Pirate fishing

As part of the 'Earth Series' currently shown on BBC World News, the following footage from Greenpeace highlights the perspective of illegal fishing that is so prevalent in the rich waters off many developing countries in the world. Part One is currently available on YouTube and you can check for the screening details of Part Two on the TVE website for details.

Along the canals of East London

Pretty charts that Garmin generates from the GPS tracks that it has collected on my Forerunner 405 during my run earlier today. You can also view it directly on the web.

Probably the worse 12 hours of my life...so far

Imagine yourself on the phone with Expedia for 9 hours and still end up the losing end, coupled with the pressure from landlord to evacuate the flat by 6pm, as well as having to finish packing and move all my belongings in London to a mate's place!

Tbh, I really crumbled at that point in time - the thought of losing £850, the idea of not able to go Madagascar after months of planning, the thought of not knowing what to do next...Worse of all is the annoyance of the once great travel company (with an E) and the airlines who just refuses to understand my predicament of wanting a change in flights due to the current infighting, and bounced me from one party to the other. Needless to say, I am not planning to let this go easily but one thing for sure - Expedia has lost another customer in me...But at the end of the day, I felt much better after remembering a friend telling me "Everything happens for a reason..." and I can only imagine the millions of people who might be in a worse off position than me. I feel much better already.

ps: Make sure you find alternate numbers to call on saynoto0870.com if you plan to call any of these companies who are aiming to milk every single cent out of you.

Snow storms across London

I am not sure why I am so excited with snow, but today is pure ecstasy with a dump of 15cm of snow!!! I doubt not many remembers seeing that in Central London, let along in Pimlico area. Everyone along the streets pretty went bonkers, with people rolling snowman in the middle of the road and engaging in snow ball fights. Simply love it, strangely my last post was also the time it snowed in London over the November freeze. This has to be one of the coldest winter in its history, and I have to say...I was loving every moment walking in the white flurry at 1am in the morning. On the contrary, I expect pure chaos tomorrow during rush hours :)