I went to the doctor again today, because I was prescribed capsules and I just can't swallow them; so I had the doctor prescribe me tablets instead. He was a new doctor at the practice and I really liked him! He made me feel at ease, was very friendly and smiled a lot. He asked about my law degree and I said I wasn't going to continue with it and that I'm thinking of going into Journalism or Web Design. He looked at me, smiled broadly and said, "Oh, that's very exciting!" He looked genuinely happy for me, haha. And I agree, it is very exciting. This put me in a good mood. :)

Speaking of web design, I found a PDA course in Perth College in Web Design that covers pretty much what I'm interested in. It should last only one year and it's a part-time course that runs from 6-9pm, which would be perfect for me if I got a job at Waterstones. It starts quite soon (in about a week and a half's time), but I should still be be able to apply for it. I asked a few specific questions about the course and am now waiting for a reply to my email before I apply. Hopefully there are no major entry requirements for this course, and if there are, then hopefully my knowledge of HTML and CSS, plus the fact that I've been designing websites for years, will help me in my application. But anyway, I'm very excited about it! This way I can see if I would enjoy studying computing, I can experience what working for clients is like, study at least the basics of some programming languages that I don't know very well and even get a certificate for it! :D

I also called in order to apply for a National Insurance number today. My appointment to prove my identity and submit my application for the NINO is on Monday morning, in Edinburgh. I would've done this sooner if I had known I needed one, but hopefully I'll get one before I get a reply to my job applications. From what I understand, I can technically work without a NINO, it just won't count towards my pension? Or something like that. I don't know how it works in terms of benefits and stuff like that. I've always been horrible at understanding this stuff.

That's about it, really. I'll go enjoy the rest of my day, since I feel so cheerful today. :D

P.S. I watched The Lion King II last night and now I have the song "Not One of Us" stuck in my head. XD

I am in a very good mood today. :D I just applied for a job as a bookseller in Waterstones in Perth. Working in a bookshop would actually be a fantastic job, given my big love for reading! In the application for the job I described my love for reading in great detail - I mentioned I had an ereader which allows me to carry more than 200 books on it (and my list of books is continuously growing) and that I love to read Japanese manga as well, so hopefully that will count in my favour. I think I wrote a pretty good application for this job and the website said I was a good candidate for the job based on my answers to their questions... which means I'll be super-crushed if they don't hire me for it. /sarcasm... sort of The ad for this job was posted today as well, so that means I'm one of the first people to apply for it, which hopefully makes me look good in their eyes. Keeping all my fingers crossed here!

I was a little bummed this morning because I applied yesterday for a job at H&M and they replied today saying I didn't get the job. Which was... a very quick response and obviously not what I was hoping for. But whatever, I like Waterstones better anyway. As for the job as a spa receptionist, I'm still waiting for a response on that one. I sent an email today and they said to wait until next Wednesday for a reply to my application. So basically all I need to do now is wait. I really hope I can get a job at either of them!

In university news, I received an email last week from the law school saying I am liable for termination of studies. Basically, because I haven't passed a subject before the second anniversary of the year following the date of first matriculation, my studies are liable for termination. The options for me at this point are: a) to repeat the current year of study if I want to still attend university; b) to take a year out, redo the examinations and then resume the degree the following year; or c) to terminate my studies now.

So I replied that I had discussed what I wanted to do with my advisor of studies and that I was going to take the year out and redo semester 1/second year exams in December. This situation has come up because I haven't passed a first year subject (Criminal Law) and I should have retaken the exam for that this year, but I didn't since nobody freaking told me. I'm an international student, I didn't know that's how universities in the UK worked - how was I supposed to know I had to retake that exam when no one told me? So yeah, I'm a bit ticked off at the university for this. I did ask, however, if I could retake the Criminal Law exam as well, since I can't get my Diploma if I don't pass that subject. Ugh, university, why are you making dropping out and getting a Diploma so hard? So now I'm waiting for the Committee to meet tomorrow and they will let me know what they decide on Thursday.

And lastly, as for the renting place, they still haven't found anyone to rent my room. They haven't requested any money, but I noticed yesterday that they haven't given me back my deposit of £250, which they said they would give back in full. And that was a week ago. So I emailed them about it and the girl said she would pass the message on to her colleague who takes care of deposits. I checked again this morning and the deposit is still not back. I've decided that I'll wait one more day and if my deposit is not back by tomorrow, I'll email them again. I'm really not sorry for pestering them like this - the money should have been given back to me a week ago, when I cancelled the room. They've had more than a week to give me back the money and they haven't. They're taking their sweet time and I won't stand for it. It's like they're ticking me off on purpose.

Andrew's sister's husband is a lawyer, so Andrew's father sent him an email explaining my situation and asking if I'd have a case. I've re-read their contract terms and the special condition of the contract is that the tenant must remain a student in full-time education. So it would follow that, if I'm not a student anymore, I don't fulfil the condition of the contract, therefore it must be void or at least voidable. I mean, a contract is made of an offer, an acceptance and, most important of all, consideration (which is, to put it simply, 'I do something for you, you do something for me') - that's the very basis of contract law. It's just so strange that they can tell me I have to pay for something that I am ultimately not using. There's no consideration in that - I'm not getting anything from the contract, while they are still getting my money. That can't be right. It definitely seems very unfair to me. So I'm waiting for a reply on this matter as well.

