Piracy

I went to meet some friends last night and we ended up in Edgware Road. I haven't been in this road for months and I wish I didn’t go last night…

Until then, I never noticed how the street transforms into an open-air bazaar late at night. I counted at least 6 street vendors selling fake designer goods (most of them display their goods on foldable tables which they carry arround) and the latest pirate dvd's.

While sitting on a terrace, we were approached by 3 Chinese women, one after the other, selling "dbd’s". One of my friends bought 3 dvd’s for 10 pounds. I got tempted when the last one approached us and I asked her which dvd's she had.

Just when she opened her tesco-bag to show me the dvd’s, two guys came out of nowhere, flashing their badges and identifying themselves as police officers. Both were in civil uniforms , so I didn’t take them seriously at the beginning. This changed when I saw the first one pulling the woman aside and handcuffing her. The second one asked me if I bought dvd's from her. After explaining him that I didn't know her and that I didn't buy anything from her, he started giving me a lecture of a life time about dvd-piracy being a form of theft, that buying pirate dvd’s would make me a thief, for stealing from those involved in "the film industry" and how it could lead to my arrest! Fortunately, I got away with a warning. Meanwhile, my (so-called) friends, especially he who actually bought the dvd’s minutes ago, had the laugh of a lifetime, while others on the table next to us gave me their condemning looks. Of course, out of all people, this had to happen to me...

I heard the Chinese women screaming in the background that the dvd’s aren’t hers and that she found the bag on the street.

This is my advice to you: Never even think of buying pirate dvd’s on the streets, simply download them :-)

Thank you for smoking

A friend advised me that if I was in search of an anti-smoking polemic, which will keep me of smoking, I should watch Thank You for Smoking. And so I did tonight.

I can’t truly say that I found what I was expecting. If, on the other hand, you haven’t seen it and are looking for an absolutely witty film that publicly criticise tobacco executives and their ethics (as far as these exist), Washington lobbyists, investigative journalists, Hollywood agents, and political correctness, than this might be for you.

It’s not brilliant, not fantastic, it is very funny though.

"This is London"

Today must have been the hottest day so far this summer; it did at least feel like it was. I spent quite a time travelling with busses to and from a friend of mine in Hammersmith. The journey takes normally 15 minutes with the tube, but as there were several tube's disruptions I decided to take the bus. I spent more than three and half hours travelling from and to my friend, in this freaking heat...Not such a fun.

I guess the message in this picture is pretty accurate.

PS:nicotine-free for three weeks now.

Nostalgia

TV/movies:

Grendizer
Flona
Fresh Prince of Bel Air (especially Jazz)
Four weddings and a funeral
Shawshank redemption
Back to the future
Malcolm X
Joe from Friends
L.A Confidential
Kramer from Seinfeld
Batman
Robin Hood
Samantha, sex and the city
Nutty Professor
Bad Boys
Silence of the Lambs


Locations

Efteling
Bloomingdale & Woodstock, Zandvoort
Mangaf beach
Nova Scotia
Cafe Schuim
K.E.C
Amsterdamse Bos
Al Ahmadi
Tarabya, Istanbul
My elementary school
Prinsengracht


Food & drinks

Rocket Ice-cream (bu Saruukh)
Canada-Dry
Bafak with ketchup
Broccoli a la Monica
Martadilla with (la vache qui rit) cheese sandwich
Old fashion Hardeez
Airan
Grannie's warq il 3inab
Grannie's spinach pies
Grannie's besbousa
Sunkist


Music

2 Unlimted
R.kelly, Vibe
Billy Joel
That's the way love goes
De la Soul
Notorious B.I.G
Kinderen voor Kinderen
TLC
Suavemente
Nabil
Habibi mahu lawal
Yeke Yeke
Aaron Hall
Bad
SILK
Smelly Cat, Phoebe