Tapas Night 3.

• Steak (ostrich and beef, the first being much better than the latter);
• Vegetable dish entailing 3 colored peppers, an onion, garlic, mushrooms, tomoatoes, salt, pepper, hot pepper sauce, chilli pepper, majorana, a bit of parmesan and 4 eggs, sunny-side up;
• Sauce made from pine nuts and parsley, garlic, spring onions, olive oil, lemon juce, salt, pepper, a bit of water and soya single cream.

Numbers!

Worldometers

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And For Tonight:

• Roasted chicken breast filled with a sauce of black olives, butter, olive oil, parsley and ricotta;
• Boiled potatoes dipped in a sauce of egg yolk, white wine, olive oil, garlic, tiny bit of sugar, lemon juice, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper;
• Salad from chickpeas, cucumbers, tomatoes, red, yellow and green pepper, leek, salt, vinegar and olive oil.

It's lots of fun trying new things.

Tapas for Tonight

• Tomatoes stuffed with eggs, ricotta, spices, and a bit of blue cheese on top;
• Mushrooms stuffed with curd cheese (túró), ricotta, parsley, spices;
• Chicken liver, chopped up onions and garlic in port wine sauce, with some parsley on top;
• Rocket salad with olive oil, orange pieces and juice, sunflower seeds, spices and three color pasta.

Horniman Park, around 11 a.m.

Procrastination

It's good to learn new words.

Get Out Of My Head

I read in a book that if the person who annoys you very much pops up in your thoughts, a good way to get rid of them is to put a red "x" across their head. I have tried it, it works. They disappear fairly quickly after that. Very satisfying. And entertaining.

Likewise fullfilling is to "hide" some people's status, little games and quiz results on Facebook.

Have a go, it's fun!

Much better

Food helps. Good food can work wonders.

Today's lessons for me:
Leeches suck blood.
Those who do understand - will understand.
Those who don't - won't.

So, just relax, kiddo.

Gloomy Day

It seems to be a must after so many good ones. I will now go and make some delicious food. To ease the pain.

But Then Again, There Is Always Lego

Human Zoo

People just don't get it.

Synchronicity

The below post came about the following way:

Last night I concentrated on this caricature for a few minutes. Just so I wouldn't forget. I was going to show it to Samu and Rebus. But then I was too tired, their discussion carried on and I did totally forget.

Some background: I used to have this caricature pinned to my wall in my teens. For some reason I kept the print and brought it with me when I came to London.

And this morning it was waiting for me in my inbox, attached to an e-mail from a friend. How did he know?

Magic, is it?

Cut the Bullshit

Christmas

As my good friend Fanny told me last year, it is amazing how every year people are surprised to find that Christmas is here again, and like headless chickens, they scramble to find gifts.

She is so right.

I wouldn't advise Oxford Street, though crossing Oxford Circus is a lot of fun these days. It's best to just go there, cross a couple of times, have a few laughs, then go home, have a cuppa and order it all online, if you must.

Will

"Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected."

Sophocles

Get Others Voting Too

A good friend sent me an e-mail stating:

"Vote for Earth and get others voting too."

Vote Earth, download our widget, click here, click here, click here, click here, click here.

It got me thinking.

Can't I just vote for Mars instead, please???

Lovely, Polite England

SPAIN - Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck (part 2)

SPAIN - Chick Corea, Bobby McFerrin, Bela Fleck (part 1)

Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Tonight's concert at the Barbican:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones,

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White.

YUMMM!

Balloons

Throwing balloons up in the air is fun. Seeing Susie is nostalgia in the present. An ugly, silver, one-eyed clock-fish can cause a lot of laughter. Understanding things better is good rather than bad.

Jazz Voice, Oh, Yeah!

Barbican, 13th November, 2009:
Celebrating a Century of Song


For example: Sarah Jane Morris

Life Is What Happens To You While You're Busy Making Other Plans*

*John Lennon

Mom

Mom is here! She brought some yummy food. And some sunshine. After a little break, we are off to see the wizard.

Keep it up!

Exercise is good for you. Done every day, even better.

This is Britain

On the BBC website I read about a baby who might soon be taken off of life-support, as he was born with a rare, genetic muscle condition that makes it hard for him to breathe independently.

The judge described the baby as: "profoundly unwell".

Can it get any more polite than that?

Wise Or What?

1. Am I getting too old and wise for an internship?
2. Or haven't I found the right one?
3. Or am I not wise enough to find a job?
4. Or are they not wise enough to hire me?

The Love of Baked Food

Until you have cleaned an oven, you have done no cleaning whatsoever.

Am I Looking At You or Are You Looking At Me?

Smile

London, today, rain.

Two people smiled at me on the train.

Is it because of my funny hat?

Maybe so.

Even so.

OMFG

Sometimes I bump into someone who openly tells me his / her goal in life at the moment is to find as many contacts as possible, people who will help him / her advance, move forward in whatever pathetic career he / she has chosen.
It's a rare occasion, but always suprising.

What?

Cold or flu or what?

When Harry Met Sally

HARRY BURNS: You take someone to the airport, it's clearly the beginning of the relationship. That's why I have never taken anyone to the airport at the beginning of a relationship.

SALLY ALBRIGHT: Why?

HARRY BURNS: Because eventually things move on and you don't take someone to the airport and I never wanted anyone to say to me, how come you never take me to the airport anymore?

SALLY ALBRIGHT: It's amazing. You look like a normal person but actually you are the angel of death.




All-time favorite film.

'X-crossing' Opens

in Oxford Circus.

Describe Me In 2 Words

I dreamt that someone close to me, a good friend was explaining to me (!) what I was like. She was scribling a lot of things onto a blackboard, crossing some of it out with chalk and was explaining to me quickly in the meantime.
She indicated two words in the middle of the blackboard which describe me the best.

These were (she was writing in English my dream):

brave
peace

Not bad. Not at all bad.

Mind the Gap

Do you mind if I eat while you smoke?