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November 29, 2006
Tube travel alert ...
Seen on today's travel alert:
CIRCLE LINE: Minor delays are occurring due to an earlier fire alert at South Kensington and non availability of staff.
Emphasis mine.
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November 20, 2006
On the Tube
Seen yesterday on TfL's news alert: "CIRCLE LINE: Severe delays are occurring clockwise due to lack of trains" (emphasis mine).
I doubt that Londoners will find that funny :) Tube rage is on the rise here.
Last Friday night I was on the Central Line on the way home from Bond Street to Bank. At Chancery Lane the train was stopping a bit longer than usual, then at the result of resounding groan from everyone on the tube the engine stopped. I poked my head outside and saw a commotion from the front the train. Someone jumped in front of the train, I heard. Seconds later came the announcement to evacuate the station. Outside we were greeted by the deafening sirens from the fire trucks, police cars, ambulance ... not all stopped for the Chancery Lane incident.
Amazingly almost no one stopped to ask any questions ... just another night in London. Later that night I checked TfL news alert on my brand new mobile phone (you know I'm loving it) it said: "Central Line: No eastbound service between ... and ... due to someone under the train at Chancery Lane". Who writes this news alerts :)
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November 17, 2006
Blogging on the move
I just ate my own word when I bought my latest mobile phone. I've bought mysellf an HTC TyTN/Hermes phone or as T-Mobile call it MDA Vario II. I have to say its been really usefull in the past few days since I dont have a computer nor Internet connection at home. In fact this post is done from my Vario II. Still not used to the mini thumb keyboard. Not being able to touch type is really disturbing. More blog posts will come once we get Internet sorted in my new place. Last weekend I moved to the new place in Wapping.
Update: added hyperlinks and fix spelling.
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November 04, 2006
Guy Fawkes Night
It's not Guy Fawkes Night yet, but it is well underway. Last night we went to Wimbledon Park to see one of the many fireworks starting tonight and culminating on the evening of 5th November.
Although as not spectacular as Sydney's fireworks, it was probably my best fireworks experience. It's not ultra crowded for a start, there are plenty of spaces for everyone. The fireworks was decent and one thing that made it different was the music played with fireworks. Sounds tacky, yeah it was, but it was damn fun! And also there's something magical about watching fireworks during winter. It's still autumn, but it might as well be winter, it's bloody freezing in the past few days.
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Impressed with Royal Mail service & UK postcode system
A couple of weeks ago my uncle forwarded all my mails from home to London. Accidentally he wrote down the wrong postcode, but fortunately Royal Mail is kind enough to make the correction and delivered the mail. On Saturday no less. The mail arrived a day after reading an article how Royal Mail pride themselves for their record of delivering badly addressed mails.
Those who don't know it, the UK postcode system is deadly accurate, a single character mistake could land your mail in a different area. Just by entering the postcode you can pinpoint the location of a building in UK. This is why directory like MultiMap, Streetmap, or Google Maps is really usefull. Try entering these postcodes: EC3V 0EJ (my recruitment agent) or SE1 2QL (where I work).
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