The final week of the year is usually one that gets lost in a flurry of activities ( Read more... )

One of the main annoyances of growing old, apart from finding the occasional white nostril hair, is the double whammy of having more life experiences yet losing one's memory ( Read more... )

10 years ago, I stepped into Room 201 of a drab grey building to start my first day at university ( Read more... )

You know you are underpaid when you see a Mclaren SLR in your staff car park...

Cleaners should not have body odour. Discuss.

Natwest spends about 40p in postage every month to tell me that I have earned 1p in interest. No wonder UK banks are bankrupt.

It's strange seeing your parents on Facebook...

As we trickle into the last hours of 2008, I wish everyone a decent 2009.
It's not predicted to be good - but hey, as long as you make better use of it than the year before...

Gong xi fa cai.

I noticed while window shopping in Marks & Spencer's (because I'm old) the other day that the majority of Christmas cards were either "Merry Christmas Mom" or "Merry Christmas Dad" - very few "Merry Christmas Mom & Dad ( Read more... )

I don't see how Dubai can be a first world country when my TV goes blank whenever it rains.