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BUSTED! The most popular myths in science. Click next under the pic (u may need to scrol down a bit to see it). I've only seen a few and already know this is share-worthy! Knock yourselves out! :-)

On a related note, check out these "Amazing-But-True facts" that "have all been verified as possibly true in a parallel universe", including "To human taste buds, Zima is virtually indistinguishable from zebra urine". Haaahahahaaaa!

Right now I have a list of 30+ books I wanna read, somewhen, somehow, someday. For those who may be just a weeeeee bit *less* freaky than me, you might want to try this site out when you're wondering what book you should pick up from the local bookstore/library: funnily enough, it's called "What Should I Read Next?"

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Guess Who #2a

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Swampy Boonies It's been a few years since my last post - glad this blogger thing doesn't expire after months of not logging on. Did you know, I totally lost so many emails in my hotmail account because I'd neglected to login regularly? Oh well... I *did* have other things on my mind - studies, of course. Dancing. Trips to Brighton. Just plain having fun. I seem to have earned a reputation of being quite the playboy - I don't understand, I'm just doing what everyone else does over here! Glad I had fun when I did.... especially now that I'm stuck in the boonies! My brother the Regent wasn't too happy that I didn't get the Law degree he'd told me to get. Neither did he appreciate my reasons why I elected to do a more general degree involving two years of Law and the final year of History. So in his books, I'm a disgrace. That's probably why I've been assigned to this post out in the boonies. Don't get me wrong, I like it here. So does the wife (oh yes, I'm married! Quite soon after I got back to Malaya, actually). I just have this concern about the swamps surrounding this town. That's a huge mosquito breeding ground! I've applied for funds from the State Government to drain them - it's going to cost quite a bundle, but I trust the State Secretariat can see beyond the immediate cost to the long-term benefits of eradicating mosquitoes, and therefore the carriers of diseases such as malaria and dengue! Hopefully, in a few months' time I'll have an entry moaning about getting all sunburnt while supervising the drainage works :-) (*lynne*'s note: This was written in the early 1930's)

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Random thoughts between LOST BLOGging activities

So, the Lost Blogging has started ... this is going to be a lot of fun! I've already dropped by a few of the participants' entries, and am pretty much stumped as to who they are writing as, but hey, I don't think focussing on guessing is the "point" of the whole thing ... i'm really amazed at the different styles and approaches I've already seen : and that's only after seeing fewer than 10 of the (40+?) participants!

Other stuff:

You know of M. C. Escher and his mind-bending illusions, right? Well, it seems some folks tried (quite well!) to make his creations into 3-D reality. More HERE. It's a feast for your eyes!

Having been brought up in an ex-British colony, but having studied in the U.S., plus being bombarded with lots of U.S. movies & tv shows, lots of us tend to sometimes get mixed up between U.S. vs "British" English. That's not really a big deal, I guess... but how about when some words/phrases in one "language" mean something totally opposite, or worse, be totally offensive, in the other? Like fanny, for example. Or curious about the bollocks that peppered the conversations in V for Vendetta? Go to the English-to-American Dictionary to find out what words kinda change in meaning, depending which side of the Atlantic Pond you stand.

Wikipedia's been a great & convenient reference. Stumbled across a spoof of it recently: the Uncyclopedia! I'm amused :-) Here's the entry on Malaysia, which contains gems like "Another common state that Malaysians have is denial (aka. no lah, where got?), which incidentally, is a river in Egypt". H/T: Hill Billy Talk Big.

Okay - my 1150pm now .. tomorrow's the Prophet Muhammad's Birthday, so it's a holiday... not that that impacts me much, what with me being the jobless bum and all, haaahahahaaaa :-) may be meeting up with Rail, but nothing solid/confirmed, kinda going with the flow. May wanna just hunker down at a Beanie and read all the Lost Blogs that are going to be posted while I sleep :D

cheers!

