"Excuse me! How do I Return to the Castle Wolfenstein?" – Cont

Day 3

Start today by visiting something I love – A flea market!

 

See Flea market is where you get to meet and interact with the local people and hence getting a glimpse into how their lives are like. I also make my only Berlin souvenir purchase: A Tsuba! Hey its either that or a beer stein that I will never use ok!

  

A few minutes walk down the road you will find the Gedenskatte Berliner Mauer. A recreation of the session of the old Berlin wall where they have the “no mans land”. The old Berlin wall is a double section wall with the first wall sitting on the East/West Berlin border and the second wall is 15 ms back well within the East Berlin boundary. It is flanked by watch towers and main purpose is to stop East Germans from escaping into the west. The guards are instructed to fire one warning shot and the next shot is aim to kill.

One of the exhibit is the remnants of a church that was in the middle of No mans land where before East German blocked it off the West Berliners will enter the church using the Entrance on the West side. Since the wall was built the church was rendered inaccessible to anyone as its in the middle of no mans land. The East German government decided to diminish it and today this church is only rebuilt as part of the memorial of the times when the two Germans are apart. Speaking of apart:

 Well…… it was hopeful at one time. If there are anything the world can learn is that one should never negotiate with anyone with fashion sense stuck in the 60s!

Had a Kebab for lunch did I mentioned that Berlin is the largest city with a Turkish population outside of Turkey?

Next stop is the Jewish Museum

     

Like the Holocaust memorial this building was designed as a memorial of sort to the Jews. On the bottom basement is corridor arranged as 3 intersecting axis. The Axis of Holocaust which leads to the Tower of Holocaust (Second pic) which is a Tower the height of the building with only a gap letting in the natural light.

The Axis of Exile leads to the Garden of the Exiles (third pic) which is a bunch of tall pillars with olive trees on top with the ground sloping at an awkward angle. This represents the disorientation of the people who fled to other countries during the Holocaust.  

The Axis of Continuity leads to the exhibits on the upper floors of the museum. Inside the museum is various exhibits on Jewish culture and their history, its fascinating that most people know so little about the Jews. Where the axis intersects are filled with void spaces in the building. The fourth and fifth photos show one of the voided spaces with plates of iron in the shape of a face litter across the floor. As you step on it you can hear the clashing of the metal plates which reverberate across the whole section. The clinging of metals under your body weight really gives you the creeps!!

Spend the rest of the afternoon walking around Berlin Central park:

Is that an XC track in the middle of Berlin

Last stop in Berlin – Siegessäule 

    

The column was originally a victory column dedicated to the reunification war of Germany and victory over France. But in 1945 the occupying French force removed the iron plates decorating the base of the column and took them back to Paris. Its only in 1987 they were returned back to Berlin. You can still see some of the bullet holes left behind from second world war.

Representz

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40444&l=bc296&id=544948593
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40448&l=6bf06&id=544948593

 All in all its a great trip to Berlin! I have a lovely time even if I was by myself most of the time. In hindsight I should have went to one of those pub crawls organised tours but than I doubt I will make it past the second pub.

The things that I did learn from Berlin:

* A better understanding of Israel and its motivation: I can see why Israel is so proactive when it comes to defending its nation. If the Holocaust shown anything is that for too long the fate of the Jewish people are in the hands of others. In order for the Jews to survive as a race they will needed a place where they can control their own fate, cause one of the overriding theme of Jewish view of Holocaust is that it could happen again;

* Berlin is awesome on a back of a bike! The streets are so wide and the weekend’s weather remind me so much of Sydney! Damn! I wanted to get a beach cruiser;

* Traveling along is great in that you can do whatever you wanted, but it can be lonely and depressing at times as there are no one to share the fun or bounce ideas around. you do end up taking alot of photos!

Arrived back in London and caught the 12:00 p.m. Walked back into my room at 2:00 a.m. in the wet and miserable cold. Why did I come back to London??

