COOL STAR WARS GRAFFITY

FOUND THIS GREAT WORK CLOSE TO OUR PLACE. - STAR WALLS

LITTLE WIND AND A BROKEN WHEEL

London had a small windstorm, some broken trees and walls, but nothing really serious in our area. I had to push my bicycle half way to the workplace because the rear wheel gave up :D That was funny... and it started to rain :D

SUNNY SUMMER

Yesss, the real summer is happening and everybody enjoys it.

We spending lot of relaxing time in the garden, we have been boating on the lake, and finally we can forget about the grey clouds for a while :D

I finished the CSCS test 100% on Friday. Now I can go on construction sites and have a serious practice in floor laying.

More test coming but at least this one is behind me now.

INVESTIGATING A THEFT

Some idiot stole the front light from my bicycle. But not only the light, also the piece for fitting it on the handle bar. And for that the thief had to use a screwdriver. So I managed to get a chance to look at the CCTV camera and it seems that we found the guy who did it. I asked for a copy of the recording and I hope I will get it next week. I want to catch that guy.

I got the projector yesterday. Now I have a cinema in my bedroom :)) It's sooo good. Giant screen on the wall. Just have to buy popcorn.

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER

Today it was warm, lot of sunshine and a general goodfeel!
Wonderful!

What have I done?
I went out first time of this year in a short and in a t-shirt.

I went for jogging.
I had to stop for a break after 5 minutes... 
Oh boy, have to get used to this again.

Enjoy the sunshine!   

KARRIMOR SNOW BOOTS

Before anybody would get the idea that recently I got an advertising-syndrome, it's a big NO!

Anyway, Dewi usually got cold feet, cold hands. 

She drives her scooter every day to work, and the cold wind freezes her to bones.

I want to give some ideas to those women who are experiencing the same "pain". 

Here is  how Dewi survives on the motorcycle in -2 °C :)

 

We found ski-trousers so effective, that she don't even want to use the blanket on the scooter any more. No matter if raining or wind blows.

It was a bit harder to find the proper boots for a low price, but Karrimor's snow boot works excellent for her. Here is what she got for just under £30 in SportsDirect. Dunno yet how is it in heavy rainy conditions, hopefully perfect :)

Proper gloves? Haven't found yet.

LITTLE BIT OF NEWS

Yo, here's what's going on.

I always forget about my tea... because of the computer.
So it's either getting cold or ending up as a tea bag and some sugar in a cup.

Today it is snowing here in London.
The birds keep stealing the nuts I leave for the squirrels.
But the squirrels used to eat the bird-food too, so it's kind of fair I guess.

Recently I watched many Japanese anime and I must say they are great.
After this I don't even have a feeling to watch any other kind of movies.
Right now my newest favorite is the story about Haruhi Suzumiya.

Ok, since I have passed my IT exams and finished the course, I decided to study more.
Now I started to learn html programming, because I want to be a pro web designer.
It will take a lot more than that but I think that would be very profitable in long term.

Good news for me and my wife that despite her Hungarian stay permit expires,
and she cannot apply for new permit, by law she is still allowed to travel with me
in any schengen country because of her UK Residence Card.
This issue was stressing my nerves for the last few days, but thank God, it's over and solved!

So what else? Tha'sit!

4000 VIEWS - MERRY XMAS!

Oh, nice! 

I was hoping I will get 4000 views before 2013 :) 

Thx a lot guys!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

.. from me and my wife :)

FIRST EXAM IS DONE

I finished the test with 80% on my first CompTIA A+ exam... not the best but good enough :)
I have to make sure to pass the next one too. And that is a bit harder. Cannot risk it this week because the exam cost £140. So I'll do it January.

Was not too funny when I got a nasty accident on the way there.
As usual I took my bicycle for the road.. and after 10 min my wheel broke.
No flat tire, no broken spokes. The axle broke and I had to decide what to do, cause I couldn't be late for the exam. I decided not to push the bike, but ride it.. hehehe! It was a very noisy journey.

MORE SQUIRREL FUN

This is the female.

SQUIRREL IN OUR WINDOW

I made some videos about the squirrel that comes to collect food all day long. Enjoy!

ANOTHER THEFT

Today our 'replacement' scooter was stolen from the garage. Daytime! - Fuck!
If we have to pay for it, our holiday will be fucked!
Damn!
Waiting for police...

