Here are some quotes in pix for you to view :-)
https://please-peruse.blogspot.com/2019/10/quotes-in-pix.html
Also, here are some more quotes that I've compiled from various websites.
Happy Reading :-)
We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. - John Lennon
Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between effort and surrender. - Danielle Orner
Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. - Shah Rukh Khan
If a book about failures doesn't sell, is it a success? - Jerry Seinfeld
Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else. - Will Rogers
Love and a cough cannot be hid. - George Herbert
There is no right time and right place for love....it can happen any time. - Shah Rukh Khan
Life seems unending until you or someone you love gets sick. - Joel Klein
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. - Honore de Balzac
Reason is powerless in the expression of Love. - Rumi
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. - Sam Ewing
I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her. - Rodney Dangerfield
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound. - Maureen Duffy
The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most. - Eleonora Duse
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. - Richard M. Nixon
I truly believe that humanity is a lot like me. It's an ageing movie star, grappling with all the newness around itself, wondering whether it got it right in the first place, and still trying to find a way to keep on shining regardless. - Shah Rukh Khan
When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day. - Sam Ewing
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be. - Anna Louise Strong
A marriage becomes strong when you constantly work at not taking each other for granted. - Cathy Quon
Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. - Sam Ewing
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Thanks
Aparna
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Monday, 28 October 2019
Sunday, 27 October 2019
1891
This victorian hotel was built in 1891.
It is located on Westcliff Parade giving magnificent views of Southend cliff gardens and the Thames estuary.
It has recently been bought by the Muthu group of hotels and so it is now known as MGM Westcliff Hotel.
This is a three-star hotel and so the rooms are quite basic. No air-conditioning, no fridge and no microwave. There is a kettle for making tea/coffee.
However, when you enter the room, the sea-views from the windows are so enthralling, that you forget about the room and enjoy the views.
The staff are nice and friendly. The decor is simple and we did get a tidy room.
The parking is not free and it is permit parking at £2.50 per day.
It's better to buy the permit before you reach the hotel to avoid being fined by the parking wardens.
You can use the Mobon app to buy it online.
https://www.gomobon.com
The nearest stations to this hotel are Westcliff and Southend Central. Both are within 0.5 miles.
The nearest airport is Southend airport which is about 3 miles from the hotel.
The local taxi company is AC Radio Cabs.
https://www.acradiocabs.com/about_us.php
Here are some pix of Westcliff hotel.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/honVYnppPcSnsrPA7
We've stayed in much better hotels than this one but we would love to return to this hotel because of its scenic location.
Also, I would suggest, try to stay in this hotel in spring or autumn when it is not too hot and you can do without the AC.
They are still refurbishing the hotel. So hopefully, one day, all their rooms will have AC.
Till then, you can stay in their hotel and enjoy the sea :-)
Happy Staying !!!
Regards
APARNA
It is located on Westcliff Parade giving magnificent views of Southend cliff gardens and the Thames estuary.
It has recently been bought by the Muthu group of hotels and so it is now known as MGM Westcliff Hotel.
This is a three-star hotel and so the rooms are quite basic. No air-conditioning, no fridge and no microwave. There is a kettle for making tea/coffee.
However, when you enter the room, the sea-views from the windows are so enthralling, that you forget about the room and enjoy the views.
The staff are nice and friendly. The decor is simple and we did get a tidy room.
The parking is not free and it is permit parking at £2.50 per day.
It's better to buy the permit before you reach the hotel to avoid being fined by the parking wardens.
You can use the Mobon app to buy it online.
https://www.gomobon.com
The nearest stations to this hotel are Westcliff and Southend Central. Both are within 0.5 miles.
The nearest airport is Southend airport which is about 3 miles from the hotel.
The local taxi company is AC Radio Cabs.
https://www.acradiocabs.com/about_us.php
Here are some pix of Westcliff hotel.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/honVYnppPcSnsrPA7
We've stayed in much better hotels than this one but we would love to return to this hotel because of its scenic location.
Also, I would suggest, try to stay in this hotel in spring or autumn when it is not too hot and you can do without the AC.
They are still refurbishing the hotel. So hopefully, one day, all their rooms will have AC.
Till then, you can stay in their hotel and enjoy the sea :-)
Happy Staying !!!
Regards
APARNA
Wishing you all Happy Diwali :-)
with these beautiful photos of Westcliff-on-Sea
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CXkQDogfNcGrkkPNA
https://photos.app.goo.gl/CXkQDogfNcGrkkPNA
Happy Viewing and of course, if you like these, then happy sharing :-)
Cheers
Aparna
Monday, 7 October 2019
Review
We went to India this year and stayed in Muse Sarovar. This hotel in Kapashera was convenient for us as it was near Delhi airport and so it worked well as a stopover for domestic and international flights. Here are some pix of this hotel which is the 8th best hotel in Delhi out of more than 1000 hotels (as per Trip Advisor). The ranking can change as there is so much competition and so we don't know how good the hotel will be in the coming years....
