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Catez 224 days ago
I was the 20 millionth and one person to see this I guess. I heart this. She's 47, unemployed and looking for a job, recently lost her mother, sings in the church choir, and has spent the last year and a half doing community work with her church - visiting people in hospital and helping the elderly. She's like the lady next door. Did I mention she can sing? Can she ever. She's been singing since Read more...
Catez 230 days ago
I just came across this from Chosun.com, who have an update on the still tense and deteriorating negotiations for the Korean aid workers held hostage:"Meanwhile, one hostage gave up her chance to return home to another woman when the Taliban freed two female hostages last week. The woman asked the kidnappers to release the other woman instead of her, saying her health was getting better."Hat tip: Read more...
Catez 230 days ago
I got the opportunity to spend a night in orbit recently - thanks to the generosity of a relative celebrating a special occasion who decided to treat the family. So into Orbit we went. Three of us travelled in together and we were very amused by the attendant on the ground floor who wanted to know if we had a booking and asked us, "Are you early?" "We're late", I said, aware that a bunch of Read more...
Catez 230 days ago
What an amazing day! Yesterday was one of those days that we will remember here. For two reasons. Firstly, we've been waiting for three days hoping that Dr. Michael Brewer, who was trapped for three days down in the Middle Earth caves, would be successfully rescued. Last night we saw tv footage from inside Middle Earth as rescuers struggled to try and move Dr. Brewer up to the surface. Dressed in Read more...
Catez 230 days ago
Update 30-AUG: All nineteen Korean hostages have been released. See end of this post.Excuse me a moment... woohoo! Now here's the news. The Taliban have begun releasing the South Korean Christian Aid workers, and set eight of the hostages free in two groups - first three women were set free in the central town of Ghazni, and and then a group of five, four women and a man, were released in the Read more...
