“Imagine, if you will, a homely kind of girl – well-liked but usually ignored – who lives next door to the town hunk. He is the centre of all her thoughts. She peers through the net curtains as he swaggers out for a night on the town. She reads major significance into every gesture: every […]
I leave a week tommorow. On my to do list: Oxford:– take a walking tour– sneak into the Harry Potter school– go to the Ashmolean museum– go punting– eat at Fishers– eat at Thai Orchid– eat at Joe’s– get fish and chips from Carfax [I’ve now been to a proper fish and chips shop so […]
Have any of you guys heard of the Ketchup Song? It’s huge here – kinda like the macarena. (Google knew it was coming, but that’s a whole other story) Now BritPop has outdone itself with the Cheeky Girls and their Cheeky Song. It can’t get any better than this…
Friday night we went for French food in Oxford. So, being in Europe and all, a few of us flew to France for some proper french food on Saturday. No joke. I was in Biarritz for about 24 hours. Most of which were spent eating. I highly recommend the moules (mussels) should you happen to […]
Nearly 4 months ago I arrived in this place called England with my two [heavy] suitcases. Francis, a fellow UW coop working at DecisionSoft arrived one day later. Unfortunately, one of his suitcases did not. Francis was always optimistic that, not only would he claim £££s of money for the lost bag, but that his […]
Happy Chanukkah! tonight is the 1st candle. I have a present to open thanks to Reshma. and my parents sent a package too – fedEx screwed up though so I haven’t gotten it yet. both my father and my boss spent a lot of time yelling at FedEx this afternoon – so I will have […]
When you put a lightbulb in the microwave it will GLOW cool colours. Even if it’s burned out. We just tried it – which probably wasn’t such a good smart idea since I do believe that the firemen are still on strike here…
When I met Nat’s Dad and his girlfriend Carole yesterday, they turned to Nat and whispered “Is this the Jenn who threw up out the window?” They were then delighted to learn that not only was I *that* Jenn, but they were in the kitchen beside the window where the barfing actually happened… So much […]
Yesterday I linked to the wrong story about the speed bump. Anyways, here is the real link for your enjoyment: Builder rips up road hump
Back from the Dam. Had a fantastic weekend. Even though my room had a mosquito problem the first night and my hands, forearms, and the left side of my face are covered in bites. I guess you can see Matt’s pictures if you’d like… And it was so nice getting back to packages this morning! […]