I shall spare her blushes and not mention which birthday it is, but she seems very pleased with the Sony-Ericsson G700 she found in her present this morning. Since then, an 8Mb M2 card has been added to it so she should be able to take a fair selection of music with her to work, assuming of course she remembers to put the earphones in her bag.

We're off out to DUO in town very shortly, apparently it serves a menu comprising a mix of French and Italian dishes. From what we've heard so far, it's supposed to be a very nice restaurant, we'll see shortly I guess.

For me, well the cold is still making itself known, hope it sorts itself out shortly, as I'm playing in a golf comp that starts at 08:00 tomorrow and I have a 05:30 start to ensure I'm there in time - my turn to drive. The bad part of this is that the forecast temperature overnight is -2C - this is the Middle East I'm in isn't it?