De Rodriguez

They do say that while the cat's away, the mice will play, and that is what I have been doing this weekend while Jaime has been up in the Pyrenees skiing. On Friday I went to the cinema with Cathy and Nedra to see a German film which is translated as 'The Lives of others'. It was my first foreign film experience in the cinema when I didn't understand the language that was being spoken. I really enjoyed the film even though I did fall asleep for a few minutes in the middle and woke up with a little grunt. It was far too hot in the cinema and it made me feel sleepy, nothing to do with the film though, which I really enjoyed. After the film we went to Swagat for some lovely Indian food and then off to bed to finish yet another book from the epic list. Last week I read a book by J.M.Coetzee which was soooooo unbelievably dull that in the end I skimmed so much that I think I only read a third of each page. It was too much like a political essay than a novel and I did not enjoy it at all. A definite thumbs down for Elizabeth Costello. I hope this isn't a sign of what his other work will be like since he has about 9 books on the bloody list. I was expecting great things from this Nobel prize winner. The last book I read was great though, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. A little bit sci-fi but a very interesting read. I am now on with my first Zadie Smith novel, On Beauty and so far it is good. I'll let you know how it goes.

On Saturday my weekend of fun continued and I went out for drinks with some friends to celebrate Dave's birthday. I even got to practise a little of my now very rusty French on one of Alex's friends. I think I finally got into bed at about 5.30 this morning. Exhausting!

Today has consisted mainly of cleaning so that Jaime can see that I have done something more productive than eat and drink all weekend, and I have even done my DELTA homework, (although not as much as I would have liked).

All in all it has been a top notch weekend.