I don’t often really get stressed but today has been a real pain trying to close out a lot of things before i head out tomorrow on a 2 week US trip. Particularly painful since I should (fingers crossed) be moving relatively shortly after I return at the end of the month. I feel as […]

I’ve come to the conclusion that buying a house is (relative to selling) easy, whilst selling a house is a complete pain. I spent 2hrs yesterday with the people buying the current house going through everything and explaining to them the procedure. Then several hours on the ‘phone this morning chasing up things and pulling […]

I had to grab a form for re-direction of mail yesterday, so I logged onto the Post Office website and then typed ‘moving house’ into the search field. Behold- a whole load of random crap comes up about mortgages etc. Why can’t people stick to what they are good at ? Why must everything be […]

A new term I thought of this morning to define things that I see and need to blog about, specifically things that are irritating/funny. Well, today’s trip involves going to Cambridge rail station, then sitting on a train into London, so I’m absolutely sure there will be ample fodder… Upper Crust, Cambridge StationA particular ‘favourite’ […]

Just 2 days back in the UK and I’m back to the grind of 13hr days in the office as there feels so much to do. I’ve been tired as have gone to be too early and waking up at 3AM the past few mornings. I’m not sure if it’s worth getting back on a […]

I just logged into Facebook and noticed a posting for 2009 Freshers Week at my old University. After some mental maths (I love working with numbers in my head) I realised that I attended that 18 years ago. Then the real heart synching moment set in – most of the people attending this years event […]

My favourite Chinese food – slices of thin beef cooked in chilli oil with extra chilli’s added to ensure maximum flavour. I could eat bowls and bowls of this – though the next day I always have a sore stomach ! In HK ended up eating masses of food like this, as well as some […]

Grabbed this picture at the airport in Shanghai. Sadly lighting was rather poor, but I think this sums up the service you get perfectly “The desk of advising” with nobody at the desk…

A couple of pictures taken in Hong Kong (sorry for the poor quality pics from the iPhone)…

Writing this sitting at the bar on the flight back to London. I like the collection of magazines they have on Virgin flights. GQ (I’d already read that), Sunday Times Traveler (good magazine), Newsweek. Sadly they don’t have any of the political magazines anymore like New Statesman (my favourites), but there is ‘Hello!’. I was […]