1+300=300

We went to see 300 friday night. I was really excited to watch this movie since I saw its trailer about 3 months ago. Well, it was all I expected and more. It's one of those movies where you already know the story, which has very few developments anyway, and you just want to enjoy the magic of computer graphics. and they sure knew how to portray those Spartans and Persians. My only question is, if the movie is called 300, is that because they were exactly 300 warriors including Leonidas, or is Leonidas unaccounted for? :)

p.s.
unlike the disappointingly cold weekend, the weather today is nice and sunny, so I took this chance to go for a spin on the bike. I'm getting better, although it was a bit funny when the mobile in my pocket started vibrating and I was startled and ended up falling off my bike. No one noticed thank God :)

Mai

ahhhhhhh.. spring

Well, where is spring exactly? We woke up this morning to find that it's actually snowing!! It wasn't heavy snow but it wasn't a springy weather either. Temperature today is 5 degrees.. Yes, FIVE :) The only visible sign of spring is the carpet of daffodils I saw at Trent Park on Tuesday. It was a truly Wordsworthian moment:

I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

And then I ran to meet Billy to discuss the latest developments in my thesis :) Anyway, I can't wait to see the sun again, maybe next week.

Mai

10 months anniversary and then.. :(

Well, it was bound to happen.. two days after we celebrated our 10 months anniversary, Ali left me.. He'll be back on Friday in shaa allah :) He is away on business from today and I am supposed to spend 3 whole days all alone. Do I sound pathetic? :) Well, it's the first time since our marriage that Ali leaves me for this period and the first time I will sleep all by myself in our house. It's not easy you know. I was telling a friend just now that being in love is tough work. Of course it's warmth, fun, security, companionship and a lot more, but it is also feeling lousy when your love is gone, and feeling upset when he's in a bad mood, and feeling the pain when he's sick, and feeling that you miss him when he's sitting beside you :) I know what you're thinking, "yeh, yeh, just wait after 5 years of marriage and then talk about love," :) Even if life and kids and time have their effect, I choose not to worry about them now and bask in the heat of first-year marriage :)

Ok, happy thoughts.. well, we had a very nice celebration in the weekend. The weather was great so our activities included: we went out for a walk in the sun, we went to see STOMP matinee, we ate out, and we did some exercise that I will tell you about later.

Anyway, I have loads of work to keep me busy these coming 3 days. Of course the key is to be in a good mood to actually do the work :) I guess this will be hard when the soundtrack for the coming few days will be Akon's expressive words:

Lonely, I'm so lonely
I have no body, for my own..

p.s.
(1) I miss you Ali..
(2) I am writing all this while Ali hasn't even left the country yet..

Mai :(

this is what got me where i'm at

Regardless of the doubtful grammaticality of this sentence, "where I'm at" right now is a state of a messy house with no shower for 5 days in a row. Unfortunately, we had problems with our bathroom which developed quickly from an insiginificant leak to a full refurbishment of the walls and floor of the bathroom. This is the fifth day, and supposedly, the last. I have loads of work to do so this couldn't have come in a worse time, and I also keep getting distracted by the plumber's mobile phone ringing and the fact that... oh, sorry I have to go make some coffee for the plumber and his assistant (grrrrrrrrrrrr)

Mai