Friday, January 19, 2007
A Glimpse of England ....[Part II]

Welcome to Portsmouth. My UK hometown for the past 5 years.....well since I got here. Portsmouth is smacked right at the bottom centre of England with a rather nice coastal beaches and sea front. There are many historical occurences here. From the day of Napoleon's invasion to WWII with D-Day and the assault on Normandy. It is a mixture of huge residential area with scattered shops and shopping malls, biggest naval base in England and a big Southsea Common.

Well...enough details...lets the pictured do the talking. First off, is the spring and summer season which brings out the best of the scenery and views.

The best place to be is the Seafront.....
















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n the distance is the South Parade Pier, which have amusement centre and restaurants mostly caters for chavvy kids and old peoples. On the left is the Piramid with indoor swimming pools and a mini water parks for kids. A good weekend hang out area for parents with a bunch of kids.




















On the other side, we have underwater aquarium and huge green fields. From the picture, I was standing on the old Southsea Castle dated back to 1544 against foreign invasion. Being so close to France, the frenchies often dropped us a visit. This castle also defended Portsmouth from Napoleon naval ships, with cannons and fortifications.



















"Where do you want to go today ?
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"Donut or Ice Cream ? Hmmmmmm...."





During the spring and summer seasons, the council people taken quite a task to plant flowers along the seafront and parks. Here are some of the photos I have taken when the flowers were blooming. Girls......say Wahhhhhh.......!!!!!










































Sorry for the crooked photos. Technical fault =P . Well this is what I did for my b'day. Such a happy mood that day taking all those pictures. A time worth spending I might say .... =)

During the summer, I would take a walk around town taking pictures of interesting places and have a feel of what Portsmouth is like.











Oh what is this....????...The last photo.....
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Anyway, this time next month, I'll be back to mua REAL hometown ...Kuching....I just can't wait...!!

posted by Doc Freakenstein @ 11:30 AM   1 comments
Monday, January 15, 2007
A Glimpse of England ....[Part I]

These are a few photos taken over the past few years that I never seems to post it up till now.

So here we go. First stop.... the Arundel Castle. One of the best kept castle in England.



And this is the main entrance into the castle compound - The Gatehouse

And the beautiful gardens....



The castle walls.....



And then the inner compound......simply amazing...you'll never expect there are something like this inside a castle.....can't go to the inner sanctum because currently there is a Baroness Something Something still living there. =)

Then I went up to the highest tower in the castle.....and the view was absolutely breathtaking...can see enemies approaching from miles around..!!!




Well...it was one of the nicest trip last year. Cost a few quids to go in but hey....it felt like King Arthur walking around the castle. Lets see what is install for me this new year.....hmmmm.....got a list of places I want to go......so I hope to make it happen this year.



posted by Doc Freakenstein @ 1:37 PM   1 comments
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Previously.....in 2006...................

Expectation, vision , hope and ambition. That is wht every new year is about. Contemplating at wht had happened the passed year and lessons to be learnt out of it. 2006 was somewhat a mix of ups and downs with many happiness and sadness, disappointments and successes. It has been a rather good year for me with many important decision to be made and good opportunities not to be missed. At the same time, it was the year that I walked out from my life as a nobody to a somebody.


Luck seems to be playing a major role in my life at this moment. From getting a job that I have at the moment to the place I'm living now.......sitting here still can't help feeling how lucky I am to be here. That year, I first got my own car. My very first car that I am super proud of until she got thirsty and I got to fill her up -__-"" She is gorgeous and really very reliable............*oh jeez....I need a gf !!!!* Anyway ...involved in my first accident (previous post) and scared me shitless. First major accident. Got her fixed and everyone are happy again.

Work wise, things been moving along very very rapidly. Days turns to weeks.....weeks sped on to months and before I knew it....it was the end of the year. The last day of the year....i just sat there dazed trying to figure out wht I have done for the pass 12 months. From a grad engineer to a project manager, it all went off in a break neck speed. Many mistakes I have done...stooopid things tht I did....well I have learnt from it and improved myself to be a competitive and reliable person thus earning myself a good reputation and respect among my colleagues. Thanks to Alan, my dept boss and Paul, second in command...soon to be Boss 2...working with them is a blessing and I am very lucky to work with fine people like them. Can't asked for better bosses than them. *salute* Thanks to Alan for his years of experience and expertise and also to Paul for pissing me off half the time and work up my self confidence and polishing my managerial skills. Adam for his companionship both at work and out of the office and specially to my best friend Natalie, for sharing with me her life, friendship and her huge doggie, Dukey....haha. She introduced me to things that I have been looking for all this while in UK. English culture and lifestyle, lovely countryside......I love dogs...hence spoil Dukey to pieces.....and sharing an interest for cars.....fast cars....Woot.... =D . She is the one that found this great studio house in a really nice countryside in Eastleigh and got me out from that crummy windowless garage bedroom in Portsmouth. Now I don't have to travel 2 hours each day on the road to work. In fact, she even got me a big ass tv......since I haven't got one.....!!!! Gosh..I owe her big time.

They are really great peeps. I thought I have lost all hope looking for nice peeps....but all are not lost. Oh...I have a doter (not literally) tht I'm really proud and care about a lot.....u know who u r.....and she really bring a lot of cheers in my life. It has been a great blessing knowing u and enjoyed every single moment chatting with u. Looking forward to see u when i'm back in Kch.

Anyway...2006 have been a busy year and can be said to be my first step up the ladder in community. I have ticked almost all the boxes that I have aimed to achieve and felt that it was a proper end to a fantastic year. Tho I'm getting old.......crap.....but hey...I'm a late bloomer....so time goes by slower... *wink*

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