You MUST see these

I have just listened to the BBC Radio 4 programme Soul Music and this time it was discussing Handel's Messiah. They mentioned a flash mob rendition of the Halleluja Chorus so I went to YouTube and found this one ... I wish I'd been there!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

As I looked for this video, I found this one from Antwerp ... music and dance ... do re mi from the Sound of Music ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLCZOG202k&feature=related

And from T5 Heathrow ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMbYPVxfRmw&feature=related ... our lot can ruin any good idea.

A much better one from Singapore's Changi airport ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6-fHQZU9vk&feature=relmfu

And this one from Birmingham ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM2Agu_DktM&feature=related ... Michael Jackson Thriller

Best, formal, choreography has to go to this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=9OawiTae0bA ... another Michael Jackson based one.

There are other flash mob videos on YouTube that you have probably seen and I think they are all fabulous too.

DW

British Politicians

I have seen politicians come and go in the UK but it strikes me that the current batch are the biggest crowd of sub standards we have ever had. Having made that assertion, I will tell you now that I have done a bit of digging into the careers to date of some of our most senior politicos.

PM Cameron ... no real experience and did PPE at Oxford
Deputy PM Nick Clegg ... no experience and did Social Anthropology at Cambridge
Chancellor Osborne ... no experience and did History at Oxford
Foreign Secretary Hague ... limited experience and did PPE at Oxford
Education Secretary Gove ... journalist and did English at Oxford

Ed Miliband ... no real experience and did PPE at Oxford
David Miliband ... no real experience and did PPE at Oxford
Ed Balls ... no experience and did PPE(?) at Oxford

Get the drift? We are all at sea aren't we?

DW

Birdwatch!

Earlier this Winter I felt sorry for any birds around my house and having found myself with some waste lard to get rid of, I made up a fat candle: lard, seeds and breadcrumbs, moulded it and put it outside for the birds to eat.

Day 1 ... no birds
Day 2 ... no birds
Week 1 ... no birds
Week 2 ... no birds

For several weeks there were no birds in sight. Eventually the fat candle went and I started putting out my waste bread and that went quickly.

So, I am getting the birds used to my free food and now I want to set up a hide in my kitchen so that I can take photos of them.

I'll keep you fully informed!

DW

Recipe from my Khmer Cookery Course

I did promise to share some of the recipes from the cookery course I did in Siem Reap and here is a dessert for you.

Nom Tong Noun

Ingredients

Rice flour 1/2 Cup

Duck egg x 2

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Coconut cream 1/2 cup

Black sesame seeds 1 teaspoon

Oil 1/4 cup

Method

1 Set aside one duck egg and the oil

2 Take the rest of the ingredients and combine to make a batter

3 Beat the remaining duck egg and mix with the oil

4 Heat your NTN or waffle pan until its hot

5 On one side brush some of the oil mix - until the side is covered

6 Place your batter on the other side

7 Cook for a few minutes then roll into a cone shape while they are still hot.

These are a delicious snack and perfect to serve with coffee or tea

DW

How to look gud!

Isn't it odd that at the time when we need to be perfect we are often at our most stupid or lax?

Here is an example from one of my own web pages:

"This page begins by reminding us that there is always someone more stupid than we are. However, non of us is perfect so the file then goes on to show us the best way to do things."

Otherwise that is a good page on spreadsheet good practice!

See http://www.duncanwil.co.uk/spread_prac.html

DW