Sunday, January 06, 2008

2008

A year has actually passed since I blogged...

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Sunday, December 03, 2006

Milan and Verona

Hi all...finally got to upload some photos from my trip in Milan and Verona.

Well, in short, I think Italy has become one of my new favourite European country..hehe, for now, I still want to go to Split, Croatia and Scilly!! Well...haha the list never ends. I also want to travel more with my wife!

Anyway....Milano is definitely one of the most fashion, trendy, chic city that I have been. I also had the chance to see the wall painting of Leonardo Da Vinci's The Last Supper. Impressive really. No photos there though. Huge.

Verona is a really nice mix of history and modernisation. Small but cute. It will be a tough choice to decide to go north for the Jan/Feb fashion sale (hehe for my wife) or to head south to Rome and Venice. Perhaps we will manage all. Haha...life...

Some changes to the blog, apparently, blogger has a new beta version, a move to corporate blogging with your Google account. For some reason, I can't seem to upload on my usual server, so I am linking from Flickr for this post.

Ok..photo time! Say spaghetti, gorgonzola, cannoleni and cheeze !



This is the main Duomo cathedral in Milano. Really impressive, albeit the untimely re-touch up of the exterior. At least I still could climb to the roof terrace! See photo below







Part of the whole Duomo square. This is one of the entrances to the golden fashion streets. Almost every lady here was carrying a LV, Gucci or Prada!!



Inside this covered shopping paradise! Maybe you can spot the Prada shop. This is just the begining....



Somehow, there was a certain character of this city that I liked.



This was my first photo of Verona. About 90 mins away from Milan by train. This was a really good day trip, away from the capital. And so I thought I was geting away from the fashion...hehe Anyway, I discovered a couple of interesting sights here.



This is the Arena. Third largest of its kind, open air amphitheatre. This looks like the one in Rome.





Quite cool eh. It's a city living in a city.



View from the top of the city.



The fashion continues...I really liked the shops, the walkways and cute cafes. Had lunch in a tucked away traditional pizza place. Hmmm....









No historical city goes without a number of bridges and castles. It was nice to walk around in the morning.



How many of you know that Julliet lives in Verona? A nice surprise to find this. Anyway, there was a shooting of a scene in the play "Romeo and Julliet" and here you see the Julliet...haha



A statue of Julliet and the famous window.



An unique art of its own. I found on two walls of her house, declarations of love in the form of letters, notes, sticky stuffs...hehe...but it's cool I think.



On a closer look you find...

Monday, November 13, 2006

Out of Action in Action

Ok folks, going to be out of action for the next two weeks. Work calls.

Leaving for Bonn, Germany tomorrow and back this Thursday. Then away in Milan, Italy for at least a week till the 27th Nov !!

Oyster-in-Action

Miss U much!!!

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Time please pass

Suddenly, I want time to pass quickly and for Christmas to come...

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Cumulate Draw

Today, I chanced upon this useful tool.

A web-based drawing tool that allows you to make quick images and complicate flow-charts if you need to. Allows you to also export to mmd/fmd, jpeg, png, svg and pdf.  Just the right thing for me this morning as I had to make a rough sketch of how a part of our website will be revamped.

Conclusion: It did serve my needs today. Will send my schematic to the web designer now.

Check it out at this link

Or draw directly !

Monday, November 06, 2006

Happy Halloween

Savage Chickens - Happy Halloween

Now and then, I keep missing to check back on the SavageChickens. Heehee really funny at times