布里斯托! Life

We finally got the house and will be moving in tomorrow.
We were so happy when we got the news yesterday.
I am so excited now!!!!!!

Thank you for the messages you left for me and 
hope all of you have a happy christmas!!

Yesterday we finally managed to pack all the stuff and clean the house.  In England, if you rent a place, you have to clean everything in the house before you leave, otherwise you might not get the whole deposit back.  

Yesterday I started working at 7:45 and finished at 5:45, then went back to the flat straight away to help Brendan finish packing and cleaning stuff.  Brendan took the whole day off work and we both were exhausted doing all this since last weekend.  Although it is not a big flat, it needed more work than we expected.

We still haven't heard any good news about the house and that means we are homeless now.  Kieran (Brendan's cousin) and Suzanne are very kind to let us to stay at their house for a week or 2.  We don't want to bother them for too long since Suzanne is pregnant and doesn't feel well recently, so we are still looking for short term letting.

This is the place we are going to put all our stuff.

Since we still don't know where we will be next week, we decided to pack up nearly everything and put them in this Self-storage room as it will be less hassle when we are moving around.   It is really helpful for people like us stuck in the moving process.   Also, you can freely access the storage room, store by the week, month, year or for as long as you require and move out whenever you like.  Hopefully we won't need it for too long.

This morning Brendan was looking for short-term renting, unfortunately no luck for us, most of them would like their tenants to stay at least 6 months.  We will try some more later on this weekend.

Our moving plan has been delayed and we still don't know when we will be able to move into our new home.  What we know for sure is our landlord has already found the next tenants and they are moving in on the 1st of December.  That means we will be homeless from next Friday unless a miracle happens to us.

We are going to pack up most of our stuff that we don't need and take it to our local self-storage depot tomorrow.   Brendan is going to freecycle his fish and take our fridge stuff to his work place.  He said there is a big tall fridge at his work place and no one really uses it much. I am now making a list of  what we need when we are homeless.  I put our rice cooker on my list.  

從愛爾蘭回來後, 都好像很忙的樣子,
在愛爾蘭參加完婚禮後, 接著在Bristol又另一個婚禮要參加,
吃吃喝喝兩個週末後, 
接著有個翻譯工作要完成,
英國有個朋友需要把一些中文問卷答案翻成英文,
花了整整一個星期, 週末沒休息的努力的翻,

突然想要聽爵士樂
就上網找找看
找到這個電台
一天24小時都在播放Jazz music
實在太棒了

在這裡跟喜歡Jazz的朋友分享一下

世界很多大城市都有中國城China town,
今天我發現了 "英國城"
是我同事告訴我的,
這個英國城位於中國上海
看了一些照片
還真的有模有樣呢!

據報導說, 

終於買了新相機
這款是Canon  IXUS 60
跟我舊的同一系列
我那台是 IXUS 的始祖
只有兩百萬數
用了四,五年了,
從沒壞過, 非常堅固.

回來了,
匆匆回家一趟參加妹妹的婚禮,
順道留了一天香港辦理新身分證.
時間很趕, 也只看了我外婆一次而已.
回家前一晚,
想到下次回去又不知什麼時候,

明天準備帶著英國爸媽給我們卡片去巴塞隆納
((今天還收到Marie寄來的))
英國媽媽還怕我們會先打開,
還註明不能在結婚紀念日前打開

小瓢蟲是在英國爸媽的後花園拍的
拍了十幾張, 才拍到一張清楚,
因為它都一直動來動去,
後來, 可能己受不了我, 
所以才乖乖的坐在那給我拍.
真的是顏色鮮艷又可愛呢!

己經好耐冇唱K啦~
不知大家多久沒去唱歌呢?
我呢, 己經有五六年吧!

這是第二年在英國過復活節,
第一年的復活節, 我可是被滿桌的巧克力嚇到,
我跟Brendan說今年不要買巧克力復活蛋給我.

今年少了大妹Marie, 就安靜了一點, 不像去年那麼熱鬧.

不知大家的復活節假期過得如何?
回來到現在仍在忙事情,
希望明天有時間上來回留言&po照片~

我們明天就要到Nottingham過復活節 (四天假期)
現在準備一下行李, 打理一下家裡,
留言都有看到, 等我回來, 才能一一回覆
回來會放更多照片上來的~等我回來哦!!

又是另一個生日慶祝活動,
今年是英女皇八十大壽,
英國皇室將會隆重的慶祝一番.



Queen's 80th Brithday

Life has important lessons to teach you today. Some of those lessons will be enjoyable, many of them will be a bit painful, and when the day is over you'll be wiser for them all.

Each person you meet today has something to teach you. Though they may make you somewhat angry, impatient, uncomfortable or frustrated at the time, those lessons are sure to be of much value.

Every situation in which you find yourself has something to teach you. Keep that in mind as you work your way through them all, and look for the positive value that you can retain.

Life becomes increasingly fulfilling when you choose to learn each lesson it has to teach. As you grow in wisdom, the difficulties will become less difficult to live through, and the joys will become more profound.

In triumph, in tragedy, in joy and in disappointment there are always valuable, positive lessons you can learn. As you learn more of what life has to teach, many of the things that once held you back will lose their power to do so.

Choose to respond to each encounter, each situation, and each challenge of this day in a way that will enable you to learn something new. Accept the lessons that life offers, and you'll quickly find them to be of great value.

-- Ralph Marston

這個二月,
咻一聲就過了.

我們都忙著和朋友家人們聚會,
到Nottingham看英國爸媽,
到Kieran & Suzanne的新家House Warming Party,
Nina & Phil也把家裝修好, 他們也請我們去吃晚餐,
跟瑪莎到Swindon Outlet逛街,

先生一向都不用MSN messenger
昨晚, 好奇試用MSN Explorer,
無意log in了
不到三秒
就收到一個名為: Pig-boy from Austria的message

'還記得我們嗎?'

今天早上, 一看到大家的留言,
實在很安慰


先生昨天一回到家
就是個苦瓜臉
他跟我說:
公司裡的同事幾乎每個人都曾經被小偷在車裡偷過東西.