It is my intention to write here about my life. Ok, so sounds boring so far, but of course I am going to add my twist to the posts.
A year and a half ago I was getting drunk (well, I was drunk) with some friends to celebrate the birth of my second son. It had been a difficult birth, and there was an enormous sense of relief because he had been held back in hospital for 2 weeks after his birth. So, we were all in good spirits.
I am quite a closed person, but because of the influence of alcohol, and my general state of mind, I started to discuss with two friends (the algarve hippies, Pete and Gill, but more about them later). my plans to write a book (maybe) but a blog first. I remember discussing the basic idea, which was my observations of some of the things that have happened to me in my short life, and my take on those. I am often amused (or enraged) by simple everyday situations, and I thought this could be a good basis to write something.
My working title was (and is) "The Diary of an Ordinary Man". I was quite shocked, beacuse I am a modest(ish) person, when Gill thoroughly berated me for my choice of title. Her words were (more or less, we were drinking JD by this point): You can´t call it that. Your life isn´t ordinary, you have moved to a foreign country, learnt a language, set up a business (and had major problems doing so), had two kids and all of this when you are only young. For a start, thats not ordinary.
As well as many other things I am stubborn and lazy. So, I am keeping the working title as a) I like it and b) I can´t be arsed to think of anything else. However, in deference to the Algarve hippies (because I don´t think I would even be bothering if it wasn´t for them) I will make my first post about some of the really peculiar things that happen to them. Here´s a brief resumé that I can think about writing about:
- The monkey and the swimming pool
- A lawyer who is scared of cats
- Oh shit we have driven off the mountain
- Dodgy Pete
- The Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen shirt
- Living in a tent when you have a perfectly good house
- The last laugh (but the monkey is crying in his beer)
- Why is my baby too big and watch out my wife is going to kill you.
1 comment:
The frank exchange of views generated by your post was the most entertaining stuff i have read on expatforum. looking forward to the next instalment. I would say though that driving standards and customer service have improved quite a bit over the last few years, for which we must be thankful.
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