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After a weekend of training, Saturday and Sunday, I find that today is a Bank Holiday in the UK, May Day. Unlike some countries around the world that have May 1st as the official May Day holiday, the UK stays with allocating the holiday on a Monday. Having nothing to do except my washing and […]
Many times over the years living in Kingston upon Thames, I have walked passed the old Empire Theatre opposite to the Wilkinson store, passed a dirty looking alleyway, and paid no attention to what looked to me was a service road to the pub (public house) and the various fast service food shops. Entrance to […]
Travel has allowed me to taste many varieties of food, some I like, fish and chips from England, some I cannot take, sambal from South East Asia. Some food likes me, fish and chips, some foods do not like me, red and green peppers.It is when I find a restaurant that serves real authentic food, […]
7th August 2007, London Road, the main road in and out of Kingston upon Thames, towards and from London, has been closed, so that they can replace the old railway bridge. Talk about pattern interrupts, (NLP handshake interrupt). The lift and replacement takes place on Sunday 12th August, when I will be in Istanbul, Turkey, […]
As I have written in a previous entry, I hardly use my cars at all. We are blessed in London with a great public transport system, that is cheap, frequent and reliable. For under £7, you can purchase a travel card, and travel throughout London all day on trains, the underground (metro) or buses. All is well […]
The aftermath of the floods (click) we experienced in Norbiton part of Kingston upon Thames, has not been as great as others in the UK. many homes and businesses have lost everything they own, as the flood waters entered their premises, especially in the counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. After receiving one months rain in a […]
Today we have had a really bad storm, more like a tropical downpour with thunder and lighting.So heavy was the rain that the road outside the flats of Norbiton Hall, (click to read about), London Road, Kingston upon Thames, where I live became flooded, not unusual as it has happend before, but bad this time.
A restaurant very close to the flat of Norbiton Hall where I live, has recently opened its’ doors to business. On the London Road, leaving Kingston upon Thames, is The Basil Diner, rather a strange name for a restaurant, but having Chinese writing over the door, one would presuppose this was a Chinese restaurant. On […]
This is the menu of The Basil Diner in Kingston upon Thames as of June 2007.
Very good food, Malaysian Chinese cuisine, at a reasonable price. Click
Summer is really here, but it is only April in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. I have put together some scenes of my home town in the UK to some music. The camera is only a very old Olympus digital C-170, 4.0 megapixel with video facility. Enjoy. Good music by James Last, Somewhere […]