World Cup Fortune Telling - Tonight's Fixture

Reading the Telor Asin (from my lunch)

Germany 0 - England 0

Update: 2 - 0 either way

Anymore?

(Eh, amalan syirik ke ni?)

Shaking It Off

And the scale loudly said
"ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT!

That, my dear is the weight
which you have been of late!"

Of bone and muscles, I might add
And just a teeny bit of fat (hehe)

Tho' not really where it matters
But south in the sitting area

Off I went and made a date
With none other than the Power Plate


And fullamak... didn't I vibrate
from ear to ear and toe to head

Amplitude, frequency
Adjustable frenzy

Shake up the fatsies
And blocked capillaries

Bridges, planks, yogic positions
Micro-mini seismic vibrations

Buzzing, tingling nervous stimulations
Kicking, jazzing, systemic circulation

"Quads, glutes, squats, lunges,
Cardio, core, abductors, adductors,

Static, dynamic, heart-rate enhancers
FITTER! STRONGER!", went the instructor

Bangun pagi terasa sakit
Harus ku cari yang sudi picit
Trigger-points dan urut tak mintak duit
Besok ada kelas JOGET!

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Honey Granny

It was her second visit to the clinic in Kg. Tunku for a slight sore throat.

After getting her tonsils peered at, Mum (or Tokmi to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren) told her pretty 40-something doctor "Dr, saya ada baca dalam suatu buku lama yang saya terjumpa, ni pasal makan honey, dia kata umur 40 tu dah masuk tahap tua dah..."

Dr said "Betul tu... saya pun dah kena pakai reading glasses".

Mum continues "Dr dengar ler, macam saya ni 83 tahun buku tu kata... dah tahap TERLALU TUA.... hahahaha... patutlah lambat nak sembuh perit tekak ni.... dah TERLALU TUA..."

Adoiiii so cute, baru Tokmi perasan?

She advised the pretty doctor "Dr, buku tu kata honey is very good to maintain your health and stay young"

"Yer lah, makan honey tu kan sunnah nabi..."figs and dates as well"


" Dr  kena minum honey everyday you know, the good one - not the G**NT brand. Itu ada gula dalamnya. Satu sudu honey dalam air suam - jangan guna air panas, nanti hilang khasiatnya"

"  yer ker aunty? ermmm saya beri aunty antibiotik jenis lain lah kali ni OK?. Telan 1 biji dua kali sehari lepas makan. Ni kalau perut kosong boleh gastrik"

"Even though I am TERLALU TUA Dr, Alhamdulillah enjin perut ok dan jalan lawas... lutut saja yang masalah, sujud kena berkerusi dah"


"  Isn't anyone, your grandchildren, staying with you?

"  Mana diorang nak Dr, diorang kata rumah Tokmi tak ada komputer... apa lagi tu... internet? But I'm OK, bila maid tak ada baru cucu temankan atau saya lari rumah anak-anak"

Dr says "You know aunty, I told my husband you inspire me very much... I want to be like you as I grow older, be independent, cook my own meals"


So do I, as a matter of fact.


Semoga Tokmi sihat selalu..

Hmmm... If 40-something is tua, and 80-something is terlalu tua, that makes 50-something  SANGAT TUA?

I'M GOING OUT TO GET SOME HONEY!

If you don't believe Tokmi, pleas read this (from http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-animal-products/organic-honey/health-benefits-of-honey.html):

Known as Honig in German, Miele in Italian, Shahad in Hindi, Miel in French, Miel in Spanish, Mel in Portuguese, мед in Russian, Honing in Dutch, and μελι in Greek, there is hardly any region in the world where honey is not cherished.

What makes honey so popular? It is the ease with which it can be consumed. One can eat honey directly, put it on bread like a jam, mix it with juice or any drink instead of sugar, or mix it with warm water, lime juice, cinnamon and other herbs to make a medicine. It is savored by all due to its taste as well as health benefits.

The health benefits of honey include the following:

Sweetener: Sugar can be substituted with honey in many food and drinks. Honey contains about 69% glucose and fructose enabling it to be used as a sweetener.

Energy Source: Honey is also used by many as a source of energy as it provides about 64 calories per tablespoon. One tablespoon of sugar will give you about 50 calories. Further the sugars in honey can be easily converted into glucose by even the most sensitive stomachs. Hence it is very easy to digest honey.

Weight Loss: Though honey has more calories than sugar, honey when consumed with warm water helps in digesting the fat stored in your body. Similarly honey and lemon juice and honey and cinnamon help in reducing weight.

Improving Athletic Performance: Recent research has shown that honey is an excellent ergogenic aid and helps in boosting the performance of athletes. Honey facilitates in maintaining blood sugar levels, muscle recuperation and glycogen restoration after a workout.

Source of Vitamins and Minerals: Honey contains a variety of vitamins and minerals. The vitamin and mineral content of honey depends on the type of flowers used for apiculture.

Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties: Honey has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties and hence it can be used as a natural antiseptic.

Antioxidants: Honey contains nutraceuticals, which are effective in removing free radicals from our body. As a result, our body immunity is improved.

Skin Care with Milk and Honey: Milk and honey are often served together as both these ingredients help in getting a smooth soothing skin. Hence consuming milk and honey daily in the morning is a common practice in many countries.

Honey in Wound Management
Significant research is being carried out to study the benefits of honey in treating wounds. Nursing Standard provides some of these benefits in the document - The benefits of honey in wound management. These have been given below:

• Honey possesses antimicrobial properties.
• It helps in promoting autolytic debridement.
• It deodorizes malodorous wounds.
• It speeds up the healing process by stimulating wound tissues.
• It helps in initiating the healing process in dormant wounds.
• Honey also helps in promoting moist wound healing.

The healing powers of honey are not hyped. The Waikato Honey Research Unit provides details about the world-wide research that is being carried out on the benefits of honey in medicine. Further, BBC reported in July, 2006 that doctors at the Christie Hospital in Didsbury, Manchester are planning to use honey for faster recovery of cancer patients after surgery. Such research will provide scientific evidence to the so-called beliefs held by honey lovers all over the world and help in propagating benefits of honey to more people.

Now that you know the benefits of honey, how do you eat it? You can eat it raw, add it it in water and different beverages and you can add it in several recipes also.

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For everyone who has/had a grandmother with whom he/she has shared affection

A beautiful Kazakh song dedicated to her - our grandmother

My precious grandmother, my graceful grandmother, I miss you;
My earning for you is as great as a mighty forest.
In spite of me being a parent myself;
Until this day I long you to caress me like a child. 

I am as your colt that jumps around happily in the valley;
I am as your lamb that plays in the paddock.
I can freely laugh in your presence;
I am not ashamed to cry in front of you.


I have learned from you how to love;
I have learned from you what conscience is.
Your soul is wrapped in my heart;
My soul is pinned to your head scarf.




Asyl әzhem, ghasyr әzhem ansaghan
Saghynyshym - sary ormandaj samsaghan
Әke bolyp zhүrgenіmdі umytyp
Әlі kunge erkelejmіn men saghan

khulyndajmyn asyr salghan angharda
khozyndajmyn ojnakhtaghan albarda
Өzіn barda khysylmajmyn kuluge
Zhylaugha da khysylmajmyn sen barda

Men өzіnnen khabyldappyn sujudy
Men өzіnnen khabyldappyn kujudі
Senіn zhanyn zhүregіme orauly
Menіn zhanym zhaulyghyna tujulі

It's Monday

....and the school-holidays and the roads are not jammed and that's why the cleaner came in too early



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It's Sunday

สบาย สบาย - Sabai Sabai - It's OK

 Sunday night I learnt that there's something else Thai  I like very much besides Tomyum.

 And it's all due to kama's sultry rendition of this delightful Thai song called Sabai Sabai  at her karaoke sarang at the Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur (not Putrajaya).


Oh, kama and Pak Abu had hosted a bloggers' get-together to celebrate the birthday of the one and only mamasita mamamia - who'll probably blog all about it soon, in fact I'm sure she will.

Meantime why don't you sing along to the youtube version -  it's a mouthful for me and am still not sabai-sabai yet....




สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK

ถูก ใจ ก็ คบ กัน ไป
tòok jai gôr kóp gan bpai
If we like each other then we'll go together.

เพราะ ฉัน เป็น คน ไม่สน อะไร
prór chăn bpen kon mâi-sŏn à-rai
Because I'm the kind of person who isn't interested in anything (in particular),

ไม่เคย คิด กวนใจ ใคร
mâi koie kít guan jai krai
I never think of bothering anybody.

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK.

หาก เรา จะ คบ กัน ไป คบ กัน ไป
hàak rao jà kóp gan bpai kóp gan bpai
If we go on together, go on together

ฉัน ขอ เพียง ความรัก และ จริงใจ ไม่เคย ต้องการ อะไร
chăn kŏr piang kwaam rák láe jing jai mâi koie dtông gaan à-rai
I'll only ask for love and sincerity. I won't ever want anything (else).

*[สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK.

แล้ว เธอ ก็ คง เข้าใจ
láew ter gôr kong kâo jai
And you'll probably understand,

เรา นั้น จะ อยู่ · เรียนรู้ กัน ไป
rao nán jà yòo · rian róo gan bpai
We'll live and learn together.

จะ ทุกข์ จะ สุข เพียงไหน
jà túk jà sùk piang năi
However much pain and pleasure there is,

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
it'll be OK.

