Hello to all out there and I hope you are all well. It has been a while, but I can't certainly claim that my time has been tight of late. Since I broke my finger, its been manic. I have recently gone to
Tunisia with Jen, which was brilliant! Very sunny out there and we both learned a lot about the country too. I wish I could have written a blog on it but as I have noted, I've not the chance to get into a blogging frame of mind. Not to worry, the pics of the holiday will be up on the pics real soon.
So when we returned to Cardiff (on
World Cup Final day might i add), it wasn't long before we were planning our next trip.
Jen, Leighton and myself went on a
North Walian adventure on the following Wednesday to get some source materials for my dissertation. Turns out, I got very little for my efforts but we all enjoyed the sights of Gogledd Cymru, including Harlech Castle, Barmouth, Aberystwyth, Snowdonia, Llangollen, Llyn Celyn and also a final stop in the Scouser heartland, Liverpool. The pics for that will also be up soon. Again, I would love to blog about this trip but time is not on my side. One thing that I have to mention tho... On returning, we noticed on a road sign on the Welshpool bypass a small village called 'Leighton', which in Welsh is translated as
'Tre'r Llai'. As you can imagine (especially if you are acquainted with the patriotic Welsh speaking dysgwr himself) that information has not been forgotten easily around Argos Cardiff Bay! Well done for the Welsh effort Leight!
Dal ati!Well back at home (because I now live with mum and dad again) I have no room. Well I tell a whopping lie there... for I have two at my disposal. Alas, one has
Man Utd wallpaper and the other is too small for any of my stuff. So I have been on a mini re-decorating mission - although I have not been bothered to see it through! Jen and I managed to strip the hideous figures of Giggs, Sharpe, Cole and Keane from the walls, but no further work has taken of yet. Living at home is certainly strange and quite different from the shenanigans I had been pulling off at
Casa del Cathays.... although now, those days are but a distant memory. Jen nd I are now planning to
save for a housie so wish us luck!
The dissertation is going ok, despite being a bit behind. Im working like the clappers to be back on top and am now ploughing on with the second chapter concerning minority rights. The first chapter, concerning water rights, could have been better, but some new evidence from Aberystwyth will hopefully give it a boost.
The pic above is from a layby stop on the A487 between Aberaeron and Aberystwyth and is almost a landmark in its own right as a mural. I wont insult your intelligence by revealing it's message, but lets just say it features highly in my dissertation research. It also serves as a
gentle reminder to get on with my work whenever I slack off!
Albums to check out - the new
Muse album rocks, despite I think I over listened to it on my return trip to Aber though. The new
Lostprophets album is also good, but a little disappointing. It has some good tracks but as a whole it lacked that little something. Can't wait for the new
James Dean Bradfield solo album, which comes my way very soon.
My last point goes to the mighty
TTFE - who a few weeks ago, recorded their biggest win. Well done lads!
