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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

ABC wedneday : Letter R



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The rotary clothes dryer.

It has four sets of lines and is similar to an umbrella. A more sophisticated one has a winding mechanism which can make the lines higher or lower depending if you have items like sheets. When the wind blows, your laundry goes round and round like a merry-go-round.

My sparrows enjoy his rides very much, they perch on it and if I got laundry drying, The poop on them.

In a recent high profile child abuse and murder case, the poor kid was hung up on the wire, and spun round and round. Wiremu Curtis, 19, and his brother Michael, 22, face life sentences for the murder of Nia Glassie.

This dryer is a common sight in Australia and New Zealand. In the old days, it was the law to build hopuses on quater acre sections. There were plenty of room for this drier. These days, many houses are sub divided.

When the people left England for New Zealand, they remembered the Great fire of London. They didn't want a repeat. Hence the law for quarter acre.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Scenic Sunday:Youth Olympic Games



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The first ever Youth Olympic Games (YOG) was held in Singapore from August 14 to August 26 2010. Athletes range from 14 to 18. New Zealand has participants.

This event is close to my heart. The Youth Olympic Village is located in Nanyang Technological University. For more than half of my adult life, I have lived here as an ex pat faculty wife. The campus is full of greenery, and I hope the young athletics had a good stay.

The photo shows the university's oval, and on the right the swimming pool. It was here, I trained for my 10 km Marathon running. My friend L. trained with me at 6 am in the morning, we added 800 metres per day. Later, we did our circuit of running round the university campus. The day, we completed our 10 km, we High 5ed