the happy little world of miss ktp!

no i've not had a baby, i've got something that i'll love and cherish just as much (if not more! :P) - a new panasonic lumix g1 camera! it's lovely! got it straight after chrimbo and was quite impressed cos i'd managed to save up for it and not spend the money in the process, must be growing up! can't wait to have a proper play with it when i head back to the rents tonight. can't believe the festive spirit has come and gone for another year. it went especially quick for me this year cos i'm working inbetween chrimbo and new year. *groan!* I went home for chrimbo and had a great time. adam came with me on chrimbo eve, stayed overnight and drove back chrimbo morning. It's lovely having that early morning present unwrapping session before everyone else's awake, it's our little time. i did pretty well for presents and was thoroughly spoiled (of course! :P) and so was adam. one gift included a portfolio so there's no excuse now i better get ...

went to our work's christmas doo last night and it was great to sit in a bar with an open fire and lovely christmas tree and then look out of the window to be greeted by big snowflakes falling and settling. on the way home it was all over the radio that the south-east was going to get it really bad and there'd be really deep snow. i went to bed hoping i'd be welcomed by a blanket of snow, though at the same time dreading i'd have to spend another snow day without adam (it was rubbish in feb!). i woke up to LBC and the travel report coming on my radio alarm and it's sounded like chaos trains were messed up, no planes and road were closed or blocked with people having been stuck in their cars for hours. I leapt out of bed to see all this snow that was causing this and..................nothing! a little bit of a frost on the ground but to me it just looked like any other grey & dull winters morning! rubbish! did look a bit like bambi walking on the ice this mor...

the worst place to get an itch is on the base of your foot - you scratch it it tickles, you leave it and it drives you crazy! what to do?! xxx

Getting really excited for the festive season now! Tho I am still waiting on one flipping present! Better arrive from a certain website soon or I won’t be impressed! I’ve spent most of my time at parties or out which I know doesn’t really make much of a change but it’s nice to have a valid reason to party and stay up past my bedtime once a year! Went to see Les Mis again yesterday with the India girlies plus one which was lovely. Emhen and I blubbed our way through the ending but apart from that all went well! It’s so nice to have them around me in London now, seems like such a long time ago when I felt lonely in such a big & busy city. London’s magical at the moment with all the lights and decorations up. They’ve even converted Eros at Picadilly Circus into a giant snowglobe which is pretty cool! Had a lovely couple of days away with Adam up north for his birthday, it’s always nice to get out and about, just the two of us and stop off whenever and wherever we want and explor...

Feeling weird today, bit on edge. No idea why - it’s December, my Chrimbo shopping’s done, cards posted, I’m going to see the rents over Christmas and New Year and get to see Adam on Chrimbo Eve & Chrimbo Day but I’m still not happy! There’s no pleasing some people. I’ve got that sense of dread in the bottom of my stomach, it’s bad enough when you know what it’s for, but when you don’t know it’s even worse! Makes you wonder what’s round the corner that my body’s worrying about but my brain doesn’t know yet! Wow that was a Karl Pilkington quote if I ever heard one! :S Oh and in case anyone was wondering about my post the other day 2 of Santa’s little elves came to my rescue! And very grateful I was too! Phew! xxx

Thought I was doing really well this year with my Christmas planning, started buy the presents in june & writing cards and getting my party frock in November, but there’s always something that just creeps up and catches you unaware. Grr! There are one or 2 presents that are turning out to be more than a little bit tricky and it’s all cos I tried to be good and plan my money spending habits! If I’d just brought the flipping things when I saw them then I’d be fine, but no, I waited and tried to be good and where did that get me?! Not impressed! Anyways start of the festive things tonight – hopefully going to the recording of the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special so I’m sure that’ll get me out of this bah humbug attitude and back into the sparkly magic that is Christmas! At least I hope so or I’ll be the grumpy one standing with my arms folded and looking mardy when it’s broadcast on tv over the festive period! xxx

