back in black

lets see what we got in the last 3 months...

lefteris moving out

myself moving out

myself moving out again

myself looking for a new flat (now)

a trip to poland, with fine weather, countryside, people and food

a trip to gorgeous barcelona

a trip to greece for easter, an excursion to the western part of the country (at last)

pascal and francis visiting in london

an arsenal chelsea london derby

senia in london

a 5k charity run (not mine)

a promotion

seeing 81db live in coventry

some fine dining in london

effie in london

greenwich and richmond

a new record

a barbeque, the brasilian way

re-connecting with nikos in london, after the old army days (4 years ago!)

an AC/DC concert which rocked

going to the royal ascot

a lot of nostalgia and dreams

a new blog on my blogroll

doing an abseil for charity

a lot of falling down, and pulling myself backup

a (new) commitment not to disappear again?

india

it’s been a while now since i returned from india, indeed a bit more than a month. and the concept of time in my mind is a bit blurred, as it happens. eventually, you tend to sink into everyday reality again, no matter how much of an eye opener a trip abroad can be.

two and a half weeks are of course not enough to see anything in that great country. but at least you get a taste. i’ve been wanting to go for a very long time, more than 6 years now, and i finally got the opportunity. and it is as beautiful and overwhelming as I thought it would be.

2 and a half weeks with a week in kerala, 4 days in pune, 2 days in goa and another 3 in mumbai, i have to say we did our best to see as many and as diverse things as possible. from the beaches of goa and panjim to dharavi, from the indian wedding of rohit and carol to the backwaters and the tea plantations in kerala, from elephanta island to cochin.

t was my first time in that land, but definitely not the last one.

101 greatest questions of all time?

not so sure, but some of them are worth reading the answer to...

here

Why do identical twins have different fingerprints?

What is OK short for?

Do plants die of old age?

Why do I get more car sick in the back?

etc

happy birthday, internet!

the internet is 20 years old, today!

article in greek (enet)

article in english (cnet)

who would have thought...

happy birthday!

sum 41 - pieces

I tried to be perfect,
But nothing was worth it,
I don’t believe it makes me real.
I thought it’d be easy,
But no one believes me,
I meant all the things I said.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

This place is so empty,
My thoughts are so tempting,
I don’t know how it got so bad.
Sometimes it’s so crazy,
that nothing can save me,
But it’s the only thing that I have.

If you believe it's in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I'm better off on my own.

On my own...

I tried to be perfect,
It just wasn't worth it,
Nothing could ever be so wrong.
It’s hard to believe me,
It never gets easy,
I guess I knew that all along.

If you believe it’s in my soul,
I’d say all the words that I know,
Just to see if it would show,
That I'm trying to let you know,
That I’m better off on my own.

τι να μας πεις κι εσύ απ' τη ζωή σου...

είπαμε. ναι, 20-30 πόντοι έπεσαν στο λονδίνο και παρέλυσε το σύστημα. εδώ οποιοσδήποτε καιρός είναι δικαιολογία για να έχουν πρόβλημα τα μέσα μεταφοράς αλλά τουλάχιστον από χιόνι δεν είμαστε συνηθισμένοι, οπότε χαλάλι το χάος για μια μέρα. αλλά να είναι για μια μέρα τα σκουπίδια έξω (στους -2 και δε μπορεί εκ των πραγμάτων κανείς να τα συλλέξει λογω παράλυσης συγκοινωνιών) και να γκρινιάζουμε ότι έχει λέει μπόχα...ΗΜΑΡΤΟΝ!

δεν έχει νόημα να συγκρίνουμε με τα χειρότερα για να χαρούμε, αλλά αυτό είναι και λίγο υπερβολή. για φαντάσου αθήνα καλοκαίρι με 40 βαθμούς και σκουπίδια έξω για 2 βδομάδες. επανάσταση θα είχε γίνει εδώ μου φαίνεται. η απλά ρεσιτάλ γκρίνιας...

a bit of a different beauty in this city

finally saw some winter in this town. stressful as it may be as i imagined all sorts of nuclear scenarios about my flight to the promised land tomorrow, i still enjoyed it. especially since we didn't get to go to work on monday and i still get to see this beautiful landscape just opposite my place, in wandsworth common. the real beauty of the winter season

...enjoy!

το είδαμε κι αυτό...

αυτό, εννοώ.

πώς τυχαίνει και είμαι μέσα στην αναμπουμπούλα από καιρού εις καιρόν...ήμουν στην πρώτη σειρά και μας πήραν κ εμάς κάποια αυγουλάκια (ελαφρώς μόνον). δεν ήταν και πολύ αποτελεσματικός τρόπος να διαδώσει κανείς το μήνυμα της αλληλεγγύης στους κρατουμένους και την εναντίωση στο καπιταλιστικό σύστημα, νομίζω.

πάντως στιγμιαία παγώνεις βλέποντας καμιά δεκαριά άτομα να μπουκάρουν και να φοράνε μαύρα κρύβοντας πρόσωπα κτλ. λες μέσα σου "ρε λες να βγει κανένα όπλο και να αποχαιρετήσουμε σπί τοπου τα εγκόσμια?" μετά καταλαβαίνεις ότι είμαστε τύποις σε ελληνικό αμφιθέατρο, όπου τα πιο κουφά και ενίοτε γελοία, συμβαίνουν.

άσχετο, αλλά από όσους έχω δει κι ακούσει να μιλούν, ο αλογοσκούφης μιλάει τα καλύτερα αγγλικά (εντάξει, με λίγο ελληνική προφορά, αλλά και ποιος δεν την έχει αυτή?)