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Greetings...

Its obvious angloes-seasons.blogspot.com has been left an orphan in the past 4 months. Its almost half a year! hehe.. Apologies to whoever came and saw stories from "yonks".

ITs been a very eventful 4 months!
From Hola to Bonjour..
No Clubs to 1 Club
From Grafitti to Salvador Dali,
Transportation to Bridges,
From Milk and Juice to Chivas and Coke (in moderation..ok maybe slightly over once..in C...we wont go down that embarassing road.. im sorry Lord)
And through the whole circle of emotions..

But some things never change...
From Sodomy (1998) to Sodomy (2008).. "Berapa kali mau tipu rakyat?" DSAI

*ponders* checks most recent posts, checks where he left off..

Ive made my maiden trip to Paris. Met Dad, his colleagues, uncle and aunt and got to know a few achievers from AmBank. AS was the architecture in Barcelona was stunning, so was it in Paris. The Eiffel Tower did not disappoint either. :) it did not end there.. we visited Champagne, Reims.. yup, thats right.. the origin of Champagne.



And finally Jon too made his trip to WItham! Woo! With an 'expert amateur' photographer comes brilliant pics. Even making WItham look a decent place. =D

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It was great meeting up and of course Thanks for the alcohol training, Jonathan!.... heres cheers to you!

1st TAG answered in my lifetime

Tagged by THe Rachel Ong

Instructions: Remove 1 question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
-- Hmm...folklore suggest 27 years old.. Lol...U've got to ask the golden ring.

2. What will you do when you feel really emo?
-- This happens at night..so would listen to jiwang songs.. if that doesnt work...try to exercise till tired enough for bed

3. Describe the current situation of your life at the moment.
-- Relatively relax. Got stuff to do but ive got time. Life is flexible...enjoying the freedom working life gives atm. ;)

4.Where is the place that you want to go most?
-- Europe! tour around Europe with gurl gurl..teehee

5.If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?
-- Hmm...ro be able to live a fullfilled contented life

6.Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
-- Yes. Keep giving me questions like this.

7.What are you afraid to lose the most right now?
-- Same..friends, family and who i am.

8. What cheers you up for the rest of the day?
-- A nice "wind down" chat with my dear Rachel.

9.If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
-- OF COURSE!...wah i sound so confident.. lol...initially id hesitate, but if enough hints come my way than i would. Ive got someone now !wee! Its not a dreaded problem woop! lol

10.List out three good things of the person who tagged you.
-- Rachel
a) A deep down sweet heart

b) A lovely voice... :)

c) Her dedication when she puts her heart to it.

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
-- Someone who im able to share my day with..can talk.. can encourage each other. of course despite the noble thought that looks dun matter. i guess it does at first. Id like my other half to enjoy what i enjoy.. and is patient, loving and gentle ... :) ok..getting touchy feely. ergh. K Whats next.

12.What type of person do you hate the most?
-- Hmmm... i dun hate but i do get irritated by certain personalities...which im learning to accept. I find it hard to relate with people who portray how capable they are.. Like a facade in a kiasu world to avoid being perceived a "losër"..and we know where this is prevalent LOL....I believe in quiet confidence.. LOL..okok its just a personality im learning to deal with. :)

13.What would you do if you won a million dollars?
-- Wee Rachel will visit me with a Million Dollars. If i won a million dollars ..ill bring Rachel here for hols ..give my parents a world tour...n i would invest it, donate some, get a nice place to stay..and get on with life..

14.What is your ambition?
-- Financial security ...a happy family and a God focused life.

15.What would you wanna be after you're dead?
-- A soul in heaven :) - i second that.. woot woot!

16. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
-- Drive...time management.

17. What is your favourite colour?
-- Pastel colours

18.What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
-- Relationships.... i agreee with this TOO! VEry much so!

19. If there’s one thing in your life you want to do but yet unable to, what would it be?
-- Warren Buffet's insight! Being the next Warren Buffet :D

20. What's one thing you learn in the past one year?
-- People change :) Not entirely a bad thing.


OK.. who I'd like to TAG not many hardcore bloggers lerr... so id tag whoever reads this.

Although im interested in ANSWERS from those below.

1. Abdul Rahim
2. Bryan Wee
3. Hui Lin
4. WIlliam Lau
5. Jocelyn Eng
6. Simmie G
7. Xiu Mei

Woot... God bless peeps. half an hr on this. what a great way to spend my time :D

woop! a spanish touch to my eventful february

A landmark. A first. My first trip to mainland Europe. Was rather excited although it started on a low. Nudge me for details.. lol...but thankfully i it did not affect the rest of the holiday. Had a blast with Jon and Ben. Been awhile so great fun!

