In a previous life

Took 10 days off work. Was fun while it was going on. I'm sad now that it's all over. Literally, all over.

And now it's all back to work and the normal social things going on.

Thanks to peoples who have tried to cheer me up. You're all legends. Big party soon, of course.

The People's Petition

Spread the word. The People's Petition is an online petition for those who support medical research for animals. No, I don't believe in using rabbits for the hell of it but I believe in research, carried out under very strict guidelines, enables us humans to live a better and longer life. Stopping animal research could set us back years in the fight against many human diseases.

Please stand up for what you believe in and don't let the extremists win. Animal rights extremists are no better than terrorists, they propagate fear in general society and indoctrinate all their followers to an extreme belief. They do not belong in a moderate liberal society.

Scientists feel presecuted for research into what they fundamentally believe will change the world. Will you support them in their quest to cure what might kill you some day? Sign the petition, make your voice heard and don't be terrorised by the extremists.

Big up da bop

Carlo, Miriam, Jo-Pei, me..one big happy dancing family

Holywell Manor. Crap DJ, even worse music. But fantastic, fabulous friends.

Thanks to all for a good night out, especially Chad who "fooled" around with me on the dance floor.

Quality night.

Sexy new toy

I have a new phone. Sexy...
Especially since I killed the last one by drowning it.

Now I am a happy owner of a Sony Ericsson w810i. It's a beautiful piece of kit.

Friday night and I am home alone. But only by choice. I am really tired, must be something in the air. Must be all the plants getting on giving me problems. Pollen and me, we don't get along.

Bluetooth is the most wondrous thing that's ever been invented. That and VOIP telephony. A beautiful thing. Free calls with 10Euro credit.

Life is a beautiful thing. There's a good reason why I'm happy and it has nothing to do with my PhD. Want to know all the details? Why, you'll just have to email me to find out more. Although most of you who read this will already know the answer.

Another day, another week

another month, another year, the same old same old life.
I was catching up the other day with some friends and I haven't really DONE much. Yes yes, I am busy with stuff and work but I mean, I can't explain to everyone what it is that I do exactly and why I love doing what I do. I don't really have much hobbies that I am obsessed about and can talk to lots of people about. I guess I'm just a normal wishy-washy person.

So I decided to learn Chinese. And I suck at it. I have no patience and every time I find something that I can't do, I just leave it and now I'm further and further behind in my class.

Got a lovely new phone yesterday although not sure how long I'll keep it since it doesn't really like talking to a Mac and I should upgrade to the latest OS but I'm happy with all my settings and tweakings for now. I'd hate to lose some important stuff that I might have in here for my thesis!

8 days until Mank gets here. Then I'll be able to kick back and take a week off.

This post may be a bit weird at it's written at 6am. And for those that know me well, yes, I am awake and have been awake for a few hours now actually.

Old friends and old mistakes

On Saturday, I went to meet a really old friend. One that I hadn't seen since graduation. He's now happily married and going travelling to New Zealand in October. We lost touch when we graduated and he had the sense to look me up through the alumni directory and managed to find me. It was sweet because as we were chatting away and keeping track of the number of people we're still in touch with from uni, the numbers were small. It's strange how I keep thinking that my undergraduate days were the best years of my life yet the number of friends from there is relatively small. Maybe this is what comes of being a wandering nomad over the years, and being bad at keeping in touch with people after a number of years.

I had an interesting phone conversation last night and felt deja-vu all over again You know how you tell yourself that you won't repeat what you consider as a mistake? And the same awful feeling as you realise that what you're doing at that moment is exactly what you've done before? Sometimes it feels as if my life is a reel of the same movie being played over and over again and there's nothing that I can do to stop myself crashing into the same awful catastrophe. Unless it's transforming into a bad habit, I think I must rationalise with myself that it's wrong and I should never repeat it again.