leon and ash vs the world: brief enter lewd

hi kids,
mucho apologies for the long delay; it's sometimes easy to forget folks are hanging on yr every word (i assume). Much has transpired - not near a net cafe, but- and so for a brief update:
We are now back in Hackney, in our new real non-short-term, we don't gotta carry all our shit on the train again residence. Hackney has a reputation about as nice as the word sounds if u inject it with a cockney, londoner, scouse or afro-carribean...see? But, despite everyone from the guy at customs on the way in wrinkling their collective nose, me n ash like this end of town.
we spent the previous 10 days in putney (also a charming moniker), living with 'saffos' (the delightful south african folks) and sucking up a little britain proper. this end of town, just south of hammersmith, earls court and those other 'antipodean' suburbs (gee, don't all this terminology make u puke?), is decidedly WHITE. very few of what our potential indian landlord disparagingly referred to as 'coloured people'. hey, go figure. actually putney is really boring and overpriced, but at least the folks can sleep safe knowing the beggars are all whitey.
enough of boring tedious london moving.
been feeling a little more up since i got a job (thank u to all those i harassed 4 references; these brit's will believe anything!). be feeling even better once i get paid. £7 an hour is not exactly what richard branson gets, i'll wager, but it's a start.

i'm crediting the suit with my success - i even got an op shop tie! god, metrosexual yuppie heaven is just a classic car reissue away!. ash is just about to get a break due to kiddies holidays, so lucky i'm earning or we'd be well poor, instead of just common poor.

jen and kate have been ensuring our lowbrow australian cultural fixes are being taken care of (no, don't interpret that, we got fotos!).

i've drunk more foster's in the last month than in my entire life previous, i reckon. this is only cos it's the cheapest thing to buy most places, i swear.