London

Terrorist attacks: 3 trains and a double-decker bus exploded. At least 35 people were killed and 700 injured.. As a result:
1. I was sitting in the office, did almost nothing..
2. Went down to pub with those who can afford a cab to go home..
3. Day-off tomorrow as the bank only want skeleton IT people to go to work..

BBC reporter's log at 1325 GMT:

"Workers in the city of London are still trying to take in what has happened. And almost every pub around Liverpool Street is packed with people wanting to watch the One o' clock news.

At the East India Arms, a small pub on Fenchurch Street, bankers quietly sipped their pints of Young's bitter while listening to the news and watching the pictures of how their city has been changed... When the prime minister's statement came up on the news the pub almost immediately fell silent.

However, the strange thing is that despite this terrible attack, there really is an air of people just trying to get on with things. As soon as the prime minister stopped talking, the pub erupted in conversation with all the usual talking points - contracts, deadlines and projects."

Londoners are strange. They've been through big London fire, WWII, series of bombing by IRA in 1980s, 1990s.. Then now this.. They look like idiot, drinking beer every day after work, or even in lunch times.. But they handle these extremely well, as experts.. For another city, the financial market might have torn apart..

Anyway, it's good to have a day off, just don't think about why I have it.. Then I can do something I can never do in weekdays e.g. open a saving account in HSBC..

For Chinese readers, who like Leo Koo:

若 這一生多出這一天
願這天興致不變
製造可堪珍惜的畫面 來日夢見
隨便於家中躺一天
纏綿是今天的特權
完整的將溫馨一天 奉獻

Let's hope so.....

PS: for those who are not sick of my Greece photos, I have just developed the photos taken from the waterproof disposable camera.. Will scan them when I have time..