Had to laugh..

Source: facebook.com via Stella on Pinterest

Cute rescued bear video

Peter Egan meets Karel
Actor Peter Egan meets Karel at Animals Asia's Chengdu Sanctuary in China. Karel enjoys a treat of dried fruit and nuts.

These bears have been rescued from a lifetime of torture on the sickening bile farms. Read more about this issue on Animals Asia on Facebook.

Shadow Dancer

I finally saw Shadow Dancer, tonight. Pretty gloomy..


I like this screenshot (above) as our little foursome can be seen on the right;

 

Hilarious Pulp Fiction video (updated 22/1/2013)

Pulp Fiction Kerry Shtyle

Added on 22nd January;


Quentin Tarantino On The Graham Norton Show Full Interview (11-1-13)
This is where Quentin Tarantino sees "Pulp Fiction Kerry Shtyle", and gives them permission to do the whole film =D I'd love to see it done..


Pulp Fiction Kerry Shtyle 2
Vince and Jules having breakfast in Tralee

Tullamore (& Kilbeggan) yesterday

I had the best day (mainly) in Tullamore, yesterday! I'd never been there before, and now there isn't a road or even a small lane I wouldn't have visited, either on foot or on wheels, except for some housing estates! LOL The same pretty much goes for Kilbeggan as well. Would have done Birr, too, but I had limited time as the last train back was at 8pm.

I actually started by getting new shoes (or rather, ankle boots) from the Bridge Centre Dunnes. I needed something less summery as my canvas flats were already glued back together, and weren't the best thing for January.. I am a man: scanned the shelves once, found the pair, tried it on, bought it. €18.

Then, my husband Paddy (haha!) took me for a walking tour, before we had an audition at the Central Hotel. I really liked this square, and actually loved the whole town. Bray is such a kip, and doesn't even have a market square or anything.. Every town should have a market square! A town without one, is like a town without a heart.

I was very lazy with the proper camera, mainly just taking these phone snaps and Facebooking some of them on the spot.. Must go back someday, and spend a few days walking around and taking pictures. Lots of lovely old buildings, etc..

The audition went much better than I'd expected, but my accent will probably be an issue.. Still, I'd never before done an audition with lines, so I'm happy with the first one, even if I won't get anything from it.

After the audition, the Tullamore tour continued on wheels, and we actually went to Kilbeggan as well, although it was already dark! =D I could see the old distillery, though, and it was beautiful.

Eventually, it was time to return to Bray. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, that I also lost my Luas virginity during this trip! =D I took the Luas red line from Busáras to Heuston, and again from Heuston to, this time, Abbey Street, and I'm glad that I decided to hop out there and walk to Tara Street, instead of Busáras & Connolly, because the Dart was just arriving, and I'd never had made that one from Connolly, so I saved myself at least 12 minutes there.

With all the travelling (and not forgetting the brisk walking in Tullamore), I'm cramping all over the place, but the trip was so worth it! =)

Quick Muzakir update

Muzakir is doing well, and Mala has just told me that he will be discharged from hospital tomorrow!

I have a list of donations that have gone through since I shared the previous list, I just haven't had a chance to make it ready to be shared yet (meaning, I'll be adding EUR / USD amounts as Mala sends the lists in Mauritian Rupees, and I'll also hide all names to protect the privacy of people who have made donations - if they have mentioned their donations in public comments or by private messages, I will notify them in the same method, about their donation having gone through).

As it happens, I'm quite busy tonight as well, preparing for tomorrow, and I'll be in Tullamore tomorrow, so I won't have the time to update Muzakir pages until on Monday at the earliest. I just wanted to post something before that.

Also, I'd like to remind everyone that although the operation was done and Muzakir is feeling fine now, the family is still very much in debt, because of the operation. I would love it if people could help them at least to pay back that €4000 loan from the anonymous person whose last minute loan made the operation possible. I know that the person behind it is not someone wealthy who 'could afford' to write off that much money, so it was an incredibly generous gesture of them to temporarily let go of their savings to help a little child, and I know that Mala is very stressed about being able to pay it back, so please, please, please, help them by making a donation.

Mala will still have to stay at home with Muzakir, so only her husband is able to work, at the moment, and they have a big family, so there really isn't anything left to pay back a loan, which is why our help is so important.

If there ever was a pointless adapter.. (more retro phone disappointment)

 
I blogged about my (then) new Native Union "retro" Pop Phone, in November and December, how the plug was too big for my Nokia 6700 Slide, and no mention was found about it when I googled before ordering the Pop Phone - it was supposed to work with my phone, and there was nothing said about the necessity of an adapter..

Well, I posted about it on Facebook, and someone from Native Union got in touch, promising to have a free adapter sent to me. That was nice enough of them, I thought.

My free adapter arrived today - I was all excited, opening the cute Chinese envelope..

 
But wait.. The adapter plug is exactly the same as the original plug, so unless you want your Pop Phone cable to be about two inches longer than before, this adapter is completely pointless! :O


I still haven't been able to try my Pop Phone, six weeks after getting it.. I'm almost starting to wish I'd kept those Cherry Points and spent them on free phone credit instead, or something.. =/

This reminds me...

Must go and get rid of the Christmas decorations..

  



 

 



 

 

Ginga in late September 2011

I've been flickr'ising old pictures that had piled up.. This is a picture of late Ginga, in September 2011, in the back garden. I will always miss him..

SimCity Social and the missing Diamond deal - scam much?

When you select the Pay by Mobile option, on SimCity Social (a Facebook game), the cheapest deal now offers 10 Diamonds for €2,50. However, when you select it and click on to make the purchase, you're actually getting either 9 Diamonds for €2,50 or 12 Diamonds for €3,50 - see the next screenshot, below;