let it snow...

As snow covers my country, just like cocaine covers some people's nose I downloaded (thank's Alex) Sony Vegas pro 9. Hacked... and it's working ! Now all I have to do is to get some really nice HD camera. I'm just so excited when I see BBC footage. All that variety of reptiles plus the shot is so perfect and clear that you can see each scale on their skin.

About my leg. Still waiting for letter with my EHIC , already have received new bills from Finland. One for me, one for my employer. It will expire on the 23rd of December, so I have some time to act.

Killing time.

It's been more than one month at home, eventually with a cast on my left leg. Fracture seems to grow normally together. Now doctor allowed me to take cast off when I need to wash my leg. Suddenly my muscle became small and soft comparing to rocky one, but physio-therapy will It's job.... I hope so. It's really boring not doing nothing, but still we kinda go out. Last weekend we went to Tartu, I was commentator and judge at Tartu indoor skatepark. Judging was really strantge : two skaters in 3 minute jam, one of the best goes further. Expect to do my best with better judging on next competition this week in my home-town Tallinn.
Today my dear friend Maksim came from Moscow. Haven't seen him for about 7 months...
Last Friday Laura and her three friends went to Australia, currently they are at Malaysia, city called Kuala Lumpur. On next Friday they are going to Perth.

"At Tallinn airport saying 'good bye' and wishing good luck to those, who going to Aussie. Marko, me, Laura, Eneli and Kerstin."

Flight to very eastern Europe

Last Monday I took a bus from Liverpool St. to Stansted airport, but all of a sudden I didn't had any printed out tickets. Quickly run to a photocopy shop/office and I gave my USB to a girl who worked there. When she was printing them I received a question from her "Are you from Estonia ?!". I was surprised too, quick chit-chat with her and same quick rush to the bus. Funny, but our way went thru all places where I lived before "Leyton, Bethnal Green" basically Central Line stations. Our way was 55 minutes long, beautiful green fields with horses, cows and sheeps on them were on both sides for about 40 minutes of our way. In Stansted I had a nice pint (0.568 L) of Stella Artois, which is a "problem-to-pour" beer, because of it's foam. The best things when you fly are take-off, turbulence and plane is shaking (when some people start panic) and landing.

I slept for about 1 hour and woke up when above the clouds was very beautiful: Sun was on west and on east it was becoming dark. When we were above Baltic Sea darkness completely ate all the light. Then we landed, for some "unpatriotic" reason only me and one Estonian women applause. The feeling when you are home is just priceless, mother, father and grandmother came to airport. Then when we were close to home, my friends  were waiting for me with posters in Estonian "TERE TULEMAST KOJU !!!". I was touched, my friends and my dad went to play Russian pool in good old Bamba near my house. Tuesday was complete race for me, I visited Kevin in reede, met Miku and Kennet too. Then my grandmothers and from 6pm to midnight celebrated my 21 with Russian friends in a Spanish restaurant Manolete, really nice place. Prices are cheap, and service is perfect. Really was worth it. On Wednesday I went to Pyaaskyla skatepark, after that straight to my grandmother, then back home to welcome Estonian friends. After 7 months everybody looked 7 months older - Captain Obvious. Had some drinks, told some stories to each other and Kristi took some pictures. Spice boys came later, with some "mary jane". Rolled up, lighted up and smoked it up. Estonian is very different British wide-spread-skunk. On Thursday we went to Kontula skatepark, there was 17 of us ! Finally we came to skatepark, really nice that they built new course every year/half year ? Skating was really nice, I just enjoyed doing ollies. Eventually I involved my self into bad business, wanted to ollie a transfer to flat. Landed few times, but did't rolled away. My last attempt ended with injury. I looked at my left ankle and was shocked. I started screaming to Lauri to call ambulance. Then I concentrated my mind on my ankle, if you turn it try to turn it back !!! It really helped me, because when my leg was dislocated 5 cm to left blood didn't circulated properly. It wasn't that easy, then by one quick move I grabbed ma ankle around and turned it back into right position. Blood circle was normalised.

