June 2007

Show More Compassion – My Last Ever Blog Post

time for compassion in the world

It is 30th June, and we are at the half way point in the year. How quickly this year has flown by! Having recently suffered the sad loss of a friend, I am reminded more than ever before of the futility and fragility of our lives. My friend Albert Foong who writes some wonderful stuff [...]

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No More Clothes Smelling of Smoke!

stop smoking!

The new law to ban smoking from public places finally comes into place from tomorrow in England. A whole new era begins of cleaner bars, clubs and restaurants. It will be wonderful to go out socialising and not have to worry about inhaling secondary smoke and going home with smelly clothes. It is also a [...]

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Blue Moon Means its Time for New Beginnings

blue moon

Today is blue moon day! Before you got outside to check out the colour of the moon through the rainy clouds, being blue just means that it is the second full moon of this month. A while back I wrote about changing your life once in a blue moon. A blue moon is usually defined [...]

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A New Man in Downing Street :-)

poser!

A new man has entered 10 Downing Street today:-) No matter what you think of David Cameron and his political leanings, you have to admire the achievement of his life long ambition. What burning ambition are you going to fulfil in your life time?!

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Why Working from Home is the Future

home comforts

I was recently interviewed by a radio show about working from home, which has always been seen as a luxury for a few lucky and high profile people. But now more and people are looking at flexible working as an exciting prospect. The question though is whether working from home equals higher productivity. Just what [...]

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Consumer Power is Here to Stay – Have your Say

gone are the days when chocolate was just chocolate!

A few weeks ago I wrote about Masterfoods were planning to introduce an animal product in its range of chocolates including Mars Bar. This sneaky plan by Masterfoods caused quite a stir with the company receiving over 6,000 calls and emails and 40 MPs even signing a petition. The Vegetarian Society urged members to complain [...]

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People in your Life are Precious, so Appreciate Them!

people are so precious

I am back writing and in the swing of things once again. The last 3 weeks have been rather surreal after the tragic death of a very close friend. This was only a week after we had spent the best part of a week together. So the last month has certainly been a life changing [...]

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Father’s Day – A Time to Remember Just What your Father has Done for You!

time to honour your father

It is father’s day today (Sunday, June 17th, 2007) in the UK, USA and many other countries around the world. Father’s day is becoming an important day of celebration and gradually catching up with the more popular mother’s day worldwide. Now the fifth most popular purchased greeting cards in the USA are for father’s day [...]

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Change the World Through the Young People of Today

Anne Frank

It is 60 years this month that a remarkable book by a remarkable girl was published. Anne Frank’s Diary was published on 25th June 1947 and has inspired generations of children ever since. Nearly 40 million copies of Anne’ diary have been published in nearly 70 years. Burmese to Bengali and Belarussion, Kazak to Khmer [...]

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