Day off tomorrow – a day out at Lords. Weather looks crap. Such a shame. Fingers crossed it’s a few light showers.
Long day
I consider myself to be quite clever. Today however a few school boy errors crept in to my game bringing me back to the other 98% of the population. I’m now on the train back to London and I’m completely drained.
Why does software have to be complicated. The answer is it keeps the other 2% in a job!
It has been a while hasn’t it
Well well.. it’s been a some time since I hit the blog with an update. Being a lazy Saturday morning and I can’t sleep in I thought I might give you an update.
Katherine and I are well, we’ve been to Ireland and Krakow over the past couple of months. Both places are fantastic. Dublin is mighty expensive given the state of Sterling, but the west coast of Galway is just magnificent.
Krakow is in another class. After going to Prague last year – which was a really pretty city, I found Krakow to be similar yet have a more down-to-earth feel. After I got back to London I put a Facebook update wishing for the ‘vibe’ to be imported. Thinking back I still wish this was the case.
Coming up this northern summer we are off Italy for a two week trip, through Roma, Napoli, Amalfi, Sicillia then back to London town. Before that though a weekend in Bath should be a nice getaway from the London life.
In other news it’s been hectic at work, which is a good thing. Keeping busy is all important. I find that I get bored if I’m not working. The problem I have is keeping focused on one thing. The all important list to write the to-do is my life line to staying on top of it all.
Katherine is well as am I (touching wood). I’m in the gym and making great use of Hyde Park up the road. Trying to stay fit in a country that loves a drink to socialise. A mate of mine from Melbourne who has moved over is looking into a couple of hockey clubs that we could join. We played hockey together in Melbourne so we are both keen to get back into it this September.
Anyway please keep in touch. I do enjoy hearing from you all.
Love to all.
Chris
Ben Lee – @ Indigo
I haven’t seen Ben Lee before but Katherine is a big time O2 Pay & Go customer and gets all the deals/surprises while they hold me over a barrel. Granted I do have an iPhone and it’s the best thing I’ve ever bought in my life.
Anyway I digress…
Cool ‘free’ concert at Indigo, which is a ‘club’ venue within The O2 complex. Quite cool actually. There was the South African indie band called The Parlotones – they weren’t half bad, and then New Zzzzzland let us down, again, with two blokes looping beats and their own crap singing voices. They didn’t even announce to the crowd who they were. They were out there and then proceeded to blame it on jet-lag. Nothing to write home about. And then on skipped Ben Lee…
This guy is the epitome of cool, calm, and collected. He makes it look easy – but Katherine and the girls couldn’t believe how short/tiny he was – Claire Danes would’ve towered over him apparently! Well he still dated Claire Danes – that’s one better than the rest of us.
He was on for about an hour-and-a-half and was pulling out his considerable back catalogue of very decent songs. His self-deprecating humour makes half of the B-sides he threw in well worth a listen. I love the song ‘Ben Lee’ and his ‘tribute’ to Jay-Z is quality Australian humour. Hat’s off to him for getting mid-way through ‘Catch My Disease’ where he’s trying to ad-lib lyrics to give it that concert vibe and throw in a few Londonisms and he stops the song dead and proceeds to talk about his visit to a State school in Maroobra in reference to a kid asking him if he’d been on the London Eye.
Just sums up Ben Lee – one quirky character, who just could be a song writing genius.
Snow Patrol @ The O2
Loved it! All my favourites came out including ‘Chocolate’ off the Final Straw album. Thanks to Katherine’s unknown work colleague who pretty much gifted the pair of tickets for a total of £30! Bargain in my book. The poor sod missed out on a cracker of a concert.
The Cow
It’s snowing – again! Nice and cosy with a glass of red and a half dozen oysters with bangers and mash on the way!
Nottinghill
A lazy Friday night. What better than a meal on Westbourne Grove.
Vodka Martini is going down a treat. It would be a crime not to have another.
Fabric – what a night (club)
A great club with great friends! Huge club in central London. Really really good Drum n Bass. First time I’ve actually been able to dance to what a friend of mine refers to as trying to dance to opera. I’d really encourage those that live in London to make the effort. Remember to book tickets in advance – trust me…you don’t want to queue!
Chelsea v Roma
A hard fought win by the Blues tonight. I thought Deco had a good game but no one really stood out.
My two mates Graham and John were in good spirits. After a couple of Guiness not to mention the over supply of Bovril and pastys it was all fun and games.
The plan is to get to Bordeaux in late November for the away game and maybe a few bottles of red for good measure.
Sun is shining
Just spent the afternoon in the park up the road from our flat – Hyde park that is. What a glorious day it was reading the paper in the sun. A great way to start the week.
Katherine invited me to St Martins theatre last night for a performance of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, which was lovely. It is the longest running production on the West End apparently and made even more special by the fact it is a murder mystery where the actors receive applause and request you keep the tradition of the production by keeping ‘who-dunnit’ close to your hearts. I felt that was a nice touch of what was a marvellously acted play.