. A complete drama, really I wouldn't never wish this kind of pain to any living creature, I was shaking and sweating then ambulance arrived. Lucky me but Dimas is living and working in Helsinki. He went to Hospital with me. I received first aid and CD with 3D model on ankle and X-RAYS. I at Dimas's place that night, night was terrible, pain was killing me. I ate 2 pain-killing tablets and fell asleep. Next day me and his room mate smoked really small amount of mary jane, but the plant was completely covered by THC crystals. It reduced my pain for about 4-5 hours. In the evening we both went back home to Tallinn. He - to celebrate his birthday. Me - to hospital. I was operated next day. Operation was only 20 minutes long, now I have a metal screw which is holding my 2 bones together. Now I'm going to spent 2 months with this screw and in addition I will spend 1 month visiting my doctor and analysing my ankle. Nasty shit.

I'm going back Tallinn, Tallinn

Well, at last ... I decided to write something new, week after I'm gonna get 21. So to celebrate a birthday with my closest friends is a great decision. As I have only 5 days to see everybody, decided to make kind of "rota" for my week. Arriving on Monday in late evening, so I will see only my relatives. On Tuesday I celebrate with russian friends, Wednesday: Paaskyla park and finally some thing will happen on Thursday. On Thursday we (apl, rukeli) are going to Helsinki. BIG THANK'S TO MIHKEL, he got some cheap tickets, so for the current momment on the boat: Miku, Sanja, Kevin, Jaak, Ranno, Silver, Tom, Samu, Eron, Kriks, Kaspar - that's it ?... I think the list might change, we'll see.
So, my dear friends, I will see you during 18-22 of October in Tallinn !!!

A really nice manny pad, where I did nosemanual nollie heel out, ye.

Well skate session for today is over, Felipe Dal Cin ripped the "Elephant and Castle" spot with many lines. For example: nollie manual to nose manual; kickflip foot plant; back tail; bs nollie , ss bs 5-0. I've seen a lot of style from fisheye, let's just wait some time for the LCB skate shop video...
See you guys at Home !!!

" YOU F~@KING C#NT!!! "

Okeeee, we gooo... Last weekend wasn't rich with footage, so we just chilled most of the time. On Saturday we went to Jan Schuster's place and partied hardly. He is from Vancouver, Canada and here with his girlfriend. She was studying - he was working and skating. I had a long-lasting party, cause other guys passed out quickly, Peter threw up and spent about 2 hours hugging a toilet. Me and Saimon (brazilian) had 2 spliffs. We spent almost 2 hours talking about deep philosophy stuff. Happy end.

Can't believe that I missed "Kuldrula" second time ...

Holidays

Holidays. Feels good. You wake up and you're not supposed to do anything. And it's going to last for two weeks so. During whole last month nothing special happened. I was always working and skating on weekends. On previous Saturday my old friend Maria came to London to listen "The Apples". We came to my place, booked tickets on-line and then lighted up a blunt. Then we came to Camden Town - a mothership of nightclubs, pubs and discos. We came Jazz Caffe, where received our tickets... The concert was amazing, they didn't warmed up, just came and started playing jazz. Crowd was full of energy and Maria was completely baked, so we went straight home after concert. Yesterday she went to Amsterdam, kinda funny: we supposed to wakeup at 4.30 am and be at Liverpool Street station at 6.10 am. Easy mission almost failed, because she woke up and turned my alarm off. By some miracle reason, we woke up at 5.58 am and in a quick rush ran to station... About 6.15 am I said "good bye" to her and she took a train to Amsterdam.
Besides good news there are sad ones as well. Yesterday 9/08/2010 my grandfather Aleksey Hlabov died. Death probably was caused by smoking and drinking. Really sad about this, but this is life so I will keep up smiling no matter what... In 1970-s while he was driving a truck, his comrades - thiefs wanted to get away with truck and said that he'll get 20%  (I don't know what exactly happened). But he didn't listened to them. They assaulted and one hit him into head with hammer and  disappeared. Sometimes you pay like this, if you are too honest. Operation ended with stainless steel plate in his head.

