Olivia Joules’ blog

Online Shopping

2008-02-27T11:12:27Z

I have recently been taken into a swirl by online shopping, even though I am a tech-worker and therefore possibly savvy enough to be doing online shopping since 2001 but well, to be fair I didn't have much money then. I am sure all this is all ...

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Bereavement

2008-02-13T16:31:39Z

My grandfather, 103, passed away today. We had been expecting this since January - he had not been eating properly for about a couple of months now. Winters in India have been colder this year and therefore tougher for him. Last time I visted Ind...

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My least favourite fruit

2008-02-12T17:31:56Z

is banana, in case you wanted to know. There are several reasons for this: 1. I hate how mushy they are - you don't really enjoy biting into a banana unless they are green and then when they are green, they taste too bitter. 2. I also feel utterly...

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Advice Packs

2008-02-04T11:21:11Z

Defiant as I may sound since I am an immigrant and living in somebody else's country means living by their rules, but moves such as these from the Government are downright pitiful attempts at preserving the country's culture. London is cosmopolit...

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wfh yields astonishing results

2008-01-29T15:24:25Z

A latest research conducted by Olivia Joules & Co has conclusively proved that individuals who work from home more than 2 days a weeks are likely to perform better in mentally challenging and high competitive Channel 4 programme - Countdown. So w...

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Human Over Population

2008-01-25T14:52:03Z

Human Over Population is a delicate subject. We are a highly reproductive and adaptable race. We rabbit even more than the rabbits do. Millions of people around the world live in abject poverty, children die of malnutrition and malaria, women su...

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Socially Awkward

2008-01-24T15:45:20Z

Since I have been feeling ugly recently, I have taken to extreme measures of not talking to anybody directly. Whilst e-mail is my preferred method of communication, I am also online on three different instant messengers for work related issues in...

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Another conspiracy theory

2008-01-21T10:52:01Z

Given the frequency of Airline Crashes recently, I am beginning to feel that it is in fact a conspiracy of the Environmentalists/Governments/Train Companies to enstill a fear in people's mind so they don't fly - that way our emissions from air tra...

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India specific rant

2008-01-14T15:38:14Z

Hindustan Times, India's National Daily has yet again shown where it wants to be in shaping of Modern India - in a direction which leads westwards. I am not a fascist or even a luddite. I give my humble consent to adoption of policies, practises ...

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BPOs and all....

2008-01-10T10:51:27Z

A strange trend appears to have surfaced in our office after the holiday period where people went to see families and friends around the world. Out of 12 people who went abroad either to see family or friends in their home country or otherwise on...

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