 

“Excuse me! How do I Return to the Castle Wolfenstein?” – Cont

Day 3

Start today by visiting something I love – A flea market!

 

See Flea market is where you get to meet and interact with the local people and hence getting a glimpse into how their lives are like. I also make my only Berlin souvenir purchase: A Tsuba! Hey its either that or a beer stein that I will never use ok!

  

A few minutes walk down the road you will find the Gedenskatte Berliner Mauer. A recreation of the session of the old Berlin wall where they have the “no mans land”. The old Berlin wall is a double section wall with the first wall sitting on the East/West Berlin border and the second wall is 15 ms back well within the East Berlin boundary. It is flanked by watch towers and main purpose is to stop East Germans from escaping into the west. The guards are instructed to fire one warning shot and the next shot is aim to kill.

One of the exhibit is the remnants of a church that was in the middle of No mans land where before East German blocked it off the West Berliners will enter the church using the Entrance on the West side. Since the wall was built the church was rendered inaccessible to anyone as its in the middle of no mans land. The East German government decided to diminish it and today this church is only rebuilt as part of the memorial of the times when the two Germans are apart. Speaking of apart:

 Well…… it was hopeful at one time. If there are anything the world can learn is that one should never negotiate with anyone with fashion sense stuck in the 60s!

Had a Kebab for lunch did I mentioned that Berlin is the largest city with a Turkish population outside of Turkey?

Next stop is the Jewish Museum

     

Like the Holocaust memorial this building was designed as a memorial of sort to the Jews. On the bottom basement is corridor arranged as 3 intersecting axis. The Axis of Holocaust which leads to the Tower of Holocaust (Second pic) which is a Tower the height of the building with only a gap letting in the natural light.

The Axis of Exile leads to the Garden of the Exiles (third pic) which is a bunch of tall pillars with olive trees on top with the ground sloping at an awkward angle. This represents the disorientation of the people who fled to other countries during the Holocaust.  

The Axis of Continuity leads to the exhibits on the upper floors of the museum. Inside the museum is various exhibits on Jewish culture and their history, its fascinating that most people know so little about the Jews. Where the axis intersects are filled with void spaces in the building. The fourth and fifth photos show one of the voided spaces with plates of iron in the shape of a face litter across the floor. As you step on it you can hear the clashing of the metal plates which reverberate across the whole section. The clinging of metals under your body weight really gives you the creeps!!

Spend the rest of the afternoon walking around Berlin Central park:

Is that an XC track in the middle of Berlin

Last stop in Berlin – Siegessäule 

    

The column was originally a victory column dedicated to the reunification war of Germany and victory over France. But in 1945 the occupying French force removed the iron plates decorating the base of the column and took them back to Paris. Its only in 1987 they were returned back to Berlin. You can still see some of the bullet holes left behind from second world war.

Representz

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40444&l=bc296&id=544948593
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40448&l=6bf06&id=544948593

 All in all its a great trip to Berlin! I have a lovely time even if I was by myself most of the time. In hindsight I should have went to one of those pub crawls organised tours but than I doubt I will make it past the second pub.

The things that I did learn from Berlin:

* A better understanding of Israel and its motivation: I can see why Israel is so proactive when it comes to defending its nation. If the Holocaust shown anything is that for too long the fate of the Jewish people are in the hands of others. In order for the Jews to survive as a race they will needed a place where they can control their own fate, cause one of the overriding theme of Jewish view of Holocaust is that it could happen again;

* Berlin is awesome on a back of a bike! The streets are so wide and the weekend’s weather remind me so much of Sydney! Damn! I wanted to get a beach cruiser;

* Traveling along is great in that you can do whatever you wanted, but it can be lonely and depressing at times as there are no one to share the fun or bounce ideas around. you do end up taking alot of photos!

Arrived back in London and caught the 12:00 p.m. Walked back into my room at 2:00 a.m. in the wet and miserable cold. Why did I come back to London??

 

"Excuse me! How do I Return to the Castle Wolfenstein?"

