The furlough life – May 2020
Yikes. How is it that sitting at home doing nothing productive makes time go so damn fast? It’s almost mid June now and I’ve not been at work for almost 2 and a half months.An email from work at the … Continued
The furlough life – April 2020
So late towards the end of March, my company decided to use the government Furlough scheme on a third of our workforce. It makes sense really, and I don’t blame them for doing so – I recently changed from support … Continued
Life – March 2020 (COVID19 update)
Poor neglected blog, As usual in my life, doesn’t really feel like theres much to talk about, but I figured given the current situation in the UK, I may want to look back and reflect at some point. Jan:Was Cordelias … Continued
Top 20 Games of the Decade 2010-2019
We made it! And it feels like quite a strong decade of video games overall – Starting in the 360/ps3/wii era, and then transitioning into ps4/xbo/wiiU/switch. VR has been born and somewhat refined during this era as well, from the … Continued
Insomnia in the UK
So I’ve had Insomnia on and off for what feels like ages now?I’m not really sure at what point it goes from ‘difficulty sleeping’ to actual clinical ‘insomnia’ but im going to go ahead and use the term anyway. It … Continued
Life – November 2019
What the actual hell, where did the time go? I haven’t done a proper post for months because honestly, life has just been really uneventful outside of a few outlier days. Tough Mudder 5k So I did a tough mudder … Continued
Travel tips, food and advice for Singapore
Returned from Singapore this morning after a painful 18 hours or so of travel, long time readers (if I even have any) may know that this is the third time I’ve been, and so not going to bother doing traditional … Continued
Silverstone Classic
Was lucky enough to get some free tickets to the Silverstone classic event this weekend (apparently normally £70 entry?). I can’t say i’m really into cars that much at all, but seemed like a fun day out and something a … Continued
What you should be watching – Anime recommendations Summer 2019
Looking like a pretty decent season as Anime goes, and compared to last season where I was only following 4 series, I think i’ll have a lot to watch this summer.See below for some of the better ones. Fire Force … Continued
Barcelona 2019 – Day 2 – Gothic Quarter, walkabout, Castle, Magic Fountain
Day 2 turned out to be absolutely mental, especially compared to the rest of our group. Once again we were among the first to awake, even though we woke up around 9am, nobody else was really stirring. Cath declined to … Continued
Barcelona 2019 – Day 0 + 1 – Sagrada, Monumental, Park Guell, Beach
Day 0 – Arrival My latest travel would take me to Barcelona for 2 and a bit days, departing from gatwick on the Thursday and leaving on the sunday morning.Our outbound flight was delayed unfortunately – I have no kind … Continued
Life – May 2019
Fairly uneventful month… Chiropractor As I get older, I feel like my back pain is getting worse, I imagine going to the gym is both helping and contributing to the issue but who knows which side is winning out. … Continued
Lights – Skin and earth tour 2019
Had the pleasure of finally going to see Lights ( https://www.iamlights.com/ ) in London, I remember seeing the tickets go on sale for the last time she was in the UK but decided not to go for whatever reason (probably … Continued
Life – April 2019
Yikes! That was a crazy fast month! Practically in May now. Where did all the time go? New House! So I’ve moved out of my single room shared house place, and into a rented 2 bedroom house. A house! … Continued
Anime Recommendations – Winter 2018/19
So it’s been ages since I’ve done one of these, I don’t really have the time to go through every single shitty show nowadays, though I still do manage to watch a lot of them unfortunately. I suppose moreso I … Continued
Life – Feb/Mar 2019
I started writing this thinking I had plenty to talk about and it turns out I really don’t. It’s kind of shocking how uneventful life has been lately, but sometimes boring is good too. Budapest Was great fun! … Continued