tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137549512024-03-07T08:10:17.682+04:00Arabian AdventuresThese are my own experiences, they are not intended to be disrespectful. You can judge for yourself if you ever come here. If you are new to this blog, start with the archives, these are in date order, or scroll to the bottom of this page. The current page is the latest entry. Names have been changed to protect the innocent (!) So my long-suffering husband is referred to as DH (Dear Husband) but you could substitute Daft or Decrepit, the wise-cracking daughter is DD and I am DM (Dear Me!)Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-5884471282728754692009-02-11T13:49:00.000+04:002009-02-11T13:51:14.879+04:00Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye ....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsof4dd-gwIEhdiPd7WIFSq1FmWV28Rz0lc90acOiZikatNCiHW74kYHOrNDnD6ePkA3IYb1esHLURAyARgDsc0Y_E0m8Bh-aD6M-GSZdyF_EGETuQjgA7SPVZN6ka-7mnXnzX/s1600/fuckit.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 624px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsof4dd-gwIEhdiPd7WIFSq1FmWV28Rz0lc90acOiZikatNCiHW74kYHOrNDnD6ePkA3IYb1esHLURAyARgDsc0Y_E0m8Bh-aD6M-GSZdyF_EGETuQjgA7SPVZN6ka-7mnXnzX/s1600/fuckit.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-87256481510798052222007-07-25T19:02:00.000+04:002007-07-25T19:07:10.303+04:00New Mall with Hot New ProductsHey, we have a new mall in Abu Dhabi (yeah, we really really need another mall, but hey ...)<br /><br /><br />Anyway, while moseying around, we found a delightful shop where you can taste and personalise olive oils and balsamic vinegars.<br /><br /><br /><br />Look what we also found on their shelves : Oil filled camels ... no pun intended!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RPvfAiOvkxJNbOFAqO0UOLAUivYB5GSwkDXKlTZTIDvaJOjEO-u9gyzg7_RZu5CIHALWzDjpnRex5ewXfj_Y3_Cbr7mCupP8kQsDXlSS5M_33qwqFVv911kYX3ioeLOjGzU8/s1600-h/DSC00483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091150540039789234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0RPvfAiOvkxJNbOFAqO0UOLAUivYB5GSwkDXKlTZTIDvaJOjEO-u9gyzg7_RZu5CIHALWzDjpnRex5ewXfj_Y3_Cbr7mCupP8kQsDXlSS5M_33qwqFVv911kYX3ioeLOjGzU8/s320/DSC00483.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And a little piece of home ... Viva Mama Afrika!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt2GNKwuU9SLrF7fZxZAZiXjDgh98mKgRFPrd43ENuYso7V4xF_oxyVepb9uN3Hc4BKNiNxnq1XubqswKISp6q0kIb4qjwiqCpt4jchT7za-vZix24joGUdwjve-FVFhX4MAA/s1600-h/DSC00482.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091150660298873538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt2GNKwuU9SLrF7fZxZAZiXjDgh98mKgRFPrd43ENuYso7V4xF_oxyVepb9uN3Hc4BKNiNxnq1XubqswKISp6q0kIb4qjwiqCpt4jchT7za-vZix24joGUdwjve-FVFhX4MAA/s320/DSC00482.JPG" border="0" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-40301492862835407162007-06-23T16:38:00.000+04:002007-06-23T16:40:46.299+04:00Useless fact .....<span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">UNITED ARAB EMIRATES</span> </strong></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993399;"><strong>alternates vowels and consonants</strong></span>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-81082711343188697812007-06-05T16:38:00.000+04:002007-06-05T17:16:50.661+04:00Lulu - The Rock Chick!!Ok, well...... Lulu - The Old Rock Hen ....<br /><br />Off we (DD and me) grooved to see Aerosmith live in Dubai. Don't believe me? Well, here are the photos to prove it ....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwJt1X94a0MG8zXa9lSpBBhYHMdj4QWbJPw8CM9a5L84AKQDVg0KRPq5yUvoQZ0ulN1tCMmJKVozjBsS364-W5LtTAq2fcR_owaYRGkJwebdUxLz2hfTcRiOvpGExFomFdw74/s1600-h/Aerosmith+1+(84).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072563162971070786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwJt1X94a0MG8zXa9lSpBBhYHMdj4QWbJPw8CM9a5L84AKQDVg0KRPq5yUvoQZ0ulN1tCMmJKVozjBsS364-W5LtTAq2fcR_owaYRGkJwebdUxLz2hfTcRiOvpGExFomFdw74/s320/Aerosmith+1+(84).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We would never have had this opportunity back home<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mTmFE4O5gbT-A8vSVKIcq0hyphenhyphenQjB75_8w1Q81QL2HelVZKMGDHN318Ko3FnSr0kYT8VpGEAVFvu8bUgQrckGcrcZtftUZt4xU9rlfJiSOXIDdazjNc0P1tIa4l_dHCTWC8Lok/s1600-h/Aerosmith+1+(77).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072563025532117298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mTmFE4O5gbT-A8vSVKIcq0hyphenhyphenQjB75_8w1Q81QL2HelVZKMGDHN318Ko3FnSr0kYT8VpGEAVFvu8bUgQrckGcrcZtftUZt4xU9rlfJiSOXIDdazjNc0P1tIa4l_dHCTWC8Lok/s320/Aerosmith+1+(77).JPG" border="0" /></a><br />You need a magnifying glass to see any sign of human life on the stage (we were in the cheap seats, ok?)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULP-GSPCL-giYFrapQv3vguUOJFw8nLvFsMie6Gmf8hGB5tw1cdew6PVYT02CFJkQbyk_2Oj7g0WiZbPxlW9zQPwrFMGT84rjeKqclwzMrSfMSqpDo5e7ZOJDoivmT1buDmas/s1600-h/Aerosmith+1+(45).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072562836553556258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgULP-GSPCL-giYFrapQv3vguUOJFw8nLvFsMie6Gmf8hGB5tw1cdew6PVYT02CFJkQbyk_2Oj7g0WiZbPxlW9zQPwrFMGT84rjeKqclwzMrSfMSqpDo5e7ZOJDoivmT1buDmas/s320/Aerosmith+1+(45).JPG" border="0" /></a><br />It was hot (in a cool way!) and it was HOT (in a Dubai middle of summer way) but it was<br /><strong>R-O-C-K-I-N-G </strong><br />Dude!!Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-91085292354447141632007-04-09T20:25:00.000+04:002007-04-09T21:04:17.515+04:00A Knitting Parcel from Heaven<strong><em>(Well, it is from an angel at the very least!!)<br /></em></strong><br />A RAK parcel came today - completely out of the blue (the VERY best kind!!) It felt like Christmas, my birthday and Chinese New Year all rolled into one. Look what the angel sent me :<br />Firstly, notice the exquisite box - it screams class, but it also screamed "Open me, open me, open me ..."<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcLPaLL5aK4GtOFSBKJ7WWhn-UXUnmSfXiA08ED_mhmnYRXA4PTni4tVTRamoGnz-OItEScHKV2O0o8k0GQgUvKGjC7cbwN_CTbUNDO-f__jHzWo0kXaeq5k2HNnO0SNdrdu9/s1600-h/Picture+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051468379207399442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 390px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" height="236" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcLPaLL5aK4GtOFSBKJ7WWhn-UXUnmSfXiA08ED_mhmnYRXA4PTni4tVTRamoGnz-OItEScHKV2O0o8k0GQgUvKGjC7cbwN_CTbUNDO-f__jHzWo0kXaeq5k2HNnO0SNdrdu9/s320/Picture+008.jpg" width="334" border="0" /></a><br />Okay, I admit, I ripped into the box with my car keys, there and then - in the car park - well, there was NO WAY I was going to wait until I got home - forgetaboudit.<br /><br />A bag with not one, not two, but three skeins/hanks of THE most incredible sock yarn - ACTUAL, REAL sock yarn. (I have never seen a skein of anything in real life, and I have never seen or felt or smelt or snuggled real, live sock yarn. (But I did today - right there in the PO car park - with a glazed look of love on my face, too!!)<br /><br />Then out popped some dpns - bamboo, no less - never seen those before either!! And two circular needles to play with and a really useful booklet for notes on my adventures in sock knitting land. Oh, oh, oh..... it couldn't get any better, could it? .... it all smelt so delicious - just like honey, why? Because the angel had added some Bee Bar lotion too.