busy busy at work… no lunch for the wicked all this week, nor much of a dinner, so no food posts or photos. 😦 It’s the lunar new year tomorrow, and although I was kinda excited about celebrating it in a city with a large Chinese population when I first arrived, it looks like I’ll […]
From BBC news: Extreme elements bring down Fathers 4 Justice. Thought it was funny, yet so telling of US networks’ propensity to overdramatise events, that the alleged plot to kidnap Leo Blair made it to headline news last night. (Despite being a minor story on BBC news, and that the alleged plot was nothing more […]
From BBC news: Eviction threat in ‘respect’ plan. The OED should revise their definition of respect. The word now conjures up images of a smirking G.G. Galloway or feelings of uncontrollable rage against the PM and his spin machine. I respect the need to respect our fellow men, but I object to the use of […]
What?! Starbucks do a normal-size cappuccino?! (via) And all this time I’ve avoided the cappuccino in non-Italian coffee shops because they don’t ever follow the perfect thirds ratio of espresso:milk:froth. Right, time to put it to the test. We have a Starbucks within the hospital canteen; I’ll ask for a short cappuccino there first. And […]
From BBC news: Royal Mile cobbles to be lifted I seem to recall a whole year of road works in 2004 on the Royal Mile, ending only in time for the bloody Festival. And now they want to do it all again? F-ing money wasters! As for auto-bollards, there is one between my building and […]
From the BBC: White noise. Yeah, they’d have to be deaf to put up with their own music. I don’t have much of a problem with my portable music levels, although I’ve had to stop listening on the bus due to the super-high background noise levels. A pair of those fancy schmancy ear plug/buds is […]
Singapore’s appalling abuse of human rights.
The Singaporean government shows no compassion. This morning, another drug mule was hanged. It is very well known how the Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai authorities treat drug traffickers, yet still it continues. I always wonder why they take such huge risks; why they can’t find another route that does not take them through these countries […]
Can’t stand product placement. Pisses me off. And tonight, my already not so good opinion of Coldplay took a nosedive. On the latest CSI:NY (Jamalot), one of the detectives pulls out his mobile as it begins to ring, explaining to his colleague that it’s Coldplay’s “Talk”. One minute later, in the all-too-frequent adbreaks over here, […]
is a dangerous thing indeed. we live in dark times, my friends
akatsuki ra-ra-ra 