03 Mar

Epic Fail or just the begining?

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The truth is the right now I have no idea….

I had it all programed and worked out in my mind. I wanted to be pro-active and wanted to be active instead of getting closed in between 4 walls…

I wanted the cafe to be a Hub for all sorts of people to walk in, have some coffee, to learn and to contribute, to do something new and to transform minds…

I WANT it to work like that… I don’t want to be a “church” in al senses of the word…

I want to be open to people, and not closed down in millions of little rules that limit what we can do when we are together.

I woke up so very positive… so anthused… so motivated…

And with a 2 minute call all that simply went down hill…

Don’t take me wrong, the vision is still the same… and if I have to continue without my cover (my mother per se) so be it. I am tired of hearing how things were on the past, and how we used to do things…

We are NOT who we were!

The fact is that we disagree is so many things… she wants a church, I want a hub (something not so closed) she wants to be a denomination… I want to tear apart this word and throw it to the winds! The word denomination separates people from one another… that’s how I see it… She wants a place where you sit and listen and well whatever you do inside a church building… I want aplace of learning… a place of sharing… and more than anything, a base for action.

Am I alone?????

Am I the only one that wants to have JC’s teaching as a life style and not as a bunch of rules that limit what we see and what we CAN DO???

There is no time for stoping and crying now… there is no time to feel small and alone… there is a not a lot to be said and there is a lot to be done… there is no margin for depression…

I need help but if I have to, then I’ll do it alone!!!!

YHWH… I need strenght now… more than ever…

Let it be a begining and not how I feel right now… an epic fail…

I need to get out there… The structure is there… is laid… time to do something new… Meta Noia…

I am tired, overloaded, stressed and depressed… but ready or not, here I come…

15 Feb

What a day!! :)

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And What a day indeed…

We had the dry-run for the Metanoia Cafe at the Merton Abbey Mills in wimbledon today.

Everyone was stressed… I wanted to be open since the morning (even if just to sell coffees and whatever we had ready), my mother didn’t want to open at all till we were 100% ready, my sister was didided in the middle (yup… it is sort of a family business… hehehe), we didn’t have an internet connection (appart from my vodafone mobile internet card) and the food wasn’t perfect – at least not to my standards because everyone else that tried the stuff LOVED IT! (we gave away free samples!!) – and I had to force an oppening at 2pm (ish) which gave us only a 3 hour open-to-the-public-test-run…

Even so and against all expectations, people loved the coffee (I now know how to do a mocha! And a Latte, and even a Machiato using a big commercial machinne! yayyy), absolutelly LOVED the food, can’t wait for the workshops, and for us to be open with all the optionals Included (studio, Lan-House, etc)…

Weirdest of all, we ended the day with some proffit (liquid but proffit all the same)!!!

I have WAY too many ideas turning round and round in my head…

I am (A LOT LESS) stressed!

I am tired as shit!

I am surprised that with all the variables the day was a relative success…

I am in shut down mode…

BUT I AM HAPPY!

Time to reavaliate some things and reacess others and plan ahead and fix the lil problems that are still on the way…

BUT I AM HAPPY!!

I also need a VERY HOT shower!!

BUT I AM HAPPY!!

Reccorded a vlog that sort of sumarizes the day today, straight from the Merton Abbey Mills!… Will edit and post tomorrow if you don’t mind…

I just fell I need to record the events of today for posterity…

… Anyways…

The shower awaits me! (yayyy)!

zya!

18 Jan

The DIY King (of fools) strikes once again! This time with help from the pros!

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Or should I really say that the real DIY Kings took over and did most of the job (My FIL is a civil engineer and my step-father takes carpentry as his hobby)?? lol

Ok... if they're gonna to all by themselves I might as well take pictures... :)

OK... if they're not gonna let me do anything I might as well take pictures...

No… seriouslly… I think I was there mostly to make decisions today…

Of course they would go with whatever THEY decided afterwards but that’s beside the point.

The fact is that we’re getting things done and I am SO happy about that!

