Coldplay

apart from the rockets tickets, my friend Shon got us two tickets to see Coldplay, also at the basketball stadium, her company has a suite there, so it was a pretty posh rock concert...with free beer...strange also to sit down at a gig, but it was a brilliant evening and such a great gig, the whole evening was so good...i have missed gigs.

other things to note...being a big arena was obviously hard to see, but near the end of the set, the whole band came up to just below our suite and played a few acoustic songs right in front of us...oh and when we were leaving, some roadie gave us a set list from the band and one of the bands plectrums...topped off a perfect night

Houston Rockets!

Saturday night i was taken to my first ever basketball game, to see the Houston Rockets, who are one of the big NBA teams...not only that but my friend Shon managed to get us court side seats...ie actually sat in chairs on the court surface...was an incredible experience. we also had access to an exclusive bar next to the dressing rooms, and got to witness the players warming up before they went on court...one of the leagues most famous player, the chinese player Yao plays for houston...and is soooo tall, a guy who is 6 feet 3 inches stood next to him and looked like he was stood in a hole...

we actually won the game, (the parkes curse obviously does not extend to basketball), which was so exciting, theres never a dull moment, the americans certainly know how to throw a sporting event, where the crowd are the main focus...not the players as in the uk...at a time out, the referee even did a pre planned 'performance/skit' with the rockets mascot...i mean, the referee doing a comedt scene with the mascot...can you imagine that in the uk???? so much fun, so much entertainment and had an incredible evening...

Nesting

spent saturday traipsing around cool imported furniture shops...a tad expensive but some lovely stuff...though a house that size is gonna take some fillin...eek

Moving day!!

finally finally moved into my own house and out of a hotel...worked the friday and waited for things to be delivered, sofas etc... and got cable set up...also took delivery of my one allowed air shipment, which was a badly needed suitcase of new clothes...problem is, is managed to muck it up and got a suitcase full of full on norwegian temperature winter clothes shipped...so totally useless, and will have to wait til my sea shipment arrives...so nice to have a home again...and is probably the nicest place ive ever lived in...i love it...just need to furnish it now...

Memorial Park running trail...again

new photos from what is rapidly becoming a favourite place, theres an official running path around memorial park about 10 mins from my house, my usual saturday morning run...managed to struggle to 6 miles this time...plus they have a 'muscle beach' half way around, added to sa golf course, mountain bike trails, road cycling course, tennis courts and other stuff to do...the weather has cooled considerably here...was actually quite chilly the other day...must be getting soft...

Murder in the Village

back in Houston and was invited to a murder mystery party at a friend called Nikkis place...in the swanky rice village...great evening, nikki cooed an awesome dinner, everyone was askled to come in fancy dress in keeping with the character biogs that we recieved the week before...its a role play that is semi improvisation and semi lead by a script...great fun...and have to admit to guessing the murderer...i went as an aussie explorer which lead to one well known conclusion...that i cannot do accents...resorted to speaking in yorkshire and saying cobba at the end of each sentence...i kid not