Another week has past (26th October 07)…and I really need a lie in! it isn’t gonna happen this week!
Kath sent an email around about a Breast Cancer charity walk around the Burjuman area of Bur Dubai. It’s a good cause and I fully support it as my mum is fortunately a survivor. I didn’t reply as I contemplated what I was going to do as you had to register and I didn’t want to head to that busy part of town after work…….BUT, Kath called and volunteered to register me as she was going in to do it anyway! Cool!!! Up at crack of sparrows and drove to NGS (if you remember from last blog that’s New Gold Souk) to pick Kath up 0730….OMG!
Headed to Burjuman center and parked up…..Kath was armed with T shirts for the event so as discretely as I could….risking being arrested I changed in the car! Popped up to the start line collected some complimentary water and our delightful PINK hats….TRUST ME, if it wasn’t for a charity, I wouldn’t have worn it….its just not my colour! Met up with one of Kaths mates and waited for Ammie….she had been out on a sesh the night before and was banned from driving by her folks so had to wake her sis to drive her in…she jogged to meet us half way round….surprised she wasn’t ill!
We walked 3.8km in a loop and ended back at the shopping mall! Breakfast was next highest on the agenda! I drove us to Lime tree café on the Jumeirah road but is was HEAVING! So we went to a café at Mercato and had a Mahoosive fry up!
Kath and I headed back to NGS so she could pay for her Justin Timberlake tickets…. (and NO, I am not going, think my response was something along the lines of I would rather poke myself in the eye with a cocktail stick!!!!but I appreciate the invite!) and then on to the greens….picked up beach gear and we spent the rest of the day at the free beach between the palaces and the palm! It was soooo nice…empty and hot! The sea isn’t that refreshing as it is still slightly lukewarm. I was a bit of a swine as I took a photie and sent it to a few mates in the UK to remind them of what a sunny day looks like. Sorry about that!
Friday evening was a sesh in the pool and relax…….
Saturday…Up for dragon boating! Practice starts….and I think I am just about getting better with the technique….its still hard though! And afterwards I decided I would be pro active in my flat hunting! I just want to see what is out there! But it didn’t go according to plan!.....
I got a number from Gulf News for an agent to look at flats in Barsha…arranged to meet at 11am...i was too call him from Mall of the Emirates (MOE). I parked outside another real estate agents and called him…”oh maam, I am in Bur Dubai…I will be 1.5hrs”…hmmm ok…I will go shopping and meet you back here at 1230…headed to MOE…had a wander, bought some swimming stuff and headed back to the RV point!..........I tried to call him…PHONE OFF…….oh mate….you really don’t want to be winding me up…..i am tired and I am getting hungry!......i gave him 15mins…and thought well do you know what I am not desperate to find somewhere now, so I will pop into the agent I was parked out side…then go get food at the flat…….No word of a lie…I just sit down with a lady to discuss options and I get a call…..”hi maam…” oh so you’re here…where in the car park… “oh I am in Bur dubai…..” I saw red…MATE, you were suppose to meet me in BARSHA! At 11am…..tell you what…I will ring you another time……and hung up…..
I have since found out that this is the norm here…..so I guess I have to get used to it….i will find a wall to smack my head against I think!
Anyway…got a load of information and let my details with this other agent and they are going to let me know when anything suitable comes up. I just went back to the flat and hung around….a plumber was coming to fix our washing machine issues…..and it allowed Chris to take Sky out to the park, while Jean was at a pool party with Jacob.
Photos should follow soon....just waiting for kath to send them..
