CELEBRATING THE 40'S

Farah Fawcett died at the age of 62 last Thursday.
There was rumor flying around before that that he and Ryan O'neal was finally going to get married. That was so sad.

Then Michael Jackson, yes THE Michael Jackson passed away due to heart condition. There was another rumor about him converting to Islam. Did he die as a muslim? Only god knows. His death is being mourned all over the world.

But something they shared is still alive. They both left the people in their 40s with good memories of worldly culture, global impact, and that ONE PERSON CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. Take risks, that was what the late 70s- 80s was all about, and I want to celebrate that!

A POEM FOR SOMEONE OVER 40!

A computer was something on TV

From a science fiction show of note

A window was something you hated to clean

And ram was the cousin of a goat.

Meg was the name of my girlfriend

And gig was a job for the nights

Now they all mean different things

And that really mega bites.

An application was for employment

A program was a TV show

A curser used profanity

A keyboard was a piano.

Memory was something that you lost with age

A CD was a bank account

And if you had a 3 inch floppy

You hoped nobody found out.

Compress was something you did to the garbage

Not something you did to a file.

And if you unzipped anything in public

You'd be in jail for awhile.

Log on was adding wood to the fire

Hard drive was a long trip on the road

A mouse pad was where a mouse lived

And a back up happened to your commode.

Cut you did with a pocket knife.

Paste you did with glue

A web was a spider's home

And a virus was the flu.

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper

And the memory in my head

I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash

But when it happens,they'll wish they were dead.

Copyright; Author Unknown

SUFIAH OR PIAH?

I posted this last year, and it's no longer a hot issue. Sad, isn't it, to wait for sensationalization to get anyone to even talk about an issue..

Please think about that.




SUFIAH OR PIAH?


As the news of nude Sufiah grace the front page of our papers - complete with quick reponse of our government bodies - I too felt compelled to respond, even if in a slightly different tone than those commonly quoted --

What's the big deal about her being nude on the net, if we don't care about the hundreds if not thousands, young Malaysian girls baring their stuff from here?-

What about those allegations, and the many, many alleged 'expose' of local university students who sold their bodies to feed themselves?

Why haven't there been any serious and full blown action taken to help them, to coax them to come back 'into the light', to offer them scholarships, to provide safe lodging for them?
Why? Why, Why, Mr Home Affairs minister?-

Why did we waste so many hundred thousand dollars to help this Brit chit, when we know so many bright Malaysians need that scholarship, and in a better place to help this country? Just because the mother is Malaysian?

GET REAL!

TO YASMIN, ON HER AWAKENING TO WISDOM

Ok - just sharing some of my older posts from elsewhere! Just wondering how Yasmin is right now :)


Wednesday, April 2, 2008

TO YASMIN, ON HER AWAKENING TO WISDOM


Sis,You know I've been wanting to have my own blog for years (recent ones, at least) but never really got to it for many excuses/ reasons. It is you that managed to get me out of this doldrum finally, and for that I thank you.

Your tears in the last few days has made many friends, including myself, felt helpless. Under normal circumstances, an inter departmental transfer is hardly an issue, but this seems like the beginning of a larger movement, although we're not sure who are the real players until we get to see all the cards. Hmm, let's wait then.

Personally though, I admire the way you take everything in stride. You have never been someone who did her work half way, and at times when I saw you struggling with the paperwork to make sure they would be complete by the time to hand them over to the next person, I couldn't help but smile and sigh.

Perhaps the top management doesn't realize how you've carried most of the department's work on your tiny shoulder single handedly before I and the others came into the picture, and before they too came in. It won't be an easy task for the next person to top your standard, I can assure you that. After all that's happened, I feel proud how you've taken the effort to envision how this move could be the the basis for your paradigm shift. Great thinking for any career minded person!


Aah, let me share with you something that I really like from the past unknown:


"LITTLE MINDS TALK ABOUT OTHERS,
ORDINARY MINDS TALK ABOUT EVENTS,
GREAT MINDS TALK ABOUT IDEAS"

Good luck on your new assignment!
Remember we still share the same sky.
GO GIRL!

