A nap zenéje: Marylin Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You
2009. november 30., hétfő
2009. november 29., vasárnap
2009. november 28., szombat
Flying To The UK
So we went to Budapest Airport by taxi. The taxiguy asked us, if he should take the way through Budapest, or on the M0 Highway. We were a bit short on time, but not with the Highway route. But it costs much more. To tell you, he asked us, when should we be there, so he proposed to take the Highway. Okay, that was all right, but it should not have taken more then 30 minutes. The guy took us there in 50, which was our time limit. Well, that was not nice. We took Terminal 1, more commonly known as Ferihegy 1.
The Airport's interior is all right. The check in was definitely quick, though we did not get our seats next to each other. We chose a Jet2.com flight when booking. We had really little time to get to the boarding, to tell you, I could not really look around, but there was not much to look at. We went to the plane by bus, so we had a little bit of crowd. I think we had a small joke, that foreigners should really experience how Public Transportation looks like in Hungary, and the bus was quite like it. I mean it was damn crowded.
When we got on the plane, there were nice stewies. (Stewie is a nickname for Stewardess) They had a habit of closing the holders above my head. I really loved that blonde one...:) On the plane, we had to face, that we have a nice gypsy company. They were musicians going to the UK. They had really nice manners, like taking six seats together. When the Stewie wanted them to take their own seats, they tried to ignore her. Well, finally they took better position. The biggest one had quite a problem, with his stomach. He was looking numb on his seatbelt, how to fasten it.:)
We had a nice flight, it did not hit Andi hard, and it was OK by me. It was not too smooth, but not that dangerous at all. A businessman offered his seat to me, so We could sit next to each other. Our companion was an other British businessman, who regurarly comes to Hungary to see a dentist. He was coming here for a few years now, and he said, that he can spend some nice time, with good doctors attending to him and altogether (accomodation, food, dentist) it only costs the half, then it does in the UK.
We had a landing at Manchester Airport a bit earlier, than we expected, what was not a big problem, as we had to get to our train. The collection of luggages was easy, and we had a nice, straight way to the train station. Moving walkways made the trip even quicker. The train was a nice one, with the interior being clean and shiny. The ticket inspector was a very kind man, smiling on us, which made the impression much better. The train first went from Manchester Airport to Manchester Picadilly, which is the hub of train traffic.
There a lot of people, especially young people boarded the train, and we got quite a big attention, as our language was not processible by their minds. :) There was this girl, who was phoning all along the voyage, had a small skirt, and a red jacket. The whole stuff did not look nice. And she was definitely looking at me. I don't know what she saw in me, but it was strange. We took off at Huddersfield, where we took a taxi to Hazel's house.
The Airport's interior is all right. The check in was definitely quick, though we did not get our seats next to each other. We chose a Jet2.com flight when booking. We had really little time to get to the boarding, to tell you, I could not really look around, but there was not much to look at. We went to the plane by bus, so we had a little bit of crowd. I think we had a small joke, that foreigners should really experience how Public Transportation looks like in Hungary, and the bus was quite like it. I mean it was damn crowded.
When we got on the plane, there were nice stewies. (Stewie is a nickname for Stewardess) They had a habit of closing the holders above my head. I really loved that blonde one...:) On the plane, we had to face, that we have a nice gypsy company. They were musicians going to the UK. They had really nice manners, like taking six seats together. When the Stewie wanted them to take their own seats, they tried to ignore her. Well, finally they took better position. The biggest one had quite a problem, with his stomach. He was looking numb on his seatbelt, how to fasten it.:)
We had a nice flight, it did not hit Andi hard, and it was OK by me. It was not too smooth, but not that dangerous at all. A businessman offered his seat to me, so We could sit next to each other. Our companion was an other British businessman, who regurarly comes to Hungary to see a dentist. He was coming here for a few years now, and he said, that he can spend some nice time, with good doctors attending to him and altogether (accomodation, food, dentist) it only costs the half, then it does in the UK.
We had a landing at Manchester Airport a bit earlier, than we expected, what was not a big problem, as we had to get to our train. The collection of luggages was easy, and we had a nice, straight way to the train station. Moving walkways made the trip even quicker. The train was a nice one, with the interior being clean and shiny. The ticket inspector was a very kind man, smiling on us, which made the impression much better. The train first went from Manchester Airport to Manchester Picadilly, which is the hub of train traffic.
