To The Land Of The Rising Sun Part 6

Hello and Konnichiwa!

こんにいちは

DAY 2

I guess today, we are not technically looking around Tokyo but going to a theme park that happens to be in it…sort of. Still surprised that London doesn’t have a Disney yet Hawaii does but oh well, I’ll just have to settle for BBC Land instead! Either that or Harry Potter experience but never mind that, the next two days are squarely focused on getting around two Disney Parks, oh the joy to come all this way across the planet, to spend two days of it at an overrated theme park! I’m joking but I knew I was going to be exhausted going to these places because my wife always wants to meet every character she can, wait in endless queues and go on every non fun ride you can find!

Time To Catch The First of Many Trains!

After breakfast where I had chocolate sauce on Chicken Nuggets for some reason…We caught our local train to the big station and before I continue, let me tell you…Tokyo Station is a maze! Seriously, it goes on forever and it feels like an eternity to get to your train sometimes, especially the one that takes you to Disney Land, long corridor followed by stairs, followed by long corridor, followed by escalator etc you get the idea, this goes on for a while but if I had a tip for any traveler, DO NOT GET LOST DOWN HERE! One wrong corridor turn is all that it takes before your that clueless tourist using hand signs to try and tell a local that your lost! You won’t die of hunger or thirst though, enough vending machines to feed an army down here!

Finally though, persistence pays off and we find the right platform and the journey itself wasn’t half bad…the scenery reminded me of certain anime’s I’ve seen in the past with certain Ferris wheels in the distance and such, it just painted a picture for me I guess! It was a nice day and the weather was scorching hot as per usual which required a lot of sun screen but it was August which is normally the hottest month of the year in Japan so I couldn’t really complain, just wonder why some people had umbrellas out when it wasn’t raining…yet!

When we departed our train, I was a little confused as to where the theme park actually was…I couldn’t see it anywhere and I began to fear that we had gotten off at the wrong stop or something but we were surrounded by many people in Disney merchandise and we had plenty of signs around us that we were in the right place, we just had to walk to it along a bit of a path is all, fair enough…I’ll be doing plenty of that for the rest of the day!

The First Of Many Shops!

Before the main entrance, we had a few stops to look about in and like any tourist, that’s what we did, it’s funny as no matter where you go in the world, a shop is a shop and it might hold wonders for you to see like….a hat that makes it look like a cartoon duck is on your head!

Wish I’d bought this!

I loved that hat but I hesitated to buy it…I knew I would have a regret or two after this holiday and weirdly enough, this was one of them! Shops aside we made our way to the park and bought a two day pass each and it wasn’t incredibly expensive as you would expect Disney to be which was a nice touch to be honest. It’s nice you go abroad and you can do fun stuff whilst making sure you have enough money for the rest of the adventure, I mean it could be easy to go to a them park like this and buy loads of merchandise…especially for my wife, the Disney Geek that she is!

 

I had a little bit of a mission to accomplish out here and it was one that in previous years, I had always failed at! However, I was not going to lie down and accept defeat on this occasion. I was going to get my wife to go on a big ride with a drop on it. She had done whatever it took to get out of going on anything like roller coasters or log flumes our entire relationship, yet I had only succeeded one time but that was a water slide in Florida and to be honest, she only went down it because a little kid went before her and she said to me

‘I have to go now…I can’t be upstaged by a kid!’

 

So naturally, she went down the slide and was so mad at me later on…she was shaking! I thought about Splash Mountain so convinced her to have a go on it and I learnt that it does not matter where you are in this world, queues are everywhere! We had a 100 minute wait for this ride and that’s a long time to wait, I slightly thought that this was something i could easily do back home and I was missing out on doing something Japanese! Sure Emma screamed her head off with every drop but it just felt like Paris, like Orlando…the only thing that was really different was the language! Still a fun park to visit though, easily a great day out but when you’ve been to the same park on 3 different continents, you feel a bit weird about the whole thing!

We went on the Jungle Cruise which was fun because it was all in Japanese, the tour I mean! It’s weird when you don’t understand a word what the tour guide is saying! I’ll admit that it makes things different and went along with it and it was fun as was most of the day, Emma was having fun and that’s what was all that was important to me! I’d easily travel around the globe to make her happy!

