Sunday Link Sharing (SLS)

Yesterday I came accross a few "Indian adoptions" related blogs through Mia's blog. Love them, and wanted to share them with you with today's SLS'.


http://kothababy.blogspot.com
http://ananyajourney.blogspot.com
http://www.werrefamily.blogspot.com

Joyeux Anniversaire Roma!!!

De tout coeur un Joyeux Anniversaire à toi Roma!

On espère te revoir tout bientôt,

Gros Gros bisous!

Mark, Saskia, Bhavishya et Pashmina

En plein dans la tempête et inondations / In the middle of Kyrill and floadings!

Le village est coupé en 2 on ne passe plus le pont. C'est impressionnant. Mark est resté à Frankfort. L'aéroport est fermé et c'est trop risqué de prendre la route.

The village is cut in 2. One cannot go over the bridge. Waow it is all very weird and amazing to see the strength of Mother Nature. I said the same with each earth quake I experienced living in California and the different huricanes! Mark stayed in Frankfurt for the night. The airport is closed and it is far too risky to drive home.

More later!

Interesting posts on Sandra's blog

Yes indeed Sandra posted some great stuff on her blog lately...

First a post dated January 15 called: "Adopt India" that was continued on "Adopt India con't". She explains very well the process of adopting a child from India. I wish someone had given us this stuff to read when we started the process! :-)

Then another one dated today (Jan 16) called "Blank Slates: A Guest Perspective". She has a Professor of Anthropology staying with her and her familly write on her blog about adoption, whether adopted children would be better off in their "own" culture. Very interesting, very pertinent!

Enjoy!

Problems posting bis

Indeed I am still experiencing problems! I must admit I haven't had much time to try to solve it!

En effet, j'ai toujours des problèmes! Je l'admet je n'ai pas trop eu le temps pour essayer de le résoudre!

Sunday Link Sharing (SLS)

Last week I had problems posting pictures hence me posting this only now (Sunday January 21).

Ok let's start again with the Sunday Link Sharing and I thought we could start with some of the great things we got for Christmas.

My Dad and Step Mom did not forget Pashmina and sent her some wonderful organic dog treats called "Wet Noses". Santa got her a few other treats and a "Doggie driver" which is GREAT fun to play with in the garden!

Bhavishya got some really sweet stickers from her Auntie Sophie and Uncle Kris in Australia as well as a beautiful book called "Imagine". She loves them! She got a beautiful old fashioned wooden pram from her Grandparents and we ordered her a director's chair also from the same company "Moulin Roty" but unfortunately it hasn't arrived on time so we are keeping it for her birthday. She got a lovely shirt from her friends "Mumu and Alé" as well a frame with some fun pictures. She got another pram from our friends and neighbours which she can take outside She got loads of other stuff. She was really really spoilt!

Mark got the renewal subscription for his weekly magazine "The Spectator" which is really an excellent one but in my view a little too British! He also got a gadget from his gadgety wife...I took the one with US and Canada maps as I could borrow it when Bhavishya and I will travel to the US to visit my familly.

I got a beautiful piece of chinese furniture, some beautiful earings, some fun DVD's some great CD's, some books and the one I have been dreaming having which I truly recommend to all who love India. It is such a beautiful book. The photography is amazing. The colours true to the country. One can nearly smell and feel the atmosphere whilst going through it.

Problems posting

I am experiencing problems postings pictures...I am looking into it and hope to be able to resolve the issues by tomorrow and post my SLS and other stuff I have prepared.

Je n'arrive pas à insérer des photos sur mon blog...j'essaye de résoudre ce problème au plus vite et espère pourvoir publier mes "posts" que j'ai préparé demain.

Sur ce bonne nuit et EXCELLENTE semaine à tous!

Good night and y'all have a GREAT week!

Technology

I am driving DH crazy...I guess I must have inherited my Dad's "gadget" gene. He's always been Mr Gadget and I have always been Ms Gadget...When something comes out I would say to DH "I nnnneeeeeeed" it. And he is right I don't need the stuff I'd like to have it. Whether a mobile phone, a camera, a dive computer, a housing for my camera so I can take underwater shots...you name it and I can give you a lot of the technological details most women usually are not capable of. Some guys are amused to see how much of a gadget freek I can be.


Well the new thing that cought my attention is the: I-phone. It looks so cool and sleek! Furthermore it is one of my new Year resolution (see post) that I want anything that could remove stress & frustration from my life!


