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Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drink. Show all posts

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

ME #1


  1. I live in Holbrook, Derbyshire (with 47 sheep)
  2. Ruth Hannah Smith (hence the RHS, incase you were wondering) 
  3. 14th December 1993
  4. I have been to five schools since turning 4 (16 years ago, cray-zee)
  5. I don't eat lamb (not because of the sheep, because it tastes like plastic)
  6. My favourite fruit is banana (with lashings, I mean a tablespoon of peanut butter)
  7. I love to run (a lot, occasionally, sometimes, in lycra)
  8. I am unbelievably organised (you should see my desk right now and my calendar) 
  9. I will only drink bottled water when at Uni (theres just something in the water in Stockotn) 
  10. My favourite film of all time is Love Actually (and The Holliday, and Notting Hill etc etc
  11. I am an only child (not a lonely child as Sarah once thought it was, she's one of three) 
  12. My aim in life is to achieve a Masters degree, just to get the same qualifications as my father 
  13. My obsession for Clinique is frankly unwordable (which isn't even a word... see) 
  14. I can't drink caffeine 
  15. I don't drink milk, it makes me rather ill, but I will always partake in chocolate 
  16. I can rap the words to "Make me proud" by Drake (Don't ask me sober though)
  17. I always try and have breakfast in bed (a new thing, I wake up 20 minutes earlier to relax!)
  18. I wear glasses to read (+0.5 - is it even worth it?)
  19. I am the area champion in Derbyshire for the 800m 4 years running 
  20. I have never broken a bone (apart from my nose, but that is not a bone) 
  21. Myself, my mother, my grandmother and my great-grandmother all went to all-girls schools 
  22. I have never smoked, or taken drugs, you will find me with a bottle of rose occasionally however
  23. I have never had anything pierced, ever, anywhere, never will. 
  24. My day always begins with solid porridge, keep it in the microwave for 5 minutes, with half the normal amount of milk. Bon Apetit! 
  25. My favourite animals are cats, British Blues to be certain, although I love my rabbit Lady Gaga lots
  26. I was in New York for my 15th birthday 
  27. My biggest fear is illness 
  28. My favourite holiday is to the west coast of France, Cognac, La Rochelle area 
  29. My lucky number is 4 as it is the only number where the number of letters are the same as the number itself 
  30. Are oranges orange because of orange or is orange orange because of oranges? 
  31. I love scars, in fact don't get me started
  32. Most used nicknames are Ruthie and Rufus (and now Rutilda from my supervisor at work)
  33. I support Derby County, have done since I was born, with my dad taking me to the Baseball ground, then the opening of Pride Park
  34. Harry Potter over Twilight all the way 
  35. I can play the piano (a bit, when I feel like it)
  36. My favourite composer is Beethoven, then probably Einaudi
  37. My favourite actress EVER is Kiera Knightly, how is anyone that gorgeous? 
  38. My favourite actor is Hugh Grant 
  39. My favourite boys names are Elliott and George, maybe Morgan too 
  40. I love the name Felicity for a girl 
  41. I'm not superstitious as I never know what it means when you see a Black Cat and after all my Uncle Stevie Wonder said "superstition aint the way" 
  42. I once cycled from London to Derby for Sport Relief and fell off and got bursitis in my shoulder, of which I still have the scars on my elbow from, nearly two years later. 
  43. I often sleep talk 
  44. As a 5 year old I always wanted a red Porsche boxter - I had one for my Barbie dolls
  45. I have never owned a horse 
  46. I have driven through Luxembourg in an hour
  47. I would rather have fingers for toes than toes for fingers 
  48. I am pretty amazing at risottos - ask me to make you one sometime
  49. I laugh at everything, or I see the funny/happy side of everything. Every cloud!
  50. I tan like there is no tomorrow
  51. My greatest weakness is worrying. I worry about everything. Hence no.49! 
  52. the fam
    Ahh Stephenson College, DU
    I'm a cat

Thursday, 6 February 2014

NekNomination




I woke up this morning and saw yet another video on Facebook of a Neknomination, this time nominating a friend from uni. The boy who was mixing his concoction included listerine and Reggae Reggae sauce. Needless to say after lots of vodka, milk, crunchy nut and beer were added I couldn't watch him down it. 

There have now been two reported deaths related to Neknomination, the craze that started in Australia (those crazy Aussies!). 

Jonny Byrne (19) was pulled from a river in County Carlow, Ireland after he jumped in as part of his Neknomination stunt. His brother tried to save him but Byrne had taken such a lethal concoction that he pushed his bother away to try to complete his stunt. He was pulled from the river 5 hours later.

His father gave the Irish broadcaster RTE this statement: 

“I'm pleading to every youngster to think of the things they're doing.
“It has cost my son his life. The whole family is devastated and our lives will never be the same again. I hope this message is heeded because for us, life is virtually over,” 

Jonny's brother posted this online later:

“This neck nomination s*** HAS TO STOP RIGHT NOW my young 19 year old brother Jonny Byrne from Carlow died tonight in the middle of his nomination.
“He thought he had to try and beat the competition and after he necked his pint he jumped into the river. After five hours of searching he is still not found. If people have any decency and respect they will refrain from any more of this stupid neck nomination shit.”

