weird day today....
1. re-vamped CV yet again,
(i mean is it really that horrible? applied for a few more jobs)
2. went to an obama rally in london -yes, I volunteered to canvass and get expat americans to vote..
3. met up with carl- saw tropic thunder weird movie...the theatre was packed! i almost forgot it was monday....but then again, thisislondon and London NEVER sleeps..
4. carl walks me to the train station..and as we're in front of the station, this guy smelling high of weed whizzes by carl and i, and goes into the train station..
(carl takes the bus) but, as i enter the train station of course i end up unintentionally catching up to the weedie guy as i'm walking to my train-- and we have the following convo..
weedie- hey
me- hi
weedie- what's ur name?
me-dyanne
-weedie- oh, as in diana?
me- (thinking: did i say dyANNE? or did i say diana?) - no, as in dyanne
weedie-where are you from?
me-miami
weedie-oh, i'm from senegal.
me- o,ok, africa.
weedie- i guess it's a place you've never heard of, so it must be africa, right?
me- (puzzled look: did you just insult me b/c of my american accent -happens alot here- or are you being serious..where is this convo going?) umm, no, i know senegal is in africa...?!?
---yes! my train arrives hust in time..I'm praying this man doesn't board with me..yes! he takes the southbound train, and i the northbound.SAFE!
but now, i board the train, iPod in ears, and i hear this odd thumping noise over the sound of my music... i turn around to see this guy "tap-dancing" in men's dress shoes putting on a show for us, begging for us passengers to place change in this green plastic bag. umm, no dude, try harder..please..you could've at least been tapping in tap-shoes?!? no money for you dude.
London is just chock full of the crazies, but i must say, it is entertaining, so lons as you never pay the beggars on the train or engage in convo w/ 'weedies' on the street....
that's the ending to an otherwise eventful day in london town.
lawd, i need a job..
Monday, September 22, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
26 surr street
Damn. Mondays are boring, realllllly boring...esp. since i don't have a damn job. i'm starting to feel like tommy from the show 'martin'..it doesn't help that i know i haven't put in 100% effort in finding a job though, despite the fact that, if you know me, i can't stay idle for too long. i've made some progress though - i re-vamped the resume, er, CV as it is called outside of the u.s. of a.(a bit lot more thorough than a resume)..and i vow to get my CV reviewed @ uni. 2mrw...yeah? i even met another potential job contact last nite at a bday party for a friend of a friend...i also was re-introduced to this guy, let's call him 'hespo' who i met through my friend monica. hespo lived within walking distance of the bday party that he, monica, and i were at, but insisted on driving me home..hmm..i wonder yy? guess it sucks to be hespo cuz i am soo not interested romantically, but hey, thx for the ride! (thumbs up). i almost feel bad for ignoring his txt msg this morning...
besides all this job talk, i have been in my new flat for a week now- a cosy little place near caledonian rd..REPRESENT! too bad i learned my area was known back in the day, for prostitution..um, yah...i just hope that was waaaay back in the day?!? regardless, i haven't run into any ladies-of-the-night, but i'm telling you that slightly malnourished woman at the bus stop couldnot have been a crackphene....and maybe i shouldn't mention the fact that, if you take a certain unnamed bus route just two stops from the nearest tube station, which is 5min walking distance to my flat, you will be at the 'h.m. pentonville prison'. oh yes, ladies and gents, a prison.
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hmmm...let's reminisce on that day i took that unnamed bus route: i was on my way to king's X and the cute little automated feminine voice that notifies you of the next stop says, 'h.m pentonville prison'..i'm thinking, wtf? WTF? hmmmm..i wonder why the estate agent never mentioned a prison when trying to rent the flat to me?!? and noone on the bus even flinched when the automated lady said 'prison'.. they were completely unaffected by that 'p' word. but not i.
