It's called expat life...I think.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Beware of pickpocketing. It's annoying.

After being stranded in Barcelona with no money or ID after having my wallet stolen (by my own people) I learned the following:

The whole bureaucracy thing is not so annoying, except that the Romanian consulate will charge you 65 Eur for a document that you can only travel to Romania with and Barcelona airport staff is convinced that you need a residence permit and an immigration office number to stay in Ireland (EU anybody?).

Mossos D'Esquadra (Catalan Police) 5 stars, Romanian Consulate 4 stars, Aer Lingus minus 10 stars, Barcelona airport people minus 100 stars, Dublin friends 20 stars, Catalan friends' families 100000000000 stars.

Dear fellow thieving citizens thank you for offering me 3 more days on the beach. I hope you choke on my 20 quid.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

4th Amendament Wear

If you have an issue with the new security system that is beginning to take over the airports now it's time to protest against it.

http://cargocollective.com/4thamendment

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Ride it like you stole it

Riding a sports bike in Berlin reminded me how good it feels to cycle and cycle fast. And fix your chain :) Btw Dublin when are you planning to get some decent cycle paths...or streets?

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Forget Me Not

Tom Carauna, producer, rapper and label owner (Tea Sea Records) from Brighton presents Wu-Tang vs. The Beatles mash-up. One of the coolest albums I've listened to lately.

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Monday, September 27, 2010

Uff, Facebook.

I'm wondering lately why is Facebook showing to other people that I used FriendFinder when I know I didn't. Do I have a memory problem or is Facebook evil?

Also how does the system choose which friends to show that are supposedly using Friend Finder? Are they selected randomly from my friends' list or does it choose the ones that I communicate to most often?

Confused...

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