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Chanced upon "One Million Star".

Aska Yang sang very well indeed.

I kind of love his voice. It's just so manly.

(1) the guy who was so nervous on his first date with his dream girl, as he was losing the girl's attention, he added salt in his coffee. this action caught the girl's interest and they begun their beautiful r'ship. the girl made his saltish coffee throughout the rest of their married lives, till the day when the guy was old and lying on his bed weak.. he confessed to his wife (dream girl) that he never liked his salted coffee, he had never explained to her as he truly loves her and wouldn't want to lose the girl's interest in him… he's grateful that his nervousness which had caused him to add salt instead of sugar had allowed him to have her as his wife…he has no regrets in drinking the awful salted coffee…

(2) there was this loving couple, they were the admirable couple in the eyes of everyone. the husband would buy flowers for his wife every year on their anniversary. this had continued for several years till one day, the husband met an accident and died. on that year of anniversary, the wife was still grieving over her husband's death and was thinking that her husband would never be there to give her those flowers any more. suddenly, the door bell rang, the wife answered the door, to her surprise was the same bouquet of flowers which she had been receiving year after year… attached to it was a card written by her husband, "happy anniversary dear" and signed off with love. the wife was stunned and checked out if there was a mistake or someone playing a prank. however, she was informed by the florist that her husband had already paid the florist in advance for the same bouquet of flowers together with the card to be delivered on their anniversary for the next 30 years or so…

"Don't bother explaining to those who don't trust you. Those who trust you need no explanation from you. They'll believe you even if you remained silence without any explanation needed."

TAIPEI (AFP) – - A Taiwanese man who lost two million US dollars in Las Vegas is threatening to sue the casino for using feng shui to cause his losing streak, a report here said.

The man, surnamed Yuan, alleged that the Venetian dug a one-metre (40-inch) square hole on the wall of the presidential suite he was staying in April last year and covered it with a black cloth, said Apple Daily.

The casino also put two white towels in front of Yuan's suite and turned on two large fans facing his room without notifying him, it said.

Yuan claimed that his luck turned bad after discovering the arrangements and that he went from winning 400,000 dollars to losing two million, the report said.

"We Chinese drape black and white cloths only when there is a death in the family. It is such a taboo for regular people, let alone for the gamblers," he was quoted as saying.

Yuan filed a complaint against the Venetian after returning to Taiwan and demanded the cancellation of a two-million-dollar debt to the casino, half of it on credit, it said.

The casino has promised to refund him 100,000 dollars in cash and the same amount in chips, the paper said, without explaining why it had agreed to this.

Yuan had notified the Venetian through his lawyer of his intention to sue for feng shui sabotage if the casino fails to come up with a "reasonable solution," it said.

Feng shui, or wind and water, is an ancient Chinese belief that seeks to channel good and bad psychic energy through the arrangement of furniture and ornaments.

There are some common feng shui taboos among Taiwanese gamblers, such as bringing a hair brush to a gambling table as "brush" is a homophone of "lose," the report said.

I was reading this on yahoo while resting my "pig trotter" feet.

If Casino has good feng shui for us and we win all the money, what do all the casino owners eat?

Like that, can we sue S-pools if we no win 4D or Toto? -_-"

My "beautiful" "pig trotter" feet as at 7.30pm. -_-"

I went to the GP just now. He was like "OMG! What had you done? Got beaten up?" 

I was like -_-"……………… 

I was told to go for X-ray and was given a referral letter. But I will see how then. If the swelling persists by Wednesday, I will go to company doctor to get the X-ray done.

Now, I am given 1 day MC. Have to be in office on Wednesday. 

Tomorrow will be full resting day for my feet. Hopefully, the swell will go away. I bloodly hell need to work lor. @_@

Sony Ericsson today announced Satio which provides you access to all your media in one place – just tap directly into your favourite features with the five standby panels and you’re ready to go.  First introduced in Barcelona as the ‘Idou’, Satio puts the future of mobile entertainment in the palm of your hand. You can watch your favourite movies on the bus or catch up with your TV shows while on your lunch break thanks to Satio.

