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In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1201 days old
by Ysabelhere [Member]

I see that you are a friend of phine booty at redtongue/blog

Could I implore everyone to put pressure on her to remove my real name from her blog as this is completely unacceptable behaviour. The comments she makes are also unsubstantiated and libellous.
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In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1370 days old
by A-Dawna [Member]

Hi Sandy. Happy New Year to you too. T'is the Year of the Dog! Are you a dog? I'm a Monkey.
What a cute angel of a pup you have.
May this be the year that everything you ever deep down desired come to fruition.. along with peace and prosperity.
Btw.. we also celebrate here in Toronto with a parade ..I didn't get to go as I was wo more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1373 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

well, balance IS everything...but living gives us the perspective and extremes, we can find our balance within.
Enjoy the year, be positive and be yourself.
warm wishes, always more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1373 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Thanks. I hope I can get happiness and fulfillment in 2006. :) more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1373 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Yes, I saw news about this in China. It seems that Spring Festival has been celebrated more and more by Chinese living in other countries. :) more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1373 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Thanks. Kung Hey Fat Choi, too. I wish I can be more confident about myself this year-of course, not to the extremity of being conceit. :) more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1373 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Thanks. I just came back from the holidays, refresed a bit. I myself have a very lovely dog, and it is really an angel! more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1377 days old
by KandAmoist [Member]

Happy New Year, Sandy. I hope that it brings you all that you wish - most importantly, happiness and fulfilment. Enjoy your holiday

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In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1379 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

HI Sandy, there was a huge celebration in major cities in the UK as well. There was a parade in London which started in chinatown and eneded on trafalgar square. quite beautiful and the children were especially cute:) happy new year more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1381 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

Kung Hey Fat Choi~~!!!
I wish you all the very best for now and always.
Do you wish for anything in particular, this coming year?
Take care. more…

In response to: "Happy Chinese Spring Festival!" 1382 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Happy New Year, I love the picture. I think all dogs are Angels so enjoyed it very much. more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1388 days old
by  [Visitor]

Goodness, how do u find time for all that reading? Admiration! more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

I won't go on too long - just to say to me you have summed up the essence of good fiction - 'popular' or otherwise. For an author to create a believeable world that we can immerse ourselves in for a few hours is magical. I just meant that some people seem to need to see the world through the eyes of others - perhaps that is what tv does to us.
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In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Again, I am afraid I am ignorant about contemporary Western fictions (I only recall I read some American popular fictions such as those of Sidney Shelton and John Grisham), but I will look for the books of Ian Mcewan. I can enjoy different types of fictions: I like classic works such as the Mayor of Casterbridge, Bleak House, Jane Eyre, One Hundred more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Isn't it fascinating that some people seem to need to see the world through the eyes of others - there are all sorts of travel guides to Paris now written for those who want to follow the Da Vinci trail. Harry Potter guides also seem to be big business. Mainstream literature seems to have divided since the days of Dickens into 'literary' and 'popul more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by travellersandy [Member]

Actually, I agree with you. Da Vinci Code is his best so far, and he is very clever in the way that he just inspired readers' curiosity on European Christian culture and history. When I visited Louvre, many tourists were just trying to look for the paitings which were mentioned in Da Vinci Code. The real attractions are in the culture itself. But more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

Yes, there is always a 'new' without fail...a very positive feeling!
My friday is writing, tutoring, visit doctor followed by a party~~
All warm wishes, welcoming the new! more…

In response to: "Another Ordinary Friday" 1390 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

What did you think of the Dan Brown books. I thought they were very ordinary. I don't think he would be that well known if it wasn't for the Da Vinci Code. That wasn't, in my opinion, all that well written but it tapped into some ideas that caught the imagination of many people. more…

In response to: "A Bit Guilty Recently" 1390 days old
by KandAmoist [Member]

Hello Sandy. It's nice to have you back again, even though you are maybe "just passing through". As Princess infers, we can't be blogging all the time, we all have real life to get on with. I feel very guilty at the moment because I'm not doing enough work and at the same time I'm not spending as much time with my lovers as I feel I should. But I c more…

In response to: "A Bit Guilty Recently" 1390 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

Hi Sandy,i agree it's strange that it can take so little to like someone and yet a lifetime to forget them sometimes. maybe we are meant to remeber stuff. YOu know they say we remeber everything that has happened to us from birth. we think we dont but the memories can be unlocked. interesting.

I hope your days get better it sounds like more…

In response to: "Some Things More-My New Year Resolutions" 1400 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

how's the diet going Sandy? more…

In response to: "Some Things More-My New Year Resolutions" 1400 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

excellent, yes indeed!
keep these pinned to your wall, and keep them in mind always. that's really positive, and all my very best wishes, always~~

one moment of positive feeling, is worth so much!
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In response to: "Some Things More-My New Year Resolutions" 1401 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

these are good goals Sandy but remember dont put pressure on yourself. im not so sure you can forget some people who have been in your life. u can shelf the memories but they will always be there. i think the best would be to let go. let go of them and dont harbour any bad feelings. more…

In response to: "Some Things More-My New Year Resolutions" 1401 days old
by KandAmoist [Member]

I think these show that you have an excellent insight into yourself. I don't think you'll go wrong if you can keep these in mind. Good luck!

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In response to: "Welcome, 2006!" 1404 days old
by blackjuan [Member]

What a brightway to welcome the year more…

In response to: "Welcome, 2006!" 1407 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

2006 is definitely awaiting you with open arms girfriend! i hope yu are ready for it!:) more…

In response to: "Welcome, 2006!" 1409 days old
by KandAmoist [Member]

How lovely that sounds, Sandy. I wish you a very happy & fulfilled 2006 more…

In response to: "Welcome, 2006!" 1409 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

yes, we can make the New Year whatever we want it to be, like the first page of a book. Enjoy and be warm!!
Happy 2006 to you.

(I love hot springs too, and miss them very much.) more…

In response to: "Happy New Year!" 1413 days old
by phinebooty [Member]

you are having doubts about doing the studying...that means you arent sure if it is something you really want to do. perhaps you could go off travelling for a few months? age has nothing to do with stdying. i spen the rest of my teens travelling and then when i went to uni was involved in a car crash which meant sitting the year out. so i was going more…

In response to: "Happy New Year!" 1414 days old
by wensum24 [Member]

Wishing you a very happy and fulfilling New Year 2006.

Please never worry about age, ignore it, just go with your feeling...I do, and forget the fact that I am in my mid-thirties...age only matters on paper, not in our hearts.

All the VERY best to you, always~~ more…