Sunday, December 03, 2006

Pfizer cesse tous les essais cliniques pour le Torcetrapib Pfizer stops all clinical test for Torcetrapib


Pfizer, le laboratoire pharmaceutique américain a annoncé qu'il cessait tous les essais cliniques de son médicament Torcetrapib après avoir reçu les résultats d'une étude montrant un danger potentiel associé à la prise de ce médicament destiné à lutter contre le cholestérol.

Si seulement les entreprises pharaceutiques avaient fait de même avec le Distilbène!!!

The pharmaceutical corporation, Pfizer, announced that it is stopping all torcetrapib clinical trials after receiving the results showing potential dangers associated when taking this drug which is supposed to reduce cholesterol levels.

If only the pharaceutical companies did the same with DES!!!

Below a picture of an old DES Add! SCANDALOUS! Especially that a published research showed in 1953 that DES did not prevent miscarriages or premature births. Despite this DES continued to be prescribed until 1971 in the US and 1975 in France, Switzerland and many other European countries. Also this same year, the FDA (The Food and Drug Administration)issued a Bulletin advising physicians to stop prescribing DES to pregnant women.

Ci-dessous une photo d'une ancienne pub! SCANDALEUX! Surtout qu'un étude menée en 1953 démontrait que le Distilbène en aucun cas prévenait les fausses couches ou les accouchements prématurés. Malgré cette étude, le distilbène était préscrit par les médecin jusqu'en 1971 aux USA et jusqu'en tout cas 1975 en France, Suisse et beaucoup d'autres pays européens. C'est aussi en 1971 que la FDA (the food and Drug administration) a publié un bulletin, conseillant les médecin d'arrêter de préscrire cette cochonnerie aux femmes enceintes.

Friday, December 01, 2006

World AIDS Day! Journée Mondiale du SIDA


Aujourd'hui est la journée Mondiale du SIDA. Merci de soutenir l'une des organisations afin que l'on puisse se battre contre ce fléau.

Today is World AIDS Day, please consider supporting one of these organizations or a local group and join the fight against AIDS:

The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The Global Fund
YouthAIDS

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Sunday Link Sharing (SLS)


Today I’ve decided to share the links of “girlie” stuff…


Fantastic make up. I love the stuff!


Very cute hair clips for little girls. I think I am going to get a few so when Bhavishya is a good girl I can give her one from time to time…I like positive reinforcement attitudes and rewards.







My cousin, Marisa, sent Bhavishya the cutest little bathing suit from Lilly. The colours will look great with her skin. Here is a picture:

Thxs a mil guys...will write a proper thank you note...;-)

Back from Hospital / de retour de l'hôpital


We still don't really know what was wrong with me appart that I had such bad tummy problems that I needed to be re-hydrated with a drip. I am on antibiotics and all sorts of other stuff. -11KG since August it's too much especially that I wasn't all that big to start with and the fact that I did not follow any diet! Thank God Mark managed to take some time off to look after Bhavishya and Pashmina. His parents are arriving tonight to take over. I am better but resting resting resting!

On ne sait toujours pas ce qui n'allait pas avec moi. Puisque mes problèmes intestinaux étaient si graves on a dû me mettre sous perf pour me réhydrater. Aussi je suis sous antibios et pleins d'autres trucs. -11KG depuis le mois d'août ça fait beaucoup surtout que je n'étais pas si immense que ça pour commencer et que je ne suivais pas un régime. Heureusement que Mark a pu prendre congé pour s'occuper de Bhavishya et de Pashmina. Mes Beaups arrivent ce soir pour prendre la relève car il doit partir pour Londres. Je vais mieux mais je me repose, repose, repose!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Chui Malade! I am sick!

No blogging for a while!
Pas de blogging pendant un moment!

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Sunday Link Sharing


Today I deceided to share with you lot some of the links I truely enjoy or some of the links I find interesting. I might start doing this on a regular basis:

Who doesn't know by now I am Jamie Cullum's greatest fan!

I am dying to go and see Borat. I guess Mark will have to do some more baby sitting next w-e! During the week we saw Borat on the Jay Leno show (CNBC) and thought the scene where Martha Stewart was trying to show him now to make a bed properly with "hospital corner" just too hillarious!

A fun Indian food blog although it hasn't been updated in a while.

That is it for today!

Jamie Cullum

Last December I saw him in Brussels...tomorrow night I'll see him in Luxembourg!

I JUST CANNOT WAIT!


Je l'ai vu à Bruxelles l'année passée...demain soir je le verrai à Luxembourg!

J'AI TROP HATE!!!

Below a clip of him at his Blenheim Palace concert last summer! Amazing to see how eclectic his public is!


Thursday, November 16, 2006

Meaningfull Poem

Today I came accross this meaningful poem and decided to share it with you:

I didn't give you the gift of life
But in my heart I know
The love I feel is deep and real,
As if it had been so.

For us to have each other
Is like a dream come true!
No, I didn't give you the gift of life,
Life gave me the gift of you.
- Unknown

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Bubbles

IT IS STARTING TO ITCH BADELY AGAIN!!!
CA COMMENCE A ME DEMANGER SERIEUSEMENT!!!


Qui a la nouvelle version de blogger? how has the new version of blogger?

Je n'ai pas de compte google...je dois donc un créer un n'est-ce pas? Est-ce bien?

I don't have a google account...I would need to create one, right? Is it good?

Please give me your feed back...merci de me donner vous impressions.

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Friday afternoon at Auntie Dolly's

Après une délicieuse soupe aux courgettes (du potager) faite maison etc. on est parti à l'aventure avec les chiens (Pashmina et sa meilleure copine Luna...une labrador noir...chienne de Dolly) dans le jardin.

After a delicious home made courgettes (from the garden) soup etc. We went for an explore around the garden with the dogs (Pashmina and her best friend Luna...Dolly's dog, a black lab).


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Goan Prawns

Last weekend we had friends over and one of the dishes I made was sensational. I did it again last night and it has become one of our favourites. Here is the receipe from Madhur Jaffrey. It is simple to prepare but you need fresh prawns. If for some reason you cannot find good quality prawns you can do it with haddock or salmon and chop them in 11/2 inch cubes.



Ingredients for 4 people

1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon bright-red paprika
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 tablespoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablesppon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt or taste
100ml water
2 tablesppons olive oil
1/2 teasspoon brown mustard seeds
1 large shallot, cut into fine slivers
2 garlic cloves, cut into fine slivers
400ml can of coconut milk
450 g (1LB) medium-sized raw prawns, peeled, de-veined and rinsed

1) Put the cayenne, paprika, turmeric, coriander, cumin, lemon juice, salt and water in a bowl. Mix well to form a smooth paste and set aside. You can prepare this paste in advance of cooking the curry.

2) Put the oil into a large, deep frying pan and set it over a medium-high het. When it is very hot, put in the mustard seeds. As soon as they begin to pop - a matter of seconds - add the shallot and garlic. Cook, stirring, until they are golden brown. Stir in the spice paste and bring to a simmer. Turn the heat to medium-low, then cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes.

3) Add the coconut milk and prawns and bring to a simmer over a medium-high heat. Once the sauce is bubbling, turn the heat low and simmer, uncovered, until the prawns have just turned opaque. I did sprinkled the dish with fresh coriander leaves but it was not stated in the receipe. It is just that I LOVE fresh coriander and the added colour makes the dish look prettier. Serve immediately.
Serve with plain rice.

Bon Apétit!

Friday, November 10, 2006

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

LOST

Mark and I just finished watching Season II of Lost a few weeks ago...I cannot wait until season III comes out which I guess won't happen until next summer.

Below is the Season III promotion video.

Spooky!

Mark et moi venons juste de finir la Saison II de Lost il y a quelques semaines...J'ai hâte que la saison III sorte mais ce sera pour l'été prochain.

Ci-dessous la promotion video de la saison III!


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Monday, November 06, 2006

Qui connait se livre?

...Et si oui qu'en pensez-vous? J'ai assez envie de l'acheter...




Voici le commentaire trouvé sur www.Amazon.fr:

Sujet : Célestine est toute bizarre. Elle voudrait tout savoir sur sa naissance, mais n'ose pas le demander à Ernest, l'ours qui l'a recueillie et qui l'élève.
Commentaire : Ce livre aborde le sujet intéressant de l'adoption. Il traduit très bien l'inquiétude de l'enfant qui se demande d'où il vient, et celle du parent qui sait qu'il devra dire la vérité tôt ou tard. Cependant, il y a dans ce livre quelque chose de très choquant : est-ce que, sous prétexte de dire la vérité, on peut dire à un petit enfant qu'on l'a trouvé dans une poubelle ? Toute vérité est-elle bonne à dire, à n'importe quel âge ? Quel dommage, car l'ensemble du livre est excellent, et les illustrations magnifiques --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Présentation de l'éditeur
Ernest s'étonne, Célestine est bien silencieuse tout à coup. Cela ne lui ressemble pas. Célestine voudrait savoir... mais quoi ? Célestine voudrait savoir d'où elle vient. Où Ernest l'a-t-il trouvée.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Aloupatha Athipatha / Alloopatha Athipatha!


