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Bi-Weekly Update

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I haven’t written much lately… I guess because there is too much going on at the moment. Pleasant things mostly and also stuff that needs to be done, so I ain’t complaining. AS. has been in Egypt for almost two weeks, windsurfing, so I have the place to myself and you know what it is like: while the cat’s away, the mice will play.

So I had fun, doing things that I wanted to do which makes me realise that I really need to get my life back. Kris sent me an email last week because a friend of his had a client who’s looking for Flash designers, so I sent my CV and cover letter to him last week. I have applied for a few other jobs but I’m still waiting for a response. They seem to take their time over here which can be quite annoying…

Anyway, here’s an update:

Wednesday August 15

Got email in from Kris about job. CS. called and came over for a few hours in the evening, she wanted to chat and I haven’t seen nor spoken with her ever since she came back from her visit to India. She brought a bottle of wine, I finished it and was a bit pissed after that… CS. asked me to meet up again on Saturday to hang out with her and her niece R., and go into town for some window-shopping.

Thursday August 16

Got email in from friend of Kris about job, sent out my CV and cover letter.

Saturday August 18

CS. called to meet up at my local Tube station, her niece R. is over from Canada and she promised her to go shopping. We were supposed to go to Oxford and Regent street but they booked tickets for her to watch the football match in the afternoon so we only had a few hours… We had a coffee near the Tube station and walked to the local high-street to check out some shops.

Later that evening I went over to IS. and CS.’s place, we were on the guest list of club Pacha through JS. [CS’s son] who is friends with the DJ. So we had to be there at 23.00, we took the Tube but CS. forgot that Victoria line was closed earlier because of maintenance so we had to take a cab to Victoria Station. Had a fantastic night: have been dancing for six hours which was great; I needed to get rid of some energy and this was the best way to do it, most of the time on my own.

Met some guy from Estonia who was really thick so I ended up showing him my bitch switch. I had to be rude to get the message across; I just wanted to dance on my own and be one with the music and not being bothered by someone who desperately wants my attention… I closed my eyes, thought of thunderstorms and lightning, turned around and ignored him. I was happy we were on the guest list and had a VIP room to ourselves and the DJs so I could escape from this guy and doze off on the bass… Hectic speakers!

Funny thing was that we had to wait in line each time we wanted to have a fag. There was this narrow alley on the side of the club, everyone there was really friendly, joking and having fun. It was pissing down and half of the alley was covered but no one seemed to care, it was hot inside so it was nice to cool off a bit. We left just before the club would close and waited outside for a cab to show up. JS. had called one but it took an hour to get there. I was home at 06.00 in the morning and couldn’t sleep really. Kept thinking about thunderstorms…

Here are a few pics:

Sunday August 19

Didn’t sleep for 48 hours… and it took me a while to recover from this and a night out clubbing…

Tuesday August 21

Met up with Kris at Holborn Tube station to have lunch today, walked around Covent Garden for a while and to my surprise I ran into Stu. who is over from the lowlands for two weeks. I was so surprised to see him that I even forgot to say hello to him. He felt the same, so it wasn’t just me being scatterbrained. I mean, out of almost 8 million people, that day, that place and that time; what are the odds? And we were supposed to meet up on Thursday, not that Tuesday… :P

Kris and I went to Satsuma to have lunch there. I had some delicious sushi, with smoked salmon and avocado, also nicked a few from Kris who had ordered crispy duck sushi and some spicy noodle soup. I wasn’t very hungry so the sushi was plenty for me combined with a nice pot of green tea. We stayed there for a while chatting and decided to walk around Soho and have a coffee bit further down the road at an italian place called Bar Italia which seems to be an all night Soho favourite since 1923. We walked back to Holborn and I went home from there.

Thursday August 23

Had to collect R., got stuck at Mile End and had to take a detour to get to the Times which took me 45 minutes altogether. Had a quick coffee with CS. and then we went to Camden Town because R. had an appointment to have a small tattoo done. It didn’t take long so when they were done we took the Tube and went to Covent Garden where we walked around a bit. I bought some brushes for my aunt and we had lunch at a vegetarian place at Neal’s Yard. We then walked back to Covent Garden Piazza to meet up with Stu. Meeting point the carousel at 15.15…

We walked a bit, checking out Covent Garden: showing R. around, and decided to go to a pub around the corner in Wellington Street, called The Corner Store. Unfortunately we had to leave after some time because some people had made reservations.

