<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366</id><updated>2011-12-01T08:35:07.899Z</updated><category term='evidence'/><category term='odd news'/><category term='(s)p(r)oof'/><category term='animals'/><category term='dreams'/><category term='secrets'/><category term='Bye Bye'/><category term='photography'/><category term='Easter Holidays'/><category term='Movie Reviews'/><category term='veggies'/><category term='garden'/><category term='music'/><category term='plays'/><category term='photos'/><category term='snow'/><category term='Summer 2006 close encounters'/><category term='proof'/><title type='text'>Nocturnal Encounters</title><subtitle type='html'>Upper Deck,  Web Log Entry 000000001,  Year 2005. 

"Life is full of words... Enjoy your reading!"</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>202</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-5835087863884869025</id><published>2008-11-25T11:43:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-11-25T11:46:23.878Z</updated><title type='text'>Being a kitten is tiring!</title><summary type='text'>Perfect timing!They seem rather tired !</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/5835087863884869025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=5835087863884869025&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5835087863884869025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5835087863884869025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/11/being-kitten-is-tiring.html' title='Being a kitten is tiring!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SSvle8lVEoI/AAAAAAAAAK4/yEMlz3Wg9Xc/s72-c/november+093.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-2322888723953782376</id><published>2008-11-19T07:20:00.002Z</published><updated>2008-11-19T07:32:55.679Z</updated><title type='text'>Women...!</title><summary type='text'>Loss of a rather important "handbag"!Astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper went outside the ISS for a space walk. Her mission was to repair and lubricate the solar panel's connective arms.She lost her grip on the tool bag that she carried and it started drifting away...and it is still drifting away slowly but steady!I feel for her!actual article on cnn.comphoto taken from here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/2322888723953782376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=2322888723953782376&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/2322888723953782376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/2322888723953782376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/11/women.html' title='Women...!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SSPBFR0_noI/AAAAAAAAAKw/T0EMvGgixqM/s72-c/539w.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-935910500710851223</id><published>2008-10-30T14:06:00.003Z</published><updated>2008-10-30T14:12:34.986Z</updated><title type='text'>Nice !... But , who won ???</title><summary type='text'>David Maitland, a wild-life photographer captures "a Battle Royal" moment .David Maitland's "deadlock" is this year's winner of the competition's Behaviour: Other Animals category.   David said the photo was just a snapshot in the struggle between a tree-frog and cat-eyed tree-snake that lasted for hours through the night in the tropical forests of Belize.story taken from bbc</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/935910500710851223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=935910500710851223&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/935910500710851223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/935910500710851223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/10/nice-but-who-won.html' title='Nice !... But , who won ???'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SQnAYegikII/AAAAAAAAAKo/68NXwTm6URg/s72-c/4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-2265175172447683311</id><published>2008-10-15T07:53:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T08:14:53.771+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Crisis in World Economy</title><summary type='text'>For at least two weeks we were bombarded with words like recession, loss, Dow Jones down, Nikkei Tokyo down etc...Quite scary stuff, heh ?One thing I can't understand is why on earth do Japanese use red numbers to show gain of the index while they use green for the losses...?I will look into the matter and let you know!pictures taken from here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/2265175172447683311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=2265175172447683311&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/2265175172447683311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/2265175172447683311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/10/crisis-in-world-economy.html' title='Crisis in World Economy'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SPWU5cEUNlI/AAAAAAAAAKg/Euhx0ubXc9k/s72-c/358x283.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-4296890973467570890</id><published>2008-09-18T09:29:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T09:55:57.508+01:00</updated><title type='text'>They are crazy , these Japanese!</title><summary type='text'>Gadget trip to Tokyo...a usb-powered warmer for slippers,an unusual muscle toning methodmore than a mirror to you!,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/4296890973467570890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=4296890973467570890&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/4296890973467570890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/4296890973467570890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/09/they-are-crazy-these-japanese.html' title='They are crazy , these Japanese!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SNIXHXRPn-I/AAAAAAAAAKA/jnFVPcXB8tM/s72-c/7.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-5798787620850434110</id><published>2008-09-16T07:51:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-16T08:07:30.148+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Paralympics Beijing 2008</title><summary type='text'>WILL POWER !!!Mexico's Juan Reyes in the 100m Freestyle - S4. He has no arms so uses his incredible abdominal muscles to push himself across the poolOUCH !!!Havoc hits the closing stages of the women's 5,000m after the race leaders clip wheels with two laps to gophotos and info taken from bbc </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/5798787620850434110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=5798787620850434110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5798787620850434110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5798787620850434110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/09/will.html' title='Paralympics Beijing 2008'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/SM9ZuPhxJbI/AAAAAAAAAJo/t7KQ73kSfis/s72-c/_44994901_mexicanleg416.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-3143363684135483077</id><published>2008-09-11T12:44:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2008-09-11T12:54:56.296+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Alive and kicking!!!</title><summary type='text'>Truly, it has been a while since my last PPPPOOOOOSSSSTTTT.I hope everyone is ok...I 've finished with my Army Burden, which wasn't a burden after all!I 've met some very interesting people, I've made a number of friends and I left the army with a rather sweet taste!I had a rather hectic summer, and now I am having an even more hectic autumn hovering around my new job and the family </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/3143363684135483077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=3143363684135483077&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/3143363684135483077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/3143363684135483077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2008/09/alive-and-kicking.html' title='Alive and kicking!!!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-5758205275626864439</id><published>2007-12-27T22:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-12-27T23:17:06.511Z</updated><title type='text'>Its been a while eh?</title><summary type='text'>                      Hello Soldier!So bored here, I took the initiative to post something. God, this blog needs some serious updating!Anyways.....Memento is in the Army. He received a letter in August saying that he needed to do his military service blah blah blah...So, now he is in a hospital learning how to kinda "nip tuck" wounds and some other stuff I wouldn't know. Thats all for now!Wishing</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/5758205275626864439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=5758205275626864439&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5758205275626864439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/5758205275626864439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/12/its-been-while-eh.html' title='Its been a while eh?'/><author><name>*little angel*</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13586248343847074185</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_kQnVe_bsNMU/R3QyNV3X8KI/AAAAAAAAACY/0lyRUvYSei8/s72-c/DSCF3286.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-833775948033280816</id><published>2007-03-22T00:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-22T00:53:04.505Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bye Bye'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Easter Holidays'/><title type='text'>I am off ...</title><summary type='text'>Guys and Girls,Ladies and Gentlemen,I 'll try to keep in touch during my "holidays" in Greece.Enjoy your Easter Holidays and Take care !Easter in Ormilia, April 2003The photo that accompanies the words  is a photo taken  on Easter  of 2003, which was the last Easter I spent in Chalkidiki!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/833775948033280816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=833775948033280816&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/833775948033280816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/833775948033280816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-am-off.html' title='I am off ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RgHSPLxlkdI/AAAAAAAAAG8/5shMwr1OeIw/s72-c/DSCF0064.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-7129909784401664734</id><published>2007-03-19T21:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-19T22:26:26.188Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movie Reviews'/><title type='text'>Relapse is over ... time to blog!</title><summary type='text'>It has been a while since my last post, that is for sure!The fact that I have been working my a$%e off has been noted on earlier posts... so I won't use it as an excuse.The fact that my digital camera is broken and I have already used almost all the photos taken is something I can certainly use as an excuse, and I will !Nothing special happened recently...I've booked tickets and I am flying to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/7129909784401664734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=7129909784401664734&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/7129909784401664734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/7129909784401664734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/03/relapse-is-over-time-to-blog.html' title='Relapse is over ... time to blog!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rf8NZBwoL9I/AAAAAAAAAG0/U3O5E96MuZ0/s72-c/the+illusionist.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-3407299096748898593</id><published>2007-03-08T19:52:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-03-08T20:07:16.525Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evidence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='proof'/><title type='text'>Here is the Proof !</title><summary type='text'>I am a hard-working boy... and here is the evidence.This photo was taken on my camera-phone, while I was sorting non-GFP drosophila larvae under a UV light Microscope...enjoy!