Why can't Lulu be more like the girl in this comic strip?
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
I'm all blogged out!
Oh now! After blogging about Belfast and Stockholm.. which took about 2 hours.. I'm all blogged out.
And I'm not even upto date!! grrr.... Still have to blog about Saturaday's trip to Bath, and Sunday's Kylie Concert at Earl's Court.
Perhaps I'll do it tomorrow... or perhaps Lulu should do it!!!
And I'm not even upto date!! grrr.... Still have to blog about Saturaday's trip to Bath, and Sunday's Kylie Concert at Earl's Court.
Perhaps I'll do it tomorrow... or perhaps Lulu should do it!!!
Stockholm, Sweden
[Stockholm, Sweden. 25th - 28th March 2005]
Phoebe of "Team Oz in London" fame describes Stockholm as expensive, full of Ikea furniture and everyone is good looking (think tall, blonde blue-eyed). Lulu and I both agree.
Shockholm is based on14 islands all connected and the area I enjoyed the most was the old town "Gamla Stan". In Gamla Stan you travel back 750 years to experience its medieval atmosphere along narrow streets and alleys. The Royal Palace is also sited here. The Royals themselves no longer live here so sections are open to the public. As fate would have it the parts of the palace we wanted to see was closed, so we had to make do with the free entry to the Armour.
And since this was not enough for us we caught the ferry over to Skansen Open Air Museum. The museum is an open park with buildings donated by various towns all over Sweden. There are also people dressed in period costume and a zoo. Its kinda like an Old Sydney Town actually.
We also caught up with Lulu's college friend Jenny in Skansen, who doesn't work there but did a great job as Tour Guide! Thanks so much Jenny!!! What I like about the Swedish language is that they have a form of "G'day" that can be heard here.
An experience of any culture must include the local cruisine. Lulu choose Swedish meat balls, I choose reindeer. Yes hunny, in Sweden you can really eat Rudulph! Asking the waitress, the meat is described as a red, wild game meat. Getting past the eat Rudulph mentality, the meal was nice.
Phoebe of "Team Oz in London" fame describes Stockholm as expensive, full of Ikea furniture and everyone is good looking (think tall, blonde blue-eyed). Lulu and I both agree.
Shockholm is based on14 islands all connected and the area I enjoyed the most was the old town "Gamla Stan". In Gamla Stan you travel back 750 years to experience its medieval atmosphere along narrow streets and alleys. The Royal Palace is also sited here. The Royals themselves no longer live here so sections are open to the public. As fate would have it the parts of the palace we wanted to see was closed, so we had to make do with the free entry to the Armour.
And since this was not enough for us we caught the ferry over to Skansen Open Air Museum. The museum is an open park with buildings donated by various towns all over Sweden. There are also people dressed in period costume and a zoo. Its kinda like an Old Sydney Town actually.
We also caught up with Lulu's college friend Jenny in Skansen, who doesn't work there but did a great job as Tour Guide! Thanks so much Jenny!!! What I like about the Swedish language is that they have a form of "G'day" that can be heard here.
An experience of any culture must include the local cruisine. Lulu choose Swedish meat balls, I choose reindeer. Yes hunny, in Sweden you can really eat Rudulph! Asking the waitress, the meat is described as a red, wild game meat. Getting past the eat Rudulph mentality, the meal was nice.
What we did in Belfast in a weekend
[Belfast 12th-13th March 2005]
Well its taken almost 2 months but here it is... the eagerly awaited "What we did in Belfast in a weekend" blog entry. I really should have blogged this earlier because as I scratch my head about what to write I keep coming back to watching some home shopping network and being really impressed by the Magic Bullet Food Processor. Perhaps it is a sign of the times that my memory keeps returning to some infomercial about a food processor. Then again Wil probably would mention something about Denzil and Lulu "nesting". Anyhow I'm determined for this entry not to become a review on the Magic Bullet which has nothing to do with Belfast, let alone anything Irish, so onward Christian soldiers as we used to say in school...
Belfast. What has Belfast ever done for us you might say? News of us going to Belfast was received with mixed responses. Most notably were those of apprehension as people first thought of the IRA and comments of wearing flak jackets and getting caught in the cross fire soon followed.
Perhaps it was the luck of the Irish, but there is one export that the locals are proud of. A ship, a famous one, that sank on its maiden voyage. You all know the one, the Titanic. In its hey day, Belfast was a glorious industrial city and the Titanic was just one of its many fruits born from its labours.
As a young Denzil in the 80's I grew up enjoying the Back to the Future movies. If you too have seen these movies then you must remember the car.. the Delorean. Yes, the Delorean is another fruit of its loins. There is a Titanic exhibit and a Delorean on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
We were told that the North Irish aren't particularly friendly compared to the southern brethren. Not true I say! Perhaps it was my dashingly good charm or devilishly good looks but the attendant at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum insisted we were students and charged us as such.
One particular aspect of Belfast I liked was the City Hall (webcam looking out from the building) at Donegall Square [the following is quoted from GotoBelfast.com]:
Well its taken almost 2 months but here it is... the eagerly awaited "What we did in Belfast in a weekend" blog entry. I really should have blogged this earlier because as I scratch my head about what to write I keep coming back to watching some home shopping network and being really impressed by the Magic Bullet Food Processor. Perhaps it is a sign of the times that my memory keeps returning to some infomercial about a food processor. Then again Wil probably would mention something about Denzil and Lulu "nesting". Anyhow I'm determined for this entry not to become a review on the Magic Bullet which has nothing to do with Belfast, let alone anything Irish, so onward Christian soldiers as we used to say in school...
