It's either something in the water, or I am getting old! I know two people that got engaged last Friday! Separate cases, on different side of the Atlantic. One of them is my childhood best friend, Kate. Kate and I have share bedrooms together for at least 5 years when we were in boarding school. Many nights we stayed up chatting away about lives, our dreams and of course the question of who's getting married first! NOW we know. I, of course phoned the happy girl and got the low down on the whole proposal...Did he get down on one knee? Was it all very romantic?? Apparently he took her in front of the Birmingham cathedral where they shared many happy memories, while holding both her hands....Asked her to marry him. He had previously already got the parents' permission (how very sweet). The other person that got engaged was Brandon. I don't know him at all, but he was one of Raph's room mates at uni.

I am very happy for both couples, and how they are very lucky to find that special someone to share the rest of their lives with! Congratulations!!!!! oh and I better be invited to the wedding Kate!

I have been waiting all week to see the new Pixar movie The Incredibles. You could feel the excitement of anticipation sitting in the cinema, waiting for the film to start. People applauded when the film certification showed up on the screen, and applauded when the new short Boundin' finished. We all then sat through 2hrs of pure pleasure….. The film was AWSOME! I went in with high expectations and Pixar delivered! Of course, people applauded when the film finished!



I then went to the London Apple store opening today. I was tempted to get in the queue early to get one of those very sought after ‘goody bags’, but I am glad came to my senses as the first person was there since 1pm Thursday! Raph and I arrived at the store at 4pm, and even then we had to wait 10min in the queue before we can get in.



When we got in we were greeted by a member of the staff (very yummy looking), enthusiastically offering to help. It was obvious that the people working there are all MAC heads and love their jobs.



The store was spacious and light, everyone who walked past it couldn't help but look, and it’s like a giant magnet drawing you in. Apple products were all on open display so you can just go and feel what its like to own a MAC. There were those 30” displays on show……they are MASSIVE! Size DOES matter! I so want everything in the store……if I win the lotto…that’s one of the first place that I am visiting!



All in all it’s been a good weekend so far… I now feel like a mini Apple geek… I just need more products to complete my image!

APPLE………Welcome to London!

Went to see the latest ‘in’ movie Bridget Jones Diary 2, and have to say I was not that impressed. Luckily ITV decided to show BJ1 the Sat before, so my memory was refreshed and was able to get some of the jokes/lines that were followed on in the second movie. It is a sweet film nonetheless, and not disgustingly soppy. Renee did a fine job in this movie and I think she is now definitely one of my favourite actresses.

The film that was shot in Bath last year…Vanity fair…will be screening in the cinemas near you (in the UK) on 17th of Jan. It has already been screened in the US, but didn’t get very good reviews…but that wont stop us going to see Bath on the big screen. The big scene in the film that we should all recognise in the movie, is when Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) first arrive in London and sees a big house at the end of this busy road (the road is Great Pulteney street, and the big house is the Holburne museum). Becky thinks she’s going to live in the big house, until the horse carriage that takes her turns and stops in front of the house she’s really staying at (the house is in Sydney place).

Problems don't solve themselves, and yes people can help you but there are things that you just have to face on your own.

When you were young, parents were invincible....The sky can fall you know your parents will be there holding it up you...protecting you. I was just on the phone to my mother and every time I hear her over the phone I can't help but cry..and I cry every time I think about her. She has become so frail....we use to have these hour long conversations, but now I struggle to keep her on the phone for more than five, and all I can hear are whispers over the line. I am now the one telling her everything will be ok..being positive and strong for her. The depression is really getting the better of her...she's trying to fight it, but she also tells me "no matter what happens to me..just work hard and concentrate on your studies". I really wish there is something I can do to take all her troubles away....win the lotto?....All I can really do is tell her to be strong. Just live past this year and half and I will go and earn money....enough money to fly her over and let her enjoy what she loves the most.....Traveling. There really isn't enough life times for me to repay my mother..for what she has done for me...and for the family.

" You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces , to realize that memory is what makes our lives. Life without memory is no life at all... Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it, we are nothing..." Luis Bunuel

I am currently reading The man who mistook his wife for a hat, and it is a fascinating book. There are so many things we take for granted that our minds just do for us, yet at the same time..Are what we are perceiving real?( I can just go on and on with questions like that....) The mind IS really a wonderful thing and a terrible thing at the same time! The book is full of bizarre cases of incidents when people's brain fail to function 'properly', and after reading them I yern for more information and answers to questions that I have.

Bath put on an impressive firework display last night! I was lucky enough to be able to avoid the crowd and watch it from the office. The whole evening really made me miss having someone to do things with me.....after all that's happened recently I just wouldn't mind some company, arms to fall into.. and someone to just sit there, not say anything and just hold my hands. I try very hard to be super sociable and out going, but I am just not like that....Though I am getting used to my own company and being at home by myself. I feel like I am putting on a front for people, and I have to be happy because there is no point depressing other people too. I really don't want to be all sad like this and I am trying sooo hard to be positive, but I just really need some support...Someone there to comfort me when I fail. Ahhhh....I know...I am just being a wimp. I should just pick myself up and carry on! Things will happen regardless anyway.

Was reading the latest copy of BD when I came across this article. Very funny, and brought back memories of when I first joined Bath. We did have to queue for ages to hand in various forms, but we never got the pleasure of selecting units. Though, we were told, and I quote, "you have to wear black to be a serious architect"!

Went to see the animation film Shark Tale last night. The movie basically confirms that Pixar is still the best at making good animations. Dreamworks did a very good job with Shrek, but this movie leaves much to be desired. I left the cinema having laughed a few times, but not at all satisfied. What is even more ridiculous is that before we even started watching the movie, we were shown the trailer for the next Dreamworks animation... It just cheapens the whole thing and makes me think that they are just churning them out without much thought. That's one of the reasons why I like the Pixar movies so much, because you have to wait for them, and the extras they have on the DVDs show how much efforts they put in, to produce the animations. They look like they are really enjoying it and are really passionate about it all. Hell...it makes ME want to work there too!!!! All I can say is I can't wait for The Incredibles!!