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**Hugs Marcia because she can't think of anything much to say...** :cry:
Mal, give her an extra real hug for me, please...

Sorry to hear that Marcia. Will you be going home?

My condolances Marcia, I'm glad you have Mal there to help you through, deaths are never easy.




I'm not on line much at the moment mostly because of traveling and such. At the moment I am in London, I spent a few days here with my mum looking at all the sights and what not.

We went to see The Lion King a few days ago. I wouldn't mind seeing it again! It was out of this world.

I've done all the touristy things and, in the prosses, managed to loose my camera...so have no photos.

I'm now in Heathrow grumbling over a flight delay and the prospect of 12 hours of flying.

Hopefully I can then catch up with things here...

*Hugs Marcia a lot* I'm so sorry for your loss. Hang in there, and I too am glad Mal is there to help you out.

I have returned from London. I had a kickass cool time.

That is all I have to say.

My condolences, Marcia - I know the pain of being in a different country when parents die - I was at least lucky that I had spent two weeks with my parents in Cornwall only 11 days before my mother died, and live close enough that I could easily (and affordably) get back for both funerals. One has to bear up - life goes on - and know that one has friends whose thoughts are with you.

My condolances, Marcia. *Big hug*

Thanks everyone. Maljonic and I are not going to the funeral because it's a Jewish ceremony so it has to take place a very short time after the death, so we probably couldn't have made it in time anyway, and my family didn't want to deal with us coming over as they have enough stress dealing with arrangements and finances, etc.

My deepest condolences Marcia.

So much has happened since I last logged on to this board. I don't have time to get all caught up because I am at my mom's house and Connor is here, too. He's only 19 months old for a very short time.

Life in Park Rapids has been very surreal lately. On 6-6-06, Jon's cousin Mark passed away, a couple of days later Jon and his mom found out Mark and Jon's sister had been operating a meth lab in the trailer they were living in. This is my evil (probably) sister in-law and she may end up in prison over this. We have inherited a 15 year old 25# longhaired black cat and may end up with the property and a $75,000 debt to go with it if I don't get my way. I am not at all eager to own a meth lab.

I am still working and my family keeps on going despite assorted problems. I was hoping I'd get my house cleaned up while my internet was down but that hasn't happened yet so I'm hoping I'll get my computer sorted out soon and back up. I have started knitting again. I am taking that as a positive sign. I am going back to the boards to do a little more catching up. the last three pages of member news is all I've seen so far. I'm sorry for your loss, Marcia. Dane also has my sympathy. The one thing I know for sure is that life is tough for every one. and I'm getting more convinced that what goes arround comes arround. It isn't as much fun seeing people get what they really deserve as you might think, though.

Now that... :shock: I don't believe it, I'm going to have to steal a line from rinso, and because it's good... :shock: Help ! Seriously, that's a beautiful way to sum things up, Rinso, I don't care if you invented it or just pinched it, even thinking to pinch something like that at the right time deserves full marks.

**doesn't hug Ba (Bunnies are flammable too) but is tempted to**

Condolences Marcia. Loosing family is never easy.

A bit late but condolences Marcia I hope you get your time to grieve and that Mal does all the cooking and cleaning in this time. But I am happy to see that Ba has recognised where he's going wrong.

My ball was OK. It was just not as good as last year, the venue was big and cold, and the lighting was too dark to eat by but too light to dance by. I didn't fall over but my feet are still sore from the shoes... I hope next year's ball is better.

Oh well, if next year's ball is good the one after will be too... Good balls always come in pairs.





Sorry. It's Monday morning, I'm at work, my sense of humor is on holiday like everyone else in this blasted company, except me ! Bloody summer.

I have to go to school tomorrow. Need I say more?



And spiky, balls always have such a big build up but rarely achieve their hype. At least it was OK. (the sore feet are inevitable)

The sore feet are partly due to the fact that, feeling a little weary the morning after, I managed to drop an almost full bottle of shampoo on to the bottom knuckle of my big toe. It is now a rather disturbing shade of black and green turning to yellow, and the fold of shoes when I walk presses on it, causing a weird limp.

