3 Great Speeches by Aung San Suu Kyi

Leader of Burma's National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi's address to both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, in Westminster Hall, UK on 21st June, 2012.

Dr. Aung San Suu Kyi's speech at University of Oxford on 20th June 2012.

Aung San Suu Kyi's speech on her acceptance of Nobel Peace Prize in Norway on 16th June, 2012.

Simple & Meaningful

One day, the young lion asks his mom: "Mom, where is the happiness?"

Mom replies: "It's on your tail."

So the young lion keeps on chasing after his tail. But after a whole day of trying, he fails to get the happiness that is on his tail.

Then he tells his mom about this, his mom smiles and says: "Son, you don't really need to chase after your happiness, as long as you keep going and moving forward, your happiness will always be with you."

Wish every one of you find your happiness.

You can't decide the length of life, but you can control how you want to live it.

You can't control the weather, but you can control your mood.

You can't change your look, but you can smile.

You can't control others, but you can control yourself.

You can't foresee tomorrow, but you can utilize today wisely.

You can't win everything, but you can try your very best to achieve that.

Hope everyone can face the daily life positively and always happy...

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Jason Gan)

The Cannibal Restaurant

A cannibal was walking through the jungle And came upon a restaurant operated by a fellow cannibal.

Feeling somewhat hungry, he sat down and looked over the menu....

+Tourist: $5.00

+Broiled Missionary: $10.00

+Fried Explorer: $15.

+Politician (Baked Labor or Grilled Green or Fried Liberal): $100.00

The cannibal called the waiter over and asked,

"Why such a high price for the politicians?"

The cook replied,

"Have you ever tried to clean one? They're so full of shit, it takes all morning."

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Khor Kean Kar)

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The blogger received the following light-hearted response from his e-buddy Dr JB Lim and wishes to share with readers of this blog:
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Saturday, 30 June, 2012 12:05 AM

From: lim juboo

Thanks for your humor. This reminds me.

One of my favorite cuisines in Batu Pahat is Teochew porridge and hoon cheong (pig’s small intestine) and assorted dishes at the eating market in Jalan Abu Bakar. I head straight for this stall at each arrival in BP from KL.

This is also the much loved food of Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek whenever he goes back to BP. He sojourns there almost every week end.

One day I asked the stall hawker why was the hoon cheong so expensive at around RM 8-12 per plate? The uncooked hoon cheong he said is tagged at RM 16-18 per kg in the wet market.

He said he used to sell the tar cheong (big intestine) which was so much cheaper at RM 4-5 per kg. But this requires intensive cleaning. He used to pay a Cambodian or a Vietnamese worker to clean the pig’s large intestine which is very dirty and smelly. This cleaning took up all morning’s effort when most of the food needs to be seasoned and cooked before 12:00 noon ready for customers’ lunch.

But with the small intestines, they are so unsoiled, requiring no internal intestinal cleaning and excessive washing. No wonder they taste so scrumptious with their natural substances and chemistry inside, their histological morphology stays intact.

Cost wise, perhaps it is not worth eating politicians’ organs which require wide-spread clean up. Pig’s intestines are much more bargain-priced, affordable and flavorsome.

(A Teochew porridge and hoon cheong gobbler)

Entertainment of the Day

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Khor Kean Kar)

Walking The Dog (a tale to make you chuckle)

A WOMAN was flying from Melbourne to Brisbane.

Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sydney along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft the plane would re-board In 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind.

A man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her Guide Dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, 'Kathy, we are in Sydney for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?'

The blind lady replied, 'No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs.'

Picture this:

All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Guide Dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.

People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, but they were trying to change airlines!

True story. Have a great day and remember... THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR.

A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Annie Lee)

Irony of Life

Most 'First Class' students get technical seats, some become Doctors and some Engineers.

The 'Second Class' pass, and then get MBA, become Administrators and control the 'First Class'.

The 'Third Class' pass, enter politics and become Ministers and control both.

Last, but not the least,

The 'Failures' join the underworld and control all the above.

 

And those who do not attend any school, become Swamis and Gurus

and Everyone goes to them.

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Annie Lee)

Coconut Oil Touted as Alzheimer’s Remedy

The blogger received the following video show about the above-captioned subject:

TAMPA, Fla. - An estimated 5.4 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and that number is expected to increase exponentially as baby boomer generation enters their golden years.

But for some people, coconut oil has proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer's and may have even prevented it.

One of those people is Steve Newport, whose Alzheimer's has slowed considerably. Some of his symptoms even reversed, thanks to the unlikely treatment prescribed by his wife, Dr. Mary Newport, a physician who runs a neonatology ward at a Tampa, Fla., hospital.

Reference: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2012/January/Coconut-Oil-Touted-as-Alzheimers-Remedy/

A brief comment is received later on from the blogger’s most-learned e-buddy, retired nutritionist and medical researcher Dr Lim Ju Boo and is reproduced as follows:

Sunday, 24 June, 2012 1:47 PM

From: lim juboo

Thanks. Just to let you know Alzheimer’s disease is not common in Malaysia, but much more common in western countries. Probably, Malaysians do not live long enough, rather than genetics, to develop Alzheimer's and other diseases listed in the video.

In this country heart and cardiovascular diseases are on a steep rise in recent years especially among Indians and Malays who use coconut milk (santan) for everything, from making curries to their traditional kuihs. Coconut oils are derived from coconut milk and the dried kernel. Chinese too are now affected.

In one human study my colleagues and I (as a lead investigator) conducted at the Institute for Medical Research among medical students in their hostel 1980’s, we found coconut oil dramatically raised their blood cholesterol within a very short feeding period compared to the group whom we gave palm and corn oils.

But I am unable to say if this will have an effect on their risk of developing heart disease later on in life. In any case, the feeding period was very short, just for 3 weeks until we withdrew them from the clinical trial for risk and ethical reasons.

This is just for your info. Be very careful what you read from the Internet.

jb lim

一絲不掛 --- 禅

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from Cheong Chee Kwong)

A Senior Citizen & A Policeman (Joke)

A senior citizen bought a brand new BMW Z4 convertible and drove it out of the salesroom. Taking off down the motorway, he floored it to 120mph; enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left.

"Amazing!" he thought as he flew down the M4, enjoying pushing the pedal to the metal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a police car behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.

"I can get away from him - no problem!" thought the elderly nutcase as he floored it to 140mph, then 150 then 160. Suddenly, he thought, "What on earth am I doing? I'm too old for this nonsense!" So he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the police car to catch up with him.

Pulling in behind him, the police officer walked up the driver's side of the BMW, looked at his watch and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 10 minutes. Today is Friday and I'm taking off for the weekend. If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."

The old man, looked very seriously at the policeman and replied,

"Years ago my wife ran off with a policeman. I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, Sir", said the policeman.

(Courtesy of forwarded mail from David Chen)