2012

May this be a good year for us all!

Josh Krajcik: Someone to listen out for in 2012

He may not have won the US's X-Factor, but I think he's brilliant.

Listen and tell me you agree ;)

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

Those of you who know me may be a tad surprised by this, but below are two songs, without which Chritstams wouldn't be Christmas.

E N J O Y !!!

The English language: From Greater Glasgow

We're always griping about how bad our Malaysian English is, aren't we? Well, the list below is said to be "...sentences actually typed by Medical secretaries in NHS Greater Glasgow". Perhaps, after you've read these, you won't think we're so bad after all. I did think about adding my thoughts to some of the examples, but except for one, I thought they just took away from these masterpieces of the English language.

1. The patient has no previous history of suicides.

2. Patient has left her white blood cells at another hospital.

3. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.

4. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.

5. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.

6. On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it disappeared.

7. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

8. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.

9. Discharge status: Alive, but without my permission.

10. Healthy appearing decrepit 69-year old male, mentally alert, but forgetful.

11. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.

12. She is numb from her toes down.

13. While in ER, she was examined, x-rated and sent home.

14. The skin was moist and dry.

15. Occasional, constant infrequent headaches. (Do you know anyone who says, "I always sometimes ...?) I do :(

16. Patient was alert and unresponsive.

17. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.

18. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce.

19. I saw your patient today, who is still under our care for physical therapy.

20. Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation.

21. Examination of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

22. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

23. Skin: somewhat pale, but present.

24. The pelvic exam will be done later on the floor.

25. Large brown stool ambulating in the hall.

26. Patient has two teenage children, but no other abnormalities.

27. When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.

28. The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of fuel and crashed.

29. Between you and me, we ought to be able to get this lady pregnant.

30. She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

31. Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Smith, who felt we should sit on the abdomen and I agree.

32. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stock broker instead.

33. By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart had stopped, and he was feeling better.

Grandma got run over by a reindeer!

Pearls

Amazing magic image

1. Stare at the red star on the girl’s nose for 30 seconds.
2. Turn your eyes towards the wall/roof or somewhere else on a plane surface.
3. Keep blinking your eyes!

Whaddya see?

Please don't bother telling me the science of it all. I don't really care. I'm enjoying being amazed :)

Heard of e-mooning?

I love to use emoticons when I write. I don't use many - limiting myself to:


:) to show that I am happy,


;) when I mean to tease, and


:( when I am unhappy with something.


Well, there are new ones out there, that I never knew about, it seems. Perhaps you already know them?


Heard of these? They're called ASSICONS:


(_!_)  a regular ass


(__!__) a fat ass


(!)  a tight ass


(_*_)  an ass hole


{_!_} a swishy* ass


(_o_) an ass that's been around some


(_x_) kiss my ass!


(_X_) leave my ass alone!


(_zzz_) a tired ass


(_E=mc2_) a smart ass


(_$_) a money-coming-out-of-his ass


(_?_) a dumb ass


So, you've now been E-MOONED! Heee Heee Heee! ;)






* slang (US)- effeminate and/or homosexual

Animal thoughts

These pictures all came ready-captioned. So, enjoy:

And before you tell me this last one has been Photo Shop-ed, let me tell you that darling, sweet, Toffee makes the exact face sometimes!!! I just haven't caught it on camera for you - yet - is all!

Adults only, please

That's PRINCESS* Fiona, Shrek, and their family. Image taken from here.

Once upon a time there lived a king.

The king had a beautiful daughter, the PRINCESS*.

But there was a problem. Everything the princess touched would melt.

No matter what:

Metal,

Wood,

Stone,

Anything she touched would melt.


Because of this, men were afraid of her. Nobody would dare marry her.

The king despaired. What could he do to help his daughter?

He consulted his wizards and magicians. One wizard told the king, 'If your daughter touches one thing that does not melt in her hands, she will be cured.'

The king was overjoyed and came up with a plan.

The next day, he held a competition. Any man that could bring his daughter an object that would not melt would marry her and inherit the king's wealth.

THREE YOUNG PRINCES TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE.

The first brought a sword of the finest steel.

But alas, when the princess touched it, it melted. The prince went away sadly.

The second prince brought diamonds.

He thought diamonds are the hardest substance in the world and would not melt. But alas, once the princess touched them, they melted.

He too was sent away disappointed.

The third prince approached. He told the princess, 'Put your hand in my pocket and feel what is in there.'

The princess did as she was told, though she turned red.

She felt something hard. She held it in her hand. And it did not melt!!!

The king was overjoyed. Everybody in the kingdom was overjoyed.

And the third prince married the princess and they both lived happily ever after.

So, the Question is:


What was in the prince's pants?


Why, M&M's, of course.

They melt in your mouth, not in your hand.

What were you thinking??

I WORRY ABOUT YOU SOMETIMES!!!

Home for the holdiays

Larnee sent me this, and for me, this is a very special song right now.

