Category: Stuff

And so I’ll post again 🙂
Nothing amazing going on still, but uni continues to be a lot of work.
Will be doing a 6 month placement with IBM starting in Easter – promises to be a really good job.
Um. Another Valentine’s without cards, but I’m getting used to it now 🙂

Need to leave for Paddington station in about 50 minutes. Taking the train to Reading, then driving up to Harrogate with Kim and my father. Should be nice.

Buckingham Palace, whilst very nice, was a little wet. Very wet in fact. Not very good for a garden party. Never mind eh?
I was given my award by Alan Titchmarsh, which was interesting. Prince Philip didn’t actually give out any awards, but he joined (along with Prince Edward) the garden party at about 4pm. About the time I left, because it was a little wet (did I mention that before?). There were 8500 guests (about 2800 awards then). Quite a few people in other words.
Many HGS people there, such as Robert Spackman, Katie Jackson, Rosamund Elliott, Jenny Scott-Smith and Gemma Ingle, to mention a few. Was nice to see some of them again, even if I didn’t know them very well…

Bah. Need to do some more work before I slide out early. Bye all.

Spent today attending a lecture on our forthcoming projects, where our lab spec was handed out. Unfortunately unusable at the moment – some serious work needs to be done on the tutors’ side.
We then all went up to Hyde Park for the afternoon, skating etc. Was extremely good fun. Looking forward to doing it again. Should be happening quite a lot over the next few weeks, as we have masses of free time.
Character on Elephant has gone up a level, which is nice.
Not too confident about how the exams went, but hopefully enough to keep me on the MEng stream. Anyways.

Laters,

OK dudes, term ends on the 15th Dec (that’s next Friday).
Brad and I (and I assume Dave) will be at home on that Saturday therefore, so all must get together and be mucho tipsy.
Greeny, Jon, you should be home now, or very soon, therefore you deserve much beating.
I shall spend the entire holiday gloating at the lot of you because I will have NO WORK to do, as I have finished it 🙂
/me points at Cambridge undergraduates and sniggers quietly.

Went home last weekend, for ski practice (we’re going skiing over Christmas! YAY!). Had a lovely time.
Was gonna meet up with some of you lot in Harrogate (so that’s Kate in York then), but she had a ju-jitsu exam or suchlike. Not sure how it went yet.
Nevertheless, the train journey back to London was going fine, until we got delayed around Newark.
Which wasn’t so bad; we only lost 45 minutes.
What took the piss was the fact that after we got south of Peterborough, the train broke.
They had to send a nice diesel engine out from King’s Cross to give us a tow.
So, after leaving Leeds at 1805 on the Sunday evening, I arrived at 0045 on Monday morning. Not good.
GNER paid for a taxi home though (£50 – how I laughed).

Many many celebrations going on recently.. was Kris’ birthday on Monday, and Karl’s birthday last night. Me is v v tired indeed.
Went out to the Comedy Store last night for Karl’s aforementioned birthday celebration, where much hilarity ensued.
5 comedians… all v v good. I haven’t laughed so much since Greeny last alleged that Cambridge was better than Imperial. Um.

Ah yes, and all HGS people must sign up to the HGS list I have set up.
To achieve this end, mail me and I’ll add you.

Anyway…

Malkowich Malkowich?
Malkowich.
Malkowich, Malkowich Malkowich?
Malkowich.
Malkowich?
MALKOWICH!!!!

Dum dum Dum!
So there.

Oooo, the fun never stops down here in happenin’ hip hoppin’ London, I can tell you.
Actually, I can’t complain too much; let me explain the result of my current ebullient mood (yet not.. in a funny kinda way).

Good things have been happening in the heady world of Nickland recently.
I’ve spent a large amount of money going out recently, which has been exceptionally enjoyable:
Comedy night at the union week before last was most cool.
Friend’s b’day celebrations… we went to Nando’s (chicken restaurant). Much hilarity ensued as the incumbent was ordered an extra hot whole chicken, (rather than the “medium” he wanted), by a not-so well meaning friend. *chuckle*

Spent the night over at Pete, Al’s and Karl’s place on Tuesday, where we spent a hilarious evening swilling beer and eating tortilla chips, whilst watching “The Big Lebowski”. A most excellent film I would say.
Al knocked the dip off the chair, and somehow (don’t ask) it managed to spill itself; not only on Pete’s arm, but also on Pete’s computer, desk, clothes, and… (wait for it) the wall, and CEILING! We are talking a 10 foot high room here. How the sam hill it managed to make it up there we don’t know.
Suffice it to say the whole room was in fits of laughter for about 20 mins straight. roflmao

Oooh yes, Phil came round for the weekend a few weeks back, and we all went out to Covent Garden with Boag, Dave and Gonz0. Brad wasn’t there (I don’t think).
Met some lovely Americans, who Boag decided to bamboozle with some crap about the Germans starting the 1st World War ‘cos they were jealous about the size of the British Empire. *chuckle*
Nevertheless, very nice people indeed. Am keeping in touch via email.

Um. I’m sure I’ll think of something else to post soon.

hakuna matata. what a wonderful phrase.
hakuna matata. ain’t no passin’ craze…
it means no worries, for the rest of your days…
it’s a problem free… philosophy…
hakuna matata.