leslie peacock.: 2008

Feeling bored and lonely today.. hall is like a dead zone.. no one along the pathways, no one walking abt the corridors, no slamming of doors.. just absolute silence... kinda creepy.. making sure the front door is locked every once in a while...

Mubina passed me some albums last night.. haha good thing abt being alone is you get to sing out loud without a worrying that someone might hear you haha.. singing to The Script, Maroon 5, Ne-yo, Christmas songs ... love those christmas songs...♥

spent the day doing research for another report... took a break at abt 4 and kinda moved my bed to the living room cos I was absolutely freezing in the flat.. the portable heater was out, duvet came along.. Just so happen "You've got mail" was on the telly so made myself a cup of tea and snuggled under the duvet... nearly fell asleep at one point.. too comfy...

socks Angeline gave me last christmas have come in handy this year.. keeping my feet nice and toasty... (:

including Granpa Peacock's heater haha..

Oh wells thats that... Will be leaving Glasgow in a few hours for Germany... seeing another part of Europe.. Alistair left last night to meet his friend, Amy.. we'll be doing the same today... last train to Edinburgh, 6am flight out to Berlin.. not looking forward to sleeping in the airport though but cant be helped..

We were all saying that the excitment seems to be missing for this trip. Exams, time to study, finishing of reports are things that are on our minds instead of this trip haha.. just have to make the most out of it I guess..

Well I better get packing.. not packed yet..

Here's me wishing everyone a Very Happy New Year.. ♥

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.”

Cheers to a new year, another chance for me to get it right.. hopefully.. (:

Christmas was a blast in Dumfries. Whole family, presents, glorious food, the good banter, couldn ask for more... well maybe nicer weather though but who's complaining hee.. (:

* Christmas eve *

Christmas eve saw both mom and myself stuffing this ginormous bird, being 'virgin stuffers' haha we got right into it... new experience, wouldn know how to explain the feeling haha but the end result was.. slurps* couldn ask for a better stuffed bird... (:

Grandpa Peacock was over on christmas eve and stayed over... christmas eve dinner was already so yummy and so much! pate and crackers, gammon and chips, pavlova and all.. by jinxs... thats to warm up the tummy for whats to come next...!!

Candle lit service it was after dinner... every year without fail, if I am in scotland, we would go to that service.. and this year I couldn have asked for more... attended the service with mom and dad and the brother.... of course auntie and uncle were both there (:

After service, Auntie, Uncle, brother and myself were over to keira's house for the christmas party.. went last year, had a blast and got invited to it again this year so thought why not, go for a laugh and I had a ball.. (: got a bit carried away with the wine though haha but managed to walk home (not in a straight line) but managed, with a tipsy brother, auntie and uncle in tow...

Oh and how sweet were they.. they found a candle, stuck it in a cake and sang me happy birthday when it was midnight... awww....

* Christmas Day *

♥ birthday ♥

didn even get a chance to get showered and dolled up and was presented with this beautiful cake that my mom and dad had bought for me (:

opened my cards and presents from the family which were all lovely.. cant thank them enough for them.. ♥

Christmas dinner (lunch).. well pictures says it all I guess.. prawn cocktail for starters, soup next, turkey with ALL the trimmings for most, I passed on the brussel sprouts and mashed carrots and parsnips (not a fan)... dessert had to be put on hold till a couple of hours later.. just could not stomach it after wolfing down that whole lot of food....

Mom trying oh so very hard to read the trivia cards without her glasses, trivia cards were being passed around while waiting for the next course... good idea isnt it.. (: a bit of trivia, using the brain while the tummy works away.. haha Poor mom was down with my cold though...

This was taken just a few minutes before my parents had to leave for the airport.... not everyday we get to be a family like this... one of those rare moments...

Good-byes are never easy for us.. so today was no different... had to say good bye with tears in our eyes.. But I think mom and dad enjoyed their visit even though it was a rather short one... ♥

After wiping away the tears, which took a while I might add, it was back into the kitchen preparing for dinner.. it has become an annual event for me.. doing the boxing day dinner.. no pictures Im afraid haha.. that brother of mine was more excited abt eating than pictures.. But I can tell you what I made.. (quite impressed hee..) I made... 2 vege dishes (D&A inspired), steamed egg with mince pork and prawns, ginger pork, bak ku teh (uncle's fav so I had to make that), cereal prawns (which Ive yet to master, cos it didn turn out right) and mom's lemon chicken which Laura loved...

so that's it.. christmas has come and gone.. a year older.. maybe slightly wiser?? haha one can only hope... heading back to Glasgow tmr morning with my cousin..

Hope everyone had a brilliant christmas.. its always the holidays that make me miss you sepcial ppl at home so much more... ♥

Merry Christmas to one and all.. (:

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something for everyone to have a laugh about...

Assigment season...

