Monthly Archives: April 2010

Morning Walk

and I saw a tree that stood stark naked with twisted limbs that reach for the sky reminds me of the occasional lonesome tree that dots the open pasture Is it winter already ? perhaps somewhere and after saturating all … Continue reading

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Story Behind Malcolm’s Cake

We celebrated Malcolm’s 6th birthday last week We bought him a cake to bring to school on Friday I contemplated for a long time before getting one from a nearby bakery A 2kg chocolate cake with loads of cream A … Continue reading

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Learning Chinese

会 is a funny looking umbrella 大 is a man standing with arms wide open, legs apart 只 is a TV set with 2 legs 头 is someone with 2 bullets on one side of his head The hieroglyph of … Continue reading

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Mango Sorbet

The weather has been so warm lately I am literally bathing in my own sweat during days when I walk Malcolm to school A dip in the pool to cool off the heat is like the perfect thing to do … Continue reading

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Crash of the Titans

We watched Clash of the Titans over the weekend It was our first movie with the baby and he was such a sweetheart He was so well behaved throughout the 100 minutes or so He watched a good 30 minutes … Continue reading

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