I am terribly tired… exhausted to tell the truth (after Tom – The FIL – went home I actually got to do some stuff!!!), but I haven’t fell so good in ages!

We’re hoping to be able to finish all the lil details tomorrow to be able to get the rest of the furniture moved in and the MetaNoia Cafe on the road, working, making money and fulfilling all it was designed to be!

Dude… I ming… and it is like 1am… so… off to have a shower and bed to me!

Here… these photos should tell a bit more about my day :

DIYing is kinda cool!!! (Click on the montage to see it better)

Expect more tomorrow!!!!

zya!

06 Jan

The DIY King (of fools) attacks again! :)

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Heya!

Maybe you have noticed that I have been a bit absent lately… no posts, no videos, no pics… Loads of twits and a brand new gateway to all the bits @ urbanvox.net (a provisory one as the real new one will be all flashy when it is eventually done… ) yup… loads of new things going on but not a lot of my presence…

It comes with the new year I guess… all new!

All I can say right now is sorry for the absence! It is all for a good cause!

So… the latest new thing for me are the new adventures of the DIY King (of fools): ME!

If you’ve been following my twits you might have noticed me rambling about builders giving me headaches and decoration and trips to IKEA, and spending money, and a new CWI HUB or even about a MetaNoia Cafe.

ah the trips to IKEA... FUN (not)

Well that’s what’s been keeping me busy and away(ish) from the internet . I never imagined that the details to open the venue of my dreams (just in a smaller scale) would be so complicated. I can’t wait to have it up and running (but you will hear about it when and as it happens).

1 month to do a 2 week job! grrrr!!!

The builders have FINALLY moved out! That means that now I can FINALLY move in and get it ready to start receiving people! Ah… BTW… you are more than invited to come and visit us… we have wireless internet avaliable… and even a couple of computers mounted on the walls…

Which brings me to the DIY K(OF) situation: I am picky… and me being picky I didn’t like much what the builders did with the counter… for a start it was on the wrong place (after I told them exactly where I wanted it and HOW!)!!

So I decided to get back home, pick up my tools and MOVE IT MYSELF!

me me meeeeee!!!

Next step is painting bits that need painting… getting the Image ID elements in and get the furniture/ computers/ studio equipment/ coffee shop stuff and then yayyyy we’re well away!

Too bad I didn’t take any pictures of the “Before”… but the “After” looks A LOT better! hehehe

Even better!!! I didn’t hammer a toe, of shred myself on nails or caused (or participated) on any accident yet!

Me is happy!!! lol!

wow… 2:22am… time to go to bed uh!

I’ll keep u posted!

nite nite!!!!!

zya!

(PS: Monday was OK all things considered! )

14 Nov

Pimp My Blog updates!

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Hey peeps!!!

First of all… I know I have disappeared for the past 2 weeks or so. There is a VERY good reason for that tho:

A couple of months ago we found out that Boris will demolish the complex where the Underground Hub is located and that we had till end of November to move out of there. And that’s the reason I’ve been neglecting the blog lately… I’ve been searching for a new place to install the Hub. But I think the search is over!!!! I might have found the perfect place for it and I am soooo excited about it!! But I’ll post some more about it later (specially cuz I don’t think I’ve actually explained what goes on on that hub did I??

Anyways… Back to the Pimp My Blog Awards…

Suburban Mum has pointed to a HUGE mistake on my part! I’ve linked the badge to a folder in my computer instead of to the website… so… correcting this mistake, here’s the code again…

Place this badge somewhere on your site

Sooooo… are ya’ll gonna send me your entries or not??? I have seen drafts for a couple… but only one person has sent me the stuff so far!!! (Thank you Long Red Cape, got it on Monday)

UrbanVox by longredcape

Come on people the prezzies won’t win themselves!!!! (BTW… on Monday I’ll post the prezzies picture and all) It doesn’t matter if you’re a good designer or not… have you got any ideas??? send it to me! I’ll even accept it if you draw it in a napkin, scan/photograph it and send it!! (lol) the idea is doing something FUN!!!!

I am that easy to please! hehehe

anyways… gotta run!!!

zya!