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/3407299096748898593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=3407299096748898593&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/3407299096748898593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/3407299096748898593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/03/here-is-proof.html' title='Here is the Proof !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RfBs4keX3lI/AAAAAAAAAGk/MSWU6DGRCgY/s72-c/DSC00151.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-6838679806571213917</id><published>2007-02-25T22:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-25T23:18:45.980Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plays'/><title type='text'>Little Red Riding Hood    by Mrs V.</title><summary type='text'>Last August, a group of children consisting of my two little sisters-Efie and Rania-  and many of their friends, produced and put on an adaptation of the well known children 's  tale of the Little Red Riding Hood.Mrs V.  and the children re-wrote/adapt the story of the little Red, while my brother and I made the stage ( I built a whole house out of cardboard,  my brother found more cardboard </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/6838679806571213917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=6838679806571213917&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6838679806571213917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6838679806571213917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/little-red-riding-hood-by-mrs-v.html' title='Little Red Riding Hood    by Mrs V.'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/ReIU13qN7hI/AAAAAAAAAFc/bxBmXHm5hbc/s72-c/other+photoz3+sssumer06middle+043.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-239515623401764935</id><published>2007-02-24T17:58:00.001Z</published><updated>2007-02-26T08:52:31.100Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><title type='text'>Miscellaneous Pictures and Thoughts</title><summary type='text'>      by Safak Yildiz       by Judhi Prasetyo                                                              by Judhi Prasetyo                                                                            by Sabina Ulpowered by TrekEarth and TrekLens</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/239515623401764935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=239515623401764935&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/239515623401764935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/239515623401764935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/miscellaneous-pictures-and-thoughts_24.html' title='Miscellaneous Pictures and Thoughts'/><author><name>*little angel*</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13586248343847074185</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail 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rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/6699701300503727271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=6699701300503727271&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6699701300503727271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6699701300503727271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/music-photography-my-ss.html' title='Music &amp; photography (my @ss)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rd4QmoObaHI/AAAAAAAAAFM/I_UxhhBJ9gs/s72-c/Napoleon-Tomb.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-8368343623090610769</id><published>2007-02-17T05:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-17T06:28:26.936Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='secrets'/><title type='text'>My 5 (little) Secrets ...</title><summary type='text'>I've been tagged by spitogatos so,it goes like this:1. I like pink2.  I do not drive ... so, I have no driving licence .3. I wear funny pjs and fluffy slippers (only at home).4. I am a pretty good cook!                  and...5. I was the sole responsible for the death of my 5 goldfish!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/8368343623090610769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=8368343623090610769&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/8368343623090610769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/8368343623090610769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-5-little-secrets.html' title='My 5 (little) Secrets ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RdagSoObaFI/AAAAAAAAAEo/YrYQ1tSpVrs/s72-c/fouksia+girl.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-915233192797838281</id><published>2007-02-16T20:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-16T20:10:17.299Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='veggies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='garden'/><title type='text'>My Dad's garden . . .</title><summary type='text'>these are photos taken last July;the tomatoes are still green,the cucambers are still flowers, the parsley is still young and the rose is very prettya huge thanx goes jointly to my father who planted all these, and  my brother, Pepe, who took the photos!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/915233192797838281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=915233192797838281&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/915233192797838281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/915233192797838281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/my-dads-garden.html' title='My Dad&apos;s garden . . .'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RdYOkIObZ-I/AAAAAAAAADg/iFJga_gXeNk/s72-c/other+photoz+007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-686276336555349207</id><published>2007-02-11T11:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-09T23:43:08.548Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photos'/><title type='text'>Dreams</title><summary type='text'>Nightmares, action, flying sky high, dreams in colour or in Black&amp;White ...what's your latest dream?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/686276336555349207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=686276336555349207&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/686276336555349207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/686276336555349207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/dreams.html' title='Dreams'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rc8F-oObZ8I/AAAAAAAAADA/sjW3djXhPzQ/s72-c/DSCF0002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-1100778355590607677</id><published>2007-02-02T23:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-02T23:40:36.758Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photography'/><title type='text'>Windows (not vista) and Doors (not THE)</title><summary type='text'>Windows                        &amp;                                  Door with number 8 !just that.* I am listening to music and I am bit too tired to type,  you may fill in any gaps...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/1100778355590607677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=1100778355590607677&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/1100778355590607677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/1100778355590607677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/windows-not-vista-and-doors-not.html' title='Windows (not vista) and Doors (not THE)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RcPLgufRYNI/AAAAAAAAABs/eZ9YCZ8iFDU/s72-c/DSCF0015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-338172700849196887</id><published>2007-02-01T23:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-02-01T23:51:53.826Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='(s)p(r)oof'/><title type='text'>Global Warming...</title><summary type='text'>...is probably caused by the addition of another Sun in our solar system.And I've got the proof!Ice cap melting, rising waters etc... Nobody can blame humans for the extra Sun !anyway,the thing is that we might neeeeeed to cut the crap (or Carbon emissions)  and be more earth-friendly/sensitive...a post to the home sweet home blog gave me the idea for this post , and my humourous approach was the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/338172700849196887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=338172700849196887&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/338172700849196887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/338172700849196887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/02/global-warming.html' title='Global Warming...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RcJ6WOfRYMI/AAAAAAAAABg/rbgB6zsj2HQ/s72-c/November+2006+071.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-6454400111469083329</id><published>2007-01-29T11:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-29T11:23:00.822Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='odd news'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>What's for Dinner ? Not Duck, for sure ! ! !</title><summary type='text'>The original article was published about a week ago (or so) and it was about a duck who had been shot at twice by a hunter in Florida. The hunter found the duck unconscious, so he took her home, put her in the fridge and two days later told her wife to cook duck ...but the wife got the scare of her life when she realised that the duck was NOT dead ! The duck was then rush to the vet to be taken </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/6454400111469083329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=6454400111469083329&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6454400111469083329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/6454400111469083329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/01/whats-for-dinner-not-duck-for-sure.html' title='What&apos;s for Dinner ? Not Duck, for sure ! ! !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rb3YsefRYLI/AAAAAAAAABU/3NIRdqjcPOE/s72-c/story.duck2.wctv.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-7671847457943378571</id><published>2007-01-28T00:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-28T12:23:45.245Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movie Reviews'/><title type='text'>Babel</title><summary type='text'>We spent the night out with friends...Went to the cinema...To see BabelWell...The movie is a pretty good one (even though some questions* remain unanswered)Loved the music, especially the low beat pieces and of course the Japanese House ...Briliant photography...Not a great story but well directed...Overall :Brad Pitt looks old...but still, he is handsome...Kate Blanchett looks pretty and has </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/7671847457943378571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=7671847457943378571&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/7671847457943378571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/7671847457943378571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/01/babel.html' title='Babel'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rbv4UOfRYKI/AAAAAAAAABI/h4w0wvYMJcU/s72-c/babelpubk.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-4405351679884463442</id><published>2007-01-24T23:44:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-25T00:29:49.303Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='snow'/><title type='text'>Snow Snow Snow (not that much though...)</title><summary type='text'>Today I was rudely awaken by a text message around 6.40am...The text message read:Everything outside is white...It is snowing... and it will keep snowing for the whole day(wishful thinking there...)I got up, couldn't find the way to the nearest window (apparently this is what happens when you leave your soul behind, still sleeping under the warm duvet).Finally, I reached the window...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/4405351679884463442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=4405351679884463442&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/4405351679884463442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/4405351679884463442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/01/snow-snow-snow-not-that-much-though.html' title='Snow Snow Snow (not that much though...)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/Rbf55efRYII/AAAAAAAAAAw/lnbh0i7n22U/s72-c/DSC00145.