Due to the ludicrous travel policy of the company I work for, I have been banned from using Easyjet. Instead I have to book my flights via Amex, which cost more than double. The upside to this was I landed at the conveniently close Heathrow Airport at a reasonable hour on Friday. The downside was I had to get up at 5 on Sunday in order to get to Gatwick airport (the other side of London) for a 7:30 flight. No friends or family were willing to drop me of at that hour, so that meant a further 50 pound…
I flew into London on Fri night on yet another one of my fleeting visits on my way to Poland. This time, though, I flew into Heathrow at a reasonable hour instead of Luton at midnight so I was able to go out for the evening. Off the plane into the car of the ever reliable parents. A quick stop at the local chippy before being dropped off in Harrow. It’s been a while since I’ve walked around Harrow at night, and I’d forgotten how bad it was. Littered with wanna be rude boys, half of them dressed up as…
… for another great selection of motoring links: Americans… need I say more? Oh my God!!! Honey, are you trying to scare me? And after such cringe worthy clips, some true entertainment: Pikey Burnout!
Zinadine Zidane It’s going to be one of those days.
At the start of the new (American) financial year, Sun Microsystems, throw a big Kick Off event. This generally consists of an afternoon of meetings followed by dinner and drinks. Back in the days before .com bubble burst these events were legendary. One trip had staff flown from all over Europe for a party on a ship in Greece. Things have been harder in the recent years… This year’s Kick Off in England consists of a party in a big marquee in the campus car park. Thankfully the Spanish put great emphasis on the importance of partying, so we were…
Over the last few months I’ve had the occasional meeting with the Mongol Minis and Alberto, one half of the Spanish Bullfighters team. In a further effort to answer Alberto’s myriad of questions I invited his team over for dinner last Tuesday. Cooking for six can be quite an effort so we chose to keep it simple. A selection of aperitifs like olives, chorizo, jamon serrano, garlic bread and crisps for a starter followed by one of my classic pasta sauces; Tomato based but with all the veg’, herbs and some king prawns thrown in to make it interesting. And…
You don’t realise how much you use the interweb until you are is without it. Our ADSL line got cut off last week. I’d like to blame Telefonica or the company I work for (who are supposed to pay for it) but the fact of the matter is it was my fault. I failed to pay the bill in time. The lack of connectivity along with a rather hectic schedule goes some way to explain the lack of posts over the last week. I’ll try to make up for that now…