New layout, my old layout was beginning to bore me so I decided to change my theme. This layout image was actually for my other domain sap-a-licious.net but since I went with another layout on that domain, I thought this image was too pretty not to use and I like how I blended the two images together. Anyway, I hope you like and it should be viewable on all browsers (even IE 6 and earlier) but any problems let me know. And yea, I hope it’s not too bright.

So I really shouldn’t be blogging as I have a job test on Thursday. It will hopefully be easy (it’s Microsoft Office for heaven’s sake) but that makes it even more embarrassing if I end up doing something stupid and fail. Oh well, it’s in Bedfordshire and since there is no direct train, my lovely parents have offered to drive me there. Truth be told, I could have gone down one night earlier and stayed in a hotel but since it’s only a 20 minutes test, I didn’t want to waste all that money, it would have been different if it was a job interview and besides, the hotel plus the train would have actually cost quite a bit. So anyway, dad said he would drive me down, it’s quite funny as we are all going down, to Bedford, 3-4 hours away, for a 20 minutes test.

I have a Mehndi to go to Wednesday. This is sort of pre-marriage ceremony, where all the married women put a Paan leaf (Betel leaf) on the girl or boys, hand, then put a drop of mehndi (henna) onto the leaf, and then feed the girl/boy some Indian sweets. I am just going because there will be really nice food as it’s in a nice hotel. What? There is nothing for me to actually do there as I am not married (something which no doubt will come up endless amount of times ). They have decided to do both boy and girls Mehndi at the same time. It’s their wedding on Saturday and I am looking forward to it. I’ve been picking out my clothes and I’ve decided to wear a sari to the wedding. I will try to remember to take some pictures.

I’ve decided that I need to get some more examples for my portfolio, I think one of the best ways is to make some websites for friends, etc. I think I will place a message on my facebook asking if anyone wants me to design a website for them. I am also thinking of doing some volunteer work, my CV isn’t the best and I think that will look really good, plus it will be quite interesting to do as well. It’s at times like this, where I wish I was involved in some community things, or I had more hobbies. Though, I am determined to start teaching myself more JavaScript and PHP. I hope to move onto Ruby on Rails and teach myself more PERL as well.

I’ve added a plugboard to the site, I will also be adding some more visitor content once I am done with this test on Thursday. I will probably add some layouts and icons etc.

Thanks for all the birthday messages

It’s been such a busy two week for me. 2 weeks ago, my mum came back from China and so I spent some time with her then it was my birthday and I had an amazing night out with my friend and then this week, my sister came down so we went out again to celebrate my birthday.

My mum brought some amazing gifts from China including, some very nice silk pjs and a lovely red and black gypsy style skirt. She also brought me back a Gucci handbag (*cough*), a pashmina shawl, this lovely sun umbrella, and some crushed pearl cream (which is very nice). However, the best gift was a mug that came with it’s own (removable) strainer inside, so it’s prefect to brew some green tea (which I also received a packet of.) She also brought back some jade bangles and some painted ones.

For my birthday, my mum and dad gave me a jade pendant and earring set; it’s really beautiful, set in white gold with some white stones. I usually don’t like jade very much but I have to say this was really beautiful, I think that’s why my mum bought it for me, she knew I would like it.

I also went to the Trafford Centre last weekend and they bought some clothes and stuff. My sister bought me some Origins Ginger body cream, shampoo and conditioner. I love the Ginger stuff from Origins, it’s smells amazing! My friend bought me this lovely rose scented candle and some note cards. My grandma gave me £50! The first time I have ever received a 50 pound note!

And, Nana gave me a Neji plushie!! I got it today and I love it! He is currently sat on my bed and looks ready to rule all my other teddies and plushies. I think he will fit in nicely!

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