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Thursday 18th..start of the weekend..and how quick has the week gone! Well, I suppose it was only a 4 day week because of Eid. Didn’t plan anything for Thursday night, just hit the pool and chilled. Friday I didn’t get up particularly early…but had to be up and ready for 12 as I had been invited to a brunch at Al Qasr hotel for a birthday celebration with some of the guys I work with. We were sat outside and had a really good view of the gulf, the burj and the construction site that is the palm and what’s more it was hot! Now, brunches……don’t be fooled by the name…..a cross between breakfast and lunch, these things are full on all you can eat any cuisine and all you can drink alcohol! Sitting out side…in the sun…..i need not explain what happens next….i samples Indian with sparkling wine and then Paella and one of my FAV drinks….SANGRIA! I think I ate other stuff before pudding but I cannot remember what!.....i was then introduced to the delights of the Mohito! (not sure if that how you spell it!?)…the brunch started at 12 and ended at 4pm. From there we moved to a bar upstairs as we got complimentary tickets…WHICH IS GREAT if you want to follow sparkling wine, mohitos and sangria with Heineken, Heineken or erm……Heineken! I think not!
So we headed to Barasti…half the crowd had already ventured to the outside bar, and we followed some ½ hr later. Finished the afternoon over a few gin and tonics and discussed schooling in Dubai….mainly for my cousin who is thinking of a relocation out here too!
It alarms me to have to admit that I cried off at about 7pm…if I didn’t stop then I was definately not going to make my inaugral session at Dragon Boating the next morning. Got back to the flat and got on the computer…trying so hard to act sober in my video conversations with both Steve and Anna consuming much water so I was top of the world for Saturday morn!
0700…..the alarm was sounding…..oh I feel a little ill….but I cant cry off I have been looking forward to this activity for a few weeks now! Grabbed my kit and headed to the marina…..walked behind barasti and had deja vous attack…..walked along the beach and met up with the group. All a friendly bunch and took the time to sit me and this other new lady down and explain the technique. Wow…I had no idea it was so technical! Helped get the boat in the water and then we jumped on…..for the first session we were known as virgins……hahahha VIRGINS, very amusing….and the usual banter ensued…we paddled out and I can tell you, that session was hard work! I had made a concerted effort in swimming to get fit but I used muscles that I didn’t realise I had. For those who haven’t done it (and I am by no means an expert) you use your thighs and core….and god did I feel it later!....following our session we now moved from virgin status to newbies! I headed back to the flat exhausted and I later found out that I looked like sh1t when I walked through the door…..hahaha I kinda felt like it too! I was aching! I was stiff by the evening, but that didn’t stop me nipping out with Chris to watch the RWC final round a mates house. I wish I hadn’t for not only was the result a bit pants but I felt so tired the next day! Oh well….
Sunday was back to work….I ached soooooo much! That’s all I can say!
So we headed to Barasti…half the crowd had already ventured to the outside bar, and we followed some ½ hr later. Finished the afternoon over a few gin and tonics and discussed schooling in Dubai….mainly for my cousin who is thinking of a relocation out here too!
It alarms me to have to admit that I cried off at about 7pm…if I didn’t stop then I was definately not going to make my inaugral session at Dragon Boating the next morning. Got back to the flat and got on the computer…trying so hard to act sober in my video conversations with both Steve and Anna consuming much water so I was top of the world for Saturday morn!
0700…..the alarm was sounding…..oh I feel a little ill….but I cant cry off I have been looking forward to this activity for a few weeks now! Grabbed my kit and headed to the marina…..walked behind barasti and had deja vous attack…..walked along the beach and met up with the group. All a friendly bunch and took the time to sit me and this other new lady down and explain the technique. Wow…I had no idea it was so technical! Helped get the boat in the water and then we jumped on…..for the first session we were known as virgins……hahahha VIRGINS, very amusing….and the usual banter ensued…we paddled out and I can tell you, that session was hard work! I had made a concerted effort in swimming to get fit but I used muscles that I didn’t realise I had. For those who haven’t done it (and I am by no means an expert) you use your thighs and core….and god did I feel it later!....following our session we now moved from virgin status to newbies! I headed back to the flat exhausted and I later found out that I looked like sh1t when I walked through the door…..hahaha I kinda felt like it too! I was aching! I was stiff by the evening, but that didn’t stop me nipping out with Chris to watch the RWC final round a mates house. I wish I hadn’t for not only was the result a bit pants but I felt so tired the next day! Oh well….
