A night of two halves

Posted on February 16th, 2008 by bryan.
Categories: General, Restaurants.

I’ve had an interesting evening.

I spent the first half celebrating with friends the completion of the ICSA International Qualifying Scheme - I am now a GradICSA and in a couple of months will be eligible to apply for Associate membership of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ACIS). Thankfully I only had to pass four exams (some of my friends had to sit about 15), but it’s been a lot of work. However, we still got round to discussing the possibility of studying for a Masters in Governance and Ethics!

We had a lovely - but not overly cheap - dinner in La Cave, near London Bridge. I had a duck breast, which was well cooked, but could have done with a side portion of veg. For pudding I had a ‘chocolate sachet with raspberry’ - or a mousse! We finished our celebrations with a drink al fresco at the George Inn, apparently London’s oldest pub - built in 1677.

The rest of the evening was spent in a police car. Not through any fault of my own, I hasten to add. Basically, a bigotted racist idiot was being a prick on the Tube and I was the star witness. Unfortunately, we could not find the guy - he was white, 5′10″, mid-40s, dark leather jacket, blue jeans and green scarf (and presumably lives in the Holloway Rd area) - but at least he got a fright when he heard the police sirens. Thankfully, he is not representative of the vast majority of the British population, but his acts do reflect on all of us.

Anyway, I have now had a few too many glasses of wine, so I think it’s time to head to bed. Good night!

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