Philip Watling
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer and Published Author |
| Location | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Bang! A car has hit you. Are you still breathing? Is your heart beating? What do you do? Will you live? I did! It was a cold winter's morning; my life changed forever. I was on the way to work and I was hit by a car. I 'died'! Yet I am still here... I live again. Are you going through a traumatic experience? Do you want to live again? Read Flight of a Lifetime: the inspiring autobiography about my life, my death and my resurrection - available as a book or ebook on Amazon. Watch out though! It will make you cry, but it will also make you laugh - often at the same time. I wrote about my death and made it funny! Flight of a Lifetime may not change the world, but it may make people's perception of the world change. If enough people read it we may all end up getting along and stop fighting - a book to end all wars? |
| Interests | When I knew my book would be published I advertised it everywhere and it was through reading about me that a young lady from New York realised that she had to talk to me and find the man behind the book. July 2, 2008 we first spoke. On 29 August she flew from China (where she was working) to meet me and a week later I proposed; three times and three times she said yes. Three months later I was in China, as I was missing her so very much. By February 2009 we were back in England, but we went back to China in August. On January 21 2010 we were married. Maggie has completed me: she has enriched my life. I knew she was special from that moment we first spoke, but I never would have guessed the riches and greatness I would feel through loving her. I love her with everything I have and will do for the rest of time. |
| Favorite movies | Star Wars (all 6), Lord of the Rings (all 3), While You Were Sleeping, all Laurel and Hardy, Shooting Fish |
| Favorite music | A Flock Of Seagulls, A-Ha, ABC, Adam and the Ants, Alphaville, Altered Images, Amy Winehouse, Aztec Camera, Bauhaus, Billy Idol, Bjork, Blancmange, Blondie, Blue Peter, Blue Rodeo, Blue Zoo, Bob Geldof, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Bow Wow Wow, Breeding Ground, Bread, Cabaret Voltaire, Chalk Circle, China Crisis, Chris Isaak, Crowded House, Culture Club, Cutting Crew, David Bowie, David Sylvian, Dead Or Alive, Depeche Mode, DEVO, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Duran Duran, Echo And The Bunnymen, Einstürzende Neubauten, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Enya, Erasure, Eurythmics, Fad Gadget, Gazebo, Gene Loves Jezebel, General Public, George Kranz, George Michael, Gotye, Grace Jones, Haircut 100, Howard Jones, Hunters and Collectors, Images in Vogue, INXS, Japan, Joe Jackson, Joy Division, Kajagoogoo, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Lenny Kravitz, Love And Rockets, Level 42, Lords Of The New Church, Luba, Madness, Malcolm McLaren, Mark Ronson, Marvin Gaye, Midge Ure, Mike Oldfield, Ministry, Modern English, Natalie Merchant, New Order, Oingo Boingo, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (O.M.D.), Patsy Cline, Paul Young, Peter Gabriel, Plastic Bertrand, Platinum Blonde, Psychedelic Furs, R.E.M., Remy Shand, Rough Trade, Rusty Egan, Sade, Scritti Politti, Seal, Sheryl Crow, Shriekback, Simple Minds, Simply Red, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sinead O'Connor, Sisters Of Mercy, Soft Cell, Spandau Ballet, Spoons, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Strange Advance, T. Rex, Talking Heads, Tears For Fears, The Associates, The B-52s, The Beatles, The Clash, The Cure, The English Beat, The Fixx, The Human League, The Jam, The Normal, The Northern Pikes, The Parachute Club, The Pretenders, The Pogues, The Smiths, The Specials, The Stranglers, The Style Council, The The, The Tragically Hip, They Might Be Giants, Thomas Dolby, Tori Amos, Toyah, Tracy Chapman, Trio, U2, Vince Clarke, Visage, Yazoo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| Favorite books | Flight of a Lifetime (my published autobiography - available on Amazon), any books by Frederick Forsyth, The Mists of Avalon |