Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
My First House
My First House
Originally uploaded by toxssin
The postman brought a big box and I assumed that the contents would be for me. Well, that's how it has worked in the past...but not today. Instead, I should be wearing the "My dad got a new pillar drill and all I got was this box!" t-shirt!
To rub salt in the wounds he proceeded to put me in it! Ha ha! Funny man.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thilan plays keyboard
Thilan plays keyboard
Originally uploaded by toxssin
Firstly, you can make this video bigger by clicking on the four arrows (bottom right of the image).
Secondly, I suspect we'd have got similar musicality if Grandma had placed a filleted salmon in front of TJ! But they do say that practice makes perfect...and we're only waiting for Sergio to offer lessons once he's seen Thilan's obvious potential.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Girafa
Mas, pelos vistos, mesmo assim nao damos corda ao boneco que chegue e o rapazito decidiu tratar ele do assunto. Esta semana sentei-o em frente ao boneco e isto foi o que ele fez:
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
6 meses. 6 meses??? 6 meses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eu faço hoje 6 meses. Acreditam? Já tenho 6 meses. E já estou tão grande, tão crescido:
- Já me sento sozinho.
- Bato palminhas quando ninguém está a ver.
- Recuso-me a bater palmas quando me pedem.
- Gosto de chuchar nos dedos todos das mãos (não sou esquisito).
- Gosto de chuchar no dedo grande do pé.
- Tusso de mentirinha, quando quero chamar a atenção
- Adoro que a mamã e o papá me leiam livros à noite antes de ir dormir. Os meus preferidos são o Gruffalo, Hairy Maclary, e o livro do ursinho . Mas não gosto mesmo nada do livro dos animais. Principalmente o cachorrito na ultima pagina! Não sei bem porquê, mas faz-me chorar.
- Quando me deitam de costas gosto de me virar de barriga para baixo. Se me deitam de barriga, viro-me de costas. Sou do contra, portanto.
- Já sei dizer: ma-ma, ba-ba, ca-ca e pa-pa. Também digo prrbrrrrr, ahhhhhh, e a minha palavra predilecta: Eh.
- Já dou beijinhos à minha mamã quando ela me pede. Ok, nem sempre que ela pede, mas quando me apetece. Ponho-lhe as mãos na cara e lambuzo-lhe a bochecha. Ela fica toda lambuzada, mas muito feliz.
- Tenho um sorriso malandro permanente.
- Rio à gargalhada quando brinco aos aviões com o meu papá.
- Já vou para a piscina todas as semanas e ADORO chafurdar e nadar (à minha moda, claro) com os meus papás.
- Já durmo a noite inteira (das 7 as 7) só com uma pausa às 11 para o meu leitinho. Aliás, eu tenho muito orgulho deste meu feito. Durante 5 meses e meio acordei a minha mamã de 3 em 3 horas para leitinho e miminho. Aqui há 2 semanas os meus papás decidiram que isto ia ter de acabar e, quando acordei às 2 da manhã para a minha devida refeição, eles não me ligaram nenhuma. Eu fiquei tão sentido que chorei 1 hora seguida e lá acabei por adormecer cansadito. Mas eu sou um rapazito esperto e percebi logo que ia ter de mudar, de modo que no dia seguinte dormi a noite toda sem acordar a minha mamã. De manhã ela estava muito mais bem disposta do que de costume e deu-me um mimo ENORME!!! Tenho de admitir que valeu mesmo a pena.
Além disto tudo, sou um fofo, um doce, um amor, um querido, um lindo, um giro e sei lá que mais. Sou o rei da casa, o centro das atenções e o dono dos corações dos meus pais.
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I’m 6 months today. Can you believe it? I’m 6 months already. And I have grown so much:
- I can already sit on my own.
- I clap when no one is watching.
- I refuse to clap when asked.
- I like sucking on my fingers and thumbs (any will do, I’m not picky).
- I like sucking on my toes.
- I love it when mummy and daddy read to me before I go to sleep. My favorite books are the Gruffalo, Hairy MacLary and the bear book. But I really don’t like the book of animals. Especially the page with the little puppy. I don’t really know why, but it makes me cry a bit.