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-647827181369972344</id><published>2007-01-15T23:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-15T23:44:48.516Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Summer 2006 close encounters'/><title type='text'>Close Encounters</title><summary type='text'>I would like to start my 2007 posts on a natural theme...Most of the photos were taken by my brother, P. (summer 2006 in Psakoudia, Halkidiki, Greece)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/647827181369972344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=647827181369972344&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/647827181369972344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/647827181369972344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2007/01/close-encounters.html' title='Close Encounters'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_lIfq_eRd5VM/RawQAOfRYFI/AAAAAAAAAAM/QLx8UiJYxDU/s72-c/august+028.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116757943536986407</id><published>2006-12-31T15:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-31T15:40:21.160Z</updated><title type='text'>2006                  Going, Going ... almost gone!</title><summary type='text'>Happy New Year !Health, Happiness and Love should lead the way into the New Year (additionally, through out the Year 2007 and beyond...)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116757943536986407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116757943536986407&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116757943536986407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116757943536986407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/12/2006-going-going-almost-gone.html' title='2006                  Going, Going ... almost gone!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116703936748940511</id><published>2006-12-25T09:32:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-25T09:39:58.143Z</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><summary type='text'>My warmest wishes to all of you... Wishes for a Merry Christmas (not white though, bloody weather) and a very happy New Year !Happy 2007</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116703936748940511/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116703936748940511&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116703936748940511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116703936748940511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116614119916604392</id><published>2006-12-14T23:56:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-15T00:15:41.140Z</updated><title type='text'>It 's that time of year again...</title><summary type='text'>...and for those who haven't written your Christmas and New Year's cards yet, there is still plenty of time to order some really pretty cards from Unicef's site.I've been sending Unicef's cards almost every Christmas for the past 10-15 years...I am placing my order now...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116614119916604392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116614119916604392&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116614119916604392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116614119916604392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/12/it-s-that-time-of-year-again.html' title='It &apos;s that time of year again...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116586627090541126</id><published>2006-12-11T19:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-11T19:44:30.926Z</updated><title type='text'>The Tube</title><summary type='text'>beautiful colours...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116586627090541126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116586627090541126&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116586627090541126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116586627090541126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/12/tube.html' title='The Tube'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116515337034570055</id><published>2006-12-03T13:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-12-03T13:42:50.366Z</updated><title type='text'>Gone Fishing...</title><summary type='text'>...in a Ford Ka ???</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116515337034570055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116515337034570055&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116515337034570055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116515337034570055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/12/gone-fishing.html' title='Gone Fishing...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116393502507815979</id><published>2006-11-19T11:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-19T11:21:18.753Z</updated><title type='text'>Covent Garden and Camden Town (by night)</title><summary type='text'>Last weekend was spent in London;Shopping, strolling along Covent Garden, being amused by Camden Town's sightings...Here is a pick of the photos taken...and of course a view of Big Ben and Westminster(photo taken from the inside of a  London Eye capsule)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116393502507815979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116393502507815979&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116393502507815979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116393502507815979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/11/covent-garden-and-camden-town-by-night.html' title='Covent Garden and Camden Town (by night)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116293288904978641</id><published>2006-11-07T20:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-11-07T20:55:54.103Z</updated><title type='text'>Tequila</title><summary type='text'>Shots !I've drunk many shots of  tequila during my early 20ies...This particular photo was taken in Leeds back in 2003.White tequila, plenty of lemon or lime and a pinch of salt!It is more than three years  since my last shot(s)*!*more than 20 shots actually</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116293288904978641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link 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src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116202397152403793</id><published>2006-10-28T09:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-28T09:27:52.826+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bad Pelican!</title><summary type='text'>This is a story I read on the paper about 2-3 days ago on my way to Brighton.In St.James's  park in London there are several species of birds swimming around, walking among people, being fed breadcrumbs by the tourists etc.Among these birds there is a pelican, who ... apparently forgot how fish tastes...There is no other explanation for the following picture...full story here </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116202397152403793/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116202397152403793&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116202397152403793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116202397152403793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/10/bad-pelican.html' title='Bad Pelican!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-116103449487887994</id><published>2006-10-16T22:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T23:35:05.453+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice to be back !</title><summary type='text'>Ladies and Gentlemen,I would like to welcome you all back into my blog. It has been a while since my last post, and I am afraid that I am getting rusty!I am listening to greek radio online and I am installing old software into my new pc.I've missed blogger a lot and I wll try to make up for it!enjoy your night</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/116103449487887994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=116103449487887994&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116103449487887994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/116103449487887994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/10/nice-to-be-back.html' title='Nice to be back !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115748942254025593</id><published>2006-09-05T21:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-09-05T22:33:33.076+01:00</updated><title type='text'>September in Greece...</title><summary type='text'>Firstly, I'd like to apologise for not updating my blog for ages... I've been really busy during August. And my laptop was dead for at least 2-3 weeks!But now, I am back...The weather is still rather warm (34 oC today) and I am not really busy, so I will try to get a tan and go for a swim or two... or even more!I am going back to England soon, around the second forthnight of September... I 've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115748942254025593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115748942254025593&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115748942254025593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115748942254025593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/09/september-in-greece.html' title='September in Greece...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115334390098172279</id><published>2006-07-19T21:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-07-19T22:18:21.146+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Managing a small hotel...</title><summary type='text'>Even though I've got most of my apartments booked for the following month and a half, I would like to invite my fellow bloggers to come and pay me a visit...If anyone is interested to spend some time in Psakoudia, just drop me a line and I'll make sure to book a room or two!!!and of course the beers and the tsipouro are on me!!!take care!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115334390098172279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115334390098172279&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115334390098172279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115334390098172279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/07/managing-small-hotel.html' title='Managing a small hotel...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115256039181398514</id><published>2006-07-10T20:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-07-10T21:29:03.940+01:00</updated><title type='text'>July in sunny Psakoudia</title><summary type='text'>Anyone up for tsipouro and grilled octapus???Again, just like last summer, I don't seem to keep my promise on updating my blog regularly!!!The main reason is that I am always busy...but I think that having a dial-up internet connection is a put-off by itself!!!Anyway, my summer is great so far, even though I am working my socks off!!!I had a dip in the sea once or twice since I  arrived and I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115256039181398514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115256039181398514&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115256039181398514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115256039181398514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-in-sunny-psakoudia.html' title='July in sunny Psakoudia'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115071049464069762</id><published>2006-06-19T10:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-19T12:16:00.030+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I am going home, I am going home....... !!!</title><summary type='text'>I am packing my summer clothes, the gifts I bought for my loved ones and I am off to Greece...I am flying home tomorrow morning, so I guess the next post will be from Greek soil!I 'll make sure that I keep you up to date with plenty of photos of the beach, the sea and my sisters...I am going to the lab now, for a couple of hours,  and I am taking with some beers and crisps to celebrate !</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115071049464069762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115071049464069762&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115071049464069762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115071049464069762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-am-going-home-i-am-going-home.html' title='I am going home, I am going home....... !!!