Archive for December, 2008
Happy New Year 2009 !
December 31, 2008Turn OFF Your Cell Phone, PLEEEEASE !
December 27, 2008Today, let’s play jeopardy.
The answer is :
As Far As I Know : NO !!!!!!!!
The question to the answer is :
Does a steering-wheel look like a cell phone ?
If so, why do we see too many drivers holding their bloody cell phones and endangering people’s lives every second of the day in all parts of the world ? They get themselves involved in shallow conversations instead of being concentrated on road signs, traffic lights and other street users.
Last year a 4 wheel car nearly hit me at a zebra-crossing. The light was green. I meant to cross the street at an intersection. All of a sudden, a car turns swiftly to the left. I jumped swiftlier to the side. That saved me from many bruises and broken bones. The damned driver was talking on the phone while turning at highspeed to the left.
I hate those drivers. If I could, I’d send them all to hell.
But some other people have found smoother ways to protect us from those killers. Read this :
Safety: Device Disables a Driver’s Cellphone
A Typical Day …
December 22, 2008… in the life of a lazy little boy.
It is said that Africa is full of lazy people. I happen to know one of them. A lazy little boy of 8 years old. Following is a typical day of his :
6:20 AM Time to wake up
He’s got 40 min to brush his teeth, to wash himself and to put on his clothes. While doing all this, he reviews his lessons one more time.
7:00 Breakfast time. Powered milk with tap water which is often reddish or brownish giving to the milk a reddish or brownish shade. Add to this some bread and chocolate paste. Or bread with mayonnaise. Or bread with tuna. Or some millet porridge or some oats (this one is not a big hit). On bad days there is nothing to eat.
7:30 Time to head to school on foot. It takes him 30 min to get there. If he leaves home at 7:35, he has to walk ‘comme un militaire’.
In the morning it’s often rather cold in winter (November to February) even though he lives in Africa, particularly if it’s windy. On cold days, the sun does not smile at all. Cloudy sky. The landscape is in cold colors.
He dressed himself like an onion. Two short-sleeved and one long-sleeved T-shirts. If it is windy like today he puts on one piece of clothes more.
8:00 am to 1:00 pm Learning Time. His class is on the first floor. School ends around 1:10. He goes back home on foot for lunch.
Merry Christmas !
December 20, 2008
Joyeux Noël ! Frohe Weihnachten !
Knit Knit
December 11, 2008Hey, boys and girls, it’s getting cold. Windy and cold. Last month, I was rummaging through my closet looking for the thick black pullover made of genuine cashmere, so soft, so warm (and so expensive…) I put in there eight years ago. To my astonishment my garment was not tasty enough for The Moth Gourmet Restaurant.
I put it on. Quick glance at the mirror : The pullover XXL length almost down to my knees is definitely not in for this winter 2008. I had to do something.
I wish I was born a knitter. And a tailor too. Unfortunately, I am anything but that. But I decided to give a try.
First, the scissors, then the wool. In my kitchen, there were two long chopsticks best for what I want to do. Big problem : no idea how to start the reshaping of my piece of knitwear. I had to surf the internet and could find this video :
The Basics
It took me two hard days to achieve a very unusual task. I called my king of heart : ‘Guess what I am doing right now.’ ‘Knitting’. Out of the blue he was right. He was just joking because he’s never seen me knitting anything anywhere. He couldn’t believe that I conceded him a win !
I wish I could knit better. My new old knitwear doesn’t look very pretty. But it is a homemade chef-d’oeuvre. It is so soft and it keeps me warm. And I feel so wonderfully secure in it.
The Giving Away Season
December 6, 2008is the season when everybody hopes to receive great gifts from you –at least one– even though you are a big victim of a weird financial crisis.
This season is coming very soon. If you are dancing to the same music as I do, you already have started looking for some fancy gifts to put under the Christmas Tree.
PAUL COSMETICS LABS, this company of another planet, has a couple of great gift ideas for you.
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Your people will be happy to get an original gift this Holiday Season 2008 : A nice package. But since PAUL COSMETICS LABS cares for their skins, it will put some high-quality products in the package, too. Click on the blue name to explore the secrets of the Magic Link.
Do you like the idea? If yes, go right away to the Shopping Mall and pick your stuff.
In hard times it is better to offer reasonable presents.
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Feed Feed Feed ! 
Un poquito de vino rojo? 
