Fuck! Ok, the plan didn't work out as I wanted, I couldn't get a job in any theatre, so I am in the restaurant bussiness again. I'm glad to inform though that this one is much better than the last one I worked in. Again as a waiter (I promessed not to get into a restaurant kitchen again) in a very fancy restaurant in the heart of Soho, one Michelin Star (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide#Stars), the people working there seem nice, again, lots of nationalities! 70% of the staff is Chinese, the rest is divided between: Brazilians, French, Italians, Spanish, Mexicans, Egyptians, Portugueses, Polish...and me! :p
The place is speciallized in Dim Sum, which is basically "little bites", small dishes you are supposed to share so you can try many different "bites". Traditionally you have them with tea, in fact the restaurant began as a tea-house, but obviously it was not so profitable and eventually it became a two-stage restaurant with a staff of aproximately 150 people.
Meanwhile, I'm stil looking for jobs on stage, but as you can imagine, it is far more difficult. I have to admit that I feel a bit frustrated by this, but I always knew it would be like this, so I don't give up on the theatre. I want to make it clear: I am just working in this place because I need (as anybody else in this world) a stable income in order to pay rent, food, transport, etc. Although I am working in a business that is not my career, I will give my best at work! I want to show to that fucking boss I had in my previous job in London that I am not a terrible waiter! (yes, that's what he said).
In the mean time, while these two paralel tasks go on (the restaurant and the stage), I manage to enjoy the city with my friends. I go out with Archy, who also got a job as a waiter in a small Thai restaurant in Acton; Askin who just came back from his hollidays in his home country, Turkey (I don't know hollidays from what, sinec he doesn't work at all! all he does is go shopping and dating many girls); Henriette, my English friend who is fun and serious at the same time, a spychiatrist-to-be from Gloucestershire. I met her in LAMDA and since then we became great friends (as I usually do with women of Gemini like her (?)). Chihiro from Japan appears and disappears every week. Also my friend Katie from the States who is studying in LAMDA and my brand new friend Yorgos, from Greece ^.^ who described himself as addicted to luxury o.O
A good friend of mine once said "it's boring to have normal friends"; and I can honestly say I am proud of my ability to always choose extraordinary people as my friends, who I cherish above all.
I also go to the gym three times a week in order to keep fit, which is becoming more and more difficult each time since the season is changing and London is getting colder every week. Days are obviously shorter, it's difficult to get out of bed sometimes when you look out through the window and you see the day is cloudy and everyone is using a jacket, which makes me think "If the English are using jackets, I will freeze!!", but then I remember "wait, there's must be like 4 English people at most in London, I'll be fine!".
This my fifth month in England and quite honestly I stil don't see why everybody complains about the weather here, they say is completely unpredictable, but in fact I believe it is very easy to predict: You always know it's going to be different from when you woke up, so although you have to take your sunglasses, you better take an umbrella with you; never go out without a jacket but remember to keep your T-shirt ironed. That's it! What's all the fuss about???
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