This weekend sees me going to Berlin. Boy the first 30 mins of my trip I thought “Shit! What a hole!” now it leapfrogged Paris as one of my favour city!

Original plan was to meet up with a workmates and crash his stag-do, (Hes also in Berlin too) but I haven’t heard from him since arriving in Berlin so I spend most of the weekend to myself, Oh well…..

Day 1

First sight i visited was checkpoint Charlie.

 

Checkpoint Charlie is important to allied because its the only check point intended for travelling of people between East and West Berlin. Check point alpha is at Helmstedt  and checkpoint Bravo is at Wanness south east of Berlin. There is an access road between alpha and bravo which supplies the western part of Berlin during the cold war.

Today Checkpoint Charlie is just another tourist site to remind people how life’s like back in the days of the cold war, something that heavily influence their Berliners even today.

Next stop: topography of terror.

  

This is the old site of the HQ for SS/Gestapo. The wall on top is the wall that still standing, the SS/Gestapo is Hitler tools of control. Their operation is to maintain Hitler’s power by spying on its own civilians and cracking down on any dissents. SS are also the key instruments in implementing the Nazi’s “final solution” to the Jewish question.

 

Picture of the above is the Sony centre. It along with the Jewish Museum is some of the most impressive modern architecture I seen.

  

Brandenburger Tor: Used to be gate used to collect tolls on road into Berlin now a symbol of the united German people after unification. The dude on the chariot (Quadriga) was taken by Napoleon to Paris after defeating the Prussians. It was soon restore after Napoleon was defeated.

Took a few pics of the Reichstag as well, but I dun have a tri-pod so none of them turned out too well. 

Day 2  

Went up the TV tower to see Berlin from up above.

 

See the tower was originally build by the East German as a way to demonstrate their “technological prowess” over the west. However there was a little unintended consequence of the design of the tower.

 Do you see it? Can you see the cross known as the “Pope’s Revenge”? See East Germany communist are atheist and really get up their nerves that one of their keystone project turned out to be an unintended religious monument! They spend thousands of marks trying to get rid of it, but till today the cross is still visible on a sunny day in Berlin like the weekend!

 Signed up to the bike tour around Berlin. End up spending most of the day riding Berlin on a beach cruiser as part of the Berlin’s Fat Tire Bike Tour. ABSOLUTELY RAD!!! I volunteered to be the “Ass man” of the group to make sure no one, left behind. They gave me shards of the Berlin wall as souvenir! Yippeee….

 

The second pic is Marx and Engel – two of the greatest thinkers of Communism. 

 

Q: Whats the most significant event that happened in this square?

A: This is where Indy met the Führer and got his autograph in the “last crusade”! On more serious note this is where the Nazi burned all the books they deemed not in line with Nazi ideology. The ppl you see are crowding around the book burning monument.

The Berlin wall might be down, but most of the location of the wall are well marked on the ground. 

 “Campers delight” – A east German watch tower/sniper tower. It designed to house 2 people per shift. The idea is if your partner defects to the west you are meant to shoot him or they will put you to death for letting him escape. This usually resulting in both snipers defecting together instead. :-/

 

The old location of the Hitler’s bunker, which remains unmarked till 2006 where they erected a sign. Russians discovered the bunker was originally trying to destroy it by implosion demolition, however it was so well build that it still remain, so they removed the cover the bunker and filled the whole thing with cement. The irony is that round the corner is the Holocaust memorial.

 

Lunch in the middle of Berlin central park! Wonderbra!!!

  

Skoda Velothron Berlin – Proudly brought to you by me and the Canon 450D with Sports mode!!!

   

This is the holocaust memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe. It consist of 2711 blocks of concrete ranging from 0.2 to 4.8 metres high.  From a distance the blocks look like the same height but the contour of the ground gives you that deceptive feeling. As you walk through the maze you find yourself swallow within the grids of concrete, its almost like a cross between Total-Recall and a close quarter paint ball arena! The maze of concrete block feels orderly from a far, but once you walk amongst the maze you feel like you are lost and cannot see the outside world. This is meant to be reflective of the feelings of victims of holocaust.