Sunday was back to work….I ached soooooo much! That’s all I can say!
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
WARNING BIG POST!
WOOOOOHOOOO end of Ramadan!
Wow its also nearly been a year since I first came to Dubai! How time has flown!
So the weekend commenced on Thursday the 12th…this has to be the most active weekend I have had, and I really did push myself!
Catherine had been out all week on her way back to the UK from a holiday in Malaysia. She was flying back to UK on the Friday, so we all went out and managed to fill a table with 19……a mixture of peeps from the Abu Dhabi office and many from different departments in Dubai office. Louise booked us into Yalumba…..UH OH!!! YES I was there a few weeks before and YES I know how it gets messy!
First stop was Dubliners at the meridian village from 8pm onwards….no problem….so I thought….grab a cab from the greens….WRONG! Eid weekend means busyness for taxi firm…took me 40mins to get a cab….i booked one but they never did call me back…I ended up flagging one down! Driver seemed ok….i didn’t know however he was a nutter until we got onto SZR and he nailed it!! Pretty erratic and kept violently tilting his head….i thought maybe he had a nervous tick but NO he was trying to click his neck…..WOT! I guess that was his way of psyching up for the journey….he then proceeded to put his foot down harder….weaving and flashing at people in his way…and muttering some stuff in his language…but then….what’s this….the voice of an English lady from the front…at first I thought he had a TOMTOM…but no she said “you are speeding please slow down” in perfect queens English…..he then proceeded to smack the steering wheel and shout at it…well I couldn’t help it….i laughed sooo much! Especially as I must have had the pleasure of this repeated over and over, each time the wrath of the driver increasing to my amusement!
Finally got to the meridian village…the guy had no idea where the place was…..THAT MADE TWO OF US! So I got him to drop me at Meridian Dubai where I had a 5 min walk to the village….not too much of a problem, but my shoes were not the most comfortable!
Got to Dubliners at 2045…..DOH…louise had arrived 5 mins before me, so we headed to the bar for a bevy! The barman miss heard and instead of getting a bottle I got a pint of becks…and when we got outside….we were told we had to drink up as we were moving on……I was being egged on…..oooo your gonna struggle with that!!! REALLY! I was a student, and can still drink like a student…although it means I get light headed VERY quickly……so to set the scene (this was my first outing with my new colleagues) I polished off the pint, lou finished her vodka and we went to Yalumba for the champagne fest! Walking past a gym feeling a little guilty as all those fit types were working out, and it was exclaimed, I especially feel bad as they are working out and we are off to get sh1tfaced….i did laugh at that….funniest thing I heard in a while!
I thought we may have escaped photos…but Catherine had her camera….here are a few of the night….they are on Catherines facebook account….very amusing
….Dont know where the pumpkin, chef hat, foliage etc came from….but it was funny….again very cloudy memories of the night. 
I must have been drunk as Tayo ran off and got an octopus for me and louise to try…..complete with head and suckers….rubbery and tasted of nothing…..gross! 
I tried sushi…….so many people rave on about it I thought I would give it a go….i picked up this round white rice think with what looked like salmon in the middle wrapped in orange crumb like stuff….cool…..looked pretty!.....started eating it and realised it actually tasted like the smell on your hands after you have been fishing all day (I loved course fishing in the UK)….that took away the eliteness of sushi for me….followed by Catherine informing me the crumb like stuff was actually crab eggs….OMG they were crunchy too…It turned me…and mid mouthful I was like a child…I wanted sooo much to spit it out and wipe my tongue…but had to finish…..with non other than a gulp of champers….sufficed to say I didn’t eat anymore sushi!
12am marked the end of the flow of champagne…but final fill of glasses kept us going for another hour or so….even people minesweeping meant you had to be on your guard for champers robbers! that was, while we were sticking spoons to our noses!