love this article from the Times Of India (click on pic to make it bigger to read), i miss this paper so much! made me laugh when i read it, thank goodness bangalore wasn't like that when i lived out there or i would have been in trouble! would love to learn how to dangle my shoelaces obscenely though, better get practicing! anyways that's it for now. 2 posts in a day, you lucky lucky people! oh and a few new pics in the photobucket ----> xxx

well i've been dancing everywhere else why not there too?! I've been well & truely bitten by the jive bug! It's crazy! I'm going about 2/3 times a week and i love it! This week i wasn't supposed to go at all cos i was busy every night but the meal i had on tuesday ended at 9 so instead of thinking 'yay early night' i ended up sneaking off to jive till 11pm! I've tured into a proper night owl the past few weeks and i love it! Went to a fab party last saturday night at the rivoli ballroom for jive louises birthday. It was a stunning place packed with jivers & lindy hoppers & there was a live band too. The only downside was the heat, i must have lost so much weight from just sweating! Lovely thought there! Other stuff ive been doing.......been to quite a few tv recordings - my family, argumental, milton jones..., mum & dad came last week which was ace - we went to see les mis & dad ended up hob nobbing with daniel radcliffe! Only trouble...

normally i hate waiting. but this time it was ok cos we were waiting for godot! all i can say is - what an ace play! it had sir ian mckellen and patrick stewart in it and it was brill! a really funny play with 2 fab actors, what more could you want?! it's only on till aug and not sure how many tickets are left but if you get the chance go go go! that's it for now but just thought i'd let y'all know! xxx

shopping on the internet is a dangerous thing. not only can you shop online anytime of the day, for anything you want, and often at a bargain but it also plays on the fact that people just love getting post!! i got a watch battery from amazon today and not only was i chuffed i could get my watch working again but it also meant i got something in the post! xxx

I've always sneezed quite a bit in the mornings whether i've got a cold or not but when i do it now i can see people actually slide away from me slightly! I feel like screaming i haven't got swine flu! Then again i realise i quite like that extra bit of space on a crowded bus or tube! *achoo* Hehe. Xxx

Why is it when i spot a girl putting on makeup on the train it seems so mesmerising? I end up watching them for the whole routine & concentrate so much when they put on their lipstick i find myself rubbing my lips together as well as them! Weird! Xxx

dunno what's got into me but i feel really motivated and want to do everything NOW! it's a nice feeling for once! instead of the whole i'll do it tomorrow attitude. no wait a minute....it's gone again! aaah and i can breath again and leave everything till tomorrow! :P it was just a passing moment! work's good and my back is getting better, i've been at physio for a few months now and it's made a difference even if it does hurt like hell every time he elbows my hip! jive is the main thing i'm so happy about at the moment. i've made some great mates and have such a fun night out! i've started going twice a week too. gets me out of the house anyways and more importantly out of the clutches of big brother! can't believe it but it's my 1st year i haven't cared about it at all. crazy! other big news is - rfa has graduated finally (:P) and congrats to him, maybe they'll put up a blue plate at all the houses he lived in in lu...

Why is it whenever you put your hand in your bag to get out your keys it's never the right set? If i'm at work it'll be my house keys if i'm at home it'll be my work keys?! Grr! All's well in my little world at the moment. :-) would just like it to cool down a bit though. I don't know typical english, never happy! It's either too hot or too cold! D'oh! Xxx

Well i'm off once more! My poor little cybershot has gone to the digital camera heaven in the sky :-( it did last me my travels in india & ever since. Decided i'd just get a cheap point & click jobby & ended up with this very pink polaroid. It's really good! So many different settings & some better than the sony. You can either set it dead simple for kids or have it telling you about shutter speed & aperture etc. The only down side is it takes double a batteries so they can run out a bit quick. The things hanging off my camera are jelly lenses. A great little invention! They stick to the lens & give you different effects. I've got the starburst, wideangle, hexagonal & twinkle. Keep getting a bit carried away with them but hey! It's worth it! As i said in a previous post i'm really getting into my photography again so i've started another photo blog. See ktpland_photobucket in the links section. Xxx

