Monday, February 26, 2007

You know your tired when.....

It takes you 3 goes to put your jumper on... (as in my case 2hours ago)

Oh and you accidentally eat some chocolate (NB: it was only 1 hersheys kiss and it was because I completely forgot) when you supposed to be giving it up for lent.

Oopsy! But apparently it doesn't count if you just forget

Friday, February 23, 2007

Carly's Might

It is taking all of my willpower not to eat something sweet....theres a bar of chocolate sitting on our coffee table calling my name!

Argggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggh!

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Nature's Might

Boy nature is a powerful thing..... If I choose to live in New Zealand I'm going to be shaken up by Earthquakes, as my poor folks did last night, or if I choose to live in the UK I'm going to be stung by a plague of Hornets.

Sometimes you just can't win!

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

You know you are tired when......

The little girl sitting opposite you on the bus comments to her sister 'that lady looks tired'.

Aw shucks!

ANYWAY for lent this year (starts today) I'm giving up sugar (ie as in sweets, chocolate, biscuits and fizzy drinks). I guess diet drinks are ok as they have artificial sweetners....

And what fitting way to say goodbye to my sweet sweet sugar by having pancakes with chocolate spread and bananas for Pancake Day last night...... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

By sugar, my dearest, I'm going to miss you!

As a result I have purchased copious amounts of fruit and veges- ok maybe I went overboard, coz I need to use them all up today really... thank god for freezers!

Thats all for now- Im sure those Carlypoos stalwarts will remember my lame attempt last year.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

We came, we saw and we conquered

Howdy!

So yeah I just spent 4 days in Barcelona and I'm officially knackered! Touristy stuff, eating lots of yummy paella and drinking into the wee hours has left me pretty wrecked, yet content, and oddly enough cured of my pimples for the time being (although for the love of god I can't figure out how.....). So there was 17 of us in a cool appartment right in the middle of town and so so closed to the main hub, La Rumbla where you can buy all sorts from all the stores and street sellers- including chickens and blue roses! And I have never seen so many shoe shops in one place!

So here are a few pics and stuff from one mad cool holiday:

Friday 16th Feb:
So I crashed at Cests place (and she cooked a very yummy dinner) with her mate Megan and we were up at a rather early 4.30am to catch a cab to Luton, got on a plane and headed for a balmy Barcelona (15 degrees or so) were we met Rich and his mates Dave and Noreen who were flying in from Dublin and Kelly who had flown in from Heathrow. Best line went to the Easyjet chick who asked me when I checked in if I 'know of anything that might have been put in my luggage without my knowledge?' To which I replied well I wouldn't know anyway, which she didn't find funny. I didn't think it was a bad joke for 5.30am.......

We caught a cab from Barcelona City Airport to our appartment, during which I thought I was going to die. The mad mulletous cab driver at one stage was driving at 140kmph steering with his knees whilst reading a map. Arghhhh! Then he didn't even drop us off near the appartment and we had to walk to get there. Oh and of course there was some seriously dodgy weaving in and out of traffic, and dodgy dance music. But we made it in one piece and checked out the appartment and headed down la rumbla and had a bit of a rekkie and bought a two day tourist bus pass and had a nosy around, checking out the famous architect Gaudi's very odd buildings, and hopped off at the Olympic village and some museum for a looksy.
We got back the appartment, and by that time a few other people, including good old Timmy and his mate Matt, so the beers were cracked out and we were quite merry by the time we headed out for a meal and more drinkies. At that point the night gets a bit mad, courtesy of the owner of the Restaurant who cracked out this lemon liquer stuff free of charge and got everyone drunk. But I did get to try my first Paella, and its gorgeous. Huge hunks of meat and seafood and just the best shit I've tasted and a highlight of the holiday.
Quite a few people (namely the Irish) were hammered and therefore it took a wee while to get home, with the help of a few, but after putting to bed the drunkard, I headed out for another drink with Liam and Linzi -Cest's mates who I went to Oktoberfest with and we eventually stumbled in around 2am which wasn't a bad effort. Incidentally the pub we were at was showing English rugby league of all things!





















Carly and Noreen and yummy Paella!