<br /><br />DD and I had a tug of war over possession of the plastic carrier bag - the little brat won!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU7LQaiOl5JXNwBYjRVTa7ZyUZWEv_xjyfnCdGl6kY6nfgSWhvhVXE_II7KTe5tkzvF2UzbLRhzIfqtGpyJY-wKr7Sf7c7FDiVSACvuFh-bOJFb0rcE6jZSpx2oCnphPp5Khz/s1600-h/Picture+010.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051471437224114258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 388px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" height="252" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaU7LQaiOl5JXNwBYjRVTa7ZyUZWEv_xjyfnCdGl6kY6nfgSWhvhVXE_II7KTe5tkzvF2UzbLRhzIfqtGpyJY-wKr7Sf7c7FDiVSACvuFh-bOJFb0rcE6jZSpx2oCnphPp5Khz/s320/Picture+010.jpg" width="359" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Then we fought over the yarn - hah, this time <strong>I</strong> won!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssnIyn_XTZ0zXz_s1Sn1Ni7uA2iSmTBPxtdP7O40u7KvQWFwdnyxmTaTtXgMXSeYlWiSxCtnYR_8VyBaC64Q91Xec-dr9yQiFyz3GIdpMexhFReR4g45SYbEqxJvo-sTUFkP-/s1600-h/Picture+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051469972640266290" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 387px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px" height="263" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssnIyn_XTZ0zXz_s1Sn1Ni7uA2iSmTBPxtdP7O40u7KvQWFwdnyxmTaTtXgMXSeYlWiSxCtnYR_8VyBaC64Q91Xec-dr9yQiFyz3GIdpMexhFReR4g45SYbEqxJvo-sTUFkP-/s320/Picture+012.jpg" width="355" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And the yarn is now sitting on my laptop, where I can see it and snuggle it while I surf!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iq70bN0I63-htgeOFBFFf_fDsbuasDM2qg6AQhSxPAirin2yWCvZLUC8aLGQhodoVbFewZ8neyvUoUqcPElXD7HkFIgMFy_UKH3BO8T7z98BTURRNP5AwVZjKpZQ-hT3mvl5/s1600-h/Picture+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051470243223205954" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" height="257" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iq70bN0I63-htgeOFBFFf_fDsbuasDM2qg6AQhSxPAirin2yWCvZLUC8aLGQhodoVbFewZ8neyvUoUqcPElXD7HkFIgMFy_UKH3BO8T7z98BTURRNP5AwVZjKpZQ-hT3mvl5/s320/Picture+014.jpg" width="351" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;"><em>Thank you Lori aka Crazyknits - you are simply the best!!</em></span></strong>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com275tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-32560220845597667862007-04-07T17:30:00.000+04:002007-04-07T17:59:28.347+04:00Abu Dhabi Heritage CraftsA recent visit to the Heritage Craft Village intrigued those of us with an obsession with handmade craft objects .....<br /><br />Like this guy (who was up to his neck in weaving!) :<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOkmeguz_Xu73Dtsm_t854rFun31eqSutfUtoY3w6ESFnMv6f-iJyRBYW52hGrSlB7SiTaCV41N0Wj3h-ZInfq72cj6vIfm0FTrBZeCCFNef3YY3SkAE5EnRd00f65iGe-EAeo/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+173.jpg"></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsvGg1n7aMA7cqrLLwTIzyBf-0uCx4dSKtWH7Ht37f9F9eJYz0hwkabW5TlERzASHajdwtEUwuTRfSUAcNkeq3mqItS5miTiAAvM-gOy4f1s9WHvIUD67AMLfCXHa1VKdbc_g/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+172.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050680463161980914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 404px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsvGg1n7aMA7cqrLLwTIzyBf-0uCx4dSKtWH7Ht37f9F9eJYz0hwkabW5TlERzASHajdwtEUwuTRfSUAcNkeq3mqItS5miTiAAvM-gOy4f1s9WHvIUD67AMLfCXHa1VKdbc_g/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+172.jpg" width="433" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A Work In Progress<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9vd7Vxr2eaIloaimr_LY2ihkgoIHLGXHJpQBAatmR9by9-iivnZ0SMPwG3TNGuL58j7_B_dPvRFFUYyKT-Q8e13_7DRWlSHG3YULAqtTP-vgkjZ7KYxlG9ukR8Ef3zoPiR3b/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+171.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050680274183419874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 406px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9vd7Vxr2eaIloaimr_LY2ihkgoIHLGXHJpQBAatmR9by9-iivnZ0SMPwG3TNGuL58j7_B_dPvRFFUYyKT-Q8e13_7DRWlSHG3YULAqtTP-vgkjZ7KYxlG9ukR8Ef3zoPiR3b/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+171.jpg" width="370" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Samples of beautiful woven silks :<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatO-1Zl6QbMVzTIZHAlgg7-Cqq4SW6uqloHwATObS09zwj1uuCEK3geOM7vVl0MAlFs_i-mAnd0Av3uT0bTepiu6c4lVevCdRCjcUlye25yXBjgnyEFBPRPUXZkTEIvr-XjzL/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+168.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050679836096755650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 405px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 381px" height="320" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgatO-1Zl6QbMVzTIZHAlgg7-Cqq4SW6uqloHwATObS09zwj1uuCEK3geOM7vVl0MAlFs_i-mAnd0Av3uT0bTepiu6c4lVevCdRCjcUlye25yXBjgnyEFBPRPUXZkTEIvr-XjzL/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+168.jpg" width="277" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Looms for making larger tapestries and carpets :<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrkfx9jUiGQTTcGs7Uxg8moPPkqvrauLvKOk3YB7-K6IXIVSrO7cJjJuQZOdpW7GFHJUsTV2f-1DvcVfHx9ssSBpaDSil96_9KnwuV32VzUXiugAjuWFtWUd5nsyU6X8tkLpj/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+167.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050680055140087762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 403px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 306px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCrkfx9jUiGQTTcGs7Uxg8moPPkqvrauLvKOk3YB7-K6IXIVSrO7cJjJuQZOdpW7GFHJUsTV2f-1DvcVfHx9ssSBpaDSil96_9KnwuV32VzUXiugAjuWFtWUd5nsyU6X8tkLpj/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+167.jpg" width="375" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>The finished products<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjRmSWOGCNHkszhHCdljvaag_jPd1KGkiLXtYPL-iIwbGz4AOD2hF_IatHnX476nYlU1TTsB9gt55REFcUSu2LbklyRLCagDj2ZHzjRNGdn5JSt3nJryJpY-PlbfEBOf3c_hA/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+162.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050679123132184482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 404px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjRmSWOGCNHkszhHCdljvaag_jPd1KGkiLXtYPL-iIwbGz4AOD2hF_IatHnX476nYlU1TTsB9gt55REFcUSu2LbklyRLCagDj2ZHzjRNGdn5JSt3nJryJpY-PlbfEBOf3c_hA/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+162.jpg" width="414" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg572K5TBxnwWfB4PnMNyacvHckUmr6JSuQLhgxo_1zq84K3YN6kvcoJeocCLoVUTcDdCwPUzcH3as6kBc-iO2cV0OISivB4RuC8C-iS-SKQtPwKRReaTUUyw_Mb1tn1A_J7Bwu/s1600-h/Dad&PikieVisit+158.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050678856844212114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 402px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg572K5TBxnwWfB4PnMNyacvHckUmr6JSuQLhgxo_1zq84K3YN6kvcoJeocCLoVUTcDdCwPUzcH3as6kBc-iO2cV0OISivB4RuC8C-iS-SKQtPwKRReaTUUyw_Mb1tn1A_J7Bwu/s320/Dad&PikieVisit+158.jpg" width="412" border="0" /></a> </div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div></div></div></div>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-64083781158089443262007-03-27T12:17:00.000+04:002007-03-27T12:18:42.147+04:00Still knitting .....