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alright, enough reminiscing! i did manage to see pineapple express today! HILARIOUS! and i bought mr.president hopeful barack obama's memoir 'dreams from my father' . i'll let you know how this read goes..should be interesting =)
p.s- i actually finished sarah palin's RNC speech and her cheap jabs at barack were good, but i still think she's an idiot...and the alaskan governor is a bit violent, no? with children named trig, (hmm..kinda close to 'trigger'), and bristol (hmm..rhymes with 'pistol)..hunting makes an impact in all areas of her life.
good-nite!
besides all this job talk, i have been in my new flat for a week now- a cosy little place near caledonian rd..REPRESENT! too bad i learned my area was known back in the day, for prostitution..um, yah...i just hope that was waaaay back in the day?!? regardless, i haven't run into any ladies-of-the-night, but i'm telling you that slightly malnourished woman at the bus stop could
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hmmm...let's reminisce on that day i took that unnamed bus route: i was on my way to king's X and the cute little automated feminine voice that notifies you of the next stop says, 'h.m pentonville prison'..i'm thinking, wtf? WTF? hmmmm..i wonder why the estate agent never mentioned a prison when trying to rent the flat to me?!? and noone on the bus even flinched when the automated lady said 'prison'.. they were completely unaffected by that 'p' word. but not i.
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alright, enough reminiscing! i did manage to see pineapple express today! HILARIOUS! and i bought mr.president hopeful barack obama's memoir 'dreams from my father' . i'll let you know how this read goes..should be interesting =)
p.s- i actually finished sarah palin's RNC speech and her cheap jabs at barack were good, but i still think she's an idiot...and the alaskan governor is a bit violent, no? with children named trig, (hmm..kinda close to 'trigger'), and bristol (hmm..rhymes with 'pistol)..hunting makes an impact in all areas of her life.
good-nite!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
happy anniversary to me!
*pause*
so, im sitting here trying to stomach this sarah palin acceptance speech w/ a bag of butterkist toffee popcorn(it’s the best i tell you!), n i want to hurl!(not b/c of the popcorn, but b/c of palin’s voice) I mean, i have patiently waited for all parts 5 of 5 of the hopeful v.p’s speech to buffer on youtube – to only want to gag after 5 min.. first of all, the first 2min 31 sec is off mrs.palin thanking her audience for supporting her thus far....therefore, mrs.palin has only been speaking for a little over 2min- and i can’t go on.. Anyway, mid-gag, i’m realising, my toffee popcorn has half-way been devoured, as if this lady is really entertaining?!? i can usually unregrettably devour my popcorn quickly during really entertaining movies such as, ‘the dark knight’; mrs.palin is no competition whatsoever....
*play*
--ugh. It’s her voice again..i should at least watch parts 1 and 2 of 5, right? Right?I did wait for this speech to load which means i did have a slight interest in hearing her ‘policies’..(toffee popcorn now almost empty)...
BTW – happy 11/09, or 09/11, depending on where you are in the world...
Happy 1 yr anniversary to me in London!
Yep...previous posts have centred around my life as a student in London..future posts will hopefully, very soon concern my life as a working professional in London....
Stay tuned for random babblings while I am on the job hunt! =)
so, im sitting here trying to stomach this sarah palin acceptance speech w/ a bag of butterkist toffee popcorn(it’s the best i tell you!), n i want to hurl!(not b/c of the popcorn, but b/c of palin’s voice) I mean, i have patiently waited for all parts 5 of 5 of the hopeful v.p’s speech to buffer on youtube – to only want to gag after 5 min.. first of all, the first 2min 31 sec is off mrs.palin thanking her audience for supporting her thus far....therefore, mrs.palin has only been speaking for a little over 2min- and i can’t go on.. Anyway, mid-gag, i’m realising, my toffee popcorn has half-way been devoured, as if this lady is really entertaining?!? i can usually unregrettably devour my popcorn quickly during really entertaining movies such as, ‘the dark knight’; mrs.palin is no competition whatsoever....
