Received a letter from Padstow council today regarding my recent letter about the parking penalty. At last, I heard from them.
What happened was, when we were in Cornwall, I parked in Padstow, bought a pay and display and put it on the dashboard in the centre of the windscreen. When we walked back to the car 40 mins later, got a jerky slapped on the windscreen. So I wrote a letter of appeal and paid my penalty in the meantime.
This letter from Padstow council only consists of a compliment slip and a cheque for the amount of the penalty payable to me. So, victory to me and thumbs down to the parking attendant!
Went to eat out to celebrate, a lovely spicy korean! I wanted to have some Ben & Jerrys ice cream but didnt find any in Waitrose or Somerfields. Oh well...still happy! :)
Thursday 28 August 2008
Saturday 9 August 2008
Olympics
I watched the opening ceremony of 29th Olympia online on Friday and it was spectular! I have never seen it so good and China has done extremely well!
My favourite bit was the countdown. They had 2000 drummers each with a drum and each drum surrounded with a light panel. When the drummers hit the drum with hands or sticks, the panel lit up. They used the drummers to create the numbers for the countdown on the ground of the stadium. That was fantastic to watch and amazing on their precision and organisation of the whole performance.
The opening ceremony was so well thought out. They spoke about the history, the current and future China. They had loads of dancers, talented musicans and singers. I think they had the best team this year.
When the torch was lit at the stadium, it was brilliant how it was performed. I think the gymnast Li Ling, held the lighter and was wired and pulled up onto the top of the inside roof of the stadium. He lit the end of this pole near the torch which then exploded into a burst of flames and passed along the pole to where the torch is. Then the flame burst into a big fire and created this firework like display which brought the large torch alight.
I think overall the whole opening ceremony was brilliant. How will London beat that in 2012?! I would love to know. I believe that London haven't not got their budget for the Olympics sorted out yet. I read the other day that it was over 35 million/billion which over-estimated what they originally thought it was cost by multiple times.
I think they will give just as good closing ceremony! Let's keep watching!
My favourite bit was the countdown. They had 2000 drummers each with a drum and each drum surrounded with a light panel. When the drummers hit the drum with hands or sticks, the panel lit up. They used the drummers to create the numbers for the countdown on the ground of the stadium. That was fantastic to watch and amazing on their precision and organisation of the whole performance.
The opening ceremony was so well thought out. They spoke about the history, the current and future China. They had loads of dancers, talented musicans and singers. I think they had the best team this year.
When the torch was lit at the stadium, it was brilliant how it was performed. I think the gymnast Li Ling, held the lighter and was wired and pulled up onto the top of the inside roof of the stadium. He lit the end of this pole near the torch which then exploded into a burst of flames and passed along the pole to where the torch is. Then the flame burst into a big fire and created this firework like display which brought the large torch alight.
I think overall the whole opening ceremony was brilliant. How will London beat that in 2012?! I would love to know. I believe that London haven't not got their budget for the Olympics sorted out yet. I read the other day that it was over 35 million/billion which over-estimated what they originally thought it was cost by multiple times.
I think they will give just as good closing ceremony! Let's keep watching!
Big Cats at WHF
I just got back from a full day out at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation. WHF is a UK charity and dedicates to caring and protection big cats from extinction. We had bought the Wild Enigma photography safari and the course was held in WHF, Ashford.
The WHF was located within the Marley Farm Industrial Estate and the entrance wasn't very obvious, however, my hubby spotted the high wired fencing in the distance and we knew that we were in the correct place. When we got there, we were introduced to Andy, our guide. He was a nice guy and talked about the day schedule and we felt right really relaxed. Had a cup of coffee and snack and wait for the rest of the group, there were only 9 of us, so it wa a nice size group to go around the park.
Our first animal of the day was the serval and we were actually in the enclosure whilst Andy had a bucket of horse meat to entice it out. I was very nervous because I have never been so close to a big cat before. The serval wasn't a big cat but it was very similar looking to a small cheetah or just a big cat. Anyway after waiting for 10 mins, we decided that we would go around other enclosures and went back near the end of the afternoon.
I saw the Siberian tiger and it was huge! We were not allow in the enclosure obviously but there was only a single fencing between us and the big cat. I have never seen such a large tiger, at one point Andy teased it with the meat and held the meat up against the fencing above head height, the tiger stood up and I am sure the tiger was over 7 feet tall. His paws were huge, bigger than a dinner plate and it was very padded. I was so amazed at how close we were to him. He was so good looking, I mean, I never thought I hear myself describe an animal like that, but this tiger had really great definition, the stripes, the fur and the looks he gave was amazing!
