Had a hectic day yesterday. Lab in the morning to set up an ICS, then had a tennis match against Nuffield who had a really strong team. I played second singles against this lovely german girl. I usually dont like playing against women for two reasons :
1. you spend more time admiring them than playing
2. when you lose to someone who plays worse then you and looks pretty, you never have the heart to curse them.

Fortunately such a situation did not occur on Thursday and I beat her to win the only match for the team. We had a really good match, she was a really good player and had represented Warwick Uni as an undergrad. In between the match we decided to gossip and chat about auto-immune diseases, pharma companies and vaccine development in the developing world. She had lovely shape on her shots and had obviously trained on clay in Germany, as she never wandered anywhere near the net.

The 9 -3 thrashing we suffered was drowned by some team drinks at the linacre bar. I discovered this great drink, orange juice and lemonade. Its the most refreshing drink after a game of tennis, far better than either drink individually.

This was followed by a screening of Lagaan by OIS. Somehow, I was able to sit through the entire movie and enjoy it as well. Dont ask me how? I must know every scene and line by heart now after watching it at least four times.

Our calm return to my room for a warm cup of coffee was interrupted by one of my fellow students drinking enough to fall down some stairs and crack her cheek bone. Alcohol is usually not good for you when such things happen and it wasnt helped by the fact that she had a bloody nose. Anyway, stabilised her, jaw thrust and head extension and brought all my recent practice of CPR on "the little one" into effect. Fortunately, she regained some consciousness and vomited all her dinner(undigested ham is not a lovely sight for vegetarians on empty stomachs - that is why they pay doctors so much).

Much satisfying and exciting end of day.