Lack of updates again. I've been really busy at the lab for the week, and panicky as the time to finish is drawing near. This weekend I spent the Saturday at the lab, and went to see the London Philharmonic with my brother.
I did another stint of volunteering, and it is a lovely feeling to make people happier, and see the gratitude.
Anyway, have to do a lot of work this week, so updates may be thin on the ground this next fortnight.
AcidCat
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
New
Now Lent is over, I have decided that it's time to stop trying to say yes to everything. I have been failing at it anyway, but I've been saying yes to most things. I've found it useful, and it has been very good for me. However, saying yes to everything ends up being very expensive, and tiring. Also, if you're a very occasional drinker (to the point where most of the time you're teetotal) in a group of university students, people try and get you to drink on a regular basis, so saying yes would have destroyed my liver by now.
I really would recommend saying yes to anyone. It makes life very different. I just feel that it's like removing your stabilisers/training wheels when you've progressed beyond them and are capable of cycling. I will say yes as often as possible, but be selective. Saying yes is true positive thinking.
So a new start, to go with a new restart with the lab coming back from holiday today. One day in, and it feels as if they've been back for ages.
AcidCat
I really would recommend saying yes to anyone. It makes life very different. I just feel that it's like removing your stabilisers/training wheels when you've progressed beyond them and are capable of cycling. I will say yes as often as possible, but be selective. Saying yes is true positive thinking.
So a new start, to go with a new restart with the lab coming back from holiday today. One day in, and it feels as if they've been back for ages.
AcidCat
Monday, April 09, 2007
Happy Easter
Hi everyone,
I took a bit of a break from blogging for Easter. I hope you all had a lovely time and holidays.
Just to recap, I spent most of the days still working at the lab. I was in the pretty deserted lab on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, trying to desperately get as many results as possible. I enjoyed the sun by feeding ducks in the park at lunchtime on Friday, which was very relaxing and fun.
Over the past weekend, I ate in McDonalds more time than I had in the previous three years (or more). I went with friends on Friday night and as we needed food at 11pm at night and most restaurants turned us away, we ended up in McDonalds. I would have preferred almost anything else, but a friend wanted McDonalds.
I tried their new Chicken wrap, and a medium portion of fries. The chicken wrap was passable, if containing virtually no chicken (two small pieces of breadcrumbed batter with a hint of mystery meat in the middle), but the fries were inedibly salty. I wondered if it was oversalted to try and encourage you to purchase their insanely large soft drinks. However, as I won a free Big Mac in their promotion, I returned the next day at dinner time to sample a Big Mac.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's first article in his book "Hugh Fearlessly Eats it All" is a description of his attempts to recreate the classic Big Mac. I thought his anti-McDonalds bias was coming to the fore, with descriptions like "the burgers had no flavour of beef: it was as if they did a deal with Bovril to buy the meat after all the flavour had been removed". However, I couldn't actually believe the food was as bad as it was. The burgers did indeed taste nothing like beef, just something with the texture of meat, but no flavour. The cheese and sauce are slimy and flavourless. The burgers were tiny, and the amount of meat was tiny. The salad was limp and lifeless.
Basically I think McDonalds can't be described as a restaurant, just a toilet that happens to serve "food".
Compared to my jaunt down to London with my brother and sister today (I took today off as it was a bank holiday) where we went to Rico Rodrigo. It was an all you could eat Brazilian buffet where they brought round meat to your table. It was very nice, except everything was a bit too salty. It was good fun though, and mum and dad rang halfway through lunch from holiday, so we all had a chance to chat to them.
A lovely easter, hope you all had a good one!
AcidCat
PS. Delay your easter egg purchases till the day after Easter Sunday... all the eggs are half price!
I took a bit of a break from blogging for Easter. I hope you all had a lovely time and holidays.
Just to recap, I spent most of the days still working at the lab. I was in the pretty deserted lab on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, trying to desperately get as many results as possible. I enjoyed the sun by feeding ducks in the park at lunchtime on Friday, which was very relaxing and fun.
Over the past weekend, I ate in McDonalds more time than I had in the previous three years (or more). I went with friends on Friday night and as we needed food at 11pm at night and most restaurants turned us away, we ended up in McDonalds. I would have preferred almost anything else, but a friend wanted McDonalds.
