My Norwich Life

Worcester and Gloucester - Cheese rolling!!

2006-06-16T10:32:00.000+01:00

Here are some pics from our road trip to Worcester for the Hadley Memorial Cricket Team's annual tournament, and Gloucester for the cheese rolling. For anyone that doesn't know that is where a bunch of crazy idiots chase a nine pound cheese ball down the steepest, muddiest, ditch ridden hill ever to win the awesome prize of... personal glory!! And lots of cheese.

The Hadley Memorial Team

The Worcester Cathedral

More shenanigans

Trekking up to Coopers Hill after the most massive downpour!

Coopers Hill (of death!)

My Norwich Life is Finished!

2006-05-22T22:59:00.000+01:00

A big update for everyone, I have left my Norwich days behind and am now living in London!! My new address is *hmm, thanks for the advice ringo maybe not the best idea to publish that*. I have a new job working for a record company in Camden (a really funky part of London with lots of markets) and I love it! Was really sad to say goodbye to all the awesome friends I made in Norwich, but much excitement lays ahead. My europe trip starts in 5 weeks!! Here are some pictures of the new house.

Number 26

The view down our street

Our first session of 'Pump it Up': Inderwick Road's favourite workout video! Haha!!

2006-05-07T17:11:00.000+01:00

My hot water is running pink. Oh, how I love Waveney.

Easter Long Weekend

2006-05-02T17:51:00.000+01:00

I spent Easter long weekend driving around London and other bits of England with my good friend Ben in his new van. Here are some photos from our weekend, both the scenic and the ridiculous!!

Saturday: The Road Trip - Windsor Castle and Stonehenge

Loading up the van, couch and all!

Some of the castle, I couldn't take a photo of the whole thing it was too big!

Just a small park!

Boys being silly again playing hacky sack

Changing of the gaurds at Windsor Castle, not that you can see it!

Kind of creepy isn't it..

Stonehenge Shenanigans

Umm..

Driving Away

Easter Long Weekend cont.

2006-05-02T17:15:00.000+01:00

Sunday: London Touristy Stuff

Big Ben really is uhh.. big!

Monday: Kew Gardens, Camden Markets

Ben walking on water

People really live in those boats!

The Londoners Visit Norwich

2006-04-14T21:26:00.000+01:00

On a fine but chilly friday evening, resident Londoners Meika, Musa and Ness arrived in Norwich to find out for themselves 'why?'.
(A question I get asked quite often... ie: Cass: I study in Norwich
Other person looking alarmed: why???)

What followed was a weekend that brought them back to their student roots, with cheap wine, dodgy pub food and finally for the nightlife depraved - a bit of a nightclub boogie. Due to lame weather we basically spent the weekend eating (mmm £2 brekkie at Bell Hotel), drinking and watching sport.. Lucky for Brad!

Here's my one and only photo of the weekend... courtesy as always of Mercy Nightclub.

Beautiful London Ladies!!

Pub Golf - another sport I'm crap at!

2006-04-03T00:38:00.000+01:00

What is pub golf you ask? The game consists of 9 holes (or 13 in this particular game) each played at a different pub. At each hole players must drink the specified drink ranging from a pint of Guinness, to a shot of Sambucca, to an aftershock (evil , evil shot) within specified 'par' (number of gulps). For example, a shot is a par one, this Guinness was a cruisy par 5. Additional rules apply including that all players must be clothed in the gentlemanly (or womanly) golfing fashion. A great time had by all surviving players.

Some random photos cos I felt like it. It's my blog ok.

2006-04-03T00:29:00.000+01:00

Out with Rachel and the girls
Margo and I
Ben's lost his marbles (and his hair) Drinking before bowling makes you score 22! (Yes, that is possible)
Brian and his awesome girlfriend, we showed her the Norwich nightlife alright.

2006-03-26T22:19:00.000+01:00

Found this today... probably written by some American idiot, but some of them made me laugh!!

You Know You're From Australia When...

You don't actually use the words 'sheila' or 'shrimp'.

You're wearing a cap emblazoned with 'Get A Dog Up Ya.' (umm, WHAT??)

You feel obliged to spread salty black stuff that looks like congealed motor oil on bread and actually grow to like it.

