SAD DESTINY OF LONDON-BIKES

Hey y'all!

I thought I show you what happens with 'left-on-the-street-bicycles' in London.
There's always a risk to leave the bike even chained to anything.
You never know what's left from it:[
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MONDAY SUCKS

Hi. Today was a shit day.

1. After I left 5 km behind me while cycling to work, a huge f* nail blew up my tire:[
2. I had to walk 5 km and push the bike to Bank Station...took me an hour.
3. I was 45 min late from work.
4. I also found out that I supposed to start at 7am...not 8 as I was told.
5. I had a dejavu and I remember that it was connected to a bad day:[
6. I couldn't sell any special today.
7. After work I walked an other hour with the bike untill I finally found a bike-shop.
8. I had no choice (unless I wanted to walk home 11km) so I ended up with 42 pounds on the bill.

Shit...how can I save the price of travelcard if I have to spend that money on the bicycle?
Shit!

Shit!

WEEKEND

Hello. The weekend is almost gone. My friend and his girlfriend visited me on Friday. We made the Chicken Corner happy 'cause we stopped 2 times for food. We didn't do the website (again) because we played and drunk long. The rum and dr pepper made effect slowly. Csabi wanted to show a documentary about people in Laos, how they live... but everybody fell asleep after 5 minutes, so that was it for Friday. Next morning we had breakfast and the plan was to go watch football in the pub, but we were too tired so no game. At least I could talk with Dewi on the skype:] Big surprise: the car they came with was broke up and robbed. Actually 2 pairs of shoes were missing and the sticker for insurance. There was a big hole next to the lock. That's how the car was opened. Anyway, later we went to the city because there were a lot of free exhibitions, concerts, etc. We checked out an Asian culture-house, then went to eat close to Trafalgar Square and after that we listened a concert (Bach-Vivaldi) in the St Martin Church. Everybody got tired from the day, so we went back home, ate chicken wings, wanted to watch movie but fell asleep again:] The rum was an all-day follower. Sometimes in the stomach, sometimes in the head. Never drink Appleton... too strong. So this morning we got up around 10am, had breakfast and that's it. Csabi and his girlfriend went back to Birmingham. Tomorrow work and waiting for next Friday when the weekend starts again:] Take care everybody. Have a good one!

JOBNEWS

All right. Second week on normal service run. Now I see that there are only few things what depending on me regarding to a good customer service. Most of the mistakes coming from our shit system: MICROS. Such a basura program... makes it sometimes very difficult to work. Like yesterday at lunchtime. All the tills fucked up. Today I had to take care of 50 people. We talked about it with my colleague... the sections for one waiter are too big. Receptionists and managers are helping out. Lunch is very busy - and it supposed to be more busy on Thursday and Friday! Shitty things happening every day: food comes out late, running out of wine, 10 min break instead of an hour. Funny... but not forever. 95% of our customers are the english business people. Some of them are really rude and I would just break their neck. Idiots. Whatever... yesterday I bought new tires for the bike. 1/2 inch thinner, easier to go. I also bought a mask. I look like a bandit, but very useful. So lets see how things will develop with this job. Bye for now.

HUHHH...MUCHO HARD TIME

Hello...we started full service in the restaurant. On Thursday was the grand opening. 1200 guest. We could barely move:] We finished around 1:30 am. Next day Happy Friday:] - finished at 2:30 am:[ I did not expect so many people. If it continues like this I think we will make good money. I'm getting good feelings about my job now. It is very hard and challenging to serve so many people, but when it goes smooth then it is fun. Every service shift I learn something new and it makes me more confident. Very good. Lets rest on the weekend and hope that I will have a nice next week. I wish this to all of you.

Dewi is home and she got the internet connected. Now we can see each other every day and talk for hours:] Seems like finally everything got on the right direction:] Thanks God we are okay now.

Will write more soon...

TUNED UP 'BRINGA'

Hi, this time I upload a photo about my bicycle...he-he. Why not? Yesterday I fixed the breaks, the gears, put mudguards and a km counter. It looks pretty good now. Took me almost 2 hrs.

About my new job: today we had the first service. Guests got everything for free. But basically the reason of today was to see what goes good and what needs improvement. Well, lots to do still. But we gettin' there:] And I got 10 pounds tip too:] Tomorrow will be more challenging. But I feel much better after today.

