Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Happy Diwali, Happy Birthday Jaakko!

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Today is the 1st of November 2005. It is the 37th birthday of Jaakko, our eldest son, who lives in Birmingham, England. Our elder daughter, ...
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Sunday, October 30, 2005

Surprise, Surprise, from Honduras

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We had our regular Sunday meeting of foreigners at the Internet Cafe. This has grown from three to quite an unmanagebale throng! During the ...

Delhi blasts - Shocking! Responsibility?

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Both Annikki and I were shocked at the blasts that hit Delhi yesterday evening . I am particularly familiar with the Paharganj area as I spe...
Saturday, October 29, 2005

Remembering 2 great people

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I remember 2 great people today, both of whom were dear to several of us. My grandfather, the late Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan, of the Mal...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Berries drop on iced pond

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The birds swarmed to our garden this morning. The last tree filled with berries in the Kampitie garden was covered with hundreds of birds. H...
Monday, October 24, 2005

"The Little Dutch Boy"

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There is a story, which is a myth, about the "little Dutch boy" who, on his way to school, saw that there was a leak in the dyke....
Sunday, October 23, 2005

Fish come in and tragedy strikes

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The weather has been growing colder and any day the outside pond is lkely to start freezing. For many days Annikki has been trying to catch ...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Winter arrives in Oulu

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Today, we had the first snowfall in Oulu. However, as the ground temperature was just above zero, it melted faster than it came down. (One p...

Wedding report from Calgary

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I received an album full of pictures from Beena and Rana about the wedding of their daughter, Nidhi, to Anoop in Calgary, Canada, on August ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Huge void in lives of Finns

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This is the seventh visit of Amma, the Indian from Kerala who hugs peoople, to Finland, since she first visited in 1998. Amma enjoys her own...
Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Two lovely Chinese visitors

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Yesterday Zhongli Yao and her brother Zhongfei Yao, from Shanghai, China, visited me along with my good friend, and their cousin who lives a...

Ildi and Ilari are back

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Ildi (Hungary) and Ilari (Finland) have been on a great working trip to South Asia. They travelled by rail and road from Hungary, through Ir...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

5 years on I sleep in peace

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I remember, alone, in a distant land from the land of my birth, my mother, who went to rest, five years ago. Ammachi with grandchildren, Jo...
Saturday, October 15, 2005

A lighter blog entry today

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Several of the last few entries were a bit too serious for my personal blog. So, looking through my archives, I found a set of photographs f...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

World Exclusive: Finnish Red Cross in hot water

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Tins of pork meat which were sent by Finnish Red Cross to Pakistan In response to my informing the Finnish Red Cross by email that they wou...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Kampitie today morning

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The excellent autumn weather continues. This morning I wandered around the garden. There were a couple of late flowering roses in bloom. La...
Monday, October 10, 2005

2030 hours news contains same shot

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I was hoping that the 1500 hours news made a mistake. That was why I immediately informed the local Red Cross within 15-30 minutes of my not...

Hope this is a mistake

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I was watching the 3 o'clock Finnish news when there was a news item about the Finnish Red Cross and the aid they were sending to the Ea...
Sunday, October 09, 2005

How does it feel to go through an earthquake?

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My heart bleeds for the thousands of fellowmen in this world who have lost their lives and those who been injured, lost their loved ones, an...
Monday, October 03, 2005

Iitu is a naughty girl

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Every morning when I come down to read the local nespaper, our 14 year old cat is awake and ready to get her food. She sits in front of her ...