It’s been just over a week since I’ve been back to blogging, I’ve missed it like crazy & slowly catching up with everything I want to talk about, it’s gonna take a while but I’ll get there!

I’ve been trying out a new visitor statistic software called Get Clicky & have fallen in love with it. I can see exactly who is visiting my site, when, what they look at, who refers them & where they exit. It will take a while to get my usual visitor number back up to where it used to be, but within the past week I’ve had just over 1970 unique visitors which is pretty good, just wish you would all start commenting now grrrr The only huge difference is now that the majority of my visitors are within the UK & USA rather than Kuwait or UAE which was the case for the past 6 years.

But, it’s not just from these places where I get visitors from, I get them from all over the world

& I quite like that

Shortly after I went AWOL from blogging, I went away with a group of friends to Newcastle for one of my childhood friends from way back in Kuwait’s Bachelorette (Hen) Party. We went to High School together & she went to University in Aberdeen as well with me.

She moved to Cyprus in December so was having the Bachelorette Party earlier which was cool! We all booked the weekend away and stayed at a hotel right in the city centre with 3 of us sharing each room. The weekend was crazy from the get go, so much so that I needed a week to recover after I got back hahaha. We took so many photos, but we can only post so many of them as they are NSFW LOL So here’s a run down of what went on during the weekend…

Friday
I met up with Klaudia & Claudia (yeah it’s confusing lol) in Edinburgh and got the train down the rest of the way together, meeting Tonje at the station who flew in from Norway earlier. Emma & Carina were coming down later that night & would meet us at the hotel. Klaudia, Claudia, Tonje & I went shopping after checking into the hotel, while in a store, this guy approached me infront of my friends asked where I was from, what I was up to that night & if I wanted to meet up. I said sorry but it was girls only, then Klaudia tells him “unless you’re one of the strippers” which the guy said “sure, if she wants me to be” hahaha it was hilarious, but the guy had guts coming up to me infront of my friends lol

We then all went out for dinner at this Italian Restaurant at the Quay Side which was really yummy before going to a nearby bar while waiting for Carina to arrive. We ended up being surrounded by a group of guys who looked barely over 21 & we chated to them for a while as we drank triple vodka’s for £1.50 *gulp*. Needless to say, I shouldn’t of had 3 of them as I was swinging from the roof! We went back to the hotel to meet Carina, I ended up vomiting in the bathroom & almost passing out, but after vomiting, I was fine again hahaha I cleaned myself up & went partying again at various Nightclubs until 4am.

Saturday
For not coming back to the hotel until 4am, we all woke pretty early! Went shopping in the Metro Centre & binged on Nando’s *drools* before coming back to the hotel to get ready for the crazy night ahead. We booked a male strip show for Klaudia but she had no clue where we were going & also that we were in fancy dress! We kidnapped her, blindfolded her then dressed her in a Grease themed outfit with us girls as the Pink Ladies. While getting ready, drinking (do you spot a theme?!), Klaudia & I met up with a girl we went to school with in Kuwait who was originally from the Newcastle area, 10 years after we last saw her, it was really good catching up.

It was time for the strip show *swoon* & we had a total blast with the drag queen & 2 male strippers at the nightclub it was held in. There were 6 groups in total of Bachelorette’s so I feel sorry for the strippers hahaha. Now, these weren’t just strippers who stripped down to a thong, they went the full hog, bare frikin naked & I think we all had a heart attack hahaha but it was really fun overall & we had drinks with them at the bar after the show (& yes, they wore clothes haha).

After the strip show, we moved on to Tiger Tiger & spent the rest of the night there going from room to room. But with Bachelorette’s comes Bachelor’s, a huge group of Irish guys were all over us, talking to us, stealing our dick shaped straws (lmao!) & dancing with us. They were pretty harmless & funny except when one of them who was completely drunk as a skunk decided to whack my butt with this metal stick, I went to grab it to get him to stop & he ended up slicing my finger open! Blood was pouring everywhere & before I knew it, he stuck my finger in his mouth sucking the blood up *shiver* silly boy! We all danced & drank the night away having a total blast, before we knew it, it was closing time & we all got back to the hotel for some much needed sleep!

Sunday
It was a pretty crazy weekend of mojito’s, polish vodka, champagne, wine & shots and it was the first time I drank in over 10 months, so I didn’t do so bad LOL but I couldn’t handle any more alcohol hahaha. We all packed & vacated the hotel at lunch time, then headed to The Gate for much much needed food before getting our trains back home. The train to Aberdeen was packed so I had to stand until I got off in Edinburgh, lack of sleep + standing for nearly 3 hours KILLS, always book a seat people, seriously! I was in so much pain *cries*. I was so glad when I got home, it took me nearly a week to recover from 48 hours of partying hahahaha a sign that I’m getting very old & not used to it anymore! One valuable lesson I learnt was not to drunk tweet, some of the crap I said was hilarious hahahahaha

Enjoy the photos

How could you not love this little guy? I can’t believe he’s gonna be 4 years old this year! My baby is growing up so fast! He is like a little toddler, always demanding attention & snuggles against you so tight at night you can’t breathe! Getting him to sit still for photos is proving difficult though but he gets cuter & cuter day by day

Shortly before Christmas, I took the huge leap of converting to Apple after Jacqui hounded me and hounded me with all things Mac! She has this power you know, to convert people to the dark side, so you need to becareful when you talk to her mwahaha!

