Review of my 2010
This is, as far as I remember, the first time I’ve ever posted a review of a year to my blog, and that’s probably been because no old year has been as different from...
Category: Work
Should women de-feminise for the office?
There is an article published on the London Times website yesterday, by a woman commenting on the opinion of the dressmaker to Gordon Brown’s wife, a woman whose day job is at a hedge...
The great tuition rip-off
The past few years, I've mostly been working as an agency driver. That was after a very inactive 18 months after leaving university, during which I tried to get office work, and never succeeded...
A case for agency workers’ rights
BBC NEWS: EU stalemate on workers’ rights I heard this being discussed on the radio this morning, with a discussion on the Today programme between representatives of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and...
The hoax in the hospital
A few weeks ago, browsing the magazine shelves at Borders, which sells imported American magazines, I fell on a feminist magazine called Bitch, which had a feature on chain emails aimed at scaring women....
Less green, more safe?
Today’s Independent has an article in its Green Pages (its regular section on environmentally-friendly living) by someone who has decided to stop cycling in London and start driving instead (page 41, John Miller, Two...
Interview no-show
It’s not often that I post personal stuff here, but I’m getting the impression that I’ve been discriminated against, although I don’t think I’ll find out until at least tomorrow (insha Allah). Yesterday, out...
Reflections on a week with the dsabled
This past week (as explained earlier) I’ve been doing a temporary job driving a minibus, transporting the severely mentally disabled of New Malden from their homes and care facilities to two day care and...
My new (temporary) job
I’ve managed to come by a rather sweet temporary job with the local facilities for dealing with the learning disabled, which consists of (who’d have guessed!) driving them around. It basically involves driving them...
Job hunting …
Not long back from attenting a “selection interview” for an IT recruitment agency in Tolworth. I’ve been looking for a proper job for ages, half-heartedly because I’m not very good at interviews and writing...