We Interrupt This Programme

If you read my last posts, you would have read that my Grandmother Died last Tuesday.

She was in and out of hospital over the last two weeks, partially because of health problems, half because doctors prescribed the wrong drugs, causing unnecessary complications & trauma. AS I speak, we still don't know exactly what the cause was, but we know she had a minor heart attack; the results of which I expeienced first-hand.

I literally walked into her apartment after she had it. Me and my dad decided to visit since we were driving nearby. I acted like a jerk attempting to sneak in but when I saw one of carers at the nursing home was there, there seemed to be something up.

She was incredibly pale and her arms/fingers were purple, turning blue. What struck me was how cold they were. I waited there with my dad until the ambulance arrived and she was taken off to the nearest hospital.

The last words she said directly to me (and no-one else) was 'sorry'. My lame reply; 'It's alright'. I always say that. In almost any situation.

Dad & I stayed there over the next three hours at the hospital. She died two days later and ten minutes before my family arrived.

On the anniversary of her husband's death.

Such is life.

Okay, so I almost lied.

So, I did have them lying around somewhere. I had a sneaking suspicion they were on the USB key I lost between then and now. Thankfully, I was wrong.

Indeed, when I was waiting around for an hour after submitting an assesment task, I saw something that upset me to the deepest darkest core of my soul.



LIES AND SLANDER! It wasn't the best start, to be honest.



Cut me slack here, I was bored. Plus, I had to give people a cameo in here somewhere.


Oh, yeah; there was also a massive "Sustainability Week" thing going on today, but since I only had one lecture (yay, tuesdays!), there was no point waiting around afterwards.

Grrrrrr

Why am I angry?

Because I think I may have lost all the other photos before I could upload them all.

Oh, yeah. And my Grandmother died last tuesday.

"A day in the Life"; Part 1

Tuesday; 8/9/09 was a very eventful day.

Not only because it began with a skype vid-chat and an 'all-nighter', but because I decided to entertain my tired self through taking a 'visual journal' with a cheap camera borrowed from my sis. Hence, the next few posts by me will be going through the course of an average day at Uni.

Or, at least what's average for me.

'twas a nice sunny & clear morning. I got off around 8:20 to hand in an assessment for "Environmental management" in a decidedly ambivalent (if drowsy) mood. As you can see, I didn't cam-whore as much as I originally planned, but I tried instead to convey the experience (as long as the photos I took were good; many were deleted).

I walked down this alley-way, rather than along the highway to the train station (yes, I'm a strictly-public-transport kind of person). Maybe I subconsciously thought it would be more pleasant in my sleepless state than the highway. My subconscious made the right decision. I got there literally as my train pulled in, with plenty of time to get into the 'right' carriage (important for reasons I'll explain later). I only took one decent pic on-board, but for privacy (and e-stalking) reasons, I have not posted it. Feel free to ask for it, though.

I choreograph my train timetabling carefully. I have to. Immediately upon getting at my next stop (10 minutes after getting on-board), I negotiated a less-than-two minute dash to the underground platform for my next train. The pic above was all I could take, thanks to overcrowding. I was stuck on the stairs, but on-time. Thank goodness.


So, I arrived at the Uni station (yes, it has it's own newly-built station) with ten minutes before hand-ins closed. Just enough time to briefly meet-up with an acquaintance in the same course (and his shy friend :P ), walk over and get it in with a minute or two to spare.

All the above only took place within a period of ~45 minutes. I still have another three or four hours of content to cover; so be ready for more posts full of photos.

Laters.