Thursday, 23 October 2008

downloaded the IE8 beta version.. it seem able to display my blog
properly, juz that some of the functions are not working.. those who're
interested in the new browser can download from microsoft website..
the new browser featured all new carat browsing, inprivate browsing and
what i find the most appealing is that IE8 managed to reopened the last
browsed session after you ended the non responding browser..

i dreamt of granny last sunday.. she was cutting her fingernail..
and i saw that her fingernail was no longer out of shape.. though a
very short one, but i'm glad that she's in good health..
may GOD bless her..

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dreamed of racing on 3:00 pm

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法國很棒的兩位14歲少年的音樂表演。忘了以前有沒有放在博客上與大家分享。

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dreamed of racing on 2:30 pm

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Monday, 20 October 2008

The following are PETA's top 10 reasons not to drink milk:

1) Cows are not milk machines. After years of living in filthy conditions,
being kept constantly pregnant, and being forced to produce 10 times
more milk than they naturally would, dairy cows are slaughtered.

2) "Moo" is not your first language. Human babies don't say "goo goo moo moo",
so why treat them like calves? Humans are the only animals who drink breast
milk after infancy and the only animals who drink milk from a different
species. It makes as much sense for people to drink cow's milk as it would
for dogs to drink giraffe's milk!

3) Cookies and cramps don't mix. Studies show that over 75 percent of the
world's population is lactose-intolerant. Can you say abdominal cramps,
bloating, and diarrhea?

4) Dairy is pus-itively scary. There's more to that glass of milk than you
think. Dairy products are commonly contaminated with blood, pus, pesticides,
hormones, and antibiotics.

5) There's veal in your cereal. Milk fuels the cruel veal industry.
Considered byproducts of the dairy industry, male calves are dragged away
to veal crates when they are just hours old.

6) Milk is bad to the bone. Contrary to a popular milky myth, studies
strongly implicate dairy in causing, rather than preventing, osteoporosis,
because its high protein content leeches calcium from the body.

7) Milk does the planet bad. Bad for mother cows, milk production is also
bad for Mother Earth; it's a disastrous source of water pollution. Just one
dairy cow produces 120 pounds of waste every day—as much as two dozen people
could produce—but with no toilets, sewers, or treatment plants.

8 ) The white stuff isn’t the right stuff. Milk is formulated to meet the
nutritional needs of calves—who have four stomachs and gain an average of
115 kg in their first six months. It's mad for humans to chug moo-juice!

9) No grain means lots of pain. Every glass of milk takes a meal away from
the hungry. Crops that could be used to feed the hungry are instead used to
feed dairy cows. It takes a huge amount of grain cycled through cows to
produce a very small amount of milk.

10) A milk mustache is a real heartbreaker. Devoid of fiber and complex
carbohydrates but loaded with saturated fat and cholesterol, dairy products
have been linked to heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes,
and certain types of cancer.

All cow's milk—whether it's poisoned with melamine or not—is an unhealthy
mix of contaminants, cholesterol, and fat. The best bet for people who care
about their health is to switch to healthy and humane soy, rice, or almond
milk and give dairy products the boot.

For more information, please visit www.PETAAsiaPacific.com

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Sunday, 19 October 2008

Wed, Oct 15, 2008
The New Paper

It was a 15-minute nap on a park bench. And it cost him $200 -
equivalent to a comfortable night's stay in a three-star hotel complete
with a soft bed and fluffy pillows. He had dozed off on a Sun Plaza Park
bench while taking shelter from the rain.

For doing so, the 62-year-old private bus driver, who wanted to be known
only as Mr Kassim, was fined $200 by the National Parks Board (NParks).
The agency said Mr Kassim had misused the park facility by sleeping on
the bench.

On 1 Sep this year, Mr Kassim was cycling near the park in Tampines when
it began to drizzle. He decided to wait out the rain in a shelter at the
park. It was pouring heavily by the time he reached the shelter, so he lay
down on one of the wooden benches, and dozed off after about five minutes.

