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abc wed, letter W
A water closet is a room that contains a flush toilet, usually accompanied by a washbowl or sink, and the term may also be used to refer specifically to a flush toilet. We used to call it a WC in...
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ABC Letter X for Christmas/Xmas:How to serve Christmas Pudding
Xmas is a common abbreviation of the word Christmas. It is sometimes pronounced /ˈɛksməs/, but Xmas, and variants such as Xtemass, originated as handwriting abbreviations for the typical pronunciation...
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ABC Letter Y for year
At the end of year, we have end of year shared lunch , a student brought yam/taro cake. https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/
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Plunket and I, 2016
It is summer in New Zealand. For many years, Mt Albert Baptist Church worked side by side with Plunket. We organised Christmas in the Rocket Park in New Zealand. Today, I told my Swedish friend about...
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Fruit waste garbage
I am rather a laggard in experimenting in this exercise of turning garbage into Enzyme. In 2009, I visited Malaysia and Singapore and I was introduced to making a multi purpose cleanser. A friend whose...
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Loom bands
I recalled, these were called loom bands. my students making them. I did not show my students' face.Recently I saw children making them. Parents are being warned of a cancer-scare involving fake...
View ArticleAuckland's little crooked road.
Once, when my friend A. came to visit me, I drove her to Auckland university and by accident, we drove to a very crooked road. This is unknown because it is a small one way road through the middle of...
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ABC Wed, Letter A for arugula
Arugula rocket salad. These are Chinese ones given by my student. https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/
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old Chinese Grave in Borneo
From what I know from my grand dad, at least the Quang Liang people, there is a communal altar, where generally every family would bring extra food. These are the family less souls, or those who died...
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pigs and the family
As Chinese New Year approaches, I think of my parents and grand parents. I think of how the pig had played such an important part in the Chans and Kongs.Last year, I spent time in Sibu, sharing a bed...
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ABC Wed Letter B
http://www.stardome.org.nz/We have our sweet story about the Stardome. Back almost forty years ago shortly after we were married. We didn't have children or nappies to worry about. We used to go around...
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Australia day
I was in a park in Brisbane, heard some birds sing and, looked up the tree, and saw the Kookaburras.Happy Australia to my family in Australia. Marion Sinclair wrote this Australian Icon and classic...
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ABC letter C for curry
A pot of Curry Chicken with Saffron Rice cooked for charity.For 4 adultsMy curry leaf tree produced fragrant leaves. Curry leaves are ingredients for cooking curry and other South East Asian food....
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Kiwi Kids Lacking in Basic Life Skills
Kiwi Kids Lacking in Basic Life Skills - Weet-Bix Better-Brekkie SurveyBy Fleur Revell26 January 2017How good are your children at using their mobile device, accessing an online movie clip or posting...
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LENGGANG KANGKUNG (The Quests' version)
The phrase 'Lenggang kangkung' has also the meaning of being leisurely and being idle or walking in a slow and peaceful gait."I asked Sammy if the phrase, "Lenggang Lenggang Kangkung" is describing a...
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ABC Letter D for drops, dill
When I was a baby, mum gave me gripe water. The Chinese call it Fat Baby water.When I became a young mum, my daughter cried non stop, I was desperate, and sent my husband to the pharmacy to buy the Fat...
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Thursday Challenge: Group
The current theme is "Group (week 2 of 2)" (Friends, Crowd, Things found together,...) This group off students at the end of year of their ESOL Class.http://www.spunwithtears.com/thursday.html
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ABC letter E for enzyme
I make my own enzyme to wash my floors and dishes, and use as fertilizer,composting, recycling, worm farming. https://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.co.nz/
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