PhotoHunt 99: Party

This party took place in one of Amsterdam’s famous bars and coffee shops, with some old friends and hubby’s workmates from around the world during the worldwide meeting.

It shall be noted that in the Netherlands, the use of soft drugs – cannabis in all its forms (marijuana, hashish, hash oil) has been admitted for the personal use only; it is legal! And openly sold and smoked in Amsterdam’s coffee shops which can legally store up to 500 g of marijuana and can sell up to 5 grams to adults over 18. (We didn’t smoke, ok!) These coffee shops offer several kinds of weed and hash, and usually there is a “menu” to choose from. The prices vary according to the quality (about 5 EUR per gram). Amsterdam has also a major smoking event called High Times Cannabis Cup on November. But there are also so many interesting places and tourist spots in Amsterdam as well.

PhotoHunt

Will the Internet be ever safe for children to browse? If there are the so-called growing “Chinese army of hackers”, in contrary, European Union is extending its net safety programme that has started four years ago, to prevent children from inappropriate content and cyber bullying.

The European Commission is spending 55m euros (£42m) on making the net a safer place for children.

That is some price of technology we have to pay.

This is how my main screen appears. A screenshot of my late cat, Ladygishi, and a flower from my mother-in-law. Is it obvious that I miss my cat? Anyway, in the sidebar docked are just some news feed and weather watch in our area gadgets. Shortcuts.

The weather is still heavy and unpredictable at times, and the mornings freezing, but the sign of spring is here. These are just some snapshots I took around the house. Another season will soon come, afresh and anew. It is so good to see see trees come to life again, except the evergreens, with its beautiful budding. Every time is a blissful morning.

Touch Typing: is the fastest way to type in which the typist does not use the sense of sight, or does not look at the keyboard, but rather use the finger muscle memory.

In the present technology, with its endless possibilities, do you think we still need the keyboard for some years? Who knows what once-unthinkable things science brings. While that does not yet happen, “it is worth the time you invest in learning this essential skill” of speed typing to easily achieve an ideal writing speed of 70 words per minute.

Some of the suggested ways of improving typing speeds in touch typing are:

- Ensuring a correct posture
- Exerting only the correct amount of force required ie. not to bang on the keys
- Taking frequent breaks to relax and improve accuracy
- Using an optimized keyboard layout such as Dvorak or Colemak.

I am 25 words off the ideal. My fingers are not as dextrous when it comes to typing as Francine. Passing this to Debbie.

45 words

Speedtest

There was mail yesterday from the bank offering insurance privilege and discount. Hubby said he does not need it anymore for he has whole life insurance already from his company. This insurance from one dollar globe also takes care for whole life coverage for children as for adults in its billions of insurance in force, with benefits that don’t cancel and reduce over time.

Wordless Wednesday – Safe in her mother’s bossom
Sanjay Gandhi National Park, India.

wordless wednesday

I am not comparing monkeys with people; I don’t believe in the theory that we come from there. But looking at that scene in that park I didn’t see the monkeys, but I saw the emotional bond between them and made me recall that when we were kids, five of us siblings (that’s a blessing!) then with a year or two age gap, it was not just our mother that held us tight, but our eldest sister too. She would always hold us together so we would not be run over on our long way home from church. The joy of childhood! I was holding tight. In case you ask why it is a blessing..