Weird but True

1. Coca-Cola was originally green. 2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 3.The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. 5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. 7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men! 8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. 9. It is impossible to lick your elbow. 10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze,your heart stops for a millisecond. 11. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. 12. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language. 13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. 14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne Diamonds - Julius Caesar. 15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 16. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.If the horse has one front leg in the air,the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 17. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All invented by women. 18. Question - This is the only food that doesn't spoil. What is this? Ans. - Honey 19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. 20. A snail can sleep for three years. 21. All polar bears are left handed. 22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class. 23. Butterflies taste with their feet. 24.Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. 25.In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. 26. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death. 27. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'. 28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand. 29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. 30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist. 31. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet. 32. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants. 33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times. 34. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. 35. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 36. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different 37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow wahahhaa!!!GOTCHA!!!

How to achieve good vision while driving during a heavy downpour.

We are not sure why it is so effective, just try this method when it rains heavily.

This method was told by a Police friend who had experienced and confirmed it. It is useful...even driving at night.

Most of the motorists would turn on HIGH or FASTEST SPEED of the wipers during heavy downpour, yet the visibiilty in front of the windscreen is still bad.....

In the event you face such a situation, just try your SUN GLASSES ( any model will do), and miracle!

All of a sudden, your visibility in front of your windscreen is perfectly clear, as if there is no rain.


Make sure you always have a pair of SUN GLASSES in your car, as you are not only helping yourself to drive safely with good vision, but also might save your friend's life by giving him this idea.

Try it yourself and share it with your friends!

A MUST READ FOR ALL PARENTS…
Can I Borrow $25?

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, may I ask you a question?'

DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.

SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'

DAD: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the Man said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an Hour?'

DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'

The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish.... I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions.....How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' He asked. 'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.'
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!'He yelled.. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father. 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled.. Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied. !

'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $50 worth of your time with someone you love..

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of hours, but the family & friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

this photo took from my garden.......

I took these photos using my new sony alpha200 camera

The US recession

Here is an interesting comment on the current recession in USA:

Dr. Marc Faber concluded his monthly bulletin (June 2008) with the
following: ''The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate.
If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money goes to China. If we spend it
on gasoline, it goes to the Arabs. If we buy a computer, it will go to
India .

If we purchase fruit and vegetables, it will go to Mexico, Honduras and
Guatemala. If we purchase a good car it will go to Germany. If we purchase
useless crap, it will go to Taiwan and none of it will help the American
economy.

The only way to keep that money here at home is to spend it on prostitutes
and beer, since these are the only products still produced in US.

The value of a Catholic education and a pencil (this is too cute)
You don't even have to be Catholic to appreciate this one.



Little Mary Margaret was not the best student in Catholic School
Usually she slept through the class.

One day her teacher, a Nun, called on her while she was sleeping.
'Tell me Mary Margaret, who created the universe?'

When Mary Margaret didn't stir, little Johnny who was her friend
sitting behind her, took his pencil and jabbed her in the rear.

'God Almighty!' shouted Mary Margaret.

The Nun said, 'Very good' and continued teaching her class.

A little later the Nun asked Ma ry Margaret, 'Who is our Lord and Savior?'
But Mary didn't stir from her sl! umber.

Once again, Johnny came to her rescue and stuck Mary Margaret
in the butt.

'Jesus Christ!!!' shouted Mary Margaret and the Nun once again said,
'Very good,' and Mary Margaret fell back sleep.

The Nun asked her a third question...'What did Eve say to Adam after
she had her twenty-third child?' Again, Johnny came to the rescue.

This time Mary Margaret jumped up and shouted, 'If you stick that
damn thing in me one more time, I'll break it in half!'

The nun fainted...........

Mom's secret


A mother is driving a little girl to her friend's house for a play date.

'Mommy,' the little girl asks, 'how old are you?'

'Honey, you are not supposed to ask a lady her age,' the mother replied.

'It's not polite.'

'OK', the little girl says, 'How much do you weigh?'

'Now really,' the mother says, 'those are personal questions and are
Really none of your business.'

Undaunted, the little girl asks, 'Why did you and Daddy get a divorce?'

'That is enough questions, young lady, honestly!'

The exasperated mother walks away as the two friends begin to play.

'My Mom won't tell me anything about her,' the little girl says to her
friend.

'Well,' says the friend, 'all you need to do is look at her drivers
license. It is like a report card, it has everything on it.'