Well the sun is shining & the weather is very sweet. It's that kind of weather where the brits run out into the sunshine, without sunscreen & get burnt to a crisp. Well i guess that makes me very patriotic! Guess who was out & about over the weekend rocking her new gladiator sandles & painted toe nails without suncream?! Yup you guessed it! I look like a zebra gone wrong! I have a perfect outline of the straps on my feet. All the buckles & straps looked cool on the shelf! That is till you get burnt wearing them then every other pair of shoes look stupid! Yoink! Well i guess thatll learn me! Probably not actually! Xxx

think this is going to be a bit of a random rambling post tyoday but ah well! i'm in one of those moods! had a great weekend at my first hen do and thankfully it wasn't as rowdy as i was worried it might be! in the evening we went clubbing in nottingham to oceana which was fun and during the day we did a version of "it's a knockout" and everyone got pretty wet. i did my back in on friday though so couldn't take part so the offical events photographer stepped in and clicked away! i've been getting back into my photography again which is nice. my themes recently have been reflections, silhouettes and people and i've got some good results so far. the trouble is i'm now really wanting a digital slr. i know, i know, i said i'd never leave film behind and i do love my manual slr but film is just getting a bit too expensive and it ends up being really costly when you try to be experimental. at least with a digital camera you can see your results i...

I know i know londoners are well known for being unhelpful & rude but it was a mission on the trains this morning. I had 2 really heavy suitcases to lug up & down stairs. I would have expected 1 or 2 people to have offered to help but no, nothing, instead they just tutted loudly & barged past. All these so called gentlemen. Really not impressed. Now im all flustered to go back to work after a week & a half off & Ive not even sat down infront of my emails yet. Grr. Xxx

We’ll I’ve finally jumped on the bandwagon of Twitter. I was determined to ‘not get it’ and be stubborn about enjoying it but curiosity killed the cat and I joined ‘just to have a look!’ Hmmm! I also decided that I wasn’t going to start following celebs but I added a few as well as some real people and off I went! I now check it far more than I should do, either on my computer or mobile (damn you who invented mobile internet!!!) and now the world can read about what I’m thinking or doing. Celebs I’m following (maybe read stalking) include Pete Wentz, Joel Madden, 10 Downing Street (who as soon as I followed them they followed me! Eep!), Johnathon Ross, Russel Brand, and I’m sure by the time you’ve finished reading this I’ll have added more! Yoink! You can only twitter 140 characters I think it is so I’ll still be blogging on! Noone can stop my random ramblings that easily! Muah-ha-ha. Just incase you really care I’ve got a box under my profile that lets you know what I’ve been...

Oh yeah! I really did feel like the leader last night. Rfa & i had a wedding to go to in preston & we went only knowing each other but ended up leaving knowing most & them knowing us! The ceremony was lovely & really small. Ian looked very dapper & jo looked stunning. I almost blubbed a few times especially when they played 'all i ask of you' from phantom when signing the register! By the time we sat down to eat i'd already had 2 glasses of champagne & a pint of ale so was well on the way to being merry. So merry infact i was given a chicken ceaser salad & ate it all! Lettuce & tomato, the lot! The rest of the meal was lovely too & the speeches equally as good. :-) ian can be soppy when he wants! We had a short breather while they got the reception room ready & the hog roast set up, yes more food! The disco then got going & we ended up writing pretty much the whole the djs playlist! Everyone got up & had a boogie to m...

I think every morning this week I've woken up thinking it's friday! How depressing?! At least i wo'nt have anything to worry about tomorrow though i'll probably think its tuesday! Doh! Also i can now safely say i'm british, i've started drinking tea! Finally no more seeing aussies & getting some very odd looks when i say no to a cuppa! It doesn't come without risk though....once i've waited about an hour for it to cool down enough for me to drink i then risk putting it in my eye! Yes my eye! I have no idea how i did it either! Hopeless! Xxx

well i've been going to jive classes for about 7/8 weeks now and it's brill! really enjoying myself! it's really social and such a good group to join. i went completely on my own hoping to meet people and make new friends and every week i meet one or two more people so it's great! :) it's dead social and they have the class followed by freestyle so you can practise what you've learnt or try out new things and dance with people a lot better than you. it's such a giggle and held in an ace night club at piccadilly circus so has a great atmoshphere too. it's not 1950s jive, it's modern jive so you can dance the steps to anything that has a beat really. old or modern music it all works the same. i ache now though, being spun around all night and dropped over guys knees isn't easy you know! :P xxx

why do people smile at dogs as they go by?! or is this just me?! everytime i see a dog on a lead out and about i'll smile at the dog not the owner. what am i expecting from them, a smile back?! for them to wave a paw at me?! how strange! xxx

