Mellie

Internetlessness

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:26:24 GMT

Gah... Won't be having Internet for a couple of days... >.< So yeah.. I hate that. But I promise to be back soon! <3

-Lissa-

Reuby's new place

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:46:35 GMT

We had our first dinner at the new place last night with Amos and Sergei. The latter is a tutor at the university who helped Reuby find the apartment. He's really fun to hang out with, and we always end up speaking 80% English and 20% Russian. LOL.

We cooked fried chicken wings, sweet and sour chicken and stir fried cabbage with pork. Everything was so good... And we had a multitude of drinks. First off we had champagne that Sergei brought, then some mango-flavoured Fanta. After that we had gin and tonic, followed by Bailey's Irish cream (original and mint). I was looking for our liqueur that we bought from Romania, but after lots of searching, managed to locate them. He was okay with the plum brandy, but liked the sour cherry liqueur. ^.^

We just talked and talked until it was almost 12, then it was time to go back. LOL. I was getting tired, too, having babysat the kids the whole day and helped clean stuff up and unpack some things and tidied up the place.

Speaking of the kids... They were kinda curious about the apartment, but Marzipan's happy -anywhere- as long as she has us both. LOL. Vittorio, on the other hand, insisted on inspecting every nook and cranny, getting dust all over himself as usual. Good thing I haven't bathed him yet. :P I'll prolly do that tomorrow or the day after.

Will have pictures soon... Hang in there! :)

-Lissa-

Panicked

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:30 GMT

Marzipan happily wandered off for a bit while we were moving things downstairs and gave us the scare of our lives when we tried to call her but she didn't respond. I think that was the longest 15-20 mins of my life. :|

The moving truck is here, so are the movers. Woo...

-Lissa-

Bah.

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:59:30 GMT

Ugh. I hate moving time. Helped Reuby with the packing and stuff and basically sneezed non-stop from all the dust. >.<

I'm actually more stressed out about this moving than he is. LOL. Geesh. That's what you get for being a girl, I guess. All the guys that said they'd come to help are nowhere to be seen. Great.

Ah well. Gotta go. ~.~

-Lissa-

Let It Be Christmas - Alan Jackson

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:14:48 GMT

I love this song. :) If you haven't heard it, you should. 8->

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the hearts of all people both near and afar
Christmas everywhere
Feel the love of the season wherever you are
On the small country roads lined with green mistletoe
Big city streets where a thousand lights glow

Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere

Let it be Christmas everywhere
With the gold and the silver, the green and the red
Christmas everywhere
In the smiles of all children asleep in their beds
In the eyes of young babies their first fallen snow
Elderlys' memories that never grow old

Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere

Let it be Christmas everywhere
In the songs that we sing and the gifts that we bring
Christmas everywhere
In what this day means and what we believe
From the sandy white beaches where blue water rolls
Snow covered mountains and valleys below

Let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let every heart sing let every bell ring
The story of hope and joy and peace
And let it be Christmas everywhere
Let heavenly music fill the air
Let anger and fear and hate disappear
Let there be love that lasts through the year
And let it be Christmas
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere
Christmas everywhere

-Lissa-

Bacon, ftw.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:01:23 GMT

Apparently Blogger likes pork, too. XD

I totally agree. Bacon for the win!

-Lissa-

Updates

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:33:18 GMT

Hooooooo boy... Got up at 8:50 when 'class' was at 9. LOL. But fear not, we left at 9:20 and got there in less than 2 mins. >.> Because it was right across the carpark to the 4th hostel. XD And we sorta dallied because we knew the teacher would be late anyways... We ended up having to wait even longer than anticipated. -.- I spent the time besting the scores on Minesweeper in the computer room where we were supposed to meet the teacher.

We got the signatures in the credit books and that's it. >.> NO CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE DAY!

Whoop-de-doo!

Had a samsa for breakfast and a mug of hot chocolate. Nummeh. Not sure what Imma do until afternoon, but it's -3C outside and I have no desire to be out there until it hits noon. :|

Reuby is moving out, though... Because of the pets. He's found an apartment close to one of the hospitals and he's moving tomorrow. Got half the things packed and stuff. It's a 15-minute walk from the hostels, so it's not that far away. :) All Christmas baking will be done there, and we're gonna have a small dinner together on Saturday. Whee! ^.^

-Lissa-

First Christmas present

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:33:49 GMT

Amos gave us our first Christmas present last night when his card arrived in the mail a little earlier than expected. LOL.

Can you guess?

Of course not. :P

A Gordon Ramsay cookbook! :D

That has got to be one of the most perfect gifts ever, seeing as how we love to cook... :P

I won't show you my gift from Reuby... You'll have to wait till Christmas. BAHA. <3

-Lissa-

Joyeux No�l

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:27:13 GMT

I have lots of reasons to be happy today. :)

I was perky this morning. For no apparent reason. Then I got mail. My 4-leaf clover craft punch that I bought on eBay arrived! :D Started punching paper clovers and handed one each to my classmates. *dies* Class ended early. Yays!

Reuby and I are in the graduation committee this year and the past couple of years have been relatively sucky because the university graduates here in Ukraine do not wear graduation regalia AT ALL. However, the Malaysian students have found one tailor in particular who would make said gowns, but there were loads of problems with them the years before and we weren't looking forward to dealing with them this year. I surfed around for designs I could sketch out and present to the committee and tailors and found this site that made and sold them.

Out of curiosity I mailed them to check if they shipped internationally and if they had bulk discounts for 300-400 gowns. They knocked off over 50% of the price and including shipping, it ended up being cheaper than whatever the seniors paid for in the previous years. O.O BINGO! The up side is that we don't have to deal with these effin' money-hungry Ukrainian bastards and we get top quality, too.

I'm still surfing around for better deals, while the rest of the committee figure out the kinks and stuff.

And one more thing.

My Christmas present from Reuby arrived today! *dances around* It's so pretteh! *_* But I'm not gonna show you till Christmas Day. BAHA. :P

-Lissa-

Feel the pressure yet?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:09:48 GMT

Every week on Facebook, there's bound to be at least one couple among my group of friends that gets engaged. Or married.

I feel the pressure. o.o

I want to get married too! >:[

-Lissa-