In health news, I took 10mg of medicine this morning instead of 20mg. So far, so good. :D

Anyway, that's about it for real life. I hope everything goes well, especially with the job applications!

I cannot believe how long it's been since I posted here. (Two months, I believe?) And just when I had made lots of new friends, too! ;w; I'm so sorry, guys. But I'm back! And oh man... I have so much to talk about, real life and fandom wise.

( christmas, university, health )

( fandoms: the hunger games finale (spoilers), all the books I've read over the holidays (which include George Orwell), the tons of movies I've watched... yeah, lots of stuff )

Well, that was quite a long entry! But anyway, I hope you guys are doing great! :D

Hello, DW! I'm writing from Andrew's house. I just felt so bad, I couldn't stay at uni anymore. I mean, my room seriously felt like a hospital room - I constantly felt sick and I desperately needed a change of air. I wasn't going to lectures anyway and there was really no point staying at uni this week. What was I going to do - torture myself because I can't go to a commercial law lecture? I don't think so. So I hopped on the train on Thursday and went to Perth where Andrew picked me up.

I'm happy to say that I've been feeling better ever since I got out of my campus room. I'm very glad I decided to pack my stuff and go to Andrew's house. I hadn't seen him in a week, but somehow it felt a lot longer than that. I really missed him and I couldn't wait to see him. And I'm glad I'm with him now. He really makes me feel loved, even when I'm feeling super bad. ♥

I'm less irascible now because I don't feel as nauseous. I am, however, taking two medicines every day now. I got a headache a few days ago and took my usual medicine to make it go away and I noticed I felt less nauseous for most part of the day. The medicine I take for headaches is also good for muscle pain - and if my nausea is really caused by a tight muscle, then that might explain why I feel better when I take this medicine.

Anyway, I'm going to see the physiotherapist tomorrow and hopefully she's going to work on my tight muscle and make the nausea go away. I really hope this tight muscle is the source of the problem. I can't wait to go back to eating without feeling sick.

As for my essay, the reading is going well. I only skimmed through one of the chapters I had to read on the textbook because it was mostly about stuff I'd already done in contract law last year - so you can imagine how boring and repetitive it was. I'm going to concentrate on another aspect of law of equity for my essay that doesn't involve that particular chapter anyway, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Now I need to read only some cases and maybe a couple of articles and I should be okay. I sort of have an idea of what I'm going to write, I'm just a little nervous because I have to critically assess one sentence said by a judge - literally, one sentence. And the essay itself should be no longer than 2,000 words. So yeah, I kinda need to pick what I want to focus on and work on it. The lecturers have made it clear that they don't expect us to write an essay on the whole law of equity, also because it's impossible to do so in only 2,000 words. But I'm always nervous when it comes to essays, so don't mind me.

On a happier note, I bought the Kobo glo (aka the ereader I wanted so much)! I bought it from the WHSmith website on Monday, which was the day it came out here in the UK and it's currently on its way to me. ♥ It should arrive on Monday, or, if I'm lucky, I will find it outside my door on Sunday when I go back to uni! But I'm fine with either, really. I'm just so glad I bought it! I watched a couple of video reviews of it on youtube and it really looks like it's the perfect ereader for me. I can't wait to have it and start reading all the books I want to read on it! ♥

And that's pretty much all right now. I'll keep you guys updated on my health. :) Until next time!

HELLO, DREAMWIDTH! I'm really excited to be posting here for the first time. :D I've been meaning to write here for a long time, but some things prevented me from posting earlier...

So, first things first: hello to all the new people I friended on DW! ♥ I'm Chibi and this journal is mostly about fandoms and real life. I still don't have an official intro post, although I'm planning to make one soon. If you have accounts on other sites (such as twitter, tumblr, myanimelist, etc.) and if you want to add me there too, just let me know! :)

Okay, so. There's a lot of stuff I need to write, so this entry will be mostly bullet points so I don't get confused. Also, I'm going to divide real life updates and fandom updates. Here we go!

REAL LIFE

( real life being... well, real life )

Man, all rl updates seem to be very depressing... XD; But here come the happy fandom updates!

FANDOM

( lots of new & old (& weird) fandoms! )

Also, due to my new fandom obsessions (i.e. Loki/Daenerys) I've actually discovered the awesomeness that is Tumblr. I changed my username because I didn't like the one I had before, so if anyone wants to add me, I'm skywinged over there! :D My Tumblr is still quite empty, basically because I don't know what to put there and I feel embarrassed about reblogging other people's stuff... for now XD; I'm hopeless, I know

Well, that's all for now! Expect another update soon. :) Also, I might start a 30 days meme or something... just so I can update more. Until next time! :D