Saturday 17th:
Hungover, and head out with Rich and Noreen for a nice greasy breakfast of tea, juice, crossiant, eggs and bacon (and charged a ridiculous amount too grrrrrr!). The three of us go on a mission to catch the tourist bus, but seeing as it was Saturday the queues were hideous so we walked up in the drizzle and headed up to check out Gaudis fantastic creations- (refer to my photos on Flickr from the link on the sidebar). After a coffee and a muffin we finally managed to hop on the bus and headed a wee bit out to say 'hi' to Ronaldinho, Messi and Eto'o to visit the highly recommended Camp Nou, Barcelonas home ground, and the third largest stadium in the world (100,000 capacity!), and clearly not designed for tall people as Rich found out! That took up a good part of the day and by the time we got back to the apartment for a siesta I was tired, but then couldn’t sleep. So it only seemed logical to head to the pub with Dave and Rich to watch the Man U vs Reading game at the pub…… so there it began again… another drunkard night ending up at a pub in the square not too far from the apartment, with the guys serving there wearing a bumble bee outfit, a shark hat (and was extremely rude and grumpy) and an old-skool aviator outfit. Not sure if that was a tacky tourist gimmick but we were taking the piss out of the grumpy shark hat guy. Hehehe. Encountered a dodgy scouser who bought a street sellers whole stock of roses and gave them all to our party! By that stage Cest and her gang had caught up with us, so naturally the night ended with rose petals being thrown in people’s faces and put in beer….

















On the massage bench at Camp Nou


Sunday 18th:
Hungover. Figure that Paella would be a good cure so head out to find a place for something to eat with Dave, and Noreen and Rich. Order Paella, eat three quarters of Paella and discover cockroach in Paella. Stay in a state of shock and figure maybe my stomach won’t settle for a wee while yet… they didn’t charge us for the Paella and the guy reckoned that I must have been in the rice (I think we should have clicked when he cracked out the dirty table cloths…). Anyway went for a big wander for ages and went to the Picasso museum, after a long queue with entertainment from a terrible street guitarist. It didn’t have any of Picasso’s famous paintings, but covered more of the history and the different periods of his work, which was interesting enough. Came out with the conclusion that the guy was obsessed with clowns, horses and boobies, which can’t be very healthy! Walked for ages and ended up to the beach where I felt loads better after eating a baguette with cheese and anchovies. Head back to the apartment for a siesta, and once again can’t sleep, which is so surprising considering how little I’ve had but ah well. End up at a restaurant at by the waterfront and order a small tapas (peppers and prawns- yum yum) and try my first Sangria- yum yum yum!
Well that perked me up, and back to the funny bar with Cest and her housemates, later joined by the Irish and Tim and Matt (this time the staff were wearing normal clothes) and discovered that their measures of rum are VERY generous. A few of those plus some good Belgium beer under the instruction of Tim and I was feeling on top of the world. Stumbled home again, and tired the very dodgy kebab place opposite our apartment (falafels only please!). It’s so funny because the guy that works there always shouts out ‘Good morning’ which is hilarious when its in the evening!

















Cest and I with Sangria!


Monday 19th:
Hungover, not very coherent. Said goodbye to the contingent who were leaving in the morning, and ended up going on a mammoth 4 hour walk up to the Olympic Village (note LOTS of hills!!) but it was worth doing for sure. Ended up walking through this massive cemetery where all the casks are in these ‘cells’- was so amazing I’d never seen so many in my life. Walked some more headed down, and it was a quick tidy up of the apartment, a bite to eat and back in a cab to the airport (this time the driver was much better). Unfortunately my flight went to Gatwick so by the time I made my way home I was shattered, and slept most of the way home.
It was such and awesome holiday anway. Can’t be arsed writing anymore , except its time for a big DETOX!!!
Me outside the Olypmic Village

Thursday, February 15, 2007

You know when your tired when........

You accidentally use your face moisturiser as hand cream (last night)

You accidentally use your shampoo as body wash (this morning)

Ive got loads more sleepless nightt to look forward to with Barcelona tomorrow! Yeeeeha!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Happy Valentines day

Happy Valentines day to all my lovely peeps.

Im a bit down actually this morning, but only because I'm too scared to check my mobile incase I have/haven't got this job, plus I'm currently listening to 'The Drugs Don't Work' by The Verve..... thanks a million Richard Ashcroft for producing a great but highly depressing song!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

How to stump Carly in an interview

Ask me what the implications of climate change will be for the London Borough of Hounslow.

My god I was stumped! My mind went blank and I started rambling and basically answered the next question instead. Nice one Carly! Apart from that I felt I answered the questions alright and came across as being confident and friendly.... we shall see anyway. I was rather stoked to find out there were over 120 applicants so obviously I did something right in the application!

