Category: London

Travel Musings

Jet-setting, Bolly-dancing and more

• anjci
• on Friday, October 25th, 2013

I didn’t have the inspiration to write for a while now. Except I have probably had the actual inspiration but went outrageously short on the time. The last five or...

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Random Life

A farewell to my Washing Machine

• anjci
• on Monday, February 21st, 2011

Dearest Washing Machine, It’s been two weeks since you’ve been gone. I should have noticed much earlier that something was wrong. That hoarse dying sound you made during our final...

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About Me

London’s worst flatmate

• anjci
• on Friday, November 19th, 2010

I have been living on my own ever since moving to London 4.5 years ago. It may seem obvious to most non-Londoners – after all, isn’t that what one is...

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Random Life

Nikie’s home again

• anjci
• on Monday, November 15th, 2010

After two weeks of rehab and having had half of his organs permanently replaced, my dear Nikie is home at last. The amount of emergency care he needed was absolutely...

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Monkey business

How it was: My redundancy

• anjci
• on Friday, March 26th, 2010

I have recently completed the first year with my current employer. Reading the letter from the HR congratulating me on passing my probation period, I could not help remembering a...

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Random Life

For Rent: Half of the bed

• anjci
• on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

According to the Global Property Guide research for 2008, the world’s most expensive cities for renters are the usual suspects of London, Moscow and New York. Rather unluckily, I happen...

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Travel Musings

This is England, or How I almost missed my flight

• anjci
• on Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Thousands of people make their way from London airports and train stations every Christmas season. With quite a mass of travellers, trouble is just waiting to happen. This year was...

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Too bad we can’t choose our bosses

• anjci
• on Thursday, December 17th, 2009

I tattooed the title of this post on my bleeding heart during my previous employment. For the entire two years, most projects I worked on happened to be fronted by...

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Secret Santa: What’s in a present?

• anjci
• on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

During this intense pre-Christmas period, some people are asking me about the so-called “Secret Santa” tradition. The best way to describe it is as a Christmas game in which the...

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