Later that night the little girl says to her mother, 'I know how old you
are, you are 32.'

The mother is surprised and asks, 'How did you find that out?

'I also know that you weigh 140 pounds.'

The mother is past surprised and shocked now. 'How in heaven's name
did you find that out?'

'And,' the little girl says triumphantly,'I know why you and daddy got a
divorce.'

'Oh really?' the mother asks. 'Why?'


'Because you got an F in sex.'

"CORRECT WAY OF COOKING NOODLES"
The correct way to cook instant noodles without harming our bodies and health. `Normally, how we cook the instant noodles is to put the noodles into a pot with water, throw in the powder and let it cook for around 3 minutes and then it's ready to eat.

This is the WRONG method of cooking the instant noodles.

By doing this, when we actually boil the ingredients in the powder, normally with MSG, it will change the molecular structures of the MSG causing it to be toxic.

The other thing that you may or may not realize is that, the noodles are coated with wax and it will take around 4 to 5 days for the body to excrete the wax after you have taken the noodles.

CORRECT METHOD :

1.. boil the noodles in a pot with water.
2. once the noodles is cooked, take out the noodles, and throw away the water which contains wax.
3. boil another pot of water till boiling and put the noodles into the hot boiling water and then shut the fire.
4. only at this stage when the fire is off, and while the water is very hot, put the ingredient with the powder into the water, to make noodle soup.

5. however, if you need dry noodles, take out the noodles and add the ingredient with the powder and toss it to get dry noodles.

Please share this info and help save a life.

U Will Know What Is Better When It Comes To Earning Money


Tomato Story

A Jobless man applied for the position of 'office boy' at Microsoft.

The HR manager interviewed him then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.

'You are employed' he said. Give me your e-mail address and I'll send
you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.

The man replied 'But I don't have a computer, neither an email'.



'I'm sorry', said the HR manager. If you don't have an email, that
means you do not exist. And who doesn't exist, cannot have the job.'

The man left with no hope at all. He didn't know what to do, with only
$10 in his pocket. He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a
10kg tomato crate.

He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours,

he succeeded to double his capital. He repeated the operation three times,

and returned home with $60.

The man realized that he can survive by this way, and started to go
everyday earlier, and return late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled
everyday.

Shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet
of delivery vehicles.

5 years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the US ...

He started to plan his family's future, and decided to have a life insurance.

He called an insurance broker, and chose a protection plan.

When the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his email.

The man replied,'I don't have an email.'

The broker answered curiously, 'You don't have an email, and yet have
succeeded to build an empire. Can you imagine what you could have been
if you had an e mail?!!' The man thought for a while and replied,
'Yes, I'd be an office boy at Microsoft!'



Moral of the story





Moral 1

Internet is not the solution to your life.

Moral 2

If you don't have Internet, and work hard, you can be a millionaire.


P.S - As i know a few friends of mine don't even know how to 'ON' the computer but they are millionaire......

Do not forward this email back to me,

I am closing my email account & going to sell tomatoes!!!

HI ALL....I DEDICATED THIS POEM TO ALL MY ACCOUNTING FRIEND OR WHOEVER STILL PRACTICING ACCOUNT.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....................................

Poem Of Love Accounting

In the journal paper of my heart,

I have written a journal entry.

Debiting your love and your affection.

Darling you write the narration,

Your first love, I had already adjusted

On the ledger-folio column,

Any way our relations are true assets

On double-entry system

In addition, our love is true real and tangible

You debit-what comes in,

I credit-what goes out.

Your beauty is the capital of business.

My eyes are stock in trade.

Let us enter into transaction,

You secretly give me a trade discount,

I openly give you a cash discount

And thus my partner,

Our trading and profit-loss account will show super profit

My dear let us re-concile,

all our errors and total the trial balance of our affairs

arithmetically without maintaining any suspense account.

In the balance sheet of our life

Our children will be our true assets and liabilities

If they are boys, they will be our sundry debtors

If they are girls, they will be our sundry creditors

But if we have a boy and a girl,

Our balance sheet will tally automatically.

We want to share the lesson of the day with everyone

Static electricity in Petrol Stations

As a continuation of the video about static electricity in which a girl had a fire accident on getting out of her car and directly touching the nosepiece, we come across a similar case:

With the generalisation of self-service facilities in petrol stations people should be warned about the outbreak of fires resulting from static electricity while they are pouring in petrol.

150 cases of this type of fire have been investigated and the results were very surprising.

