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29 June 2009
Strawberries
My strawberries are really doing well. 100% organic. It initially started out with 2 plants about two years ago and now I have a whole patch.
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28 June 2009
Visit to Edinburgh castle
Warning: Loads of pictures. May take ages to load on slow connections.
Some pics of Edinburgh castle from our last trip. A visit to Edinburgh will not be complete without a visit to the castle. It's at the Western end of the Royal Mile.
A bit overcast when we visited it. The sun came out later.
There are two statues at the castle gates. The one on the left is that of Robert the Bruce. Have you heard the story about him and the spider and "Try, try, try again". Look it up on Google. Not sure who the other statue is of.
The Argyle Battery
The Scottish Monument from the rear
Brother and sister
My son
Mons Meg, a huge cannon
Just look at the size of the cannon balls
Looking down the turret
Stained glass in St. Margaret's Chapel, the oldest building in Edinburgh castle.
The well
The cannon
Coat of arms
Scottish War Memorial
Gargoyle looking down
Another battery
Outside the castle
Panoramic view from top
Some pics of Edinburgh castle from our last trip. A visit to Edinburgh will not be complete without a visit to the castle. It's at the Western end of the Royal Mile.
A bit overcast when we visited it. The sun came out later.
There are two statues at the castle gates. The one on the left is that of Robert the Bruce. Have you heard the story about him and the spider and "Try, try, try again". Look it up on Google. Not sure who the other statue is of.
The Argyle Battery
The Scottish Monument from the rear
Brother and sister
My son
Mons Meg, a huge cannon
Just look at the size of the cannon balls
Looking down the turret
Stained glass in St. Margaret's Chapel, the oldest building in Edinburgh castle.
The well
The cannon
Coat of arms
Scottish War Memorial
Gargoyle looking down
Another battery
Outside the castle
Panoramic view from top
27 June 2009
Michael Jackson - The King of Pop
I was sending my kids to school today and I was listening to local radio station Mercia. I wasn't paying much attention and I thought I might have misheard when I heard Andy Goulding saying that Michael had passed away.
After dropping off the kids, listening to the radio I learnt that the King of Pop has really passed away. He was just 50 years old.
I used to joke to my students that when we were kids, Michael Jackson was still black. It was true, we grew up listening to ABC, Ben and I'll be there from the Jackson 5 days. I remember break dancing during my school days to the tunes of Billie Jean, Beat it, Thriller and Bad (Yes! I am from that era). It won't be wrong to say that he was a big influence and brought happiness to a lot of people all around the World.
Rest in Peace Michael.
24 June 2009
Dr. Mahathir's blog down
Just noticed that Tun Dr. Mahathir's blog - Che Det is no longer up. For those who didn't know Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad was the fourth and longest serving Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.
AS someone who likes to keep up to date with the latest development in almost everything, Tun Dr. Mahathir started his blog in 2008 and it became hugely popular soon. He raised some really controversial issues in the blog.
I am not sure why the blog went down. Does anybody have any information?
The website mentions that www.chedet.co.cc is available.
Don't tell me he forgot to renew the domain.
AS someone who likes to keep up to date with the latest development in almost everything, Tun Dr. Mahathir started his blog in 2008 and it became hugely popular soon. He raised some really controversial issues in the blog.
I am not sure why the blog went down. Does anybody have any information?
The website mentions that www.chedet.co.cc is available.
Don't tell me he forgot to renew the domain.
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21 June 2009
Introducing Raja Rahawani and Precious Times
A few Malaysians have settled down here in Coventry and now call it their home. One of them is Raja Rahawani. She has been here in Coventry for nearly 14 years now.
Affectionately known by the younger Malaysians here as Kak Raja, she is a really really talented lady. A fully qualified professional practitioner in holistic therapies, she offers reflexology, aromatherapy, Indian head massage, thermo auricular therapy and holistic living lifestyle.
