Monday, December 10, 2007

The Last Supper

On a recent visit to Milan, the wife and I went to see Leonardo Da Vinci's famous mural painting The Last Supper. Tickets have to be booked in advance and cost approximately €10. A maximum of 25 people are allowed into the room - a former refectory of the Dominican order - at any one time due to its deterioration, and one is allowed only 15 minutes. I wasn't sure what to expect. Although I've never read or seen Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, I've seen its image in countless tellybox programmes and books. Despite being impressed by this work of art, I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that I badly needed a shit.

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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Middlesbrough 2 The Arsenal 1

I watched this one on some dodgy Thai internet site, and got English-language commentary from Talksport. It just wasn't our day; we were very poor. Boro, on the other hand, were up for it, as I expected to be. We were poor upfront. Adebayor and Eduardo were anonymous, and the midfield of Gilberto and Diarra wasn't up to it. None of the replacements made much of impact.
Fair play to Boro, they deserved their win. I don't think this defeat is critical in term of the championship, as we are still one point clear of the Mancs, but it means we can't afford to slip up. We've got a tough run of games coming up in the next few weeks. Chelsea and the Scum at home, followed by Pompey and Everton away. I hope Fabregas, Falmini, Hleb and Van Persie will be back from injury soon.

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