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115063182165830981</id><published>2006-06-18T12:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-18T12:57:01.686+01:00</updated><title type='text'>London Trip (once again)</title><summary type='text'>This time my trip to London was dedicated to art!I was joined by two friends of mine, Giannis and Leda( coming all the way down from Leeds!), who provided me with tickets for the Michelangelo sketches at the British Museum.We spent almost 2 hrs there and we then went for Mexican food... and lots of Sangria. !Oh, I bought 3 books from a bookshop opposite the Museum...Homer's Odyssea (in ancient </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115063182165830981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115063182165830981&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115063182165830981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115063182165830981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/london-trip-once-again.html' title='London Trip (once again)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115063052946666992</id><published>2006-06-18T12:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-18T12:42:33.016+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The long-awaited Michelangelo's sketches</title><summary type='text'>Finally, I've got some photos (taken from the book that I bought from the British Museum) of the sketches that Michelangelo studied through out his life... (and what a life, he died aged 89!!!)Portait of Michelangelo (1546), engraving  by Giulio BonasoneAn old man wearing a hat (Philosopher) 1495-1500The three crosses (1523) Study for Adam (1511) this is a study for a part of the famous Sistine </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115063052946666992/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115063052946666992&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115063052946666992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115063052946666992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/long-awaited-michelangelos-sketches.html' title='The long-awaited Michelangelo&apos;s sketches'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115036979486128431</id><published>2006-06-15T12:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-15T23:56:12.256+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wrestling with Microsoft Excel...</title><summary type='text'>I've been wrestling with the worksheets of Microsoft Excel since last evening... after 5 cups of strong coffee, 4-5hrs of sleep and some more coffee... I 've finished part of the job, but there is much more left!wish me luck</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115036979486128431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115036979486128431&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115036979486128431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115036979486128431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/wrestling-with-microsoft-excel.html' title='Wrestling with Microsoft Excel...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115006306582835786</id><published>2006-06-11T22:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-11T22:57:45.830+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh... and some more</title><summary type='text'>These were taken in Psakoudia, Chalkidiki (September 2003)Before and after the storm</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115006306582835786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115006306582835786&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006306582835786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006306582835786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/oh-and-some-more.html' title='Oh... and some more'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115006115305133771</id><published>2006-06-11T22:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-11T22:25:53.053+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Spooky !!!</title><summary type='text'>These children were not afraid of the fact that they were lying in stone-made coffins ... I remember that I was rather shocked by their spooky behaviour, but finally I realised that children like to play and to reenact scenes from horror movies ... It was funny, after all!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115006115305133771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115006115305133771&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006115305133771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006115305133771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/spooky.html' title='Spooky !!!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115006073873416745</id><published>2006-06-11T22:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-11T22:27:00.433+01:00</updated><title type='text'>more ...</title><summary type='text'>The following photos were taken in Kirkstall Abbey, about 4 miles from Leeds. The abbey is "one of Britain's best preserved abbeys", being founded in 1152.A rather old and tired willow tree, reaching for the river's water ...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115006073873416745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115006073873416745&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006073873416745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006073873416745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/more.html' title='more ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-115006017940595389</id><published>2006-06-11T21:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-11T22:09:39.426+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Old photos...</title><summary type='text'>I am taking a brake from the World Cup Finals...I am drinking my coffee, listening to fine Jazz music  (again) and looking through photos mostly taken in Leeds almost 3 to 4 years ago...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/115006017940595389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=115006017940595389&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006017940595389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/115006017940595389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/old-photos.html' title='Old photos...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114989487991297537</id><published>2006-06-09T23:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T00:45:47.990+01:00</updated><title type='text'>More London ...</title><summary type='text'> a bit of window shopping for my dear friend apousia ... The statue of Eros, Piccadilly CircusTwo lost Mexican tourists , Regent Street...Piccadilly Circus Videowall...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114989487991297537/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114989487991297537&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114989487991297537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114989487991297537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/more-london.html' title='More London ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114985605719696270</id><published>2006-06-09T13:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T13:27:37.226+01:00</updated><title type='text'>London = Shopping Therapy (?)</title><summary type='text'>Therapy ... no way! I was walking on Oxford street at least for 5-6 hours ... I was sooo tired ! The weather was great, sunshine and 25 oC... Any trip with the tube felt like a journey to a tropical island... There is a strange breeze in the tube tunnels ... It is almost magical... I had a great time. London is so beautiful !  My 6-hour shopping at Oxford Street, with only a break of 30 minutes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114985605719696270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114985605719696270&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114985605719696270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114985605719696270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/london-shopping-therapy.html' title='London = Shopping Therapy (?)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114963519058147322</id><published>2006-06-07T00:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T17:01:04.800+01:00</updated><title type='text'>It 's a beautiful night !</title><summary type='text'>The sky is clear,  full of stars... and a shiny silver -almost half, (actually more than half, I've just checked) - moon !   I might go moonbathing !I am feeling so great ... I feel happy ! I think the song I am listening to is really helping !The Impossible Dream by Andy Williams ... Simply great !The photos aren't blurry because of the Ferry Wheel !I like photos that show motion!Again, homage' </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114963519058147322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114963519058147322&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114963519058147322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114963519058147322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/it-s-beautiful-night.html' title='It &apos;s a beautiful night !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114954735102992981</id><published>2006-06-05T23:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-06T00:52:06.546+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Buddha Bar , Paris ( Xmas 2005)</title><summary type='text'>More photos... lovely colours + dim lighting + drinks... Check the Buddha himself!!! If I remember correctly, I drank a Mojito, and a glass of Moet&amp;ChandonAnd after that we went to Bastille -actually Place de la Bastille -  for pizza (around 3am) I really enjoyed that night.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114954735102992981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114954735102992981&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114954735102992981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114954735102992981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/buddha-bar-paris-xmas-2005.html' title='Buddha Bar , Paris ( Xmas 2005)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114937236934460126</id><published>2006-06-03T22:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-03T23:06:09.366+01:00</updated><title type='text'>music and photos...</title><summary type='text'>sometimes I feel like looking at photos and listening to music! and nothing else... and I fly away...no, I am not tripping, yet! And certainly I am not on Drugs... and apparently I haven't even tasted any alcohol today. . . I am going to enjoy the evening by watching the night sky and listening to some really good old funky Jazz ... c ya there! If only I had a couple of cold Coronas and/or an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114937236934460126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114937236934460126&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114937236934460126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114937236934460126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/music-and-photos.html' title='music and photos...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114919086788623207</id><published>2006-06-01T20:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-02T00:52:35.006+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I had Japanese for dinner...</title><summary type='text'>I left the lab earlier today, and I went for a bit of window shopping ... but it was awful. Too many people...Screaming, pushing you around ... it was just torture... So, after I stopped at GAP to buy some new fancy underpants, I thought : " what the hell, let's have Japanese tonight!" and I visited my local Wagamama...I had an Asahi (Japanese Beer), a raw salad - with plenty of red onion and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114919086788623207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114919086788623207&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114919086788623207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114919086788623207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-had-japanese-for-dinner.html' title='I had Japanese for dinner...