Hong Kong police raid toilet-cubicle brothels - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
Friday, January 17, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Attempt to leave Lev Tahor sect thwarted, former member testifies
Attempt to leave Lev Tahor sect thwarted, former member testifies
This is very interesting and shows that cults can be in any religion. Very sad.
This is very interesting and shows that cults can be in any religion. Very sad.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Danish tourist gang-raped in New Delhi - Asia - Al Jazeera English
Danish tourist gang-raped in New Delhi - Asia - Al Jazeera English
I have been absent from writing on this blog for a while. I am busy downsizing and going through things and not doing anything really worth writing about.
If you are planning to go to certain countries, think again, especially women!
I have been absent from writing on this blog for a while. I am busy downsizing and going through things and not doing anything really worth writing about.
If you are planning to go to certain countries, think again, especially women!
Monday, December 30, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
CHRISTMAS DAY 2013
What a beautiful day it was, with the snow falling gently from the sky, resting lightly on the tree branches, covering the waiting earth in a blanket of white. It all looks beautiful especially when it is freshly fallen.
I took the 2:01 Aberdeen bus to get there and had baked angel cookies. I wrapped two of them up in waxed paper to give to the bus driver as he was working on Christmas day. I brought some more to Christmas dinner as well. There still remains a few for my company coming on Friday.
Angel cookies are a very old recipe which was from my mother and I have cherished it all these years. I remember going to her recipe box and copying out my favourite recipes as a young woman and have used them since that time. I am most grateful that I did that as they would have been lost and they are great and practical recipes. I have shared several with my dear sister-in-law and daughter and they have become treasured recipes for them as well.
Our host, Ken, served crackers and cheese, pida bread (not home made) and two different types of bought hummas. While we nibbled away at these delectable treats, we had a lovely chat. He is a very nice host.
Thanh arrived around 4 p.m. and the two fellows reminisced about Redeemer College-University and people that they know. They also talked about business as both of them are businessmen with their own businesses. It is good that they reconnected after so many years.
Once dusk started, Ken switched on the lights for the tree and it looked so wonderful! Jody has a way with decorations - she is very artistic in things like that.
We all had a nice time just chatting away, most of the talking was done by the two young men which was fine by me.
Ken made a special kind of chicken which I have heard of but never tasted. It was amazing to watch him how he prepared it and to taste the results. I think it was called beer can chicken but instead of alcohol, he used a tin of chicken broth which made it extremely moist.
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I took the 2:01 Aberdeen bus to get there and had baked angel cookies. I wrapped two of them up in waxed paper to give to the bus driver as he was working on Christmas day. I brought some more to Christmas dinner as well. There still remains a few for my company coming on Friday.
Angel cookies are a very old recipe which was from my mother and I have cherished it all these years. I remember going to her recipe box and copying out my favourite recipes as a young woman and have used them since that time. I am most grateful that I did that as they would have been lost and they are great and practical recipes. I have shared several with my dear sister-in-law and daughter and they have become treasured recipes for them as well.
Our host, Ken, served crackers and cheese, pida bread (not home made) and two different types of bought hummas. While we nibbled away at these delectable treats, we had a lovely chat. He is a very nice host.
Thanh arrived around 4 p.m. and the two fellows reminisced about Redeemer College-University and people that they know. They also talked about business as both of them are businessmen with their own businesses. It is good that they reconnected after so many years.
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| Jody's wonderful Christmas tree |
Once dusk started, Ken switched on the lights for the tree and it looked so wonderful! Jody has a way with decorations - she is very artistic in things like that.
We all had a nice time just chatting away, most of the talking was done by the two young men which was fine by me.
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| My son Ken (left) and Thanh (right) |
Ken made a special kind of chicken which I have heard of but never tasted. It was amazing to watch him how he prepared it and to taste the results. I think it was called beer can chicken but instead of alcohol, he used a tin of chicken broth which made it extremely moist.
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| Ken and I |
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| Thanh took these shots |
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| Thanh's meal - ham and chicken |
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| The chicken sitting on top of a tin of chicken brother which makes it moist as it cooks. Instructions: Ken used a marinade sauce, spread it all over the chicken, put the opened tin of chicken broth in the cavity of the bird and stuffed the opening in the top of the bird with onions. He then cooked it for an hour and a half I think. I was concerned about the tin part of it but there was no danger whatsoever from what he had learned. It was quite an interesting experiment and the taste was wonderful. Ken had some desert as well and of course, there were my angel cookies. Thanh drove me home for which I was most grateful as the bus only runs every hour on holidays and it is now cold weather in Canada. Thanks for dropping by. Company coming on Friday for desert and coffee so had better get baking again! |
Saturday, December 21, 2013
A guest for lunch on Sunday
In spite of the freezing rain warnings, my guest Rosie is still planning to come for lunch tomorrow after church.
She sure is one brave lady!
I don't think I will venture out once the freezing rain comes. It hasn't started yet but is due late this afternoon and will continue into Sunday.
I hope to go to St. Paul's candlelight service on Sunday night with Mohammed and Thanh but we will wait and see what the freezing rain does to the side walks. I can walk there.
December sure is turning out to be a real winter month!
I heard that the grocery stores are packed due to the storm warnings. I am glad I prepared beforehand as there was plenty of warning.
I remember the time in Montreal when the snow was higher than my window (basement apartment) and I couldn't get out to go home for Christmas. It was a very sad Christmas that year, just George and I and the baby Anna. We had not prepared for eating at home on Christmas day and thus, although we had some food at home, it definitely was not something special.
This life lesson taught me to always have extra food in for the winter months just in case one could not get out. I still carry that memory and that lesson learned and am glad to say that I am 99% prepared for such a situation should it ever occur again.
Right now I am making homemade bread and some cookies for my guest. The main course is already done.
I hope she enjoys it.
She sure is one brave lady!
I don't think I will venture out once the freezing rain comes. It hasn't started yet but is due late this afternoon and will continue into Sunday.
I hope to go to St. Paul's candlelight service on Sunday night with Mohammed and Thanh but we will wait and see what the freezing rain does to the side walks. I can walk there.
December sure is turning out to be a real winter month!
I heard that the grocery stores are packed due to the storm warnings. I am glad I prepared beforehand as there was plenty of warning.
I remember the time in Montreal when the snow was higher than my window (basement apartment) and I couldn't get out to go home for Christmas. It was a very sad Christmas that year, just George and I and the baby Anna. We had not prepared for eating at home on Christmas day and thus, although we had some food at home, it definitely was not something special.
This life lesson taught me to always have extra food in for the winter months just in case one could not get out. I still carry that memory and that lesson learned and am glad to say that I am 99% prepared for such a situation should it ever occur again.
Right now I am making homemade bread and some cookies for my guest. The main course is already done.
I hope she enjoys it.
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Christmas get together in our party room 2013
As usual, it was very nice. Lynne, who is on the Board, organized yet another great together.
It even went over time which shows that people were having a good time.
Here are some shots.
There were quite a few people who dropped in and I was able to chat with several people and enjoy their company.
We had some stimulating conversations while we munched on so many good things to eat.
All in all, a lovely afternoon spent with compatible people.
It even went over time which shows that people were having a good time.
Here are some shots.
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| Party room tree decorated by Marcel and Robert |
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| The courner where the sweets and drinks were kept. |
There were quite a few people who dropped in and I was able to chat with several people and enjoy their company.
We had some stimulating conversations while we munched on so many good things to eat.
All in all, a lovely afternoon spent with compatible people.
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