Monday, February 27, 2006

Me & My Messy Handwriting

Handwriting Wizard

For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer's attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space. If the inputted data was correct Nicole has left lots of white space on the right side of the paper. Nicole fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion. If this is true, then Nicole has an unhealthy relationship to the past and has a fear of moving forward. The right side of the page represents the future and Nicole seems unwilling to face the fear of getting started living now and planning for the future. Nicole seems to be clinging to past events and spending lots of time thinking about what happened. It would be best to leave the past behind and move on. Stop crowding that left margin.
I think I think a lot...

A straight tail on Ys means Nicole is very self-sufficient. She is trying not to need anyone. She is capable of making it on her own. She probably wants and enjoys people, but she doesn't "need" them. She can be a loner.
I M A LONER!! MWAHHAHAHHAHA!!

The horizontal bar on the T stem knifes out on the right. Nicole is sarcastic. This is a defense mechanism designed to protect her ego when she feels hurt. She pokes people harder than she gets poked. These sarcastic remarks can be very funny. They can also be harsh, bitter, and caustic at the same time.
Yes, I can be really sarcastic. But I just keep quiet and zone out when I get poked..

The horizontal bar is placed 3/4 on the top of the T stem. Nicole is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth. This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem. She needs to visualize the end of a project before she starts. she finds joy in anticipation and planning. Notice that I said she plans everything she is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned. Nicole basically feels good about herself. She has a positive self-esteem which contributes to her success. She feels she has the ability to achieve anything she sets her mind to. However, she sets her goals using practicality-- not too "out of reach". She has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, she will not take great risks, as they relate to her goals. A good esteem is one key to a happy life. Although there is room for improvement in the confidence catagery, her self-perception is better than average.
I DUN LIKE PLANNING!!! Erm.. Depends on planning what.. But mostly, NO! Practical. Yes. I perceive myself as.. A COW. MoOoOoo

Nicole has balanced with slightly pointy but overall rounded humps on M. In reference to Nicole's mental abilities, she has a very investigating and creating mind. She investigates projects rapidly because she is curious about many things. She gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but she soon must slow down and look at all the angles. She probably gets too many things going at once. When Nicole slows down, then she becomes more creative than before. Since it takes time to be creative, she must slow down to do it. She then decides what projects she has time to finish. Thus she finishes at a slower pace than when she started the project. She has the best of two kinds of minds. One is the quick investigating mind. The other is the creative mind. Her mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode. She can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster. Nicole can then switch into her low gear. When she is in the slower mode, she can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner. She is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.
I am curious about things I'm interested in. Do I have both minds??

The O starts with an inner loop on the left but no loops going out. Nicole is not facing something going on in her life today. She is deceiving herself about it. Often, Nicole's opinion of herself is different than those around her. This trait gives Nicole the ability to deny anything that does not agree with her "truth." This trait is not always something negative. It is only a defense mechanism allowing Nicole not to face some reality in her life at this time.
I think I chose the wrong one. Or IS THIS the REAL ME?

D and T in small caps do not have any loops in them. Nicole will demand respect and will expect others to treat her with honor and dignity. Nicole believes in her ideas and will expect other people to also respect them. She has a lot of pride.
Yes Yes. Respect me! Dun keep getting me to suggest then turn down what I suggested!

With a handwriting that shows severe variations in the slants, Nicole has difficulty making decisions. Her mind changes constantly. She lives in an emotional tug of war. Nicole could be described like a thermometer. Today warm and friendly, yet tomorrow she may be distant and cold, not wanting to be close to anyone. Some research indicates that people with a severe variety in the slant of their handwriting have an inability to tolerate sugar and are suffering the side-effects of too much sugar in their diet. If moods swings are a reoccurring issue, investigate the diet. If Nicole encounters a situation she cannot handle she frequently pulls into herself. She feels her emotions are secure if she is withdrawn. When she has solved the problem she can be very outgoing and again need other people's companionship. Some see Nicole as very moody, but it it would be more accurate to say she has two complete personalities that she chooses depending on the circumstance. This type of person is often hard to understand because no one knows what personality she is exhibiting today. She may not be bothered by something one minute, then the next minute become upset at the same thing. It is very difficult to pin down Nicole's emotional expressiveness.
I think I'm a thermometer. But do I have mood swings so often? Sugar-intolerance?? I just DUN LIKE sweet stuff. Not crazy over chocolates n ice-creams, when most girls do. I seem to be withdrawn most of the time leh. 2 complete personalities.. Shit! I got schizophrenia!!