- I love to roll over now. If I’m lying on my back I roll on to my front. If I’m on my front I roll on to my back.
- I can say ma-ma, ba-ba, ca-ca and pa-pa. I also say prrbrrrr, ahhhh, and my favorite word: Eh.
- I give my mummy kisses when she asks. Well, not really when she asks, but when I can be bothered. I hold her face with both hands and kind of lick her cheek. She gets soaked but very happy.
- I have a permanent mischievous grin on my face.
- I giggle when daddy plays airplanes with me.
- I go to the pool every week. I LOVE to splash in the water and swim (my own way, obviously).
- I sleep through the night, only with a quick pause at 11 for my milk. Actually, I’m quite proud if this achievement. For 5 and half months I woke my mummy up every 3 hours for milk and cuddle. However, 2 weeks ago my parents decided this had to end and when I woke up at 2 in the morning for my usual meal, they kind of ignored me. Even with cuddles and kisses from mummy and daddy, I cried for 1 hour before falling asleep exhausted. But I’m a smart boy and could see that I was fighting a losing battle, so the next day I slept all night without waking mummy up. In the morning she was in a much better mood than usual and gave me a HUGE cuddle. I have to admit, it was well worth it!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thilan sort of sitting
Thilan sort of sitting
Originally uploaded by toxssin
I can sit unaided! Wooohooo for me!
Now would someone please get me a seat - it is cold and hard down here on the floor.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A primeira vez...
- Fomos a uma piscina quentinha pela primeira vez e o miudo ADOROU!!! Chafurdou, nadou (à moda dele, claro), mergulhou… foi uma festa. Estou a ver que temos aqui o próximo Michael Phelps :-))
- O Thilan aprendeu a virar-se. Quando está deitado de costas vira-se de barriga pra baixo. O único problema é que o rapaz nunca gostou muito de estar de barriga para baixo e sempre que se vira fica ligeiramente irritado, pois não percebe muito bem como é que se meteu naquela alhada. Mas isso não o impede de repetir a proeza vezes sem conta e de ficar chateado vezes sem conta, o que é, claro, hilariante para o papá e a mamã.
- Demos papaia ao Thilan pela primeira vez. Aliás, foi a primeira vez que o rapazote provou comidinha. Fica aqui a reacção do piqueno:
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Em Estado de Exaustão
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
O pãozinho tá no Porto
E anda todo contente!! Seguem-se fotos comprovativas.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cor de burro quando foge
- E de que cor são os olhos do Thilan? São azuis?
- Não, não são azuis.
- Então, são verdes?
- Não, não são verdes.
- Mas também não são castanhos, pois não?
- Não, também não são castanhos.
- Pretos?
- Não.
- Então?!?!
- Pois….
A cor dos olhos do meu filho, bem como a resposta à pergunta “a quem é que ele sai?” continua no segredo dos Deuses. Quando tiver mais informação, aviso!
Monday, March 02, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
As 7 da manha...
Ainda de pijama, com cara por lavar e fralda por mudar.Gosta das manhas, tal como o pai!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
On Tuesday
Thank you grandma! Can you babysit again next Tuesday? ;-)
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
E verdade...
E como prenda os meus pais ofereceram-me 2 vacinas no rabiote! Uns amores, estes meus pais. Eu não gostei mesmo nada da brincadeira! Nada, MESMO NADA!! A bem dizer, chorei um bocadito, claro está! A minha mãe, que é uma tonta, quase chorou comigo. Sinceramente não percebi bem porquê. Afinal quem levou as espetadelas fui eu!! Mas enfim... a minha mãe e mesmo assim, tontinha, que lhe havemos de fazer?