Someone asked where we were heading too……SORRY did I hear you correctly…were we not inebriated enough!? BACK TO DUBLINERS….a final gin and one person falling asleep at the table…I exclaimed END EX! I had to get a taxi…I hit the brick wall! And grabbed a cab relatively easily back to the greens…….got into bed ARRRRRRrrrrrrr but wasn’t too good…..
woke at 930….oops the room still moving!……much to Chris amusement as I walk out the bedroom…..he asked if I wanted egg and bacon…..NO! the very thought! I went back to bed….1130….feeling much better….Jean mothered me…shes great….with Chris again taking the pee! I KNOW I KNOW self inflicted!
Friday as you would guess……a water drinking wasted day! Had a few morsels of curry late that evening with C&J friends that came round but I had to go to bed as I had dragon boating in the morning……
Alarm…..0645…had to be there for 0800…not too sure where the place was so thought it best to leave early…..Jean was already up…Sky was awake. So at 0730 I left the house for the marina…….armed with directions in my head I found is really easily! Right next to Barasti! YEAH!....very proud of myself…
Went to the gate to see if I had the right place and the boy told me to drive down to the marina and and park at the side…..and that non of the other people were there yet….well I waited until 0755…..YES it only took me 10mins to drive there…..waited ages….and when I phoned the lady…she was a little surprised….arrrrr….your new…YEP! Its off today because of EID….. OMG I deprived my self of valuable sleep! No problems I will come back next week….and drove home…..THIRD TIME LUCKY I HOPE! I was really excited about going too! Took this picture of the marina as proof I actually got up at that ungodly hour!
Got back to the flat…still feeling tired I had full intention of doing something…cant remember what now…but I went to Ibn Battuta with J&C and the kids….i wanted to buy some training aids for swimming…(I love swimming…used to swim for a club and just love being in the pool)……got myself finger paddles and a pullbouy…when we got back to the flat I had to catch sum ZZZzzzzzzzzz if I didn’t lie down I was going to fall down!…..i never made it to the pool for sunbathing….
I was awoken by a text from a work mate……we are heading to Irish Village for the footie and staying till the rugby….gonna get messy if your up for it….OMG…I couldn’t face drinking….but I was deffo going to watch the rugby anyway! I had forgotten the end of Ramadan meant a three day weekend! BONUS….no work tomorrow!
Had an attack of guilt for the lack of exercise so went for a good old swim got ready and got a taxi straight away (stark difference from Thursday night!)…..got to IV met up with 2 ladies from work…got a G&T and headed for the tent….surprisingly empty!.....i drank the G&T and wished I hadn’t bought it….so it was coke for me for the rest of the night! The place really got packed from about 2130….people dressed in berets with French sticks…. And lots of England supporters….luckily the group I met got there early and had got some bean bags….BONUS….
What a game….the tent was chocker! From the first try in 1min21secs to the last drop goal we were shouting….my throat really hurt…. And sudden realisation UH OH how are all these people going to get out of IV….my concerns made reality when I got to the taxi rank…I hung back about half an hour…but there were NO Taxis…I decided to walk….and god did I walk, thankfully it is pretty safe in doobers.….i walked for about an hour…but the cabs weren’t stopping…I decided that I was better off at IV and started walking back…and eventually flagged a cab down….it was 2am and I was shattered! Apparently the rules have got strict….if a cab stops at the side of the road, FINE, if he takes more than 4 people, FINE! Peeps tend to stand at the roadside hide their friends then when he stops more than 4 jump in…so that’s why they wont stop! He also told me about the lovely lady in the car that tells them they are speeding!! Apparently if she comes on too many times the fare is free and they get reported to head office! GOOD SKILLS that should slow them down a little!. To be fair he was a nice chap.
Got back to the flat at 0245!
