Movies I’m waiting for: American Dreamz | Confetti Reading: Kafka on the Shore | Grooving to: Confessions on a Dance Floor Carnevale season has officially opened in Italy! You can tell from the piles of chiacchiere in the windows of all the local bakeries. Chiacchiere, which I also knew as frappe in Rome, are one…
Rollin’ with the Punches…But they’ve got Brass Knuckles
Well, I fear I’ve had two negative posts and so I’ll have to limit this one though a lot of negative things have occurred. I still have to talk about stuffing ourselves in Puglia for Christmas and New Year’s, and my trip to London!! The jury is still out if the 2 kilos of cheddar…
Bucked off the Bureaucracy Saddle
So, I’m here in London, lovely London. The next best place to home. The place where you can get Cadbury’s mini Creme Eggs, an Indian curry and Bangers and Mash within a block’s radius. Yes, I’m being spoiled. But, back to my bureaucracy story. You didn’t think it had finished, did you? That like all…
Holidays = Festive Drinking.
More than any company I’ve ever worked at, this advertising company is very concerned about image, and rightly so. This therefore spills over onto their parties as well – the more lavish and extravagant, the better. And I am there to gladly accept. This week had a downhill slide of productivity starting Wednesday evening. Since…
Fever, Nutcracker, More Gyrating Santas
Today was painful. Sick from the moment I woke at 6.15am, I only got worse during the day. Glassy eyes and dilated pupils, fever. We had a 3 hour meeting in English that ended with me taking him to lunch since it was already 2.30 and the other managers were all busy. I’m sure some…
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