Yes that is a fish on the finger! I read about this on another blog and now Joe blogs it: bookofjoe: World’s smallest fish discovered in Indonesia

Above you can almost see the small lemon trees in the top and on the right are lots of oregano plants. Both pictures are taken from the roof. I want to make the roof into a sort of patio for the warm evenings under the stars, maybe with a barbeque also. That will come, it [...]

We went to the Wholesale Center which is also owned by the Sultan Center. I see the Wholesale Centre as like the Superstore of Kuwait. Huge range of vegetables. A bit chaotic but this is the busiest day. We had some fatayers from the back, meat and cheese. Marja thinks she may not want to [...]

In answer to this question: It was cold, we’ve added heaters. It seems we are at the end of the cold season and it is warming up. The house is large and everyone is happy that way. Surya got a room with a small balcony that I didn’t know we have. Let’s see.

Shopping can be lots of work. Navigation is a challenge as the map doesn’t show all the streets. It took some driving around until we found the mattress shops we were looking for. We were looking for 90 x 200 cm spring mattresses for kids. That is the Ikea size — the standard is 100 [...]

Now I joined up everyone at the Hilton Club and I took the kids swimming. The weather wasn’t too nice but the pool was warm. The wind was howling with big waves on the beach. We had the pool to ourselves. Marja did the first workout at the gym.

I went in the morning to the airport to clear the shipment through customs. Six crates worth! I met the agent with Gulf Agency Company (GAC) there. The customs inspector looked randomly into the boxes and saw the desktop computer, a box of VHS casettes and box of CDs. I guess they figured the shipment [...]

We all squeezed into the car and went towards Ikea and also some car dealers. I always get confused on the directions as it is hard to navigate with the added responsiblity of passengers and also drive in the roads here. And also I had forgotten to fill up the car with company provided gas [...]

Well, the shipment is here and for customs they need a copy of my Civil ID. Well in fact, you need to give a copy of it for almost anything here! So I signed a declaration saying that the shipment does not contain: Pornographic literature, videos, films and pictures (incl. Simple nudity of all kinds) [...]

There is no doubt at all that Cleo and Boo are relaxed with each other. Here’s proof: