Have a little peek at this

This article was written recently, and sums our family up in a beautiful, sensitively written article. Have a look at Q Weekend's story.

Attention Liesbeth

(sorry it's a little blurry)
These are my Grandmother's coral necklace, bracelet and ring.

It's Christmas Time...

...and we've finally put up our tree!

Technology Woes

Just when I thought I was all set to start regular blogging again, my little laptop decided it was time for a holiday. My hard drive has crashed and it's currently being refitted at the repair shop. So I'm now suffering from laptop/internet withdrawal symptoms. If that isn't enough, our home phone has also chosen to play up, and we're feeling quite cut off from the world here. Oh well, hopefully we'll be back online in a couple of days!

Congklak

I bought myself an early Christmas present, a traditional game called Congklak, from the Oxfam shop. Here's a photo of the game board, which has been beautifully handpainted in Indonesia:



The game's playing pieces are tiny little sea shells. Not only is the game board simply beautiful, but it turns out that Congklak has a fascinating history.