it’s raining. england is yukky.
*sulks*
yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk!
it’s raining. england is yukky.
*sulks*
wild wadi
we went to wild wadi today. it’s a water theme park and it was so much fun!! we went round loads of slides and flumes and there was this huge slide called the jumeirah sceirah (read “scarer”). we had to climb for ages to get to the top and it took less than 10 seconds to come down again! you come off the slide at one point and fall through the air! re-entry into the water was rather more painful for men than women, if you get my drift… according to their advertising you go up to 50 mph, which is crazy!
seriously, it was so much fun. and little harry enjoyed splashing in the pool, and almost enjoyed the swim-seat we bought him. he went with us round the lazy river and enjoyed that too. we’ve had such a great time here, and we’re not looking forward to our return to the frozen wasteland of surrey!
photos from dubai
i’ve uploaded some photos from dubai using picasa. farrah’s put them onto facebook too; if you look at her profile you should see them. let me know which you think is better!
Dubai November 2006
hi guys. seeing as i linked livejournal from facebook, i should probably link facebook from livejournal. not sure where to put this, so i’ll post it for now.
TURTLES!
i saw a turtle today!we went snorkeling and saw cuttlefish and angel fish and a reef shark and barracuda and a puffa fish and so many others! then we saw this turtle! it was so amazing, a beautiful animal and lovely to watch. we followed it until it dived deep at the edge of the reef and we couldn’t see it any more. i love turtles!
dubai is cool! and very hot!
hi geezas! greetings from sunny dubai! farrah and i are out here visiting my sister elle, her husband ben and their little son harry. he’s gorgeous! we’re not sick of him yet after three days ;o)
it’s a bit muggy here but very warm, and much nicer than the -2 degrees we had in england last week! enjoying having a holiday from work, it’s our first proper holiday since the honeymoon over a year ago. but then, our friend paul pointed out that last month was his first proper holiday since his honeymoon 12 years ago, so we musn’t complain!
just signed up to facebook as well, it’s really good. can’t believe they give you unlimited photo storage! no more flickr, i reckon. took me a while to remember my oxford alumni address, though. oops.
it’s really funny, i had a prophetic dream a while back. it was about sitting here in dubai typing my livejournal on elle’s computer. i was confused at the time because i hadn’t yet signed up to livejournal, but now it makes sense! not a particularly helpful prophecy, i guess, but good to know God still has an interest in me!
sleepymatt
i’m really bad at this posting malarky. ah well!
had an amazing weekend, loads of old friends over, brought back many happy memories. i don’t like having to work!!
did my first london commute on tuesday. yukky. left home at 7.30am and got back at 6.30pm. normal by many people’s standards, but i couldn’t do it for life. i’m so lucky to live five minutes from work. day went quite well as well, and this week has good because there’s not too much going on, so i can catch up on the backlog and have a bit of time to muck about.
my stomach hurts, but i think it’s pyschosomatic because i didn’t want to go to football training… i’m so lazy…
my week…
had a nice trip to glasgow this week. seemed to go quite well, and fixed all problems before i leave, so we might have some happy clients! yay! decided glasgow isn’t the nicest part of scotland by quite a way, but the hotel i stayed in was quite pleasant, and the client payed for my food and drink so i had fun…
very nice to be home though: two nights feel like a very long time. still recovering from the 5am start on wednesday and the 6 and a half hour airport/aircraft experience getting home on friday. yukky.
played djembe at reroute this morning. reroute is the worship service for the youth in our church in woking. first time i’ve played a djembe on stage, but it seemed to go well. very good to see so many kids meeting with God.
sense of adventure
howdy geezas.
i’m feeling a little rubbish. i’ve not allowed God to have a very big part in my life recently. been a bit lazy, got out of routine. now i’ve completed knights of the old republic, i’ve become less computer-obsessed, and remembered what i used to fill my time with… i led worship for some yoovs on suday and it was really exciting. it challenged me. i need to find the excitement i had while at uni. i don’t know if it’s because i’m fatter, but i seem to go slower at everything! probably because of working 9 til 5 as well. i really miss the freedom of uni, being able to arrange my time how i want. being able to just stop and follow where God might want me to go, because i have a responsibility to my wife and my job.
ramblings of a bemused man
ok, so maybe i don’t paste very often…
a lot has happened since the last post, about a month ago! we’ve moved into our new house, i got a raise, farrah got a bonus, we’ve painted lots of things, been to ikea twice, got a new worship pastor at church, i had my birthday, seen some old friends and some new friends, booked tickets to dubai, planned work visits to glasgow and carlisle, and some other stuff.
i think this journalling thing only really works if people read it and post comments. otherwise i feel i’m wasting time, really. i guess i need to make some online friends to make it more fun. problem with being married is that i can’t really spend many hours on the internet!
i’m really hairy today. i could take a picture to show you, but you’d all get scared.
raaagh. i’m sleepy.
