Category: life
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My experience of the London Bombings
On July 7th, a week and a half ago, I was on a Circle Line Underground train, in the rear (6th) carriage. Just before arriving at Aldgate station there was a very loud bang, the train stopped very quickly, the lights went out and fair amount of dust filled the air. The shock of the bang and the speed of all these events meant a few people screamed or gasped, but very quickly everyone on my carriage realised we were all OK, and just confused about what had happened. I had seen a quick flash at the time of the noise, and my best guess was that we had de-railed, or there had been some kind of electrical problem, causing a big power surge of some kind.
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Leaving New Zealand
I have moved back from New Zealand to the UK. Its been a very hard decision to make for a whole bunch of reasons, most of which I don't want to go into here, but I did want to write a little about my experiences there.
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The people were right and the leaders were wrong
It was a spring day early last year when I joined a million other people in London alone to show my disagreement with going to war in Iraq. I'm not an actively political kind of guy, but it just seemed fundamentally wrong to be going to war over (at best) tenuous evidence. Robin Cook agreed and resigned, despite being a senior member of the UK's government and therefore having access to a whole raft of information that the general public could not see.
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Gone to the other side
Those that know me won't be all that surprised, but I've moved to New Zealand. Its all about a girl, you see. I probably don't need to say any more than that. :)
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Tuscany and Umbria
Last week I went to Italy on holiday to visit Florence, and the Tuscan countryside. Highlights were:
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Bluffers Guide To Doing Wimbledon
Yesterday I made my first trip to the Wimbledon tennis championships. I had a fantastic time, without spending much money, so here's my suggestions of how to enjoy it. :)
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Step-in bindings are lame (but snowboarding's fun!)
After being hassled by some of my mates for the last couple of years, I've finally gone snowboarding for the first time. Not wanting to do things by halves, I'm in Whistler, near Vancouver, for a fortnight. Whistler is (apparently) one of the best snow resorts in the world - I've got nothing to compare it with since I've never been skiing either. The weather's been great and the views are stunning.
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Project Britney Search
Came across this. Very amusing, and by blogging it the guy will get even more Google Juice :).
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Goodbye Boston, see you later America
5 Months ago I was sitting on a plane to Boston for my first extended stay out of the UK. Today I'm sitting on a plane going back home.
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Settling back in London
I've now been back in London for a little over 3 weeks, living in a new flat about a mile north-west of Paddington (so about 5 minutes walk from Warwick Avenue on the Bakerloo line :) ). Its great to be back and have the chance to catch up with everyone I've missed over the summer.