A place where I spend most of my time

Tadaa...this is my first time showing my hiding place, a place where I spend most of my time facing 4 different people. Soon I would include more of the other departments and my uni area. Not a sort of advertising or whatsoever, but just some fond memories that would be part of my life. I would literally thought that working during the summer is like a piece of cake, nothing much to do and I could hangout more often in the office, but this is just not true!! Now I am handling more things that you could even imagine, passing all these stuff to a student to do it? Perhaps they Sandra - my manager thinks that I am capable of handling it. It is beyond my imagination to do this sort of things. I could understand that she had passed 50% of her job to me since she is sort of a PA to my big boss John - the Director of the office. Handling finance is not an easy thing to do and she could perfectly fit onto it. Everyone would proclaimed that I'm being bullied but phew! I would think in a different way of learning as such I need to be more positive rather than negative! - well for at least I could console myself a little more.

The 'old arrangement of my hiding place. - (New one to be up pretty soon!) The handsome looking office from outside would make you stunned!

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Ooohh..my beloved desk, and PC

We had a visitor one day when we were at a temporary office while the refurbishment work was done upstairs. Baby Nate and his mother Faye Jones. Their arrival made the time past really quickly and hey..going home time is up, there is no such thing as having OT (overtime), nothing better to work in a place like that! Well sometimes I will scarifice some of my precious time to help them out and no doubt I hope my deeds will be appreciated. Let pictures do the talking!

Here I present to you the big boss - John Mountford with baby Nate. He is the best boss that one could ever imagine. Nice, polite, friendly, easy-going..name it and you'll get it!

Sandra - My manager who recruited me. She is just nice and very protective towards her staff :)

Clare Maynard - International Officer for Europe. Young, charming and has her own mind + pace of working.

Finally a family portrait of the Jones.

Ian - slack and slumpy working person, never seen a thicker person like he does. Work? Please don't mention. With all these negative things I have in mind, well..let me think of something nice about him..sometimes helpful and easy going..the only nice thing is that he will let me off early if there is nothing much to do on that day.

The guest of the day..Look how adorable baby Nathaniel is..Nathaniel Benjamin Jones. A good name I supposed! He brightens up my very day at work. I haven't cuddle a baby for ages!!

Life is like the climb

Blast day! Movie (both cinema and room) + 40 minutes party @ pub cum club + Non stop chats

We spent some of our time watching this movie, somehow reflects the undeniable truth!

Very filling and delicious muffin! Made my lunch and dinner!

I was so afraid of being tanned! Sitting on the rocky beach with my umbrellas on while Katrina lying down to get tanned. We were there for almost an hour - Lunch + Sun bathing

Eventually I wasnt too sure whether should I spend sometime off with Katrina as I want to save up some bucks and not let myself wasting too much just to travel, but indeed it was a fruitful meetup. Life is like the climb. I was really happy to see her and suprisingly I could see her suffering from inside. She could be smart, elegant, attractive but yet, hurt inside for loving the wrong person. Poor girl but she could find someone who does love, appreciates and care for her more than anyone in the world would do. Only 22!!! Many more years to come my dear :o

There is nothing that I could do but just to be with her for some moment and let her enjoy her 2 weeks of England. (She is obsessed about everything in England). I do understand its really hard to be her. Hard to be Katrina Siryk. Why? Dressed up elegantly & always look smart. Most of the girls would die for a place and status like Katrina - be rich, well known and have anything that she wants. I was really shocked that she told me that she is tired of pretending. Tired of being at the top. Entirely not her at all! Perhaps living in the environment where the status of 'Posh' is hard to lived. I could never live a life of hers. I'm just a poor and the most common student that you could find in the Uni :p. Slip in and out without anybody noticing is simply easy for me - the invisible. I'm known for the quiet person in Uni. Katrina could never be like me. This outgoing and friendly personality of hers does make her very unique. We are just total opposite! Miracally, we can still be good friends - opposite attracts I guess? Most of my 'first' times are with Katrina, perhaps she is the first few that I knew. Interesting is that we just couldn't believe that we have known each other for almost a year now! Time flies ¬¬¬ I hope we could still keep in contact!

Sincerely wish for the best for my dear friend!

Absences make your heart grow fonder.

Induction Party

Christmas Party

Hampton Court Palace Garden

Bath & Stonehenge

Norfolk Host

Host Family

The wonderful times I had with Katrina will always be part of my good days in England. Nice and sweet. Two different personality could click together is pretty wicked!!

Never thought that I could or will ever meet Katrina back again after she is back to Ukraine. I didn't even sent her off to the airport when she was scheduled to go back on Feb 2009. Yet, just after 6 months past..she is now back to UK and I'm staying with her for a weekend in Chichester. The shock that I got from her is that she told me I've got a British slag already..--thanks to my colleagues and my living environment, everyone is English. I just want to maintain my own slag that I have..

I hoped to stay longer with her but my modest emotions hold me back. Wondered why but well, she is still the smart, elegant girl I've ever known. Her ups and downs that happened throughout her 6 months of absence was drastic! This lead me learnt that life can never be planned. It just goes up and down like a roller coaster. No news is a good news - Thats what she told me. Well, I did too had my downs, it passed just like yesterday..I believed that we could go through the norms of life. Can't wait to have a wonderful weekend with her in Brighton again as well as Chichester. Staying 2 nights with her should be great fun! plus, free accommodation..where can I get such good offer?? The picture above was taken almost a year ago. Rebecca is getting married, how cool if she would invite me to her wedding and it will definately be my first wedding reception in England.

Rain rain go away..please come back another day..

Wales was not in the list where I intended to go in the beginning. With some persuasion, I did it finally. Picture tells how this lovely and peaceful place takes you away from the bustling city. It could be a nice place for a day or weekend trip with friends and family. I could be sure that I wouldn't want that life being a city person.

It was indeed a day filled with showers. Could be a mood spoiler but it was ok. No complains about the weather again. This was the street when Gauhar and I 'again' heard and saw with our own eyes with crimes around the UK. Scary truth is that we were walking on streets during the 1 hour stop by at Gloucester City, 'shop lifter, shop lifter' is all we heard from a women screaming. Apparently a guy just ran out with 2 bottles of wine from a shop and then left it back on the street. Wonder did he do that on purpose or whatsoever. Nevertheless, he was caught definately. Is that a game? Perhaps he knew that he couldn't run anywhere further since everyone in the street could recognise him. His gestures gave me a fright and I did hold onto Gauhar for some relieve.

Another 45 minutes of drive we finally arrive to this Tintern Abbey, a church that was abandoned many centuries ago. Marks of burnt left over was believed to be caused by black magic. This huge church was really big! Nothing much can be seen inside, besides its beautifully crafted architecture.

The entire view of the church.

Then off we went to Chepstew City. Small city with minor community living at this very place. A wedding car just passed by. An adorable one too. :)

Castles everywhere in the United Kingdom. Why on earth they have so many castles?

Indeed a quiet and small country side. Recommended for countryside lovers, green protectors and environmental minded people. For those who like to live in this area, very welcome..you will enjoy the benefits and accounted for privelages living by the Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean.