yesterday:
well, i did shower, and i did shave. i feel a bit more human. i ate lunch in
the mess hall, and then spent the afternoon relaxing and napping.
in the evening i called my relatives, to say hi, and while i was doing this i
called her mom, who has the flu. now i hate talking on phones, but never
so much as when the person on the other side isn't in the mood to talk either.
i was really uncomfortable.
we went to fetch my great-uncle from the home, and came back for supper. to
celebrate the festival (tabernacles, i think it's called in english), we all
set up on the grass with coffee and cake, and watched a cute show (singing,
dancing, stories...). one of the girls really made an impression: incredible
singer, and totally hot: i thought she was 16, turns out she's older than me.
DAMN.
i'm really bad at this... the soldier girls here don't look more than 15. boy,
am i EVER in trouble!
last night we watched a couple of movies, the score and october sky.
october sky was great, simply inspirational, and it was nice to see the
score from the beginning.
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
*groggy* (29th)
hmmph.
i'm typing this on a computer that's set up for hebrew, is virused to shit, and
i can't see what i've typed until i've finished each sentence. superb.
yesterday:
i took a bus through to herzliyah, to my old apartment. nobody home, and i didn't feel comfortable using my keys. damn south-african culture. i went off to the idc campus, handed over the bottle of bells, spoke to some friends, and got threatened by the new person in charge of student housing. the nasty person. managed to get around her, thankfully. and i put in a request to close my degree. and double-re-checked that i don't owe the university any money.
i checked my bank account, bought myself a falaffel, and met up with her, while waiting for the new student in my old apartment to arrive. i got my mail, and received assurance that my bed and books would be fine. nice.
she and i went to the mall, where we had a non-alcoholic liquid lunch, and ran into a girl i haven't seen in years, who i kind of dated at one stage, and upset terribly with my lack of interest. she seems to have gotten over it (she didn't talk to me for months).
i visited SSSO, who's due to give birth within the next few weeks. it was nice to catch up, and we talked for quite a while.
now for the army situation:
i expected to have to go into service immediately. the academic corps has set my return date to the 8th of november. that's more than a month from now. that means two months with no place to live, and the unit i'm in needs me to begin immediately, as i have to replace someone. so now we're all fighting with my old commander to move the date forward.
i went back to kfar saba, picked up my gear from sammy's, and he gave me a ride to SxS's, where i discovered how upset they were with me about their cape town experience. we went off to the industrial area of herzliyah, had supper, and he then dropped me off at the bus-stop.
the bus ride was long, and uncomfortable. i did study some more japanese, but i'm progressing rather slowly. i have time, though :)
i got picked up by my cousins, and we talked quite a bit during the drive, and when we got to the kibbutz, but we were all exhausted, so i had a quick shower and crashed.
today:
i woke up late, and have spent WAY too long updating this site... this computer is STUFFED. i'm off to shower and shave.
yesterday:
i took a bus through to herzliyah, to my old apartment. nobody home, and i didn't feel comfortable using my keys. damn south-african culture. i went off to the idc campus, handed over the bottle of bells, spoke to some friends, and got threatened by the new person in charge of student housing. the nasty person. managed to get around her, thankfully. and i put in a request to close my degree. and double-re-checked that i don't owe the university any money.
i checked my bank account, bought myself a falaffel, and met up with her, while waiting for the new student in my old apartment to arrive. i got my mail, and received assurance that my bed and books would be fine. nice.
she and i went to the mall, where we had a non-alcoholic liquid lunch, and ran into a girl i haven't seen in years, who i kind of dated at one stage, and upset terribly with my lack of interest. she seems to have gotten over it (she didn't talk to me for months).
i visited SSSO, who's due to give birth within the next few weeks. it was nice to catch up, and we talked for quite a while.
now for the army situation:
i expected to have to go into service immediately. the academic corps has set my return date to the 8th of november. that's more than a month from now. that means two months with no place to live, and the unit i'm in needs me to begin immediately, as i have to replace someone. so now we're all fighting with my old commander to move the date forward.
i went back to kfar saba, picked up my gear from sammy's, and he gave me a ride to SxS's, where i discovered how upset they were with me about their cape town experience. we went off to the industrial area of herzliyah, had supper, and he then dropped me off at the bus-stop.
the bus ride was long, and uncomfortable. i did study some more japanese, but i'm progressing rather slowly. i have time, though :)
i got picked up by my cousins, and we talked quite a bit during the drive, and when we got to the kibbutz, but we were all exhausted, so i had a quick shower and crashed.
today:
i woke up late, and have spent WAY too long updating this site... this computer is STUFFED. i'm off to shower and shave.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
confuzzed again (28th)
last
night:
i finally made my shirts, and they came out BEEEE-YOOTifully. i'm rather proud, and i own some very pretty shirts. yes indeedy.
sandman came over, and we began the packing procedure. then protoplasm and associate came over, and we all sat around and talked for ages. they all left, i read my book, and then airplane and co. picked me up.
we went to erte, where they totally ignored my order, the bastards. we then fucked off to the beach, and talked a lot. this talking included the israeli-palestinian situation, general anti-bush/thabo sentiment, and the idea that corporations ruling instead of governments wouldn't be any worse.
i finally finished across the nightingale floor, and had a quick shower, finished packing, and left for the airport.
DAMN.
boy, was i ever nervous, and couple that with sleep deprivation, and you have an idea of what i was going through.
i made it JUST in time for the SAA flight to johannesburg, i got totally lost in the airport there, and for the first time ever i got taken to that special place for checking bags.
thank the lord that the dude wasn't being a prick.
i did some shopping, and bought goodies (like expensive whiskeys and biltong), and ran into SxS's dad, which was amusing.
after a long, boring wait to board, i began a 9 hour cycle of sleeping and learning japanese - i'm getting the idea, i reckon.
and the food was surprisingly good.
there was a mix up when i landed, and i had two people coming to fetch me... how unlucky am i? :P
the luggage took a full bloody hour to get onto the baggage claim, and then the bastards made me put it through the customs check.
maybe i should shave.
sammy and his wife have really made tonight easy. i quite like it here. i'm off to bed.
i finally made my shirts, and they came out BEEEE-YOOTifully. i'm rather proud, and i own some very pretty shirts. yes indeedy.
sandman came over, and we began the packing procedure. then protoplasm and associate came over, and we all sat around and talked for ages. they all left, i read my book, and then airplane and co. picked me up.
we went to erte, where they totally ignored my order, the bastards. we then fucked off to the beach, and talked a lot. this talking included the israeli-palestinian situation, general anti-bush/thabo sentiment, and the idea that corporations ruling instead of governments wouldn't be any worse.
i finally finished across the nightingale floor, and had a quick shower, finished packing, and left for the airport.
