Last night I discovered there's a family of yellow lizards living under my sink. In contrast to my irrational loathing of roaches, I don't mind these. They come out and run about the floor in the evenings which is quite cute. They're timid and I'm assured entirely harmless - they may even eat the roaches for all I know which would be another benefit.
Spent the weekend malling. I had no idea 'mall' was a verb until recently, now I'm a maller. Managed to avoid indulging in a complete frenzy of consumerism (having no money is always a good way to avoid this I find) but enjoyed watching other people do so. This provided the opportunity to see a couple of films - the latest Harry Potter (low key but suitable for that point in the saga I guess) as well as Die Hard 4 (completely ridiculous but that's the whole point of Bruce Willis so therefore a rip-roaring success) and sample some junk food in the food halls near the cinema.
Being in a cinema reminded me that the first His Dark Materials film is out soon. The posters look good. There also seems to be a version of the Susan Cooper The Dark Is Rising on the way, although from the trailer it looks like they've amputated the atmosphere of the original books in favour of CGI. Hope I'm wrong there because the cast includes a certain Doctor!
Am now settled into a daily routine of commute by Jeepeny, coffee shop internet cafe for work and fried food for tea. Jeepeny names tickle... A wierd blend of humour and philosphy which reminds me a little bit of the names adopted by Culture ships. I rode 'Still Holding On' to work this morning and 'Poor Man's Pride' the day before. I really want to catch 'Seventh Heaven' or 'God's Mercy Upon Us' on the route home but I've not been lucky yet.
Here's a picture of 'Lucy' for the nieces:
Beer continues to fall in price. Discovered the excellent Shopwise in the Ali Mall complex selling ice cold San Miguel at PP17!
