A summation of 2008, with thoughts on 2009. I really should emphasize that Im not a meme person. You tag me? Im feeling empathetic and curious, as well as a bit pulled-back from life, and would love to be drawn out a bit. Thursday, January 01, 2009 in Current Affairs.

Monday, December 31, 2007. Racing barefooted after kicking off her flip-flops, Cyndie French pushes her son Derek Madsen, 10, up and down hallways in the UC Davis Medical Center, successfully distracting him during the dreaded wait before his bone marrow extraction. Doctors want to determine whether he is eligible for a blood stem cell transplant, his best hope for beating neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. Click on the photograph above and keep clicking on the photographs.

My rambling space and part time photo blog. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. The Overland Track in Tasmania. Looking for a holiday with a difference, Mrs S and I finally planned a long overdue hiking vacation this month. We set off on a wonderful journey of discovery in the Tasmanian wilderness where we traversed along The Overland Track.

A friend of mine described a recent situation where his four-year-old daughter came to him in tears, clutching a broken toy. He could see what the problem was, and held out his hand to take the toy and fix it. 8220;Give it to me, honey. The girl just cried harder, focused only on her own misery.

Qǐng jiāo - coke please! Coke for me please! I thought yesterdays America the beautiful commercial from Coke was fantastic. Not as cute as the little golden Budweiser, but still a great commerical. Anything with great voices usually gets me. But a loud minority are not impressed that the commerical was sung in a language other than English. Christ upset that I sing in English rather than Hebrew or Arabic? .

Saturday, July 2, 2011. Check out my new blog at www. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Let the party begin! This is a shot of the cocktail area that, unfortunately, I did not even get to see for myself. Although, Tommee did say it looked great and the cocktails looked really good. I had to stop mysel.

However, im not here to talk about that, i learned a couple of things while growing in fiji. my heart is not like sandpaper anymore. Last night Gerry brought home a turtle the size of a football. and it hisses a little. he is quite literelly jumping up on the walls. Did i EVER have the energy to do that? Nice thought.

Tales of Evie-lution in Hong Kong. Wednesday, 22 July 2009. Here I am, standing outside the big office block in the historical City of London. Men in pin stripe suits and women in smart skirts whizz by me. I am just a small rat in the middle of the race. I am also the only spot of colour, wearing a red coat, but surrounded by a sea of grey. Deep breath, in we go. I meet the HR lady, get given my badge, am shown to my desk. And the next three weeks go by in a blur. 1 week - The lengt.