Finally, a Woody Allen movie that lives up to the billing. Quirky and funny and strangely profound. My two favourite quotes from the movie (which is quotable all over): The other important joke, for me, is one that’s usually attributed to Groucho Marx; but, I think it appears originally in Freud’s “Wit and Its Relation to [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Decline and Fall
31Jul06I had a lot of train-riding to do yesterday (to and from Wood Green to get the whey, and to and from Osterley for FB), so I decided I would finish Evelyn Waugh’s “Decline and Fall”. It was shaping up to be a decent read, light and funny but nothing outstanding, until the very end, [...]
Back from Brighton
29Jul06Another painful cycle trip, 70 miles total. SKo, AM and I started out in the morning expecting to get there mid-afternoon, but in fact only got there in the evening. Unlike the route for the Dunwich Dynamo, which I described as ‘undulating’, this was a truly hilly route — we must have done at least [...]
The last 2 days
28Jul06I never got around to writing about the last 2 days of the Denmark trip, primarily because I was sick. I had a bad feeling about that tuna sandwich I had on Saturday night, and sure enough I threw it up at about 4AM on Sunday morning. I didn’t feel well at all when I [...]
Free Starbucks coffee!
26Jul06Kiat’s awesome. His advice on how to get yourself some free Starbucks coffee is priceless, and hearing him talk about ‘Grants’ and ‘Jacksons’ is side-splitting stuff. Sufferin’ suckotash!
…and 12 hours later
22Jul06I’m back. And the Chinese-American dude with the Apple Powerbook whom I talked to briefly in the lobby this morning is exactly where I left him, still looking at anime…talk about the ultimate advertisement for not getting a Mac. (Actually, two guys who are bunking in my room are also exactly where I left them [...]
Sleepy in Denmark
22Jul06Because I was up all night travelling (and watching DVDs) on Thursday/Friday, I was ready to hit the sack as soon as I checked in at the hostel. I stayed up because I had to go pray (which I did at the Turkish cultural centre, after listening to the khutba in Turkish), and because I [...]
And I’m here!
21Jul06Hmm…the 30-degree sunny day isn’t panning out so far — it’s decidedly grey and wet so far. The flight was OK, though not what I expected at all. Given how expensive SAS is and how much I’ve always heard about their standards, I expected better. Instead, what we got was RyanAir-worthy — a breakfast pack that [...]
Jeez, talk about your global warming. 20s and 30s in Copenhagen!? It’s been ridiculously hot here as well this last week, with temperatures topping 36 degrees and reports of roads melting (thanks SZ for pointing that out). I had a distinctly Karachi-esque experience just now when, while toweling off after a shower, I couldn’t tell if [...]
Theme slightly broken…
18Jul06If you’re seeing a lot of ‘Application Errors’ messages, it’s likely because this theme the old method of rendering sidebars. Interestingly enough, they render OK on the front page, but not when you view a particular entry. Anyway, I’ll fix it tonight…
Back to Dots
17Jul06I won’t change my theme? I won’t get off my behind? Well, feast your eyes on this, world. Until next time (ie, whenever I sit down and customise Hemingway — it still sets my heart aflutter…)
Last weekend was busy. The UBS date for the Chase Corporate Challenge was Thursday the 6th, and then the Dunwich Dynamo was scheduled for the night falling between Saturday and Sunday, the 8th and 9th. I finished the CCC, though not in the time I had hoped for, but I turned around after reaching the [...]
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