Aparte a parte das picas que, como disse ali acima, nao gostei MESMO NADA, gostei de fazer 2 meses. Já me sinto um homenzinho. E a minha mamã diz que já pareço um. Ela é mesmo uma mãe babada, mas eu até a entendo. Estava no outro dia a olhar para mim no espelho do meu ginásio e reparei que sou mesmo um giraço. Sou tão giro, que não consigo parar de me olhar no espelho. A minha mãe aproveita que tenho esta veia narcisista e deixa-me ali a olhar para mim mesmo, enquanto toma banho. Eu não me importo, pois ela regressa a cheirar bem a sabonete e cheia de culpa por me ter deixado sozinho uns minutos. E por causa disso enche-me de beijos e mimos, o que não e nada mau, não senhor!
Além do espelho, também me dá imenso gozo brincar com os outros habitantes do meu ginásio. Acho piada ao Sr Eddie the elephant com as suas orelhas barulhentas e os seus olhos grandes. Passo horas a conversa com ele e a amassar-lhe as orelhas. Tenho de confessar que isto de amassar as orelhas do Sr Eddie e um truque novo. Eu mostrei-o ontem aos meus papás e eles ficaram histéricos. Fartaram-se de aplaudir, cantar e sei lá que mais... São um embaraço estes meus pais! Para a proxima não lhes mostro nada!
Agora ando a treinar agarrar nas pernas do Sr Leão colorido que está pendurado no meu ginásio. Mas ainda não percebi muito bem como e que isto funciona, pois às vezes agarro nele tão bem e outras vezes falho redondamente. Mas eu sou eu rapaz perseverante e hei-de aperfeiçoar a técnica! E o Sr Leão que se prepare, pois vai ver o que lhe acontece quando o conseguir agarrar a sério!
Também acho engraçadas as caras e caretas que os meus papás fazem so para me verem rir. Eu lá os incentivo com sorrisos de orelha a orelha, gargalhadas e pequenos gritinhos para eles saberem que lhes acho mesmo muita piada. Além disso, é sempre giro ver os pais a fazerem figurinhas tristes só para me entreter. Vou ver se para a próxima os convenço a fazer o mesmo em público. Aí e que me vou rir a sério!!
Ontem a minha avó foi embora para o Porto. Esteve cá 2 semanas inteiras a estragar-me com mimos! Mas é mesmo para isso que servem as avós e eu gostei muito de a ter cá em casa. Ela deu-me banho, deu-me o biberão, mudou-me a fralda, adormeceu-me e deu-me horas de colo!
E ainda teve tempo de me fazer uma camisola giríssima com o correspondente carapuço! A camisola ainda está um bocadito grande, mas um dos carapuços ja me serve. Ora vejam lá se não fico um espectáculo com ele posto?

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It's true
I'm 2 months old today.
And as a gift, my parents gave me two injections to my bottom. They are lovely, these parents of mine! I have to say, I didn't enjoy the experience at all. Really didn't. REALLY REALLY didn't! To be honest, I cried a little. And my mother, who is a little silly, almost cried with me. I didn't quite get why, though, as I was the one who got pricked! But this is my mother… so what can be done?
In spite of the pricks (which, as I said before, I REALLY didn't care for), I quite enjoyed turning two months. I already feel like a young (little?) man. My mummy keeps on saying I look like one. My mummy is quite proud of me and I can't blame her. I was looking at myself in the mirror on my play mat the other day and realised I am really quite cute! I am so cute, I can't stop looking at myself in the mirror. My mother takes advantage of this narcissistic streak of mine and leaves me there, staring at myself, while she has her shower. I don't mind it, to be honest, as she returns smelling nicely of soap and feeling guilty for leaving me on my own for a few minutes. She then gives me loads of kisses and cuddles which is not too bad, no sir!!
Apart from the mirror, I also have a lot of fun playing with the inhabitants of my play mat. I like Mr Eddie, the elephant with his noisy ears and big eyes. I spend hours chatting to him and scrunching his ears. I must confess, this ear scrunching business is a new trick of mine. I showed it to my parents yesterday and they were hysterical, clapping and cheering madly. My parents can be quite embarrassing that way! I don't think I'll show them anything next time!
