365 days

365 days ago,
I was a different person

365 days of experiences,
I can no longer lay claim as young adult

365 days of life,
the responsibilities and the duties of widowed mother and god son has become part of me...
With No Regrets

365 days of delayed,
my delayed bachelorhood and my delayed life...
With No Sadness

365 days of hope,
a new continent, a new career, and new life awaits...
With a little anxiousness

365 new days await me,
With open eyes

Happy Holidays and back on the study schdule

winter. Happy Holidays! It's the day after Christmas and it has been over a full week since arriving back home to sunny SoCal. The two weeks spent in Europe seems a distant blur. No more scafs, no more overcoat, no more fridge temperature, no more awesome European Coffee (cafe). Back to ordinary sunny beautiful SoCalhehe...

Caught up time w/ my God Son and mother. Now it's back to the big bad GMAT. Although the second time around, I'm not anxious as before. Wait, it's only the first day of round 2 w/ the GMAT. Let's see how my nerves still hold up after a few more weeks of work, studies, B-school essays, mother and G-son duties.

A few notes;
1) I will post up my opinions on Manchester, LBS and HEC Business School later. Stay tune for it.
2) Ms. Petite Canadienne found another HEC blogger. Enjoy his up coming B-school adventures.

I see London, I see Paris...

Damn, ten days passed and finally have time to post. I am back in SoCal but still on European time. So I'm making the most of it and upload a few of my memories/experiences.




London- Big Egg











London- Ambiance










London- British Museum








London- Patterns










London- Field education











London- Distraction












London- Shake the money maker












London- Crocodile suit











London- Ancient idealized beauty












London- Blue collar London (Stratford)














Paris- Night Arc









Paris- Sunrise Eiffel












Paris- Eiffel guard












Paris- Distant











Paris- Perverted shot, night










Paris- Perverted shot, day













Paris- St Michael










Paris- Lake view














Paris- Contrast











Paris- Play time











Paris- Sunday bread line








Paris- South for winter










Paris- Old town










Paris- Customer









Paris- Old toilet











Paris- Halfway










Paris- Shades of intamincy









Paris- Latin Quarter










Paris- Gay Pari








Paris- Vietnamese American & Vietnamese French








Paris- Dessert

Momements of experiences.

Manchester Moment;
I'm in KoffeePot cafe staring at the outside rain.
I say, "Raining again. This weather is still new to me."
The manager says, "This weather is what we're famous for. It's like going to the Bahamas and getting sun."
He has a point.




Koffee Mural in Manchester




English Breakfast - Heart Attack in waiting;
Eaten at 9am, still full by 4pm...I loved it!








Not beef, not pork...simply meat







Fish n' Chips;
Made fresh - excellent tasting
This sample - deep fried and sitting for ? hours under heating lamp.






3 item combo for 1.99 GBP; Sausage n' Bean Pastrie, Donut, Drink











Creative editing










Oasis within the Urban Jungle







Skyline- Telecom Tower in distance




Nelson's Column corner


National Gallery Plaza

Catching up on trip

A lot has happened (finally w/ stable internet connection), so I'll break my experiences into several posts.

LBS has an informal Information Session on Friday afternoon. So I had time to check out Buckingham Palace. The flag was raised full staff, indicating da queen is in da house!






Then off I went to LBS. Internationally diverse ppl attending the info session. Campus was quiet because the 1st years were taking their last sit in exam. Mr T (attending info session also) and I decided to get a few beers at Windsor Castle Pub. Good decision. As the 1st terms were finishing up their exams, Windsor was DA PLACE to go.

It quickly filled up and the crowd poured outside the pub!









I was traveling around the world just by merely meeting the LBS students.
Note; SPECIAL SHOUT OUT to Patxi. I meet up w/ him the night before (he was super busy but still made time) to meet up, answer my questions, show me to Sundowners, and intro me to some of his stream mates.

I also bumped into LBS blogger AngelAngie and Genie. Both super sweeties!




Spot light's on you.






They also sang a birthday song for their fellow 1st term class mate.




Drinking a few beers on an empty stomach, things started to get funny really quick.


Mr. T and I;
Quick friends after a few beers.










Dancing lights









Raving lights

A few quick pictures

I've been having a hard time weaseling some free WiFi, so I'll only post a few pictures.







Hard Core Art














Scarf & Overcoat;
In SoCal- fashion statement
In UK - life essential requirement

















Traditional Guards













Modern Guards















Goal