Was reading this interesting account in the Sunday Star about post-natal confinement practices and found it a real opener. While I am aware some of the practices I did not realise that some of them were so extreme. Let me list them here for you and you can judge for yourself:
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Archive for May, 2005
To pantang or not to pantang
Posted in Thoughts on May 31, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Mother of all Headaches
Posted in Personal on May 30, 2005 | 5 Comments »
Today I had what must be the worst headache of my life – seriously! I do get tension headaches on and off, worse during certain times of the month but I have never had it that bad. It forced me to lie down the whole day and was accompanied by bad nausea which actually caused [...]
Don’t assume someone will call
Posted in Home on May 29, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Woke up yesterday to the unwelcome news of yet another water cut. (although our water supply has been better of late) When hubby came back lunchtime he mentioned seeing a burst water pipe at the end of the road so I thought it would be fixed pretty soon. Came back from Giant in [...]
Country singer named new US Idol
Posted in Entertainment on May 27, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Country singer Carrie Underwood has been voted the latest American Idol beating rocker Bo Bice on the two-hour finale shown on 8TV last night. The final-performance show the previous night was surprisingly lackluster but that could have been because of the less than stellar choice of songs. In fact I enjoyed the finale show much [...]
UK company launches in-car toilet
Posted in Inventions on May 27, 2005 | 1 Comment »
A portable, in-car lavatory has been launched by a British firm for use by people with medical conditions, as well as families with small children. The Indipod, made by Daycar, is aimed at people with bowel and bladder problems. The chemical toilet is housed in an inflatable “bubble” which is powered from the car’s cigarette [...]
Disappointed I am
Posted in Thoughts on May 27, 2005 | 5 Comments »
Yes we finally got round to seeing Episode III. I went in with not too many expectations but still was pretty disappointed with the film. True it had all the lavish sets, special effects, plenty of action and light-sabre duels but despite all that it felt very flat and had no heart. (somehow I didn’t [...]
Star Wars craze
Posted in News & Oddities on May 25, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
So have you seen Episode 3 yet? Sad to say we haven’t managed to do so yet as the kid-sitter is busy with end of posting tests but hope to make it soon. Hubby says not to worry, it will be in cinemas for quite some time to come. Speaking of the Star Wars craze [...]
Better at last!
Posted in Personal on May 22, 2005 | 2 Comments »
After feeling groggy and itchy the last 3 days, I am glad to say that the rash has improved and I am feeling much better. Have managed to cut down on the antihistamines today (an amount that hubby thinks would have made him comatose!) The hardest part is to resist scratching the itch as you [...]
Was Darth Vader born bad?
Posted in Thoughts on May 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The father turned evil. The son didn't. Was Anakin Skywalker the proverbial bad seed, or did he just have a tougher upbringing than his boy Luke?George Lucas' chronicle of the Skywalker family, which concludes with "Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith," makes a nice cinematic case study of the old nature vs. [...]
All my own fault
Posted in Personal on May 20, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Yup this is another of things you wished you did/did not do until it was too late kind of post. Only this time it led to very itchy consequences!
Let me start off by saying that I rarely drink any alcohol simply because I do not like the taste of most alcoholic drinks eg. [...]