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsokh5K2-fHEcODwSbQpS2sROY2Yh2FHm-TqSWoakSlStP7mcxbqzvqheV6GCMxFRPz5_ir-GwHAl5Bh1n6MoxFJ6Z51JzGnRngv_wSZs9FFyxBDuLZWo2o5S5QRrAcBeQeOI0Q/s1600-h/Big+knitting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046515342853501010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="240" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsokh5K2-fHEcODwSbQpS2sROY2Yh2FHm-TqSWoakSlStP7mcxbqzvqheV6GCMxFRPz5_ir-GwHAl5Bh1n6MoxFJ6Z51JzGnRngv_wSZs9FFyxBDuLZWo2o5S5QRrAcBeQeOI0Q/s320/Big+knitting.jpg" width="350" border="0" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-85264123328206358732007-03-18T14:04:00.000+04:002007-03-18T14:07:13.015+04:00Another Yum Yum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuRc5F_4DhN9gLucvacS0-l4scLCd5YSIxMWJ3UJxIeMcB5j8I6DYfFZ_vRSssG4todqTHSErHdGEA-PQEBspav_V15lAwYXfbMaAt8JwLU0HjI0BxULEbqq9FfBoEPRpvUJT/s1600-h/AlAin+(205).jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLuRc5F_4DhN9gLucvacS0-l4scLCd5YSIxMWJ3UJxIeMcB5j8I6DYfFZ_vRSssG4todqTHSErHdGEA-PQEBspav_V15lAwYXfbMaAt8JwLU0HjI0BxULEbqq9FfBoEPRpvUJT/s320/AlAin+(205).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043203649421182914" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>ONION </strong>juice??Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-9555027083830482932007-03-18T13:44:00.000+04:002007-03-18T13:46:40.275+04:00Do you want your card swiped?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE7skydK4wgqNCYYXhudb5hS34YDtMcEpoV9YKHgGcV2IBMByof92qOk1DNtxTeYjkF_sl-YqJdYWsSA-nC2syfo35KdE4OlyYtweUuZ-i6BycslAUJQRymPdSJIK8hnLeEMT/s1600-h/BusTour+(1).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043198388086245298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE7skydK4wgqNCYYXhudb5hS34YDtMcEpoV9YKHgGcV2IBMByof92qOk1DNtxTeYjkF_sl-YqJdYWsSA-nC2syfo35KdE4OlyYtweUuZ-i6BycslAUJQRymPdSJIK8hnLeEMT/s320/BusTour+(1).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>I suppose that depends on what you mean by "swiped" .....</em>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-45487147683642239352007-03-11T14:21:00.000+04:002007-03-11T21:42:47.845+04:00The kitty gets a new toy ...<span style="font-size:78%;">A story with pictures</span>!<br /><br />Once upon a time there was a Princess ... (aka Brat Cat)<br /><br />One day the Princess asked her humom to make her a nice knitted toy ...<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#993399;"><em>"Please make me a nice knitted toy, please, please, pleeeez"</em></span><br /></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9tQ4vV-QZ21klFEeV3OZU7mqeHbc0JUw4KkgyGZ0W4vCI1yRSwueWcXYlKFAvr8CyFqtiYUss82_Zrttd7FZX4xbjS7ptBlcBk6hn20Bkcjv06xFpYWcpg-hTO5cUd7lWc6P/s1600-h/Image006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040610730419947186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9tQ4vV-QZ21klFEeV3OZU7mqeHbc0JUw4KkgyGZ0W4vCI1yRSwueWcXYlKFAvr8CyFqtiYUss82_Zrttd7FZX4xbjS7ptBlcBk6hn20Bkcjv06xFpYWcpg-hTO5cUd7lWc6P/s320/Image006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#330099;">"You feel sleepy, you will make me a nice knitted toy ..."</span></em></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzeqCS9x2LnkR0nKvdEya0bQfrV6ETrr4mvxCTurZHCyHuqdS5r9llwBRCWXk6SmKgPcM2Begt11QL0odIb5i_Q7rNFPqtvZopUkZBVb_3MXT1-N3HS-Xl2hu0wclW4fX3byp/s1600-h/Image024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040613715422218146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzeqCS9x2LnkR0nKvdEya0bQfrV6ETrr4mvxCTurZHCyHuqdS5r9llwBRCWXk6SmKgPcM2Begt11QL0odIb5i_Q7rNFPqtvZopUkZBVb_3MXT1-N3HS-Xl2hu0wclW4fX3byp/s320/Image024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">"I WANT A NICE KNITTED TOY!"<br /></span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8WTauTj36GE3dP2UGAundOvaeFbKr7Nhq8f_7f0wT96yE0c38mGulgksC1LCLrsTFqHCIhUDZECD-fxpq_AX1O_6YNV6xhFQorAwsIhh2snOQmE8KKXVWkI4T24mNKTxE5Ec/s1600-h/Image008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040613552213460882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8WTauTj36GE3dP2UGAundOvaeFbKr7Nhq8f_7f0wT96yE0c38mGulgksC1LCLrsTFqHCIhUDZECD-fxpq_AX1O_6YNV6xhFQorAwsIhh2snOQmE8KKXVWkI4T24mNKTxE5Ec/s320/Image008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#009900;">"MY TOY!!"<br /></span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFadDfK_vLtVTNgN3kMmJEdKn2kFtit3vMvlLtSEuWlrC4ID4Uc06kXSw45s1wYARhD-vEor6TSRB3jR8KHkJ_284XX-RO-S74nZpmJZZcT6g5_z3GK8UvJ7_nU7ve4sCyExJ/s1600-h/Picture+042.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040612865018693490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFadDfK_vLtVTNgN3kMmJEdKn2kFtit3vMvlLtSEuWlrC4ID4Uc06kXSw45s1wYARhD-vEor6TSRB3jR8KHkJ_284XX-RO-S74nZpmJZZcT6g5_z3GK8UvJ7_nU7ve4sCyExJ/s320/Picture+042.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">"<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">MY</span> </span>toy!!"</span></em></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtyINa-xXEpVtrA5gDr6WwLoBRCfoqtuHh4T31ZDnV1dNYCBFtN0aIstL_FqgOpYYZObrwb4KnL3Voob7sS94sSsPPbc7khWXVfhOcOxmLlK6YyY_XYlgtw5PLELxbL9jw5lc/s1600-h/Picture+047.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040613122716731266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtyINa-xXEpVtrA5gDr6WwLoBRCfoqtuHh4T31ZDnV1dNYCBFtN0aIstL_FqgOpYYZObrwb4KnL3Voob7sS94sSsPPbc7khWXVfhOcOxmLlK6YyY_XYlgtw5PLELxbL9jw5lc/s320/Picture+047.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#990000;">"DESTROY MY TOY!!"</span></em></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qnswMCLsHajhGY2RiHt-CTyyPvEciS2nEOsyPHkNaN8mhzs2yQggNYNWXtyji0yXLn5fSiyrhPsoamrOTbYlDR0bBZDU883P4zPwdEWMvZEghz67a19AoutfvRwiukVH7Mdo/s1600-h/Picture+055.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040611632363079442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qnswMCLsHajhGY2RiHt-CTyyPvEciS2nEOsyPHkNaN8mhzs2yQggNYNWXtyji0yXLn5fSiyrhPsoamrOTbYlDR0bBZDU883P4zPwdEWMvZEghz67a19AoutfvRwiukVH7Mdo/s320/Picture+055.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#993399;">"Oops ..."</span></em></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkp1-BjSU-jttoeOu9GkLYNul3SbvhHpDYQ1U9hKXdsOMinn2V3Ibz2VN0O6QDClerqtne66qziW9yfciyQFMrTHJvNDSsiCmLQTxTZ31oqSxwEZRPV71j2sdD0s4TQumo6pC/s1600-h/Picture+057.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040611769802032930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkp1-BjSU-jttoeOu9GkLYNul3SbvhHpDYQ1U9hKXdsOMinn2V3Ibz2VN0O6QDClerqtne66qziW9yfciyQFMrTHJvNDSsiCmLQTxTZ31oqSxwEZRPV71j2sdD0s4TQumo6pC/s320/Picture+057.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff6666;">"It is so tiring being a Princess ..."<br /></span></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKlRVPKuEZBAR5bV7qGZUM77vdJbTZh7tJfhhYcjZ-gsvZMWBUJ7APuKBqnlje0zO_0nSRuf59ZjMiWpg7cMggDngBbSaKiuQAF3o036WF1VTF1i-PxgLEB0MrZ95dVF7io3c/s1600-h/Image020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040612229363533650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKlRVPKuEZBAR5bV7qGZUM77vdJbTZh7tJfhhYcjZ-gsvZMWBUJ7APuKBqnlje0zO_0nSRuf59ZjMiWpg7cMggDngBbSaKiuQAF3o036WF1VTF1i-PxgLEB0MrZ95dVF7io3c/s320/Image020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>The End !!