Vipassana Meditation at Dhamma Dipa: What I didn't do

I just got back from a 10-day course in Vipassana meditation at Dhamma Dipa in Herefordshire. I thought it might be interesting for people to get an idea about the sort of things that we got up to down there, but first, here's a list of the things that I didn't get up to.

1. I did not see god, get converted or become enlightened.
2. No meat-eating.
3. No women, no children.
4. No speaking (hardly) - in fact no communication at all, not even body language or a smile was allowed.
5. No intoxicants.
6. No caffeine.
7. No reading (except for a few instructions posted on the boards).
8. No writing.
9. No clothes washing - or any other normal household chores.
10. No exercise except walking.
11. No email or internet.
12. No telephone.
13. No music.
14. No games or other entertainment.
15. No travel.
16. No spectacles (except to watch the evening discourses).
17. No refined sugar (perhaps a little in the desserts, but not much).
18. No proper meals after about 11.30am.
19. Only a five or six hours sleep a night.
20. No news or information, no radio, newpapers etc..
21. No solitude (really, not much).
22. No freedom - the timetable was rigid.
23. No days off.
24. No difficulties at all - meals provided, bed provided, nothing to worry about, nothing could go wrong.
25. No money.
26. Nothing in my pockets except a few tissues and a clock.
27. No stealing.
28. No killing.
29. No lying (I don't think I lied - perhaps I did, not sure).
30. No physical contact with anyone else.
31. No contact with advertising! That was a good one.

All this was supposed to clear the way for some concentrated work on our minds. See what I did do in my next post.