International clutter

Small bits of clutter are slowly finding their way into the Patch. Amongst the first were the rubebr duckies in the toilet and the windchimes in my room - they are in an earlier post. In this post, I'll talk about bits of clutter which actually have international origins.

Swiss birds

Over Chinese New Year, the Ecosystem came by to visit. Our friend Pius, who won't be coming for the wedding dinner, brought us an early wedding gift - hand-made and carried all the way from Zurich.
Pius is a lovely person who very enthusiastically played tour guide on the two occasions we visited him in Zurich, and with whom I keep a regular email correspondence, even if itz just to complain about the weather here. He's also very good at remembering birthdays and we always get parcels from overseas for those. We're all looking forward to attending HIS wedding to Gwen in Switzerland soon.

Fairies from Hong Kong

Big & I are huge fans of Disney. I prefer the old school Disney style - think Snow White & Sleeping Beauty - and am not all that keen on the recent ones e.g Tarzan and The Little Mermaid. Big, on the other hand, likes them all.

One of our favourites is Tinkerbell - the fairy from Peter Pan. In J.M Barrie's original story, she is what most fairies and sprites are - mischievous and not very nice. In the Disney version, she was superbly cute. In the latest Disney expansion, she's simply amazing... you get the idea.

Here are Tink & her friends (not J.M Barrie creations) who came home with us from Hong Kong last year. Spot the odd one out.