Sunday was a late lie…I didn’t get up till lunch and then I spent the day by the pool…..swimming and catching rays….not that factor 20 will let you catch rays!...had an early night ready for work…..the three day weekend over ALREADY!Photos to follow as I need to get some from facebook…….
Wow its also nearly been a year since I first came to Dubai! How time has flown!
So the weekend commenced on Thursday the 12th…this has to be the most active weekend I have had, and I really did push myself!
Catherine had been out all week on her way back to the UK from a holiday in Malaysia. She was flying back to UK on the Friday, so we all went out and managed to fill a table with 19……a mixture of peeps from the Abu Dhabi office and many from different departments in Dubai office. Louise booked us into Yalumba…..UH OH!!! YES I was there a few weeks before and YES I know how it gets messy!
First stop was Dubliners at the meridian village from 8pm onwards….no problem….so I thought….grab a cab from the greens….WRONG! Eid weekend means busyness for taxi firm…took me 40mins to get a cab….i booked one but they never did call me back…I ended up flagging one down! Driver seemed ok….i didn’t know however he was a nutter until we got onto SZR and he nailed it!! Pretty erratic and kept violently tilting his head….i thought maybe he had a nervous tick but NO he was trying to click his neck…..WOT! I guess that was his way of psyching up for the journey….he then proceeded to put his foot down harder….weaving and flashing at people in his way…and muttering some stuff in his language…but then….what’s this….the voice of an English lady from the front…at first I thought he had a TOMTOM…but no she said “you are speeding please slow down” in perfect queens English…..he then proceeded to smack the steering wheel and shout at it…well I couldn’t help it….i laughed sooo much! Especially as I must have had the pleasure of this repeated over and over, each time the wrath of the driver increasing to my amusement!
Finally got to the meridian village…the guy had no idea where the place was…..THAT MADE TWO OF US! So I got him to drop me at Meridian Dubai where I had a 5 min walk to the village….not too much of a problem, but my shoes were not the most comfortable!
Got to Dubliners at 2045…..DOH…louise had arrived 5 mins before me, so we headed to the bar for a bevy! The barman miss heard and instead of getting a bottle I got a pint of becks…and when we got outside….we were told we had to drink up as we were moving on……I was being egged on…..oooo your gonna struggle with that!!! REALLY! I was a student, and can still drink like a student…although it means I get light headed VERY quickly……so to set the scene (this was my first outing with my new colleagues) I polished off the pint, lou finished her vodka and we went to Yalumba for the champagne fest! Walking past a gym feeling a little guilty as all those fit types were working out, and it was exclaimed, I especially feel bad as they are working out and we are off to get sh1tfaced….i did laugh at that….funniest thing I heard in a while!
I thought we may have escaped photos…but Catherine had her camera….here are a few of the night….they are on Catherines facebook account….very amusing
….Dont know where the pumpkin, chef hat, foliage etc came from….but it was funny….again very cloudy memories of the night. I must have been drunk as Tayo ran off and got an octopus for me and louise to try…..complete with head and suckers….rubbery and tasted of nothing…..gross! I tried sushi…….so many people rave on about it I thought I would give it a go….i picked up this round white rice think with what looked like salmon in the middle wrapped in orange crumb like stuff….cool…..looked pretty!.....started eating it and realised it actually tasted like the smell on your hands after you have been fishing all day (I loved course fishing in the UK)….that took away the eliteness of sushi for me….followed by Catherine informing me the crumb like stuff was actually crab eggs….OMG they were crunchy too…It turned me…and mid mouthful I was like a child…I wanted sooo much to spit it out and wipe my tongue…but had to finish…..with non other than a gulp of champers….sufficed to say I didn’t eat anymore sushi!
12am marked the end of the flow of champagne…but final fill of glasses kept us going for another hour or so….even people minesweeping meant you had to be on your guard for champers robbers! that was, while we were sticking spoons to our noses!
