It’s Saturday, and the first Saturday in ages that I’ve not been at work. Day began with a walk down to Sainsbury’s for the traditional Cambridge Folk Festival fried breakfast, which was good as always. I had planned to head into Cambridge to buy some jeans: however, it turned out that there was a TK [...]

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Indeed, the car adaptor did work, and worked well. Had a cup of tea before catching a bus to the festival site (nothing much going on there) and then getting another bus to Cambridge city centre. I forgot how lovely Cambridge is, almost rivalling Norwich for historic loveliness. And I forgot how big it is.
Toured [...]

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I wasn’t entirely expecting to leave today, but leaving early seemed sensible, so off we went. Packed everything I could think of taking first, taking my rucksack and daysack. Only one umbrella, though.

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This is the coolest thing ever

(forgive me for leechin’)
Also, 364 days ago, I wrote:
 ”My mistake was going in [to Lost In Translation] expecting a romance, when it’s much more complicated and more interesting: you’ve got a middle-aged man who’s got a dull marriage and a mid-life crisis, and a young woman who feels a [...]

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And so yesterday I went down to London again to pick up my visa. The night before I realised I couldn’t find my passport, and, slightly worried, I practically tore the house apart: looking in cupboards, under desks, in piles of paper, through folders… and I couldn’t find it. I had no idea where it [...]

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After digging through far more SQL database stuff than I ever want to see again, Wordpress now has the amazing ability to support Japanese characters. 可愛い。　Now I have to, like, learn Japanese, which still escapes me.
Hopefully sorted out working full time, so now it’s the visa to do. Rather pissed off at train tickets: this [...]

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I should really have a countdown on here.
Ah, done.
86 days ’til I board the plane to Colombo, 87 days ’til I board the plane to Japan, 88 days ’til I actually arrive. How very exciting. I discovered this somewhat random video of a A340 touching down in Colombo, and I realised that flying is, actually, [...]

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