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Paris, cars, packing, and exams
Filed under: — orudge @ 07/06/2008 2:16 pm
Well, quite a bit has happened since I last wrote in this here place. As you’ll no doubt be aware from my last blog, I went to Paris with my friend Caroline for a few days after exams. Paris was generally nice, if rather expensive. Saw all the usual sights, went to Disneyland, checked out some of the Parisian pubs and cafés, and had a quite pleasant couple of days. Photos are up, as ever, in the photo gallery.
After Paris, a few days disappeared somewhere along with final week festivities, and then it was time for me to head down to Wales to pick up my new car, a 1998 Suzuki Baleno 1.6. With only 70,000 miles on the clock, the price I paid for it is really rather good! A lot cheaper to insure than my old Escort, too. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to actually drive it back up to St Andrews, as I had to send a form off to the DVLA before I could tax the thing… rather annoying. So I had to make alternative arrangements to get back up to St Andrews, and to get all my stuff back down to Wales this coming Monday. I’ve already offloaded a carload of stuff that I want to store in St Andrews, need to finish packing today and tomorrow, ready to head down for the summer. I’ll be in Wales until the start of August, with a trip up to St Andrews in a few weeks for the Graduation Ball (while I’m not graduating this year, quite a few of my friends are). Next week will also see me start properly on my Google Summer of Code project – due to the general hecticness of the past week or so, I haven’t been able to get much done with it yet, but that shall change shortly. 🙂
Finally, I got my exam results back this afternoon. Generally quite happy with them, I think for the most part they were better than I was expecting. Got a 17 in the team project, too, which I think we’re all rather pleased about. And that’s another year of university over and done with… just one more to go!
My car still wins!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 3:22 pm
Maybe, but at least I’ve not crashed any of my cars!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 3:25 pm
But none of mine have failed their tests! Mwahaha!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 3:47 pm
Mine did not fail its test, either! I just decided not to send it for an MOT, for it would have been more cost-effective to buy a new car! Ha!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 3:50 pm
But that is assuming that it would fail it’s test and hence need expensive reparations! ha ha!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 3:50 pm
Yes! But my point still stands, it did not fail its MOT! And now I have a more modern car with such fancy things as airbags, power steering, and a remote-operated petrol flap!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 3:55 pm
Remote operated? Pfffft, that’s so nineties, mine just pulls open! However, when the car is locked, it will not open, as it is linked to the central locking! Beat that!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 3:57 pm
My car has a line-in jack on the radio so I can plug in an iPod or similar! And it has four wheels! And a spare! And a windscreen! So there!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 4:03 pm
Mine is real!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 4:12 pm
So is mine!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 4:13 pm
Lies! There is not more than five photos of it to prove it!
Comment by Born Acorn — 07/06/2008 @ 4:14 pm
Just you wait! I shall take photos! And then there shall be photos!
Comment by orudge — 07/06/2008 @ 4:15 pm