Ca veut dire quoi?

What does it mean?

Mimi ne dit rien stp...merci!

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

November is Adoption Awareness Month!


Today marks the beginning of Adoption Awareness Month.

I will write more about it soon...

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween!!!


Pictures will follow.
Les photos vont suivre.

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Madonna: a hijacking


One of my fellow blogger,Sandra, who writes very well and for whom I have tremendous respect put into words exactly what I wanted to say about the Madona scandal.

Below is part of her post and if you click on this link you will find the entire post...

Happy reading!
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I think it's important to mention that the die-hard anti-adoption people LOVE this sort of situation. With the media being total pinheads about adoption in general, the anti-crowd jumps in immediately with their garbage to hijack the story and set the agenda in a way that they hope will cast all adoption in a negative light.

There are many out there ... look to Austrialia for some of the most vociferous ... whose entire goal in life is to remove the option of adoption from the world.

It is vital that those supporting adoption ... those of us who understand deeply the consequences of institutional life and hopelessness because our kids remind us every day of what could have been ... fight these nuts with everything we have and realize that the news we are getting has been manipulated to make adoption look evil, immoral, etc.

Remember this before swallowing news versions of events hook, line and sinker: people who would deny all children a loving adoptive family are hoping you'll take the bait.

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Saturday, October 28, 2006

Pashmina





Puisqu'elle s'est sentie un peu délaissée ces derniers temps...voici la plus belle dans la race canine...Notre Pashmina Nationale!


Since she felt a little left out these days...here she...the most beautiful of the K9 race...Our little Pashmina!



Friday, October 27, 2006

NO COMMENTS!

Honestly what do you think of this??? Honnêtement que pensez-vous de ceci?

In this week's issue of the very "respectable" British weekly magasine called "The Spectator" there was an article about the "Richie's scandal" by what I call a "So-called journaliste" named Melissa Kite.

Never mind, the "Scandal", never mind what the gossip magasines have to say about these celebreties...I could not care less...

Below the quote of the last paragraph of her so called article:

"In years to come, when we in the West have evolved a little, we will come to see cross-border adoption as we now view the slave trade. In 20years' time, maybe a lot less, we will look back and say "do you remember when rich people used to get babies from Africa? My God, did that really happen?" It would be better still if we woke up to this outrage now".


Dans le très respectable hebdomadaire anglais le "Spectator" de cette semaine, il y a un article sur le scandal de la famille "Richie" écrit par la soit disant journaliste Melissa Kite.

Je m'en fou du scandal, je m'en fou des ragots sur les stars que les magasines doivent étaler pour vendre leurs torchons mais là...c'est autre chose. Ci-dessous la traduction du dernier paragraph de son soit disant article:

“Dans les années à venir, lorsque l’ouest aura évolué un peu, nous verrons les adoptions inter-frontières (internationales) de la même manière que nous voyons aujourd’hui la traite des esclaves ! Dans 20 ans, peut-être beaucoup moins, on regardera en arrière et l’on dira « Vous souvenez-vous lorsque les personnes riches allaient chercher leurs bébés en Afrique ? Bon Dieu, est-ce que cela c’est réellement passé ? »Il serait- mieux si l’on se réveillait aujourd’hui de cet outrage ».


Je souhaite des reactions de votre part...I would like some feedback from you guys!

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month!



THINK BEFORE YOU PINK!

I asked myself this morning what have I done to help apart from forwarding a few e-mails?

My Dear Dear Cousin Veronike, battled for years with Breast cancer and eventually lost the war last December at the young age of 42. We miss her so much. She left us far too early and I would like to see things move on this front…make women aware. So I thought I would check some few web sites of companies who sent me emails advertising and asking me to open my wallet and make purchases so proceeds can go towards breast cancer research. I thought that some of the stuff could be nice ideas for Christmas gifts but then again I also wondered what do these companies do the rest of the year? This site has been making the rounds and it's worth a look.

"Philanthropy or hypocrisy?" You decide.

The same question again!!!

Monday, October 23, 2006

Question...

If I help you wash my car will you help me wash mine?
Si je t'aides à laver ta voiture vas-tu m'aider à laver la mienne?






Souvenir de Samedi soir







C'était magique pour Bhavishya samedi soir...devant toutes les bougies elle était en exstase et faisait "waow". Aussi elle a découvert les Bombay et Kashmiri mix et elle les adorent! Elle partage ce qu'elle a au point de présenter les plats aux invités en parfaite hotesse! mdr! Je suis fière d'elle.