Nicole tends to write a bit smaller than the average person. When a person's letters are small and tiny, this indicates an ability to focus and concentrate. This character trait is a huge asset in careers like math, science, race car driving, and flying planes. However, if Nicole writes tiny all of the time, she will also display characteristics of someone who is socially introverted. Nicole will often sit on the sideline and watch others get the attention at parties. she might be willing to open up and be warm, but only in small groups or a select group of people. When she is busy working on a project, it is common for all other noises and distractions to just fade away and her ability to focus is incredible. When she says she didn't hear you... really, she didn't hear you.
Bwahhahhahahahah!! I just zone off, not focusing.

Saturday, February 25, 2006

CGs

Its amazing to see technology advances.

Go watch Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

Its kinda scary to see something dats fake, and yet so real. Made me think throughout the show if its real, even noeing that its jus CGs. Esp the ending theme song mtv. The artwork is freaking cool. U cant really tell its CG until u see the overly-perfect eyes. With the choreography, the actions. WOW!

Bcos I din watch nor play any FF games, I dun quite understand the 1 hr movie. Who cares! Jus drool over the yandao guys and perfect complexion girls.



Tifa's way cool! Fights barehands, movements so matrix-like. Just one fault. Her busts seems too huge. Heh Heh.



Kinda like Reno, for his noisyness. Cloud's way too silent, even thou he's yandao like no need money.

I love Cloud's sword. Freaking stylo can! Can mix, match, combine, extract. Fwahhhh..

This is the era of CGs. Matrix, Gundam Seed, etc etc. Its jus the start. Freaking scary how fast technology advances. Perhaps in 10 yrs time, when technology gets even better, production gets cheaper, most of the stuff we watch will be in CGs. N since they're CGs, they wun be any NGs for bad performances or laffs, therefore less time & money on NGs, actors might be going out of jobs man!

*yes yes I noe FF7 Advent Children had been out for quite some time. Its only now that I had the time and motivation to double click the icon!*

Friday, February 24, 2006

Low Blood Pressure?!??

This must be the yr I puked the most.

3 times OH-LEH-LI leh!!

Despite being so guai to sleep at 12.30, I woke up to a spinning room. Rummage ard for panadols to stop the spins but it aint very effective. Was comtemplating to see doctor in the bath. Wanna puke cannot puke. The spins came everytime I wash my hair, aka lower my head. I thought I had vertigo (ear water imbalance). Crawled outta bath, changed into work clothes, complained to mum. Already in my socks when I finally gave in to my body, raises white flag, crawls back into bed and msg my work ppl.

In the midst of msging, I puked. All the sugarcane from yest. So I thot it was indigestion, very common to me these days. Either dat or food poisoning, since I dun have a sweet tooth for sugarcanes n they had this report abt the unhygienic conditions where they store the canes.

Struggled to the doctor's, in giddy and ready to puke anytime mode. Registered, walked in to an old ah peh doctor. Somehow I find that being a doctor is like being a detective, or something like dat. They ask u something, depending on ur answer, they decide.

