I remember that a few years go there was a program on spanish TV dedicated to the Soccer league that was named “el Friqui” (pronounced as it sounds), Friqui was the phonetic translation for the english expression “free kick”. Free kick is basically the action that follows a fault or a challenge against a player [...]
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i should be writing more
Posted: January 26, 2009 in anger, personal, sad, shame, spanish way, whatevermy to Do list keeps growing and my ongoing projects don’t advance or if they do, they do it so slowly you don’t even notice. This means, – first that I keep doing the same – second that I keep waiting for other people responses and that makes me nervous, I am really bad when I have [...]
I was thinking that I was not going to write while in Spain. I am going back to London tomorrow night, I was feeling lazy, I guess I just change my mind. After touring Spain the week before I basically decided to spend this one disconnecting myself from the world and planning the next steps [...]
goverment believes buildings are like dishwashers
Posted: November 19, 2008 in architecture, questions & answers, spanish way, whateverSo, there is a new law in Spain that classifies the buildings in terms of their energy efficiency performance. Surprisingly enough the law is the same one that one applies to washing machines and refrigerators, and the classification is the same, rating from A to F, A being the best one possible. The funny thing [...]
nothingness (part II)
Posted: August 8, 2008 in architecture, dark side, down, free, friends, Homie, house inside, job, London, MADRID, party, PEC, personal, sad, shame, SOM, spanish way…we don’t have much sun there, where we come from…………
Lately when I start writing a post I never finish it. Normally I get caught in the middle of the writing to go to a meeting, or some friends calling me from the street to my balcony (yes, yes, I know, It is like in a small town, quite rude), or have to leave the [...]
Tosco – 21 Mentiras Universales Gracias Sole, eres grande
We had a party yesterday night at my place. No comments.
A boring post. And one i will refuse to admit authorship in the future. A day like any other, at least for almost 6 billion people. But today is Madrid day and that at least means that is day off for almost 5 million people and has some emotional meaning for around the same amount [...]
Last week I submitted a proposal for an architectural competition in Spain, more precisely in Cordoba. And the submission day was quite funny because, as I am in London, I asked a friend of mine to plot, print and make the package in Madrid and then send it to Cordoba through the Spanish post. I was [...]