Rest In Peace

"The Apples"

TODAY !
Today happened pretty much unexpected thing ... Maria Ficher came to London to visit group "The Apples" , I never heard about them. But anyway we're going there, because ticket are waiting for us ! More story whole weekend, stay tuned !!!

Last times ... I skated as much as was possible, and visited with Mile End skaters, a lot of street spots. My ankle still doesn't allow me to skate how I would actually prefer. So my choice became bowl/pool. Can't compare my skills with other skaters, cause they're better ...

And sad news are that I'm not going back to Tallinn, a the same time I don't regret cause in my "hands" is whole London and 2 weeks of hollydays ! So I'll try to get some footage...

First steps when you arrive

Hello, my reader. I hope that in this article you'll find something good for yourself. When I first came to London excitement ruled me for first few weeks. But you need to be awake if you don't want to starve ...

Flat: this is very important for you. Place where you going to live will be quite expensive, for example £70-£100 per week + don't forget about deposit( when you leave you get this money back ) averagely it is 2 weeks further. So in first day you need to have on your hands(bankcard is better) about £400 to pay for rent and shit...

Transport: all you know about London taxi ... forget it. Bus and metro are your legs here. I pay for 1,2,3 zones £30.20 per week, but I just cant stand long-ass 40 minutes trip, sweating ... well you'll discover it anyway. So I prefer tube.

Food: actually it has same price, but drinks are a bit expensive. Try to save money - seriously they flow like river. So if you cook by your self (check previous updates), you easily can live on only £3-£4 per day. We used to buy food for like 3-5 days, and £20 was enough for two of us. Since 5th of March I work in a pub, so get 50 % off, but you can find a better place: pub with tips, free food, free accommodation.

Where to go in first two weeks ? Okay, mate. First of all you need to get National Insurance number, then a bank account. Second one is a bit difficult, in first time you will brainfuck your head a lot, but no worries. Lloyds TSB, but you need to be damn sure that you always have £10 on your account. Then National Insurance, you will call to JobCentrePlus. When you have a bank account, it is time to go and find yourself temporary or permanent job. Actually system of finding is very easy ...

P.S. The world is yours

Don't Give Me No Bammer.

3, 2, 1, comin in with a bang. It's one white Alex, not a muthaf**kin gang.This week nothing happened because of work and no free time, except weekend. So on Saturday I've met Valetine and his girlfriend Elizabeth. We vent to Natural History Museum. I was so hyped and stoked to see fossils of Dinosaurs and they skeletons. There you completely forget such thing like religion. Big collection of reptiles, amphibians, squids and birds, dozen of mammals... all of them are on formalin. The body is dead, but the liquid saves it from, and it doesn't get rotten. A lot of things to see, I was there about 8 hours, and I still didn't finished, still to see crystals and other minerals. After, we came home and decided to smoke some  herbs. We were searching for a £10 deal for like 3 hours, no one was agree, so we both £20 bag. I am satisfied and still enjoying it. I miss skateboarding, my leg need a rest, but I need money.

girls girls girls

Greetings brothers and sisters! This week nothing interesting happened actually, except Friday. I met a lot of honey-dips. First girl was introduced to me by Carie. So I liked Rosie and she liked me. Eventually she has a shorty and needs to babysit him on weekends. Then I smoked some herb during my break with serious guy, he works for huge company which provides lawyers with documents and so on. Then we finished, me and Liam( barmen ) went to other pub for few drinks, there was that gorgeous French girl - Julie. Both these girls remind me delicious latino models from commercials or Jay Z girls girls girls video clip. Then we went home in different directions, I almost fight random Indian guy, because he started teasing me. But his friends calmed me and him down. I went further and saw that girl crying, asked her what happened and stuff. Hugged, kissed and took home. At last, first sex in UK. Emma, she's 24. But we enjoyed each other, took her number just in case, and she went to work. 

