Life, the Universe and Jaffa Cakes

Both May Balls and an expression of unhappiness.

This will be my last post from Cambridge for quite a long time. I leave for newcastle on saturday, and thats it for 11 weeks. And in the meatime, most of my year graduate from the University of Cambridge. No more meeting of around 90 of my mates from my year for a very long time, possibly the rest of my life. Its a bit disconcerting to be quite honest - where have 3 years gone??

However, on the flip side, i did get my results back - got a first - so quite chuffed about that. [For internatioanal readers - thats the top grade]. So could have done much worse. A little bit of money from college would be nice, not to mention its nice to round off my hardest year to date with a satisfying smile.

And then came the highlight of May week - the balls! I went to Johns and Jesus, and had a wicked time. I worked security at johns - and honestly, so much more worth than paying triple figures for a ticket. Though it must be said that peoples definition of what constitutes a balck tie gown is becoming quite worrying!! You cannot have a dress that ends above the knee - its just unacceptable! :-)

ANd as I write this post, sitting on my comfy couch for the first time in the last 2 months (its been taken over by washing and papers in the meantime), i would like to share some of my best impressions of this utterly amazing year.

The first one is the Mallory H crew - Andrea, Paul and Richard. Fantastic neighbours and have had an amazing time living next door to them for the last year.

The second would be the chem engers. The design project forced us to co-operate like nothing before, and i have come to know a lot of them a lot better than i ever thought. And its something i am quite grateful for.

The third was seeing one of my best mates realize that she was quite a brainy historian, even though she professed to doing no work. was quite glad for her!

Watching a hijacked car crash into the side of magdalene as it tries to drive down through the bollards and ends up wedged tighter than sardines in a tin.

Seeing the MMPS show of ANything Goes (thats the musical I produced in March). Utterly unbelieveable, and I easily the highlight of my year. The cast and crew were amazing, and I just seemed to have a Midas touch at that point - everything i did seemed to work!

And of course seeing Austraila being beaten by Bangladesh - the icing on a very tasty cake that has been May Week. Especially when one has a couple of Aussie friends to talk to.....;)

Well thats pretty much all of it I guess. I have a lot more to say on the subject of my 3rd year, which will probably come out in the next post, when I am in newcastle. Take care you all, have a great summer.

And email me at some point at wl230@cam.ac.uk - i would love to hear from any of you guys.

Thought of the day.
"There is only one way to behave with a woman - make love to her if she is pretty, and make love to someone else if she is plain" - Algy, The Importance of being Earnest.