Saturday 1 October 2016

7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens

Phileas Fogg's daily routine:

8:00 - Wake up

8:23 - Tea and toast

9:37 - Water for shaving (86 degrees Fahrenheit)

9:40 - Set hair

10:06 - Get dressed

11:30 - Leave home, head towards Reform Club

Noon - Lunch at Reform Club

12:47 - Read The Times newspaper

15:45 - Read the Standard newspaper

17:00 - Dinner at Reform Club

17:40 - Read the Morning Chronicle

18:00 - Play whist

22:30 - Return home

Midnight - Go to bed


Lunch at the Reform Club

A starter.
Poached fish served with a Reading sauce.
Blood-red steak accompanied by mushroom ketchup.
Rhubarb and gooseberry pie.
Slice of Cheshire cheese.
Washed down by several cups of tea.


Around the World in Eighty Days:

From London to Suez via the Mont Cenis tunnel and Brindisi, by railway and steamship - 7 days

From Suez to Bombay, by steamship - 13 days

From Bombay to Calcutta, by railway - 3 days

From Calcutta to Hong Kong, by steamship - 13 days

From Hong Kong to Yokohama (Japan), by steamship - 6 days

Yokohama to San Francisco, by steamship - 22 days

From San Francisco to New York, by railroad - 7 days

From New York to London, by steamship and railway - 9 days

Total 80 days.



Wee Bairn

Masculine first names:

Torgeir - Norwegian meaning Thor's Spear.

Lysander - inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Gabriel - a name that transcends Islam and Christianity.

Benedict - after Pope Benedict XVI.

Ianto - Welsh form of John; pronounced 'Yan-toe'.

Faramir - Captain of Gondor.

2018 update: 
Aneurin - after Aneurin Bevan, founder of the NHS




Feminine first names:

Gwen - inspired by the Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton

Claudine - inspired by Claudine at St Clare's by Enid Blyton

Padmé - Queen of Naboo; mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia

Aurora - named after the dawn; inspired by Sleeping Beauty

Mitsouko - after one of my favourite perfumes

Isabel - after my favourite primary school teacher



Chinese middle names:

Tin-Lok: 天樂 Heavenly Joy

Hei-Yee: 喜兒  Happy Child




Update 2022 - first names for twins:

Hadrian and Hecate - named after the Roman Emporer 117-138 AD and Goddess of magic and spells.



Tino

You're so beautiful, it hurts to look at you

In my humble opinion

It's not red, it's crimson glow

You should get your lips permanently frosted

There's the people who you've known since forever 

Everybody's an act, including you


Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.
Late At Night - Buffalo Tom

Frozen Embryos

Angela Chase
Rayanne Graff
Ricky Vasquez
Jordan Catalano
Brian Krakow
Sharon Cherski