DAMN.
boy, was i ever nervous, and couple that with sleep deprivation, and you have an idea of what i was going through.
i made it JUST in time for the SAA flight to johannesburg, i got totally lost in the airport there, and for the first time ever i got taken to that special place for checking bags.
thank the lord that the dude wasn't being a prick.
i did some shopping, and bought goodies (like expensive whiskeys and biltong), and ran into SxS's dad, which was amusing.
after a long, boring wait to board, i began a 9 hour cycle of sleeping and learning japanese - i'm getting the idea, i reckon.
and the food was surprisingly good.
there was a mix up when i landed, and i had two people coming to fetch me... how unlucky am i? :P
the luggage took a full bloody hour to get onto the baggage claim, and then the bastards made me put it through the customs check.
maybe i should shave.
sammy and his wife have really made tonight easy. i quite like it here. i'm off to bed.
Sunday, September 26, 2004
*sniff* (26th)
i
can't believe i'm leaving tomorrow. it's been so good, and now i just have to
leave it all for a great unknown.
crap.
yesterday:
supper was interesting, but my predictive posts are almost always wrong: i came home and went to bed.
today:
we started off our mission at my sister's, with no luck finding a working printer. we then went to my cousin's in kenilworth, where i printed all five of the transfers BACKWARDS.
DOH.
so i had to reprint them. they came out beautifully, however. we then went shopping, and i found replacement trousers - didn't think that would happen.
my mom dropped me off at schpatcon, for a day of munchkin and tekken. was a nice day, and i'm sad to say goodbye to all my friends...
and to cape town...
and to a nice, easy life on holiday...
crap.
yesterday:
supper was interesting, but my predictive posts are almost always wrong: i came home and went to bed.
today:
we started off our mission at my sister's, with no luck finding a working printer. we then went to my cousin's in kenilworth, where i printed all five of the transfers BACKWARDS.
DOH.
so i had to reprint them. they came out beautifully, however. we then went shopping, and i found replacement trousers - didn't think that would happen.
my mom dropped me off at schpatcon, for a day of munchkin and tekken. was a nice day, and i'm sad to say goodbye to all my friends...
and to cape town...
and to a nice, easy life on holiday...
Saturday, September 25, 2004
the rest of it (25th)
alright.
i woke up a bit late, but not too late :)
the module this morning was quite fun, and we did rather well. the tekken tournament, aside from some bungling, went just fine, and turned out to be quite fair as well. i wasn't allowed to play, but as promised, i did beat the winner.
and that's more or less how the day went. we played a munchkin game that lasted WAY too long, and it was basically them against me until the end.
figures.
i'm waiting now for my mum to arrive, and then it's big supper time. then i'm off to sweetiepie's to watch a video.
g'nite.
the module this morning was quite fun, and we did rather well. the tekken tournament, aside from some bungling, went just fine, and turned out to be quite fair as well. i wasn't allowed to play, but as promised, i did beat the winner.
and that's more or less how the day went. we played a munchkin game that lasted WAY too long, and it was basically them against me until the end.
figures.
i'm waiting now for my mum to arrive, and then it's big supper time. then i'm off to sweetiepie's to watch a video.
g'nite.
nooo! nooooo!(25 Sept)
i can't believe it's the 25th already! how sucky is THAT?!?!
yesterday morning, before going to bed at 5am, i managed to get hold of my mum's forgotten info, without having to touch windows 98. SO proud of myself.
two hours later, we went to my uncle's place, for coffee, and to be blown away by the 60/70 inch plasma screen. and full home theatre sound. and i'm so jealous it's disgusting.
after coffee, my mom dropped me off on middle campus, and i spent the afternoon in charge of the tekken players - the tournament begins today, so yesterday was more or less the training camp ;) i had to leave early for the whole yom kippur thing, so i couldn't play in moonflake and zenstar's module :'(, i was rather disappointed. and i'm going to have to leave early tonight, too...
after supper, i read for an hour or two, then passed out. and didn't wake up to let my mom in when she got home - whoops. nevermind.
right, i'm going back to sleep now.
yesterday morning, before going to bed at 5am, i managed to get hold of my mum's forgotten info, without having to touch windows 98. SO proud of myself.
two hours later, we went to my uncle's place, for coffee, and to be blown away by the 60/70 inch plasma screen. and full home theatre sound. and i'm so jealous it's disgusting.
after coffee, my mom dropped me off on middle campus, and i spent the afternoon in charge of the tekken players - the tournament begins today, so yesterday was more or less the training camp ;) i had to leave early for the whole yom kippur thing, so i couldn't play in moonflake and zenstar's module :'(, i was rather disappointed. and i'm going to have to leave early tonight, too...
after supper, i read for an hour or two, then passed out. and didn't wake up to let my mom in when she got home - whoops. nevermind.
right, i'm going back to sleep now.
Friday, September 24, 2004
*wooze* (24th)
i've
just come back from upstairs - great fscking party. but i gotta be up
early, so i had to leave :(
i'm a bit on the tipsy side, so this might come out a bit weird...
tuesday:
what an upsetting day. i put the pc together, paranoid all the way, only to discover that i had the wrong power supply. so i drove all the way to rectron, bought a new one, installed the damn thing, and the system refused to boot.
*INSTANT PANIC*
i was sure i'd screwed something up. i didn't feel so good about it. i haven't felt so bad about anything in a long, long time.
my friend with no nick (erm, hellraiser) took our pc under his wing, and i had to run off and drive my mom around town. which only added to my stress. the good news: by the time i'd gotten back, he'd figured out what the problem was (the video card), and i cannot express my relief in words. talk about saving the day.
we had some coffee, then met up with another friend of mine for drinks and kareoke. t'was interesting. more coffee after that, and then it was definitely bedtime.
yesterday:
i started the day reading across the nightingale floor - i'm about halfway through, and it's fan-bloody-tastic. i'm rather enthralled.
i ran through to rectron, bought a video card (far superior to mine in israel), and finally got this machine up & running. i can't believe windows XP takes so long to install, and i've discovered that my mother forgot to backup something crucial, so i'll have to re-install the old windows 98 to get it.
crap.
my mum and i went through to my aunt's in the evening for coffee, and i made it in time for TNM at shadowslight's. we watched dagon, which was great fun. and we played munchkin. the game took a bit too long, so we gave up and watched the gamers.
and then protoplasm dragged me off to the club.
i'm a bit on the tipsy side, so this might come out a bit weird...
tuesday:
what an upsetting day. i put the pc together, paranoid all the way, only to discover that i had the wrong power supply. so i drove all the way to rectron, bought a new one, installed the damn thing, and the system refused to boot.
