This was a documentary from 2006 that left me with my mouth wide open. On a number of occasions Mrs O and a friend, who is staying with us, turned to each other speechless. Even though harrowing and really quite sad I thoroughly enjoyed this award winning documentary. It received a 83% rating on the [...]
December 2010
When these scarecrows started appearing around our village a few months ago we presumed they were to keep birds off the rice fields. Actually they are for scaring off evil spirits. They are placed outside each home when there has been an outbreak of illness in the area. Their presence, which actually can be quite [...]
Just before Christmas I realised that my weight was heading in a direction that was getting a little scary. Since I have given up other vices in my life food consumption has always been something that I have struggled with. We don’t have too many temptations down here but when I started buying packets of [...]