Anyway I rambling now but ah well I've got the rest of the day off work therefore I CAN! Good old self indulgent Carly ramblings are all good.

So I'm rather excited that the world premier of Hot Fuzz is on tonight in Leicester Square. Shaun of the Dead was such a cool movie, and Simon Pegg a comic genius. I tried to win tickets but haven't been called so assume I didn't win. Unless they call me an hour before the show (that happened a while ago when I won tickets to Avenue Q and I couldn't go coz they didn't give me enough notice grrrrrrrrrrrr)
Heres a pic off the movie anyway! Might even go into Leicester Square tonight to check out some red carpet action......
In other news I'm going to Barcelona this weekend! Im typical Carly fashion I'm rather looking forward to checking out the Barcelona Football ground Camp Nou. And a game of football on the beach would be good too! Just for old times sake....
Thats all here really!

Dirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrty


This was photographed at Hampstead Heath by my lovely mates, Jaz and Nato....


Sunday, February 11, 2007

A lovely gig!

The Magic Numbers with support from The Little Ones and Liam Frost

The Forum on Saturday 10th February

A lovely little gig from a lovely little band. Was just conversing with Rich and we both agree that the leader singer of the Magic Numbes, Romeo just looked so happy playing the guitar! It was very much a sing-a-long gig and the fantastic Forum always provides a lovely intimate venue. Only downside was going for a pint after the gig, missing the last tube and having to find a night bus home.....


Good night though! They look so hippy like (the drummer looks a bit Jesus-like too which I thought was funny....)

Friday, February 09, 2007

YOUR OPINIONS PLEASE!!

This is an on-going debate between myself and Sonia from work.....

Who is better looking off Lost (Now we all know Jack wins hands down so who is second in other words....)


Is it Sayid (Naveen Andrews as pictured):






















Or Sawyer (Josh Holloway as pictured):

Coz I reckon Sayid is better looking and people keep taking the Mick out of me!

'uh' moods

Today I'm in one of those 'uh' moods.... I've got loads of pimples for some odd reason (too much junk yesterday?!) and I'm tired and I can't be arsed with anything.

I've also realised that the picture I posted of Ben Foster isn't actually that flattering either (just take my word for it....)

Anyway this did make me smile anyway- cheers Yvette!

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Football madness

Ha! It was rather funny to hear the England fans booing Stevie McLaren last night after England lost to Spain in a friendly! I was more excited that Ben Foster started in goal for England... HE IS SO HOT!

















Anyway me and some guys from work travelled to Loftus Road to watch a rather crap Australia team get thrashed 3-1 by Denmark. I was hoping some of the Aussies boro contingent- Mark 'fat bastard' Viduka and Mark Schwartzer would play but no..... I was hoping that Tim Cahill was going to show off some class, as he has done this season at Everton, but I guess he's recovering coz he was rubbish. The third Danish goal consisted of about 5 one touch passes in the Australian penalty box, before Jon Dahl Tomasson side footed it in the net- quality defending from Australia- NOT!


Anyways heres a pic- not too much else to report from that except drunk Aussie guys are disgusting. I heard one twat go really obonxiously loud 'Hey someone touched my dick!' when standing in the crowd getting beers at half time, and then another yelling drunkardly 'Rub it harder, rub it harder' on a packed bus on the way home. THAT IS JUST CRASS PEOPLES! Its always bloomin Aussie blokes too! uh!
Heres the teams lining up for the national anthem

Let it snow part 2!

Yayayayayay major snow all across England! And of course yours truly has the day off work because it was 'too unsafe' for our poor wee kids to get off the buses in these conditions.... apparently so.


Not only has school been cancelled, so has my job interview today- postponed till Tuesday due to the weather conditions so for the first time ever snow has been the reason why stuff has been cancelled, as opposed to rain or whatever....

Here are some pics from my place:
















From our front porch........

















Looking down Little Ealing Lane

Very pretty anyways! At least I've managed to do some washing and some housework!!!!!

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Yayayayayayayayay

snow is forecast for tomorrow

Yayayayayayayayay Im so excited

Monday, February 05, 2007

And in other news.....

Ive gotta job interview- scary scary stuff! Its for the position of an Environmental Information Officer at Honslow Council. Yay I'm pretty stoked I got an interview as apparently there were loads of applicants!

And in other news the Woodfield staff team went down to St Michaels 5-2 not bad considering they had some ex-semi professionals in their team!

Its good shit all around today!

