richard
richard
@admin-richard@www.main-vision.com

I am a media asset manager, camera operator and more. I hike, cycle and climb in my free time. During the COVID-19 pandemic I am blogging on a daily basis to keep a record for future generations.

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  • New York

    Reading Time: < 1 minute10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. The doors open. I walk forward a little more, a picture is taken, go up another 6 floors and I’m on an observation deck. That’s the experience people get as they go up to the observation deck of the empire state building. It’s…

  • New York

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was photographed: Series of photographs

  • Plane crash

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI saw the aftermath of the plane crash which occured today in New York. I took some video of people on phones, asking to reach loved ones and commenting on what they saw. It’s a small cessna aircraft with a yankee star that crashed killing two people.

  • Empire State building

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere, it’s been done. I’ve been to the 86th floor of the empire state building and looked down without getting fear of heights or anything.

  • Third day in New York

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I’m going to Statten Island in New York. It’s the third day I’ve been here so far and I’ve already visited the UN, Battery Park, Central Park, Times Square (at night), and other locations. I transited through Amsterdam from London, stopping there for a few hours. The flight was aboard…

  • Skype on a mobile phone

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI have just installed skype on my mobile phone and have yet to test it. it’s wifi enabled phone which means that anywhere there’s a hotspot I should be able to make phone calls via skype. it’s going to be fun to chat with people without paying for the connection.

  • On being an Resident assistant

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteBeing a resident assistant is a great job at the same time as it’s a lot of responsibility. It means that we have access to every room in halls for a few hours a week although in reality we’re only allowed to go from one room to another. We have to…

  • Fresher’s week is over

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteFresher’s week is over and lessons start this week. It means being serious a little more of the time than over the past week. I’ve been patrolling the flats already, going from room to room and seeing lots of people, lots of new faces.  This is an easy and a hard…

  • Back to uni

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m back in England, at uni, in a new room, for another year.

  • Tomorrow I’m back in London

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday I made a phone call after writing an e-mail to see about getting cheaper accomodation through one method and it went well. I’m going to be back in London tomorrow, once I’ve finished packing all my stuff into a suitcase. It’s the usual good and bad. It’s good because although…