Better

The other day I was sat on a bus coming home from Lucy's house. It was, like, a 25 minute journey and it took me all around the Cardiff sights. It made me realise how nice Cardiff is. It's so much nicer than Bristol. It's nicer looking, with more features; it's smaller and more personal; the people are nicer and there's less weirdos, the bus drivers are actually friendly; everything is cheaper, especially buses/taxis plus healthcare; yeah, it's way nicer.

Anyway, they've stopped that bus service now, so I guess that little avenue of pleasure has been closed...

I'm thinking more and more that doing this PhD was the right idea. I was so tempted to stay in my software job because it was easy, had good money (it actually wasn't that great), and I didn't want to be a PhD geek. But I think I'm way cooler now I'm doing a PhD. I'm no longer just a code monkey, I'm using my brain and being creative; I'm meeting new people everyday; I get to join university societies; I get to teach; so basically there is so much more choice & variety doing a PhD than sitting in the same office with the same people for the same hours every day. It's not all about the money, for me. It's about not being bored as hell all day.

I did some teaching last week! Well, I just walked around answering people's maths questions. It was quite fun, but harder than I expected! But I was totally ill last week so it'll be better next time.

I've joined a society this year: well, it's actually volunteering. The project's called Weekenders. They take kids out to have fun (like swimming, zoo, etc) when they usually can't have fun because their siblings are disabled. My first trip is on Halloween! We're going to make pottery then bowling! Fun!