Thursday, May 31, 2007

Petrol prices and its impact on moblity

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(Cross-posted on my Cathedralite Seventh Heaven Blog .) A few weeks ago Cathedralite 69er Prakash Thadani sent me an email in which he reque...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

A second "bad experience" at PRISMA

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PRISMA is one of the Big Three retail outlets in Finland. A few weeks ago, while I was checking out at PRISMA in Limingantulli, Oulu, I used...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

First Kampitie Apple Blossom

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There is no apple tree in the Kampitie garden. Our neighbour has a few. One overhangs into the Kampitie garden. Every year all their trees h...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Be warned or die

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(Cross-posted on all my major blogs.) One of my alumni friends sent me this post which I think is very important. Coke cans stacked in a war...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

Part 2: Why do I do the things I do?

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(Cross-posted on all my major blogs.) The reaction to the first part of this blog title was so overwhelming that I thought I would share an...

Censorship in Oulu by 65 Degrees North?

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(Cross-posted on the Oulu Chaff Blog .) I was approached by a teacher (Mr. Eric Mwai from Kenya) from the Oulu International School with a s...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

A genuine "Finnish" misunderstanding by me...

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(Cross-posted on my major blogs. When I was told by Ville Suomi that we would have two visitors from the Palam Rural Centre in India, I beli...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Windy city...

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Last Sunday was a beautiful early summer's day. The sun was shining brightly and the strong wind had a wonderful cooling effect in the h...

Why do I do the things I do?

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(Cross-posted on all my major blogs.) Recently there was a programme on an American internet radio station about how humans were less develo...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

Mother of Mine

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(Cross-posted on the CHAFF Blog . Copyright of photographs is acknowledged.) It has probably been over 10 years since Annikki and me have vi...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Annikki is working her gut out again

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Day-before-yesterday, Wednesday evening, Annikki's mother, Hilja, went in for her interval care at the Hirosen Old People's Home, so...
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

The King of Fruit?

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Last Friday we got our consignment of Durian from Thailand, considered by many as the "King of Fruits"! Durio kutejensis fruits, i...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

Am I being spoilt?

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Today is Mother's Day in Finland, but it was not Mother's Day in England. So Annikki did not get any call from our kids there. She g...
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Thursday, May 10, 2007

A well deserved award

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Dharavi in Mumbai is one of the largest slum areas in the world. It is also the home of some of the best leather products produced in India....

Is this a laughing matter?

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The newspaper coverage of my performance at the Free Speech Day had both Annikki and me in splits of laughter. It was not about what I said ...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

14 family member deaths narrowly averted!

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Annikki has been working desperately to get the Kampitie garden to its very best. She worked hard when her mother was away in the Old People...