Also, I've been practicing grabbing the legs of Mr colourful Lion, who is also hanging from my gym. I confess I haven't quite mastered the whole thing, as I sometimes hold him really well, and other times fail miserably. But I am a perseverant little boy and will get it right, eventually. And Mr Lion better be ready, as he has no idea what will hit him when I finally manage to catch him properly!
I also find hilarious the funny faces my parents make just to see me smile. I encourage them with smiles, giggles and little screams, so they know I find them really very funny. Besides, it's always good fun to see your parents making a fool of themselves, just to keep you entertained. Next time, I'll try to convince them to do the same in public. That will definitely make me laugh out loud!
Yesterday my grandma returned to Porto. She was here for two whole weeks spoiling me rotten with cuddles. But that is exactly what grandmas are for, and I loved having her around. She gave me my bath and my bottle, changed my nappies, put me to sleep and held me for hours. And she even had the time to knit a very cool jumper and matching hats. The top is still a little big, but one of the hats already fits. So, you tell me, do I not look cool?
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Till next we meet
Till next we meet
Originally uploaded by toxssin
Today, Avó Marilia managed to cross a frozen London to catch a flight back to Porto.
Over the two weeks that she was with us, Thilan has changed (for the better) and has enjoyed the sense of calm and also fun that arrived with her. Not only did Avo Marilia knit what is probably the Grrrreatest jumper (more of this in a future post) but she also brought with her tasty recipes and a new face for Thilan to smile at. Thanks for all the help.
And come back soon Avó!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
1 mes, 1 semana e 2 dias..
Estas bochechinhas nao enganam ninguem, pois nao?
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Thilan on Tuesday #1
Monday, January 05, 2009
Niss on Someday #5
Oh yes. I is a Daddy!
Becoming a dad in these modern times is not like it was a few decades ago...no sirree no. You don't get to sit in a comfy waiting room with other imminent dads talking about last night's game of footy and chugging on a cohiba. No. The modern imminent dad has to be present at the actual birth. No ifs or buts you've got to be in there willing your partner to breathe...don't push...try not to break my fingers...breathe...still don't push...keep the noise down...breathe...and PUSH! PUSH! PUSH!...and behold your beautiful baby boy...a Thilan if ever I saw one. Please note that the bit before you get to beholding a beautiful baby can be quite long - by which I mean the time it would take you to read a book - War and Peace rather than The Gruffalo!
And to be honest I wouldn't have missed it - not even to watch Liverpool beat Manchester United from the Kop end! It would have been a huge mistake to miss seeing Thilan take his first breaths.
But that was one month ago and Thilan's changed a little every day. One thing that hasn't change from day 1 is his apparent distaste for sleeping whilst the big(ger) people might be eating dinner. Thilan is a soul with a sense of mischief that makes him need to be present whilst we eat, so that, even though he's likely to be desperately trying to stop his tiredness closing his eyes, he can watch one of us try to cut up a steak or some suchlike with only one free hand! I can't wait to see what he gets up to when he bores of that game!
Monday, December 29, 2008
Nao e uma vaca qualquer
Da leite e manteiguinha
Mas que vaca tao fofinha
Dlim, dlao, dlim, dlao
Um chocalho se comprou
E a vaquinha ate gostou
Passeia pelo prado
Mata moscas com o rabo
Dlim, dlao, dlim, dlao
Nunca me identifiquei tanto com uma personagem de ficcao como me identifico agora com a protagonista desta linda cantiguinha.
Bolas!!!! O rapaz come!!!! Bolas! Bolas! Bolas!
PS - o chocalho ja esta encomendado no ebay. Foi uma pechincha! Aguarda-se a entrega a qualquer momento!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Smile
O primeiro pensei que fosse um esgar sem significado, mas os que se seguiram nao deixaram duvidas. O meu filho sorriu... e foi o sorriso mais lindo que alguma vez vi!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
A familia Rajapakse
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Thilan
Thilan Joseph Silva Rajapakse nasceu no dia 4 de Dezembro, pelas 3:55 da manha na maternidade de Hillingdon. Pesava 3,430 kg e media 51 cm.
