Jamie R

Phantom of the Opera was FANTASTIC. Having wanted to see it for ages, me and Laura went down to London on 20th October and saw it at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Haymarket. Whilst we were there, we checked out a few of the sights of London and went to Chinatown. Chinatown was better than I thought it was. Being a bit of a food man, I did have to go and check out a few of the restaurants around. I think I might have annoyed her a bit though, because the word “buffet” kinda interested me, and so I dragged Laura into the nearest all you can eat restaurant…yeah, bad I know.

And so there I was, I guess doing what I do best - When we left, I found the real Chinese restaurants down the road, leaving me regretting not taking time to actually look around, and putting my money in the nearest restaurant that said “buffet”. Oh never mind.

The hotel was quite nice. We got a package deal from a company called “Premier Ticket” which included one nights hotel and theatre tickets. In the end, the hotel wasn’t bad. We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Regents Park. Overall, it was a rather nice two days! That was the main thing we did to celebrate our year anniversary.

Anyway, Friday 26th was the release of OS X Leopard, Apple’s long awaited successor to 10.4 Tiger. I haven’t had a chance to get my paws on a copy, yet (even though I don’t have a Mac that will run it - I have 2 G3’s with 10.4 :/) so I can’t really say anymore. On Saturday 20th (the same day that I was in London), Apple opened their store at Lakeside, not too far from me. I was planning to go to the opening and grab meself a free t-shirt. However, when I saw the opening date I nearly shot myself, but oh well. I also missed the opening of Leopard due to having other stuff to do at the time

November November November…Well, it’s getting cold outside! Tis no good. I’m going up to Colchester on Monday 6th to see my mate Nick’s band Scorpio Toy play. I’ve been meaning to go to one of their gigs for a while, but haven’t yet cos I’ve been busy. I’ve made an effort to ensure that I can go this time, cos Nick keeps telling me to go! On Tuesday 7th, I and Jamie W are off to see Enter Shikari at Brixton. Should be awesome!

All the best,

Jamie R.