Pattys Sharing and Caring Place

20 June 2008 My Thai Friend, Gin

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:48:37 GMT

After a long long wait my computer whiz kid next door neighbour finally upgraded my pc yaaaaay! Instead of 128mb ram I now have 512mb ram.....Heaven.. no more freezing or frustration Trying to visit my online friends to leave comments was an absolute nightmare and I was only able to do what I could between freezings.
Between now and 3rd September I will be saving madly coz this globe trotter is up up and away again this time....Thailand here I come..again! This will be my 3rd or 4th trip to this amazing and beautiful country. It will be interesting to see what changes have been wrought by the tsunami. I had a friend, Gin, she lived in Phuket Town, I havent heard from her since the tsunami.... Gin visited my friends Gail and Charlie and myself here in Newcastle and I showed her around our beautiful city. A friend was head keeper of the koala enclosure at a nature reserve here and he took Gin into the enclosure after hours and allowed her to cuddle the koalas.....she was ecstatic!! With my help Gin had a crash course in acrylic and gel nails.....1 week...you would have thought she had been doing in for years. Gin took that knowledge and product home with her to set up her own business. The last I heard from her, she got married and sent me some little Bride and Groom statues from the wedding. Then the Tsunami came and went and........nothing! I will look for my beautiful friend Gin in September and hopefully a happy reunion will be had....I hope. Gin my lovely friend, I dedicate this blog to you...with love.

03 June 2008 360 News

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:51:29 GMT

Update on 360 Transition and Timing Hi Everyone, Here’s the latest news on the transition from your 360 page to your new profile on Yahoo!: It will be taking place sometime in the second half of 2008. We don’t have specifics on the date to share just yet, but you’ll be among the first to know. For now just keep this in mind: 2nd half ’08. I know you get a lot out of 360, and that there’s a good chance you’ve used it to deepen friendships and extend connections near and far. So, I completely understand that you might not exactly be “chomping at the bit” for the shift to the new system (i.e., that you might be dreading it on some level). Well let me first say that it’s truly Yahoo!’s honor to offer a service you rely on to fulfill those requirements—keeping your friendships vibrant and even building new connections. Yahoo!’s promise to you is we absolutely won’t let that drop! In fact, our upcoming (currently occurring) shift is based on these same core principles, but expands them across the entire Yahoo! network—so you can share your interests and activity with your community, and discover new content and experiences from your trusted friends. The approach gets a good description in the following articles and blog posts: Yahoo Open Strategy – Web 2.0 Presentation Yahoo rewiring itself from the inside out For example, your Profile will be integrated into the new Yahoo! Mail welcome page which will surface messages from the people who matter to you most. Additionally, you will see Updates from your important connections helping you to discover new content and activities in real-time. As part of Yahoo!’s initiative to open-up, users will be able to add applications from Yahoo and third parties on their Profile page and various Yahoo sites and pages, including the home page of Yahoo. Finally, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of what this means to you and your 360 account. We’ll migrate your profile photo, your nickname, your friends lists, blog posts and blog comments. We will continue to provide updates on the transition as we have more information. Matt Warburton Yahoo! Community Manager Thursday May 8, 2008 - 06:25pm (PDT) Permanent Link | 891 Comments Introducing 360plus - a New Vietnamese Blogging Application Hi Everyone, I want to share with you some news from Vietnam. Yahoo! unveiled several Vietnam-centric initiatives as part of our Southeast Asia business strategy. One of these initiatives is called 360plus - A new Vietnamese blogging application. This offering provides Yahoo! users in Vietnam with more ways to customize their blogs, connect to friends and share their experiences with their social connections. Just to be clear, the 360plus product is specific to the Vietnamese market and it is not the new universal profile that we have mentioned previously in this blog. So, while 360 is transitioning to the new profile for users worldwide, the 360 name will live on in a different product in Vietnam. On a related note, many of you have asked for an update on the new profile. We are working on an update and will post it to this blog this week. So, goodbye for now -- or as they say in Vietnam, tạm biệt! Matt Warburton Yahoo! Community Manager Tuesday May 6, 2008 - 08:48am (PDT) Permanent Link | 659 Comments Update on exporting blog posts and comments Hi Everyone, It’s been a few months since you heard from me. We thought it was time to let you in on recent developments. As I mentioned in my last post, the team is working hard to develop the new universal profile system, with full blogging capabilities. You will be hearing more from me on the new profile in future posts. Many of you have expressed concerns about the future of your blog content – both your posts and your comments. As I mentioned in my last post, we will migrate all of your blog posts and comments into the new profile. We’re committed to providing a rich blogging experience and hope that you keep your blog on your new profile. But we understand that you may want the flexibility of using an alternative blogging platform. Yahoo! will offer the ability to export your blog posts and comments in a format that can be imported into other blogging tools. As long as the blogging tool has an import function, you should be able to transfer your posts and comments to it. We will provide more details on the export process as we get closer to the launch of the universal profile. Thank you for all the comments. Keep ‘em coming. Matt Warburton Yahoo! Community Manager Tuesday February 12, 2008 - 03:54pm (PST) Perm

