禮物歸誰
"這個人"在旅途中，碰到一個不喜歡他的"那個人"。
連續好幾天，好長一段路，"那個人"都用盡各種方法來侮辱"這個人"。
最後，"這個人"轉身問"那個人"：「若有人送你一份禮物，但你拒絕接受，那麼這份禮物最後會屬於誰呢？」
"那個人"回答：「屬於原本送禮的那個人。」
"這個人"笑著說：「沒錯。若我不接受你的謾罵，那你就是在罵自己囉？」
"那個人"摸摸鼻子走了。
【智慧沙】
只要心靈健康，別人怎麼樣都不會影響我們。
相反，如果我們一味地在乎別人的說法或做法，就會失去自主權，受人支配。
禮物歸誰
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10 Most Creative Business Cards
Business card from "Lush Lawn and Property Enhancement".
The business cards were letter pressed by hand and stuffed with grass seed.
The best thing about them is when you hand one out, the seeds
shake and instantly pay off the idea.
Business Card from a Couples Therapist
100% discreet business cards for head hunter Aert van Seggelen. Completely edible
business cards with 'read it then eat it' instruction.
Business card from a divorce lawyer. The perforated card demonstrates
what a divorce lawyers can do.
Business card from a Furniture Company
Business Card from a Second Hand store
Business card from a Dentist
Business card from a Graphic Designer
Business card from an Acupuncturist
Business Card from a Personal Trainer
Alain Robert, the French Spiderman
Hi Friend,
Alain Robert, the French Spiderman took on Abu Dhabi's tallest building in front of a crowd numbering the tens of thousands without any safety mechanisms in place. Alain Robert completed the climb in only 20 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The audience cringed and cheered in fear and amazement as Robert scaled the 185 meters of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority building.
Alain Robert has also climbed the Sears Tower in Chicago, Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Eiffel Tower in Paris and Empire State Building in New York City.
medicine cause drowsiness excitement
DO YOU KNOW ? Coke+Ajinomoto Can be Used To Rape Ladies
I received a news about the recent tactic used to spike girls' drink.
It is a cheap and widely used method.
This method was used in Canny Ong murder.
Rapist uses this method.
Coca-cola+ajinomoto/monosodium glutamate = a medicine which will cause drowsiness and excitement in the victim.
This mixture is poisonous if used too often on the victim.
Please send this to all your female friends, sisters, & your loved ones and ask them to beware.
DO NOT accept coca-cola or any other drinks from stranger / even if it is your friend that you are not very close with.
detained in Bangkok International Airport
A forwarded email that I received. It is hard to believe.
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Beware when in the airport duty free shops in Thailand !!
Take precaution.
Dear All,
My Dept secretary informed on this. Her cousin was detained in Bangkok for stealing a box of cigarettes in a duty-free shop in Bangkok International Airport.
He had paid for chocolates and a carton of cigarettes. The cashier put a packet of smokes into his bag and he thought it was a free pack.
He was arrested for shop-lifting and the Thai Police extortion price was RM30,000 for his release.
He spent two nights in jail and paid RM50 for an air-cond cell, 200-300 baht for each visitor, and RM11,000 for his final release. The Police shared the money in front of his eyes. On top of that, he was charged in court and fined RM2,000 by the magistrate and handcuffed and escorted to his plane. His passport was stamped "Thief".
While there, his relatives requested help from the Malaysian Embassy and was told that they are helpless, as Malaysians are victimized similarly daily and letters and phone-calls to the Thai Authorities are ignored.
He shared a cell with a Singaporean the 1st night who paid RM60,000 for his release. The 2nd night was an Indian national who paid USD70,000.
Mind you this is not in a shag downtown Bangkok but in a duty free shop in Bangkok's Int'l Airport .
