Some of the Jobs I’ve Endured in My Life
I've had an extremely long and rather colourful work history, starting a young age I had to learn to be self-sufficient. There was barely enough food to eat at home and definitely no money spare to buy anything considered remotely luxurious..
It all helped though and it helped me mature a lot, mainly in terms of finances it really taught me the value of money and that money isn't easy to come by so don't simple spend it frivolously. I won't list all the jobs as I had as some were temp and lasted a few days or in some cases a few hours...I'll mention those that I find interesting, or somehow relevant in my development.
I think it's something Asian kids generally lack, working, earning money and learning some respect for the value of money. Kids here don't have to contribute to their own studies or cars..they just get given money for free!
How many of you have had part time jobs? If you look at the catering industry here, or manual labour, security guards or factory workers and so on they are mostly foreign workers. All of these jobs are considered to 'low' for locals. You know what? In UK I've done ALL of those jobs.
32 commentsFood, food and more FOOD! (Cheese, Pasta & Omlette)
Well the next folder just mainly contained a collection of random food pics, so I thought I'd share them with you.
Some of the stuff my cooked when I was back.
Argh off to Dubai again this afternoon at 4pm, hopefully will be able to come back soon and double hopefully I'll have Internet in the room so I can keep posting..
First up is the classic English breakfast, this time with an added waffle, yummy, this is more like a brunch version as I don't tend to wake up very early..
Fish & Chips and a Walk by the River Severn with Sunset!
So a few days later I headed back down to town to capture the cathedral again with my sturdy tripod and the correct ISO setting..sadly it was closed by the time I got there, but do enjoy these pics of the Riverside.
We started off customarily with fish and chips sitting on a bench by the river watching the children playing and people feeding the swans and pigeons.
The kids were really enjoying the fountain.
A Walk Through Worcester Back Streets
So after the cathedral I had a walk through the deserted streets of Worcester City center.
There weren't many people around as it was a weekday afternoon and it was getting towards the time when the shops close...yeah 5.30pm
Shocking eh!
I had a walk through the oldest part of Worcester near the city wall, Friar Street. It contains a lot of grade I and II listed Tudor period buildings.
Enjoy!
A Trip to Worcester Cathedral & FOOD!
Hmm nothing like a lovely fat pork chop covered in stuffing and some lightly boiled vegetables!
The stuffing on top means the pork chop rind goes super crispy but the meat itself stays moist and juicy!
The left over boiled potatoes were turned into potatoe salad the next day and served with some super fresh premium pork pie, DELICIOUS!
After that I headed into the cathedral with my new el-cheapo telescopic tripod to try out some HDR, I forgot to change the ISO down from 500 though...AGAIN so they are a little bit grainy.
Still some nice ones though, enjoy!
Food, Trains & a Wet Trip to London
Ah the great English weather is back...I'm stuck in the house again.
Had a light dinner after so much heavy eating, some parma ham draped over a melon, some pork pie and carrot/cucumber with houmous and taramasalata.
Topped off with a beautiful meringue pudding, fresh cream and oodles of strawberries.
A Trip to The Garden Center - If You Like Flowers Look Here
I went to see my decrepid old gran, who's reaching 100 soon..
We took her to the Garden center for lunch, it's quite nice there.
English weather still get's me though, if you sit in the shade, and there's a breeze you need to put a jacket on..but if you move out into the sun you break into a sweat.
Crazy.
This is my Gran's street.
A Trip to Worcester City Center & The Cathedral
You can't beat starting the day with a nice egg and bacon sandwich with freshly made homestyle wholemeal bread and a dribble of HP Sauce.
The weather wasn't great in the morning so I just hung around at home, had some light lunch and headed into the city.
Planning to check out the cathedral and perhaps a walk down the river, the river garden was closed though.
Bought a couple of things, but the sales are coming to the end, so not much to get.
I did a bit of street photography whilst I was hanging around.
12 commentsAn 8km Walk up the Malvern Hills
So after the hearty pub lunch we took a rather long stroll up to the top of the Malvern Hills, one of the oldest hills in the UK.
We parked at the North Quarry and walked up to the beacon, the highest point in the range.
As it's towards the end of summer a lot of the flowers are going brown and dying off for the browns of Autumn.
The Trip Home & A Pub Lunch in Malvern
Well after missing my connecting flight and being stuck in Dubai airport for a grand total of 10 hours, I finally made it home, trip time around 25 hours..
Let's just say I was pretty tired, but not too bad as I got leg room on both flights, yay!
The second one was surprisingly empty, but I guess everyone in UK is leaving to go on holiday in August not yet coming back.
The skies were beautifully blue and it was a nice pleasant smooth journey.
