Category: firstyearinlondon
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London 20/01/1990 Saturday
Read more: London 20/01/1990 SaturdayLondon 20/01/1990 Saturday hehe, you won’t believe this… The woman who phoned me yesterday about the cleaning job is actually a cleaner looking for work, who thought I was looking for a cleaner! It was my mum’s ambiguous advert on the shop window. That’s not the worst part. I didn’t have the heart to tell…
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London 19/01/1990 Friday
Read more: London 19/01/1990 FridayLondon 19/01/1990 Friday Yesterday, after English class, Letitia asked me to go and watch some bands in a pub with her and of course I went. Her boyfriend plays in one of the bands. We got there, and we were drinking and talking to a Brazilian who works there. Next to us stood the most…
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London 15/01/1990 Tuesday
Read more: London 15/01/1990 TuesdayLondon 15/01/1990 Tuesday I bought two tapes to listen to on my new walkman: Tears for Fears and Talking Heads. I got two letters from Keila and my cousin. My mum brought a typewriter home and my new pastime is typing on it. Now she’s taken to throwing in my face that I do sweet…
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London 10/01/1990 Wednesday
Read more: London 10/01/1990 WednesdayLondon 10/01/1990 Wednesday David has vanished since the 4th. What the hell??? What is he doing? He’s in big trouble if I ever see him again. The English course started yesterday at the ILEA in Soho. Can you believe there’s a French girl in my class also called Leticia (well, Letitia), she speaks a bit…
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London 04/01/1990 Thursday
Read more: London 04/01/1990 ThursdayLondon 04/01/1990 Thursday Yesterday the papers arrived. Then I realised it was a trap. They pay £4.02 for 210 papers+publicity leaflets, and there were 4 streets to deliver them to: Rosa Alba, Northolme (mine), Aurdilan and Sotheby. 210 houses. I started at 10:30 on Rosa Alba, when I was walking down Aurdilan I bumped into…