Category Archives: wales

A fat slice of humble pie

For all the smug English fans who were boasting all week long that victory on Saturday was in the bag
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6454287.stm
Wales 27 - 18 England
It was my first rugby international and first time at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. What a day! A more detailed report soon.

I’m not dead

I’ve just been busy for the last month. Four weeks off work, broken down for you into some bitesize informational morcels:
- Two weeks in Wales and two in London
- 4 days suffering the effects of food poisoning
- Getting myself ejected from Wetherspoons by 6 bouncers
- Too much web design work and not enough time actually [...]

So then I got totally wasted and woke up in Antigua

Not quite. But still, what have I been up to recently?
I was supposed to visit the in-laws a few weekends back but backed out to go and see Guns N Roses. In a nutshell: great show, but he turned up late again and I didn’t get home until 4. The ginger prick. Shared the nightbus [...]

Wales was good

I had a lovely weekend at home in Wales, as mentioned previously. Our journey there was marked my the presence of two know-it-all would-be boxing pundits, one of whom fell asleep with his hand on some other blokes knee.
In an effort to relieve boredom Louise and I initiated a game whereby you name a celebrity [...]

My weekend.

I’ve had my parents staying for the weekend, which has been nice. Despite being our guest my mother has insisted on cooking, then criticising the weight I’ve put on in recent years. Joyous.
I was pleased to hear that a good friend of mine (and reader of this blog) has finally plucked up the courage to [...]

Voulez-vous couchez avec moi?

I have been spitting venom all morning because - for the second month running - UCL have screwed up my monthly salary. Resultantly, I hurriedly arranged a bank transfer from my parents to cover my rent (due tomorrow) and various bills that have been piling up. I got through to the HR department a few [...]

Clever, puntastic title goes here

I have to give a presentation tomorrow, which I am not looking forward to. It’s all about this database I’m supposed to be implementing. Except I haven’t yet. So I’m hastily throwing together some mock-ups in preparation, then making a powerpoint (and working out just what I’m going to say) this evening.
Guns N’ Roses (my [...]