Amused but just a little bored. Can you spot me?
Monday, 31 March 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008
Thursday, 27 March 2008
God save our gracious Queen
1. God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!
2. O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!
3. Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign;
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!
4. Not in this land alone,
But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over.
5. From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
6. Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!
Creed of white children
Creed of white children
We are sorry that our ancestors were intelligent, advanced and daring
enough to explore the wild oceans to discover new countries and
to conquer and develop these.
We are sorry that those who came before us took you out of the bush and
taught you that there was more to life than beating drums and
chasing animals with sticks and stones.
We are sorry that they planned, funded and developed roads, towns,
mines, factories, airports, all of which you now claim to be your
long deprived inheritance so you have full right to change and rename
these at your discretion.
We are sorry that our parents taught us the value of small but strong
families, to not breed like rabbits and end up as underfed,
illiterate shack dwellers living in poverty.
We are sorry that when they provided you with schools, you decided they
looked better without windows or in piles of ashes. We
happily gave up those bad days of getting spanked in our all white
schools for doing something wrong, and much prefer these days of freedom
where problems can be resolved with knives and guns.
We are sorry that it is hard to shake off the bitterness of the past
when you keep on raping, torturing and killing our friends and
family members, and then hide behind the fence of "human rights" with
smiles on your faces.
We are sorry that we do not trust the government. We have no reason to
be so suspicious and short sighted seeing that there has never
been a case where any of these poor hard working intellectuals were
involved in any form of corruption or irregularities.
We are sorry that we do not trust the police force and although they
have openly admitted that they have lost the war against crime and
criminals, we should not be so negative and just keep on hoping for the
best.
We are sorry that we basically flung open our border posts, and now left
you competing for jobs against illegal immigrants from our
beautiful neighboring countries. All these countries that have grown so
strong after kicking out the "settlers", you should follow their
excellent example and grow big and strong like them!
We are sorry that we don't believe in witchcraft, beetroot and garlic,
urinating on street corners or trading woman for cattle, maybe
we just grew up differently. So sorry that when we are forced into
sharing the same establishments, sometimes we lose our temper, that is
totally uncalled for.
We are sorry that your medical care, water supplies, roads, and your
electrical supplies are going down the toilet because skilled
people who could have planned and resolved these issues had to be shown
away because they were of the wrong ethnic background and now have to
work in foreign countries where their skills are needed more.
We are so sorry and should really try harder to be more tolerant and
learn to get along with EVERYBODY around us, one big happy family.
The Dumb White child
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
And this dear reader is where I wake up most mornings.
Now you know so don't ask again!
54 Acres of peace
Holland Park is the largest park in London’s wealthiest borough, Kensington and Chelsea. It’s not huge, 54 acres, but has a very rustic, woodland feel that makes it seem a lot bigger than it is when you’re walking around it. All the trees and thick foliage help cut out of traffic noise and disguise you’re in a busy part of west London.
It’s bordered on its east by Kensington Palace (Princess Di’s old pad), trendy Notting Hill on the north and Kensington High Street on the south and all over this area are four and five storey Victorian townhouses that provide a great location for sections of London’s weathly to live. If I had the money I’d love to buy a place around here.You can tell the park attracts a different type person because the dogs even have their own designated pooping area. Whether a dog thinks to itself ‘I hope she hurry’s up and gets to the dog toilet area quick, I’m dying for a shit’ when its being walking around the other end of the park I don’t know, but its a nice idea.
One thing that struck me walking around there the other day was the number of Russian voices I heard, it seemed like every other person was speaking it, they definitely are the new money in Britain at the moment.
There are a lot of different areas to Holland Park, on the north side its mainly woodland with a number of paths and tracks to walk down. These are mainly stony, uneven paths which with all the autumn leaves and moisture on them can be a bit slippery, so be careful if you go for a jog.There’s a pond called Lord Holland’s Pond in this northern part with a statue of a seated Lord Holland in the middle. A lot of wildlife are attracted here, foxes, a couple of types of bat, over 30 species of bird and there are even some great looking blue, green and yellow coloured peacocks running around. The squirrel’s here are very tame and almost run up your leg looking for something to eat.
Holland Park has a Japanese garden called the Kyoto Garden, that was built by the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce to signify friendship between Japan and the UK and was opened by Prince Charles in 1991. The centre piece is a waterfall and pond but the water at the moment looks like it could use a good clean, there’s a thin grey film all over the surface which can’t be good for the fish in there.
