Dani's Journal

- No more test results today. But we got a new teacher! He's an elder man (idk, late 50s? maybe even a bit older? I'm really bad at estimating age...) from England, but has lived in many places around the world, with his permanent home in France now. He's really very nice. :-)
Took us a bit by surprise when he walked in. :D Although we knew there'd be someone new, because our teacher A. left to go back to England before the holidays.

- Weird weather today. It couldn't really decide between strong wind, little rain showers or blue sky and sun... *lol* At the moment we have the latter, which is nice. :D

- Got an email that the "Stuart: A Life Backwards" DVD I ordered the other day on Ebay was dispatched today. Yay, I'm looking forward to that. :-) Maybe there's even a chance that it arrives for the weekend. *fingers crossed* Otherwise sometime next week, which would be fine too.

- Sorry I wasn't able to upload the rest of my London picspams yet... They will be here eventually... ;-)

Today was the first day back to school. I already miss the holidays. :p *gg* Too bad we won't have any again until Christmas... *sighs*

We were given our Spanish tests back. Most of them weren't too great, as I already knew...
Grammar: 75% (2-)  [I'm quite glad though, I thought it would even be a bit worse, seeing how I struggled during the test *lol*]
Reading comprehension & vocabulary: 92,5% (1)  [that's fine]
Writing: 68% (3)  [yeah, not really good... I was running out of time during the 2nd exercise, so I a) wrote a good deal less than minimum and b) hadn't any time left to check for mistakes afterwards... so especially exercise 2 was pretty much a mess]
Listening comprehension: 85% (2+)  [that's alright]
Dictation: 70% (3+)  [should have been better too :-( some really stupid mistakes as well... *doh*]

Still need our Spanish oral marks, but actually I'm not too keen on that... *lol*

Also got back the first English test today, "Business letter composition". There were so many expressions I couldn't remember during the test, and I also left out 2 or 3 things we should have put in there... But I still have 86% (2+), so yay! Really didn't expect that. :-) It was even the second best of the class. :D
Not really looking forward to the other English tests. It can only get worse now... :p
 

We had such a fantastic time in London!!! ♥♥  We saw most of the standard tourist sights *g*, visited Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Sherlock Holmes Museum, and did LOADS of shopping. \o/ :D Our hotel was very nice. The weather was ok (we had a couple of rain showers, but most of the time it was just cloudy and dry).

So, expect some major picspams soon! :D

Will have quite a lot to do to catch up with my f-list now. ;-) *gg* You guys have been busy, I have more than 150 notifs in my mailbox... :D Sorry I won't reply to any of those posts, but I'll definitely read most of them.

Spent a few hours in the city again today to do some shopping. Yay! :D

Bought this bag as cabin luggage for my holidays.

I really like it! :-) It's from Titan's "Arizona" line. Have decided to get the matching trolley case at the end of the year, preferably for Christmas. ;-) My old, green trolley is pretty much worn out, so it's about time to get something new.

Also bought these two:
    
They don't come out quite as nice as they are in the pictures though... ;-)

Yesterday I watched the first episode - "A Study in Pink" - of BBC's new Sherlock series.
I really LOVED it!! <3 It was brilliant and very entertaining. I enjoyed it so much. :-)

I didn't know anything about it beforehand, so I was actually a bit surprised to see that it takes place in contemporary London, with high-tech mobile phones, computers and all... ;-) I'm not really familiar with the classic Sherlock Holmes (I have only seen I think 1 episode of the Jeremy Brett series and read 1 or 2 stories), so I didn't mind the modern touch. I quite liked the idea of the text appearing on screen when they were sending/receiving text messages or the like.

It had some funny moments as well. :D For some reason Sherlock's "Why have I got this blanket? They keep putting this blanket on me." (and the rest of that dialogue) towards the end totally cracked me up. *rofl* IDK *g* 

I think Benedict Cumberbatch was great as Sherlock! :-) And I can totally see why some people were reminded of The Doctor by him! I had that feeling most of the time, too. :D *g*  Oh, and I love his voice!!
Martin Freeman, who I always liked since Love Actually, was fab as John Watson, too. :-) Nice to also see some of Watson's "dark", tormented side.

So, looking very much forward to the other 2 episodes! :-)

I definitely need some icons for this show. <3 So if anyone has a recommendation where to find good ones, let me know. ;-) Thanks!

Mhh, this has quite set me in the mood, so I might finally watch the Sherlock Holmes movie with RDJ/Law tonight (yeah, I still haven't seen that one *blushes*)... *lol*

And another one of my fish, my last Otocinclus, died. :-(
I more or less expected it this time though, because he was getting thinner and thinner, and looked quite pitiable in the end... :-(  RIP, love!
Will get some new Otos when I'm back from my holidays, because they are adorable. <3


On a more positive note... this time next week I'll already be in London!! *squees*
Yesterday I picked up the suitcase from my parents.
Also just noticed that I still have 2.40 quid from last year's England visit. *g* Wow, I'm rich!! LOL :D

In a moment I'll be off to the bank to exchange some Euros for Pound sterling. Yay! *gg* Then will stroll a bit around the city, trying to find some stuff I still need for my holidays (e.g. a good book). :-)

Happy Birthday, sol_se!!!
I hope you had a nice day. :-)

I know some of you have cats, so... ;-)

Actually I've always been more of a dog person (never had one, though *sobs*), but over the last years I somehow really have taken a liking to cats. :-) And at the moment I'm seriously considering to maybe get one later this year...

Would it even be possible to have one in my rather small flat (~36 m²)? I live in the city and don't have a balcony, so it wouldn't be able to go outside at all...
What expenses can I expect each year (food, vet, etc.)?
Any other advice, experience, comments....?

I'm only just at the beginning of gathering information, so any help would be much appreciated. Thank you! ♥