Organising a surprise birthday party for a man who hates birthdays was quite challenging. I believe the original idea came from Miss Quirk who suggested:
Firstly, I must apologise for the delay in making these photos available but this was entirely the fault of Sarah Kelly (shown right, stealing meat). She stole from me my camera and I have only recently had it returned to me.
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I think you can tell how old you are getting by the presents you receive. The quality and the quantity seem to diminish as you grow older but going on this year’s list you would think I was 135. This does make me sound quite ungrateful, which I am, but I can’t say it bothered me for too long. What more than made up for it was a nice little drink in St Albans this Saturday with a top bunch of chaps. We visited the St Albans Beer Festival which was not quite the on-a-par-with-Oktoberfest event I had envisaged, but served up a vast array of strange beers and even stranger people all the same. Caleb I think hit the nail squarely on the head when he commented his pint tasted as though it had been filtered through a pair of granny’s knickers.
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This weekend a bunch of blokes and I traveled to the city of Leicester to celebrate Mr Kelly turning 24. This is where I spent 3 years of my life learning about life, computers and the Koran, so it was a little bit sentimental seeing the old place again. On the whole it was a huge success of a weekend! We went to Madferrit at the Leicester student Uni on Friday and then the De montfort student union on Saturday. Prior to going up, I got hold of a load of NUS cards off ebay which meant we were able to go to these places and I’m so glad I did because they were both great nights. Cheap booze and a super relaxed atmosphere, really allow you to let your hair down.
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To be honest I am still a bit shocked that it happened; Nick came out for his own birthday! And we all managed to get to London. I think Matt A being back for the weekend helped but it was good to finally celebrate Nick’s birthday, which was nearly three months ago. Read the rest of this entry »