New Pics

My sis taught me some new tricks on photoshop involving bringing colour through a black and white image. My best version of this is shown below...



Tag me and let me know what you think of it :D

Also, yesterday i went to see my gorgeous new nephew in Dublin. His name is Oliver and he was born on the 5th of June weighing in at 8.1 pounds. He shares the same birthday as Charlie Clements, the actor that plays the part of Bradley in Eastenders and also the birthday of outstandingly talented and very skilled showbiz celeb Jade Goody (sarcasm btw). Some pics of him are shown below:


Here he is crying...awwww :)


And his little hands *eyes water*

c y later ppl, tag me!

Good days...

Last few days have been really really great...all will be explained below:

On monday I went to Amber's house to help study but found myself watching a movie and then sitting at the sea side instead *cheeky grin* then Amber's auntie made us the most delectable steak for dinner. The movie was great although amber didn't enjoy it. The beach was lovely though - all quiet except for the noise of the crashing waves. Then I eventually went home on the 21.05 bus and got home very tired but didn't sleep until perhaps 1 am the next morning.

Tuesday - woke up, showered, dressed, bus to Downpatrick, another bus to newcastle, got off in newcastle, arrived at amber's, ate some lovely noodles with mushrooms and ham or something in them ^_^ then we set about to doing some more english revision. We went down for lunch and got KFC (which I paid for) and it was there Amber said the words that made me giggle for the rest of the day. The were, "I don't like having friends who are really really REALLY skinny because I'm always afraid I might break them". We then headed back to the house for more studies. After we revised for a short while we watched a movie called 'Assembly', directed by Xiaogang Feng, that is about a soldier who fights to gain recognition for all of his lost comrades who died during a battle of the Chinese Civil War. It was definitely very good.
After the film we headed down town to do some english revision at the library - but we popped into Painted Earth for a few minutes first. Painted Earth is the kind of shop were you buy canvass, paintings, postcards, photographs etc etc. Amber bought a postcard to send back home and I bought a fancy picture of daisies and raindrop and stuff. I was asking the woman who owns the shop about some photographs that were on the wall behind her and she explained that they were taken by local photographers. I explained to her that I myself was a keen photographer - we got talking for a few minutes and now she is interested in seeing some of my photographs and she says she may consider selling some of them *ryan is happy*
Then we went to the sea side were I took some pics in a sudden burst of inspiration. Two of the best of these are shown below (I also thought they looked very nice in black and white so...):





Then we went to the library and studied for a while. Then, after that, we went to Mauds were we had hot chocolate but continued to study. We were sitting there cuddled up drinking hot chocolate and reading through notes when it occured to me that Amber had been staring at the same sheet for quite a while. I looked down at her and she flinched a bit then opened her eyes and looked up. The little dear had fallen asleep, teehee.
We studied for as long as we could until the alarm went for me to head up to the bus. When we got there, we waited a short while before i got on the bus and went home.
Wednesday was great too. I went into school to do my english exams which went very well themselves. Im expecting a B in my results if its anything better than a C. Then for the last few hours of school I went up to the ICT suite to simply mess about on the computers since the common room had been closed because of a broken window. While i was up there Mr Williamson came in and handed me a copy of the school's magazine. For those who don't know, I was on the magazine committee this year as its official photographer. There was in interesting and pleasing section about me in the magazine's editorials:


You might need to click on it to enlarge it before you are able to read it - point is, it made me very happy ^_^ and the magazine also used up to eight of my pictures ^_^
Then when school was 20 minutes from over i met with amber after her Mechanics exam and we sat at the front of school and ate our lunch (subway sandwiches) which were very nice.
Then I got home later to find that my provisional license had finally arrived so. . .now im going to start getting driving lessons and hopefully learn to drive by the start of August.

Oh oh, i also nearly forgot, i got a job just over a week ago - they pay minimum wage but its still something lol.

Well, i hope whoever has had the patience to read all this has enjoyed doing so

Cheerio for now

*waves*

last picture - flowwwweeeeeeeeerrrzzz! Yayyyyyzzz ^_^

taadaaaaaa

In a valiant attempt at keeping this blog active - I have decided to post yet again :D

I had a fairly enjoyable day today. On one of my days off it is always enjoyable to wake up at 6.45am and go to school for the hell of it (okok, that was sarcastic) but it was definitely worth it as when I got to school I encountered an Amber that was very cheerful but couldn't bring herself to look it. PMT i think (HAHA i mean Pre-Module Tension - not the other thing) she was doing one of her modules in computing. Meanwhile, i got to sit about in common room watching The Sopranos until amber's exam finished. She came back afterwards looking very relieved and we sorta chatted for maybe an hour :p then we watched the rest of Knocked Up which we started watching a long time ago and have now finally finished. Luckily, she remained awake during it teehee.
Spent the rest of the day traveling home along my normal route which took seemingly longer than normal. Must be the heat.
Anyways, now I sit here typing this new post on my blog and amber is on the phone to me asking the difference between moaning and groaning. Better go and get dictionary to see if there is actualy a difference...

ohoh, picture:

This is a picture i took on work experience. It shows forensic detective people about to enter a house on the subsequent morning of a brutal murder; in which men with hatchets stormed in and butchered the man in his bed in front of his heavily pregnant wife, who fell into labour only 2 hours after his death. In this picture, the forensic detective can be seen with a police 'crimestoppers' van in the foreground.

ciao

Bored...

late at night...I couldn't be bothered sleeping.
I feel a weird way - like i know if i lay down to sleep i wouldn't b able 2 and if i stay awake its going to be the most boring hell of this month. So I thought i'd post. Nothing much has happened the last week or so - whenever i last posted. Got off for study leave, yep yep its good because i get to stay up late and watch DVDs and during the day i eat better lunches than i normally would.

hmm....

gona upload another random picture, like i did a few posts ago...