There is also “a place of information” (More like a museum) underneath where it contain details of the holocaust. Part of the exhibits are the letters and diary of the victims being transported or housed in the death camps. Reading them and knowing their fate afterwards sends chill right through your soul. The exit to the museum leads you back into the maze. The novelty of the maze wears off very quickly when you know 6 million people die to make this maze.

Next stop, the glass dome on top of the Reichstag.

      

The Reichstag is the symbol of democracy of the new German. The last time it was used before the current German government was by Hitler and his national socialist party before the fire. The dome is a new feature added on for the new government. It was designed by a Brit with a funky double-helix walkway which means the pathways to up and down never crossed each other.

The glass dome represent transparency as it filter lights all the way to the ground floor of the building, it signify the new Germany government’s openness.

To be Continue……

“Excuse me! How do I Return to the Castle Wolfenstein?”

This weekend sees me going to Berlin. Boy the first 30 mins of my trip I thought “Shit! What a hole!” now it leapfrogged Paris as one of my favour city!

Original plan was to meet up with a workmates and crash his stag-do, (Hes also in Berlin too) but I haven’t heard from him since arriving in Berlin so I spend most of the weekend to myself, Oh well…..

Day 1

First sight i visited was checkpoint Charlie.

 

Checkpoint Charlie is important to allied because its the only check point intended for travelling of people between East and West Berlin. Check point alpha is at Helmstedt  and checkpoint Bravo is at Wanness south east of Berlin. There is an access road between alpha and bravo which supplies the western part of Berlin during the cold war.

Today Checkpoint Charlie is just another tourist site to remind people how life’s like back in the days of the cold war, something that heavily influence their Berliners even today.

Next stop: topography of terror.

  

This is the old site of the HQ for SS/Gestapo. The wall on top is the wall that still standing, the SS/Gestapo is Hitler tools of control. Their operation is to maintain Hitler’s power by spying on its own civilians and cracking down on any dissents. SS are also the key instruments in implementing the Nazi’s “final solution” to the Jewish question.

 

Picture of the above is the Sony centre. It along with the Jewish Museum is some of the most impressive modern architecture I seen.

  

Brandenburger Tor: Used to be gate used to collect tolls on road into Berlin now a symbol of the united German people after unification. The dude on the chariot (Quadriga) was taken by Napoleon to Paris after defeating the Prussians. It was soon restore after Napoleon was defeated.

Took a few pics of the Reichstag as well, but I dun have a tri-pod so none of them turned out too well. 

Day 2  

Went up the TV tower to see Berlin from up above.

 

See the tower was originally build by the East German as a way to demonstrate their “technological prowess” over the west. However there was a little unintended consequence of the design of the tower.

 Do you see it? Can you see the cross known as the “Pope’s Revenge”? See East Germany communist are atheist and really get up their nerves that one of their keystone project turned out to be an unintended religious monument! They spend thousands of marks trying to get rid of it, but till today the cross is still visible on a sunny day in Berlin like the weekend!

 Signed up to the bike tour around Berlin. End up spending most of the day riding Berlin on a beach cruiser as part of the Berlin’s Fat Tire Bike Tour. ABSOLUTELY RAD!!! I volunteered to be the “Ass man” of the group to make sure no one, left behind. They gave me shards of the Berlin wall as souvenir! Yippeee….

 

The second pic is Marx and Engel – two of the greatest thinkers of Communism. 

 

Q: Whats the most significant event that happened in this square?

A: This is where Indy met the Führer and got his autograph in the “last crusade”! On more serious note this is where the Nazi burned all the books they deemed not in line with Nazi ideology. The ppl you see are crowding around the book burning monument.

The Berlin wall might be down, but most of the location of the wall are well marked on the ground. 

