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After almost two years of hard slog, I'm preparing for my last exam on Tuesday 16th June.

Plus, I've got to find to a new place to live in July.

So pretty busy at the moment.

But will blog more afterwards.

But my blogs may be a bit different from when I used to blog regularly.

For example, I very rarely eat cake nowadays.  But I really love salads at the moment.

"Do not take food and drink into this shop.

Rice Cakes and Water are okay."

 - sign on the window of a shop door in Covent Garden.


I was playing tourist this weekend as I had a friend staying with me.

I had coffee at the Charles Dickens coffee shop in Covent Garden which is in the building which was used to publish Dickens' first magazine. 

Comments about my appearance that I have received in the last 24 hours:

"You look like Topol"

"You remind me of my ancestors" (from a man with Polish Jewish ancestry).

"You look a bit like you're fighting for the Revolution".

"Gyppo"

Maybe it's time I had a shave.

On the plus side, I'm receivi

I got free tickets to the Destinations Travel Show at Earls Court. So I went on Saturday. And again on Sunday as I still had a spare ticket and I couldn't get into a talk I wanted to go to which was being repeated on Sunday (and on Sunday there was a mostly different schedule with more great talks).

I listened to all these talks about different countries and interviews with adventurers like Charley Boorman, olympic skiier/extreme sports show guy Graham Bell, talks on photography, writing, etc.

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This lunchtime, I enjoyed Moroccan style hummus (with red pepper and topped with whole chickpeas), on cinnamon and raisin bagels.

I've just read this article...

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/09012009/36/ coffee-replace-diesel-0.html

Someone's discovered that you can extract oil from coffee grounds which can then be used as a biofuel to run cars.  Research is now underway to see if it's really a viable alternative to diesel.

My brother-in-law and I decided to take my niece for a walk after dinner today.  We took a short walk along the Waterfront.  We saw a man in a boat with loads of sea urchins.  He was cutting out the bottom of each sea urchin and putting them in a basket.

We then decided to take the baby to the pub (which had a lovely fire).  We noticed that sea urchins (ones that are now dried) were being sold at the bar.

I'm off to Cornwall after work today for Christmas.

I hope you have an amazing Christmas and New Year.