FRIDAY PISS UPS

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Out on friday night with some people from work... Allison singing again, this tiem at the Surbiton Flyer... great night... and I keep forgetting I work with this people so i should be careful not to embarrass myself!

sorry some quality is appalling! I need a new mobile with a better camera urgent!

Nick & me and Mark & Mark

COLA CAO

The anti-ageing effects of dark chocolate and cocoa have been well known to many ancient cultures. A study by the Hershey Co. revealed that cocoa powder, baking chocolate and dark chocoloate contain 14.1 to 18.5 micrograms of resveratrol per serving. Resveratrol, a compound found in dark chocolate, cocoa and red wine, could lead to the development of an "elixer of youth". Resveratrol has been found to turn on the ’longevity’ gene which could assist organisms to live up to 20% longer.

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Pues nada, que dice que el cacao lleva una sustancia que espabila el gen de la longevidad... así que viva el Cola Cao!

For the tourists: Cola Cao is a chocolatey drink very well known in Spain... We´ve all drunk it when we were kids and the children of today are still drinking it... and the not-so-children, I still do!

ESCAPADA A - BARCELONA - CITYBREAK

YES, again, fed up with the cold and the snow, jumped on a plane to BCN for the weekend:

Escapada sorpresa a Barcelona, és cap de setmana!!

PORT DEL COMPTE

Saturday skiing at Port del Compte. This is a very good ski resort, the closest to Barcelona, however it never gets enough quality snow, except for this year, which has almost too much of it making it hard to ski on some areas!
Sea of clouds - Mar de núvols

Magí



Carles



me


mis atomics

Àrea de l´Estivell... si si! vam baixar per aquest fora-pista!

CARLA: BIG BIRTHDAY!

CARLA! Per molts anys! La festa va ser increible! Em va agradar molt retrobar-me amb tantes amistats perdudes i va ser molt emotiu recordar els vells temps de les festes i els sopars de duro a l´Avinguda de Roma... i a la teva germana Carme un 10 per la organització, que el meu cor encara tremola d´emoció en recordar quan 30 tambors de la batuka de Sitges van envair el local! Inolvidable!

i els MOSSOS...

A little encounter with them... I have been fined because I was driving without carrying my driving licence on me...

Multa per conduir sense dur el carnet a sobre... però és que hagués pogut se pitjor... Gràcies Magí i Anna per venir-me a buscar a les 4 del matí!!

SNOW!!

seen from the window at home last night...

vista des de la finestra del menjador ahir al vespre...

...and seen from the window at the office.

i vista des de la finestra a la oficina.

And meet Vicky below:

THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN AND THE SUPER BOWL

...Eventful sunday with Rafael Nadal winnig the Australian Open against Roger Federer. - Rafa Nadal torna a guanyar a Roger Federer a l´Open d´Australia a Melbourne...






And the XLIII Super Bowl, being played on Sunday, February 1st, between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers in Tampa, Florida. The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL) in the US. - I la XLIII Super Bowl, que també es juga avui diumenge a Tampa, Florida, entre els Arizona Cardinals i els Pittsburg Steelers, es la final de la NFL o lliga de fútbol als USA...

There´s something about american football... :oP

A WEEK IN BARCELONA

Cròniques d´una setmana a la Ciutat Comptal

Chronicles of a week in Barcelona

1. My own private view... jogging up the hill 25 minutes from Jordi´s flat where I stay and you get this magnificent view of the city. It´s at the Guinardó Park. Bring your MP3-or listen to your radio station through your mobile phone... http://www.flaixfm.net/ does it for me and enjoy the view...

1. Mirador privat... a 25 minuts des de casa de´n Jordi. Al Park del Guinardó... Tot escoltant Flaix fm la megaràdio www.flaixfm.net a través del mòbil i a gaudir!!

2. Dinner at home with the family. Nice hot soup in a winter evening with salad and tomato bread... and of course wine drunk straight from the "porró". Dont think you can get more catalan than this...

2. Sopar a la taula: sopeta, amanida, pa amb tomàquet i pernil... i vi amb el porró!

3. Thursday at the Camp Nou... Barça 3 - Espanyol 2. These two teams are 1st division teams both based in Barcelona... there is high rivalry and this match is called a "Derby". Barça is doing extremetely well this year... Trainer Josep Guardiola is very good and is doing a great job. If you have never attended a Mass Sport Event I URGE you to do it. There is something very emotional about being amongst masses of people all cheering up for a noble cause like sport. An Israel - Gaza football match in a grand stadium would be a far better investment of time money and energy than attacks that only achieve loss of human life and happiness...

3. Dijous al Camp Nou a veure el derby Barça - Espanyol. Emocionant joc que ens va tenir patint fins l´últim minut. 3-2 a favor del Barça. No és partit de lliga, és de la copa del Rei, però el Barça havia de guanyar, per què un empat no valia. Coses complicades del fútbol. Si mai heu anat a veure un esdeveniment esportiu amb tant de públic, (uns 98.700 espectadors), us recomano que ho feu JA. No sé que és però anar a un lloc amb massess és extranyament emocionant. Sóc sensible a les multituts exaltades per un motiu com és ara l´esport... un partit Israel-Gaza en un gran estadi seria molt millor que els atacs amb els que es perden temps i vides humanes


4. Shopping... window shopping that is. Whenever in Barcelona go check VINÇON. This shop in the Passeig de Gràcia is huge and sells EVERYTHING you need but with a Designer Label on it. Spectacular display outside with old black and white pictures/books taken from an actors agency from the US... pictures of people with names who are now probably 50-60 years old. Where are they all now?