Sunday, February 04, 2007

The aftermath

Well I'm feeling a wee bit sorry for myself this morning..... largely due to a rather heavy session yesterday at the Waitangi Day Pub crawl.

All the usual mayhem ensured anyways..... it's just so funny to see so many kiwis going mad and all the general public going 'what the f***! There were some great costumes this year anyway..... guys dressed up in NZ speed skating suits (the funniest thing ever) loads of gumboots with rugby socks, blow up sheep, even a guy with a poster of various sheep breeds on his back... classic!

Highlights included:

General madness on the tube ha! Its so funny a whole load of kiwis on a platform booing whenever a distric line tube went by...


Ending up under a table at one of the pubs because in my drunk wisdom I thought I would be able to hear my conversation with celeste on the mobile


This conversation:




Jerry to Rich (a mate of Tim): So do you guys have any similar celebration (in reference to Waitangi Day)


Rich: er, St Patricks Day?




You had to be there for that one.... it was hilarious!




Trying to find a pub to watch the merseyside derby and all they had on was the bloody 6 nations rugby. Come on people!!!




This picture at the subway underpass thingy at South Kensington..... (pictured here with myself and Jerry...)





















And heres me and Timmy!
Anyways I think Im going to go back to bed so yeah.... goodbye!

Friday, February 02, 2007

Da big weekend preview

FRIDAY:
The Woodfield staff team will be donning the old black and yellow once again and will be travelling away to somewhere-past-Watford to play the unknown St Michaels school. With a few injuries to some key players it will be interesting to see how the team goes with many players out of position Carly (aka Emma Erdwin) will be taking up her regular position at right back, although after a few hard weekends it will be interesting to see how long her performance will last.....


cha hooo

Saturday it will be Carly in Beige for the annual London Waitangi Day Pub Crawl (circle line) starting in Paddington at 10.30 and ending somewhere around Westminister for the haka outside Westminister Abbey (although there are so many people you can barely see anything anyway.....) should be good and Ill definitely be posting some pics! At some point Ill have to fit in a pub for the Merseyside derby and the start of the 6 nations rugby.... phewey!

Sunday will be spent recovering, no doubt.... at least I don't have to work this time!

Thursday, February 01, 2007

So what have I been up to??



I hate leaving it a week before posts but I've either been to too tired/too busy/too hungover/too I-can't-be-arsed....

Heres a run-down anyway, of my goings on this week.....

Friday night: Very drunk went to a pub in Algate East where my friend used to work at which has a 24 hour license and stayed there till about 5 am, from which Dave, Ian and I caught the first tube home..... great seeing as it was Daves last weekend and he'd never done that before...

Saturday: 7am went to bed, 10 am got up still mildly drunk and starting to get hungover.... had a cuppa, watched Saturday Cooks live (just love that show....) and went back to bed not before watching a wee bit of the Blackburn FA cup game, and was delighted to see Ryan Nelsen back from injury and donning the Captains armband- NZ FOOTBALL REPRESENT!
5pm- Got up had some dinner and went to West Hampstead for Nato's birthday drinks
10pm- Went down to Richmond for Daves good-bye drinks
12am- Ended up at some random club in Twickenham
4am Got home

Sunday: Had to work at the Mad Hatters Tea Party with school. Uh not feeling too good but perked up nonetheless, especially as none other than FRANK BRUNO, CARLY off EASTENDERS and the fabulous CHEEKY GIRLS (a tabloid fave at the mo coz some old crusty MP with a dodgy eastern european name dumped his ITV weather girlfriend for one of the cheeky girls)

So yeah it was a bit of a mad weekend. TOP GEAR was also back for another brand new series too, with the fabulous Richard Hammond back- what more can I say he came in the show down a big set of stairs with all these scantily clad dancers..... soooo funny! He guys a legend....

Monday came and went, I was in a grumpy mood all day, but managed to play football...

Tuesday: Sad coz it was Daves last day : (...... ended up at the pub AGAIN for one last farewell drink and managed to stay there til closing..... and long enough to get really tipsy and play really bad pool (lessons to be learned there....)

Wednesday: Sad, tired and grumpy played football last night and kept falling over and now have 2 grazes on each knee and 2 big bruises on my elbows!

Its now Thursday, anyway and Ive had a good nights sleep, and plan to do 'ditto' tonight.

That's all really for now- lots planned for the weekend... bring it on!
















Here's my lovely snowman and a pic of the carpark at school with the snow last week.... its so funny how the weather isn't actually THAT cold at the moment.... cheers global warming!