 “Campers delight” – A east German watch tower/sniper tower. It designed to house 2 people per shift. The idea is if your partner defects to the west you are meant to shoot him or they will put you to death for letting him escape. This usually resulting in both snipers defecting together instead. :-/

 

The old location of the Hitler’s bunker, which remains unmarked till 2006 where they erected a sign. Russians discovered the bunker was originally trying to destroy it by implosion demolition, however it was so well build that it still remain, so they removed the cover the bunker and filled the whole thing with cement. The irony is that round the corner is the Holocaust memorial.

 

Lunch in the middle of Berlin central park! Wonderbra!!!

  

Skoda Velothron Berlin – Proudly brought to you by me and the Canon 450D with Sports mode!!!

   

This is the holocaust memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe. It consist of 2711 blocks of concrete ranging from 0.2 to 4.8 metres high.  From a distance the blocks look like the same height but the contour of the ground gives you that deceptive feeling. As you walk through the maze you find yourself swallow within the grids of concrete, its almost like a cross between Total-Recall and a close quarter paint ball arena! The maze of concrete block feels orderly from a far, but once you walk amongst the maze you feel like you are lost and cannot see the outside world. This is meant to be reflective of the feelings of victims of holocaust.

There is also “a place of information” (More like a museum) underneath where it contain details of the holocaust. Part of the exhibits are the letters and diary of the victims being transported or housed in the death camps. Reading them and knowing their fate afterwards sends chill right through your soul. The exit to the museum leads you back into the maze. The novelty of the maze wears off very quickly when you know 6 million people die to make this maze.

Next stop, the glass dome on top of the Reichstag.

      

The Reichstag is the symbol of democracy of the new German. The last time it was used before the current German government was by Hitler and his national socialist party before the fire. The dome is a new feature added on for the new government. It was designed by a Brit with a funky double-helix walkway which means the pathways to up and down never crossed each other.

The glass dome represent transparency as it filter lights all the way to the ground floor of the building, it signify the new Germany government’s openness.

To be Continue……

How do you know you are settled down?

A: When boredom also start settling in!

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I usually don’t talk about work here. Not that what I do is secret or anything but more so its not that interesting. Well the last 2 weeks was a little different.

As you all know I been working a project developing a new system, and since I started late Feb our project has no project manager since than. For those who are familiar with project work you will sympathise with my experience. To run a project without a project manager is like trying to steer a 8 men row-boat without a rudder.

We were doing pretty well for the last few months until last 2 weeks. The new system gone under User Acceptance Testing. (UAT) In an UAT user started bashing away at the system and report on anything that needs work or they don’t like about the new system and we action these changes.

Things has been a bit stress of late with all the member of teams working on different parts of the project trying to resolve problems. Because there are no central co-ordination everyone is getting frustrated. This week a new project manager just started an is making an immediate impact already. I haven’t seen anyone so knowledgeable with Hyperion Planning since “super Q” from my Qantas days. Everyone is going to him for advice even the senior consultants working on the project.

Thank god he was here, otherwise some of the working relationship might deteriorate pretty quickly!

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Did my regular mail run on friday night only to found all the old mails for everybody are now gone! The new manager came in and mark it all as return sender and told me that he will just hold mail for people staying in the hostel. Damn this German guy come across a bit of a wanker with some of the changes he made to the hostel, changing the door code daily, ripping all the old photos behind the reception down. (Mark the old manager moved over to Hyde park to manage the new hostel.)

Well, looks like me and Astor really came to an end! I changed all my records address over to the new house. I doubt I will be making a return to there from now on.

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It was Julian b’day dinner on Saturday, his chosen venue is the medieval Banquet at St Katherine’s dock.

   

Tetris – Medieval style

Even in the Dark ages, manfolk have ingenious when their woman are busy with their chores!

Heres you b’day gift Julz: A lobotomy!

The night was great fun IMO. Sure the food wasn’t great for 38 pounds and sometimes it does have a feeling of tackiness, the wine and beer is free to drink but not necessary great and when they “transport” you back to the presents after the dinner they transport you to the 80s disco! :-/ Sometimes its about looking beyond all those minor issue and relax and enjoy the occasion and the company.

