Archive for November, 2004

Discrimination

Friday, November 19th, 2004

As you all know I work (temporarily at least) in the wonderful word of investment banking; wunch central. A colleague and I were talking about employment contracts last night and the usual issues came up: it being mandatory to sign the opt-out of the European Working Time Directive, no posted hours of daily work (my [...]

A Lesson Learned

Friday, November 19th, 2004

After yesterday’s rain / bus / Radiohead debacle I was a bit wiser today. I’d recommend to anyone (even if it is a sunny Friday and one is going to Amsterdam in a few hours) an eclectic mix of The Killers, Edith Piath, The Libertines, Francoise Hardy and Pink Martini. I positively ran to my [...]

Childhood

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

Speaking to a friend I have been made to feel a bit stupid. I contest that you can remember most things that happen in your childhood, say before you went to school. In fact I can clearly remember getting walloped with the hoover by my Auntie Cinzia for knocking a can of paint all over [...]

Where do we go from here…

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

I have just had a very unsettling 20Six experience. I clicked on a blog and read it. Clicked on another and read it. Clicked on my own blog and … It was my blog with my wallpaper, heading, colour scheme and all but the aforementioned blogs’ entries! Help I have been violated.* So I changed [...]

Hands

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

Who would of thought that nail polish could provoke such strong emotions? I have small bony hands. I actually like having them that way. My major ex – when we first met – said it was one of the first things he noticed about me. He said that a huge turn off (for him) was [...]