Looking Back Once In A While 1...

This, ladies and gentlemen, is our apartmentmate (what a mouthful!) of old, Mr ymlau. This picture, taken at DiMaggio's, Glasgow 2003, somewhere around Mr ymlau's birthday. That's right folks, 24 spanking years old. Made him do the ordering and wine choosing for once.

Our phone cam (one of the first Nokia 7650s out then!) was pretty much our only digicam and we used it to take more shots than with our actual camera (vice versa when we're travelling!). Night shots are so-so but much better than expected. Most of the time we try to catch ymlau with a candid/smiling shot, rather than his usual stern pose. As you can see here, he's looking somewhat like a cheerful Buddha, innit? Rare, rare shot.

Sigh. How long ago it seems. Three of us in James Blyth Court - ymlau, Ju and us. ymlau and Ju would alternately cook dinner while we will wash up, and occasionally (at one time, nearly weekly) we would go out for a mooch around town instead. Of course we'd an affinity for Western everytime...must say that we was too lazy to head all the way to Sauchiehall St (lawks, it took us some 15 seconds to recall that!) and would normally whine for a taxi home rather than walk.

How cosy it was - everything within walking distance, the weather at night cool, and the Malaysians buggering for a mamak or coffee cafe that was open past 8pm. And you can see who's out and about from your study window if they decide to take the George St route home or from the kitchen window if they took the Cathedral St route home.

Would it that life could remain that simple.