 

Food wise, it’s quite expensive but they have maps that tell you where the most expensive and cheapest places to eat are located so after a few rides, we went along to a cool looking place based of Alice in Wonderland and the place was packed…a queue that looked endless but we were hungry and knew most places were like this so didn’t bother moving on. Presentation wise, the place looked really nice but then again, I had a long time to admire it! The only good thing about this long queuing was it got me out of the boiling heat outside for a while, so a chance to cool of on a day like this is always welcome.

 

I’m growing to really love the food over here! I had a fried fish assortment for lunch that included a scallop, a tempura prawn, a fried fish piece, broccoli, rice and a coke and so much work goes into presentation here, it’s a nice touch and you get quite a lot as well to be fair but then again you probably need it with all the walking you’ll be doing around the park which is a lot!

Tip- Bring a lot of water! I didn’t do this and felt quite dehydrated with a massive headache by days end! Whoops! The park itself is a lot of fun and will fill up your entire day if you want it to, that and you’ll be queuing most of it for the best rides, maybe we should have got some fast passes or something but never mind, the day was a lot of fun but after an afternoon of going on some more rides and window shopping, we watched a few parades and

we decided to head back and save some energy for the next day when we would go to Disney Sea! This sounded a bit more exciting for me as it was a little bit different to most Disney Parks so I was looking forward to this greatly.

However, before we left, I managed to see this inside one of the shops and it just made me laugh for the rest of the day….someone obviously did this on purpose and it actually is the 2nd Disney Park I have seen someone do this…no idea why this is but it was just to funny!

What Happens In The Honey Pot Stays In The Honey Pot!

 

‘We went to Disneyland Tokyo today and as I expected, I was absolutely exhausted by the end of it all! Seems to always have that kind of effect on me though, these parks! If you’ve been to a Disney Park or two, you might notice how they all look somewhat similar when it comes to the layouts, like the Main Street that leads up towards the castle, they are almost identical, except that some have different castles, apart from that….not much is different!’

Once we got back to the hotel, we realised something….during the entire day, we had not found a single tsum tsum in the park at all! We had looked in as many shops as we could find yet didn’t see a single one anywhere and I wrote about it here-

‘We were looking for Disney Tsum Tsums and assuming that we were in a Disney Park, we would surely be able to find some…especially in the country of their origin! However, we weren’t able to find any all day which was a little disappointing

Overall, a great day with much done and after we have looked around Disney Sea, we can get back to exploring the great city of Tokyo! I am glad we went to Disney today though, a nice sense of familiarity of going around a familiar park can ease a person if they know what a certain ride is like but with a bit of a twist to the park with language, food and even weather being different to what you are used to, it enhanced the experience and would easily recommend to anyone that they visit this place when coming to Japan.

See you next time

Autism- 10 Things To Not Say

• Can’t you get cured? 

  No! Just no! This is a line that I just can’t stand anyone who says this to me in person or online. Why would you possibly think that this is ok? Autism isn’t something that needs curing because it isn’t a disease! If you look at a child with Autism, you wouldn’t think it was disease ridden, would you? No…anyone with a bit of decency about them would want to make that child comfortable and happy, or I hope so at least but when they become an adult, things just feel different….no passion or compassion from anyone, your look upon as a nuisance because apparently for some ‘Autism’ is an excuse for gaining attention. Once or twice, I have been asked if I ever want to have my Autism cured so I  can be more social and I was just annoyed every single time. No one with Autism wants a cure because nothing needs to be cured…what we want is understanding and a bit of compassion here and there! Really wish stupidity can be cured…I mean, did you see 2016 Planet Earth….If anything needs cured….it’s that!

• Vaccines cause Autism

  Why oh why do I see this on my news feed most days, like it’s being forced down my throat, it’s annoying…really annoying so can people just stop getting so worked up and obsessed over something that isn’t proven to be a fact, it’s just speculation yet I see mass wars break out online over the topic all the time. What is the point of this argument if it won’t ever have a conclusion to satisfy everyone? I know that’s clearly wishful thinking but I think it’s clear that anyone with Autism will automatically shut this one down so NEVER say this one….seriously, don’t! It’s not worth the backlash and to be fair, even if it was ever proven….it would never be accepted and I’m not surprised either…Vaccines prevent some pretty nasty illnesses like Mumps so why would you not have a vaccination?

