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.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Article about CHAFF in 65 Degrees North

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) An article about CHAFF has appeared on the front page of 65 Degrees North . The location may change so th...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

An old friend checks in

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Yesterday I received an email from a very old friend: Dear Sushil, It was such a pleasant surprise coming across your blog. A brother of min...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

My 80 year old Physics teacher sent me this

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog , on the The Cathedral School Seventh Heaven Blog and the St. Stephen's Kooler Talk Blog .) Willie...
Monday, October 23, 2006

A very special person

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My cousin, Mohanchayan, (JM: The sufix -chayan is one we use to address elders as a mark of respect) is a surgeon, a brilliant one at that. ...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

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All Those Lies This is a great video. I and millions of others have known the lies for many many years. And now with 600000 innocent Iraqis ...
Saturday, October 21, 2006

I went to a football match

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I took time off today to go to a football match today - AC Oulu against a team from Helsinki called Atlantis. This was a crucial match for b...
Friday, October 20, 2006

The Lady Blogger from Baghdad...

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(Cross-posted on my Jacob's Politics Blog .) makes me want to cry. She has been off-line for a long long time. On October 18the she came...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

First video uploaded by me

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(Cross -posted on the CHAFF Blog .) Last Saturday, October 14th 2006 was the International Market in Oulu. The Thai Community had a great sh...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

Going round in a circle?

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People often ask me why I keep so much rubbish (?) in my room. Files and files of old junk (?). Maybe this incident will explain why - altho...
Monday, October 09, 2006

I really had to laugh....

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... when I received this email earlier today! From: Rev Fr Luke Allan To: lukeallan1 Date: 05-Oct-2006 23:04 Subject: Bequest of Dennis Tha...
Thursday, October 05, 2006

Transformation

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu Chaff Blog .) It is not everyday that Father Christmas gets transformed. Last Sunday was different, as Omena (whic...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006

You never can tell where....

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...the next phone call is from! (Cross-posted on my Oulu Chaff Blog .) I was speaking on Skype with my dear friend, Ajay, in Beijing, when m...
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Saturday, September 30, 2006

An outrageous Saturday Puzzle

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Lateral thinking allows your mind to really run wild. In today's Saturday Puzzle I give you a final scenario and I would like you to thi...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Get out while you can...

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(Cross-posted on my Jacob's Poltics Blog and my Move The UN Blog .) Yesterday was a dark day in the US, not only for any foreigner livi...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Topless....

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Sorry again for not updating the blog, but I have been really really busy. I got a photo from Kannan wheich he took on his recent visit to O...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

What does it feel like....

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...when you get a phone call, and on the line is your very very best friend with whom you have not spoken or heard of for the last 24 years?...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Pictures of Nang and the baby

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Those of you who have been asking for pictures of Nang's baby, thanks to Unnop, here they are: Monlaphat (Ulla) Torvela Mother Kannaphat...
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Apple Mac Problems

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(Cross-posted on my Jacob's Politics blog .) Posted as a comment today in the Steve Clemons Washington Note Blog entry: "The Midwes...
Sunday, September 17, 2006

Week in review

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) This is getting to be a habit as I just do not seem to get any time during the week to update my blogs. S...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Finally it is done...

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Many hundreds of you have been asking me to email you whenever I make a new entry on my blogs. Now I have taken steps to ensure that every t...
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