Daydreaming about island-hoping in my beloved Philippines - the dilema is there are 7,107 islands to choose from (plus or minus depending on low or high tides)!
Thursday, September 30, 2010
London a city of two tales!
This was definitely one of my most memorable volunteering!
What my six year old reading partner taught me was that London is truly a city of two tales and our schools (comprehensives vs independent schools) represents each end of the spectrum!
Enormous disparity!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul-Wisdom Is Better Than Slave & Gold
Please continue to help the less fortunate especially in this era of austerity!
Supporting since 2000
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
HIYAS
Ethnic inspired handmade jewellery with a twist - I recycle old jewelleries and make something beautiful!
What you need...
Memory Wire
Glass Beads
Pliers
How to make...
(1) Choose a selection of beads and lay them in order, mixing colours and shapes
(2) String the memory wire with beads, pinching each end to hold the beads in place
(3) Use pliers to curl each end of the wire to secure
Tip...
Try different colours and bead assortments to wear with your favourite outfit
It's the thought that counts!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Twittering is personalised e-learning !!!
In case you were wondering where I was last week - I have decided to do a week on week off of blogging. So this week I finally succumbed to twittering which I found very liberating. We are not only in the age of mobile e-learning, twitter allows us to personalised how, what, when and where we learn too (still trying to figure out what this means for traditional academia)!
So I am currently following a number of tweets which covers everything from travelling to comedy. I particularly enjoy the nature articles and photos from National Geographic, the 'Big Society' agenda by the coalition, the infamous Mr Stephen Fry, and keeping loyal to my HR roots the CIPD and yes the Jigga (Jay-Z) is twittering too!
Warning to some of you parents out there, my little boy who is three years and 2 months is self taught in the use of iphone and all the applications so be careful what you install and always use in moderation! So twitter away!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Artistic Flair
These pictures were trip down memory lane for me when Frederick was just two years old (Summer 2009). He really enjoyed this but what was even more amazing was that his work was actually displayed in Lavanta Gallery in aid of the charity 'Help a London Child' (founded in 1975 by Lord Attenborough CBE). He never stopped scribbling!
Fred in His Usual Left Handed Artistic Fair
Lavanta Gallery Display for 'Help a London Child ' Charity
Finale
Friday, September 17, 2010
Carrot Cake
I love the smell of cake baking in my kitchen and my little boy loves getting messy too! Today I would like to share with you the easiest carrot cake recipe you will ever find online (thank you grandma)!
Ingredients
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of self raising flour
3 medium sized carrots (finely grated)
1 cup of sunflower oil
2 teaspoon of cinammon essence
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
2 teaspoon of baking powder
4 eggs
1 cup of raisins
Process
Set your oven to gas mark 4 (to warm up)
Mix sunflower oil and sugar
Add eggs (one at a time)
Add grated carrots
Add self raising flour
Add baking powder
Add essence (cinammon and vanilla)
Add raisins
Mix gently but thoroughly and pour in a baking pan
Leave in the oven for one hour
ENJOY (and don't forget the TEA)!
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