Archive for December, 2007
ERASMUS Bridge | Weekend Snapshot #12
Dec 30th
This is the ERASMUS Bridge in Rotterdam, beautiful in the evening.
This was taken after my husband and myself had dinner with friends. Camera which was used was mine but it was my friend Kees who took this photo. Positioning the camera on top of a pole for a steady shot.
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more information:
Rotterdam is the second largest municipality in the Netherlands after the capital, Amsterdam by population size, and the largest city in the province of Zuid-Holland (South Holland). The port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe and was the world’s busiest port from 1962 to 2004, until it was overtaken by Shanghai. Rotterdam is situated on the banks of the river Nieuwe Maas (‘New Meuse’), one of the channels in the delta formed by the Rhine and Meuse rivers. The name Rotterdam derives from a dam in the Rotte river.
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I WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!!
LifeLike, yes she is
Dec 28th
Or so I feel.
I was never really a big fan of dolls, whether plastic or ceramic. Probably because I have this wild imagination since I was a kid and when playing with my siblings, we would use dolls to frighten each other, we sometimes would say: look, she’s looking at you everywhere you go, see, the eyes are alive..the doll is alive!! and well, we used those frightening voices too to terrify the wits out of each other! At times when the teasing became too much, we ended up in real cat fights! *lol*
But anyway back to dolls…when I saw this doll on top of my friend’s drawer, ’she’ changed my view of dolls. I don’t know why but there was something on her face that I find gentle, not scary at all. She doesn’t even fall under the ‘cute’ category , in my opinion..but there’s something about her.
What I find cute is the way she sits on top of the drawer.
Do you like dolls too? Do you also collect them?
I was a kid again..even for just a while
Dec 27th
December was the busiest month for me…it still is. I am just glad that December 25th & 26th { first Christmas day and second Christmas day respectively} are both over, whew! Because those two days were just killers. Though I really really enjoy preparing special dishes especially on Christmas (normally only the 25th) but was also invited this year to cook on the 26th…which was fine by me, glad to do it… it’s just that my body after the 2 nights almost gave up because I was beat and even asked myself why am I doing this to myself?
Well, answer is I don’t like ordering cooked meals for Christmas dinner! I like surprising my love ones with something new and never tasted before menu. But I’ll get to that on another post.
All I really wanted to say was that I enjoyed being a kid again. For a moment it was like I was back during those years when I could hardly wait for Santa’s surprise under the tree. Yes until now I enjoy opening gifts (who doesn’t?) and this year I got what I wished for from my husband (speakers for my room) and from my dear friend Stel (who is one of my inspirations when it comes to cooking) I got this fantastic cookbook “Your Place or Mine?”by Jean-Christophe Novelli, one of London’s celebrated Michelin starred chef .
Dear Stel, I was opening your gift on these pictures and I love it!! Thank you so much!!
how about you, did you enjoyed opening your gifts too?
Christmas Greetings
Dec 24th
I WISH TO GREET YOU ALL, DEAR FRIENDS …A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!!
I also would like to thank each and every one of you for your continue support on this page. I have contemplated a lot fo times to stop from blogging but YOU manage to pull me back each time I withdrew…and I’m glad you did. It’s your presence friendship and kind words that I enjoy the most in blogging. You all rock!
This beautiful e-card is from my friend ROSEThanks Rose, your work is simply beautiful!
again, ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS!!
A Weekend of Music….and some WS 11
Dec 23rd
Near our place is a small shopping mall which is smaller than a football field. So small that you can cover it in less then 10 minutes. I think it’s pathetic but I’m at least glad that it has shops that cater to our daily needs. The next big mall is in the city where I have to travel 20 minutes just to go there.
Anyway, our little mall has hired a choir to sing Christmas jingles to the shoppers and I of course listened (to 2 songs)..Bravo! just what we needed…’really can feel Christmas in the air.
at the other part of the mall however, was this Santa on bike who was singing the saddest songs I have ever heard. When I shot this picture, he was singing FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST! Can you imagine that? I really think this Santa was heartbroken…I just wish his Christmas wont be as sad as hings songs.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, WEEKEND SNAPSHOOTERS!!
It was eyeing me!
Dec 20th
This was an old shot which I took summer of this year. That was when I just had my new DSLR camera, actually the very first DSLR.. so using it was a challenge, still is..but not as much back then.
not knowing which button to use nor setting, I just followed this butterfly hanging out in our garden and when it finally stopped to sip some nectar, it posed for me and actually remained this way for a few minutes.
Can you see its eye?
Crap! | Wordless Wednesday
Dec 19th
Wordless Wednesday…check it out and all participants here
short description:
See on the left side that says the meat was undercooked (or undergrilled)…this was served to me when husband and I dined out one night. We saw this ‘Mediterranean Grill’ restaurant that was looking okay from the outside and the menu was also posted by the door. We thought: ‘hmm, expensive but ok,
pork meat was raw, beef was rotten (it was smelly!) and even the onions were raw.
this grill-o-crap cost Euro22,00.
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