  God must hate you!

  I’ve had this one three times and I find it quite hurtful because I am made to feel bad for being given Autism by what I assume is God (I’m an Atheist by the way) But to be told that God must hate me so he gave me Autism, imagine being told by a stranger that! Not very nice, is it! I know that the Internet is a very dark and evil place where people say bad things everyday for no reason and all but to be told that the creator hates you so he made it hard for you to make friends can be devastating if your very touchy and insecure. For me, I brush it off but I can imagine that some people would take that comment to heart and that’s a shame if you ask me.  It’s like an intimidation factor because of the god and hell thing…Not a suggestion but why on Earth does it matter if someone doesn’t believe in God or any kind of deity? It’s a choice but to be told that one gave me Autism because of a belief, it’s uncalled for and over the line in my opinion.

• Are you Retarded?

This word is often used as a term for hatred for anyone with a disability and in my books is one of the worst words you can use to describe another human being! Just imagine being called this word because of what you have….This has ruined my day sometimes just because it sounds nasty, it can’t really be said by accident really, if this word is said, it’s on purpose and it’s meant.  Please do not use this word to insult ANYONE it’s just a bad word that I find dehumanizing and insulting!

• What Medication do you take?

Oh I see, because you think I’m ill, I need some sort of medication to help myself get better, right? I hear about many people in America being put on some kind of medication and from my understanding, it’s a personal matter. One, why would you ask someone if they were on medication for anything? I wouldn’t be shocked if I asked you that question and you got angry about it! Like the rest of the human race for stating an opinion!  Some take medication for various reasons but I personally don’t need to but even if I did, would it really make a difference to you and your life? Will you not be able to sleep at night without knowing the answer? If someone tells you that they do or don’t fair enough but if you bring the topic up, I find that it would be quite rude because why would you even need to know? I’ll just pry into your health and ask you many personal questions that you might not want everyone to know and see how you feel.

• You’re not Autistic, you have friends and are married, How? 

I don’t even want to dignify this stupid one with an answer because WHAT DOES BEING AUTISTIC HAVE TO DO WITH IT? Tell me people, how does it prevent you from living life at all? Give me an intelligent answer….you can’t? That’s because anyone with Autism can make a friend, meet someone and get married…ok maybe some won’t get to do all of that but it’s insulting to assume that everyone with Autism will not be able to do all of that…I mean not everyone who doesn’t have Autism will have friends or get married, I’m sure you can be a loner and have no mental health issues you know. It just seems that we have to label everything, you can’t just be normal and not succeed…there has to be a reason for it!

• Prove It

• Can You Have Sex?

Wouldn’t you like to know? Seriously though yes, quite easily actually….I have a wife! Why do we all assume that everyone with something is exactly the same? Many people with Autism can have sex…of course they can…last time I checked they had the genitalia required for it like everyone else but I get that some might assume that some people with Autism could easily be taken advantage of and abused in this way probably by some heartless monsters because…seriously we are cruel creatures (Humans) to other species and ourselves…weird but whatever. What on Earth makes you think that someone with Autism can’t have sex….if they have the tool, it is possible…same goes for everyone else.

• Can You have Children? 

This one has nothing to do with being Autistic! I assume that I can, I have the tools in order to make one but I have never tried to make one before….for all I know I might not be able to for some reason, I’ll know when the time comes but I assume that yes I can as can anyone with Autism because thinking that we can’t is very stupid. Why are these even sayings said by many people? Read a book or look Autism up online people, it’s 2017, what’s your excuse in this day and age for not knowing about something that your curious about?

• I had no Idea you were Autistic, you show no signs

Ok…what signs are you looking for? Ok so with some people it might be obvious but with many we have no signs on us…I’m not going to stick a label on my forehead to let you know, I really don’t want to make it obvious or I’d have to deal with all of these stupid questions from all of you…nothing like a good old stereotype! Am I acting too normal for you or something? Should I not speak to anyone and sit by myself for you to go ‘that’s more like it?’ Everyone with Autism are different in many ways. For some, it’ll be obvious and for others, you won’t have a clue and for the majority of people, this is just too confusing as apparently, we all have to act the same to make it easier for everyone else…I worry about the human race sometimes.