“With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never be more than a tap away from your favourite tracks or shows,” said Fredrik Mansson, Market Business Manager at Sony Ericsson.  “Just tap directly into your favourite videos and music with the unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player.  Snapping perfect pictures also just got so simple thanks to the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus and Xenon flash.  Share them with your nearest and dearest via your social networking site, produce huge prints and you can even comment directly on your images.”

Download exciting music, movies and games from PlayNow™ arena to personalise your entertainment experience on Satio and enjoy them in crystal clear 16:9 widescreen format.  PlayNow™ arena provides a full range of mobile entertainment available by dual download to both your PC and mobile phone with specially developed ring tones and music tones and DRM-free music tracks and TrackID™ charts from around the world.

Satio
Visual communication like never before

• True 16:9, 3.5 inch widescreen – feast your eyes on movies
• Express yourself through images – 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus, Xenon flash and face and smile detection
• Web albums with messages – talk through pictures and share your experiences
• Intuitive full touch media menu – tap directly into your favourites, from web pages to pictures and media files
• Symbian Foundation operating system – thousands of applications available online
• Music player – play your tunes loud and proud

To make your listening experience even better team Satio with the smallest headset on the market, the Wireless Stereo Headphones HBH-IS800 to listen in crystal clear sound.  Alternatively, maximise your mobile video experience with the Video Viewing Stand IM920. 

Satio supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS/HSDPA 850/900/2100. Satio will be available in selected markets from early Q4 in the colours; Black, Silver and Bordeaux.

• Title: 福氣又安康 / Fu Qi You An Kang
• Also known as: Easy Fortune Happy Life
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Broadcast network: TTV / SETTV
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jun-07 to 2009
• Air time: Sunday 22:00 – 23:30
• Opening theme song: Xing Fu Yao Cao (幸福藥草) Happy Herb by Sky Wu (伍思凱)
• Ending theme song: Jiu Yao Xing Fu Le (就要幸福了) Just Have Happiness by Rita Ma (夏宇童)

Synopsis

Yan Da Feng is a rich, arrogant, hot tempered, bad boy who refuses to honor his grandfather's wish to marry an ordinary country girl, Xie Fu An, who is studying herbal remedies with her grandmother. To get out of the marriage, he sends a killer to get rid of her.

Cast

• Lan Cheng Long as Yan Da Feng 嚴大風
• Chen Qiao En as Xie Fu An 謝福安
• Roy Qiu as Han Dong Jie 韓東杰
• Jocelyn Wang as Jiang Zhen Zhen 江珍珍
• Xiu Jie Kai as Yan Yang 嚴陽
• Ding Qiang (丁強) as Yan Yun Gao 嚴雲高
• Chen Zi Xian (陳咨憲) as Xie Fu Jiu 謝福久
• Wang Juan as Yan Feng Feng 嚴鳳鳳
• Tan Ai Zhen as Wang Chun Xiang 黃春香
• Dong Zhi Cheng as Yan Dong Shi Zhang 嚴董士長
• Gino as Lawyer Hong
• Hsia Ching Ting as Village leader
• Na Dou (納豆) as Pang Dai
• George Zhang (張兆志)

1st treatment – 放血. This is totally gross. I hid behind my bag. Uncle had a "gun" – reminds me of taking blood for my blood type on IC. Then he proceeded to use the mini "cup" to suck out the blood.

Finally he had advised that if it still swell and still painful by end of the week, I better see a GP and get an Xray done, it could be a crack at the bone.

