Dilip is my name

I have always wondered about the meaning of my name. I knew that Dilip was an ancestor of Rama, the Hindu God. I also knew that my grandfather had named me after the Indian movie star Dilip Kumar. I guess he was a fan. However, I just found out that it means "Protector", which sounds quite good.

Adam was the name I choose for myself. He was the very first guy, according to Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Mutum is my family name and I am sure it has some meaning though I have no idea.

Do you know the meaning of your name?

Top Entrecard droppers October 2009

Here is the list of the top Entrecard droppers on my blog for the past month.

• Rants, Thoughts, and Other Things
• Mumblings
• Turn-u-Off
• Photojournalist
• Mariuca's Perfume Gallery
• Walk Of Life
• From The House On The Hill
• Man Over Board
• Carl Vine's 40th Parallel Universe

Thank You

Birthday party in London

Just some pics....

J

Savings with discount vouchers

Yesterday morning we went grocery shopping to Tesco at the Arena park near our house here in Coventry. I had recently received my Tesco clubcard vouchers as well as other discount vouchers as well and thought that it might be a good idea to use them before they expired.

Anyway, we ended up with a car boot full of groceries, all organic, as well as other household stuff. My wife was pleasantly surprised when it all came to less than £50. Normally our weekend grocery shopping would cost us around £100.

All the discounts do add up in the end and in these gloomy economic times, we need all the help we can get.

Anyway, I have entered into a partnership with Voucher Alerts - a leading online UK discount code directory, to give my readers the best deals on buying gifts and gadgets online. This includes voucher codes for over 2500 leading online stores including Amazon, HMV, Play.com, Tesco, GAME, Currys, Debenhams and many more. With Christmas around the corner, I am sure you could do with discounts on your online Christmas shopping.

If you are like me and looking to buy electronics online, they have exclusive discount vouchers for the top electrical stores including Currys, Dixons, Pixmania, PC World, Dell, Comet and Play.com. Go through the full list of gift and gadget voucher codes for all your favourite stores here.

You can also sign up for exclusive Voucher Alerts - a free voucher code service. All you have to do is pick what stores you want to be notified for and you will receive custom emails with the latest voucher codes. As most vouchers are short term, this is a great way to make sure you never miss a deal.

Two birthdays in London

My daughter turned 6 last week but we were busy with a training session and we decided to have it this weekend instead. She was joined by her mother - my amazing wife, who celebrates her birthday today.

Happy Birthday darling.

Here's looking forward to many, many, many more happy returns of this day, celebrating together. .

We had a small (only us) but fabulous party at our sis-in-law's place in London and we had two lovely cakes from Maison Blanc. They were really delicious (will put up the pics later).

Climate change: 10 things you can do

Today is Blog Action Day and this year's theme is Climate change - an issue that impacts us all.



Here is a list of 10 things ALL of us can do to help.

1. Recycle as much as you can,
2. Grow your own vegetables,
3. Switch to energy saving devices - for example, low power bulbs,
   
4. Take public transport whenever possible or walk or cycle,
5. Adopt renewable energy sources- solar, wind, wind-up,
   
6. Bring you own bag to the market (Thanks Lara),
7. Switch off lights and electrical equipment when not in use,
8. Donate to environment protection groups,
9. Write to the politicians,
10. Blog and Tweet about it - like I am doing now.

Post-it note love story

I was thinking, "sweet but what a waste of paper".