Day 18 of Blogging Challenge- A Picture Of Myself

Today is Day 18 and I am to post a picture of myself….sounds fun so here we go! I’m male so you should be able to tell which one I am! It’s just after my girlfriend agreed to marry me so this picture is very important to me!

Well that was easy! On to Day 19 and what my favourite movie is! Sounds fun…Have a Good Day!

 

 

Asperwhat20?! A Vlog Attempt

This is my first attempt at a Vlog, which is apparently a video version of a blog where you talk instead of type! Well I fancied a different attempt at blogging and Vlogging looked fun so I gave it a go, threw a short video together and posted it so I hope you give it a watch and enjoy…it’s pretty much an explanation of what I want to do with my blogs but I think I am a little nervous so I apologize if I am.

Hope you Enjoy and let me know what you think and if you want, Subscribe to my YouTube page as well

Keep on Smiling

Asperwhat?! 10 Just So Crazy

My goodness, it’s all so crazy this life….it’s not every day you walk in on a Duck and a Snowdog in your Kitchen after a long morning…I swear my fiance plays jokes on me sometimes! No I’m not crazy…I’m completely sane….just your everyday Blogger who is just writing what ever appears in his head at the moment…thought I’d give it a go and see what happens! I don’t know, I thought I’d just give it a go and see what happens…HONEY BADGER! they go for the lower region now that’s just not fair! The weather’s nice over here today, although everyone just moans that it’ll rain….never satisfied in my opinion, just enjoy the sun instead of being paranoid about the rain! Sorry..it just annoys me how people think it’s been a bad summer in Britain when I think it’s been a good one…that’s like putting an apple into a Pig’s mouth after you’ve cooked it….why would you put an Apple in there? because yeah, the first thing I think about if I’m about to eat a Pig is fruit…or maybe it’s a hint that because your about to digest an awful lot of meat that you should have your 5 a day! I don’t know…doesn’t make any sense to me but it’s just weird….although to be honest, I’ve never seen a pig on a plate with an apple in it’s mouth in real life as of yet…only on TV! does that really happen? Can you go and order that somewhere….who could eat all of that?!

Gosh, why on Earth would anyone think Autism isn’t serious because it’s not visible to be seen by the eye…I can’t see it either but I know I have it…would you prefer if I wore a big tattoo on my forehead telling you where it is because that would be rather silly, don’t you think? How about you just take my word for it? Because really…what do I gain from making it up? I don’t want sympathy for it…no way, that would just be the worst…I question for days what feel like months about how my Autism came to be….how something like it was ever picked and how it has come to what it is in this day and age…I feel shy, even around my closest friends all the time and I feel like I always will do…can’t really help it but I do know that it has gotten better over the years…it’s a good feeling to feel that I can get better and it gives me hope for the future but one thing that I don’t think I’ll ever understand is the lack of understanding one may receive sometimes…I do often laugh at how some people just don’t understand and think it’s an excuse…I for one don’t know a single person who doesn’t want to make friends at all so why would someone make it up? no idea! Cheese Pickles! I’m done for now…got a game night to get ready for! Great talk people of the world….my mind is random but hey…it’s the weekend!

Have Fun

My Gala Weekend

This weekend, the Gala came to town and it’s my first one since moving to the town so I was excited about it all. Emma was to be in the Gala parade so she asked me to watch and record her so I said yes so I went to find a good spot on the High Street and wait for the parade to come along.

Bus stuck in traffic…traffic of people

I got there in good time and managed to avoid not having a space to stand in, although the local buses were caught out by all the people crowding the road out, they had to wait until the parade had passed through until they could continue on…surely they knew about the Gala…happens every year on the same day, oh well…at least the drivers got a long break!

A long queue of floats shortly passed through, many throwing out sweets, fliers and other little gifts but I was way too busy recording it all, well I had one sweet that landed near me…it was Whitaker’s! it was a good parade that started off with Gala Queens, followed by local schools with a Medieval Theme to them all which was good, considering that it’s the 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta! quite important and all so I was glad the town was celebrating that little detail of this countries history!

