The Gulf Air experience and my flight home...

It was the first time I flown Gulf Air and I wasn't too please with its service. Hey, who cares? The cheapest flight on offer at this peak travelling period from Europe. So I can't complain that much.

Anyway, I am in KLIA awaiting my 4 hour long transit back to Penang.

The Kakibasikal is back...

I'm back... As commemoration of the jamboree rebirth in Penang, I got myself a new ride in a far away land. It is the Trek 6300 value for money and good for cycling around the city and also the parks around London. Although nothing beats the ride of the Ellsworth, the 6300 will do for now.

My 2010 resolution is to be fit again and to ride my ass of... as I felt pain by the saddle and my leg muscle sore after a 6 mile ride from the bike shop back home. I also do need to get myself some warm clothing for the winter.

I am looking to cycle cross country in the English country side and revive my passion for writing my cycling exploits. I do also need to loose weight as inspired by my cousin.

Sleigh bells ring...

are you listening,
In the lane, snow is glistening
A beautiful sight,
We're happy tonight.
Walking in a winter wonderland.

The Germans tempt you with huge sausages on the menu, chips and mulled wine on a cold and chilly autumn day. However, the honor goes to Rudolf I, the first reindeer of Santa as a shrine at the entrance.

However, the best is still British hog roast on a spit, with crackling mustard and apple cider sauce. So yummy that I couldn't resist after having sausages on chips.

The Germans are well known for their inovation in technology that they even devised a floating grill in their kitchen. I guess, it might have existed so long ago that they used better materials and finishes.

I would like to take home this giant pan... I just love the Germans!

Last but not least, the warm cuppa mulled wine is nice on a cold day...

Food from all over the world...

Prepared some lunch for children from a club which I used to volunteer... It was food from everywhere. I made satay with diced turkey meat... which was indeed yummy!

Armistice Day

Tomorrow we remember the fallen on Armistice Day... I am just sadden by the cost of war by through the news of the fallen everyday.

Charles Dickens

I need to read the whole works of Charles Dickens. I was given a quiz to name the 16 books that Charles Dickens wrote and I can only name a few:

Christmas Carol

Olver Twist

A Tale of 2 Cities

Great Expectations

That was all I could name... however there are more than that. Here is the full list:

Dickens work	Publication Date
Sketches by Boz	1836
The Pickwick Papers	monthly parts Mar 1836 - Oct 1837
Oliver Twist	monthly parts Jan 1837 - Mar 1839
Nicholas Nickleby	monthly parts Mar 1838 - Sep 1839
The Old Curiosity Shop	weekly parts Apr 1840 - Feb 1841
Barnaby Rudge	weekly installments Feb 1841 - Nov 1841
Martin Chuzzlewit	monthly parts Jan 1843 - July 1844
A Christmas Carol	Dec 1843
Dombey and Son	monthly parts Oct 1846 - Apr 1848
David Copperfield	monthly parts May 1849 - Nov 1850
Bleak House	monthly parts Mar 1852 - Sep 1853
Hard Times	weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854
Little Dorrit	monthly parts Dec 1855 - June 1857
A Tale of Two Cities	weekly parts Apr 1859 - Nov 1859
Great Expectations	weekly parts Dec 1860 - Aug 1861
Our Mutual Friend	monthly parts May 1864 - Nov 1865
The Mystery of Edwin Drood	monthly parts - Apr 1870 - Sep 1870

I will endeavor to go get them second hand and read them... John Grisham will have to take a back seat :) for now...

Weekend away in Kent...

Spend the weekend away at The Oast and explored Bodiam Castle over the weekend with people from church and the Alpha Course.

Crisis...

I love John Grisham as a writer. He is a prolific and a very good articulated writer when it comes to legal themed novels. However, with this new book, The Innocent Man, I just can't seem to finish and cross the first third part of the book. I have given up.