THE RIGHT TONE, EVERY TIME

That's a famous line, guys, from BOSS, a sound innovator company from Japan (I love Nippon). They can actually create stompbox that sound like the old 63Fender, you know...

I ain't talkin' about music though, it's about my BOSS, Ms HH. (that's for me to know who, and for you to find out by yourself)

I actually got to work for Ms HH by accident since.... come this 1st July, exactly a year ago. I was in a different department, feeling extremely frustrated and extremely tired with the way things were going. Luckily there was an opening in her department, and she accepted me, eventhough others were spreading not so good news about myself. I later found out that the good samaritans had been so kind as to advise my staff against me as well. What a relieve, coz then I didn't have to spend any extra time to explain myself!

It started quietly, as I began my fact finding mission about the job itself. It was a job tailor made for me, and I could feel myself blossoming. I had waited for so long to get water and air, and cow dung and all the good things for an organic life, and Ms HH had it with her all the while!

Well, before you know it, it's almost a year now. She made me dance, and sing and cry, and scream, and say all the bad things about good people :), and I love it. I did it all with the right tone, every time, because if I didn't, she would notice.

I'm still learning, as the best lessons in our lives lie in our hands. I hope she notice.



Happy 1st anniversary to me, Ms HH and all my girls!

EAT KUNYIT FOR HEALTH!

Health alert!

Just sharing with you something that the WARIS (people of negeri sembilan) has always known without help from science... kunyit@curcumin is very good for you!

Don't believe me?

We eat masak kuning every day, even if you have curry (well, the names is a different story) on the table. Since science here has said it all, i just want to share with you some of the more interesting masak kuning combi...



Duck eggs with unripe mango..
smoked beef with young kapas banana
young kapas banana with anchovies and black pepper
game meat with unripe mango
french beans and fish/ anchovies
pucuk ubi and fish/anchovies
smoked ikan semilang with daun assam
the 1001 sambal tempoyak (100 kinds of vege in it inc petai)
chicken & potato
pucuk paku with anchovies
young jackfruit (nangka) & chicken

**The right way to cook the yellow curry is of course without onion - just pure chili padi (the small fire chili) with turmeric (blend or better still pounded roughly(tumbuk). Put sufficient santan (coconut milk - betcha one of these days they'll say it's actually good for ya..) and cook on small fire. Ooh, small now, if it's too hot, the milk will 'break - cuddled' (pecah minyak) and your lauk is spoilt. So on small fire, make sure your ladle is moving all the time until it boils slowly. Put in your meat first, until cooked then put in a small portion of concentrated coconut milk. Put in your vege last. Heavenly!

Oops, for chicken, it's best to saute' the meat with the ingredients above first for a short while, + a couple of lemongrass. No lemongrass, you fail. Lemongrass adds Ummph to all your meat dishes.

Ok, once you are done, please invite me to try your dish! ha, ha.

HAPPY TRYING!

A weekly diet of curry may help prevent dementia
Posted in Longevity and Age Management, Alzheimer's Disease, Functional Foods on Mon June 15, 2009

Scientists believe that amyloid plaques, which are found in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, contribute to the degradation of the wiring in brain cells, eventually causing such symptoms of dementia as memory loss and mental impairment.

Now researchers from Duke University of North Carolina say that a key ingredient in curry -- curcumin, which is a component of the spice turmeric --� binds to those plaques, preventing their harmful spread and helping prevent the onset of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

They suggest that eating curry two or three times a week can lower the risk of dementia, and point out that Indian communities with a diet rich in curcumin have a low incidence of Alzheimer's. The researchers are currently testing the impact of higher dose of curry to see if they can maximize its preventive effect.