1- Of the 150 cases, more happened to women than men, due to their habit of getting in and out of the vehicle while the petrol is being poured in.

2- In the majority of cases the people had re-entered their cars when the hose was still pouring petrol out (the danger of the triggers on the nosepieces). When they finished refuelling and got out to remove the hose pistol the fire began, as a result of the static electricity.

3- The majority of those affected used rubber-soled footwear and clothes of synthetic fibres.

4- Never use mobile phones when filling up with fuel.

5- It is well known that it is the vapour that comes from the petrol that burns and causes the fire when it makes contact with static charges.

6- In twenty-nine of the cases analysed, the people re-entered their vehicles and later touched the pistols during the petrol fuelling process. This happened in cars of different varieties of makes and models.

7- Seventeen fires occurred before, during or immediately after the cap of the petrol tank was removed and before starting to fill up with petrol.

8- The static charge often results from when a passenger rubs their clothes against the upholstery of the seats on getting in or out of the vehicle. To avoid this, it is recommendable that NOBODY gets in or out of the vehicle while the petrol is being poured in. Movement in or out should only be done BEFORE starting, or when the fuelling is finished and the petrol cap placed.

9- MAXIMISE THE PRECAUTIONS if the petrol has spilt or splashed onto the ground. Highly inflammable vapours are immediately produced which can be ignited by sparks of static electricity from the turning on of electronic equipment (mobile phones, remote controls, etc.) or by the ignition of the vehicle itself. BEFORE starting up the engine again, the spilt petrol must be gathered or neutralised by the petrol station staff.

LOADING PETROL

IN YOUR VEHICLE: Stop, put the handbrake on and turn off the engine, radio and lights

NEVER: Never return to your vehicle while you are pouring in fuel.

AS A PRECAUTION: Get used to closing the car door on getting out or into the vehicle and in this way the static electricity will be discharged on touching something metallic.

After closing the door TOUCH THE METAL PART OF THE BODYWORK before touching the petrol pump pistol. By doing this the static electricity in your body will be discharged on the metal and not on the pistol.

RESPECT THE SAFETY REGULATIONS

As mentioned, we undertake this as a daily task, both inside and outside the company. The following bulletin aims to raise public awareness of this danger.

I ask you to send this information to ALL your friends and family, especially those carrying children in the cars when pouring in petrol. Thank you for passing on this information.

Shell is Safety

Start copy here:
Mr. Juseleeno, born in 1960 (reportedly still alive in 2008), is a
Brazilian who has made many predictions, and MOST have come to pass,
including Princess Diana's death by car accident (which is instigated by
someone near her and will probably unfortunately be written off as a car
accident), 911 and the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. He sees the future in his
dreams, and has an average of 3 to 9 such predictions per day. When he
wakes up, he will write them down, and send warnings to those concerned. If
it concerns only a normal individual, he will write a letter to warn
him/her. If it is a famous person(celebrity, politician etc.), or matters
concerning the public, he will not only send it to the individual
himself/herself, but also related agencies, government, and media. He urged
the media to publicise these predictions, but the reply always went along
the lines of rejection for fear of arousing public panic.



Future predictions:



2008, July: There will be an earthquake in Japan, which will cause a
tsunami of 30 plus metres high to occur as well.

2008, 18th September: An earthquake with magnitude of approximately 9.1
will rock China , simultaneously causing a tsunami of more than 30 metres
to occur, resulting in the deaths of more than 1 million people. Although
this huge earthquake will happen after the Olympics have ended, there will
be a series of relatively smaller earthquakes occurring in China before the
huge earthquake. The China government, which is more concerned with the
success of the Olympics, will most likely neglect to employ appropriate
cautionary measures, thus the high casualty rate. If the China government
does not publicise the occurrence of these minor earthquakes and evacuate
people, the number of deaths will be as predicted.

2008, 17th December: terrorist attack in America

2010: The temperatures in some countries of Africa could be as high as 58
degrees Celsius, and there will be a serious shortage of water.

2010, 15th June: The New York Stock Exchange market will fail, causing an
international financial crisis.

2011: The research on the treatment of some cancers will be completed, but
a new life-threatening virus will appear. People who are infected will die
after only approx. 4 hours of coming into contact with the virus.

