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Its was like bang bang, hand over your monies!

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Posted 10 Sep 2009 — by eddieh
Category Misc

Strange market of OxfordToday was okay I guess, in case you didn’t know today is the day I met up with media folks to watch Public Emeries in a rented out cinema . I woke up more early than I needed to wake up as I was expected to catch the bus but my dad gave me a lift. So kudos to him saving me to wait in the cold for awhile. Last time I had a lift to Oxford for a college thing I learnt to leave plenty of time to travel there because of traffic. Imagine my surprise when I discovered in the normally dread locked roads was empty. This a good thing to most people but it meant I had loads of time before the meeting time in Oxford.

I had a good wonder around the city looking at all the stores that hadn’t yet opened. I brought a hot chocolate from Coffee Republic forgetting that they don’t put plastic lids on their cups. So I looked like a dork with a shaking hand with hot beverage spilling over my arms, tee and jeans. I even had one passer-by giving me the sympathy look.

I received a text from a mate called Sam asking where I was so I looked for him at the meeting point. Once a mate of his soon arrived after I did we did the same wonder that I just did as it was still before the meeting time. During this wonder with them, I nearly smashed into a pole. It scared the lights out of me I tell you.HMV had Beatles day, we went into there. Wasn’t as impressive as thought it would be but I liked that they tried.Beatles day at HMV Oxford

Soon the time everybody was to meet up arrived. It was then I noticed that the other groups that were involved in different courses in media was going to act like twats today. One of the tutors joked on how they might of been a mix up on the film that we are watching today and that if it was this independent French film by the same name, he wouldn’t be amused. I felt so much grown up that I reached the stage that I am able to maintain a conversation with the tutors.

I was glad that I didn’t wear a coat when we got in to the cinema as it was really warm like it was the last trip to that very cinema last year. Some of the tutors wanted to speak before they played the film but the other groups was indeed acting like twats as I expected by not shutting their gobs. This was the same case during parts of the movie and they got owned by one of the tutors towards the end when she got proper pissed like I was getting.

Street of OxfordThe movie ended and I was pretty glad that it did, I had to wait for my timetable then I shot out with my best mate. I think that the heat gets to you in that place, it makes watching any film there quite uncomfortable but I think the fact once you seen one bank raided, you pretty much seen them all. I was getting bored and sick by it. I was cheerful when the lead character played by Johnny Depp was shot in the head as it meant I could go. It supposed to be a upsetting scene I think. Well I had a sigh of relief.

My best mate and his tag along found their bus stop and I said my goodbyes leaving them there as I didn’t fancy waiting for a bus I wasn’t catching. I found a Burger King and ate it on the way to my bus stop. Burning my hands in the process did I mention? I wouldn’t do that again. So that was my day.

I took photos for the blog which is something I forgot to do in recent times.

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Best of: Ultimate Events 09

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Posted 10 May 2009 — by eddieh
Category Best of.., Stoke-on-trent, Ultimate Events

This is the day after Ultimate Events and I’m still feeling the effects of it by having a sore throat and feeling dazed so this is going to be a shortie.

I had to wake up so early at around 5:30am to be able to get up and travel to the meeting point where the mini bus will arrive to pick everybody up. The people I was travelling with mainly was from a baptist youth group thingy and therefore didn’t know many of them. It was okay though as everybody got on.

Live music at UE

We managed to arrive at Alton Towers at a better time than last year due to setting off earlier. The rides that I managed to get on was Air, Nemesis, Congo River Rapids, and the boat River Bank Eye Spy ride which was strangely enjoyable but mainly cause we nearly tipped the boat over with some good farm noises. This was good that I managed this many as normally UE means that the queues are wild. I prefer the new skyride as it been replaced with new carriages.

The live music in the evening was fantastic with the highlights for me being YFriday and certainly Kutless. I liked some of Superchick set but I felt like it was cheesy at times. I did feel bad for them when there was somebody behind me yelling to them to get off. I didn’t go the gym this week but the amount I jumping and hand waving must of made up for this.

So yeah.. good times! :) Cheers everybody again for making the day so fabulous for me and extra thanks for the people running this trip, dropping me off going out of their way. (Y)

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Best of: The tales of the ‘waving’ monkey

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Posted 29 Jan 2009 — by eddieh
Category Best of.., Disneyland Paris

Everyone alarms in the room went off at 8am like planned and I even programmed the hotel phone to wake us up. I had the shower first then Adam managed to steal it before Sam. Sam had to rush as he only had 5 mins to shower and get out to the meeting point. I was one of the first to walk to the breakfast place and it was alright. I had acouple of bread rolls and lots of hot chocolate. I wanted more but couldn’t be arsed.