............ best way to do is definitely with the new Il Divo album...

nothing beats it.. ♥ and thank god my aunt has it.. jus ripped it onto my laptop.. (:

music to my ears and definitely, my head, with all the psychology

Im reading and writing..

wheee* ... just ripped this one as well hee... 2 albums now.. A little Il Divo to keep me company for a long while... ♥

Its been a while since I last posted an entry...

Mom and Dad have been over for a week by now and they seem to be enjoying themselves.. Mom coping well with the cold weather.. Am finally down with the bug that has been going abt.. I say finally cos this bug has been going around in halls since 3 weeks ago.. everyone living in halls got it and I somehow have managed to avoid it... Kim and Lexy from class have both got it and we attend many classes together and always sit beside each other and I somehow manage to avoid it too until 2 days ago.. oh well.. only so much my immune system can do.. started off with a nasty cough for a day then it was the dreaded fever, was in bed all day yday just feeling sorry for myself and today the pipe works started.. fever broke but the nose cant stop dripping.. walking ard with a rather sore upper lip with all the blowing of the nose.. can sense that my taste is to go next..

oh well just hope it all clears by the time chrismas comes if not Im sure it wont be a jolly one.. (: assigments have to be put on hold as well.. arghhh.. nightmare.. am so behind time now...

Ive got loads of pictures to post but I really am just too tired to do it.. so am just gonna leave it..

Im just writing in to give friends the heads-up.. Just hope the postman does a good job and gets whatever Ive sent over to you guys... (: I do apologise if Ive missed anyone out..

*sniffles*

Back tracking a bit, wrote this post ages ago but just didn finish it.. so am just gonna post it the way it is (:

Here's how the flat looking at the moment... oh thats our puny little christmas twig haha it does it job....

Made more cookies the weekend before my parents came... improved recipe this time.. Alistair preferred the flatter ones but my flatmates all prefer these.... with my secret ingredient hee.. (:

Oh and for my class night out.. they went for dinner.. which I missed cos the stupid tax took AGES to come.. 45mins I waited out in the cold for the taxi.. and missed dinner cos of it.. sobs.. anyways made it to The Stand which is a comedy club in the westend which was good.. didn know what to expect, it being my first time and all.. and I must say it was a good experience....

It was Kirsty's (flatmate) birthday so Hazel and I made a strawberry sponge cake for her this afternoon... Hazel's idea of taping bin bags to Kirsty's room to make it look like her room got broken into as Kirsty was away home for the weekend and only came home this evenin haha... thank god as soon as she saw it she knew it was Hazel's doing haha...

Met the brother early this morning to watch a morning movie (: and I think Im catching MSTM Syndrome... (Mother Sleeping Through Movie Syndrome).. I was desperately trying to stay awake during certain parts of the show haha.. had several nudges from the brother... not that the movie was boring or anything like.. I think I was just tired from a bad sleep the night before...

Made fried rice for my flatmates today cos they are always buying it from the chinese shop.. was trying to tell them how easy and cheap it would be to make it themselves haha so had to show them.. (: so glad they liked it...

Our flat is looking more and more christmassy (: noice... (: will take pictures of our.. erm tree haha..

Parents are arriving tmr.. wheee.. just spoke to Papa Peacock who was already at the airport.. wont be long now.. Alistair and I will be looking parents in shifts tmr haha.. I'll will be picking parents from airport as brother has a dinner to attend... once parents are in Glasgow, brother will take over while I go for a bball game against Cale haa.. so have to win if not how to face Alistair hahah...

Oh we've been watching these really cute videos on youtube in the flat.. just take a look.. they are so adorable!!!!

This one cracks me up every time I watch it haha.. (:

and to think this girl is only 3~!!! haha...

Well Im aching all over after doing spin and pump.. back is so sore... one more 9am lecture before the weekend with the family and auntie and uncle and grandpa... cant wait... (:

I like to move it move it*

hahaha Just watched Madagascar on dvd... been trying to find the dvd for ages~!!! wanted to watch the first one before watching the 2nd with Alistair next week when it comes out and thank god Fiona had it hee.. haha dvd date with my flatmates.. we were all working hard till 10pm where we gathered in our humble cosy place called the 'living room' haha and watched the dvd.. I made brownies just for munchies..hmmmmm yum... Brilliant film! hahah absolutely loved it.. true what Kim said though.. animated shows like that are such a waste on children who will not understand the jokes (:

Aww but it was a brilliant show.. absolutely loved it ♥ .. cant wait to see the 2nd one now.. I like to move it move it.. You like to move it move it.. We like to... MOVE IT~!! hahaha... song has been stuck in my head since yesterday... haha Julien the Lemur.. cracks me up.. I swear he has an indian accent.. classic

Anywhooosss... played QMU last night at home.. remember how we lost our away game the last time by like 2 points.. we completely annihilated them this time.. rubbed that smug smiles off their faces hee... *so mean but who cares.. 97-53 final score...