Someone asked where we were heading too……SORRY did I hear you correctly…were we not inebriated enough!? BACK TO DUBLINERS….a final gin and one person falling asleep at the table…I exclaimed END EX! I had to get a taxi…I hit the brick wall! And grabbed a cab relatively easily back to the greens…….got into bed ARRRRRRrrrrrrr but wasn’t too good…..woke at 930….oops the room still moving!……much to Chris amusement as I walk out the bedroom…..he asked if I wanted egg and bacon…..NO! the very thought! I went back to bed….1130….feeling much better….Jean mothered me…shes great….with Chris again taking the pee! I KNOW I KNOW self inflicted!
Friday as you would guess……a water drinking wasted day! Had a few morsels of curry late that evening with C&J friends that came round but I had to go to bed as I had dragon boating in the morning……
Alarm…..0645…had to be there for 0800…not too sure where the place was so thought it best to leave early…..Jean was already up…Sky was awake. So at 0730 I left the house for the marina…….armed with directions in my head I found is really easily! Right next to Barasti! YEAH!....very proud of myself…
Went to the gate to see if I had the right place and the boy told me to drive down to the marina and and park at the side…..and that non of the other people were there yet….well I waited until 0755…..YES it only took me 10mins to drive there…..waited ages….and when I phoned the lady…she was a little surprised….arrrrr….your new…YEP! Its off today because of EID….. OMG I deprived my self of valuable sleep! No problems I will come back next week….and drove home…..THIRD TIME LUCKY I HOPE! I was really excited about going too! Took this picture of the marina as proof I actually got up at that ungodly hour!
Got back to the flat…still feeling tired I had full intention of doing something…cant remember what now…but I went to Ibn Battuta with J&C and the kids….i wanted to buy some training aids for swimming…(I love swimming…used to swim for a club and just love being in the pool)……got myself finger paddles and a pullbouy…when we got back to the flat I had to catch sum ZZZzzzzzzzzz if I didn’t lie down I was going to fall down!…..i never made it to the pool for sunbathing….
I was awoken by a text from a work mate……we are heading to Irish Village for the footie and staying till the rugby….gonna get messy if your up for it….OMG…I couldn’t face drinking….but I was deffo going to watch the rugby anyway! I had forgotten the end of Ramadan meant a three day weekend! BONUS….no work tomorrow!
Had an attack of guilt for the lack of exercise so went for a good old swim got ready and got a taxi straight away (stark difference from Thursday night!)…..got to IV met up with 2 ladies from work…got a G&T and headed for the tent….surprisingly empty!.....i drank the G&T and wished I hadn’t bought it….so it was coke for me for the rest of the night! The place really got packed from about 2130….people dressed in berets with French sticks…. And lots of England supporters….luckily the group I met got there early and had got some bean bags….BONUS….
What a game….the tent was chocker! From the first try in 1min21secs to the last drop goal we were shouting….my throat really hurt…. And sudden realisation UH OH how are all these people going to get out of IV….my concerns made reality when I got to the taxi rank…I hung back about half an hour…but there were NO Taxis…I decided to walk….and god did I walk, thankfully it is pretty safe in doobers.….i walked for about an hour…but the cabs weren’t stopping…I decided that I was better off at IV and started walking back…and eventually flagged a cab down….it was 2am and I was shattered! Apparently the rules have got strict….if a cab stops at the side of the road, FINE, if he takes more than 4 people, FINE! Peeps tend to stand at the roadside hide their friends then when he stops more than 4 jump in…so that’s why they wont stop! He also told me about the lovely lady in the car that tells them they are speeding!! Apparently if she comes on too many times the fare is free and they get reported to head office! GOOD SKILLS that should slow them down a little!. To be fair he was a nice chap.
Got back to the flat at 0245!
Sunday was a late lie…I didn’t get up till lunch and then I spent the day by the pool…..swimming and catching rays….not that factor 20 will let you catch rays!...had an early night ready for work…..the three day weekend over ALREADY!Photos to follow as I need to get some from facebook…….