2013, 1st – 25th November: Research on treatment of cancers, except for
brain tumors, will be completed. An earthquake, caused by volcanic
eruptions, will happen on Bahama Island of the Canary Islands. A gigantic
tsunami of roughly 150 metres will result. America mainlands, Brazil etc.
will be affected, with the tsunami pushing into the land as far as 15 to 20
kilometres. Before the occurrence of this gigantic tsunami, the sea/ocean
water levels will sink by about 6 metres, and large flocks of birds will
start to migrate.

2014: A small planet that has been gradually closing in on Earth might
eventually collide with Earth, and this collision, if come to pass, will
affect the survival of humans as a whole.

2015: By the mid of November, the average temperature of Earth could be as
high as 59 degrees Celsius. Many people will die from the overheat, and
international confusion and terror ensues.

2016, April: A huge typhoon will invade China, causing massive damage. The
43rd USA president, George Walker Bush, will enter the hospital, and faces
a life or death situation.

2026, July: A super earthquake will occur in Sans Francisco, and it will
be named "The Big One". Huge damage to surrounding areas. Many volcanoes
will re-activate, and the height of resulting tsunami will be more than 150
metres.



Mr. Juseleeno made known his predictions in hopes that people will take
heed of his warnings, so that these disasters may be avoided. He hopes
there will be a major change in the thinking of people's mindsets in the
time period 2007 – 2008. One factor will be the environmental issue of
global warming, which is more serious than what some meteorologists assume.
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How true his predictions? We don't know but we cannot just snowball here to make sure how true his predictions. PLEASE PASS HIS PREDICTIONS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW BY BLOG OR EMAIL......His intention to spread this email is to ensure everybody can prevent for the danger/disasters rather than do nothing (waiting to die).

An Israeli doctor says:
'Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks.'

A German doctor says:
'That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.

A Russian doctor says:
'In my country, medicine is so far progressed that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks.'

The Malaysian doctor, not to be outdone, says 'You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brains, out from Kepala Batas, Penang, put him in the Parliament for 5 years, and now half the country is looking for work.'

When to take soya bean milk?

All of us know that soyabean drink provides good protein to our
body...but many of us don't know that there are certain days we should
avoid drinking it.

Soya bean drinks are best consumed on hot sunny days when the sun is
strong. The soya milk will give lots of nutrients to the body as the
body is able to absorb the protein well.

However, avoid the drink when the weather! is cloudy or raining.
Taking the drink in these weather, the body will not be able to take
in the protein and will result in a disease called 'GOUT' or 'high
acidic urine' due to the high protein residue in the
body, after a long run.

This disease will cause pain to your knee joints and will only be in
control when you control your food intake of proteins and medication.
The pain is unbearable and usually you will have no idea what you have
taken to cause the pain. Food like soya beans, ikan bilis, broccoli,
spinach, peanuts, animal organs ( i.e. pork liver) etc will have to be
avoided to prevent the pain from attacking.

So my friend, pass this to your family, relatives and friends to keep
an alert on the pros and cons of soya bean milk and when it is to be
taken and to be avoided.

When we face disaster, when we face earthquake, we saw someone died, someone survive. We smile, we cry because we human beings still remember to help each other; to share whatever happiness or sadness with each other.

A lot of people are doing their best to help the victims of this earthquake disaster. We need to take care each other in the disaster.

God bless them! God bless China! China insist!

pete was juggling tomatoes.
bored. so he telephoned a few friends. “how about getting together to make an anti-racism national unity song and music video?” all said yes without hesitation. not because pete threatened them with a sharp and rusty knife. but only because they love malaysia.

the contingent swelled to 52 people a few days later. it included filmmakers, dancers, singers, producers, musicians, actors, entrepreneurs, designers, footballers, activists, celebrities, students and a florist. nobody would be paid. yet they were enthused. not because they were high on speed. only because they love Malaysia.

they gathered to record the song. it had a catchy chorus and was able to induce a mass sing-along. everyone was happy when it was done. they named it ‘here in my home’. then more people joined. the party now included more than 120 people. but the budget remained exactly zero. it seems even the spreadsheet loves malaysia.

everyone turned up for the video shoot. much fun was had and friendships made. video editors went to work after the shoot was done. both the recording and the video would be given away for free. a gift to the nation. from those who love malaysia to those who feel the same.

did you ask what this is all about?

it’s about love.

