Love The Way You Lie

Just thought I'd post the video of Eminem and Rihanna's new(ish) song, Love The Way You Lie.

Guys, Megan Fox is in it, and she's hot. (Even though I secretly hate her. ALOT.)



What the hell is Rihanna doing to her look nowadays?! She used to look so gorgeous. Ok, she's still really pretty but what's with the mohawk kind of hairstyle, and now it's bright red as well. Sigh.

Eminem looks pretty damn good, though. :) I like him with dark hair instead of the platinum blonde hair before. I guess I've always had a thing for dark haired guys. I'm not one to go after those blonde Abercrombie and Fitch types.

Went out last night with Stuart and Len for drinks. Holly was supposed to come out but in the end she wasn't really in the mood to hang out. :(

My mom says my uncle's a little better today, but he's back to refusing to eat. Sigh. I really hope he's ok. My mom keeps saying "Don't worry, stop worrying" and all kinds of other crap, but honestly, it's easier said than done. I know I'm thousands of miles away and I can't actually do anything to help or whatever, but I can't help but think about it all the time AND worry. It's ridiculous. The phrase "Don't worry" just makes me worry about him more. Totally oxymoronic (I don't even know if that's a word. BAH. Whatever.).

I feel really tired now. Just tired of life and everything.

God, I sound so incredibly emo that I wanna shoot myself.

Basshunter

So, went to the doctor yesterday and came back after being told exactly what I knew before. I think nowadays, doctors will become redundant, since anyone who watches House, ER or Grey's Anatomy can self-diagnose and self-medicate. (Ok, not REALLY, but you know what I mean.)

Last night I felt slightly better when I went to bed and my throat stopped hurting (miraculously). But this morning it was burning again, and now it really hurts when I swallow. Sigh. It must have just been the paracetamol and ibuprofen at work last night. Today, my jaw's starting to hurt, for some very strange reason, and my headache's still pounding incessantly away. Oh, and the back of my throat is still inflammed as ever.

Wonderful.

Got some bad news from back home. On Sunday, my dad texted me.

This was his text: "Hi Cheryl, uncle Francis now in hospital intensive care. Update u later"

Who texts like that?! I need more information!

The good news is that he's just been released from ICU and is now in a normal ward.

Still very upsetting, but I won't go into that right now.

Moving on to happy things now!

Ok, this is gonna be totally random, but here goes.

I know his music's really cheesy and it's basically Euro trash, but I love Basshunter! (And he's cute, so that's a bonus! ;) )

I love how the music videos have a story. Plus the girl is really hot. (She's a porn star, by the way.)

I'll put the videos up in chronological order. I'm sure you'll recognise some of the songs. (Ok, like I said it's cheesy Europop music, but some of the tunes are pretty catchy, so give it a listen! :) Can't hurt, can it?)

Now You're Gone


All I Ever Wanted


Angel in the Night


I Miss You


Every Morning (My favourite video! You'll see why, haha...)


I Promised Myself


The last video leaves the story on a cliffhanger. Does the boy get the girl? Does he not get the girl? Who knows? Hopefully he comes up with another video. I want to know what happens!

My head really hurts now, so that's it for now!

Sick and Moody

So... Latest news on the streets: I'm ill.

I've been struck down in the prime of life by a vicious bug. The past two days were spent with a high fever and constant headache, plus an annoying grating cough and a very swollen throat.

Today is worse.

I got out of bed today, early as usual, to let Stuart out of the building, and went straight back to bed. Woke up 2 hours later boiling hot and covered in sweat. I thought, oh good, maybe my fever's sweated out now. But no, my fever was still raging on.

This entry already seems pretty gross.

Anyways, I've got an appointment with a nurse at Cripps Health Centre at 5 this afternoon, so they can give me something that'll just knock me out or whatever.

The worst thing about being sick is that when your body needs sleep the most, it never seems to let you get any actual sleep. The past two nights, I must have woken up at least three or four times in the night, sitting up way to fast from shock and thus incurring a blinding pain in my head.

