celineblondon

My work is not even in London, but in East GRinstead! I travel 3h30 a day. Thats about 827 hours a year (took holidays out!). I spend 34 days every year on transport! depressing thought There are only a handful of people creasy enough to take the earliest train from ED and Im one of them... I am not even speaking of how much it costs me!!! But the job is good :)

Sun is shining, weather is sweet, yeaaaaaah!

Yep, it's a lovely market! Shame I haven't got a garden, I want to buy everything when I go there. It's not too expensive and even cheaper around closing time. The athmosphere is great, everybody carries flowers and plants over their shoulder, nice food stalls and sometimes music too. Highly recommended!

The Taj Mahal - Beautifully perfect Purple Haze sunset on the River in the South of Laos My father's place in Morocco ( for those who fancy a holiday :) sorry been too lasy to translate it in English) the pink blossom falling down the trees in ED last week-end The clock on my phone at work going from 4.59 to 5.00 on a Friday afternoon ....

I say "Oh F%ck" a lot but then it sounds nice with an accent apparently or "tomorrow". I will do the washing up tomorrow. I'll tidy my clothes tomorrow. I stop drinking/ smoking tomorrow:)

The single cards though is a great idea. Who would buy it? I would definetly buy my single mates funny "single" cards on 13th Feb. It's great to have a loved one, but also great to be single! Michael made me laugh when he won the task, just like my bf when his team scores at football. Can't control himself. Funny

As some of you said before I don?t regret anything in my life. I have made big mistakes but learned from them all. And I am who I am now because of this, and in a way I am grateful. If I had not left my home and my family after a silly argument and left for England at just 18 years old, I would probably have done a ?great? school surrounded by arrogant idiots who think they know everything in life but actually know nothing since everything they think they know, they learned it from books. Everything would be sickeningly (? :) ) perfect. If I had not ended up in Shrewsbury and stayed 5 years working in bars and restaurants I would never have met the love of my life and I would not be in London now, loving every minute of it. I would not appreciate either what it is to have a week-end off. To have the evening off. This is something I came to love so much now.Little things... If I had not hated my father so much when I was younger I wouldn?t love him so much now. This thread feels like confession time! :) Can?t thing of anything else right now. Actually, one big silly thing that I DO regret is the first cigarette I smoked 10 years ago. And the hundred thousands that followed...

The best bar I've ever been to (And I've been to far too many...): Lenox Lounge in HArlem Best Jazz night ever I'd do the trip again just for Wednesday night Jam session:)

I have to say, MElbourne Grove is the worst surgery I have ever been to.... For a start it is so messy and dirty. When I went there there was rubbish everywhere on the floor - by the kids toys... Then nobody was authorised to write prescription - I don't get that with the 5-6people working there at the time,nobody was qualified to write a prescription...madness! But then the staff is really nice...: )

"No, it could mean the tenants might be evicted at short notice. [Note the two conditionals]" But surely if more people get evicted, everybody will look to rent and the prices for renting will go up...

Does that mean renting will be more expensive?

I'll never work for scientologists again... They're mad Never take an internal chinese flight over the himallayas For a start, Never never live in China again nor eat their chicken feet Never agree to going to karaoke in Beijing with my chinese friends...so embarassing.... PS:Alan, don't say never to India... :)

It was not the french! you mean people.... I smell good. Came from Essex

Go to Marrackech! Easyjet go straight there for 100-150 depending on the days. You can find cheap hotel there and it's definetly worth the trip! The food is fantastic and won't cost you much either. And, its gonna be nice and warm:)

I can't never say "squirrel" properly... I lived in Shrewsbury for a while (a little town in the West midlands.....you probably never heard of it....But Darwin was born there!!!) There has always been this fight about calling it ShrEewwsbury or ShrOwsbury. Working class say its shrewsbury, the posh ones call it ShrOwsbury. They even a facebook group called: "Its pronounced SHREWSBURY not SHROWSBURY!" I am not British and not so class conscious so I think that a bit odd I like Shrewsbury better though :)

I feel tempted to meet some strangers too...The open mic thing sounds cool ;) btw, I am 26, foreign, lived in uk for about...gosh 8 years alltogether...In london for 9 month and ED since January Will never want to move out of ED. After travelling a bit I feel I found somewhere I can call home. My feet stopped itching. Quite a nice feeling Working too far so I have no time for the gym.I can always find time for a few drinks though... My Bf is 31, totally british. loves football. will not go near a forum:) Anyways, didn't feel the need to leave our cave since I discovered the forum... Guess a bit of socialising will not do us any harm;) Will keep an eye on the thread...

