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	<title>Stanfords Finest</title>
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	<description>London Hong Kong Shanghai Bahrain London</description>
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		<title>home</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/09/home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where am I? I am on our bed in Bahrain with my wife as our two tiny children sleep in-between us. The bed will be sold in an hour or two when a nice Bahrain guy comes and picks it up. The villa is empty. All our things have been packed up and moved out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brickhouse Records. Grays. Thurrock. The World.</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/09/brickhouse-records-grays-thurrock-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brickhouse records was run by one guy, Lloyd an oldish (at the time) chap who had obviously been around a bit. He is the one behind the counter in the above picture (no idea who the dude in the foreground is) and I did not find out his surname and we never spoke much because I was too shy. I used to go in silently, sift through the racks, pay and go home. I still have all the records from those days and I can recall where they were in the shop and how much I paid for them. Some bad ones but mostly all of them are still loved to this very day. Right place right time. In the middle of the shop, under a mountain of ever growing new arrivals, were Lloyd’s old funk and jazz records. I think this was Lloyd’s heart and soul and I don’t think he liked any of the rap and house he sold but means must and it was his record shop so he had to give the people what they wanted. I was young so didn’t know or appreciate the vast catalogue Lloyd had buried under there but I managed over the years to buy some Ron Carter, Miles Davis and Funkadelic records every Saturday I went. I got all my Ultimate Break and Beats from there and all my golden era imports and I listened. I listened to funk and jazz as well as rap and dance. I educated myself. I listened to other people’s records that they asked Lloyd top play. I listened to my own. I spent hours and weeks and years going through each rack and trying to read each word and line on each sleeve be it reggae, dub, jazz, funk, hip hop, house. All the records had a story. The good thing is Lloyd didn’t mind me hanging around for hours and hours and purchasing just one or two records as I think he liked the company and I am certain that I was one of his most loyal customers even though we didn’t talk. ]]></description>
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		<title>Harry&#8217;s Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, yes, my dark though is pretty obvious - it is time to let Harry Redknapp go. I am sure you are disgusted with this statement, throwing shoes at the screen, and outraged at my lack of loyalty and moral fibre but seeing as you've read this far then give me a few seconds to illustrate why I believe it is time we move forward in objective terms. Firstly there is the England thing. He will be the next England manager and we, THFC, are on borrowed time until the FA call him. If you disagree that this will not happen (even Joe Public is clamoring for his appointment) then I suggest you are being a little naive and, unfortunately, time will will only provide the answer but I believe I am right. Secondly, all the reasons that made Harry such a success at
Spurs, the gutsy, scraping, kick-up-the-arse style of management will simply not wash in Europe. I believe that now we are a big, top four club in the Champions League, we should get a manager that will
sustain and maintain this stature.]]></description>
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		<title>Inception</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/08/inception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shanghai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am walking along Gloucester Road, Kensington. I just met a hero in my profession and she likes me. She smiled warmly and we spoke at length about my hopes and fears. I met her colleague and he escorted me to a pub in East London. Inside people laughed and drank and sat around relaxed on this late August Friday afternoon. We laughed as we spoke for some three hours about our profession. I waved goodbye and got the tube home. I walk down a tree lined street where badge cars and young families jostle with tourists as shops and cafes sprawl into the arteries of London a warm brezzy air encapsulating the whole scene. I will be working with this lady. I know it. This will be a chance that I will not get again. 

KICK 

I am in Bahrain. I sit at my desk my head cloudy with frustration and broken promises. I have been here almost two years. The Isolation. The Frustration. I am working in the south of the island and my days are endless and repetitive. Somehow my family is with me but sometimes they disappear. I am frustrated. I want to go but the worlds economies have gone to shit and I will be fired here. There are no new jobs. There are no new options. I must sit it out here alone. Every day the same. The weather the same. The long drive. The covered ladies. The scary locals. No drinks. No pork. No rights. No fun. Nowhere to go, Nothing to do. No culture. No signs of life apart form a pool. And a big car. That’s all. That’s life. I get up and I want to go back to sleep again. 

KICK

I am in Asia. I live in a small box with my wife and our young son. Sometimes I am in China but mostly Hong Kong. I am out of place. I miss London. I love Asia. I walk along the MTR station and go back to our home. The streets teem with life. The air thick. I am happy here. Work is different. The people are cold but I love them. This is a new world. This is a new dawn. My wife asks me how my day was and I explain my frustrations but there is something to keep me here. My friends and my closeness to Bangkok. This is my life. 

KICK

I am in London. I am walking along High Street, Kensington. I meet a friend and we go to pub. Inside people laughed and drank and sat around relaxed on this late August Friday afternoon. We laughed as we spoke for some three hours about our  lives. I waved goodbye and got the tube home. I walk down a tree lined street where badge cars and young families jostle with tourists as shops and cafes sprawl into the arteries of London a warm breezy air encapsulating the whole scene. I will miss my friends. I know it. This will be a chance that I will get again. One day. 

KICK

I awake. I am in Bahrain. I fly to London in September. The dream is over. 
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		<title>wierd scenes</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/06/wierd-scenes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[weird shit you see driving through the desert part one. Look at this fire, a ruptured pipe line or some such burning away some oil. Oil is like water out here so nobody gives a hoot so it&#8217;ll get repaired whenever or when it blows up. Whatever.]]></description>
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		<title>Something In The Air Tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/05/something-in-the-air-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/05/something-in-the-air-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bahrain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Israel stormed an aid convoy and killed 19 people. Bahrain reacts by burning things as shown in this picture taken from my phone. Its really real in the field.]]></description>
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		<title>What a collector loses (and gains) in the age of music downloading &#8211; The Boston Globe</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/what-a-collector-loses-and-gains-in-the-age-of-music-downloading-the-boston-globe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/what-a-collector-loses-and-gains-in-the-age-of-music-downloading-the-boston-globe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What a collector loses (and gains) in the age of music downloading &#8211; The Boston Globe Posted using ShareThis]]></description>
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		<title>The Week in Tweets!</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/the-week-in-tweets-17/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/the-week-in-tweets-17/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[#redshirts are such chavs but fair oplay, more of them than their is of the yellow. Its called democracy. # In some ye olde arcade in #bahrain 93 Ridge Racer # This is a pivotal day for #Thailand # Never ceases to be amazed at the ineptitude of the #thai authorities. #]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: Escape To Victory</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/escape-to-victory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/escape-to-victory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[blah blah blah]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.]]></description>
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		<title>The Week in Tweets!</title>
		<link>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/the-week-in-tweets-14/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stanfordsfinest.com/2010/04/the-week-in-tweets-14/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jingjok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tweets; twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Haha @SkyNewsBreak: Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas will miss rest of the season after suffering small crack in leg bone in Barcelona game # RT @MC_Craig_G: RT @RevRunWisdom An idiot with a plan,, trumps a genius without one.. #]]></description>
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