<br /></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVV-6PKLGvLBCSekiJafBwQdR2O56l2HXc3DJGsXJiALJjFLT3wzb7QnlbvReknar8GQ0-aWOZS4FgvSYuWveOmtfzSIgol-I-aSHl22OGPry_fnAWDCBZHoK4dBTEUHBcPJWk/s1600-h/Image014.jpg"></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-46327588059849440762007-03-05T14:23:00.000+04:002007-03-05T14:31:12.217+04:00Let's eat out ... yumm-oSome of the interesting menus we have seen lately ....<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJcnpnx5aobqBY3G6tGgDUjUAtt8FaW9yDY7y5uCgiIEWhhe3uhAcqTuuenqoa5ZCJOOWhOWeg1Ba_EA1U-0QIBY0BI6pArQ46Bd7AN30IDSBq1eqLfETn949Ufr-G8EommGA/s1600-h/EatingOut+(33).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038384556216886610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJcnpnx5aobqBY3G6tGgDUjUAtt8FaW9yDY7y5uCgiIEWhhe3uhAcqTuuenqoa5ZCJOOWhOWeg1Ba_EA1U-0QIBY0BI6pArQ46Bd7AN30IDSBq1eqLfETn949Ufr-G8EommGA/s320/EatingOut+(33).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr1sZ6VR2qg_R5hpKScIK0YCWrdxsIXOYuW1KmxGVoBIJNW0AxWlsGoEEJJQdS8H0jb-lm8g9Q27ORTp_A86YD_1B4e6C53_oCwY9nCeYd4VmkdE0fwo4SlbVw3ArQkT95N1Q/s1600-h/EatingOut+(34).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038384440252769602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGr1sZ6VR2qg_R5hpKScIK0YCWrdxsIXOYuW1KmxGVoBIJNW0AxWlsGoEEJJQdS8H0jb-lm8g9Q27ORTp_A86YD_1B4e6C53_oCwY9nCeYd4VmkdE0fwo4SlbVw3ArQkT95N1Q/s320/EatingOut+(34).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQnfXsjHRUwr5QcMJmPC7e2jMcA6eqtEkGtsrUfaL_BdidMgqRXSzB5epT7RlNlWidJeZ4evSlObQoCpn7YFVlaGPU_6vxy4bd6Gzi6Di2aRB4MSjwiXeXU8fIaU5_hs0rAU4/s1600-h/DSC00005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038384985713616242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQnfXsjHRUwr5QcMJmPC7e2jMcA6eqtEkGtsrUfaL_BdidMgqRXSzB5epT7RlNlWidJeZ4evSlObQoCpn7YFVlaGPU_6vxy4bd6Gzi6Di2aRB4MSjwiXeXU8fIaU5_hs0rAU4/s320/DSC00005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-65397508357962500092007-02-28T17:00:00.001+04:002007-02-28T18:00:54.398+04:00Prince Charles and his Camil<div align="center">So, Prince Charles and Camilla came to visit us in Abu Dhabi (<em>just for one day, but what the heck </em>...) And they drove past OUR house, and WE SAW THEM (<em>from the window of the 14th floor, but what the heck </em>...) And here are the photos to prove it .....<br /><br />First, the cops blocked off the intersection ...<br />That's HIM in the first black car ...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcFudWw74zM58W2KruIXyq4yZZnw-WPCwwNe4wkjSL0az98OqTwcocuKDjtrbaRZgdBNLLP3jnG_hvu1FcT22RC5EooHGLkZNJus3u9rz3_GmEIA6h0DKDHPP2bIMVqg87FuF/s1600-h/Picture+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036578691770930354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="265" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcFudWw74zM58W2KruIXyq4yZZnw-WPCwwNe4wkjSL0az98OqTwcocuKDjtrbaRZgdBNLLP3jnG_hvu1FcT22RC5EooHGLkZNJus3u9rz3_GmEIA6h0DKDHPP2bIMVqg87FuF/s320/Picture+063.jpg" width="380" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Closely followed by his personal ambulance (right side of photo) and then (presumably) some bodyguards ...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNCW7puyvnBf68fEIZSNnxBWE-Y6ySghjI_1xSaHxXeY-kw_zC-R0U_vrekdTjUiaV_mzW04qqHwM56UzmKI7cdH6trqb4KuCkg9SQ40X_oicO-BS7TD5jAhys6fR8D5qtJHz/s1600-h/Picture+064.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036578494202434722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 366px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" height="263" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNCW7puyvnBf68fEIZSNnxBWE-Y6ySghjI_1xSaHxXeY-kw_zC-R0U_vrekdTjUiaV_mzW04qqHwM56UzmKI7cdH6trqb4KuCkg9SQ40X_oicO-BS7TD5jAhys6fR8D5qtJHz/s320/Picture+064.jpg" width="440" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />And some more bodyguards ...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUZHyJpPxKQcSfuY-ECUmq_MPjiC2Z9xP6smeN7gG1s7ORiS_muGM7MP6G5ZtKPOpVMTjLqz8FoXAxHPfruvkQN8D83LW4BLsDBj9Cv-gwxBkoep8hMJF1bQpPif7ExBDEz4x/s1600-h/Picture+065.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036578863569622210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUZHyJpPxKQcSfuY-ECUmq_MPjiC2Z9xP6smeN7gG1s7ORiS_muGM7MP6G5ZtKPOpVMTjLqz8FoXAxHPfruvkQN8D83LW4BLsDBj9Cv-gwxBkoep8hMJF1bQpPif7ExBDEz4x/s320/Picture+065.jpg" width="412" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And some more bodyguards ... and finally the cops ...<br /></div><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04uacRJJAnna60RHlzJV8HNVVyqqyUvzZzH18iEmhgEUHEfyDQbvtLTEKIHYqjRhtdPTjN0lCmmDOEsu05TOVGtPNqcw_7zmJBrp6HVYMo-8wPnj8qtOuAXq9iLJ-J3_46WMh/s1600-h/Picture+066.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5036578983828706514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="239" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04uacRJJAnna60RHlzJV8HNVVyqqyUvzZzH18iEmhgEUHEfyDQbvtLTEKIHYqjRhtdPTjN0lCmmDOEsu05TOVGtPNqcw_7zmJBrp6HVYMo-8wPnj8qtOuAXq9iLJ-J3_46WMh/s320/Picture+066.jpg" width="358" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Then the excitement was over<br />and life returned to "normal" once again. </div>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-67074563392447285292007-02-16T17:56:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:45:00.133+04:00Fame at last !!!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zan8Xnq5-30">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zan8Xnq5-30</a><br /><br />Did you spot the whirling South African dervishes swinging pillows ?????<br />Not sure why they fuzzed our faces - perhaps to protect the <em>innocent</em> involved...!!Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-17237361586804784462007-02-16T17:12:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:45:54.437+04:00Pillow Fighting - and FAMERecently a group called Foresight (<a href="http://www.foresightpillowfight.org/?page_id=5"><span style="font-size:85%;">www.foresightpillowfight.org/?page_id=5</span></a>) organised a Guinness Record breaking attempt to hold the biggest pillow fight. They were hoping for 5000 participants - so DD and I joined in (who can resist a good pillow fight??)<br /><br />It started out in an <strong><em>ord</em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcu0nPi1TNArh6IqTXQLjeP4jHRseAISrHQ0Jpm3fmt8EM0fUMpNR5lLQ6B7lifDwzgLD2KaRhrLFvEvoQ4O6qUz0ZBxAmxOrZVfRJuf5MFSq2_aEnusvR7FA3FjKskvhbMs1/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032121809828117826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" height="183" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcu0nPi1TNArh6IqTXQLjeP4jHRseAISrHQ0Jpm3fmt8EM0fUMpNR5lLQ6B7lifDwzgLD2KaRhrLFvEvoQ4O6qUz0ZBxAmxOrZVfRJuf5MFSq2_aEnusvR7FA3FjKskvhbMs1/s320/Picture+021.jpg" width="229" border="0" /></em></strong></a><strong><em>erly(??) </em></strong>fashion, with the handing out of pillows to participants ....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jhBbToiaL22oSyjTYGITU9jAjIoBLvn72bg7f2Db_C1qsura67MxIW5p-xCMnfWxX7BAtpHgTGjSw7Dm9bqC0g-7uIZ6idenoWHP2l7MZtOIQMVQLYjy4T5KQJR5cl7VQIUj/s1600-h/Picture+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122028871449938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 252px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" height="223" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jhBbToiaL22oSyjTYGITU9jAjIoBLvn72bg7f2Db_C1qsura67MxIW5p-xCMnfWxX7BAtpHgTGjSw7Dm9bqC0g-7uIZ6idenoWHP2l7MZtOIQMVQLYjy4T5KQJR5cl7VQIUj/s320/Picture+023.jpg" width="232" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcu0nPi1TNArh6IqTXQLjeP4jHRseAISrHQ0Jpm3fmt8EM0fUMpNR5lLQ6B7lifDwzgLD2KaRhrLFvEvoQ4O6qUz0ZBxAmxOrZVfRJuf5MFSq2_aEnusvR7FA3FjKskvhbMs1/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcu0nPi1TNArh6IqTXQLjeP4jHRseAISrHQ0Jpm3fmt8EM0fUMpNR5lLQ6B7lifDwzgLD2KaRhrLFvEvoQ4O6qUz0ZBxAmxOrZVfRJuf5MFSq2_aEnusvR7FA3FjKskvhbMs1/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcu0nPi1TNArh6IqTXQLjeP4jHRseAISrHQ0Jpm3fmt8EM0fUMpNR5lLQ6B7lifDwzgLD2KaRhrLFvEvoQ4O6qUz0ZBxAmxOrZVfRJuf5MFSq2_aEnusvR7FA3FjKskvhbMs1/s1600-h/Picture+021.