From Madras to Manila

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

My First Christmas Gift

I received what I believe to be my first Christmas gift yesterday. Thank you, Jane.
Here's wishing one and all a very merry Christmas.

Miss World 2005

Sandi has been rather unwell of late and the highlight of Saturday, normally our night out in town, was the Miss World finale. Being open-minded citizens of the global village, Sandi and I impartially assessed the line-up of contestants and settled on our four favourites based on objective criteria - Miss India (from our homeland), Miss Philippines (from the country that gives us our daily bread), Miss South Africa (looked Indian) and Miss Iceland (wildcard entry because she's beautiful, talented and otherwise well-suited to be Miss World).

Our wildcard entrant won and the other three placed out of 15 in the semi-final stage. Not bad!