First post-conference night

So you might have expected that after such a long day, I would come home, empty my bag, have a quick dinner, take a warm shower, spend some time on the internet and go to bed. Well.. everything was true till the 'go to bed' part.. because I didn't. After I finished blogging and checking the loads of emails I have in my 4 accounts, I got dressed again and went out with Fatima and Aisha to the movies. You know, I was in this excited state of mind that I just couldn't stay in my room or sleep. We just came back about 15 minutes ago (we went in Aisha's car of course otherwise I would have never went out that late). The movie was Sahara.. such a crappy bullshit story like I couldn't believe.. starting with a heroic WHO doctor who wants to stop a plague without even wearing a mask (Penelope Cruz), through the crazy and sexy treasure hunter who then changes careers also to try save the world from the poisoning of the Atlantic ocean (Matthew McConaughey), but of course they are both united in their quests through their love for the poor African people, and of course we had to have the classic scene of the white man cheering and the little black kids joyously cheering back, plus the all-favourite scene of the Arabic-speaking tribesmen who know nothing but riding horses and fighting each other, and finally the two heroes finish off by firing a 150-year old cannon. Ta ra... life is good, everyone is happy and the couple celebrate it on the beach.

The best comment at this point would be the sentence I heard one old man saying to another old man as they were walking down the street in Cambridge yesterday: "The world is going crazy Tom"!!!! (yeh, he literally said that)

Ok, i am off to bed now.

Mai