University of Aberdeen Blog

By golly a lot has passed and now there’s a lot of cram in here! Well, my sister’s wedding has now passed and what an awesome day it was! The weather wasn’t fantastic (the next day was gorgeous grrrr) but it didn’t really matter as that probably stopped wanderers hehe. All the men were in their kilts (except my Dad) and the ladies looked lovely. The following day there were even more parties to celebrate the newly-weds though I slightly over indulged in wedding cake (it was worth it J ) They’ve now gone and returned to Las Vegas and to show their true Scottishness have not tanned one little bit! I’m more tanned than them in just one day in Aberdeen. Believe it or not Aberdeen is the sunniest city in Scotland and that was definitely the case last weekend when temperatures ‘soared’ to 18 degrees! It was lucky the weather was so gorgeous as the Torcher Parade took place Saturday and as always, Aberdeen Uni French Society took a successful part. Back in January we decided our theme was Asterix, so on Saturday we set out making a Vikingish boat, complete with waves, swords, shields and a pyramid.  At night we all dressed-up as our characters, and I think my favourites either had to be my friend Katie who stuffed pillows down her trousers to be Obelix, or Gregor who was the dog, but dressed in a rabbit costume lol. I can’t believe that’ll be my last Torcher <sniff> Oh! By the way, Torcher Parade is a Student Charities event in where societies have a float, decorate it in a theme and then at night have a Parade to collect money for charity. Good times indeed.

Other than that it was the long awaited Language Ball a couple of weeks ago so I got to wear my pretty bridesmaid dress again yay! As one should do at a Language Ball I drank far too much wine and danced a bit too enthusiastically, but it’s going to be my last one so it was good to go down in style.  The next morning however I had to do the ‘walk of shame’ down Union Street. That’s something I do not want to repeat for a while and I may just stick to drinking tea for a while.

I have had a few disgusts at this, and no panic people, I have washed my hand since this time, but my facebook status was recently ‘Amye will never wash her hand again after having met and shaken hands with Prince Charles’ I still cannot believe I’ve met old Charlie boy-the day was almost surreal! Plus I had no idea he was coming to my work at the Town House until the very day! I got to shake his hand and then he asked me a few questions about my work as Student Ambassador and what I studied.  Just before he left he wished me luck for my exams! Not many people can say that the Prince of Wales wished them luck! Twas amazing.

On that note, I am going to back to my exam revision. I also have a costume rabbit head to return later- I’ve had a few strange looks already.

Til next time,

Amye xx

Hello Readers, I hope you all had as good an Easter break as I did. While I do not celebrate Easter as such it is nonetheless a good excuse to share a nice meal with friends. Which is why me and some of my friends that stayed in Aberdeen over the Easter break got together for a nice roast chicken dinner (courtesy of my fellow blogger Nooreen) and a few hours of witty conversation about this and that. During the break I also made good use of the fact that both of my housemates were away and finally organised a long-overdue raclette for some of my fellow PhD students. The evening was a great success with a perfect mix of food, wine, and great company and there will definitely be a repeat at some stage in the near(ish) future. To top it all off I visited two of my best friends in the whole world in Edinburgh last weekend and as you might have guessed this visit involved yet more wine and good food.

All of this feasting means that I will have to hit the gym again more often in the coming weeks as I need to get in shape for the summer. As mentioned in previous blogs I totally love going to the gym, though there are days when it is a real chore to drag myself out of bed and over there. I recently picked up a little leaflet that has me even more excited about going to the gym: the university will be getting a brand new gym this summer and it looks fantastic! It will have an Olympic sized swimming pool, several indoor and outdoor track courses, its main games hall is the size of nine badminton courts, and its gym will have a hundred cardio-vascular and muscle-pumping machines. In other words it will be a gym bunny’s paradise J Best of all, students at the university will only pay about £90 a year for full membership despite the facilities being used for the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games (as training grounds, not venues mind you). The new facilities are just two minutes off campus so there is no excuse not to make use of them J

That is all the news from me this week. I going out for dinner with my sister and cousin, but thanks to the new gym I will not have to feel bad about it J

Until the next time, be well in all things.

David