Ja nos virou as vidas do avesso, mas nunca fomos tao felizes. Sejas bem-vindo meu amor!
Monday, November 24, 2008
Niss on Someday #4
But, before I go, for those who want an update on the non-baby stuff....still no new house with enough space for the shoes and handbags or for me to fail to grow strawberries in the back garden, but we are still looking. We saw one house which even the crooked man (famous for walking a crooked mile) turned down, and not because it was too small! And then we decided to revisit a house we saw very early on in our search, but we'd initially discounted. Why had we scratched it from our list you ask...well perhaps it will become clear when I quote the estate agent "we call it the smelly house". Now I know everyone says you need to look beyond the furniture when viewing a house, but this was difficult, and we thought as a project it was the wrong time for us to take on such a house. However, given time to marinade and with the benefit of 20:20 hindsight provided by viewing a heap of heaps(!) it reappeared in my thoughts. But when we did decide to go and see it again, with the intention to put in a low, but realistic offer, we found that the credit crunch has decided to get involved in our affairs. So much for waiting for invites! Anyway, the poor vendor had defaulted and the place has been repossessed and taken off the market! Damned shame. But to quote the great man, the place of our dreams is "just around the corner".
The next few weeks wil not see us viewing many more places as our attention is increasingly on the bump and when it will turn into a flat tum and a ball of joy in the outside world!
Friday, November 21, 2008
9 days!!
9 days to go! Not 9 weeks, not 9 months - 9 DAYS!!
Oh GOD!!! :-))))))))))))
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
a brincar as escondidas...
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Niss on Sunday #3
Xana and I spent a somewhat surreal afternoon this week waiting at the hospital. We had an appointment for this waiting, which was punctuated by the odd flurry of activity as we had a 3 minute scan and a 2 minute check-in with our new consultant, who with the name Mr Law would appear to have taken the wrong career path! Planned 34 week appointment with nothing significant to report, which is all that we need at this time. Can't tell you how glad I am that this is the last timetabled visit to the hospital which results in us leaving without our own bundle of joy!
More troubling is the total lack of significance to what I have to report on the finding a home project! I traipsed around 8 or 9 places this week, a joy which I shared with my mother. My goodness people need to get realisitic about what their tips are really worth. As any decent estate agent will tell you, your house is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. And I amn't willing to pay nada for some of the places I saw this week. So, whilst my better half embroiders another bib for the baby, I waste time surfing websites for our next home. Google. You are failing me!
Talking of bibs...my Sri Lankan relatives sent some fantastic presents for Pancrasinio. Pictures below don't do them justice, but we're both looking forward to dressing up our little one in these great clothes. So check back sometime soon for a shot of them being properly modelled.


Thanks go out to all the Jayawickrema's, Dissanayake's, Lintotawela's and Lintotawela-Guerra's! My son's gonna look dope!
Which reminds me, congratulations to my nangi Dilmini and her husband on the birth of their second son. We hope to meet them both sometime soon.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
São 6:30 da manhã....
Então, diariamente, o pequeno lá acorda por volta das 5 (por vezes antes) e toca a espreguicar, pontapear, esticar e "reviravoltar" com toda a energia de quem dormiu uma noite descansadíssima e está pronto a enfrentar as tribulações de um longo dia. Como é lógico, semelhante frenezim acaba por me acordar (muitas vezes sobressaltada) e pôr fim ao meu descanso. É que esta coisa de tentar dormir enquanto um ser mexerico faz a espargata e dança o fox-trot dentro da barriga tem que se lhe diga! E eu cá, confesso... tenho dificuldade.
De modo que me vou entretendo (enquanto as actividades matinais do pequerrucho não chegam ao fim) com este blog, uns sudokus e os 100000 livros sobre gravidez que me cobrem o chão do quarto....
Enfim... parece que a criatura finalmente acalmou.... vou tomar um duche a ver se desperto, que estou com um humor de cão! Até já!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
E agora... só faltamos nós!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Niss on Sunday(+1) #2
Anyway, I'm here now.
