Saturday, November 04, 2006

Sell your home for a one off payment of fifty nine pounds with ClickSell

Sell your home for a one off payment of fifty nine pounds with ClickSell

looking for a property like right4move.co.uk is very popular. However, they only advertise from the agent. But this time, we can seel house directly, using this website.

However, it seems that the selling does not need to compile to any regulation at all.

Similar wesbites are:
www.naea.co.uk
www.buyitprivately.com
www.homesell.co.uk
www.houseweb.com
www.mousesale.co.uk

Good luck

Greek Oliver oil dressing

Last week, I had a very healthy lunch, all of them are just pepper, cucumber, and celely.

However, the veg are very dry, I need some dressing. Usually, I will add some vinger, but this time I have something from marks and spencer. That's Greek olive oil dressing with lemon juice & mint.

They coming from:

sunflower oil, white wine vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, dijon mustard, garlic, salt, oregano, mint, parsley, cracked black pepper.

Then I bought some dijon mustard from Tesco. I think I can make my own dressing by using some garlic, lemon juice, and oliver oil.

Good Luck

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Beef Watch

I like eating steak, but not all the time. The only good shop I know for good steak are:
Beef eater, the Angus steak house and some good pub.

However, I saw this article on The London paper which is very good, but I dont think put a beef into a bun is a good idea though.

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Putting beef back in the bun by Humayun Hussain, Wednesday 11 October 2006 15:00

There was a time when eating a burger was either a guilty pleasure or something you did late at night after a skinful.

After all, who would willingly bite into a burger served in grim cafes with formica-topped tables without a strong drink inside them?

Wimpy was eclipsed in the 1970s by the arrival of the American giants McDonald’s and Burger King. But while their products were marginally more palatable, they were arguably no better for you.

These days a new breed of burger joint is boasting patties made with meat from animals “naturally reared, grass fed and free range”.

Beef isn’t just beef, it’s “100 per cent beef” that has either been “hung” or “aged”.

The range of choice has ?increased, too. You can get burgers made of barn-reared chicken, chorizo sausage, or even citrus marinated halloumi.

Sides will include “hand-cut” chips rather than the ubiquitous fries. Salads may well feature vine ripened ?tomatoes and roasted red peppers. To drink, there’s the choice of smoothies and imported beers.

Even Gordon Ramsay’s Boxwood Caf??, in Knightsbridge, does a veal and foie gras burger with parmesan, cos lettuce and chips for a whopping ??22.50.

McDonald’s may have invested ?140 million in a modernisation drive this year, to launch new colour schemes and furniture ?including “Big Brother” style chairs. Still, the hottest names for gourmet-style burgers in London are Hach??, Hamburger Union, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Fine Burger Company and Ultimate Burger.

Berry Casey, managing ?director of Hach?? in Camden, says his establishment is based on the burger concept, but run along the lines of a restaurant.

“The burger is just like any other food,” he says. “It’s there to be enjoyed. Customers should be able to sit down and eat the burger in their own time.

“In most burger joints, the moment queues start building up, you get harassed-looking staff behind the counter getting all robotic, shouting at their colleagues and smiling even less.”

At Hach??, the burger patty is made from 100 per cent Aberdeen Angus beef from the same London butcher that supplies the Queen. It is served in a 5in ciabatta bun.

Its most popular burger is the Steak Canadian, which comes with sweet-cure bacon and mature cheddar cheese, costing ?7.95.

At Hamburger Union, which has four branches in and around Central London, not only do the gourmet-style burgers come in “single” and “double size”, each one of its ten or so burgers comes ?“protein style”, which means there is no bun. Instead, the burger is served between lettuce leaves.

“Public tastes are much more discerning now,” says Hamburger Union’s proprietor, Hugh Fowler. “With ?concerns over the BSE and foot-and-mouth outbreaks of recent years, people want to know where the beef comes from. But they also want greater choice, quality ingredients and more imaginative flavours in burgers.”

The bun for Hamburger Union’s burgers, which start at ?3.95, is made by Portuguese bakers while the menu declares that the chips are “proper chips, never frozen”.

Casey states that the burger is such a simple and wholesome food concept that it will always be popular.

“Burgers are now a part of the staple British diet, but what’s important is that the ingredients are healthy and made from top-end produce. This is why places like mine and others are proving so popular in London.”

