Archive for the ‘UK’ Category

Shannon Matthews: Bizarre Case

Shannon Matthews is only 9 years old when she failed to return home from swimming trip on February 19. Her disappearance didn’t hit the news as big as Madeline McCann. Missing Madeline gets full coverages from media and attracts celebrities ‘ attention (on her 100th day missing, both Sunderland and Tottehnham Hotspur teams walked on [...]

UK April 11, 2008 9:54 am 7 Comments

The Mighty Boosh

Billy came and stayed with us on Friday night a few weeks a go. He brought two rucksacks, one contained his laptop, and the other contained his stuffs for the night. Inside his laptop, he had a DVD of The Mighty Boosh. On Saturday morning he made us sit down and watch the show. I [...]

Arts & Entertainment, UK March 31, 2008 8:10 pm 1 Comment

Bloody Eejit

My friend Anja has just arrived from Holland a couple of months a go. She learns that even though she speaks impeccable English, she still can’t understand what Scottish people say half of the time. Well I couldn’t blame her, I’ve been here for over 8 months and I still don’t get it sometimes. And [...]

Life & Style, Scotland, UK March 15, 2008 7:45 am 4 Comments

Kilt

One of the Scottish national symbols is kilt, a traditional garment of modern Scottish and Celtic (more specifically Gaelic) culture typically worn by men (from Wikipedia). clipped from www.macgregorandmacduff.co.uk The original kilt was known as the feileadh mhór (philamore) or “big wrap”. After the ban and during the 1800s the kilt evolved into something like [...]

Life & Style, Scotland, UK March 8, 2008 8:19 pm 9 Comments

What A Difference A G’Day Makes

The Sunday Times Magazine yesterday featured an article about more and more Britons are emigrating to Australia. I have found several interesting facts that I will share with you. Australia now becomes the most popular destination for British emigrant, and British people now make up almost a quarter of foreigners applying for Australian citizenship. But [...]

Australia, Being Expat, Travel, UK February 25, 2008 9:07 am 8 Comments

You Know You're in The UK When…

I was ordering a new wardrobe at John Lewis. It’s sort of custom made; we could choose size, colour, model, and additional bits according to the given catalog. After settling all the major parts, like size and colour, I began adding the elements like lights, drawers, and tie hangers. The cheery shop assistant happily took [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland, UK February 18, 2008 7:25 am 5 Comments

Dying to Take The Call?

In Indonesia, we drive cars, motorcycles or vehicles as we please. The police are more interested in keeping everybody driving straight and God forbid if you cross the straight white line (although it’s ok to park underneath the sign ‘no parking’!). There is no awareness about road safety whatsoever. I mentioned very briefly about drink [...]

Life & Style, UK February 17, 2008 8:52 pm 4 Comments

Santa Business

It’s a hot topic amongst Santas around the world. No, we’re not talking about well-groomed Santas with 6-pack tummies (so the red outfit can look better on them) and trendy stubbles rather than long beardie. Santas now have to start paying attention to their… err… laughter, because it could offend women. clipped from news.sky.com Sacked [...]

UK December 7, 2007 1:20 pm 3 Comments

I Love Scotland

Note: I must say that this story is written because I feel guilty that I have written many things about Scotland which seem more like complains, especially about the weather. Weather is not that bad, if we know how to handle it (which puts me in the category of ‘virgin’ since I have no clue. [...]

Being Expat, Life & Style, Scotland, Travel, UK November 12, 2007 9:41 am 3 Comments

Like Father Like Daughter

The photographer had sent 60 photos to me the other day, all must be reviewed and approved before they print them all and compile them in 3 albums. My fiance approves all 60 without any questions. I approve only 5 of them and send the rest of 55 pieces to the photographer with comments here [...]

Indonesia, Scotland, Travel, UK July 11, 2007 1:04 am 0 Comments
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