I’m keeping note of some of the things my granddaughter says… 16 June 2022 L: “Every time I come here it’s like going to a different world. It looks different, it smells different!” 25 Mar 2022 L has been following us around today, asking questions and taking notes. L: “When…
Bus Inspectors abusive behaviour
18 May 2016 Bus Inspectors abusive behaviour My son’s Oyster card gives him FREE travel on London Buses. He was a small amount over his funds due to earlier tube journey when he was travelling home on 264 bus, Sunday early morning when inspectors approached him. He had been allowed…
Early Maths GCSE Result
August 22nd 2014 – Early Maths GCSE Result Upon arriving back from the airport, C was sitting on the grass outside our house waiting for you. We noticed an envelope and thought it was probably the early Maths GCSE result, so I handed it to you, you were in your…
Rusty, the photogenic cat
18 June 2014 Rusty, the photogenic cat As you no longer let me constantly take photos of you since you hit puberty (can’t say I blame you) I have had to find another muse… This dubious honour has fallen to Rusty, the best cat in the world ever, who’s a…
End of Year Exams/Bike tyre battle
04 June 2014 End of Year Exams So, you have your early Maths GCSEs on Monday 9th and Friday 13th of June. You were on holiday last week and some revision got done but, I don’t know, if you had done more I think you’d get an A*. As it…
NUT Strike
26 March 2014 NUT Strike No school for you today, as the NUT is on strike. Concidentally I have the day off, so I went to Oxford Circus to buy some clothes for our upcoming holiday. I spent a couple of hours in Top Shop, that place is overwhelmingly big!…
IMDB: Movies, Documentaries and TV series
23 March 2014 Been compiling these lists on IMDB for a few years now: http://www.imdb.com/user/ur7414587/lists All movies I watched, and loved and hated (check ratings for the best ones): http://www.imdb.com/list/ls007682410/ Documentaries: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls007685892 TV Shows: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls006696028 Tonight we watched what is considered to be one of TV’s best ever episodes of…
Sport Relief @ VeloPark
21 March 2014 Sport Relief @ VeloPark I got an email a few weeks ago about this event, a legacy of when I bought tickets to the Paralympics. I still get emails – I’m glad I didn’t unsubscribe, for once. For a mere £15 we would get to spend the…
Goluboviedros
02/03/2014 Goluboviedros These are geometric shapes created by my deceased father, the Professor and architect Jayme Kerbel Golubov. He talks about them in this video: ‘Goluboviedros‘ all photos by Marcelo Barbosa My father, Jaime Kerbel Golubov, died in 1997, sometime in August. I happened to be in Brazil at the…
Wednesday, 10th of September 2012 – London 2012 Olympics
Wednesday, 10th of September 2012 – London 2012 Olympics Olympics 2012: July – Sep The games finally got on the way after years of expectation. They have been and gone and it’s been fun. There was so much controversy surrounding it all, but in the end it was a big…