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Sat, 3rd Jan 2009, 09:52:06 PM
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Updates

It’s been far too long since I’ve posted on here. Really must make an effort to post at least once a year. Somehow I manged to post nothing throughout the whole of 2008. But I have been fairly busy…

First off, Andy and I moved down to Brighton last January. We’ve been down here a year now, and I don’t regret the move one bit. The daily commute to London for work can be a bit of a pain some days, but it’s worth it to be down here at the weekends.

Last October we went on a little trip around Europe, stopping off in Lisbon, Madrid, Rome, Berlin, and Istanbul. Lisbon was pretty, if a little rough around the edges. Madrid and Rome were nice. Berlin was cold and wet. Istanbul was chaotic.

Job wise, not a lot has changed. I’m still working for Yahoo!, having survived two rounds of layoffs this year. Recessions suck!

Oh and one last thing. Andy and I are getting married this year :)

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New York

Tue, 9th Oct 2007, 10:05:45 PM
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Hong Kong

Mon, 4th Jun 2007, 02:50:31 PM
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Guilin

Sun, 20th May 2007, 05:03:12 PM
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Xi’an

Wed, 16th May 2007, 10:06:14 PM
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Beijing

Thu, 10th May 2007, 07:31:09 AM
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Suzhou

Tue, 8th May 2007, 03:01:53 AM
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China

Tue, 8th May 2007, 02:06:34 AM
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Being a tourist for a day

Sun, 18th Mar 2007, 05:46:32 PM
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Lunar Eclipse

Sun, 4th Mar 2007, 05:49:27 PM
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