'About 15 minutes later, I opened my eyes and saw that the rain was about
to stop,' Mr Kassim told The New Paper. 'I saw two men walking towards me.
I didn't know who they were. I closed my eyes again. 'Then I heard someone
shouting, 'Wake up, wake up!' in Malay.'

When Mr Kassim opened his eyes, he saw the two men towering over him.
They identified themselves as NParks rangers. They asked for his identity
card, which he gave to them. But Mr Kassim was puzzled.

'I asked them, 'What have I done wrong?'

'They told me I had abused park facilities by sleeping on the park
bench. They then issued me a ticket.'

Mr Kassim did not know that it was an offence to sleep on a park bench.
But he accepted the ticket. An NParks spokesman told The New Paper that
Mr Kassim was fined as he 'was found sleeping in the park shelter with
his colleague, and had repeatedly ignored our ranger's actions to wake
him up'. But Mr Kassim claimed that he woke up as soon as the rangers
told him to, and that he was at the park alone.

He said there was another man also sleeping on another bench in the same
shelter, but he did not know the man. He claimed that the rangers approached
the man and another man who was lying on the bench in the opposite shelter.

'It was the first time I'd fallen asleep in Sun Plaza Park,' said Mr
Kassim, who lives in Pasir Ris. It was also his first time at Sun Plaza Park.

'I've fallen asleep on benches in Pasir Ris Park before and nothing
happened to me,' he said.

Five days after he was issued the ticket, Mr Kassim received a letter
from NParks detailing his offence and asking him to pay the $200 fine.
When he went down to the NParks office to pay the fine, he claimed that
he was told by a staff member that he could appeal.

Mr Kassim decided against appealing. It was too much trouble, he said.
He called The New Paper because he wanted to warn others about this
little-known rule, lest they be fined too.

'I think most people don't know this. I'm the unlucky one, so I want to
tell people not to sleep in parks, or they may end up like me having to
pay $200,' he said with a laugh.

The New Paper asked eight regular park-goers if they knew that sleeping
on park benches was an offence. None was aware. The NParks spokesman said:
'We try to create the conditions that make visitors feel at ease when they
come to our parks. When people abuse our parks by overstaying or squatting,
they make genuine park users feel uncomfortable.

'Others sleep on benches or in shelters in an inconsiderate manner and
deny park users from using these facilities.

'During their daily patrols, our rangers will advise people who sleep or
squat in our parks to stop misusing our park facilities.'

Since June this year, more than 10 people have been fined for misusing
the facilities in the parks, the spokesman added. He did not say if
these specifically involved sleeping on park benches.

But Mr Kassim pointed out that if sleeping on park benches was an
offence, there should be signs to tell people.

On the NParks website, there is a list of 'Dos' and 'Don'ts' for visiting
parks. Sleeping on a park bench was not among the 'Don'ts', though there
is a disclaimer which said the list was 'not exhaustive or intended to be
a complete list of the prohibitions or regulations governing our parks'.

It also stated that 'any omission does not constitute a waiver of any
offence'. Park visitors can refer to the Parks and Trees Act 2005 and the
Parks and Trees Regulations 2005, the website said.

what a 'fine' country we have.. i bet the world is laughing at us for
having the most expensive park to sleep in.. sorry, to nap for 15 minutes..

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dreamed of racing on 12:24 pm

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Saturday, 18 October 2008

Joke of The Month

Deadly Food - Old Folks Are Funny Too

A Doctor addressing a large audience said: "The material we put
into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here,
years ago.

Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining.
Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous,
and none of us realizes the long- term harm caused by the germs in
our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous
of all and we all have, or will, eat it.

Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief
and suffering for years after eating it?" After several seconds of
quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and
softly said, "Wedding Cake."

