ABU DHABI Harlequins Manila, Philippines -U16s RUGBY TOUR

27/07/2023

Brilliant initiative. Go Philippine Rugby!

26/03/2023

Hi to all my friends at Quins in the UAE and around the world,

I am sure it's in your wish list: Retiring to somewhere warm, friendly and relaxing. But where? Brexit has screwed Europe up for Brits. Not every American wants to live in Florida. So what about the Philippines?

But at the moment, there is no development in the Philippines that features homes with ageless, universal and active lifestyle design features and special facilities for seniors. But there soon will be!

We are a group of Expat and Filipino Professionals, living and working in the UAE, collaborating with International Consultants, putting together a study about a “Dream Retirement Community”. By answering the questions in our survey, you will be helping us shape the retirement community to match your expectations.

We would appreciate your answers in the soonest possible time. Thank you. PLEASE SHARE & CIRCULATE! TSB

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24/12/2022

MERRY XMAS to everyone in all the far-flung corners of the world who knows me. Wait! I thought the world was round like a ball? Maybe its not. Maybe its flat like a pizza. Or square like a Rubric's Cube. Or even like the Square World in the BBC1 TV comedy series in the early 60s. Yes, that's it - then it can have corners for all you folk who hang out in such places. Perfect! MERRY XMAS TO EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD!

Director of this trailer Maurice Kanareck says, "Another trailer for 'Its a Square World', this time with Derek Guyler rotating the mechanical equivalent of ...

08/10/2022

Hi FRIENDS! I have just renamed my first book as it's now available in its new edition. The original title "TSB - Confessions of an Ex-Hooker blah, blah, blah, etc etc . . ." was confusing to some people unless they knew me. The new title "When Life Throws You A Curve Ball - DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'" (hopefully) gets to the point. Apart from the title, the cover looks the same, but there have been a few updates inside, in particular, all jokey notes and words of explanatory wisdom that were in the glossary have now been put as footnotes on the page where they appear. Easy Peasy! Check out my DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' FaceBook page and my Blog Site on https://trevorstottbriggs.wordpress.com/ where there is lots more info and even a sample chapter! As always, its available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. ENJOY!! P.S. More exciting new coming soon!!!!

19/09/2022

Today was precision, pageantry, pomp and circumstance along with great grief and mourning. Amazing in its timing and perfection. It was a nice change to be proud to be a Brit for once in these dark, political and expensive times!

20/03/2022

Hi All. We are soon about to downsize to a smaller house. Starting to clear out with clothes etc. Does anyone have contact with an organisation collecting clothes for Ukranian refugees? TIA

01/03/2022

THIS HAS TO BE THE UKRAINE ANTHEM! Dedicated to the President and People of Ukraine and everyone around the world who supports them against Putin. Listen to the words. They must have been written for this moment. John Farnham – "You’re the Voice" with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m2m_9Uijso

22/10/2021

KIDS THESE DAYS WOULD LAUGH AT THIS, BUT IT'S SO TRUE…..
I got most of this from one of the guys on the Brits in the Philippines page and added a few bits of my own at the end. But everything really was like that . . .
When I grew up I walked to school and our Dinner time was at a regular time, Sunday’s was a roast, simple as that!
Eating out was not heard of, we only had a take away on special occasions, only received a toy on birthdays and at Christmas 🙄.
Fast food was fish and chips and having a bottle of Tizer pop from the corner shop was a real treat.
You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your 'playing out' clothes. - children looked like children, we didn't pout, wear makeup or have anxiety or ADSD. There was no taking or picking you up in the car, you walked or rode your bike!
Our house phone had a cord attached, so there was no such things as private conversations or mobile phones! Ours was out in the hall.
We didn’t have Now TV, Sky or Netflix, we had only 3 channels to watch. Channel 4 and 5 was an exciting addition! 😁 we had to watch all of the adverts unless you switched to BBC.
We played Army, Bull Dog, Outings, Kerby, Hide & Seek, Tag, Football, made mud pies and Rode Bikes 😁
Staying in the house was a PUNISHMENT and the only thing we knew about "bored" was --- "You better find something to do, before I find it for you!"
We ate what mum made for our Dinner. or we ate nothing at all. If we rushed our Dinner we weren't allowed to go back out and if we didn't eat it, we weren't allowed back out either 😅
Bottled water was not a thing; we drank from the tap,
We watched cartoons at the Cinema on Saturday afernoons, and rode our bikes for hours and ran around. We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. We played till dark... street lights were our alarm.
If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER.
We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our aunts, uncles, grandpas, grandmas, AND our parents' best friends were all extensions of our PARENTS and you didn't want them telling your parents if you misbehaved! Or they would give you something to cry about. Everyone had respect.
I did my school and university research by borrowing books from the library. There was no internet and no Google! 😮
Those did feel like they were the good days, even though there were many things that we did not have or could not afford. So many kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid 😁
I loved my childhood and all the friends I hung around with in the parks and on empty bits of land. We used to play cricket in summer on the railway station car park (as there were no cars there). And in winter it was football in front of some garage doors (as they were a perfect-sized framework for the goals). We went to the Cubs, Scouts and Church Parades (even though most of us hated the latter). Trainspotting was a fun hobby (as were model railways). We walked up the lane at weekends with our dads to help on the farm that was just on the edge of town (so we got free eggs and the occasional chicken). Doing paper rounds and delivering milk before going to school was usually the way to start the day (and a way to earn extra spending money).
They were Good Times 💯😊
The 50s/60s/70's ❤️

10/10/2021

What's that about a 2022 Reunion Tour??

10/09/2021

Hi All. ENTER THIS COMPETITION AND WIN A PRIZE!! I have nearly done with the edits on Edition 2 of TSB Confessions of an Ex-Hooker. I have been recommended by a book publishing agent to change the title. He says that the message in the title is too confusing. (See picture of book cover) I would like to keep the DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' bit as the main title – as there are lots of references to that in the book - but have something that comes before that. Probably in a smaller font. Perhaps something like:
When Sh*t Happens . . . DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
or
When Life Throws You a curve Ball. . . DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
What do you think? Any ideas?
I need to come up with something soon as I have to ask the graphic designer who did the original cover to re-work the title.
The winner gets a free copy of the Edition 2 book. Cheers TSB

28/07/2021

Please sign & circulate https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/585438

There are an estimated 5-6 million British Nationals living abroad as expatriates. Many countries with large British expat populations appear on the red travel list from 17 May. We propose the Government allow all vaccinated British expats to return home quarantine-free to visit their families.

21/07/2021

TSB's second book. And it's even funnier that the first!😂

12/06/2021

Something amusing from BoJo as the Euro football kicks off.

The G7 summit takes place this weekend, but there's a more pressing matter on Boris Johnson's agenda.England play their first Euros game on Sunday and they n...

01/03/2021

HI ALL - Check out the article below that has just appeared in the Burnley Express – my UK local newspaper – written by a former junior school friend, Malcolm Tattersall. He is now semi-retired and a free-lance journalist.
He has managed to condense big chunks of my life into 4-5 paragraphs and add some stuff about the books too. Clever these media men! It’s on both the digital media and the real newsprint versions. Books available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble online OR anyone in UAE send me a PM https://www.burnleyexpress.net/arts-and-culture/books/book-is-latest-chapter-in-remarkable-life-of-brierfield-old-boy-3147859?amp

A former Brierfield man who set off from Lancashire in 1976 to drive across Africa with a bunch of chums in a second-hand Land-Rover and ended up spending the next 45 years adventuring around the world has just had a satirical novel published about Donald Trump’s spell in the White House.