3rd May, 2016:  

Skippy and Rusty at the sundeck at home.

The cold weather arrive a bit early this year.  July and August supposed to be the coldest months in Auckland, New Zealand.

Two weeks ago, Skippy who is 11 years old (equivalent to 70 in human age) suffer a series of seizures.  We took him to the vet for medical treatment.

Thank God he recovered well, slowly gain his health and return to his doggie self.  Now we have give extra TLC and nurse him well.

We cannot simply imagine life without him or Rusty.

Dog are not pets but part of the family tree!

A world Record: World's biggest train set

Housed in a previously empty Hamburg building, it covers 1,150 square metres and features almost six miles of track, but is still not complete.

Frederick and Gerrit Braun, 41, have spent 500,000 hours and the equivalent of more than £8million working on it.

Their creation is on display to the public and is so vast they have to employ more than 160 people just to show visitors around.

Their 'Miniatur Wunderland' is split into six regions, including America, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Germany and the Austrian Alps.

Each region boasts detailed models of some of the world's most famous landmarks.

The American section is home to giant models of the Rocky Mountains and Mount Rushmore; the Swiss section has a mini-Matterhorn; and the Scandinavian part has a 4ft long passenger ship floating in a 'fjord'.

The brothers estimate the enormous track will be completed in 2014, when it will cover more than 1,800 square metres and feature almost 13 miles of track.

Today, their model railway comprises 700 trains with 10,000 carriages, 900 signals, 2,800 buildings and 160,000 individually designed figures.

The scenery took 700kg of fake grass and 4,000kg of steel to build. Night and day is even replicated thanks to 250,000 lights.

EyeClops Mini-Projector from Jakks Pacific Sounds Like Sweet Deal

(February 14, 2009, Source: Softpedia.com)

This device is to be officially and ceremoniously announced at the next edition of the Toy Industry Association’s Annual Toy Fair, which happens to be next week, in New York. But if you're just so very busy and can't attend, let me share with you the frugal information provided by Jakks Pacific Inc., the manufacturer of the EyeClops. Don't let the toy-like design fool you. This is a mini-projector in the true sense of the word, with a serious spec list – at least that's how it looks from the preview of its description. If the EyeClops and a DVD ever meet in a bar, they will surely get along nicely, as the EyeClops is supposed to easily connect to DVDs. I wish I were capable of as much empathy. In fact, the mini-projector is compatible with a wide range of devices, from video game consoles to digital cameras. Still, even if compatibility is important when it comes to projectors – you must know from which gadgets you can take stuff and project it – visual quality and brightness are much more decisive in figuring out whether the projector is a-ok or not. The product made by Jakks Pacific should be capable of throwing images of up to 70 inches on various surfaces, so its LED lighting power is not as puny as that of other mini-projectors out there. Considering the fact that these features are all bundled together at a price which – we are promised – will not go over $100, it all sounds pretty idyllic. But we'll know for sure whether the EyeClops should enter the gadget list of fame next week, when that funerrific, top-model-filled party known as the Toy Industry Association’s Annual Toy Fair will bring the New York house down.