Rob gets cultural with food shopping February 22, 2012
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My housemate wanted chilies. That’s how this story started and it took a slight turn for the cultural. There’s a corner shop and an asian food shop at the end of our road, so off we tottered in search of fresh chili peppers. No such luck, though the amount of asian cuisine in there was outstanding. My personal favourite being the dehydrated wheat snack.
In a moment of inspiration we decided to turn our sights to the local Polish food store a few roads down. Crammed full of Polish goodies, including a delicious looking assortment of fudge snacks and “wodka” a spiced vodka variant, we enventually left the shop in a state of wonder and delight, albeit sans chilies.
Onwards then to the Mediterranean shop just along the street! Here we hit the jackpot with a huge selection of chilies on offer right by the door. Other treasures that we discovered included an entire mango for around 90pence, hot sauce for 54pence and a large selection of wheats and grains, chief amongst which was my personal favourite, Bulgur wheat!
Our final stop on the culture trail was the chinese food shop, where a large block of tofu could be yours for just £1.35, an absolute bargain if it were not for the fact that tofu is disgusting! All the staples of chinese cuisine were here ranging from sesame oil to the wide variety of noodles. Even a cheap version of Mikado sticks were there!
The moral of the story? Go to local cultural food shops! You’ll be surprised by what is out there!
Neglected February 22, 2012
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I feel like I’ve been neglecting you guys, I’m sorry.
I’ve been trying to establish my other blog Eat, Sleep, Procrastinate and as such I haven’t really had a post on here in a while. I’m cooking something up so sit tight. 
BakeOff February 20, 2012
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2 posts a day?! I must be losing it!
No, I don’t think I am.
I think its time for a bit of cooking, and since Rob has done is fair share, I’d better do mine.
Desserts are more my thing, so I’m making Welsh Cakes. Ever since I was a kid my mum would always make Welsh Cakes on a Sunday evening for lunches in the next week. That was 10 years ago and more.
Now its my turn, and I think I’m onto something here…..
Tasty!
JuzzTF
AppleLife February 20, 2012
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Hello once again dear friends, I’m back.
I get the feeling that,
1. I have no common sense
2. I have a weakness for technology
3. Number 2 may well help my new job
I now have Apple-fied my life, and you know what? Now I have all this stuff, I can kinda see what Steve Jobs was getting at. As much as I have found Windows useful over the past 15 years of my life, Apple really is the future of the mobile and home technology industry.
Take my new MacBook Air for example…..
Its light, its thin, high resolution screen, strong. It may only have an 11″ screen, but thats just fine for me.
What gets me, is what they can pack inside it.
The battery lasts for 5 hours for me, and charges in just over an hour. My HP laptop takes an hour and three quarters to charge, and lasts for about the same amount of time.
To add to that, its running a Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM and Intel HD3000 Graphics, whereas my HP is running Core i3, 4GB of RAM and either intel GMA graphics or AMD Radeon 5470HD.
Looking at reviews of each graphics card, supposedly the Intel graphics out-do the AMD graphics.
So, with the MacBook, I have a better processor, better graphics and even more confusingly better battery life.
How do they do it?
I also, before Christmas, weakened and bought myself and iPad.
Again, its brilliant. I can get at least 10 hours worth of use out of it. It has an amazing screen quality and although its only 16GB, it serves me perfectly well.
Its the perfect photographers utility. I bought the camera connection kit with it. Once I have finished taking a few shots out and about, the go straight onto the iPad and I can see all my beautiful photos.
The iPad is still the king of tablets, and always will be I think. I’m an android man for my phone. I think that its more functional on a phone than on a tablet.
But then again, when the iPhone 5 comes out, I might well be tempted
Maybe I should take out an AppleCare subscription......
JuzzTF
New Year, New Heights….. February 14, 2012
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Welcome All from Mobile Mission Control! Yes, it all came to fruition finally. All the equipment has been bought and is awaiting usage. All the elements of the propellant have come together and are ready to be combined. Of course we have to be sensible and set up a test rig first, I’m not firing off some 2.5kg rocket engines for no good reason now. No. We will start small and work up the scale, hopefully seeing a few catalysts and enhancements being added to the propellant mix and seeing what we can throw …
Dinner out with family and friends…… February 11, 2012
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It’s been an eventful couple of months for me so far, but I think it’s time to calm down a little and release, finally, a blog entry. God knows its been long enough, I think most people have deserted us!
But that’s life, and as much as we try to move on, something strikes us down.