We walked around Soho and Chinatown looking for another pub but most were too busy. I called MvdM. to ask him about this Dim Sum place that he knows of, since we were getting a bit hungry and I have been craving for Dim Sum for such a long time. He gave me directions so we took the Tube to Oxford Circus. I’m not sure about this place, I’ve read very negative reviews and also, it isn’t really authentic, I’d rather find a cosy place in Chinatown to be honest. This place seems too modern, too yuppie to me perhaps.

Anyway when we arrived there was a line of people, at least about 80 of them probably more, it would’ve taken hours so we decided to go for a pub grub at Carnaby Street instead. We stayed till about 22.00 and walked back to the Tube station. I had to bring R. home, CS. already called because it was getting late. Unfortunately we had to leave in a bit of a rush, so said a quick goodbye to Stu. and walked to Oxford Circus. We were at IS.’s and CS.’s at 23.55; I. took me home at 01.00… A busy day but has been very good and it was really nice to meet up with Stu. and hang out for a bit!

The Fool

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I’m so hungover I need at least a week to recover, I should cut the crap really and stick to lemonade instead of booze. I know I sound like some moron alcoholic but trust me I ain’t. It’s just that I had too many parties lately and I really wish for a quiet weekend at home. Next Saturday I have another friends thing to do but it will be during the day and the weekend after I will be painting [all week]. I promised MvdM. to help him and W. rebuild the kitchen. I’ll probably have some demolishing to do as well since the whole kitchen needs to be ripped out and tiles need to be removed. So hopefully the weekend after that I will be doing nothing; bliss!

I was in Bournemouth yesterday and this morning, M. had her 40th birthday and invited a crowd over. I only knew about five out of 60 people and had a hard time talking to strangers because firstly I didn’t feel like it and secondly I don’t like superficial chitchat. This country at times seems to be the country of superficial chitchat though, especially at parties where you are forced to entertain some by being overly polite and keep a straight face. It was a nice party though and I had a great time catching up with S. and M. Last time I saw them was two years ago at S. and J.’s wedding.

I made one big mistake which was the speed of alcohol consumption and the type of alcohol. Normally I stick to wine or a nice Scotch but I would never ever mix anything until last night. I had this weird drink Pimm’s, that I didn’t even like to be honest. I mean it was alright but sooooooooooo yukky sweet. Halfway the evening I swapped to wine because Pimms was finished, biggest mistake ever. And again I didn’t eat much [when will I learn?]. Last time I felt like this is about 20 years ago and I hated it back then as I hate it nowadays. I feel tired, sick and extra extra tired on the side.

We came home at about 14.00 today and I just needed to relax for a while and watch some TV. It was hectic on the motorway, too many annoying tossers not knowing how to drive [being stuck in the middle lane and not realising why people start overtaking them on the left] and I needed to focus on something just to stay alert and awake, so staring at the road was not a clever thing to do it made my condition worse. I had to skip a lovely full English breakfast because I couldn’t stand the smell of it [why am I torturing myself like that?] and had one slice of toast with butter instead, a cup of tea [in the morning???? I couldn’t stand the smell of coffee, yes… me… the coffee addict!] and lots of fruit juice.

Some details are better left unsaid because they are just too embarrassing. I just lost the plot again last night and since we had to walk back to the B&B down the road things became worse. I was in bed by 04.00 in the morning and had to get up five hours later. At 06.30 or something some kids started to run and scream somewhere in the house, I was told at breakfast that they were guests there as well [so where were the bleeding parents?!]; they need proper training. I wasn’t allowed to do that when I was a child, my parents would’ve told me off big time. So I didn’t sleep much and I really didn’t want to get up, that bed was divine, I wish I could’ve slept for at least another four hours… Bummer I had to get up and get ready…

So after a 2.5 hours trip I ended up on the sofa watching the motoGP in Germany on BBC two. How come I end up watching a GP all the time? Last week I did exactly the same thing, channel surfing and getting stuck with the GP here in the UK, Form 1 though. I’m twisted… I didn’t see much today though and missed the finish [darn] because I simply fell asleep for half an hour. My brain is fried and I can’t think so I’m switching off soon. I really need to catch up on sleep and try to eat something, I feel like eating Thai Green Curry Chicken noodle soup and I think that is exactly what I’ll be preparing in the next 30 minutes and then a kip!

I promised PE to check something out and I didn’t have time in the end but I’ll keep my promise and work on it tonight or tomorrow, if you read this: sorry about that, I’ll need a brain that works though so I’d better wait a few more hours before I start doing the job for ya!…

For now:

Charlie, Uniform… Lima, Alpha, Tango, Echo, Romeo, over and out…