A Typical British Bank Holiday Weekend

The Easter Bank Holiday Weekend, I feel is rather underrated, particularly after the feror surrounding Christmas. Under normal circumstances, I would have made big plans for the four day break. However, two things worked against me this year. Firstly I had to work on Good Friday. Working in an international environment, where you are supporting […]

Normal Service Resumed (Sort Of)

Went to see Kick-Ass at Vue Reading last night. I had been looking forward to the movie ever since I had seen the trailer a few months back. It was actually my Dad that told me late on Thursday night that Jonathan Ross’s wife, Jane Goldham, co-wrote the screenplay which turned out to be a […]

Military Discipline

I know in this modern age, most people find it difficult to live without their mobile phones. I too perhaps would be lost without a mobile but I actually have the discipline to switch mine off. Most days it is off during the course of the working day (between 8am until around 5pm when I […]

Let It Snow

I find it very interesting how this country deals with snow. The climate changes to this extreme, once in a decade, but even so, it is known to happen so you would think Local Authorities would be a little better prepared. The weather took a turn for the worst, as I left work around 6pm […]

Back to Work

It was back to work on Monday morning, but I had Tuesday off (for Christmas shopping) and then shifts every day of varying length up to and including Christmas Eve. What made my day was a little boy, perhaps aged eight. He was in a private school uniform, but I could not recognise the badge, […]