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dreamed of racing on 4:52 pm

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Friday, 17 October 2008

what is love?

all of you had heard this qn.. as to most people, love means passion
and an emotional bond between two people of the opposite sex.. however,
recently i also realised that love is time.. what does that mean?

it is the time you spend with your loved ones.. although most of us are
busy during the weekdays.. i always spend time with my partner on weekends..

many know the phrase "Time is money".. imagine you have a lot of money
but no time, your children will get to enjoy having the money, not you..
is that what you call love? you can't substitute love with money..
what is most important in love is time.. if you don't have time,
love won't work for you..

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dreamed of racing on 2:36 pm

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WOMAN ACCUSED OF SEX WITH TEEN

IN THE first case of its kind here, a former woman school teacher
has been hauled to court for having sex with a 15-year-old boy
six times.

The 32-year-old woman, who cannot be named to protect the identity
of the boy, was produced in a district court last month. The alleged
offences took place over a two-month period between March 10 and
May 8 this year.

Under the Penal Code, any person convicted of sexual penetration
of a minor under 16 can be jailed for up to 10 years or fined,
or both.

The woman, who is represented by Senior Counsel Sant Singh, will be
back in court on Nov 7 for a pre-trial conference.

– THE STRAITS TIMES

its indeed the 1st case of female having sex with an underage in
singapore.. if this is the case for man, at least a dozen strokes of
canes accompany the sentence.. what if the victim is not 15, but 25?
and the 32 years old woman call rape? haha.. the sexual law is biased..

nowaday most of the school teachers only worked to climbed up the
ladder.. how many really have passions to teach and care for the students?
the education system is juz as bad as well.. no one is emphasising the kids
to be a good moral valued person but to survive and compete in the society..
youngsters are indeed getting bad to worse over the generations..

happy bithday to wx..

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dreamed of racing on 10:24 am

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Wednesday, 15 October 2008

Invest in people, not stocks

TURN the pages of any newspaper, log on to any news portal, tune in to any
news channel, and chances are you will be inundated with stories of the
economic meltdown in the United States. This is one event which has extremely
serious repercussions on the whole world. Asia has not been spared from this
financial tsunami. Stock markets have been battered and bruised, investor
confidence is at an all-time low and staff layoffs are expected.

The current economy has been both shaken and stirred. What lies ahead is
anyone’s guess. Have we reached the bottom of the spiral? Have we seen the
worst of it yet? Or is this the dreaded storm before the massive quake?
Well, I am certainly no crystal ball-gazer but one thing I know for sure:
My investment is not in stocks or bonds, but in the people around me.

These include my family members, my relatives, my friends, my colleagues,
my church mates, my golf partners, my tennis pals, my drinking kakis –
the list goes on. This circle of family and friends is, by far, the most
treasured possession I have. They are more important to me than any investment
I have made.

For many of us, our human nature has been so badly tainted by the values of
the world that our priorities have become somewhat warped. Blogger Randy
Robison shares an example of this. He said: "If I spotted a $20 bill in the
gutter, I’d stop and pick it up. But I have passed right by a person lying
in the gutter without any second thought." When I first read that, it jolted
me into reassessing the things in my life that matter most.

I realised that, unconsciously, many of us tend to take our lives for granted
and before we know it, would have thrown a good 20 years or more into merely
building our careers and bank accounts. Although you may think that you can
gain much as a result of this "investment", in actual fact, you would have lost.
You could lose the opportunity to cultivate your marriage and see it bloom into
a fulfilling relationship. You could lose the valuable chance to relate and
bond with your children in their growingup years. You could also lose many
moments of connecting with your friends, and miss having these regular
encounters grow into lasting comradeships. And, just when you have attained
all that wealth and success, your kids would have grown up, leaving you with
an "empty nest". Along with that, your relationship with your spouse may have
been strained beyond the point of remedy, and your genuine friends may number
fewer than the fingers on one hand.

