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.

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Busy day, yet

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(Cross-posted on Jacob's Blog .) I had a very busy schedule yesterday. Even so, just before noon, I had a sudden urge to ring Ilari and...

She is back, 2 months on

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(Cross-posted on Jacob's Politics Blog .) One of the most watched blogs is Baghdad Burning by the Girl Blogger from Iraq. On the eve of...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Thanks to blogging

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Annikki and I greatly missed our girls, their husbands and grandkids this Christmas. They were holidaying in Florida at a place known as Kis...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Some odd issues of today

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Yesterday was a day of waiting, as, despite it being a holiday for their department, the Office of Equipment Loan for Invalids, delivered, a...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Great greetings

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Annikki and I got some outstandingly beautiful, some really deeply emotional, and many other types of greetings this year. Each one was view...
Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas to all our friends

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog .) It is Christmas morn. Annikki and my email Inboxes are filled with greetings from all corners of the glob...
Friday, December 22, 2006

Welcome to a new Indian in Oulu

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Fazila was the first AISEC trainee that came here during our time. She became a fast family friend. Tanya was the next. She seems to have va...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Annikki and I had a chuckle today morning

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The main headline in today's local newspaper was how Finland expects to get 100,000 tourists from India next year. Knowing how the Finni...
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Absent for almost 11 days

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Thanks for all the concern - Annikki and I are quite well. Both of us have been extremely busy. I was helping my former school friends, the ...
Friday, December 01, 2006

How do they get your money?

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After I posted my last blog entry, many of you have asked how these fraudsters get the money out of you when they are offering you money. O...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Watch out! Now angle by fraudsters

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I was one of the very first to expose the work of the Nigerian Fraudsters who used to contact people by phone and fax. See my article of 199...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Thank you 56ers!

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(Cross-posted on all my major personal and alma mater blogs. This is a tribute I received for concerned blogging.) Monday, November 27, 200...
Friday, November 17, 2006

All complaints listened to

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Starting with daughter Joanna in Newcastle, and going around the globe, there have been complaints about the photo quality on my blogs. So I...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Annikki still in creation mode

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When I got back last night I was in splits of laughter as Annikki had created a Lappish snowman (hilarious), and a Finnish Laplanders wigwam...
Sunday, November 12, 2006

REUNIONS?

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(Cross-posted on my Seventh Heaven Blog .) The Mumbai Cathedral and John Connon School Founders Day programme will take place on the 14th of...
Saturday, November 04, 2006

Winter grips Oulu early

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(Cross-posted on the Seventh Heaven Blog .) Last Thursday we were hit by a blizard. As it ws still October, Annikki held out saying it was s...
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. ...
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