Now this is most famous song in Malaysia. This Song call "HERE IN MY HOME". Who is Pete? Pete Teo is a famous project producer, song co-producer and song composer.
Well, all the Bros and Sisters, please support this project and love our MALAYSIA espeacially all the bros and sisters stay/living in oversea. You can download this song free from this website : http://www.malaysianartistesforunity.info/

This 26 year old man's name is Chen Jian. He was buried under three concrete slabs for 73 hours before he was found. He told the reporter that he wants to live because his wife is pregnant and he doesn't want his child born without the father. After 6 hours of hardwork, he was pulled out from the rubble, only to die shortly after.

After i watch this video, i really felt unhappy and my tears fall down to my cheek.

The Wesak Festival



The second of the three major spiritual planetary festivals is The Wesak Festival, The Buddha’s Blessing, and is celebrated in the eastern hemisphere at the Taurus full moon. This is the festival of The Buddha, divine intermediary between the highest spiritual center, Shamballa, and the Hierarchy.

The Buddha is the expression of the Wisdom of God, the embodiment of light and the indicator of divine purpose.

The Forces of Enlightenment are active during this festival. These forces emanate from the Heart of God, and transmit the second principle of Divinity, Love-Wisdom, leading to Divine Understanding and strengthening those who serve humanity. The qualities of The Buddha and The Christ eminent are the two outstanding expressions of this principle.

The Forces of Enlightenment are initiating a World Religion. The first to be affected by these forces are the great educational movements, the forums of the people in all lands, and the values which can unfold through the mass communications media. The press, publishers of world literature, speakers, writers, radio commentators, newspaper reporters, ministers and all involved in communicating ideas are affected by these forces streaming into the minds of people everywhere. As these new emerging ideas are recognized, they can then be directly channeled to influence the masses of people everywhere.



In 2008 the Festival of the Wesak full moon in Taurus
occurs on Sunday, April 20 at 3:25 am PDT (10:25 UT).

There is a valley, lying at a rather high altitude in the foothills of the Himalayan-Tibet ranges. It is surrounded by high mountains on all sides except towards the northeast, where there is a narrow opening in the mountain ranges. The valley is bottle-shaped in contour, with the neck of the bottle to the northeast, and it widens very considerably towards the south. Up towards the northern end, close to the neck of the bottle, there a huge flat rock. There are no trees or shrubs in the valley, which is covered with a kind of coarse grass.

Approaching the time of the full moon of Taurus, pilgrims from the surrounding districts begin to gather. The holy men and the lamas find their way into the valley and fill the southern and the middle parts, leaving the northeastern end relatively free. There, so the legend runs, gathers a group of those great Beings Who are the Custodians on Earth of God's Plan for our planet and for humanity.

This group of knowers of divinity are the main participants in The Wesak Festival. They arrange Themselves in the northeastern end of the valley, in concentric circles, and prepare for a great act of service. In front of the rock, looking towards the northeast, stand Those Beings Who are called by Their disciples The Three Great Lords. These are The Christ, Who stands in the center; the Lord of living forms, The Manu, Who stands at His right; and The Lord of Civilization, who stands to His left. These three face the rock upon which rests a great crystal bowl, full of water.

Behind the grouped Masters, adepts, initiates and senior workers under God's Plan are to be found the world disciples and aspirants in their various grades and groups (either "in the body" or "out of the body"), who at this time constitute the New Group of World Servers. Those present in their physical bodies have found their way there by ordinary means. Others are present in their spiritual bodies, and in the dream state. The "dream," which they later relate, has been uniformly registered by people throughout the world, and bears the testimony to the recollection of an inner spiritual happening.

As the hour of the full moon approaches, a stillness settles down upon the crowd, and all look towards the northeast. Certain ritualistic movements take place, in which the grouped Masters and Their disciples of all ranks take up symbolic positions, and form on the floor of the valley such significant symbols as the five-pointed star, with The Christ standing at the highest point; of a triangle, with The Christ at the apex; or a cross, and other well known formations, all of which have a deep and potent meaning. This is all done to the sound of certain chanted words and esoteric phrases, called mantrams.

The expectancy in the waiting, onlooking crowd becomes very great, and the tension is real and increasing. Through the entire body of people there seems to be felt a stimulation or potent vibration which has the effect of awakening the souls of those present, fusing and blending the group into one united whole, and lifting all into a great act of spiritual demand, readiness, and expectancy. It is the climax of the world's aspiration focussed in this waiting group. These three words — demand, readiness and expectancy — best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.