女人最想要什么？
Title: 女人最想要什么？
年轻的亚瑟王在一次与邻国的战争中战败被俘。
王妃看他英俊潇洒，不忍杀害他，于是提出一个条件，要求他在一年内找到让她满意的答案，就可以暂时把他释放。如果一年后没有找到让她满意的答案，亚瑟王要自愿回来领死。如果不答应这个条件，就要被终身囚禁。
她的问题是：“女人最想要什么？”
这个问题恐怕连最有知识的人也难以回答，何况年轻而又涉世未深的亚瑟王。
信誉是男人的第二生命，既然已经答应了别人的条件，说什么也要找出答案。
他回到自己的国家，做了几次调查，一而再地请教智者、法师、僧侣、母亲、姐妹甚至妓女，但还是没有找到一个令自己满意的答案。
其中有一个相士告诉他，可以去请教一个神秘的女巫，她一定有答案，但是她喜怒无常而且价格昂贵。
一直到最后一天，亚瑟王只好硬着头皮跟着随从找到女巫。
女巫似乎预知道他会来，很快地就开出了价钱：“我保证给你一个可以过关的答案，但条件是我要葛温娶我为妻。”
葛温是圆桌武士中最英俊潇洒的一个骑士，也是亚瑟王的最好朋友。
亚瑟王打量着眼前的女巫：面目狰狞、驼背如钟、牙齿稀落、口气恶臭，还不时发出淫荡的笑声。他心里想着绝不能卖友求生，所以当下就拒绝女巫准备明天动身去领死。
可是随从把当天的状况告诉了葛温。葛温有感于亚瑟王对朋友的义气，决定牺牲自己，就偷偷去见女巫并答应娶她。
女巫也言而有信，把答案告诉了亚瑟王：“女人最想要的是能主宰自己的一生。”
亚瑟王带着这个答案去见王妃，王妃欣然接受，释回了亚瑟王。
回国后葛温与女巫正式举行盛大的婚礼。亚瑟王看到朋友为了自己做了这么大的牺牲，简直痛不欲生。其他参加婚礼的圆桌武士和宾客，看到女巫令人作呕的仪态和举止，也愤慨不已。
葛温却保持着骑士的风范，把自己的新娘介绍给大家。到了洞房花烛夜，葛温还是依照习俗温柔地把女巫新娘抱进新房，女巫羞怯地把脸转过去。等到葛温把她放到床上，他赫然发现刚才的女巫突然变成了一个容光焕发、美丽温柔的少女。
葛温忙问怎么回事。“为了回报你的善良和君子风度，我愿意在这良辰美景回复我的本来面目。但是我只能半天以美女姿态出现，另外半天还是要变回令人作呕的女巫面貌。不过亲爱的夫君，你可以选择我到底白天和晚上以什么面貌出现，我一定照你的指示去做。”
可以想象到，葛温面临着两难的抉择。
如果太太晚上回复天仙美貌，当然他可以抱着美人享受人生最美妙的经验，但是白天却要面对周围朋友对恶妻的厌憎，但反过来就要终生忍受孤枕难眠的痛苦。
假如你是葛温，你的选择是什么？猜猜看葛温的选择究竟是什么？
“亲爱的太太，我觉得选择的结果对你的影响比对我的影响要大得多，你才有资格决定这件事。”葛温想了一想以坚定的语气回答。
“亲爱的先生，只有你真正了解女人最想要的是主宰自己的一生，所以我要一天二十四小时都回复我原来的美貌来报答你。”
女人要的是凡事能得到尊重。女人如此，所有的人都是如此。
尊重别人就要尊重别人的选择。
同样，自己的选择呢？
Car Insurance Claim Void
CAR INSURANCE CLAIM VOID... BEWARE!!!
Be careful, if you have the habit of sending your car for car wash or similar matter (car jockey etc) while in shopping complex...
A man handed the car keys to the car wash people and left the car park for his appointment.
After the appointment he went to collect his car, & the car wash people told him that his car had been collected. After a prolonged argument without any results, he had no choice, but to make a police report... and follow up by insurance claim..
Insurance company rejected his claim due to the reason that the car was not stolen, the point of contention was why did he hand over the car keys to someone unknown, and why did he not wait there till the car washing was finished...?
So, be careful next time. If you really need to send your car for car wash, stay there till it is done.
ALWAYS GET AN OFFICIAL RECEIPT LIKE YOU DO WHEN YOU SENT YOUR CAR FOR SERVICING AT HONDA, PROTON, TOYOTA ... DON'T PLAY A FOOL.
Please forward this message to all your friends to warn all of them...
Natural Cancer Killer
This time let me pass some very useful and informative Health related subject...read it carefully and if you believe it is good ,pass to your friends.
Natural Cancer KILLER - 10,000 times stronger than Chemo and more.....
How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?
If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it's the incredible story behind the Graviola tree.
The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.
Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to...
- Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss.
- Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections.
- Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment.
- Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life.
The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970's! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing...
Extracts from the tree were shown to:
- Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.
- The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
- What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells!
The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched--so why haven't you heard anything about it?
If Graviola extract is as half as promising as it appears to be--why doesn't every single oncologist at every major hospital insist on using it on all his or her patients?
The spine-chilling answer illustrates just how easily our health--and for many, our very lives(!)--are controlled by money and power.
Graviola--the plant that worked too well
One of America's biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.
Various parts of the Graviola tree--including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds--have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree's anti-cancerous properties--and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that's where the Graviola story nearly ended.
The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree--it's completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There's no way to make serious profits from it.
It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree's most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they'd be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits--or even make back the millions it poured into research.
As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!
Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn't let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that's dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.
Miracle unleashed
When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola, they began tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola--and its shocking cover-up--came in fast and furious...
...The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola's "leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.." Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public...
...Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials--the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment's value--were ever initiated...
...A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at "10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin..."
...The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.
...A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers...
Seven years of silence broken--it's finally here!
A limited supply of Graviola extract, grown and harvested by indigenous people in Brazil , is finally available in America . The full Graviola story--including where you can get it and how to use it--is included in Beyond Chemotherapy: New Cancer Killers, Safe as Mother's Milk, a Health Sciences Institute FREE special bonus report on natural substances that will effectively revolutionize the fight against cancer.
This crucial report (along with five more FREE reports) is yours ABSOLUTELY FREE with a new membership to the Health Sciences Institute. It's just one example of how absolutely vital each report from the Institute can be to your life and those of your loved ones.
