckland to Herne Bay in the UK. And....check out these pictures,

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The wind thrashed fury and the rain splattered against my window this morning at 5am. I thought about going for a run but instead snuggled down further into my blankets. After half an hour of denial I stumbled out of bed and got ready for work. Today was a good day. The black cloud that has been lingering over the ward for the past few weeks seems to of shifted. Satisfaction filled the air.

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Sunny sun sun sunshine!! FANTASTIC! We all need our vitamin D to keep us chirper. I got my quota today through the bus window and what a difference it's made. As I walked from the hospital to the station I got five big proper teeth smiles in a row from strangers. A smile really does go a long way you know. Made me feel great. HA! You can tell I've been in the sun, listen to me going on. Maybe I

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Well that was an interesting few days. Certainly feel as though I stepped out in new ways. With this I also felt a great vulnerability which sent me to reach for God in a deeper way. He was looking out for me and let me know through a few people. Coming home I had a mixture of relief to have the training turned down a bit, ready for some rest and digestion and also a feeling of unrest, as

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Hello from Bognor! Yes that's right I'm in Bognor Regis for Sowing the Seeds, a few days of intense prayer and just general craziness with God. Great stuff. I'm staying with a friend from Online at his parents. They've got a big golden retriver called Oz who is just a big bundle of fun. This morning he slobbered on my knee which was funny. He's got the longest tongue I've ever seen on a dog

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I proper fell down the stairs just now. Ha! I had just come up with a packet of Marks and Sparks Mediterranean Baked Potato Crisps (why can't they just say ready salted?) which I found stuck right at the back of the bottom shelf in the kitchen. After reading that they went out of date at the beginning of December and opening them to discover a funny smell I went back down the stairs. I was

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I can't believe the first week of 2006 is over already! Christmas has flown by so quickly, well it is only 24 hours afterall. It has been really refreshing seeing friends back from Uni/DNA. Now it's back to the routine. Well actually I don't really have a routine. I mean the most routine I get is that I always wash my face before I go to bed. No matter what state I'm in I have to wash my

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After awhile you learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning And company doesn't mean security.And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts And presents aren't promises.And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up and your eyes openAnd with the grace of an adult, not the Grief of a childAnd you learn to build

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Let me draw your attention to the wonders of earth Google. I got completely overexcited when I first downloaded it as I discovered how close I could get to my old apartment in Haus Khas, Delhi. Here are the delightful images.Outskirts of Delhi from on high... Hold on folks....we're going inThat green patch is Haus Khas deer park...this is Safdarjung Development Area, the neighbourhood and my

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Thought I'd share with you some of the lovely gifts people gave me this year. A definite jewellery birthday... Quaint set from Josephine A maori design from my cousin as a reminder of the homeland Statement wear from Sades n Sam

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So I decided to wear the red sari in the end. Didn't get time to paint my nails!! Ahh Jo had arranged for a get together at her and Steve's. The house was full of Indian decorations and bollywood pin-ups. Ha...when I walked in the lounge it was like a boudoir...fabrics hanging from the ceiling....candles....cushions....twinkling lights.....and strangely the Indian national anthem! Jo had been

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Here I am waiting patiently to be told what to wear. I am under instruction to be ready by 8pm and that Katy will be coming here sometime before to help me get ready and give me something to wear, I hope. For the past few days I've been trying to ease it out of people what has been arranged for tonight, no luck. Nearly got there with Jo as she let out that Katy was coming and I stated, trying

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What was going on with the weather earlier? It was quite cloudy and dark at about 2:30 then suddenly it became brighter and there was some blue sky. I was sitting on my bed making some cards when I heard a loud WHOOOOSH and when I looked up out my window the sky was as black as charcoal and blankets of hail was being hurled down, battering against the window and setting car alarms off. I'd

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oh my word...looking at the time of the last comment it has been 4 hours!!!

