World Cup 2014 - Eyes of an Amateur

As a girl, I've never been the biggest fan of football though I have always enjoyed it. However with the infectious excitement of the World Cup and encouraging male friends, I have come to learn an awful lot.



Firstly, I learnt how the World Cup system worked; the groups, the knockout system, the points... I then proceeded to risk an ignorant reputation and enquired about off-sides, free kicks, fouls, positions and so on.

My newfound enthusiasm for football has not gone down so well with my mother or sister but that's just because they are traumatized from the consistent sport from every angle of their lives. My uncle, auntie and even grandma are into football. Perhaps my elderly grandma is not actively doing so yet her passive watching of football is more than enough.

Now, without having to look like an ignorant idiot, I can enjoy the good-looking footballers perform their skills and techniques with skin-tight T-shirts. The World Cup truly is a fantastic occasion!

The only downside is the fact that I must wait many many hours before Netherlands plays again. Thus many many hours before Robben and Van Persie is within view.

Work, Play, Payback

It's almost the laasstt of my AS exams and I could not be happier! Except I could!

Before I start, I must inform whoever's time I am wasting that I live in Manchester, a city located in the North West midlands of England. It's like a miniature, tiny version of London. Manchester has long since been exhausted by me as I travel through it's city centre twice a day during my commute to and from college.

Planned long ago was a trip to London with my beloved sister (who of course paid for everything 😜) to attend a concert held by the drummer of the famous Japanese heavy rock band, Yoshiki. Though he loved rock, he also loved classical. And so he and his sextet of string players (whom were all suspiciously beautiful women) came forth as Yoshiki Classical. Through various unexpected events we were most honoured to meet him and his backstage staff. Nothing could make our day any better until the experience finally penetrated our star-struck phase and sunk into reality.

Here's a signed poster that's worth more than my life.



Despite the stay in London, I didn't have as much fun as I would have liked as I have two exams the following Monday and Tuesday, therefore - as Asian as we are - I was forced to revise. The Sunday before my exams (today yay!) we have another plan to attend Jon Richardson's stand-up show.

And if you know of neither X Japan, Yoshiki or Jon Richardson then shame on you, you pitiful human!! Just kidding, but make it so that you know them well!!

So... with the idea of work hard play hard, it appears to me that it does not work well at all when it becomes work hard play hard. Therefore guess what I, the Queen of Procrastination, am doing? Yes. I am writing a post about everything that I shouldn't have done at a time so close to my exams.

But you know what? Coffee is on my side so I've nothing to fear!!



...or so I think.