You've not experienced spring here till you've...

gotten a big group of friends, gone for a picnic, played ultimate frisbee till the sun goes down (which is around 9pm here), gone to a bar, got a drink, played some poker... Great stuff!

A big bunch of us got together and had a picnic at Wollaton Park which is just 5 minutes away from the hall and is also a deer reserve. (indicated by the large amount of 'coffee-bean like' droppings to quote Adrian littered around the park) Food was alright-ish. We had some frozen pizza and food from KFC. We were going for minimum preparation.. I always though food tastes significantly better when you're having it in a company of friends although this rule does not apply to hall food. We didn't have a picnic mat but we improvised using a spare bedsheet. Heh.

One sad thing was that although it wasn't raining (if there was, it wasn't.. it was just umm.. evening dew!), it was kinda cloudy. Looking at the glass half-full, it was not too windy or cold. Ironic that it was really nice and sunny (a rarity here!) the past few days but when we all came out to play, the sun wasn't out.

A picnic by the lake with deers grazing with great company and flowers in half-bloom. How poetic can it get? We kinda broke up into groups after the meal and played some footie and some frisbee throwing 'activities'. Later,we started playing ultimate frisbee which is kinda fusion of netball (can't move with the frisbee) and american football (where you've gotta catch the frisbee over the line). I basically went ballistic on the field.. rolling on the grass, making fanciful dives for the frisbee.. it was wild! We had to leave the park at 7.30 coz they closed up then but we continued playing at the field near the sports centre. Tiring but great stuff!

Times like these you know you're alive. It's the little things in life that keep you going. Great times with friends. Rolling on the grass with the grass against your skin. Or just lying on it and looking skywards. Making good plays in a game yet screwing up and having a good laugh instead. Having a nice cold beer after a long day out. Mm..

Well, I've got to keep going.. yeap.. study calls. Umm, yeah, maybe after tonight tho'. I'll be going to burlesque at Geisha which is basically a genre which originated as a form of parody of the upper classes. Over the years, it's evolved into well.. describing it as lewd and semi-phonographic would be a bit too.. harsh? It's umm....art! Lol. Wikipedia gives burlesque a description of :

"By the 1880s, the genre had created some rules for defining itself:

• Minimal costuming, often focusing on the female form.
• Sexually suggestive dialog, dance, plotlines and staging.
• Quick-witted humor, lacking complexity.
• Short routines or sketches, with minimal plot cohesion across a show."

Well, in all honestly I'm going coz it's my bro's birthday and in curiosity. Anything else would be icing on the top. Lol.

Ahh.. that's all for now. overandout.