Well, that’s me done second year of university. It’s been immense with a lot more knowledge gained, not necessarily academically, (though that said I have learnt one vital lesson which is that next year I will have no social life outside the library ;)
Thought I’d write down some of my memories of my second year of university, they are probably really unremarkable and I have probably missed out a lot but here it goes...
(1)Kelly +Me + Skint
This was on Rachael’s 20th. I just remember this because Kelly likes to remind of this all the time. Kelly had to endure the whole of Skint till 2:30 am because I wouldn’t leave early and to thank her I spilled drink all over her foot.
(2) Meeting Joshua
Joshua is my nephew and I didn’t get a chance to meet him till October (He was born in August). I just remember thinking that he was the spitting image of my sister when she was younger. I think it’s because of the Bambi eyes that they both have.
(3) A gig (Battle of the Bands?)
This was one of the first proper gig’s I saw Ken play. I am use to seeing him play at Open Mic every Thursday, so this made a change. This was quite an eventful night.... ;)
(4) Road trip to Skye
This was spontaneous. Tamlyn and I decided it would be a good idea to pay Skye a visit. I remember stopping a lot to take pictures of the scenery and I feel the highlight was probably driving to go to Talikster Whiskey distillery and having shot of whiskey at 9am.
(5) That Rugby Match
Well, seeing as I was born and bred loving rugby, I thought it would be nice to see South Africa VS Scotland. The one match I choose to watch and South Africa lost! It was truly tragic.
(6) Horse Riding at midnight
Well, this was just a random, random event but 4 of us were in the library and got the brilliant idea to go horse riding. It was approaching midnight so this added to the awesomeness of it all. It was brilliant. I just remember laughing a lot because Abu didn’t really have the attire for it.
(7) The Law
I just remember that it was snowing heavily and after a heavy study session (I wish) Roz, Iain and I thought it would be immense to walk up the law with pizza. Sadly, only half the pizza got devoured and the majority of the time I was probably sliding backwards.
(8) New Year (2011) in Edinburgh
This is apparently in the 50 or 100 (I am not too sure) things to before you die. The event itself I feel isn’t really worth the 10 pounds I paid but I had fun. I went with a bunch of friends from Skye and also saw Alice and Basil. I just remember dancing to ceilidh music and seeing the renowned fireworks.
(9) Valentines’ day with my one and only ;)
This was the first Valentine’s that I would be single (in like 3 years) so Alice and I decided to do it in style. We booked our self’s a table at the French restaurant ‘Le Gourmet ‘. One of the highlights was Alice telling the waiter we had been together for 5 years and me acting all embarrassed which probably in his mind made him think we were indeed a lesbian couple. Alice even got me chocolate and a card. The night was great and the food was immense.
(10) St Paddy’s
Well, well, well, Rachael and I went a tad crazy. If you were an onlooker you would have assumed that we were full blown Irish. I remember arriving late or even missing a Psychology practical because we had decided to have four leaf clovers plastered on our faces and had to hunt down some face paints. Overall, it was a good night.
(11) Library Times
Well, surprisingly I did spend quite a lot of my time in the library during this year, especially coming up to exams. Most of my time studying for my exams in May was spend with Rachael and Rory. It consisted of laughing our heads off, being bored out of our minds or generally discussing when and where we should go to get food. The place actually drove me insane especially since our (Rachael and I) exams were one of the last. It got quite frustrating to watch all our friends finish their exams – some even finished before we even started us.
(12) End of Life Sciences Exams
This was before we had even begun ours but you know we just had to go out to have a celebratory drink with our friends. It was good night which ended with me in the Casino at 4 am getting taught how to play blackjack, because you know this would be helpful in my exams.
(13) Alice’s actually birthday
Alice turned 21!! I had the privilege to have lunch with Alice and her mum in St Andrews at The Grill. As well as that, Kelly and Ryan surprised Alice by coming home for it and giving her some nice cake and a fancy cocktail.
(14) 27th May
Well Ryan took me and few others Go – Karting . It was my first time and it was actually really good. I don’t think I could do it all the time though. I ended up with a massive bruise on my knee because of my two collisions which were caused by me going too fast round the corners and causing a pile up. That night, we all went for dinner for Alice’s birthday. It was amazingly tasty though the highlight had to be me and Rachael’s Toblerone Martini’s. The night ended in Liquid and the highlight of Liquid was getting a kiss (on the check ;) from an Irish guy. It made my life. Ha-ha, sad times.
(15) The Skye Trip
This probably doesn’t quite sum up second year..... I could probably write a whole book about everything that has happened. All I can say is that it has been memorable.
Bring on 3rd year!!!
