Sunday, June 24, 2007

My carpentry skills?

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Kampitie Pergola (Cross posted on the Seventh Heaven Blog for Mumbai Cathedralites .) Not having published the final outcome of my front por...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Blooming Midsummer Rose

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(Cross posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog .) We have something in our garden that is called the Midsummer Rose, which starts to bloom on Midsumme...
Friday, June 22, 2007

You Mallus are so quick!

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I had a reply from Malayalees in every continent about the Thai sweet which we also make in Kerala, India. The fastest came from a Mallu in ...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Help me PLEASE, before I go crazy!

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Yesterday I went to the Thai Pailin Restaurant. The owners offered me a "sweet" with my tea, which they called "a traditional...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Memory sends me into splits of laughter

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Yesterday was shopping day. We were looking for a mattress for Mika's bed. The present one has the springs popping out and a cavity in t...
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Condolences and tributes to my "Third Cousin"

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I did not realise how widespread my readership was. My estimate of 120000 seems unrealistic considering from the so many unrelated corners I...
Friday, June 15, 2007

Sands of Oulu

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Annikki's sister, Anneli, is here with us in Oulu for a short holiday of a few days. As she was cycling back from the city yesterday, sh...
Monday, June 11, 2007

Demise of my "Third Cousin"

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In today's world where one hardly knows one's first cousin, it may seem strange for me to blog the passing of my third cousin. John ...
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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Apple Blossoms, Cherry Blossoms

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Annikki has been wanting a cherry tree in the Kampitie garden for as long as I can remember. I have been resisting this is it is not OUR gar...

How does 6.8=27.2? How does this affect Global Warming?

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New maths today is very popular. So when I tell you that when 6.8 = 27.2, we have much to fear from Global warming! Every Tuesday is a water...
Monday, June 04, 2007

Dangerous situation of VIOLATION

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(Cross-posted on all my MAJOR BLOGS.) A few weeks ago, I received an email from my good young friend, Soda, that he had TAGGED me and the em...
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...