ABC Wednesday for organ donation
On 29th Sept 1989, the senior doctor in NICU at National Women's hospital told us that my newly born Andrew was dying. He had a rare syndrome, Campomelic Dysplasia and asked if we would donate his body...
View ArticleABC letter P: Petty Politicians
My Great grand Father left China to Borneo in 1907. He managed unruly workers to clear virgin forest. He served four terms of extreme hardship. He built houses for his sons and a communal hall.When...
View ArticleABC WED letter Q for quince
The Quince has been under cultivation since ancient times. It was considered an emblem of happiness, love and fruitfulness. Turkey is the greatest manufacturer of quince in the world with nearly...
View ArticleABC Letter R for reading
Mini libraries sprouting in the city, is good. It encourages reading.Add caption
View ArticleABC letter R for R&R
R&R Read & Review R&R Read & Research R&R means many things. To a writer, these two means a time of gloriously idling. I am at a R&R stage, that is mucking around and not doing...
View ArticleABC letter T for Tree
Couroupita guianensis commonly known as the cannon ball tree. Comes from southern Caribbean and northern parts of South America; It's fruit is spectacular strong, the stench and smell waft around....
View ArticleABC Letter U for University
Decades after leaving school, after I had my degrees from Windsor University and Auckland University, AUT. Dad disclosed a worry he had once harboured.In Primary One, my principal Mr. Wong Kie Mee told...
View ArticleABC Letter V for volcano
Beyond where u see brown hill, is the remnants of a volcano. I was told when the British were fighting the Maoris, the Maoris hid there. The British barricaded them, but they couldn't force them to...
View ArticlePermaculture
I made a very interesting friend from Hungary via a friend from church. Baji Béla is interested in permaculture. I share 2 of his photos he sent to my facebook.Permaculture is a branch of ecological...
View ArticleABC WEdnesday, W for water filter.
saw in Australia, not sure what they are for. When I was very young, early primary school, in the government quarters, we had a porcelain water container similar to this.Am very surprised that people...
View Articleabc wed letter x
abc letter x for sox, Sox | Definition of Sox at Dictionary.comhttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/sox This post is for my blog, an alphabetical meme. Mar 9, 2009 - noun, plural socks or for 1, also sox....
View ArticleABC Letter X, Mexico
https://abcwednesday.comA treasured ancient food staple of Mexico and South America, with edible leaves and an abundance of protein rich seeds produced in long season areas, it also serves admirably as...
View Articlefrost
what happens when fog lands on yr plant? Nandina domestica (/nænˈdiːnə dəˈmɛstɨkə/ nan-DEE-nuh)[1][2][3] commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in...
View ArticleABC Letter Y for Yucca
https://abcwednesday.comWhen Auckland-based GP Diane Edwards decided to spend a morning pottering around in her garden, she never expected to end the day having lost half of her hearing. The damage...
View Articledouble decker boat
My great grand ma/Ah Tai had one of these double decker boats. It plied up and down the Rejang river collected dried padi and taking them to her rice mill.
View ArticleEscallonia
Escallonia is a shrub that has very beautiful flowers and is thus very ornamental. A summary of key Escallonia facts. Name – Escallonia. Family – Escalloniaceae. TypeEscallonia is a hedge that plant...
View Articlevegan-vigilantes-defacing-meat-packs
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/…/vegan-vigilantes-defacing-meat-pro… I used to write about save the world. Some people go round telling not to eat meat. Now a group have gone too far. Their idiotic actions...
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