Archive for October, 2007
ASBO Alley
Near the office where I’m working there’s a big high school. Every lunch time hundreds of kids pile out and besiege the chip shops, newsagents and generally hang about the alleyways. It’s central London, and the kids look tough. To be honest they make me a bit nervous. I don’t understand a word they say [...]
An all day breakfast sandwich to make your day?
So I got off the train at Brighton station (a journey which is starting to get very old by the way) and walked into budgens past a homeless geezer sat in the street with a blanket in him lap. I wanted a bottle of wine to go with the thai grub had in the fridge [...]
Sweet. Nuff Sed.
So I got on the train at Kings Cross Thames Link this evening and sat down opposite a 9 year kid with his mum. They were quiet. The mother was probably thinking about dinner, shopping and the kid was thinking about …. what? HALO 3?
So anyhoo, The kid watched me take my jacket off and [...]
Falling of the wagon
I’ve been pretty focused since arriving in UK. Trying hard to keep myself on the straight and narrow - getting up early, commuting, working as hard as I can, commuting back, eating a good dinner, not drinking too much and trying to get enough sleep.
Until last night. Not quite sure what happened exactly but I [...]
Chamsick
I got a text from Sarah this morning saying she had been talking about skiing with someone and was dying to get back to Chamonix for the winter. I’ve been feeling the same. The London job is going fairly well. I’m getting into my working stride again, learning new technology skills and polishing old ones. [...]