Belfast. What has Belfast ever done for us you might say? News of us going to Belfast was received with mixed responses. Most notably were those of apprehension as people first thought of the IRA and comments of wearing flak jackets and getting caught in the cross fire soon followed.
Perhaps it was the luck of the Irish, but there is one export that the locals are proud of. A ship, a famous one, that sank on its maiden voyage. You all know the one, the Titanic. In its hey day, Belfast was a glorious industrial city and the Titanic was just one of its many fruits born from its labours.
As a young Denzil in the 80's I grew up enjoying the Back to the Future movies. If you too have seen these movies then you must remember the car.. the Delorean. Yes, the Delorean is another fruit of its loins. There is a Titanic exhibit and a Delorean on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
We were told that the North Irish aren't particularly friendly compared to the southern brethren. Not true I say! Perhaps it was my dashingly good charm or devilishly good looks but the attendant at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum insisted we were students and charged us as such.
One particular aspect of Belfast I liked was the City Hall (webcam looking out from the building) at Donegall Square [the following is quoted from GotoBelfast.com]:
Having seen the building I must agree. Photos are in the photo album if you haven't already seen them.The home of Belfast City Council. A magnificent Edwardian “wedding cake”, built to reflect Belfast’s City status, ranted by Queen Victoria in 1888. The Dome is 53 metres (173 feet) high. Figures above the door are “Hibernia encouraging and promoting the Commerce and Arts of the City”. Go inside to find out about guided tours and to pick up a leaflet about the statues in the gardens.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Despite popular belief
Despite popular belief I do no, I repeat, DO NOT break out in a rash if I don't have internet access.
Monday, April 04, 2005
On the Starwars Boxsets
The boxsets were actually rather cool despite having Eva calling the Nokia 3220 a granny phone (a reference to the fact its an old model). Either way its an upgrade from my old nokia which is not colour, has no camera, can not play polyphonic ring tones, does not run JME games, etc etc etc...
Since we have two of these boxsets we'll probably ebay one of them.
Since we have two of these boxsets we'll probably ebay one of them.
Lulu's Blogging Bitch...
The last few week weeks have seen a power struggle between Lulu and I develop. Since I've started my new job... (I'll blog that later) I have been pretty much been abit mentally exhausted when it comes to computers and that means no blogging from me.
Lulu, despite having blogged before, quite simply refuses and states "I don't blog and its your [ie denzil's] responsibility [to blog]".
In an effort to break to empasse I agreed to blog about our 2 recent trips: Belfast (the one and only home of the IRA) in Ireland, and Stockholm, Sweden. This I would do if she blogs about our Saturaday's adventures that saw us score some pretty cool.. well I better let her tell that tale.
And in offering 2 blogs to her 1, there is no doubt a precident being made that makes me her blogging bitch.
[note to self... she'll expect me to blog all trips from now on too]
Lulu, despite having blogged before, quite simply refuses and states "I don't blog and its your [ie denzil's] responsibility [to blog]".
In an effort to break to empasse I agreed to blog about our 2 recent trips: Belfast (the one and only home of the IRA) in Ireland, and Stockholm, Sweden. This I would do if she blogs about our Saturaday's adventures that saw us score some pretty cool.. well I better let her tell that tale.
And in offering 2 blogs to her 1, there is no doubt a precident being made that makes me her blogging bitch.
[note to self... she'll expect me to blog all trips from now on too]
Friday, April 01, 2005
News from the "Metro"... and I'm glad I didn't give up the day job...
Some weird and funny shit reported over there at the Metro.
Re: Magician's Rabbit story: For those that don't know, at one time in my youth all those many moons ago, I was into magic. No, not the slay the demon type, or wicca stuff, I mean the card and coin tricks type. But after reading this story I'm glad I didn't give up the day job.
Re: 22 cases of 'ignition or melting of nightwear': I'm so glad I don't like baked beans... and I definitely don't eat it for dinner despite the fact they have no fat in them (prolly no nutritional value at all for that matter).
Oh.. just incase you were wondering, the ignition/melting was really caused by cigarettes or electric blankets.
Re: Magician's Rabbit story: For those that don't know, at one time in my youth all those many moons ago, I was into magic. No, not the slay the demon type, or wicca stuff, I mean the card and coin tricks type. But after reading this story I'm glad I didn't give up the day job.
Re: 22 cases of 'ignition or melting of nightwear': I'm so glad I don't like baked beans... and I definitely don't eat it for dinner despite the fact they have no fat in them (prolly no nutritional value at all for that matter).
Oh.. just incase you were wondering, the ignition/melting was really caused by cigarettes or electric blankets.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
The Good Thing About...
The good thing about horror movies, and birds in Stockholm is that Lulu gets scared and grabs onto my arm.
Its nice to be in the part of Prince Charming protecting his fair maiden Lulu...
Its nice to be in the part of Prince Charming protecting his fair maiden Lulu...
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
There be whales.
The BBC has an interesting article about whales. What I find is that this is just another symptom of humanities failure to recognise its place within the whole balance of nature. We need to tread with lighter footsteps on this planet if we want to survive.
There are around 200-300 NEW chemicals within the human body that were not there 1 generation ago.
Insecticides and other chemicals that are spread on fields can now be found in whales in the sea.
Whale song can traverse the oceans but with acoustic noise polluting the oceans the ability for whales to communicate has been drastically affected. This in turn will affect whale populations.
Read the article and join Greenpeace...
Scarey.
There are around 200-300 NEW chemicals within the human body that were not there 1 generation ago.
Insecticides and other chemicals that are spread on fields can now be found in whales in the sea.
Whale song can traverse the oceans but with acoustic noise polluting the oceans the ability for whales to communicate has been drastically affected. This in turn will affect whale populations.
Read the article and join Greenpeace...
Scarey.
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