Of all days to have lovely weather, it has to be today. WHEN I AM SICK.

Bloody English weather.

Today, the sun is my worst enemy. It's too bright outside and everything looks so cheery that I just want to smack something cute and fluffy. Or anyone who laughs and looks too happy.

Ok, I might be delirious on the paracetamol that I've taken (or the fever's messed with my brain functions), I'm not actually going to smack something cute and fluffy. I might just hit the happy people, though.

Sigh. Don't worry, I'm not completely mental. Yet.

I do like being sick though, just a little, although I would like to feel better ASAP. I can lie in bed all day and no one will yell at me for it. And people do stuff for you! :) (By the way, sorry Stuart, for being such a whiny pain in the ass, and for being completely fickle about food and not eating the chicken and bacon pasta you bought for me last night.)

Everything tastes like ass. Honestly, putting condiments of any sort on food right now just seems to make it taste worse, like battery acid or something. Gross. Even water tastes disgusting and I have to drink a ton of it because somehow I feel thirsty all the time.

Whoever passed this stupid bug to me, damn you. Damn you to hell.

Movies and Shooting Stars

Hmm. This whole "updating more" thing isn't really working.

I'm supposed to be working on Java now, but I got distracted. :)

I've done 1 exercise today. Lots more to do. Sigh.

Stuart and I have Unlimited cards at Cineworld now. This means we can watch all the movies we want for only £13.50 a month! The day we got the cards (Monday), Stu printed our temporary passes out at his workplace, and we saw Toy Story 3 in 3D and Inception on the same night.

Toy Story 3 is awesome! I saw Toy Story 2 some time last week and it was amazing, but Toy Story 3 trumps the lot. Yup, I knew I was gonna weep through that movie, so I actually bought a packet of tissues for that purpose. They came in very useful indeed! Only the theatre wasn't very full, so I had to control the amount of sniffling I did! But I'm pretty sure the girl in the row in front of me was sobbing on her boyfriend's shoulder too, so I wasn't the only one crying! But there were funny parts as well, so it was all good. In fact, I laughed through my tears during some sad parts too! Amazing film overall. Needless to say, I walked out of Toy Story 3 with very puffy red eyes.

After a trip to the bathroom for a futile attempt at salvaging my wrecked makeup (and indeed, wrecked face!), we bought our tickets for Inception and then had Subway for dinner.

Inception is pretty brilliant too. It's one of those films where your mind couldn't wander and you had to concentrate entirely on the film, otherwise you'd lose the storyline. The cinematography was superb, but the music was kind of irritating. Those who've seen Shutter Island will know what I'm talking about. I swear, the entire score is one note, just at different pitches and octaves. Freakin' insane. However, I didn't find Inception that difficult to get. It was very interesting, and the concept is a little hard to grasp, but it's actually quite easy to get the whole story. Wasn't as hard work trying to get the plot as most people made out to be.

We got back pretty late after the movies, and were both very tired. But we still managed to play Bejeweled 2 for awhile, haha! Stu also played some other game and got a trophy before he finally went to bed.

On Tuesday, Stuart and I were still very excited about our Unlimited cards, and so we made another trip to the cinema after Stu finished work to see The A-Team and Twilight: Eclipse. The A-Team is really funny, and as most would expect, very ridiculous as well. Bradley Cooper is freakin' hot! (Sorry, the only reason I'm gonna watch The A-Team is for him!) Ok, fine, Liam Neeson as well then.

Twilight: Eclipse is everything I wanted it to be. It didn't really follow the book very closely, but it was still not bad. I love Edward Cullen! Bella (Kristen Stewart) just irritated me throughout the film. She wears a wig because her real hair's really short now for another film, and it's really obvious, which annoyed me even more. The fight scene between the vampires and werewolves was awesome. Can't wait for Breaking Dawn now! Kelly says they're making that into 2 films because the book was so long. Kind of what they've done with the last Harry Potter film (which I totally want to see too!).