Well new addition to the flat.. not named it yet though but Im sure we will in due course.. aha.. Its suppose to be a reindeer which I didn quite make out the first time I saw it haha thought it was just a shape of a heart with a smilely face in the middle.. until someone pointed the reindeer out to me.. *doinks*

Got back my biomech report that I handed in last week.. kinda disappointed with the mark though... no matter how much work and effort I put into it.. ppl always seem to do just slightly better than me.. Life just isnt fair is it.. I spent days on mine while someone else just spent one afternoon and gets the same mark as me.. how annoying.. story of my life really.. oh well..

Fell and scrapped my knee during the game yesterday.. and winter time isnt the best time to do that.. my tights were sticking to it all day.. plus my gym tights were sticking to it too... yuck* (shorts were not dry yet thats why couldn wear them)...

Started on my psych essay.. back to searching and reading journals again... quite an interesting essay this time though.. got to o a case study.. think I'll choose the rugby player who just recoverd from an ACL injury and having trouble getting his 'game' back.. last week were did role playing and had to act like a Sports Psychologist.. fairly enjoyed it to be honest.. hee..

Well think Im gonna do a bit more research before I go to bed..

♥ brownie dreams ♥

♥ Pancake Sunday ♥

Well at least I tried making pancakes haha... thought they looked a bit like prata but did infact taste like pancakes haha... a little bit or maple syrup and a few strawberries did the trick (:

Thumbs up from girls in the flat... (:

Flat inspection tmr.. so was busy cleaning the flat this afternoon after breakfast.. ok more like brunch hee.. tidying up, vacuuming the flat, scrubbing the stoves, doing the dishes.. it sure did take a while.. was knackered by the end of it.. no wonder moms are like so fit haha.. sure is a workout.. Met Mubina and Alistair for some badminton action.. there were 3 of us so we kept rotating... found a bball in the cupboard so I did a bit of shooting while Alistair and Mubina had their first game.. Alistair lost hee.. to be fair he's not picked up a racquet in years... he lost to both Mubina and I in 2 separate matches haha.. think football is more his sport.. (:

Its freezing outside.. this morning was abt -7 degrees... afternoon was so foggy and misty, temperature did not even hit 5 degrees.. met D&A for dinner @ China Blue.. and the walk home by jings... I was frozen by the time I got home.. too cold... far far FAR too cold..

Been trying to finish this taiwanese series ... haha its the lamest, most cheesy series of all time.. but I ♥ it.. absolutely love love love it haha.. cant get enough of it ahah.. was asking Angel over dinner questions cos Im only half way through.. haha cant wait to find out what happens.. I could probably write the script cos its that predictabe.. thats how cheesy it is haha..

Anyhos... praying hard that we pass the inspection tmr.. flat has never looked cleaner, toilet smells of bleach, living room smells freshly vacuumed... I can finally see the floor in my room haha.. so fingers, arms, toes and eyes all crossed...

think I'll have to start hibernating in my room if the temperature doesnt change... ):

We booked tickets for the West Side Story a while back cos Mubina's friend was in Glasgow for a visit. So Monday night we were all at the Theatre Royal eager to watch the West Side Story. Did not watch the film so wasnt sure what to expect from it..

The music was amazing, the production was fantastic, casting couldn be better.. but man, the dances were terrific... It was honestly money well spent..

Saturday night, usually a night where we'll meet D & A for dinner but its baltic outside.. absolutely freezing.. plus.. X factor is on hee... *cheeky smile* so stayed in instead.. and I tried my hands at making cookies.. Im more of a cake baker but I didn have an electric whisk nor did I have a proper set of scales or even proper baking trays and tins haha so I really had to improvise...

I think I managed them alright haha.. whisked (more like vigourous mixing) everything by hand with a wooden spoon, baked the cookies on a pizza dish, roasting tin haha.. what ever I could find.. measured the ingredients in a measuring jug.. dont ask how.. estimated the butter.. and they tasted fine~!! not Millie's or Famous Amos kinda standard though but hey.. its my first time at making cookies.. so there you go.. (:

Got to wait an hour before the results from X factor.. oooo its gonna be a hard on this week.. they were all so good.. amazing.. it'll be so sad to see anyone of them leave.. ):

Trying hard not to fall asleep while waiting for laundry to be done.. (: make a mistake of taking a nap yesterday without putting the alarm on.. bad bad move... had problems going to bed plus had a weird weird dream... arghhh....

