you will never learn without mistakes

You know those cliche-type, so-called wise phrases? I don't know about what others think and frankly i really don't care, life's too short to care about what others think anyway (well, for some things...) Aaaanyway, enough ranting here's my favourite phrase that's just wrong:

"You'll never learn if you don't make mistakes" As if we make mistakes on purpose? Or worse, that we should be?!?! please!! Mistakes may not be 100% synonymous with accidents but we all get in a slump and make mistakes not at our own will. It just happens as life runs down the dark-ally! And yes we ALL learn from our mistakes but that so-devised phrase definately deserves a bullshit tag

New Webcam

These days my life is all about work work work. SO to escape, I'm going to write about my new webcam that i bought today. For bloody 33 Euros (Logitech)!!!!! It's one of those cams that you can clip onto your laptop. Though my super cool Samsung is too fat so it doesn't go in so easily...

Problem: So anyway, i had actually bought a BRAND NEW webcam on arrival to Italy (Labtec) but had to get a new one (Solution) as per requested by a viewer (lol now that sounds dodgy)...Anyyywayyy>>>and to compare, here is a pic of me taken a few months ago with the previous cam:

(a)

Ok, apologies for trying to look "cool" but the point is...new cam is better, as seen by the image (taken today!) below:

(b)

Evaluation: So i reckon (b) is better than (a)....Oh and the reason why (a) appears kinda yellowy is coz i have to turn on the lamp (which by the way also heats up the room, could be good in winter but so far it was only bad) in order for the other party to see me. Yet (b) seems to be in perfect lighting although i had NO additional lamps on in the room. Yay!

So TheVerdict: I guess never buy Labtec cameras as Logitech clearly outruns it

Oh and before i go, i would like to share with all of you this tremendous fact: Yesterday i went to a "PotLuck" of Elisa and Andrea- two fellow researchers in the office and weighed myself in their bathroom...And guess what happened? I gained 7.3Kgs since coming to Italy (been roughly a year). How damn shocking is that? I have to lose weight...seriously- the pregnant lady in our office only gained 9-10kgs (baby's due in January)...and i'm only 2 kgs away from being equal to carrying a baby!!!! What the..

Ok thats all for now...

How i do in the morning. My rtual

I want to introduce you to my morning- a typical tuesday like today with piles of work and problem solving ahead...from when i sleep:

• I am usually in bed by midnight if i am super good about not being a geek on the internet
• I wake up to my CASIO alarm clock which is set to 07:30...but it's 5 mins fast
• I troddle to the kitchen and put approx. 2 cups full of water in the kettle
• I turn on the computer ! :) and check if i have emails and see if my boy's online on skype
• While various things on my computer are starting up, i get dressed-usually the same clothes i've worn the day before which are thrown nicely on my couch
• I go back to the kitchen to prepare tea- and while tea is infusing i go to the bathroom
• wash my face, brush my teeth..
• After i am set to go i put milk in my mug and take the teabag out...by this time it's around 08:15 (my bus is at 8:33)
• when i have time i straighten my hair super fast and also put some eye make-up on- but i usually leave the mascara alone coz i can't seem to focus my eyes looking too close in the mirror at such an early hour and usually end up smudging or stabbing myself with the tip of the mascara rod!
• Now it's time to catch my bus so i drink the tea about 3/4 down the cup and im done!

And there you have it, a typical morning of me :)

Changing hair colour

Ahh do you see the difference? :) My hair seems to change colour over time after being colour-treated but anyway...i made it slightly brown as i'm the kind of person who cannot leave the hair alone without any changes...it's been a while since i cut my fringe and felt like changing the colour- only very slightly tho! :) Did it myself of course!

English Teaching

Marcello, 7, and Marina (who i've yet to meet), 13 will be my "students" for the rest of my stay in Italy. Quotations 'coz i only need to converse with them and play with them with the odd book-reading in between! So far, Marcello has shown me his favourite toys and drawings, he loves dinasours, pokemon and transformers! Go kiddo! I think i'll paint with him next week he seems talented from all the drawings i've seen on his wall...although...he ripped off some of them today as he felt they weren't good enough for him...

Anyway- things went well today, and was pleasantly suprised at such a modern house on a hilltop! Lovely!

skype webcam

So i've been chatting to this really cute looking boy using a webcam even ;), check him out below:

Cute huh? ^^ He didn't even know i was taking this still shot while we were chatting on skype hehe i'm so naughty x.x

Ok, for those of you who still haven't realised...he's my boyfriend and i do hope he doesn't mind me posting pix of him here :)

Actually not much to say as writing about him makes me sad! Being on a long-distance relationship can be so hard, especially when you're exactly on the opposite side of the friggin' globe! What i hate the most about the time difference (now 11 hours, in full winter will be exactly 12 hours!) is that one can never say "talk to you tomorrow" to the other because it'll be the same day for one of you and the next day for the other...ok hope i'm not confusing anyone here...

Anyway, here is us being silly below (Verona):

teehee!

Ok, i'm teaching 2 italian children english for the first time tomorrow, and NO, not the one from the welcome office as a few of you have already asked me x) A girl i know in Trento has passed my number on to a mother who's keen on teaching her kids english! So i should probably sleep. Arr i haven't had to get up early on a saturday for over a year! I hope it won't be too much of a mission...

update on that tomorrow!