Democracy means the freedom to draw caricatures of John Howard.

Your idea of a lethal weapon is a slug gun.

The closest you ever got to going overseas was your packet of 5 Days In Rio grundies.

Your most offensive curse also doubles as an exclamation of awe or amazement, like, "fark orf!"

All of your internationally famous people don't live here.

You think footballers dressing up in drag on TV is funny (but your son being gay isn't).

You relish test cricket - the longest, slowest game in sport (and that's not even counting the replays). After all, what else gives you an excuse to sit on your arse for five days, watch TV and sink piss with your mates?

You can compress several words into one - ie 'g'day', 'd'reckn?' This allows for more space for profanities.

You favour either Holden or Ford - or a souped-up WRX with new kit and a bootful of subwoofer.

Driving down the main street/beach road playing bad techno is your idea of a perfect Saturday night / Sunday arvo.

You make kooky films, sometimes about wayward road trips (across the outback preferably). Quite a few are crap.

You know all the words to Khe Sahn but not the national anthem.

Your nickname ends in 'a' or 'o'.

You have a customised stubby holder.

Your soap stars become pop singers and move to the UK.

You've ever used the words - grouse, tops, ripper, choice, sick, rad, exo, ace, wicked, ballistic - to mean good. And then you place 'bloody' in front of it when you really mean it.

Your cooking apron has plastic breasts on it.

The "Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi oi oi!" chant has been a religious experience in the past.

Your politicians believe than sticking the prefix 'un' in front of your nationality is an effective way of making you sit down and shut up.

The barbeque is a male-dominated arena. And the women do the salads.

An eight-hour trip to go camping for the weekend isn't out of the question or excessive.

You take pride in living in a tolerant multicultural society but firmly believe that all Poms and Kiwis are fair game.

You insist on asking every celebrity who steps of an aircraft what they think of Australia. If the response is not overwhelmingly positive, they should be subjected to immediate public ridicule.

The private lives of footy and cricket players become more important than local and national news stories.

Slick pick-up lines like 'Wanna shag?' and 'Carn, show us yer tits' can constitute male-to-female conversation.

You say 'no worries' quite often, whether you realise it or not.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.... I think not!!

2006-03-26T21:22:00.000+01:00

St. Patrick's Friday Night.. We decide to go out for a few quiet beverages to reflect upon the meaning and signifance of the holiday.... WHEN,

BAM!!$%^&#* some dude tries to bust out his kung fu moves, so I roundhouse kick him down Prince of Wales Road...

But then some dude getting high steals all my money... muttering something about a rainbow ...??? (stoner)

We decide to call it a night but walking to the laxi line we are confronted by this hooligan and his glowing white goodies...

Only to run to a taxi, jump in, and find this man driving!!

All said events leading me to realise that St Patricks Day is really evil... and in no way happy at all.

Pimps and Ho's - Nick's 19th Birthday

2006-03-15T20:13:00.000Z

1. Getting ready

2. Corey the Ho

3. Me the Ho

4. Haha the boys looked great!!

5.Oh Dan!

6.Mickey mouse ears??

7. Nick concentrating

8. Is that your ex?

9. Crazy Americans!

10. Corey- a little worse for wear!

11. The Girls

12. Corey and I

13. Nick and gf Amy

14. Maria and I

15. Tarts!

We'd like to thank our sponsors of the evening:

Trip to London 05/03/06

2006-03-08T10:45:00.000Z

Here are my touristy photos from London, I finally did some exploring!

The London Eye. Look how nice the weather was! (For about half an hour...)

Big Ben

Protestors in front on Winston Churchill, Parliament Square

Abraham Lincoln, Parliament Square

Westminster Abbey

And Westminster Abbey again

Westminster Abbey from the side

Tower Bridge in the distance as the weather turns crappy

Tower Bridge

The Tower Bridge again.. Nice veiw over the city but nothing special really!

Leicester Square

Waveney Terrace.. aka death dorm, ghetto dorm, the condemned

2006-03-08T02:05:00.000Z

Here are some pictures of where I'm living on campus. The accommodation is by far the worst on campus and the building is being knocked down after we move out, but I think it has character! :)

Waveney Terrace

My lovely room

My room again

The view out my window... what's that? snow? :)

The Waveney Hill with a little snow (and a random curtain flapping in the wind..)