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114862977919542124</id><published>2006-05-26T08:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T22:16:02.486+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My younger (baby - ) sisters...</title><summary type='text'> Efie and Rania respectively... I haven't seen them since last September, when I left for UK. These photos were taken back in September... and when ever I miss them I click on their photos and they make me happy . I love them sooo much, even tough they are such little devils all the time!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114862977919542124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114862977919542124&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114862977919542124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114862977919542124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/my-younger-baby-sisters.html' title='My younger (baby - ) sisters...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114851549581667475</id><published>2006-05-25T00:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T01:04:55.836+01:00</updated><title type='text'>English Summer ...</title><summary type='text'>It is the end of May... next week summer is starting . Yeah sure... It has been raining non-stop for the last 2 weeks  ... and it is bitterly cold, too! At least,  when the dark clouds are playing hide and seek with the sun, that provides some great looking photos.Oh, by the way have you heard the latest joke ? English Drought ...  ( it does not last for long though ! )</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114851549581667475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114851549581667475&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114851549581667475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114851549581667475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/english-summer.html' title='English Summer ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114820460011703765</id><published>2006-05-21T10:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T10:46:32.290+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Have you ever wondered ...</title><summary type='text'> ...how  ATMs work? ...or  photo booths ?...or even coffee machines ...?I am sorry to disappoint you, there are no such things as micro-chips and automated systems in these machines... just ordinary people, stuck with the odd work ! A job is not for life... great stuff/staff!!!taken from here and from the original...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114820460011703765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114820460011703765&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114820460011703765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114820460011703765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/have-you-ever-wondered.html' title='Have you ever wondered ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114816411089001743</id><published>2006-05-20T23:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-20T23:28:30.906+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Finland (????) the Winners ...</title><summary type='text'>The Finnish "horror rock" group Lordi are the winners of the 51st Eurovision Song Contest ...A rather unusual winner, I might say... but still a quite Hard Rock song... ! I really enjoyed watching the Contest, which was AMAZING (to quote Maria Menounos...) !!!Congrats to the winners, and to the organisers. . .Even though there were 24 countries singing and 38 countries voting, I didn't feel tired</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114816411089001743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114816411089001743&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114816411089001743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114816411089001743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/finland-winners.html' title='Finland (????) the Winners ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114815712711405991</id><published>2006-05-20T21:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-20T21:33:52.793+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The 51st Eurovision Song Contest ...</title><summary type='text'>...is held in Athens !!!And is still on! I will update the post with the results and with the interesting comments of the BBC presenter, the great Terry Wogan!!!photo taken from here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114815712711405991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114815712711405991&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114815712711405991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114815712711405991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/51st-eurovision-song-contest.html' title='The 51st Eurovision Song Contest ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114787027229252020</id><published>2006-05-17T13:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T13:51:12.310+01:00</updated><title type='text'>London</title><summary type='text'>On Sunday I went to London to meet my uncle. The following photos were taken during the train journey from Burgess Hill to London Victoria... the "wet paint" one was taken in Clapham Junction and the last one was taken in Notting Hill Gate, Hyde Park... Enjoy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114787027229252020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114787027229252020&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114787027229252020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114787027229252020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/london.html' title='London'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114750488433538204</id><published>2006-05-13T08:08:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-14T09:57:42.453+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Drinking hour(s)</title><summary type='text'>The weather in Brighton has been really warm since Monday... Plenty of drinking opportunities... On Monday unfortunately we had to work till late in the lab, but on Tuesday, we left early (around 6.30pm that is) and we went for a couple of Coronas in a pub. We did enjoyed ourselves! Yesterday, we went for a couple of Coronas again , but this time we went to a pub with an open garden, had  two to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114750488433538204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114750488433538204&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114750488433538204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114750488433538204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/drinking-hours.html' title='Drinking hour(s)'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114725578784592731</id><published>2006-05-10T10:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T11:09:47.876+01:00</updated><title type='text'>movie ...</title><summary type='text'>On Sunday night I watched a great film on BBC4... " The Princess and The Warrior "It is a german film about a young nurse, Sissi, who lives and works in a mental institution somewhere near Wuppertal. She lives a secluded life in the asylum being mainly devoted to her patients. One morning she is left for dead by a truck and she is saved by a strange "weeping" guy, Bodo.  Have a peek ... a lovely </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114725578784592731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114725578784592731&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114725578784592731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114725578784592731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/movie.html' title='movie ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114695036826968732</id><published>2006-05-06T22:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T00:29:36.236+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A gift from Paris</title><summary type='text'>For all chocolate addicts : this is a photograph I found while sorting through my Paris Christmas 2005 photo-album folder... I guess it is a bit out of date, but  chocolate is always a catchy subject, especially when it is so well presented ! In the far left of the photo I can spot some white chocolate truffles and some other goodies as well ... I am bit hungry ... I am going to make something to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114695036826968732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114695036826968732&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114695036826968732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114695036826968732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/gift-from-paris.html' title='A gift from Paris'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114669871425670386</id><published>2006-05-03T23:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-06T20:07:49.456+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Virtual reality is virtual  no more...</title><summary type='text'>I am not familiar with the idea of the massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) per se, but I can guess what is all about... Or so I thought... I thought it was all about young teenagers gaming their way to their adolescence... or pathetic 45year old unemployed men who had nothing better to do than spending hours in front of their computer screen gaming their way to their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114669871425670386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114669871425670386&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114669871425670386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114669871425670386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/05/virtual-reality-is-virtual-no-more.html' title='Virtual reality is virtual  no more...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114629478286174720</id><published>2006-04-29T23:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T23:04:56.830+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Video ...</title><summary type='text'>In response to several queries on my fish's welfare...watch them swim!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114629478286174720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114629478286174720&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114629478286174720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114629478286174720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/video_29.html' title='Video ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114632490987527628</id><published>2006-04-29T16:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T22:55:34.670+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Facts and figures of modern life *</title><summary type='text'>For the next few days I am going to post some random, but rather interesting, facts and figures. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (widely known as ASBOs).Numbers of ASBOs issued in Britain since 1999: 7,096 Some of the weirdest reasons to receive an ASBO: Margaret Porter, 50, from North Yorkshire, was given a six-year ASBO in 2005 for attacking her brother with a stick of rhubarb. (see image of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114632490987527628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114632490987527628&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114632490987527628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114632490987527628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/facts-and-figures-of-modern-life.html' title='Facts and figures of modern life *'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114615870534161016</id><published>2006-04-27T18:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T14:08:20.326+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Rethinking of print advertisment</title><summary type='text'>                                                                Fitness Club ! (noticed any changes lately..?) The wonderbra effect!This site is great... Sooooo many clever advertisments. It is all about advertising on paper</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114615870534161016/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114615870534161016&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114615870534161016'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114615870534161016'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/rethinking-of-print-advertisment.html' title='Rethinking of print advertisment'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114609053488673153</id><published>2006-04-26T22:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-27T17:41:51.490+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Chernobyl: 20 years on</title><summary type='text'>26 of April 1986 : The worst nuclear disaster ever... Have a trip around the ghost city of Pripyat... bbc linksWildlife defies radiation...As humans were evacuated from the region 20 years ago, wildlife moved in. Existing populations multiplied and species not seen for decades, such as the lynx and eagle owl, began to return. Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident site- a nature reserve. What an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114609053488673153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114609053488673153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114609053488673153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114609053488673153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/chernobyl-20-years-on.html' title='Chernobyl: 20 years on'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114595176390300736</id><published>2006-04-25T08:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T08:56:03.920+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Creative outdoor billboard...</title><summary type='text'>Amnesty International outdoor shocker !taken from herecheck more billboards here</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114595176390300736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114595176390300736&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114595176390300736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114595176390300736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/creative-outdoor-billboard.html' title='Creative outdoor billboard...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114591275697824045</id><published>2006-04-24T21:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T01:29:42.450+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Federico Garcia Lorca</title><summary type='text'>A couple of poems ...CapriccioBehind each mirroris a dead starand a baby rainbowsleeping.Behind each mirroris a black forever and a nest of silencestoo young to fly.The mirror is the wellspring become mummy, closeslike a shell of lightat sunset.The mirror is the mother dew, the book of desiccatedtwilights,  echo becomes flesh.                         from Mirror suite                         </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114591275697824045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114591275697824045&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114591275697824045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114591275697824045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/federico-garcia-lorca.html' title='Federico Garcia Lorca'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114561257233807833</id><published>2006-04-21T10:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T10:46:27.173+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Good Friday *</title><summary type='text'>This year I didn't celebrate Easter during the Catholic Easter, and unfortunately I don't think that I will celebrate the Orthodox Easter either. I am working today and tomorrow.I hope I will be able to eventually, roast some lamb and potatoes, and open a bottle of wine, for Easter Sunday... Anyway, I have a train to catch... another random photo... 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It was a really fun day in lab!  I got back home around 9pm, cooked noodles with mushrooms and chillies, drunk a glass of white wine and watched the news. I thing its time for me to go to bed, read a chapter of my book and get some rest . The following photo has been picked randomly to be posted here </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114549031694826882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114549031694826882&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114549031694826882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114549031694826882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-am-going-to-bed.html' title='I am going to bed...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114538860207838239</id><published>2006-04-18T20:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T20:47:30.803+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I am tired...</title><summary type='text'>I hardly had any sleep last night...I spent the day partly at the supermarket, partly house-keeping... and now I must wash up the dirty dishes and clean the kitchen.  At least I will catch a glimpse of CSI: Las Vegas ,  then a shower and an interesting book . And, of course, while listening to favourite songs...  nite nite</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114538860207838239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114538860207838239&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114538860207838239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114538860207838239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/i-am-tired.html' title='I am tired...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114520946438521011</id><published>2006-04-16T18:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-16T23:07:47.860+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Easter *</title><summary type='text'>Enjoy your bunnies!taken from here*For Catholics and Protestants that is. The orthodox Easter is next week ...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114520946438521011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114520946438521011&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114520946438521011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114520946438521011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/happy-easter.html' title='Happy Easter *'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114518200450089699</id><published>2006-04-16T10:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-16T18:15:28.873+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Cocaine ...</title><summary type='text'>I am reading a book by Dominic Streatfeild,  COCAINE.It is quite an interesting book... It tells the story of the coca plant, the indians of south America, the Spanish conquerors, Freud and Cocaine addiction... I really enjoyed reading about the experiments done in order to demonstrate the binge pattern of cocaine taking! "... A famous experiment in the late 60s gave two sets of laboratory rats </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114518200450089699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114518200450089699&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114518200450089699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114518200450089699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/cocaine.html' title='Cocaine ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114458956735558259</id><published>2006-04-09T14:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T14:43:54.213+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The US consider nuclear weapons against Iran...</title><summary type='text'>According to Mr Hersh, the author of the original article on military action against Iran, the Pentagon is considering striking the Iranians with nuclear weapons (!!!). "...One of the military’s initial option plans, as presented to the White House by the Pentagon this winter, calls for the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11, against underground nuclear sites."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114458956735558259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114458956735558259&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114458956735558259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114458956735558259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/us-consider-nuclear-weapons-against.html' title='The US consider nuclear weapons against Iran...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114458051839849455</id><published>2006-04-09T11:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T12:04:10.870+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday News...</title><summary type='text'>Today is Sunday, I woke up late...had a slice of multigrain brown bread with butter and honey (greek one, delicious) and I am having my cup of coffee (filter, Costa Rican one, great aroma). I am reading through todays news, and thought that I can share them with you (not my breakfast though, only the news !)First of all,  Bush's administration is planning a US preemptive air-strike against Iran's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114458051839849455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114458051839849455&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114458051839849455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114458051839849455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/sunday-news.html' title='Sunday News...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114423067943780600</id><published>2006-04-05T10:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T10:51:19.483+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My Blog is One Year old...</title><summary type='text'>I am so thrilled that my blog is one year old... During that year I met many strangers, I chatted to friends, I read many blogs... I really like blogging, I do enjoy reading blogs and starting conversations ... I do like sharing photos and moments of my life with other fellow bloggers... It's fun and I am going to try to improve .The drinks are on me!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114423067943780600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114423067943780600&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114423067943780600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114423067943780600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/my-blog-is-one-year-old.html' title='My Blog is One Year old...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114399818537277039</id><published>2006-04-02T17:53:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T10:21:08.056+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Why???</title><summary type='text'>About a month ago, in northern Italy, an 18-month old baby boy was snatched from its family home in the middle of the night. What makes this abduction cruel is that the little boy suffered from epilepsia, and that its family wasn't a rich one... Two men, together with a woman, have been arrested after one of the men confessed the kidnapping. The kidnappers were two builders that have worked in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114399818537277039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114399818537277039&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114399818537277039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114399818537277039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/04/why.html' title='Why???'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114362499195720008</id><published>2006-03-29T10:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T10:40:08.936+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Total Solar Eclipse Today ...