Beef watch
Hach??24 Inverness Street NW1 7HJ Tel: 020 7485 9100
hacheburgers.com

Hamburger Union4-6 Garrick Street WC2E 9BH Tel: 020 7379 0412

hamburgerunion.com

Gourmet Burger Kitchen44 Northcote Road SW11 1NZ Tel: 020 7228 3309
gbkinfo.com

Fine Burger Company 330 Upper Street N1 2XQTel: 020 7359 3026
fineburger.co.uk

Ultimate Burger 34 New Oxford Street WC1A 1AP Tel: 020 7436 6641
ultimateburger.co.uk

Monday, October 02, 2006

China on SeekingAlpha

Site of the day = = 2-Oct

China on SeekingAlpha
http://china.seekingalpha.com

It is very amazing that such English news website has such good resource and in-depth news (mainly financial and stock market related). It provides lots links with RSS feed as well, very useful if you would like to keep in touch with the most powerful economic country.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Tynesoft Business Services

Site of the day === 01-Oct
Tynesoft Business Services
www.direct-mailing.co.uk

I just got a mail shot last week, on the envelope, it prints this web site. I went there to have a look, it is a company provides direct mail service. You can use your own data, they do the fuilment, or you hire their direct marketing data.

However, on the market, Yell and Thomason local sell business data as well.

I am thinking to target Indian takeaway/restraunt first of all.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

share dealing

Recently, someone asked me about the benefit of buying share or use this as long term investment. He asked how's the benefit apart from the long term captical grown.

I think, being a shareholder, company should more or less give away some sweet to their investors(people put their money into their company business).

I found those two website is very helpful

http://www.sharecrazy.com/resources/perks.html
http://www.hargreaveslansdown.co.uk/siteredesign/online_guides/shareholder_perks/

When I was reading this, I found one good share "British Airway", although it had been hit since 9/11 and recently terror plot. However, and surprisely, its share grew more than the index.


Also, if you hold 200 share by Nov each year, they will send you five vouchers. Each vouchers enable you 10% discount off the published (includes "world offer") price for the following year.

Information sheet from their website.

More info:
http://www.bashareholders.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=69499&p=irol-shareholdersfaq#12763

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Politician and liar

Nowadays, no one trusts a word what politicians said. I deeply understand what this means when I come over to the UK.....until very recently.

Tony Blair had fail to fulfill his election promise, but he never wants to leave.. such as a 恋栈权位.

If a PM keeps telling us lies, that it would be two situations:

1. like the hungrary PM, people trun out the street for a riot.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5359546.stm

2. like the Thai PM, it would be coup by the military.

Such a "lucky" day, we have two examples happen on the same day...

Monday, September 18, 2006

在伦敦地铁卖艺

刚来英国的时候,觉得在地铁卖艺是一件容易的事情,其实不是:

Busking on the Tube was illegal until London Underground began allowing musicians to perform in stations in 2003. Would-be performers have to fill in an application form and pass an audition.

Waiting lists are up to six months long, but 80 per cent of those who apply are granted licences.

Licensed buskers phone the organisers every other Tuesday to reserve two-hour slots at the pitches of their choice for the following fortnight.

They are allowed three slots a week in the most popular places such as Leicester Square station, and a maximum of six hours a day in total.

Busking websites

www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/arts/busking: Transport for London information about getting a licence to busk on the Underground

www.livemusicforum.co.uk: A campaign group to review the laws restricting live music in England and Wales, which make it easier for buskers to do their thing

List of busking competitions across Britain

Further details are available at www.vocalist.org.uk/gigs_busking.html

Licensing information for street art is at
ww.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

7 Days in September

以下是Google video 发给我的其中一个RSS文章.昨天是9/11事件的五周年,这个是一个美国的导演制作的一小时短片,是采访不同的市民大众.


From: A Googler
Posted At: Friday, September 08, 2006 8:43 PM
Posted To: GoogleBlog
Conversation: Official Google Blog
Subject: 7 Days in September



A while ago, New York filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum produced 7 Days in September which tells the story of a week -- September 11-18, 2001 -- with the help of many filmmakers and a multitude of perspectives. As Rosenbaum notes, "Those seven days are full of fear, anger, pain, loss, and a deep sense of community," adding that 7 Days "isn't meant to be an answer, but rather a sounding board that may help people to ask deeply personal questions." We're honored to share it with you on Google Video.

