Brad's Take Off

Launtau

2007-04-30T07:42:00.000-07:00

This is Larry, a buddy I went to Sault College with, and I up at the big budda in Hong Kong.

South of France

2007-04-30T07:41:00.000-07:00

Here is a pic of Christie and I at her grand parents cottage in the south of france.

Flight to Paris

2007-04-30T07:39:00.000-07:00

Here is a pic of my flight from HK to Paris a few weeks ago.

St James Park, London

2006-12-02T06:49:00.000-08:00

One more pic.

Cathay 252 departing London

2006-12-02T04:36:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of me flying away from London back to Hong Kong that Chrisite took right above the London Eye.

A beutiful day in London with My beutiful girl from Paris

2006-12-02T03:17:00.000-08:00

It was a special trip to London a couple of days ago, Christie took the Euro star from
Paris and we met in the morning and walked all around London than went to a great
English pub near the hotel for dinner, I left the next day at 10am for HK and we parted ways until Next week when I will see her again in Paris. Life is good.

Hiking in Sai Kong

2006-12-02T03:13:00.000-08:00

I have been doing 4 hours hikes twice a week for the past 2 months and its crazy how much it gets you in shape. I have lost 8 pounds. This is Sai Kong, outlying Hong Kong. My buddy Marcus and I did a 8 hour hike, great views of the mountains.

Visitors From Canada

2006-11-30T17:17:00.000-08:00

A couple of weeks ago Alex Fassion and his girlfriend Marie, were passing by Hong Kong on their one month travel of Asia. I was a way on a trip and they used my place while in HK. Here is a pic of us having coffee.

November 10th in London

2006-11-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

I just got back from London. Here is a shot of a area just west of Kessington Gargens. I went on a 5 hour walk and ended up at Buckingham palace. Its my 5th time seeing Buckingham and I have realized its one of my least favoirte sites in Europe.

I had my Line Check on the way back from London which went great and now released to fly online. Will be flying to Paris next week and Chrisite will be flying back with me on my flight!!!

My Zizzi????

2006-11-11T06:57:00.000-08:00

Hey Christie, this one's for you!!!!! Its not as good as the real thing, I hope!

Hiking in HK

2006-11-11T06:53:00.000-08:00

I have started a new ritual of going on a hike every few days. I try and always go the day after I get back from a flight, it helps with the jet lag. One of the things with the Long Haul flying is trying to get the body back on the clock, I find by going for a long hike during the day helps. This is my favoirte hike, 3000ft up to the top of Launtau peek, and in this pic you can see the Budda statue, the largest in the world at the Po Lin monastery.

My "flat" in Hong Kong

2006-11-11T06:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a pic of my place, for now, in Hong Kong. It is a small one bedroom that I have leased for six months to start, fully furnished. You can kind of see the Lantau moutains in the background.

Hong Kong To London Flight 252

2006-10-11T03:07:00.000-07:00

It's 6 in the evening and I just got up from sleeping all day. I got in from my second flight today at 8am after flying back from London, Heathrow. Its funny, for me I could'nt ask for a more perfect job. Flying around the world working 9 days a month and having a very good excuse for sleeping all day!!

The flight to London and back went really well and I am learning a lot from the Captains I am flying with. They are very good at teaching and are providing me with really good feed back which feels great.

I had 30 hours in London and went down to Notting hill and Kensington gardens for the day. Notting hill is one of my favoirte places in London, very similiar to Kensigton market in Toronto.

I am now off for 10 days, I am flying to Paris on the 17th to see Chrisite than come back to Hong kong to fly to San Francisco than to L.A. By the beginning of November my training will be completed.

Hope all is well with everybody.

Brad

Tai chi in Hong Kong

2006-10-04T02:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a pic of a woman doing tai chi in Kowloon walled park. This was a park that homeless people lived in until 1985 when it was turned into a park.
It was orginally a military base in the 1800s.

June 15th - June 19th - Paris

2006-10-03T08:03:00.000-07:00

Before I left for Austtralia I went Paris to see Christie and take it easy before starting with Cathay.

Here are some pics of Versailles which is about a 40 minute train ride from Paris.

First flight

2006-10-03T00:49:00.000-07:00

Had my first flight to Frankfurt Germany last week on September 27th. It was amazing to finally fly the 747 after 3 months of training, exams and too much studying.

The flight started out with climbing up the staircase to the flight deck 2 stories high. Once in the cockpit little sandwiches and drinks were brought up, delightful. Took off at 11:30 pm and I was on duty with the Captain for the first shift till about 5:30 am. We flew over China, Kazachstan, and into Russia.... Flew over moutain peaks of 24,000 ft through the Himaluns. This is the part that required alot of attention as you can not descend very low if there is a problem and you have to know where you are at all times and what to do if anything goes wrong.

I am heading off to Paris in two weeks to see Chrisite which I am really excited about.

I am off to London next week and fly to L.A. and San Fran this month.

Life is good!

2006-09-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

Brad's Blog is Delightful

Hey, thanks Scotty for setting this up. Hope all my friends and fam will enjoy this.
Its been a long road but it is all paying off! Hope you enjoy the pics.