Snapshots contd. contd.

A Sunday afternoon:

Two little girls in a crummy internet shop on Essex Road watch Justin Bieber clips in which he meets his number one fans.

Tags: Essex Road, Justin Bieber, lapdancer, life in London, rosary beads, sandals and socks, snapshots

Hiatus – The Autumn Edition

While my WordPress tab was dormant for a while, our lovely Londontown experienced summer and autumn all within the same season and I’ve failed to notice because of all my whining about the sun but this city never looks better except in fall.

Tags: London, parks, weather, autumn, October, birthdays, gorilla outfit, pretzel, autumn leaves, rubber duck cakes, Margaret Thatcher, Brick Lane, launderette

Snapshots contd.

Three strong-built men in overalls and cask helmets standing outside the Roseberry Avenue post office. All three of them squeezing tiny Ribena juices, drinking from the straws.

A woman sitting at a table outside a cafe, holding a cigarette in one hand and drinking an Actimel after exhaling the smoke.

In the cornershop, a guy talks to his friend while paying for his can of Coke. ‘The missus is away tonight, so I’ll have to make dinner’.

The owner of a miserable Chinese takeaway talking to the Portuguese delivery guy: ‘Where is the money? You know, if there is no money, there is no honey!’

A guy holding his girl’s face in his hands in front of a boarded building on Pentonville Road.

Standing up from the bench I’m sitting on at Russell Square drinking peppermint tea, I read the inscription with the corner of my eye. The name and age is now a blur, the bottom line reads:

Never tired of London.

Tags: Actimel, London, Never Tired of London, Ribena, Roseberry Avenue, Russell Square, snapshot

Inspirational Note #1

The past few days I have been fighting hard to fight the blues. I don’t know what kind of blues they are this time but I have concluded (in short and to avoid further introspection) that they must be related to the quota of sunshine I got this summer. Which equates to about 10 days of rays caressing my face and making me leave my jacket back home. For the whole summer. Which for a Greek – born and raised – is probably less than 10% of the suggested intake.

Tags: Dylan Moran, Greek, raspberry jam, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, Steve Jobs, sunshine, the blues

Funny Note #7

In the pub a few weeks ago.

The Italian girl says ‘a little bit’ during the conversation. S – who is by the way a big Inbetweeners fan – wants to show off his linguistic skills (and more…) and gestures with his fingers.

‘Un pochino’, he mouths with a big smile.

The girl is impressed and asks how come he knows that.

With a smug look full of pride he replies: ‘I banged an Italian girl once’.

Tags: funny note, Italian, smug, The Inbetweeners

Funny Note #6

Fotografiska Gallery, Stockholm. 3 men pack up their production equipment and 2 women carrying their overnight cases help them get all the bags in an elevator. The door closes and in confined space 5 people endure the few seconds of awkward elevator silence.

Scott looks at letters spelt out above the buttons and proclaims ‘It’s a Schindler!’

In sheer comic timing, Nick replies: ‘Yes, Schindler’s lift’.

Tags: comic timing, elevator awkwardness, funny note, Stockholm

What’s the difference between…

an optimist and a pessimist?

I have always had a hard time trying to decide if I’m the former or the latter.

See, I’ve been musing about life recently which has been partly because of the Tree of Life film experience and the reading of reviews to understand what it is I didn’t get about it of the latest global financial crisis and the undergoing riots in London and the UK.