Meaningless banter

September 4, 2006 Andy 0 Comments

Its been a quite eventful uneventful week if you know what I mean.

I had four innoculation jab at once last Thursday morning. Not the most pleasant of experiences, but it is all in preparation for our trip to India for the Rickshaw Run. They injected me with such nice things as Japanese Enciphalitis, Meningitis, Tetanus and Typhoid fever. I’ve got do go back for some second doses this week and I haven’t even started on Hepatitis A or B yet… Joy.

On Thursday evening I met up with Lavinia a few beers and some tapas. Lavinia was my first ever intercambio from 2 and a half years ago. She went to London in 2004, but we’ve stayed in contact since. Despite living in Milton Keynes, she seems to be enjoying England and her English is fantastic now. Sitting on a terrace outside my favorite tapas bar with a beer in my hand chatting about nothing in particular reminded of one of the many great things about Spain. That is definitely something I will miss.

On Saturday I went over to help Philippe do a bit of a service on his bike. In reality all we did was an oil and filter change but it was a learning experience and all went well. I had a rather strange experience with an old man though. While I was trying to fix the door lock on my car, I heard the sound of water being poured out of a bucket. I stood up to see an old man walking of with our bucket having emptied out the filthy water all over my tools and the parts we’d removed from Philippe’s bike. After confronting him, he said that he thought it was an old bucket that had been abandoned. I can understand the mistake. A bucket with a water and a sponge in, sitting next to an open tool box in between a half dismantled motorbike and a car with its boot open and two workshop manuals spread open on the parcel shelf clearly must have been abandoned… Thieving bastard!

The rest of Saturday afternoon and Sunday were fairly relaxed. I managed to do a lot of reading and even gave Espe here first lesson about cricket. She now more or less understands the basics, what the players do and how the scoring works. Maybe we’ll get some practice next weekend back in Blighty.

I’ve just finished reading Sum of all Fears which was enthralling. All 1077 pages of it. Typical Tom Clancy stuff. I just love the nerdy/techy details along with the high tension and suspense.

I’ve not really given much mention to music for a while. Probably cos I’m losing touch. I manage to hear about some good new music via, Gilles Peterson but otherwise don’t find out about much that suits my taste. I was, however, given a few pointers by both Nico and Dan recently. As a result I’ve just discovered Matthew Herbert, and his latest album, Scale, is simply fantastic. Also being overplayed at the moment is the Quantic Soul Orchestra… Check them out if you get a chance.

Talking of, erm, good music, Carter sent me this… Vocoder

Finally, I received some photos from Pete who has just returned from Beijing and should be with us in Madrid by Thursday. While in UB, he snapped some pics of my Mini for me… Check those Mongolian plates!

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