As promised here is the pic I mentioned awhile back. It is related to my Childhood Food Memories blogpost. It was taken in May 1966 and shows the “Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe” cake that my Mum and Dad made me for my 7th birthday.
Archive for December, 2005
Birthday Cake
Posted in Personal on December 31, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Blessed New Year
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on December 30, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Well the old year is coming to an end and the New Year just around the corner. How time flies! It seems like not too long ago when we were talking about the New Millenium and it’s now going on to 2006! What can we look forward to? The Winter Olympics for one, with ice [...]
The Troublesome Tooth which…
Posted in Personal on December 29, 2005 | 1 Comment »
* This blogpost is written on behalf of my son. I think this is what he would written about the aftermath of his tooth extraction.
…caused me to undergo my fourth GA (that joker of Daddy even took a pic of me intubated in OT)
…made me bleed all over the place for half a day (much [...]
Tooth Extraction
Posted in Personal on December 22, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Well am glad to say that the tooth extraction under GA went just fine. Woke up extra early this morning as had to fast the son for 6 hours pre-op, hence fed him breakfast at 5 am! We got to hospital just after 11 am and after a check by the anaesthetist in the day [...]
A Christmas Wish
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations on December 20, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Well finished up my Christmas shopping on Sunday and sorted out the presents. We don’t put up a Christmas tree simply because we are never around during Christmas but always go back home to my parents’ place. We are leaving on Friday so I don’t think will blog until we get back next week. Moreover [...]
Washing Curtains
Posted in Home on December 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Well I finally got round to washing the first load of curtains today – am glad to say the new washing machine did a good job. It has a larger capacity too so the job will be an easier one. I was just counting the pieces of curtains I had to wash and came up [...]
The Mona Lisa smile
Posted in News & Oddities on December 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
BBC News reports that a computer has been used to decipher the enigmatic smile of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, concluding that she was mainly happy.
The painting was analysed by a University of Amsterdam computer using “emotion recognition” software.
It concluded that the subject was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, New Scientist [...]
A Ban on Dying?
Posted in News & Oddities on December 16, 2005 | 1 Comment »
Officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim plan to prohibit residents from dying because the local cemetery has reached full capacity. Mayor Roberto Pereira says the bill is meant as a protest against federal regulations that bar new or expanded cemeteries in preservation areas – 98% of Biritiba Mirim is considered a preservation area. [...]
Christmas Stories
Posted in Web Finds on December 15, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted these two interesting Christmas Stories on HappyNews. The first is an amusing story of a Christmas tree and a hammer. The other is a thought provoking touching story of Christmas in Deadwood.
Their conversations focused on what was happening around them as it occurred. There was no talk of past disappointments or anxiety of what [...]
You know your house is clean enough when……
Posted in Home on December 14, 2005 | 2 Comments »
…you have done high dusting and removed the cobwebs from all the corners in the ceiling
…you have moved all the movable furniture and swept behind the cupboards, bookcases etc.
…you have wiped all the surfaces you can lay your hands on
…including the top of your fridge
…you have taken down all your pictures and wiped them front [...]
