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.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Stephanian Kamalesh Sharma 60er / 62er

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Posted on the Kooler Talk (Web Version) Blog and my Jacob's Blog . College ragging is much in the news. The first person who "ragg...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Oulu is full of Life - Welcome

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Posted on the Findians Group site , Jacob's Blog and the Oulu CHAFF Blog . As Christmas season dawns on us, Christmas shopping has alre...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Remembering one's dad

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20th November is a day that I always feel deep in my heart as it is the birthday of my late dad. After finishing his schooling in Bishop Cot...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Why is the Laplander sitting down?

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The temperature was just right and the snow was perfect for making the snowman. But, this year Annikki has him sitting down on a snow stone!...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Creative artist's vision

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When Annikki created this: she had a vision of this: and the detail is this: When she created this: she was seeing this: What do you think s...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

Kudos to Aruna and Mahesh

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Posted on my Jacob's Blog , the CHAFF Blog and also on the Findians Google Group Pages . Yesterday, Annikki and I were able to attend t...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

The passing of my Godmother

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Tomorrow would have been her 91st birthday. I had already planned to send her my birthday greetings. When I reached my computer this morning...
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Friday, November 09, 2007

The quiet German girl gets....

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Posted on the Oulu CHAFF Blog and my Jacob's Blog . Almost two years ago, I picked up a very shy German girl at Oulu Airport. She had n...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Conference Call, Democratic Underground Forum, Impeachment

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It is rare that I mix a political entry on our Jacob’s Blog as I usually reserve it for my Jacob’s Politics Blog . Dennis Kucinich with hi...
Saturday, November 03, 2007

Indian Engineers pouring into Finland

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The last two days has been busy looking at the issues facing Indian Engineers who are pouring into Finland, especially north Finland. Yester...

A new artist phase - Wire Mesh....

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Annikki goes through phases as an artist. She has been through her chalk drawing, textile designing, ginger bread houses, edible art, rubbis...
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Thayyil Kandathil Family Directory 2007

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Yesterday's post brought me much joy as there was a small package from my uncle, Mr. K. M. Mathew, now 90 but still quite active. It con...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Bombay Mix in Oulu

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Posted on Jacob's Blog , the Oulu Best Buy Blog and the Oulu CHAFF Blog . Last Sunday, after our CHAFF get.together at the Coffee House...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007

87 year old great grandmothers

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Yesterday evening, Annikki came running down to the cellar wanting me to rush up to the kitchen with the camera. There I found two 87 year o...
Monday, October 29, 2007

Remembering two important people in my life

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Last night, as the clock ticked past midnight, Annikki and I remembered two people, both of whom Annikki did not have the chance to know as ...
Friday, October 26, 2007

Indian contingent due in Oulu

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Posted on Jacob's Blog and the Oulu CHAFF Blog . November 2007 will see a large increase of the Indian engineer population in Oulu. Th...

Arctic Syndrome

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A young student from a country far south of Finland expressed to me yesterday that she was suffering from a seasonal illness. On further que...

Autumn sales

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Posted on the Oulu Best Buy Blog and also on Jacob's Blog . This weekend has lots of great offers as the autumn sale season has started...
Tuesday, October 23, 2007

American stupidity or insanity?

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There is this news item in the American media 7-year-old suspended over stick-figure drawing Complaint about image depicting 'water pist...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Sports on TV this last weekend

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Now that the leaves are fallen and the satellite antenna is providing us with some 200 channels, I am able to watch many sports channels, wh...
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