Well, there are some developments at this end of the globe, and they begin with the fat man...
Christmas (Stuffing the face when it’s not 40°C)
Well, I have clocked up a year in London, and approaching another Christmas abroad. This year, the Christmas meal will extend beyond a cob of corn and guacamole on crackers! Having drilled in some extra holes in my belt in preparation, I am ready for a proper festive feed this time round!
Christmas will be spent with some good friends of mine, both of the human, and of the beverage variety. We will be working our way through copious amounts of Mulled Wine, Eggnog, Roasts (required a capitol R), Turkey, Puddings, Apple Pies, Beers, Board Games, Rum and Trifle, with a de-fibrillating machine on standby for the mornings. It will be nice to be eating the Christmas spread when it is...
Weather (English for COLD!)
Life in London of late, has been two things. Cold and Dark. The sun comes up at 9am, and disappears at 3pm. I am therefore working longer hours than the sun, and as such have made a note of this in my CV. This of course means 5 days of the week, I do not see daylight. Its not that I don’t have a window at work I do, but it faces a brick wall! I try and judge the daylight outside by the reflection off the bricks…this is a skill developed to a high standard, and as such, I have made a note of it on my CV. The CV is looking mighty fine now, which is always good when...
Credit Crunching (Where dreams become reality)
The last couple of months have certainly been interesting times in London. The credit crunch really is a noticeable force. One quiet Friday at work, 14 people were tapped on the shoulder, and told to hang there head, collect their belongings, and Vamuse! It was an eerie day, with deafening silence, pierced by the sounds of footsteps. You just had to hope they were not coming in your direction! One of my colleagues opposite was shown the door, with an impressive straight armed point. We bid him farewell and good luck, before I returned to my desk to watch a drunken squirrel try and climb a tree on YouTube. But a few weeks later, I made the call myself, and as such...
Sacked for Resigning (Well the latter anyway)
The great news (excuse me while I do a small jig and down a shot of celebratory Absinthe....dry retches), is that I have quit my job! No more pinging Wi-Fi internet routers for me. Meaning no more explaining to old geezers using Wi-Fi internet at McDonalds, why they can’t view hardcore lesbian pornography whilst having a Big Mac (once a day task!). I must admit, I am proud of my work there; my phone was off the hook for the last three months...I have some super clean stats; no news is good news, that’s my motto!
So the job hunt begins, nearly 12 months to the day from when it first started. As to what I will do now, well I have no idea! It is a Europe wide search for a bread winner now, and it is exciting to imagine where I might end up…hopefully it’s not as a broke bum scraping chewy off the footpath in Romania for a couple of jingling coins! But hopefully it won’t come to that, and Ill find a few months of work, because of...
Tour De Europe 2009 (Converting legs to a tree trunk like state)
2009 is very exciting, as me and two friends will be doing the trip of a lifetime. We will be cycling through 19 countries around Europe next summer (finally I’ll get a summer after 2 years). Nothing but pedal power, the open road, cool little villages and towns, and that constant voice in the head saying “are we there yet are we there yet are we there yet...”.
Lots of planning has already been done, taking us through 19 countries from France across to Greece, up the Balkans to Germany and across to Holland.
I have already started training for it in earnest. I now no longer use the TV remote (on Mondays and Thursdays), and if I want a cup of tea at work, I no longer get the weaker, more feeble staff to make it for me! With six months to prepare, we are well on track. The route is sorted, now we need the equipment, i.e. bikes! It will be an amazing trip, and May cannot come soon enough! More information to follow...
