Month: May 2004
And other things, too.
A user error this morning caused me to wrench my thumb. Painfully. It seems that a certain…
On to other things.
We had a power outage this morning, lasting for oh, two hours or so, and then a…
Three weeks of constant rain predicted
On the local news. Of course, that’s when we see our first ray of sunshine. And continue…
Islamic Banking
It was announced on the news today – CNN or Channel News Asia – that Islamic Banking…
Finally. Internet.
I finally got on the internet again today. First time, oh, pardon me – second time in…
And here we have another fruit tree. Again, in someone’s yard.
Mango. Yum. Why can’t I have fruit trees in my yard? Huhn? Huhn? Fahim, honey? Why not?…
Chocolate Bran Cake
Remember the cake I made a couple of days ago with bran instead of oats, and rice…
Fahim’s DOS thingy is actually working.
A couple of hours playing with this that and the other thing, more commonly called config.sys, emm386.whatever…
Editor’s Note:
We are sorry to report the demise of a certain writer caused by the sudden meeting of…
Fahin decided to install DOS
on his computer today. Rather than just the crap dos bitty program thing that comes with Windows…
More on Vesak Poya Day
I mentioned in previous entries (May 2nd and May 4th) that Vesak Poya Day was a big…
Vesak Poya Day
I learned something today. The whole reason Vesak Poya Day is the big deal in terms of…
On another note – completely unrelated
This week is BIW. Book in a Week. Which means I’ll be working on at least one…
Monsoon Season is Seriously Here
I’m experiencing what Fahim talked about. We think it may have been raining all night, but as…
The cake, boss. The cake.
I told Fahim that he wasn’t allowed cake before breakfast, so what does he do? You guess…
Laundry hung up to dry outside doesn’t get dry very quickly during monsoon weather.
That makes sense, right? Right. Well, it’s not like I hang up the laundry under the open…
Today was REALLY monsoon weather. And yesterday, too.
Yesterday, it rained three times, the shortest rainfall lasting for 45 minutes. The last one lasted for…
Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday
Mohamed being the guy who started the whole Muslim religion. I say this to Fahim, to confirm…
On another note, we watched a Hindi movie.
I made the cake in the middle of it. It wasn’t a typical Hindi movie. There was…
Gross Cooking Day
Breakfast was fine – nothing eventful, thank heavens. Lunch and dinner was also fine. I cooked chicken…
On another note. And not at all related.
Fahim made a mistake. A potentially serious mistake. He introduced me to RPGs. And what are RPGs,…