Hours before this incident occurred the body of Ross Cummins (22) was found in a house in Dublin, he was rushed to hospital but died as paramedics couldn't revive him. Blood tests found that he had been taking a lethal cocktail of spirits as part of his Neknomination.

Now the craze is all over the internet, I'm not going to share everything I've seen because I don't want anyone getting ideas! But interrupting a lecture was a little disrespectful. 

I think people simply need to be aware of the harms of alcohol, it will kill you in excess. 

Here is a video of a Neknomination taking place in South Africa from - a very different way to complete your nomination, but a highly respected one at that. Brent Lindeque posted this video on his YouTube page with this comment:

"I’ve decided to create something positive out of the random global phenomena of NekNominations.
"Downing a can of Castle Light is easy… imagine if we all harnessed the power of social media to make a real difference in peoples lives. #OnlyGoodThings."


Drink responsibly and thin twice before you accept the challenge (or at least your stunt).
RHS x

Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Decaffeinated Red Bull

It's rather unfortunate that I cannot have caffeine - I've been asked several times this week how I manage through exams and more importantly freshers' week without caffeine or alcohol. The answer is that I can get through exams fine but I really struggled this week without a pick-me-up. 

But, I no longer need to worry. Your Fairy God Mother (moi) has found a fantastic alternative to sugar-loaded, heart-hating, palpitation-loving Red Bull (and other caffeinated drinks...) and it comes in the form of Vitamin B. Vitamin B helps your body to release energy from the food you consume. 

Introducing Purdey's Rejuvenate - the first few ingrediants in Red Bull (I used to love RB I'm just comparing!) are: water, sugar, carbon dioxide and caramel sugar syrup. HOWEVER - in Purdey's they are: fruit juices from concentrate (grape and apple), carbonated spring water (for a little fizzzz), natural peach flavouring and botanical extracts...

Now these "Botanical Extracts" got me googling (and just generally very excited) - Damiana is a main ingredient in this drink and several herbal websites told me this is an aphrodisiac and has increased sexual arousal in male rats in lab tests - so... put down the oysters boys!... erm... but other sources tell me its good for weight loss and to speed up the metabolism BYE GREEN TEA! 

NEXT... Oak Bark - now last time I checked I wasn't a bark loving Elk so why are we drinking oak bark? ok so I found that it has endless healing properties ("healing properties"), from healing internal bleeding (i.e. bruises not anything severe), to containing bioflavinoids to strengthen veins and capillaries, reducing fever and is an antiseptic! (don't go pouring on open wounds please). 

NEXT... Chinese Ginseng is in this brown glass bottle to promote memory, thinking ability and overall concentration. #winning to all three botanical extracts - I'm going to buy a botanical plant. 

Ok so admitted a 330ml bottle (the same as a coke can - I know what I'm reaching for) is 24% of your  RDA of sugar intake but there is no added, refined or processed sugar like in Coke (named as it used to contain cocaine) it is all natural sugars from the fruit juices which you know is true because the bottle is 1 of your 5 a day - #winningagain 

Does it really work?

Oh yeahhh... in fact I think I'm still reaping the benefits as I'm a little on the hyper side (what you get for being up since 8am manically applying to seminars...).
I straight away felt better from taking it and it gave me a lift in concentration and allowed me to read a textbook without getting bored or having any mild heart complaints - result! 

Above all I'm game for anything in pretty packaging and this ticks all the boxes - its in a brown glass bottle with a silver coating to protect the B vitamins from the light so they are ready to be activated in your pH 2 stomach. 

The best thing is that its 60p a bottle in B&M (RRP: 82p-£1.20 depending on where you buy) so get yourself down and meet me in the B&M isle!

Stay healthy!
RHS x

Saturday, 5 October 2013

"Treats", Hawaii and Noah's Arc

Firstly its been 6 days since my last post. Sincere apologies.

Secondly, its because I've been having an INCREDIBLE time with the other reps making this years Stephenson College Freshers' week amazeballs - Don't mention balls, not after some poor fresher went along with the Rugby team on a sports bar crawl and had one strapped to his head - no fresher was hurt during the crawl. We hope. 

So its been 6 days of madness, not enough hours in the day, too much vitamin C intake, run-ins with Police, dancing when sober (not easy), welfaring welfare, 3 Freshers' fairs, a few chunderers, chants against the other college (including words which wouldn't usually be uttered) and a Durham University mix-up of 'Dilemma' - throw in a trip to A&E and we have ourselves a freshers week! woop woop! COME TO DURHAM UNI (stevo, obvs)

To highlight a few events (working backwards, I've forgotten what day it is already) last night was the Silent Disco and parent night - we all have kids to look after for a year and can I just point out one of  our kids is going on Pointless, yes the pointless TV show on BBC where you guess what no one else guessed and its incredibly hard to win... the point? - there isn't one, hence the name pointless, because its pointless because no one ever wins? is that clear? So we have the next George Clooney in our brood. So far we have 5 kids for 6 parents (very modern) so if anyone wants to be adopted then let me know! Ah the silent disco - included putting your fingers in someone face and mouthing "TWO!" "ONE!" and raving away when they turn over and avoiding singing when someone approaches you with no headphones on. 

