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Our thoughts, reflections and comments about everyday life in London.

European Elections – will you use your vote?

Many habitants of today’s European Union can still remember times where they couldn’t vote in free, fair, independent and secret elections. My grandparents for most of their lives didn’t have this opportunity, my parents for part of theirs. People fought for freedom of speech, some...
May 10th, 2009 | Zuzanna | Read More

Choose who you want to be influenced by

You become who you hang out with. It’s so true. We choose our career path influenced by our friends, we get habits from our flatmates, and we live a certain after-work lifestyle to match our colleagues. Choose wisely. If you want to become an entrepreneur then spend most of your time surrounded by...
April 26th, 2009 | Zuzanna | Read More

Are there any markets where there is still money to earn?

Customers are in a saving mood, even if still in the same safe job. I suppose you’ve already heard a few times from different adverts, that – ‘staying in is the new going out’. We tend to drink less coffee from the cafe, we are less inclined to eat at a restaurant, we buy less products (especially...
March 24th, 2009 | Zuzanna | Read More

Cultural differences

What do we like London and England for? There are hundreds of things. But do we like everything, can we accept all the different things we experience here? Everyone in the world knows about driving on the left or ‘fish and chips’. There are some other differences, which we can only see once...
February 15th, 2009 | Zuzanna | Read More

White London

It’s amazing to see London covered in a thick layer of snow. For so many expats, Australians, New Zealanders, Africans, it was the first snow in their life! Enjoy our video.
February 3rd, 2009 | Zuzanna | Read More