Monday, July 4, 2005

St. Peter's, Brighton: Make Poverty History




St. Peter's, Brighton (Map)

Kensington Street, Brighton

Graffiti art

Oxfam Bookshop Brighton

Map

SNUGONE.com mural

Snugone

Snugone

SNUGONE.com mural at St George's Mews (Map)

Brace yourself

Brighton sea-front

Pissing rain, pollute now find solution later & fuck poverty

Fuck, it is pissing sleet now. Chilly. It's like October.


Live BBC Brighton webcam

Global warming Bush style: Pollute now, find solution later. Seriously didn't he ever learn the phrase: prevention is better than cure! Fucking idiot.

Fuck poverty, what is wrong with that?

Food Review: Malay House, Preston Street, Brighton

Malay House, Brighton

There is a new Malaysian restaurant in Preston Street, Brighton. About bloody time too. It sits on the old premise of China China (which has re-opened across the road on a bigger premise). The decor has been retained. Nothing has changed, not even the owner.

The more experienced waiters has stayed at Malay House while the 'more Chinese' waiters has been re-assigned to the new China China. I knew for some time that there would be a new Malaysian menu because, although not on the menu, they tend to sell us Malaysian specials like Rendang and Kangkung Belacan.

We have been going there for five years and the food is as good as ever even if it is a little expensive. Here is a partial list of what you can find there: Rambar Udang (£2), Tom Yum soup (£2), Penang Assam Laksa (£5), Nasi Lemak (£5), Chicken Rice (£4.50), Bah Kut Teh (£5), Booboo Chacha (£2) and Kueh Dada (£2). If you prefer the more traditional Chinese cuisine you would probably be better off at the proper China China or China Garden.

Malay House is situated on the hip and trendy restaurant area of Preston Street near the sea front.

Address: 73-74, Preston Street, BN1 2HG Brighton (Map)
Telephone: 01273 725 202

See updated review on Malay House.

Update (Jan 2007): We recently went there and found that the restaurant has since shut down. The reason being nobody goes there (except us). Apparently you guys prefer generic 'Chinese' food like sweet and sour pork and fried rice and other stuff like that! Shame on you. Arghh!

Asterix mural




At The Druids pub (Map)

Jenni's new flat & defrosting a fridge

Well it is finally Monday. My whole body is aching. This must be one of the most tiring weekend of my entire life. Jennifer has moved to her new studio flat and it was a tough job.

Because it was nearby her old flat we decided to do the majority of our moving via foot. Which meant we had to lug bags after bags about 800 yards each way. Even midnight Friday. Fuckin' mad. Because of the sudden downpour we had to stay over at the new flat sans any bed. So we both had to sleep on the giant black bean bag.

We went to town a couple of times (by foot) to get new furniture and utensils. Lucky for us on Saturday we had help from Jennifer's old landlord, Chris, helped move the luggages to the new place twice with his Rover.

Sunday was a day where the moving was almost complete. Thank fuckin' god. On our way to the old flat to collect some leftovers, a guy was lying on the pavement having an epileptic fit. Someone has already dialed the emergency services. I hope he is alright. On our way back we passed a couple having kebabs nearby the Co-op store. We didn't think much about that until we walked by two hours later and the couple were still there sitting by the pavement having burgers. Friendly bunch. From the looks I believe they are traveling hippies.

Even weirder, we met a guy who was sitting outside his house with a laptop, table, chair and everything. He was playing an online shooting game. I know it is pretty warm that day but not that warm! He must have an Alienware laptop that probably requires outdoor wind to cool it.

Anyway while we were packing the leftovers we chatted with Jennifer's old flatmates, Enrei from Norway and Oliver, an Anglo-German. I gave Enrei a bunch of Death Metal compilation cassettes I made in 2001. You know, boyfriends usually tape favourite romantic slow songs for their girlfriends. I do too. But I record Death and Black Metal tracks.

Oliver is a crazy bunch. He is in a band and is currently writing an album. He is a nice guy but he fucks a lot. A couple of months back he was fucking two of his colleagues - a Spanish and French bird. He finally picked the Frenchie. Now fucking isn't exactly new, but to screw a continental girl (not to mention a French) meant something else - the moaning can be quite 'distracting'! Well he dumped the Frenchie after she suggested 'babies'. She still stalks him from time to time. Which reminds me of an old friend I knew six years ago who also had a girl stalker.

Well here are a couple of pictures of the new flat.

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Here is a picture of the old flat. Almost four years there. Sure going to miss chatting with Chris and the rest. He is in a relationship problem right now so I wish him luck.

Old flat

Here is a tip on defrosting your fridge. Because there is almost no clearance between the fridge's floor and the carpet it was impossible to put a tray on the outside to collect the water. But you can safely collect the water by placing a towel on one of the solid shelves and guide the towel to a huge tupperware. That way the water will flow down through the towel straight into tupperware. Simple and easy. Patented my idea.

Defrosting