The plus of this gadget

It has 320 x 480 screen.
It has a full-touch keyboard.
It has a built-in wi-fi.
It is Bluetooth compatible. Now while waiting at the Doctor's, the Dentist or whatever I could check email or post on my blog. Also when Mark will be "playing" with his tamagotchi (i.e. blackberry*) or in other words when he is working I will have something to play with as well!
It has a 2 megapixel camera and the high end model boasts 8GBs of storage.
It has ITunes integration which means favourite music anytime, anywhere without having to carry an extra gadget (Yes Jamie anytime, anywhere!)
It's also a video iPod, and you know what that means the new episodes of "Lost season III" anytime, anywhere.*

The Minuses of this gadget:

To my eyes there is only one...

It has a touch screen. I am unsure I like touch screens as you always get lots of finger prints on them.

or maybe another one...

It's supposed to hit the streets in the US in June.

Résultats / Results

Ok en vitesse car je dois filer à la pharmacie...on a ENFIN trouvé pourquoi je suis si mal depuis le mois de septembre...j'ai un parasite qui n'est pas facile à trouver...après 17 coprocultures il était temps!

Bon alors tout ceux qui disaient que c'était psychosomatique peuvent aller se coucher! IMBECILES VA!

Ok to be quick as I need to dash to the pharmacy...They finally found why I have been so ill since September...I have a parasite which isn't easy to find ...it was about time after 17 stool tests!

So everyone who said it was psychosomatic CAN GET LOST! IDIOTS!

Below a picture of my buddy! Ci-dessous une photo de mon copain!

New Year resolutions / Les bonnes résolutions

I think my good friend Yolande is right...why have them if you don't stick to them???

I don't smoke (I haven't for years now) so I cannot say I will stop smoking.

I do enjoy a few glasses of wine and or champagne so I won't say I will stop drinking

I won't say I shall lose weight as I have lost so much weight lately I am fed up getting on scales!

I'd like to say I won't see as many doctors I have seen in the last few months but is it reasonnable?

I would like to say I won't have such a fiery temperament about certain people's behaviour but I know it is unreasonnable to say that!

I want:
Our Daughter, my husband, dog and everyone I love to be healthy and happy.
Anything that removes stress and frustration from my life I WANT IT NOW! ;-)
I want Bhavishya to become a Swiss National within the next couple of months!
Teach Bhavishya to swimm.
I want to continue going with her to "Little Gym."
I would like to start teaching how to dive again (yes I am a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor).
I would like to dive in warm water & I would like to go back to Seychelles...I crave for "Nitrogen Narcosis" ;-)
I would like to go to Florida to see my family I miss so much.
I would like to go skiing and skining and improve my snow boarding and hope for heaps of powder snow.
I would like to have diner at Nobu in London with DH, Sunnil, Gitu, Tony, Heidi and others? (Great company and people who truely enjoy food!).
I'd love to catch up with a lot of my friends back in Switzerland (and elsewhere) and see them (Stina, Bettina, Anita, Geneviève etc.)
I would like to clean up all the weeds etc. in the gorge at the bottom of the garden and put some lighting.
I would like to start a vegetable garden (is it reasonnable with the traveling I would like to do?).
I'd like to get a little more organised especially in the admin area.
I would like Bhavishya to be accepted at the French school (L'Ecole Française) for the school year 2007/2008 if not then for the following year.

I feel so stupid saying all these things so I may add:

I WANT WORLD PEACE!

A few snap shots of Christmas / Quelques photos de Noël

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SOS doudou...SOS teddy Bear #3

Mon Beau-Père a parraît-il trouvé un nouveau "Nounou"...il est dans la poste. La question est va-t-elle accepter un nouveau "Nounou" ou est-ce que Claire va devoir lui faire de la chirurgie plastique? Je doute que nous pourrons trouver le même tissus...

Apparently, my Father-in-law found a new "Nounou" and he is sending it by mail. The question is: "Is Bhavishya going to accept a new "Nounou" or is Claire going to have to perform plastic surgery? I doubt we will find the same fabric to make him a new face...

Anyway I accidently came accross a hillarious video that somehow made a lot of sense to me (No Not the Dodge...silly!) and made me laugh. To watch please click here.

Je suis par hasard tombée sur un clip vidéo qui m'a bien fait rire! Pour le visionner, merci de cliquer ici.

