Tapping on Oxford Street

Can't believe I was tap dancing on Oxford St in front of dozens of passerbys...

How did this happen?

1 - Sunday: Meet a tap dancer from Japan on Brick Lane.
2 - Thursday: Head to his group's gig at Jazz Cafe in Camden.
3 - Friday: He tells me to bring my tap shoes, he's with his mates on Oxford St. I get there, he asks me if I brought my shoes, I did, he asks me to put them on, I did (omg what am I doing?!?!).

The double bassist and the drummer starts playing in the background, and next thing I know, we're doing a tap (quote) battle (unquote) outside the Oxford Circus tube station, on a wooden plank.

Dirty Martini, Covent Garden

You're from New Zealand? Yes.

Do you know Ar Tee? Yes. Actually we're related.

Does everyone in New Zealand know each other? Pretty much.

Cabaret, the musical

Sat on row B, so had full opportunity to get spat on throughout the performance. Ahh...

The chorus was good, so heaps of whooping was in order. It was so in order, that when we did the groupie thing and waited outside the stage door for the cast to come out, the lead actress said to us, "You guys were sitting in front, weren't you?"... Damn straight, Sally Bowles.

The Cross + Embassy

Jay is leaving us to head back to her shores... Why do Antipodeans in London drop off like flies?

She had her gig at The Cross on Friday, in uniform. Went as a policeman with a moustache and had the best time eh. Now that I had a taster of what it's like to be a man, maybe I'll dress in drag more often. Just kidding.

On Saturday we went to Embassy Club, another club like Funky Buddha and Paper. And I say the same thing I said about FB and P. If you wanna pay 20 quid to walk through the door and watch D-List celebs flock around, go. Frankly, that 20 quid would be put to much better use in C-town for a feed.

My gf from Cali arrived in London yesterday so we went to Ping Pong to catch up. But then she's off to Paris, so it's yet another farewell in one weekend. London is such a passer-by wh*re.

Malta

Just back from Malta. Laid on the beach, got a tan and tried some Maltese cuisine.

Traditional Maltese Food = Rabbit.

So on Jay and Jay's order = Rabbit.

I take one bite of the rabbit (it was the rabbit's leg). All I can think about is my pet rabbit I had when I was 8. Her name was Snowy. I nearly vomit in disgust and can't take another bite of that poor bunny's leg.

Other Jay then finishes the first bit of the rabbit leg and finds herself feeling sick herself.

I never thought it would affect me this way, but for the rest of the trip Jay and I went vegetarian. Even on the flight back I could touch that slab of chicken they served us. Feel so sick.

We should not have ordered it. I should have known better.

Gramaphone, Beyonce, Cargo

Friday:
Gramaphone @ Shoreditch for Nasha Night. Breaks and DnB with Bengali influence. Live congo drums and live drums. Great night out.
Beigel Bake twice in a night.

Saturday:
Beyonce B-Day concert @ Wembley Arena. Her all-female band was oh so hot.
Umbaba @ Ganton St.

Sunday:
Cargo @ Shoreditch.
Vietnamese @ Kingsland Rd.

Find myself wondering what I would have been up to this weekend if I was in Auckland.

How to Speak Kiwi

Found this on the WWW, it is SO funny.

Extract from here.

Say it out loud for the full effect!

This was taken from a travel website, and they say:

As part of our 'Prepare you for travel' policy we hope the following brief introduction to 'kiwi Speak' will assist you.

The first word/phrase is considered by some to be the actual phonetic pronunciation.
The second part is what the first is refering to!

Milburn - capital of Victoria
Peck - to fill a suitcase
Pissed aside - chemical which kills insects
Pigs - for hanging out washing with
Pump - to act as agent for prostitute
Pug - large animal with a curly tail
Nin tin dough - computer game
Munner stroney - soup
Min - male of the species
Mess Kara - eye makeup
McKennock - person who fixes cars
Mere - Mayor
Leather - foam produced from soap
Lift - departed
Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman
Kittle crusps - potato chips
Ken's - Cairns
Jumbo - pet name for someone called Jim
Jungle Bills - Christmas carol
Inner me - enemy
Guess - vapour
Fush - marine creatures
Fitter cheney - type of pasta
Ever cardeau - avocado
Fear hear - blonde
Ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen
Ear roebucks - exercise at the gym
Duffy cult - not easy
Amejen - visualise
Day old chuck - very young poultry
Bug hut - popular recording
Bun button - been bitten by insect
Beard - a place to sleep
Sucks Peck - Half a dozen beers
Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline
Beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests
Veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden
One Doze - well known computer program
Brudge - structure spanning a stream
Sex - one less than sivven
Tin - one more than nine
Iggs Ecktly - Precisely
Earplane - large flying machine
Beggage Chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport
Sivven Sucks Sivven - large Boeing aircraft
Sivven Four Sivven - larger Boeing aircraft
Cuds - children
Pits - domestic animals
Cuttin - baby cat
Munce - usually served on toast

:)