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Mother and Son touching story
Although I do not understand what she said, but it is really a touching story about the best mother and her lovely son.
Must watch~~~
coca cola funny posters
Know Your Customers:
A disappointed salesman of Coca Cola returns from his Middle East assignment.
A friend asked, "Why weren't you successful with the Arabs?"
The salesman explained "When I got posted in the Middle East , I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch as Cola is virtually unknown there. But, I had a problem I didn't know to speak Arabic. So, I planned to convey the message through three posters....
First poster: A man lying in the hot desert sand...totally exhausted and fainting.
Second poster: The man is drinking our Cola.
Third poster: Our man is now totally refreshed.
And Then these posters were pasted all over the place.
"Then that should have worked!" said the friend.
"The hell it should had!?" said the salesman. "didn't realize that Arabs read from right to left"
Important to Know Your Customers
treatment for high blood cholesterol
The beauty of herbal treatment for High Blood cholesterol
I want to share a secret for treating high cholesterol.
Three weeks ago I went for a cholesterol check. To my surprise, it was above the normal range which should be less than 5.2 mmol/L. My reading obtained was 6.6.
I had been consuming a lot of red meat and lamb recently.
After consuming Mok Yee(木耳) for two weeks, l had my cholesterol checked again and found that my cholesterol level fell to 4.70 mmol/L.
My pharmacist said that even cholesterol medication will need 1- 3months to take effect. She was very surprised and said it is a miracle.
Review:
I immediately followed an advice of a friend who told me about Black fungus (木耳). He had four block heart arteries, over 90 percent blocked. His cardiologist advised him to go for bypass surgery, failing which he would suffer an imminent heart attack. His sinseh (chinese physician) friend advised him against surgery as the procedure would be messy, painful and expensive.
He followed the advise of his sinseh friend by consuming Mok Yee daily.
After consuming boiled Mok Yee juice for 40 days, he went for an angiogram.
His heart specialist was surprised and shocked that his arteries were all cleared of any blockage and it would not be necessary to see him for another 10 years!
My observation is that Mok Yee juice is not only effective in treating high blood
cholesterol but also helps to bring relief to joint paints, arthritis and poor
blood circulation.
The internet info. claims : that Mok yee reduces blood clot, preventing thrombosis, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease, and cancer.Black Fungus contains abundant protein, ferric, calcium, vitamin, rough fiber, the content of protein is equal to meat.
Preparation :
1) Pick a hand full of Mok Yee and soak in water for 1-2 hours.
2) Wash Mok Yee and cut to pieces with scissors.
3) Pour five bowls of plain water into slow cooker (crock pot)
4) Put 2-3 slices of ginger, 8-10 red dates, 20 枸己(wolf berry) into crock pot.
5) Bring to boil for 8 hours. One and a half bowls of Mok Yee juice will remain after boiling overnight.
Consumption : You may consume for 10 to 14 days according to the severity of the problem. For those with low blood pressure consume less or only for alternate days.
Drink Mok Yee first thing in the morning with an 'empty stomach'. Consume at least one large bowl. Take breakfast 2 hours later.
Side effects - you may feel a little tired after 3-4 days.
Consume multivitamins and fresh fruits and vegetables daily.
Do not eat oily or fried foods during this period.
Observation : Dark and oily stool during the first two days.
Remarks : Cholesterol medication is chemical in nature and may harm the liver. Mok Yee is a plant and does not contain chemicals.
Take blood test for blood cholesterol before and after treatment.
live a long and happy life
At the age of 97 years and 4 months, Shigeaki Hinohara is one of the world's longest-serving physicians and educators.
Hinohara's magic touch is legendary: Since 1941 he has been healing patients at St. Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo and teaching at St. Luke's College of Nursing.
After World War II, he envisioned a world-class hospital and college springing from the ruins of Tokyo; thanks to his pioneering spirit and business savvy, the doctor turned these institutions into the nation's top medical facility and nursing school.
Today he serves as chairman of the board of trustees at both organizations. Always willing to try new things, he has published around 150 books since his 75th birthday, including one "Living Long, Living Good" that has sold more than 1.2 million copies.
As the founder of the New Elderly Movement, Hinohara encourages others to live a long and happy life, a quest in which no role model is better than the doctor himself.
Doctor Shigeaki Hinohara
Energy comes from feeling good, not from eating well or sleeping a lot. We all remember how as children, when we were having fun, we often forgot to eat or sleep. I believe that we can keep that attitude as adults, too. It's best not to tire the body with too many rules such as lunchtime and bedtime.
All people who live long regardless of nationality, race or gender share one thing in common: None are overweight...
For breakfast I drink coffee, a glass of milk and some orange juice with a tablespoon of olive oil in it. Olive oil is great for the arteries and keeps my skin healthy.
Lunch is milk and a few cookies, or nothing when I am too busy to eat. I never get hungry because I focus on my work..
Dinner is veggies, a bit of fish and rice, and, twice a week, 100 grams of lean meat..
