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Alphabe-Thursday letter A for Alpaca

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FSO My weakness.

My WeaknessWhen driving through town where does the car pull you? Is there someplace you just can't resist stopping? A favorite shop, store, house....? Kings Garden Barns are actually garden centres...

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Our World/outdoor wednesday/ Save our world: Recycling

Many of you who read my posts know that I am passionate about recycling, reuse and zero waste. Whilst traveling from Miri to Brunei, my cousin Calvin Kong Chak Wan pointed out this big heap of scrap...

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Alphabe-Thursday Letter B for beetle.

http://jennymatlock.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday Letter B for beetle.

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9 to 5 - People at Work in Your Town

 The boarding counter clerk The pastor and funeral director The surf instructor The Cell tower installer/technicianThe builderlink to Mr Linky at the Friday shoot out link...

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Borneo Post write-up of me today.

Jane Moh of Borneo Post wrote this lovely write-up and my dear friend Chang Yi shared it in Facebook. So glad that they are still remembering me though I have been back over a month. Back to the grind...

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rotary sun drier

This rotary sun drier will soon be a thing of the past when sections are subdivided, as we say farewell to the quarter acre section. I like sun dried...

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Banning styrofoam boxes,

As a member of the zero waste, one of my pet peeve is the styrofoam  takeaway boxes. In New Zealand, they tried an alternative with boxes made of potato.My home town Sibu has taken the initiative to...

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Alphabe-Thursday letter Carving

http://jennymatlock.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday. The Maoris, indigenous people of do a lot of carving.

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FSO: Rush Hour

 Bumper to Bumper in this picturesque road. Pity it was raining. Rush hour, and there is no where to park. Nothing worst when it is raining and your child is late for school. A Dogsitter on the...

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Alphabe-Thursday. letter C for computers

It was a moment of pride when the Kwong Kouk School principal told us he just got delivery of these computers for his students. It was a prouder moment for all of us Chan Siblingsand Uncle Albert. Our...

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Save our world: Worm farms

Through Ngarimu Blair, Heritage & Resource Manager ofNGATI WHATUA O ORAKEI CORPORATE LTD, I got to be involved in Zero Waste.  Ngarimu had a big worm farm in his Marae in Orakei. He said he would...

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Alphabe-Thursday. Save the world and Letter D for Dying, a dying tree

 My guide showed me a dying Kauri tree. A tree dying from Kauri Dieback. It is red, not because it is naturally red. It is dying.See the gum oozing from the trunk. Looks like the tree is crying.I...

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FSO : lights

 the long light in a plane. in a wedding receptionwe are not candle lit people, we left the candle at out service apartment unlit.Lights What lights up your town? Spotlights by PeggyDec 20: Colorsof...

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Alphabe-Thursday Letter E for exit

Oue Downtown Train and Bus station. The exit is very wide.http://jennymatlock.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday.

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FSO: Colours of the season

  I dug out this project I did to teach the seasons. Here are some pages.I did a coffee table book. Our summer is opposite of the Northern Hemisphere.Dec 20: Colorsof...

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My Book Launch

I am still having that warm fuzzy feeling. I was very very lucky. I was there at the right place and right time. Friends asked how I got a Government Minister to be my guest of honour. Dato Sri Wong...

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FSO Holiday Traditions

Last week, I gave an introduction to tradition. I have posted this a few years back. This will be an excellent introduction to some Chinese custom.This is my little brother Henry. But he is now the...

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zerowaste.co.nz/auckland-area/auckland/

http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/auckland-area/auckland/ Auckland Community Zero Waste Alliance (ACZWA)Who are we?Individuals from all over the Auckland Region, from Wellsford to Waimauku who REALLY don’t...

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Alphabe-Thursday. letter G for Giant Green house

Winter garden of Auckland Domain.http://jennymatlock.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Alphabe-Thursday.

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