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November 14

Childrens day

[] India

Children's Day is to celebrate "childhood". On Children’s Day tribute is payed to all children in the world. Children are loved by one and all. They win over our hearts with their angelic eyes and innocent smiles. It makes one realise that maybe that’s the way God wanted us to be.

India's first prime minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was born on November 14. After his death in 1963, his birthday has been celebrated as children's Day in India.Children's Day is not just a day to let the future generation have its say. It is a day to remember a leader who, in his quiet but determined way, laid the foundation to convert a nascent nation into a world power.

But why Children's Day? Apart from being known for his skills as a statesman, Nehru was also immensely fond of children. The more popular and famous of Nehru's pictures show him with children.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

Tx Pety for the Info.

Kids ...hmmm

Some have it easy...cornflakes???? and  glass of juice

some have a hard time to get food every day...walking around on the streets.

Some have a hot bath even twice a day.....

some are happy with  a sheet, to cover them for he cold.

Some have toys...even a kids laptop.

some are happy with a story telling friend.

Its such a difference ............. where the stork drops u.

November 12

I wonder

 
I got this pic  in a mail  ( Tx Deeps) and i started  to wonder....
How do they manage a toilet visit???
How  they get dressed??
Imagine they have something in the eye...
a bit wierd   Dont u think??
 
November 06

Paul Satkunanayagam

A colleague of mine gave me a magazine from Terre des hommes this morning
A very interesting interview took my attention.
 
THE SILENT WAR IN SRI LANKA
The war in Sri Lanka is over after a 26 year fight. In Mai this year the last Tiger rebels were defeated by the government army.
 
Father Paul Satkunanayagam takes care of ex child soldiers and visited refugee camps.
 
 
Those camps are inaccessable for outsiders. Ppl were desperate but asked him to go and tell their story to the outside world.
Father Paul is a Sri Lankan from Batticaloa and well known by everybody living in the northeast of sri lanka
WHat he did during the war and still does for those kids ...well he has a place in my heart.Rode roos
 
pls read more of him on this website and that the ppl in the north are still fighting for a normal life.
Cos  even the war is over....the pain is still there.
 Father Paul U got my attention.  Thumbs up!!!
 
 
 
October 29

An autumn walk

 
Foggy morning.
a small world. A view  from my office window.
 
 
I came home  at 12  after 4 hrs office work with a head ache ,painfull throat and running nose.
I was thinking  when i was driving  home....i eat and then horizontal. I dont do a thing today.
But my hubby  thought different...change clothes we go for a walk  it will do u good, he said
so  as a perfect wife ( hihi)  i went upstairs to do what he asked.
And indeed  i was reborn after the autumn walk..
Here some pics  of the forest. Autumn dress.
 
 
I call this my Forest..There is no path  or tree  i dont recognise.
 
 
 
These mushrooms look so irrealistic .Where  are the gnomes??
October 21

A kiSs

    Words sweet from the lips
    yet not as sweet as a kiss
 
    hearts be healed with a wish
    sealed with a kiss
 
    sweetened by a tender lips
    innocence in a childs kiss
 
    care be showered by the lips
    affection in a mothers kiss
 
    strength to gain in a firm lips
    courage in a fathers kiss
 
    Pleasure an endless bliss
    honey in a lovers lips
  
    moments in pain and joy to kiss
    shared with love by a friends lips
 
    sealed with joy by every lips
    blessed are the lips that kiss
Tx
Pety
 
 
Here a link  if u want to read more
 

http://www.voicesnet.org/poetrydisplay.aspx?poemid=157965

 

 

 
 
 
 
October 13

Diwali

Happy Diwali
The festival of light
 
and be carefull with the fire work u hear!!!
light the dark sky
with new light
enjoy the holidays
 