Always plan ahead. My schedule book is already full until 2014, with lectures and my usual hospital work. In 2016 I'll have some fun, though: I plan to attend the Tokyo Olympics!
There is no need to ever retire, but if one must, it should be a lot later than 65. The current retirement age was set at 65 half a century ago, when the average life-expectancy in Japan was 68 years and only 125 Japanese were over 100 years old.
Today, Japanese women live to be around 86 and men 80, and we have 36,000 centenarians in our country. In 20 years we will have about 50,000 people over the age of 100...
Share what you know. I give 150 lectures a year, some for 100 elementary-school children, others for 4,500 business people. I usually speak for 60 to 90 minutes, standing, to stay strong.
When a doctor recommends you take a test or have some surgery, ask whether the doctor would suggest that his or her spouse or children go through such a procedure. Contrary to popular belief, doctors can't cure everyone. So why cause unnecessary pain with surgery I think music and animal therapy can help more than most doctors imagine.
To stay healthy, always take the stairs and carry your own stuff. I take two stairs at a time, to get my muscles moving.
My inspiration is Robert Browning's poem "Abt Vogler." My father used to read it to me. It encourages us to make big art, not small scribbles. It says to try to draw a circle so huge that there is no way we can finish it while we are alive. All we see is an arch; the rest is beyond our vision but it is there in the distance.
Pain is mysterious, and having fun is the best way to forget it. If a child has a toothache, and you start playing a game together, he or she immediately forgets the pain. Hospitals must cater to the basic need of patients: We all want to have fun. At St. Luke's we have music and animal therapies, and art classes.
Don't be crazy about amassing material things. Remember: You don't know when your number is up, and you can't take it with you to the next place.
Hospitals must be designed and prepared for major disasters, and they must accept every patient who appears at their doors. We designed St.... Luke's so we can operate anywhere: in the basement, in the corridors, in the chapel. Most people thought I was crazy to prepare for a catastrophe, but on March 20, 1995, I was unfortunately proven right when members of the Aum Shinrikyu religious cult launched a terrorist attack in the Tokyo subway. We accepted 740 victims and in two hours figured out that it was sarin gas that had hit them. Sadly we lost one person, but we saved 739 lives.
Science alone can't cure or help people. Science lumps us all together, but illness is individual. Each person is unique, and diseases are connected to their hearts. To know the illness and help people, we need liberal and visual arts, not just medical ones.
Life is filled with incidents. On March 31, 1970, when I was 59 years old, I boarded the Yodogo, a flight from Tokyo to Fukuoka. It was a beautiful sunny morning, and as Mount Fuji came into sight, the plane was hijacked by the Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. I spent the next four days handcuffed to my seat in 40-degree heat. As a doctor, I looked at it all as an experiment and was amazed at how the body slowed down in a crisis.
