You've been Papped...

Introducing our new "Snap the Pap!" feature...

Snap the Pap! is a new weekly feature for the Hebe blog... until the novelty wears off that is!?

The aim of the game is simple, snap the Pap (a.k.a. the new office boy, Marcus Carlsson, who is on loan from Sweden until April) when he's least expecting it, and send the photo in to us. For every genuine photo of the Pap, well send you a super tasty Daim bar... mmm, Swedish delights!

Shang Ting did suggest we called it "Slap the Pap!". Please note that there is a big difference between non-contact photo stalking, and physical harm.

So we don't get into any legal crazieness, let's say we'll keep handing out the chocolate for photos we recieve before 28 February 2011. One bar per person. One bar per photo - don't photo copy the same picture over and over and think it will be a happy pre-easter!?

The Hebe Week In Pics

We loved this at @ The NeighbourhoodThe horses that pass us by each morning at the officeOur dad attempts to use the iPad at the office (again)We meet with Dave Beer to talk projectsBagel fever hits the Hebe officeLee, Shang Ting, Marcus and Dom out in Milo, LeedsLee and Shang Ting enjoy a bit of Yo! Sushi

A Trip To The Thackray Medical Museum

 

Hebe's Shang Ting and Stacey set off for another one of their trips in and about Leeds and headed off to the Thackray Medical Museum to see what it was all about.

Officially

A museum that acknowledges the Leeds of long ago when disease and death was rife. It’s a journey through medical history.

Unofficially

You begin by selecting a character with a certain illness and lifestyle and throughout the museum you discover everything from your character's dwelling to the cure for their illness, which is so interesting. The first part of the museum is a reacreation of the streets of Leeds which are eerie and smelly but this only adds to the atmosphere. The whole museum has a interesting and educational atmosphere but it was a bit scary as we were the only two visiting the museum at the time. The journey through the whole musuem takes time and requires concentration at times. You can either browse through the museum or take time to read into each poster and exhibit. We did a bit of both :-).

The surgical section towards the end has a real life video of an amputation which made us a bit squeamish. We cringed a little bit while watching a video of the doctor saw through a patient’s leg in one of the first painless surgical procedures. There is also a theatre in the museum which shows a staged video of an amputation before anaesthetic, the Hannah Dyson story. The story is based on Hannah Poynton who trapped her leg in some machinery in 1823. It is definitely not for the fainthearted.

The sections on disease are still a bit creepy, especially with the strange crazy-eyed mannequins. The section on how the body works or the ‘life section’ was great for kids unfortunately we ran out of time as we didn’t expect the museum to take more than two hours but it did and we didn’t even read half the boards, books and items that were on offer. We would definitely go back again as we missed a lot of it towards the end(and we could as we were given free return passes after we paid, which was a nice touch).

Stacey says 'I honestly felt like I was a child again learning so many things about history that I learned when I was young. The interactive parts of the museum were so much fun although some parts were quite gory! It's amazing to see the medical advancements of the last century. We have come so far and we should feel lucky at how easy we have it now. Ouch!. My favourite part was seeing Shang Ting try on the pregnancy belly; she nearly toppled over :-).'

STP says 'I actually like how creepy it was, what other feeling can you expect when you going to a medical museum, right? Afterwards I read from the book Haunted Leeds by Kenneth Goor which says that the recreated Victorian street sections are the most haunted within the whole museum because the ghosts supposedly recognized the street scene and think they are still alive. Glad I didn't know this before I went!'

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MOJO Bar: Cocktail Preview Event

On Thursday we were invited along to preview the new cocktail menu at the awesome Mojo bar in Leeds. We were taken on a taste-journey by the owner Malcolm and it was amazing!

The new menu features some interesting-sounding mixtures like the Corpse Reviver No 2 and Diplomatico Daiquiri but they are actually delicious. You can tell how much Malcolm cares about the drinks at Mojo and takes great pride in explaining why certain things have been selected and included. Mojo also whipped up a few strawberry mojitos that we have not had since our Barcelona days which was a nice treat!