So yes, a day at home, working from home, whilst others choose to protest.
Or fight…
Being on the receiving end of tear gas isn’t a nice experience, I’ll tell you that… Your eyes water, nose runs and mouth gets dry all at once.
Even though places like the metro were closed, it doesn’t stop tonnes [...]
New measures have been introduced to boost the currency:
Pensions freezes; Cuts in public sector pay; A increase in sales tax from 19% to 21%; Rises in taxes on fuel, cigarettes and alcohol; Rises in taxes on luxury goods.
Good news for the Euro… but this is inevitably followed by hell.
There will be a massive [...]
Going on from my previous post, there are still many problems. Despite the new austerity plans, there are other problems with getting money from Greek people. Huge strikes in Greece (forcing a run on petrol stations because fuel trucks stopped too), other parties disagreeing (namely the Greek Communist Party), and the previous government refusing to [...]
Looking forward to building it soon. National holiday tomorrow, so everything will be closed, but I should be able to catch Avatar at Village.
Bought my RAM:
CPU:
and motherboard today:
I need a case, graphics card and hard drives, all of which I plan to get by the end of the week.
No doubt you’ve all read the news, deficit 12.7% of GDP and debt above 120% of GDP, currently standing at €300bn in total, even though they have help, and of course Prime Minister Papandreou stating Greece will not default on the debt.
Think to yourself, how can one country get so badly into debt?
The basic [...]
Bought a Samsung Story 1Tb external hard drive, looks lush, doesn’t it?
Review here – 90%
All this for just €77 from Kotsovolos (think Dixons in Greece), a rare bargain from them, given they ten to rip people off.
I have been in Greece for exactly one year today!
16th July 2005, 00:00, I was queued up outside Waterstones in High St Ken, and got the Harry Potter book, even had a photo taken. And now, a year on, I’m in Greece, and have signed a contract for a job. [...]
lj-music: Kingdom Hearts II OST – Sacred Moon
Time has flown, lots to say.
I’ve finally got round to putting the National Day photo gallery up, which you can find here (link dead now). Highlights include the multitude of tanks, female soldiers, firemen in silver suits, shaven head scuba divers, as [...]
lj-music: Kanon (D-dur) Quartet
Hmm, been a while, time for an update.
My parents came back from their holiday in Spain, happy at seeing the family, to find our beloved golden hamster, Little One (named by my sister as you can tell), sleeping peacefully in her little igloo. She died some [...]
lj-music: Chuugoku Nekonron daikessen! Okite yaburi no geki – Kessen! Hashi no Kabe
Yesterday we had a blackout for about 5 minutes, thought it was around midday. Computer shut off badly, but it was fun upon turning back on again. Perhaps a UPS would be handy, seeing as how things like this do [...]