Find a role model and aim to achieve even more than they could ever do. My father went to the United States in 1900 to study at DukeUniversity in North Carolina. He was a pioneer and one of my heroes. Later I found a few more life guides, and when I am stuck, I ask myself how they would deal with the problem.
It's wonderful to live long. Until one is 60 years old, it is easy to work for one's family and to achieve one's goals. But in our later years, we should strive to contribute to society. Since the age of 65, I have worked as a volunteer. I still put in 18 hours seven days a week and love every minute of it.
世间最珍贵的
Subject: Food for thought, read for fun. (Just A Story)
Title: 世间最珍贵的
从前，有一座圆音寺，每天都有许多人上香拜佛，香火很旺。在圆音寺庙前的横梁上有个蜘蛛结了张网，由于每天都受到香火和虔诚的祭拜的熏陶，蛛蛛便有了佛性。经过了一千多年的修炼，蛛蛛佛性增加了不少。
忽然有一天，佛主光临了圆音寺，看见这里香火甚旺，十分高兴。离开寺庙的时候，不经意间地抬头，看见了横梁上的蛛蛛。
佛主停下来，问这只蜘蛛：“你我相见总算是有缘，我来问你个问题，看你修炼了这一千多年来，有什么真知灼见。怎么样？”
蜘蛛遇见佛主很是高兴，连忙答应了。
佛主问到：“世间什么才是最珍贵的？”
蜘蛛想了想，回答到：“世间最珍贵的是‘得不到’和‘已失去’。”
佛主点了点头，离开了。
就这样又过了一千年的光景，蜘蛛依旧在圆音寺的横梁上修炼，它的佛性大增。
一日，佛主又来到寺前，对蜘蛛说道：“你可还好，一千年前的那个问题，你可有什么更深的认识吗？”
蜘蛛说：“我觉得世间最珍贵的是‘得不到’和‘已失去’。”
佛主说：“你再好好想想，我会再来找你的。”
又过了一千年，有一天，刮起了大风，风将一滴甘露吹到了蜘蛛网上。蜘蛛望着甘露，见它晶莹透亮，很漂亮，顿生喜爱之意。蜘蛛每天看着甘露很开心，它觉得这是三千年来最开心的几天。
突然，又刮起了一阵大风，将甘露吹走了。蜘蛛一下子觉得失去了什么，感到很寂寞和难过。
这时佛主又来了，问蜘蛛：“蜘蛛，这一千年你可好好想过这个问题：世间什么才是最珍贵的？”
蜘蛛想到了甘露，对佛主说：“世间最珍贵的是‘得不到’和‘已失去’。”
佛主说：“好，既然你有这样的认识，我让你到人间走一遭吧。”
就这样，蜘蛛投胎到了一个官宦家庭，成了一个富家小姐，父母为她取了个名字叫蛛儿。一晃，蛛儿到了十六岁了，已经成了个婀娜多姿的少女，长得十分漂亮，楚楚动人。
这一日，新科状元郎甘鹿中士，皇帝决定在后花园为他举行庆功宴席。来了许多妙龄少女，包括蛛儿，还有皇帝的小公主长风公主。
状元郎在席间表演诗词歌赋，大献才艺，在场的少女无一不被他折倒。但蛛儿一点也不紧张和吃醋，因为她知道，这是佛主赐予她的姻缘。
过了些日子，说来很巧，蛛儿陪同母亲上香拜佛的时候，正好甘鹿也陪同母亲而来。上完香拜过佛，二位长者在一边说上了话。蛛儿和甘鹿便来到走廊上聊天。
蛛儿很开心，终于可以和喜欢的人在一起了，但是甘鹿并没有表现出对她的喜爱。
蛛儿对甘鹿说：“你难道不曾记得十六年前，圆音寺的蜘蛛网上的事情了吗？”
甘鹿很诧异，说：“蛛儿姑娘，你漂亮，也很讨人喜欢，但你想象力未免丰富了一点吧。”说罢，和母亲离开了。
蛛儿回到家，心想，佛主既然安排了这场姻缘，为何不让他记得那件事，甘鹿为何对我没有一点的感觉？
几天后，皇帝下诏，命新科状元甘鹿和长风公主完婚；蛛儿和太子芝草完婚。
这一消息对蛛儿如同晴空霹雳，她怎么也想不通，佛主竟然这样对她。几日来，她不吃不喝，穷思苦想，灵魂就将出壳，生命危在旦夕。
太子芝草知道了，急忙赶来，扑倒在床边，对奄奄一息的蛛儿说道：“那日，在后花园众姑娘中，我对你一见钟情，我苦求父皇，他才答应。如果你死了，那么我也就不活了。”说着就拿起了宝剑准备自刎。
就在这时，佛主来了，他对快要出壳的蛛儿灵魂说：“蜘蛛，你可曾想过，甘露（甘鹿）是由谁带到你这里来的呢？是风（长风公主）带来的，最后也是风将它带走的。甘鹿是属于长风公主的，他对你不过是生命中的一段插曲。而太子芝草是当年圆音寺门前的一棵小草，他看了你三千年，爱慕了你三千年，但你却从没有低下头看过它。
蜘蛛，我再来问你，世间什么才是最珍贵的？”
蜘蛛听了这些真相之后，好象一下子大彻大悟了。她对佛主说：“世间最珍贵的不是‘得不到’和‘已失去’，而是现在能把握的幸福。”
刚说完，佛主就离开了，蛛儿的灵魂也回位了，睁开眼睛，看到正要自刎的
太子芝草，她马上打落宝剑，和太子深深的拥抱着……
故事结束了，你能领会蛛儿最后一刻所说的话吗？
如果你现在赚钱少不快乐，就算你有再多的钱，我保证你也不会快乐；如果你一个人的时候不会自得其乐，即使嫁了人，娶了老婆，别人跟你一起一样不快乐；如果你现在不懂得享受生活，未来也未必真的懂得生活的乐趣。
世间最珍贵的不是‘得不到’和‘已失去’，而是现在能把握的幸福。
Breathing Therapy
Practice this way and it will help you....
Our noses have left and right nostrils. Are these nostrils having the same function for inhaling (breathe in) and exhaling (breathe out)?
我們有左邊、右邊鼻孔，吸氣、吐氣時有沒有一樣？
Kita meiliki hidung berlubang disebelah kiri dan disebelah kanan, apakah fungsinya sama untuk menghirup dan membuang nafas?
Actually it's not the same and we can feel the difference. Accordingly, the right side represents the sun and the left side represents the moon.
其實不一樣，可以感覺不一樣；右邊等於是太陽的意思，左邊等於是月亮.
Sebenarnya fungsinya tidak sama dan dapat kita rasakan bedanya; sebelah kanan mewakili matahari (mengeluarkan panas) dan sebelah kiri mewakili bulan ( mengeluarkan dingin).
When having headache, try to close your right nostril and use your left nostril to do breathing for about 5 min. The headache will be gone.
平常頭痛時可以用手把右邊鼻孔關起來，只用左邊鼻孔吸氣、吐氣，約五分鐘，頭痛就好了。
Jika sakit kepala, cobalah menutup lubang hidung sebelah kanan dan bernafaslah melalui hidung sebelah kiri dan lakukan kira-kira 5 menit, sakit kepala akan sembuh.
If you feel too tired, do it the opposite way. Close your left nostril and breathe through your right nostril. After a while, you will feel refresh again.
