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Saturday, December 31, 2005

upgrade mt (site stuff) - 08:47 PM - i'm about to upgrade mt (movable type, which is what ferrousland runs on) so if...

new jewellery (creative) - 05:50 PM - there's also a new piece of jewellery up. it's made with a vintage avon pendant....

a few new pics (general) - 05:42 PM - there are a few new pics up at flickr. to do with bahrain: our local...

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

sleeping movie (smiley) - 12:20 AM - okay, okay. now i know some people (mostly those with no kids, probably) will be...

Saturday, December 24, 2005

big head bump (smiley) - 06:29 PM - poor smiley. he was playing in the laundry hamper in the bedroom this morning, climbing...

Friday, December 23, 2005

the sounds of bahrain (bahrain) - 11:03 PM - when i lie in bed at night, after smiley's finally asleep, it's the noises that...

Thursday, December 22, 2005

tractor boy (smiley) - 07:26 PM - in the picture i linked to on the previous entry (here's the link again), smiley...

shawarma (bahrain) - 07:16 PM - there's a picture up of smiley eating a shawarma. they're normally wrapped a little better...

learning arabic (bahrain) - 06:51 PM - my friend, ameena, has been teaching me arabic as i teach her some english (actually,...

drawings (smiley) - 03:51 PM - they're up mainly for my own records, but i'm sure some others might enjoy them,...

children's christmas party (smiley) - 02:55 PM - a couple of weeks ago, shroom's work held a christmas party for the kids. only...

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

taiwanese wiggles (general) - 01:01 PM - i've mentioned previously that smiley loves the wiggles. after reading an article about them i...

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

$4 vegemite (bahrain) - 10:47 PM - vegemite is expensive elsewhere in the world. see here....

almost went down (smiley) - 07:07 PM - despite smiley being quite good on the stairs, i knew it was almost inevitable that...

Monday, December 19, 2005

remote control car (smiley) - 01:43 PM - adam, our landlord, just gave smiley a little christmas present (or perhaps i should say...

Sunday, December 18, 2005

happy festy season (bahrain) - 04:33 PM - bahrain is a predominantly muslim country, so christmas is not officially celebrated. there are lots...

Saturday, December 17, 2005

telefreakies (smiley) - 10:39 PM - i can't put my finger on it, but there's something decidely disturbing about the teletubbies....

getting a grip (smiley) - 12:05 PM - smiley was just having a wee while sitting on the toilet. sometimes when he aims...

kisses for mummy (smiley) - 09:59 AM - last night we were watching 'hitch' on dvd & smiley was sitting beside me, snuggling...

Friday, December 16, 2005

christmas on a boat (bahrain) - 11:46 PM - it was christmas on five boats, actually. our landlord, adam, invited us out to go...

Thursday, December 15, 2005

stairs with the wall for balance (smiley) - 10:28 PM - now smiley's starting to navigate up or down the top five or six steps where...

central markets (bahrain) - 04:39 PM - we went to the central markets this morning. it was quite interesting & a real...

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

pedestrians (bahrain) - 04:03 PM - for a place where the driving is as aggressive as it is, it's quite surprising...

chair chucking (smiley) - 10:20 AM - speaking of stairs, the other day i got the biggest fright. i was in the...

Monday, December 12, 2005

teenage mutant ninja turtles (general) - 03:59 PM - seeing the teenage mutant ninja turtles speak arabic (as if it isn't enough seeing them...

Sunday, December 11, 2005

stair boy (smiley) - 08:12 PM - smiley's never really had much experience with stairs before. he's been able to get up...

new glasses (general) - 01:45 PM - i got a new pair of glasses, mostly because i wanted to get photochromatic ones...

Saturday, December 10, 2005

seeing friends only flickr pics (general) - 12:37 PM - in regard to what i've said here about signing up to flickr so that you...

Friday, December 09, 2005

we crashed a local event (bahrain) - 08:53 PM - we had the most interesting night tonight! we kind of crashed a local event going...

our stuff stolen in emerald (general) - 08:46 PM - do you remember when we were still in emerald how we had to have a...

Thursday, December 08, 2005

pics of the park (bahrain) - 08:44 PM - i've put the pictures up on flickr. i had a re-think about putting them up...

mpeg in the park (bahrain) - 07:45 PM - there's an mpeg which i took from when smiley & i were at the park...

picnic at the park (bahrain) - 06:19 PM - this afternoon was the picnic at the park with the ladies i met the other...

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

pork (bahrain) - 08:20 PM - within islam, eating pork is forbidden, therefore many places don't have any pork products available....

britt is clear! (general) - 05:53 PM - we got word the other day, but i kept forgetting to pass on the good...

almost missed the day at the park (bahrain) - 05:43 PM - that was close!! i almost missed our day at the park with the local ladies...

travelling with google earth (bahrain) - 01:31 PM - i've just put up a set of nine pictures taken from google earth, travelling from...

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

enjoying our new house (bahrain) - 08:29 PM - i'm really loving our new house in umm al hassam (said kind of like: oom-alla-sum)....

more pics of our house (bahrain) - 08:30 AM - there are some more pics up of some of the finer details of our house...

Sunday, December 04, 2005

attention to margo (general) - 05:40 PM - hey, margo. *smile* you mentioned having problems emailing me, but i did get that last...

Saturday, December 03, 2005

abaya & hijab (bahrain) - 11:29 PM - having now seen a bahraini woman take off her traditonal outer coverings in her own...

meeting local women (bahrain) - 11:09 PM - guess what i did tonight? i met two local women (not expats) & even went...

dinner & a drink (bahrain) - 07:42 PM - an excellent, freshly made pizza from the local pizza shop & two cans of coke...

mailing address updated (site stuff) - 09:59 AM - not that many of you send me snail mail, but just in case you do,...

Friday, December 02, 2005

protests & riots (bahrain) - 12:55 AM - one of the bahrain bloggers who wasn't actually there tonight but who told me that...

Thursday, December 01, 2005

bahrain bloggers (bahrain) - 11:03 PM - there was a meetup of bahrain bloggers tonight. i heard about it via a bahrain...

pics of our new place (bahrain) - 04:45 PM - i've finished uploading the pics & adding descriptions etc, so if you're interested, check out...

new place (bahrain) - 03:57 PM - we're here in our new place! it's really lovely. we're about to go out to...