The old Holland House in the centre of the park is not what it was a 100 years ago and is used as a youth hostel. Around the house are large formal garden’s with low clipped box hedges and plenty of park benches that provide lots of quiet places to sit. Next to here are a restaurant and outdoor cafe, the house’s old orangery (a type of greenhouse) being converted, there’s also an ecology centre.Holland Park is known for its summer outdoor theatre and opera performances in the grounds of the old house. There’s a busy and varied programme of shows from early June to the middle of August. They do erect a large canopy to cover the stage and auditorium.
The southern section of the park is more open with tennis courts and a large cricket/sports pitch. There’s also a good size children’s play area but that’s more towards the eastern side.Holland Park’s a nice, peaceful place to come for a walk or a quiet sit down, maybe if you need a break from all the shopping on Kensington High Street. The entrance there is right next to the Commonwealth Institute building, which looks like its in disrepair and no longer in use.
It’s bordered on its east by Kensington Palace (Princess Di’s old pad), trendy Notting Hill on the north and Kensington High Street on the south and all over this area are four and five storey Victorian townhouses that provide a great location for sections of London’s weathly to live. If I had the money I’d love to buy a place around here.You can tell the park attracts a different type person because the dogs even have their own designated pooping area. Whether a dog thinks to itself ‘I hope she hurry’s up and gets to the dog toilet area quick, I’m dying for a shit’ when its being walking around the other end of the park I don’t know, but its a nice idea.
One thing that struck me walking around there the other day was the number of Russian voices I heard, it seemed like every other person was speaking it, they definitely are the new money in Britain at the moment.
There are a lot of different areas to Holland Park, on the north side its mainly woodland with a number of paths and tracks to walk down. These are mainly stony, uneven paths which with all the autumn leaves and moisture on them can be a bit slippery, so be careful if you go for a jog.There’s a pond called Lord Holland’s Pond in this northern part with a statue of a seated Lord Holland in the middle. A lot of wildlife are attracted here, foxes, a couple of types of bat, over 30 species of bird and there are even some great looking blue, green and yellow coloured peacocks running around. The squirrel’s here are very tame and almost run up your leg looking for something to eat.
Holland Park has a Japanese garden called the Kyoto Garden, that was built by the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce to signify friendship between Japan and the UK and was opened by Prince Charles in 1991. The centre piece is a waterfall and pond but the water at the moment looks like it could use a good clean, there’s a thin grey film all over the surface which can’t be good for the fish in there.
The old Holland House in the centre of the park is not what it was a 100 years ago and is used as a youth hostel. Around the house are large formal garden’s with low clipped box hedges and plenty of park benches that provide lots of quiet places to sit. Next to here are a restaurant and outdoor cafe, the house’s old orangery (a type of greenhouse) being converted, there’s also an ecology centre.Holland Park is known for its summer outdoor theatre and opera performances in the grounds of the old house. There’s a busy and varied programme of shows from early June to the middle of August. They do erect a large canopy to cover the stage and auditorium.
The southern section of the park is more open with tennis courts and a large cricket/sports pitch. There’s also a good size children’s play area but that’s more towards the eastern side.Holland Park’s a nice, peaceful place to come for a walk or a quiet sit down, maybe if you need a break from all the shopping on Kensington High Street. The entrance there is right next to the Commonwealth Institute building, which looks like its in disrepair and no longer in use.
My nearest tube station
Holland Park is a London Underground station. On the Central Line, it lies between Shepherd's Bush and Notting Hill Gate stations, in Travelcard Zone 2.
History
The original building was typical of those designed by Harry Bell Measures for the stations of the Central London Railway that opened on 30 July 1900.
The building was refurbished in the 1990s. Its one of the deepest stations and it still smells of piss on a monday morning!
The tube station is named after Holland Park, a park in west London, although the term also refers to the residential area to the north of the park. More about that later.
Home sweet home
Home sweet home.
My humble abode - Its comfortable and its mine!
The only thing that bothers me about living in this house is the stairs and the council tax!
It also comes with a history. More about that later.
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
my first post
Welcome to our Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Some place to live! Its really great and so central to almost everything.
I hope to share some of my experiences living here and post the odd photo to show just where I live and how.
Watch out Holland park W14 London - I am going to tell things the way I see them!
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