I was apparently a busy bee last week. I could barely breath. haha. But that was fun. Meeting up with classmates, friends who are about to leave England, old friend who is about to move in to Birmingham so I take her around the city and company her finding accommodation and all those stuffs. Now, I’m having a little bit of internet spree (for a while). woohoo! As a person who doesn’t like blog-post without pictures (which is why I try as much as I can to attach related pictures in every post), it’s such a shame I don’t have pictures to share for now. So I hope a picture of me above is more than enough. haha. Boyfriend says I’m too skinny now. Well, typical boys. They don’t know how skinny is actually skinny to girls if you know what I mean.

Anyways, I need a job. I really do. I feel like I wanna stamp “Need a job, hire me!” on my forehead so everywhere I go, people will notice and perhaps give me a job. Of course I’m not that desperate. haha. but seriously, I mean it. I want to work. Part-time one, pleaseeee. Well, if there’s no such work regulation for international citizen thingy I would really love to get a permanent job. It’s a really long story to share here. But in short, I can only get a permanent job if I have the visa either sponsored by a certain company or I myself provide it. Finger crossed there is a company who would please to sponsor my visa. I don’t like to be the pessimist one but let’s just get real. Seeing the recent global economic condition, there is less company who sponsors visa for their employees (some oil and gas companies do, but that isn’t my field). So, eventhough I will still apply for both part time and permanent jobs, I don’t put too high expectations to get the permanent one in at least 3 months due to that reason. Well, thank God if I can soon get one (who knowssss?) But, for sure I need a part time job very soon. Hopefully I’ll get one. I’ve sent my applications to 5 companies so far and will keep applying until I get one. Well, let’s keep the positive spirit high! Strive for our dreams till the end!

p.s. i’m currently on a shopping ban. only heaven knows how long it will last. shopping (clothes and shoes in particular) is the second biggest temptation for me (food is the first). you know how hard it is.

p.s.s i think i’ve been rambling so much! sorry. hahaha. see you soon!

You might think that all the pictures sort of share some things in common. All of them belong to country style, I tell you. I don’t type “country style kitchen” in the search box yet apparently all the pictures I picked belong to country style. So I discovered that maybe I quite have a thing with country style. I hope future husband will approve the idea (which anyway, he should! kitchen is my area so it should be designed as I wish, uhh?) Now I’m still lousy at cooking. I cook just when I’m in the mood of cooking. Besides, I don’t know why, fire alarm is often not friendly with me. The fire alarm was on 7 times from 10 times I cooked. crazy. I don’t know why, seriously. But, I have a feeling that someday cooking and I will hit it off. I’ll be good! and in such nice kitchen, I will bake cupcakes everyday for my kids. hahahaha. silly dream.

all the pictures are from house to home website. i really like the website, anyway.

image is taken from here.

We should cherish every single day as they are all worth it. But there must be one day we love the most among all days. Lately I’ve been thinking, maybe in my case, it is Sunday. See points below to figure out why.

1. Church time
I always feel grateful when Sunday comes. Eventhough I try to enjoy all days no matter what, I just can’t deny that weekdays are sometimes (often) tough. But it’s good to feel that I’ve gone through the whole week and Sunday is a day to gather with the others to praise Him and to hear the message, and more specifically to find and see Him. Of course we can feel Him at any single time of the day but it gives different feeling if we gather with others. Faith nourishing, perhaps? and my soul is recharged by optimism to start the coming weeks. No matter where I go, one thing remains the same: “Sunday is a church time”.

2. Meet up with boyfriend
Hihiw. We meet up either every week or two weeks. Now it becomes every week. haha. Love the quality time although it’s just as simple as going to church together, having something to eat (eat out, take away or cook ourselves), and sharing lots of stories. Sometimes go shopping too if we feel like shopping.

3. Have a massive amount of food. hahaha.
As a person who gain weight quite easily, I put a bit more effort to keep myself in the shape and weight I want which is why I care about my food (light dinner) and exercise everyday. But I’m a food monster at heart. So I just let  myself eat anything (and everything) I want on Sunday. Things must get in proportion. haha.

4. blog-reading
I love reading blogs more than reading my text books, honestly. haha. Say it fashion blogs, cooking blogs, travelling blogs, or just simply life story blogs. Interesting layout and contents are preferably. I often find inspiring blogs which I enjoy reading to. Oh well, maybe I should make another post about blogs I love. Yes, I definitely should. Keep eyes on!

5. Room-cleaning
I’m quite a lazy one when it comes to room-cleaning. haha. Not to mention my loads of stuffs and messy wardrobe. But I don’t like a messy room either. haha. When i’m too lazy to organise everything, I just at least tidy the outer look (beddings, floorings, etc) and make it look sleek (or pretend it is) and I won’t care about the wardrobe as I’ll likely just throw all clothes to the cupboard no bother to fold one by one. This is what I’m working on: to have a well-organised wardrobe and to keep the all clothes folded. hard! but on Sunday, I usually hoover my room.

No matter how tough or hectic your days are, strive for them! then take a bit of laid-back time on Sunday to do whatever you want to do. Work and rest must come in balance!

We were wandering along the Portobello Road with no particular will to shop, only to see the famous portobello road. I quite liked the place with lots of antique stores, by the way. But the thing was, none of us had taken anything to eat since the morning. We arrived on the Portobello Road at 1 ish, anddd we could scarcely find a good place to eat as we expected there would be loads of food stalls there (camden market is the heaven of food i guess!). Big no. Hence, we just ended up buying something from a coffee shop, she had sandwich and coffee while I had triple chocolate muffin and nutella hot chocolate. The nutella hot chocolate was really good, anyway, yet still we wanted something biggggg for lunch. Well, that’s all about Portobello Road. But I really enjoyed the colourful stacks of building which were something to please my eyes! So, enough with the Portobello Road we headed off to Buckingham Palace, had a good chilling out time in front of the statue with a scoop of ice cream for each of us. That was good. The ice cream and the chit chat time, indeed a chilly moment (literally chilly as the wind hit by couple of times). Then we walked from the Buckingham Palace to London eye, crossing a park behind the Palace (I don’t exactly know the name. no it wasn’t Green Park) and following the crowd. Many tourists, including us. hahaha. Arrived at the London eye area, I was so hungryyy and thank God there was Mc Donald’s cafe over there. Oh, THANK GOODD! I impulsively bought chicken nuggets and fries both in large. Thereafter, we just sat by the Thames River watching people passed by and magicians performed. It was already 6 pm i guess, almost time to get home. So to top off the journey we went to the tower of London and took pictures with London Bridge as the background then travelled back to Euston station to catch the train back to Birmingham. We were truly becoming tourists that day. It wasn’t actually my first time visiting those places i mentioned. But I’m quite impressed that I really enjoyed the day whilst trying to recall the excitements when first visiting London. I love London.

I’m so sad Selin is going back to Turkey by next month. huaaaaa. She’s my best friend here. People are leaving one by one and I’m left here. It feels like it’s only yesterday we all got to know each other. I accidentally lose my memory that a year has passed. Well, all in all we had great time here. And there’s always facebook (haha) to keep us in touch with others. I actually wanted to go to Istanbul in near future that I checked the flights and everything, and gobsmacked by the high price if I want to travel in near future. It isn’t an idea to empty my saving account while i’m currently jobless (yes, that word really fits me. haha!) I’m going to find a job very soon and get one (amen!). let’s keep the optimism. So…. work, get paid, save some, then traveeelll. fingers crossed. Anyways, my best of the best luck goes to her and all my friends for their future