</title><summary type='text'>Check this link for live view of the eclipse from Kastelorizo and Athens, Greece.I hope the link works! If not, try this one  or hereEnjoy</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114362499195720008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114362499195720008&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114362499195720008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114362499195720008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/total-solar-eclipse-today.html' title='Total Solar Eclipse Today ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114337987715057578</id><published>2006-03-26T14:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-26T14:34:43.056+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Paris Xmas 2005</title><summary type='text'>This photo is showing two middle-aged (they look old, but it's probably due to the alcoholism) homeless men, sitting on the pavement (I think it is outside the Military academy or sth like that) on makeshift beds/homes, drinking and laughing... It was a very striking image! Another striking image was the makeshift "homes" of the homeless people under the bridges of the Seine. Unfortunately (or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114337987715057578/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114337987715057578&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114337987715057578'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114337987715057578'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/paris-xmas-2005.html' title='Paris Xmas 2005'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114293332412616628</id><published>2006-03-21T09:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-21T09:28:44.156Z</updated><title type='text'>I am sick as a dog!</title><summary type='text'>Sore throat, headaches, a little bit of a fever, blocked nose etc... Oh, and a lot of sneezing!So, I am staying at home, being nursed, drinking plenty of orange juice, eating soups...Unfortunately, I can't sit in front of the computer for a long time cause of the headaches and the sneezing (hehehe).I like this photo!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114293332412616628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114293332412616628&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114293332412616628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114293332412616628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-am-sick-as-dog.html' title='I am sick as a dog!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114242098413343333</id><published>2006-03-15T10:54:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-15T11:16:24.853Z</updated><title type='text'>Stupid note</title><summary type='text'>These photos were taken during my last visit to London Underground, around December.This note was stuck on a door, in one of the corridors of the Oxford Circus or Bond St stations (I can't really remember).try to read the note                                                                                                 Stupid note = Clever public intervention = Great photo opportunity</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114242098413343333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114242098413343333&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114242098413343333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114242098413343333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/stupid-note.html' title='Stupid note'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114206520148790474</id><published>2006-03-11T07:56:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-11T08:31:12.316Z</updated><title type='text'>The weekend is here!</title><summary type='text'>No new words today and tomorrow... Enjoy the  weekend, by going out for a stroll, watching a movie, go pub crowling etc. I had only a couple of hours worth of sleep after a really great dinner party in Brighton. Plenty of food with a variety of tastes and colours (mainly north African and mediterranean cousine), an overflow of wine (Red, Rose and White and even the bubbly stuff, Moet&amp; Chandon)and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114206520148790474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114206520148790474&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114206520148790474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114206520148790474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/weekend-is-here.html' title='The weekend is here!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114198475582287092</id><published>2006-03-10T09:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-10T09:59:15.846Z</updated><title type='text'>Five more words</title><summary type='text'>abnegation Pronunciation: "ab-ni-'gA-sh&amp;nFunction: nounEtymology: Late Latin abnegation-, abnegatio, from Latin abnegare to refute, from ab- + negare to deny -- more at NEGATE: DENIAL; especially : SELF-DENIALgauntPronunciation: 'gont, 'gäntFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Middle English1 : excessively thin and angular (a long gaunt face)2 : devoid of warmth, comfort, or hope (synonyms-Barren, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114198475582287092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114198475582287092&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114198475582287092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114198475582287092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/five-more-words.html' title='Five more words'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114182565639928776</id><published>2006-03-08T13:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-08T20:11:09.086Z</updated><title type='text'>Today's five new words</title><summary type='text'>arduousPronunciation: 'är-j&amp;-w&amp;s, -dyu-w&amp;sFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Latin arduus high, steep, difficult; akin to Old Irish ard high1 a : hard to accomplish or achieve : DIFFICULT  b : marked by great labor or effort : STRENUOUS 2 : hard to climb : STEEPjurisprudence Pronunciation: "jur-es-'prü-den(t)sFunction: noun1 a : a system or body of law b : the course of court decisions2 : the science </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114182565639928776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114182565639928776&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114182565639928776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114182565639928776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/todays-five-new-words.html' title='Today&apos;s five new words'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114174122160460438</id><published>2006-03-07T14:13:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-08T10:58:00.916Z</updated><title type='text'>Sudoku ...</title><summary type='text'>I found this sudoku (difficulty level: Difficult) on the Daily Mail. I am not sure if I should post it or not, but I do quote that it is a Sudoku found on the Daily Mail online archive.You should visit The Mail Online here to do a sudoku!enjoy</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114174122160460438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114174122160460438&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114174122160460438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114174122160460438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/sudoku.html' title='Sudoku ...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114173896445017196</id><published>2006-03-07T13:42:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-07T14:11:01.783Z</updated><title type='text'>Get Smarter in 7 days...</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that you can boost your IQ by 40% in a week ?A new BBC show called "Get smarter in a week" uses a number of volunteers that try to boost their brain power by following a 7 day special routine... It includes doing puzzles (crossword, sudoku etc), brushing your teeth with your other hand, eating healthy meals, learning a number of new words and using them in sentences during your daily</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114173896445017196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114173896445017196&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114173896445017196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114173896445017196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/get-smarter-in-7-days.html' title='Get Smarter in 7 days...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114156040425634020</id><published>2006-03-05T11:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-05T12:08:18.103Z</updated><title type='text'>Am I getting older ?</title><summary type='text'>I suppose so! ... Apparently, everyone is getting older.I found this photo, where I am wearing those cute little shoes and a really fancy looking red shorts and t-shirt... and I look rather happy/confused. It seems like I was praying.  This photo was taken around 1982 (I think)The next one is the photo that I use in my profile... I was a very imaginative boy... If I remember correctly, I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114156040425634020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114156040425634020&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114156040425634020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114156040425634020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/am-i-getting-older.html' title='Am I getting older ?'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114156228945912682</id><published>2006-03-05T11:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-05T12:47:00.530Z</updated><title type='text'>Clever Advertising  !</title><summary type='text'>Really funny !I've found it on : Agencyfaqs </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114156228945912682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114156228945912682&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114156228945912682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114156228945912682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/clever-advertising.html' title='Clever Advertising  !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114145789948273512</id><published>2006-03-04T07:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-04T12:16:47.836Z</updated><title type='text'>Good morning!</title><summary type='text'>I woke up around 7am and it was already a bright morning, the sun is rising earlier by the day.I prepared some coffee, and I am sipping it while I am making porridge... (oatmeal and wholegrain porridge)I need to go to the farmers' market, and then to the lab...good morning and enjoy your weekend!The photo is completely irrelevant!and that was certainly a photo opportunity...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114145789948273512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114145789948273512&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114145789948273512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114145789948273512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-morning.html' title='Good morning!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114122403408052102</id><published>2006-03-01T14:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-03-01T14:41:35.480Z</updated><title type='text'>4 Seasons</title><summary type='text'>This is the view from my balconyWinter to Autumn!The lovely oak tree and the cypress tree...  English skies... calm and evil !</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114122403408052102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114122403408052102&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114122403408052102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114122403408052102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/03/4-seasons.html' title='4 Seasons'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114095227077089089</id><published>2006-02-26T11:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-26T14:10:52.943Z</updated><title type='text'>Veggie-sculptor!</title><summary type='text'>I was looking through the photos from Paris, when I stopped to stare at the following one. This photo was taken in St Germain bullevard, or at least I can remember that we were near St Germain. This guy, an asian guy, was producing masterpieces out of beetroots, carrots, swedes and parsnips... He was amazing!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114095227077089089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114095227077089089&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114095227077089089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114095227077089089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/veggie-sculptor.html' title='Veggie-sculptor!