FAITH / KARMA / WHATEVER

My bicycle was stolen :(
Damn!
6pm from a busy parking place from the front of the supermarket.
We went shopping with 2 bikes.. chained them together to the pole.
Good, they left the other bike there :)
I called the police.. they say they can check cctv in the area.
Let's see what they find.

PEDESTRIANS

... they are sooo stupid! They cross the road while tapping the f*in smartphone, listening shit with headset, and never look around. Most of them really deserve to be hit.. especially those who not using the zebra crossings, and those who don't give a shit if the light is red for them. Pisses me of every day! 

Like the sheep.. following the one on the front! It is soo easy and quick to look up - right - left (UK version) and ok, go if no vehicle/bicycle/whatever is not coming.

Couple months ago I hit a man who crossed the road between the cars when the traffic was standing, but he did not think about the bicycle lane. So right at the moment he stepped out from behind the bus I hit him with half speed. Too bad he didn't get injured.... the idiot just walked away, did not say anything, while I was hitting the road in front of the bus! Lamp broke, first wheel damaged, gloves ripped.. great! 

People... sorry, animals like this I could wish them really bad things! 

"No respect" is one thing I really hate (the other one is "being unfair", just for your information).

 Pedestrians! 

Idiots!

FINALLY SUNSHINE :)

Nice weather this week here in London, after 2-3 weeks of rain. Now I can go jogging again, enjoy the sunshine in the garden or outside on the bike. Makes me feel much much better. Thank God! Now I am going to buy a water-tank and mount it to the wall in the backyard.. so we can take a shower and be lazy under the clear sky!

LAST WEEK'S HAPPENINGS

Ok, here we go...

About that homeless issue: the landlord answered:

"We have been to the garage and cannot find any signs of anyone living there.  If you do see anyone, call the police immediately."

What a STUPID! Obviously they don't give a shit. No more comment :(

Finally my Blackberry was fixed. I payed £50 to have the screen changed. Gotta be careful with these middle-east guys though. First they tried to give me a broken screen. Good that I checked the quality in front of them, so they changed it to a good one. But now my good old 9780 is operational again and ready for everyday usage :)

We have been on the Grand Design London exhibition which gave us plenty of great ideas about building our home and garden. It was a great day, we went there by bicycle and spend the whole day there collecting ideas.

This weekend we have been at the Pet Exhibition. Another experience :) Best part was maybe the rabbit-race and the duck-herding with dogs. But of course hamsters remain my favorites. Dewi fell in love with the chinchilla, so I guess we gonna have one or two later in the next years. They live 20 years and have a supersoft fur. Unfortunately there were millions of kids / baby strollers / and old people in wheelchair. This thing made the crowd even more crowded and took away the feeling of enjoyment of the show. But whatever, it was nice.

Hence the Olympic games getting closer, more police patrolling in our area. Although I must say that there was also more crime happening lately. Couple days ago around midnight I went down to check if the homeless man is in the garage and I met my neighbor. She was chatting on the street with his friend and with another guy. They told me that some young people on bicycle and in mask attacked that guy and took his phone. My neighbor and his friend tried to hush them away but they came to them holding a gun at them. Then they left. Pfff.. fuck!

Last weekend was sunny a bit, so we spent Sunday afternoon in the garden with my neighbor. We grilled chicken, had some beer, and enjoyed the sun. Had my new binocs at hand and was watching the sky, the airplanes, some lost baloons and the birds :) Lovely!

HOMLESS IN THE GARAGE

2pm, daytime! I heard the garage-gate making noise. I went down to check what is that and I found a dirty, stinky man (maybe 35) standing inside the garage. He was a bit scared when I asked him what is he doing here. Tried to apologize and explain to me that he has no place to sleep. He left after I told him that I never want to see him here again.

Now I am a bit worried, because it is very easy to climb over the garage-gate if someone wants to enter. This idiot could tell to his homeless friends about our place and more could join him. I just imagine Dewi goes down early morning to get her scooter and find a bunch of drunk homeless there. It is not safe.

I am not sure what to do, but I already reported to our landlord. Let's see what she has to say about it.

SLAVERS AND WAITERS

Ok, my day went like this: (it was shit)

- 6:10 am - got on bicycle - no rain for the first 5 min - then it started with small raindrops for another 5 min - I didn't have my rainproof trainer on because I thought like this I can still make it to the workplace without getting wet - than it started to rain harder so I stopped under a bridge to get those trousers on - after 1 min the rain stopped and was no more :( Good one!