 A nice collection of old vehicles passed through as well which was pretty cool, even had a steam-powered tractor! ok so a lot of people don’t look into that kind of stuff but I enjoyed it! Might as well make the most out of a celebration, right? don’t be a misery guts and look back at the type of vehicles from yesterday, shows how far we’ve come. I recorded it all and it’s in the video at the bottom of this blog! so enjoy that! especially if you’ve never seen a Gala Parade before…it involves a woman pulling a squirrel away! no idea why that happened but it was funny.

Found it funny how many times people tried to cross the road as the parade came through, like playing chicken or something, wasn’t fantastic because one accident and that’s the end of the day! thankfully, nothing like that happened and the parade passed through successfully before everyone left the area and went to the park to the fairground! except me who went to get his hair cut, got the numbers wrong and had the majority of it shaven off! I was so humiliated I went home and buried myself under a pillow for an hour and it took Emma to come back home and persuade me to go to the Gala, I wasn’t sure at first because most of my hair was gone..I can’t remember a time it was so short, I mean I’m almost bald and it’ll take a while for it all to grow back to the way it was, I may be overreacting but I’m just annoyed at the mistake I made by asking for a 2 and a 4 at the barbers!

Got my numbers wrong….

Wishing I suddenly owned a hat, we both went to the fair and I noticed how cold it was on my head…I miss my curls already! they had better be back before I go to France or I…will do absolutely nothing about it. I’ll just buy a French Hat and be done with it!

Blasted Chips

Emma wanted food right away, so she got a cone of chips, tradition or something which was nice and all but I made a fatal mistake of having some, which were crispy and nice and then going on some rides which would prove to be fatal some time later but…anyway moving on, we went on this last but before that we went on the Twister which was bad because their were three of us in the car and every time it spun, the other two would slam into me and my legs got very sore indeed, not fun when you’re the tallest one in the car! after that we went on the Bumper Cars which I had to drive because Emma didn’t want to! we went on hook a duck and I won a Mario, Toad and Yoshi Plushies which was awesome, they can go alongside Luigi and Bowser….Emma has Disney, I have Nintendo!

Entertainment wise, since it was Medieval themed, they had knights, Horses and jousting to watch which was good as they were all talented and skilled which put on a great show that everyone enjoyed watching, the last time I saw Knights on Horses was in Camelot and that was years ago so it was fun to see the show. Tombola stalls all about, I happened to win an Ornament piece but then again I tend to always win those kind of prizes…I’ll have a collection in about six years time, guaranteed.

The Fateful Mistake

When we got the Waltzer, I was already feeling queasy after going on a couple of other rides that were all spin rides and I don’t have a good history on them, now it’s easy to say that I got what I deserved if I knew what I’m like on them but I couldn’t say no to the challenge…pride is bad sometimes! but the girls convinced me to go on anyway. It was fine at first but it got much faster and spinner and before I knew it, I was gone….thank goodness I didn’t throw up on either of them and was able to leave the ride without anyone saying anything! no idea how…maybe the people at the fair are just used to it or something but I could laugh about it afterwards as Emma helped me get home and relax but alas, it had been a wonderful Gala, one that was fun and memorable for me, well maybe not the throwing up bit but the rest was really good, can’t wait for next years Gala.

Notice how my hairs not in the picture

Stormy Saturday

Woke up a 5am today, should be illegal!

A rather stormy day, with flooded roads where speeding cars would soak you as they race through the puddles of water. It was like going swimming just by walking up the street, truly a bad day for Yorkshire. I see people still recovering from the Election in our great land, many are upset and angry and what’s to come whereas others are reserving judgement…for now.

The weekend is meant to be a relaxing time where you recover from the events of the week, although after this week…might need more than the weekend because the next 5 years has been decided over here and people are scared! The weather matches the mood today, stormy and pouring with anger!