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114062067721718723</id><published>2006-02-22T14:47:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-22T15:04:37.723Z</updated><title type='text'>Cape Farewell  Arctic Voyage</title><summary type='text'>Sea ice, Spitsbergen Archipelago 2003.Last night I was watching BBC4, when I realised that this week is the "Climate Chaos" season on BBC4. Plenty of great documentary about Global warming, El Nino, Sea level rise, and a brilliant 1hour long movie about an expedition into the High Arctic. Cape Farewell is a charitable organisation made possible through sponsorship and partnerships. Cape Farewell </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114062067721718723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114062067721718723&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114062067721718723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114062067721718723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/cape-farewell-arctic-voyage.html' title='Cape Farewell  Arctic Voyage'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114053284921409274</id><published>2006-02-21T13:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-21T14:48:38.176Z</updated><title type='text'>Athens 2004  Vs Wembley 2006 !!!</title><summary type='text'>British press was responsible for a number of vile articles on the 2004 Olympic games in Athens. Most of the articles were targeting the slow progress of the construction in most of the Olympic venues. (By googling the words Athens 2004  and Delays ... you are bombarderd with tonnes of articles). I was feeling rather humiliated by those articles...instead of feeling elated and proud, I was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114053284921409274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114053284921409274&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114053284921409274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114053284921409274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/athens-2004-vs-wembley-2006.html' title='Athens 2004  Vs Wembley 2006 !!!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114035311777250709</id><published>2006-02-19T12:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-19T12:57:34.263Z</updated><title type='text'>The Worst Jobs in Science</title><summary type='text'>Pain, Tedium, Danger, Disgust, Humiliation—It's all just part of the average workday for the (often proud, more often smelly) members of the third annual honor roll of the Worst Jobs in Science. The ten worst jobs in Science (for 2005), in descending order, are :10.Orangutan-Pee Collector. Their work is noninvasive—for the apes, that is . . .9.NASA Ballerina. Her dance partner is a supersensitive</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114035311777250709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114035311777250709&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114035311777250709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114035311777250709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/worst-jobs-in-science.html' title='The Worst Jobs in Science'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-114003486931316396</id><published>2006-02-15T19:51:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-15T20:30:43.583Z</updated><title type='text'>Quail Hunting season in Texas...</title><summary type='text'>According to Texas Parks and Wildlife website, there are specific dates for hunting. A detailed table gives the dates of hunting season for the state of Texas, grouped by animal. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the dates for hunting wealthy Texan attorneys (ie. Mr Harry Whittington )!!! So, I guess Vice-president Dick Cheney made a grave error and shoot Mr Whittington. Apparently Mr Cheney </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/114003486931316396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=114003486931316396&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114003486931316396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/114003486931316396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/quail-hunting-season-in-texas.html' title='Quail Hunting season in Texas...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113983208881392188</id><published>2006-02-13T11:56:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-13T12:14:54.816Z</updated><title type='text'>NY City : The Day after tomorrow !!!</title><summary type='text'>A snowstorm is hitting hard New York City and the north-east states. Record snowfall during last night, 68 cm of snow in one night!!!The Day After Tomorrow, indeed! photos taken from cnn.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113983208881392188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113983208881392188&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113983208881392188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113983208881392188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/ny-city-day-after-tomorrow.html' title='NY City : The Day after tomorrow !!!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113964288719723028</id><published>2006-02-11T07:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-11T07:32:02.693Z</updated><title type='text'>Let the Games begin!</title><summary type='text'>The XX Torino Winter Olympic Games have officialy began. I didn't watch the whole Opening ceremony, but I was lucky enough to witness the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, which was literally torched by the fireworks at the Olympic Stadium. Then, it was Pavarotti's turn to light fires... great stuff. And lets not forget, these games are Winter games, it was really cold out there, fires are good!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113964288719723028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113964288719723028&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113964288719723028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113964288719723028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/let-games-begin.html' title='Let the Games begin!'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113929997739944252</id><published>2006-02-07T08:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-07T08:14:32.003Z</updated><title type='text'>What war is really about...</title><summary type='text'>This video accompanied with the song "No Bravery" by James Blunt, was posted in another blog, Terrorism News. Stop this stupid war... and try to avoid starting a new one!Children deserve to live. The video is quite graphic, so for the faint-hearted is a no-no!Stupid wars</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113929997739944252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113929997739944252&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113929997739944252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113929997739944252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/what-war-is-really-about.html' title='What war is really about...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113890884221366245</id><published>2006-02-02T19:27:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-02-02T19:37:08.880Z</updated><title type='text'>Macabre Billboard</title><summary type='text'>I found this billboard on billboardom.blogspot.com This is an advertisment for Funeral Services.Funny as hell ... but someone might think that they 've gone too far !!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113890884221366245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113890884221366245&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113890884221366245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113890884221366245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/02/macabre-billboard.html' title='Macabre Billboard'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113821441915185394</id><published>2006-01-25T18:13:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-25T18:51:22.753Z</updated><title type='text'>Basic (Animal) Instict...</title><summary type='text'>The steamy title is about the thoughts of Thailand's Zoo officials on showing a DVD full of panda's sexual intercourse. . . Apparently, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts to mate the two black&amp;white mammals, the zoo administrator, Mr Prasertsak Puttrakul,  will attempt to inspire them by showing them the explicit panda "porn".There is nothing wrong with the guy who thought it. He realised </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113821441915185394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113821441915185394&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113821441915185394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113821441915185394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/01/basic-animal-instict.html' title='Basic (Animal) Instict...'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113777281212972526</id><published>2006-01-20T15:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-20T16:01:11.896Z</updated><title type='text'>Whale in London... !</title><summary type='text'>The whale was spotted making its way up the Thames to central London, the following photo showing it just outside the Westminster ... Read the article and live coverage on bbc.co.uk In addition to that, Giant jellyfish spotted in Japan ! Great Photo as well !!!I like this kind of news ! photos taken from bbc.co.uk and nationalgeograficnews.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113777281212972526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113777281212972526&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113777281212972526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113777281212972526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/01/whale-in-london.html' title='Whale in London... !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113768798657853465</id><published>2006-01-19T16:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-19T16:27:22.350Z</updated><title type='text'>Bin Laden Is Offering a Truce !</title><summary type='text'>A new audio-tape was aired by the Qatar-based news agency Al Jazeera. In the tape there are plenty of new threats against the US and comments about the terror attacks on European soil last year. Anyway, at the last part of his message he offers a truce to the west...What do you think the west will do? My guess is that the West will try and find a connection between Al Qaeda and Iran , in order to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113768798657853465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113768798657853465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113768798657853465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113768798657853465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/01/bin-laden-is-offering-truce.html' title='Bin Laden Is Offering a Truce !'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923366.post-113760045369997469</id><published>2006-01-18T15:55:00.000Z</published><updated>2006-01-18T16:07:33.723Z</updated><title type='text'>Chilli Fingers...updated III</title><summary type='text'>An old post of mine was about an index  finger found in a bowl of chilli in a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose. USA.  (check the posts here, here and here)  The couple that planted the finger is to be sentenced up to couple of years in prison for the scam...full article on CNN.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/feeds/113760045369997469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11923366&amp;postID=113760045369997469&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113760045369997469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11923366/posts/default/113760045369997469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nocturnalencounters.blogspot.com/2006/01/chilli-fingersupdated-iii.html' title='Chilli Fingers...updated III'/><author><name>Memento aka a moment in life</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07724441893438781097</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/4740/640/old%20013.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
