Archive for October, 2007

Crochet in progress and more maths

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Here is a photo of my “persian” bag with Maria in it.

I think that this bag is nearly finished, and so I have just started working on Alwin’s dragon bag. The new project is proving to be a bit more difficult than the turtle purse. I am not quite happy with the spikes […]

50-years of Sputnik and old New Math

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

While the Sputnik anniversary launched new discussions on a variety of technological and political topics, I was busy reading a Prolog tutorial (published in 1981) and had written a post about a single sentence that I found in the book’s preface: “The computer programming language Prolog is quickly gaining popularity throughout the world.”From that, I […]

There’s no success like commercial success

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

There was sunshine earlier today, after days and days and days of rain. It was so nice but my caregiver had to stay indoors because she is sick. Hmmm… come to think of it, when it comes to the caregiver employment contract, I seem to be the one doing much of the care-giving, and my […]

Carbocisteine, bromhexine HCl and pei pa koa

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Still plagued by what must now be bronchial asthma, an ailment I’ve had as a child. According to my blog, I had this twice last year (in October and December). When I was younger I would have this almost every month.
I have been taking carbocisteine and for the third day decided on bromhexine HCl. It […]

On bilingualism

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

It has been raining almost all day everyday. Quite miserable. Plus I’ve been sick for 4 days now, and have had an unsuccessful visit to the British Embassy last week.
If anything, at least I’ve finally been able to start my Pilipino blog, Goat4Sale. After two entries on the blog I am starting to get a […]

Tuyong inaamag

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Malas at nagkasakit na naman ako. Nagumpisa bilang sore throat nuong nakaraang 3 araw. Kinabukasan ay naging sipon, pagkatapos ay naging dilaw na plema sa sinus, at ngayon ay plema sa lalamunan/baga na me kasamang hika.
Awa ng Diyos at di ako nilalagnat at di umaatake ang sobrang sakit ng ulo dala ng sinusitis. […]

Thinking of you

Monday, October 1st, 2007

Myanmar has been on my mind for days now.We often call Myanmar “Burma” when we are outside the country, but inside, we all feel compelled to call her “Myanmar.” In a rare instance, we used the name “Burma” all throughout when we met with Aye Aye Win (who then just received the AP’s Oliver S. […]