Not that the press jumped on it... The protest is fundamentaly against human right abuses as a whole in China - whether it is tibetans, what is happening in Darfour, people having their organs forcibly removed, people being sentenced to death without a proper trial... and so on But there were definetly more tibetan flags out there than others.... that's a fact Even though there were of course also a great deal of banners denouncing human rights as a whole I guess people in general indentifies themselves with what they know more and they probbaly know more about the Tibet issue. And you can't help having a lot of sympathy for the Tibetans, since their views and religion are beautiful and inspiring. Somehow it feels even worse to see their culture dying away. Like if the world as a whole is losing something...that it desperatly needs

As well as being probably impossible, boycotting Chinese products would not only affect the Chinese government, but also thousands of Chinese who are hard workers and have nothing to do with the terrible human right records in China. MMMmmmm Difficult one really

As expected, the protest is going well in Paris today. Looks like one member of the "Green" party tried to get hold of the torch within minutes of the starting point. It is travelling in a bus right now. BTW, MOST people do not and will not condemn athletes for competing. I can't believe any country will want to pull out of the games . (Boycotting the opening ceremony should not affect the games themselves) I am sure most athletes also understand why protesters are doing what they are doing. I would hope so anyway. It is a unqiue occasion to embarass the party, and bring about positive change. Is it really going to happen? Who knows, we will not know if we do not try. If the rumours of disagreement within the CCP are true, if the news in China actually report the protests (!), well, something is definetly not quite the same in china...

giggirl: Wouah! So this is good news The BBC said last night that nothing had been reported... The forumites from That-s beijing- which you should be familiar with (are you living in beijing?) also mentionend that the BBC had been blocked - once again. So this comes as a surprise. Thanks ;)

PreferToRemainAnon :No I don't think Tibet will be free and it is not really what people want right now. Mostly they want to stop the human right abuses and demand cultural autonomy. That would be a good start. Now will it happen...? I hope there will be some positive changes... Even though I am scared that as soon as the Olympics are over, when the press and foreigners go back to their country and forget about all of this, people in Tibet will pay a very heavy price for the protests Went to the rally at Kings Cross for an hour or two...

Gordon has not put pressure, but the people did it. China has lost face today and this is BIG. Some Tibetans today believe they made "History". I believe it too. But then, nobody in China is going to see any of that...anyway I was amazed when the spokesman for the Chinese embassy said today that Chinese are free, they have access to Internet... Yeah right! All websites that are controversial and not in line with the government, are simply blocked!

I watched the news all day- First was outraged that they spoke about protests and showing no images. They are coming little by little. They finally showed protesters in White Hall and by the O2 Arena. 1000's of them. I am not against the olympics and not for a boycott of the olympics. The boycott of the opening ceremony will be good though. In fact, I am very very happy that the olympics are hosted in China, as I said, it is the only chance for people in China to be heard. They have been waiting for this for years. It is a unique occasion to reveal the truth about what is going on there. I hope Gordon Brown - and Sarkosy, as he will be leading Europe at the time of the ceremony - will take a stance. However, as we all know, the consequences on the economy can be more than damaging. The only way for our politicians to have the "courage" to voice their disagreement, is if all or most of them do so... And I think if protests carry on this way around the world, this may be possible :)

Glad you were here too! I think the media have done a good job so far. They have to show both sides, there were not only Pro-tibet supporters but others too who didn'tgive a damn about it - which is their choice also. I was in front of Downing street and well, I was amazed by the turnout and almost upset by it - I hope they can feel our support in Tibet and in exile. I hear there is trouble in the Chinese government, that it might be splitting. Or a beginning of protest within the party. Let's hope things will change

I understand your point of view, however, as a human being, you should be able to fight for other human beings rights, wether they are Tibetans, Irakies or Godknows where from. What my government does or does not do is besides the point. BTW, there were hundreds of Tibetans here today. I am sure that most of those who were not tibetans, have been to Tibet or India and met with some of the refugees there. Personnally, I was not only representing my opinion but those of hundreds who cannot speak out. The thing with Tibet, is that the olympics is their only chance to be heard. They have been waiting for this for years and years... Only now can they be heard because the international community is looking closely at China. Soon after the Olympics, they will be turned back to silence... Anyway, my opinion...