Today I finally made up my mind and went ahead and booked a hotelroom for my trip to London. No turning back now! After having a few rather lenghty chats with a friend of mine who's been to London several times, I gave up the idea of living close to the O2, seeing as I can just jump on a tube to North Greenwich and I'm there in 20 minutes anyway. She suggested that it would be smarter to stay closer to the city centre/downtown, then I wouldn't spend as much time travelling. Realising she had a good point, I checked out the hotel my aunt and her family stayed at, and decided to book there. It's called the Marble Arch Inn, unsurprisingly located by the Marble Arch and Hyde Park, close to Oxford St. and all things interesting in general. Fine, it's small and "only" rated as a two-star hotel, but for heavens sake, I'm a student, and just staying there for two nights anyway, I just need a bed and a shower and I'm a happy hamster. And, by booking via their own webpage instead of using Norwegian or hotels.com, I paid 90 quit for the room and ended up saving 30 quid. Yay!
Yesterday I got the money from the complaint case I "won" a while ago, and while it was quite the adrenaline rush to see a number that big on my account, a big chunk of it is already gone. On what? Well, a 500 quid sleeper sofa, for starters. And school books, phone bills, I had to pay rent from now until October 1st, school fee, I paid off some debt here and there, I moved some to another account to save for when I go to London/Bergen and possibly Düsseldorf (don't ask, long story, I'll write about it when I know more). All in all, the number decreased rather rapidly. Hopefully I get to save some, too...!
Yesterday when I drove to the neighboring town to 
buy that blasted sofa, I noticed a rattling in my Koss Porta-pro headphones, which I also suspect I might've slightly busted by playing something too loud, inadvertently or otherwise. Once I'd become aware of the rattling, it quickly drove me insane. Beside, I'm tired of having to cup my hands around my ears to get some proper dynamic sound into them. So I rather impulsively decided that I needed some new headphones to go with the FLACs that are currently eating up my hard disk. I had one requirement - the needed to cover my ears, that was it. I promptly ended up with these Sennheisers, they're called the HD 205 and are supposedly "DJ-style" - they have a funky feature which allows you to tip one of the headphones up so you can listen with just one ear. And, being "DJ phones" they're good at blocking out sounds from the outside. And, honestly, it's like being in a different world, sounds come at me from everywhere. Enough ranting, am off to be an audiophile, will enjoy my new headphones and a pile of Depeche Mode FLACs.
buy that blasted sofa, I noticed a rattling in my Koss Porta-pro headphones, which I also suspect I might've slightly busted by playing something too loud, inadvertently or otherwise. Once I'd become aware of the rattling, it quickly drove me insane. Beside, I'm tired of having to cup my hands around my ears to get some proper dynamic sound into them. So I rather impulsively decided that I needed some new headphones to go with the FLACs that are currently eating up my hard disk. I had one requirement - the needed to cover my ears, that was it. I promptly ended up with these Sennheisers, they're called the HD 205 and are supposedly "DJ-style" - they have a funky feature which allows you to tip one of the headphones up so you can listen with just one ear. And, being "DJ phones" they're good at blocking out sounds from the outside. And, honestly, it's like being in a different world, sounds come at me from everywhere. Enough ranting, am off to be an audiophile, will enjoy my new headphones and a pile of Depeche Mode FLACs. 