War is costly. Peace is priceless

So, here i am, back at work. Sitting in my chair sandwiched between Nicola and Uzma. This seems to be reminiscent of my days in Clearing 2010 (see my first blog) and that didn’t work out too well for me (again see my first blog).

Anyways, Turns out I have made a slight logistical error in my previous blogs. Turns out, Uzma’s christening that she has to go to is not this week, but is actually at the end of the month.  In light of this recent evidence, there will be an update on that next month sometime.

I have decided that my skills as a dessert chef are causing me more problems than it would have fixed. If you will recall, just before Christmas, Nicola mentioned (to my indignation) that she had never tried a cheesecake before. I then very kindly made her one. Having seen this (and eaten Tiffany’s & Uzma‘s original cheesecake) Uzma also wanted. Now, both these women have been harassing me about making more. Something that I am not really prepared to do as i feel that it will cheapen the value of my cheesecake. I am glad that they liked it, but not happy about having to make it every other week. I came up with an ingenious plan, however and told them that Uzma can have a cheesecake and while she wants one, Nicola can’t have one. Uzma is not allowed to share either Similarly, the opposite would also be true, while Nicola wants one, Uzma can’t have one. This last statement actually drew some evil looks from Uzma!

Recently Nicola asked me why do I keep writing about others in my blog. Well Nicola, I keep writing about you in my blogs for sheer entertainment value. You make me laugh with the things you get up to and things that happen to you ... like forgetting how to spell your own name! I have decided that (this week at least) I will not be annoying Nicola. She has an exam tomorrow and is busy trying to revise (in between phone calls). Speaking of exams, I’d like to wish all those sitting them, the best of luck!

Anywhose ... so it turns out my last blog entry went down pretty well. As it happens, a number of people wrote along similar lines, some more controversial than others but hey, that’s life. Speaking of controversial, did anyone notice how the Queen (in her yellow attire) at the wedding looked like another someone famed for his yellow clothing? I can’t say for sure, but have we been duped yet again??? 

Its been an interesting week thus far. Apparently there was a bomb threat in London this week. Something to do with the IRA, no doubt set to coincide with the Queens visit to Ireland this week. She is the first British monarch to visit the country since independence. Although having said that, she is the ONLY British monarch since independence.  I must say, though, it was rather nice of them to call and let us know what they were planning rather than just blowing us up without any warning as others have done in the past.

In other news, MG are back!! At some time today, they will be unveiling their first car in 16 years at the Longbridge Plant in Birmingham.  MG, now owned by Chinese car company Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, has said the new 1.8-litre MG6 will complete with the likes of the Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus when goes on general sale.  Prices for the new four-door vehicle are expected to start around £15,500 and rise to £19,000. Slightly out of my price range at the moment, but who knows ... let’s see what Clarkson has to say about it when the new series of Top Gear returns. He may well agree with the view of the Shanghai guys, as they have so eloquently described their new car in these images. One thing is for sure, The MG badge is definitely back and not going anywhere ... for now at least.

In other news, having perused the usual stack of websites, I came across a hat on the eBay that is currently the subject of an (increasing) £18,000 bid. In this day and age, with the economy being the way it is, do people really have this kind of money to spend ... on a hat ... and one that they will most probably never wear at any point in their lives??? Fair enough, the proceeds from this hat will go to charities, but it’s still a hat that is being bid on for this ridiculous amount and to be perfectly honest, I don’t see what is so special about it that warrants such a price tag. This hat isn’t even anything special to look at. I mean, it looks like some kind of weird turkey – twizzler – toilet seat pretzel thing!

Speaking of hats, what’s up with Tara Palmer-Tomkinson??? Didn’t she have some sort of a drug problem where her nose was all squished and bent up because she had been snorting cocaine (I originally typed c**k! Thank god for the little green line highlighting grammatical errors). Why would someone first of all take the drug, then after their nose is messed up from doing so, cover up the nose then turn up at a major event, one that is being broadcast around the whole world, wearing a bright blue (extremely noticeable hat) that actually points to the offending nose, thus attracting the world’s attention towards it!

Till next time...

(The opinions expressed here are the views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the University of Greenwich - Ed.)