24 Apr 2015 26 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Search Terms
I always look, and normally get unknown search terms…
But one lovely one, regarding haikus and “uncle vife”… What’s a vife?
Is it an Indian who says V instead of W, which is typically the case, in which case, why are you searching about your uncle’s wife??!
Any ideas???
24 Apr 2015 18 Comments
in Humour, Kids Logic Series Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, English, Kids Logic, Normal, School
It’s not just my kids that inspire me… I have a pupil in my class, I’ll call her E. She is the funniest lil thing. But she doesn’t realise it!
She hates smiley faces, like hates them! One day she came up to me, very upset.
Me: What’s the matter E?
E: G drew on my picture
Me: Why did she do that? What did she draw?
E: A smiley face!
Me: Aw, that’s not so bad E! Us teachers draw smiley faces when you do something we like, maybe she liked your drawing!
E: But I don’t like smiley faces!
Me: Not even a smiley face sticker?
E: No.
Me: Ok, so, if I got you a sticker with words or numbers, you’d like that?
E: Yes.
She says this with a deadpan face, no smile on her own mug either!
Actually, if you smile at her, she really won’t smile back.. I have a thing now, if she does great stuff for me, I sort of blow my cheeks out and make a face at her which makes her laugh! She knows she’s done good, and I get a positive reaction from her!
Anyway, back to the title.
One day we were discussing accents and languages
E: I don’t know what L is saying (L is Polish)
Me: it’s because she’s speaking her own language, she might not understand you sometimes when you speak English
E: I don’t speak English.
Me: Yes you do!
E: No I don’t!
Me: you’re speaking it now!
E: I don’t speak English!
Me: Ok E, what do,you speak then?
E: Normal. I speak normal.
24 Apr 2015 16 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Thankful, Thoughts
Image from Facebook
Thank you people! Have a fantastic, fun filled Friday!
23 Apr 2015 69 Comments
in Sonu Singh Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Cat, Cats, Cute Cat, Death Defying, High Places, Jump, Kitten, Sonu Singh
Yup, he got back up there again!
Wow! I did it again!
And looked for other possibilities!
That was Monday evening…
He’s been thinking obviously because guess where I caught him this morning…
On top of the fridge this time!
Smug "What?" Face again!
Then he saw a creepy crawly…
Cant... Quite... Reach...
But soon the miaowing started…
Cant get down... Do i jump over there or down?
Caught the descent in action… Sorry for blurry pics!
Spider cat, Spider cat!
Final leap!
Ground again!!!
23 Apr 2015 31 Comments
in Childhood Authors, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Children's Authors, Quentin Blake, Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
The BFG!
George’s Marvellous Medicine!
The Twits!
The Witches!
Oh I could go on!
I loved Roald Dahl! I am sure pretty much all of us would have been in some contact with Dahl’s work, whether it be by reading, or watching certain rather popular films! And the wonderful illustrations by Quentin Blake.
I was actually a late started in getting into the actual books. I loved to watch Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, with the Oompa Loompas and all the funny characters, but I never realised it was a book first! Then at school we read George’s Marvellous Medicine and my literary world was expanded, yet again to a wealth of literature!
I didn’t get to read all his books then, but again, book slave that I am, I bought the set for my kids, and added where I found extras!
Roald Dahl Books
But a couple of books we all read as youngsters, and which I find rather gruesome and funny to date were the Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts Poetic Short Story books!
Poetry Perfection!
Again, when I saw them on offer, I had to get them for my children, how can you grow up and not have a dash of Roald Dahl in your life?!
Talking of a ‘dash’, did you know there is even a recipe book to go with these books?
Cooking with Dahl! (and I don’t mean lentils!)
And where there’s Dahl, there has to be Blake, who can forget his great Mr Magnolia book, and Mrs Armitage stories!
Quentin Blake’s efforts!
There are a few now that have been made into movies, and obviously we saw the remake of Willy Wonka recently, which I can proudly say my brother is actually in! He was part of the production team so his name is in the credits and he was asked to step in as an extra too! He got to meet Johnny Depp – swoon! but didnt’ get me his autograph! Bah! More recently, a lesser known book, Esio Trot, was made into a tele-film with Dame Judy Dench, and Dustin Hoffman!
I am now familiar with most of his texts as I have read them with my kids, and I loved every minute of reading to them! Now, as they are getting older, they pick books like these themselves to read silently, and I am so happy to see that!
Which Roald Dahl book was your favourite?
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