Read more

Monday, September 11, 2006

再谈黑鬼

我之前曾经讨论过有关在英国黑鬼的问题。其实我并不是种族歧视,但是很多事实都主导者偏偏又是黑鬼。

但是上个星期,我的一个很好的同事离开了公司,大家都很舍不得他,然而他又是黑鬼。

他为人很好,虽然已经40多岁了还是保持着青春的活力,经常和我开玩笑。而且在公司工作了有六年了,认识了很多在不同部门工作的人,人缘特好。

我在想究竟是什么因素让我们对黑鬼有偏见呢?

这里我收集了香港电台的一分钟阅读的其中一端,《小心偏见》

按这里下载

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Tesco online shop coupon

Just received these two coupons today:

1. 1000 extra point when spend ?75 online: XXD4G2, expires 29-Oct-2006
2. 100 extra point for any groceries shopping: XXTRLM expires 29-Oct-2006

Please feel free to use...

Friday, September 08, 2006

Homebrew Shop

Homebrew Shop

一直以来都以为英国人不喜欢在家酿酒,只是喜欢在超级市场里买.我问过很多朋友,说为什么你们那么喜欢喝红酒,何不自己家酿呢?

我想原因有好几个:
1.酿红酒的工艺很复杂,不是每个人都能handle的.而且不同地方的葡萄都有不同的风味.不象米酒,基本都一样.
2.英国人根本就没有这个习惯.

但是居然还有这样一个网站介绍在家酿酒的工具,但是作为一个购物网站,居然没有产品的图片.?

很落后啊!!

Thursday, September 07, 2006

练口语,赚英镑

这样的工作简直就是好,自己制定工作的时间,赚英镑...哈哈哈!

其实就是一些聊天热线,人家打10p一分钟的电话进来和你聊天(当然要迎合顾客的需要拉....),然后你和电话公司分帐.

有两家公司:

1. www.exceltelemedia.co.uk
就是纯粹聊天.

2. www.4dtelecom.co.uk
这个公司经营sky的873/874频道,你要自己制定短信发到电视上,然后吸引观众打电话进来...(坐班制,11pm到7am)

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Go to work by Thames - River Commuting

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River commuting by Julia Buckley, Tuesday 5 September 2006 16:00

Fed up with spending half an hour or so each day in a packed and stuffy Tube carriage with your nose inches from someone’s armpit? Then commuting by boat could be the thing for you.

The craft that ply the Thames are no Greek island-hopping rust-buckets. Instead, you travel to work courtesy of a flotilla of privately owned, designer-draped pleasure boats with names such as Hurricane, Sun, Moon and The Viscount ? boats so swish that people hire them by the hour.

They’re not slow either ? a journey from the Savoy Pier (between Temple and Embankment) to Canary Wharf takes 23 minutes in Thames Clippers’ 32mph flagship, Hurricane, while the same route via the Underground takes 19 minutes.

And who wouldn’t sacrifice four minutes for the privilege of arriving in a machine such as Hurricane, adorned with Damien Hirst decoration? It runs from central London to Canary Wharf and on to Woolwich on weekday evenings at peak hours.

During busy Thames Clipper periods, you’ll be met by the Sun and Moon clippers. At 32 metres long, they are the big daddies of the fleet, and capable of carrying 138 passengers. They run from the Savoy Pier to Canary Wharf and Woolwich.

Putney-dwellers can try Thames Executive Charters’ John Harriot, a 24-seater with a mahogany-lined saloon which runs from Putney to Blackfriars via Chelsea Harbour, Cadogan Pier and Embankment. Two other TEC boats ply the Putney route.

With Thames Clippers claiming on-time stats of 98 per cent, you have to ask: “What’s the catch?” The only restrictions are route ? if you don’t live on the river, it won’t help you ? and price. Boats don’t come under the Oyster umbrella ? although being an Oyster-holder gets you a one-third discount ? and a commute from the Savoy Pier to Canary Wharf with Thames Clippers costs ?4.85 return (?7.30 without a travelcard).

TEC has Putney-Blackfriars tickets for ?11 standard return, and Chelsea to Embankment is ?8 return.

Then there is the frequency of service ? Thames Clippers runs boats every 30 minutes (every 15 minutes between 8.30 and 9.30am) and TEC services range from 15 to 45 minutes apart.

Add the fact that you could be chugging a cappuccino on your morning journey and a beer on your return, and you quickly realise why river commuting is increasing by 50 per cent year on year.

