Thursday, December 08, 2005

Please view this Slide Show

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I am greatly disturbed by the Invasion and Occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq by the war criminals, Bush and Blair, and the impending invasi...
Monday, December 05, 2005

Good news all round

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A very busy weekend with good news all round. Tingting , our Chinese "dynamo", had gone to China along with her new boss, as a Mar...
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Sunday, December 04, 2005

Gopa and Timo visit Oulu

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I was very happy to have Gopa and Timo visit Kampitie in Oulu, en route to their home in Keravaa in South Finland. Gopa was so thoughtful sh...
Saturday, December 03, 2005

Last week in review

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I have been having many problems this week. As I walk around Oulu I have hordes of little children running after me. They think I am Father ...
Friday, December 02, 2005

Why no entries?

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Patience friends and family. I was overwhelmed by the requests for Annikki's desktop calendar - which is a very limited printing. The 50...
Wednesday, November 30, 2005

I hate war, being a pacifist but..

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I do hate all forms of violence, especially war, and also unprovoked invasion and occupation of any country. Those who read my blog, Jacob&#...
Saturday, November 26, 2005

Fabulous Thai Food in Oulu

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Oulu is a city which revels in great international food because of a vibrant foreigner population trying to eke out a living doing small bus...
Friday, November 25, 2005

Iitu watches HER TV

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Annikki's table top aquarium, the only one of its kind in the world, is of great interest to our cat. Iitu. Sometimes she perches on the...
Thursday, November 24, 2005

Now, I really had to laugh aloud!!

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It was in 1987 that I organised for one of the top managers and researchers of the Nokia Company, Paul Collander, to stop over in Madras and...

Get your FREE 2006 Desktop Calendar

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As a prelude to the release of Annikki's book "Edible Art" in 2006, we are pleased to inform you that the 2006 Desktop Calend...
Wednesday, November 23, 2005

We get a reindeer!

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There was a lonely large wooden sleigh at the bottom of the garden in Kampitie. Annikki has been wondering what to do with it for several ye...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

My mind flashes back 42 years..

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Here I am, sitting at my computer in a cellar in Finland, listening to US Liberal Talk Radio on the internet. The Talk Show Host, Thom Hartm...
Thursday, November 17, 2005

Daniel with Grandma and Grandpa

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Annikki and I are missing all our grandchildren, Asha, Samuel and Daniel. At least we can speak at length with Asha and Samuel, but that is ...

Birthday Cake for Harriet?

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The world was celebrating the 175th birthday of the supposedly oldest living creature on this earth, Harriet, the tortoise that Darwin broug...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Dara Singh, King Kong, Flash Gordon

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Many did not believe the names of the top wrestlers that I had given in a previous post. Some associated King Kong with a gorilla which was ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Welcome to Oulu, Isaac

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I got a nice shock this morning when I picked up our local newspaper, Kaleva. There was a great story about a new CEO for an Oulu headquarte...
Sunday, November 13, 2005

Superb Political Cartoonists

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Publication of a couple of cartoons has a great impact on my blog readers around the world. They just loved it. However, in this post, I am ...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Samuel is just going to love this!!

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In the 50's, when we lived in Bangalore, we had the international wrestlers who used to come there. The show was held in the Sampagie St...
Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Pond cleaning mainly over

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The pond at Kampitie had not been cleaned all through summer. So after the fish came in, Annikki got around to cleaning the pond to make it ...