RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM A 3RD-WORLD-1ST WORLD

In Antwerp there's lot's of stairs. It's amazing. The funny thing is that they're little tiny ones, much less width than in Australia, so at first I had to be a bit careful. Then I realised if I'm gotta spend time going up 4 sets of stairs just to go to my room I wanna use that time. I've got a few different 'drills' now. Jumping 2 steps at a time trying to be as light as possible and quick as possible. Slowly (maybe if I have a coffee in my hand, for instance) lunging 3 steps at a time. I can really feel it around my butt and groin, this is a practical work-out that beats lunges at the gym. But then today on the way down I thought about why descending stair patterns are so unvaried and I tried going down the steps 2 at a time. Without the rails , wow, it's pretty hard.

Africa is a dumping ground for Europe's old, unwanted… (when it comes to clothes, America's as well). As you walk through the streets of Accra you are just bombarded with 80's football strips from the most obscure teams SV Saaldorf, SC Eugendorf, ASV Pidding, JOS Watergraafsmeer, small town Dutch and German cafes advertised on the front. But the trucks stand out the most 'De Toekomst is nu.'


We randomly ended up going to a concert and seeing AIR and then MIA play. It was strange, I was really keen to see how MIA performed. And when I got there, there was something nice and unexpected about seeing a fellow Tamil absolutely hyping the crowd. But in the end - despite seeing the best video/lights/projection display I've ever seen at a concert - it was a bit of a let down. At one moment she made about 20 chicks night by hauling them up onto stage and having them dance and sing with for one song, but it took about 10 minutes to do it and the energy of the crowd just dissipated, but I mean she made those 20 chicks nights and possibly lives.