03 June 2008 360 News

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:49:33 GMT

You have all probably read this but for me it is new news and I thought maybe someone out there is like me lol

Update on 360 Transition and Timing: Hi Everyone,

Here’s the latest news on the transition from your 360 page to your new profile on Yahoo!: It will be taking place sometime in the second half of 2008. We don’t have specifics on the date to share just yet, but you’ll be among the first to know. For now just keep this in mind: 2^nd half ’08.

I know you get a lot out of 360, and that there’s a good chance you’ve used it to deepen friendships and extend connections near and far. So, I completely understand that you might not exactly be “chomping at the bit” for the shift to the new system (i.e., that you might be dreading it on some level).

Well let me first say that it’s truly Yahoo!’s honor to offer a service you rely on to fulfill those requirements—keeping your friendships vibrant and even building new connections. Yahoo!’s promise to you is we absolutely won’t let that drop!

In fact, our upcoming (currently occurring) shift is based on these same core principles, but expands them across the entire Yahoo! network—so you can share your interests and activity with your community, and discover new content and experiences from your trusted friends. The approach gets a good description in the following articles and blog posts:

Yahoo Open Strategy – Web 2.0 Presentation

Yahoo rewiring itself from the inside out

For example, your Profile will be integrated into the new Yahoo! Mail welcome page which will surface messages from the people who matter to you most. Additionally, you will see Updates from your important connections helping you to discover new content and activities in real-time.

As part of Yahoo!’s initiative to open-up, users will be able to add applications from Yahoo and third parties on their Profile page and various Yahoo sites and pages, including the home page of Yahoo.

Finally, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts of what this means to you and your 360 account. We’ll migrate your profile photo, your nickname, your friends lists, blog posts and blog comments.

We will continue to provide updates on the transition as we have more information.

Matt Warburton
Yahoo! Community Manager

Thursday May 8, 2008 - 06:25pm (PDT) Permanent Link | 891 Comments
Introducing 360plus - a New Vietnamese Blogging Application: Hi Everyone,

I want to share with you some news from Vietnam. Yahoo! unveiled several Vietnam-centric initiatives as part of our Southeast Asia business strategy. One of these initiatives is called 360plus - A new Vietnamese blogging application.

This offering provides Yahoo! users in Vietnam with more ways to customize their blogs, connect to friends and share their experiences with their social connections.

Just to be clear, the 360plus product is specific to the Vietnamese market and it is not the new universal profile that we have mentioned previously in this blog. So, while 360 is transitioning to the new profile for users worldwide, the 360 name will live on in a different product in Vietnam.

On a related note, many of you have asked for an update on the new profile. We are working on an update and will post it to this blog this week.

So, goodbye for now -- or as they say in Vietnam, tạm biệt!

Matt Warburton
Yahoo! Community Manager

Tuesday May 6, 2008 - 08:48am (PDT) Permanent Link | 659 Comments
Update on exporting blog posts and comments: Hi Everyone,

It’s been a few months since you heard from me. We thought it was time to let you in on recent developments. As I mentioned in my last post, the team is working hard to develop the new universal profile system, with full blogging capabilities. You will be hearing more from me on the new profile in future posts.

