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Day 86 – Belly Dancing

27 Mar

Me and a couple of mates fancied some good old proper Middle Eastern food today, so headed down to Souk Medina in Covent Garden. The ambience was excellent, the interior looked like a traditional Arab village house. The waitresses were absolutely stunning and the waiters were very friendly though they did mix up our orders with the adjacent table.

As the saying goes, when you are in a Moroccan restaurant do what the Morrocans do (well I am assuming this is what they do), order the Ali Baba cocktail (Vodka, Amaretto, fresh lime and apple juice)! Then we sat back on our extremely uncomfortable chairs, to watch the highlight of visiting any Moroccan restaurant, Belly Dancing. The belly dancer had all the right moves but I reckon I could hip roll better than her.

The food finally arrived after a table mixup, and to be honest I really expected my Kefta (Minced Lamb) to be more than a plate with 6 minced lamb balls, especially since it cost £13. Saying that my mate did get more than a plateful when he ordered Cous cous with Chicken. I guess he was the luckier one.

I couldn’t take a proper picture on my Iphone due to it being too dark, but since I did go to Souk Medina’s sister restaurant Souk Bazaar a couple of years ago, my picture of the day is of the Belly Dancer from my visit to Souk Bazaar.

Belly Dancer strutting her moves

Belly Dancer strutting her moves

Day 70 – Graphite pencil portraits

11 Mar

Was walking through Leicester square and saw a few artists offering portrait sketching services. I really do envy their skills and wish i had their talent. I had a few portraits done of me and they are pretty good.

Niro Portrait Numero Uno

Niro Portrait Numero Uno

Niro Portrait Numero Deux

Niro Portrait Numero Deux

Day 66 – Tiger for lunch

7 Mar

My cousin sister turned 18 today, so we all headed down to Tiger Tiger in Croydon for cocktails and lunch. It was pretty empty being lunchtime, so we had the whole of Tiger Tiger to ourselves which was awesome :)

I can't see no tiger

I can't see no tiger

Day 64 – Quarter Life Awesomeness

5 Mar

Harris turned 25 a few days before but today was the day of his big Birthday bash. We rocked up to Beduin bar in Farringdon and as standard we owned the dance floor. Highlight of the party though was 2 really hot lesbians making out in the middle of the dance floor. We were all too busy staring that we forgot to take pics of that :(

The 3 Brown musketeers - Me, Harris and Adeel

The 3 Brown musketeers - Me, Harris and Adeel

Owning the dancefloor

Owning the dancefloor

Day 57 – Tania’s leaving lunch at Ev Restaurant

26 Feb

Tania’s last day was today, so following tradition we all went out for lunch at the Turkish restaurant Ev in Southwark. 3 course meal for £5.95, can’t really go wrong :)

Then we came back to the office and had a office gathering and snacks where we gave Tania her gifts and someone also made/bought a lovely carrot cake. Emotional hugs and goodbyes were said and promises of planning nights out in the future were made.

Goodbye Tan….Will miss ya!

Tania's Carrot cake

Tania's Carrot cake

Tania, Tunji, Me and Steph

Tania, Tunji, Me and Steph

Day 55 – Funeral Rasu Aunty

24 Feb

Took the day off work to attend the funeral of my aunt. Kinda got lost on the way to Putney Vale cemetery and kept going around in circles but managed to reach the cemetery just in time. R.I.P!

Putney Vale Cemetery

Putney Vale Cemetery

Day 50 – Leaving drinks at the Libertines

19 Feb

Good Ol’ Tania will sadly be leaving our department for pastures anew in exactly a week’s time and this gave us the perfect excuse to have a proper knees up. The Libertines in Borough was chosen for our night of cocktails and shots.

The pub was nice and cosy and we had ourselves the Chesterfield couches right next to the fireplace reserved. If only I had a footstool and a pipe it would have been ideal.

The highlight of the night was, Louis, Tania and I belting out (completely out of tune) the “Let’s get drunk” song by Antidote to the amusement of everyone else in the pub.  I have attached the Lyrics to it below, because it should really be the anthem of every night out!

1-2-let’s get drunk and have a lot of fun
3-4-drink a beer and drink it in the sun
This is what we’re into, this is what we’ll always do
This is what we’re into, and this is what you should do

1-2-3-4-let’s go get some more
5-6-7-8-this is why we’re always late
Cold beer in the morning, vidka in the afternoon
Red wine to finish and we’ll be drunk pretty soon

The Libertines

The Libertines

Day 42 – Hamleys 250th Birthday

11 Feb

Was at Hamleys for thier 250th Birthday celebrations. As most people already know, Hamleys is one of the world’s largest toy shops, it used to be the largest for a long long time until it lost it’s claim to fame to the Toy “R” Us in Times Square, New York City.

Me + lots and lots of toys = heaven :) . Next stop Toys “R” Us , New York City o_0

Hamleys 250th Birthday

Hamleys 250th Birthday

Day 28 – Feeling creative at the Design Museum

28 Jan

Working for a uni has it’s perks and one of them is free tickets to certain museums around London. Designing aesthetic websites require a bit of creative spark that you dont get by sitting in front of a computer the whole day, so today we managed to get tickets to the Design museum where they had exhibitions by British architect Sir David Chipperfield and product design guru Dieter Rams. I love buildings and am always astounded by beautiful architecture but the added bonus of this trip was the exhibition by Dieter Rams. He is the inspiration behind some of the greatest designers of our time and most notably has been one of the main influences of Jonathan Ive, the head design honcho of Apple, who with his team designed the iMac, iPod, iPhone e.t.c

The ten commandments of Good Design is Deiter Rams’ legacy to the design world and these principles have now crossed-over in to the digital realm as web designers begin to adopt and implement his teachings in to their web designs.

Below are few pictures from the museum -

Museum of Modern Literature

Museum of Modern Literature

Museum Island - Berlin

Museum Island - Berlin

Neues Museum, Egyptian courtyard

Neues Museum, Egyptian courtyard

Dieter Rams Exhibition

Dieter Rams Exhibition

Day25 – Cider at the Bridge

25 Jan

Spent the evening sipping on some wonderful cider with a few mates in the Bridge Hotel at Greenford. Took me around half an hour to find the entrance to the place though :-|

The Bridge Hotel

The Bridge Hotel

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