VENUS FLY-TRAP

As new plant in my room catches ( actually I'm feeding it by my self ) insects - time goes with their death. And since my last update I have enough things to write, so you can read and I hope enjoy it - a complete reader's digest.

Sunday. 6 am. Hangover... I woke up with "WTF!?" face, because of music, which was play'n loud. Probably neighbours will complain ... come on - it's Biggie. That should be a worth excuse. Then I went to closest cash machine - 700 meters, 24H off licence shop - 500 meters. Got myself 2 "Kronenbourg 1664" and salted peanuts... Paradise ... Came home started updating at 7 am, eventually fell asleep and woke up at 11.30 am - back to laptop.

 But you wanna ask me, why I have a hangover. Well, yesterday we had a staff party... One word: Magda - damn ... that girly woman will make you want her. She's 32, but trust me guys, when you see her, you imagine how Notorious B.I.G.'s song "me and my bitch" gets a video clip. No, I didn't layed her or at least had a proper French kiss, just enjoying being her friend. After all she has a boyfriend - typical, how we say it in Estonia "oss". Honestly - lookin' forward to get experience from her in bed.

Monday. Bank hollyday. Went to Mile End skatepark, sticked with Simon, Jan, Gustavo, Peter and Alex. Warmed up with bs casper flips and few ss flips, and all together (6) we wen't to St. Paul's. Simon knew some spot in school. When we came there it felt so dangerous for me - cameras, high fence ... But we managed. I was the last to climb over a 3 meeter door\fence - which is the only access to spot. I grabbed my board with a very exited face, was scared to ollie big 3... but we all know that music actually inspires us mostly ( well, I used to watch BBC footage about animals before skating ). So switchin' on my mp3 Wu Tang - 7 chamber pt. 2, was enough to ollie and ss ollie it, tried my signature trick but didn't made it. Gustavo is a Columbian young man, who landed kickflip with 3-5 try's and then busted clean tre flip .  Then Peter ollied that long 9, Simon started filming... trick took about 10-15 try to land it.  I never saw him doing hardflips on flat... But hell yeah !!! He landed a proper hardflip down long 9 ... It shocked all of us. Then  I ss ollied that, but landing was with both hands on ground and 180 revert, I tried again and landed on last step with spraining my ankle. Ouch. Doesn't look good, but lookin forward to get back. Nollie heel would look good, anyway what's the difference between 5 and 9 ? - yes only 4 steps.

"Den' Pobedy" (Russian: День Победы, English: Victory Day)

Today (9 of May) is Russian's most proud hollyday. Victory day. For me it's a proud feeling to be Russian, a good Russian. I feel bad that most are junkies, and are hated by other countries. But still I have this mindset, cause my roots go back to Russia. So I just want to pay respect and promise to remember that they defeated those nazists. My grandgrandfather ( on mothers line ) was a sniper/commander and spent after war ending about half year in Germany for some reason. His jacket was covered in medals.

On Friday I both a laptop. I went with new flatmate (Yuri) to Curry's. They asked how long am I here, answer was '' 3 months ''. Cashier said, that at least I need to be in UK for 3 years. Yuri said to lie in other Curry's. I did so. Pretty funny alibi '' I was a sponsored skateboarder, but my knee injury stopped ma career. Now I work in a pub ''. It worked, he believed to my story. I made a contract for 12 months, so I pay 40 £ each month. 

One love, Estonia.

One love, Estonia. I need to say sorry, because I though you all forgot me and shit... But Eneli helped me believe that I was wrong and that everyone still remembers me. It's just a feeling when you are alone in a single room 6sq meters.
Anyway things are going well so far. At last Friday our staff got robbed, someone sneaked cameras opened door to staff room i quickly took all goodies ( 15 £, 15 £, 40 £, 30 £, iPhone/iPod?, wallet with bank cards and shit). Lucky me only 15 £ and because my nokia is old I am proud of it. Once again it reminded me a scene from a film American Gangster(sorry can't find it on youtube, only this), where Frank shouted on his younger brother, because he was wearing too bright clothes. I mean I'll prefer to use old stuff.
 Yesterday I was ill so my boss allowed me to stay home for two days. At the end I got drunk and still I feel rough.
I didn't forget about skateboarding. At Mile End there are good guys who are always into street skating. Sessions with them are tight I mean I'm from Estonia, 3 or 4 are from Brazil and so on... Every time it is at least 10 people going out to skate. No one is crying about the spot where to go, we just go in any direction and skate the spots we see: stairs, ledges, rails. Few VX are filming.
And I almost forgot to say, that I visited London zoo! I was like a kid there, this year they opened a rainforest/nightlife house - it is a must see. All right thats it ... Keep it real, Estonia !!!