She also works as a Mobile Therapist and offers 'Home Visits' especially for ' Post Natal clients and vulnerable clients who needed treatment in the comfort & convenience of their own home and familiar surrounding (e.g especially referral cases such as post rehabilitation MS client, post rehab stroke/ bypassed, etc). However, it's for Lady Clients Only .
In 2008, Kak Raja offered Remedial Massage, Reiki & Reflexology to Multiple Sceloris (MS) patients at the Neurology Unit (L:4), University Hospital in Walsgrave, Coventry for more than seven months. It was specially funded by a charitable organisation based in London called 'Life For 4 Living'.
If you are interested you might want to try out the taster sessions / workshops in health and beauty as well as pampering and relaxation sessions. I also learnt recently that she is a qualified perfumer and makes her own perfumes. That's so amazing.
She recently launched her website, Precious Times and I wanted to help create some buzz about her business. The premises are located at 146, Walsgrave Road, Coventry CV2 4AX.
Now for the best part. Kak Raja has agreed to give reader of my blog an Exclusive Offer (June, July and August 2009). You can choose from:
Please refer to the Precious Times website for more information.
Affectionately known by the younger Malaysians here as Kak Raja, she is a really really talented lady. A fully qualified professional practitioner in holistic therapies, she offers reflexology, aromatherapy, Indian head massage, thermo auricular therapy and holistic living lifestyle.
She also works as a Mobile Therapist and offers 'Home Visits' especially for ' Post Natal clients and vulnerable clients who needed treatment in the comfort & convenience of their own home and familiar surrounding (e.g especially referral cases such as post rehabilitation MS client, post rehab stroke/ bypassed, etc). However, it's for Lady Clients Only .
In 2008, Kak Raja offered Remedial Massage, Reiki & Reflexology to Multiple Sceloris (MS) patients at the Neurology Unit (L:4), University Hospital in Walsgrave, Coventry for more than seven months. It was specially funded by a charitable organisation based in London called 'Life For 4 Living'.
If you are interested you might want to try out the taster sessions / workshops in health and beauty as well as pampering and relaxation sessions. I also learnt recently that she is a qualified perfumer and makes her own perfumes. That's so amazing.
She recently launched her website, Precious Times and I wanted to help create some buzz about her business. The premises are located at 146, Walsgrave Road, Coventry CV2 4AX.
Now for the best part. Kak Raja has agreed to give reader of my blog an Exclusive Offer (June, July and August 2009). You can choose from:
- Up to 5% discount on initial treatments or
- a mini holistic facial or
- a taster back massage or
- a hand massage.
Please refer to the Precious Times website for more information.
18 June 2009
UUM website hacked
Just went to the Universiti Utara Malaysia (Northern University of Malaysia) website to check some contact details and was shocked to see that it had been hacked, apparently by some hackers from Indonesia. They left some political messages on the screen.
This is not the first time the UUM website has been hacked and it's surprising that don't seem to have learnt the lesson. The University was one of the most innovative in Malaysia and they were quite proud of their IT services. The hype may have actually attracted hackers to target them.
Anyway, hope they get the site up and running soon.
This is not the first time the UUM website has been hacked and it's surprising that don't seem to have learnt the lesson. The University was one of the most innovative in Malaysia and they were quite proud of their IT services. The hype may have actually attracted hackers to target them.
Anyway, hope they get the site up and running soon.
15 June 2009
Festival and blog awards
The Festival of Social Sciences starts today at the University of Warwick campus. I am supposed to be the official blogger and twitterer for the festival but unfortunately my wife is still stuck in Berlin and I have to take care of my son as he doesn't have nursery today.
So I have come up with an arrangement - they send me pics and info and I post them up from here. Hope it works out.
If you are on Twitter, you can follow the festival twitter page @socscifestival
Moving on, I have recently received some blog awards:
The first one is from John Harris (Bokjae)
So I have come up with an arrangement - they send me pics and info and I post them up from here. Hope it works out.