Scandal in Bollywood

MUMBAI (AFP) - A court in central India has heard statements from a lawyer complaining that an on-screen kiss by Bollywood belle Aishwarya Rai and co-star Hrithik Roshan contravened the country's strict laws against obscenity. To read more about it, click here

Traduction: MUMBAI (AFP) Un tribunal dans le centre de l'Inde a entendu une déposition d'un avocat se pleignant d'un baiser échangé en la Belle Aishwarya Rai et Hrithik Roshan dans le dernier film "Dhoom 2" (Eclatez-vous 2). Il dit que cela va a l'encontre de lois stricte contre l'obscénité...

Here is the scene / voici la scène:
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Mon avis: On en voit bien plus dans n'importe quel James Bond...par exemple Ursula Andress sortant de l'eau dans son t-shirt blanc (Dr No, 1962)?

In my humble opinion one sees a lot more sexy scenes in any James Bond...Wasn't it it Ursula Andress coming out of the sea in a white T-shirt in (Dr No in 1962)?

EXCELLENT NEWS! EXCELLENTE NOUVELLE!

Voilà que l'année commence bien...aujourd'hui nous avons reçu dans la poste la transcription du jugement de l'adoption plénière de Bhavishya. Il est stipulé que de ce jugement, dont la transcription tiendra désormais lieu d'acte de naissance. Le document est daté du 3 janvier 2007.

We are heading for a good start this year. Today we received in the mail the transcription of Bhavishya's adoption. This document is dated January 3, 2007.

Le champagne est au frais! Champagne is on ice!

Maintenant on doit s'occuper de sa nationalité...Suisse pour commencer puis Britanique...mais pour l'instant les Anglais nous *3%& pour rester polie.

Now we need to take care of her nationality / passports...Swiss to start then British...but for the time being the Brits are real *ç%& to say the least and remain polite!

SOS doudou...SOS teddy Bear #2

SOS doudou...SOS teddy Bear

Tonight we have a big drama at home...Bhavishya's teddy bear has been decapitated...No we do not have a member of El Quaida at home...just a little jaleous dog!

Bhavishya has been repeating: "Atoupatha not good! Nounou" (Nounours is the French word for Teddy).

Ce soir on a le drame à la maison...le doudou de Bhavishya a été décapité...Non on a pas un membre d'El Quaida à la maison...juste un chien un peu jaloux!

Bhavishya répète sans cesse: "Atoupatha pas bien! Nounou!"

Y-a-t-il quelqu'un qui peux nous aider de trouver un Nounours orange de la marque Marèse? J'ai déjà cherché sur ebay et sur d'autres sites mais sans succès...Mon amie Claire qui est super bonne couturière s'est déjà suggérée de lui faire une chirurige plastique! Merci Claire t'es trop chou!

Can any of you help us find an orange teddy bear of the Marese brand? I've already looked on ebay and other web sites without any success. My friend Claire,who is a super seamstress has already offered to be "Nounours" plastic surgeon! Thank you Claire you are so sweet!

Happy 2007!!!

TO ALL WE WISH YOU A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

A TOUS NOUS SOUHAITONS UNE EXCELLENTE NOUVELLE ANNEE PLEINE D'AMOUR DE JOIE ET SANTE!

GELUKKIG NIEWJAAR!

EIN GUTES UND GESUNDES NEUES JAHR!

E GUDDE RUTSCH AN D'NEIT JOER!

AUGURI E BUON ANNO!

And in honour of Bhavishya's origin:

NATHAR PUTHU VARUDA VALTHUKKAL! (Tamil)

Mark and Yolande's Fabulous Annual Christmas Party

As usual we had a blast...food was delicious, company great...

Thank you guys it was great!

MERRY CHRISTMAS / JOYEUX NOEL

Pashmina - December 2003

Nearly there! Bientôt prête!

Demain matin debout 6h30 départ 7h00 pour Auchan avec une copine. Une fois les courses fini 'ti déj chez Oberweis le meilleur patissier de la région, avec une autre amie, puis départ pour la poissonnerie pour le plateau de fruits de mer et enfin rdv chez Pascal pour une coupe et récupérer le vin...Retour à la maison est prévu pour 12h00. La sieste pour tous est prévue ;-)

Tomorrow morning up at 6.30am. I shall leave the house at 7:00 to go to the gorcery store with a friend. Once the groceries are done...breakfast at Oberweis the best patissier / baker in the region with another friend, then we go to the fish mongers to pick up the seafood plater and then we meet at Pascal's for a glass of Champagne and to pick up a few bottles of wine...ETA home 12 (noon). An afternoon nap is scheduled ;-)