Posts Tagged ‘shops’

Not receiving the love tonight

Posted 14 Feb 2009 — by eddieh
Category Life up to Nov 2009
Took near the Abby

Took near the Abby

I don’t like valentines mainly for two reasons. One reason is that I am single and its always been that way for me though I suppose I’m in the early stages with the whole relationships thing. It rubs in your face that you won’t be kissing anybody tonight. The second I just think it a fake day made up as a excuse to go out and I don’t see why you need one. You can have a romantic time at any time of the year and I don’t see why you should be forced into it by the shops on a certain day. But I suppose I’m not that positive because I don’t have a reason myself to be about it.

I went to see Keane last night at The O2 which is in London for the international readers out there. They were fantastic and I had a really enjoyable night out with my family all together for a change. We was intending on getting there by train however we wasn’t sure when the last train was, so we took the Oxford Expresss which a coach that took us to Victoria station. From there we caught various Tube trains to get arrive there. The rest of time there we be posted in a separate post sometime later on when i’m more awake.

This week I will be over at Stoke-on-Trent from tomorrow evening which will be a mini holiday for me. I will be on the student radio, eating out, and doing all kinds of exciting stuff whilst I’m up there. I am taking my laptop with me however the wifi in the house I’m staying at is quite dodgy.

Anyway I need to get my sleep as tomorrow a long long day. :P

Contact lenses and Bolt 3D

Posted 11 Feb 2009 — by eddieh
Category Abingdon

Shot of a signpost in Abingdon town centre.

The photo is one I took when I was doing angles and viewpoints as part of my photography lessons. I finally managed to email some of the photos I took to post here when I’m lacking a photo. You guys love my photos it seems.

After having to get other people to put them in for me, I finally managed to put contact lenses in myself. Not panicking is one skill you have to learn to do, just stay calm and allow enough time to fail afew times. The first one I managed to put in my left one had to be took out as I got it too mucky. The right one is always a struggle but I managed it for once. I’m alright about my contact lenses check up appointment now.

Today was good fun. I went to the bus stop waiting for ages for the 35a and it reminded me of how many hours I must of waited for this bus when I went to school. I was about to call my Dad for a lift into Didcot but as I was going down my contact list, the bus arrived. As I got into Didcot, I noticed how much more windy it was and had a look in Next hoping to see one of my sister mates working in there. It seemed not.

After feeling awkward coming out of Next, I went in the direction of the cinema but ended up looking around Broadstreet which is a street mainly fulled with charity shops and more importantly, has a Subway. I glaced at the prices to make sure I have enough money left to have lunch there.

I looked at the time and wondered if the cinema would be open yet but thought I give it another few moments. So I headed to WHSmiths hoping to get a drink. Well that was till I looked at the price which was something like £1.79. I thought to myself this place is going to be next Woolworths disaster if they don’t lower their prices. I ended up getting a drink at Wilkinsons that was a only 89 pence to get the same drink of Diet Coke.

Bolt the Dog (C) Disney animation

It was ten to midday and therefore I thought as Bolt 3D started at ten past that it might be open. I really should of looked at the opening time before walking into the door. That hurt badly and I felt like a idiot. I recovered the situation by looking at the opening times and sighing. What to do for ten minutes I pondered to myself and then thought when I went into Argos with Dan for some reason.

The memory was when I finished my mock GCSE exam and did it in a different room to most of the year that had Dan and MJ among others. I left my phone on their desk as for once handed it over like you meant to but I forgot to pick it up. So I dashed back to the school and then chased back to Dan as I wanted to say goodbye properly. He asked when my bus was and said I could help him look at pool table stuff in the Argos till it came. Anyway back to the post, it ended up that I spent ten minutes acting like I was looking for stuff in Argos as it was warm place to wait.

When Cineworld did open up, I was first in and got my ticket with some rather expensive popcorn. I was expecting some cardboard glasses for the 3D movie however I had some neat ones which look like the safety glasses they have at schools. I rather enjoyed Bolt 3D and the effects was okay. Amazing would be over doing things but I can understand why Disney want the rest of their animations to be in 3D. I say be at least three rows back from the screen to benefit the most.

When I got out, I headed straight to the bus stop to check how long it will take for the bus to arrive. I had enough time to buy a Sub and therefore ate one whilst waiting for the bus. The bus was late but I wasn’t complaining because I had times when it never arrived before. On the way back in bus I saw a nasty crash with a ambulance and police that was sad to see.

Overall I had good time today. I didn’t feel so bad about being alone after all and it felt good that I could feel my independence. I’m hoping to go to gym soon but it all depending if my mom can give me a lift. :|

Fed up of emailing Support

Posted 10 Jan 2009 — by eddieh
Category Life up to Nov 2009

Woolworths truely shutI do apologise for the lack of updates on this blog but all the effort outta college at the moment is spent on emailing Dell about my laptop battery being dead. I managed to kill it by leaving my laptop on standby over the holiday break and it drained the battery completely. Somehow because of that doesn’t retrain charge any more. Luckily its under warranty as I got it last November but Dell isn’t that keen on sorting the problem out. I need to call them up really but I have to fit it in somehow.

Meanwhile when I was walking though town the day aftter Woolworths closed in my town, I peeked though the window to see the staff was clearing all the shelfs and signs away. I took acouple of photographs but I felt bad as their all lost a job so didn’t hang about too long. I’m unsure if anything will be moving in to there too soon though as the town is rather dead anyhow in terms of shops.

Too much waiting at Didcot.

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Posted 05 Nov 2008 — by eddieh
Category Life up to Nov 2009

When I came back from my week trip in Stoke-on-trent, I was greeted with a letter from the school I went to telling me to pick up my exam stuff mentioning I could drop in at anytime to pick it up. So today I managed to drag my mom to give me a lift to Didcot so I could do it.

As I got there, my mom warned me that she will go if I don’t back in a certain amount of time as she has got a gym slot to go to. I was nervous when I got out of the car that she would of gone when I got back and hoping that I have got money for the bus home. As I walked though the gates, I felt strangely at home and it felt so comfortable. I thought I might of had to sign in but when I asked reception they just reminded me where the exam office was.

When I looked around for that door as it all looked the same, a women asked if I was looking for her. I responded that I came in to get my exam stuff where she looked into the exam office. She responded that I should hang about for 20 min and I didn’t feel like arguing. I went outside where The Gloop hang out (its some year 10’s that now year 11 call themselves that I was friends with) and they greeted me with a nice group hug. That what I really miss is this sort of friendship I had with people in that school. I quickly told them what I was up to and what I was doing at college. I really wanted to stay some more but I was worried for two reasons. I not really supposed to be on site and I got not alot of time till my mom would go.

I said goodbye and dashed to my mom car telling her the situation. She drove into town centre to waste a few moments looking at the shitty shops they have and debating to get something to eat. I didn’t have anything to eat as I wanted to get back to the school so I could get a lift back home. As soon I was on site, I dashed up the stairs and knocked on the exam office door. I didn’t wait for them to let me in and demanded my stuff. The women that talked to me before gave me such a dirty look but thankfully there was a nice women that helped me out.

I got the brown envelope with the exam stuff in it whilst dashing down the steps and running to the car. I was so happy to see it was still there and I got home. All the feelings of maybe I should of stayed on has vanished now and I feel like I could do stuff again like I used to. I have also got Dan in the past, and hopefully I can look for other people to go out with. I will always love him and miss him but he only want to be friends with me which is fine. :)