Glad that the cough, fever and cold got under control. Otherwise, it'd be a mad scramble trying to get last min bridesmaid and emcee replacement. Hope there'd be no mess up on stage later.To everlasting love, for A & D.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
For A & D
And these are the 2 bridesmaid dresses that I'd wear today, for a buddy's wedding.
To everlasting love, for A & D.
To everlasting love, for A & D.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Immersion
And I'm glad to be home.
It's definitely more challenging bringing adults overseas. The kind of demands they make is sometimes head-shakingly unfathomable. While majority behaved well most of the time, there were occasions when me and co-lead fantasized holding a few by their collars and giving them some good, hard, long shakes. Our blood pressures must have risen a few notches during the past 11 days in UK.
All said, Lincoln is a quaint, self-equipped town. London, in comparison, is almost as I remembered 12 yrs ago - cold, dark and gloomy, only busier, more touristy and less expensive now. There are many top musuems to visit and an amazing range of shops to satisfy the shopaholic. I had the good fortune of visiting the British Museum and the National Gallery, both of which are great, but I think I prefer New York's Metropolitan Musuem and Berlin's Pergamon Musuem.
Temperature had been near freezing, hovering between 0 and 5 deg everyday. It's chilly but at least that beats hot and sticky. Starting with bus journeys and school attachments at 7.30am and finishing with night debriefs that end around 9.30pm, it's been almost 2 wks of solid work in foreign land.
I am grateful for the warm hospitality and kind assistance rendered by our various partners and suppliers - hotels, academies, transport companies etc, and I'd remember the omnipresent dry British humor for sure. For now, it's back to nursing the cough...
It's definitely more challenging bringing adults overseas. The kind of demands they make is sometimes head-shakingly unfathomable. While majority behaved well most of the time, there were occasions when me and co-lead fantasized holding a few by their collars and giving them some good, hard, long shakes. Our blood pressures must have risen a few notches during the past 11 days in UK.
All said, Lincoln is a quaint, self-equipped town. London, in comparison, is almost as I remembered 12 yrs ago - cold, dark and gloomy, only busier, more touristy and less expensive now. There are many top musuems to visit and an amazing range of shops to satisfy the shopaholic. I had the good fortune of visiting the British Museum and the National Gallery, both of which are great, but I think I prefer New York's Metropolitan Musuem and Berlin's Pergamon Musuem.
Temperature had been near freezing, hovering between 0 and 5 deg everyday. It's chilly but at least that beats hot and sticky. Starting with bus journeys and school attachments at 7.30am and finishing with night debriefs that end around 9.30pm, it's been almost 2 wks of solid work in foreign land.
I am grateful for the warm hospitality and kind assistance rendered by our various partners and suppliers - hotels, academies, transport companies etc, and I'd remember the omnipresent dry British humor for sure. For now, it's back to nursing the cough...
Friday, November 05, 2010
To UK on Qantas
It's Deepavali today and I managed a good long sleep-in! =)
The past 2 days had been long long long, with marathon 4hr meetings and endless follow-up to well, follow-up on. =P Had wanted to make an evening visit to the office gym on two occasions but ended up driving home when night had long fallen on both days. I guess it's ok, since it'd be just another 8 more weeks to go (make that 4 after taking away the 2 wks that I'd be on an official work trip + 2 wks of leave).
Will be leaving for UK with 21 others for an immersion programme in a week's time. Be back in end Nov. Will continue to post if there's internet access and if there are interesting things to write about. Meantime, it's back to juggling those final work tasks and making sure that the handing over is smooth.
Oh, and pray, may Qantas not blow another engine, especially on flights to and fro London... =P [Updated on 6 Nov 2010 - And today, another engine trouble reported. 2 incidents in 2 days. OMG]
A further update on 10 Nov 2010 - we will be flying on a different carrier afterall. =P And now, to remember to make a trip to the money changer...
The past 2 days had been long long long, with marathon 4hr meetings and endless follow-up to well, follow-up on. =P Had wanted to make an evening visit to the office gym on two occasions but ended up driving home when night had long fallen on both days. I guess it's ok, since it'd be just another 8 more weeks to go (make that 4 after taking away the 2 wks that I'd be on an official work trip + 2 wks of leave).
Will be leaving for UK with 21 others for an immersion programme in a week's time. Be back in end Nov. Will continue to post if there's internet access and if there are interesting things to write about. Meantime, it's back to juggling those final work tasks and making sure that the handing over is smooth.
Oh, and pray, may Qantas not blow another engine, especially on flights to and fro London... =P [Updated on 6 Nov 2010 - And today, another engine trouble reported. 2 incidents in 2 days. OMG]
A further update on 10 Nov 2010 - we will be flying on a different carrier afterall. =P And now, to remember to make a trip to the money changer...
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