Am I sorry that I upset you? No I’m not, if you were the man who telephoned me from Weatherseal, the British double glazing, replacement window company. I am fed-up to the teeth with unwanted telephone calls, offering me free holidays, phones, loans, replacement kitchens, insurance, or “Do I mind if I answer a couple […]
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I had to go to my local hospital here in Kingston upon Thames, (see some views), a very large place and expanding all the time. Part of Kingston upon Thames hospital, Main Entrance I suppose I am becoming like an old vintage wine, I need to be turned, or like an old car, I […]
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Earthquake in the UK
I must have drunk too much tea last night before going to bed, as I needed to go to the toilet so many times during the night.Listening to the radio, BBC Radio Five Live, all night with my little ear piece, I heard the news.Just before 1am, the UK was hit by an earthquake, at 5.2 on the […]
I have been lucky with my work, in that it has allowed me to meet many people, cultures, and go to so many different countries, and experienced so many different things.Way back in the 1980’s, working in Saudi Arabia for Saudi Computer Services / Texas Instruments, I was asked as Software Manager to go to the […]
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From the heat to the cool
Saturday was an early morning start, in fact 5am, to leave the house in Bukit Mertajam, Malaysia, to return to Kingston upon Thames in the UK. The first flight left the Island of Penang, the Pearl of the Orient, at 8am, which seems a reasonable start time, but as with all flights you have to get […]
One of my favourite CD or music collections is Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds, based on the book of the same title by H.G. Wells. I had the privilege to meet Jeff Wayne, (see picture), which only adds to the excitement of his musical masterpiece. For years I have listened to the two […]
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Hampton Court
One of the advantages of having visitors, is that you have to show them the local sights. So it was yesterday. Moon, Mee Len’s brother, was arriving from Malaysia at London’s’ Heathrow airport, and I had volunteered to pick him up to take him to his other sister’s and bother-in-law’s, Mee Chee and Joe’s house […]
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Fish n Chips
Good British Food, Fish n Chips Not good for you I am told, deep fat fried food, but Cod and Chips, with mushy peas, and with an idea on health, some salad, plus a cup of tea. All that was missing was a piece of bread and butter. It has been well over a year […]
I have been writing a little about culture, especially when I heard a participant say on a recent course, “this is *?&$£: culture, and it will not change.” After taking some of my relatives on a small walk after our meal in London’s China Town into Piccadilly Circus, then up Regent Street to Oxford Circus […]
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Culture. Eating Chinese Style
Some of the family from Malaysia is visiting the UK for the first time. It was the first time they had experienced the pomp of the British culture, the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, and many more sights and sounds. (see previous entry for pictures, click here). It was […]
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