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How to use time well
April 27th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
The Life Skills part of my web site now has almost 30 sections. Today I had an e-mail from someone in Cairo that led me to revisit and revise my advise on “How To Use Time Well”.
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Visit to Bekonscot
April 25th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Two weeks ago, Vee and I returned from a three-week trip to China with our Chinese ‘family’ Zhihao, Hua and Joshua [for an account, see here]. Today we all got together again for the first time since our holiday to celebrate Joshua’s third birthday and we were joined by three Chinese friends of Hua & […]
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China trip (2): Dalian
April 21st, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now written up for my web site an account of the second stage of our three-week trip to China. This covers our time in Dalian and you can read it here.
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China trip (1): Beijing
April 18th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now written up for my web site an account of the first stage of our three-week trip to China. This covers our time in Beijing and you can read it here.
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Happy birthday Silvia
April 17th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Today it is the 60th birthday of my sister Silvia. I’m the only person alive who has known her for every one of those 60 years and I can’t believe that my little sister – she’s two years younger than me – has reached such an age. Silvia held a celebratory event in the Regency […]
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The most expensive cup of coffee
April 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Sometime ago, I did a blog posting about the most expensive cup of coffee in the world. This followed an experience where a colleague bought me a cup in a London hotel at the utterly outrageous price of £5.20 – but at least that was in the rich West. I’ve just returned from a three-week […]
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Back from China
April 13th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
We got back last night from an amazing three-week trip to China, so now I’m struggling with jet-lag and copious e-mails and impending meetings. Over the next couple of week, I’ll be writing up a full account of the trip for my web site. You can check it out here.
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NightHawk on holiday
March 23rd, 2010 by Roger Darlington
There will be no postings on NightHawk for a while since I’m on holiday in China – but daily postings will be resumed shortly, so don’t stay away. While I’m away, you might like to browse through some of the 160 sections on my web site.
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In praise of John Lewis
March 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
A very good friend of mine works for the John Lewis Partnership at their head office in London and we meet regularly for lunch or dinner and a chat. Last night, we had dinner together. Earlier that day, John Lewis had announced that every one of their 70,000 partners (that is, staff) is to receive […]
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My 20th short story
March 10th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
Last summer, I set myself the objective of writing five short stories and managed it. My good friend Ivan told me then: “I know you, Roger. You’ll continue writing …” He was right and today I’ve put on my web site my 20th story. It’s called “It Isn’t Over …” Please have a read and […]
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