scruffy sark and pumpkin pie

Stuff as social rep with the postgrad students association is moving on, if slowly and not too smoothly but i'm getting there. the study is moving on too, this afternoon i have a bit of a presentation to give regarding what i will be doing, and then the postgrads and postdocs of the biomed sciences school are going for our christmas meal! yep, december 1st, christmas meal season begins.

This one will be bar far the fanciest, i have finally bought a really "black dress" that i am looking forward to wearing, even though my currently being between 2 dress sizes makes wearing one painful and the other worrying. there will be food, and drink, and dancing. what more could i want?


A few weeks back i had another short visit home, a few birthdays and catching up with friends and family, though no massive pile of washing this time. we went to greenwich village, home of the best pie shop in london that had sadly closed down, and the cutty sark. it was a crisp, clear and cool london afternoon, and the sunset blazed off the boat like sunsets are wont to do. i was filled with an inspired feeling, inspired to get back on the tube and to my next destination.


The next week was saw a trip by the cloister house residents to see mr. scruff play, an awesome jazz/funk/house dj. and what a night. never has a club atmosphere been so genuinely friendly as there, and the music was just a true delight to the ears. i thoroughly recommend a mr. scruff night to anyone presented with the opportunity.


Later that week i celebrated my second ever thanksgiving. with 3 turkeys, 5 cakes, many potato's and some seriously large amounts of wine, we residents of cloister house did our best to eat, eat and eat some more. i like thanksgiving and the cooking together it entails. and i now have a new favourite recipe - zucchini (courgette) bread. a heavily cinnamonned cake with gorgeous moisture thanks to the courgette, and a nice crunchy top. yum.


And this week lydia went to karaoke again! oh how i'd missed it. the joys of mama's and pappas, seal and some other band were relived and enjoyed. and it happens every saturday!