If you are on Twitter, you can follow the festival twitter page @socscifestival
Moving on, I have recently received some blog awards:
The first one is from John Harris (Bokjae)
14 June 2009
How to get your own unique Facebook username?
If you are on Facebook you can now get your own unique username. I got my own yesterday. Previously our Facebook profile url would have lot of characters: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=751145254. Now it is http://www.facebook.com/dilipmutum.
Unfortunately the username Dilip was taken and so was Adam and I had to settle for the 'dilipmutum'.
I also got one for my wife as well as she is busy with her workshop in Berlin.
Is that a invasion of privacy? I am sure she won't mind.
Anyway, if you haven't got your own unique user name, go to the Facebook username page and see if your name is still available.
Warning :
You can't change the user name once you have chosen it. In other words, you will be stuck with it forever. So make sure there are no typos. Also is that cute, funny or obnoxious name something you might want to be associated with in a few years from now.
Think about it. Go on and get your name before someone else does (they probably have, unless it is really unique).
Unfortunately the username Dilip was taken and so was Adam and I had to settle for the 'dilipmutum'.
I also got one for my wife as well as she is busy with her workshop in Berlin.
Is that a invasion of privacy? I am sure she won't mind.
Anyway, if you haven't got your own unique user name, go to the Facebook username page and see if your name is still available.
Warning :
You can't change the user name once you have chosen it. In other words, you will be stuck with it forever. So make sure there are no typos. Also is that cute, funny or obnoxious name something you might want to be associated with in a few years from now.
Think about it. Go on and get your name before someone else does (they probably have, unless it is really unique).
Gardening, blogging and Pink roses
Some people like playing golf. Others would rather lie down on the couch with a cool beer and watch football on TV. Well, my favourite pastimes are gardening and blogging (and recently twittering) - not necessarily in that order. Sometimes my wife reminds me that I am doing a PhD and that I may be doing these things when it is not exactly my "pastime".
Anyway, it's a sunny Sunday here in Coventry and I am doing two of my favourite pastimes - blogging after spending some time in the garden.
I blogged about my yellow roses last week and these are my pink roses that just started flowering.
This is a Hybrid Tea rose - Doris Tysterman.
I had planted some flowers in the front of the house as well but haven not been taking care of them and as you can see, needs a fair bit of weeding.
Petunias and Begonias
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Anyway, it's a sunny Sunday here in Coventry and I am doing two of my favourite pastimes - blogging after spending some time in the garden.
I blogged about my yellow roses last week and these are my pink roses that just started flowering.
This is a Hybrid Tea rose - Doris Tysterman.
I had planted some flowers in the front of the house as well but haven not been taking care of them and as you can see, needs a fair bit of weeding.
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07 June 2009
Yellow roses
I have only three rose plants but they are doing really well. I expect to have all three bushes blooming by next week.
The yellow roses have a slight pinkish tinge on the edges. What do you think?
Hybrid Tea Rose - Sunblest
My herbal garden is doing really great as well. Besides my mints and rosemary, I now have basil and coriander growing as well. Nothing beats fresh herbs on your dishes.
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The yellow roses have a slight pinkish tinge on the edges. What do you think?
Hybrid Tea Rose - Sunblest
My herbal garden is doing really great as well. Besides my mints and rosemary, I now have basil and coriander growing as well. Nothing beats fresh herbs on your dishes.
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Google celebrates tetris
Did you notice something strange with the Google logo today?
The special doodle celebrates 25 years of one of the most addictive computer games ever. Russian Alexey Pajitnov created the game in 1984 and apparently he didn't make a single ruble out of it.
05 June 2009
Official blogger and twitterer for the Festival of Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Science here at the University of Warwick is organising the Festival of Social Sciences, which will run on the campus from the 15th (Monday) to 19th (Friday) June this year. I somehow got involved and am now the official twitterer for the festival.
Do check out the official blog to read about the festival including the preparations, information on events and view pictures, etc.
You can also follow the festival on Twitter @socscifestival.
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