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much needed breaks 2008-03-08 21:35:53 My wife forwarded me this story. It is true how taking a break can do wonders.
A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, ‘How heavy is this glass of water?’
Answers called out ranged from 8oz. to 20oz.
The lecturer replied, ‘The absolute weight doesn’t matter. It depends on [...] Read more:breaks
international women’s day 2008-03-08 01:24:25 It is International Women’s Day today.
They are actually quite an admirable people. If my wife is representative of the species, I must say they are extremely resilient to life’s trials and tribulations.
I suspect that their threshold for physical pain is higher than men’s, too. Why else do they choose to have more children after the [...]
world’s oldest marathon runner 2008-03-06 20:05:28 This guy puts me to shame.
At 101 years of age, Buster Martin clocked 5hr 13 min for a half marathon over the recent weekend. He is now looking forward to the London Marathon.
When he accomplishes that, he will add yet another world record to his name. He already holds the world records for the [...]
terrorist in disguise 2008-03-06 19:56:36 I received this from my sis-in-law. Terrorism is not funny, but this picture is.
Who knows it may help in the effort to recapture the fugitive.
the lesson of the five balls 2008-03-05 19:08:32 I am reading James Patterson’s Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas. In it, he related a story of five balls:
Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day, you finally come [...] Read more:lesson
india addresses sex ratio imbalance 2008-03-04 20:04:02 India is addressing the practice of aborting female foetuses by offering cash incentives to poor families.
The country loses about 7000 girls every day through abortion, resulting in an imbalanced ratio of 927 female babies every 1000 males (2001 statistics).
Unlike in China where males are prefered primarily because they pass on the family name, Indian parents [...] Read more:addresses
debt redemption for india’s farmers 2008-03-03 19:54:09 The government of India has announced to write off small- and medium-sized farms’ borrowings from banks and credit cooperatives. Farmers whose plots are smaller than 2ha are eligible for the concession.
The government outmaneuvers the opposition, who promised last month an all-inclusive version of the election gimmick, if they came to power. Their proposal would have [...] Read more:redemption
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sorry, but alcohol does nothing for your sorrow 2008-03-01 00:51:13 They did an experiment on rats by first administering mild shocks to condition them to fear. Then they injected ethanol into the test subjects, and saline into the control group, to determine if alcohol is indeed effective in drowning people’s sorrow.
The researchers at the University of Tokyo must assume that rats, like us, are capable [...] Read more:sorry
believe it or not 2008-03-12 20:58:03 Researchers estimate that it takes 14 power stations to power the Internet.
In CO2 emission terms, they think this is comparable to the airline industry.
There goes my contribution to carbon savings by studiously staying at home surfing the net. Read more:believe
malaysian election – the day after 2008-03-11 23:01:21 Voters in a general election are a strange creature.
Malaysian voters delivered a clear message to the ruling coalition Barisan National (BN) by denying it of the governance of 5 out of 13 states, and a 2/3 majority it had always enjoyed.
BN still retains overall power, but this is its worst election performance since 1969.
The issues [...]
treat - piano recital ‘tong hua’ 2008-03-15 04:45:21 ‘tong hua’ is a fairly recent popular Chinese song. It means ‘fairy tale’.
Enjoy!
(The hosting site takes a while to load.. please turn audio on while waiting.) Read more:treat
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killer flu in hong kong 2008-03-13 18:35:24 First there was SARS. Then, SARS mysteriously retreated.
Next came the H5N1 bird flu. It has subsided too, though sporadic cases still make it to the news.
And now, questions about the killer flu in Hong Kong.
If viruses did have a mind like us, you would think they are conspiring. Experimenting and strategizing an ultimate pandemic on the [...]
notoriety pays 2008-03-17 19:26:34 We have largely ‘accepted’ as fact of life that people milk their ill repute for all their worth.
Still, I cannot resist a swipe at Ashley Alexandra Dupre, aka Kristen.
Here I am struggling to attract readership to this very blog, and there she is racking up seven million visits to her page on MySpace almost overnight!
Ever [...]
chauffeurs’ hazard 2008-03-16 20:54:16 Unlike cab drivers, personal chauffeurs are not exposed to nut cases or drunkards. Or ghosts.
You would think theirs is a relatively safe profession.
Well, not if you are a personal chauffeur to high profile people like politicians.