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Well i've just spent far too long sitting in front of the computer. In my eagerness to return to blogging I decided to change the layout and low and behold ended up wiping out a whole load of files. So for the past couple of hours I've been pouring over the html and finally have got it back on track. The really cool thing though is that when I was redoing haloscan I found a comment left by this

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I've now had enough jip from people to provoke me to write an entry. Yes yes I've been slack at updating but for good reasons. However it's time to get back on this band wagon and put some effort into it. I nearly scraped the whole thing to start up again with typepad but then I thought it's not exactly gonna make me update more regulary just by having a flash new site, just need to get my finger

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I can relate to 58 of these...Scchhwwiing!1. You once used Wella Plum mousse or Sun-in in your hair that you thought it was totally original and highly stylish.2. You owned a compilation tape with top tunes such as "Mr.Vain",Whatis love" and "Rhythm is a dancer"3. You owned a pair of Nike Air Max.4. You wore plastic dummies around your neck, the bigger and more luminous the better5. You owned a

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And did those feet in ancient timeWalk upon England's mountains green?And was the holy Lamb of GodOn England's pleasant pastures seen?And did the Countenance DivineShine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded hereAmong these dark Satanic mills?Bring me my bow of burning gold!Bring me my arrows of desire!Bring me my spear! O clouds unfold!Bring me my chariot of fire!I will not

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Waves at Burton BradstockFish netsCliff graffitiDad and Mum at StapehillMum and me at Stapehill GardensCaravan marshmellow toastingPony in the New ForestBournemouth

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I'm back in the bay. After Re:act the social scene here seemed to boom. People were still around for the holidays and we all grabbed the opportunity to see each other as much as possible before going our separate ways again. I passed my driving test on the Friday....yippee!!! Then travelled to the west country to camp with DNA friends. The joy and shock of passing was fresh so my poor friends had

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Hey all. I got back from Re:act last night. I dumped my bags had a cup of tea and some oat cakes with peanut butter on...mmmm....then headed off out with the fair Katelyn and Bethany. Not out out, we went for a spin and chatted as girls do. Re:act for those of you who don't know is a 12 day outreach event which happens every summer. A team of young people are trained in face painting, hair

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Yesterday I did a long day at the Stroke unit. The day before I'd done an early on the rehab ward and then gone swimming with Madri, Mary and Denise (3 great ladies to spend time with) and then had watched a bit of Big Brother at Madri and Andrew's. Needless to say I was exhausted when I woke up yesterday to begin my 13 hour shift. I couldn't even entertain the thought of working till 4pm let

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1121253181861248382005-07-13T12:04:00.000+01:002005-07-13T18:22:11.006+01:00

Charlie Mackesy is a very gifted artist. His strokes on paper capture emotion in an incredible way. I found the description of his journey creating the images from the blog below quite interesting. Have a read... as you can see it's pretty darn long so if you're not interested thats ok. I tried to do a link to the site but the comp wasn't having any of it, silly thing..."I first started doing

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be still and rest.

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I have struggled knowing how to start this blog entry. To say that I'm shocked about the bombings in London would be a lie. I think most of us were expecting something like this to happen. Perhaps in recent months the hype has been less but we all knew something of this nature was coming. Nevertheless it is still shocking and upsetting. On Tuesday London was rejoicing with banners and streamers.

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Wow! 2005 is the year of grace. I understand that the history of the Olympics is tied to dodgy Greek idolatry but I can see some really positive outcomes about it coming to the UK. Well actually I think there is a mix of good and bad. I haven't quite thought this through yet but at the moment this is whats swimming around in my head. Besides the whole nation, Kent is going to be effected in a

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Just got dropped off by Kate. Jo. B, Naomi, Kate and I got some Indian take out and watched Bride and Prejudice.Kate and I got carried away with all the singing and couldn't stop ourselves from dancing along to the beats. Oooh just love it! I've been working lots recently. Not long 13 hour shifts but long enough to make me tired each night. It all caught up with me the other day after one not so

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For those of you who don't see me on a regular basis this blog is for you. I did survive the night shift and have since done two more. Nothing dramatic has happened recently to entertain you with on the work side, except that I found out that my shoes are really squeaky when you walk around the wards at 3am! Hmm...so what have I been up to since May 20th? Well I've now had 14 hours of driving

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It's 1:50am and I'm forcing myself to write this blog. Do you ever get that? I mean I know I don't have to blog, nobody is making me, I do enjoy it but sometimes I just can't be asked. I have to try and stay awake for as long as possible cos I'm doing a night tomorrow, well today actually. It would be better if I had some interesting people to talk to from a country far far away whose time zone

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So I went up to Loughborough for the weekend. I love travelling in England. I forget that I'm here sometimes and whenever I go to another part I hear a different kind of accent and its great! I normally walk past a bunch of kids who sum up their area with the latest turf slang. The journey up was long but I enjoyed it. I got the train up to Victoria and then the coach to Loughborough because it

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As you can see I've put the Cultivate Peace picture above. Thats so you don't forget that every day if you click one button you can give someone a bowl of food. Click click click!