如果疲倦、累了，相反的關起左邊的鼻孔，只用右邊吸氣、吐氣，不用多久，馬上精神好起了。
Jika Anda merasa lelah, lakukan bolak-balik. Tutup lubang hidung sebelah kiri dan bernafaslah melalui hidung sebelah kanan. Tak lama kemudian, Anda akan merasakan segar kembali.
Because the right side belongs to heat, so it gets hot easily. The left side gets cold easily.
因為右邊屬於火氣，比較會熱，左邊比較會涼。
Sebab lubang hidung sebelah kanan mengeluarkan panas, sehingga gampang sekali panas, Lubang hidung sebelah kiri mengeluarkan dingin..
Women breathe mainly with their left nostril, so they get calm down easily.
女生大部分吸氣、吐氣在左邊，所以心比較會涼快。
Perempuan bernafas lebih dengan hidung sebelah kiri, sehingga hatinya gampang sekali dingin.
Men breathe mostly with their right nostril, so they get angry easily.
男生大部分吸氣、吐氣在右邊，所以他們比較會生氣。
Laki-laki bernafas lebih dengan hidung sebelah kanan, sehingga gampang sekali marah.
When we wake up, do we notice which nostril breathes faster? Is it the left side or the right side?
我們起床時，可以注意哪邊吸氣、吐氣比較快？左邊或右邊？
Apakah Anda ada memperhatikan pada saat bangun, lubang hidung sebelah mana yang bernafas lebih cepat ? Sebelah kiri atau kanan ?
If the left nostril breathes faster, you will feel very tired.. Close your left nostril and use your right nostril for breathing and you will get refresh quickly.
如果左邊比較快，覺得提不起精神，可以關起左邊鼻孔，用右邊呼吸，很快的精神會好起來。
Jika lubang hidung sebelah kiri bernafas lebih cepat, Anda akan merasa sangat lelah. Tutuplah lubang hidung sebelah kiri dan gunakan lubang hidung sebelah kanan untuk bernafas, Anda akan merasa segar kembali dengan cepat...
You can teach your kids about it. The effect of breathing therapy is much better for adults.
這也可以教給小孩，大人用更好。如果你有警覺心的話，速度更快。
Cara tersebut boleh diajarkan kepada anak-anak, tetapi efeknya akan lebih baik diterapkan kepada orang dewasa.
I used to have painful headache. When consulted a doctor, he told me jokingly," You will be all right if you get married!" The doctor did not bullshit me as he had his theory and supported with testimony.
以前我曾經頭痛，痛得非常厲害，去看醫生，醫生說 "你去結婚就好了!" 醫生說得沒錯，他有理論根據。
Saya biasanya merasakan sakit kepala, dan rasanya nyeri. Kemudian saya berobat ke dokter dan beliau mengatakan ,"Anda akan sembuh jika berumah tangga!" Dokter itu tidak bicara omong kosong. Apa yang dia sampaikan didukung dengan teori dan kesaksian.
During that time, I used to have headache every night and I was not able to study. I took medicine but I was not cured...
當時每天晚上都頭痛，沒有辦法看書，有吃藥，也不是辦法。
Pada saat itu, setiap malam saya merasakan sakit kepala dan tidak dapat belajar. Saya makan obat, tetapi tidak dapat sembuh..
One night as I sat down to meditate, I closed my right nostril and breathed with my left nostril. In less than a week, it seemed that my headache problem had left me! I continued doing it for about a month and since then there was no recurrence of headache in me.
有一天晚上靜坐，關起右鼻孔呼吸，這樣子做，不到一個禮拜，頭痛好了！持續做了一個月，從那天晚上到現在，一次也沒有頭痛過。
Pada suatu malam. saya duduk bersemedi dan menutup lubang hidung sebelah kanan dan bernafas dengan lubang hidung sebelah kiri. Dalam kurang dari satu minggu, sakit kepala saya sembuh. Saya teruskan melakukannya selama 1 bulan, sejak malam itu sampai sekarang , sakit kepala saya tidak kambuh lagi.
This is my own experience. I used to tell others who also suffer headache to try this method as it was effective for me. It also works for those who have tried as well. This is a natural therapy, unlike taking medicines for a long time may have side effect. So, why don't you try it out?
這是我自己親身經驗過，每一次我告訴別人，你們頭痛的話，試試看，因為我的身體有效果，很多人試過也有效果。這是一種自然的處理，不像吃藥會有副作用，為什麼不用呢？
Ini adalah yang saya alami sendiri. Saya beritahukan kepada orang lain, jika sakit kepala, boleh mencoba cara tersebut, sebab sangat efektif buat saya. Banyak orang pun telah mencoba dan berhasil. Ini adalah terapi alami, tidak seperti memakan obat dalam jangka panjang akan ada efek sampingnya. Jadi kenapa Anda tidak mencobanya ?
Practice the correct ways of breathing (breathe in and breathe out) and your body will be in a very relaxing condition.
經常清楚的吸氣、吐氣，身體會覺非常輕鬆。
Selalulah mecoba terapi perrnafasan ini, tubuh Anda akan merasa sangat tenang sekali (rileks).
