Friday........

Friday morning, there wasn't any Playcentre due to the fact that most of the Mums & Dad couldn't make it...so I took the Twins to Chipmunks, an indoor soft-play area. This cost a few ducats, as it has those "Feed Me!" slot machines; a big digger, an Ambulance with an injured Teddy Bear in the back (at least that one has room for both my little clowns), and others...though I managed to resist feeding any of the others! I had a Cappucino (with Hazelnut) & two Doughnuts for just $5.50 (about 2 Quid). The Twins had a great time!

I went to the Cinema Friday night; it was a filim called Blood Diamond. Pretty full-on stuff! Based on the recent conflict surrounding Diamonds in Sierra Leone, this movie features Leonardo DiCaprio, in a performance that proves he can do foreign accents! He plays a Zimbabwean drug smuggler. I saw the film with my mate, Chris. One of the issues highlighted was the recruitment of children, by the Rebels (the RUF). These kids were pressed into service slaughtering innocent civilians as soon as they were able to hold a gun & pull the trigger....they were brain-washed & trained to kill indiscriminately...and the REALLY shocking thing was, there are still 200,000 child soldiers in Africa today! .......one memorable moment in Blood Diamond came when the two main characters, Solomon Vandy (Djimon Housou) & Danny Archer (Leonardo) walk into a village, where most have been gunned down...they meety an old man - "Welcome, brother!" he says, then whispers to Solomon, "Hey, tell the white poochui not to shoot me, OK?" Solomon grins. "He's just crazy about diamonds," says he, circling his finger next to his temple. "I hope they never find Oil here," quips the old man, "Then we'll REALLY be in trouble!" We had to laugh. It was the only funny moment in the whole film.....