October 10

Father Damian

 
A small country with a Holy Father
Damien
 
Damien was born as Jozef ("Jef") De Veuster as the seventh child in the family. Following in the footsteps of his brother Auguste (Father Pamphile), Damien became a Picpus Brother On March 19, 1864, Father Damien landed at Honolulu Harbor in downtown Honolulu as a missionary.
The Native Hawaiians became afflicted by diseases inadvertently introduced to their islands by foreign traders and sailors. Thousands died of influenza, syphilis and other ailments which had never before affected them. This included the plight of leprosy .Damien's arrival is seen by some as a turning point for the community. Under his leadership, basic laws were enforced, shacks became painted houses, working farms were organized and schools were erected.
As indicated in his diaries, in December 1884 Damien went about his evening ritual of soaking his feet in boiling water. He could not feel the heat because he had contracted leprosy. Despite this discovery, residents say that Damien worked vigorously to build as many homes as he could and planned for the continuation of the programs he created after he was gone. Father Damien died of leprosy at 8.00am on April 15, 1889, aged 49.In 1936, the Belgian government asked for his body to be returned to native soil. It was brought back aboard the Belgian sailing ship Mercator and now rests in Leuven, an historic university city close to the village where Damien was born. After his beatification, the remains of the right hand were returned to Hawaii.
 
He gave his life for the people with leprosy
and to morrow  october 11  th in the Vatican Pope Benedict  XVI will make him Holy..
 
FatherDamien.jpeg
 
October 03

Quiz

 
As u all might have noticed  ..it was silent on my space these last weeks.
this is gonna change again. I was organizing a quiz, for our projects in sri Lanka.
last evening the event took place, and i can say........ it was a big succes.
ten rounds each round had ten questions abt music, geography,fotoos, puzzles.
We had 27 teams sweating on the questions Hoping to end as number one lol.
 
 
During the pause we did a lotttery with awesome gifts. So every one happy.
specially me..i was suprised abt the results..One Happy MJ..lol
At the end of the evening everyone had a present..All those presents we got from sponsoring companies.
Tx guys...
My hubby and i cant do this all alone of course...so i want to say a big tx to all my friends who helped me on this evening
serving drinks...being a part of the jury..selling  lottery tickets..behind the bar...and  the catering,  and behind the pay desk.
so here  a foto of them.
 
 
Sometimes i get  a question .like  hehe  MJ why do u do such things..
well  just watch this pic...and u understand.
 
 
 
 
Space friends  i will visit u asap..oke??
 
September 25

Mountainbike and kayak

VTT
first we ride the mountainbike  from Gendron to Anseremme
and then back with KAyak  ..hope i dont get wet.
 
Duo
 
this is my weekend  guys..
I will be back on monday  with a lot of energy for the quiz  next friday.
i will visit  everyone asap
Wish me luck  ....i never ride mountainbike  on such area
 
 
Rood hart
 
 
September 20

a lil Break

 i am extremily busy  with organizing a quiz
it takes all  my free time, so i am not that much on space here.
The quiz is for the projects in sri lanka.
We go to Sri lanka again in december.
December 26th  will be a special day though.
Its been 5 years  after tsunami.
 
 
 
 
We visited this train in 2005 .Its a memorial place for all those ppl that died that day.
26th we go there..Verwelkte roos
September 14

Tennis and Dirty Dancing Joy and Pain

A small country
GreatTennis
Congratz Kim
 
Rode roos
This night a Great artist  left us
 
Patrick Swayze
Great Dancer 
Dirty Dancing
Ghost
Nort and South
I want to remember him like this
Healthy, sporty  and romantic
 
May he rest in peaceVerwelkte roos
 
 
 
 
September 05

To young to die

A family member from my husband  side  died.
A young guy only 21 years old. His name was Dennis.
6 weeks back he had  a bike accident.
He drove a bike..... a car came from a parking.
He hit the car and got catapulted  like a diver hit the water. His helmet was in pieces.
His brain-tame was damaged and he was kept alive with machines. Next week..his funeral
 
 
dont leave me alone  now
take my hand and show me the way
to ur land filled with music and dreams
let me live in ur  clouds
Verwelkte roos
 
 
 
 

 
September 01

Onam

 
Happy Onam to my Indian  Friends
 
The following song is often sung over Onam: (Translation)
When Maveli, our King, ruled the land,

All the people had equality.
And people were joyful and merry;
They were all free from harm.
There was neither anxiety nor sickness,
Death of the children was never even heard of,
There were no lies,
There was neither theft nor deceit,
And no one was false in speech either.
Measures and weights were right;
No one cheated or wronged his neighbor.
When Maveli, our King, ruled the land,
All the people formed one casteless race

Onappottan, in traditional costume is a custom in northern parts of Kerala. Onappottan visists houses during the onam and gives blessings. Off late onappottan has become a rare sight, confined to villages.