Have written many weird pieces this week, some poetry and stuff…all didn’t take so long to write, mostly an hour to be honest, just stuff in my head but it’s all fun, ain’t it? shall keep on writing random gibberish in the future because I enjoy doing it, a lot. Saw the family today, well one must keep up appearances with the parents are they might think I’m ignoring them, and I don’t want that! along the way, I saw a baby lamb jumping up in a field freely and a stranger offering energy bars on the train, I kindly declined his offer but it’s weird just what events one can come across simply by boarding a train!

Me and Emma didn’t fall out today, that’s a first! what witchcraft is this?! well theirs a first time for everything!

As we walked back home after a nice day back home, we saw three youths trying to start a fight with a couple who were waiting for a bus, we didn’t see the start off it but they were really winding the man up to no end, we were afraid that something bad might happen but as we walked up the hill, we saw cooler heads prevail, either that or the youths just got bored and went off into the local park to bother someone else.

Now my fiance is fast asleep…so much for watching Guardians of the Galaxy, maybe tomorrow, for now I shall rest and watch the news…bought a newspaper today…feel so grown up!

Until next time Readers

Try Not To Worry

Life is far to short to worry about the bad things in life or I think anyway. Today, for example I was worrying about work but I have overcome and moved on because it’s just not worth getting so worked up about, life is more important than that, far more important. Start the next day afresh, a restart so to say, leave what happened yesterday, YESTERDAY! a new adventure starts today, yipee!

I worry about so many little things, it’s embarrassing, really it is. Always have, hopefully I always won’t. Miracles can happen. I let things get on top sometimes and I like to write to vent my frustrations I guess in a way. It makes me feel better knowing I can express my feelings to the world and let people know a little bit about me and what I stand for, what I can do and what I can bring to hopefully make you smile and read more…please follow me haha

• Work getting you down?
• That assignment making you pull your hair out?
• Struggle to make friends?

Don’t worry about it, just sit back and smile about it all, it’s all part of life’s journey after all. We all have our ups and downs but what’s important is how we bounce back and overcome all of life’s slaps to our faces, when it knocks us off our Horses, we just have to get back up and get on that Horse again. Screw negativity and what some people bring, don’t let them bring you down! After all, everyone has a bad day every now and then, its inevitable but having a good day is also very likely to happen so embrace the good and overcome the bad

Although, If I could get a tattoo on my forehead saying ”Stop Worrying, I would!!!! every time I’d look in the mirror, I’d remember and smile. Perhaps it’s me always thinking the world is full of nice people and many are but their are bad eggs out there, and for me, that’s a shame.

Anyway, this song more or likely will make you smile so enjoy!

P.S ARSENAL IN F.A CUP FINAL

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Man Vs Woman…on Games

One Man, One Woman….both sore losers when it comes to gaming, facing off in an Ultimate Clash for the ages on one of the toughest race tracks in the History of Racing games. Both of us have never been on this particular one for a long time but remember the frustration of it’s evil corners and lack of walls along the sides. This track was truly created for evil purposes, I mean if you’ve ever played it, you’ll understand

This nightmare, Rainbow Road. My goodness it was a train wreck, we were both terrible but it wasn’t about coming first on the track, it was all about who was the better driver on this track with the loser having to wash and dry up the day’s dishes…winning this one mattered. it just mattered to us both. I finished 3rd and Emma finished dead last, she just gave up towards the end as she kept falling off the track and it was just hilarious….well for me it was. Afterwards, we raced on other tracks and I kept on winning them, well most, Emma got lucky on a couple. I had won the first game, clearly and I would not have to clean dishes this week!

I chose to be Koopa Troopa in that game because who else has the right to throw the shells of his former brothers and sisters at other drivers than this guy.

Emma however went for Princess Peach, surprise there! anyway we were ready for the ultimate battle to determine who was better at Kart Games! that and the winner could relax as the other one washed and dried. Emma was unable to finish higher than me in more than 2 races whereas the other 6, I dominated so victory went to me, however, Emma decided that we would also play a game of Wii Party, winner takes all…since I had won so easily, I agreed, thinking It would be a simple win for me.

Matt 1 Emma 0

Next up, we played Wii Party and I was destroyed on this game by Emma twice, I didn’t stand a chance but it was my fault for putting it on Master settings really, I did have fun but was gobsmacked by how far behind I was in the end of both games, Emma won fair and square but man…I was destroyed by her…and without my knowledge, she had recorded the majority of my reactions to these losses, well almost all of it. I swear that game is rigged!

