“I’m happy quite a lot of the time. I’ve done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I’d be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.” – Robert Smith (lead member […]
Revisiting England: My First English Christmas!
Liverpool: The Gift of Love
“We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by […]
Revisiting Cotswold-Gloucestershire: The Beauty of Life
“Beauty, which is what is meant by art, using the word in its widest sense, is, I contend, no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but […]
Belfast & The Glens: Embracing Your Flaws
“Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt […]
Scotland: A Brave Heart
“There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough […]
Bristol: Making My Own Culture
“Art is not like other culture because its success is not made by its audience. The public fill concert halls and cinemas every day, we read novels by the millions, and buy records […]
Avebury Henge, Stonehenge & Bath: Hoping Patiently
“Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience — or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.” — Jane Austen (novelist from Bath, author of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and […]
Gloucestershire-Cotswold: A Breakaway…
“I hold that a strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations.” – Beatrix Potter Ever seen the movie “The Holiday”? Iris’ (Kate Winslet) village was how I imagined Gloucesteshire to be – […]
London by Foot: Sets, Mugs and Rock&Roll!
London was built for walking. So the best way and the cheapest way to explore London is by foot! After 3 weeks, traveling around UK, South of France, Amsterdam and Stockholm, I went […]
Notting Hill: Surreal But Nice
“For June who loved this garden from Joseph who always sat beside her. Some people do spend their whole lives together.” – Anna in Notting Hill film Honestly, I’ve come to know Notting […]