The chanting and the rhythmic weaving grows stronger, and all the participants and the watching crowd raise their eyes towards the sky in the direction of the narrow part of the valley. Just a few minutes before the exact time of the full moon, in the far distance, a tiny speck can be seen in the sky. It comes nearer and nearer, and grows in clarity and definiteness of outline, until the form of The Buddha can be seen, seated in the cross-legged Buddha position, clad in his saffron-colored robe, bathed in light and color, and with his hand extended in blessing.

When The Buddha arrives at a point exactly over the great rock, hovering there in the air over the heads of The Three Great Lords, a great mantram, used only once a year, at The Festival, is intoned by The Christ, and the entire group of people in the valley fall upon their faces. This Invocation sets up a great vibration or thought current which is of such potency that it reaches up from the group of aspirants, disciples and initiates who employ it, to the Being we know as God. It marks the supreme moment of intensive spiritual effort throughout the entire year, and the spiritual vitalization of humanity and the spiritual effects last throughout the succeeding months.

The effect of this great Invocation is universal or cosmic, and serves to link us up with that cosmic center of spiritual force from which all created beings have come. The blessing is poured forth, and The Christ, as the representative of humanity, receives it in trust, for distribution.

Thus, so the legend runs, The Buddha returns once a year to bless the world, transmitting renewed spiritual life, through The Christ. Slowly then The Buddha recedes into the distance, until again only a faint speck can be seen in the sky, and this eventually disappears. The whole ceremonial blessing, from the time of the first appearance in the distance until the moment The Buddha fades out of view, takes just eight minutes.

The Buddha's annual sacrifice for humanity (for He comes back only at great cost) is over, and He returns again to that high place where He works and waits. Year after year He comes back in blessing; year after year, He and His great brother, The Christ, work in the closest cooperation for the spiritual benefit of humanity. In these two great Sons of God have been focussed two aspects of divine life, and They act together as Custodians of the highest type of spiritual force to which our humanity can respond. Through The Buddha, the wisdom of God is poured forth. Through The Christ, the love of God is manifested in humanity, and it is this wisdom and love which pour forth upon humanity each Wesak full moon.

When The Buddha has again disappeared, the crowd rise to their feet; the water in the bowl is distributed in tiny portions to the Masters, initiates and disciples, and they then go their way to their place of service. The crowd, who have all brought their little cups and vessels of water, drink of them and share with others. In this beautiful "water ceremony of communion" is portrayed the symbol of the new age which is upon us, the Aquarian Age, the age of the Water Carrier.

In this ceremony is perpetuated for us the story of the universality of God's love, the need for our individual purification, and the opportunity to share with each other that which belongs to all. The water, which has been magnetized by the presence of The Buddha and of The Christ, carries certain properties and virtues of a healing and helpful nature.

Thus blessed, the crowd silently disperses.

- From "The Wesak Festival—A Technique of Spiritual Contact"
booklet by Alice A. Bailey, published by Lucis Trust

The decision to agree to celebrate Vesak as the Buddha’s birthday was formalized at the first Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists (W.F.B.) held in Sri Lanka in 1950 , although festivals at this time in the Buddhist world are a centuries-old tradition. The Resolution that was adopted at the World Conference reads as follows, "That this Conference of the World Fellowship of Buddhists, while recording its appreciation of the gracious act of His Majesty, the Maharaja of Nepal in making the full-moon day of Vesak a Public Holiday in Nepal, earnestly requests the Heads of Governments of all countries in which large or small number of Buddhists are to be found, to take steps to make the full-moon day in the month of May a Public Holiday in honour of the Buddha, who is universally acclaimed as one of the greatest benefactors of Humanity."
On Vesak Day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate events of significance to Buddhists of all traditions: The birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Gautama Buddha. As Buddhism spread from India it was assimilated into many foreign cultures, and consequently Vesak is celebrated in many different ways all over the world.

Vesak (Sinhalese) is an annual holiday observed by practicing Buddhists. In Indian Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the holiday is known by its Sanskrit equivalent, Vaisakha. The word Vesak itself is the Sinhalese language word for the Pali variation, "Visakha". Vaishākha is the name of the second month of the lunar Hindu calendar. Vesak is also known as Visakah Puja, Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, Visakha Bucha in Thailand, Phật Đản in Vietnam, Waisak in Indonesia, Vesak (Wesak) in Sri Lanka and Malaysia, 佛誕 (fó dàn) in Chinese-speaking countries, and Saga Dawa in Tibet. The equivalent festival in Laos is called Vixakha Bouxa and in Myanmar is called Ka-sone-la-pyae meaning Fullmoon Day of Kasone which is also the second month of the Myanmar Calendar. Vesak is a public holiday in many Asian countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, and also Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
The exact date of Vesak varies according to the various lunar calendars used in different traditions. In Theravada countries following the Buddhist calendar, it falls on the full moon Uposatha day (typically the 5th or 6th lunar month). In China it is the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, coinciding with the first full moon of that month. The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar but falls in April or May.
Sometimes informally called "Buddha's birthday," it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.