*INSTANT PANIC*
i was sure i'd screwed something up. i didn't feel so good about it. i haven't felt so bad about anything in a long, long time.
my friend with no nick (erm, hellraiser) took our pc under his wing, and i had to run off and drive my mom around town. which only added to my stress. the good news: by the time i'd gotten back, he'd figured out what the problem was (the video card), and i cannot express my relief in words. talk about saving the day.
we had some coffee, then met up with another friend of mine for drinks and kareoke. t'was interesting. more coffee after that, and then it was definitely bedtime.
yesterday:
i started the day reading across the nightingale floor - i'm about halfway through, and it's fan-bloody-tastic. i'm rather enthralled.
i ran through to rectron, bought a video card (far superior to mine in israel), and finally got this machine up & running. i can't believe windows XP takes so long to install, and i've discovered that my mother forgot to backup something crucial, so i'll have to re-install the old windows 98 to get it.
crap.
my mum and i went through to my aunt's in the evening for coffee, and i made it in time for TNM at shadowslight's. we watched dagon, which was great fun. and we played munchkin. the game took a bit too long, so we gave up and watched the gamers.
and then protoplasm dragged me off to the club.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
continued (21st)
crap.
day.
tkd almost killed the lot of us (three, really). at one point i was seeing in flashes - my body simply was not coping.
my mom aggravated me majorly, i had to sit like an idiot and wait for her for about half an hour, and i really didn't enjoy that. i then fscked off to rectron, and after a bit of a struggle i managed to organize the components i need. now to not destroy them when setting everything up. i'll have to do it tomorrow.
went off to canal walk, ran into an old friend, and bought across the nightingale floor: can't wait to read it. we had pretty good chinese for supper, and bought a packet of white rabbit! yay!! certainly can't get those in israel. and they had the coconut milk inna can, too.
i just spent an hour or so with my sister, catching up and scanning in some photo's, which i'll put online one day, i guess, maybe. i *have* to print my transfers, the waiting is killing me!
tkd almost killed the lot of us (three, really). at one point i was seeing in flashes - my body simply was not coping.
my mom aggravated me majorly, i had to sit like an idiot and wait for her for about half an hour, and i really didn't enjoy that. i then fscked off to rectron, and after a bit of a struggle i managed to organize the components i need. now to not destroy them when setting everything up. i'll have to do it tomorrow.
went off to canal walk, ran into an old friend, and bought across the nightingale floor: can't wait to read it. we had pretty good chinese for supper, and bought a packet of white rabbit! yay!! certainly can't get those in israel. and they had the coconut milk inna can, too.
i just spent an hour or so with my sister, catching up and scanning in some photo's, which i'll put online one day, i guess, maybe. i *have* to print my transfers, the waiting is killing me!
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
my neck! my legs! (21st Sept)
i
went to training yesterday morning, against my better judgement. fortunately, i
was the only one there, so i did my own thing, and rewarded myself by leaving
early. sloth, you say?
never.
after a much needed shower, i made my way to campus, for a serious cup of not-so-serious coffee, and then moved on to my aunt's place, where i read some news and sorted out most of my email (they're clearing the mail server. again.).
i went back to town, and came up with a rough estimate for my mom's pc's upgrade... today's the day to get it over and done with.
in the late afternoon, i had a too-quick ten-minute nap, and then went to training again. t'was nice, but painful. did all sorts of damage, sweating, and generally exhausting things.
and got hold of the demo dvd - w00t!
spent last night watching the emmy's, and the first half of the documentary "the world according to bush". interesting, and it does lend a different perspective to the most dangerous man on the planet.
never.
after a much needed shower, i made my way to campus, for a serious cup of not-so-serious coffee, and then moved on to my aunt's place, where i read some news and sorted out most of my email (they're clearing the mail server. again.).
i went back to town, and came up with a rough estimate for my mom's pc's upgrade... today's the day to get it over and done with.
in the late afternoon, i had a too-quick ten-minute nap, and then went to training again. t'was nice, but painful. did all sorts of damage, sweating, and generally exhausting things.
and got hold of the demo dvd - w00t!
spent last night watching the emmy's, and the first half of the documentary "the world according to bush". interesting, and it does lend a different perspective to the most dangerous man on the planet.
Monday, September 20, 2004
*bounce* *splat* (19th Sept)
i
got up REALLY early this morning, around 9.30am, to go to the cemetary. there
was a lot of visiting to do.
i just realized this morning that i've actually gotten something right. my late grandmother made me promise not to get married until after i'd finished studying. i'm finished studying. i haven't married anyone yet. i'm sure this normally wouldn't elicit comment, but considering what i've been through, it wasn't entirely out of the picture.
i read quite a bit of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, then showered and got dragged off to the jewish museum, and then the national gallery.
interesting.
i picked up buffalo wings at nando's, and enjoyed them thoroughly while finishing the book. awesome bloody book. and thank heavens i've now been to london, or there were a couple of chapters i wouldn't have appreciated at all...
i joined sandman and his girlfriend in obs, and after a bite to eat we moved to cavendish. bookworms, the lot of us. i have a list of things to read. again.
we did a coffee thing, and then went to watch king arthur.
right. let's not talk about suspension of disbelief, and raging anachronisms. let's talk about king arthur being a roman.
um, ah... no.
let's talk about lancelot being a dodgy ponce with no romantic interest in guinevere.
ummm, errr.... no.
let's talk about keira knightley being a sexy, sexy, sexyn woman.
oh, yes.
on my way home, i was annoyed by a set of brights right behind me. so i slowed down to let the idiot pass. and the idiot slowed down. so i slowed down some more. so did he.
this went on till we were doing about 30-40 kph, and i was getting really, really angry. he sped up a little, and i sat behind him for a while with my brights on, and he seemed to get the idea and fucked off.
but - WHY?!?!
and then i got home to find that some prick had parked across our parking entrance. WTF?!?!
watching the paralympics is inspiring. we're taping a documentary on bush's stupidity (can't wait!). i'm irritated that i finally have shirts and transfer paper, and our printer sucks and the scanner ain't workin'.