I tried their new Chicken wrap, and a medium portion of fries. The chicken wrap was passable, if containing virtually no chicken (two small pieces of breadcrumbed batter with a hint of mystery meat in the middle), but the fries were inedibly salty. I wondered if it was oversalted to try and encourage you to purchase their insanely large soft drinks. However, as I won a free Big Mac in their promotion, I returned the next day at dinner time to sample a Big Mac.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's first article in his book "Hugh Fearlessly Eats it All" is a description of his attempts to recreate the classic Big Mac. I thought his anti-McDonalds bias was coming to the fore, with descriptions like "the burgers had no flavour of beef: it was as if they did a deal with Bovril to buy the meat after all the flavour had been removed". However, I couldn't actually believe the food was as bad as it was. The burgers did indeed taste nothing like beef, just something with the texture of meat, but no flavour. The cheese and sauce are slimy and flavourless. The burgers were tiny, and the amount of meat was tiny. The salad was limp and lifeless.
Basically I think McDonalds can't be described as a restaurant, just a toilet that happens to serve "food".
Compared to my jaunt down to London with my brother and sister today (I took today off as it was a bank holiday) where we went to Rico Rodrigo. It was an all you could eat Brazilian buffet where they brought round meat to your table. It was very nice, except everything was a bit too salty. It was good fun though, and mum and dad rang halfway through lunch from holiday, so we all had a chance to chat to them.
A lovely easter, hope you all had a good one!
AcidCat
PS. Delay your easter egg purchases till the day after Easter Sunday... all the eggs are half price!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Writer's block
I can't actually think of anything worth writing, so I'm off to bed.
Goodnight!
AcidCat
Goodnight!
AcidCat
The One who Got Away
I know it's hard for you
To understand what I'm going through
But now I sit here to remind myself
You're always dressed to kill
And you feel like you owe it to the world
But you owe it to yourself
And you're, you're not here
And I can't stop pretending
That you're forever mine...
And I
I can't dream anymore since you left
I miss you singing me to sleep
I can't wake anymore in your arms
I miss you singing me to sleep
Cheer up my friends all say
You're better alone anyways
But you're always on tour
And you're never home
I'm always dressed to kill
And I feel like I owe it to the world
But I owe it to myself
And you're, you're not here
And I can't stop pretending
That you're forever mine...
And I
I can't dream anymore since you left
I miss you singing me to sleep
I can't wake anymore in your arms
I miss you singing me to sleep
Cheer up my friends all say...
And I can't stop pretending
That you're forever mine
You're better alone anyways
And you're not here, not here
I can't dream anymore since you left
I miss you singing me to sleep
I can't wake anymore in your arms
I miss you singing me to sleep
Cheer up my friends all say...
-- Dress to Kill - New Found Glory
I still miss her.
AcidCat
Weekend roundup
No posts recently as I was back home for the weekend.
I went home as my mum and dad are going to Hong Kong for the next three weeks. Myself and my brother popped home to see them for the weekend. We went for a family Dim Sum lunch with my sister at Joy King Lau in Leicester Square (Good food, don't rate the service, but it and the nearby Golden Dragon are the best Dim Sum joints in the UK).
We also went for a walk round the park. I picked nettles as I was trying to make nettle gnocchi from the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe. It was good fun and a nice day out. The gnocchi are a bit too cheesy though. They've got a lot of promise as a vegetable though. Free too.
Also did a volunteer session at Peace hospice. I was very busy, but it's a rewarding feeling, specially as you can see you're making a difficult time easier.
Went to Heathrow on Monday to drop off my parents. I hate airports. They keep you in the dark, it's really unclear where you're meant to be, there isn't even enough staff to tell you anything. They rip you off royally.
Anyway, that's a summary of the weekend. I'll try and blog more stuff later.
AcidCat
PS Listening to Radio 4 listen again service: Mark Thomas - My Life in Serious Organised Crime. It's extremely funny, and is a good lesson in using the law to be a civil thorn in the side of bureaucracy and the government. Well worth a look at.
I went home as my mum and dad are going to Hong Kong for the next three weeks. Myself and my brother popped home to see them for the weekend. We went for a family Dim Sum lunch with my sister at Joy King Lau in Leicester Square (Good food, don't rate the service, but it and the nearby Golden Dragon are the best Dim Sum joints in the UK).
We also went for a walk round the park. I picked nettles as I was trying to make nettle gnocchi from the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recipe. It was good fun and a nice day out. The gnocchi are a bit too cheesy though. They've got a lot of promise as a vegetable though. Free too.
Also did a volunteer session at Peace hospice. I was very busy, but it's a rewarding feeling, specially as you can see you're making a difficult time easier.
Went to Heathrow on Monday to drop off my parents. I hate airports. They keep you in the dark, it's really unclear where you're meant to be, there isn't even enough staff to tell you anything. They rip you off royally.
Anyway, that's a summary of the weekend. I'll try and blog more stuff later.
AcidCat
PS Listening to Radio 4 listen again service: Mark Thomas - My Life in Serious Organised Crime. It's extremely funny, and is a good lesson in using the law to be a civil thorn in the side of bureaucracy and the government. Well worth a look at.
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