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Gonna take a moment to say Happy Birthday Sam! Hope you enjoyed the kebabs and champagne last night. I've been spending quite a bit of time with Kate recently. Normally we are busy and miss each other on our days off. Today we went over to Whitstable and casually wandered about looking in lots of the little shops they have there. It's such a creative town, I mean the shops are all quite arty

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Just to say to any DNAers out there...I finished God's Story today! Satisfaction!

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This is the cigar Jo and Steve got me in Havana. It's made by Romeo y Julieta and is famous because it was Winston Churchill's favourite. It smells pretty good actually but I won't smoke it, definitely a mantle piece (or shelf....don't have a mantle!) Last night we watched the Honeymoon DVD. Steve's put music and funny texts to it so it's entertaining. Nice to have you back guys!Last Thursday

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Mary and I just watched this.I've wanted to see it for awhile. When it was in the cinemas I was in India. It's a real chick flick so naturally I loved it; made me want to go buy a hula skirt and get a tan. Also it made me think about the fact that I've got a bad memory. For some reason I don't remember events very well, so when my friends and I reminise I usually have to be completely reminded

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....weird conversation through MSN Messenger. I downloaded the 7.0 version the other week and today my friend Mark from Maidenhead was online. He's got a webcam and a mic so he started a video conversation. I could hear and see him, Myles, Dan and Hilary in the office but they couldn't see or hear me. Was typing like a crazy woman trying to keep up with their questions. It was a bit odd.

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I got a text from Jo and Steve today. They went to Havana yesterday and tomorrow they're gonna go snorkling! It's like paradise, they said. Ahhh good on em. Looking forward to seeing them again. They're back next week. You know what....I've got a big brother!Last Tuesday I spent the day with my Aunt and Uncle. While Dad and Uncle Richard went off and did a bit of final sightseeing us ladies

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Been feeling a bit low recently. I'm missing people and realising that it's time to move on. I don't find change easy, well not many people do. Friendships that I once thought would last a long time are now different. People are going their separate ways. I suppose I've changed quite a bit too since moving back home. I don't like being in a limbo, it makes me feel uncomfortable with myself.

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1114036520121736372005-04-20T23:26:00.000+01:002005-04-20T23:35:20.123+01:00

Just one click on this website gives a poor person a bowl of food for free...check it out!http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites

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I'm in a good mood tonight. Feel like I've accomplished a lot in the past couple of days. I reorganised my bedroom, gave it a good clean, changed my bedsheets, wrote my personal statement, completed my uni form, rang up a few universities, rewrote a booklet all about living in Delhi, decided to run a mini marathon for charity, organised when I'm going to see some friends up in Loughborough and

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Had a mini adventure with Katelyn today. We tramped through some muddy fields that were good enough to be called paddy fields, poor Kate had jandals on and kept slipping n sliding all over the place. We then got all excited and got carried away with our imaginations thinking we were in a famous five story. Hee hee great stuff. I don't think either of us has laughed like that in awhile.Jo n

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Going up to Barking today. Staying at a hotel just outside of the town centre. Jo and I are sharing a room, so glad that we'll get some quality sister time. Mum and Dad, Richard and Kathy and my mum's cousin and daughter will be staying there too. Then just next to us is another hotel where lots of peps will be. It's gonna so fun being altogether, I'm up for some giggles. Steve and Jo have

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Yay! Today I spent the whole day with Auntie Kathy and Uncle Richard in London with Mum and Dad. It was such a good day. I woke up at about half 8. The next hour and a half I made myself pretty but was really forgetful and got myself in a bit of a muddle picking up things and putting them down in random places. Eventually I pulled myself together and we set off to pick up Kathy and Richard

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I woke up this morning to see Jo sitting on her bed playing with some dangly earrings. They are her wedding day ones, very pretty and Indian looking. Steve do you read this? Well thats all I'm gonna say about them. I could tell you all about the silly things I catch her doing at times. Like rolling her jeans up, wearing her wedding shoes with her socks on and wearing her tiara while drinking a