"There is very solid evidence that curcumin binds to plaques, and basic research on animals engineered to produce human amyloid plaques has shown benefits," says Professor Murali Doraiswamy of Duke University. "You can modify a mouse so that at about 12 months its brain is riddled with plaques. If you feed this rat a curcumin-rich diet it dissolves these plaques. The same diet prevented younger mice from forming new plaques," he explains. There are plans to take the research to the next step in order to test curcumin on human amyloid plaque formation using newer brain scans. And in fact, Professor Doraiswamy notes that a clinical trial is now underway at the University of California, Los Angeles, to test curcumin's effects in Alzheimer's patients.

Professor Doraiswamy says it may be possible to develop a curry pill that offers the same health benefits as making curry a regular part of the diet. However, Rebecca Wood from the Alzheimer's Research Trust emphasizes that people would need to eat a lot of curry -- over 100g of turmeric curry powder� -- to get a clinical dose of curcumin.

"Professor Doraiswamy's unpublished research applies only to animal models; his hypothesis has not been confirmed in human clinical trials," she says and adds, "We look forward to the results of the human curcumin trial at UCLA."

IF I COULD CATCH A RAINBOW FOR WAHIDA

Aaah,

A poem....

How the beauty seeps slowly into the soul to soothe it without one knowing.

May I then,
interest you in this short one, not written by me,
but one which I hope,
will be the lullaby to stop the pain that i've caused on a sunny day,
on a day blessed by god from time unknown to man (friday),
with rainbowsrunning riots everywhere

And I, tsk,tsk,
so caught up in mind games,
had hurt someone I really shouldn't

I'm sorry WAH!




If I Could Catch a Rainbow
© Sandra Lewis Pringle,
From Sandra's book Sing Loudly as Lions Roar.


If I could catch a rainbow,
I would do it, just for you,
And, share with you, its beauty, on the days you're feeling blue.

If I could,
I would build a mountain, you could call your very own.
A place to find serenity, a place just to be alone.

If I could,
I would take your troubles, and toss them into the sea.

But, all these things,
I'm finding, are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain,
or catch a rainbow fair;
but, let me be, what I know best,

A Friend,
who's always there.
I promise to defend you, should the occasion ever rise,

And,
I promise to wipe away the tears,
which might stream from your weeping eyes.

Let me be the trusted Friend,
the one that you know best.

I will never leave you,
on that,
you can surely rest

YES, CHRISTINA!

What do you say to a couple whereby one partner has a fortune in the good looks department, and the other has much less of it, so to speak?

Here's what I heard:

"Ooh, he's so handsome, and she's so lucky to get him"


I could see the lady wasn't feeling very comfortable, in spite of the smile on her face.



If I could say my piece, it'd probably be like this:

"I come in peace, and I think the best way to measure a man is by measuring the size of his toe!"

Hmmm..it'll be interesting to see the reaction to that. And of course..it does sound a little bit off, huh?



Oops, sorry guys, this isn't about male bashing thing, ok. I just want to say that:

1. it isn't right to embarrass people on personal things in front of others.
2. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
3. Let's put ourselves in the losing team's shoes before we form the words with our lips.
4. Empathy is the best policy.

I am right, and Christina Aguilera is right! If you're on the losing side, remember her song, and say Yes, Christina!

Beautiful

Written by Linda Perry

Don't look at me
Everyday is so wonderful

Then suddenly

It's hard to breathe

Now and then I get insecure

From all the pain

I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful

No matter what they say

Words can't bring me down

I am beautiful

In every single way

Yes words can't bring me down

Ohh no

So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious

You're so consumed

In all your doom, ooh

Trying hard to fill the emptiness

The pieces gone

Left the puzzle undone

Ain't that the way it is

'Cause you are beautiful

No matter what they say

Words can't bring you down

Ohh no'

Cause you are beautiful

In every single way

Yes words can't bring you down

Ohh no

So don't you bring me down today
No matter what we do

No matter what we say

We're the song inside the tune

Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go

The sun will always shine

And tomorrow we might awake

On the other side

'Cause we are beautiful

No matter what they say

Yes words won't bring us down

We are beautifulIn every single way

Yes words can't bring us downOhh no

So don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down, Today