Pics and more pics..

It was a whole change of culture. I found it really unique. The language, the way of life. Getting 2 hr lunch breaks, closing bakeries and shops too! I was really shocked.

Gaudi's architecture is stunning..His vision amazing although his financial aptitude is suspect though..with all his designs costing a fortune!

Although the place was nice, time spent meeting up with Ben n Jon made the trip a brilliant weekend getaway ;)

Time flies when you're busy...sure does...

Speaking of consistency and this blog has been consistently ignored. Sad, true but to an extent unavoidable... 1 task down...2 main stuff to go.

Start on Final Year Project
Start on Placement Folio...

Gosh a tiring 5 months to go... hoping to update pics soon. =)

Highlights from my Singapore Trip - Round 1

2 weeks late...but its better late than never.. its been a busy busy two weeks... 1 week with jet lag...getting over it, half the week catching up on things another half of the week in Barcelona! Pictures and stories on that trip to follow. Tired, fun yet in some parts feel i disappointed some in the past two weeks....

As many of you know, I visited Rachel in Singapore for a week. It was one of the best week I've had in a long long time..dun get me wrong Kch was fun..no pics though..

My top 10 and here goes...owh let me rephrase the..first 10...more to come..



enjoy ppl! Hope you liked the pics as much as i liked the trip..hehe...LOve you lot (those who visits my blog) ...UR an amazing bunch...amazingly patient i got to say haha...wee! God bless..

A Summary of my Trip Back Home - Edited

as Esmond hangs his head in shame... he apologises to all the Agape Youth he met for breakfast at Jln Song.. really din mean to leave you guys out..but blotches of memory became fuzzy...yup appreciated the meet up.. hope to see u all soon! hopefully..

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Hi all,

The visit counts to my blog has been dropping..hehe...due to abandonment of it...hehe..yeah it has been for the past month. I've been away, back to Malaysia and also to Singapore for 2 amazingly fast weeks. Boarding the plane back to the UK, i thought i just landed the day before. owh well..as they say all good things must come to an end...although in this case not permanently..phew.

The journey back was incredulously long. Left my house here in Witham at 7am on Saturday, 2nd Feb and it took 30 hrs to reach Kuching Airport...with 2 "pit stops" (ahh... forgot the word) one in Abu Dhabi and the other in Kuala Lumpur.

The idea was to enjoy the most of 5 full days and 1 nite and 1 early morning in Kuching before heading to Singapore for a week with Rachel =)

The moment I touched down in Kuching...it felt like "Wow..its so good to be home!" Total bliss! But as expected since it was close to CNY the airport was packed...the atmosphere was great ..you could almost see the anticipation in everyones eyes towards the New Year.

With limited time, the time in Kuching had to be quality time spent with my "nucleus" family, extended family and old friends...not forgetting catching up on Kuching's food. =) So there i was waking up early on most days going out for breakfast with the family, getting some new year stuff before the 7th (CNY day 1)

Highlight of my Kch trip..
Met Rahim, Hui Lin, Lawrence, Adrian, Bong, Ehren, Wilfred, Jason, Poh Peng and Teck Leong..
Explored the Spring and Boulevard
Went up the new flyover near the airport
Saw the new Dewan... something... opposite Waterfront
Saw the rainbow coloured Star Cineplex
Visiting my grandma n relatives..receiving Angpao..always a + point =D
and the elusive new year eve dinner..wah i love the Fish Bladder soup..even now my stomach is grumbling for more!
wow...so nice thinking back..and thats my 5 days gone..

Unfortunately, ive still not got the habit of taking pics so most of them are left to ur imagination..hehe..

Not to worry...there is still my Singapore trip..not all is gloom...happy thoughts still filled my mind hehe...although i was a lil hesitant that i would enjoy it as much as rac was having lectures during the week but she switched and changed her times...spending as much time as she possibly could with me exceeding my expectations... thanks Rac... =) =)..

Havent been to Singapore in like 4 years so yea i knew it would be a lil more exciting? ..Yes it was..pleasant indeed!

Shopping was the name of the game..or rather u can almost say the theme for most days lol..jkjk..there was plenty to see and plenty to do since both of us were not that familiar to Singapore. Rachel with her few months of staying in Singapore did however manage to be a reasonable tour guide...haha...not bad la...really really..hehe..explored NUS a lil,

It was special as we manage to spend Valentine's Day this year.. which was great... had a really enjoyable time with Rac. We also went to Sentosa which was sweet! The beach was clean, looked pretty, the water fountain show, 'Oscar' was really good, and the flower show was superb. Couldnt have asked for more really. Made for a perfect day out..

