Shaved Head and Hitching to Morocco

Yesterday evening I trotted on down to the student union to play in the fortnightly poker tournament. I was president last year, so it made a change to play and not have to get up every 5 minutes to check on the running of the whole thing. Around 65 people showed up, a smaller field than usual, probably due to exams. I finished 6th, and was only knocked out after a prolonged period of being dealt distinctly below average cards. I even managed to pop in a few well timed bluffs. I owe whatever skill I have at the game to the booze, I'd never have the balls to raise with nothing if I'd not had a few JDs and Aftershocks beforehand.
My girlfriend turned up during the event, great to see her, as she lives in France this year, because of her languages degree. By coincidence I spent a few hours during the tournament playing against a few French guys. When one of them got knocked out we ingeniously shouted "poisson!" and "poulet!". One of them responded quietly by taking all my chips.
Not surprisingly I woke up with a tad of a headache and slept through the morning lectures, on rheumatoid disease, which I was subsequently told were very average. I did make it in for my afternoon student-selected unit, Global Health. This week it was malaria, again more epidemiology than clinical info. Followed by a few photos and anecdotes from an ex-Medicins Sans Frontiers doctor who'd previously worked in Afghanistan and Sudan. Inspiring, if I needed any further encouragement to go into aid work.
When I got back I fulfilled an earlier agreement and called a close to the reign of the long hair, which had been growing for about a year. It wasn't girly long, but if I'd have left it much longer then it might have been getting that way. So now, courtesy of my girlfriend and a home-hair shaver, I'm the proud owner of a grade 2 buzz cut.
Spotted an advert for a charity event where the participants hitchhike to Morocco, and them I assume them hitchhike back again. I'll check my diary but I'm very interested. The £300 minimum fund raising total shouldn't be a massive ask. It would also fulfill my resolution to visit 3 new countries this year (Holland for hockey tour and India for elective are the others).