Today, there's one news dominating the headline here in the UK -- the State Opening of the Parliament by the Queen.

It's a kind of "tradition" that artists will give all they have to become the number on the chart on Xmas. If you've seen the film "Love Actually", you'd remember in the film Billy Mack makes a vitorious comeback by topping the Christmas chart with that hilariously funny "Christmas is all round me" song?

I'm usually very happy to sponsor friends raising money for charity but I always say no to anything where some of the sponsor money is going to fund a parachute jump or trip. If you want to jump out of a plane or cycle through Nepal, then I think you should pay for it and then give all the sponsor money to the charity.

Christmas is just around the corner. Although I’m not a big fan of Christmas (as I think it’s so  much commercialised like many other festivals), it’s difficult for me to skip the festive atmosphere everywhere around you. And today, I went to a Christmas market in central London following an invitation from a friend on FaceBook with the following details.

Today Prince Charles turns 60 and has made a history – he’s become the longest waiting Prince to become a King of England. Prince Charles has spent 56 years waiting to become king.

I don’t know if you’re following this recent story in the UK of the now notorious Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand affair, in which the two Radio 2 presenters were denounced for leaving rude messages on the answering machine of the actor Andrew Sachs?

In case you don’t know what a poppy is, look at this picture I found from a website:

Yesterday, i.e., 5 November, I had a fun evening in a small town near York named Harrogate where I saw a lot of fireworks. It’s because it was the annual Bonfire Day here in the UK.