Hey Gentle readers. Yesterday I told you about my Latvian TV debut. Below you will find the link.
I am on about 15 minute in. Enjoy. Apologies if you dont speak Latvian, my words have been dubbed.
http://tvplay.skaties.lv/parraides/900-sekundes/829009?autostart=true
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
A Messy Divorce? My Brexit view. Part 1
Hello there Gentle Readers. Following my interview with LNT the other day I thought I would share my feelings with you.
Last year, the Brexit referendum seemed to be dominating news from the UK. A long line of po-faced politicians both conservative and socialist appeared on our TV screens expounding their theories that Britain should either leave the EU or remain. Even worse however were the clowns....
....Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that is. Although from two different parties they shared the same one sided (some might say xenophobic) dream.
A UK free of European influence.
An independent UK.
A noble plan, a great endeavour. Unfortunately there was a flaw in their plan.
IT WAS BOLLOCKS!
As you may have guessed gentle reader I am a pro EU and if I had the chance to vote in the referendum I would have voted Remain.
I believe that the UK would be stronger in a strong EU.
That Britains absence will weaken the EU and this would be bad for Latvia.
Last year, the Brexit referendum seemed to be dominating news from the UK. A long line of po-faced politicians both conservative and socialist appeared on our TV screens expounding their theories that Britain should either leave the EU or remain. Even worse however were the clowns....
....Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson that is. Although from two different parties they shared the same one sided (some might say xenophobic) dream.
A UK free of European influence.
An independent UK.
A noble plan, a great endeavour. Unfortunately there was a flaw in their plan.
IT WAS BOLLOCKS!
As you may have guessed gentle reader I am a pro EU and if I had the chance to vote in the referendum I would have voted Remain.
I believe that the UK would be stronger in a strong EU.
That Britains absence will weaken the EU and this would be bad for Latvia.
#brexit #eu #latvia
Sunday, 2 April 2017
A Scotsman on........Latvian TV
Hey Gentle Readers.
For those of you that live in Latvia and are out of bed before 8am. The tv station LNT will be showing a short interview with me on Tuesday morning on their news show 900 seconds.
I was actually asked by the reporter because he was looking for Scottish people in Latvia to ask them about Brexit.
I have avoided writing about my feelings on Brexit but now article 50 has been started I may be more vocal.
If you can watch the show I would love to see you comment.
#900seconds #LNT #brexit
For those of you that live in Latvia and are out of bed before 8am. The tv station LNT will be showing a short interview with me on Tuesday morning on their news show 900 seconds.
I was actually asked by the reporter because he was looking for Scottish people in Latvia to ask them about Brexit.
I have avoided writing about my feelings on Brexit but now article 50 has been started I may be more vocal.
If you can watch the show I would love to see you comment.
#900seconds #LNT #brexit
Saturday, 1 April 2017
A Scotsman in.......?
Hello to all the Gentle Readers out there in blogland. Some of you already know but now I can officially reveal the news to everyone.
In August we will be leaving Latvia and moving to Guangzhou in China where Lena and I have accepted jobs teaching in an International School.
Lena, Robert and I will be starting a brand new adventure and we are all very excited about this new opportunity.
Over the next four months I will be posting regularly and giving you updates. On August 15th, the name of the Blog will also change.
If you want any more information please feel free to ask in the comments.
Guangzhou here we come.
Neil
#latvia #riga #china #guangzhou #newadventure
In August we will be leaving Latvia and moving to Guangzhou in China where Lena and I have accepted jobs teaching in an International School.
Lena, Robert and I will be starting a brand new adventure and we are all very excited about this new opportunity.
Over the next four months I will be posting regularly and giving you updates. On August 15th, the name of the Blog will also change.
If you want any more information please feel free to ask in the comments.
Guangzhou here we come.
Neil
#latvia #riga #china #guangzhou #newadventure
Monday, 27 March 2017
Mmm Neil's tasty crab salad
Hey there Gentle Reader. I have have made this dish a lot recently but only today did I feel the need to share.
Ingredients (Serves 4)
20 crab sticks
3 boil in bag rice packs
5 eggs
1 onion
1 red pepper
1 tin sweetcorn
400ml mayonaise
Salt and pepper (optional)
Method
Boil the rice and hard boil the eggs and allow to cool.
Chop the crab sticks, onion and pepper into small pieces and mix them in a large bowl with the sweeetcorn.
Chop the boiled eggs into small pieces and add them to the large bowl along with the rice.
Pour in the mayonaise and stir so that every ingredient is covered. Add salt and pepper if you wish.
Serve with nice crusty bread.
#crabsalad #recipes
Sunday, 26 March 2017
WTF! Dabbing
WTF Gentle Reader... do you dab?
Have you seen groups of teens seemingly jerking about like a strange Nazi salute crossed with a sneeze. Dabbing as its called has become a bit of a craze amongst younger teens and preteens and seems to be a bit of harmless fun.
When Robert started copying these older children I decided to find out myself what all the fuss is about.
It is a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an .arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing.
It originated in, yes you guessed it Gentle
Reader, the USA amongst the Atlanta hip-hop
scene where a gentleman with the groovy
name of Skippa da Flippa created the move.
Dabbin' as it sometimes referred to has touched many areas in the media including sports and politics.
Hillary Clinton famously dabbed on the Ellen Degeneres show in 2016.
If you see your kids dabbing...please dont panic....they could be twerking.
#dabbing
Today in History 26th March
Hello Gentle Readers its time to put the clocks of history forward one hour and lose an hour of sleep.
2005: The BBC transmits the first regular episode of Doctor Who since 1989. The show, starring Christopher Ecclestone and Billy Piper is massively successful and is still running.
1830: The Book of Mormon is published.
1911: American playwrite Tennessee Williams is born.
1931: Leonard Nimoy is born
#springforward #bookofmormon #tennesseewilliams #leonardnimoy #doctorwho #26march #todayinhistory
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