20Km CX ride but the weather did get a little cold, reached 14 degress at one stage!

Red Storm Rising – Tom Clancy
The Forever War – Joe Haldeman

The first would have to be a CGI fest just to get all the cold war action in, the second, I’m not sure they could do justice to the whole vibe.

If at T5 use the longstay business parking, its a few quid more than normal but you get to go in the small driverless electric pods to the terminal, best part of my recent Paris trip (that and the 1st class lounge)!

GrahamS – [quoteHow significant is a mite on your eyelash to the weather in Hong Kong?[/quote]
Now I am aware of the mite, I am now concerned about both!

Used it in the past to fill rooms and found it very good, mind you this was a few years back, and not be overrun with spam (not more than usual).

A lot of that goes on trade shows as they always make a point of having the biggest stand, I think next weeks CES show (Las Vegas) they have one the size of a footbal field!

Saturday was hike-a-bike up to Tigers Head on Lantua Island and then a nice run down….

Managed to actualy do nothing at all Sunday, nothing at all…nice.

Samuel Jackson doing his biblical speech in Pulp Fiction.

Just been out for solo ride/hike-a-bike, weather around 13 with a slight chilly wind, superb.

Bit of a sneaky trail but the views are worth it.

Oh, and this from a trip to Paris at xmas, despite just using an iPhone and it being very overcast I dont think it looks to bad (cheers Instagram)?

I like to ride in groups who push me, I like to ride in groups who dont but make me smile, I like to ride on my own and set my own challenges but I also like to ride solo and take time to enjoy the scenery….most of all I like to ride.

I would like to go out on a high, with all the people present wearing ray-bans and leather flying jackets, this playing at 11 (even better if the organist can do it)……

Highway to the Danger Zone

24 Hour Party People
Seven Samurai
The Godfather Parts 1 & 2
Quadrophenia
Dead Mans Shoes
Scareface (Pacino version)

Going to be starting my return flight home in 3 hours so will miss it all but to be honest I CBA.

The old balls up the job so you dont get asked again routine :)

Been working today and now packing for an 11:30pm flight to Heathrow, Merry Xmas…

I would get myself a big old Elephant Gun, this is how they work, right?

Had my 820 for a week now and although I have not used the W8 before I find the Metro interface very easy to use.
Operation seems very fast but I have found the handset to reset a couple of times when being used and there are some minor issues like being unable to logoff Skype and no Whatsapp app (just now availbale).
Although the camera is not as good as the 920 model its still Ok for most use and one advantage over its more expensive brother is that it has a replaceable battery, something very usefull on power hungry smart phones.
Its good but I still keep my iPhone4 for work as that is still my favorit mobile phone.

Warton – Thanks, that does make sense.

The Tams – “Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me”

So far this year I have had an ASR-5, a Blur TRc and now a SB66c, if my current life is sad I cant wait for it to get better.

Think it is about 15%, was the last time I did it in 2006 (eBay USA purchase), apparently higher than watches.

Dead Mans Shoes – How does he know (Richard) that the last guy is not lying about what he did to his brother and then decide to let him go?
American Psycho – Did he actually kill those people?

My favorite is the movie one where you remove a letter, however, dodgy office goings on made me laugh the most

Heading to the UK for a holiday as well, not seen a strike in ages (London tube) and theres also the weather to look forward to…..

Time to bring this one out again…

Interesting Youtube clips as well, some people…..

Solo ride at Tai Mo Shan on Sunday, great weather conditions as it hit 26 degress by 11am!

Sadly some of my more religious FB buddies have started posting this drivel…..

So apparently its not to do with crazy people and easy access to guns after all.

Thanks for the feedback.
Just released a little air as it was running a little firm this morning and now it appears to be fine, all 160mm of it.

Yes, pretty sure.

If we are talking cool villains…..

Still have a soft spot for the first series as it does contain one of my favorit Blackadder quotes…
(in the voice of Brian Blessed while waving a sword about) The length of my rod is known only to the queen…AND A THOUSAND TURKISH WHORES!

Superb, brightened up being stuck in the office this morning

Is it me or does that twitter post not make sense, Richard Reid (the shoe bomber) tried to set off expolosives hidden in his shoes to bring down an airliner with over 200 people on board, he did not try just to ‘light his shoe’.

Now approching my 3rd year as an expat and I can echo the advice above mostly, my 2 pence worth would be:
1. Go somewhere where you can speak the laungauge or at least the basics
2. Try somewhere close and in the EU just to get you past the visa situation to start with
3. Yes, most countries require that you have a skill or trade in demand before you can turn up and work, do you?

I grew up in Africa, spent a good part of my mid-20’s in new York and have travelled and worked in every continent on this planet (bar Antatica) so I cannot recommend getting as much experience outside of the UK as possible, and if theres surf and trail, even better.

Moon landing conspiracy theorists are ametuers, I dont even believe the Moon exists ;)

Saving money by spending time at my mums for Christmas, however I probably should add the return flight between HK and blighty into the mix!

Tried to get new replacement pads for my 661 recon helemt but the LBS only had the green color and I wanted red, since I couldnt wait for the red ones I now do not colour co-ordinate with the rest of my bike or clothing.

Ah, Top Gun, I remember that from my early teenage years, whatever happened to Kelly Mcgillis……

Yep, am old.

As lots of others have said, Doom. although I have a soft spot for Conflict: Desert Strom, the first game I ever bothered to finish.