Stumblings

Sorry for the long gap between me posting again. I would make up a bunch of excuses but in reality i just forget. How bad is that! I've been in North Wales and have had family friends over for a weekend so i have been "sort of" busy.
Here's just a collection of images that i've found while stumbling around the internet. I hope you enjoy!

This is cleverbot (the one typing in blue) She's pretty fun to talk to. She saves responses from people who have spoken to her and uses these to respond to others so seems pretty intelligent. However i have noticed that she doesn't take the whole conversation into context, just the previous sentence. But still fun non-the-less!

This meme makes me giggle. But it's so true! Some girls will happily prance around in their bikinis and not care who sees but is horrified if anyone catches her in her underwear. What's the big difference really? Apart from maybe a thong!

This image makes me giggle. Especially top left. He just looks so angry in comparison to all the others!

I would be that happy when i got post, apart from the fact that it's normally just bank statements and student finance letters. If anyone sent me a letter i would be over the moon! My dad, knower of all things, says that paper and fountain pen sales have been rising slowly over the past few years as more people love the feeling of sending and receiving hand written mail. Cute.

Continuing with the theme of modern times being LAME! haha. The thing about the present is that because of the internet we can find thousands of useless facts and information that really are pointless and everyone is nostalgic for "simpler times". They want children to play in the streets without worrying about pedophiles or being kid-napped. Apparently those times were safer. I think every generation has this attitude. I bet out great-grandparents were nostalgic for their childhood times. But kidnappings and pedophilia hasn't risen, it's just more widely publicized due to the media accepting that it does occur. And all the technology we now have has led us to create machines which can save lives and cleverbot! We can also travel more! I like the future.

Anyway, moving on. I appologise for that ramble. Hipster glasses! I've mentioned before that hipsters must hate that being hipster is in style right now. But charity shops must be loving it! these glasses are so cute! Those with a nice mustache would look so adorable. Never know she may have one in her etsy shop. She's got an owl!

Speaking of mustaches. you didn't think i was going to have a blog post without cupcakes did you? I love the variety of mustaches on the guys with hats!

Can't have a cucake without a good cup of tea in a super cute mug. I seriously want a kiln now, you have no idea! I love that the squirrels body is indented into the mug while it's tail acts as the handle. It doesn't even need to be colourful because the detail in the design makes it stand out already.

Just like a can't have a post without cupcakes i can't have one without owls. You can now buy this kawaii t-shirt from lolmart. Go on buy one. I know you want to. RLY!

This image concludes my post for today. It's made by Suzy from Folk Art Papercuts. I love how intricate her designs are. If i ever wanted to make one I'd need a sharper scalpel knife because I'm pretty sure mine would just tear through the card. But i may still give it a go.

Hope you're having a lovely week so far!

Revision, procrastination and distractions

I've been revising for about a month now. My last exam is on Monday. Just 3 short days away and i can't wait. My last exam ever. (PGCE has no exams! woop) My first exam was in mid May and i spent about 10 days revising for it. So it's safe to say that i'm now sick and tired of revision. However there have been a few things that have kept me going.
I'll start with talking about actual revising i guess.
My exams consist of essays, lots of essays. They are also mostly seen. Or i can guess which questions will show up. I start with writing an essay and then transferring the paragraphs onto note-cards.

These get me through exams, without them i'd surely fail. I put a title on one side and the info on the other. And then play memorization games with myself!

This is my current stack of note-cards i'm aiming to memorize.
Before i do this, i try to remember the order of the note-cards and all the references, all 24 of them.
This becomes my essay plan on the day of the exam so try to get it down in around 5 minutes.

Here it is, isn't it beautiful! haha

Now for the procrastination. Recently in town they've been giving out free Lipton iced tea. Yum. I love the stuff. My boyfriend doesn't = more for me! I went and got some this morning walking past the lovely ladies about 4 times and accumulated 8 bottles. I had a few yesterday and Tuesday too!

They're supposed to get me through the whole day, meaning i don't have to go downstairs to fetch drinks while studying. But i tend to drink them as a form of procrastination. Yummy yummy procrastination. So after about an hour or so after fetching them from town my supplies are already dwindling.
I also do this annoying thing with the bottles as i'm drinking where you blow across it to make a musical instrument. Everyone must of done this at some point in their lives. As i drink the sound gets deeper and deeper. I tend to keep going until my boyfriend gets very annoyed and tells me to stop! ha.

Speaking of music. Who's seen Google homepage today? It's apparently Les Paul's 96th Birthday so it's a Guitar!!!

If you click the little keyboard under where the second g would be you can use your keyboard as a well, keyboard (piano) type thing. All you need is the top line of letters to get all the notes. qwertyuiop.
Anyone recognise this song?
qqttyuiytrreewwqtttrrreeewtttrrreeewqqttyuiytrreewwq


It's Baa Baa Black Sheep obviously! I'm sad aren't i. I can literally find anything to do but study.

However, sometimes i am in the mood for studying and then get distracted. This distraction goes by the name of Hubba aka my boyfriend. Today i was dragged into town with him to go to the bank because he didn't "want to go alone". He finished exams 2 weeks ago today. Yes 2 weeks!

Anyway i've probably bored you enough now with my revision rant. Have a look at some cool pictures. Enjoy.

stop motion cake animation by Ali Mation. Watch it. I'm in serious awe of these cakes. Yum.