- this week in London is like this: 30 min raining / 30 min sunshine / repeat this all day

- I entered the restaurant at 6:45 - I saw the bar-beck already working - he supposed to start only at 7am like me - but he is always there earlier - he signs the 'sign-on sheet' from 7-15 as his rota say  - but he start earlier and finish later - why would somebody do this? - working for free for a company which only uses him and never gives him anything, not even raising his salary after 2 years! - that pisses me off. 

- ok, first good news of the morning: the nerve-sick supervisor is not there - that guy is a walking stress-bag - so I felt much better and lighter - unfortunately an hour later he appeared and started his shift with us :( - my happiness did not last long.

- the barista (coffee maker) asked me if I checked my salary - every Friday she asks me - and she complained that she got £70 less tronc than normally - (tronc is the money from the service charge) - she said that all the foodloss in the kitchen and all the stupid decoration and all the new deli-shop items and the plumbing, electrical and mechanical charges are payed from our service charge - that made me think about how much money the company pulls out from our pocket - and it made me a very bad mood.

- on top of all I don't make any tips.

- the girl who has quit a month ago, came back because she couldn't find another job - I don't like to work with her - before she called me lazy and she meant it, because she had a little bit more to work that day than usual - whatever, she fucks up my routine every morning now - it's like she's taking away the job I used to do - I hope she goes away again - but better would be if I could find another job and I could quit a.s.a.p.

- the other bar-beck guy is also a piss-off factor - he is soooo dumb and stupid - aaaand extremely slow/comfortable - his English sucks - he should go to a speech therapist - he is winging like a mouse and I cannot understand half of what he mumbles - and he is about to graduate in marketing management - OMG!

- lunch service was an absolute mess again

- the worse part of the day was at the end of my shift: supposed to finish at 3pm - of course not possible because in this place we can never leave on time - this is management fault - they should organize (manage) new (next shift) staff to take over sections - or make our working hours longer - so at 14:55 the bitch told me she will give me test about the new menu in a minute - the bitch is a manager who's got horse-face and thinks she is beautiful - but she is ugly as hell - whatever! - she gave me test at 3:30pm and expected me to fill it out before I leave - she got no respect at all towards me and my free-time - but I filled out the test - then I asked her for my report (to do the cash-out) - she still pushed that extra button: 'before u go plz bring all the cutlery here from the other side' - FUCK U BITCH! - but again, I did what she asked for.

- finished cash-out - 3:45pm - I'm about to leave the building when the bitch barks at me from behind - I did not understand what she said so I went closer to her ('cause she was sitting and having some conversation with one of my colleague) - she said "don't forget the £2 for runners" - WTF? - then I had an argument with her - I don't even have £1, how the hell should I give £2 for the runners??? - of course she did not believe it - I said I cannot prove that I did not make any fuckin' tips today and this is bullshit - why should I give money for the runners when that is their job? - unfortunately when I am angry I can not reasoning - so I left with a boiling brain, I was so pissed.

- what the fuck are these managers thinking? - the company should pay the workers for their job, not the other worker! - Let's check my payslip: for 42 hours/week I got £40 tronc. It is £1/hour - Ridiculous - aaaaand I have to pay tax after the tronc too :)) - Oh yeah baby... money for the government for my service! - and if I'm lucky to get some extra money because SOME customer is willing to leave extra tip above the service charge on the table----I should pay the runners for running the food and drinks what I order for the guests???????? - BULLSHIT!

- so was my lovely day at job ... again :( 
- I am sooo stupid - I should look for a better place and not waste my time for this company.

MIRROR, MIRROR IN THE LOO...

Yeah... before vomiting I still could see my face there. I drunk a bit too much last night. I was at a concert in the nearby pub and had a lot of beer with my neighbors. Unfortunately I couldn't handle it and I let it out later in our bathroom. Was good music from the Cowbell (which I wrote earlier about).

The weather fucks up every weekend here in London. It is raining almost every day nowadays. Sitting inside is just loosing precious time for relaxing and regenerating. It's crap.

SARCASM

It's raining. Saturday and Sunday were cloudy. The next days will be sunny. This is how it goes in London... God has something against this British people. He gives good weather when everybody has to work, and shitty weather during weekends and holidays. Fair enough, thx. We really enjoyed sitting inside the room wasting our loooovely Easter. 

HEEEELLLOOOOOOO UP THERE,,,,,, IT IS TIME FOR SUNNY WEEKENDS!