@!$%.
i just realized this morning that i've actually gotten something right. my late grandmother made me promise not to get married until after i'd finished studying. i'm finished studying. i haven't married anyone yet. i'm sure this normally wouldn't elicit comment, but considering what i've been through, it wasn't entirely out of the picture.
i read quite a bit of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, then showered and got dragged off to the jewish museum, and then the national gallery.
interesting.
i picked up buffalo wings at nando's, and enjoyed them thoroughly while finishing the book. awesome bloody book. and thank heavens i've now been to london, or there were a couple of chapters i wouldn't have appreciated at all...
i joined sandman and his girlfriend in obs, and after a bite to eat we moved to cavendish. bookworms, the lot of us. i have a list of things to read. again.
we did a coffee thing, and then went to watch king arthur.
right. let's not talk about suspension of disbelief, and raging anachronisms. let's talk about king arthur being a roman.
um, ah... no.
let's talk about lancelot being a dodgy ponce with no romantic interest in guinevere.
ummm, errr.... no.
let's talk about keira knightley being a sexy, sexy, sexyn woman.
oh, yes.
on my way home, i was annoyed by a set of brights right behind me. so i slowed down to let the idiot pass. and the idiot slowed down. so i slowed down some more. so did he.
this went on till we were doing about 30-40 kph, and i was getting really, really angry. he sped up a little, and i sat behind him for a while with my brights on, and he seemed to get the idea and fucked off.
but - WHY?!?!
and then i got home to find that some prick had parked across our parking entrance. WTF?!?!
watching the paralympics is inspiring. we're taping a documentary on bush's stupidity (can't wait!). i'm irritated that i finally have shirts and transfer paper, and our printer sucks and the scanner ain't workin'.
@!$%.
Sunday, September 19, 2004
drained... cont'd (18th Sept)
less
drained, ACTUALLY. firstfallen's surplise party was really, really nice. good food,
good company, and she ACTUALLY like my pressie! yay!
not only did we find out about synkronos' 2000AD collection (*DAMN*), but we had a rather entertaining general CLAWs meeting, which was unusually productive.
my car got stuck in the mud outside moonflake's, and i only discovered a solution once they were already outside. so i had a moral support team, and it seems to have helped ;)
time for bed. or pre-bed reading. whichever.
-- oh my! i might get to an offspring concert tomorrow night! w00t!! --
not only did we find out about synkronos' 2000AD collection (*DAMN*), but we had a rather entertaining general CLAWs meeting, which was unusually productive.
my car got stuck in the mud outside moonflake's, and i only discovered a solution once they were already outside. so i had a moral support team, and it seems to have helped ;)
time for bed. or pre-bed reading. whichever.
-- oh my! i might get to an offspring concert tomorrow night! w00t!! --
Saturday, September 18, 2004
drained (18th Sept)
thursday
(16th):
thursday night supper was cool, and the food was good. i quite enjoyed being with my cousins again.
yesterday:
training yesterday morning was more educational than usual: i've been informed that i'm flat-footed when i fight, so i now have something to work on.
i managed to recruit some people into KAOS, and i made it to the Annual Gnarlyburr Marathon, which i haven't seen since '99...
my mum and i went to acupuncture together, which was really nice. cleansing.
supper last night was chilled, and babyacid's birthday thingum was rather nice, but i had to go home early due to general fatigue and a lack of breathing potential (too much smoke).
today so far:
i hate malls, and i started my day off in one. pre-breakfast. i picked up a couple of t-shirts, but that was as productive as it got. we then picked up some iron-on transfer paper, and went to the waterfront for breakfast and prezzie-shopping.
breakfast was nice - waffles with cream, and serious chocachino. i felt much better for it, less agitated. my mom has now officially missed shrek ii, as with so many other great films, and i'm a tad disappointed.
i got myself the curious incident of the dog in the night, for not too much money, and two books that will apparently start me off on the road to speaking japanese.
instead of doing some work, i'm about to nap for a bit (and read, too), and then later on i'll just see who's where.
thursday night supper was cool, and the food was good. i quite enjoyed being with my cousins again.
yesterday:
training yesterday morning was more educational than usual: i've been informed that i'm flat-footed when i fight, so i now have something to work on.
i managed to recruit some people into KAOS, and i made it to the Annual Gnarlyburr Marathon, which i haven't seen since '99...
my mum and i went to acupuncture together, which was really nice. cleansing.
supper last night was chilled, and babyacid's birthday thingum was rather nice, but i had to go home early due to general fatigue and a lack of breathing potential (too much smoke).
today so far:
i hate malls, and i started my day off in one. pre-breakfast. i picked up a couple of t-shirts, but that was as productive as it got. we then picked up some iron-on transfer paper, and went to the waterfront for breakfast and prezzie-shopping.
breakfast was nice - waffles with cream, and serious chocachino. i felt much better for it, less agitated. my mom has now officially missed shrek ii, as with so many other great films, and i'm a tad disappointed.
i got myself the curious incident of the dog in the night, for not too much money, and two books that will apparently start me off on the road to speaking japanese.
instead of doing some work, i'm about to nap for a bit (and read, too), and then later on i'll just see who's where.
Thursday, September 16, 2004
and the days go on... (16th Sept)
supper
last night was nice.
training this morning was nice. only two of us, doing forms. my legs still hurt badly afterwards, though.
lunch this afternoon was not so nice. rather uncomfortable, didn't know anyone, many elderly, the only person my age was a not-so-cute chick.
we tried to visit an art gallery in town, but they've had this brilliant idea and turned all the paintings around, so that we can see what's written on the backs of them. they can fuck right off, that's just stupid, and not exactly art.
napping this afternoon was alright. that's about everything so far.
training this morning was nice. only two of us, doing forms. my legs still hurt badly afterwards, though.
lunch this afternoon was not so nice. rather uncomfortable, didn't know anyone, many elderly, the only person my age was a not-so-cute chick.
we tried to visit an art gallery in town, but they've had this brilliant idea and turned all the paintings around, so that we can see what's written on the backs of them. they can fuck right off, that's just stupid, and not exactly art.
napping this afternoon was alright. that's about everything so far.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
laze... (15th Sept)
yesterday:
i slept most of yesterday, and went to training in the evening. training was cool, very cool. but i'm sore now. *sigh*
today:
i drove my mom around this morning, to reduce stress levels and to acquire the use of the car for the day. i was going to go to training, but i thought i'd rather sleep in instead. and so i did.
i went to campus, to discover just how bad the KAOS situation is... i'm actually rather embarrassed about the clawmembers - they are completely uninspired and unmotivated... they're just a bunch of useless nerds. i am ashamed to be in any way associated with them.
i picked up my mom from work, we did some last minute shopping, and i've been arbing around while she's at the synagogue. i'm a really good jew. really.
so, happy new year!
i slept most of yesterday, and went to training in the evening. training was cool, very cool. but i'm sore now. *sigh*
today:
i drove my mom around this morning, to reduce stress levels and to acquire the use of the car for the day. i was going to go to training, but i thought i'd rather sleep in instead. and so i did.
i went to campus, to discover just how bad the KAOS situation is... i'm actually rather embarrassed about the clawmembers - they are completely uninspired and unmotivated... they're just a bunch of useless nerds. i am ashamed to be in any way associated with them.
i picked up my mom from work, we did some last minute shopping, and i've been arbing around while she's at the synagogue. i'm a really good jew. really.
so, happy new year!