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...not been up to much. Only worked a couple of days this week cos needed some time to chill out. Last Thursday there was a cardiac arrest on my ward which was my first one. I guess thats been my biggest fear working at the hospital, I've been afraid that when an arrest happened I wouldn't do what I was suppose to and it would fall on my head. Well that wasn't the case at all. I did CPR

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The other day I heard that flamingos pee on their legs to cool themselves off. How strange I thought because aren't they normally near water anyway, why do they wanna do something like that? I did a search on google and discovered just what they're all about. There are five species the Caribbean, Greater, Chilean, Lesser, Andean and James (phoenicoparrus

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Summer is on its way! Yippee! The bay is living up to its name of being the sunniest place in England, we've had some really nice days recently. I've been wearing my flip flops and sunnies. I can't wait for summer to kick in. The clocks go back on Sunday making the mornings brighter and everything generally happy. Ahhh....Today I was off and went to Bluewater with Sades and Kate. Managed

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Been awhile. Quick update then. After Sadies hen weekend, which was great fun by the way, I worked at the hospital all week until Friday. I was so looking forward to Friday cos I desperately wanted a lie in. But when I woke up I was sick. Then for the rest of the day I crept back and forth from my bed to the toilet bowl. Ugh..I'm never ill so when I am it hits me hard. In the end I couldn't go

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Work today was crazy. I arrived to find that only two other members of staff had made it in through the snow and ice. So that meant that we had to care for 26 patients when normally you'd have a least a team of 8 working together. The domestics couldn't get in so I had to go down to the kitchen (a thing I like to avoid as their a bit scary down there) and get the breakfast trolley. Now these

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....freezing cold Lowestoft to the antartic wonderland of Kent. What is going on the weather hey? It's great fun though, I love snow fights. On Monday I had to work. It took over an hour to get into Canterbury because of the snow. At one point the car skidded and rolled back down a hill. Hee it was so exciting. Two builders showed up in a van and together we pushed the car through the

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We've had some crazy weather recently. It's been snowing like crazy which is fun. I love snow so much, mainly because living in NZ as a kid on the north island I never knew what snow was until we moved to England. I remember the first winter we arrived it snowed really heavily. I don't know if I'll ever grow up enough to complain about the fact that the roads are icy. At the hospital the other

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It’s been a long time hey. Well I’m back in the Bay now safe and sound. Had some fun adventures over the past couple of weeks. I reckon this is gonna be a long blog so prepare yourself.I went to Maidenhead on the Tuesday, after my little drama the day before. I stayed at Jessie’s for the first few days. She’s a lovely Irish lady who surely knows how to bring out inner smiles. She’s a professional

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Tommorrow I'll be going to Maidenhead. I was going to today but got a bit stressed out and realised I was pushing myself too hard. I need tonight to chill out and digest all thats happened recently. I'll fill you in. I managed to do the 10 shifts at the hospital, and my uniform arrived so I looked pretty smart in the end. The next day after my last shift, Jules, Beth and me travelled up to Burton

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I’m working now. Decided I’d had enough on Tuesday and wanted to work on Wednesday so I rang the office and said ‘ My uniform hasn’t arrived yet, but I can’t afford to wait anymore I want to start working tomorrow. Can you find me something to wear?’ I haven’t been so firm for a long time but I knew if I didn’t speak up I’d probably still be twiddling my thumbs in 3 weeks time. They gave me a

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1105277088547458552005-01-09T11:39:00.000Z2005-01-09T17:27:41.960Z

Well I've been out of action this past week with a weird infection. I waited for my uniform to come but it never did, agh! But I’m sure it will next week, well I really really hope it does. It’s a good thing I was in bed oblivious to what was going on for most of the week because I'd of been so bored trying to be patient otherwise. Anyway on Friday I stayed in Barking with Steve's family. They’re

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Christmas was really nice this year. It was just the four of us again, most of our family is in NZ, but this year it was a bit different, don’t know exactly why but it was much more relaxed. I struggled a bit though, not with family or friends but with what Christmas has become in England, I’m sure it’s not just this country there will be other rich nations that go overboard too. The whole

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the death toll of the Asian quake is rising every hour. 80,000 dead. 3 million without basic living essentials. The world is shaking once again. My prayers go out to all the relatives and friends left to carry on, all the rescue workers stretched to the limits trying to save lives and to those who are crying out to God as to why He would let something like this happen. The eye of the world is