4. De compres... bé, més aviat d´aparadors que de compres que la cosa està fatal. Us recomano VINÇON al passeig de Gràcia. Aquests dies a l´aparador hi tenen tot de fotos antigues en blanc i negre que són books d´una antiga agència d´actors americana...

5. Friends reunited. From left, Carla and Xavi, Ana and Beda, Montse and Edu. We all met one october in 1990 when we started work for British Airways at Barcelona Airport. Edu joined four months later. We all were trained in manual check-in procedures... how to use the sticker-seats, how to handwrite boarding passes and baggage labels... computer? what computer??

5. Reunió d´amics. De esquerra a dreta, la Carla i en Xavi, l´Anna i en Beda, la Montse, i l´Edu. Tots ens vàrem conèixer un dia a l´Octubre del 1990 quan vam començar a treballar a l´aeroport de Barcelona per la British Airways... experts en escriure targetes d´embarcament a i etiquetes d´equipatges a mà! No teníem ordinadors encara!

i did lots this week...

AND THEN THE SUN SHINES AGAIN...

Back home for a few days...

AND IT´S STILL RAINING...

Hello Manuel...

My name is David, I know we have never met, I am a friend of Vincent... I am sure he talked to you about me... he certainly talked lots about you!

Today Vincent has told me that you have left us... he is very sad and so am I. Such a gorgeous young intelligent man... I do not know what to do other than give Vincent my support, he knows that, and to say that I am really really sorry I have never met you... hope never fades away with me though, I am sure we´ll meet again... let´s just wait. I could ask you a million questions now!

Wherever you are take good care... and take care of us... if you can. I know you would!

yours, forever.

http://www.david-on-earth.blogspot.com/2008/12/postcard-from-miami.html

IT´S RAINING...

It´s cold and it´s raining....

and Donnie, a work colleague,
has been diagnosed with spinal cancer...
and Manuel, Vincent´s best friend,
is in hospital suffering from malaria...
and Vincent is very sad because Manuel is in hospital...

grim...

life sometimes is harsh like this, what can we do? Be there for each other...

and it´s still raining outside...

and not sure now if this pic cheers me up or makes me more sad...

it´s definetely not my belly... :o(

pic from www.justbeautifulmen.blogspot.com

SUNDAYS @ THE CULVERT

Sarah and Anne

Enjoying a sunday evening at the Culvert...

INCREÍBLE!! - U.S. AIRWAYS CRASH

I must admit I am totally happy and amazed that the pilot managed to land on water without breaking the plane into parts... as former flight attendant we were trained for such an event, but always told -and thought- this is totally impossible! Primary exit: overwing, and tell the passengers to stand on the wings... the plane will float at least till help arrives. Yeah, whatever! But this is proof that yes it can happen! Well done to the crew!

Estoy totalmente asombrado de la proeza del capitán y la tripulación! Cuando fuí aeromozo nos entrenaron para este tipo de emergencias, pero la verdad sea dicha, el sueño de todo tripulante de cabina es sobrevivir un amaraje así y sin un rasguño! Mi enhorabuena a la tripulación!

EMIRATES A380

Brand bew Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport: forget Heathrow!

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This is the A380. Awaiting boarding. Note there are 3 jetties attached to ease the process. Can´t see it very well but it is one attached to the upper deck and 2 on the lower deck. Emirates holds 14 First class suites and 76 business upstairs, 399 economy downstairs.

Final call... so excited!

view from the jetty,

and below, stars on the ceiling of the cabin, to give a night sky effect...

Seat with a view. I sat in 57E, as it says on my personal screen above... last row is 97 or so, so I was towards the front! Can´t wait to fly on it again!

FRRRRÍO

También ha nevado por aquí, aunque no tanto como en España!

We´ve had some snow... But in Spain they´ve beaten us! More snow than ever in Spain!

KL 1-2-3JAN (II)

KL - NEW YEAR´s EVE FIREWORKS AT KLCC

CANELONS: Per cap d´any, per sopar vaig cuinar per primer cop una safata de canelons!

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CANELONI: For the first time in my like I cooked caneloni for 7 people all by myself! And yes, they were good! Ask for the recipy!

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quina pinta eh!?


The PAVILION undoubtedly the best shopping mall in Bukit Bintang! Try PADINI for men´s clothes at bargain prices and TANGS for the best SALE! By the way, I have the PADINI discount card... however, not that I can use it much... asian sizes are quite small and I am fed up buying the XL... M or L back home makes me feel better. Plus the trousers have a funny cut that doesn´t feel quite right... maybe my bum is too big?

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The PAVILION: és el millor centre comercial de Bukit Bintang, el centre de KL. Els millors preus en roba els trobaràs a PADINI i les millors rebaixes a TANGS!

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Hengky

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Pilar and Jason.

Julian and Adam... the last supper :o(

KL 1-2-3JAN

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOM KL

Busy busy in KL so not much time to update...

But I would like to wish everybody a very good 2009 full of LOVE...

The rest is not needed.

SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2009!!!!