*play*
--ugh. It’s her voice again..i should at least watch parts 1 and 2 of 5, right? Right?I did wait for this speech to load which means i did have a slight interest in hearing her ‘policies’..(toffee popcorn now almost empty)...
BTW – happy 11/09, or 09/11, depending on where you are in the world...
Happy 1 yr anniversary to me in London!
Yep...previous posts have centred around my life as a student in London..future posts will hopefully, very soon concern my life as a working professional in London....
Stay tuned for random babblings while I am on the job hunt! =)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
off to the 'motherland' !
well, i guess i kinda 'scratched the surface'....went on a little family holiday for a week to egypt with my younger sis and dad. good times overall!
we visited cairo(2 days), luxor(1 day), and sharm el sheikh(3 days).
cairo and luxor: cairo reminded me of 'an old photograph' in the sense that there was a yellow haze over the city from the sand in the air, similar to the yellow hue of 'an old photograph'..many of the cars were about 20 yrs old?? and there was ridiculous traffic..needless to say the little white dashes that might have been used to designate hmm..lanes? were unimportant here...the cars on the road were literally like herded cattle...anyway, after checking into our '5*' hotelnot on the Nile, we did the touristy thing- giza pyramids, papyrus museum, egypt museum, Nile cruise, perfume factory, and the best part --> getting ripped off b/c we're tourists, yuh know? and since we were only in cairo and luxor for a few days we had a private tour guide complete with chauffeur service...(which is another reason we got ripped off b/c we were paying for convenience..which is yet, another story)...it was HOT HOT HOT in cairo,
BUT it was H'EXTRA HOT in luxor, i mean just dry ass heat...and of course, i'm weak, and couldn't manage the heat. my cheapie shades did their best to shield the sun, but i couldn't really lift my head too high b/c i couldn't see, my eyes were burnin probably because of a combination of sun/sand particles aimed directly at my face..i desperately had to remove my contacts b/c like i said, my eyes were burning..so, the chauffeur and tour guide stop off at a hotel so i can remove my contacts (at this point i'm kinda relieved/upset i can't see)...then we go to lunch and our tour guide thought he had this grand idea that would cure me.. ICE.
he suggested i take ice cubes and place them over my eyes and *poof* no more pain?!? weell, that egyptian home remedy worked temporarily, and so mr.tour guide says, "just wait, i have the perfect thing..i understand your problem." and i'm thinking, "uh, no you don't , do you understand i'm blind right now and am frustrated? uuhh no." so, the tour guide calls his brother to meet up with us and bring the 'perfect thing' to cure me. uMM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SHOWS UP WITH? some got damn VISINE ppl?! i'm like Visine? that's what i've been waiting for all this time? Visine? i'm like, "no you did not bring me visine as if it is some secret that Visine 'gets the red out!' duuh, i've seen the commercial..i'm american, right? aaanyway, i can't really knock the man, cuz he was trying to help?1? but the point is, i thought he would've brought me something simple/ home remedy-ish..once again, needless to say, i was 'blind' in luxor and then blind for 2 of the 3 days that we were in sharm el sheikh..basically my eyes just needed a rest - they were strained...anyway, our beach resort in sharm was great =) (i'm near-sighted so i could actually see where we were staying.lol) if it's one thing the egyptians do best, it's service.. and our resort was gr8 - no complaints! in sharm el sheikh, we smoked shisha, ATV riding in the desert, met some bedouin children, went on a little yellow submarine- hehe, and swam and drank daiquiris on the beach. =) anyway, the photos are a few snapshots of my trip...we of course brought home some over-priced souvenirs, as well as ones we bargained well for.
sidenote: didn't really notice too much women out during the day, and if they were out, they were damn sure completely covered up- with only their eyes revealed. it was a good experience to see a little glimpse of life in a predominantly muslim atmosphere.
i liked egypt- i would definitely go back--(with friends of course)..DESPITE the: heat, diarrhoea from day 1, the beggars, tipping every damn person in sight, the great hospitality (mainly b/c of the tourist-dependent economy), muslim men offering camels in exchange for marriage, ummm..and the tricky businessmen (can't really knock their hustle), and just because the egyptians are a nice people...and the men are GORGEOUS! but i am not converting to islam...
shukran! egypt for adding a few words to my previously non-existent arabic vocabulary: shukran(thank you), habibi(my love), and 'base busa' (pastry w/ honey) yum!