I just glanced out the window and the weather is SHIT.

Last night, Stuart wanted to see the northern lights, so we went outside at 1am, which was supposedly the optimum time to see them. However, it was too cloudy to see anything. Haha, when we first went outside, I thought a hazy cloud was what we were looking for! It was quite cold, even though I'd wrapped up in a giant pink jumper. I got tired of standing and staring up after awhile (your neck gets all cramped up!), so I lay down on the ground to look at the sky.

Then, suddenly, I saw this streak across the sky. It was a shooting star! I'd never seen a shooting star before, so I was understandably quite excited, bouncing around like a kid who sees snow for the first time. What's more, I saw two more after that. Pretty amazing, seeing 3 shooting stars on the same night.

Such simple little things like looking at the stars in the night sky (preferably when it's not cloudy so you can actually see the stars), or taking a walk just because you feel like it, or just lying on the grass in the sun... All such amazing things to do, especially with someone special. I wonder why people don't do it more often. It's inexpensive and easy to do. I don't get it. I mean, it's fun to go out with friends and have a few drinks or whatever, but it's nice to go somewhere quiet with that special someone. You don't even have to talk or look at each other. Just being there with one another is pretty great too.

Sorry, the over-romantic gland that only I seem to possess had some sort of fit just now.

Such a simple phrase, but my heart beats faster every time I hear or say it. :)



This song sure fits my mood now. :)

Weekend in London

Yup, I'm bored, so I'm going to write on my blog instead. :)

Quick recap about last week. (Actually, it'll be pretty long.)

I decided last minute to surprise Stuart when he got back from Benicassim late Monday night, so I texted Chloe to let her know, and she very kindly offered to pick me up from the train station since I'd never gone to Mansfield all by myself and I didn't know what bus to take to Stu's house.

I got to Nottingham train station quite early and when the train to Mansfield came, I wasn't quite sure if it was the right one. 2 girls in very colourful clothing came up to me and asked if it was the train going to Worksop, and I replied I didn't know, and that I was just about to ask them if the train was the one to Mansfield. I assumed I was right when I saw quite a lot of chav-looking people on board the train.

When I got to Mansfield, Mandy was with Chloe and we had a nice chat before they left because Chloe was going to meet some friends to watch Inception (which I'm dying to see!). So I was left alone in the house. I decided to put on a random movie and read at the same time, but ended up falling asleep instead. When I woke up it was almost 8pm, and I put on Australia, which, by the way, is a long ass film, although it is quite good. I haven't quite finished it yet, though.

Chloe came back when I was watching Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Don't ask me why I put this on, I must have been quite bored.), and we chatted through the entire movie. A couple times we asked each other what the hell was going on in the movie but we had absolutely no clue what was going on because we'd been talking the whole time.

Around midnight, Stuart got back. After chatting for awhile with Chloe, we went upstairs and he uploaded pictures from the festival. I'm so jealous of how tanned he is now. (Although, not jealous of the lovely tan lines he's got, haha!)

Holly moved into Opal on Monday when I wasn't around, so when I got back to Nottingham on Tuesday evening, Stuart and I dropped by her flat to say a quick hello. So happy I've got a friend here now! :)

We went out to Coco Tang for drinks on Wednesday. Originally there were supposed to be a lot more people, but in the end it was just Holly, Stu and I. Holly came round for wine before we went out, just like old times. Pity Kelly wasn't here! It was half-price cocktails at the bar so we had quite a few drinks before leaving at about 1am. Obviously, the next day was spent nursing a horrible hangover.

Now, about the weekend...

Friday morning was spent travelling to London on the National Express coach. Honestly, fat people should be forced to buy 2 seats. I'd never felt more uncomfortable in my life. Had lunch at KFC and people-watched in Victoria train station before my appointment at the Singapore embassy.