Guess Who #1

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Esperanto Schmesperanto The exam results arrived in the mail today. It’s right there in front of me as I type. I hesitate tearing open the envelope. Will I head home in disgrace? Or will I actually be able to enter a university here in England, and study Law as instructed by my brother the Regent? Memories of the last year or so are whizzing thru my mind: My voyage to England via that cargo ship, most of the time on which I was beset by fevers no thanks to the malaria I’d contracted. My first year, living in a typical English village: getting to know the life here but not making much progress studies-wise Moving to Cambridge upon getting reassigned to another Tutor who finally managed to help me, getting me to study really hard. Sitting for the Littlego late last summer. Ah yes, what weird names these British people come up with. The Littlego - the examination that determines whether you gain entry into university here. The results of which are in that envelope, right in front of me. I still dare not open the envelope. Not when this conversation, which took place immediately after the English Essay paper, is still all too fresh in my head: Tutor: So, how did it go? Me: (grinning, confident) I think it went pretty well. Tutor: What topic did you choose? Cobbett’s Rural Rides *was* a choice, wasn’t it? That’s the safe choice I’d coached you on, after all… Me: Yes, yes, Rural Rides was one of the choices… but… Tutor: (sinking feeling) But what? Me: Well, this other topic caught my eye… and besides, I know Rural Rides almost by heart by now, it would have been boring for me to write about it. Tutor: (eyes wide and panicked) What other topic? What did you choose? Me: “An International Language” Tutor: (starting to hyperventilate) Pray tell, what do you know about Esperanto? Me: Esperanto? What’s that? I wrote about English lah! Tutor: Yes, Esperanto! That is the “international language” to which the examiners referred! Me: (feeling a bit sheepish) Well, I didn’t know anything about that, I’ve never head of it. To me, English is the international language. All you Mat Salleh’s speak it, don’t you? Tutor: You are *so* going to fail this paper! Me: (gulp!) And here I am, a few months later. Okay.... I'm reaching for the envelope. I tear open the envelope. I pull out the slip of paper. I open my eyes slowly . . . . Can I believe my eyes??? I PASSED! Whooohoooooo!!!! Wow, that was close! Looks like I’d obtained very high marks for all the OTHER papers, so I was allowed a Pass for the whole examination. Phew!!! Now to get a place in a good university…. (UPDATE: Have been accepted as an undergraduate in St Catherine’s College: one of the seventeen colleges that form the University of Cambridge! Wahooooooo!) (*lynne*'s note: This was written in 1922)

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(NOTE: posting this at 10pm on Monday 10th April 2006, which translates to Monday 9am US CST. Yes, that's a 13hr time difference. Just for the record :D)

Kicking self ...

... it suddenly occurred to me:

I could have gotten the set-of-4 photos made, measuring 50mm x 55mm.

Then cut 2 of them down to 50mm x 50mm, and the other two to 40mm x 55mm.

Oh yeah, and I coulda had a V-8 too! :p

Looking back, I suppose if I'd been thinking on my feet, or if I'd thought it out a *little* bit more before heading into the jerk photo shop, I might have gotten the pix just the way I wanted without letting on to the jerk that he would be losing out on another set of pix if he helped me out.

Oh well, you live, you learn...

was pun intended?

Here's the full article: The Sunday Star Nine-year-old weighs 117kg

It's really sad & scary to see the picture of this kid.

It's also very worrying to read:

• ... Asyraaf is not perturbed about his size or being hospitalised.


• He is happy as long as he gets to enjoy his chocolates and other sweet delights.



• He was all smiles when ... presented ... with a food hamper



• ... even after a year of physiotherapy and about two months of the diet routine at the hospital, he only lost 2.7kg...

Yikes! This is very worrying ... what is this kid going to be able to do when he grows up?!

But,,,

........... am I bad???
....................... i HOWLED when I saw this:

His mother Salmah Yusof, 42, said

Asyraaf’s gigantic size

made him

the butt of jokes in school.
Pun intended, ya think?

I wanna feel the wind in my face!

It really sux tht buildings here arent designed to "enjoy" the local weather!

it's storming like crazy outside, but ALL windows except da dinky bathroom ones have to be closed othrwise too much water/spray gets in.

so i am stuck in da stuffy apartment while it is just gloriously storming out there!

would be nice to get *some* of that wind & fresh air!

(btw typed ths on phone & accessed blogger via GPRS - jst to see jst how much of a hassle it is AND to avoid being online w physical phone line during ths magnificent storm!)

i like storms, can u tell?