Jacob's Blog

Annikki and Jacob Matthan live in Oulu, Finland. Annikki is a Finn, Jacob an Indian. They are the founders of the Findians Movement way back in 1967. Both are now retired. They have been married for 57 years. This blog is an account of their lives and thoughts as reminiscenced through Annikki's and Jacob's eyes.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Mainline: Geostrategy Feeds America's Oil Addiction

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Cross-posted on all my main blogs - Jacob's Politics ; Seventh Heaven for Mumbai Cathedralites ; Kooler Talk for Delhi Stephanians ; Oul...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Thai Pailin Restaurant launches another new HIT

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(Cross-posted in the Chaff Blog ) The Pailin Restaurant owners in the Kasarmi Area in Oulu are true food innovators. Yesterday they launched...

Change of photo at the top

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Daughter, Susanna, said that as the two photographs at the top of the blog were taking up a lot of space up. The latest entry could not be s...
Monday, February 27, 2006

Tervarit Blacks win tournament

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Soda has been promoted from the regular Tervarit 91 side to the Tervarit Black side. There is a lot of competition to get into this prestigo...
Saturday, February 25, 2006

Puzzle time

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Because so many of you have asked me NOT to give the answer to last week's triangle puzzle - not a single correct answer to date, I am h...
Friday, February 24, 2006

Easier days

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Taking Hilja, Annikki's mother, out of the house had become a nightmare. With the new frontage at Kampitie, it is a breeze. Hilja and An...
Thursday, February 23, 2006

A letter that we treasure

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In our archives there is one letter that we especially treasure. It is one from Mrs. K. M. Mathew, Annammakochamma, which we received in Jan...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Rolling in the graves

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Many years ago when a young lady was used in the MM Foam ad, reclining on a foam mattress, IN HER NIGHTDRESS, wearing all her undergarments,...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006

More reminiscences from 14 years ago

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Click images to see enlarged images I was amused to read a news item in the last Saturday issue of our local newspaper. Seppo Keränen of Fin...
Monday, February 20, 2006

KALEVA follows us 12 years on..

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(Cross-posted on CHAFF Blog ) Last weekend there appeared a little box item in our local newspaper, KALEVA, where they have started a reader...
Sunday, February 19, 2006

Pentti Vuorinen get titled

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I seem to have missed this big news which appeared a few days ago in all our local newspapers. An old friend, Pentti Vuorinen of the English...
Friday, February 17, 2006

Hold it folks...

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The Puzzle (Optical Illusions) popularity has exploded. People have been poring over the profile of the face, some for hours to figure out t...
Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Puzzle Popularity...

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I was really overawed by the popularity of the first Optical Illusion Puzzle that I put on the internet. Shalu Matthan (née Verghese), wife ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Sweet Chilli returning to China

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(Cross posted on the CHAFF Blog ) Chilli is one of the Chinese group of software engineers brought from China to work in Oulu for the Americ...

9 Steps to New Frontage for Kampitie

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Annikki's mother, Hilja, was finding it difficult to use the front steps at Kampitie as the height of the step was too much. It took ove...

Culture Shock - Finland

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Cross-posted at the CHAFF Blog . A Friendship Day Special Blog Entry Last Saturday, Ildikó and Ilari were early visitors to Kampitie to pick...
Saturday, February 11, 2006

New Series - Optical Illusions 01:

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I start a new series to test your mental agility. If you like the idea, do email me! Here is a drawing to start with! Hint: Something I use ...
Thursday, February 09, 2006

5 years on his spirit lives on...

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Today is 5 years since Annikki's father, Matti Reinikka, passed on. Matti Reinikka, 1916 - 2001 He was a wonderful man, full of life and...
Sunday, February 05, 2006

Please pray for Dr. Samuel

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May I request all of you to say a special prayer for the father of Rana Jacob in Calgary. Dr. J. Samuel, known to all of us as Sam, is 76, a...
Friday, February 03, 2006

A bit annoying...

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I must thank an Indian, Abhay Bulsari from South West Finland, living in the city of Turku, who runs a company called AB Nonlinear Solutions...
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