Wednesday, 25 May 2011
The day the giant snails came home
When I came home from work there were two giant snails on our dining table. Brought home from playschool.
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Monday, 23 May 2011
Joshie's first strawberry
Picking the strawberry...
Joshie eats it...
It's in there...
... Still going...
... "I like it!"
... "well done Joshie!"
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Joshie eats it...
It's in there...
... Still going...
... "I like it!"
... "well done Joshie!"
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Friday, 13 May 2011
"You live to work but you commit to purpose"
He was a larger than life person. A titan really. His buckled shoes, tall stature and a voice that could command a legion. The title "CEO" etched in his weapon of networking: his business card.
He uttered these words. I don't know why, but they keep travelling almost traversing my mind. I'm sitting on a plane en route home and what is there as I look out the window is the thought of commitment. What is it that I am committed to? Am I committed enough... What will commitment look like. All these have been through my mind frequently this past few months... And as for the reason... Well this Titan told me it square: it's purpose.
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He uttered these words. I don't know why, but they keep travelling almost traversing my mind. I'm sitting on a plane en route home and what is there as I look out the window is the thought of commitment. What is it that I am committed to? Am I committed enough... What will commitment look like. All these have been through my mind frequently this past few months... And as for the reason... Well this Titan told me it square: it's purpose.
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Location:Service Rd,Crawley,United Kingdom
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
"He kept me for 5 minutes..."
I was waiting for my meeting. It was a 9am meeting. I like to be early. I don't like to be late for my meetings. I was having breakfast with a friend and he said to wait a little while. Against my conventions I did.
What happened next was the the whole building moved and there was an explosive sound. We were all shocked. My immediate thoughts were: bomb attack. Noises were being heard and instantly all I could think of was getting out. There was panic. Lots of noise and shouting. Confusion came upon us all. I'd been in two earthquakes before and that feeling came back.
Somehow I decided to go back for my passport. My things. They were in my bedroom. As I walked over I looked out l. At first all I could see was falling papers. Papers everywhere. Just raining down with all these A4 sheets. Then it caught my eye. It was the reflection in the other building. As I looked out I just saw a huge black hole in the building. The south tower reflection just mirrored this larger than the imagination "hole" of a picture.
The lifts weren't working. We were evacuated through another means. It turns out the fuel had leaked down and wiped out the elevator shafts first three floors.
I was hanging on every detail.
Then someone comes along and joins out conversation and he changes tack. He feels perhaps uncomfortable and looks to the new matter in hand. She says oh and congratulations on being elected the chairman of the working group. He politely smiled and humbly acknowledged the privilege. I enquired further about this accolade and it turns out that he just got voted to be the lead on this group about reducing the risk of disasters. He walks off. Ushered into his next meeting. His schedule: fierce.
His words were etched by now and all i had asked was why... Why are you here and why are preventing disasters important to you...
I'm at a conference on disaster risk reduction. The event described was my interpretation of just one of the conversations that I have had.
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What happened next was the the whole building moved and there was an explosive sound. We were all shocked. My immediate thoughts were: bomb attack. Noises were being heard and instantly all I could think of was getting out. There was panic. Lots of noise and shouting. Confusion came upon us all. I'd been in two earthquakes before and that feeling came back.
Somehow I decided to go back for my passport. My things. They were in my bedroom. As I walked over I looked out l. At first all I could see was falling papers. Papers everywhere. Just raining down with all these A4 sheets. Then it caught my eye. It was the reflection in the other building. As I looked out I just saw a huge black hole in the building. The south tower reflection just mirrored this larger than the imagination "hole" of a picture.
The lifts weren't working. We were evacuated through another means. It turns out the fuel had leaked down and wiped out the elevator shafts first three floors.
I was hanging on every detail.
Then someone comes along and joins out conversation and he changes tack. He feels perhaps uncomfortable and looks to the new matter in hand. She says oh and congratulations on being elected the chairman of the working group. He politely smiled and humbly acknowledged the privilege. I enquired further about this accolade and it turns out that he just got voted to be the lead on this group about reducing the risk of disasters. He walks off. Ushered into his next meeting. His schedule: fierce.