Enjoy.



How nice if one of our mobile service providers did something like this, too, for us. But, I guess it would be difficult - so hard to be 'correct' in so-confusing Malaysia, these days. Everything might be misinterpreted as proselytising* or something. No, no, better don't - in case it's mis-con-screwed or whatever.

I love the girl on the extreme right. Wait for her... she'll blow you away!

Happy Christmas, all.

Wine does not make you fat . . .

It makes you LEAN . . .

... against tables, chairs, floors, walls, and ugly people.

Thanks for this one, Uncle Devan!

Want a taste of traditional street vendors?

Yes, a tad cannibalistic, I thought... but Chuan is a peanut lover, and he wanted a packet of it.

I could find fault with so much on this package, not the least of it being the stereotypical image of the kacang puteh seller! But, I had to laugh at the 'enticement' to buy these peanuts.

And I laughed even louder *evil gleam in mine eye!* when I read where it was from!

 

Is that the guy whose 'traditional taste' this packet is chok-full of? Err . . . I pass, k.

So wevy nice-wan the Engrand here hah?!?!!

You CANNOT imagine how happy I was when I read that it wasn't packaged in Malaysia, but in
that place where they think their English is far, far superior to ours! Wellllll, maybe it is,
and maybe it isn't!!!!!!  HeeHeeHee!

Nothing changes

I bought this book because I loved the cover. Yes, I am deep like that. Get over it!

The tiny print at the back says this is by Brian Sanders.

As you can tell, it is an old book (see the age spots on the top left?), so it was going cheap, and I had to have it. I looked inside, and saw that Patrick O'Brian also wrote 'Master and Commander' (remember that? It starred Russel Crowe. Sigh!), so I thought I'd be sure to enjoy this one. And I did.

The Catalans was written in 1953. Long before I was even born, but here's what O'Brian writes that the Protagonist, Alain, overhears on the train, on his way home . . .

If I didn't tell you it was from this book, and you overlooked or missed the specific references to France, you'd think it was an extract from a newspaper of today, or from an article about our country. Or America. Or Britain. OMG, about anywhere, I think.

So, yeah, nothing changes, folks. I'm not saying lie down and play dead. Never. But, no matter who, no matter what you change, it'll just roll back to this. Cynical? Maybe. But, honestly? Realistic, I think.

Sleep time!

My girls sleeping! You are forgiven for thinking this is the end of the day. It isn't. It is in the morning - the sky is grey, and the weather forecast says: Rain! So, it's nice and cool, and they've had their breakfast, so it's time for...

SLEEP!

Toffee, in HER corner. No one else is allowed there!

Bella's eyes are open - because she heard me move, and out they popped! Her eyes I mean. Popped open, not out of her head,
onto the floor, and under the table  :(

Toffee and Jolie - how you will often find them! They are bosom-buds!

Doesn't Bella look so adorable, here? You can see her shaved belly - it has healed well, and has teeeny hairs growing already :)

'Way back home'

"Way Back Home is the incredible new riding clip from Danny MacAskill, it follows him on a journey from Edinburgh back to his hometown Dunvegan, in the Isle of Skye." - taken from You Tube, where this is hosted.



It is amazing what he can do on his bicycle - but if you're not into that, there's this amazing soundtrack (The music is Loch Lomond "Wax and Wire" and The Jezabels "A Little Piece".
http://www.myspace.com/lochlomondmusic | http://www.thejezabels.com)...

and the spectacular photography of the amazing landscape he passes through!

Thank you for this one, Lita :)

Gooey brownies!

Just out of the oven. Warm. And still snugly in their tin!

Yuppers! I made brownies yesterday, and they turned out yumm! It was Nigella's recipe, and you can go here to find it, if you want to make these, too - and she also offers a chocolate sauce topping. I didn't do that, because I like my brownies with their lovely semi-crispy crackly top :)

I have the recipe I used below, if you're lazy to go to the link.

Chuan's second piece. He usually says that it's too sweet. Whatever.

Fin! And yumm! Hahahahah!

There's lots left over for tea today, and for many more days, I think!!!

It's super simple and quick to do, so here's the recipe:

225 g dark chocolate

225 g butter

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

200 g castor sugar

3 eggs, beaten

150 g ground almonds

100 g chopped walnuts

Set the oven to 170 degrees Celsius  (350 degrees Fahrenheit).

Melt the butter and chocolate in a double-boiler. When melted, add sugar and vanilla. Set aside to cool.

Then, beat in the eggs, almonds and walnuts.

Spoon mixture into a foil-covered (easier to wash up!!!) 24-cm-square tin, and bake for 25 - 30 minutes. It took 40-ish minutes in my plus-fan convectional oven.

It's ready when the top is set, but the inside's still gooey. Take it out, cut into squares, and let it cool. IF YOU CAN lah! We ate it as soon as it popped out of the oven! Yumm!