If like me you're fed up of hearing about the recession & how you can't afford to do anything, then don't worry this isn't where this posts going! My new regular outing at the moment is tv & radio shows! You get such a fun night out &you can easily do it on your own without looking too sad! (It's quite nice having some 'me' time that's not just in my room!) The most important thing is that IT'S FREE! I've been to loads of shows now & i'm currently in line for the apprentice talk show! I've been to quiz shows, chat shows, radio comedys.....it's brill! As well as an entertaining evening with the celebs you get to see all the shows behind the scenes & it's so interesting. Sometimes if i'm on the front row i forget to watch the presenter & end up watching the camera crew & what's going on behind the set! Hopefully i won't ever end up on tv gawping around completely in my own little world!...

Sitting in heavy traffic on the journey home after one of the best new festivals of the year! Rock N Choc was so exclusive most of you will not have even heard about it but slink, niall, rfa, adam & i sure did! It all began yesterday morning at cadbury world in bournville. I hadn't been there since i was about 12 & it's improved so much. It's brill! We got about 4 free bars of chocolate as well as a cup of warm melted chocolate with a mixture of sweets/biscuits of your choice. It was pure heaven! The information was great as well, but come on do you really go for that or the chocolate?! We then went into brum for a bit of a shop (gotta love the oasis market bit!) & a rather Yummy japanese meal. Our next stop was slink & nialls house to chillax, eat pizza, drink ale, play wii & get ready for the rock part! It felt great to be getting ready to go to a rock night again. It's been far too long! We got a train back into brum & walked to eddie...

Where are all the people?! I got on the tube last night to go to adams and it was only about half full for the whole journey, it never got busy. Then when I got the bus to his house there were still seats and no-one standing. I wasn’t travelling any earlier or later than normal. Sometimes it’s just like this on a random morning or evening so I didn’t think any more of it until I travelled into work this morning and the same thing happened. The tube never got busy and the overland was pretty quiet too. There was still a rush at Clapham junction but only really half a rush! Come on you can’t tell me that many people are scared of Friday 13th?! On the other hand though please everyone stay away I like having space and being able to travel without sniffing someone’s armpit! xxx

Well Spring has definitely sprung for me now. I’ve just come back from an India trip for a week working on Spring/Summer 2010. I went on my own which was cool and it went really well. Got loads done and lots of exciting development. Shirts will be pretty damn good that summer may I say so myself! :P It was so lovely to be out in the sunshine and warmth of Mumbai, even if it was just for a week. Also got to see the hanging gardens finally that I’ve heard so much about and I even climbed the shoe (those of you who have been there will know what I mean! I’d say it’s more famous than the Gate of India! :P) I had my typically relaxing evening at the Leela before I flew too which was nice I sat there for 3 hours just picking at the dishes (they had pani puri, how ace?!) and sipping on my Old Monk. Aaaah! It's been quite nice since I got back from India cos I've felt very pro-active about lots of things which makes a nice change instead of not being bothered! The sun shi...

i was comp shopping around town yesterday and it struck me how sad parts of london are looking now. i know a lot of places like around tottenham court road are being redeveloped (i'll get back to that later!) but it just looks like the city is closing down. all the zavvi stores are standing empty, as are many woolies (tho there aren't any in central london) and a whole row of shops near piccadilly circus are all boarded up and others are filled with so many tacky souvenier shops. to any visitor it would really look like a city thats feeling a bit sorry for itself. :( come on london cheer up! i can't believe that whole area of oxford stree/tottenham court road has all gone, it's still weird to think they've closed down the astoria, mean fiddler/la2/whatever you want to call it(!) and metro club. they went a while ago but every time i walk past them it makes me sad to think there'll be no more ace gigs going on around there. the astoria was such an iconi...