And Kat balls might always come in pairs but one always hangs lower than the other.

Oh dear... Spiky, you worry me sometimes...

Same here...

I'm slowing, myself, have been for some time...

Guh-roooan.

I got my scottish higher results though today in all my subjects i got C's which is so much better than i hoped. now time to find a job

That sounds extemely dangerous and unhealthy hsing, I hope you are careful and know what your doing. It sounds a bit extreme to me.



Peapod...I'm glad you got results your happy with. Good luck with the job hunt!

I've been job hunting for almost 2 months now, applied at 7 different places, had a few interviews but still no job.

Thats very true Hsing...you've probably just not found the 'right' job yet.



Now I am going to celebrate the Singapore National Day tomorrow for the simple reason that it means I have no orientation school thing tomorrow. That means a day free of being told how much work we shall soon be doing this year and how brilliant and efficient we should be and how much we are role models and how lucky we are to be there. :?


Supposidly singapore spent 1.5million sing$ on the fireworks for tomorrow evening (divide by 3 for pounds...I refuse to do maths today).

Me thinks this is slightly over the top...but then Singapore likes to celebrates being fantatic.

Wow Hsing. Fasting.
I couldn't manage that.
Without food/sleep I
-Become incredibly clumsy.
-Start bursting into tears.
-Get terrible headaches.
-Go white with black bags.
-Feel like I'm going to faint.
Eventually, I conjecture that I would faint, but I don't know, never tried. . .

I don't think a week of fasting is a great idea Hsing. There is a reason they call it the 40 hour famine (which truth be told I never managed to fast for the whole time :roll: ). Even supplemented it is a shock to the system which will throw you out of kilter for ages even after you stop...

EAT GIRL!

I'm so authoritative that I'm sure Hsing is running to her kitchen now for that steak she desparately needs.

Congrats Peapod.

And Kat, your worse than a journalist at skewing words and coming up with a result which bares little relation to the truth

Ew. Steak.

Have fun with Singapore National Day Fairy.
Congrats peapod.

Not much news from me, except I am soon to go shopping for my dorm room, and on Saturday my friend is taking me to the midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It will be fun.

Thanks Spiky, I work hard on that skill.

Fasting isn't necessarily that dangerous, as long as it's not for a long time and is done seriously, after all, it has been part of many religions for thousands of years... But still, Hsing, do be careful, honey. A week is still quite a long time, and as you said, you have a little one depending on you being there and able to react at all times, so don't over do it, ok ?

Hex, the RHPS is so much fun I took my husband to the Cinema in Paris that shows it all the time, I had never been to an audience participation showing before, Paris is not really next door and they don't do it round here... When I was a student, I translated, directed and produced a stage version of it in French, it was a great adventure and lasted a few years... Are you going to dress up ? I was so dissapointed no one was dressed up in Paris, except the Cast, of course... The French just aren't insane enough

You sound like you're doing well Hsing, so well done.

I had a VERY wierd dream last night-
I was at some kind of conference.
I was in a corridor.
So was pterry.
I got his autograph on the pile of like, at least 60 hardback books that were in my hands.
Then I was turning to go.
Then I was sitting at a table, at the back of a big hall, in which a blaring rock concert was being held, and like 50cm away from the table people were like jumping up and downa nd screaming, but I was talking to someone about stuff in a very civilised manner.
Then I was in the mosh pit at the front.
Then it stopped.

It was very wierd. . . .

I'm back. I finally got my computer fixed, at my phone company this time, not Area 51 Radioshack. It seems just fine.

I have never fasted more then a day or so when I've had a stomach virus, but nothing I've ever heard makes me think that a week of fasting would be dangerous for a healthy person, but I can't imagine that it would be worth the discomfort for me. I've heard that if you maintain a starvation diet your whole life you will live longer, I'd imagine it would seem even longer then it really was.

