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A Radical Rethink – New Goals For Me And My Daily Cuppa

mdc — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:40:04 +0000

New Look To The Site – New Look To My Personal Challenge!

So I have had a total rethink for this site called My Daily Cuppa. I initially started it in order to record my progress with the 101 things to do in 1001 days challenge. However after carefully reviewing my list I acknowledged that the things that I had chosen where not particularly well thought out.

I sat down with a nice cup of tea, naturally, and thought about what it is that I really want out of my life.

I came up with the following things. Each goal is quite large and will be quite challenging but I believe that the rewards will be that much greater. In order to set a guideline I will initially state that these things have to be completed within the space of 12 months. We’ll see how that goes.

These are goals that will hopefully help to create a better life and feeling of well being for not only me but for others around me, especially my family.

So here is my succinct list.

1 – Learn Spanish

2 – Earn £1,000 per month on the internet

3 – Identify and / or develop my own personal style – My own mini makeover

4 – Travel to Latin America – in particular Cuba

5 – Get back to a size 10

6 – Pass driving test

7 – Meet someone / “The One”

8 – Complete my home makeover

9 – Send my parents on an extended vacation

10 – Help members of my family to have a better life

11 – Do some volunteer work

12 –

As you can see, No. 12 is still blank. I wanted to be able to round up the goals into an even number so I have to think about what my final goal should be.

Wish me luck.

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I Watched Johny Depp in Alice In Wonderland For A Pound

mdc — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:51:34 +0000

I Saw Alice In Wonderland 3D Movie For £1.00

I signed up with a company called My City Deal which offers cheap tickets for lots of different types of things. On this particular occasion, they offered cinema tickets for £1 each. I immediately signed up with them and I got to see the 3d version of the new movie Alice in Wonderland with my sister in the centre of London for a fantastically cheap price.

It was a good film but not as great as everyone kept saying it was. I love Johnny Depp and I thought that he, Helena Bonham Carter and the girl who played Alice, Mia Wasikowska, were really good but it wasn’t a film that I would rush out to see. It was definitely great to get the £1 deal so I would recommend registering with My City Deal for future offers.

You can get cheap meal deals, spa treatments, cheap day trips, cheap theatre tickets and lots more besides.

Find out more by registering with My City Deal today.

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George Clooney Film – Up In The Air

mdc — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:39:34 +0000

I am happy to say that I get to tick another one of the Oscar Nominated films for 2010 off my list.

I took advantage of the Orange Wednesday free cinema ticket offer to go with a friend to see Up In The Air featuring George Clooney. It was a bittersweet film that I thoroughly recommend.

George plays a guy called Ryan Bingham. It is his job to travel from firm to firm in order to fire people.

He likes his way of life and enjoys the fact that he doesn’t have to put down roots anywhere as he is busy collecting air miles that he will never use in order to become a member of a very elite group.

His company want to automate the process of firing people by doing the job via a conference call over the internet.

It becomes Ryan’s responsibility to show the innovator of this new tool, Natalie Keener what it is really like to tell someone that they are surplus to requirements.

The film gives wonderful insight into to the different characters that are featured. I was happy to see Anna Kendrick playing the hard nosed and feisty go getter, who believes that streamlining is the way of the future. It was fun to see her playing a grown up after seeing her as a frivolous teenager in the movie Twilight.

It was also fantastic to see that George was paired with an age appropriate female partner. The character of Alex Goran was played by Vera Farmiga. She is a beautiful actress who I haven’t noticed before but hope to see more of in the future.

Although the film doesn’t have a happy ever after sugar coated ending with a pretty bow attached, it ends just as real life does, with lots of loose ends which makes you wonder what you will do next. It is definitely worth seeing and George certainly still has a twinkle in his eye.

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Oscar Nominated Films For 2010

mdc — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:15:25 +0000

So now I have a list of the films nominated for the best film Oscar award for 2010.

I will try to see if I can get to see them all this year. I had this same task on my to do list for last year but I didn’t really have that much luck. This time I will try a little bit harder to actually get my butt in gear and just go. It is not like it is a hardship to actually go to the cinema or anything and with the Orange Wednesday free cinema ticket deal, it works out to be quite cheap.

The Films Nominated For An Oscar 2010:

Avatar
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglorious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up in The Air
The Blind Side
Up

The director and some of the cast of the movie Precious

I am happy to report that I can already tick one film off the list. I recently went to see Precious. I was expecting to see a really harrowing tale, which it was in parts. However I am glad to say that I left the cinema with a feeling of optimism as the main character shows that even after all the adversity that she goes through, she can still find something to keep her going.

This is truly inspirational and something that everyone should see in order to keep their own trials and tribulations into perspective.

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