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
home (14th Sept)
friday
(10th):
hyper_viper and i started off the day at the starbuck's in green park. she met us there, and we all went off to the science museum. nice, but not quite as cool as i'd hoped. rather disappointing.
we then went off to the tate modern - now THAT was cool. we didn't have enough time to see everything, but we certainly tried, and it's just filled with awesome things.
we went back to st. paul's cathedral for a few minutes (she hadn't been there before), and then back to the eerie pub, for a couple of drinks and a good chat.
it was then time for supper, so we parted company. supper was really, really nice.
saturday:
after we got home, i watched school of rock, which was amusing. that's a lot less than i was expecting, but never mind.
she and i started off the day with oxford and regent streets, which included hamley's - good heavens. we then moved on to camden town, for a gander and some lunch (i had the lemon chicken *grin*). while shopping around, i found THE trousers (damn the word "pants", you british bastards) of my dreams, and tried them on. they were STUNNING, but very expensive. as i leaned over to pick up my wallet, to see if i had enough money on me, i heard an aweful ripping sound.
right cunts, i'm not spending THAT much money on crap. we left in a right huff.
we hung around lloyd's for a while, waiting for hyper_viper to join us. all three of us went to kilburn, to find out about the evening's events - turned out to be a bit more difficult than we'd anticipated. oh well.
we took her to the green park station, said goodbye, and then returned to highgate for a quick shower 'n coffee.
we had some drinks in leicester square, where we talked a lot, and were unfortunately interrupted by an annoying homosexual somalian, who figured he'd found a good time to hit on us. after giving up trying to get rid of him, we left. we met up with a friend, and hit another pub, before embarking on our journey into london's nightlife.
boy, did that trip ever go wrong. three times we got on the wrong tube... how?!?!
we ended up at frantic. aside from the music, the place was absolutely brilliant, and the crowd was great. we quite enjoyed ourselves (aside from three pints costing about R150 - we drank very slowly). i passed out on the night-bus home.
sunday:
we got to bed around 3am. all three of our phones rang simultaneously at about 9am or so... this not only woke us up, but confused the crap outta us at the same time. turned out to be the girls playing a prank on us.
we went for a drive into heartfordshire (did i spell that right? do i care?), and came across a sign that states: "panshanger". so, when we entered the pub, i asked "are we shanging?"
in a snobby english pub, this was not entirely appreciated. oops.
i've never eaten a bunny before, so i ordered myself the braised rabbit. t'was good. the chocolate brownies for desert were simply too good...
hyper_viper and his girlfriend did me an ENORMOUS favour, and drove me around london so i could do all the things i had to before leaving. this included a cup of coffee with some cousins, who have pet bunnies, and children who don't like the idea of rabbits as nourishment.
it was all i could do to keep myself from laughing: hyper_viper's girlfriend was pointing out the pieces i'd consumed, and hyper_viper was saying things like "should've been named tasty"... BASTARDS.
unfortunately, driving through london is a lot slower than taking the tube, which resulted in some rather bad timing. the circle line was out of service, i didn't have a zone 6 ticket, and the train changed destinations (WHAT?!) between stops. needless to say, i was rather stressed and tense by the time i got to heathrow airport. and i made the check-in by TWO MINUTES.
*gasp*
so i was just in time to board, and off i went.
yesterday:
the flight was AWESOME, and i actually felt sorry for the idiots in business class. we flew on a 747-400, and the plane was practically empty, so almost all the economy class had four seats each.
with personal displays - i watched garfield, and van helsing.
and i'm so glad i didn't pay to see them.
i was exhausted by the time i got back home. i didn't even have the energy to go out for food, so we ordered a debonairs sub for lunch, and i slept the afternoon away. i went to shadowslight's in the evening, for some tv goodness, which was cool.
today:
due to a time-zone change, i missed my dentist appointment this morning. my mom is pissed, and i think it might be because it's the second missed appointment this holiday.
i'm currently reading introducing relativity. and my brain hurts.
i have slept an aweful lot today, i think my body may be hinting at me.
hyper_viper and i started off the day at the starbuck's in green park. she met us there, and we all went off to the science museum. nice, but not quite as cool as i'd hoped. rather disappointing.
we then went off to the tate modern - now THAT was cool. we didn't have enough time to see everything, but we certainly tried, and it's just filled with awesome things.
we went back to st. paul's cathedral for a few minutes (she hadn't been there before), and then back to the eerie pub, for a couple of drinks and a good chat.
it was then time for supper, so we parted company. supper was really, really nice.
saturday:
after we got home, i watched school of rock, which was amusing. that's a lot less than i was expecting, but never mind.
she and i started off the day with oxford and regent streets, which included hamley's - good heavens. we then moved on to camden town, for a gander and some lunch (i had the lemon chicken *grin*). while shopping around, i found THE trousers (damn the word "pants", you british bastards) of my dreams, and tried them on. they were STUNNING, but very expensive. as i leaned over to pick up my wallet, to see if i had enough money on me, i heard an aweful ripping sound.
right cunts, i'm not spending THAT much money on crap. we left in a right huff.
we hung around lloyd's for a while, waiting for hyper_viper to join us. all three of us went to kilburn, to find out about the evening's events - turned out to be a bit more difficult than we'd anticipated. oh well.
we took her to the green park station, said goodbye, and then returned to highgate for a quick shower 'n coffee.
we had some drinks in leicester square, where we talked a lot, and were unfortunately interrupted by an annoying homosexual somalian, who figured he'd found a good time to hit on us. after giving up trying to get rid of him, we left. we met up with a friend, and hit another pub, before embarking on our journey into london's nightlife.
boy, did that trip ever go wrong. three times we got on the wrong tube... how?!?!
we ended up at frantic. aside from the music, the place was absolutely brilliant, and the crowd was great. we quite enjoyed ourselves (aside from three pints costing about R150 - we drank very slowly). i passed out on the night-bus home.
sunday:
we got to bed around 3am. all three of our phones rang simultaneously at about 9am or so... this not only woke us up, but confused the crap outta us at the same time. turned out to be the girls playing a prank on us.
we went for a drive into heartfordshire (did i spell that right? do i care?), and came across a sign that states: "panshanger". so, when we entered the pub, i asked "are we shanging?"
in a snobby english pub, this was not entirely appreciated. oops.
i've never eaten a bunny before, so i ordered myself the braised rabbit. t'was good. the chocolate brownies for desert were simply too good...
hyper_viper and his girlfriend did me an ENORMOUS favour, and drove me around london so i could do all the things i had to before leaving. this included a cup of coffee with some cousins, who have pet bunnies, and children who don't like the idea of rabbits as nourishment.
it was all i could do to keep myself from laughing: hyper_viper's girlfriend was pointing out the pieces i'd consumed, and hyper_viper was saying things like "should've been named tasty"... BASTARDS.
unfortunately, driving through london is a lot slower than taking the tube, which resulted in some rather bad timing. the circle line was out of service, i didn't have a zone 6 ticket, and the train changed destinations (WHAT?!) between stops. needless to say, i was rather stressed and tense by the time i got to heathrow airport. and i made the check-in by TWO MINUTES.
