VirtualTourist Member jil_coleslaw
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I have already started my new career from the end of March. I am working as an Assistant Curator in the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, handling library, object collection and archives. It is a really wonderful luck that i have finally found my desired job. |
| old Hong Kong 150 years ago |
|  | past trips Taipei (April 1999, January 2001, April 2002, November 2003, June 2006, February 2008) Israel (July 2000) Turkey (July ~ August 2000) Greece (August 2000) Singapore (October 2002) Macau (several times since childhood, latest in February 2007) Bangkok, Thailand (March 2006) Tokyo (November 2007)
footprints in England/Scotland 2004-05: Berwick-up-Tweed (Bamburgh) (26 July -27 August 2004) Durham (20-22 August 2004) Alniwick (26 August 2004) Edinburgh (11-14 August, 27 August - 2 September 2004) Stirling (2-4 September 2004) Aberdeen (4-7 September 2004) Inverness (7-9 September 2004) Glasgow (9-16 September 2004) Manchester (16-22 September 2004) London (22-29 September, 22 & 27December 2004, 19 February, 22 March, 11 May, 20 July, 7 August, September 2005) Oxford (23 October 2004, 3-4 February 2005) Salisbury (23 August, 2005) Windsor (24 August, 2005) Bristol (4-6 September, 2005) Bath (6-9 September, 2005) Devon + Cornwall (9-12 September, 2005) Birmingman (24 September, 2005) Cambridge (25 September, 2005) Liverpool (26-28 September, 2005) York (28 September - 1 October, 2005)
footprints in Europe 2005: St. Malo, France (30-31 May) Prague, Czech (6-9 June) Berlin, Germany (15-18 September) Prague, Czech (18-22 September)
footprints in England 2006: London, Leicester, Portsmouth (16-25 November) |
planning in 2008 200801 5th essay (completed) 20080217 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 10k run (coming) 20080219-22 6th Taipei trip 2008 spring finish the collection of past museum visits (on-going) 20080528-0606 summer school in Leicester 200807 reduce 20 pounds of weight (huh?!) 200811 be a pretty bride-maid |  | |
|  | hobbies 1] visiting museums, great architectures, archaeological sites 2] photography on still, foral, architecures, animals 3] traveling/backpacking 4] reading on archaeology, architecture, novel, prose, furniture, history 5] collecting stamps, wine corks, museum tshirt + badget, books 6] cooking, dining & wine 7] sports: basketball, fitness workout, boxing, badminton, tennis, jogging 8] favourite magazines: National Geography, Museums Journal, City Magazine, architecture and interior design |
museums visited Britain:
The British Museum (London) Victoria & Albert Museum (London) National Gallery (London) National Portrait Gallery (London) Natural Science Museum (London) Imperial War Museum (London) Tate Britain (London) Tate Modern (London) London Transport Museum (London) Theatre Museum (London) Museum of London (London) Natural Science Museum (Oxford) Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) Tate Liverpool (Liverpool) Tate St. Ives (St. Lves) National Maritime Museum (London) Historic Dockyard + Maritime Museum (Portsmouth) New Walk Museum (Leicester) Castle Museum (York)
Taiwan: Taipei Fine Art Museum MOCA Taipei Miniature Museum National Museum of Natural Science
Singapore: National Museum Postal Museum Black Spot
Israel:
Greece:
Turkey:
Germany:
Czech: |  | |
|  | languages cantonese (native) english (good) putonghua/mandarin (ok) spanish (just beginner) |
other useful URLs (multi-info) agents www.zuji.com.hk www.travelocity.com/ www.eurotrip.com/ www.planetrider.com/ www.travel.com/ www.thebackpacker.net/
official web sites www.discoverhongkong.com (Hong Kong) www.franceguide.com.hk (France)
other useful URLs (hotels) www.hotelsetc.com www.hostels.com www.orangewings.com (Austra)
other useful URLs (transports) airlines: www.airtreks.com www.roundtheworldflights.com www.priceline.com www.csa.cz/ (Czech Airlines) www.aerohkg.com (Aero Int'l) www.easyjet.com www.ryanair.com www.zuni.com www.bmi.com www.smartwings.com www.oasishongkong.com (HK budget airline) www.cathaypacific.com
trains: www.tgv.com www.voyages-sncf.com www.virgintrain.com (uk) www.trainline.com (uk)
bus: www.megabus.com (uk) www.nationalexpress.com (uk) |  | |
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Kaynisa Mon Jul 23, 2007 05:32 UTC Heya M.... sorry it takes awhile for me to reply ya .. lots been happening here at the moment.. but i will swing by to hongkong probably end of the year... i certainly buzz ya hehe cheers -K- | traveloturc Fri Jul 20, 2007 21:00 UTC Hi Moody ,thanks a lot for your comments on my home page ,hope to see you sometimes ,somewhere in this part of the world... | leics Fri Jul 20, 2007 17:00 UTC Hi Jill! Glad to hear you're ok, and still working hard. I'm still doing much the same things, but the weather is so horrid at the minute that I'm not sure I'll manage any digging this summer. Still, I suppose that's why England is so green! Best, J | jrs1234 Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:26 UTC Hi - nice to hear from you! I am doing OK, same job as before - the weather here in the UK is terrible though! Best wishes, Jeremy. |
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