Found the group I went around yesterday and catched the bus. I can’t be bothered to type about the rides but I had a good day in the parks. (I will add more at a later point) I had lunch in the park and had a nugget meal, notice how it doesn’t mention chicken. Well it defo didn’t taste like chicken. I enjoyed it though..

In the late afternoon, people gathered into my room and began pissing about. I get all worried when people behave like that as part of my autism I think and didn’t want to pay if they broke the fan. Then the subject of shaving James eyebrowns came up and at first they wanted to do it on the top bunk of the bed in the room. I made it clear to do it somewhere else so they moved into next door which was linked.

I was getting worried when they joked about doing it to someone else and I felt unsafe from the point they said that. When I saw that they did one of James eye browns and was what I thought forcing into it, I panicked and told one of the tutors about it. They was pissed that I dubbed them in and had ago at me. I’m a honest person and I don’t make up stuff for whatever the reason. So when Beci asked me what I was worried about, it just flowed out of my month.

I went to my room and secretly cried to myself. I wanted to just go to sleep but ended up slapping water over my face to try to hide the fact I was upset and went with the group to the bus feeling awkward what happened. When I arrived in the village I saw my proper mates Bradley, Tiffany, and Kay and they asked if I wanted to go back to the hotel with them as they sensed that I wasn’t happy. I ended not having dinner and snacking on Crisps and Coke.

I watched Disney channel in their room whilst we stayed up for the late meeting time. When everyone was late for this meeting, they was drunk. Kiraon kept telling everyone that ‘Big men have big willies’ and somebody kept asking me if I liked their hat. It was funny though.

It took ages for me to get to sleep as everyone in my room and the linking one was hyped up from the night out in the bar. This really pissed me off and Sam sensed that I wanted to sleep. He was great as he kept hinting to James to go back to his room. But still, they all mucked about till like 2am.

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Best of: Dragging myself to Disneyland Paris

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Posted 28 Jan 2009 — by eddieh
Category Best of.., Disneyland Paris

Waking up at 4am is more easy than I thought it would of been. I somehow managed to get sleep early last night which meant that I have had the same amount of sleep that I normally have. Still I thought I would oversleep the alarm as I normally get up at 10amish.

I was one of the first people at the meeting point at the college. Richard and Bradley beated me though. Richard was in the dry as it was raining but it took me afew moments to realize where he was. Everyone soon followed after me. The A level people wasn’t that social and didn’t mix with the us much. The coach arrived and I was the first person the hand my bag over. I don’t aim to be the first, it just ends up being that way. Didn’t take long to get to London and I wondered about with the group which ended up sitting on the metal seat that felt like that they were frozen cold.

Disneyland Paris stationGetting checked in wasn’t bad but it took me along time to get stuff outta my pockets which annoyed peps behind me in the line. When we was in the seating area I took the camera off my neck as it was heavy and I was so tried that I left it behind. However luckily others noticed this in the group and picked it up for me. I felt well embarrassed about that.

Once we got in the Eurostar train itself, it looked well dated inside with the brownish colours and I would thought they would of tarted it up abit. I didn’t think about getting a magazine to read on board the train and wish I did. Everyone ears was popping thoughout the jounary which I didn’t expect to happen but I suppose it made sense as the channel was on top of us.

When we arrived into Disneyland Paris, we checked our bags into the storage and went into the main park with the group being fellow people on my course and Richard. Richard set a misson for Ryan which he set for his older bother which did the trip last year. The mission was to go on the rollarcoaster starting from the bottom being that Cowboy one to Space mountain being the top.

At lunchtime, I ended up eating in pizza place. It was really bad as the pizza wasn’t precut and you had to use these plastic knife and folk with a cardboard box. I just ended up using my hand completely and didn’t eat all of it. I felt well ill afterwards.

Over the morning and after lunch I done most of the roller-coasters which was really good . It was quick it wasn’t raining but as it was cold, the parks are not that busy. I don’t mind going to theme parks when it cold at all. I rather it be cold then hanging ages outside sweating.

Disney Village at night.In the afternoon we was let into the rooms. I had Sam and Adam in my room and I was secretly happy that I didn’t have anyone I didn’t get on in the room. It was good that everyone a key card to get in to the room meaning that you didnt have to stick together all the time.

In the evening I went into the village with Dan, Sam and Callium which was alright. Ended up eating McDonald’s which was strange seeing how they adapt the menu for the country. Thankfully they had a picture of what I wanted on the counter and I just pointed then paid. On the way back to the bus, I rung my mom and Keane started playing which was ironic as my mom loves them.

At night time, people just went to bed and didn’t piss around much. I woke up loads thoughout the night though and didn’t get a good rest.

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