The Pumpkin

When summer is over, autumn fills the air and the landscape changes colors. It is also a great time to change up your home decor for the new season. Bringing this magic inside a home, autumn decorating is a lot of fun and natures offers plenty to work with. One creative but underused decorating item is the pumpkin which you can use as vase and table displays.

Pink for October

The Pink for October campaign is about blog and website owners showing their support for breast cancer awareness by turning our sites pink for the month of October.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention and cure. The campaign also offers information and support to those affected by breast cancer.
As well as providing a platform for breast cancer charities to raise awareness of their work and of the disease, BCAM is also a prime opportunity to remind women to be breast aware for earlier detection.

Even here in Germany, some store like Müller are also supporting the campaign by information posters and giving out pink ribbon to women customers. I would say that i proudly displayed my pink ribbon as show of support.

Mix-Race Children

I used to ponder whether or not there was something to mixed race children being more attractive. I think, they looked prettier or at least more striking than other kids with one race. The children of my friends here really looked exotic. These children are product of mix-race marriage, a sort of, when East meets West. It just prove that love knows no boundaries, regardless of color, race and belief.

It would be interesting to learn about the experiences of mixed race children growing up though in two different cultures.

And for Luisa, a sweet filipina kid who was born and raise here, she had a nice brown color that is both attractive and exotic.

Hamburg Fish Market in Offenburg

The famous Hamburg fish market which is a must-see when you're in Hamburg is in town. Hamburg is eight hours of driving from our place and 6 hours by express train. Though, not feeling well because of headache, i really drive to the city just to have a glimpse of this fishmarket. Parking is a big problem, my patience pays when there's one spot available in the level parking.

I've been to Hamburg several times and once in fish market where they open at 5AM till 9:30AM only. Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany is a major port, the harbor being the heart of the city. The male citizens in Hamburg are called Hamburger in German, and a female citizen Hamburgerin. However the people from Berlin are also called Berliner, which is actually also a donut. These names have nothing to do with the food description though, as you can probably imagine.

The highlight of the fish market are the marketers with their unique and funny patter. They scream your ears away. There are thousands of people who trooped to the city for this fish market and the once in a blue moon sunday 'shops open'

Oil Mill

Opposite Lidl discount store in Oberkirch is a house with a big tire-like wood that is just circling around. Dirk told me its an oil mill, i even requested him to stop the car so that i can look at it closely.
He said that it is a machine that will grind seeds to produce oil. Life is a continuing process of learning. So if there's something that is new to my eyes, i always ask, asking is knowing.

My New Companion

The other day, i blog about how terribly i missed my old camera. On the same day my ever generous partner in life, Dirk ordered a new toy for me. It's a casio EX S12 pink (but its more chrome in color) with 12 megapixel. It's very slim and it makes the most of high-speed image processing engine to enable users to cut and paste moving subjects onto still backgrounds. I like very much my new gadget but of course i'm still going to bring the kaputt one to the repair shop.

Casio's effective use of fast digital technologies to deliver unprecedented high-speed burst shooting and high-speed image processing of these new models has exceeded all expectations of what digital cameras should be able to accomplish. These stylish cameras are the first bold step in a major transformation of the traditional definition of the photograph, offering users entirely new ways of enjoying still and moving images.

To you Schatz, Thanks again.

Instant Noodles

Aside from sardines, water, candles and rice, instant noodles are one of the foods that selling the most in the supermarkets in the Philippines during the aftermath of typhoon Ketsana. People are buying in bulk and boxes and they are buying not for their own consumption but for donation to the typhoon victims. Some stores reported that they even run out of stock for instant noodles.

Photo Credit- Spot.Ph
When disasters struck the Philippines and other countries, there's always instant noodle, first its easy to prepare and it warms the stomach of the typhoon victims.