Thursday, July 09, 2009

Slow-roast Rump of English lamb...


The House of Lords (also known as House of peers for ceremonial purposes) is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords". Parliament comprises the Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as "the Commons"), and the Lords. Membership of the House of Lords was once a right of birth to hereditary peers, but following a series of reforms these now only form a portion of the membership. As of July 2009[update] the House of Lords has 740 members, 94 more than the 646 seat House of Commons.[1][2] The House of Lords, like the House of Commons, assembles in the Palace of Westminster. The full, formal title of the House of Lords is The Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. (from wikipedia).
I was in London recently to speak at the 3rd International takaful Summit at Knightsbridge. One of the highlights of the summit was the dinner reception at the House of Lords. I shall not write alot about it. The wiki info above I suppose, is enough to enlighten the dark. I have been invited 3 times to have a meal there, the first two was from Lord Kenneth O Morgan (Lord of Aberdyfi) former Vice Chancellor of the University of Wales at Aberystwyth that alas, never happened. So I thought I shall not miss this opportunity for a third time. I bumped by chance, into Kak Teh choc-a-blog, at MSD canteen at Queensboro Terrace and she commented (complained was more like it) that my blog was too wordy...now I am lost for words...

6 comments:

Kak Teh said...

I didnt say it was too wordy - my exact word was padat. I was hinting at paragraphs. break it up, haiyaaaa, wordy pulak.

Khaeruddin Sudharmin said...

hehehe sowee..i must have been concentrating on the lass seated beside u masa tuh (LOL). you shud hv kicked my leg so i wud hv been more politically-correct when making comments hahaha. i hope i didn't upset anyone unduly(hehe). please apologise to parties concerned, for my mulotakdekinsurans arietuh...

Anonymous said...

*LOL* which lass were you referring to?

Yeah KT complained that you needed paragraph.

Khaeruddin Sudharmin said...

the one who was seated next to KT lar...gungho woman with the little gurl who spoke england better thn the engelish hahaha...not knowing the background story...and i, like cam baguih jerk, re-enacted court cases (divorce case plax tuh) that i had personally witness the conduct in court, presided by judge (without mentioning names) hahaha and KT wuz like cam nak sepak jerk kaki i....hahahaha. soweee no malice intended...

Ms B said...

no worries. as u said, muluttakdeinsurans. *lol* Tho it wud be nice to see KT in action.

yes the young lady speaks better than most people I know.

Khaeruddin Sudharmin said...

Ms B, if u're the lass (lady i meant..hehe) sowee bunyi cam koboi cket, please forgive my blunt remarks. Yes your daughter speaks very good english reminding me of my own first daughter when she was 5 when we were at loughborough. Balik jek mesia ...within 4 mths..haiyya all gone leh....hahaha.