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Did you know that Oxford University’s brand colour has it’s own Pantone code? Neither did I, until today, because I bought a blue Oxford t-shirt for my da and was wondering if maybe I should have got grey. Turns out I got lucky. So a few new things have changed since my last post. Most [...]

Jackpot

April - 21 - 2010
Posted by raiichu

Who knew, signing up to spam could save me hundreds? Who knew a volcano eruption could save me hundreds? Who knew Lonely Planet could be so generous? I’m on Lonely Planet’s mailing list and was very surprised to find this in my inbox, In response to the travel chaos caused by Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which [...]

Avant

August - 7 - 2009
Posted by raiichu

Going to go see “Coco Avant Chanel” tonight. Then I realised I didn’t know what “Avant” meant – fyi: it meants “before” or “pre-” The title is very clever. I will post a review once I’ve seen it. Anyway, as wiki does, it lead me to look up “Avant Garde” and I thought I’d share [...]

Hot Cup of Cancer?

March - 30 - 2009
Posted by raiichu

It seems like everywhere  you turn these days, some one you know or someone you know knows someone with cancer. Here’s a new one – try not to drink your tea “throat burning hot” – http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/27/hot-tea-cancer.html

Why Not Now?

March - 18 - 2009
Posted by raiichu

I think now would be a good a time as any to start the blog I’ve been meaning to for months, the world keeps spinning as I keep waiting for the perfect time and the perfect post to be the first, so why not now?   Next Saturday – March 28th 2009 @ 8:30pm is [...]