30 Oct 2007

COMPILED NEWS & CYBER CRUISE



Before I travelled to England the first time in 1992 I never celebrated Halloween. I didn't even know its existence. But then I was in London once at that time and people explained it to me. I found it a very nice use. Three years ago I started to decorate our Living room but really celebrating it we did not. I only invited two friends last week and served them a plate with cookies decorated with fat flies and spiders. The result was a loud scream from one of my friends who thought they were real.



My Halloween decoration

You see that's why I do celebrate virtually ! Do you like my costume ??

I went to Waterloo's Halloween party on saturday. Please scroll down and see what Waterloo has done to make foreigners feel home ! And the Belgians celebrated with them !










Blackmailing a royal family member
A member of the british royal family has been blackmailed by two men who were arrested by Scotland Yard. The blackmailers asked for 75.000 € otherwise they would publish a video showing this member nude during intercourse and taking Kokain. The identity of this member can't be revealed for legal reasons. What a pity I bed it was not Philip for technical reasons, he is too old, but who else could it be ? Apparently there are 41 members in the british royal family !



Who shot dead the Queen's rare hen harriers?
Two of Britain's rarest birds of prey have been shot illegally at the Queen's Sandringham estate.
The hen harriers were killed as they flew above trees at the Norfolk retreat. It is not the first time the treatment of animals at the Sandringham estate has caused an outcry. In 2000, the Queen was pictured wringing the neck of an injured pheasant which had been brought to her by a gundog during a shoot. Look at this sweet lady ! I always thought she would be better with animals than with her subjects !



Camilla's uber-elegant outfit puts another feather in her style hat
The Duchess of Cornwall has already firmly established a reputation for style, and the 60-year-old royal was looking more elegant than ever this week as she joined Prince Charles at an official event. Ah ! that explains why the hen harrier had been shot ! It was only to decorate Camilla's new hat ! I am sure it was Charles !



Indian gay prince would have proposed to Oprah
CHICAGO: He is the gay prince. She, the queen of talk shows. When Manvendra Singh Gohil, scion of the royal family of Rajpipla in Gujarat, met Oprah Winfrey on her show, both appeared awestruck. "Had I not been a gay, I would have proposed to you," Gohil told Oprah. First try to read his name loud, because you never know maybe Oprah will change sex to become Mrs. Mr. Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla, at least she would have a title and live in a wonderful palace and you will have to use her his new name !


Seized Elton artwork not indecent
A photograph owned by Sir Elton John and seized from an art exhibition is not an indecent image, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. The photo, nude Klara and Edda Belly Dancing by American Nan Goldin, was taken from Gateshead's Baltic gallery by Northumbria Police on 20 September. Fortunately they changed their minds, it is completely normal that Sir Elton has unisex pictures in his collection !



Heaviest' mixed-sex twins born
A woman has given birth to the heaviest mixed-sex twins Theo and Millie, born in the UK, who weighed a combined 18lb 12oz (8.5kg). That's a lot indeed, I wonder what she ate during her pregnancy ! At least a few yorkshire puddings per day !


France stops Maori mummy's return
A French court has blocked a museum's efforts to return the mummified head of a Maori warrior to New Zealand. The reason is obvious !! I just manipulated a little a picture of the actual french President Sarkozy and you see the result ! The return was blocked because it is the head of his ancestors ! I always thought he came from Hungary but now I see his origins are in New Zealand !




Che Guevara hair sold at auction
The hair was cut from Che Guevara's head after his death
Strands of hair said to have been taken from the corpse of Ernesto Che Guevara by a former CIA operative have sold for $119,000 (£58,000) at auction. That is expensive for a few hairs ! But anyway the color doesn't suit me to buy it and have a wig made.


Fat squirrel trapped behind bars
The squirrel had "eyes bigger than its stomach"
A grey squirrel had to be rescued from a bird feeder as it had gorged on so many nuts it could not squeeze back out through the bars. Now squirrels are doing the same as certain people ! I just saw last week a woman being lifted out by firemen through the windows because she was so fat she couldn't walk anymore. But she pointed out that she would eat like a little birdie. I wonder what for a bird breed that is !

29 Oct 2007

WATERLOO CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN



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In Belgium Halloween is not celebrated. But since a few years you can see some decorations in the shops. But my town Waterloo is an exception because one quarter of the current registered population are non-Belgian, most of whom work for institutions in Brussels, the capital of the European Union. Waterloo is home to St. John's International School, one of the largest and oldest international schools in Belgium. The European headquarters of MasterCard International is also located in Waterloo. Therefore we have a lot of Americans and British people living here. And they brought Halloween to Waterloo. Since 3 years the city organizes a Halloween party in the Waterloo park.

To make the foreign people feeling home, they even organized a "Trick and Treat" tour for the children. The Americans and other english speaking nationalities get a map indicating the streets and houses where children are welcome for "Trick and Treat". Just like in their countries.

This had been created because the poor Belgians couldn't understand when suddenly disguised children where standing at their doors and screaming "Trick or Treat". So families can give their addresses and are then put on a list where children are welcomed for this use in order not to create heard attacks for the Belgian population.

Here is a little video of the party, where the children are waiting for a "Witch Danse" and some pictures to show you how they celebrate. I took the pictures on saturday.