i'll keep this post short so as not to sound like a smug married but valentines day was brilliant! really lovely! i got up at 8:45am (on a saturday! not impressed!!) and trundled off to kingston to get food and presents. M&S were a godsend and I got the most amazing rack of lamb, mashed potatoes and veg along with creme brulee for pudding. yum! made me look like a masterchef too! :) i came back to my flat and tidied my room and got ready a little romantic picnic and it looked lovely! i lit lots of candles and it was nice to have just music on so we could chat and not watch tv too. MY PICNIC SETTING! THE MASTERCHEF MEAL. I EVEN MADE MY OWN GRAVY! ENJOYING OUR MIXED FRUIT CIDER anyways told you I'd keep it short! ttfn! xxx

A group of us went out for Emhen's birthday last night and we went for a meal at Zizi's on The Strand after a few drinks. When we got there I asked if there was anything they could do for Em's birthday but they said they'd just run out of candles. I asked if there was anything else they could do and they said that if I wanted I could go to Tescos at Trafalgar Square (this was 9pm on a Sunday bear in mind!) and get some candles from there. So off I went pretending I needed to call Adam outside and pegged it to the end of the road. It felt just like Challenge Annika tho I don't think my bum would have looked as good in the jumpsuit! :P Tescos had nothing so I tried 4 other shops. What did I come out with?! Proper household candles for powercuts! That was all anyone had so it would have to do. I went back to the restaurant, red faced and out of breath from running (again Annika never looked this knackered!), handed the candles to the waitress and barman and ...

Well I have been a busy bee and it’s pretty much all been mucking fagic!!!! :D This is my 1st update and there'll be many more! :P Last Sunday was another Gaslight Anthem gig, this time at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The venues are getting bigger for them but at least they’re still fairly small, don’t want them getting to the O2 or Wembly now (in a completely selfish way of course!)! I got there a bit early for meeting Adam so just happened to walk past the stage door and there was Brian (the lead singer) outside. I didn’t know what to do so ended up walking past him and going to the end of the street, standing there for a bit, pretending to phone someone and plucked up the courage to walk past him again an even speak to him! I asked for a photo and we had a little natter, as I was leaving he asked me my name and he said ‘nice to meet you I’m Brian!’ how sweet?! I joked that I knew who he was and I walked off on cloud 9! I love the way he’s still so humble and unassuming! :) BR...

another thing i've noticed about the snow is it makes londoners friendly! i walked to asda again just now and i got smiles and hellos (as well as the odd stray snowball) from people that normally just put their heads down and ignore you! maybe it should snow every once in a while here to remind people how to be polite?! can't believe it's still snowing! xxx

couldn't believe it when i opened my curtains this morning and i was greeted with this sight! london never gets snow like this! I can't get to work. The busses have all been cancelled and most of the underground and overland have been too! crazy! it's still snowing now and it's not just small flakes, they're pretty big! i decided to wade my way to asda to get some rations! :P and it was brill. just like being a little kid again! i took my camera with me and ended up walking into the cemetry to get some lovely shots, a bit morbid i know but then again i am a wannabe emo!! i still can't believe how deep it is. i went to walk out the front door and the snow was about 30cm deep against our door! the only rubbish thing is that i've not got anyone to enjoy the snow with. i'm stranded in south london and adam's in north london. boo! the victoria line is working so i could walk about 2hrs to vauxhall and get to him that way or if i wanted to...

had a lovely day today. just spent it wandering round old london town with my slr taking photos. i've never really done that before but it was great cos i ended up getting stuck in the middle of a procession for chinese new year with dragons and drums etc, then walked down to trafalgar square, past horse guards parade, 10 downing street, big ben, over the river, past the london eye, down leake street to look at the grafitti, along southbank to watch the pretty skateboarders and bmx-ers, over the river to covent garden then got the bus home! it was so cold today but dead sunny with clear blue skies so i got some great shots. i made sure i caught the bus so i could enjoy more of the sunshine and as i was going down kings road i ended up spotting the saatchi gallery and went and had a cultured walk round there! i didn't exactly get everything on display but it was nice to walk round an art gallery again. i'm looking forward to tomorrow as well cos the weather's supp...

