happy birthday, pipocas!
22 Wednesday Oct 2008
Category Archives: friends
the plan is … there is no plan
20 Monday Oct 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, holidays, life stuff, photos, trips
Road trip (part II) – Saturday 18th October
The next morning we both woke up around 7am, very surprised (and pleased) that we hadn’t woken up during the night … turns out that neither Susan or I sleep a lot. As it was still early and the sun hadn’t come up yet, we enjoyed more time just chatting in the dark … man, I loved that! But eventually it got light and we were in serious need of coffee, so we got up and headed out in search of brekky…
what is this plan of which you speak?
20 Monday Oct 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, holidays, life stuff, photos, trips
Road trip (part I) – Friday 17th October
The only plan for the entire trip was that at some point we had to get to Gibraltar so I could stock up on underwear and socks at Marks & Spencer. Other than that, Susan and I were free agents. Though we also had to consider the weather. The forecast said it was going to be sunny on Friday and rainy on Saturday, so we weren’t sure if it might be better to do shopping and fish & chip eating as rainy day activities. . .
cosmic accounting
17 Friday Oct 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, life stuff
cancer etiquette
15 Wednesday Oct 2008
Posted in cancer, culture, friends, health & happiness
I came across the following on the Colon Club discussion forum – a list of seven things you shouldn’t say to people with cancer. I thought it was pretty good, though some don’t really apply to me. And I’ve added a couple more at the end.
Hearing that a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer can cause anyone to be anxious. You begin to think about all the right things to say in your anxiety and oftentimes end up saying the worst. Although the objective is not to cause harm to this person, ultimately you can, with your words, end up doing just that and cause your loved one to plunge further into depression. No doubt hearing that “C” word turns a lot of us into fools, but if you find yourself in a position where a family member or friend has revealed that they have cancer, here are some things you might not want to say. . .
casa azahar 