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Archive for 2005/07


Tooth Fairy makes a visit.

My Cousin, Jonathan, wrote a poem when he was very little entitled "My Wobbly Tooth". I still remember it till this day, not the actual contents but the way at which he expressed his poem to us. "My tooth began to wobble" will always stick with me. Scott lost his 1st tooth over the weekend [...]

Construction

Summer always seems to bring out those orange cones together with the orange signs of delays. Just what we need to help us enjoy the summer heat on our road ways – Yes – It’s construction time again. But construction is not only limited to our highways – but also to our basement! I have [...]

Chocolate Factory does it again.

I remember being a young boy and having the story of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory read to me at Broomhill Junior School. I reveled in thinking about the magical rooms and how the candy would taste which Mr Willy Wonka was inventing. You can imagine my delight when they released the 1st Charlie and [...]

“British people will not be cowed”

It was a very sad day for me to hear about terrorists hitting my homeland, ground that I’ve walked upon, streets I have walked down, buses which create nostalgia that there is no other place on the earth like London. Tony Blair’s comment hit me hard and I could understand his frustrations. It reminded me [...]

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