This is terrible news. I wanted to get a sim card for Japan, but you can only get a pocket wifi device, which isn't so bad, but not as straightforward as swapping your sim out for a local sim as i do when in the states or malaysia.
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Sorry you're right, it is personal. But, maybe, it's easier to explain why Monks, Kings or Militia built/destroyed something than it is to say why Rothko/Woody Allen/Rembrandt painted/filmed/wrote something a certain way. I'm probably wrong, my knowledge of art isn't particularly great.
So what I was trying to say that, yes you can get a feeling from art, but understanding it is harder, or explaining it is harder, so taking a photo/selfie of the Mona Lisa is maybe more acceptable than the conveyor belt selfie of temples/canyons/great buildings.
Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this!
I think it's more a case of Millenials (not even really them) being able to afford to go to Angkor Wat or any other exotic destination.
Art is maybe different to historical places. Having just come back from Japan, I noticed this whilst walking around shrines and temples, where it felt like conveyor belt tourism. Walk along a path till you hit the "perfect" point for your selfie/shot of said temple, then keep going till you hit the exit. I even came across this sign: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaredce/26366290652/in/album-7... a sign of the times?
I struggled in Japan, my knowledge of the language was completely lacking, and it made me wonder, how do we cater to those who don't speak English in the UK, is it a struggle for those too? Is the selfie destroying culture, or have we not done enough to allow people to understand the thing they're looking at?
They took our jobs!
However, the housing market in London is all over the place, and there isn't a bank that has a direct interest in helping people on to the housing ladder in London. I think if you had a London centric bank that understood the housing situation and it's customers needs well, you'd capture a great sample of the capital.
What i'd really like to see is a London centric bank (or perhaps building society), one that understands the rental market and the ownership market. It's insane that people (myself) pay more to rent somewhere than to buy somewhere, yet are hamstrung by the fact that either they don't earn enough to afford to buy, or don't have a deposit to afford to buy.
I thought Metro Bank might be that, but i think they're more focussed on expanding outside of London.
I think there might be some good tips in there, but IMO, very few people get rich from seminars, bar the seminar leader and the company behind it. but at the end of the day i'm a cynic and quite likely a wage slave for the rest of my life.
i suppose if your friends were trading everyday, the value in that would be tiny, but for longer term investments, seeing the herd mentallity might make it easier for people.
otherwise... you may be ahead of the curve... i think services like zoopla and rightmove and this can only go so far because the UGC is generally terrible. There are certainly estate agents that are more digitally inclined such as themodernhouse.net and http://www.urbanspaces.co.uk/ but to really tackle this problem you have to be an estate agent rather than a 3rd party tool to other estate agents.
I haven't got a project, i can't create a project on the new entry page so i have to go round the houses to add a project.
I haven't got any categories... where do i add categories as i can't do it from the New Entry page... oh it's under my name... so round the houses to do that...
once i have done that, adding an entry on todays date (the 8th) then shows a popup that says "Jared worked for 5 hours on blah yesterday"
hmmm
It's not a big deal and it's about being in an area you like. I love my area in west London, I could have moved closer to my friends in East London, but that would put me out with friends in West, South West and North London. I'm in Zone 2, so cycling to the middle isn't a big deal, but nor is taking a tube to east London, or south east London. If you don't like commutes and being within busy places, it might not be for you. You'll make friends with people who live and work all over london. If you're good friends, you'll make the time(travel) differences work. It's one of those things people who live in London deal with. I do think it's about being under a certain age/having that mindset though.
If you're comparing a British winter to a southern hemisphere "winter", sure it's not a great place to be. But for the mostpart, London is actually pretty good for it's winter. Yes you occasionaly get snow which is great for a day or two and then it turns to slush and ice and ends up being annoying, but really London is mild compared to the rest of the UK.
It is a big adjustment going from a southern hemisphere country to northern, so I don't blame you if you can't take it, but really it's not that bad here.
Yes i agree London can get pretty grey, but it's nowhere near as miserable as people make out.
Also, am i the only one who can't wait to get out of the office and into a pub on a friday? Maybe I work in too much a corporate culture than startup one.