-peace.
we visited cairo(2 days), luxor(1 day), and sharm el sheikh(3 days).
cairo and luxor: cairo reminded me of 'an old photograph' in the sense that there was a yellow haze over the city from the sand in the air, similar to the yellow hue of 'an old photograph'..many of the cars were about 20 yrs old?? and there was ridiculous traffic..needless to say the little white dashes that might have been used to designate hmm..lanes? were unimportant here...the cars on the road were literally like herded cattle...anyway, after checking into our '5*' hotel
BUT it was H'EXTRA HOT in luxor, i mean just dry ass heat...and of course, i'm weak, and couldn't manage the heat. my cheapie shades did their best to shield the sun, but i couldn't really lift my head too high b/c i couldn't see, my eyes were burnin probably because of a combination of sun/sand particles aimed directly at my face..i desperately had to remove my contacts b/c like i said, my eyes were burning..so, the chauffeur and tour guide stop off at a hotel so i can remove my contacts (at this point i'm kinda relieved/upset i can't see)...then we go to lunch and our tour guide thought he had this grand idea that would cure me.. ICE.
he suggested i take ice cubes and place them over my eyes and *poof* no more pain?!? weell, that egyptian home remedy worked temporarily, and so mr.tour guide says, "just wait, i have the perfect thing..i understand your problem." and i'm thinking, "uh, no you don't , do you understand i'm blind right now and am frustrated? uuhh no." so, the tour guide calls his brother to meet up with us and bring the 'perfect thing' to cure me. uMM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE SHOWS UP WITH? some got damn VISINE ppl?! i'm like Visine? that's what i've been waiting for all this time? Visine? i'm like, "no you did not bring me visine as if it is some secret that Visine 'gets the red out!' duuh, i've seen the commercial..i'm american, right? aaanyway, i can't really knock the man, cuz he was trying to help?1? but the point is, i thought he would've brought me something simple/ home remedy-ish..once again, needless to say, i was 'blind' in luxor and then blind for 2 of the 3 days that we were in sharm el sheikh..basically my eyes just needed a rest - they were strained...anyway, our beach resort in sharm was great =) (i'm near-sighted so i could actually see where we were staying.lol) if it's one thing the egyptians do best, it's service.. and our resort was gr8 - no complaints! in sharm el sheikh, we smoked shisha, ATV riding in the desert, met some bedouin children, went on a little yellow submarine- hehe, and swam and drank daiquiris on the beach. =) anyway, the photos are a few snapshots of my trip...we of course brought home some over-priced souvenirs, as well as ones we bargained well for.
sidenote: didn't really notice too much women out during the day, and if they were out, they were damn sure completely covered up- with only their eyes revealed. it was a good experience to see a little glimpse of life in a predominantly muslim atmosphere.
i liked egypt- i would definitely go back--(with friends of course)..DESPITE the: heat, diarrhoea from day 1, the beggars, tipping every damn person in sight, the great hospitality (mainly b/c of the tourist-dependent economy), muslim men offering camels in exchange for marriage, ummm..and the tricky businessmen (can't really knock their hustle), and just because the egyptians are a nice people...and the men are GORGEOUS! but i am not converting to islam...
shukran! egypt for adding a few words to my previously non-existent arabic vocabulary: shukran(thank you), habibi(my love), and 'base busa' (pastry w/ honey) yum!
-peace.
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