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zKSvkp2nQwnynSK87
We stayed in this hotel twice in August 2019 and had booked 2 rooms for our family. The rooms are nice and spacious. We were surprised to see an all-male staff. We didn't see any women employees in the hotel. Food was good but spicy and pricey. We had to always ask them to make it non-spicy. The bathroom fittings were wonky. The flush didn't work properly. So we asked them to fix it which they did. The mixer tap in the washbasin was giving only warm water and no cold water. We went downstairs to get our room kettle filled with cold water from the kitchen, so that we could boil it and make some tea. There were some mosquitoes in the night on our first visit and so during our second visit, we asked them to give us some plug-in mosquito repellents in each of our 2 rooms which they did. If we again go to Delhi, and we don't get better deals in similar airport hotels, we'll go for this hotel because of their nice decor and ambience, their friendly staff and their tasty food.
If you happen to visit Delhi, you can also try this hotel and see if you like it :-)
Our stay was not hunky-dory and we did have some issues but what we liked is the way they dealt with it.
We were won over by their warm and welcoming hospitality and service.
Now let me bid you adieu with this hotel review.
Love and Regards,
As always, Aparna
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zKSvkp2nQwnynSK87
We stayed in this hotel twice in August 2019 and had booked 2 rooms for our family. The rooms are nice and spacious. We were surprised to see an all-male staff. We didn't see any women employees in the hotel. Food was good but spicy and pricey. We had to always ask them to make it non-spicy. The bathroom fittings were wonky. The flush didn't work properly. So we asked them to fix it which they did. The mixer tap in the washbasin was giving only warm water and no cold water. We went downstairs to get our room kettle filled with cold water from the kitchen, so that we could boil it and make some tea. There were some mosquitoes in the night on our first visit and so during our second visit, we asked them to give us some plug-in mosquito repellents in each of our 2 rooms which they did. If we again go to Delhi, and we don't get better deals in similar airport hotels, we'll go for this hotel because of their nice decor and ambience, their friendly staff and their tasty food.
If you happen to visit Delhi, you can also try this hotel and see if you like it :-)
Our stay was not hunky-dory and we did have some issues but what we liked is the way they dealt with it.
We were won over by their warm and welcoming hospitality and service.
Now let me bid you adieu with this hotel review.
Love and Regards,
As always, Aparna
Monday, 9 September 2019
Lack
When we
Lack something
We seek God
When God
Has a lack
Whom does
He seek?
Is it us?
The devotees?
Or is He the
Perfect, complete
Creator of this
Imperfect world?
Lack something
We seek God
When God
Has a lack
Whom does
He seek?
Is it us?
The devotees?
Or is He the
Perfect, complete
Creator of this
Imperfect world?
He was such a Genius :-)
The American columnist who lived from 1915 - 1977. He was William E. Vaughan, known to us as Bill Vaughan.
His witty aphorisms are simply superb !!! I've been reading through his inspiring sayings and saluting the genius in him.
His sense of humour is also mind-blowing !!! I've really enjoyed his hilarious quotes.
Hope you also enjoy his Quotes :-)
The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiorities, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income—which he then spends sending his son to college.
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible.
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.
Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
____________________________________________
That's all my sharing for now.
Bye,
A-C
His witty aphorisms are simply superb !!! I've been reading through his inspiring sayings and saluting the genius in him.
His sense of humour is also mind-blowing !!! I've really enjoyed his hilarious quotes.
Hope you also enjoy his Quotes :-)
The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.
Hay smells different to lovers and horses.
You have to climb to reach a deep thought.
Some idea of inflation comes from seeing a youngster get his first job at a salary you dreamed of as the culmination of your career.
Someday there is going to be a book about a middle-aged man with a good job, a beautiful wife and two lovely children who still manages to be happy.
Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiorities, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third.
The wolf changes his coat, but not his disposition.
People who have little to do are excessive talkers.
When gossip grows old it becomes myth.
The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
Size isn't everything. The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
Virtue, like a dowerless beauty, has more admirers than followers.
A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.
It might be a good idea if the various countries of the world would occasionally swap history books, just to see what other people are doing with the same set of facts.
Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income—which he then spends sending his son to college.
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible.
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.
Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.
Experience is something I always think I have until I get more of it.
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
____________________________________________
That's all my sharing for now.
Bye,
A-C
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