Yay!! Fireworks!!!

[katia]

Not too late to wish you all A Very Happy 2008!! Hope it brings you what you want, as well as what you need and that at the end of it you feel fulfilled and happy! <3

I had a very good night, eventually organised self and friends to go to London, to a ridiculously overpriced bar next to Embankment, which was located perfectly for us to watch the fireworks (pretty!) and have food and a really awesome atmosphere and not so perfectly for us to go home. Due to station closures took me an hour to walk from Embankment to Charring Cross!! I have never seen so many people together ever. Missed my train home of course, ended up staying in London and only returning yesterday afternoon. So it is now 2008 and I have started the new year a bit late and not quite prepared. As always. Last year was good, not sure if as good as 2006 but certainly not bad. :)

As for 2008. It will be a scary year, for the first time ever I have no idea where I will be in a year's time. I have finals and my degree will finish and then we'll see. Scary.

1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
A lot of things, had a job in London, travelled to India, lived in a house and cooked for myself, decided what I want to do in the future sort of, watched Heroes and became obsessed, went to Sectus, read the last Harry Potter book.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yeah, the immediate goals, and even a bit on the rest

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not as far as I am aware

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No.

5. What countries did you visit?
India, Bulgaria, Turkey, Switzerland, Germany, France

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
A masters acceptance, also love

7. What dates from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
July 21st, HBP came out and I had been waiting for so long, the few days of Sectus were awesome, 2nd of September, my 21st birthday! :) 22nd of June, The Univ Ball, cos we had a poster in our room, not really very good at remembering dates!

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Living alone and surviving! :) And not just on pasta! I am pretty proud of that, academia wise things haven't been that bad either, nor the love life, it's been pretty good year actually, oh had a job too.

9. What was your biggest failure?
Procrastinating, still not having applied..

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Apart from the constant colds *sneezes* not really, not that I remember.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
A ticket to India! Not sure object wise, about a million dresses, I spoil myself :(

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
All my tutors who have been amazing to me, this is silly but I love them all.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Some of my house mates,

14. Where did most of your money go?
Travelling! And clothes!

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Christmas!! Ahahah. No. Going to India and Istanbul and getting a job and lots of other things can't remember right now. 

16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
The stupid umbrella song

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a)Happier or sadder?
About the same, but happy

b) thinner or fatter?
Pretty much the same, my weight hardly ever changes.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Applications, doing fun things with friends, reading books

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Writing essays, all nighters, procrastinating

 20. How did you spend Christmas?
 With brother, mum and dad and another family and at anna_bonita's house. It was nice. <--my 2004 response, nice that things don't change!

 22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
 Almost

 23. What was your favorite TV program?
 Only one? Heroes! But also loved Almost Famous, Torchwood, the L Word

 24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
 No, I don’t hate anyone, it is too much effort. But there is someone I don't really like very much any more which is sad as he was a very good friend.

25. What was the best book you read?
Does rereading His Dark Materials count? I have no idea! I did read books during the summer, but not sure what!
  
26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
I don't know, rec me new music!

27. What did you want and get?
A job

29. What did you want and not get?
Love

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
Blood Diamond. Or did that come out last year? Um, the Lives of Others, which we went to see with our IR tutor, absolutely spectacular. I also loved Oceans 13 and HP

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
21!  Was in Bulgaria on the day and went for dinner with family, had a house party in Oxford afterwards.

32.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had finished my applications

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
When in doubt, wear a dress.
  
34. What kept you sane?
Friends, fics and other fun things

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most
Eva Green, and Johnny Depp is pretty much always there

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Pakistan's emergency, Bhutto's assassination and consequences.

37. Who did you miss?
Kav

38. Who was the best new person you met?
David

 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007
Well I'd like to say don't waste time, but this is not something I have actually learned, hmm, always stock your cupboards with food and all will be good. Yes.