I got the 13″ High End Macbook Pro, the 15″ looked too big for me when I saw them side by side & after a few months of using it, I’m hooked! I’d be lost without my little Macbook now, it feels weird using a PC!

I bought a little handmade sleeve to protect my Macbook from etsy so it doesn’t get scratched, I’m like an over protective mother hahaha. It’s slightly padded & it great for when I want to take my Macbook with me on the move.

Yes Macbook’s are more expensive than normal laptop’s but it really is worth every penny. As soon as a booted my Macbook up, I was blown away by the graphic & sound performance compared to my 3 yr old Fujistu-Siemens. And I had my Mac Guru Jacqui to help me with what programs I should install right away. It did take a little getting used to at first, the keyboard, OS and shortcuts are all so different but much quicker & easier!

I use a website called Wakoopa to keep track of what programs I use on my Macbook, so if you want to add me as well, please do so by clicking here! To date, I’ve used 167 different applications both Web & Mac based, I won’t list them all but I’d be lost without Growl, Quicksilver, Photobooth (yes I’m addicted!), Coda & Cyberduck.

I’ll leave you now with photos taken on my blackberry (sorry for the quality!) of me unboxing and starting up my new baby! I still need to come up with a nickname for my Macbook, I have no clue what to call it.

Any suggestions?

*wipes the dust off the screen* Hello! Remember me? It’s hard to imagine that it’s been nearly 5 months since I’ve actually properly blogged, I have no real excuse for abandoning this place but at least I’m back now, right? And I have ALOT to talk about! For this occasion, I’ve revamped my blog for 2010, making it all pretty

It’s been a crazy 5 months so not really sure where to start! Bullet points perhaps? Then maybe a post on it’s own to go into detail? Oh I don’t know! So here’s what been going on:

1. I finished grad school
2. I’m now learning to drive & only a few lessons away from getting my license
3. While I’ve been abandoning my blog, Twitter has taken over my life!
4. My parents bought my grandfather’s house, we got it extended & renovated
5. I got a job, yes, me, I, Michelle have a job! I found out yesterday & don’t start until end of March, but yay! It’s in IT as well and so far the only girl on the team, w00t!
6. Cooking more & teasing everyone with food p0rn photos on Twitter LOL

So that’s pretty much it, it’s been a great start to 2010 & really hope it continues to be so! Expect a crazy amount of posts from now on, I do have alot to catch up on (especially photos!)

Bisoux à tous :*

It’s hard to imagine that is been a whole year since my grandfather passed away. On August 20th at 2:20pm, he passed away after a 3 month battle of Bowel Cancer which spread to his liver. I wish I could say that he wasn’t in any pain, but he was and had to be pumped with morphine & forced into a coma-state just to hold on.

Not a day has passed when I haven’t thought about him, it’s the tiny things that pop up in daily life that get to me… some make me smile, some make me cry but good or bad, they are memories I’ll treasure always. For years, my grandfather always wanted to see this little sea-plane taking off from near to where we live or catch it in the sky, but he never did get to see it. Ever since he died, near enough every single day, I’ve seen it fly in the sky, seen it land and seen it take off. It’s times like these that make me smile but wish he got to see it for himself.

In the past year, my brother got engaged and it’s sad that my grandfather won’t be able to see him get married, but luckily he met his future wife and liked her. My parents bought my grandfathers house and I’m staying in it full time now along with mom & his dog Bobby (Doggy Dog aka Chewy). We’re going to be renovating the house and extending it to give it more space. I’m glad my parents made the decision to buy the house, even though in the beginning I was against it. I like living here, it’s peaceful and it’s full of memories even if we’re going to be renovating it.

Today, mom & I went to the place where his funeral was held & his ashes scattered. We arranged flowers in vases and put a single white rose next to the tree where his ashes were placed. It’s hard going back, the memories of his funeral keep popping back but I know he’s happy now, he’s with my grandmother smiling and together again after 10 years apart.

I loved my grandfather more than anyone alive and will continue to do so. Even though the days have flown by and even though he is no longer here, life has to go on but in my heart he’ll always stay.

Way back in June, my parents & I decided to go check out the Doctor Who Exhibition which is currently taking place at the Kelvingrove Museum here in Glasgow. Genuine props, costumes and monster characters from the long running television series are featured as well as over 100 exhibits, including the mysterious Autons, Ood, Costumes from the most recent Christmas specials and the frightening Stone Angel.

When we went there, we were slightly disappointed because we pretty much expected that the exhibition would be in a huge hall. However, the exhibition is in several small rooms with no staff around, it’s more like a mini museum. Saying that, I still had a great time, loved the scary looking monsters and dalek’s

Tickets are £7.50 for adults and the exhibition will run until Monday 4th January 2010

A few weeks ago I got my eyes tested when I went to buy new glasses and they suggested I get this new feature of where they take photographs inside your eyes. For £10, you get your eyeballs tested, checking the optical nerves and other eye bits for any health problems such as diabetes and cancer.

They then ask for your email address as they forward the images to you so you can keep them for your own records and to compare against any future pictures you get taken (every 2 years an eye test is recommended in the UK).

So here are my eye balls, all nice & healthy