Let's take a look at 放血疗法. 放血疗法就是指用三棱针、粗毫针或小尖刀刺破穴位浅表脉络，放出少量血液，以外泄内蕴之热毒，达到治疗疾病的一种方法，具有消肿止痛，祛风止痒、开窍泄热、镇吐止泻、通经活络之功效。
    1、物品准备 消素的三棱针（或粗毫针、小尖刀）、75%酒精、棉签、消素纱布、胶布、弯盘。
    2、操作方法
    （1）点刺：（又称速刺）
    ①选好点刺之穴位血络，局部用酒精行常规消毒。
    ②术后右手持针，左手固定待刺部位，将针尖对准选好之血络，迅速刺入约0.1～0.3cm立即出针。
    ③用手指轻轻挤压点刺穴位周围皮肤，挤出少量血液，用干棉签擦之，再挤压1～2次，放出适量血液后，用干棉签压迫止血。
    （2）挑刺：（此法多用于胸背部及耳后部位放血）
    ①选好部位，轻轻揉挤局部，使细小静脉充盈。
    ②常规皮肤消毒。
    ③用消素的三棱针或小尖刀挑破（或划破）微小静脉，并挤出少量血液。
    ④用干棉球擦去血滴，再揉挤放出少量血液，用干棉球压迫止血。
    （3）缓刺：多用于肘部、腘窝部的浅静脉放血。
    ①选好部位，并在放血部位上方用手自上而下按挤，或扎上止血带，使其静脉充盈。
    ②常规消毒皮肤。
    ③用消毒的三棱针或粗毫针刺入浅表静脉约0.3cm，再缓缓退出针头。
    ④以干棉球擦去放出的血液，松开止血带，再以干棉球压迫止血。
    （4）围刺：（又称散刺）用于皮肤病等病灶周围点刺出血。
    ①点刺部位常规消毒。
    ②用消毒的三棱针沿病灶周围按顺序点刺出血。
    ③用酒精棉球再次消毒点刺皮肤，必要时覆盖上消毒敷料。
    3、护理
    （1）向病人作好解释工作，以免紧张，体质虚弱、孕妇及凝血机制不良者不宜采用此法。
    （2）注意器械及皮肤的消毒，防止感染。
    （3）手法宜稳、准、轻，不宜过猛，放血不可过多。
    （4）一旦出现晕针现象，立即扶病人平卧，喝热水，并注意观察面色、脉象、血压。症状较重者，请医生处理。
    4、在护理的中应用
    （1）高热降温：大椎、十宣点刺放血
    （2）咽喉肿痛：少商穴点刺放血
    （3）头痛：太阳穴点刺放血
    （4）中暑：十宣穴点刺放血
    （5）全身搔痒：耳后静脉挑刺放血
    （6）神经性皮炎、丹毒、痈疖在病灶周围及相应部位散刺放血
    （7）急性胃肠炎：曲泽、委中穴缓刺放血。 (三九健康网)

The injured FEET! Yes! It's FEET! -_-" 

Yesterday, right ankle was much painful as compared to the left one. Now, left foot is more swollen than the right one. -_-"

Now, I had both feet injured. AMAZING, I would say so. 

"Karma" – I would say. 

Tomorrow I am going back to the sinseh.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 American comedy film and the sequel to the 2006Night at the Museum . The film stars Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Alain Chabat, and Christopher Guest, and features numerous voice cameos and appearances by characters from the first film. It was released in theaters on May 22, 2009, and is rated PG for mild action and brief language. adventure comedy film

Two years after Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) defeated the three night guards plotting to steal The Tablet, he is now head of Daley Devices, a company that he founded to manufacture his inventions. These inventions, including the Glow-in-the-Dark Flashlight, were created from his experiences as a former night guard. He finds that the American Museum of Natural History is closed for upgrades and renovations, and some of the museum pieces are being replaced by interactive holograms. The actual exhibits are moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. On the last night, Larry meets the museum pieces such as Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Rexy the Tyrannosaurus Skeleton, and Dexter the Capuchin Monkey (Crystal the Monkey) and finds out that several exhibits, including Teddy, Rexy, the Easter Island Head (Brad Garrett), and good Pharoah Ahkmenrah (Rami Malek) and his Tablet are not moving to The Smithsonian Institution – without the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, the other exhibits will no longer be animated. The next night, Larry gets a call from Jedediah (Owen Wilson), saying that Dexter stolen the tablet last midnight and evil Pharoah Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria), Ahkmenrah's older brother, is attacking them. Larry goes to Washington and visits the National Air and Space Museum, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian Castle to find the Federal Archives with the help of his son Nick (Jake Cherry).

