Sil-Mon Li

All,

A big request to anyone that reads my blog:

Everybody seems to be in the charity/fundraising mood recently and now it’s time for me to jump onto the bandwagon. I would like you special people to contribute a small donation to a charity called VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) where volunteers work together with local communities to fight poverty and achieve lasting change.

I’ll be taking part in the 3 Yorkshire Peaks Challenge on 1st April, where I will be taken through a gruelling 25 mile walk, climbing over 1,670 meters across 3 of Yorkshire’s highest peaks all in under 12 hours! Amazing hey?

My aim of raising only £150 seems very small but with a number of people doing this challenge we are hoping to get a large combined contribution for VSO. Obviously, if I raise more than my target it would be greatly benefitial to this worthy charity!

HOW DO I DONATE?

• Please go to http://www.justgiving.com/3YorkshirePeaksChallenge
• Enter the amount to you would like to donate and please make sure you add a comment refering to my initials, e.g. SML - Good Luck on walk (This site is being used by all participants, so we need a way of identifying where the donations are coming from).

So why wait? Donate now and feel safe in the knowledge that you’ll be putting me through pain while climbing these peaks next weekend (…and that you’ll feel warm and fuzzy inside for doing something good)!

Remember: If you are a taxpayer, please ensure you select the Gift Aid checkbox when you place your donation. This will ensure that an extra 28% is added to your donation by the Inland Revenue at no extra cost to you.
For more information on VSO please click on this link: http://www.vso.org.uk

Thanks in advance who has donated!

It was Chris Tasker’s birthday and he invited a bunch of his old school and uni mates down to his local town of Barnstable for a weekend to remember! It all started when I booked the tickets earlier that week… No cheap tickets availble during a normal time so booked them for 9.30pm on a friday and not arriving in Taunton till 12.30am! Then on the Friday at 5am I got a text from Chris say “I am currently being sick, ring me when you leave!”. Fortunately, it was only a 24hr bug and he was rearing to go for the Saturday (we were staying round Jan’s the first night so that we wouldn’t catch his illness!). I ended up phoneless for the weekend as someone mistakely put up my phone on the train thinking it was theirs (ironically the person he took it worked for Orange!). So obviously didn’t do that much on the first night. Just did a lot of talking and after the wine on the train, Olly and I were slightly tipsy and ready for bed.

Saturday was wicked, we arrived at Chris’ Hospital accomodation (no we weren’t visiting him as a patient, he’s a doctor!) and headed out for some fish and chips and the drove around coast. The views were amazing. It’s such a contrast to busy London. I felt like I was back in New Zealand. It was also the first time I’ve seen Thatched Roof Cottage! They are very cool but understand they are a bit expernsive…

Saturday night came and we had some food a nice pub in Lynmouth (can’t remember what it was called Village Inn??? I’ll find out!) and then heading back to get changed before heading out drinks. I was suprised that Barnstaple is a pretty lively place considering where it is. It’s about the same as King’s Lynn but nicer (sorry King’s Lynn people). First we went to Claytons which is probably the classiest places in Barnstaple and then headed over to Shout (ex Chicago’s!) and had a really good night there! Lots of fun and the people there were nice and friendly! Got home about 3am and stayed up watching the Commonwealth Games and eating pizza. Fell asleep on Jan.

Sunday was a relaxing day going to the beach (pictures to be uploaded soon) and brunch at Saunton Sands Cafe Bar . Then when to Croyde for Cream Teas! We then headed back to Tiverton Parkway for the train and arrive back in London at about 9.

So honda continue doing some really good adverts…

The sound effects from new Honda Civic Advert is all done by a choir! Very Clever! This follows on from the their “Cog” advert from acouple of years ago which was all done for real with no special effects!

For more other excellent adverts go to http://www.uktvadverts.com
One other one which I thought was very cool is the Sony Bravia advert where they bought all the bouncy balls in the US and chucked them down a steep San Francisco road, again no special effects… just brused ribs!