August 23

Sunday afternoon

As we had the intention  to go to Antwerp.
we had to go to my mom in law first  and thats why it became  a bit late to drive to Antwerp.
Plan B
The Saeftinghe its  a protected area  of nature. U can make a tour  with  a guide.Its very dangerous  cos  when the  rising tide is there u can be isolated  in 5 minuts  and theres no way back.
Today they celebrated the yearly  festivities.
It was  wonderful to see  so much boates together
 
u notice  that they  are  laying  there in the  sand
They have to  wait till the rising tide to sail out.
we walked a bit further  and  there i saw  my fav.
Its  a special one dont u think
 
After the walk in the  warm sun  we  went back to have a drink.
a local band was playing there. Awesome  music  and as u can see.Small boys  and  a girl playing the  stars out of the sky
Our future  musicians.  awesome
 
 
and  a fresh drink  to cool off with old friends.
 
August 13

Our humble king

Belgium has royalties...
we pay taxes for their SURVIVAL. Oeps........  i use black humour.
But its the truth and we cant deny.We pay for the royals.
So hear the latest news
King Albert bought a new yacht  cost.4,6 million.
 
During his judgements on july 21Th he said that we need more ethics  and less materialism.
OHHHHHHHHHHHH..he probably  forgot, or maybe his yacht  was already ordered??
Now he reacts like this  ""My yacht is the only place on this earth where i have some privacy.
He forgot his castel.
 
 
SO now we wait for the pics of the paparazzi.
seems  he invites the heads of states on his boat.  He cant do that on a rusty one, is it?
 
 
CYA  guys  Im in the Ardens till sunday evening. Climb  and walk.  EAt and sleep.Uitgestoken tong
August 07

keep ur hands of our kids

Yesterday  evening  i saw  a documentary  abt  child  slaves  around Delhi
Kids working .Cutting stones.
A woman acted  as if she  wanted to buy  stones.That way the owner of the stone cutting  factory trusted her  and showed her around..He  was not aware  that she  was having  a camera with her to put everything on video. Kids cutting stones.
So with  a  trick  she had  proof  of  child labour. A  German  company  was well known ordering  stones  from that company.
She confronted  the company in Germany with the video..First  they  said..hmmm this is a trick Yes????
The supplier confirms  there is no child labour  at all...But after a while  they said..But see...we have certificate..that proofs  No child labour
it seems that u can get a  certificate  that what u buy is not made  by kids hands. But the  lady  could  buy  such certificates for lil money. She showed  him same certificate  as he showed her.
Its not only in India  of course...Im aware of that..Im not  naiv. 
and  now i get this under my eyes.
Action pour les enfants ( french)
Action for  the kids.
Cambodja.
a dream market  for paedophiles. Lil girls are sold for prositution nets. Parents give their kids for a handfull of dollars
and streetkids...???
u just  pick them of  the streets.
And those guys?? when they get caught??? they bribe a police officer.
Kids need to  be kids..
play...go to school.....have fun on the beach..wounds on the knees.
 
and most of all being  LOVED..
I dont want to insult or hurt any one..but this last weeks..so much things happened  around me..that i had to write this.
and  there are ppl on this earth  .who give themselves totally to give these kids  a bit better life.
Thumbs up my friend..
 
There is a light  at the end...
 
 
Where  is the government to stop these sad situations?
 
 Tx Pety for sending me this perfect poem
 no schools to play
no lessons to learn
i work when they play
i work when they sleep
where is my life
doth  not i need life as other children
i need not toys
i need not books
its here ever
i need love
a child i need affection
not by books
not by education
but by love
i feel for you
i hunger
a thirst for affection
what would i be
i need to be safe
i need to learn
i need peace
A cry of a child
where we humans dare to live
doth we not thnk
doth we not care
to all children to live
may we have love to give
 
Rood hart
 
July 31

BAby jumbos ...

