Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Hooked



































I shall be back!

Monday, March 8, 2010

Melting pot

Melting pot. This very name was given to Birmingham by somebody with a specific sense of humour. But it fits. It fits so well that once you've learned it, you cannot think of this city in any other way.

Because Birmingham is all about "Proper Black People, who would never ski", as I learned from one of them at the gym today. It's also about Indian girls who try to be career driven but they cannot get rid of the social pressure which forces them to get married and have children before they reach 22, and get desperate in the age of 25 if single. It's about Muslim men who think they can charm you through giving you orders. "Dance for me"! was a sentence I heard some time ago when a young man wanted to make friends with me. It's also about pretty Poles who are good at salsa dancing and may like you until they get suspicious when you say you work in an office, instead of cleaning or selling sandwiches. And finally, it's about the potato addicted natives who try to embrace the whole thing and keep failing miserably.

It's fascinating how much you can learn during one day. One day, I will miss this immensely.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Amsterdam, wintertime