Bath (Part 1): Jane Austen Centre and the Abbey

Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: I can’t stop loving you (Jim Reeeves)
Yesterday, my friend (let’s call her Mariam) and I went down to Bath for the Jane Austen Festival. I was quite excited since I’ve never been to Bath before … actually, the west of England remains quite unexplored by myself – I’m yet to make it to [...]

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Bits and Ends

Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Buttons and Beaus (Shelby Lynne)
I’m feeling quite happy today – guess it must be the remarkable good weather … after yesterday’s downpour . It’s sunny and blue skies and it is about 20oC today – nothing could get better than that! (Well maybe somethings).
I think I’m feeling quite cheerful as well [...]

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Waiting for it warm up

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Potential Breakup Song (Aly and AJ)
Topic: Milton Keynes
So, it’s a bit cold right now … I got up 6:30 got ready at 7 … and was planning to walk to the OU but it just felt too cold … so, decided to wait a bit and see if it will warm up [...]

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Its going to be spring!!

Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Coward of the County (Kenny Rogers)
Topic: Milton Keynes
The weather is going to change finally!! Its going to be a whopping 13oC in MK by the weekend …. finally … these 7s and 8s and whatever below that is going to disappear forever .. well, unless the weather decides to take a change [...]

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Tropical Storm Epsilon!!!!

Mood:  accident prone
Now Playing: If This Is It (Huey Lewis & The News)
Topic: Internet fun things
Well, here we are again … another new storm to go look at it … this is like Delta since it is formed in the North of the Atlantic Ocean.
Yesterday, was the official date for the tropical storm season to [...]

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….Here Comes Delta

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Lucille (Kenny Rogers)
Topic: Internet fun things
Well … whadya know … we have a new tropical storm … and its name is Delta … but it is in the middle of the ocean near the Azores… and it ain’t likely to hit anyway … because it can’t go towards the US – because [...]

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Tropical Storm Beta!

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey)
Topic: Internet fun things
Can you believe it??? We are on Tropical Storm Beta … wow … this is really turning out to be a busy tropical storm season. But strangely enough most of these are forming in the Caribbean Sea rather than in the Atlantic Ocean which is [...]

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Its cold!

Mood:  chillin’
Now Playing: A Beautiful Morning (The Rascals)
Topic: Milton Keynes
Man … it’s cold outside … and I’ve got to walk home … and I only came with a thin cardigan … should have brought a jacket but it was looking sunny … but now it has turned cloudy … hope I can make it home [...]

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Hurricane Katrina …..

Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Spirit in the Sky (Elton John)
Topic: Internet fun things
Well … won’t really call Hurricane Katrina a fun internet thing … but to me it is … I’ve been spending ages just going through all the free video available on MSNBC (the best one so far), CNN, BBC, CBS and ABC websites. [...]

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Weather in MK

Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Keep Coming Back (Richard Marx)
Topic: Milton Keynes
Well … here I thought I was coming back to good spring weather in the UK … you know at least 12 degrees and over … but what happens to that – supposingly we have an Arctic wind blowing across us that is dropping our temperatures [...]

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