There a lot of people, especially young people boarded the train, and we got quite a big attention, as our language was not processible by their minds. :) There was this girl, who was phoning all along the voyage, had a small skirt, and a red jacket. The whole stuff did not look nice. And she was definitely looking at me. I don't know what she saw in me, but it was strange. We took off at Huddersfield, where we took a taxi to Hazel's house.
2009. november 26., csütörtök
The Arndale Centre - Manchester
"Behold the ingenuities of civic pride: ugly we may be, but our ugly's bigger than yours" - Howard Jacobson
The Arndale Centre (more commonly The Arndale) is a large shopping mall at the heart of Manchester. With it's size it is the largest shopping mall in Europe. In 1996, when the IRA detonated a bomb in the heart of Manchester, The Arndale also had damages. It's famous skyway to the Marks And Spencer store was destroyed with the M&S store as well. Later it was reopened and now serves the community with it's shops.
First of all, there is everything and nothing in The Arndale. We did not buy too much there, but we did spend a lot of time there. The Arndale is simply huge. It does not fully describe it. There are tons of shops, but we still could not get, what we wanted. Your chance of finding what you want is slim, since you have to know what you want to buy, and be quite specific, as you are unable to cover such a big area in a few hours.
The most remarkable place in The Arndale is the Media Store. At Hungary most shops like this are now closed. I think that is due to the agressive pricing and the fees that we pay for each disc to the organisations that "protect" the interests of authors by enforcing their precious Copyright Laws. That alone lead us to the point when we cannot even buy any discs, even if we want to. I would not call Media Markt a nice example for a media store.
The Arndale Media Store had many offers. One of the most remarkeable offers was the one stating for 4 films for 20£. The offer was combinable, so you did not have to take 4 preselected films, instead you had at least one hundred films to select from. The only thing we bought there were 3 music CDs for Andi. She enjoys them much. You do, don't you honey?
The Arndale Centre (more commonly The Arndale) is a large shopping mall at the heart of Manchester. With it's size it is the largest shopping mall in Europe. In 1996, when the IRA detonated a bomb in the heart of Manchester, The Arndale also had damages. It's famous skyway to the Marks And Spencer store was destroyed with the M&S store as well. Later it was reopened and now serves the community with it's shops.
First of all, there is everything and nothing in The Arndale. We did not buy too much there, but we did spend a lot of time there. The Arndale is simply huge. It does not fully describe it. There are tons of shops, but we still could not get, what we wanted. Your chance of finding what you want is slim, since you have to know what you want to buy, and be quite specific, as you are unable to cover such a big area in a few hours.
The most remarkable place in The Arndale is the Media Store. At Hungary most shops like this are now closed. I think that is due to the agressive pricing and the fees that we pay for each disc to the organisations that "protect" the interests of authors by enforcing their precious Copyright Laws. That alone lead us to the point when we cannot even buy any discs, even if we want to. I would not call Media Markt a nice example for a media store.
The Arndale Media Store had many offers. One of the most remarkeable offers was the one stating for 4 films for 20£. The offer was combinable, so you did not have to take 4 preselected films, instead you had at least one hundred films to select from. The only thing we bought there were 3 music CDs for Andi. She enjoys them much. You do, don't you honey?
Off-licence Shops
In England there is a special kind of store called: the Off-licence shop. For an outsider, the term might not be understandable. I took the liberty of looking it up at wikipedia. The term off-licence and on-licence comes from the 1700s, when Gin was cheaper then beer. This is something that was not favoured at the time, so they tried taxing Gin. The continous riots made the taxing impossible, so for a few years Gin was again taxless.
Some 20 years later, somebody tried getting money from the cheap gin bussiness, by enforcing an Act, that stated that gin can only be sold at places, that have licences. That's when the licence stuff all came up.
Today regulations of the British Crown are moderately strict about alcohol consumption and in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scottland and England they all came up with some sort of licencing Act. The common in them is that there are on-licences and off-licences.
An on-licence goes for the numerous kinds of restaurants, bars and hotels and the term relates to the place where you can drink the alcohol. So if you buy a beer then you have to drink it on site at an on-licence place. However off-licence places allow you to buy beverages in bottles, and you are not allowed to drink it in the store, you have to drink it off the premises. These shops usually referred to as "Offie" or "Offy". Some restaurants call themselves fully licenced. This means they serve liqours also, not only beers, vines or cider.
In the various regions of the United Kingdom the licence types may vary, but the general categories of licences are all the same.
