Frankie boyle for Palestine

Of all the people out there, I never thought Frankie Boyle would defend Palestine... and all because of some overzealous censoring on a recent radio program. I mean when they booked Frankie Boyle for their show, they must have had some inkling of the type of dark humour he uses and is well known for. Anyhow, good on him for speaking up. Yea for Frankie Boyle ;)

Read more about it here.

The conservatory

We're having a conservatory built but seen as I’m feeling too lazy to write (seriously I have written ridiculous amounts this past few months!), here is the progress on our conservatory in pictures…

Heavy lifting! Before any digging could be done, I helped dad relay the garden path so it was all nice and even. This was my only contribution... and then the builders took over. Thankfully :)

The foundations were dug out, levelled, cemented and finally the brick wall made its appearance.

The beams for the floor go in and the brick wall gets its first layer of cement.

The frames go up and the roof goes on.

The windows and doors are installed, electrics are sorted out and the flooring is laid down.

With the building work completed, all it needed was a lick of paint (inside and out), some furniture and some blinds installed. What actually followed was a bit of a lag phase :P Feel free to take guesses on how long it took, lol. But the point is it finally completed and here is the finished result :)

Next stop; the garden!

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik – is it really that big a deal?

Since when did two people getting married become such a big deal? I’m not a big fan of watching Pakistani news channels all the time (something which my dad loves doing!) and would rather spend what little TV time I do have, watching something I enjoy. So you can appreciate that in recent weeks, it becomes terribly tiresome hearing/ watching the same piece of news on a continuous loop. It’s enough to drive anyone a little crazy and I would greatly appreciate it if the Pakistani channels could find some other ‘news’.

Wedding pictures: Sania had some lovely outfits, although I do wonder why Shoaib didn't bother ironing his kurta for the mendhi fundtion... but that's just me :P

I understand that people are interested in the rivalry between India and Pakistan etc, the previous controversy before the impending marriage (that is some messed up story Shoaib!) and how the marriage come and the impact (if any) that they believe this marriage will have on both Sania and Shoaib’s careers. Yet at the same time but I do firmly believe in the saying ‘Live and let live’ and I think everyone just needs to calm down!

Putting my annoyance aside for a moment, how cute do they look as a couple?