A bit of this and a bit of that

Hmmm, it’s amazing how fast time flies when you’re havin fun .. and when you’re not! You see, I have an exam in a couple of weeks (Organisational Behaviour) andI’m doing my best to get through my books and start working past papers. The problem is that there’s not much time before the exams, and [...]

We haven’t had a joke here in ages, so I thought I’d dig on up. It’s about boots and crocodiles. Enjoy:
One day a blonde woman wants to look for some boots. She first saw some thigh high boots she liked, but then settled on a pair of crocodile boots. She asked for help but was [...]

Looks like I need to update my Dad’s website again. He went to fix something on the website and accidentally deleted the page I just created. Ah well, shouldn’t take too long to fix.

I don’t have any knee problems, but if I needed any surgery on my knee, I would probably want something like what? ConforMIS offer. They produce knee replacement implants, but their philosophy is very much based around repairing the damage rather than making it worse. They work by building a custom implant that is tailored [...]

I’ve just updated some material on my Dad’s website. He sent me this list of works that are waiting to be published (he’s an author) and I needed to get them up on hist website. I promised to do them last week and guess I managed to do them last thing on Sunday night before [...]

I just heard that a friend of mine won a trip to South Africa. She took part in a competition on Virgin Radio and just found out that she had been selected as the winner. The trip includes flights to South Africa, accommodation and spending money. Great way to go on holiday really; without having [...]

Here’s a great photo of Arthur I took today. He was playing around in the sitting room with a tent we set up for him and he just looked so cute that I had to snap a photo. You can click on it for a better look. I probably don’t have any photos on this [...]

I wasn’t thinking of our taking a holiday in the Mediterranean this year, as it is rather close to home. However, I ended up browsing a website called MedHead.com which specialises in properties in different countries around the Mediterranean. In particular, I came across a Cyprus property which could be rented for much less than [...]

Just wanted to drop everyone a note to let you all know that WP Auctions is now live. It’s a plugin for WordPress that lets you auctions things straight off your blog. No fee to anyone, just full control of whatever you’re selling. If you’re running WordPress and have something to sell, check it out.

Following the last post, I came across a good post that has some practical advice on how to avoid stress. Here’s what they recommend:

Accept offers of practical help
Do one thing at a time - don’t keep piling stress on stress
Know your own limits - don’t be too competitive or expect too much of yourself
Talk to [...]