Blabbin

Blabbin’

It’s been a rather uneventful week here in mark-land. The week sees me work an 8.30 – 5.30 daily shift at EF language school where I teach English to foreigners. Fun as it may be, working till 5.30 and at times 7 takes it out of you easily.

Despite that, good news was flying in from everywhere this week which kept my spirits on an all time high as not only did me Eddy and Pravin book our tickets to Morocco, but Ruthie passed her flying exams, and did extremely well!

Tuesday saw me embark on a wicked journey as I tuned into the Arctic Monkeys for the very first time. Needless to say, they are a decent group, and songs like Mardy Bum, 505 and When the Sun Goes Down rank high on my playlist. Some wicked tunes for the summer, as the temperatures soar to above 40 this weekend here in Mala.

Ruthie’s results were excellent and certainly prove that hard work makes anything possible. Her being away was never going to be easy, but grades like those show there is light at the end of a very, very long tunnel. More exams coming up in 3 months, best of luck to my baby.

One of my longest standing dreams has always been to travel to Africa. Africa has always fascinated me in any way, and has been my holy grail since I was young. A month ago, eddy and pravin offered me the chance to join them in a trip down to Morocco, and there was no way I could say no to that. Morocco seems to have a bit f everything: the Atlantic, the Atlas Mountains, the African Desert, plenty of markets and the list goes on and on. This really is going to be the summer of my dreams, sky diving, a holiday with Ruth and morocco are things that could be on anyone’s bucket list.

The trip will start on Saturday the 17^th September when me and the boys will jet off to Madrid, where a rental car will be waiting for us to take us down to Gibraltar, south of Spain. From there we will hop onto a ferry and finally arrive at our first destination: Tangier, north Morocco. It’s anyone’s guess what step is next, and I certainly look forward to planning the holiday of a lifetime. Bring on Morocco.

Prior to the trip, Ruthie will make her way down to Malta for my birthday weekend. Sadly she won’t be here on my actual birthday, and it’s the first time we will be apart for the last 5 or so years. Her coming has always given me something to look forward to, and lots of things are in the pipelines for her summer holiday down here.

Perhaps the most curious night of the week had to be our trip to the cinema on Wednesday as a whole group of us decided to scar our brains and watch Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest Bruno. I still have disturbing mental images flashing through my mind from time to time…

All that would be classified as uneventful, but being the weekend, the real stuff will soon kick off. A decent Friday night saw us head down to the beach for an early morning dip, and today I will do another thing I’ve always wanted to do: canoeing. Strangely enough, I’ve never sat ina canoe and I look forward to an action packed afternoon, followed by eddy’s party Puro, which kicks off at 7 o’clock tonight.

An exciting weekend awaits, but my sights are currently set on the end of august when ruthie finally flies down, and on the end of September, when a dream of mine will finally come true.