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Well it’s the new year and my blog has certainly suffered from a considerable amount of neglect in the last few months. This in part is because my blogging efforts (not to mention real life efforts) have been swallowed up … Continue reading →

Having been upgraded to Business class on my flight back to the UK two weeks ago, I felt that my years of flying back and forth from China to the UK were at last being rewarded with some perks. This … Continue reading →

A few on friday, a few more on sunday, one last night. I see it is very much an organic process. I’m chiselling away at those irresistible urges one day at a time….

Okay, I actually smoked 3 cigarettes last night in a moment of weakness… What can I say? The truth is it is very hard to resist when surrounded by chain smokers. Blame delegation in action…. However the guilt today has … Continue reading →

I woke up on tuesday morning with the usual part-ashtray feeling and decided enough was enough. I cleared the house of empty fag boxes, dumped the ashtrays at the back of a cupboard and hid all the lighters in a … Continue reading →

Recently I discovered I was running low on the great British institution that is Marmite. I did some some Googling and to my great surprise discovered that it is for sale on Amazon.com. Worldwide shipping! Brilliant!

I was browsing the web earlier and somehow stumbled upon a drawing of the house I grew up in. It seems the new owners must have had it commissioned. Amazing what you can find on the Interweb. UPDATE: My father … Continue reading →

I bought this beautiful rug in Mongolia which you can see here modeled by Robbie.

Today is my birthday. Generally a day for receiving but as I left the office just now I discovered that it is also a day of taking away. My groovy red scooter has been stolen. Never again shall I cruise … Continue reading →