Friday, December 30, 2005

Annikki's Electric Art!

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Another form of art that Anniki has perfected has been with old discarded fused electric light bulbs. Click image to see an enlarged version...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Aluminium Roses

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Annikki has for many many years been doing a lot of design work with scrap materials. I used to wonder why she was keeping sacks of small al...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

A quiet Christmas.....

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In Finland, it is Christmas eve that is the important family meal. Annikki was busy all evening shovelling the snow and creating beautiful t...
Friday, December 23, 2005

This is what I call a round-up

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Life is getting a bit nasty around here these days as Iitu, our 14 year old is getting possesive about my time. I am not allowed to read the...

Annikki gets a lot of sticks, but no carrots!

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Yesterday, in the post was a letter from the City of Oulu saying that Anniikki could collect a walking stick from the Disabled Person's ...
Thursday, December 22, 2005

Sodium hits the news

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So far I had been giving you news about my good friend, Soda, the 14 year old Thai boy. I was pleasantly surprised to see his younger brothe...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Microchip in the head?

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Yesterday was a very tiring day for both Annikki and me. I finished my morning chores including taking Unnop to learn about making dough for...
Monday, December 19, 2005

Another busy Sunday

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I was trying to get the database for the calendar dispatch ready when Soda called at 9:55 am. His football game was at 10:00 am and would I ...
Saturday, December 17, 2005

Kachun's Birthday Party

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Kachun, 9, is Samu's good friend. He is the son of Calcutta girl, Michelle, who runs the best Chinese restaurant in Oulu, opposite the m...

Christmas is here....

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How do I know Christmas has come home? Annikki makes a series of purchases, every year, and there is one which actually tells me that the se...
Friday, December 16, 2005

Hero cycle in Finland....

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Many years ago, probably 10 to 15, Mika got a great bike made by the world's largest cycle manufacturer, Hero, of India. I used this for...
Thursday, December 15, 2005

Bowing to demands, Äiti's new clothes, We all mourn a loss

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My daughters have a way of telling me off. This picture proves their powers of persuasion! Hilja went into the Old People's Home for her...

An entry in three of my blogs

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Prof. Ajeet Mathur, a good friend, a Mumbai Cathedralite and also a Delhi Stephanian, has just sent me an electronic copy of an article whic...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005

My word, the blog is active!!

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Daughter Susanna, from Billinghay in Lincolnshire, was quick to tell me what is a Physiatrist? A physiatrist (fizz ee at' trist) is a ph...

First Hemel Hempstead explosion neighbour checks in

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I knew that some of our friends were not far from the Hemel Hempstead explosion in the UK. I just had a mail from Dr. Anthony Stone, who tau...

Are we Dravidians over-running the world?

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Kaleva is the large daily newspaper in Oulu. Twice a week, every household in Oulu gets a free 8 paged newspaper, free of cost, called Oulu ...
Monday, December 12, 2005

Half done

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I had been wanting to update the K. C. Mammen Mappillai and the Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan Web Pages for a long time. Today, I managed to...
Sunday, December 11, 2005

Tingting returns, Kannan awaits news

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This Sunday's meeting was exciting as our Chinese colleague, Tingting, returned from a very successful trip to China. She was very happy...

A busy Friday

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Retirement is supposed to bring peace and tranquility. I seem to be getting more and more into the fast lane. Friday was truly an example of...

Couple of corrections

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In my story about the London Double Decker Bus, I mentioned the bus that Annikki took from Streatham to West Hampstead. Annikki pointed out ...