แม้ วันใด ที่ ใจ เธอ เปลี่ยน
máe wan dai têe jai ter bplìan
Even if someday your heart should change,

ไม่เห็น จะ แปลก
mâi hĕn jà bplàek
It won't seem strange

เมื่อ รู้ จาก ปาก ว่า คิด จะ จาก ฉัน ไป
mêua róo jàak bpàak wâa kít jà jàak chăn bpai
when I know from your lips that you think you'll leave me.

ก็ คง เข้าใจ · ว่า เธอ ต้อง ไป
gôr kong kâo jai · wâa ter dtông bpai
I'll probably understand that you must go.

ก็ คง เสียใจ และ คง เสียดาย
gôr kong sĭa jai láe kong sĭa daai
I'll probably feel sorry, probably feel that it's a shame.

แต่ก็ยัง สบาย
dtàe gôr yang sà-baai
But I'll still be OK. ]

หาก เธอ จะ ทิ้ง กัน ไป
hàak ter jà tíng gan bpai
Should you want to throw it away,

เพราะ ฉัน เป็น คน ไม่ ฝืนใจ ใคร
prór chăn bpen kon mâi fĕun jai krai
Because I'm not a person who forces anybody.

ก็ คง เลิกรา กัน ไป แบบ สบาย
gôr kong lêrk raa gan bpai bàep sà-baai
We'll probably break up and go our (separate) ways, OK.

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It'll be OK. (That's cool with me;I'm comfortable with that.)

สบาย สบาย Sabai Sabai It's OK

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK

ถูก ใจ ก็ คบ กัน ไป
tòok jai gôr kóp gan bpai
If we like each other then we'll go together.

เพราะ ฉัน เป็น คน ไม่สน อะไร
prór chăn bpen kon mâi-sŏn à-rai
Because I'm the kind of person who isn't interested in anything (in particular),

ไม่เคย คิด กวนใจ ใคร
mâi koie kít guan jai krai
I never think of bothering anybody.

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK.

หาก เรา จะ คบ กัน ไป คบ กัน ไป
hàak rao jà kóp gan bpai kóp gan bpai
If we go on together, go on together

ฉัน ขอ เพียง ความรัก และ จริงใจ ไม่เคย ต้องการ อะไร
chăn kŏr piang kwaam rák láe jing jai mâi koie dtông gaan à-rai
I'll only ask for love and sincerity. I won't ever want anything (else).

*[สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It's OK.

แล้ว เธอ ก็ คง เข้าใจ
láew ter gôr kong kâo jai
And you'll probably understand,

เรา นั้น จะ อยู่ · เรียนรู้ กัน ไป
rao nán jà yòo · rian róo gan bpai
We'll live and learn together.

จะ ทุกข์ จะ สุข เพียงไหน
jà túk jà sùk piang năi
However much pain and pleasure there is,

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
it'll be OK.

แม้ วันใด ที่ ใจ เธอ เปลี่ยน
máe wan dai têe jai ter bplìan
Even if someday your heart should change,

ไม่เห็น จะ แปลก
mâi hĕn jà bplàek
It won't seem strange

เมื่อ รู้ จาก ปาก ว่า คิด จะ จาก ฉัน ไป
mêua róo jàak bpàak wâa kít jà jàak chăn bpai
when I know from your lips that you think you'll leave me.

ก็ คง เข้าใจ · ว่า เธอ ต้อง ไป
gôr kong kâo jai · wâa ter dtông bpai
I'll probably understand that you must go.

ก็ คง เสียใจ และ คง เสียดาย
gôr kong sĭa jai láe kong sĭa daai
I'll probably feel sorry, probably feel that it's a shame.

แต่ก็ยัง สบาย
dtàe gôr yang sà-baai
But I'll still be OK. ]

หาก เธอ จะ ทิ้ง กัน ไป
hàak ter jà tíng gan bpai
Should you want to throw it away,

เพราะ ฉัน เป็น คน ไม่ ฝืนใจ ใคร
prór chăn bpen kon mâi fĕun jai krai
Because I'm not a person who forces anybody.

ก็ คง เลิกรา กัน ไป แบบ สบาย
gôr kong lêrk raa gan bpai bàep sà-baai
We'll probably break up and go our (separate) ways, OK.

สบาย สบาย
sà-baai sà-baai
It'll be OK. (That's cool with me;I'm comfortable with that.)

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Waah.... I could do with some voice training

Believe It Or Not

BLEAARH... Got no motivation to continue with my school stories.

So why don't we just ponder on the following non-tremendous, non-horrendous, non-stupendous, non-hazardous facts below:

 'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand.

And 'lollipop' is the longest word typed with your right hand.
             
No word in the English language rhymes with 'month', 'orange', 'silver', or 'purple'.

'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'.
              
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears  never stop growing.
            
There are only four words in the English language which end in 'dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
             
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: 'abstemious' and 'facetious.'
              
'TYPEWRITER' is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
             

  A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

  A goldfish    has a memory span of three seconds ..
             
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

However you could walk the whole 4,500 km length of the Great Wall of China in 6 months