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time never use the cell phone
Never use the cell phone while it is hooked to the electrical devices!
A few days ago, a person was recharging his cell phone at home.
Just at that time a call came in and he answered it with the instrument still connected to the outlet.
After a few seconds electricity flowed into the cell phone unrestrained and the young man was thrown to the ground with a heavy thud.
His parents rushed to the room only to find him unconscious, with a weak heartbeat and burnt fingers.
He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Cell phones are a very useful modern invention.
However, we must be aware that it can also be an instrument of death.
FORWARD THIS TO THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER IN YOUR LIFE!!!!
new handphone scam sms text message
Be careful how you list names on your cell phone! Be Safe!
This lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen.
Her handbag which contained her mobile phone, Credit card, purse...etc.... was stolen.
20 minutes later when she called her Hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened.
Hubby says 'I've just received your sms text asking about our Pin number. I replied a little while ago.'
They rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.
The pickpocket had actually used the stolen hand phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number.
Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from the bank account.
The lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your contact list.
Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, sweetheart, Sayang...... Dad, Mum etc.......
And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked thru texts, CONFIRM by calling back.
Also, when you're being texted by friends or family to meet them somewhere,be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them.
If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you.
PASS IT ON to people you love!!!!!!!!!
Important Health Tips
Health - Important Tips
Answer the phone by LEFTear.
Do not drink coffee TWICEa day.
Do not take pills with COOL water.
Do not have HUGEmeals after 5pm.
Reduce the amount of OILYfood you consume.
Drink more WATERin the morning, less at night.
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS.
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONGperiod of time.
Best sleeping time is from 10pmat night to 6amin the morning.
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicinebefore sleeping.
When battery is down to the LASTgrid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.
Forward this to those whom you CARE about!
Latest Day Light Robbery must see to prevent
Day Light Robbery
On 16th March, 2009
@Taman Maluri, Cheras, KL
On 16th March, 2009
@Taman Maluri, Cheras, KL
The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbpj1XOhuGI
Prevention Steps:
- Before you go out from your car, see around first. Make sure there are no suspicious persons or bike, or even car.
- Usually the robbers need to wear long jacket to hide their palang. And they wear the helmet with cover.
- Wait until no cars or bikes before you open your auto-gate.
- Once go inside, quickly close your gate.
- If bad luck, kena, then quickly throw your wallet or everything to them, and hands-up.
- If they hit you, then just die instantly, even you are not.
- Don't shout before die like the actor. Because that will take longer time for you to die. You might kena one more time. Buta lah~~~
Earth Hour Malaysia
Earth Hour is going global this year with many cities from around the globe taking part including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Chicago, Toronto, Copenhagen, Christchurch, Manila, Suva and Kuala Lumpur.
It's a global event and all the world's citizens can join in.
Anyone can participate by turning off the lights on Saturday 28 March 2009 at 8.30pm-9.30pm for one hour.
Earth Hour is about taking simple steps everyday that collectively reduce carbon emissions - from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.
Here are ten different ways to spend Earth Hour and reduce your greenhouse gas emissions:
- Gather family & friends for a night picnic
- Dine in one of the many Earth Hour participating restaurants by candlelight
- Organize a family night playing board games
- Throw an Earth Hour street party with your neighbors
- Arrange a house party lit by torches
- Take the dog for a night walk
- Hand write a letter to loved one by lantern
- Sit in the dark and share stories
- Read a book using a book light
- Share a romantic night in with your loved one
To find out more about Earth Hour, visit the official website www.earthhour.org/malaysia and sign up.
Cancer Update from John Hopkins
Excellent article on cancer. Pass it on.
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY AND
ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE
IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
Cancer Update from John Hopkins:
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumours.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies.. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6.. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size.. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)..
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become toxified and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
(PLEASE FORWARD IT TO PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT)
This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life..
Sun Tzu 36 Stratagems
Sun Tzu 36 Stratagems
1.瞒天过海 (Mán tiān guò hǎi) - Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean.
2.围魏救赵 (Wéi Wèi jiù Zhào) - Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào.
3.借刀杀人 (Jiè dāo shā rén) - Kill with a borrowed knife.
4.以逸待劳 (Yǐ yì dài láo) - Substitute leisure for labour.
5.趁火打劫 (Chèn huǒ dǎ jié) - Loot a burning house.
6.声东击西 (Shēng dōng jí xī) - Make a sound in the east, then strike in the west.
7.无中生有 (Wú zhōng shēng yǒu) - Create something from nothing.
8.暗渡陈仓 (Àn dù chén cāng) - Openly repair the gallery roads, but sneak through the passage of Chencang.
9.隔岸观火 (Gé àn guān huǒ) - Watch the fires burning across the river.
10.笑里藏刀 (Xiào lǐ cáng dāo) - Hide a knife behind a smile.
11.李代桃僵 (Lǐ dài táo jiāng) - Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree.
12.顺手牵羊 (Shùn shǒu qiān yáng) - Take the opportunity to pilfer a goat.
13.打草惊蛇 (Dá cǎo jīng shé) - Startle the snake by hitting the grass around it.
