Sixteen.

The final term

After a relatively uneventful and boring Easter break I'm back in Cardiff for my final term ever of university! This is possibly the most depressing thing ever, yet I don't seem to have actually registered that it will all be over in less than 2 months! 

This Monday was Matthew's 21st birthday and me and 11 other friends all went down to Nottingham to surprise him! Was such a good night and he was literally stunned when we all turned up at his flat! I sadly paid for this amazing night with a 2 day hangover, and I've literally just about recovered! After a few hours in the libes yesterday I managed to get my final assignment done, and decided to go out to Glam and celebrate (any reason)! However, this has meant today has been a complete write-off and I've not done any work or leaved the confines of my bedroom! What can you do, eh?


Off to the cinema now with the house mates to see Gone! Fingers crossed it's a good'un!


Bizzle, x

Fifteen.

Today is the day

That's right, today is the day I sent off my first application for a ski season job! Got a feeling there will be a lot more too! This one is with a small company called YSE ski and they run chalets in Val d'Isere. So my main job would be cleaning, making the beds, setting the table, serving food etc. But thankfully there won't be any cooking, as my culinary skills are pretty much non-existent and may actually kill someone. So, exciting and scary times! It is all starting to feel real now, can't actually believe or imagine that I'll be living in another country for 5 months! Mental. 

Went out for a nice meal with the Homedawgs last night, to this place called the Old Hall in Sandbatch. Was really nice, however the place is supposed to be haunted by numerous ghosts and Birdsey was sure there was one in the toilet when he went, lol. Also went paintballing with the fam today and it is safe to say I am a massive wuss! There is no chance in hell I could go to war as I was literally terrified of running into the open in case I got hit! Sadly did get hit a few times, and boy does it hurt! But actual respect to everyone in the army, there is no way I could do what they do. I was scared of getting hit by paint, they deal with real bullets. Respect. 

Must dash, my new addiction is calling (Words with Friends - basically Scrabble for Facebook).

Ta ta x

Fourteen.

Holidays

Despite going skiing for a week, this is officially the fist week of the Easter holidays! And so far I've been bored out of my mind! Only two of my friends are back from uni and they always seeming to be working! And I'm not insured on my car anymore, so getting anywhere is a nightmare! However, I came down to Cardiff for a few days on Wednesday night, to see the boyf and pick up assignments and work that I'd missed from the last week of term! I had great intentions of going to the library to get some work done, but ended up having lunch with my house mate that lasted about 3 hours! Also planning on going into town today with her, as it's a really nice day and Bank Holiday's are not meant to be spent in the libes. Fact. 

Laters x

March.

Chelsea V Napoli 



Champions League.
Location: Stamford Bridge.
Match report.

Chelsea's recent fortunes have not been promising, both in and away from the Premier League.  Struggling to keep a firm grasp on 4th place coupled with  the sacking of Villas-Boas and a 3-1 defeat in the first leg at Napoli, provided little hope going into this crucial game. With AVB gone, old Chelsea legend Roberto di Matteo was assigned as manager till the end of the season - would he provide Chelsea with what they so desperately needed?

The Blues started well, with real energy and a clear determination to win. The majority of possession was in favour of Chelsea, with shots from Sturridge, Terry and Ramires failing to find the goal. However, in a matter of minutes Petr Cech had to make 3 decent saves - reminding Chelsea that Napoli could be a dangerous opposition.  Finally in the 29th minute, Dider Drogba's goal placed Chelsea that little bit closer to where they needed to be. However, Napoli were soon on the counter attack, not wanting their lead to slip away from them. They seemed dangerous on the break, and Chelsea conceded 3 free kicks within 5 minutes - one of which resulted in Frank Lampard being shown a yellow card. Solid defending from David Luiz and Ashley Cole secured their 1-0 lead as the game entered half time.

Only 2 minutes into the 2nd half and John Terry grabs a header from Ramires' corner to put his team 2-0 in the lead and 3-3 on aggregate. If it stays like this, then the Blues are through on away goals! Again, the Chelsea goal spurs Napoli to attack and only 6 minutes after their 2nd goal, Gokhan Inler fires a powerful shot and finds the bottom left corner of the Chelsea net. The tables have now turned, Napoli are ahead 3-4 on aggregate and Chelsea need another goal to take the game to penalties. Napoli again launch another attack on goal, however in the 62nd minute, Sturridge is replaced by Fernando Torres, in the hope of finding that winning goal. Instead, it was Frank Lampard who kept Chelsea's dream alive via his 74th minute penalty, due to a handball by Andrea Dossena. With a score line of 3-1 and 4-4 on aggregate the game progressed into extra time, with the option of penalties looming.

The first half of extra time was equal on both parts, yet Napoli seemed to slightly crack under the pressure. Juan Mata and John Terry were soon replaced by Florent Malouda and Jose Bosingwa. However, in the final minute of the half it was Ivanovic who grabed the winning goal for Chelsea. The final half of extra time is marred by 2 yellow cards for a desperate Napoli who could never quite find the back of the Chelsea goal, however not through a lack of effort. 

Chelsea were now through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the only English team to do so this season. Di Matteo, who seemed emotionless throughout, showed real relief and joy at the final whistle, embracing Drogba before congratulating the rest of his team. A cracking start for the temporary manager, but will it last?

March.

Got a lot of pictures this month! 

Thirteen.

Skiing

Literally just got back home after an amazing week of skiing in Val Thorens with the Mother and Brother! Weather was perfect, clear blue skies everyday and it was really warm! No need for ski jackets! However, on the first day we stupidly forgot to wear sun cream and came of the slopes with rather red faces! Mine didn't seem too bad compared to Adam's, whose face was pretty similar to a lobster. However, the next morning I woke up with a very red, sore and swollen face (actually looked like I had some dodgy botox!) So went to the doctors and I had 2nd degree burns. Woops. So I spent the rest of the week applying 3 different types of creams throughout the day, wearing factor 50 if I went into the sun and I had to wear a balaclava on the slopes. Joy.  Apart from the stupidly painful burns, the rest of the holiday was really good! Totally ready for my ski season now!

Bizzle, x

Twelve.

Fruit Ninja

If I'm being totally honest, I think I'm addicted to Fruit Ninja. It is officially the best game ever. I highly recommend that you play it. However, you may become obsessed, like myself, and that's not a great position to be in at the age of 21. Honestly, you wouldn't believe how much fun you can have repeatedly slicing fruit over and over and over again. It's great.

Moving away from Fruit Ninja, this week is officially my last in Cardiff before the Easter hols :( I'm going skiing with Adam and Mum next week, SO FRICKING EXCITED, so I'm missing out on the last week of term! Actually gutted that I'm not going to be here, as after Easter it's going to be work work work till the end of the semester! But hey, ho! I do get a free skiing holiday out of it! We're going to the same place that I went to just before Christmas with uni. Such a great resort, but will be weird going with family, as I've already been there with friends. Think it could be a very different holiday. I also booked everything for this holiday myself; flights, accommodation, transfers, insurance etc! So fingers crossed that everything thing goes according to plan!

Re my last post: Wales won the Grand Slam! Was such an amazing atmosphere in Cardiff and being in town was wicked, the streets were literally packed with stupidly happy and drunk Welsh people! England managed to pull of a good performance against a pretty shoddy looking Ireland team and we won 30-9! So very happy with that result.

Not really got much planned for the rest of the week, got a uni assignment due in next Monday, but as I'm going away it means I need to finish it by Friday! So really need to get cracking with that! Also got my final essay questions for Cult Crit last week, so I'm currently doing some reading in prep for that!

Bizzle, x