Another favourite cat is the Chinese leopard. We saw her only for 3 mins, as she was hiding under a bush for a long time, so when she came out, she pounced towards us and hissed. She was quite extordinary. Her eyes were so feminine and so sharp. She looked very protective of herself and at the moment, she isn't really that socialable.
My most memorable thing of today's events is the fact that I got to see a lyxn up close, so close I was actually around a feet away, no fencing, as we were able to go into the enclosure and see it. It was carrying a dead rabbit in its mouth and it walked around and upto where we were standing. It was such an experience!
The three lions were huge and very impressive, I watched them each eat half a horse head, gross, but it was cool to watch! At one point, one of them was bothered by the sight of a dog and ran around the enclosure eyeing the dog constantly. You can tell it was about to pounce on the dog if it could get out of the enclosure! It was riveting to watch! The lions had a lot of character and it was photogenic.
I enjoyed the whole day and learnt a lot about photographing animals. Wished I had charged my camera though, the battery dead half way through the morning. Had a wondertime time though, now I am absolutely knackered!
The WHF was located within the Marley Farm Industrial Estate and the entrance wasn't very obvious, however, my hubby spotted the high wired fencing in the distance and we knew that we were in the correct place. When we got there, we were introduced to Andy, our guide. He was a nice guy and talked about the day schedule and we felt right really relaxed. Had a cup of coffee and snack and wait for the rest of the group, there were only 9 of us, so it wa a nice size group to go around the park.
Our first animal of the day was the serval and we were actually in the enclosure whilst Andy had a bucket of horse meat to entice it out. I was very nervous because I have never been so close to a big cat before. The serval wasn't a big cat but it was very similar looking to a small cheetah or just a big cat. Anyway after waiting for 10 mins, we decided that we would go around other enclosures and went back near the end of the afternoon.
I saw the Siberian tiger and it was huge! We were not allow in the enclosure obviously but there was only a single fencing between us and the big cat. I have never seen such a large tiger, at one point Andy teased it with the meat and held the meat up against the fencing above head height, the tiger stood up and I am sure the tiger was over 7 feet tall. His paws were huge, bigger than a dinner plate and it was very padded. I was so amazed at how close we were to him. He was so good looking, I mean, I never thought I hear myself describe an animal like that, but this tiger had really great definition, the stripes, the fur and the looks he gave was amazing!
Another favourite cat is the Chinese leopard. We saw her only for 3 mins, as she was hiding under a bush for a long time, so when she came out, she pounced towards us and hissed. She was quite extordinary. Her eyes were so feminine and so sharp. She looked very protective of herself and at the moment, she isn't really that socialable.
My most memorable thing of today's events is the fact that I got to see a lyxn up close, so close I was actually around a feet away, no fencing, as we were able to go into the enclosure and see it. It was carrying a dead rabbit in its mouth and it walked around and upto where we were standing. It was such an experience!
The three lions were huge and very impressive, I watched them each eat half a horse head, gross, but it was cool to watch! At one point, one of them was bothered by the sight of a dog and ran around the enclosure eyeing the dog constantly. You can tell it was about to pounce on the dog if it could get out of the enclosure! It was riveting to watch! The lions had a lot of character and it was photogenic.
I enjoyed the whole day and learnt a lot about photographing animals. Wished I had charged my camera though, the battery dead half way through the morning. Had a wondertime time though, now I am absolutely knackered!
Thursday 7 August 2008
Recent cooking disasters
I haven't had much luck with my cooking recently. Tried to cook that gochujang dish (see earlier posts for receipe) and when I went to put the sugar in, too much sugar fell into the pan. The sugar had all clogged together in lumps and I wanted to spoon it out. Being very impatient, I just shook the jar and next min, a lot of lumps fell out. Anyway, hubby thought it was way too sweet, but I thought it was OK and ediable.
Tonight, I cooked chicken katsu curry. This time I put too much salt in the curry, it was rather salty and I think the curry was too strong. It was dark in colour and not spicy, I used Japanese curry blocks and melt it down with hot water in a pan. Anyway, not good but still ate it.
Seriously need to rethink my cooking technique, recently cooking skills are not up to scratch! I think it because I go on my laptop watching tv whilst Im in the kitchen.
Tonight, I cooked chicken katsu curry. This time I put too much salt in the curry, it was rather salty and I think the curry was too strong. It was dark in colour and not spicy, I used Japanese curry blocks and melt it down with hot water in a pan. Anyway, not good but still ate it.
Seriously need to rethink my cooking technique, recently cooking skills are not up to scratch! I think it because I go on my laptop watching tv whilst Im in the kitchen.
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