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January 2005 news

Canterbury photos posted 30 Jan 2005 by Dan Karran [permalink] I have tonight started to put some of my photos of Canterbury into a new gallery. There are still more to go up into this gallery, though the photos from inside Canterbury Cathedral will probably go into their own separate feature gallery to keep them separate. I don't have the rights to sell any of the photos from inside the building but I really like some of them so I want to put them up anyway.

Canterbury photos coming soon posted 24 Jan 2005 by Dan Karran [permalink] I spent today visiting Canterbury with some of my friends from university. We had the day off from lectures so we decided to take a trip out of the big city and visit somewhere different for a bit of culture. Canterbury certainly is different - it's a very pretty city, full of little side streets, historic buildings and of course the famous Cathedral. I have some photos which I will be putting onto the site soon - including some from inside the Cathedral itself.

Exams almost out of the way posted 13 Jan 2005 by Dan Karran [permalink] I've now had my one and only sit down exam of this term and it didn't seem to go too badly. I spent a little too much time describing something in detail in the first question I think, forgetting exactly how much more I had to write for the rest of the paper. Having sat that one, however, there are now three more modules for which we've been given take-home exams. For each of these we have to answer two of four questions, each up to 1500 words. It's a lot of work, and very tiring. But then again, it's exam week, so what else should I expect? I'll certainly be glad when the week is over though!

Back to the hard slog posted 7 Jan 2005 by Dan Karran [permalink] On Wednesday I flew back down to London ready to start my next term at university. I travelled through Luton airport at around noon and it was very moving to see everybody stop to join in with the three-minute silence taking place across Europe. It's a rare sight in London, you hardly ever see people stopping for anything, but that day the whole airport stopped to mourn the victims of the tsunami tragedy in Asia. I've spent the past few days revising for my upcoming exams and catching up with friends I've not seen since before Christmas. Once my exams are out of the way I am hoping to get the Sun Sneezing pages off the ground by setting up the registration system for all you sun sneezers out there to use.

Happy New Year! posted 1 Jan 2005 by Dan Karran [permalink] I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a prosperous new year for 2005! I hope you all enjoyed the celebrations last night, I know I did. I did have a glass too many of champagne though I think. Ouch. It's strange to think that people around the world are wishing others a happy new year when so many have just been made homeless, are missing or have been killed by the horiffic tsunami tragedy in Asia. If you can, please give generously to aid in the massive relief operation.