HAPPY BIRTHDA HENDRIK AND SILVER !!!

Wish you get best at skateboarding and wish ya'll come here, so we could skate London spots... BIG UP FELLAS ! Good luck you two !!!

4 weeks at Leyton

    First day's aftermatch on new job.

Aight, 2 ya'll. Last two weeks were really busy, so I haven't got any time for updaiting. When you come to the interview with your new manager you'll need to lie very smoothly, just as most rappers rap about how mad crooks and hustlas are they, if you know what I mean. Beacause if he/she asks you "have you worked in a bar before ?" and you answer "no" then you can go back to JobCentre and search for other jobs, much more suitable for you. I lied, but it was worth it. Right now I work i J D Wetherspoon pub on floor from Monday to Friday(12.00-21.00) , it means that I bring food to customers and take dishes back to the kitchen and glasses to the bar. 6 punds per hour and get payd every friday. Also me and recieved ours bank cards LloydsTSB. But for some unknown reason I got only 50 pounds for last week which should have been about ~ 250 pounds for 5 days, need to figure out that shit, those money were enoght only to pay for my living place and to make new keys.
Also I live in Leyton (E10)... mad hustlin' goes arround here and no needs to write here what I saw on friday night right in front of my house...

Checkin all the time antti.pri.ee , sahtel , reading about geckos too. Miss apl and rukeli a lot ... cause havent found anyone yet, who skates streets. Concrete parks are cool with all their bowl i ledges, but you know, it's not that ...
On one hand it's good that I'm not partying right now and on other I miss that, at least "mary jane" is cheap here.

And oh yeah !!! Tommorrow I'm havin a National Insurence interview so wish me a good luck.

2WEEKS@LONDON

Well days go by ... two weeks already here, National Insurence takes a lot of time here. Maksim walked arount centre ~ 20 banks and around 7 Lloyds TSB. So only in one of those 7 banks one women allowed him to make an account, I regret because of my laziness - i decided to sleep, when Max went there at 09.00. I though nothing won't happen, but he asked about me too. We went back at 15.00 and success !!! WE HAVE BANK ACCOUNTS !!! Now we just gotta wait for NI interview at 15th of March andsearch for job. Here, in London money flows like river...

MSN MY ASS

update

Tower pic of me ...


and Maksim


We also found this lugage, which was empty and opened
in extra ordinary way. My regrets to real owner...


Representin' "Maxima"


Our room/flat guard "Gena".


Coco jambo ai yai yeee

Menu



Extra drink - teabeer. MaXon didn't saw the tea bag in that cup, he added some beer. Nothing good or bad just a beer with taste of tea.

Good information for russians.

http://rus.delfi.ee/forum/read.php?f=30&i=138393&t=138393

On the 11th of February me and my friend Maksim (MaxOn) went to London , for makin some good changes in our life. I flied first time in my life, first of all i was a little bit scared, but succesfully made thrue that kinf of fobia. Flight and landing was smooth, the weather was also very bright and i enjoyed those 2 hours in the air. In both airports guards watched my lugage and bags. In Estonia they thought i that i had drugs in skateboard trucks\wheels and in England they watched my and MaxOn's bags. In airport our good friend Valentin ( today is his day !!! ) meet us, and we went to his room on his house mate's car. Traffic is crazy, I mean not that how cars move, but how drivers drive. I will write as much as i can, so keep watchin this newborn blog.