Things Learnt

Courtesy of this fish

1. 1. Being friends is hard
2. 2. If someone wants to see you, he’ll do whatever it takes
3. 3. That you shouldn’t try to please anyone

4. 4. How to forget about the World by watching TV

5. 5. My feelings aren’t easily hurt by anyone I’m not sleeping with

6. 6. That no matter how smart and capable I am, I still like being taken care of

7. 7. If you like their smell it’s hard to let them go

8. 8. I’m attracted to men who can keep up a conversation with me

9. 9. How to argue

10. 10. How to be with someone and still maintain independence and just the right amount of selfishness.

Vesper Lynd

Eva Green on playing Vesper Lynd or West Berlin girl!

“Vesper is the first girl James Bond really falls in love with, and also the first girl to make him feel betrayed. Vesper is a very complex woman. She has lots of secrets. I think this is what attracts Bond to her: she’s not transparent and he can’t quite figure her out. She’s mysterious right to the end!

[...]

I think of her as a kind of Sphinx. She has many different sides to her character – she’s a bright spirit, she’s very intelligent, she’s cheeky and funny but she’s also vulnerable. There’s an instant chemistry between Vesper and Bond. They constantly tease and flirt with each other. They understand each other without ever possessing each other.“

Ralph Lauren

Today, I <3 Ralph Lauren

“Hole in pajamas”

Via Watt, a very interesting article about how people copy their UCAS applications from the intarwebsss. Well, pretty obvious I’d say. There’s nice guidelines around the internet and tips on how to write one but most of the people that publish theirs have failed getting into uni. YET there will always be idiots copying them.

“Candidates for British universities have been caught red-handed copying their applications from the Internet after hundreds mentioned “burning a hole in pajamas at age eight” on their online entrance forms. The phrase, taken from a Web site which provides examples of personal statements used by successful candidates, describes an early encounter with a chemistry set.“

British Psyche Key

You are not ill. You are a wee bit nauseous, puking a tad, and have lost a bit of your appetite.

Understatement springs to mind.

The Consortium

Final Answers

Decisions, decisions …

1. University of Worcester (W80)
   Business, Advertising & Human Resource Management (NN56)
   Pass European Baccalaureate at 70% or above and pass IELTS at 6.00 or equivalent
2. University of East London (E28)
   Media and Advertising (PP93)
   Pass the European Baccalaureate
3. The Manchester Metropolitan University (M40)
   Advertising Management and Brand Management (NN52)
   Pass at IELTS with overall band score of at least 6 with not less than 5.5 in any part
4. University of the Arts London (U65)
   Marketing and Advertising (N503)
   European Baccalaureate 70 – overall
5. London Metropolitan University (L68)
   Advertising & Marketing Communication and Retail Management (NNF5)
   An overall score of 70% or above in the European Baccalaureate with 8 or above in English.
6. University of Central England in Birmingham (C25)
   Advertising and Human Resource Management (NNM6)
   Pass Euro Baccalaureate with 65% average inc English at 75%

Luxury Shopping

Carrotvan

And pretty much the end of Karazhan but lacking other killshots

Indonesian Plane Crash

… a plane mysteriously crashes in Indonesia, presumably from high take-off speed. This news pretty much made people gasp because of a few reasons : lately, accidents only happen in Asia (see tornadoes and hurricanes), planes crash only in Asia, trains derail only in Asia and last but not least giant pipes create craters there as well. Minutes after, the news was literally everywhere. It’s funny how everyone thinks that OH DEAR LORD PLANES AREN’T SAFE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION when stuff like this pops on the news, but to quote two people in the tube today : “Statistically speaking, it’s still the safest way to travel“. Right, is death only a statistic as well? According to some..