Mercy Nightclub Saturday 18th Feb

2006-02-23T19:23:00.000Z

Donna, Adam, Corey and I.

Cambridge 11/02/06

2006-02-21T22:44:00.000Z

Welcome to Cambridge, where all the buildings are huge!

(or maybe the people are just really tiny)

A pretty bridge that I can't remember the name of

The River that is usually full of punts (those crazy boats you push along with a stick) but no one was punting because it was still only 3 degrees C at midday!

King's College

The River Cam behind Peterhouse (the halls where all the cross dressers live apparently)

Corpus Christi College (student residences, umm.. anyone else want to go here??)

King's College. Apparently if you set foot on the grass they shoot you at dawn.

Fitzwilliam Museum. This was a great find, it was free and had huge sculptures, heaps of egyptain artefacts and paintings by Monet and Renoir and lots of other impressive famous dudes.

So this was my trip to Cambridge, it was a freezing cold day but the architecture is amazing. Also the people speak with a funny snooty British accent that is really not typical of the rest of the region at all... silly pommies!

The Norwich Castle

2006-02-11T00:16:00.000Z

Our visit begins...

On the castle wall- Isn't it cool!

Inside the castle, spooky.

Ancient Weapons

A knight inside the castle

oooohhhh... scary!

You've seen the weapons, the knight, the dungeons.. but nothing can prepare you for the horror of.... THE TEAPOT MUSEUM!!! Me - running for the door!

Exploring Norwich

2006-02-11T00:06:00.000Z

The St Stephens Cathedral, right at the end of my road. It is stunning and so huge.

Inside the Cathedral

Larissa outside St Stephens Cathedral

St Stephens Cathedral inside, the pictures do it no justice it is HUGE.

More St Stephens

The Norwich Castle at night

The Norwich Insurance Society.. A pretty building

I've moved house.

2006-02-11T00:01:00.000Z

Some lovely pictures of my old house (on a relatively good day).
Consequently, I have moved on to campus and am sooo much happier!!
My new address is:

Cassi Arrowsmith (ENV)
Waveney Terrace
University of East Anglia
Norwich, Norfolk
NR47TJ
U.K.

If my old flatmates read this... sorry.

I've been to the beach!

2006-02-10T23:58:00.000Z

Not quite the same as the Gold Coast!! A couple of photos from the Norfolk Coast. The area is gorgeous with lots of tiny towns, cobblestone laneways and windmills. Adam at the top, the Blakeney pub, and me- freezing!!

Trip to London

2006-02-10T23:47:00.000Z

The girls at Meika's beautiful house before a day out in London
Meika looking cute!

Kate with our '7 Deadly Sins' cocktails at Marlborough Head Pub

Meika, Jules and I on the tube

My other photos from this trip won't work for some reason, although I didn't do much sightseeing as I was too sick. I'll be going back to London very soon to see Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, The Eye and everything else!

New Friends and Nights Out...

2006-02-10T23:38:00.000Z

Corey and I at the Aussie Beach Party.. featuring Joe Scully from Neighbours. Don't ask!

Larissa, Sasha, Me, Will and Piya at the Mexican Night at the Uni Bar

Australia Day at the Uni Bar. Me looking dodgy with Larissa's flatmates and an Aussie guy Sam.

Adam's girlfiriend Donna and I at Lava Ignite Nightclub.

Larissa and I on Australia Day.

Pictures of Norwich, such a pretty place!

2006-02-09T02:06:00.000Z

There literally is a photo opportunity at every corner, these are just some of the quaint scenes of Norwich.
1. The Royal Arcade Shopping Centre
2. The Norwich Castle (1st a castle, then a prison, now a museum) This is right in the centre of town, it looms in the background as you shop!
3. A cool street sign
4. The River Wensum
5. Just a cute little street

I could post about 1000 pictures of this place, it's gorgeous.

Earlham Road House

2006-02-09T00:27:00.000Z

Where it all began... My flatmate Will and I, my tiny bedroom with THOSE curtains, the house and our street.