My day out...

The past few days (possibly weeks) for me have been in this fashion: wake up, eat, study, break, study, eat, study, break, study, sleep. Repeat. I am not joking, and don't think it is because I am super studious or anything like that, because the truth is there is nothing else to do. This is life in non term time Durham where everybody else is either at home, travelling, or doing their dissertation. None of which I fall under. Jokes aside, it is a very conducive environment to get work done, so I am not complaining. It is also quite mind wrecking being in the same four walls with almost no human contact for what seems like forever. But its ok, just three more weeks to go...

Words of inspiration to keep me going when I feel like dying. I hate math, 

What you see above is a what I consume on a daily basis, tea and muesli. I have recently upgraded to sandwiches for lunch and dinner. But fret not, I actually quite enjoy it. Besides, I really don't need that much energy from food being that all I do is practically nothing.

Anyway, no one told me about this whole stupid daylight saving thing. I don't even know if that is what happened because Easter Sunday I woke up bright and early and head down to church. Guess what, the mass was ending and I caught only 10 minutes of it. I was so confused, I figured it must be daylight saving. I don't even know how it works, but I was pretty pissed. I guess I have only myself to blame but all the same, the whole concept of changing time blows my mind. 

So Happy Easter everyone, I hope you had a more memorable Easter as compared to mine. After church (or the ten minutes that I was present), I walked to the botanic garden because I knew they were having an easter egg hunt. I've never done it in my life so I figured well, why not. I didn't end up doing the actual hunt but I walked around the garden nonetheless. 

 At first, I thought the garden was just a small garden (everything in Durham is kind of small). But after looking at the first map along the way, I realised it was much bigger than I expected it to be. Still rather small, but not tiny small.

I thought the archaeology thing was super cool. Fun fact, the first ear archaeology students went to Italy for their field trip. I did not even have a field trip. Made me wonder why I am not in archaeology.

Deeper inside the garden is a greenhouse, or at least that is what I think it is called. I opened the heavy metal sliding door and boom, I felt heat (hallelujah! you'd understand if you were in England). My glasses fogged up and apparently so did the lenses of my camera. It was hot as there were trying to achieve the temperature of the desert. And I have never been to a desert but I think they certainly got it right seeing as the cacti actually live.

 The second compartment after the desert area was the rainforest area. And quite frankly, it felt like home with the heat and heavy humid air. The vibrant greens of the leaves made my day even if it really was nothing much. I needed to see some life and that room certainly felt so alive.

I also found a slightly Alice in Wonderland-esque place. I wonder if the rabbit hole is nearby, should have went hunting for it.

When the sun first came up about a month ago (which then turned out to be a false alarm), I desperately wanted to go for a picnic. Of course it did not materialise as the next few weeks was filled with horrible cold winter weather. But now I am looking forward to summer because I found the most perfect picnic spot.

Flowers are starting to bloom for real. Does it mean spring is really around the corner? I am slightly more optimistic now that there have been consecutive days of sunshine and absence of snow. It is actually viable to open my window and not freeze to death anymore. I think things are on the upside. :)

Side note, look how cool these giant ants are. They are huge!

 The last/first of the chickies depending on whether you were observant enough the first time round. I wasn't.

On a final note, here's a picture of college. I walked back through the dodgy passage way and looked up to see a beautiful scene greeting me. Yes, it isn't the million dollar type beauty that takes your breath away, but when you have been through the longest winter and everyday looks horrible, you recognise beauty even in the smallest way. I also know that my college isn't the most beautiful of them all. But quoting Jeff Winger "This school maybe a toilet, but it is our toilet!". I really feel that way, sad but funny and true.

So if you are in Durham and have nothing to do, or you like nature, do make your way to the botanic garden. Its free if you show your student ID. It has way more than what I showed you, promise.

Till the next time, hope you had a great Easter.

Thanks for reading!

Love xx