After that, I got lost trying to look for the tube station. After walking around for 10 minutes, this nice guy directed me to Knightsbridge tube station, which is right next to Harrods. I was tempted to go in, but decided against it. (Yay, willpower worked this time!)

Went to Totteridge and Whetstone to Joel's so I could get my stuff back. Elana was late coming back from school, so I only saw her for a little while before I had to leave and meet Kan. Elana has a new little bunny she got from a country fair. He's all black and his name is Lucky! Rambo (their dog) doesn't like the rabbit very much and keeps scratching at the hutch. I think he sees Lucky as a tasty little appetiser before his dinner.

Met Kan and two of his colleagues at a pub near London Bridge. Stuart actually managed to find the place and Kan when I was in the bathroom. Imagine my surprise when I came back outside and they were already chatting!

After that, Stu and I made our way to Canada Water, where we caught the courtesy bus to our hotel (Hilton, no less!), where we were staying for the weekend. After I redid my makeup and got dressed, we left to meet Stuart's friends Emma and JonP in Central London. We got to Leicester Square and had some dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown before we met Emma and JonP in some club (I've already forgotten the name of that place. 12 bar something, maybe?)

On Saturday we took a bus to somewhere near Holborn because the Jubilee line was closed. We ended up having Korean food for lunch at the place Yessicha and Adelia brought me to. After that we wandered towards Trafalgar Square and went to the National Gallery. We then walked to Leicester Square where we had ice-cream in my favourite London ice-cream parlour. I had pistachio and rum and raisin. :)

After that, Stuart decided he wanted to go to the Canadian pub where he and JonP had been to before, so he led the way halfway around London before remembering that the pub was in Covent Garden, which is right next to Leicester Square where we'd set off from. We must have been walking for about 2 hours. Sigh. The journey back to the hotel was ridiculous. The bus we were on suddenly stopped at Elephant and Castle and everyone had to get off. Of course, this meant that all the buses that came along later were packed full of people. In the end, we were so tired and irritated with the London transport that we decided to just take a taxi back to the hotel. Yup, 20 quid for the cab ride.

Sunday morning was spent packing up and checking out of the hotel. We caught the ferry to Canary Wharf and met up with Emma for some shopping. She needed to buy a present for a friend, so Stuart and I went to grab some lunch at one of my favourite Italian restaurants, Carluccios. I used to go there with Melissa and Michelle all the time when I lived in London. Man, that feels like a lifetime ago!

After lunch, we met up with Emma again and walked around the shopping centre. I bought a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts! Seriously, Nottingham needs to get a Krispy Kreme place. It's ridiculous that it doesn't. Then we went on the DLR to see Emma and JonP's apartment near Stratford. I love that apartment! I want an apartment like that one day!

We left a little late for our train back to Nottingham, and practically all the underground lines were closed for maintenance, so we had to take a taxi from Monument. I now know what it feels like to be in a high speed car chase. I swear, the taxi driver must have broken quite a few traffic rules to get us to St. Pancras station.

We arrived at the right platform with 30 seconds to spare, so we got to watch the train leave the station. :( Luckily, the nice lady in the ticket office put us on the next train after we babbled (quite incoherently) our excuses. So we still got to sit in first class at no extra charge! :) I love first class! I'd never been in first class before. It is awesome! The seats are so much bigger and the carriage was quiet, with practically no one around. Love it.

So that was my eventful weekend. Was pretty fun overall. :)

Oh! Yesterday, when Stuart got back from work, he surprised me with a bunch of flowers! I went downstairs to open the gate and saw that he had his big umbrella opened in front of him. It wasn't raining, so it struck me as quite strange. I'd never received flowers from anyone before, so it was definitely a lovely surprise! :) He remembered my favourite are lilies as well! :)

My favourite flowers from my favourite guy :)

He also helped me design and finish making the level on LittleBigPlanet for my dissertation. He must have spent about 4 hours doing that. He's totally awesome! :)

Hmm, now to think of a few many ways to repay him... :)

Soppy freak

As you all know, I'm doing my dissertation for my degree this summer, and the topic I've chosen involves the PlayStation 3 and the game LittleBigPlanet.

