his words, not mine. although the fashion police might have been more concerned with his pajama like tracksuit or stripey mexican poncho. also, he had clearly underestimated dubai at night and slipped out of his poncho straight after opening with canned heat. it was an incredible show and one, to be honest, i'd been waiting for for around a decade. i went with a friend from school and after practising froing and toing at deira city mall (looking for a cable for my new video camera), we perfected the practice around jumeriah until we eventually arrived at the amphitheatre, dubai media city. had i known that a six year old map of dubai in our glovebox would prove more useful than directions from current dubai residents, i obviously would have resorted to it initially (if one can resort to something as a first measure). the show was right outside the cnn and reuters buildings, where i'd sat only a week before with another school friend drinking perfert iced coffees while pshyching ourselves up to see the harlem globetrotters play.

we arrived at the amphitheatre about two hours before jamiroquai came on. i'm glad i had new lenses put in my glasses the week earlier because i would have struggled to see the fish and chips we ordered before the show. it was a cute portion directly in proportion to it's price. although the fish was delicious it lasted only a few seconds before i washed it down with a can of heineken which was both cold and expensive. the band played a great range of their music including space cowboy, black capricorn day, dynamite and deeper underground.

a week earlier, as aforementioned, i had been to see the harlem globetrotters play basketball. we had bought cheapish tickets yet ended up directly behind the vip seats that cost nealry three times as much. we enjoyed the same victory last night. we we right at the fence in behind people who'd payed a lot more than us. i observed something else. only jay kay can dance like jay kay and a jay kay concert is an embarassing place to practise your jay kay moves if you're not jay kay. still, i'm sure the guys in front of us enjoyed their night too, oblivious that their atrocious steps would soon end up slandered on the bucksmiths space.

in other news, i start back at school again tomorrow for the final term. our flights are book backed to nz to arrive on the 27th of june in time for kyly and david's wedding and. we'll enjoy six weeks on the white cloud and five nights in hong kong on the way back. we hope to be in a new residence by september as my pool table is gathering dust (actually water from ben's bath) and needs its own room.  ben remains amazing and jenny an excellent mum. i would post more photos if msn's new downloading system worked. i'm currently looking for a site that'll let me upload my own gallery. our love to you all and we hope to see many of you in july.