Blogs from London City, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 118

Tania, Debbie and I decided it was time we had an old fashioned girly weekend in Debbie's home borough of Essex! For those of you not familiar with the reputation of the area it is equivalent to partying in Elizabeth or Salisbury. We had a great time and a not so good hangover the next day. Mental Note:- never have a hangover when you have a 1.5hr bus, train and tube ride ahead of you. I have been working for an agency just off of Oxford St and the shopping at lunch time is sending me broke. We have been planning our multicultural xmas dinner over here and I have the pleasure of cooking a gingerbread house. Not sure about NYE yet its just too early. The job front is looking good but more on that ... read more

two days after the wedding, darwin and i boarded the plane to singapore where we'd be staying for a day before high-tailing it off to europe. we have so much things from manila to unpack, mostly wedding stuffs and some provisions we bought from rustan's to use up the gift certificate we got from our ninang. then we have to pack the clothes we need for our honeymoon trip - cold wears for england, germany and france, summer clothes for italy and all the things in between. we had so much trouble with the manila immigration officers mostly because of excess baggage and i threw a fuming fit with the guard who wouldn't let us hand-carry the wedding portrait despite the plastic frame. but all's we... read more

It's 'bangers and mash' time 'ere in good 'ol england. 'ome of the Queen, (bless 'er sol), the bad weather and 'old english pubs.... read more

OK, OK People...I get it you want more pictures! Here a are a few more from my wandering adventures around this big city. I am making new friends pretty quick as all the aussies, saffas and NZ are pretty nice and welcoming. Afterall we have all done the samething leaving our homes behind. Went to a party in North London on Friday night. It was at the home of a millionaire guy that one of the aussie girls met! Nice place let me tell you. Did the National Gallery and British Museum and found myself talking to Mum all the time... no wonder I was getting these stupid looks from the tourists. I have to say that I have a few new fav artists now that I been up close and personal, but da vinci is ... read more

It is admirable how after years of struggle, personal sacrifice and lots of arm chair strategy, the British Empire did succeed in becoming the strongest imperialist nation in the world. And when they did give up their claim over their ‘protectorates’ they left a mark in those countries forever - they left behind a judicial system, great infrastructure, tons of ideas for story -telling in years to come and they left behind - English. In no other nation, as in India has English succeeded to such an extent. Obviously it has - which is why half of the US is getting ‘Bangalored’ and Nat West goes out of its way to advertise ‘UK call centres’. But all Indians may well be living in a strange world of naiveté. For do we really know the language? Or ... read more