It was magical for Bhavishya saturday night. In front of all the candles lite she would admire them and say "waow". She discovered Bombay and Kashmiri mix and adores them! She shares what she has to the point of passing the dishes to guests as a perfect hostess! LoL! I am so proud of her.

Pour info elle porte un habit traditionel du sud de l'Inde. FYI she wears a southern Indian traditional outfit.

Saturday, October 21, 2006

Happy Diwali!

La foire d'Automne des enfants

Aujourd'hui nous avions rdv à la foire. Nous étions en retard dû à toutes sortes "d'exploits" de notre Princesses dont je ne citerai par pudeur (mdr!)

Mais avant cela, Mademoiselle c'est régalée...


Bref...Mademoiselle s'est littéralement E C L A T E E!!!

Pour commencer elle a reçu un cadeau de son nouveau petit copain, puis elle a essayé un nouvel engin.

Le Père Nöel a d'autres choses en tête pour cette année et pense qu'avec la magnifique coccinelle qu'elle a reçu de sa Tante Yolande et de son Oncle Mark ainsi que le bolide et le magnifique tricycle qu'elle a reçu de sa Tante Laurence, Oncle Michel, Louis et Paul c'est amplement suffisant pour le moment. Mais il avoue qu'il était tenté! mdr!!!












Puis notre Petit Rayon de Soleil nous a montré ces dons artistiques au stand du musée d'art moderne et a fait preuve de grands moments de concentration. Nous étions tous très impressionnés surtout qu'à ce stand, tous nous ont dit que nos bouts de choux étaient trop petits! FOUTAISE!

Et pour terminer la journée et pour se relaxer quoi de mieux qu'un bon bain!

Friday, October 13, 2006

The festival of light celebration: Diwali


I am still unsure how and what we are going to do to celebrate Diwali this year. We are having friends coming over for the evening.

Somehow I feel I need to keep certain Indian traditions for our daughter as well as introduce her to some of our familly traditions such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years eve...I guess I will need to speak to Bhavishya's God Father and his sister, who are Indians, and will see what we can come up with...

I know I shall cook some dahl, biryani, keema matar?, Moghklai spinach and tomato and onion cachumbar and Naan bread. I still need to find receipe for typical Indian sweets!

But what is Diwali anyhow?

Diwali is the festival of light that marks the Hindu new year. This year it falls on 21 October, but it depends on the lunar calendar.

How is it celebrate it?

Before sunrise, families anoint their heads with coconut oil and then wash their hair to rid themselves of any misortune from the previous year. They come together for prayer or pooja, when girls burn incense, ring little bells to evoke God and light camphor flame. They offer it to elders fro blessings and to make a vond with male relatives for protection.

In the evening, the family dress in new clothes and place small clay lamps filled with oil on windowsills and in doorways to welcome the Goddess of Prosperity, Lakshmi, into their home and to light the way for friends and relatives.



Once guests have arrived, the night becomes a coloufl, noisy night of gambling, firewords and biryani which tradionally was baked in a hole in the ground and then followed by a rich variety of homemade sweets.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Mark

Mark is in Sydney for a conference for a week! Gosh we miss him so much!

Mark please come home soon and safely!!!

We love you,

Your Chicks

Mark est à Sydney pour une conférence pendant une semaine! A qu'est-ce qu'il nous manque!!!

Mark reviens nous vite sain et sauf!

On t'aime

Tes Nanas

Monday, October 09, 2006

The Coke & Pepsi story in India


Whilst we were in India, both Pepsi and Coke in India have been accused of containing high levels of toxic chemicals, far above the acceptable global norm. Sunita Narain of the Centre for Science and Environment has spent much time and energy on making this known to the public.

The funny thing is that within days of the scandal, on August 14, 2006 to be precise, Pepsico Announced The appointment of a new female CEO, Indra Nooyi.Nooyi was born in Madras, India on October 28, 1955. She received a bachelor's degree from Madras Christian College and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and graduated from the Yale School of Management. According to Forbes magazine's 2006 poll, Mrs. Nooyi is #4 most powerful woman in the world. She has been named the #1 Most Powerful Woman in Business in 2006 by Fortune Magazine.


But Mrs Nooyi is not really the point of my post...the point is why is so much energy wasted in something like the Coke and Pepsi story when most water in India is contaminated? This is probably how our darling daughter caught her hepatitis A, not that it is a dangerous disease but not a very unpleasant one. And how many people die of dysentry in the world due to contaminated water?

Let's meditate on this one!

Here is to a Happy and positive week to us all!

Moi je ne fais plus le ménage…I don't do any house work anymore...


...je délègue mais surpervise quand même!

...I delegate but still supervise!