Thursday, August 26, 2010

I wonder what goes through her mind?

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Zebras by Annikki - made for my mother.  Took 7 months. As I look out of the window, I see my better half of the last 45+ years doing many t...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

First Error detected!

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I have been doing Sudoku since my return from India. Yesterday, as I was doing the one in my local newspaper, first thing in the morning, ...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Good Health?

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Ok! I am Type 2 Diabetic because of my over-indulgence, real over-indulgence, in chocolates, candy bares, sweetened condensed milk and all ...
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Is it a lazy Saturday?

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Very often, when I am working, I get a feeling that it has been a lazy day! I thought about it and realised that I was not being lazy at a...

Is Finland the BEST country to LIVE IN?

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Is Finland the best country in the world to live in? That is what a recent Newsweek report said. It is obvious that none of the Newsweek...

Visit to Helsinki

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Ever since Nirmala told me that she was coming to Helsinki for a holiday, I have been planning with Annikki to go there for our holiday. Nir...
Saturday, August 07, 2010

Sadly Unused

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Grandson Dsniel in the traffic park in Oulu I was driving on the back streets of some of Oulu's residential colonies during the last cou...
Thursday, August 05, 2010

Driving to Helsinki and back

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Yesterday's 1300 km drive was one with a difference. A very strange storm hit mid Finland and I was amazed to see trees just pushed do...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Another Kerala doyen passes away

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Postage stamp of Padma Shri K. M. Mathew On Sunday morning, I woke up and received information from many sources, relatives and friends, th...

When do you know you are OUT OF TOUCH?

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One of the greatest thrills when driving in Mumbai was to drive towards Nariman Point on Marine Drive and see the latest Amul Ad flying at t...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Finland's hotest days

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Forest fires are raging in Russia as temperatures crossed 40 C. The forests are like tinderboxes. Finland was no worse yesterday, knowing ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Crisps - Your favourite flavour?

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Yesterday was another up and down drive to Helsinki - left at 4 am from Oulu and returned at 5 am today. One of the things I do to keep aw...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Swamiji's in Oulu

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Staying at the Guest House in Oulu were two very learned Swamiji's from Palghat, Kerala. They have travelled extensively in Europe, and ...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Willis Conover and Jazz Hour

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Willis Conover Host of Jazz Hour on VOA I posted an entry on my Seventh Heaven Blog about Voice of America's Jazz Hour. I had replies te...

Peacocks

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My beauty, inside and outside. I was driving on my scooter to town yesterday when, coming in the other direction, was a lady on a cycle, wit...
Monday, July 19, 2010

Some things remind me of India

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Indian Mangoes After 26 years in the wilderness, a beautiful wilderness, there are some things that remind me of India but yet are not quite...

Speed cameras - A DANGER

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Yesterday, I made a quick trip to Tampere, about 500 km south of Oulu. I chose a route which is the shortest, rather than the conventional...
Friday, July 16, 2010

Google is amazing

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At 4:20 (16:20) today, I put up my most recent blog entry and mentioned my experience yesterday with water plaining. I was not sure whethe...

Two more days for registration

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Many of you have asked how to do the registration for access to my blogs. (Two comments on this subject as well.) All you have is to sen...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Orbituary of a friend

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I was informed by the son, Venkatesh, of a dear friend in Chennai that his father had passed away. Last year, on our Bharat Darshan of 2 m...