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About Me

Straight forward guy from the Big smoke in London Town. Me: A individual who veers between the chilled out guy to the angry old geezer type who gets frustrated with the world and the younger generation coming up.People I tend to get on with: Those you can have a deep intelligent conversations with to silly chats. This means from world and current affairs to taking the piss out of the latest social phenomenon. I'm a great people watcher as elements of human nature fascinate me.People i don't get on with: Those kind of people who are more concerned with what's on their head than whats in it eg. hairstyles, new hats.Sorry, but i'm allergic to bling. Spend more time on self improvement then gold chains,( as the saying goes "Gold Chains, No Brains"). Did nobody tell you gold rusts.Chavs: same as above, unless it's done in an ironic way.Proud of my background which is Caribbean-British. Both my parents are from Jamaica which is a beautiful Island in parts. No I am not a Yardie or know of any Yardie connections. I'm just a regular guy tring to make his way in the world and what a way it's been.So far my professional life consists of working for: BBC MBC (Middle East Broadcasting) Lewisham Council Ascent Disney (urrgh) Levi's Al Jazeera.And alot more i can't quite remember.You make up your own minds as to the highs and the lows.Things I have: A Fucking Brain A degree ( well 2 kind of) A job An Ipod A familyThings I could do with: A million pounds (who wouldn't. My own Caribbean Island.Will have to add to this list.Travelled to: Jamaica, Canada, USA, Thailand, Cambodia, Spain, France, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Tunisia.Want to go to: Iceland, Peru, Japan,Due to go to: Australia 2007.

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My Interests

They Include reading, Tae kwon do/ mixed martial arts, Travelling (If only I had more time and money)

I'd like to meet:

A well balanced person who can see beyond their own background. I'm personally open to meeting people from as diverse backgrounds as possible.Since University i've been fortunate to connect with many people from different backgrounds as well as my own in a more International setting. If anything that's something University is good for, knowing people from different backgrounds.

Music:

Ranges from Jazz,Soul, Hip-hop, Classical if i'm needing to wind down, Chill-out dance and Beats, reggae, lovers rock and rare grooves. The odd House music, I've even listened to the odd indie tune.

Movies:

Let me see Syriana, Thank you for smoking, Serial MoM, The Usual SCi-FI fare Star wars, Star Trek films etc.What I really love are some art films like PI, 3 Colours trilogy, Amateur (US indie director Hal Hartley), Nikita, The Warrior (Korean, i think).I'm a bit of a film nut sometimes, I love seeing films at the London Film Festival and my ambition is to see other film festivals like Toronto, Sundance, Cannes, Venice etc.

Television:

24, Alias (alas), Battlestar Galactica.

Books:

House of Bush, House of Saud by Craig Unger (a compelling read). Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Yes, I actually read the book 7 years ago)

Heroes:

Humanity is so fickle we should search for the heroes in ourselves but here goes Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Aung San Su Kyi are some of the people I would invite to a dinner party.

My Blog

Alex Does DC AKA or tries to..

Recently got back from DC and was amazed how small the city is. Mind you the size wasn't the problem, there didn't seem to be many parties going around. I have to remember I was there strictly for wor...
Posted by Alexander on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:11:00 PST

Lessons I learn't from Qatari driving

I've been told to keep this site updated. So here goes: Well living in Qatar for the last few months I've disturbingly gotten used to the driving here. All the rules I learn't while growing up in the ...
Posted by Alexander on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:50:00 PST

A Deadly Christmas

It's Christmas Day, I'm working in a foreign land. Not much wrong with that besides having to behave myself. I'm missing out on all the scandalous parties and one of my all favourite singers James Bro...
Posted by Alexander on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:24:00 PST

More to come...

Haven't kept this site up to date. I've only just added some more pics, but there's a few more to come and no doubt some more stories from Qatari driving to the nightlife here.
Posted by Alexander on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 08:06:00 PST

The Kindness of Strangers

The weirdest things have happened to me in Qatar and that has been being given lifts by complete strangers from one part on Doha city to another. The motivation for this as one man said was if he had ...
Posted by Alexander on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:07:00 PST

The New Metropolis - Doha

After being in Doha for a week I've come to realise this place is a new metropolis in the making. Parts of the city are like giant building sites contrasted with the fully developed skyscrapers which ...
Posted by Alexander on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:35:00 PST

A New Day, A New Land - Life in Qatar

Well as the above title suggests i've relocated to Doha, Qatar for work and it's certainly a new experience. For a start it's a hell of alot warmer (So British to talk about the weather) but i'm ...
Posted by Alexander on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:20:00 PST

Minicabs - Useful tips for foreigners

For Londoners who've experienced this and foreign visitors to our shores who need to know this... Well this latest blog come to you from a recent experience on the 25/8/06. In London we have two taxi ...
Posted by Alexander on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:02:00 PST

Ceasefire! Only just.

Well a ceasefire is in place between Hezbollah and Israel. Well, only just as israel has already authorised a commando raid into the East of the country. While I understand a country's need to protect...
Posted by Alexander on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:21:00 PST

Role players

Role Players It's just been brought to my attention that certain famous people are being impersonated by your average person. I was informed by a friend that he was slagged off for criticising people ...
Posted by Alexander on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:57:00 PST