수요일, 1월 21, 2004
walked about 10 miles today around the whole of durham city. it's amazing how houses are snapped up like hot cakes (well, i don't exactly know anyone who likes hot cakes THAT much, but you get the idea) when you're looking for them. where oh where are the 4-bed houses in durham? all i know was that when i got home, all i wanted to do was crash on the bed, but no. constit tutorials beckon and life will go on. it will GO ON, tanya, it will GO ON.

so we didn't get the first house we went to, and incidentally the one we really liked. no photos for you then, dad. despite the fact that we would, all 4 of us, like to rub the face of a certain mr. mason in the rich, rich, topsoil that covers our good earth, we shall get over it. and get over it we did. all we did was to go, literally, knock on all the doors of student houses along the whinney hill and elvet area, asking whether the houses were taken. this is the start of epiphany term, for goodness' sake, but you will never imagine how many houses turned us away because they had already been taken. gosh, if i had known i'd probably have opted to live in a hut. nat says that if all else fails, her parents will bring their caravan up and park it on palace green so's that all four of us can live there for our second year. not too bad an idea i suppose *tee-hee* but, we continue to persist. after all, nought came to those that did not try.

i never thought i would become a house-hunter so early on in life. always thought it was best reserved for people who had maybe seen more of the world in general, and could handle their lives in a more organised way, much better than the average uni student leastways. looks like we've been made to grow up fast, i suppose. it's hard to explain the works to the people at home as well, because all i want to say at the end of the day is either yes or no and whether or not we've got any fall back plans. there were so many houses we saw today i couldn't remember half of them if you asked me to.

to be totally random, i'm supposed to be lamenting about how bad my essays were from last term, but the fact of the matter is that there is nothing to complain about. where in the name of colombus are my essays? i want them, not because they're in any way good, but because even if i wrote shit, i want my shit. case closed.

well, tomorrow's a new day. and a new year as well, if you go by the chinese calendar. here's wishing everyone a good, solid, happy chinese new year. there isn't much spirit where i am, but watch out for the weekend! chinatown will be celebrating, so trek down there we will.