Fast facts

More than 700,000 Londoners a year commute by boat with Thames Clippers and Thames Executive Charters ? companies working for Transport for London

Passengers can take bikes on board or leave them in cycle racks at most piers

At every pier, a tracking system tells you when the next boat is due

Stringent passenger limits mean that you might not be allowed on if boats are full, but the boat companies insist this is a rare occurrence

All boats guarantee you a seat and all boats have toilets

River commuters have been increasing by 40-50 per cent year on year. In the wake of the 7/7 bombings, they went up by 80 per cent

Contacts:

www.tfl.gov.uk/river
(020 7941 2400)
www.thamesclippers.com
(0870 781 5049)
www.thamesexecutivecharters.com
(01342 322440)

Monday, August 28, 2006

Tube Hotels

Tube Hotels - hotels near London Underground stations

最近有一个很hot的话题,就是web 2.0了.我看了这个网站就得它可能不是web2.0的应用,只不过是Google Map 的API应用罢了.但是它确有很强的生命力.

我记得很久以前,有人在香港特意出了一本书介绍不同地铁站附近的厕所,这个有异曲同工的味道!

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Desert Idea: - Peach and Amaretti Semifreddo

What's Amaretti biscuit?
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Server:10
Preparation: 20mins
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  • 90g amaretti biscuits
  • 250g mascarpone cheese
  • 80g icing sugar
  • 2 X 284ml tubs low-fact crea, lightly whipped
  • 2 large ripe peaches, peeled, stoned and cut in to eight slices
  • Clear honey, to serve
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  1. Line a 2lb loaf tin with clingfilm. Put 30g of the amarettei biscuits into a plastic bag and bash with a rolling pin until finely crushed. Arrange the crushed biscuits over the bottom of the loaf tin.
  2. Beat together the mascarpone and icing sugar. Fold in the cream. Add on third of the cream mixture on top of the araretti biscuits in the tin then arrange four peach slices on top. Roughtly crush the reamaining biscuits and scatter halif in between the peach slices.
  3. Cover with another third of the cream mixture (making sure there are no gaps), the remaining peach slices and the rest of the crushed biscuits in between. Cover with the last of the cream mixture.
  4. Cover with clingfilm and freeze until firm. Remove from the freezer 20 mins before serving. Cut into slices to serve. Dizzle with clear honey!!!

Weetabix breakfast idea for it website

以下是我从http://www.theweetabixweek.co.uk的到的资讯,它建议我每天都用它的产品来作早餐,不过不知道它的盐含量多不多???

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The Weetabix Week makes it easy to have a healthy, nutritious breakfast showing you an inspiring collections of tasty, simple serving suggestions to help keep breakfast interesting. Here is the full list of recipes we have pulled together, but if you have your own favourite click here and let us know what it is.

  • 2 Weetabix, hot milk and chocolate dusting
  • 2 Weetabix, hot milk, cinnamon and raisins
  • 2 Weetabix, jam and low fat spread
  • 2 Weetabix, milk and Alpen sprinkling
  • 2 Weetabix, milk and fruit face (dried fruit, apricots, strawberry and sliced banana)
  • 2 Weetabix, milk with kiwi, mango and melon
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, apples and raisins
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, Greek yoghurt (0% fat) and chopped walnuts
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, Greek yoghurt and honey (not suitable for under 1)
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, natural yoghurt (0%) fat and raspberry compote
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, sliced banana and toasted flaked almonds
  • 2 Weetabix, milk, vanilla yoghurt, semi dried apricots and raisins
  • 2 Weetabix, fruit smoothie
  • 2 Weetabix, strawberry pouring yoghurt and sliced strawberries.

The 14 Best Foods Ever

This week, I read the article on Mens Fitness that suggest there're 14 best food ever for us health:

  1. Carrots
  2. Mackerel
  3. Garlic
  4. Oats
  5. Bananas
  6. Kiwi
  7. Blueberries
  8. Tomatoes
  9. Broccoli
  10. Walnuts
  11. Watercress
  12. Quinoa (这个究竟是什么东东?)
  13. Chicken
  14. Oliver Oil

Bullying Online The UK's #1 Bullying Resource

Bullying Online The UK's #1 Bullying Resource

Bulling is a cruetly, and very effect the way child grows up. I think this website very help purpils, and parents to gain information about how to prevent it.

Check it out....

ASDA Healthy Living

ASDA Healthy Living - Welcome!

我其实都看过不少超级市场的健康网站,但是我觉得这个可以很棒!特别是有很多factfeet,而且每个月都有superfood of the month!