Matt 1 Emma 2

Result- Girls Win

Just to say, only the batteries came out of the Wii Remote, it still works but I will have my vengeance…somehow. I’ll pull out Smash Bros next week and we’ll see who triumphs this time!

And we both sometimes react like that…that was the first time I’d thrown a controller…Emma has nearly broken the door and bookcases before ha ha I wasn’t seriously angry haha. Now then, excuse me as I go and clean dishes.

Alien at University Blog Part Three : It’s not always easy been Blue

Halloween had come and gone and the month of November had begun…it was a cold time and work was just as cold to be honest, I wasn’t that confident at this time, lectures were tough…mainly because I didn’t really speak to many people but the length and time of work that I had to do didn’t make me think that I was going to graduate, I assumed that I’d drop out at some point but for some reason, I would always try to push that thought out of my head…maybe deep down, I would always think that I would overcome my fears and be a different person…a more confident person…who knows, I had made it this far so anything could happen, at least I thought that in my head.

It isn’t always easy to wander into an environment full of confident, outgoing and talented people like University students when your shy all the time and have a tendency to doubt yourself but I did so…feeling terrified in the first year, I will always remember the moments where I cried, screamed and begged to leave…to get away from everyone who didn’t understand me, who couldn’t see that I wanted to be seen, be heard and to be liked but for some unknown reason, at least I thought, no one was interested because I wasn’t much of a drinker, clubber or a talker but I was still there…so I guess there was always hope…in my head at least.

I remember a wet November morning on campus, I was sat outside in the rain, holding a bacon sarnie in my frozen hands… feeling kind of sorry for myself and debating whether I should bother going to my lecture or not, either that or I could go to the train station and…just get on a train and go…somewhere…no idea where but away from Huddersfield…that’s what I wanted at the time, desperately, I craved it. I was annoyed about the situation that I had gotten myself into…coming to University in the first. I think it was the 2nd time I had considered packing it all in and going home, I mean…not everything was going to plan, well perhaps not as I had gone out a bit more then I had thought I would in Three years, let alone three months so that was a positive but I never really felt comfortable being in small crowded places with drunk students for hours on end. I like being around people but I guess…sometimes I like to be by myself, not all the time, just sometimes.

For some reason, I decided to go to the lecture that day, there was something about me that just never really wants to give in, even if I openly say that I do, I really don’t think my body ever could, it never had done before and it wasn’t prepared to start then, it had gotten me through all the hard times and it was about to again, I got up and went to the lecture…and felt better for doing so because I hadn’t given up and ran away, I went head first into the pit.

Going for a walk about the town by myself actually would calm me down a lot, a good wander always made me happy…maybe because I was always in control of where I would go and I would have a good chance to have a think about what had happened that had caused me to go for the walk in the first place. Doing this method would play a vital role in my third year at University but that comes much later.

People on my course were nice, there was never any denying that for me but I would still get too afraid to approach and get to know people, the sheer number of them all intimidated me I guess, that and I would always try to be perfect and have everyone like me which I now see was the wrong thing to do, if only I could go back as I am now…who knows or at least in my head…things would have been different.

New Flatmate

The whole time I had stayed at Storthes in autumn, there was one thing that had always annoyed me…to a great end, there was one room in our dorm that had always been quiet…too quiet and I would always wonder if there was someone in there? I would think this because when the flat was empty and quiet on some days…I would hear the odd strange noise and whimper that would creep me out to no end…it would sometimes sound like someone was crying or calling out for help with sounds…not words and to this day, I never did find out what it was, whether it was a live person in another flat above me or even a spirit on the other side, I have no idea but I did feel sorry for it because at times, I wanted to call out for help as well, I felt it’s pain.

          Was their someone in there?

Never really not making a sound, not even a whisper, I eventually thought that the accommodation just didn’t sell the room for whatever reason but of course I was wrong because one day shortly after that thought, someone moved into it, making our flat full and what I said about the room being quiet drastically changed to be the loudest..immediately.

