homecoming.

12Aug09

terror, alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fearfulness, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock, trepidation, trepidity, anxiety, apprehension, cold feet, dismay, distress, nervousness, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, unease, uneasiness…these are all the things the thesaurus told me i should be feeling in the wake off the swine flu epidemic upon returning to the uk.

my first feeling upon landing in manchester boiled down to this ‘wow, rain, a massive queue at immigration, and why is everyone so orange?’ yep, everyone in the uk is sporting the varnished look accompanied by velour tracksuits, crocs and tiny adidas shorts. i’m no fashionisto (it’s kind of similar to fascist that word isn’t it?) but even i know making your skin orange is best left to hasselhoff and garden fences.

on a side note i just read this great quote ‘Hollywood romantic comedies have become the Primark dresses of cinema’

so into the point of this post – i think it’s just to re-aquaint myself with this blogging process, plug some pictures on flickr and make it easier to write the next post which will be focused and perfectly edited.

i’ve been in south-east asia for 5 months missioning around with my girlfriend, lazing on beaches and in jungles while she learns thai. i learnt quite a bit too. it’s ace for surprising scarborough’s thai population! i’m sure i’ll gradually include our activities in other countries amongst other posts, it’s a bit epic to describe 5 months in one go.

here’s a website i’ve found today that i like:

http://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/

and one that sent us ‘the travelling moleskin’:

http://theculturevulture.co.uk

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