As most of the developed world gets ready for the Easter break, spare a thought for those to whom today is just another day in a struggle for survival and progress. For a lot of children, an Easter chocolate bunny is only a fantasy. This is not about feeling guilty or...
I have now been up and working since 6 this morning, having given up trying to get some sleep. I felt all fired up and on edge all night, mulling over all sorts of thoughts from penguins, statues and new e-books, desperately trying to sleep. You may ask why those...
It seems that there is always something happening around where I live. This morning, the police had to close the road for two hours after a serious accident literally yards from my home. It is only barely two months since I wrote about a motorcyclist being hit on...
Last week I received two wedding invitations – it seems that a lot of my friends are getting married this year. So far I know of 4 friends getting married in 2007, in locations as exotic as India, the Bahamas – and of course London 🙂 Nowadays, with the...
This April, I was due to finally run the London marathon. I even wrote in January about how to run your own marathon in 2007. See, I have wanted to run the London marathon for a long time and it looked like this year, on 22nd April, I was finally going to achieve one...
I have just had my evening supper and have finally emptied my fridge of all food. My fridge has never been emptier – and my food cupboards are almost bare too. Having just written about eating well and saving the earth, I must walk the talk! So from hereon my...
It has been another beautiful Spring day here in London – and it seems like we are in for another scorching summer. At least the infamous dull weather in London has been changed thanks to global warming. So perhaps global warming is not so bad after all:-)...
I recently had another article published in a magazine aimed at Asian women, a magazine appropriately called “Asian Woman”. How about that for a highly targeted niche? Though my article was aimed at the Asian women readership, it actually applies to all...
Last week, there was a disturbing report about how UK households are dumping a third of all the food they buy. Incredible isn’t it? In light of all the problems we face today such as global warming, scare resources, pollution, simply by cutting out our food wastage we...
Every now and then I come across a cool website which I just have to share with you. A couple of days ago, out of the blue, I heard from James Eves and he shared with me his vision of how to be a cool dad! As I have always been passionate about working with children...