the happy little world of miss ktp!

There i was minding my own business, deep in thought comp shopping, thinking about the new trends when suddenly i'm brought back to the real world by looking up & being faced by this gruesome window display. Now if you know me you'll know i'm really not happy when faced with clowns, masks, puppets, etc so when i saw these i wasn't overly chuffed! I was actually walking round the shop (the rather trendy & posh dover st market if you're interested) when i spotted them so i tried my best to keep looking like i honestly belonged & could afford things in there while constantly keeping my eye on my freaky friends in case they came to life & started to chase me (cos that could have happened!) Mental note- must stop watching scary movies! X x x P.s i know, i know comp shopping during the summer hols i must be mad! When do they go back to school?!

Sometimes I get little envelopes filled with newspaper cuttings from my parents that they think will be of interest to me. I love getting them, it stemmed from when I was in India when I used to cut things out from the Times of India of interested for them & vice-versa. The one I got the other day was brilliant & one article caught my attention. It was headlined ‘No More Cheap Shots’ from The Sunday Times on 16th July &ll about how the cool kids no longer prefer Digital photographs, they’d rather use ‘toy’ cameras that use film. The 1st paragraph caught my attention... “Satan was the worst photographer in hell. It was an embarrassment, so one day he told Beelzebub, his go-to guy, to see if he could come up with something to fix his holiday snaps. Beelzebub went to California & returned waving a small box. “This is it!” he cried. “It’s destroyed the art of photography on earth. Now you can do what you like with your pictures.” It worked. Satan’s snaps glowed. The bo...

You’d have thought by now that I’d be used to people coming & going what with the Cosmo lot when I lived in Bangalore & now living in London where Ozzie flatmates changed like the weather & other mates heading off to pastures new. But once in a while you really connect with someone & you kind of get used to them being there & then suddenly they’re not going to be any more. Don’t worry no-one’s died or anything but a friend (show knows who she is, not sure if she’s told people yet hence not naming names) who I’ve become very close to has a new job in a new city & will be off very soon. I’m so pleased for her getting the job, braving it in a new place & finally having some money to enjoy life but at the same time in a more selfish way I’m gonna miss her like mad. The good thing about London is that nowhere is far away, the train will only be a couple of hours & with the wonders of modern technology it’s so easy to keep in touch, but it’s not quite the ...

over the next few days/weeks/months/years i'm going to update you on the wonderful goings on in our home...... i didn't want to start posting anything until the rooms were completely finished originally, the lounge isn't 100% complete but you'll get a good idea. we just need curtains & a bookshelf mainly but i'm sure on our next trip to ikea we'll find many many things that we need & have to buy straight away!! i've done my photos in a bit of a before & after story so you can see what we've been up to so enjoy! :) the lounge - before we moved in. i took this photo on the 2 nd time we went to see the property, the fireplace & the wood panels were a reason we fell in love with the place cos it wasn't just an ordinary new build that just has a generic look. it's quite funny actually cos we've had compliments from delivery guys who've said it's quite unusual & different (just like it's owners! :P) a ...

I’ve been wondering this for a while now, what do you do when you’re sharing a table in a coffee shop or sitting right next to a random on public transport & another space comes up further away from said person? Do you move? Do you stay & wait until you’ve finished your meal/journey? Don’t know why this bothers me so much but I feel like if I move it looks like I really didn’t want to be sitting with that person (which ok I might not want to) or maybe they’ve done something to annoy or disgust me & then they’ll worry about this for the rest of the day, but at the same time they might be thinking ‘why doesn’t she flipping move?!’ I know that when it’s happened to me & a stranger sat next to me on a bus & then another seat became free & they moved I’ve sat there & thought ‘humph fine be like that then’ but maybe that’s me just being over sensitive! (don’t answer that one please!). CASE STUDY: This morning I was on the tube & it was quite busy so all the se...

Sometimes I start feeling a bit down & a bit grumpy for no reason at all then I realise what it is – lack of music. Seeing as we don’t have a proper stereo in our house yet it’s always the tv or the radio that’s on & never our ipods. The only time I get to sing a long to cds is in the car & at the moment that’s only going between Gaslight Anthem’s American Slang & Weezer’s Raditude so there’s not much variety! I’ve also been reading a lot (& sleeping) on the trains so not had a need for my ipod there either. So today, I plonked myself down on my usual seat on my usual train from waterloo & instead of curling up into the corner & snoozing for half hour I decided to plug in my headphones & let my ipod rip! It was so nice to just put it on random & see what comes up & it really boosted my mood before getting into work. Yay for music! x x x

I went to Berlin at the end of the last week for the trade fair Bread&Butter. As usual the show was brilliant & I got lots of info as well as turning into a freebie junkie! I got so much stuff this time, it’s never this good! The highlight was the Paul Frank stand which was set up like a house, you walked through all the rooms, got given some 3D glasses to look at some of the prints & then was handed a hand screen-printed while-you-wait t-shirt! Wahoo! Was just a little bit chuffed! Also got a couple of fans, another t-shirt, baseball cap, lots of bags, pencils, wrist bands, a whistle, an ice lolly (which was much appreciated at the time!) & 2 pashminas to name just a few! When you’re sitting in the sunshine munching on some lovely food & sparkling apple juice, while a DJ plays some choons, looking at all the trendy people doing the same thing as you it’s hard to believe you get paid for this! It’s definitely my favourite show out of the lot. Sometimes Pitti in Fl...

had a lovely day yesterday enjoying the sunshine with adam’s family, partners & friends. we went to a lovely park near Braintree which was huge. we had a yummy picnic followed by football, frisbee & badminton (I mainly recorded the day with my camera! didn’t fancy all the running around on such a hot day :P). it was really nice to be able to do something spontaneous with adam instead of having to plan who was going to stay at who’s house & make sure they had enough clothes for the next day, it really made a difference & meant we didn’t have to rush home for last trains or anything. can’t wait until we start work on our garden too, it’ll be so lovely to just pop outside & eat or relax in the fresh air. yay for sunny lazy days & here’s to many, many more! x x x p.s tried building the ikea table & one of the legs won’t fit on properly so got to wait for them to deliver a new part. argh! typical!

so far the lounge is pretty well finished as is the main bedroom, the spare bedroom needs a bit of work but it's our 'we need to build this/store this so let's keep it in here' room for now, at least it's got a futon for visitors now, the kitchen is probably just over half done & then we have to start on the bathroom. not too bad for only being in the place a month! it's all livable in though so no complaints or worries! yay! we've also had our first visit from people who aren't helping out with diy or who isn't family, to come & give their seal of approval. art & sam arrived last night to stay over till saturday & i don't know why but i was incredibly nervous! i felt like we'd put so much hard work into our abode & to have someone come in & look with fresh eyes was a bit scary! thankfully it all went well & they didn't hate it (if they did they're damn good liars! :P) & it was nice to show people a...

it really does exsist! while searching for my blog (why it aint in his favourites i have no idea! :P) adam found this: it's in rajasthan, india! i can't believe there's actually a place called ktpland! wow! bit of a random post this early in the morning i know but i was a bit excited! forgive me! now back to being a zombie on my commute to work with all the other suits... x x x