This was kind of a busy week for me - busy in the sense that for the next couple of weeks I'm looking after the Intranet (not hard work, but tedious), as well as bugging Aidan as much as possible to ensure I know what I'm doing when I take over his job later in the week (Weds). I doubt I will know what I'm doing, but hey! C'est la vie! ;)
On Wednesday evening we went and saw the play The 39 Steps at the Criterion. It was really funny, and one I could see again :) Essentially there are only four actors playing a variety of roles in a whodunnit-type story. It only cost a tenner and we got fairly good seats (for the price, obviously).
Spent a couple of nights out for dinner (plus lunches). I'm finding life over here very social - especially during the weekdays. Fortunately most of the people I'm heading out with are in similar financial positions to me - they can't afford to be doing it every lunchtime/evening, so we do cheap things (sometimes). A vast difference to the life I lead in Dunedin where I hardly did a thing (sadly, I had more disposable money then, too - maybe I wouldn't be in as much debt in NZ had I lead a more social life - haha).
Friday night we had Aidan's leaving do. The boss put money behind the bar for it (something that he's never done for anyone else!) - and sadly (well, not really) most of the people who said they'd come, couldn't make it. Made for a good night for the 6 of us who did make it! Got a wee bit happy...until someone threw up over my jacket & shoes. Would've punched the bugger, but would've looked silly hitting myself ;)
Saturday morning I awoke feeling very sorry for myself...moreso because I woke up at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep. Ended up going out to Richmond for the arvo (after a nice, greasy lunch in Covent Garden). Wonderful weather (until just as I was getting home when it started to rain). Fariha wanted to see deer at Richmond park - but we had no idea as to how to find it, so we wandered around the streets until we came across it. We would've found it much sooner had we not went with my intuition ("let's go that way - it looks like it could be a 'parky' area" - yeah, right!).
Builder looked at flat - bit of work needs done. Despite landlord telling me roof was OK, the builder told me it was "fucked" (his word!). Bathroom floor needs re-tiled, so too, apparently, does the shower (tiles are coming off the walls - hadn't noticed this myself...oops).
On Sunday I spent the day relaxing (recovering from Friday night and all the walking on Saturday).
Seeyabye
On Wednesday evening we went and saw the play The 39 Steps at the Criterion. It was really funny, and one I could see again :) Essentially there are only four actors playing a variety of roles in a whodunnit-type story. It only cost a tenner and we got fairly good seats (for the price, obviously).
Spent a couple of nights out for dinner (plus lunches). I'm finding life over here very social - especially during the weekdays. Fortunately most of the people I'm heading out with are in similar financial positions to me - they can't afford to be doing it every lunchtime/evening, so we do cheap things (sometimes). A vast difference to the life I lead in Dunedin where I hardly did a thing (sadly, I had more disposable money then, too - maybe I wouldn't be in as much debt in NZ had I lead a more social life - haha).
Friday night we had Aidan's leaving do. The boss put money behind the bar for it (something that he's never done for anyone else!) - and sadly (well, not really) most of the people who said they'd come, couldn't make it. Made for a good night for the 6 of us who did make it! Got a wee bit happy...until someone threw up over my jacket & shoes. Would've punched the bugger, but would've looked silly hitting myself ;)
Saturday morning I awoke feeling very sorry for myself...moreso because I woke up at 5am and couldn't get back to sleep. Ended up going out to Richmond for the arvo (after a nice, greasy lunch in Covent Garden). Wonderful weather (until just as I was getting home when it started to rain). Fariha wanted to see deer at Richmond park - but we had no idea as to how to find it, so we wandered around the streets until we came across it. We would've found it much sooner had we not went with my intuition ("let's go that way - it looks like it could be a 'parky' area" - yeah, right!).
Builder looked at flat - bit of work needs done. Despite landlord telling me roof was OK, the builder told me it was "fucked" (his word!). Bathroom floor needs re-tiled, so too, apparently, does the shower (tiles are coming off the walls - hadn't noticed this myself...oops).
On Sunday I spent the day relaxing (recovering from Friday night and all the walking on Saturday).
Seeyabye
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