Finally Hazard uploaded all the latest pictures. I’ve processed and annotated them, so you can enjoy two new albums in the “Photo” section of the site – second session of mussle cooking and second trip to Akamas. Unfortunately, I had wrong settings on the camera for a good part of Akamas trip. That spoiled few shots, but there are still plenty left. :) I’ll be more accurate next time. Really. I promise. :)
Year: 2003
Food, friends, and two pints
Pizza Hut with Olga in the evening. After some hot and spicy deep pan we went to Hazard’s place to pick him up, then for Lev and went to Chesters. Not a lucky day for Hazard who couldn’t get a proper pint for the whole evening. First they’ve brought the wrong brew, then they gave something that smelled bad, afterwards they gave something that smelled better but tasted worse… Poor guy.
After the short Chesters session we returned back to Hazard’s place to enjoy the “Go“, which is a kind of American answer to “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels“. One of the best drug movies I’ve seen, especially considering American routes. British ones are still better, but this one was pretty close. :)
plugout resintalled
Finally I pushed myself to reinstall the plugout machine, which is responsible for entertainment in my living room. Amasingly fast installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux 9 and I have mp3s, DivX, and DVD playback with TV-out option in less then an hour. I can feel the experience. :)
Another trip to Akamas Peninsula
Again to Akamas Peninsula we go! This time we had Lev with us to share on the beauty. Unfortunately, there was only one portion of pork in the restaraunt uphill, so we had to eat mostly chicken – no problem, we’ll call them in advance next time. Then, down to the beach for a swim. This time though, the waves were way bigger then the last time, so we had some problems getting out of the water. Most of us lost control of the situation, but Lev proved to be a real sea wave proffessional, diving in and out of the water like was Poseidon himself! :)
Luckily, with no major injuries we all got out and went back to Limassol, where we, once again, gathered at Hazard’s place to watch “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in Goblin’s funny translation. This part was translated better then the “Fellowship of the Ring”, but the soundtrack he put sucked big time. Mostly it was Russian pop music, which is really really really ugly and totally out of the theme. Fellowship soundtrack was much better with Rammstein over the orc’s faces, etc. Anyway, we still had a bunch of fun, and that is what counts.
SysAdmin’s Day
Today is the last Friday of July, which means only one thing – it’s a System Administrator Appreciatoin Day again! Yes, this is the day to thank all system, network, database, SAP, Exchange, and whatever-else-you’ve-got administrators for their hard, but invisible work.
Such a day calls for celebration, so we (Lev, Hazard, Olga, and I) end up in the Cleopatra lebanese restaraunt for an excellent meal, and nargile afterwards. Then we picked up Alexander Avanesov and continued in the brewerey, which was still out of beer (but they promised that next Friday it’ll be there!).
After few pints the evening was practically over, but it suddenly continued with new enthusiasm at Hazard’s place with watching the “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood“. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the original copy, but there were two translated ones. One was the “noname” translation and another was done by Goblin. Somehow, Goblin’s translation was much worse then the noname one, so we switched in the middle of the movie. :)