Well, many thing
happened during these period of time. After my first MSc
graduation, this is really a unsteady period of time. Yet,
before everything else, I should tell you how I meet Eva.
^_^
Imperial College London
Entering Imperial
College and study Computer Science serious had always been
my dreams, and finally been realised, but not completed for
financial reasons. Maybe one day in the future, I could
still come back and do another PhD in Artificial
Intelligence.
And this is the
earliest photos of Eva and me together. The boy on the left
was our classmate, Twinsen. He is very very good at playing
dancing machine, real competitive with me!!! We three were
like kind of buddies among the very few Chinese students in
the Uni.
There was a
Uni club I used to go as well, but not very fond of,
because they shout too much than really fight! ~
I had to walk across Hyde Park
for the classes every morning, the sceneries there
are really pleasant.
Or randomly
staying with a kind friend. ;P
There is a great art gallery
as well. I normally go there after during lunch
break. Sometimes with Eva.
Two short
films in the Park. One is little Shaolin monks
morning practice, another one is - swan.
Working in London
Although,
did not really want to start working yet, I found a
job a nearby Rachida's house in London - RedeemIt
Ltd, as a marketing analyst. The company is mainly
in ticketing and mobile phone area. They have
imported a two dimensional bar code technology, and
selling is as a new ticketing and coupon system
which is distributed though mobile message.
You may
already see a few Lavesphere today (Gavitec.de),
which is a small square of black and white graphics
that contains a huge amount of numeric information.
A few times smaller than traditional bar code, but a
few times more recognizable by machines - the second
generation of bar code system. Expected to replace
it in next few years.
The company
simply provide the service to send this type of
graphic information to target mobile phone as a
coupon or ticket. The message is delivered by a
special Gavitec machine, through mobile network, and
will be received in most types of mobiles, even very
old ones.
RedeemIt
aims at global market, and planning to expand its
business through Europe, US, Asia and the entire
planet. So my main job was to collect marketing data
of their next target, and report to the head
committee the mighty opportunity and threat the
company will be opposed to. Kind of market research.
During these
months, I had to dress up and travel from Queensway
Road to Putney every morning, and have lunch in a
English fast food restaurant. My main purpose of
working there was to learn from the CEOs about how
to do business. who were in same office, but got
only very few opportunities to go meeting outside
the office with them, which is a little pity.
Happy Spare Time
Time fly, but never forget to
have funs. ^_^ Many things happened during this period. I
mainly go to Gym to build up my strength back (photos with
the gym managers below, just received a free three months
package because of Rachida ;), watching movies (found a good
one: Dawson's Creek and Dark Angel by Jessica Alba, entire
series), Paint more landscapes, Going to a Japanese Language
School, and then Camden College. ;P
My first art student and her first inspired
work. I believe you knew her! :)
Gigi lived in same room before I moved in to
stay with Rachida. She is very happy posing in her old
domain.. "the quiz me girl"! haha
Japanese Language School
Very funny Japanese people.
Every body got a big smile. Although I have learnt a little
Japanese before when I was in China many years ago,
attending a few classes of such school hosted by real
Japanese feels really different and marvellous.
Above is famous Japanese "Cha Do" (The Art of Tea). Below
is calligraphy. By nature I can write better than any of
them, because Japanese had no writing, but was learnt from
China in Dang Dynasty. Of course, I am not a great
calligraphy writer in Chinese. ;P
Below are two of my interesting gentle teachers and
little classmates. During the spring festival time, we had a
lot of fun.
See more photos here.
My Singing Teacher
Shouldn't forget
Nic as well. We met each other in the theatre by the
Angel station (which I mentioned last Spring), when
he was with his boy friend. :P
We discovered that we
have the same hobby in music and dance. He is a
professional singer, but he knew I can do websites,
so we made an agreement, which is that I create a
website for him, and he will teach me a singing
class every week! ^_^ "Deal!"
Classes were token
in the music room of an art University (..golden
smith?). Below you'll see a few photographs I took
of Nic there during our classes and for the website.
About the website, its structure has been completed
a lot time ago, but Nic never send me his writings
and latest work for the content. Well, I guess he is
waiting for becoming famous first. :P
Check the flash
structure of his website here and
index.
Camden College
To enhance my working skills
and communication during a job, I went to Camden College for
the Working Language course. However, because there were not
too many students enrol that course, I ended up doing a
language course with a bunch of teenage students from
Europe. Did not really learnt much thing, or the thing I
wanted, but I did have a great great time!! ~ those course
mates and young friends are fantastic.
More Photos Here.
Despite of short 'boring' class times, we most time being
very drunk and crazy together, even the teacher! ~ ^_^
In front of BBC Studio. We got a free ticket from head of
the School, and attended a programme called: "Mind the Gap"
Found two artists in the group. We went to a gallery and
do sketches together ~
On my birthday party in Rachida's house. There were too
many guests that Rachida and her sisters had to go to the
pub.~ ;P
Some landscape photos that I took during these time near camden ~
Church Time
Since I couldn't go to Bracknell with
Ben any more, he introduced me to another English Church
near by. Their service was brilliant, and I was in their
Choir Group. His undergraduate classmate was there. I gave
one of
my paintings to the Church. Hope its still
hanging there. ^_^
Click below icons to see some videos. ^_^
The beloved Korean Church
Time
Of course, I still go to the Korean
Church in Royal Holloway, whenever time allows. Below is a
photo of preparation before service.
The Korean Embassador's Talk
her daughter
Some Videos of the Praying (for sound only, picture
quality is not great)
Went to dinner and Karaoke with Nuna (means "big sister")
afterward. ~ ^_^
There had also been a very pretty Korean Girl ~
Jin was studying jewellery design in London University of
Art. Below is a few photographing I did for her graduation
designs. She said, the idea under this group of jewelleries
was "the hidden jewellery". Means, the most valuable
jewellery stone part was hidden behind the decorations.
We attended her exhibitions a few days later, as well. with
nuna ~ ^_^
Jessica her brother run into me one day in Royal Holloway
after the service. So they gave me a lift, and we found a
great place for photographing. Actually, I had seen there
many time one the train, and wanted to go there long long
time ago. Thanks to these two mates, that I finally realised
one of my little wonders. More photos are available on
Jessica and Lina's album site. Click here to Enter
Jessica and her brother's gallery page.
Chinese NAU Visitors
Some very special visitors, my
undergraduate supervisor and professors from Nan Jing Audio
University, also visited London. They were having a meeting
with the CII ( The Chartered Insurance Institute), to
discuss about transferring the international insurance
certificate to China. I happened to be their assistant
translator and reporter. For more photos during this trip,
click here. And to know
more about NAU, please go to their official website.
Random Landscapes
Of course, again, there are a huge
amount of landscape photos taken by me during these period
of time. Yet, for time concern and length of this page, two
sceneries which I almost see every day during these
wandering year are below -- the Queen's Town Train Station,
for work and the city.
