Business: 17/07/2010
 Esme is off to Newday again this year. You may recall that Newday is massive youth event for young people. See the promo video below. Because Es has been to Germany this year already we said to here that if she was going to Newday that she has to raise a little bit towards it so today industry hit the Hider household!! Out came the pots, pans, squirty things and all (you can tell I'm a bloke eh?!) and off Es and her Mum went to make no less than just under 100 cakes to flog at Church tomorrow. As you can imagine, Es has already worked out exactly how much she will get in of she sells all of them... I suppose I have to let her go now....! Here's a bit about Newday: 3 Comments Chill: 02/08/2009
 Well today's a weird one....Saturday for starters so all the stuff mentioned below (stress) is off the radar today and it's time for chill....Add to that the fact that Es (daughter for those that don't know) has gone off to Newday - Christian event managed by the New Frontiers group of churches that our Church is a part of. There's about 7,000 kids that go there and she is going to have a ball for the 5 days she is there. Here's a promo of the event so you can see the scale of it!: | About the blogger:
Dave started blogging when, as a family, we went to live in India for 3.5 months in '08. You'll find out all about that story by going to our old blog here.
Dave overdid it a bit on the old blog in India with posts going up most days, so since returning to the UK, he has taken a bit of a break but feels now it's time to blog again! (July '09). Blogging is a weird thing and a bit voyeristic at times (!) so why do it? Surely life blogging in the UK will never be as exciting for people as it was in India? Well, the main reason for beginning to blog again is that we are pretty naff at the normal kind of communication! We have a number of good friends that do not live in the UK too and this is just one way we feel we can touch base with them. Feedback is that they are happy (ish) with that too! The final good reason for starting again is that the one person who has hassled me back to blogging is my older brother in China who runs a great blog about his bizzare life in China which you can view here. I guess if I am honest it's him I have in my mind when I blog so, for his sake (as I know he will read it!), if for no one elses...here goes.... Dave ;-) Categories:All ArchivesJanuary 2012 Life mantra:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought. |
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