I heart books

I already posted this on Facebook, but it's so good that I just have to share it here, too!

I know I have a Kindle, but is still agree with it!

Another one that goes with the theme:

Little Things #2

A daily source of little things that are underrated, but should be appreciated: Just Little Things.

If I could tag people in this, I'd tag Héctor on number 27, Wesley on number 66 and Maiju on number 186.

Come to the dark side, we have cookies.

It has happened, the thing I swore never would. I should be ashamed of myself, and feel like I've betrayed myself and everything I stand for, but I can't - I'm just too pleased.

I've gone over to the dark side.

Just to make it clear, I do have a very good reason for it. The situation had become so bad that something had to be done, and I wasn't going to give up my "hobby".

This picture was taken exactly one year ago, and the situation has certainly "deteriorated" since then...

My choices, as I could see it, were these:
1) Stop buying books. Not going to happen.
2) Get rid of some books. Never!

So I went for option 3...

Kindle

Just a little note from today

On my way home from work
@Superdrug


Guy at the till: So, have you had a busy day today, or just a relaxed one?
Me: Work. I just finished.
Guy: And you decided to come here and boast about it?

I love banter with shop personnel!

weheartit

December's here, then...

Everybody seems to post about Christmas today (and probably for many days to come), and I wasn't going to do the same - until I saw this fantastic video on Anna's blog. Loved it!




I had just got used to the fact that the second Halloween was out, Christmas was in. This year, though, Christmas almost seemed to beat Halloween! A lot of places seemed ready for Santa's arrival by mid-October, and I actually saw the first TV ad for a Christmas catalogue in August! I usually spend November (and I guess October in this case) moping about the Christmas decorations being up too early, but his year I decided that if you can't beat them, join them. This decision has lessened my stress quite a bit, I have to say!

Anyway, now that it's December, and also because I'm leaving Edinburgh on 17.12. for my holidays, I'm all in for starting the Christmas season! We actually had a first Christmas party last Saturday, when the Finns from work met up in North Berwick for dinner, drinks, a few presents and lots of talk. Good times :) The next one is coming up this Saturday, with a Christmas dinner for about 50 people from work. Should be fun :)

"He nicked my Irn Bru and let go of my hand"

Retracing my steps

After reading this blogpost I started thinking about what has brought me to where I am at the moment, as well as some of the places I’ve been before.

First, there was France. Ever since I was a kid, I’d been planning to go on exchange when I was old enough. I don’t remember where I first found out about exchange programs, but I know my mum had told me she’d been planning to go to the US for a year when she met my dad, so she changed her plans. I suppose I talked about going on exchange for years, so I never really had to have the talk with my parents, trying to convince them to let me do it – I always assumed I would be going on exchange when the time came. For a long time I wanted to go to New Zealand, but towards the end of high school, when the time was getting closer for me to apply, my parents told me I should go to a non-English speaking country, and since I was studying French, that was the obvious choice.

A year after I got back from my exchange in France, I went back there for a couple of months to work in Disneyland. Once again, it was something I’d been thinking about for a long time. My aunt’s sister in law has been working at Disneyland Paris for years, and ever since I found out about the possibility to go and work there for a summer (which, again, was many years ago) I’d been planning to do it when I was old enough. So I did.

Then there was London, twice. The first time was sort of a coincidence. I was supposed to spend the summer in a small Welsh village, but circumstances changed and I suddenly found myself in South London. Not a bad deal, really. The “second time” was right after, with just a short break in between. This one had a lot more thought put into it. Once again, it was an exchange, Erasmus this time, which was something else I’d intended to do pretty much since I found out about it, whenever that was. The past few years I had considered different options, but Brussels had been the main one since I started studying. At some point London pushed itself into my head, and in the end I applied to go to London and Chester. I got the place in London, and voilà – there I was.

This time around is a completely random one. A strange train of thought is what brought me here, for the simple reason “Why not?”. It started from finding out that my favourite band was performing at the Fringe this August, to the idea that there would be lots of jobs during the festival, so maybe I should apply, to going to Edinburgh in June to spend the summer there, to deciding to stay for an undetermined period of time. And here we are.

The life of a translator

A while back I found this blog which contains comic strips about the everyday life of a translator. I'd like to share some of the funniest ones with you. They're all funny because they're true! Enjoy.

"This door is alarmed"

http://www.happyplace.com/4286/brilliantly-sarcastic-responses-to-completely-well-meaning-signs