Check out this forest mural by Suzanne. She added the owl after, it's a picture. So she can remove it and add other animals as she feels. Awesome.

p.s. Yeah, the eyes glow in the dark!

Bath bombs that look like cupcakes!!!! I seriously want some of these.

Pedobear hot chocolate, Blow on it first kids, it's hot ;)

Teachers have these superpowers too, i can't wait to get them!

Back to revision. In the time it's taken me to write this post my supplies are now down to this.

And i have to pee, constantly. Oops.

Zi's Cafe

It exists! My new favourite place in the whole of Cardiff. Want to know why? Because it serves bubble tea! also known as boba tea.

You can find it on Woodville road in Cathays opposite the big church. The people who work there are so friendly and even gave me extra boba after i said that i love it so much.
It's really cheap at £2.80 so a favourite with the local students. I don't know how i didn't know about this place before. It's a shame that it's my last year in Cardiff.

This is the one i got, yeah i know it's looking kind of empty but i couldn't resist drinking it on the way home. Straw aimed right at the boba. This flavour is Honey Dew and it's absolutely amazing. They also do Original, Apple, Yam and Strawberry. My aim is to try them all before i leave next month!

Here's a picture of the "bubbles" yummy squishy little tapioca pearls. I'm chewing on some as i type. They are divine. That's all for now. Just wanted to make you jealous.

bubbles, bubbles, my bubbles

Bubble tea is amazing. For any of you who haven't tried it it's made of milky or fruity tea, or a smoothie or pretty much whatever you want. Then the bubbles are made from Tapioca pearls. I first had it in America but it is originally from Thailand i think. Or Taiwan. I can't really remember. If you're curious though i'm sure Google will give you all the answers.

It's so yummy and i was craving some the other day. Apparently there's a place in Cardiff that does it called Zi's Cafe on Woodville road. And my boyfriend informs my that his sister gets it from somewhere on city road. But seeing as he never really listens to her properly doesn't know where. I will get it one day though!

I found the cutest bubble tea charm the other day on etsy made from polymer clay. I seriously love the stuff. I've written a post about it before i think.

Don't they just look adorable! I want one in ring form.

I recently found another blog that had a post about bubbles. Giant bubbles. And she had a way of making them yourself at home!

It's pretty much two sticks. A long piece of string and a shorter one. And you need something to weigh the longer one down with. Then you make a bubbly watery mixture and get making bubbles! The blog post is available here. Mrs Jones Blog.

This is just a random cake with bubbles on it. Yum.

And  for my last type of bubbles today i bring you bubbles, from finding Nemo. I have a friend who was obsessed with this clip.

Right onto the owls. I've always got to have some owls.

To make this cute little owl timer work you just twist his head around to the right time. I love that owls can turn their heads all the way round. They'd be the best teachers. Wise and always know what you're doing. They don't need to have eyes on the back of their heads.

This apron is the winner of an apron designing competition on spoonflower designed by Cean Irminger. The patterns and directions are both available on the same yard piece of fabric. Genius. Owl be Darned.

Now for a nice relaxing weekend off. Enjoy everyone.

Green Mint Baileys

After yesterdays post i was left thinking about mint icecream. I love mint. And then i thought about Baileys.
It's my favourite drink in the entire world. I want some right now. I don't care what time it is. I would even have it on my cereal.

My favourite flavour of all is the mint chocolate one. Obviously.
My boyfriend's favourite dessert is cheesecake and i like making them. It's quick and easy. One day agess ago i stumbled across this recipe from BBC Food.

It's a Baileys cheesecake. I would have to adapt the recipe to use mint chocolate Baileys though i think and have mint chocolate chips in the cookie base. Mmm. I really want to make one now.

Oh also. After updating yesterday all about green tea i went onto The cupcake blog this morning and to my surprise they had so many tea and coffee cupcakes.

Green Tea and Kiwi.

Chai Latte.

Double Mocha.

Maybe it's just me but i found that really weird. Anyway carrying on with the green theme. I haven't had any baby animals on here recently, which is ridiculous. And i don't know how i've managed it. Did you know there are no green mammals in the world. Apart from a sloth. Yes i know sloths aren't naturally green. But algae grows on them which gives them a green hint seeing as they're so slow.

Just check out the baby sloth! so so squee!
Who doesn't like hugs! I love squee little animals and their babies. I want a baby animal!

Want more green things? Okay.

 

Memes can be green. The key two are philosoraptor and bachelor frog i think.

He is literally reading my mind!

I'm pretty sure that they do. I want to know the answer to this. And the answer to the first one. If anyone has any idea please let me know!

Now onto random things that i have seen and liked. They are not green, they are not baileys, they are not mint. They are not related to this post at all. Not in the slightest. Oh well :)

Apparently it's meant for sweets and things and that cake won't actually fit in it. I beg to differ. I will make one. And it will be for individual cake slices.

It keeps your hand from freezing when you have a really cold beverage. Thank you Mr. Shark. I guess you could make one with any animal you want really. Well they have to have a pretty big mouth. i wouldn't use a Bee. You can buy your own on Etsy from user handamade.

Oh he is so fancy! Owls are known for being wise, but i didn't know they were this posh.

Last but not least i found a website. It is called wordle. And i really want to make one, but for some reason it won't work for me. Let me know if you have any luck!