Yes. It's true. After the embarrassment that I faced at that GIRLS school, we went to visit another school in Kiltimagh called St Louis CS. It was a bit far but the facilities were way better than the GIRLS school. The head teacher was a bit deaf but he meant well. It's a big school and it's mixed. He also said, and I quote, 'we've had black students attending here before, and were treated to the highest regard because they were black.' I'm up for that!
I've decided to take up horse riding lessons. It's just a trial really. I might be really good at it, you never know. It's cheap too, 12euro for half an hour. Pretty good if you ask me! And guess what?! The coach's English. There's no escaping them! Even that dude in the fruit shop that gave me a free mango, used to live in Tottenham! MADNESS!
Signing off
Riding Rasta Queen xx
Friday 25 April 2008
Saturday 19 April 2008
A Lot to Say!!!
Hi everybody,
I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, I didn't have much to say. But now I do! So listen carefully....
Wednesday
On Wednesday, I got my flute exam results. (Drum roll please, dunnananananananananana...) MERIT! WOOOOOOOT! I got 124 out of 150 making it a very close but well earned.... (dunanananana) merit. SCORE! I was really surprised at the sight-reading grade ; 17/18. I thought I did terribly but the examiner obviously thought otherwise. The problem with sight-reading is you have no idea what the tune is supposed to sound like, I guess that's a good thing! (Well, in my experience it is.) I got minor errors in everything but still came out top. This has taught me a well learned lesson; it's easy to make mistakes, getting away with them is the hard bit! (LOL!)
We also went to visit our good friend Carmel. She is the hostess of a bed-and-breakfast we stayed at in February, called the Oakdale Manor. She's a plump woman with a really beautiful, Lassy-like dog. She offered me a job for the summer, making beds, cleaning bathrooms, looking after the dog and vacuuming. Well, I can vacuum. I have also proved my skills of cleaning the bathroom (it's true ask mum!) I love dogs, especially Poppy. It's the making beds part I'm stuck on. :-~ (Any tips, write a comment.) There's also going to be a wedding rehearsal held at the manor, which she might want us to help with. Well, we do need something to pass the time.
Friday
On Friday, I had my first flute lesson here. But turns out, the woman's English! She's from Plymouth and moved here four years ago. She said she was in exactly the same situation as us; the long drive, the renting situation, the finding a house. Her name is Clare and she's really nice. We did the lesson in her music studio. It was a really cool space with pictures of saxaphones, and trumpets on the walls. The lesson went quickly and at the end Mum came to listen to us when we were playing a duet of 'My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean'. It was really pretty, (pretty easy too!) Clare said that I was a really good sight reader and gave me things to practice until next week. That'll keep me busy!
Saturday, (Today)
Today I had to do a test at my new girls school with all the other girls who were going to be in my year. And I'm telling you they were such ... well... GIRLS! As soon as I walked in the room I wanted to melt into the ground. They were all so delicate and small, THEY SERIOUSLY LOOKED LIKE 6YR OLDS! It made me feel... like the odd one out; which I was! I mean, they all had shoulder length straight/wavy hair and were either pale or paler; Irish or Polish.
I probably looked like a Rastafarian nutter to their eyes. They were all so surprised when I spoke to the teacher about some help with filling in my name, English accent instead of a Jamaican one. IN YOUR FACE GIRLIES! (evil laugh; muh hu hahahahahaaaa!) I told Mum and she's worried about whether I'll fit in. So I guess we have some more schools to visit. ;-D
Signing off with an evil laugh,
Nutty Rasta. xx
I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, I didn't have much to say. But now I do! So listen carefully....
Wednesday
On Wednesday, I got my flute exam results. (Drum roll please, dunnananananananananana...) MERIT! WOOOOOOOT! I got 124 out of 150 making it a very close but well earned.... (dunanananana) merit. SCORE! I was really surprised at the sight-reading grade ; 17/18. I thought I did terribly but the examiner obviously thought otherwise. The problem with sight-reading is you have no idea what the tune is supposed to sound like, I guess that's a good thing! (Well, in my experience it is.) I got minor errors in everything but still came out top. This has taught me a well learned lesson; it's easy to make mistakes, getting away with them is the hard bit! (LOL!)
We also went to visit our good friend Carmel. She is the hostess of a bed-and-breakfast we stayed at in February, called the Oakdale Manor. She's a plump woman with a really beautiful, Lassy-like dog. She offered me a job for the summer, making beds, cleaning bathrooms, looking after the dog and vacuuming. Well, I can vacuum. I have also proved my skills of cleaning the bathroom (it's true ask mum!) I love dogs, especially Poppy. It's the making beds part I'm stuck on. :-~ (Any tips, write a comment.) There's also going to be a wedding rehearsal held at the manor, which she might want us to help with. Well, we do need something to pass the time.
Friday
On Friday, I had my first flute lesson here. But turns out, the woman's English! She's from Plymouth and moved here four years ago. She said she was in exactly the same situation as us; the long drive, the renting situation, the finding a house. Her name is Clare and she's really nice. We did the lesson in her music studio. It was a really cool space with pictures of saxaphones, and trumpets on the walls. The lesson went quickly and at the end Mum came to listen to us when we were playing a duet of 'My Bonny Lies Over The Ocean'. It was really pretty, (pretty easy too!) Clare said that I was a really good sight reader and gave me things to practice until next week. That'll keep me busy!