*gasp*
so i was just in time to board, and off i went.
yesterday:
the flight was AWESOME, and i actually felt sorry for the idiots in business class. we flew on a 747-400, and the plane was practically empty, so almost all the economy class had four seats each.
with personal displays - i watched garfield, and van helsing.
and i'm so glad i didn't pay to see them.
i was exhausted by the time i got back home. i didn't even have the energy to go out for food, so we ordered a debonairs sub for lunch, and i slept the afternoon away. i went to shadowslight's in the evening, for some tv goodness, which was cool.
today:
due to a time-zone change, i missed my dentist appointment this morning. my mom is pissed, and i think it might be because it's the second missed appointment this holiday.
i'm currently reading introducing relativity. and my brain hurts.
i have slept an aweful lot today, i think my body may be hinting at me.
Friday, September 10, 2004
hot, wet, ... (10th Sept)
it's warm, and raining, and i can't figure out if i should be wearing a jacket or a vest.
*STEAM*
yesterday:
i forgot, until i got to the entrance of westminster abbey, that i didn't have any money.
crapicus.
so i had to walk for AGES to find a place to change dollars for me, and then i had to walk for AGES to get back. luckily, starbucks improved the return trip.
due to my inferior timing, i did a brisk walk through the abbey, which is not only interesting, but architecturally stunning, and i didn't have time to see everything - i'll have to come back someday. i did get to see charles darwin, though, which is cool (i almost stepped on him).
i met up with hyper_viper for overly-expensive drinks, and we went missioning off to the national gallery. due to our inferior timing (and some serious stomache-grumbling), we had to skip some sections. all in all, it was incredible.
we had chinese in camden town, and then went shopping at cyberdog - i wasn't allowed to leave without something, so i'm now wearing a super-cool vest that cost me lots and lots of money: but it does have a cyberdog label.
we stopped off at lloyd's for drinks, where i managed to slow my intake to a single pint of guinness, and we then made our way back towards the station. omfg - i have tried on the leather trenchcoat (matrix-neo style), and it is good. i don't know if i have enough cash for it, however...
rabbi_e met us up on the way, and hyper_viper went home to change, and the two of us went through to leicester square, and met up with a couple of his buddies. i went to the bathroom to blow my nose, and i was wiping off a tiny piece of tissue from my nose when the female bartender walked in, and she reckoned i'd been doing coke... got that sorted out, though :)
no, i can't give you any!
hyper_viper joined us, we drank another pint, and then the three of us went to another pub, where i had a smirnoff ice. at least i'm handling, but i probably shouldn't be drinking this much :P.
hyper_viper went home, rabbi_e and i visited his friends in a nice little apartment ON leicester square (bastards! that's a LOT of fscking money!), before i decided to come back here and get me some shuteye.
*STEAM*
yesterday:
i forgot, until i got to the entrance of westminster abbey, that i didn't have any money.
crapicus.
so i had to walk for AGES to find a place to change dollars for me, and then i had to walk for AGES to get back. luckily, starbucks improved the return trip.
due to my inferior timing, i did a brisk walk through the abbey, which is not only interesting, but architecturally stunning, and i didn't have time to see everything - i'll have to come back someday. i did get to see charles darwin, though, which is cool (i almost stepped on him).
i met up with hyper_viper for overly-expensive drinks, and we went missioning off to the national gallery. due to our inferior timing (and some serious stomache-grumbling), we had to skip some sections. all in all, it was incredible.
we had chinese in camden town, and then went shopping at cyberdog - i wasn't allowed to leave without something, so i'm now wearing a super-cool vest that cost me lots and lots of money: but it does have a cyberdog label.
we stopped off at lloyd's for drinks, where i managed to slow my intake to a single pint of guinness, and we then made our way back towards the station. omfg - i have tried on the leather trenchcoat (matrix-neo style), and it is good. i don't know if i have enough cash for it, however...
rabbi_e met us up on the way, and hyper_viper went home to change, and the two of us went through to leicester square, and met up with a couple of his buddies. i went to the bathroom to blow my nose, and i was wiping off a tiny piece of tissue from my nose when the female bartender walked in, and she reckoned i'd been doing coke... got that sorted out, though :)
no, i can't give you any!
hyper_viper joined us, we drank another pint, and then the three of us went to another pub, where i had a smirnoff ice. at least i'm handling, but i probably shouldn't be drinking this much :P.
hyper_viper went home, rabbi_e and i visited his friends in a nice little apartment ON leicester square (bastards! that's a LOT of fscking money!), before i decided to come back here and get me some shuteye.
Thursday, September 09, 2004
hurry! (9th Sept)
right,
i gotta have a quick shower and get myself over to westminster abbey, so i'd
better be quick... or else!
two days ago:
the braai was AWESOME, hyper_viper KNOWS what the hell he's doing. met some very weird girls, was most disturbing, and we didn't watch shaun of the dead because one of the guys had an exam in the morning.
and my word, i'd had FAR too much to drink.
yesterday:
a much earlier start to the day, hyper_viper and i did a peremtory clean-up, and did the highgate showering thing. we had a serious starbucks breakfast, and waited for AGES for rabbi_e to show up.
we all went through the greenwich, and visited the maritime museum, and then the observatory, both of which were very cool.
then it was back to the pub. i'm starting to love guinness.
we met up with addict on the southwark bridge, and we all went off to the eerie pub (that place just ROCKS), and consumed until it was time to run along.
i was a bit concerned about paying £3 for coffee, and then the waitress turned up with an entire jug of filter coffee. which i felt obliged to finish.