Doc: So wats ur problem??
Me: Giddy..
Doc: Giddy only?
Me: Erm.. puked also.
Doc: R u having ur period? (Anaemic)
Me: No..
Doc: Wat did u eat last night? (Food Poisoning/Allergy/Indigestion)
Me: Sugarcane drink only
Doc: Do u have this often?
Me: Nope. This morning only.
Doc listens to my pulse. I got a feeling I've stepped into a Cheena sinseh clinic.
Doc checks my blood pressure n listens to my heartbeat. (high/low blood pressure)
Doc: Is ur blood pressure normally this low??
Me: Arh.. I dunno leh.. The docs nvr mention anything abt my blood pressure b4.
Doc writes 100/60 on my medical card, I noticed 36.1 deg on it oso. It was taken b4 I go into the doc's room.
Doc checks my ears. (Vertigo)
Doc: Your giddyness is caused by ur low blood pressure. Bcos our blood pressure will be low when we are sleeping. So when we get up too fast, the blood pressure doesnt rise to our heads, thus the giddyness. So if next time u feel giddy when u wake up, sit down for a while until the giddyness goes away.
Me: So my puking is caused by that?
Doc: Ya. I give u one day MC <- yay~
Me: Thanks.

I'm not normal! I have low blood pressure, low temperature. -.-" The doc only gimme one medicine to take. When ppl worry abt high blood pressure.. Mine's too low! 2nd MC in 1 mth already.

The giddyness seems to be coming back again.. Arhh...

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

The Playful Dog

My To-Watch anime list had finally shrunk to its all time low. Cleared MAR, Mai Otome and Tantei Gakuen Q up till the current episode, dl-ed Fate/Stay Night, and cleared 10gb from my lappy. Left a few episodes of slow production animes and 2 movie anime b4 my list is cleared. What an achievement!

And yes, definitely...

I have not started mugging.

As the Zodiac prediction goes, The Dog will be playful this year. And that's me!

I'll be wasting my time in Sarawak next weekend. My helper has been declared operationally not feasible to let him off, means I'm gonna hold the fort myself. Nah! It only means me having to do the agenda from start till end, plus the collating the presentations, plus being the presenter's clicker and maybe the scribe.

Kill me will be better. Or gimme chicken pox everytime there's a company meeting overseas. So totally unfair! Y some people can go there do nothing n I have to slog b4 during and maybe after.

Dun like the company structure. Only insist on what the "powerful" individuals want. N its not in their area of responsibility! Dun care! I'll make everyone work! Mwahhahaha..

*Growl*

I is totally not excited abt this business trip. Firstly, MY WEEKEND!! MY DRUM CLASS!! Secondly, I have to take on additional work to go, they cannot see I busy meh. N is dunno how I AUTO go in as committee. I'm so going to kick the person into the sea filled with sharks if I get to know who. Thirdly, its my reporting period also. Fourthly, I'm not interested to go Malaysia anyway. Not with this group of people.

Its only next week n its not carved into my mind. How bad is that?

On the other hand however, I'M GOING TAIWAN END APRIL!~ 8 days Free & Easy! Ok not FREE as in FOC but still... So exciting~

Already booked plane tix, booked hotel room. Itinary 3 quarters done. So fun!~

FYI, I've got 2 tests on the week after I come back from TW. WoW!

Mwahhahahha~~ Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan~

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Bleach-ing Show

If I were to select the cast of Bleach...

Kurosaki Ichigo - MayDay Ah Shin 陈信宏 (五月天)
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Dye His Hair ORANGE!! (OMG this pic looks like tsuyoshi!)

Kuchiki Rukia - Niki Wu En Qi 吴恩琪
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Tough choice here.. Either Niki or Rebecca..

Abarai Renji - Jordan Chan 陈小春
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I was actually planning to cast him as Ganju..

Kon - Voice Over by Domoto Tsuyoshi 堂本刚 (Kinki Kids)
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I WAN HIM TO VOICE!~~ hahahha Machine Gun like he does in Summer Snow!

Inoue Orihime - Jolin Tsai 蔡依琳
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Mwahahhaha..

Sado Yasutora (Chad) - Jerry Yan 言承旭
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PERFECT FIT! Now I truly agree Jerry is a manga guy!

Ishida Uuryu - Domoto Koichi 堂本光一 (Kinki Kids)
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Lets dye his hair black n give him a pair of specs~

Aizen Sosuke - Bae Yong Joon 裴勇俊
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Can he do a bad guy?