Thai Senator Anusart Suwanmongkol’s driver got killed in a bomb blast last Saturday. The explosion damaged the posh CS Pattani [...]
toilets fit for the olympics 2008-03-19 20:51:32 The new Olympic facilities in Beijing are more or less ready, except for feedback that they seriously lack toilets
of the sitting type.
Westerners find it impossible to multiplex squating and er, doing business.
Asians are more adaptible to either type. Most of them, anyway. But there are those who are unsure how to use the sit-down [...]
our parents had got to be joking 2008-03-18 20:04:04 Gold 90 FM DJs Yasmin and Tim O were recollecting some of the white lies their parents had told.
A caller into the radio station said her parents had prohibited children from eating fish roe, saying that the eggs would make them ‘bodoh’, or stupid in Malay. In retrospect, she suspects that her parents had in [...]
the sacrifice on good friday 2008-03-22 02:46:32 More than a thousand years before God executed His ultimate plan for salvation of mankind, He foretold the scenario in the parallel event of delivering the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
Through Moses, He instructed each man to bring home a lamb. The lambs were to be slaughtered four days later on the night when God [...]
true worth of money 2008-03-21 02:22:04 The easing of prices of a broad range of commodities this week is a welcome relief from the recent global inflation trend.
The prices of basic necessities like rice and wheat had increased relentlessly, and ordinary people start to feel the pinch. They feel helpless with limited visibility of the supply situations.
Left unchecked, inflation can [...]
embrace change 2008-03-23 22:36:47 There is a saying in football that if you stand still, you go backwards.
George Graham, football manager Read more:embrace
exchanging food for energy 2008-03-25 21:18:52 Biofuel crops were supposed to be the renewable source of energy which served also to mitigate climate change.
But evidence today indicates that they may actually do more harm than good.
The amount of carbon released in clearing land to grow these crops, as well as in processing the harvests into fuel, exceeds carbon savings in burning [...]
the making of frankensteins 2008-03-24 20:34:09 Would you agree with me, before I begin, that there are actions you simply shouldn’t contemplate regardless of the potentials they promise?
The British Cabinet is split over embryo research where emptied shells of animals’ egg, such as cows’, are fused with human DNA. They result in embryos that are 99.9% human, and 0.1% animal.
Isn’t that bizarre?
Proponents of the experiments cite [...] Read more:making
not just nature and nurture 2008-03-27 20:38:29 I think of world class athletes as gifted people who undergo regimented and vigorous training by equally gifted coaches.
So it amazes me that ‘little things’ like sports attire make split second differences which translate mole hills into mountains.
Just ask Jessicah Schipper, the women’s 200m butterfly world record holder. She claims that the Speedo LZR she [...] Read more:nature
twin yolks 2008-03-26 19:17:08 I was surprised to find twin yolks in the egg on my dish.
The mee siam hawker dismissed it as no big deal, but I still think it is very rare.
laser attacks on planes 2008-03-30 21:24:27 Laser attacks
on planes
are on the rise in Australia. Last Saturday, several pilots notified Sydney’s air traffic controllers that beams of green laser were directed at them.
Pilots could be temporarily blinded in such attacks.
The lasers were beamed from the ground. So it surprises me that they could reach such altitudes, and that the pranksters [...]
remedy for stomach discomfort 2008-04-01 22:46:44 As a teenager, I used to suffer frequently from what I thought was gastric pain.
I realise today that the bouts were probably caused by gas in the stomach. The Chinese call it wind.
I have also found a very effective remedy
. Woodward’s Gripe Water works not only for wind, but for other stomach unease too, such [...]
working not for the money 2008-03-31 20:25:56 Working for pleasure, experience, past time, a cause - anything else in fact, but money - is an appealing ideal in life.
South Korean President Lee Myung Bak is doing just that. He has pledged his salary for his entire 5-year term to charity.
His is a classic rags-to-riches story. Yet, he sees no need to incessantly [...] Read more:working
barcoded tombstones 2008-04-05 00:22:26 Japanese employ IT very extensively – quite literally from womb to tomb.
Some memorial parks are offering barcoded tombstones. Bereaved relatives simply scan these tombstones to view photos and information about the deceased that are logged in the structure.
casino race in asia 2008-04-03 21:48:15 Not too long ago, governments had protected their citizens’ well-being by making gambling, along with drugs and prostitution, illegal.
These are addictive activities. They are very effective in breaking up otherwise happy families.
So it is not a good sign that one after another, countries in Asia are looking to casinos as a source of revenue.
The Philipines is [...]
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