Month: November 2010

It was a really warm day for November, in fact at 10.00pm it was 24 degrees.

Pauline and Chris came round as Mal had a wireless keyboard for Pauline. Her present laptop (borrowed) has a Turkish keyboard . Of course the Police confiscated her computer and still have not returned it.

Mal did more of the cosmetic repairs to the outside of the house prior to painting.

In the evening ITV rang Mal regarding “Homes From Hell”. They had a long chat. It now depends if anyone is prepared to actually tell it as it is regarding each of their problems. see link

Thought for the Day – “Do what you can with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

Well a lot of comments this morning on yesterday’s vigil. It has evidently been reported well in North Cyprus press, the Turkish speaking press not the English.  Mal and I are in the picture!

There was a flotilla of official cars passed by, with a police escort, during the vigil. They didn’t stop!

Mal’s version of the day see link

In the afternoon we went with Christa and Robin to see the Turkish Stars aerobatic display. We sat right at the front of the harbour, having a few drinks and watching the magnificent display.When the display ended, we went on to Dolce Vita in Catalkoy . They are doing a 20tl deal for three courses for the winter. A glass of wine is 4tl and coffees and brandies were on the house. Excellent value and so we had a really good time.

Thought for the Day – “You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him” – Leo Aikman

Candlelit vigil day in Lefkosa!!!!! see link

6.00 am this morning the gun shot started from the hunters. Again far too close to the houses. 40 minutes of it very close during which time there couldn’t have been any wildlife left around because they were being far too noisy for too long.

We took Rosie to the beach so as not to get shot. There were quite a few fishermen down there, a very different breed from the shooting brigade. They all spoke to us.

The internet was still very bad and it took Mal about an hour to put one article on NCFP! I also spent two hours trying to publish this diary!

Lunchtime the Red Stars were in the skies practising for tomorrows air acrobatics for the 27th anniversary of the TRNC.

PEACEFUL CANDLELIT VIGIL – We went along to the vigil. Citizens were actually on the roundabout in Lefkosa and as ‘the rest of us’ had been told, we kept to the side of the road, without torches. The Police in attendance actually looked  a bit bored as everyone did excatly as they were told. In fact if anyone wanted to cross from the traffic island to speak to us, they held the traffic up for them to cross. I will let Pauline tell the rest in her words but thanks are due to the Police and of course to Ismet, without whom the vigil would not have been possible see link

Thought for the Day – “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it” – C. C. Scott

A walk in the mountains with Rosie and then we went shopping. I have to say there was very little in Cyprus Today see link

The internet has been driving us insane it is on off, then on and off again. It is impossible to use Skype, so we couldn’t ring the boys.

In the evening David Haye was fighting Audley Harrison. I guess Rhys spent the whole 3 rounds of the fight admiring his handywork on Audley Harrisons shorts (he did the logo!) He didn’t tell them that he was hoping for a David Haye win, which of course he did!

Don’t forget Sunday’s candlelit vigil in Lefkosa see link

IMPORTANT – There has been a change of venue see link

If you care………be there!!

Thought for the Day – ” We the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful” – Mother Teresa

Great weather for November so a trip to the beach with Rosie in the morning.  Shame about all the rubbish on the beach!

The rest of the day was spent doing jobs around the house and garden.

Two more days to the candlelit vigil in Lefkosa. It is on Sunday 4.00 – 6.00pm

Thought for the Day – ” A man who does not think for himself does not think at all” – Oscar Wilde

Another very warm day and I could have thought my days work out better. I carried on Hammeriting railings……..not the best plan when it was 29 degrees and the sun beating down.  Mal was digging the front garden and when he had finished jumped into the pool.  He was braver than me as the water temperature has gone down. I had a soak in the bath instead.

There have been a lot of lorries carrying rubbish going up towards the village today and we couldn’t imagine where they were going. Thanks to Peter Martin, we found out! see link. I fail to understand the mentality. When we first moved in here they had coach trips to the beautiful waterfall, now we have a rubbish dump?? Words fail me.

Don’t forget on Sunday, in Lefkosa, the candlelit vigil. Why should you attend? see link

Thought for the Day – “Who can protest and does not is an accomplice in the act” – The Talmud

The weather was beautiful, so time to do more gardening.

Cyprus Today Midweek edition, including Ismet’s comment on the candlelit vigil see link

Another reason to attend Sunday’s candlelit vigil in Lefkosa see link

Thought for the Day – “If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invites every man to become a law unto himself, it invites anarchy” – Louis Dembitz Brandeis