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Rain is the Norm

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Rain: moisture condensed from the atmosphere that falls visibly in separate drops (according to apple). Rain is definitely common in The British Isles; it’s the norm, something that I now strangely see as positive after a month in Ojai.

Rain is what makes everything luscious and green and allows us to wear the great apparel called rain gear. Granted rain doesn’t come with the positives of giving you a glowing color or allow you to wear shorts, but it is definitely refreshing.

Pessimists could argue that rain is horrible, and I say I can see their perspective — coming in after a trip out completely drenched is not always fun in the best of circumstances. But it definitely makes you appreciate your comfy warm home a lot more.

I now see rain as an extreme positive, but I must say too much can be slightly overwhelming. Everything in moderation.

In fact it’s raining in England right now, so off I go to suit up in my rain gear and enjoy the most of the great weather while I can.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ&fs=1&hl=en_US

The Typical Brit

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How can you define someone as typical? You can’t. So how can you define a nation as a typical way? You can’t. All one can presume is that the typical figure portrayed as a representative of a country is what the majority of the population is like. This is how stereotypical opinions form.

On television someone of a certain class or nationality is often presented in a particular way in order to entertain the viewer. The characters are often presented as caricatures, over exaggerating their characteristics in comedies to make them amusing. If one English person is like this then they all will be. This is definitely not the case.

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Two Door Cinema Club- Just some British Music.

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Last night, the 25th of September, Two door Cinema Club arrived in Brighton to play their first gig in the city.  Luckily I was fortunate enough to be among the crowd in the small venue that they call Digital.

Two Door Cinema Club is an up coming indie/electro band from Ireland releasing their fist album, Tourist History on march the 1st 2010. Signed to Kisune Music the band are on their first sell out tour spreading their individual sound worldwide.

The band consists of members: Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday and Kevin Baird accompanied by Benjamin Thompson who acted as an additional member for there tour playing drums.

Indie music is extremely popular in England and Two Door Cinema Club are just reaching their boom.  They have an extremely good reputation for providing a great live concert and they did not fail to disappoint.

The band was amazing and the two support acts : We Have Band and Kowalski also impressed with their unique styles and excellent crowd control.

Indie music is a great genre and one I think should be encouraged more in the U.S.

Here’s a taster of their music, I hope you like it.

Turbulence.

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Its always hard to know what to write in the best of circumstances, but I can now say flying through turbulence is not the best of situations to type. As I sit here on an Air United flight returning to my home country I search for inspiration for my blog.

Two and a half hours, 1 in flight meal, 1 movie and a laptop: the definition of a lazy day, if not for the fact I’m stuck on a plane. The situation almost has potential to be fun however the enjoyment is diminished by the imposed nature of the situation.

Turbulence is not fun.

Currently I’m extremely thankful that the in flight meal was received half an hour ago and that I ate it promptly otherwise I could currently be sitting in a bed of curry, if you could even call it that. How ironic is this, the whole month I spent in Southern California I never saw one curry house yet our in flight meal is a curry.  So the in flight meal supplies us with a brilliant topic for my blog. Curry.

Curry is a popular dish world wide, except from Ojai, and especially in England. In fact in a survey recently taken they found out the favorite dish of the English is Chicken Tikka Masala . Maybe that’s because we are now full of Indian immigrants or because it’s tasty.  I can definitely say the curry in England is delicious and is nothing like that in India. Which is slightly odd.

So if ever visiting England why not go against the stereotypical fish and chips and have a curry.

Introduction

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Today, me and a dear friend were having an extremely interesting conversation about food. Food is a topic talked about worldwide, something everyone has in common. It is interesting to hear people perceptions on different subjects and especially a topic I love.

I was quite disappointed by the conversation as it led to a comment that “The British still haven’t learned to cook,” “They can’t cook.” A stereotype many around the world believe, but only I know the truth. England is certainly full of good food.

As a whole it seems not many people know about the real England and it’s great traditions. This is quite upsetting, so I have decided to take it upon myself to try and educate the readers of this blog. Those stereotypical beliefs will be changed forever, as you begin to see the good side of the country. I am going to inform you about what I think to be the best in U.K music, food and entertainment as well as discussing the latest news. I hope you will enjoy. You may even consider taking up the british life style, who knows.

To start off here’s a clip of  what you may think some of the English to be like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUNssEtAwr8

I hope it entertains you.

The Inbetweeners

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This Monday, all over Britain fans gathered at their screens to see the return of the legendary hit series “The Inbetweeners.” The cast returned Monday evening previewing the third season of the BAFTA award winning sitcom on the channel E4. This show has been long awaited by thousands of fans and the new season definitely did not disappoint with its comical excellence and genius plots.

There is definitely not another show like this. Honestly, I have not found another program that can make me cry so much with laughter. The best thing is  each episode never fails to disappoint.The show is consistently entertaining and I recommend it to anyone , especially those who need cheering up or even if you just fancy exercising those tear ducts. It is pure TV gold.

The program is written by Damon Beesley and Ian Morris ,it was first screened in May 2008 and since then its popularity has increased dramatically.The Inbetweeners is about a group of teenage friends attempting to make it through Sixth Form (High school) successfully. It follows the story of Will who moves from a private school into the state system befriending Simon, Neil and Jay. The show follows their traumatic and highly embarrassing school years as well as there dreadful social life. It’s not to be missed.

Here’s a clip that I thought was quite entertaining, and maybe even slightly related to class. I hope you find it entertaining.
Enjoy.