Paul on September 7th, 2008

A song has recently piqued my interest lately.  It’s called “Penny to my name”, by Eva Cassidy.  To listen to it, it’s not a particularly uplifting song by any means, and it’s flat, melancholy chords don’t do anything to brighten your day.  It does however have significance in several ways when it comes to considering [...]

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Paul on September 4th, 2008

Anyone who’s living in Japan and changing their hard-earned yen into foreign currency would be prudent to take a quick look at the state of the currency market at the moment.  Not always the easiest topic to explain, but if you’re converting to GBP, or Aussie dollar, Euro … then now is a decent time [...]

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