TOO - MUCH - COFFEE.
i took a leisurely stroll to my relatives place, who i'd never met before, and we had a lovely dinner, and talked a LOT.
t'was nice.
i got a ride back to kilburn, and had decaf coffee with my hosts, which was quite pleasant, and then discovered that she was around. turns out the reason she hadn't contacted me was that my hosts' son had forgotten to give her my number.
brilliant.
so we all chatted until about 2am.
today:
coughing my lungs out. thank you london for the fresh air, but at least i'm getting used to it. to be fair, i wasn't in too good a state when i left cape town, either.
right, that's me, buggering off.
two days ago:
the braai was AWESOME, hyper_viper KNOWS what the hell he's doing. met some very weird girls, was most disturbing, and we didn't watch shaun of the dead because one of the guys had an exam in the morning.
and my word, i'd had FAR too much to drink.
yesterday:
a much earlier start to the day, hyper_viper and i did a peremtory clean-up, and did the highgate showering thing. we had a serious starbucks breakfast, and waited for AGES for rabbi_e to show up.
we all went through the greenwich, and visited the maritime museum, and then the observatory, both of which were very cool.
then it was back to the pub. i'm starting to love guinness.
we met up with addict on the southwark bridge, and we all went off to the eerie pub (that place just ROCKS), and consumed until it was time to run along.
i was a bit concerned about paying £3 for coffee, and then the waitress turned up with an entire jug of filter coffee. which i felt obliged to finish.
TOO - MUCH - COFFEE.
i took a leisurely stroll to my relatives place, who i'd never met before, and we had a lovely dinner, and talked a LOT.
t'was nice.
i got a ride back to kilburn, and had decaf coffee with my hosts, which was quite pleasant, and then discovered that she was around. turns out the reason she hadn't contacted me was that my hosts' son had forgotten to give her my number.
brilliant.
so we all chatted until about 2am.
today:
coughing my lungs out. thank you london for the fresh air, but at least i'm getting used to it. to be fair, i wasn't in too good a state when i left cape town, either.
right, that's me, buggering off.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
*crick* (7th Sept)
well.
well, well, well.
i'm still in london - so nyah nyah!!
yesterday:
i got up late, and went through to leicester square, for an excellent white choc mocha and a brownie from starbucks, which is far better here than in israel. surprisingly.
i organized a sim-card for my phone, which has helped tremendously, and we arbed around london, which included buckingham palace, the sherlock holmes, the millenium bridge (and another bridge), st. paul's cathedral (which is under restoration, i'm sure it's even more impressive in its normal state), a seriously gothik bar (abso-fuckin'-lutely AWESOME), and more to drink than is good for me.
after a quick bite to eat with my hosts, i made a mission to high barnet. the pool was good, and the bar was great until we had an incident with a zimbabwean and zambian, and we left just before the fists (ours) started flying. rather unpleasant.
we spent the remainder of the evening at a friend's place, which was really nice, and went to bed around 6am.
today:
after a quick breakfast, we took a bus down to highgate, had coffee and a shower, and then went back to c. london, where we saw the tower of london, and london bridge, and then stopped off desperately at kfc before returning to highgate - we're now on our way back to high barnet for a braai, and to watch shaun of the dead!!!
w00t!!
i'm still in london - so nyah nyah!!
yesterday:
i got up late, and went through to leicester square, for an excellent white choc mocha and a brownie from starbucks, which is far better here than in israel. surprisingly.
i organized a sim-card for my phone, which has helped tremendously, and we arbed around london, which included buckingham palace, the sherlock holmes, the millenium bridge (and another bridge), st. paul's cathedral (which is under restoration, i'm sure it's even more impressive in its normal state), a seriously gothik bar (abso-fuckin'-lutely AWESOME), and more to drink than is good for me.
after a quick bite to eat with my hosts, i made a mission to high barnet. the pool was good, and the bar was great until we had an incident with a zimbabwean and zambian, and we left just before the fists (ours) started flying. rather unpleasant.
we spent the remainder of the evening at a friend's place, which was really nice, and went to bed around 6am.
today:
after a quick breakfast, we took a bus down to highgate, had coffee and a shower, and then went back to c. london, where we saw the tower of london, and london bridge, and then stopped off desperately at kfc before returning to highgate - we're now on our way back to high barnet for a braai, and to watch shaun of the dead!!!
w00t!!
Monday, September 06, 2004
london! london! london!! (5th Sept)
wow!
wow!
wow wow wow! this is all so cool! ^_^
the flight sucked, and we all panicked as the wheel hydraulics where damaged, and we were stuck on an active runway for over an hour.
listening to herschelle gibbs' girlfriend mouthing off about her modelling career (she's not that pretty)...
first things first. it's summer here. hot, sunny weather. i don't know what it's really like here normally :P
the airport was confusing, the money was confusing, my phone doesn't work at all. i eventually managed to figure everything out, though (but with stress, as usual), and managed to get to kilburn a-ok. found the place with little hassle, had a shower, said hi to everyone, and then went with her and her cousin to central london, to see trafalgar square, whitehall (avenue?), big ben, the thames (much less blue than anticipated), and then back to trafalgar square to meet up with dirk diggler.
we walked through soho and oxford street, and the girls went home, while we went to camden town.
WOW.
AWESOME.
EXACTLY my style.
i thoroughly enjoyed myself, and i'm going to have to spend more time there.
i came back to base to change into smarter clothes (seriously busy household: lots of kids all covered in flour from making pizza, and the soccer buddies were all over, so it was quite loud), and then went to leicester square, which, on a saturday night, is a real experience. so many people... so many things going on...
hyper_viper met up with me with about 5 friends of his, and we went for drinks. and then to chinatown, to a moroccan restaurant (in chinatown??) for more drinks, a nargila, and the usual humous and pita etc.
and it totally wasn't my idea.
we walked through tottenham court road, which was quite entertaining (some serious freaks hanging around there), and then took the night bus to highgate. it was about 2am, and i was literally falling over.
we had coffee when we got to hyper_viper's girlfriend's place, and talked until the coffee wore off.
this morning, we were woken up with a serious breakfast - croissants, crumpets, coffee, and orange juice. i quite like crumpets.
after a shower, and borrowing clothing (hee hee - a unity top), we took a bus (i'm learning to abuse a 1-2 zone pass) all the way to high barnett (zone 6, no extra charge), to spend the day lounging around in the sun, drinking, talking, playing pool, running around with a rugby ball, and generally having a good time. we actually left london for an out-of-the-way pub, where i was introduced to a sunday roast lamb (with yorkshire pudding, weird stuff that), which was SU-PERB.
i just got back to base (my hosts have been in and out the whole weekend, so i haven't really seen them), and am about to get into the shower and then go to sleep.
hyper_viper has actually moved to london yesterday (as in, no longer lives in leeds), and i couldn't have picked a better time to get here. we're going to be running around london doing all the touristy things until i'm out of here.
so that's my news, i'm absolutely LOVING it here, it's wonderful and exciting and fun. the money's a bit weird, but i'm not converting - just going with everyone's advice and letting that see me through.
and letting them buy me drinks, of course :P
i've just had decaf coffee and biscuits, and now it's bedtime. *happy sigh*
wow!
wow wow wow! this is all so cool! ^_^
the flight sucked, and we all panicked as the wheel hydraulics where damaged, and we were stuck on an active runway for over an hour.
listening to herschelle gibbs' girlfriend mouthing off about her modelling career (she's not that pretty)...
first things first. it's summer here. hot, sunny weather. i don't know what it's really like here normally :P
the airport was confusing, the money was confusing, my phone doesn't work at all. i eventually managed to figure everything out, though (but with stress, as usual), and managed to get to kilburn a-ok. found the place with little hassle, had a shower, said hi to everyone, and then went with her and her cousin to central london, to see trafalgar square, whitehall (avenue?), big ben, the thames (much less blue than anticipated), and then back to trafalgar square to meet up with dirk diggler.
we walked through soho and oxford street, and the girls went home, while we went to camden town.