Nancy sent me a email today about this story. It really touching and made me felt really upset about China government system.Maybe due to China so big country and the government cannot control the official.

After I read this story, I'm speechless. I don't know what to say, is it society's fault, or else?
Xia die, she was a hooker, or she was a teacher. She is the most honourable teacher in China . She use her dirty body, wash thru children's heart.
A hooker's death, all children cried and attend her funeral, a school drop the national flag for her
On the funeral of this 21yo pretty teacher, headmaster read Xia's diary
sadly in front of all the students, she wrote : 'Each prostitution, can help one schooless child; become a mistress once, can rescue a hopeless primary school.'....
Xia lived in a small village of province of Gan Shu . All ladies in this small village, no matter she is pretty or not, went to Southern part of city to earn money. Every spring time, they will come back with money and beautiful cloths. Xia didn't follow after she finished her secondary school. A lot of people don't understand what is she thinking of as she has the pretty face and body. And because of this, her father always scold her.
When she heard of the only primary school in the village needs some teachers, she volunteerly ask to become a free teacher. She is a very g ood student in her secondary school and because of this, she easily pass thru all the test and became the teacher of the school.
The 1st time when Xia walk into the classroom, all children shock to see a pretty teacher. From then on, the classroom always fill with children's laughter. Classroom -- should call it a hut instead as the wall is made of sticks and cover with leaves as its ceiling. A big stone become their table and the most expensive should be the polished dark-green stone as their blackboard. With this condition, Xia taught thousands of Chinese words and knowledge to her students.
There was wild rain destroy the classroom of the school and all students become schoolless. The headmaster visit the province's education minister for some money to repair the classroom and come back with nothing. Headmaster told Xia that the minister said only will give money if Xia ask for it. Xia never meet any minister before and afraid that she will make the things worst and decided to visit the minister. She walked more than 10km to the province ministry office and sit in a beautiful office in front of the minister. Minister's eyes looks hungry and point to a room and said to Xia. Your money is in the room, if you want, follow me. Xia saw a big bed in the room and is the bed that she lost her virgin. Minister raped her.
Her virgin blood drop on the bedsheet and is more reddish than the color of the national flag in the room.
Xia didn't cry, all she is thinking of is the eyes of all disappointed students that have no classroom.
She didn't tell anyone about the rape after she went home.
The next day, with the money that brought back by Xia, all villagers bought some woods and repair the classroom. But whenever there was a heavy rain, the classroom still cannot be used. Xia always tell the students that province ministry department will built a good school for them. In the past half year, headmaster had visited the ministers more than 100 times and never ever get any money from them. He is the only 1 knows what did Xia did and he can do nothing about it. New semester comes, a lot of student s cannot pay their fees and become schoolless and follow their parents to work. Xia sad about that.
When Xia feel that her hope of all students can go to school become hopeless, she drop all her cloths and swear to her naked body that she will use this body to exchange for the children to be able to go to school. She knows that all ladies in the village are working as a prostitute to earn the living and she knows this is a shortcut for her to earn money. She washed herself and sa y goodbye to headmaster, father, and school. She tight her hair as 2 ponytails and walk to the city. When she leave, her father smile and headmaster cry....
In the colorful city, Xia is not happy at all, in her mind, there are only broken classroom and sadness and disappointed eyes of students. She walked into a Hair-Saloon, lay down on a dirty bed, and accept her 2nd dirty business. In that night, in her diary, she wrote : 'Minister can't even compare to her 1st customer. At least they pay.'
She sends all her earnings except those for her to live on to headmaster. Headmas ter follows her instruction to use the money on the school. People ask about the source of the money and headmaster only answer that it was from some donation of society.
After a while, people knows about the source of money is from the teacher and many reporters would like to interview her and she just refused and the reason is that she is just a prostitute.
With the money, the school changed. First month, there is a new blackboard. 2nd month, a wooden table and chair. 3rd month, all children has their own books. 4th month, all children has a red tie. 5th month, no children go to school bare leg.
On the 6th month, Xia come back. All students welcome her happily and say 'Teacher is so beautiful'... With all student's smiling face, Xia cries.. how many tear drops and how many sadness in the past 6 months.. she feels worthy when she see all these.
After few days at home, she goes back to city.
7th month, built a ball park, 8th month, basketball, 9th month, all students has their new pencils. 10th month, the school has their own national flag, students raise the national flags daily. 11th month, a land-developer refuse to use condom and Xi a pregnant. After abortion, she become the developer's mistress. After a few months, the developers dump her because he faced problem on land-value drop in ShengXhen, he didn't pay her 1 cent.
Xia feel tired, she think of go home and go back to the school, but she has yet to fulfill student's dream which are building a concrete classroom and 2 PCs for the students. Because of these, she went bac k to beg the developer and the developer just refuse to pay anything but only introduce a foreigner to her. Said the foreigner will pay her 3000rmb for 1 night. Think of the wild rain happen few days ago, she tiredly goes to the foreigner's hotel. She sweared that she will go back to her home and school after this.
She killed by the 3 foreigner because of raping. She just turned 21yo.