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left">But, BEFORE the start of the actual fight, things quickly deteriorated into a free-for-all, a a certain person (who shall remain nameless on this blog!) couldn't contain the urge to bash the sh*t out of someone smaller ....</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEVPF8DCrrtYY0iZBNMc3W48ukrJHrtDzYARmIa4C4OXPVnPZrkMFPwwrr79aaHgYgb6F-LR5C7yhc1E8X9rh23aBNpavFwFNxNwP8FXeNLuVe6eqIQ305Gnhmg0HvL5zYJH3/s1600-h/Picture+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122643051773330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 268px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" height="220" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEVPF8DCrrtYY0iZBNMc3W48ukrJHrtDzYARmIa4C4OXPVnPZrkMFPwwrr79aaHgYgb6F-LR5C7yhc1E8X9rh23aBNpavFwFNxNwP8FXeNLuVe6eqIQ305Gnhmg0HvL5zYJH3/s320/Picture+156.jpg" width="287" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SQ_VmwJN1wFZ1PP3Oq9v3N6hEsQBEPq4zgPzO5nszDkb3v2VeznxOjz4Hg8hDDuG4wLGJ0ueKiQnVISldmfkC3HGV6YHKbVL1ypAtQjpUDgA0hIO8Qd75RuNZkkMaGOO52Qw/s1600-h/Picture+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122192080207202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" height="216" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SQ_VmwJN1wFZ1PP3Oq9v3N6hEsQBEPq4zgPzO5nszDkb3v2VeznxOjz4Hg8hDDuG4wLGJ0ueKiQnVISldmfkC3HGV6YHKbVL1ypAtQjpUDgA0hIO8Qd75RuNZkkMaGOO52Qw/s320/Picture+036.jpg" width="306" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SQ_VmwJN1wFZ1PP3Oq9v3N6hEsQBEPq4zgPzO5nszDkb3v2VeznxOjz4Hg8hDDuG4wLGJ0ueKiQnVISldmfkC3HGV6YHKbVL1ypAtQjpUDgA0hIO8Qd75RuNZkkMaGOO52Qw/s1600-h/Picture+036.jpg"></a><br /><br />until, exhausted from showing the DD who is the boss, he finally collapsed on said pillow ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />THEN, the actual fight began .....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqc7lggYbWH53LzNDna6MF-MGdIcE9M0S5Ximg04K_JC2mR9aTz1d_GKS_odWO1SYRDzX8aIqFTgwo4lv83tHPTZ0WUbz_xz39CBoUzCi-fKSPnB1KYDe4IH3A-CpRO2_y7tl/s1600-h/Picture+161.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122789080661410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px" height="219" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqc7lggYbWH53LzNDna6MF-MGdIcE9M0S5Ximg04K_JC2mR9aTz1d_GKS_odWO1SYRDzX8aIqFTgwo4lv83tHPTZ0WUbz_xz39CBoUzCi-fKSPnB1KYDe4IH3A-CpRO2_y7tl/s320/Picture+161.jpg" width="287" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJedOSL1hVRsT9Ksgz9ahEZMqeutcAT2OrOEOi5k6OV4rbhF4WuKDcD58mzxzIzXxkCWNyeBR5HLrOL5MBNOnFFqfsg4Hh5BtghJF54nxJkjXr3CgseG652Nx8QomIHHVsRRHt/s1600-h/Picture+099.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122333814127986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px" height="230" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJedOSL1hVRsT9Ksgz9ahEZMqeutcAT2OrOEOi5k6OV4rbhF4WuKDcD58mzxzIzXxkCWNyeBR5HLrOL5MBNOnFFqfsg4Hh5BtghJF54nxJkjXr3CgseG652Nx8QomIHHVsRRHt/s320/Picture+099.jpg" width="279" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It only lasted for 1 minute, but was the most fun I have had with a pillow since I was a teenager .......!!!<br /><br />Afterwards, we drove away feeling exhausted, stress-less and knowing that we would be famous one day - so, when <strong>you</strong> see the biggest pillowfight listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, YOU can say : I know someone who was there ......<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVtCI4i86-LEX74XoK9eZdF8vtg8RYNSZ3ywhyHj7zlQubELWCKCGedAm2R_1v4qCbMMikpMJSMZccoAWzZUsMcws0nbkR0zaaZRTIV8Xmrs62HyjvtdHnjLV_mu6zTVwE_qr/s1600-h/Picture+186.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032122947994451378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="156" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVtCI4i86-LEX74XoK9eZdF8vtg8RYNSZ3ywhyHj7zlQubELWCKCGedAm2R_1v4qCbMMikpMJSMZccoAWzZUsMcws0nbkR0zaaZRTIV8Xmrs62HyjvtdHnjLV_mu6zTVwE_qr/s320/Picture+186.jpg" width="201" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p></p>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-32499690392039967412007-02-16T12:29:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:02:30.956+04:00... and a baby blanket ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HsdZ3FipfAhDz-uuHp8K9O7ZzCkWxWzx8tWcyk7reKUBFHhb0iGqwT_4Fb2fmwuwVzpjbuHjgilSRzo8lJL6a91IrEDLzATpbEa860ujhhA7x00DCCYKOrf6igMsyZwIm6Nb/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HsdZ3FipfAhDz-uuHp8K9O7ZzCkWxWzx8tWcyk7reKUBFHhb0iGqwT_4Fb2fmwuwVzpjbuHjgilSRzo8lJL6a91IrEDLzATpbEa860ujhhA7x00DCCYKOrf6igMsyZwIm6Nb/s320/Picture+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032046501871549746" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-3948715918333247912007-02-16T12:24:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:04:27.485+04:00More Jerseys for Jack<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfz10ONl7rm8Ckz0iPVoTe3po5xkPG0eBaGSFkgoMNDCo0jKGWjcmCk0Ts7Maj45FJ0M8TA95bNYrcziO2a6go_QE3UohAMkjB_dg2_c9_AxU2ammjLuDGSq9PTUBlivWTaOy/s1600-h/Picture+008.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfz10ONl7rm8Ckz0iPVoTe3po5xkPG0eBaGSFkgoMNDCo0jKGWjcmCk0Ts7Maj45FJ0M8TA95bNYrcziO2a6go_QE3UohAMkjB_dg2_c9_AxU2ammjLuDGSq9PTUBlivWTaOy/s320/Picture+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032045677237828898" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dd_DOq9PF0KcrzL8bNisMAbJtViMnQzEXbsxvoDXPlSQoIpoCrvKWjvyghhDu_k04vbLfbBdfFpc0NugSxU49o-hwXdxSeg3fgmktsraoXpDs8FFggsIfrQj-9wsrhnbnZl0/s1600-h/Picture+005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-dd_DOq9PF0KcrzL8bNisMAbJtViMnQzEXbsxvoDXPlSQoIpoCrvKWjvyghhDu_k04vbLfbBdfFpc0NugSxU49o-hwXdxSeg3fgmktsraoXpDs8FFggsIfrQj-9wsrhnbnZl0/s320/Picture+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032045518324038930" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsQ9JOeRteyLvPL5_oqU1_9945Mj0Swq91vAmsK7RlqB2K5o70zdZj5LdS4Y2Defw-_hudXmk3uyyUcZOHUnQdfGTgTeMSSt1XNeP1tEwfqQKSCnSPzcXFsU76qGJccyuQD0S/s1600-h/Picture+006.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirsQ9JOeRteyLvPL5_oqU1_9945Mj0Swq91vAmsK7RlqB2K5o70zdZj5LdS4Y2Defw-_hudXmk3uyyUcZOHUnQdfGTgTeMSSt1XNeP1tEwfqQKSCnSPzcXFsU76qGJccyuQD0S/s320/Picture+006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032045329345477890" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwiSqdFLx48A2C28AoURnjCeUfulWAb0APCjC74dCTW7AbY4sSXfMJqHrxUsoW6GtTN8yNRhgTrx063RonXWiW-AuKyRvYklQ9un-TAupaL_Cq7snsoZZpLU1xyO0sZ7wI1Az/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwiSqdFLx48A2C28AoURnjCeUfulWAb0APCjC74dCTW7AbY4sSXfMJqHrxUsoW6GtTN8yNRhgTrx063RonXWiW-AuKyRvYklQ9un-TAupaL_Cq7snsoZZpLU1xyO0sZ7wI1Az/s320/Picture+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5032045131776982258" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-60373106368978046692007-02-14T22:47:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:04:57.728+04:00Shhhh .... knit happens .....This is why I have been TBTB (Too Busy To Blog) for a while ...