Apologies for being slack. And again for the lack of photos! But the cable is being illusive! I am reliably informed it was sent but has got lost somewhere between UK and here…..not sure what I can do as I went and bought a 55 in one card reader and somehow, my card is NOT one of the 55 that the unit will take! GOD! If there is something that will wind me up its that! Anyway……..
On a lighter note, I thought I would fill in my weekends activities as I seem to have gone 2 weekends and not updated the old blog!
Basically I was a lazy swine on the 5th Oct…just didn’t feel like doing anything so……I didn’t….i played with the Apple…making a movie from all the clips and videos Doull and I, and our guests had taken between Oct and April this year….I didn’t get far….apart from picking a wicked track to open it with and the first three slides….WELL, I am a beginner…got to start somewhere!
I also got cutting and shutting some of the videos that we had taken and stupidly rotated the camera! Great this apple for cutting video, turning it and putting it back together…but that’s where my affection for the apple ends I am afraid! I cant wait for my PC to be shipped!
Sadly….i did actually spend the WHOLE day in front of the computer….what a geek!
Saturday wasn’t much better if I remember rightly…didn’t get to go dragon boating…they had some racing on and for a rookie, that would have been a bit much, so I was booked in for the 13th oct!…I didn’t stay by the PC, but I took my white glowing body out to the pool….i even had to put sun glasses on as my arms were so white they dazzled me!....amazing how much 4.5months out of sun makes the tan fade! Spent the hottest part of the day out there….factor 20 was my friend and in fact it was too good…..didnt get any browning at all! At least I got to chill and listen to my shuffle…..thought of my beloved cadets and how they were probably out in the cold and wet doing their Duke of Edinburgh awards!!!!
Came in mid afternoon….had to get ready…I drove to one of the malls towards the creek and got a cab to Irish Village, it’s a better option than trying to park near there!…..had to watch the England game on big screen!!!
RWC cant beat it…Eng vs Aus……..the place was surprisingly empty….but still a great atmosphere…nail biting to the end I really enjoyed it…and finally got myself out on my own……..That was basically it.. A chilled, refreshing relaxing weekend….back to work on Sunday!!!
On a lighter note, I thought I would fill in my weekends activities as I seem to have gone 2 weekends and not updated the old blog!
Basically I was a lazy swine on the 5th Oct…just didn’t feel like doing anything so……I didn’t….i played with the Apple…making a movie from all the clips and videos Doull and I, and our guests had taken between Oct and April this year….I didn’t get far….apart from picking a wicked track to open it with and the first three slides….WELL, I am a beginner…got to start somewhere!
I also got cutting and shutting some of the videos that we had taken and stupidly rotated the camera! Great this apple for cutting video, turning it and putting it back together…but that’s where my affection for the apple ends I am afraid! I cant wait for my PC to be shipped!
Sadly….i did actually spend the WHOLE day in front of the computer….what a geek!
Saturday wasn’t much better if I remember rightly…didn’t get to go dragon boating…they had some racing on and for a rookie, that would have been a bit much, so I was booked in for the 13th oct!…I didn’t stay by the PC, but I took my white glowing body out to the pool….i even had to put sun glasses on as my arms were so white they dazzled me!....amazing how much 4.5months out of sun makes the tan fade! Spent the hottest part of the day out there….factor 20 was my friend and in fact it was too good…..didnt get any browning at all! At least I got to chill and listen to my shuffle…..thought of my beloved cadets and how they were probably out in the cold and wet doing their Duke of Edinburgh awards!!!!
Came in mid afternoon….had to get ready…I drove to one of the malls towards the creek and got a cab to Irish Village, it’s a better option than trying to park near there!…..had to watch the England game on big screen!!!
RWC cant beat it…Eng vs Aus……..the place was surprisingly empty….but still a great atmosphere…nail biting to the end I really enjoyed it…and finally got myself out on my own……..That was basically it.. A chilled, refreshing relaxing weekend….back to work on Sunday!!!
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