Saturday, (Today)
Today I had to do a test at my new girls school with all the other girls who were going to be in my year. And I'm telling you they were such ... well... GIRLS! As soon as I walked in the room I wanted to melt into the ground. They were all so delicate and small, THEY SERIOUSLY LOOKED LIKE 6YR OLDS! It made me feel... like the odd one out; which I was! I mean, they all had shoulder length straight/wavy hair and were either pale or paler; Irish or Polish.
I probably looked like a Rastafarian nutter to their eyes. They were all so surprised when I spoke to the teacher about some help with filling in my name, English accent instead of a Jamaican one. IN YOUR FACE GIRLIES! (evil laugh; muh hu hahahahahaaaa!) I told Mum and she's worried about whether I'll fit in. So I guess we have some more schools to visit. ;-D
Signing off with an evil laugh,
Nutty Rasta. xx
Friday 11 April 2008
YAY! I Found A House, I Bought A House! YAY!
Dear all,
As you can tell from my amazing headline, WE FOUND A HOUSE!(at last.) It's 3 miles from Claremorris town, the school and the 24 hour Tesco (LOL) , and is easy to find. It has an Outhouse that we're going to convert into a guest suite with a bathroom. The offer has been accepted at 132,500 euro, it was originally 145000. (Lucky or what!)
The other good news is that the NTL people came today. He told us how it all worked so I finally have TV! YAY!
Also, my day was made a little brighter by a man in the fruit shop who gave me a free mango because it has a small bruise, but it's firm. I'm looking forward to that later on!
Signing off,
LivNuts xx
As you can tell from my amazing headline, WE FOUND A HOUSE!(at last.) It's 3 miles from Claremorris town, the school and the 24 hour Tesco (LOL) , and is easy to find. It has an Outhouse that we're going to convert into a guest suite with a bathroom. The offer has been accepted at 132,500 euro, it was originally 145000. (Lucky or what!)
The other good news is that the NTL people came today. He told us how it all worked so I finally have TV! YAY!
Also, my day was made a little brighter by a man in the fruit shop who gave me a free mango because it has a small bruise, but it's firm. I'm looking forward to that later on!
Signing off,
LivNuts xx
Wednesday 9 April 2008
More Sad News...!!
Yep, yet another teething snag in our plans. That house that I told you about, well, no one knows who it belongs to because there's a problem with the title deeds. So we can't buy it! DRAT! Also there's some sort of problem with getting to the sewage system because it's on someone else's land. DOUBLE DRAT! So we're back to square one.
:-(
Good news Bekio, I found a school. I'm going to go to a girls school called Mount St Michael, in Claremorris. The Principal was really nice but she had a weird name; Fionnughuala King. (At least I can pronounce the surname :-D) She told us how to pronounce it though: Finnula. We had a long talk about how the school works and she showed us around. It was way nicer than the community school.
Leaving on a possitive note, I'm getting NTL installed on Friday. I'm finally getting TV! YAY! Can't wait!
Signing off, properties to see,
Livla xx
:-(
Good news Bekio, I found a school. I'm going to go to a girls school called Mount St Michael, in Claremorris. The Principal was really nice but she had a weird name; Fionnughuala King. (At least I can pronounce the surname :-D) She told us how to pronounce it though: Finnula. We had a long talk about how the school works and she showed us around. It was way nicer than the community school.
Leaving on a possitive note, I'm getting NTL installed on Friday. I'm finally getting TV! YAY! Can't wait!
Signing off, properties to see,
Livla xx
Saturday 5 April 2008
Our Journey Continues....
We've now chosen a main location, Ballyhaunis. We visited the Ballyhaunis community school on Thursday.
To be truthful it was a bit of a dump so mum doesn't really like the idea of me going there. But on the plus side we may have found our new house! It's in a great location. We'd be surrounded by really rich people, close to town and still have the tranquility of the country side. YAY! Trouble is it's kind of derelict and needs a whole lot of work i.e dry lining, floor replacing and stuff. DOH! The estate agent said it would take 40,000 euro to make it habitable, but others say differently. So we've sent off for a structural survey and contacted a bulider who is kindly going to look at the house and give us a price on fixing it up. (fingers crossed)
Yesterday we did a really long drive around the Connemara and it was really beautiful. It's a real shame that I can't upload the pictures I took of it, but hopefully when you guys come over, we'll be able to take you.
We're having a great time here! Looking forward to seeing you all! Oh and thanks for the comment Nat. I see if I can call you sometime soon! :-D
Signing off!
Olivia xx
To be truthful it was a bit of a dump so mum doesn't really like the idea of me going there. But on the plus side we may have found our new house! It's in a great location. We'd be surrounded by really rich people, close to town and still have the tranquility of the country side. YAY! Trouble is it's kind of derelict and needs a whole lot of work i.e dry lining, floor replacing and stuff. DOH! The estate agent said it would take 40,000 euro to make it habitable, but others say differently. So we've sent off for a structural survey and contacted a bulider who is kindly going to look at the house and give us a price on fixing it up. (fingers crossed)
Yesterday we did a really long drive around the Connemara and it was really beautiful. It's a real shame that I can't upload the pictures I took of it, but hopefully when you guys come over, we'll be able to take you.
We're having a great time here! Looking forward to seeing you all! Oh and thanks for the comment Nat. I see if I can call you sometime soon! :-D
Signing off!
Olivia xx
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