HA! Yeah rite :-)
It's 9:30... damn early to be up, but Beau left for the airport at 8:10 thismorning. Last night wasn't as big as we'd hoped... but we're both feeling old :-) and international tours and plane flights are more than we had to deal with in those early-uni-years-no-party days!
We ate at this "Bella" place last night, which later we found out was like a restaurant-chain thingy. Our food was really nice! But I'd had too many meals in 24 hours so I couldn't finish mine! Such a shame!
Found a kewl place to write messages! Tower Records in Picadilly Circus... it's $1.50 for 20 mins which is pretty cheap round these parts and you get to use real computers (imacs) not some dodgey custom-web-limited application. Beau and I wrote a really kick-arse message before the last one, except the internet machine just *blanked * all the form fields when I went to send it! grrr! I broke my internet machine even worse... it would only show a grey screen! And at tower you get funky music while you type!
Anyways, like I said... international man of steel (in training)! Thismorning I'm walking across London instead of catching the underground... It's not really that far, but carrying my pack is killing me! I should be in good stead when I come to places that don't have such easily accessible transport.
In amongst many "ommigosh... we're together in London eating dinner!" we were trying to think up all the good things about london.. and we came up with more negative things! I think the whole "I'm in London" thing is kewl enough to make up for some of them... Beau will have to add to this list when he's in Perth as I'm sure I've forgotten some!
WHAT'S HOT
*Leicester Square - Pumping late night on a Wednesday!
*The underground
*Seeing all the manopoly streets! I wish I could buy a house on pentonville for that cheap =)
WHAT'S NOT
*Pollution
*Currency conversion
*ATM's that don't ask for what account to withdraw from! Grrr I have VISA cash advance fees now!
*No one knows what a "flat white" is... arghh!
*Expensive/dodgey internet machines... no-where is as cheap as $1/hr william st!
Okay only 5 mins left... Ask qns and I'll endeavour to answer! I'll write again from here tomorrow if I'm nearby...
Sam Yeates... Man of steel... with a sore back... signing off....
Posted by Sam at September 05, 2002 04:44 PMHey Sambo,
Good to hear you're having a bit of fun over there mate... But i think i need to give you a few spelling tips. Monopoly (not manopoly) is the infamous game that our family has never finished without everyone stealing money out of the bank and someone throwing the board up in the air. I think rest can be put down to not having enough time to write messages before the connection gets cut off... So type faster mate ! :)
I'd also like to see a bit more London slang being thrown in... especially London Police slang... ie: these bleedin geezers nicked off with me kit, an its all gone a bit pair shaped guvnah... Or at least more references to the number of "fit" women you are bumping into... (dont tell me that aussie accent isnt paying dividends already mate :)
Well keep up the reviews... I like em :)
Later mate
Matt
p.s - i am aware that everyone else can read this... :) Who's brilliant idea was this blog system again ??