January 11th, 2005
First, I`ll answer the comments from my last post.
Flora -> I didn`t say anything about Oxford because I hadn`t got a big chance to see the city yet! I AM staying in Kidlington after all... It`s not Oxford, but I come to Oxford everyday. I`m studying on Summertown, in Banbury Road! I live near Banbury Road, but in Kidligton, on a street that`s called Wilsdon Way.
Well, answering some of your questions... It is cold in the morning, right now it`s not cold, just about 10 degrees. It`s not snowing. There ARE a lot of bykes on the light posts and banisters of the colleges. I haven`t looked for Blueberry, but I`ll look, don`t worry. The bus stop is light green, yes. The trees are without leaves, and their leaves are on the grass. Right now there isn`t much sun for it`s raining. It has THAT smell. The buses are red, blue and white (I take 2 and 7 for Kidlington and stop on the final bus stop). I havn`t seen this bun on Cornmaket street, but I HAVE seen a scottish playing a scottish foil. Yes, there are little mail boxes. The bookstores are PERFECT, as usual. I`ll tell anything I see here, but Oxford is perfect, my dear, just as you have left it. And I do know what you mean by I`ll be sick when I live this place. I really think I will. And I`m still petrified with the beauty of the Universities. *___________________*
Ju -> I miss you so much already! You have to come to London! And bring me witrh you! xD
My mom is more pink than you! I`ll try to call you some day. Can you pick up the phone around 9 am? I know it`s early, but it`s when I can call! Just tell me the day and I`ll call you! ^^
Re -> I`ve already talked to you today, so there isn`t much left... Just thanks for such a big comment! I love when you do that! xD Don`t worry, I`ll buy you another thing that not a Chocolate! xD And, yes, when they sauid the nanem of the dog I remembered of Penny Lane. But also of Lady, from The Lady and the Tramp! Oh, one more thing! Tell Julia Bochecha the adress of this Live Journal, ok?
Emo Girl -> I miss you, you bastard! xD Yay! You`ll love Canada, I`m sure! =) You have to see Good Charlotte concert! I love you too, and I`ve got lots of pics! I`ll try to post some soon.
Dabih-> Yeah, i`m in Europe! Oxford to be more precise! xD
Killer -> I love you too, my dear Kill... I miss you way too much, you know? >< Don`t worry, I`ll teach yopu Russian! I`m teaching Uliana Portuguese too! She told her mother about me and her mother invited me to stay at her house in St. Petesburg! xDDDDDDDDDDDD And... I bought you a very biug can of chocolate, so don`t worry, you will have a lot! xD And... They don`t use Y in Russia the way we do, so I think it`s written like this: Ia Tiblia Lublu! ^^ And... Ia Tiblia Tojo! ^^
Now, to the real post...
So... Yesterday i left school with the new students and started to chat with a Japanease Girl from Tokyo who likes Manga and is a Fushigi Yugi fan. She`s from Tokyo and her name is Masae (Peter and I kindly nicknamed her Tiger Lily). We walked through the Unisversity park (I had never been there... It`s amazing!) and into Magdalen Street. Our guide is a blonde girl with blue eyes called Abigail (Or Abby! ^^) that reminds me of Frini`s carachter in White Death (her fan fiction). She`s very cute, and she went to collge in Cambridge and was a Waitress at one of the Oxford collges. She liked that I already knew a lot about the city (become a Tolkien fan and start talking with Flora and you will know enough! xD). Anyway, she showed us where we could eat, where to buy telephone cards, where to trade money, where was Coveredmaket, Cornmarket street, Broad street, St. Giles, Radcliffe Square and all that (for those that have absoluctly no idea what I`m talking about, that is the center of Oxford). We walked till Carfax Tower and she said we could do whatever we wanted.
I then went with Masae to buy a telephone card. Called Killer and Re and went to have lunch at a little pub near a the school called The Gardeners Arms. Here, we have lauch voucher`s of £4 and we have three places that we can spend them. This pub is on a little street in front of the school. Peter was there with Alex and Vanessa and I ordered a Tuna Sandwich and a Coke and we ate there.
At 2pm we had a tour to the Bodleian Library (all the tours we have in the city are for free). The tour was amazing. We even went to that place where they shot the Hospital Wing at harry Potter. Beautiful library (we can`t get in it, but the places wqe can is bautiful) and it has over 7 million books! *__________* I want to study in Oxford to be able to look at that some day...
After the thour I went to the Oxford English Press to look for books and dictionaries. Julia, do you belive I`ve found a DICTIONARY of QUOTES??? It`s £30, otherwise I`d give it you as a poresent! >< Anyway, I made a very big list of books that I want to buy and their prices to try to find lower. Later, I went to Waterstones and found more books that I want. On the first floor, they had a WHOLE SHELF JUST FOR TOLKIEN. I went crazy. THEY HAVE A 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDDION WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COVER I EVER SAW (except maybe for my Bible Edition) for £100! *______* It`s an edition with revised text. colorful folded maps, drwaing by Tolkien himself of the book of Marzabul and all that. I was almost crying because I had no money for it when I saw the same edition for £35, without the fucking beautiful cover! *___* So... I`m buygin the other one. Also, The History of Middle Earth, 12 volumes, for £10 each! *________* I went to the second floor and found those Penguin Classic books for £1.50 and bpought Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment that I`ve already started reading. I LOVE russians! xD
Anyway... i went home. Got there and only Carl was home, listens to E-music at the last volume in his room. I went to the living room and Lady sat on my lap while I wantched some MTV (They have 5 different channels of MTV here! *_______*). Carl came down and we talked about music and films for a while, then we both watched Simpsons. I went to take a shower and Denise and Brian got home. It was already late for diner (7pm) so we ordered Chinease! ^^ I watched Celeb Big Brother too! It`s rubbish, but better than the Brazilian one! xDDDD Then, I went to bed.
Today I was sorted into classes. I stayed on the Advanced level, with Peter. Our first class was one hour and a half long, with Simon. He studyied at Oxford and we talked a lot. He graduated in English Literature and his professor`s husband was AN INKLING! Friend of Tolkien! Every day I think that there is more and more chances of me actually gettiing a scholarship here when I`m 18! *___* We had a break and next we had class with Brian, a VERY funny teacher. He likes us to write a lot! xD Also a VERY WEIRD thing happend. A guy that played Piano on my Say A Little Prayer presentation at Antonio Adolfo IS HAVING CLASS HERE WITH ME! o.O
Anyway... After school we hads lunch at the pub (me, Peter and Wendy) and went to the Carfax Tower with the school. The view from up there is magnificent! After that, me and Wendy (Uliana) bought some phone cards, called and went to Brooks, another bookshop. She tought is was weird for me to like books so much! xD After that, I left her at the bus stop and I`m here.
Tomorrow I don`t know if I`ll write, for I will have the afternoon free and I believe I`ll got to Wolwercoter graveyeard, and maybe Wolfson College! Anyway, I`m very happy here. Take care all of you, all right? xD
Lova ya!
PLEASE, ANYBODY! Renata! Please send an e-mail to my father (mtas@uol.com.br) telling him the adress of my live journal! =***