Blogs from Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Today i had an injection of some dead hepatitis B virus. Once I had successfully had this injection, I passed out. The nurse had to press the emergency button in the clinic and lots of other nurses came rushing in. The appointment lasted 45 minutes instead of the designated 20. Upside, I got free the squash and biscuits that they normally give to 5yr olds for being good. I'd say this was a bad start, but so far I have managed to not turn up to three appointments because I keep booking them when I'm actually teaching a lesson. Today was therefore still bad, but it wasn't quite the start. Next injections, tuesday. No passing out then though.... read more

Well reality has kicked in that we will be going away in 2 days for a blooming good trip with our best friends. We fly out to Calgary on Saturday to meet our friends and then set off at some ridiculous hour on Sunday to start our drive towards the Grand Canyon. We then move accross to Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and finish with a few days skiing back in Banff. needless to say it'll be a tiring but very good trip. We will try and update this as regulary as we can, more for the benefit of the parents who hope to follow suit next year! Watch this space!!!... read more

Sunday September 3rd, 2006 Day 17 Guildford and Windsor, England I was up a little later today, it was nice to get a sleep-in. I finally dragged myself out of bed, got ready and we walked up the street to meet up with Chris's mate Simon and his girlfriend Nicky. The boys were playing a game of cricket today out in Windsor (though we did try and convince the boys to ditch the game and we'd go to Thorpe Park instead. Fail. Apparently cricket was more important than fun. After leaving the boys down at the cricket ground, Nicky and I walked into town and decided to do a tour of Windsor Castle. It only cost £13.50 to get in. We slowly made our way around knowing that we had a whole day to fill in. ... read more

Congratulations to Alistair & Tom on your A Level and GCSE results. Well done lads! Special regards to Peter & Joan. Peter is recovering from an operation and we wish him well. Joan is a lovely lady and we send her our fondest regards whilst she is caring for Peter. ... read more

This will be my last week at work and I'm really excited about getting started. To make sure I'm not forgotten I dragged the guys out to the all-you-can-eat Chinese restaurant. Today we played a round of golf after work and tomorrow we are going out for beers and a curry. Lovely. I've decided I will leave for Edinburgh on Wed 23rd Aug 2006. From there I will travel Scotland visiting Fort William on my way to the Isle of Skye and the Outer Hebrides. If I get time I will visit the Shetlands before Inverness where I will visit some friends. Then around the beginning of October its a quick stop off back home to see my family, new born nephew/niece, attend a stag do in Torquay and then head off to India. I'm planning ... read more