If you are thirsty each place-setting has its own tap dispensing fizzy mineral water at pounds 1 a glass

If you are thirsty, each place-setting has its own tap, dispensing fizzy mineral water at pounds 1 a glass. Meanwhile, two robotic drinks trolleys continually circle the restaurant laden with beer, wine, sake and tea. Again, all you have to do is grab what you want as it passes; when you have had enough, the server tots up the colour-coded plates, the bottles and so on, and you pay at the check-out as you leave. As in Japan, there is no service charge and no tipping.When I visited, three days before the official opening, Yo! Sushi still had some way to go before being fully functioning. As the basic constituents of sushi - flavoured rice, nori seaweed and raw fish - are repetitive, to make a tolerable meal you need a pretty wide variety of fish to choose from, but on Monday the choice was restricted to tuna (the sushi staple - here a rather garish orange), sweet omelette, strapped to its mounting of rice by a band of nori, white fish (hirama), prawn and salted mackerel. The flavour, both of fish and rice, was perfectly OK, however. Soon gourmet chefs will be installed to contribute delicacies such as ikura (salmon roe), uni (sea urchin) and toro (fatty tuna) to the conveyor belt, and Yo! Sushi will become a hard place to walk past..

Monday 20 January 9st 2; cigarettes 10(vg); alcohol units (vg); no of millennium parties invited to: 0 (too few) 7.30am Har har. Practically middle of night and am about to get up: going into work really early.Have unfortunately got into bad books of Richard Finch for failing his current affairs exam, not knowing what was happening in Hong Kong and other useless bits of information Whole thing stupid, if ask me. Is no such thing as General Knowledge in media age as information overload, so why happen upon one piece of information rather than another instead of being Post-modern? He keeps shoving pictures of Chris Evans under my nose and making remarks about nobody being indispensable.Overall it has been a most unfortunate week for comparisons. He also says that if Nicola Horlick could hold down a million-pound-a-year job with five children how come I can't get to work on time when I do not have any? Honestly.

Just because I don't have any children does not mean I waste time All my time is full.Anyway, best get up Aaargh it is already 8 o'clock How did that happen?8.15am Right Have found clothes now except tights Feel awful, thought Think will just have fag to ease head-state. Traumatic night last night with Jude, Shazzer and Hurtful Rebecca."Wonder what we all be doing on the millennium?" murmured Jude in a dreamy way which suggested sick fantasies about Vile Richard, Clerkenwell lofts and stainless steel industrial-style cookers."Haven't you got a party?" said Rebecca, who seemed not to be pissed (typical), aghast. "Johnny and Michaela are having a party in Gloucestershire in a marquee.""Can't we just go for a night out and go on the Big Wheel and look at the fireworks," I said, adding quickly to impress Rebecca "And the exhibition." (Cannot understand the fuss about the multi-million-pound goody-goody exhibition: What will they put in it? All screens with hardboard with lots of holes in and not very interesting things pinned up - like the sort of thing you were forced to go round on school trips before you could have your packed lunch and start arsing around. Would be better to have all waterslides and bars if ask me)"Well, whatever you're doing, you'll have to book it quickly.

Everywhere's booked up," said Rebecca."No, but it's the people you're with," I said."People as well. I mean I'm already double-booked.""Pfurr, yur but not people like Me and Jude and Shazzer," I said grinning stupidly at the others and kicking them under the table."Actually I've been invited to the party as well," said Shazzer guiltily."Um, so have I," said Jude, looking at me nervously. "Though in fact Vile Richard said this morning something about me and him going Tonga to watch the sun rise."Oh God Was awful. Am social outcast, am going to be only person on own at turn of millennium, sitting at home watching Angus Deayton, bringing in bits of coal on own Oooh - telephone!Huh.

Was just Mum ringing to check what day I'm coming home for Easter."Mum," I said miserably, "What are you doing at the millennium?" At least if they had some Turkey curry buffet thing I could pretend I had to go to it."Well! We're going off with Geoffrey and Una and the druids," she trilled I racked my brains. The Druids? Donald and Anthea Druid? Eileen and Ray Druid?"Derek and Monica! - you know Monica, darling. Derek used to be head of the boilers at Sizewell B - well, they're druids now so we're going to dress up in white and wait for the sunrise over Stonehenge Imagine!"No Please no OH MY GOD It's nine o'clock Must prioritise. The millennium is not for ages.9.15am Wonder if hair will be all right if don't wash it Hmm Had better wash it.9.19am Phone again Oh no.