This news is the best i  got this week Thx  Champy for letting me know.
after a whole week reading  that 2 baby elephants  were taken away  from their mom,
and after long chats  with friends abt this horrible event.  This Good news 
 
Copy from the  Island  News ( Hope im not doing something illegal here)
I  Hope  that the Island News Guys forgive me...But i need to share this good news with my space friends.
 

President moved by elephants’ suffering
Baby jumbos to be reunited with mothers

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided that two baby elephants Diyawadana Nilame of Sri Dalada Maligawa forcibly brought to Kandy last Saturday from the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage be returned to their mothers, according to highly placed sources.

The President had taken serious note of media reports on severe suffering inflicted on the elephant calves and their mothers faced with a serious health risk as milk was clotting in their breasts and the presidential decision would be conveyed to the Sri Dalada Maligawa authorities shortly, sources said.

A group including police personnel led by Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dele separated the baby elephants from their mothers after a struggle and brought the calves to Kandy, though the law requires that only claves over five years of age be removed from their mothers. Both elephants are below five years. However, the Cabinet at the request of Minister of Sports and Recreation Gamini Lokuge had granted permission for two claves to be gifted to Sri Dalada Maligawa presumably oblivious to the legal requirement at issue and the fact that they had not yet been weaned from breastfeeding. The Wildlife Department under whose purview elephants come had not authorized the separation of the baby elephants on Saturday, sources said.

The Young Zoologists Association on Wednesday charged that the two baby elephants were being beaten with poles by their keepers as they had turned aggressive deprived of mother’s milk and care. Their mothers are pining in Pinnawala.

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July 28

Trip with cycle

As i have one week  free time, i try out my new  bicycle. Although  running  is still my favorite sport.
Yesterday  we ride  from 11 am  and  we want to stop in Terneuzen  a city  at the  borders of  The Schelde.
But everything did not go as we wanted.
the weather changed  ..sun  gone  ..dark clouds came.
the bars were closed. so  we ride  in a hurry home.  52  km.  Ohh  and my ass  hurts  so much.
 
Today  a small trip  to Sint Niklaas a city 15 km away from our house
Sint Niklaas has the largest market place of Europ.
U see me riding in the middle of that market place.
We used  a natural road .U dont need to ride in traffic . SO that give  a very safe feeling.

The town of Sint-Niklaas is a vibrant and modern city in the heart of Flanders (the north of Belgium). It has about 70.000 inhabitants and is a stone's throw away from major Belgian cities as Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent. Sint-Niklaas is also the capital of the Waas region, which is why it has such a strong influence on the entire region. Sint-Niklaas has lots of events and activities for just about any visitor.

There are three major cultural sites in Sint-Niklaas: the leading library, the theatre with a diverse and self-willed programme and the brand new cinema complex Siniscoop.

The rich variety of bars, dining rooms and restaurants in the town centre and the quarter near the railway station makes Sint-Niklaas the place to be in the region. Add a few interesting museum collections and you get the perfect mix for a day out.

 
 
July 18

The Woman in ur life.

 Guys all over the world.....READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry her with these facts as well.
Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;
Who is earning almost as much as you do;
One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as human as you are;
One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your sister haven ' t, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements
One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;
One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family ,name
One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment and that kitchen
One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more, and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother, a wife, even if she doesn ' t want to; and is learning just like you are as to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that you won ' t like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than you;
One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy, unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;
Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won ' t, simply because you won ' t like it, even though you say otherwise
One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like yours, are to be met;
One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important, relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some and trust her;
One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it.
But not many guys understand this......
 
Its not my intention  to start World War  3 guys ... hahahahihihihi....just crazy me ( this rimes yes)
 
Deutsche-Telekom-68_807587a.jpg image by rockzy
 
 
July 17

Libra

Is this me????? U judge  oke?
LIBRA - The Lame One 
Nice to everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique appeal. Most caring person you will ever meet! However, not the kind of person you want to mess with... You might end up crying. Libras can cause as much havoc as they can prevent. Faithful friends to the end. Can hold a grudge for years. Libras are someone you want on your side. Usually great at sports and are extreme sports fanatics. Kinda dumb at times.
 
libra.gif Libra image by marivil44
 

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