My cousin Amber had a baby boy July 31, I got the very first slide show featuring little TJ's very first bath in my e-mail. He's a keeper.(even if he looked sort of like an alien when he was brand new)

My great nephew has two kitties now, Sylvester and Tweety, but his folks brought them out to my parents farm. They are staying there because they got themselves into more trouble and are probably going to have to sell their house in town. They are back together, something my father has been praying for, so that is a positive thing.

Their little girl comes sometimes but she only visits at the farm. My mom is always amazed at how much the siblings love each other and how well they play together, but I think it is only natural.

Saturday I'm hoping to go out to the Pine Point Pow-wow and see them dance in the Grand Entry.
My greatnephew loves to dance, he was dancing in my arms when I sang lullabys when he was just a few months old. I would imagine he'd be just tickled to participate in the pow-wow. His Great-great-great grandpa Jordan wouldn't miss the annual pow-wow, and he danced, too, even if he wasn't a native. So both sides of his heritage will be bringing him to the pow-wow grounds.

For the information of nearly everyone here:

The 40 hour famine is a yearly event here where you get sponsored to fast for 40 hours. Its for an organisation called World Vision Australia who do a lot of charity work, building schools, hospitals and providing food and clean drinking water to the very poor around the world. My confession is that I'd get the money for fasting for 40 hours but never actually not make it the full time without cracking and needing to eat.

Hsing, its definitely not something thats encouraged here, and they say that 40 hours is as long as you should fast for (and that does include having clear liquids) before you start going barmy. Sounds like a definite cultural thing. Even Muslims fasting for ramadan only do it during daylight and then they eat themselves silly when the sun goes down. My Malay friends complained that they put on weight while fasting...

Very true, and it's a medical fact that you put on weight while fasting.

Your body stores energy based on your regular routine. i.e. it uses the energy until your body clock says its time for the next meal and you become weaker.

When you fast all you energy is used up so that when you start eating it again the energy stored will be released slower than before because it doen't know when to expect the next meal. So once you start a regular diet again the extra energy (which is mostly fat) will remain in case of prolonged starvation again.

In most cases it will make you loose weight to start with, then on returning to meals cause it to be gained.

Which is one of many reasons why it's better not to fast. I realise there are many religious reasons and so on but no one ever said religion was good for your health. Spiritually and mentally - yes - but fasting merely knocks your body to wreak havoc.

Quite so, fasting is no use whatsoever for weight loss... However, if Hsing finds it to be a satisfactory way of concentrating on things, and as long as she's indeed careful and doesn't over do it, then it should be fine. If she does over do it, I shall personally drive all the way to germany and kick her very hard in the Netherlands.

The Netherregions if you prefer... Down under ? Buttswana ? Bottom City ? No ?

Seriously Hsing, if you're starting to laugh at my jokes, and even understanding them, go straight to a hospital.

Good luck Hsing.

And congrats to the family Tamyra (-:

Congrats, Tamyra.

Hsing, good luck and be careful.

On the good news side, my cat back in the US (in custody of my ex) has stopped being diabetic after having diabetes for over 10 years (approximately, I think).

Can the scientists cut him up to look for the cure to diabetes? Or do we just call it a miracle and let the cat live?

Ah the ethical dilemmas of scientific research...

Hmm, well, my news...

I suddenly (unintentionally yet still quite rudely) vanished for a while without contacting anyone (erm...sorry about that...) due to generally spending less time online as I've been working full time, revising for exams, failing exams, revising for re-sits, planning a holiday and drinking (that probably helped with the failing of the exams).

I'm going on holiday to america next week assuming everything calms down a bit. Kinda worried about it at the moment so if you could all think good thoughts that don't involve things exploding that would be great.

Hope you are all well, apologies again for buggering off.

EDIT: changed "could" to "good"

I forgive you. Just.

Let the cat live AND ask him politely to donate his body to science after he's done with it?

Keeping fingers crossed for McLaren's trip. To everyone else, sorry for a flood of postings, but I've missed this place after a several month-long withdrawal. For one thing, we had a serious "do not use internet for not-work related reasons, no really, we mean it this time!" talk at work!

Welcome back old people