WOW.
AWESOME.
EXACTLY my style.
i thoroughly enjoyed myself, and i'm going to have to spend more time there.
i came back to base to change into smarter clothes (seriously busy household: lots of kids all covered in flour from making pizza, and the soccer buddies were all over, so it was quite loud), and then went to leicester square, which, on a saturday night, is a real experience. so many people... so many things going on...
hyper_viper met up with me with about 5 friends of his, and we went for drinks. and then to chinatown, to a moroccan restaurant (in chinatown??) for more drinks, a nargila, and the usual humous and pita etc.
and it totally wasn't my idea.
we walked through tottenham court road, which was quite entertaining (some serious freaks hanging around there), and then took the night bus to highgate. it was about 2am, and i was literally falling over.
we had coffee when we got to hyper_viper's girlfriend's place, and talked until the coffee wore off.
this morning, we were woken up with a serious breakfast - croissants, crumpets, coffee, and orange juice. i quite like crumpets.
after a shower, and borrowing clothing (hee hee - a unity top), we took a bus (i'm learning to abuse a 1-2 zone pass) all the way to high barnett (zone 6, no extra charge), to spend the day lounging around in the sun, drinking, talking, playing pool, running around with a rugby ball, and generally having a good time. we actually left london for an out-of-the-way pub, where i was introduced to a sunday roast lamb (with yorkshire pudding, weird stuff that), which was SU-PERB.
i just got back to base (my hosts have been in and out the whole weekend, so i haven't really seen them), and am about to get into the shower and then go to sleep.
hyper_viper has actually moved to london yesterday (as in, no longer lives in leeds), and i couldn't have picked a better time to get here. we're going to be running around london doing all the touristy things until i'm out of here.
so that's my news, i'm absolutely LOVING it here, it's wonderful and exciting and fun. the money's a bit weird, but i'm not converting - just going with everyone's advice and letting that see me through.
and letting them buy me drinks, of course :P
i've just had decaf coffee and biscuits, and now it's bedtime. *happy sigh*
Saturday, September 04, 2004
arrival (4th Sept) (in progress)
due to lack of updation, some of the following may be inaccurate.
tuesday (31st Aug):
i'd forgotten to eat during the day, so i never made it to training. that about sums up my day.
wednesday (1st Sept):
i'd forgotten about it being spring. it rains in spring, but it's hot. hmmm.
i trained hard in the morning, went through to zenstar's, had an incredible shower (he has an incredible shower), watched jackie chan's police stories (1 and 2), trained some more, and my mom and i ordered pizza for supper. a good day, all in all.
thursday:
i had a good training in the morning, followed by good doughnuts.
mmm, doughnuts.
after a good shower, i went off to do some shopping in milnerton, which never got done. my mom had to work, and i ended up following her around. it sucked.
i had about an hour's nap in the afternoon, before going to fetch my mom from work. i wanted to go to shadowlight's for TNM, but my mom was busy and i had to wait again. more frustration, and i missed the first half of hellboy - AAARGH! and it was good enough that i thoroughly enjoyed the second half!
we then watched the first episode of stargate: atlantis, which was AMAZING. we settled on some things apropos KAOS, and then shadowslight dropped me off at home. which included coffee, and a fantastic piece of oriental translation.
friday:
i slept late. i called the danish consulate, beginning my attempt to re-connect with my ex-girlfriend through her family. that sounds a lot dodgier than it is.
i drove my mom to town, and picked up my second mum on the way back. ran into security guards wielding uzi's - don't they know that it's best used as a throwing weapon?
i went through to century city, and acquired an international student card. now i have to remember to USE the damn thing...
lunch was made up of more samoosas, which is happily consumed before returning home for a nap. i then went to town, picked up my mom and went with her to milnerton, where we did some last minute mr. price shopping. we then went to the waterfront to buy gifts for my host families, had some coffee while there, before going home to pack and say goodbye.
saturday (4th):
i slept terribly, and it was a LONG flight.
bugger.
the food was aweful, and the landing was absolutely frightening.
-- continued in next post ---
tuesday (31st Aug):
i'd forgotten to eat during the day, so i never made it to training. that about sums up my day.
wednesday (1st Sept):
i'd forgotten about it being spring. it rains in spring, but it's hot. hmmm.
i trained hard in the morning, went through to zenstar's, had an incredible shower (he has an incredible shower), watched jackie chan's police stories (1 and 2), trained some more, and my mom and i ordered pizza for supper. a good day, all in all.
thursday:
i had a good training in the morning, followed by good doughnuts.
mmm, doughnuts.
after a good shower, i went off to do some shopping in milnerton, which never got done. my mom had to work, and i ended up following her around. it sucked.
i had about an hour's nap in the afternoon, before going to fetch my mom from work. i wanted to go to shadowlight's for TNM, but my mom was busy and i had to wait again. more frustration, and i missed the first half of hellboy - AAARGH! and it was good enough that i thoroughly enjoyed the second half!
we then watched the first episode of stargate: atlantis, which was AMAZING. we settled on some things apropos KAOS, and then shadowslight dropped me off at home. which included coffee, and a fantastic piece of oriental translation.
friday:
i slept late. i called the danish consulate, beginning my attempt to re-connect with my ex-girlfriend through her family. that sounds a lot dodgier than it is.
i drove my mom to town, and picked up my second mum on the way back. ran into security guards wielding uzi's - don't they know that it's best used as a throwing weapon?
i went through to century city, and acquired an international student card. now i have to remember to USE the damn thing...
lunch was made up of more samoosas, which is happily consumed before returning home for a nap. i then went to town, picked up my mom and went with her to milnerton, where we did some last minute mr. price shopping. we then went to the waterfront to buy gifts for my host families, had some coffee while there, before going home to pack and say goodbye.
saturday (4th):
i slept terribly, and it was a LONG flight.
bugger.
the food was aweful, and the landing was absolutely frightening.
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