Now don’t get me wrong, the guy himself was nice, shy but he was nice, however I can not pretend that his…actions once he was inside his room didn’t half annoy me for the remainder of the year. One thing I guess would be the screaming and shouting I would always hear at night time, I think he would always play online games in his room as he always sounded like he was shouting either at the game or someone over a headset, I can still remember it like it happened yesterday, the haunting shrieks that still send shivers down my spine.

                   That poor Laptop

I also remember another time one night when my girlfriend stayed over for the night, we were fast asleep in bed when at about 3 in the morning, I heard a scream of terror that woke me up, I sat up in my bed and sighed, I knew who it was and I couldn’t believe that he would be playing games at this time in the morning but normally, I’d just ignore it but because Emma was with me, I wasn’t going to let it go and as the screams continued, I told Emma that I was going to go and have a look. She was nervous about the whole thing but i told her that things would be fine, I always did feel better and confident around her.

Stepping out into the hallway, I noticed that the rest of my flatmates had also been woken up by the strange sounds and they asked me to knock on his door, which I did. I knocked loudly and called out his name to which I didn’t get a response…straight away but after he screamed a bit more, I locked louder and yelled his name before I heard a bang, I thought he had either banged his head on something or he had fallen out of his bed but to which he finally responded by saying.

‘What?’

Feeling annoyed, I sighed and went back to my room, feeling annoyed about the whole thing. Along with that, I remember hearing stomping around in his room as well, quite often as well, it always sounded like he was walking about in a circle all the time, yelling and sounding furious…it would actually get quite concerning, I would always wonder what would happen if our flat got complained about because of the noise, the walls weren’t that thick and you could always hear what your next door neighbor was doing but this guy was THREE doors down from me and I could hear him, like he was in MY ROOM! Listening to this racket on a daily basis can really get to a guy and all the walks in the woods couldn’t make up for that, what can I say..I love nature, having grown up in the Yorkshire Dales and all but even that couldn’t distract me from the screams and it didn’t help being on the site of an abandoned Mental Institute.

Speaking of my new flatmate, the rest of us decided to take him out for some drinks, so we could have a chance to properly get to know him but he was reluctant about this and I could remember how reluctant I felt about the first time I went out as a first year, it was a terrifying yet exciting event and although it didn’t end well, I was happy that I didn’t chicken out, I mean, i wouldn’t forgive myself if I spent all three years in my room or the library, cowering in fear and not even try and eventually he also agreed to give clubbing a go, so of into Huddersfield we went, we would grab the horrible Double Decker bus from Storthes Hall and set off into town for a club.

At first, it looked like things were going well, we all grabbed drinks and set about the place, having a good old jolly up and I was happy that I was a little bit more confident in what I was doing now, I still had a ways to go but it was a step forward in the right direction. However, things soon got a bit weird for us as I stuck by our new flatmate to make sure he was ok, we found a table and sat down for a talk and to relax before going back into the midst of the drunken mass that was the student population when all of a sudden, a woman approached our table and said that she knew our flatmate, somehow? and that she wanted to have a drink with him as well as a chat, I mean I know it was University and all and that there was a lot of people there so she could have been telling the truth so with that and we all thought that she was just a friend so we didn’t say anything against it but leaving him alone with her was a big mistake as five minutes later, I wandered back and saw him sat in his seat, crying and looking like he wished a hole appeared beneath him and swallowed him whole, what had happened to him?

It turns out that this woman had told him that she was a helper on his course and apparently, I think she might have tried to kiss him which I don’t think he liked as he wanted to go back to the flat straight after that, which we all did but she came back when we were outside and said that she would see him again… the bus ride was a bit awkward as we tried to calm him down and he went straight to his room as soon as we got back to the Student Village, you know, I never did ask him after that if he did see her after that or not, I don’t even know if she was really a helper on his course or just some desperate woman in her late 40’s, regardless…the whole event was a bit creepy for my liking.

None the less, as far as I can remember, that was the one and only time he ever went out clubbing with us and apart from one film night and another game night, I never really saw him out of the kitchen, a shame but it did show me that there really were people that were even more scared of being at University and socializing with other people then I was, so maybe, there was hope or there was in my head at least.

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