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Contributions welcome! OLD FARTS At the urinal: Jaydek: How many drops today? Jo-Boy: Four. And you? Jaydek: two. Boy (no pun intended), your prostate is working well. Jo-Boy: Now go and wash those evil eyes of yours in Dettol. Jaydek: Bring the chillies and the salt. Historical Bowral in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is a gem of a town. I have never seen it anything but green it is dressed with the finest greenery you can find in Australia and its flowers and gardens are to die for. Its lush green meadows have been ideal for grazing since the area was first discovered in the late 1700s. Thus grazing and cattle-breeding has continued to drive the economy. Bowral became, an still, is the commercial centre of the Southern Highlands, as well as a service centre to the surrounding properties. According to the Traveller, “Today Bowral is a decidedly up-market, some would say yuppified, tourist centre full of boutiques, gift shops, antique dealers, rest...

Human Kindness True stories that reveal the depths of the human experience $19.99 / £12.99 Edited by: Renee Hollis Format: Hardback, 240 Pages ISBN: 9781925820058 Publisher: Emotional Inheritance Series: Timeless Wisdom Buy from an Online Retailer Buy In US/Canada Description Kindness comes in many forms and affects all of us. As Mark Twain said, ‘Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.’ And while a kind gesture can often simply make someone feel better about their day, sometimes — as the twenty-five true stories collected here show — it can save a life. Sourced from around the world, these are stories of the everyday and the extraordinary. From the woman who stopped a suicidal man from jumping just by taking the time to listen to him, to the couple who fostered a baby they found abandoned in a rubbish bin when no one else could help; from the students who came to the rescue of an elderly man fallen on black ice, to the response of a terrorist l...

Alyssa Healy after her record-breaking unbeaten 148 in Sydney yesterday: foto courtesy of ESPN CRICINFO Alyssa's century came off only 46 balls, the fastest ever! AS SOME of you will know ... I did not play much sport as a youngster, only a little soccer and kitted myself out in all black a-la-Lev Yashin, the superstar Russian keeper of the 1960s. I learnt to love sports when I became an instant sports reporter. That has been true of most sports I covered but especially of cricket. In my life, I have only ever played social cricket. I learnt the game from players and coaches. However, from those earliest of days in Kenya, reporting on cricket, I came to love the game with a passion only reserved for true bloods or former players. For nearly six decades, I have watched most of the greats (especially since the arrival of cricket on television) when an opportunity presented itself in the UK, Australia and a little bit in East Africa.  The world of international cricket has...

PLEASE SHARE THIS LIKE ANYWHERE else, the schools in Kenya could boast many truly loved teachers and educators and a few forgettable ones. Mrs Muriel Thampy among a group of teachers at the St Teresa's Girls School in Eastleigh who to this day remain unforgettable, cherished and to whom many, many students feel indebted to for always. She will always be remembered as a brilliant secondary school maths teacher.  Mrs Thampy was widowed early in the marriage and she raised seven children all on her own. She never flinched. Always quietly resolute. Her children have migrated to various parts of the world but should be there for the memorial service. A mum who worked hard and did her best for us, we were dressed very well and every year she took us to Mombasa and Lamu for a holiday.  There were many little things she did for us, which we appreciated later. == Radha Shridharan      Mrs Thampy's flock (ex-students) and family are getting together in London t...

OLD-TIMERS RE-VISITING THE “REBELLIOUS” ERA BY ARMAND RODRIGUES There was a time when retirees languished because of scant offerings for them by the motherhouse, the Goan Overseas Association (Toronto). The deficiency spawned two seniors’ clubs in the West-end of Toronto and two in the East, to cater to their social needs.   However, the situation changed for the better when Greta Dias was appointed Director of Retirees at the G.O.A.(T). She came in with a vision of inclusivity and has held court for eleven continuous years.   She has been conjuring up a variety of social offerings for the retirees, making them theirs for the taking. With a dimple in her cheek and a mischievous glint in her eye, Greta challenged the retirees to re-visit the nostalgic 50s & 60s and re-live the Bohemian non-conformist days of flower-power and hippiedom, at an event on September 15, 2019, held at the Kalyaan Centre in Mississauga. People responded with alacrity. It is l...

According to friends, the first Kenya Nite in London was a huge success. Thanks to a special friend who sent me the photos below.  Any names?

House of Parliament London-UK. By Roy Pacheco I was working at this giant Green Giant frozen foods store in Osterly-Egham just south of Heathrow Airport in London, when my boss called me to inquire about the progress of the work at this cold room. I told him I was almost done and was hoping to be at my next call in about half hour. My boss replied that he would like me to hustle over in to the Houses of Parliament. He had just received a call from the Parliament about the air conditioning not working in the smoking room. "Just drive to the steel gates just south of the River Thames and the Police will greet you and just follow their directions," the boss said. On my way there,  I thinking back to my days in Nairobi when I  was there to complete the air conditioning at Parliament buildings in Nairobi. That was in 1964. Then latter on,in 1967, I worked  in the Parliament buildings in Kampala-Uganda,  doing maintenance and repairs to the Carrier ce...