January 2007

22/01/07 - Monday 22nd January 2007
"Happy New Year!"

Well another year has passed and it's about time I updated my weblog... I will be posting another "A Year in the Life..." blog entries when I get round to finishing and compiling what was a very busy year, but for now I'll update as and when news-worthy events happen.

Since I last "blogged", I've enjoyed a sensational Ski Tour with WarwickSnow in Val Thorens in the French Alps; had a super-relaxing Christmas and New Year and forced myself back into the swing of rushed essays, tutorials and lectures! Plus the whole setting the alarm for 7.00am thing, whereby you can take pictures on your phone such as the one above, whilst enjoying the jolly (but not uncomfortable chill in the air).

Ski Tour was simply awesome! There is nothing like the thrill of hurtling down (icey) mountains at what seems the speed of sound, whilst trying with all your might to stay in an upright and balanced position. The week was full of fancy dress-filled nights out to the resorts bars and clubs (which are located underground to "soak up" the noise!) and snow-filled frolics. The first day was spent having the usual "snow-plough" lesson to ensure we could all actually stop ourselves from falling off the cliffs at the edges of most of the ski-runs, followed by a quick bite to eat (maybe a nap if you are lucky) and then out on the town for the "nightlife" action, as described above. This pattern of lessons, bit of skiing in between, food, napping and then off to party the night away pretty much continued for the entire week. Yet, in order to make sure this regularity didn't bore us, the WarwickSnow exec team thought up of what may be described as "bonus" nights. These consisted of a bbq in a nearby resort and a torchlit run after dark on one of the easy slopes after copious amounts of free red wine and fondue!

I can only thank all those 400 fellow WarwickSnow members for making it such a memorable Christmas present (which I suppose I bought myself as a treat); especially those who (not mentioning any names for privacy reasons) helped me down some of the trickier slopes and had patient when I was far too scared for my own good on the hardest of the blue runs in the first few days of skiing!

So after ski tour, it was back to my lovely hometown, which sadly hasn't changed much at all, I was expecting a bowling alley, new Hotel and leisure facilities! I guess I just have to make do with the new train station, which is scheduled to be completed this year... Christmas was, as it becoming the norm in the past few years, a seemingly quiet family affair, sat around the clichéd fire (if we had one) watching Doctor Who and Corrie Christmas specials; not that I don't enjoy the relax (it certainly is welcome after as busy a year as I have been having since becoming a full-time student!) New Year was also a nice quiet affair with the family, a time for catching up, exchanging jokes and generally having a nice pleasant time.

Then, as soon as I knew it, I was back in Leamington Spa with the ladies for another essay-filled university stint. So far the term has been pretty pleasant, only had the one or two essays to complete over Christmas (which admittedly where scribbled down a few days before the deadlines) and am now enjoying relaxing with Desperate Housewives and being invigorated by the return of the sublime 24 (Season 6)! I am actually quite enjoying this beginning of term and surprisingly pretty organised, having inputted all my tasks to complete into Outlook's Task scheduler (which very interestingly synchronises with my phone, so I can check whilst on the move!) and filed away all those pesky bank statements and weekly payslips from the various job projects I have going at the moment! Only time will tell if I am organised to juggle the German and Business department essays and assignments to my advantage, but I want to stay quietly confident at the moment, even though the evil temptation of US TV, DVDs, alcohol, nights-out and money-making bar work are rearing their nasty heads!

Speaking of TV, I'm looking forward to the return of Doctor Who, especially after the "tease" of the Christmas special and the superb Torchwood finale, which was far better than expected after a fairly hit-and-miss series (in my opinion). I'm sure TV will feature in future blog sessions, but after a quite wordy and waffley blog entry I'm going to leave it there for now, especially with the prospect of having to read a "War-and-Peace-length "A Year in the Life" entry coming very soon!

"So... Until Next Time... Keep smiling, Stay productive and come and visit again soon!"

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