What is all the hullabaloo about the Pope coming to the UK? People seem to be vehemently supporting the visit whilst other are on the other side, collating all the reasons why this visit should either not occur or not be successful. First of all, it'… more »

Yesterday, we were talking to our neighbour and she told us that someone was murdered a few streets away from us (half a mile or less). The poor dead woman was murdered in her house. OK London is definitely not a safe place as it is violent however c… more »

It has been a long time since I have added anything to this blog! Ok life has been treating me well but the reason for my absence is because of numerous online projects that seem to take a life of their own and suck on my life! Well, real life has has it… more »

The Chinese migrant communities in Tokyo live shadowy lives. The Japanese neither acknowledge nor welcome them. They are shunned by the mainstream society, hounded by the yakuza, and go about their days under fear of being discovered and repatriated.… more »

I (or We) are back from Japan. I really enjoyed this trip to Japan. I think I fell in Love with Japan because I have seen many things that I never spotted in the previous trips. It was great to see friends that I have not seen for almost a decade.… more »

I promised Irfan pictures of this jamming session... but the jamming session was so good that I totally forgot to take pictures during the session! Well the day began like this...First of all Kai"pan" and I visited a famous shrine... I do not know wh… more »

Heavy rain and high winds have been causing havock in certain parts of Britain this week and causing major floording which as forecasters warned would spread across the country.Rivers have been rising, bridges collapsing which has left a police man m… more »

It feels like last Christmas was only yesterday and now it is December, I am sure that there is some theory to days passing faster as we grow older... I remember someone saying it was to do with the human metabolic rate (or clock) but did not pay a lot o… more »

Extract from Nikkei today... Japan and Vietnam will meet in Hanoi Wednesday to launch negotiations aimed at reaching an accord on nuclear cooperation in 2010, government sources from both sides said. Vietnam is looking to build its first nuclear pl… more »

I have been thinking of writing a blog on this topic but I have been affraid to do so as it is a huge topic. However, here goes nothing... Today on the news, it is official that the UK is in a recession. This is not a technical recession as data states… more »