The Expedition

Woke up around 10ish with Marja knocking at my door to say goodbye. I was still in my pjs and looked kinda rough so it was slightly embarassing when I said bye to her dad. Joe moved out today as well. Now I'm the only person left in NB5 until Chandni comes- arg!
I played music at full volume in my room with the door open...it was amazing! Then Jess came and dropped off loads of food. Talia and Sam rang and came over so we used the extra butter, eggs, flour, golden syrup etc in the cupboard to make pancakes. Manasi was also around so we used her petrol jam as a topping- yum :p
We then went around to all the empty open rooms in Hertford and took pics. I hadn't realised just how many rooms there were! Later, we helped Manasi pack and then made pasta in the NB 2 kitchen. This was then followed by cycling to Talia's to watch Amelie. In all, a very odd day. Its now quiet and starting to get dark..I don't think I like this whole "being the only person in NB 5" thing anymore! arg!

The day they all left

Woke up around 9ish with Alice and Amelia banging on my door wanting to know what had happened last night. Later went with Manasi and Amelia to Bicester village for a shopping trip - its sooo expensive and not as good as I remembered! I did however find this BEAUTIFUL Christian Dior dress reduced by 80% to £430 - eep! It was gorgeous and made from white chiffon - we all agreed that you could be married in it! Amelia then left, followed by Alice. I helped Manasi pack whilst watching 17 again on her laptop. Went to sleep early and slightly sad as everyone was slowly leaving *sigh* It didn't really help that Marja's stuff was accumulated outside as a reminder that shes going tomorrow!

Risa Time!

I don't remember much from this day... I woke up around 11ish and decided to check my e-mails. The college wanted me to help out with some Open Day stuff at 10am today so I rushed to get changed and then went to help putting DVDs into plastic wallets. I honestly don't know why they're wasting money on it as the DVDs are pretty awful...
Amelia came back for the day so we went shopping for cava and just general window shopping-ness. Then went to trash the historians outside the exam schools with glitter, confetti and water. We all proceeded to OB quad and then, sigh, my room where we drank LOTS of cava. my floor, bed EVERYTHING and EVERYONE was covered in glitter! This was then followed by stumbling to ASK (Alice and Amelia were pretty awful by then and tried to get there in a shopping trolley >_<). After the meal, I came back and had a shower. I then went DTB with Alice and we had lots to drink. Managed to get to Risa with Jess (sang spanish songs on the way!!). Also kissed Jonny's friend Tom who'd come up from Coventry to visit. He was really sweet and we walked back together (slightly drunk >_<). Sat outside and chatted for ages (not sure what about) until around 4am. As I said before, don't remember much.

General buming about

Didn't do all the much..just relaxed and enjoyed my new-found freedom. Saw this hot air balloon float over the city - what a perfect way to spend the summer evening!

Home?

Ok, so I've volunteered to help out on the Open Days at Hertford and this means that I get free accomodation until them. However I WAS planning on going home today until I was told that people might be returning on friday to have a Hertford post-exam celebration. So, I decided to stay in Oxford. I really wanted to go home but I would have to return a few days later anyway and I still ahd laods of stuff to do! Alice had an afternoon exam (GH3) which she was dreading. So, to get her mind of it, we climbed the Chruch tower on ship street. The Church is ANCIENT and has all these old relics from the medieval period. The view from the top is also pretty good; especially on a cloudless day like today. I hope that it helped Alice calm down although it did stop her from cramming which is possibly the worst thing you can do! As she was wearing her sub-fusk she got quite a few inquisitive looks and we also got stopped by a lady at a Cafe who wanted to know about the carnation etc.

In the evening Emily came round to my room to see if I wanted to go out to Park End. It was an AMAZING night and sooo fun! We found Marja there as well as loads of her dancing friends and people from Hertford. Emily and I stuck together and went from the dance room to cheese and R&B before ending the night off with some more cheese. By the end of the night it was me, Emily, Oli Coward and more of Marja's friends dancing to Saturday Night and La Macarena along with full hand gestures- soooo awful it was AMAZING

second and last exams.

Alice bought me a pink carnation for good luck but could't find a red one. So, I cycled with Jonny and Sinead to Ewert house in Summertown for our final exams. In the break between the two I ate lunch and quickly revised with Helen some population stuff. After the exams, went out with the other biologists to the Weatherspoons pub where we found some more from St. Peter's and Sommerville. Everyone was really tired after such a long week/month! Got back to my room at 12 and slept.
I got this photo of Amelia before her last exam - she looks so stunning!

First exam : white carnation

Organisms at 2:30
not as bad as I'd expected. I think you just have to trust yourself, ignore the worries of others and give it all you have. I couldn't find a white carnation so managed to borrow one off someone who'd just finished their exams...