Exam results have come in. Some are pleased with their results, and many have realised that actually Call Of Duty probably could have waited, and that revision would have been a better idea. My results weren't too bad; however I think I was a bit of a victim of circumstance as I had to sit two back-to-back and stay in college till 5, when they finished. I would like to think that, had I sat them separately, I would have done a little better on the latter paper. But who knows? All the same I plan to take a resit as I think I can do better. So that will be a lot of brain squeezing in the following months!
So, summer has been pretty good so far, although too short as usual. I don't feel like I've done that much, although I have done quite a bit - strange. Probably because I haven't traveled as much as I did last year...
A few weeks ago I went to New York for some retail therapy and a hole in my pocket!
They were having a heat wave when I got there - so much so that the road had actually melted in parts and in between the two lanes, there was a bulge of tarmac. When we went there I made a request to go to Dylan's Candy Bar - and what a splendid request it was!
We went in and there were sweets under a perspex sheet under my feet, and the smell of deliciousness was in the air! They had Wonka candy bars and a whole host of other chocolate, including a bar that was about twice the size of my head! They had a bath full of gobstoppers and a whole range of nostalgia candy - the kind that you used to have when you were younger but they stopped selling. And not only was my sweet-tooth satisfied, but we managed to spot a 'marshmallow gun' which literally launches marshmallows at your victims! Great!
After our afternoon of ambling around, we found a pleasant park near the Library, can't remember what it was called, but they were due to hold a film festival there the next day. It was so pretty and the fairy lights just made the place look quite magical. There were quite a few people scattered around me with their heads in books, relaxed, and in their own world. Unfortunately we had to leave the next day, so I couldn't stay for the film festival - but I can definitely say I enjoyed myself.
I exhausted myself trampling through Macy's, Bloomie's and Times Square, and absolutely gorged myself with a massive burger in an Irish Pub.
It was surreal to see the set of so many films just living its normal life, unbothered by its fame and publicity, unlike my bewildered self. I can see why people say that New York is simply unforgettable.