This is something I learned from my hostel times, to let go and just enjoy the times! They are a great bunch and knows how to party! And because they are always on a budget some of their ideas are quite tacky but it was also great fun at the same time. They teach me that happiness is about the people you are with, what you are doing/where you at is pretty secondary after that.

 Gosh! I missed the hosetl crew!

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Portobello road markets – Yes, I know I been here! But this is the first time I took my 450D out this way. Since both me and Jean are bored out of our minds taking her here makes a good day out anyway!

    

We have alot of fun out in Portobello road markets just walking around checking out all the stuffs. This is definitely the place to be if you have to take anyone out to experience London.

Hmmm……. Berlin next week, this has to be my least planned get away! Will see how we go!

A little me time

The only drinking that I done this weekend was with my flatmate around the corner, but I still managed to get pretty tippsy!

Well the landlady just got two guys to come in to clear the lawn. Now we have a trimmed lawn……. and a sad, sad looking tree trunk with all its branches saw off and stack to the back of the yard. Jeez these Chinese labourer really did their job to the tee! It was so sad looking that the neighbour came around to complain about what we done to the tree! Don’t look at us buddy, heres the landlady’s number. On the flip side now we have a pile of fire wood for a BBQ!!!

It was a gorgeous European summer afternoon, I took a stode to Hyde Park and enjoyed a bit of sunshine and relaxing time to myself. Met up with Tarkan afterwards for dinner and finally get to meet her missus Eva! So she does exist! Anyway we have a chat and catchup with each other on whats been happening for the last weekend. It turns out that Tarkan is thinking he will stay here for another year and headto Singapore next June.

Oh well, it will be sad when the time comes but he does have a point. A great summer day like today reminds you why the weather in England does play so heavily on people’s life. Summer is only a few months and the winter is so long, wet and cold! For Tarkan he believed that the warm weather will be the last straw for his move to somewhere warmer like Singapore.

Who knows how things like in a years time! I might not be in London myself! I do ponder what plans will I have for myself though….. 

 

Long-Messy-Long Weekend

Its unusual for me to have so much fun this weekend, guess not going away does pay dividend sometimes! Although I must say that when someone is drunk and they tell you “I will be there in 10 mins…”, don’t believe them! 

 

After 7 months, Pete and Gus is leaving London for the sunny Greek islands! They are both coolest Kiwis you will ever meet. Especially Peter, he talks to virtually anyone and you will feel absolutely at ease when you are around either of them. They been the backbone of the hostel for the last few months (Pete is the event organiser for the hostel!)  and without them I believe the atmosphere of the hostel will definitely shift.

Mind you I doubt they will missed London too much, moving to Ios to become wake boarding instructor is in the basket of “Living your dreams”. Good on them for having a free-spirit outlook in life! It sure is good to wait till you are more financially secured before venturing out the world, but by than you might be lucky to “grow large” twice a week while suffering from arthritis.

        

We have a great sing-long session with Pete and Johan on the guitar and the rest consuming their booze. After the “gig” all of us head down Roadhouse to drink and dance the night away, It was a good night and part of the reason is this probably signal the end of the current social grouping in the hostel. Kind of like the spike in popularity TV show gets before they end their run. The only low light……  

While I was on my way back home some fucktard decided to pill on the bus and I ended up coping it on my shoes and jeans. Man being spilled on is definitely on the bottom of my list of things to happened! Thanks to which ever idiot I have to have an impromptu washing session. Bless is the flatmate who decided to stash a bottle of Dettol in the cupboard.

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Over the weekend I met this American girl Jean. Shes an American-Chinese girl from California doing her med-school fellowship in London. Possibly the most intellectual girl I have ever met in the hostel and very mature for her age. Jean only been in London for 4 days so this city is still a bit foreign  We went for an Indian meal at Brick Lane and have a good night out . Before any of you guys like to start and rumours Jean has a boyfriend and it was at all accounts a pleasant evening out with friends.