Mr&Mrs Stevo - ahhh strong (unfortunately strong) memories from last year fill my memory, swapping clothes, inappropriate dancing, downing water - it all seems quite tame (until you add the things it wouldn't be PC to add. This year includes sucking lollies and downing drinks, spinning round and working out an anagram - all for a week of being known then everyone forgets that you ever were in Mr&Mrs Stevo - Oh until next year.... thanks, 'friends'. 

Durham was an interesting night, the Hawaiian night, which jumbled into the pirates night and the cowboys and indians night - Durham is too small. It included some very, very, very very drunk freshers (fresher), a 4-bar bar crawl (with "treats" in one - thankfully just drinks, we were worried), reps dancing alone when the freshers were ushered to the next bar, a pleasant chat with a Policeman (not really but I'll be good), a pleasant chat with a nurse a Dr, a paramedic and a taxi driver telling us about his bankruptcy for 40 minutes and how everyone called him superman - I politely said "aw" at occasional intervals - it got a bit creepy when he started playing the superman theme tune, more creepy that he had it on his phone - last time I checked Superman wasn't 18 stone and didn't like to sit in an igloo. 

The Arc - we clambered in with the other college in 2 by 2, the elephant fox and kangaroo, Noah was late but he is 3000 years old, his wife came too (just had to rhyme the last bit...) The Arc is the first night the Freshers meet the other college and actually get to try out their new chants and see a teeny bit of rivalry (utter lunacy to be exact), the Arc consisted of bad cheese jokes (which I thought were hilarious but anything makes me laugh), Natalie being soaked in Jack Daniels and Coke, Rahil singing a 5 minute mash-up of incredible songs whilst playing the piano, Lizzie doing her thing on her guitar, Ricky remixing Dilemma "Even thought I'm from John Snow, oh you know I'm crazy over Stevo" or something like that I've slept since then and then some performances from John Snow, hilariously inappropriate gas bill jokes and blind date with an Irish girl and Indian woman and cocktail sausages (no girl wants to hear a boy say his favourite cocktail is a cocktail sausage - just for a heads up HAHAHA).

So College Colours tonight - the excuse to lose your voice shouting the C word and calling the other college names you would't shout at your worst enemy - ooh it gets harsh - the excuse to hate anything that is blue - I'm currently looking at my dashboard on my laptop and not liking that Safari, Twitter, iTunes and Word (oh and Mail and half of Finder) are in blue - at least Calendar and Dictionary are with me) - the excuse to shark on the John Snow freshers (thats Stevo freshers on John Snow freshers). It will be a good one.

I now have to finish my typing because I can no longer concentrate as my room is wobbling, windows shaking, light flickering and ceiling creaking - I wish whoever is above me would take trampoline practise outside. thanks. 

Stevo Love, 
RHS x

p.s. I sincerely hope "BLOGGGG" was shouted in a certain household when I posted this - I will be very disappointed if it wasn't! Love x 

Sunday, 4 August 2013

Easy like Sunday morning


Ahh bacon sarnies (sandwiches darling), football, beef bourginon, red wine and a Jane Austen novel.

And for first time in ages - no work at 6pm - a real day of rest ahh. 

So I've edited my blog a bit - seeing as I have joined so many new sites - TumblrSvpply (American, but I am getting addicted to it - find things (anything, I mainly find products) you want and have (just to make people jealous)) and Delicious (which is my least favourite but still an easy way to find blogs you actually want to read).

Tumblr is by far my most favourite, latest join - I love how you can design your own page and post anything you want! - get it!.. and add me. 

I'm slightly consumed by quotes at the minute and they're my favourite things to post on Tumblr, I am now no longer afraid to admit that I love A.A.Milne quotes (basically what Winnie the pooh - and friends said): 

"Think it over, think it under" - Winnie the Pooh. 

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one. So I will never have to live a day without you" - Piglet. 

ahh - that was nice wasn't it. 

So Im currently sat in my living room whilst mum conducts some Pilates moves (found on MY iPad), dad files his nails (yep) and I watch the Derby match (we're winning 1-0 to Blackburn)

Its raining, its warm, the beef is cooking and I've already practised my violin for an hour and played the piano for half an hour and been and bought all of my bedding for year 2 - King Size quilts - YES. 

(mum wouldn't let me buy a sign that says "no boys allowed" for my bedroom) - sigh. 

I'm several chapters into Pride and Prejudice and I have to say I highly recommend it! - I think its free on iBooks - it would make a good summer read if you don't regularly get a shot of English culture - ok, the novel is more of a triple JD that takes several hours to drink then a down in one shot of Sambuca - but trust me - its good! 

Talking of drinks - Do people use sundays as a day to get over hangovers before work starts again on Monday - perhaps. 

Definitely the best part of Sundays is family time - even if you don't talk to each other, presence in itself is satisfying enough. 

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in our hearts" - A.A.Milne

Happy sunday

RHS x