His words were etched by now and all i had asked was why... Why are you here and why are preventing disasters important to you...
I'm at a conference on disaster risk reduction. The event described was my interpretation of just one of the conversations that I have had.
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Location:Chemin des Grands Prés,Sergy,France
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Amidst the nations
I am back in Geneva at a fascinating conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.
A gentleman just said "it's time for radical radical change" in a plenary about local action.
More to come...
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Location:Rue de Varembé,Geneva,Switzerland
Friday, 6 May 2011
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
To catch a spider
When turning the tap to get some water we found a little friend trying to get out the sink.
We let incy go in the end :)
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We let incy go in the end :)
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Hang-er-ing around
It's not a bad job when you get to go into an aircraft hanger for a meeting and then get to look around.
Pretty cool.
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Pretty cool.
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
A day at the farm
We were at a farm day this weekend. Wellies on. Mud everywhere. Cows mooing. Sheep baaing. Tractors left out for kids (and adults) to climb in. and the sun was shining.
Simply a joy.
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Simply a joy.
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Friday, 4 March 2011
"Nut Brown"
So I find my day has been taken up by the mysterious "nut brown".
He was brought home yesterday. I first heard about him several days ago and it was mentioned that he may grace us.
You see caleb is in rabbit class. They have a pet rabbit. He goes by the name of "nut brown".
As the eponymous suggests he's a nutty brown colour. Though it was perhaps darker in my opinion. Oh and he's a cuddly toy.
Yesterday was caleb's turn to bring him home. If I'm honest I frowned and thought "goodness me". However, I watched this boy becoming transfixed with this rabbit. He asked whether "he could show nut brown upstairs and his bedroom?". He went round talking to it like an honoured guest. Indeed it was his honour to welcome the rabbit her and be privileged to be the one to show him his home, meet his family, play with his toys and even share his bed.
It's a flipping cuddly rabbit and I keep finding myself thinking about how lovely it was having him albeit briefly in our lives.
Goodbye "nut brown".
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He was brought home yesterday. I first heard about him several days ago and it was mentioned that he may grace us.
You see caleb is in rabbit class. They have a pet rabbit. He goes by the name of "nut brown".
As the eponymous suggests he's a nutty brown colour. Though it was perhaps darker in my opinion. Oh and he's a cuddly toy.
Yesterday was caleb's turn to bring him home. If I'm honest I frowned and thought "goodness me". However, I watched this boy becoming transfixed with this rabbit. He asked whether "he could show nut brown upstairs and his bedroom?". He went round talking to it like an honoured guest. Indeed it was his honour to welcome the rabbit her and be privileged to be the one to show him his home, meet his family, play with his toys and even share his bed.
It's a flipping cuddly rabbit and I keep finding myself thinking about how lovely it was having him albeit briefly in our lives.
Goodbye "nut brown".
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Slicked back hair
When I was younger and my father forced my hair back to show my forehead. I was always told how different and cute I looked. I used to hate it. Now I find myself admiring my kids in a similar manner.
And yes I did have hair once upon a time.
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And yes I did have hair once upon a time.
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Coffee shop
I'm sitting in a coffee shop waiting to go back to pick up the fam. It's caleb's birthday and I have a rare moment to sit and sip. Every now and again the world seems to stop and just for a moment I feel like a spectator. This is one of those moments. Only five minutes left though.
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Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Friday, 25 February 2011
Some shots of London
I was at a meeting with the coordinators of pro bono legal work for the international development community. Our meeting was on the 32nd floor. Lots of glass and it was a glorious afternoon. Even had mild vertigo.
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Sunday, 20 February 2011
Some quality time with Joshie
It gets hard to spend time with the boys by themselves and I managed to spend a little bit of time with Joshie just for a quick trip to London to see "aslan", walk along bridges, going up and down in singing glass elevators, reading books and eating crisps.
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