Larry sneaks into the archives and locates the exhibits, frozen in the middle of a battle with Kahmunrah and his troops, who are trying to lock the exhibits in a crate. Larry gets hold of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, which had been stolen by Dexter, just when the sun sets and all the exhibits come alive again. Kahmunrah and his troops lock the crate and take the Tablet from Larry, and he tells Larry that bringing the exhibits to life is just one of the tablet's powers – he intends to use it to raise an army from the underworld and conquer the world. Larry escapes with the help of General George Armstrong Custer (Bill Hader), who gets captured, and meets Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams), who is thrilled at the prospect of adventure and accompanies Larry. Meanwhile, Kahmunrah is able to recruit black and white agent Al Capone (Jon Bernthal), evil emperor Ivan The TerribleChristopher Guest) and French Admiral Napoleon Bonaparte (Alain Chabat) to help him capture Larry in return for sharing the world with him when he conquers it. Custer is locked up with the other exhibits from the American Museum of Natural History, and while he conceives a poor plan of attack (he will scream "Attack!" and the exhibits will jump out and attack), Jedediah and Octavius (Steve Coogan) sneak out to help Larry. (

Larry and Amelia are captured and taken to Kahmunrah. Kahmunrah then attempts to activate the tablet to open the gates of the underworld by pressing the symbols on the tablet, only to find out that the combination has been changed. He orders Larry to decipher the tablet's riddle and figure out the new combination before sunrise, and traps Jedidiah in an hourglass to hasten his attempts. Larry and Amelia consult a bust of Teddy who says that the answer is in the heart of the pharoah's tomb. The duo then consult The Thinker, but he gets distracted by a beautiful statue of a woman. Finally, at the National Air and Space Museum, they consult a group of Albert Einstein bobbleheads who tell them that the answer to the riddle (and hence the new combination) is pi. Larry and Amelia fly the Wright Flyer back to the Museum of Natural History, and Amelia goes for help while Larry delays Kahmunrah. Capone, Napoleon and Ivan arrive and tell him the code, and he opens the gates of the underworld and summons an army of bird-men. Suddenly, the statue of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial bursts through the window, frightening the bird-men back to the underworld. Amelia arrives, having freed the other exhibits, and Custer orders them to attack. Larry duels Kahmunrah with his flashlight, defeating him and then pushing him through the gate, which banishes him to the underworld forever. from the

Amelia flies Larry and the other exhibits back to the American Museum of Natural History, where Teddy welcomes him back, and Larry assures him he has a way for them to remain there. Larry and Amelia say goodbye and kiss before Amelia flies away, leaving Larry outside the museum. Some time later, it is revealed that Larry sold his company and donated the money to the museum to pay for Audio-Animatronics exhibits – since the museum now opens late, the exhibits can come to life under the guise of animatronically animated exhibits, including Teddy as a tour guide, Ahkmenrah and Dexter displaying the Tablet, and Atilla as a storyteller. Larry is rehired at the museum as the night guard, and meets a young woman who looks just like Amelia. The film concludes as they talk and walk off as Larry guides her toward the hall of miniatures. During the credits, a man from a black and white photo of V-J day in Times Square is seen examining Larry's Blackberry cell phone, which Larry left in the photo, and makes a new discovery (for his time period). His mother calls him, and it is revealed that his name is Joey Motorola.

Recommendation: 3.5/5

I like the first. I like this one too. The first one has the magic of discovery. This one does not. This one is more about introducing new "what ifs" with what could happen if the stuff in this new museum came to life. They pull this off very well. But they do sacrifice some to do it.

How they do it is the old museum decides to go to digital exhibits and wholesales the vast majority of the old to the federal archives under the Smithsonian. Of course, the tablet makes it there. But it turns out the older brother of the Egyption Pharoh has an exhibit there. He comes to life and wants to use the tablet to bring his army of dead to take over the world. Ben Stiller travels to DC to get the tablet back and return his friends back home. Of course the Pharohs brother won't have that. Wackiness ensues.

The upside is we do get to met new characters. Amillia Earhart(SP) played by Amy Adams, the pharoh's brother (Hank Azaria), etc. Really the movie pulls together pretty much all of DC as the museum. According to the plot the tablet can do this because all the museum buildings and memorials are connected to the archives via a tunnel system. I allowed this plausabity to exist in my mind and ran with it watching the show.

Pretty much everything in the movie was charming or funny to watch.

Some of the bad is most of the old characters are barely in the movie. Some of the old museum exhibits don't go and are in the movie only five minutes. Of those that do go they spend most of the movie in a storage unit. 

Overall it is wide audience comedy. Nothing gratuitous that requires uncomfortable talks with children. The violance is minor, because of course Ben is the only real person. The movie does have a happy ending almost to the point of hollywood formula cheese.