My little poem about Lisbon

"Ó Lisboa, cidade das sete colinas,

com os eléctricos que ascendem as suas ruas,
dos fados os que se podem ouvir dentro das suas casas,
Ó Lisboa, cidade dos meus desejos!"

English translation

"Oh Lisbon, city of seven hills,
with the trams which ascend your streets,
of fados that could be heard inside of your houses,
Oh Lisbon, city of my desires!"

Tomorrow I'm flying to England!

Yes! Finally the big day has come! Tomorrow morning I am flying with Easyjet from Corfu airport to London Gatwick. When in Gatwick, I will have to take the train to London Victoria and then the train to Faversham, Kent. I am going to stay at a friend's family for the first few days, until I find a place in London to move in. I will enrol at Goldsmiths on September the 22nd and my lessons will start one week after the enrollment day.

Some pictures from my London / Canterbury trip back in 2005:

Canterbury High street:

Canterbury Cathedral:

Panoramic view of Canterbury from the hill near Kent University:

Buckingham Palace:

Oxford street with Centrepoint tower in the background:

Rochester in Kent from the train to London:

Piccadilly Circus:

The London Eye and the County Hall from Westminster bridge:

A true London icon: The Big Ben!

Castle street in Canterbury:

Semi-detach dwelling in Canterbury - This is where I stayed:

Manolis greek taverna in Canterbury:

Trafalgar square with Nelson's Column and Big Ben in the background:

East London from the plane back to Greece:

Westmister Underground station:

That's all for now, I'm going to post some updates in the next few days with some pictures from Kent and London. So you will have a rough idea of how it is like and what the weather is up there.

How to get to know new people by using the bluetooth of your mobile device

I was in Athens last weekend. I went there because I was sitting the IELTS exam (for those who might don't know, this exam certifies you that your knowledge in English is adequate for working or studying in an English speaking country). Hopefully I did well...We will see the results in two weeks :P

I saw some friends who live there and we decided to go out for a coffee. We went to a really busy place in the centre of Athens, where is a street lined with coffee shops along its sidewalks. After some wandering in order to find a vacant table to sit, we finally found one. Before sending to my friend a photo to his mobile photo, I did a search for active mobile devices around me. I found the suprising number of around 20 phones which had their bluetooth active in a radius of ten metres around the place I was seated.
Just for fun, I sent a funny photo to an unknown phone which belonged according to the name displayed to a girl. She accepted what I sent. Suddenly, I had the idea that we can flirt this girl with our mobile phones. So, I wrote a note to her and sent it via bluetooth. She answered back immediately and she refused to get to know me cause she claimed that she have a boyfriend.
Anyway, try the same! I believe one in ten girls flirted in that way, may want do a blind date, lol!

Some instructions:
- Activate your bluetooth while staying somewhere without moving.
- Do a search for other active devices.
- After displaying all the results, choose a device you want and send a photo or a note.

Be careful, don't accept files that are not photos or notices. They might be a mobile phone virus! Also, while sending don't move - bluetooth has a radius of 10 mere metres only! You may lose the contact with the device you sending and receiving files!

That's all - good luck with your bluetooth flirting!

From today and on, I'm a civilian again!

Today morning I went to the Navy Base here in Corfu for my release paper! After 35 days off (I'm out of the Navy since Octomber the 2nd), it was high time got that bloody paper. It's unbelievable how fast the year of my service passed!

I went there at 10 a.m. and I had to fill some papers. Afterwards, I gave that papers filled with some personal data back, I gave the army ID card to the sergeant in duty and I was given my police (civilian) one back. I had also to wait two hours, cause there were too many other people passing through the same proceeding. Finally, we were given the paper around 1.30 p.m.!

Welcome to my personal blog!

Hello, my name is John, I'm 27 years old and I'm living in the beautiful city of Corfu in Greece. I'm a university graduate and my profession is musician. I play the violin, the viola and I'm also a member of the Old Philharmonic Society of Corfu (www.fek.gr), in which I'm playing the alticorn (some people though call it "baritone", which is correct too). In my free time, I like to surf the Internet and chat with friends, going out for clubbing, watching movies and listening to music.
I'm looking for a master course in England (possibly I will go to Canterbury for that). After my course I would like to work in UK because I like the country. Oh, by the way, my favourite place in England is London.
Anyway, I don't want to annoy you with anything else about me, you will find out more about me by reading my future articles in this blog.
That's all for now, make sure you stay tuned with my blog :)