It’s sad, but for many of us, it’s true. That is why if you want to be rich,
invest in the people around you. There is nothing better than depositing your
time, effort, concern and love into someone’s life. Therein lies the real
treasure. The lasting relationships created will pay you greater dividends
than any stock you can possibly invest in. Hold these things close to your
heart, and you will truly prosper.

by Geoff Tan, My Paper

well, i bet you'd come across people who are so hardworking, working every
single day in a week.. mum likes these people.. she think that one should
worked as hard as he can when he's still able to.. im thinking otherwise..
i may not have invested in alot of poeple like Geoff, but i invest time in
myself.. since after i quitted helping dad in his biz, i told myself "No more
weekend job.." to work when your friends are partying and rest when your friends
are working is horrigeble.. so i went back to 9-5 working only on weekdays..
weekday night is for my friends and weekend is for me to spend some quality
time with my family and loves one.. of course, i did not heed mum's advice to
take up some part time or weekend job.. im working enough for myself to survive
and have some fun.. happiness is to be contended with what you have..
enjoy life and do what you want before you get too old..

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Tuesday, 14 October 2008

凈空法師談論迷信, 理智, 人生價值。非常有意義的一個講座，
也很適合那些對佛教不了解卻想了解佛教的人觀看。我只上了第一段，
若有興趣觀繼續看可以上youtube網站。

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dreamed of racing on 3:52 pm

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Monday, 13 October 2008

last thurday was the first 7th day after grandma passed away.. a.k.a 头七
its said that on the 7th night, the deceased will come back.. when granny
was alived, he doted my dad and elder brother the most.. during that night,
mum said she heard two loud distinct sound which didn't sound like human..
mum said granny came back to see dad but only sounded to her..

my bro heard granny snoring for a few seconds before he slept that night..
he found it strange too and was not aware that its ah ma 7th day.. well,
some people may not believe in it, but things can't be that coincidence..
i should have sleep in ah ma bedroom.. maybe i'll get to dream of her..
i was tossing on my bed till almost 1am thinking of her..

the only incident i had was during the 2nd night of granny's wake.. i was
coming out of my house to take the lift down around 1:30am.. well, the lift
was only some steps from the door.. its a newly built lift during the LUP
which on my storey only serve our family and the neighbour living opposite
us.. in normal operation, the lift should be on standby mode(at the 1st
storey and lights off) when no one use it after a certain peiod of time..
as i walked out from my house, i saw it showing 8th storey and on its
way up.. i walked toward the lift and before i could pressed on the button,
it came all the way up to my storey.. and open sesame.. but no one in it!
immediately, the thought of grandma coming back flashes in my mind..
when i went down and asked my brother and cousin, they said that no one
activate the lift to go up.. i guessed its really something unexplainable..

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Tuesday, 7 October 2008

人生無常 凡塵多苦 誰來解憂除困
唯有一生一心向善向佛 學做正覺自在人

遠離貪憎癡啊！ 戒定慧凈我身心
諸惡莫作 眾善奉行

由釋迦牟尼佛 慈悲引路 來做正覺自在人
南無佛！南無法！南無僧！

正覺人生－張學友　《正覺人生》主題曲

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dreamed of racing on 12:01 pm

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Monday, 6 October 2008

Dearest grandma,

Thanks for loving and doting me for the past 28 years.. I remembered when
I was young, whenever dad or mum going after me with the cane, you were
always there to protect me, no matter what I'd done.. you're juz like an
angel that look over me..

You like me to sayang you juz as much as you sayang me.. you patted me to
sleep in the night is one of the fondest memory you gave me.. you taught me
to be a kind-hearted person by telling me your life stories.. you also
told me your early life of hardship which often lead you to tear..

I'm sorry for not being a filial grandson.. at times, I do find you naggy..
but how I hope you could nag at me now.. the few times i brought you to
TTSH for medical appointment, you thanks me for staying with you for
hours at the hospital.. ah ma, its what I should do.. you need not thanks
me at all..

During the last couple of months of your life.. you look so weak and tired..
I know you are in pains.. I prayed to Jesus and so hope He could take away
all your illness and sufferings.. finally, He came to bring you home..
I am happy and at the same time sad that you'd left us.. You'll always
stay in my deepest memory and will always be missed..

I Love You Granny..

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dreamed of racing on 11:28 pm

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