There is so much more! The trip deserves another post..wit pics..hehe.. Till Then.
:)

what about the chickens...

could our beloved box of all, the tv change the world?

Jamie Oliver is currently running a 'chicken crusade'.. fighting for the welfare of chickens which ultimately becomes food...the irony.

I've heard of three type of chickens... caged chicken, free range chickens and organic chickens
...normally id just go for the cheapest one..words that just pass me by, never really meant a whole lot.....the cheaper the better... right? kiam siap...lol..


and then...one day..

as boredom engulfs me i flicked through the channels as most guys would.. *click* News...boring..hmm, *click* news.. boring...*click* talk show boring.. *click* chicken? hey...Jamie Oliver...hey..ok..lets see what this dude's got to show..

the first thing he showed were little chicks separated into two cages, male chicks and female chicks...the male chicks are placed in a gas chamber (reminded me of the holocaust) they get all drowsy and faints then fed to animals in zoos...so ok...feel a lil bad right..see the chicks pengsan like that..

what about the female chicks? they are placed in small wired cages after 20 weeks which remains home for basically their life's purpose to produce eggs..as in any industry...productivity is everything..the most production with as little space..they are fed well, and on average produce an egg a day...its madness isnt it? and after a year..the quality of eggs deteriorates...these older hens are 'discarded' as pet food or processed food with newer hens taking their place...

a modern hen's home

effects after a year of confinement...the feathers starts falling off and would normally have problems moving about

thats how we get our 15eggs for $1.25 ...on the contrary we have to pay almost that amount for 6 eggs from free range chickens.. living in a much better place...somewhat like this..


ultimately, ..how far should people go to preserve the welfare of chickens whose fate is not any different...

as of now..15eggs for $1.25 still sounds about right to me.

FWD EMail.....lols

Why Dr. Mahathir insists on using English for math and science. Because globally people use the language as information and/or technology language at this moment. How dangerous it is if we were to use these words in Bahasa, especially in schools. See example below.

hardware = barangkeras
software = baranglembut
joystick = batang gembira
plug and play = cucuk dan main
port = lubang
server = pelayan
client = pelanggan

Try to translate this:

ENGLISH :
"That server gives a plug and play service to the clients using either hardware or software joystick. The joystick goes into the port of the client."

BAHASA :
"Pelayan itu memberi pelanggannya layanan cucuk dan main dengan menggunakan batang gembira jenis keras atau lembut. Batang gembira itu dimasukkan ke dalam lubang pelanggan."

aiyo! 10 days to total bliss..

so whats been up?.....seems like works been down....seriously work has been very crappy...its at an all time low...i fail to see out of this self inflicted deep hole...hrm...

speaking to my alter ego....he tells me "Positive thinking Esmond".... ...lols...

besides work, been watching one litre of tears....bit by bit...its real sad, yes i agree Bong. U were right after all..lol..so not to overload mental anguish im taking it one episode at a time...

found out there was a bowling alley in the industrial estate in Witham. wasnt too bad....at least right. ;)

hmm work life is boring atm...ill stop now.

see u soon mates! u lot have been a blessing :)

in retrospect...

25th December 2007
Christmas was pleasant, spent with my extended family slightly up north. The hope, the weather forecast all led to my childlike anticipation of a white christmas... cold as it was, it just didnt want to snow....gutted to grumbles lol.. its another year to wait for me to delight (hopefully, fingers crossed) in a white Christmas.

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31st December 2007
iTs New Year's Eve, to London i leave.

With nothing much happening in Witham, I packed a backpack with a drink, an apple and a jacket to London.. supposed to meet Sim and geng (Northerners..hehe..) who were in London for the New Year. woohoo...not bad not bad...killed the boredom in the hype of festivities...

early afternoon was spent in Westminster Abbey...brilliant architecture, deep in heritage, every corner having a story..love it..although graves are everywhere....from graves of royalty to graves of poetry.. okay that just sound wrong... :S ...i remember King Henry and Tennyson...owh and Charles Dickens too...cool...

but my time of celebrations was just about to start...soon after, met Sim..plans were to see the fireworks although i had no idea where it was to be held lol :P...

it was amazing...best ive seen.. enjoy =D

the official BBC video ..worth the time i reckon hehe...



Yeah..definitely something worth remembering.. =).. and the company? yeah they were a cool bunch ;)...
cheers!