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days left.. well after today.. Thursday and Friday.. then off to Billy Connolly at long, long last. It’s going to be great fun. Far better than Izzard I’m quite sure ;) ehem, so yeah.. work has been quite – full – this week. I think Madison told them I had a degree from TCD in software.. so I’ve just been moved onto the IT / Tech Support Queue – which is fine, get to do all sorts of fun things like take control of people’s PC’s, release e-mails, all those sorts of things, great fun.
But hopefully, maybe, with a bitta luck might get some programming out of them too.. not entirely sure if that is going to happen or not, but you never know.. maybe.
This evening off to a casino with ppl from the squash club – one of them is a member (private club apparently) so we’re going up for dinner and drinks. Should be ‘lovely daahling’. Well maybe, who knows. Mind you, he made us promise not to bet, so we’re just going for dinner.. too many friends of his have lost – well.. houses or more :(
So, after recovering after an excellent nights sleep it was off to Castle Hill for some bouldering.. Haven’t been climbing in aaaages so I was reasonably awful, esp when trying to pull up at all on things like this…
Glynn was on form as per usual… though didn’t quite get the V3 he was working on (not this pic)
But a good day, it’s kinda funny the weather patterns here, it was an icky overcast grey day in ChCh, but just pass through the mountains and it turned into a beautiful sunny blue skied day. Which was great :)
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days left until Billy Connolly… can’t wait… have to wait, but can’t.. what a dilemma… ok, will wait, but would prefer not.
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So friday night was pretty savage… it wasn’t quite Glynns birthday ( it was saturday ) but was heading out with people from work and it turned into a serious birthday celebration… started out playing pool again, much faster table this time, had 4 jugs there.. then it was off to The Loaded Hog, where we met more people from work (so then there was David (from work) Sam, Glynn, Me, Yvonne (from work) and 2 of her friends. I don’t remember many details! other than getting into the Long Island Iced Teas which is probably why I don’t remember details :-) still, a great night.
Then – as you can see had a little go at kite surfing the next day – good to get some fresh air..
It was a competition actually, but they had to move to an inland lake as the wind shifted. Sam and I just got to play with a 2m training kite. Here’s a pic of sam with the kite.
Which won’t be part of the lessons, I hope :), but it was really good to get a feel for the kite, how to control it, making figure eights to build up speed… yeah, all good fun. |
Well, nothing of major excitement really, most lazy weekend, had a slight disaster when I got my puncture fixed, went to put it back on the bike and the brakes were too tight to put the wheel through (I’d just dropped the wheel in to be fixed) So, decided to take off the breaks and put the wheel on.
Excellent idea, except that the brakes were of a design I’d not seen before.. and, well, ummmm, a spring kinda sprung loose in a desperate bid for freedom when I loosened them off. Shame, I got the spring (ok, so it didn’t actually fly off but it did uncoil itself…) So… my bike was then complete with a fixed front wheel, and no brakes, so had to drop it in again on the monday.
Oh – had a truly excellent night on friday with Glynn, pool and pints, one of my favorite combinations. Well, ok, so not usually the pints – interferes with my pinpoint accuracy ;) hehe, ehem, joking.. but it was really fun, one of the things I miss about my last (real) job in openet is the pool table that we had there. Still, what can you do.
Sat and Sun were pretty lazy – combined with some fairly atrocious weather, so no climbing..
Killed myself playing squash last night – on monday – I was filling in for Thor who I wasn’t sure was going to turn up.. in the event he did so I shouldn’t have been playing the top player on the other team, only lost by a few points in the final game (best of 5)
Quite annoyed about that one.. then again, he was quite a lot better then me :) next time. However, have really strained just about everything that can be strained.. my back is not super-happy with me, will have to try and lay off the game for a while I think, which is a shame, I do enjoy it! (no kidding)
So, finally happened, knocked off my bike . Not the first time (or the second) and again, not my fault (never is ;) Seriously though, the drivers over here are bad. Really bad. Dublin is way busier, but the drivers are way better. I think the main thing is that they *never* look in their mirrors when they open their doors.
So I was cycling merrily to work, not fast as I don’t like to get too hot cycling …. and I was passing this school when a – I dunno – 14/15 year old opened her passenger door straight into me. I think she was more scared than me.. kept on asking me if I was ok… Her dad got out of the car, and he was pretty blase about it all. I should have taken his name and number, but I guess I wasn’t really hurt at all.. nor the bike.. so went on my way. Still, I’ve been expecting it to happen for a while now.
The other phenomenon here are boy racers. Really must take some pics of these people.. almost ever second car has either a large / double exhaust. They’re not usually powerful cars, but they make a huge amount of noise. Quite funny, except they seem to feel the need to drive really close behind you…
So – first week in work on the phones – nay bother. It’s only informational for the government so easy really. No kite surfing, again the wind is wrong.. made a fairly yum choc desert too last night..
200G Bournville
1 capfull of rum essence
4 eggs.
Step 1: Separate eggs and beat the whites until stiff
Step 2: Melt choc
Step 3: Beat yolks and add essence in.
Step 4: As you beat the yolks mix in the choc in stages, and beat a lot!
Step 5: Give whites another whisk and then fold in to the choc/yolk mixture
It’s quite yum, course there’s a chance of salmonella but it’s pretty remote, and well worth it (1 in 20,000 ish)
Not getting away for the weekend, frickin’ bike got another puncture so fixing that, maybe get some climbing done if the weather is up to it…
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