I like this picture - you'll understand why in a moment when i tell you...

this...

picture...

was taken....

from....

the....

window of McDonalds ^_^

Have you ever sat down in McDonalds and had a crappy double cheese burger with such a spectacular view? I did, once, in the summer of 2006 when I actually took this picture. One of the very few moments in my childhood that i feel is worth bragging about

Ciao

"Do Not Answer"

Today i was out in the car with my brother and my dad when my brother's phone rang. Upon looking at it he could see that the caller I.D said "do not answer". He then rejected the call and went to his phonebook and looked for it... sure enough, he had a number saved in his phone as "do not answer". The phone rang again and he rejected it. He then reflected on how he had no recollection of ever saving a number called that. He also reflected on how if he had actually saved a number like that - it must've been someone he met when he was drunk and never wanted to talk to again.

Eventually it rang and rang and he decided to answer it - it was my mum -.-

Thought you'd enjoy that story ^_^

And again!

Thought I should try posting again so as to keep it going lol. Not much at all to say though. Ohoh, me and Amber were planning on spending our 6th month anniversary on friday 25th, and i got a little annoyed when it was moved to thursday because it just wasnt as significant...but then I checked and although friday is our 6 month anniversary, thursday 24th happens to be our exact half a year anniversary (in terms of days) which also makes it more accurate and also better ^^. *yay - happiness restored* lol. And we also are donating blood on thursday :D:D

Ermmmmm.....*thinks long and hard*...

*gets bored of thinking long and hard*

*decides to upload random picture and talk about it*



I like this picture as it has an overwhelming and captivating dramatic cloud scene. The darkness at the very bottom contrasts with the sunlight at the top...yay! :D:D

Bye 4 now - will try posting again soon

AAAAAHHHHHHHH SO LONG!!

Haven't posted in ABSOLUTELY ages so i thought I finally would. Things have been way up and way down of late, but hopefully the scales will be balanced soon.
Well, i went on a temple trip with church - which is a trip were the youth of my church go over the Preston - England to take part in church ordinances. Because photography is by no means allowed inside the temple, i took some pictures of the beautiful exterior. These are shown below...


This is a picture of the spire of the temple at the front end.


This picture, again is the front of the temple



This picture shows the sunset hitting the side of the temple

The trip was overall enjoyable but tired me out a lot. The following day we went the the massive Trafford Center in Manchester, a huge shopping center with every kind of shop. I bought amber's teddy bear there. If anyone wants anymore information of this temple then go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_Temple

Amber asked me kindly to complete this questionnaire (below) so we'll see how i get on...

1] At what age do you wish to marry?
20s presumably.

2] What i want the most now?
peace of mind

3] Who is the person you trust the most?
My bruv,

4] Do you think you have enough confidence?
depends on the situation - but overall i think so yeah

5] If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?
long and happy life with minimal upsets but always fun and excitement etc

6] Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Possibly working a well paid job, living in a fancy apartment with a kid or 2 ^^

7] What are you afraid to lose the most now?
anyone who is close 2 me

8] Do you believe in eternal love?
definitely

9] If you meet someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
yes - but Amber accidently did 1st lol

10] List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
Amber...hmm...shes funny, bright, cheerful, kind, compassionate and any other word that means something similar (i know thats more than 3 - but i cant be expected to describe her in only 3)

11] What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
everything i've said above, always makes me laugh, very caring, very considerate, very honest, very inspiring, knows how to look after me, responsible, being shorter than me as well as her looking good is a nice bonus :)

12] What feeling do you hate the most?
regret

13] Do you cherish every single friendship of yours?
i try to, but sometimes its difficult wen you take them for granted

14] Do you feel that every minute of life and every person in your life is to be appreciated?
yes definitely but as i said above, sometimes it is difficult

15] What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
the things that make me happy

16] Do you find it a need for you to have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
definitely. Amber tries to cheer me up when im down and is MOSTLY understanding and willing to listen. I tell her anything at all without worrying

17] At this point of time, would you rather stay in your comfort zone or try something new?
comfort zone for the time being - not ready for to much of a change yet

18] What kind of friend you hope to be in your friend's eyes?
one who they think about and randomly smile even when im not there

19] Brains or looks?
brains preferably, because in the picture of me and miss ireland they ma have had looks but they were complete air-heads - but all the same, both is a bonus :D

20] What type of person you are trying to be?
someone who has to book a very large venue for his funeral because so many people loved him and loads of people want to see him off

Gona go chat 2 Amber now, byebyees