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Good news: the upper respiratory tract infection seems to be on the wane.
Bad news: the conjunctivitis in the right eye has now spread to the left eye. Yes, I look like a rabbit with mixamatosis (did I spell that right?).
If I was a horse they would have shot me years ago.
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I went to the pharmacy after work tonight and bought the following items - this might give you some idea of my current state of health:
Unfortunately I couldn't find anything to sort the throat infection which now seems to have worked its way into my inner ear, so that I'm now going deaf (as well as blind).
God knows what I am going to be like when I'm a (really) old woman!
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After so much crappy weather these past few weeks, I'm so pleased the sun's decided it might be worth making an appearance this week.
[Post courtesy of my neighbour's unsecure wireless connection -- we are still without internet.]
Place: Kyoto Garden, Holland Park, London.
Date: May 4, 2008.
Camera: Panasonic DMC-TZ3.
My sister, brother-in-law and three-year-old niece are in town, so I am taking the week off work to spend some time with them and do some sight-seeing.
Yesterday we took a walk to Holland Park, a gorgeous oasis of green, just off Kensington High Street. I have strolled through this park countless times -- indeed when I first landed in London, back in the summer of 1998, I based myself at the Holland Park Youth Hostel for a few weeks while I looked for permanent accommodation. Despite this, I never really knew about the Kyoto Gardens until a few weeks ago when I read about it on someone else's blog! Talk about one of London's best kept secrets.
The Kyoto Garden is a medium-sized pond and waterfall garden which was opened in 1991 to celebrate the Japanese Festival. It's lovely and peaceful, although the signs warning people that it is a "garden for quiet reflection" seems to have been much ignored judging by the amount of people wandering through it willy nilly yesterday afternoon. Still, now I know it's there, I'll make a point of visiting when it's not likely to be particularly busy -- so that'll be 8am one weekday morning, then!
I woke up on Saturday morning and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Unfortunately my prediction came true: London mayor Ken Livingstone was ousted by Boris Johnson.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
I've just cast my vote in the London mayoral elections.
If you believe the media hype it's a two-way tussle between current mayor Ken Livingstone and Tory party candidate Boris Johnson.
Apparently the result won't be known until tomorrow, but if bumbling Boris gets in I won't be happy.
PS. I am without a broadband internet connection at home hence the lack of recent posts. This one is being brought to you courtesy of my Blackberry handset.
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