Having accepted a rather ungenerous offer for our (finally) rather lovely home (see previous entry if you want to see the brochure), we've begun looking in earnest at places that we might call home number 2. But I am premature.....
Xana and I spent most of Saturday at antenatal classes with other first-time parents-to-be. As promised by the Daily Mail, we even had our own stereotypical gobby single teenager accompanied somewhat reluctantly by the dude who did the doing! It was an enlightening experience and did take away some of the trepidation, but then I'm not the one who is going to be giving birth! At least we saw the ward where, all being well, our little one will enter the world and it's not too shabby. Please bear in mind that this is coming from someone who is looking at living under the bridge in a few cardboard boxes.
The good news from the classes was that the little one doesn't need washing all that often, in fact the lesser then better! To quote the midwife - just top and tail the little darling and they'll be fine. The bad news is that he'll probably require tailing at least 6 times a day! The baddest news was something I had never heard before which is that the umbilicus gets gangrenous before it drops off. When I used to visit houses with newborns, I assumed the smell was from nappies and burped up milk, but clealy this must have been mostly made up of rotting, gangrene-ridden human flesh! I think I found one reason to have a summer baby...you can leave the baby out in the garden with the umbilicus on show in the hope that a passing crow might have off with it (leaving behind a gangrene-free baby).
As I started saying earlier, we spent the rest of the weekend looking here and quite afar at houses. Based on the prices and the quality of the properties we saw, there are some real comedians out there, and the estate agents don't help. One house was described as well-presented in the brochure. It was not. I think it would have been doing it more justice to describe it as "furnished in slum-chic". The agent who showed us around referred to it as the smelly house! Enough said. The search continues....
Belly continues to grow and doesn't appear to give much rest. It's great to see an arm, leg or bottom stick out of my wife's tum but sometimes it takes Xana's breath away. Our wait continues....
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
5 anos e 6 meses depois....
Tenho pena, pois deixamos aqui um pouco (muito) de nós.... mas é mesmo o início de uma nova era!
Wish us luck :-)
PS - os curiosos podem ver fotos a partir do link ali em cima, se clicarem en "full brochure"
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Niss on Sunday # 1
So with all the best will in the world, I will use some part of my lazy Sunday's to update the blog from my point of view. Thus, NoS.
(I demonstrate here my knack for somewhat wishful thinking that beyond the end of November 2008 there will be any such thing as a lazy Sunday in our lives...but if there is one, I'll post something! For those not in the know, on 30 November (coincidentally a Sunday) all Hell is due to break loose as our (first/only?) little angel is delivered! Which by my counting leaves only 49 days.)
Are we ready? Mentally I am, I think. But I know the mother-to-be is. And in terms of the stuff you need for a new baby? Got that covered too. Camera? Check! Camcorder? Check! Anything I am missing? No didn't think so. No embarrassing moment will go unrecorded for posterity (and hopefully a best-man's speech one day).
The one who can do nothing wrong (she's carrying my baby after all) did mention that we need to look at cots, changing units, nappies, bottles, sterilisers (a little too late for that don't you think?), baths, monitors....but I'm not convinced we need all that stuff!
... Xana and I have just spent an hour researching reusable nappies.....oh boy am I looking forward to sluicing and scrapping the more stubborn soiling. I hope the environment is worth experiencing these joys!
More next week.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Coisas dele...
- é um irrequieto
- gosta de andar de carro e de autocarro
- é teimoso e só mostra as suas habilidades quando lhe apetece
- tem imensos soluços
- parece gostar de Prince (para encanto do pai)
- não gosta mesmo NADA de ser apertado
- fica agitado quando a mãe está no chuveiro
- acorda a meio da noite para "brincar" e não deixa a mãe dormir
- se acalma com a presença do pai
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
escrava
Muitas vezes fico assim, imóvel, sem voltar a adormecer, com medo que o meu sono bruto o volte a despertar e interromper o seu descanso.
A 65 dias da data prevista e já sou escrava do seu bem estar. And I would't want it any other way!
Saturday, September 06, 2008
E aqui está ele!!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Thursday, August 07, 2008
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