<br /><br />Someone asked me to knit some jerseys for her first grandchild. What fun it was - casting on 20 stitches instead of 120! BTW congratulations Janet on baby Jack ... have fun spoiling him.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtei4Lf0xDweMa7Qlirz-xVvAB48-KXPuGP3WPSzGSJaF14T0OGrdxsss1LMt2x5RHn4SURFuMVdrFaKf_B8b_vnbKyJauIDxtx8_JmqNlVgutQmrtC8joQUkqcYS96e3MP39/s1600-h/Baby+Jersey+2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtei4Lf0xDweMa7Qlirz-xVvAB48-KXPuGP3WPSzGSJaF14T0OGrdxsss1LMt2x5RHn4SURFuMVdrFaKf_B8b_vnbKyJauIDxtx8_JmqNlVgutQmrtC8joQUkqcYS96e3MP39/s320/Baby+Jersey+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031464804385881314" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb5wD77FeIx7BGRDuqwjhA8WUVh-etgkzV5ndZ69u64nVFx4oOcd2d4G_YPegozHzrjGTgeVUawUNKcIKYflNGhGveoVBsyAQFTVIpZQSAtEqTXztDPST_xKFWXKBmIC_RsQR/s1600-h/Baby+Jersey.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb5wD77FeIx7BGRDuqwjhA8WUVh-etgkzV5ndZ69u64nVFx4oOcd2d4G_YPegozHzrjGTgeVUawUNKcIKYflNGhGveoVBsyAQFTVIpZQSAtEqTXztDPST_xKFWXKBmIC_RsQR/s320/Baby+Jersey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031464636882156754" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-14319300933365042007-02-14T13:06:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:46:50.057+04:00Souf Effrican sense of humour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcZW-x_Sbj1IiWqt-OBD8qztlVvtxhm-4P80TSqGQE8nynezy7EfbML1Kst-cpzs-7HgeGAOyZxCskZbQZdEnflkmXglPe7knaWC9ye0aRgvW7yDWCZeYvAu3P42OiXytyv76/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(568).jpg"></a><br />I just love our sense of humour - we found these on holiday too .....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYuUU_dV1UjZp9ZeAZTUZKb81IfzuvbyyazJGwRhEzNDkXE6xs1ytS4JyAiLkaxolXjNEwMZQOFE_DS15DteGMvqoLHSgzOfR92clwsHw1_6em1I3vHfjxeP3jsBZ7aHfHTQf/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(568).jpg"></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwYhlHduGqU6mbY5daMr3Ima_6Bo9lexhqtvFqpwRGghQVpLw1vNYV4cA5MgjeaowxTF0NiaKVHIDGLVM7nDI4Fc4siVxbEMejl2wsxS4EDDe9pIrlAsLw-DQWVVdxD9ro0EU/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(580).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031314072508628082" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 378px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px" height="223" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfKtDXnUfUWjB108dMzKB-3MHoRtUCrLz-NTFJCVSs6j4zJbMnXWSg1RiO-Tw4MYvj_Y4CSQ8xRPBkhJuws41yzT8DeoW-6e1zLPB6SMKFAPgoM9zLciM6uDT3nwaz6tYrbVq/s320/SAHoliday2006+(583).jpg" width="297" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaDFaoIAoymvy0PqhZKz-69y5bZzDxnaawMJTomjFoMbEdOz8m2h8S5V7zueZMKxiFmAFSL9cb6jUQ8eytbP7hMu-UO0hQi6FxZLwoAOhKs5WdX0IaYihUrVWPetSe0VyOqN1/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(589).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5031314944386989234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 379px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" height="255" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaDFaoIAoymvy0PqhZKz-69y5bZzDxnaawMJTomjFoMbEdOz8m2h8S5V7zueZMKxiFmAFSL9cb6jUQ8eytbP7hMu-UO0hQi6FxZLwoAOhKs5WdX0IaYihUrVWPetSe0VyOqN1/s320/SAHoliday2006+(589).jpg" width="346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwYhlHduGqU6mbY5daMr3Ima_6Bo9lexhqtvFqpwRGghQVpLw1vNYV4cA5MgjeaowxTF0NiaKVHIDGLVM7nDI4Fc4siVxbEMejl2wsxS4EDDe9pIrlAsLw-DQWVVdxD9ro0EU/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(580).jpg"></a></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p></div>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-45880309354935046602007-02-12T06:35:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:46:16.420+04:00I'm confused ......<a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ioJtEGzMarni5M:http://www.kinneybrothers.com/FLASH%2520CARDS/confused.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand" height="142" alt="" src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ioJtEGzMarni5M:http://www.kinneybrothers.com/FLASH%2520CARDS/confused.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Watching the news on Iraq, where the Sunni's and the Shia are having a go at each other, I got to thinking .... which sect are the UAE Moslems? I mean, it's like a rugby match - you've gotta support the right team, right?<br /><br />So I looked it up .... big mistake!! Hours later I was still none the wiser. These guys have more divisions than a Matric maths class. It's no wonder they don't get along too well.<br /><br />Let me see if I have got it right .... It seems that "the religion of Islam has many divisions, sects, schools, traditions, and related faiths." <strong><em>No kidding</em></strong>!!</span>From </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://en.wikipedia.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br /><br />1 Major Branches<br />1.1 Sunni<br />1.2 Shi`a<br />1.3 Sufi<br />2 Sunni schools of thought<br />2.1 Hanafi<br />2.2 Hanbali<br />2.3 Maliki<br />2.4 Shafi'i<br />3 Shi'a Sects<br />3.1 Jafari<br />3.2 Ismailiyah<br />3.3 Zaiddiyah<br />3.4 Alawi<br />3.5 Alevi<br />3.6 Bohras<br />4 Sufi Orders<br />4.1 Bektashi<br />4.2 Chishti<br />4.3 Naqshbandi<br />4.4 Oveyssi<br />4.5 Qadiri<br />4.6 Suhrawardiyya<br />5 Kharijite Sects<br />5.1 Ibadi<br />5.2 Sufri<br />6 Kalam Schools<br />6.1 Ash'ari<br />6.2 Maturidi<br />6.3 Murjite<br />6.4 Mu'tazili<br />7 Movements within sects<br />7.1 Barelwi<br />7.2 Deobandi<br />7.3 Salafism<br />7.4 Wahhabism<br />7.5 Liberals<br />7.6 Islamism<br />7.7 Tablighi Jama'at<br />8 Other sects<br />8.1 Zikri<br />8.2 Ahmadiyya<br />8.3 Moorish Science<br />8.4 Nation of Islam<br />9 Related Faiths<br />9.1 Yazidi<br />9.2 Druze<br />9.3 Bábism<br />9.4 Bahá'í<br />9.5 Sikhism<br />9.6 Submitters<br />9.7 Five Percenters<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Wikipedia - understanding that most of us are completely befuddled by now, also provide a world map of the types of Islam .....<br /><br /></span><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Islam-by-country-smooth.png/300px-Islam-by-country-smooth.png"><span style="font-size:78%;"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 374px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px" height="165" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Islam-by-country-smooth.png/300px-Islam-by-country-smooth.png" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">But, if you look at the colour of the UAE's section, you will see that it is a completely different shade to the rest of the world and/or the key .... wha??<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>Ok, now I am dazed and confused ... and completely deurmekaar ... can someone <strong><em>please</em></strong> help me?Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-76247153596781660242007-02-11T22:39:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:49:34.077+04:00Back from BeyondThe lovely holiday home is now a distant memory ... but as it has taken me all this time to get out of my "there's nothing to blog about" phase, here are some of the memories we made this time ...