Singapore revisited

Mar 12, 12 Singapore revisited

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7,265 miles and 12.5 hours later we find ourselves back in the steamy tropical fug of Singapore. Singapore is still as amazing and strange as I remember it from 7 years ago. It truly is a city state; a concrete, vibrant metropolitan futurescape. Everything is done on a massive scale with huge plazas, highways, walkways and shopping...

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Let there be light …

Jan 10, 12 Let there be light …

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Today marks a MAJOR milestone in the new house my parents have been building and which my Dad and I have been doing all the electrical work on Today the house was inspected, passed and finally connected to the grid by the States Electrical Inspector … YAY !! This follows a year of work involving planning, wiring, drilling .....

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Going … going … gone

Dec 01, 11 Going … going … gone

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Movember has been and gone and I’ve been growing a beard … and thank goodness it’s over … so say goodbye to beardy boy …

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Graduation!

Oct 12, 11 Graduation!

Posted by in Cambridge 2011, Miscellaneous, Travel

The family’s all here in Cambridge to celebrate Julie’s Graduation!

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La breithe sona Deaglan

Sep 14, 11 La breithe sona Deaglan

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I’m across in London again, this time for a course in IT Team management. We’ve been out as a team of course … this time to celebrate Declan’s birthday with a szechuan chinese ! 😀

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A Festival in a Day

Sep 12, 11 A Festival in a Day

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We’ve been in London this weekend to attend Radio 2’s ‘A Festival in a day’ in Hyde Park … We met up with Julie and stayed in a serviced apartment near Hyde Park. From there we proceeded to ‘do London’ .… Madame Tussauds, the West End show ‘The Lion King’ and finishing off with Radio...

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Workin’ on a chain gang

Aug 03, 11 Workin’ on a chain gang

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HSBC sponsored local community project work…

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Belly Dancing … part deux

Jun 23, 11 Belly Dancing … part deux

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This is getting to be a habit … A night out in London with the lads from the team and where do we end up again … Belly dancing !!! This time it was a Moroccan restaurant in Covent Garden and it was me that was selected to dance. The food and ambience, and of course the dancing , were excellent … all in all a fantastic night...

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It’s a 1st !

Jun 08, 11 It’s a 1st !

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Congratulations to my ‘little’ sister Julie !!!! She’s been awarded a 1st Class Honours Degree in Graphic Design from the Anglia-Ruskin University in Cambridge. Am so very, very proud of her indeed 😀...

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Au Revoir again …

Jun 05, 11 Au Revoir again …

Posted by in Cambridge 2011, Travel

Time to leave Cambridge again (for now). We’ve all had a great time. We stayed in a CityStay apartment very close to Julies digs. It was a very swanky modern apartment … I think that we’ll be using this type of accommodation again.

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