Today I am out to dinner at the Annual Newbury RC dinner, with what is left of my family and their friends.
Coming back here every year from now on I think is going to remind me more and more of her. But that can’t be helped. Again, that’s life and this is how we choose to live it. I feel more like getting completely blindly drunk, passing out and ending up in hospital. That would add a little excitement back into my life, that all of it previously was sucked out.
Nothing to look forward to anymore, apart from a new job prospect which has recently reared it’s head from John Lewis. Sociable hours, amazon employee discount scheme. Its got it all it seems.
It would actually mean I get to go out again on Friday and Saturday nights!
But then again, I’d be alone and/or ending up coming face to face with her. I don’t want to imagine that. Add in the alcohol in both of us, would just end up in a fight, tears, or worse. That’s why I guess weekends are doomed for me.
Ah well, look on the bright side, she might realise what she’s missing. I’m not making my life easier am I?
JuzzTF
Confession Part 2 January 27, 2012
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So here it is, all my heart went into this.
I just hope to God that she will finally see how much I care about her.
It’s all I want her to see. I don’t want to be seen as hassling or aggravating, I just want her to see how much I love her.
So here you go, this one is for you, I will be forever yours Charlotte.
JuzzTF
Reflections from a short walk January 25, 2012
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I went on a little walk today. I was meant to be meeting Justin, who I’m sure you all know, for coffee in town and rather than drive there I thought I’d walk for once, as it wasn’t really that far.
I haven’t been for a casual walk into the broadway in my hometown for a little while and as I was walking past places that I used to walk past all the time I started remembering all the times I’d done this before. The houses shown in the picture at the top are three thatched cottages on the main road using local reeds for the thatching, which is how the town got its name. When I was a little boy, I had a fascination with these roofs, in part because I knew it meant that I was nearly home and in part because I loved the work that had gone into the animal shapes that the thatchers had put on top. It was a big thing to me as a kid to see that and know that uniqueness and individuality were things that people like and appreciate.
At the bottom of the page is a picture of the wall that is on my walk home from my old school. This wall always seemed strong and sturdy, like a wall should. Now, as you can see it lies toppled and broken, a result of the strong winds we had in December and an all too humbling reminder that we aren’t invincible, no matter how strong we might seem and how stable we might look. Given enough force even the strongest wall will tumble, no matter what those 3 pigs might say…
Rob sums up everything January 23, 2012
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Hello, it’s been a while!
I guess I had better fill you guys in on what I’ve been doing since I haven’t been posting. Here we go.
So I made a few birthday cakes, there’ll be a blog on that soon, maybe not here but I shouldn’t foreshadow! They went down a treat and were a lot of fun to do. I made a really cheap, really simple parrot costume for a party, met a lot of new people, developed friendships with some existing people, cooked a christmas dinner for 8 people, all of whom were full of compliments for Tom and I, swapped gifts with some uni friends and then I came home for the holidays.
Whew, lemme catch my breath. Ok, part 2.
I got home, helped decorate the house, did a ton of christmas baking, wrapped presents, celebrated christmas (did not have to cook this one), caught up with old friends, introduced new and old friends and went for a walk, drank a copious amount of coffee, had a sober new years eve filled with board games, wrote 2 assignments and drove back to hand them in, worked at my old job, went to a volunteering fayre, drove back to Portsmouth again, drank a dangerous amount of caffeine to write a consultancy report in a short space of time (I should have started earlier), handed it in, had the worst caffeine comedown ever and then drove back to spend a week relaxing at home, which I am currently doing.
Oh and I started a new blog, you should probably check that out…Eat, Sleep, Procrastinate
So what did you guys get up to whilst I was gone?
A Confession January 17, 2012
Posted by JuzzTF in Random.Tags: break up, desire, heartbreak, love
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At the moment I’m finding it really hard to sleep. I have too much going through my mind. It’s making my stomach hurt and it’s making me restless.
So I best try and make this best of this confession.
There is no-one in the world I could love more than Charlotte.
I love her with all my heart and more.
We were together for 3 and a bit years, over which I tried my best but I was sometimes an arse and it was my fault she walked away from me. I feel so horrible for it, if I could turn back time itself I would change how I was and be the man she loved.
I would do anything just to have her back in my arms again because the feeling was unparalleled. I want to be perfect for her, take her out, do the things she wants to do with me.
I would give my whole life just for her to be with me, I know I screwed up but I know in my heart, feeling like this, we can be amazing together.
I love you Charlotte.
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