General

It's really getting very hard to think of post names. Anyway, tomorrow's practically our last day because we leave on Monday. I don't count Monday really as a day because we'll be too busy doing last minute packing and it'll be too stressful to be enjoyable. Anyway, what have I been doing...I went into NY last Thursday which was quite fun. We wandered around Soho, the Village and Chinatown all day which was very enjoyable. I went around Chinatown trying to find gifts, but couldn't find anything which was extremely, extremely annoying! I really liked the Village; there were a lot of nice shops including this place called 'le petit puppy.' Silly name, but adorable shop! Here is the link:

http://www.lepetitpuppynyc.com/

I got to hold one of the little pomeranians and I am SO in love with it. I think we might be close to getting another dog, which is just great! My dad is thawing... :D We want another pom. That would be great. Fuji might be a little mad though...anyway, unfortunately we didn't buy anything, but it was fun just walking around. We went to a really great diner which was, once again, very good and very cheap. We also went on the subway and there was this group of buskers walking up and down the train singing which was quite fun to listen to. Altogether it was a really great day. I love NY. What else have I been doing...

I haven't been revising anymore; it's the last few days and I've packed my stuff away. We also have tons of junk food to eat, and I've been having a hard time exercising. But who cares? Today's the second to last day so it won't make a difference anyway. This morning we went to Ihop which was really, really tasty, but I've found that after eating healthy and exercising so much for so long I find that I can't eat much of it anymore. Which is great. I'm quite happy with that :D Tomorrow morning we're going to our very last yum cha for a while. I have to remember though, there's a new place in Cambridge that does it that's not as expensive as Charlie Chans! Where was it...from that big place where cineworld is, right near Hills, down that long long road into town. I'll have to go search for it. I have no money, but it might be fun to go with some people when I have enough money. So that's good.

I've also been watching the Olympics. I am such a huge Phelps Phan :) I am so in love with him :P I just watched him do the 100m butterfly last night and it was SO AMAZING! He won by one 100th of a second! It was so stressful, but so brilliant! It's his last race tonight- and his last gold medal! I am praying for him and will be cheering for him when he races and hopefully wins!!

I'm sort of looking forward to coming back, but at the same time I'm really not. I've stayed here for too long really; there's been nothing to do except revise, I have no human contact beyond my family so I miss everyone and it's getting stressful. However, I will be very, very, very sad to leave my grandparents and I am also really freaked out about getting my results. I know I can't worry about it now and I probably- no definitely- should have revised harder, but still...stressful! And I'm starting Hills soon, which although undoubtedly will be a lot of fun, it will also be a lot of hard work. I've been looking forward to it for a long time, but now that it's here it seems rather intimidating. Weird. Well, we still have a little while before sixth form, so I'll be able to see all my friends and everything. Fun fun fun :) As long as I get good grades...