User Profile: nigelsim
Home / Latest
Browse Tags
Blogged.my Blog
Help / FAQ
Last 24 Hours
This Week
This Month
This Year
nigelsim
User's Pings
Page 1 of 6
Roman Hairdo
Before coming back to Malaysia, I embarked on yet another road trip with a few friends. This time we drove to Bath, Somerset, Stonehenge, and Salisbury, all in one day! I'll write about the road trip soon! In the mean time, when we were at Bath, we visited the Roman Baths. Most of the original structure...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
6 months and 3 weeks ago.
Simple Joys of Being Home
It has been slightly more than a week since I'm back, 1 week plus a few hours to be exact. I have a lot of overdue posts in my mind but I still haven't found the right inspiration to put them in words. But slowly and surely I'll write them one of these days! Okay, what are the simple joys of being home?
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
6 months and 3 weeks ago.
Easter Road Trip
Last Easter, my friend and I had a road trip to The Jurassic Coast. That's where dinosaurs used to live. Just kidding. It's a World Heritage Site near Dorset, south of England. One of the main attraction of the Jurassic Coast is the Durdle Door. It's a limestone arch as a result of millions of years of...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
7 months and a week ago.
Spot the Angry Bird Contest
A few weeks ago, I was at Hyde Park to spot some Angry Birds, or in other words I was there to witness the annual London World Naked Bike Ride. Last year was a coincidence, this year I went there because I was bored of studying. Ok, that's just an excuse. There was actually another event happening on that...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
7 months and a week ago.
Under the Weather
People who know me well would know that I hate it when it rains. Last week, it rained so badly in London that rain back in Malaysia would pale in comparison. Okay, that's a bit exaggerating but it's a bit unusual to get rain that heavy here. It was forecasted that there will be a heatwave in London ...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
7 months and 4 weeks ago.
Sohai Singing Bai Goh
The word "sohai". It's pronounced as "so + high" but it has nothing to do with anything very high up. It's a famous word used extensively among Malaysians and Singaporeans. So what does it mean actually? Does it even mean anything? In the words of Harith Iskander, "It doesn't mean ANYTHING but it says...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
8 months and 2 weeks ago.
National Doughnut Week
Today is the last day of National Doughnut Week. What is National Doughnut Week, you might ask? National Doughnut Week is held from the 7th to the 14th of May every year. It's to raise money for The Children's Fund. Throughout this week, proceeds from doughnut sales from participating bakeries across the...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
8 months and 3 weeks ago.
Mulu National Park
Few days ago, I read an article about the "10 Natural Wonders of the World" on Yahoo! Travel and I was really proud when I learned that Gunung Mulu National Park is among the top 10. Mulu is situated in Sarawak and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is home to the famous Sarawak Chamber, which...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
8 months and 3 weeks ago.
You Raise Me Up
I would like to make a quick shout-out to all mothers out there, especially to my mum. Happy Mother's Day! Today is your day! Get your husband, children, grandchildren to bring you out and have some fun! Song song song song, jin jia song! Celebrate while you can, because at the rate religious extremism is...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
8 months and 4 weeks ago.
Learning Hokkien
Tomorrow is Bai Goh. To be perfectly honest, I didn't expect to receive so much attention from my Hokkien version of Rebecca's Friday. If I had known that it would be so widely circulated, I would have at least put aside my books (I was doing my homework halfway when I decided to cover the song!), set my...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months ago.
Friday Hokkien Style
There's no doubt that Rebecca Black's Friday is awful but you got to admit that the song is quite catchy. It gets stuck in your head after a while. Rebecca must be very happy now for successfully influencing so many people to cover her ridiculously insane song. There's a Chinese version - 星期五 A...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months ago.
Royal Wedding
I'm proud to say that I was part of the royal celebration to commemorate the wedding of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton today. This is actually my second time witnessing a royal wedding. The first time was at Sweden when the princess got married on the national day of Sweden. It was forecasted that...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and a week ago.
Driving in the UK
I just came back from a road trip to the south of England with a few of my friends. It's a well-deserved 2-day break to take my mind off all my revision and to catch up with friends. We didn't go to Salisbury in the end due to time constrain but the main destinations were West Lulworth, Weymouth, Portland...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and a week ago.
Royal Rabbit Card
If you're living in London, you can't survive without an Oyster Card. You need this to get on the Tube and the bus. It's significantly cheaper (but still very expensive) compared to buying tickets over the counter. As you all might have heard, the royal wedding between Prince Williams of Wales and Miss...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 2 weeks ago.
The Ghost Rider
I'm sure most of you have watched or at least heard of the movie "Ghost Rider" before. I'm saying this because I see this car outside my house almost everyday. That's right, I think there's a ghost rider in my neighbourhood! Finally, I managed to catch a glimpse of the rider in the vehicle today! Wait...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 2 weeks ago.
We are on The Star!
Just to share with you my excitement, Imperial College Malaysian Night was featured on The Star yesterday! My committee and I have worked very hard since last summer last year to put up a great show. It took up lots of time and effort (that's why I was so busy over the last few months!) but the end product...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 2 weeks ago.
The Part Time Engineer is One Year Old!
The Part Time Engineer is officially One Year Old! Exactly one year ago, on the 15th of April 2010, I started this blog. To be exact, I started writing one week earlier but due to unforeseen circumstances, I was forced to transfer to this address. I am doing a double-whooper today because coincidentally,...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 3 weeks ago.
Golden Rules of Politics
There are 3 golden rules of politics in Malaysia: #1 "Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended." - Saddam Hussein #2 "Don't trust anybody." - Stone Cold Steve Austin #3 "Don't get caught with your...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 3 weeks ago.
Battle of the Sexists
As a proud Malaysian, I feel really ashamed when Malaysia hits international news for the wrong reasons. Just last week, Bung "The Leaking" Mokhtar stated that women are not only bad at the wheel, but aggressive as well! "... when you honk at them, they get agitated with some even showing hand gestures to...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 4 weeks ago.
Food for Thought
I've just attended a function at Awana Restaurant. Awana is a Michelin Recommended Malaysian Restaurant in London. It's actually not that expensive. You can get an account at TopTable and get 50% off you bills. You can choose from a range of starter, mains and desserts. I was invited because the boss...
0
nigelsim via The Part Time Engineer
9 months and 4 weeks ago.
User's Tags
cover facts faith imperiallife london malaysia me travel underthesun