Many of you have expressed concerns about the future of your blog content – both your posts and your comments. As I mentioned in my last post, we will migrate all of your blog posts and comments into the new profile. We’re committed to providing a rich blogging experience and hope that you keep your blog on your new profile. But we understand that you may want the flexibility of using an alternative blogging platform. Yahoo! will offer the ability to export your blog posts and comments in a format that can be imported into other blogging tools. As long as the blogging tool has an import function, you should be able to transfer your posts and comments to it.

We will provide more details on the export process as we get closer to the launch of the universal profile.

Thank you for all the comments. Keep ‘em coming.

Matt Warburton
Yahoo! Community Manager

Tuesday February 12, 2008 - 03:54pm (PST) Perm

06 May 2008 Borneo

Tue, 06 May 2008 09:37:17 GMT

Oh wow Borneo was great! What an interesting country and so beautiful. I took heaps of photos and videos of Borneo and put them on a cd from the memory card in the camera and......yes I lost the cd....now Borneo is only a memory in my mind and I cant share the photos with you. I have got the ones of Kuala Lumpur tho and will post them on my page soon. KL cools a little in the evenings but Borneo is hot,humid all day and night and I loved it. I visited an Orang Utan sanctuary, went jet skiing....so mad, went to the Lok Kawi Zoo and Monsopiad Head Hunters village. Shopped till I dropped....every day and night lol. The Pacific Sutera Harbour Hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, was magnificent! I was treated like a princess there and in the Istana Malaysia Hotel in KL. Much of Borneo is so rugged with mountains and jungles. My friends hired a car and we went exploring up north and saw how people live away from the tourist areas. Kota Kinabalu is the main city in Sabah, Borneo and is like a big country town. KL is quite the opposite, a big bustling city, I sat in one of the side-walk cafes and just people watched, it was so interesting. You see all types there but very little bad stuff going on coz they are pretty hard on criminals there so I have been told. My friends have been there about 10 times now,they make it their final 'port of call' on each overseas trip they go on. They go overseas about 3-4 times per year! I have already begun saving for the next trip lol

30 March 2008 Borneo

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:19:20 GMT

OMG My head is still spinning On Friday, my friend, Gail, rang me and asked,"Can you be ready to fly out to Borneo on 11th April?" I said, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? OK!" I have been running around like a chook with its head off organizing a new passport, photos etc ever since I am so gobsmacked ........STILL hehe......cant think of anything more to say at the moment hahaha Will say more when I get my head together.......

EASTER BUNNY IS WATCHING US-HAPPY EASTER ALL

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:44:17 GMT

PROFILEJAZZ.COM

20 March 2008 How Bitchy am I?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:03:26 GMT

I have been brutally honest with this......eeek!

You Are 27% Bitchy

You're a pretty sweet person, and you're definitely not prone to bitchy outbursts.
Sometimes, though, you can't help thinking mean thoughts about people. But at least you don't act on them!

10 February 2008 Computer Problems

Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:26:37 GMT

Hi all, Sorry I havent been around much over the past few months, my computer is soooo slooooooow and keeps freezing coz it only has 128mb ram!! It is so very frustrating as you can imagine.I didnt realize just how slow it was until I went to visit a girlfriend up north and used her computer....WOW it was so fast...just think about the next page and youre there lol. At the moment I am assets rich and money poor so it will be a while before I can upgrade. Hope you like my new pics, I lost 2 stone in weight and feel and look so much better. Just another stone or so and I will be a new girl...yaaaaay! Oh another reason for my low finances is, I bought a boat! Just a little 18 foot 1/2 cabin so I can zip around Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia and drop a line here and there. I LOVE fishing and I'm not too bad at it either lol My little pet rat,Joey, died before Christmas and although I said I didnt want anymore pets,I weakened when I saw 'Jurd the Bird'. Jurd is a Rainbow Lorrikeet, a very colourful,pretty and friendly Australian Native parrot a bit bigger than a Budgie.Jurd is spoilt and absolutely loves me.He/she (has to be DNA tested for sex ID) Jurd smothers me with kisses and wears me out with his playfulness.He plays soccer with a little plastic bird ball,kicks it all around my family room lol and is so inquisitive.He has to poke his nose...er..beak into everything and I discovered early that I just CANT sit down to a meal with him out of his cage.He thinks he has the God-given right to everything I eat and drink. I mean, he doesnt eat much,but,gee,eating dinner after a bird has been nibbling at it, I DONT THINK SO lol Well thats me done for today,hopefully this box of wires and technology will allow me to return again soon. Keep safe.

