Chinatown, obviously
Yesterday I went to join the theatre group for the first time. It was nice to meet some new people. And it is going to be exiting to see what will come out of it. There certainly are some talented people in the group, and it is a very creative and inspiring group to […]

The Odeon West End cinema, Leicester square, London - fanatical about film (and so am I)
Exactly how romantic is it to eat at Burger King on Valentine’s Day. Well at least BK had the best Valentine’s Day slogan I have read today:
On the menu of life, you are the today’s special. And tomorrow. And the […]

The New Piccadilly Cafe, London
I can’t believe I’m actually here. In THE Cafe. And I am amazed, because The Cafe is only a 50 meters walk from the hotel I have been staying serveral times, while in London. I had no idea.

They picked up my tv yesterday, and my internetconnection decided to leave too. Which made it a very weird and silent evening. But no further excuses to not start packing, both boxes and my suitcase. And to throw out even more stuff. The fact that I have to carry it down myself all together, […]

I found my passport.
And after 10 faxes, 16(!) emails, and one phonecall (because I was really tired of it) I got a little bit closer to becoming a Londoner. I have my UK mobilephone number.
Now this was supposed to be one of the easy things on my list. But after this I don’t […]

(Michael Learns To Rock - The Actor)
When people here ask me why on earth I want to move to London, I say (apart from the whole new and fresh start thing) : film, theatre, museums. And in the look in their eyes I can see that they don’t get it. Why is the cinema in […]

Packing boxes is not the hardest part of moving to another country. It is the administrative hassle around it.
I wanted to order a UK mobilephone number, as one of the first things. And easymobile got recommened by the Danes-in-London group on yahoo. So I decided to sign up there. And I knew they needed […]

I joined a theatre group in London (just got the confirmation today), and while I could use some more than 32 days to get all the practicals things in place here in Denmark, I wish I was in London tomorrow to get started with this group.
This is what “we” are going to do:

Initially we’ll be […]

No I cannot say that it came completely unexpected, this call. It was B.
What was going on, he asked.
And I said, B. !, long time no hear.
And he said, well, you know, Pirates, Vampires, I’ve been busy. But what’s going on ? I just checked your stats, and while I was under the impression that […]

And so my phone rang. And I picked it up and said hello. And he said hello Ingrid. And he had a London accent. And my heart started beating a bit faster. And he had gotten my application and CV. And he said that he had 2 potential jobs. And he asked if he could […]

In between chatting with some really nice people yesterday, I also managed to send off about 20 job applications. This sounds like a lot of work, and it is, but it is not as hard as I thought. It’s like job shopping. You add jobs to your shopping cart, and then you can apply for […]

And so we split up. We talked about it a lot, and we agreed that it would be best for both of us to go seperate ways. Because he didn’t really feel like going to London with me.
And he didn’t want to stay in Denmark either, where he always felt like an outsider between all […]

One of the first things I am going to do when arriving in London is applying for a membership of BFI, the British Film Institute. Because they are showing a lot of interesting films, because you get discount on a lot of film related stuff, because you get invites for all possible film events, […]

Goodness ! I just got a mail from London - (yes from the job application). Now I still don’t count on getting that particular job at all (and to be honest it is not a dreamjob - but hey it’s a job right) - but the fact that they came back to me, asking me […]

Let’s stop loving the stars for a while and write a boring piece about how things are going, with the London project. Well my flat is online now on the real estate homepage. And I actually was considering a little quiz about how many Bill Nighy references you could find on the pictures taken from […]

I wished him a happy new year, my boss. And told him that one of my new years resolutions was, unfortunately (not for me, but I didn’t say that), to quit my job. And so I did.
And he said, wow, and that it was unexpected. But that he could understand me.
So where was […]

It’s weird, having a complete blank (paper) diary in front of me. Symbolic too. The old one has followed me through last year (it has even been in London with me, laying beside me when taking THE decision), like a true and faithful friend. Always willing to listen, and never judging. That’s how a […]

Look into my Eye
Today I signed some very important papers. They are going to sell my flat. “They” are expensive real estate people, and I know I can save some money selling it myself. But I think I have enough things bouncing around in my mind already, so let them handle it. And if they […]

Bloody Hell (zei Ron in Harry Potter) ! Ik heb een enorme behoefte om even naar buiten te rennen en even heel hard te schreeuwen. Soms gaan dingen zo snel dat zelfs ik ze niet bij kan houden. Hier zijn 3 dingen die mij even gek maakten vandaag. Gek, zoals gek hoort te zijn, goed […]

Heeft u wel eens geprobeerd een CV te schrijven terwijl er 250.000 stuiterballen door je hoofd heen stuiteren ? Da’s bijna onmogelijk kan ik u vertellen. En alsof de duivel er mee speelt, kwam de directeur net ook nog even binnen lopen - maar ik kon het net redden met alt tab. En hij hield […]