"We're all going on a Creole holiday..."

This time next week I'll be in the sunny Seychelles, hopefully sipping a long tall drink of some sort and feeling the white sand in between my toes.

I. Can't. Wait.

I'm so excited right now - I can hardly believe we're going!! Apparently Mahe is so small that we can do a round trip in a day. There's going to be so much to explore, and hopefully we'll manage to fit in as much as possible.

I definitely want to go snorkelling. I can swim, but I've never done any diving...or in fact ever swam properly in the sea. Although, come to the think of it, I've never been to a beach where the waters are calm enough to swim in (for weak swimmer like myself). The most exotic destination that I've visted to date has been Goa. I imagine that the Seychelles will be very similar - and perhaps even more interesting as there are different islands that we can hop to.

Just checked, and it's 31 degrees over there at the mo. 31 degrees!! It's 9 degrees in London. WOO!!

SIX DAYS AND COUNTING!!!

En Pointe

So this is my most recent painting. It's pretty different from usual style of bold sunsets and contrasting colours - but I wanted to try out something different.

The background actually shimmers as I was experimenting with a pearlescent paint. It gives the whole picture a glowing, velvety kind of feel - but of course, it doesn't show up on the photo at all.

I'm not overly excited about this painting, but at least I tried out something new!

I'm off on holiday to the Seychelles next weekend, so maybe I'll get some new inspiration whilst there...

Anyone up for boycotting the tube?

WARNING: TUBE RANT AHEAD

I had to trek to Cardiff today for a conference. This involved waking up at the crack of dawn - no wait, BEFORE the crack of dawn - to get the tube to Paddington, and then jump on a train to Wales (for which we had lovely first class tickets!)

The train journey from London to Cardiff took roughly two hours. The tube journey from West London to Paddington took one hour. ONE HOUR. It should have taken 30 mins. I'm not a mathematician, but something doesn't quite add up here!

And the cause? Was it:

a) A person under the train?
b) A signal failure?
c) A passenger alarm?
d) A suspect package at another station?
e) TFL being its usual inept self?

Answers on a postcard please.

The first class train tickets made up for this blip in my otherwise pleasant trip to Cardiff. And I managed to finish off The God Delusion and start reading a new book - Carry Me Down. The God Delusion is a rather meaty book which deserves a post of its own...I'm sure I will get round to it soon (!) As for Carry Me Down, I've only read the first few pages, but I'm already sucked in. Actually, I'm almost looking forward to my tube journey into work tomorrow so I have some ample reading time...hmm, so there are silver linings after all...

Random Ramblings

Eek, it's been nearly a month since I've had a chance to blog. But I have some good excuses/reasons!

1. I started a new job.
2. I've been working on my next painting.
3. I've been house hunting.
4. The new season of Scrubs started.

1. I started a new job

I'm still working in London, 10 minutes away from where I was before in fact! And there I was worrying that I'd have to give up my lovely long commute into work whenever I changed jobs. No chance. Although I have recently discovered the customer complaint forms on the TFL website. You can fill these out when your tube journey has been delayed by 15 minutes or more and you will get refunded back your money - hooray! And rightly so, humph.

TFL makes these forms rather tricky to find (the sneaky bastads). To save you time, here they are: TUBE REFUNDS

2. I've been working on my next painting

I've finished my next painting. I tried out something a bit different this time and experimented with opalescent paint and ballerinas. I used to do ballet from a very young age right up until I went to uni. I really miss it actually, it's a great way to stay in shape and keep fit. Alas, I have hung my ballet shoes up for the time being and am now scarily unfit. I did buy a brand new bike this time last year with the aim of getting fitter and sporting healthy rosy cheeks. So far I've taken it out twice. Ah well, there's always eBay!

Anyways, I'll post my painting soon.

3. I've been house hunting

I was hoping to move out and rent somewhere a bit closer to London to cut down on my travelling time. But then if I did that, what would I have to complain about?! This plan has now been put on hold till next year.

4. The new season of Scrubs started (yay)

Ah Scrubs, how I love it.

And in the meantime, I still haven't finished reading The God Delusion. Although I am very near the end...I plan to finish it tomorrow as I'm heading off to Wales for a conference (either that or I will take my macbook and watch Sex and the City on the train - dilemmas dilemmas).

What I've read so far has been brilliant. Thought-provoking and enlightening to say the least. I think everyone should read it, whether you're an atheist, agnostic or theist. I'll be sure to blog about it soon. And once I'm done with that, maybe I'll read The Dawkins Delusion which my mother rushed off to buy as soon as she caught sight of me reading The God Delusion!