THIS IS WHERE I'LL WORK

Here is a mix of pictures about the Anthologist restaurant just before the finishing touches. I'm quite excited about it, have a big menu to learn and get used to a new system.
Wish me luck guys!

DEWIKE HOME, RESTAURANT 90%, CYCLING TO WORK

Okay, Dewi is in Jakarta, tomorrow at 12 noon she will be home. Everything went fine with a bit of delay, but thanks God, she is all right. We can talk on skype, internet is slow but working.

I went to work this morning with bicycle. I got lost. The map sucks. But I wasn't late. I need to fix the bike, the gears are not set up nicely. Also the breaks. But it works fine. I want to make it max 30 min to work. Today was 45:[ Tomorrow I try a different way.

The restaurant is almost fully functional. It will be challenging for the first couple weeks. Many things will surprise us - I bet. Today I found no sockets in a private room... could be problem later when guests want to use it. Training goes well but it's more fun then pro:] We had cocktail tasting, food tasting, packing shitload of shit, ... hope I won't have any difficulties when it goes sharp. But the place is first class easy style, cool bar. I like it... Team is mucho class man!

ALONE FOR NOW

Hello... today my lovely Dewike left the UK with this airplane --->
So I will be alone for a while:[
We hope that she will get Visa back much easier than before. She was lucky on the airport in Kuwait because she found a free network and we could talk with video on skype. It was good to see she is okay. Otherwise she said that airport sucks... not even a socket to plug in the laptop and the fried chicken is bad. I saw a lot of black ninjas in her webcam too:] After she waited 5 hours for the connection, the flight got delayed until tomorrow morning. Now she is going to a hotel but has only couple hours to sleep. She has to check in at 6:30 for the flight. I hope she will be fine.

Good luck my love, things will be fine:] Love you!

yeah..i love you too guys...if you read my blog and click on the stupid non interesting ads....bleh

NEW JOB

Hello. I have a new job. Started today in a brand new restaurant. The first 2 good things: a/there is a room for the bicycles in the basement, b/weekends are off:] Until 15th of April we going to have trainings. This is very good for my mental, no stress, enough time to prepare. It takes 30 min to get there by tube and the same by bicycle. I couldn't wish a better place for the moment. Thank you God!...again:] I wish the best of luck for everyone who is looking for a job!

CHELSEA VS MANCHESTER UNITED (2:1)

Yesterday was the match. We watched it in a pub.
We came out happy ... not only because of the result:]

LAPTOP REPAIRS

Last night I decided to fix my old HP laptop. This was the second attempt. The first time was almost 2 years ago when the hardware problems first occured. What was wrong? Black screen, usb connectors failed to recognized external devices, keyboard wasn't working properly, wireless adapter died... So I sat down, got my screwdriver set and opened up the machine totally. Part by part I separated everything and gathered visual information about the inside of the computer. Well I did not get smarter but I managed to cover the table with shitload of mechanic bits. Then I just put back everything as it was and gave up...temporarily only!!!


Now I asked my parents to send this laptop to me, maybe Dewi can fix it in Indonesia, so she can use it. But my optimistic, 'nevergiveup' ego just got to the surface and made me decide to do a new operation. Before I started I turned it on once again just to see how is it after a long sleep on the attic:] Ooh-lala, screen is fine, I can see everything, what a surprise! BUT: half of the keyboard buttons are dead, can not connect mouse or external hard drive, no internet...

Okay then, let's do this again. But this time with more spirit. I unscrewed and opened everything, separated even more parts than last time. Checked every connections, disconnected - cleaned - reconnected the cables, and at the end I assembled the machine with a great hope. After I powered up the system, Windows loaded. No problem yet. Try the keyboard... everything works. Can't believe it. Connect the mouse... it works. Ho-hooo... connect external hard drive... this is the point where I got disappointed again. "USB Device Not Recognized" message popped up. Well what now? Format the whole hard drive. I made 3 partitions as well. Then I reinstalled Windows XP on drive 'C'. Installed all the up-to-date drivers. Result: everything worked fine, only this usb problems remained. I checked forums, tried to find solution for this but whatever people suggest is just not working for me. I really hope that it is not a hardware failure.

Anyway, if someone want's to know about HP Pavilion dv5000 series laptop... ask me:]