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Roger Federer won the final in the Australian open on Sunday. I have never watched so much tennis in my life. It was exciting to follow the different players go through the tournament. Federer won the men’s final while Hingis won the mixed doubles after being on a three year career break. It was a…
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I’m recovering from the food poisoning incident. It was a real marathon this time and I’m sick of being sick. But I’m still to weak to conquer the world or even the mess in my office. I had bad food and diarrhea before, but never like this. It usually is over after a day or…
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On Monday I must have eaten something that caused a major infect in my stomach. Usually I let those things go by and just feel unwell for a day or two. This time I was not exempt from taking a load of antibiotics. I had high fever and was running out. After three days the…
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Tennis fever broke out in our home. There are three swiss players in the quarter finals in the Australian Open 2006. Roger Federer (1), Patty Schnyder (7) and Martina Hingis. Tonight we watched Federer play against Tommy Haas and it was a nerv recking expirience. After Federer won two sets, he lost two sets, and…
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We have discovered a new thing. Actually it’s quite old. A puzzle with numbers. Sudoku is a big hit in Japan since 1984. Here is the history of Sudoku. You have to fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3×3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. …
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I just finished a book that a friend gave me to read. It’s called "Friendly Fire" Why is God shooting at me? by William G. Johnson. The writer uses the book of Job as a base to show difficulties (Job’s suffering) in life with the often oversimplified or legalistic answers christians present us (Job’s friends).Sometimes…
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Last night our family had a cheese fondue. We got the fondue "Gagglo and Röscho" (meaning the high tech utility in the picture) from the Hungerbühler’s who visited us from Switzerland and brought us parcels from Switzerland. (merci viu mal Res und Madlaina).To eat cheese fondue brings back some homesicknes to see friends and share…
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I have been on a trip to Hui Kau Laam and spent three in Hui Kau Laam. A family from Switzerland came along and we had a good time. On this trip again I was aware how difficult our work is and the problems we incounter.It is extremly difficult to implement projects and have the…
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A new year has started and my blog is in a kind of extended hybernation oder "Winterschlaf". I still want to whish all (three) faithfull readers a Happy New Year. It is hard to keep something like a blog up to date. With all the work in Dezember blogging was lowest on my list. This…
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Last week I got my new passport from the embassy in Bangkok. Nearly two month my only identification was a Passport copy and my Thai drivers lisence. Since the security change in most countries my old passport was sent to Switzerland and the new one was made in Berne. After receiving it I had to…