화요일, 4월 12, 2005
the internet is down in our house, and none of us are really any good in the techno-geek department, so we've kinda left it as that until one of us decides to call the good people at virgin internet and finally try and figure out what the heckaroo is going on with our connection.

meantime though, i find myself in the computer room at elvet riverside at about 8.30 in the evening, typing away on a university computer because i simply could not bear the never-ending solitude the lack of internet access has left me with. and because i needed to tell everyone that the weird cold snap we have been going through has now ended (i think), being replaced by sunny skies and clouds that are oh-so-puffy you wish you could bounce up and down on them. or something like that anyway.

on sunday the gang was round for a cook-off (somewhat), with a full 4 course meal. renu and adaeze prepared the starter, ayman and i somehow ended up with the main course, nat did dessert, wal brought wine and Boy brought icecream and chocolate. add a frenzied game of monopoly after all that food and you get a very fulfilling night. nevermind that i got bankrupted by my own boyfriend about halfway through the game (and that's cutting it fine), because he must have cleared out almost everyone else's assets too. let's just put it down to kevin the crane smiling down on him shall we?

and yesterday Boy and i went to newcastle for the day, just to be interesting. got the nickel tour of the quayside and the lovely view from the millennium bridge, had a satisfying lunch in chinatown with semi-decent real chinese food *gasp! shock!*, and generally had a nice time chilling in the nice spring sunshine *horror! mortification!*. only blemish on the day possibly was the left contact lens which decided it would be a good time to act up and cause my eye to tear uncontrollably, forcing me to rip it out of said eye and throw the lens away, just because it was being stupid and irritating, and standing next to Boy all teary eyed would make other people think that he was a) abusing me b) saying "it's not you, it's me" c) all of the above. you get the idea. overall, a lovely day out. i am a bit of a happy bunny at this point.

oh oh oh oh and the imran is back! from outer space! i will have to refer you to faiza's blog for all her nuggets of exciting adventure from her myriad travels, but all in all it's good to have her back. :D