Well I am officially a jet-setter! I went to Barcelona with work for the day on Friday! I went to a trade fair called Bread & Butter to see what was going on for A/W 2009/10. It all seemed good fun and glam to be popping off to Spain on my own to have a look around, that was until my alarm went off at 4:45am and some choice words came out of my mouth that I can’t type on here! The taxi picked me up to take me to Heathrow, this was all a blur really! We arrived at Terminal 1 and I was evil! So so tired which isn’t good for me as most of you will know!! I was a right grumpy guts and it was a good job I was travelling on my own if I hadn’t have been I would have been disowned I think! There were no signs for the BA desk so had to ask and it was in a separate room and then couldn’t find the departure and security gates. It’s so badly signposted. I then went and waited at Costa coffee for way too long, there were about 20 people in front of me and only 1 person serving while another 4...

How can cinemas charge so much to see a film but still have the worst toilets?! every cinema i go to they smell, are dirty, no loo roll, the list is endless. we're paying £7/£8 a time to go and see a film and they can't even keep a place clean?! grr it annoys me so much! thankfully i no longer pay these stupid prices to see a film cos i've now got an unlimited card for cineworld. it's ace! £11.99 a month and you can go and see as many films as you want, any time of the day and any cineworld cinema in the uk! bargain! i got it at the start of the month and so did adam, so now, every time we're at a loose end we end up going to see a film, which is great fun cos you end up seeing more than you normally would. i used to be unwilling to fork out a fortune to see a film that might not be any good but now it doesn't matter and i can even walk out if it's that bad!! the only downside to this is you think 'well seeing as i didn't pay to get in i...

i've just discovered it again....stretching out your legs and your toes finding a cold spot in the bed! mmm! i've been wearing socks in bed for the past few weeks cos the cold spots have just been too cold at night but last night i took them off and stretched out fully and was reminded of that lovely feeling! it's almost as good as finding a cold spot on your pillow! ah i wish i was back in bed now.... xxx

and that fact above was proved on braniac so it must be true! anyway back to the point......i've been with adam 2 years today! yay! :D i can't believe it. it seems like only yesterday he was taking me to the theatre on our first date and now 2 years down the line we're off to the theatre again. this time to see La Clique. i've checked on the website quite thoroughly and so far can't see any clowns so hopefully there won't be any otherwise i won't be impressed!! :S so you'll have to excuse me if i seem a bit loved up today! soppy or what?! xxx

well i'm feeling a bit more chipper now! just had to get that little rant out and because if it i now think i've managed to find some jive classes in central london so soon i'll be the social butterfly once more! :) xxx

well it's not my usual jolly miss p post today i'm affraid. i think i've got the januray blues. i seem to be missing everyone now i'm back in london. i miss mum & dad, school mates, uni mates, india mates....you get the message. i had so much fun over chrimbo seeing loads of people and catching up that it went way to quick and didn't want it to end. can't believe it's all over now for another year. where did it go?! it's great living in london in the hustle and bustle but sometimes the place can seem a bit lonely. maybe it's time to see what classes i can join to meet new people? oh and did i mention they need to be free as well?! i don't want much! :P well hopefully my next blog will be a bit happier.........i really am turning into an emo!!! xxx

You know when you’ve decided to go back to work too early when the METRO (the free paper on the trains) hasn’t even started up again after the hols. Boo! Luckily I had my book with me otherwise who knows what would have happened I might have actually had to look around at other Londoners and acknowledge my surroundings! Eek scary stuff! I was all looking forward to going back to work. Well actually I wasn’t that excited but I’d got myself in a nice positive mood and was ready for anything. That was everything up until 9:27am when I was so stressed already that I thought I would burst! Ah well the time off over chrimbo and new year has already been long forgotten and in the past! :S At least I’m only working today then got 2 more days off before having to start with a proper week of work. NYE was good fun. Adam and I went to a pub near him with some of his mates and we drank the night away! Yoink! I did manage to have a bit of a boogie to Macarena and Saturday Night with Lisa (Ash’s...