22ndDecember 2007 Dads Birthday

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:50:24 GMT

Today is my Dads 80th Birthday....I made him a card but he isnt here to see it. On the 2nd February,2008 it will be 2 yrs since my Darling Dad left me to be with Mum. I have been breaking down and crying like a baby all day.....big sook arent I? Dad was my best friend in the world.There wasnt one thing he wouldnt do for me.Oh we had our moments lol but as Dad said,he and I enjoyed a good tussle then it was all loves and hugs again. My Dad was a brilliant man, he could turn his hand to anything and he was totally self-taught. Dad learned by trial and error. Like the time he took Mums new iron apart so that if anything went wrong with it in the future he would know what it was supposed to look like.Well, Mum was quite a dressmaker (self taught...she was brilliant too) she was making a white gown for a Ball and had to iron the hem in place........you guessed it! BANG! A mighty blue flame shot into the air! Mum had to sew a false hem into the gown......did a great job too.BOY O BOY did Dad cop it! lol BUT he learned from that....so did Mum he he. Dad eventually mastered electrical work,carpentry,cementing,plumbing,glazing,tiling,metalwork he even sewed on buttons and repaired his work clothes on Mums sewing machine BUT we never ate his stews!! Mum begged me when she was fighting Parkinsons Disease,"Patty PLEEEEEEEEZ dont let Dad cook the stew" lol. He could cook everything else,just NOT stews. Many more memories flood in, dancing and bouncing around me,I smile,I laugh then the tears flow. I never want to forget.I never want them to die and be forgotten. I keep my Dad and Mum alive by talking about them to my friends,my family.They are with me every moment of the day.Mum promised she would contact me when she passed and would never leave me. Two weeks later on 3rd May,2005, my beautiful Mum died in my arms. Three days before my Dad passed he said,"Patty,I will never leave you Love, and I will try to contact you,Troy,Damien and Nikita when I pass." You know, Nikita,my Granddaughter who was very close to my Mum and Dad,and I have had so many things happen that could only be from Mum and Dad. We can feel them with us every day which is comforting BUT we live in a physical,material world and.............well you know.....
Love you Mumma. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD, I MISS YOU AND LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.

Entry for 19 November 2007

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:50:51 GMT

Carrot Cake

Dec 05 01:57pm

Ingredients

1 cup grated carrot
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
1 cup caster sugar
1 cup self-raising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
grated orange rind, to decorate
orange slices to serve
CREAM CHEESE ICING
125g cream cheese, at room temperature
50g butter, at room temperature
3 cups icing sugar mixture
1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
1 tablespoon fresh orange juice

Method
1. Grease a 19cm x 30cm lamington pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.
2. Whisk carrot, eggs, oil and walnuts in a medium bowl until combined. Stir in combined sifted sugar, flour, cinnamon and soda. Pour mixture into prepared pan.
3. Cook in a hot oven (200C) for 15 minutes or until cooked when tested. Stand cake in pan for 5 minutes before turning onto a wire rack to cool.
4. To make cream cheese icing, place all ingredients in a medium bowl, beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
5. Spoon icing into a piping bag fitted with a fluted tube and pipe rosettes over top of cake or alternately spread over cake. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to set before serving.
6. Serve cake cut into rectangles with orange slices.

Hint. Iced cake can be made up to 3 days ahead or frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature before serving.