LONDON 10KM WINTER RUN #2: FUNDRAISING

It’s less than 7 days till the London 10km Winter Run, and as you can imagine, I am both excited and nervous at the same time. Not only is it my very first 10km run (hopefully the first of many), I am also looking forward to hearing and feeling the energy of the crowd. It’s been […]

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CHEAP THINGS TO DO IN LONDON

Eminent English writer Samuel Johnson once wrote “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”. When budget is tight, options can be limited. But London is a wonderfully diverse and vibrant city with pockets of fascinating activities in every borough. If you know where to look, you can unearth some hidden and […]

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A TOUR ON HMS ST. ALBANS

It’s not often that you get invited to come aboard an active warship. So when I learned through Londonist that HMS. St. Albans was open to visitors over the weekend in South Quay close to Canary Wharf, I just had to check it out. I wasn’t sure how popular or how many people would turn […]

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Oktoberfest 2014

A wise man once said that “he who invented beer is a very wise man.” I can’t recall who that wise man is but I would bet he is German. What is Oktoberfest I hear you ask? Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fun fair held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It lasts for 16 days and takes […]

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A Trip Down Wembley Way

The 25 May 2014 was all very exciting for me as I headed to the home of Football, Wembley Stadium,  to watch my local club Leyton Orient play Rotherham United for promotion to The Championship, the second tier of English Football – just one behind the hallowed halls of the Premier League. It’s felt surreal to see […]

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