Though I think I should check how to spell her name tomorrow – Ira (or Mira) if you read this before I speak to you next, feel free to leave a comment laughing at my attempt to spell the name 🙂
Anyway, for those who don’t know, she works with Ira over at KazMunaiGaz, and seems like a nice lady. We all went to the EastWest restaurant, as BG (British Gas) had organized a charity event to raise funds for Kazakhstan’s Paralympics team. The idea is to raise enough cash to help them attend next year’s Olympics over in Beijing. They also made reference to the BG Energy Challenge, another event to raise cash, where teams from companies are sponsored to take part in what looked like a cross between an endurance challenge, and the TV show It’s A Knockout. We arrived perfectly on time to the restaurant (which in Kazakhstan means about 50 minutes after the official start!), and eventually found a table to accommodate the three of us, sitting next to two Kazakh ladies. I forgot to bring my camera, and the shots I took with my mobile are not very good. (I also need to get ActiveSync working first anyway), but I’ll try and post photos later on today or tomorrow if I can.
Aug 10 2007
Finally Met Mira…
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Jun 05 2007
London Unveils The 2012 Olympic Logo
Ummm.
Yuck.
The End.
No seriously, apparently it does not look so bad in its other colours, which will be used in a one-time cycle as time draws closer to the actual games taking place in 2012. Lord Coe (ex-runner, now Tory ego) announced the decision to use the logo, which cost 400,000 pounds, in a glitzy ceremony.
Unlike many previous Olympics, this logo does not feature any famous land marks of the host city, though obviously the Olympic rings are contained with the 0 of the 2012 date.
May 26 2007
Cheltonian Chastised
Matt Parker, who is from Cheltenham, created a website to assist people in London rent their homes out to visitors during the upcoming Olympic games. However the organising committee of the 2012 London Olympic Games have threatened him with legal action, citing the fact that he is using the Olympic brand without permission and is not an official sponsor.
He stated “It’s me and my website and I hope they reconsider and take a more lenient stance”.
Not wishing to lose the site, and presumably some sort of income it generates, he has modified relevant sections of the site.
Fair play for coming up with the idea, but not too surprising his knuckles were rapped if he attempted to associate the site with the Olympics in any way.
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