Xia died without fulfill her final wish which to build a concrete classroom and 2 PCs.

A hooker dies, silently, the sky of ShengZhen is still as blue as before, ministers still happily sitting in their office, many expensive cars still running on street, people happily discussing share market, house market value, car value, and movies, music and love story. Youngster try to suicide because of small matters happen between themselves.
At this time, students, teachers and few hundreds of villagers attending the funeral in this small village 'GanShu'
In the funeral, people see a black and white photo of Xia. In the photo, she has 2 pony tails and happily smile. Headmaster open the diary of Xia and read in front of all students, she wrote : ' Each prostitution, can help one schooless child; become a mistress once, can rescue a hopeless primary school...' The national flag drop to its half... May be, this is the ONLY national flag drop half because of a GREAT hooker in China 's history.
After I read this, I cried for 2 hours. From now on, I won't discriminate any hooker, because among them there is a Xia. Hope you will forward this mail to all forum, friends, webspaces, to let all our governments to understand when they are saying and empty-promissing, when they are drinking in the pub, when they are doing dirty politics, Someone using her own power to change the world. Xia is using her sadly eye to look at all of us. Although she is just a hooker, she is more clean and saint than any of us. In this cold and dirty society, w hat she gave to the students are human's 'Great Love'.

Hi all, sorry for quite sometimes i din update my blog. These a few weeks really busy with my work. Today i tried to get a hour for me to update my blog and suprise Ah Hoon had a tag for me. I felt this is interesting and just tried it out.

What Hainankia Means

You are very charming... dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts. You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it. You have the power to rule the world. Let's hope you're a benevolent dictator! You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are loving, compassionate, and ruled by your feelings. You are able to be a foundation for other people... but you still know how to have fun. Sometimes your emotions weigh you down, but you generally feel free from them.

I would like to tag some friends of mine, I'm sure would love to do it.
They are My sister blog, Wildcatlady29, Kikey, Kacang Puteh. Enjoy learning about your name. Anyone who would like to do it, you are welcome to it.

Ah Hoon - almanacqueen tagged me to do a post about 10 recent things that made me happy. Recently i have a lot of pressure about my work, so i dunno do i have 10 things made me happy or not. Try to figure it now.

10 things that made me happy, recently

1. I just brought a micro hi-fi for my room so that we can enjoy music while reading and sleep.

2. I just brought 2 pcs DVD for my son which was his favourite - Mickey Mouse Playhouse Disney
3. Every saturday go to Starbuck having a coffee latte and online while wait for my wife after work. Nobody disturb me.
4. My Television can be repaired so i no need buy a new 1
5. Have a nice dinner with my wife at Sakae Teppanyaki at Autocity (we have been there quite a few times)
6. My son getting well from Fever and getting better from the cough ( i no need to wake up every hour check his temperature)
7. I manage find and install HID light for my car with high and low dim light which is 4300K.
8. My mother in law went back to Cameron Highland. (not said i dun respect her but she screw up my living style and most i hate is she mess up my whole kitchen and keep eating overnite dish which are not healthy)
9. My favourite football team keep won the match and hope they will win the league.
10. The most happiness is my son can speak a few new words which make us very surprise.

I would like to pass on this happy tag to Jepunlauyeeeeeee, Kacang Puteh, Laksa Gien, Nancy