Posted by: aniisah on: July 31, 2007
Long ago, no score was indicated on French tennis scorecards by an egg-shaped zero. This was unknown as “L’oeuf’, the French word for egg, and the English-speaking players used the name word, but in this case it sounded like love, and has been called love ever since.
Posted by: aniisah on: July 31, 2007
One week and a half…That is all that is left of my two months and two weeks holidays. Time does go by quickly. Don’t we always say that? I seem to forget the number of things that I have done and went through during that time. Many days shopping, going out with friends, [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 28, 2007
It is good to know that the oldest living thing on earth is some 12,000 years old. It is the flowering shrubs called creosote bushes in the Mojave Desert.
Imagine that?! Oldest living thing in a DESERT? where there is basically no water…I guess that is what Survival is all about…
Posted by: aniisah on: July 28, 2007
I have just finished reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” A really amazing book. The fact that this is the last book saddens me. I have read all seven books and I would have loved to read others. However, everything has an end. I just hope J.K.Rowling will write more fabulous [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 27, 2007
It is good to know that when subjected to an electric current of at least 50 volts, a cat’s tail always points toward the north.
I do not know why but I have this funny picture in my mind, of an electrocuted cat (Grosminet to be exact, the cat in “titi and grosminet”?) with its tail [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 25, 2007
I am not here today to ask anyone to stop smoking. Some say we should not give up on trying to make someone stop smoking but hey, we are living in a world where everyone is aware of the dangers of smoking. If someone starts, they better take their own responsibility.
One thing I would like [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 24, 2007
It is good to know that a green diamond is the rarest diamond.
Well personally I did not know that green diamonds existed. Not a wonder, it is said to be the rarest. Guess people do not talk too much about it. However, it is always good to know!
Posted by: aniisah on: July 24, 2007
I am back now to start writing about weddings.
So, after mehendi night, there was the religious ceremony. This is called the nikha. This was performed in the mosque and girls normally do not attend. We stayed at home with the bride. The latter was nicely dressed! She looked good! All brides are said [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 22, 2007
Tonight I start writing about my first cousin who got married last Thursday. Shopping was only part of the wedding preparations. My personal part of the preparations. I always knew that weddings take a lot of time and effort and a great deal of planning. During the last few days I have come to realise [...]
Posted by: aniisah on: July 20, 2007
Hi people! I am so busy with all these wedding preparations and functions!!! I am barely here!
Will give detailed accounts of everything when things calm down a little. Right now, I am dead tired. Just the time to check my mail and to drop a few words!
Be back real Soon!