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My days as a sales assistant have come to an end. They were longer than i expected, besides working on Saturday I also worked during the week. One of my highlights was a cracking line that tumbled out while I was on the till. I wanted to dive under the counter after I said it. Honestly I turn into this stupid bimbo when I'm sitting in that booth. Ok I'm gonna paint you a picture so you can fully

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1102617950605186892004-12-09T15:25:00.001Z2004-12-09T18:45:50.606Z

well I was just looking through my photo albums and I found one of my trip to Brazil way back in 2001...thought I'd share them for those of you who never saw them... for a bit of background I went out with an organisation called Soapbox for just over a month...you'll never guess what? the beautiful sadie came along too! we've got so many funny memories of things we got up to out there..we stayed

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on the happiness scale of 1-10 I'd say I was between 7 and 8...the past few days have been so good...it all started on Tuesday after meeting up with Sue and Mare...it was amazing to let out the stuff I've been holding onto and to move on from it...it's like there's been a little black cloud above my head following me everywhere and raining sometimes...but I left Mare's without it on Tuesday...I

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Well it’s mini adventures all round for me at the moment…last Thursday I had my first training session for NHS professionals…I was really motivated for it seeing as I’ve been waiting for about 10 weeks to get this thing rolling…the training was at Devon house in Margate so I was gonna get the bus over and then Josie phoned and said ‘when am I taking you over?’…1st dose of grace…we pulled up to

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1101928709223429742004-12-01T19:07:00.000Z2004-12-02T00:00:41.940Z

for those of you who know phil and pete...this picture is long overdue! hmmm...memories of former glory?

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the adventure started when phil and mary pulled up at 5:20 instead of 5:30am....crikey, i thought, good thing i was ready...i'd packed my rucksack and chosen what i was going to wear the night before....some days it can take me half an hour to decide what to wear so i'd made sure that i was ahead of the game that day...i didn't ask why they were early but acted as if im always ready on time and

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1101406350670818122004-11-25T18:10:00.000Z2004-11-25T18:22:29.520Z

hey...i'm trying to sort out my comments settings so this is just a test.....i think some of you have been trying to post a comment and its a bit tricky to do it so hopefully the lovely haloscan will help you out.....lets see hey!

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just another day here in sunny herne bay..obviously the sun is shining down and there's a bite in the air...so far i've had a relaxed day...this morning the lovely sadie my lady took me over to canterbury...we haven't seen each other for awhile so we caught up over coffee and then did a bit of window shopping...canterbury has changed quite a bit....there are lots of new shops which look pretty

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today has been one of the best days i've had for awhile....when i opened my eyes this morning the sun was streaming through my curtains and i had this great feeling inside....i'd had a deep sleep and my duvet was wrapped snuggly around me...ahh i haven't woken up feeling that good for a long time....after some brekkie (mmmm corn flakes with really cold milk) i watched a bit of telly and did some

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Winter has arrived in sunny herne bay...don't worry...it's still sunny but with the added factor of being flipping freezing....i don't know about you but i quite like being in outside on a sunny bitter winter's day....its all fresh and crisp and makes me feel healthy..although i prefer viewing it from the window of the heated car...hah... going running is a bit of a challenge for me these days...

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1100124211858572992004-11-10T20:06:00.000Z2004-11-10T22:03:31.856Z

alarm clocks are nasty pieces of work hey....it was horrible having to get up this morning to the BEEP BEEP BEEP!...normally i wake up naturally but because of my interview i had to get up a bit earlier....ugh! right now the house is freezing cos the heating has decided to pack it in for awhile...so when i wake up im all toasty under my duvet but if i even stick my head out it freezes over....so

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1100041488788648102004-11-09T22:50:00.000Z2004-11-09T23:04:48.786Z

tommorrow is my interview day...i have to be at QEQM hospital just before 10am...i don't know if i'm nervous or not...i haven't really thought about it until right now and its time to go to sleep so there's no time to get nervous...if i'm suppose to get the job then i'll get it, if not then i can try another agency which does flexi work...i think they'd pay better anyway.. so after the interview

lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14450033728453804392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057406.post-1099915158112442982004-11-08T11:54:00.000Z2004-11-08T11:59:18.113Z

so this is my new blog...i wanted to change because the photos that i had were always too big to have in my old blog...hah...i still haven't learnt how to size them down...so here you can still read what im up to and leave comments but also you can look at my photos which is very exciting....i know you're excited!

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