<br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuALbnrhgSTNKHb1bPQB_PslKB5zW8pQ7QAJoSNnqh101CDfIDkvGEmNGGwY3Qeaa5y_vQ4P1TfAOQeFHBTwga1hw5ZOKaaFHlkqImmnbDUApaSm7j_IvGpdP8ejr5k7z1FzQ/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(52).jpg"></a><strong><span style="color:#000099;">When you fly Business Class,</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#000099;">you get your own "Pod"!! - no neighbours!!<br /></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kyTXBK9lkf-RC4Iefqjq0H5ycXGw5jiwq6DPxeXdTBhWEIuvlHB9ok13DKKvl-XOorlPM0OsQYEmOfcxdGzym8onxlXuJHeDZTvqN5OMVZyYcqWdGkfure_iUvqpMsCrhjP6/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(7).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030352240352492610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kyTXBK9lkf-RC4Iefqjq0H5ycXGw5jiwq6DPxeXdTBhWEIuvlHB9ok13DKKvl-XOorlPM0OsQYEmOfcxdGzym8onxlXuJHeDZTvqN5OMVZyYcqWdGkfure_iUvqpMsCrhjP6/s320/SAHoliday2006+(7).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyuALbnrhgSTNKHb1bPQB_PslKB5zW8pQ7QAJoSNnqh101CDfIDkvGEmNGGwY3Qeaa5y_vQ4P1TfAOQeFHBTwga1hw5ZOKaaFHlkqImmnbDUApaSm7j_IvGpdP8ejr5k7z1FzQ/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(52).jpg"></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">Rolling grass covered hills in Natal</span></strong></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpeZqxxS-_r8M-3ZvJ-jR0OgzZyyDeVdyRkqfopW6VDJdpnB3ASlce_43IS4aAbd42lsF8Tg43otAZXLtZXG-UEy1VlOx5AW3URIvYqZyKo4XDWWBR6ztwY6bnzvsUh-wnZzJ/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(469).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030353236784905314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgpeZqxxS-_r8M-3ZvJ-jR0OgzZyyDeVdyRkqfopW6VDJdpnB3ASlce_43IS4aAbd42lsF8Tg43otAZXLtZXG-UEy1VlOx5AW3URIvYqZyKo4XDWWBR6ztwY6bnzvsUh-wnZzJ/s320/SAHoliday2006+(469).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">A festive Christmas table<br /></span></strong><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX8yzE1XZtSvJC7ch4djfwAmZBMlCxyfaSzR9ZD0zGT30nmfO75sP33QZnyG3MBh4iUPTWw2OI8EMllpeJbAfT0mlzeu787J9OJlwPS_8Giqo-KHcJAq11swnFOvaCcYNx3M0/s1600-h/SAHoliday2006+(357).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030353030626475090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidX8yzE1XZtSvJC7ch4djfwAmZBMlCxyfaSzR9ZD0zGT30nmfO75sP33QZnyG3MBh4iUPTWw2OI8EMllpeJbAfT0mlzeu787J9OJlwPS_8Giqo-KHcJAq11swnFOvaCcYNx3M0/s320/SAHoliday2006+(357).JPG" border="0" /></a></div></div>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-1165656967352648822006-12-09T13:34:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:49:14.313+04:00Feeling better now ....<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/1600/111143/swearing%20mug.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 99px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" height="132" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/320/774544/swearing%20mug.jpg" width="154" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"><strong>If you don't understand Afrikaans, sorry<br />If you DO understand Afrikaans, Ag, SO - RRY!</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">/www.boerseun.com<br />Die pennevrug van prof. Johan Combrinck, voormalige Voorsitter van die Taalkommissie van die S.A. Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><strong><em>DIE UNIEKE AFRIKAANSE “FOK”</em></strong><br /></span>Een van die interessantste, kleurvolste woorde in Afrikaans, is die leenwoord fok en sy familie.<br />Dis ‘n towerwoord wat, bloot deur sy klank, vreugde of pyn, liefde of haat, ontdekking of frustrasie kan weergee.<br />Fok is een van die min woorde wat die funksie van byna alle woordsoorte kan vervul.<br />Dit word as oorganklike werkwoord gebruik (Fok die hele spul),<br />en as onoorganklike werkwoord (Aag fok),<br />as bevel (Fok dit!),<br />in die bedrywende vorm (Dit het my gefok),<br />sowel as die lydende vorm (Nou is jy gefok),<br />as die hoofelement in ‘n hele reeks skeibare werkwoorde (aanfok, opfok, uitfok, toefok, voortfok, byfok, agteroorfok, agternafok), ens<br />of as stam van ‘n werkwoord (Nou het jy die hele ding befok).<br />As abstrakte selfstandige naamwoord (Ek gee nie ‘n fok om nie),<br />of as persoonsnaam (Het jy gesien wat die fokker probeer doen?),<br />as nabepaling by ‘n vraagwoord (Hoe de fok, wie de fok, hoekom de fok, wanneer de fok, ens.),<br />as byvoeglike naamwoord (Waar moet ek die fokken tyd vandaan kry?),<br />as bywoord (Dis nou ‘n fokken mooi grap),<br />en as uitroep (O fok!).<br />Selfs ook as invoegsel (Onge-fokken-looflik).<br />Dit kan ook in homself ingevoeg word (Nou is jy be-fokken-fok).<br /><br />Hierdie Afrikaanse woord kan gebruik word om wyd uiteenlopende situasies te beskryf:<br />Verrassing: Hoe die fok gaan dit met jou?<br />Bedrog: Die motorhawe het my befok.<br />Ontsteltenis: Ag fokkit!<br />Moeilikheid: Nou is ek in my moer in gefok.<br />Aggressie: Fok jou!<br />Moedeloosheid: Hoe die fok moet ek dit regkry?<br />Walging: Fok my!<br />Wanbegrip: Ek fokken verstaan nie.<br />Inkompetensie: Hy fok alles op.<br />Gesag: Wat die fok dink jy doen jy?<br />Verdwaal: Nou weet ek not ‘n fok waar ek is nie.<br />Oortuiging: Onge-fokken-twyfeld.<br /><br />Dit kan horlosietyd beskryf (Presies half-fokken-vyf),<br />of omstandighede (Hoe het ek in hierdie fokken job beland?),<br />of persone (Jan Fokken Smuts),<br />of dinge (Kyk hoe lyk jou fokken skoene!),<br />of plekke (Tot in fokken Durban),<br />of dit kan die siel van ‘n uitnodiging wees wat van hartlikheid drup (Fok u!).<br /><br />Fok is in Afrikaans onge-fokken-ewenaard!Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-1165656881525606452006-12-09T13:31:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:50:29.356+04:00Feeling a bit homesick today ...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/1600/617681/jacaranda.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" height="174" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/320/298224/jacaranda.jpg" width="193" border="0" /></a> <strong>I know a place in Africa...</strong><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Inspiring poetry written by </span><a href="http://www.waynevisser.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;">Wayne Visser</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">, a South African currently based in UK. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#660000;">I know a place in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where I can feel the sun on my back </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the sand between my barefoot toes </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where I can hear the gulls on the breeze </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the waves crash on the endless shore </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">I know a place in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the mountains touch the skies of blue </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the valleys shelter vines of green </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the trees spread out a cloth of mauve </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the bushveld wears a coat of beige </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">I know a place in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where I can hear the voice of thunder gods </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And watch their lightening spears thrown