14.借尸还魂 (Jiè shī huán hún) - Borrow a corpse to resurrect the soul.
15.调虎离山 (Diào hǔ lí shān) - Entice the tiger to leave its mountain lair.
16.欲擒故纵 (Yù qín gū zòng) - In order to capture, one must let loose.
17.抛砖引玉 (Pāo zhuān yǐn yù) - Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem.
18.擒贼擒王 (Qín zéi qín wáng) - Defeat the enemy by capturing their chief.
19.釜底抽薪 (Fǔ dǐ chōu xīn) - Remove the firewood under the cooking pot.
20.混水摸鱼 (Hún shuǐ mō yú) - Catch a fish while the water is disturbed.
21.金蝉脱壳 (Jīn chán tuō qiào) - Slough off the cicada's golden shell.
22.关门捉贼 (Guān mén zhōu zéi) - Shut the door to catch the thief.
23.远交近攻 (Yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng) - Befriend a distant state while attacking a neighbour.
24.假途伐虢 (Jiǎ dào fá Guó) - Obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo.
25.偷梁换柱 (Tōu liáng huàn zhù) - Replace the beams with rotten timbers.
26.指桑骂槐 (Zhǐ sāng mà huái) - Point at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust tree.
27.假痴不癫 (Jiǎ chī bù diān) - Feign madness but keep your balance.
28.上屋抽梯 (Shàng wū chōu tī) - Remove the ladder when the enemy has ascended to the roof.
29.树上开花 (Shù shàng kāi huā) - Deck the tree with false blossoms.
30.反客为主 (Fǎn kè wéi zhǔ) - Make the host and the guest exchange roles.
31.美人计 (Měi rén jì) - The beauty trap (honey trap).
32.空城计 (Kōng chéng jì) - The empty fort strategy.
33.反间计 (Fǎn jiàn jì) - Let the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp.
34.苦肉计 (Kǔ ròu jì) - Inflict injury on one's self to win the enemy's trust.
35.连环计 (Lián huán jì) - Chain stratagems.
36.走为上计 (Zǒu wéi shàng jì) - If everything else fails, retreat.
Slumdog Millionaire
许岑：解读《贫民窟的百万富翁》
《贫民窟的百万富翁（Slumdog Millionaire）》是今年奥斯卡最大的赢家，获得了最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳摄影、最佳音响效果和最佳电影歌曲等八个奖项。这部电影的故事背景是印度的孟买（Mumbai），所以对于想适应印度英语发音的人来讲，这是一个难得的好资料。电影的故事线看起来是我们非常熟悉的“开心辞典”。一部好电影需要有一个好的开头，观众才会被吸引一直看下去。《贫民窟的百万富翁（Slumdog Millionaire）》无疑做到了这一点。一开始的字幕就给观众一个巨大的悬念：
Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees.
How did he do it?
A: He cheated
B: He’s lucky
C: He’s a genius
D: It is written
这是一个匠心独运的设计，这个问题并不是Jamal Malik在“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”这个游戏中被问到的问题，这个问题是需要观众看完这部电影来回答的。每一个选项都非常刺激：A. 他作弊了；B. 他很幸运；C. 他是天才；D这个选项的“It is written”对于不熟悉这个表达的观众可能会造成一些理解的障碍，它的意思是“命中注定”。从字面上来看，“It is written”是“被写出来”，进一步理解就是“被写在那里，改变不了。” 还有个类似的用法，出现在我喜欢的指弹吉他演奏家Leo Kottke翻唱的《Louise》的歌词中：
They said that Louise was not half bad.
It was written on the wall and window shades.
歌词中提到的Louise是一个非常年轻就死去了的雏妓，听这首歌的人往往不理解第二句歌词的意思。从字面来看“It was written on the wall and window shades”是“它被写在墙上和百叶窗上”。其实这两句歌词的意思是“人人都说Louise并不坏，这是显而易见的。”这后半句就是“显而易见（obvious）”的意思。
其实一开始不知道“It is written”的意思也许更好，带着这个迷惑看完整部电影，你就会发现前三个选项都不确切。同时，你通过对整部电影中Jamal Malik的命运的了解，也就能明白这最后一个选项的确切意思了。
在这次的奥斯卡颁奖典礼上，最佳摄影奖项的颁奖嘉宾调侃说《贫民窟的百万富翁（Slumdog Millionaire）》好像从头到尾是用手机（cell-phone）拍的。这个调侃非常准确地评价了这个“最佳摄影”。影片的大部分镜头都不是传统的四平八稳的构图，即便是拍摄宏伟的泰姬陵，也是歪着拍摄，看上去就好像是一个并不擅长摄影的人拍摄的手机视频，大量画面都用轻微的抖动。这种非传统构图加上大量的手持摄影机拍摄，极为精准地呈现出在那个迷乱的环境中人的慌乱与不安全感。
获得最佳电影歌曲奖项的A.R. Rahman走上台领奖，他说“Throughout my whole life, I struggled between love and hate. I chose love and I am here today.”我从拉曼的话中再次感受到了音乐和爱的力量。
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