Life

Reverse Surprise Party

I just had a thought… How about a surprise party where those surprised are the guests? I mean, you organize it and then invite friends over, one by one, making sure they will keep it a secret and then surprise them! I call it a “reverse surprise party”. And I can use a poll: [poll …

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Life

The Departed

We keep in our minds many people who, in different ways, have left our lives either through the front door, maybe storming out, or silently, they just slipped away. They have left us willingly or we have forced them out. Some have left us unwillingly, by dying. This is the hard truth. We are not …

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Thank You, J.K. Rowling

I came across a wonderful speech by J.K. Rowling today. I cannot help admiring her. According to the Forbes magazine she is the only person to become a billionaire in dollars from writing books. We need more people like her (and not because she’s rich and stuff). What can I say, I am impressed. J.K. …

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London

More Tate Britain & Belgo Centraal

Day 3 Sunday, we went to Tate Britain again to complete our tour(www.tate.org.uk). Slow, I know.   Later that day we went to Covent Garden which pretty packed on Sundays. We ate at a Belgian restaurant called Belgo Centraal. We had mussels. Now I am not a big fan of seafood, but these were OK. …

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London

Tate Britain(A wee bit of art)

Day 2 My second day in the UK was less eventful.My friend took me to Tate Britain, which is free by the way, to see some good English art. I have to say however that at this point I am having trouble remembering. I do remember there was a JMW Turner gallery… (You can entertain …

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London

17D & Big Ben

Day 1 This was not my first flight, I will admit as much; however, since my first flight was so long ago I can’t even remember it, this British Airways carriage ride to London was rather exciting. My ticket read ’17D’. After saying goodbye to whomever cared enough to see me off, I spent some …

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Life London

A Biased Story of London

To whom it might interest, I will try to tell you my story of the great London, as I have seen it, during my short stay here by the river Thames(about 11 days). Today was my sixth day. I hope it will be useful to someone, someday. By no means the following story will be …

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