“Whats the deal than?” you asked. Well, spending time with Jean highlighted the type of gals that is most receptive to my personality - Intellectual types with a certain level of maturity that can hold a conversation. We talked about alot of things from Politics, school, travelling and Chinese society. Wished I can come across more girls that are on the same wavelength as me. Mind you “pulling” gals is like fishing, the type of fish you get heavily depended on the “bait” you used and where you are fishing. I might have the right bait, but am I in the right place?

Food for thoughts.

      

Random long weekend – WIP (wreckage in progress!)

Currently listening to the Fratelis. Happiest music without the drugs! (I am sure they on it though….. )

This weekend is still in progress at the moment. So I will be brief.

I have to begin on a very positive note. I like to apologize to K-Bo (Kaz) for mocking her for a few cheap laughs. Its not the nicest part of me when I crossed the fine line of humor. I think we ok now that we have a quick chat about it.

Friday night

Met up with my old London workmates for a drink to be a bit social. Its also Roland’s 39 B’day so great reason to get together! Me and Roland have a special bond, His than boss decided to yelled at me on the phone on my first day. He gave me instant sympathy and we help each other alot when we are working together.

It seems that things gone a little down hill since I left the Big T! One of the things I heard is “Please comeback William!” The replacement I found was no where as good and as effective as me! Oops! Didn’t meant to leave them in a lurch.

 <girl phone # count: 1>

Met up with Tarkan, Kate and Alan for a quick dinner in Soho, enjoy some really nice company. 

<girl phone # count: 2> 

Saturday

Hmmm the most exciting thing in the day I done is get a haircut. I mean really…..

Anyway gave Eugene a call and see what hes upto. Hes heading into Covent Garden to have a drink with his brother and his mates. So I tag along to that and my random night got started. And I met this very interesting character name Igor. Australian-Russian and also Eugene’s brother’s cousin-in-law.

   

We stumbled around Covent Garden a bit tippsy looking for this place called the “Detroit Bar”. During this time Alex (Eug’s Brother) was on the receiving of Igor’s drunken “Glasgow kiss” (Violent rating: About 0.5/10) and ended up spending a bit of time arguing on the street. The final pic shows Vicky (Alex’s wife) providing the video evdience of the “Kiss” and Alex and Igor settled the matter with minmal fuss.

Anyway it turns out that Igor knew where the Detroit Bar is while the sober Eug totally missed it. Consolation does goto Eug as igor walked 10m past the bar after pointing out where it is.

Nothing special in the bar. Except Igor just grabbed me and say “Lets talk to those gals over there!” and off we ran! Man it pays dividend to have drunken friends around sometime.

<girl phone # count: Still 2. But I swear I could have get another one!!> 

After they called the last drinks, we all decided that we are way too drunk to go anywhere else. So we kind of decided to split for the night. I decided to head back to the hostel.

Did I mentioned that it was Pete and Gus’s last weekend in London? Well now I did! These 2 kiwi boys are heading to Ios to be wake boarding instructor for 3 months! What a move! And with those guy started the weekend from friday arvo and I didn’t hear anything about it!

Anyway as I walked into the hostel I ran into a drunk and love-struck K-bo. See theres this Spanish boy that she met in the hostel and she misses him alot. Next weekend she will fly to Barcelona to see him. As much as she would like to say otherwise she is definitely floating on the River of Love somewhere!

I was over the moon hearing that and wishing nothing but the best for her! All of a sudden I am surrounded by this positive bubbly energy. Everyone is  finding the things that make their hearts tick! Simon find Karin, Tarkan find Eva, Now K-Bo is moving that way too! Maybe 2008 is really a year of LOVE!!! I am so exicted that Everyone is falling head over heels.

I was so happy knowing all this things are happening in my life, so I went back home. Put the Fratelis back on my Ipod and dance to some happy tune for the next hour! This gave me a crazy idea……….. I should really stop being drunk and happy at the same time!!!! :-/

To be contiune………….