Anyways.. megavideo is acting up again.. nothing to watch so was looking through old pictures that are saved on my laptop haha... came across this one that Fara had posted on facebook a while ago.. I really cant remember taking this picture haha.. I really did enjoy working at starbucks though.. haha.. met some really nice people who I worked with plus met while working... thats the back room where we were always mucking about doing silly things.. (:

Abbe.. I dunno why your photo has turned so yellow... but I must have scanned mine ages ago.. I found it in one of my picture folders~!! (: OBS.. those were amazing times... think this was the 9 days camp.. did u go for the 5 days one with me? or was this one the 5 days one? I really cant remember haha.. but they were great fun werent they.. getting bitten by mozzies haha eating milo with bread, sleeping out in the open and star gazing all night, sitting round camp fires talking about everything.. happy days ♥

And this one ... our so called prom haha.. ended up with just a high-tea thingy... well better than nothing.. secondary sch all we had was a buffet thingy in the canteen after assembly.. haha.. thats the problem with coming from rubbish schools haha.. but at least the company was good.. these girls were my partners in crime in JI! haha.. Alvina was with me for bball training, Pei Xian who sat beside me in class... haha my sleeping buddy and Che Ka for Physics lecture and after training dinners right? haha..

These were from Dundee days... Dundee College didn have any halls of residence so I had to stay with a family who rented out rooms to student.. and was really fortunate to have gotten the Shrimpton Family who were nothing but nice.. 2 girls below were their daughters Mhairi and Eilidh and the girl in orange.. cant remember her name but she was from Germany, training to be a policewoman..

These were the rest of my house mates... can hardly remember most of their names.. lemme give it a go.. From left to right.. thats Rebecca from Greece, Eva from Hungary, Paolo from Spain, Martin from Germany (or at least I think his name is Martin) arghhh really annoyed I cant remember her name.. but the 2 germans were in Dundee for some police exchange programme thingy..

Oh and I used to coach Dundee Swim team while I was at college.. wednesdays and fridays.. gosh my memory is soo bad.. haha.. I coached the 5 to 10 year olds.. most of the time they were a joy to coach, other times well hahah that age group they do tend to get a little cheeky sometimes.. (:

Well Ive still got a few minutes before the dryer is done.. weather is extremely cold today.. dry but so cold.. Felt like a ice block the whole day.. been drinking loads of tea to try warm myself up.. heater is on full blast... sitting with my trackies, 2 t-shirts, thick socks and boots on in my room haha.. brrr... cant get any colder than this... I hope... ):

And here's me thinking 'hell week' was over when 'busy busy couple of days' came knocking.. well more like barging though the door.. it literally has been non-stop since the night before the presentation... Mubina's friend from France whom she met while doing her attachment, is in Glasgow for a short holiday... so friday night we had a girlie night out at Bamboo... didn stay long though.. heels were killing plus creepy guys in club just put us right off...

Mubina was taking her friend to see the West End... Kelvingrove museum, Glasgow uni, Botanic gardens, ice-cream, Little Italy...

We were all shattered from the night before.. Alistair was over at noon and I was still asleep.. so only made our way to the west end at abt half past.. haha... it was so cold as well.. brrrr... freezing.. got the tube into Hillhead and we pretty much walked the rest of the time....

First of, Glasgow uni... it is sooo beautiful.. well it has been described as Harry Potter-ish buildings and it sure was...

Imagine this being your sch grounds.. haha I wouldn mind going to sch everyday... Glasgow Uni, old and prestigious.. Alistair's uni, new and modern.. Mine.. hmmm I'll just leave it at that ahha... (:

After walking ard Glasgow Uni.. we went for the famous ice-cream which apparently is the best ice-cream in the UK..

oh and here is where I dropped my phone trying to take a picture and which took a chunk of my phone... clever leslie, so clever...

The University Cafe is a really family oriented place with fold-up chairs and old greasy walls.. students having their Sunday fry-up brunch...

Did the ice-cream live up to it reputation???... hell yeah.. it was just the best. Smooth, creamy, everything good ice-cream should have.. what ever that is haha...

We went to the Botanic Gardens after that.. not as big compared to the one at home but it was beautiful inside... the sculptures were amazing, all had a story of its one... the one below is of Eve...

By the time we go to Kelvingrove Museum it was already dark.. and it was only 4.45pm.. we only had 15mins to look ard.. so made a beeline for the Mackintosh exhibition....

Kelvingrove Museum at night... looking like a haunted castle with vampires haha... oOOoooOOOOo

Glasgow Uni from a distance... looking majestic and all.. ppprrrfff.. haha.. (:

Took Alistair to Little Italy for dinner.. a place that Ive been dying to go for ages.. and it didn disappoint me at all.. cheap and good, cant beat that.. manage to get the tube back before the station closed, did our weekly tesco shopping and home-sweet-home..

Gonna rush my report now.. arghhh I need more hours in a day.. hours just seem to be disappearing... Bought myself a mocha from Tinderbox.. think Im gonna pull a all-nighter again tonight, trying to get as much done as I can.. (:

Let the fun begin....♥

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