I have to create my experiment using this game, because you can create custom levels, and so I was just Googling it for my research when I stumbled upon this Youtube video.



How awesome is that?! It's so incredibly sweet! So cute that she kept on playing, haha.

Anyways... Something random, haha.

Of course, that video got me into a soppy mood, and I remembered watching a clip of a proposal on The Ellen Degeneres Show a few months back.



Awww!

Of course I cried.

Such is the life of Cheryl. Sigh. I'm such a soppy freak.

Of course, now I'm super distracted and probably never going to get back to work. Wonderful.

Double Complete Rainbow

Today has been spent pretty much doing nothing. I did a little work when I woke up but that was it.

The Catcher In The Rye is turning out to be a pretty good read. Holden Caulfield is an awesome character. I'm halfway through the book. It's interesting writing, but seeing as how it's from 1945, I suppose that's how the style was.

Hmm, I was just looking at my fingernails as I was typing and they look so plain and boring without any nail polish on. But they're kind of nice without colour as well. Ok, now I sound completely idiotic.

Just my random musings. That's why you read my blog, right? Haha...

For instance, I remember thinking "Damn it, Stuart's probably listening to Calvin Harris live right now. I hate him. With a vengeance." when I went to bed. Haha.

Joshua Radin's I'd Rather Be With You is so sweet. Fell asleep listening to it last night.



Sitting here on this lonely dock
Watch the rain play on the ocean top
All the things I feel I need to say
I can't explain in any other way

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Now here's the sun
Come to dry the rain
Warm my shoulders and relieve my pain
You're the one thing that I'm missing here
With you beside me I no longer fear

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

I could have saved so much time for us
Had I seen the way to get to where I am today
You waited on me for so long
So now listen to me say

I need to be bold
Need to jump in the cold water
Need to grow older with a girl like you
Finally see you are naturally the one to make it so easy
When you show me the truth
Yeah
I'd rather be with you
Say you want the same thing too

Say you feel the way I do

I love the guitar bit at the beginning of the song. And the lyrics are so sweet! The video has Hayden Panettiere (Claire in Heroes) in it. She's so pretty. Sometimes I wish I was blonde. Oh wait, I am a blonde. A dumb blonde. Ok, LAAAAAAME.

See what staying at home with nothing to do does to me?

I WANT TO GO OUT!

Bah. Oh wells, I'll settle for going out on Monday with Holly and maybe Tsomo! Gonna have a girly girly night, probably in Vodka Revolution or something. Can't wait! Haven't had a decent drink in bloody ages. Oh super, now I sound like an alcoholic.

Omg, it's only 7.30pm. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TONIGHT?!

I've already run out of things to read on the Internet, I'm bored of Gilmore Girls and other DVDs I've got. And I don't really want to do much work this weekend. Ooh, maybe House, but I don't want to watch something on my laptop, which by the way is dying.

I need a new laptop! Let me know about good deals! Desperately want to get rid of this piece of junk, now that I've got the ok from my parents to buy a new laptop.

I've never ever had a brand new laptop of my own before. Mine are always hand-me-downs from my parents. Who am I to complain if they paid for it?

Hmm, I think I will go out and get a bunch of magazines tomorrow. I'm in dire need of entertainment.

Super. Just spent another £35 online. I need someone to confiscate my debit card.

Just heard the word "rainbow" in a song and I just cracked up. Probably because Stuart sent me this video last week.



Freakin' hilarious! Haha I'm still laughing! Halfway through the video, he sounds like he's having a major orgasm or something, haha! And he starts sobbing! Bloody hell, most awesome video I've seen all year.

Oh my God, it's so intense.

HAHA!