Monkey in the Cage

I went to see “Speed the Plow” the other day. There are only 2 actors and 1 actress on the stage for continuous 90 minutes performance. The plot of the play is simple. A Hollywood producers Charlie and his old mate -Bobby- spend most of their time arguing about Money vs Art, the beautiful secretary, [...]

Read Full Post »

A boozing culture

How was your weekend? “My weekend was quiet” is not a “Kool” answer. Surely I need something like “hammered”, “hangover”, “party”…That’s what is expected or otherwise, people would tell you “Get a life, mate!”.
Well, one should not be surprised to see that Britain is a boozy country. Their statistics show that 60% of the population [...]

Read Full Post »

London Eye – British Fame

Londoners are very proud of London Eye, the biggest Ferris wheel around the world.
It might look impressive especially on a foggy night.

On the other hand, the view would be amazing on a clear sunset. I’ve got the chance to be on London Eye more than once (quite touristic, aren’t I? . And these [...]

Read Full Post »

Busy life

Busy life means you´re living your life in full.
Busy life means you´re useful.
Busy life means you´re not wasting any minutes of your life.
But busy life also means it’s hard for you to be in touch with friends.
Busy life means you can’t update your blog and it looks poor and sad.
Busy life is good [...]

Read Full Post »

My Lavender won’t bloom…

For me, lavender is a special kind of plant. It’s hard for me to tell enough how much I feel about them. I love looking at their flowers. They are shining modestly in the sun, they are wild and cute, their smell is sweet and divine, their purple colour is just beautiful, especially in the [...]

Read Full Post »

Martial Art – your attitude?

I’m doing Martial Art with some of my friends. One day, we were discussing about some techniques (purely techniques) for our grading the next week. Another guy sitting nearby was ‘disgusted‘ by our talk (his word).
He told us how brutal and evil we were for being excited and talking about “fighting”. His argument was we [...]

Read Full Post »

Take as many holidays as you want

The free London business newspaper City A. M. published last Tuesday that the consulting firm Ernst & Young is to implement a scheme so its employees can take as many holidays as they want. Forget about 20 working days. If you want to take 30, do so. 40? No problem. That’s a good place to [...]

Read Full Post »

English culture – flattering culture???

I didn’t know much about English culture before I’m here. I was told that Englishmen are polite, frank, have good sense of humour and so on. But I’ve never heard anyone say that they should be famous for flattering…
G’morning, beautiful.
How are you today, gorgeous?
You o’right, lovely?
…
How can one answer these questions without being blushed? Well, [...]

Read Full Post »

Carnaval del Pueblo – Carnival of the People

It’s August. Finally, it’s Carnival season. This weekend will be the biggest Latin Carnival in London, it’s called “Carnaval del pueblo” or “Carnival of the People”.
What will you find in there?

Brazilian samba,
Latin hip hop,
UK-based Reggaeton,
Colombian salsa,
Mexican mariachi,
Bolivian folklore,
Peruvian panpipes
and more…

And the good news is the weather will be nice.
Why don’t we come along?

Read Full Post »

Oops… they did it again!

In my previous post, I mentioned how “pro” a supermarket in London is with their pricing & promotion. I thought I grabbed a precious and unique moment.
Now I’m so disappointed but I have to admit: it’s not that “precious”, you could catch the same strategy of marketing on their shelf again: customers have to pay [...]

Read Full Post »