to earth </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where I can breathe the scent of rain clouds </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And taste the sweet dew of dusty drops </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">This is the place of wildness </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of evolution and dinosaurs </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where life began and mankind first stood </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of living fossils and elephants </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where lions roar and springbok herds leap </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">This is the place of struggle </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of desert plains and thorn trees </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where pathways end and hunters track game </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of horizons and frontiers </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where journeys start and sunsets bleed red </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">This is the place of freedom </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of exploration and pioneers </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where darkness loomed and light saw us through </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Of living legends and miracles </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where daybreak came and hope now shines bright </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">My heart is at home in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the sound of drums beat in my chest </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the songs of time ring in my ears </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the rainbow mist glows in my eyes </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the smiles of friends make me welcome </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">My mind is at ease in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the people still live close to the soil </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And the seasons mark my changing moods </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Where the markets hustle with trading </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And Creation keeps its own slow time </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">My soul is at peace in Africa </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">For her streams bring lifeblood to my veins </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">And her winds bring healing to my dreams </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">For when the tale of this land is told </span><br /><span style="color:#660000;">Her destiny and mine are as one</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">© 2006 Wayne Visser</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /><br />....Ah yes, if only it was still like this ....Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-1165480392279866942006-12-07T12:31:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:51:01.725+04:00Dear Santa<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/1600/123494/santa%20milk.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" height="240" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/2836/1222/320/814554/santa%20milk.jpg" width="383" border="0" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-1162556125950118892006-11-03T16:12:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:51:34.945+04:00Happy Hell-O-Ween<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2836/1222/1600/Pumpkin2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2836/1222/320/Pumpkin2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2836/1222/1600/Pumpkin1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2836/1222/320/Pumpkin1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13754951.post-1160755610414128372006-10-13T19:07:00.000+04:002007-02-28T18:51:58.468+04:00What's the difference ?The country is run autocratically, with the voting population given very limited actual say over the running of the country. The disenfranchised population outnumbers those who have the "right to vote" many times to one. Millions of migrant workers have left poverty striken areas to work in the cities with streets of gold.<br /><br />These workers fill lowly manual labourer positions, doing jobs that those who run the country refuse to do. These same migrant workers have very few rights and are frequently subject to basic human rights violations by those in power who are often above the law. They are paid poverty datum line wages and are treated far worse than the pampered pooches of their "bosses".<br /><br />Crammed , sardinelike, into "hostels" or "labour camps" with less than basic amenities, some resort to sleeping on rooftops and the street or to timesharing their beds. They are separated from their families for months/years at a time - wives and children are not allowed. If wives are <strong><em>generously</em></strong> given work, they live in rooms the size of a cupboard, are not allowed to have their children or husbands with them and are expected to work all hours of the day and night. These women babysit the "madams" babies and, in many cases are the primary caregiver - virtually bringing them up.<br /><br />Workers are threatened with "deportation" if they complain or question their treatment as there are many, many more who would be grateful to have these jobs because their homelands are wracked with poverty and disease. It is so easy to take advantage of these desperate people, and expect them to be grateful in return.<br /><br />However, crime is low because punishment is swift and harsh. Lower castes are herded into their camps at night and those found wandering in affluent neighbourhoods are treated with suspicion by the police force who keep good law and order through fear of consequences. The economy booms because of natural resources that are sought after and prices are high. Tourists enjoy the rapidly growing attractions - huge hotel cities are built purely for their pleasure. They are safe and their pounds/dollars go far - they can live in luxury undreamt of in their home countries.<br /><br />Slowly resentment and envy creep into the psyche of those at the bottom of the feeding chain. As prices rise, unaffecting the upper echelons, reports begin of petty crime - the theft of some bicycles, shoplifting, handbag and purse snatching. The powers-that-be decide that, in order not to panic tourists and the wealthy, newspapers should adhere to the adage that "less (reporting) is more".<br /><br />More and more incidents of assault, rape and murder take place. Animal cruelty increases, beggars and scammers proliferate - despite efforts to keep them curbed. People are disillusioned with the overcrowded, stressed "golden" cities and become more aggressive and depressed. Suicide rates increase, alcoholism increases and drugs become a serious problem.<br /><br />I've just realised .... I don't know if I am writing about the UAE or South Africa ....<br />Is there a lesson to be learned ?Luluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05315533053320667683noreply@blogger.com2