Saturday, March 21, 2009

Fined 125 pounds...

for "illegal parking." The sign was too tiny to draw my attention. Though I and Martin shared it, each paying 62.5, it was still a big amount. I just wonder if they are trying to earn money in this sleazy kind of way.

Their rationale was that I parked the car in Leisure Park's property and left the park, without spending money there. I had already been aware that Britain has the most surveillance cameras of any nation in the world, but didn't actually know that it was for this kind of purpose: making a proof for imposing an absurd amount of fine on a foreigner. What the...

Down with Britain!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Haworth...



The background for Wuthering Heights...

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Driving in the UK

It's really challenging to adjust to the driving environment in the UK--car, roads, etc. What is compounding this strange experience is having to drive a car with manual gear-shit on a new road. But I have no choice but to drive this company pooling car because the hotel and the office are more than 30 minutes apart on foot.

Monday, March 2, 2009