Some 20 years later, somebody tried getting money from the cheap gin bussiness, by enforcing an Act, that stated that gin can only be sold at places, that have licences. That's when the licence stuff all came up.
Today regulations of the British Crown are moderately strict about alcohol consumption and in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scottland and England they all came up with some sort of licencing Act. The common in them is that there are on-licences and off-licences.
An on-licence goes for the numerous kinds of restaurants, bars and hotels and the term relates to the place where you can drink the alcohol. So if you buy a beer then you have to drink it on site at an on-licence place. However off-licence places allow you to buy beverages in bottles, and you are not allowed to drink it in the store, you have to drink it off the premises. These shops usually referred to as "Offie" or "Offy". Some restaurants call themselves fully licenced. This means they serve liqours also, not only beers, vines or cider.
In the various regions of the United Kingdom the licence types may vary, but the general categories of licences are all the same.
2009. november 25., szerda
2009. november 24., kedd
2009. november 22., vasárnap
2009. november 21., szombat
SAVOY
Elmaradt a gyors SAVOY hétvége. Bóbis Lacinak becsípődött a háta. :-(
Sebaj, majd december 19-20., ha minden igaz.
Sebaj, majd december 19-20., ha minden igaz.
2009. november 20., péntek
2009. november 19., csütörtök
2009. november 18., szerda
2009. november 17., kedd
2009. november 16., hétfő
2009. november 15., vasárnap
2009. november 14., szombat
2009. november 11., szerda
Summer Holiday
A nap zenéje: Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday
Bár mi most épp Winter Holidayre megyünk Andival, de én ideillőnek ézem. :) Más is rakhat ki nap zenéjét bátran!:)
Bár mi most épp Winter Holidayre megyünk Andival, de én ideillőnek ézem. :) Más is rakhat ki nap zenéjét bátran!:)
2009. november 10., kedd
Brimful Of Asha
A nap zenéje: Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim remix)
Mert mindenkinek kell egy kebel (mell) amit kispárának használhat!
Mert mindenkinek kell egy kebel (mell) amit kispárának használhat!
2009. november 9., hétfő
All star
A nap zenéje (Shrek emlékére): Smash Mouth - All Star
Sajnos nincs beágyazható változat. Megtekintés
Tudom kicsit későn jött, de hát ma ez van. Amúgy meg "State your name and power!"
Sajnos nincs beágyazható változat. Megtekintés
Tudom kicsit későn jött, de hát ma ez van. Amúgy meg "State your name and power!"
2009. november 8., vasárnap
2009. november 7., szombat
How To Barter Online
Úgy éreztem, hogy nem elég nekünk ide egy FrenchMaidTV-s videó, kell még egy. Fogadjátok kitörő örömmel a "How To Barter Online" című remekművet.:)
Amúgy, ha valaki jár az Egyesült Államokban és van rá lehetősége, (értelemszerűen térítés ellenében) örülnék egy FrenchMaidTV-s pólónak, amire az van írva, hogy "This may take a while so find something else to do!":)
Amúgy, ha valaki jár az Egyesült Államokban és van rá lehetősége, (értelemszerűen térítés ellenében) örülnék egy FrenchMaidTV-s pólónak, amire az van írva, hogy "This may take a while so find something else to do!":)
Mama Told Me Not To Come
Nap zenéje kettő: Tom Jones - Mama Told Me Not To Come
Az apropó, hogy mindkét előadó koncertezik Magyarországon.:)
Az apropó, hogy mindkét előadó koncertezik Magyarországon.:)
H
Nem szeretek politizálni. Nem szeretek politikába bonyolódni. De aztán vannak olyan esetek, amikor nem bírom ki, mert egyszerűen fáj. Igen, fáj az, hogy H, egy politikus, aki épp csücsül a börtönben és várja a tárgyalását országos vita tárgya, melyben már a "tisztelt" (ki a franc tiszteli már ezeket?) ház szavaz arról, hogy megkapja-e a fizetését. Hö? Mi a f*sz? Fizetését??? Már bocsánat, de ha én valamiért nem dolgozom, nincs fizu. És a munkaadóm nem érdekli miért, ennyi. És erről szavazni kell?
Kicsi vagyok és naív, tudom.
Kicsi vagyok és naív, tudom.
2009. november 6., péntek
2009. november 5., csütörtök
2009. november 3., kedd
2009. november 1., vasárnap
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