I must be the luckiest girl in the world because in February kwisties donated some bone marrow to me in a "life-saving procedure" and pjthum gave me his kidney in August ( Read more... )

G & S got married this weekend, after 8 years of courtship, almost 3/4 of that long distance. This is the second wedding involving one of my Oxford friends - the first took place 2 years ago, and they now have a beautiful (albeit slightly grouchy on Sat mornings) baby boy. It was a beautiful wedding, not merely because the bride and groom were ( Read more... )

I have severely neglected this journal, and by extension, my Friends! In penance - and because I am hungry for some fine wine and yummy food - I offer a rare photo-intensive entry. :P

Barcelona #5: July 2005 (post-exams freedom)

Have no doubt about it: we were there for the sales, and the sales were waiting for our credit cards.


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I had another farewell lunch with the Political Theorists today - this time pizza from M&S, red wine from Bergerac, and cricket on teevee. Aaron will be proud: I answered a lot of questions on cricket today, and about 5 previously non-cricket-watching friends stayed glued to the television with me. It's currently looking good - I think I can leave ( Read more... )

Dissertation was in on Thursday, farewell party on Friday, mad packing and mad long eating orgy today, and now I'm off to Croatia in 2 hours. Have barely had a chance to draw restful breath in the past 2 weeks - hopefully Croatia will be nice R&R. Rest, recharge, and get ready for a new chapter in Singapore! :O

I finished my dissertation last night. I'd spent days and days in the library, and finally it was done. My supervisor said it was pretty good. I just needed another 1.5 hours to read over it and polish it up, I thought ( Read more... )

from TinyMich - this was fun to do and fun to read, especially if you know the people involved! :)

1. Go here.
2. Pass it on.
( my answers )

While walking back from Borders today, a teenage girl looked at me and spat out "flat chested" as she passed me. I raised an eyebrow at her, but yes, I am fortunate to be able to say, I have a flat chest! Yay ( Read more... )

I was really really low last week because the shock of my new work commencement date hit me like a truck and reversed over my already flattened body several times - but I am glad to report that my God has pumped air back into me. Whew! I stood in church yesterday, and suddenly I was reminded of why I was even in the Dominion Theatre at Hillsong at ( Read more... )

For posterity's sake, and my future memories of the London bombings, I really should record more than the immediate aftermath of yesterday's events. Yesterday's post was written when information was very scarce, and it took a while for things to settle down, check that everyone was ok, no more bombs were going off. At 3.30pm I wandered out to buy ( Read more... )