Ichimaru Gin - Vanness Wu 吴建豪
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This one oso fits good..

Shiba Kuukaku - Miriam Yeung 杨千桦
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Not bad not bad~

Soi Fong - Shin Eun Kyung 申恩庆
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Fwahhh..

Yoruichi - Rebecca Hsu 许同恩
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Kekekkekeke..

Hinamori Momo - Penny Tai 戴佩妮
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Heehee~

Urahara Kisuke - Z Chen 张智城
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Hmmm Hmm Hmmm....

Shiba Ganju - Chapman To 杜汶泽
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Mwahahhaha~

Zangetsu - Anthony Wong 黄秋生
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Very fitting..

Kuchiki Byakuya - Takeshi Kaneshiro 金城武
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Cant really think of anyone else even thou Takeshi's eyes seems too mesmerizing for Byakuya

Hitsugaya Toshiro - Devon Song 弹头 (南拳妈妈)
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I had the hardest time finding a match for toshiro.

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Credits: Bleach pictures from Bleach Society, Bleach X and Bleach Community. Artistes pictures from various sites.

Project started: 2 Jan 2006
*Note: I din do tis IN A DAY LAHH..*

All done in the name of fun.. Now if I had that much money to cast ALL of them.. mwehehhehe..

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Cramming Everything Together

Darn my face is feeling hot. Wine in the afternoon and champagne jus now. So much alcohol.

I'm still sane. Dun worry.

Attended my colleague's wedding lunch reception today. Makes me wanna get a doting boyfriend oso. Hee hee. (My colleague is the guy lahh) The view from L69 Swissotel is jus so fantastic, even in broad daylight. The cars looks like little toys and the buildings like Legos, with its top exposed. So cool~

I was in a damn gu niang outfit which I bought last min yest n which was on a 70% discount (discount on discount: $45 x 60% off x 20% off. So I got 2 tops for $24!!Very rare sighting ok for me to wear so gu niang. Can go buy 4D liao. Mwahhaha. Rare clothes for rare occasions! Love my crystal earrings. Din realise they were in the wrong hole until I returned home! Unbalanced~! (I did it on the way there mahh) Nvm, cant see oso. My hair covered. Problem with having 4 ear piercings (1 closed. -.-").

Speaking of 4D, the ToTo i bought nvr open. Not even 1 match! Out of 4 tables some more. The 4D I asked my mum to buy for the bus plate din strike oso. Wat the hell...

Went home after the recept to change and go for drums class. Waited 20(!!) min for a cab. Nvm. Clemenceau Ave closed due to Thaipusam. Nvm. I got stuck in Orchard! One big round! Can jus turn to Oxley Road the cab auntie drove me to CineLeisure. And get stuck there. Gave up on drums since I was already 40 min late. Kaoz. $$ wasted: Drum class ($25) + Cab fare ($14) = $39!!! *Fainted* Nvm the missed drum class. Problem is I dunno when is the makeup class for last week! ARhhh.. Hope Anthony sms me.

Met up with RR to plan for TW trip. Only went Nam Ho to grab their tour leaflets n asked some questions. Looking out for Natas in March. Then we ended up in Orchard for a little walk-ard and researching. Its SALE everywhere. M)phosis, Zara, all the zah bor shops! Crazy.

We identified a few alternate uses for boyfriends while being part of the sale chaos.
1) Queue Tags.
Guys will be standing in the long long que for the fitting room while the girls continue to pile clothes on their "mountain" even thou the limit is only 4.

2) Security Guards
No fear of shoplifters or other criminals. These unlawful people will bang right into the chests of the guys standing outside the shops waiting for their girls to do their shopping.

3) Clothes Hanger / Bag Carrier
Want to have ur hands free to thumb thru the massive and messive clothes selection while making sure ur selected ones r not thrown back into the craze? Get the guy to hold for u! These hangers come with GPRS system which will locate their girls no matter how chaotic the situation is. Another SALE elsewhere? NO PROBLEM AT ALL!

4) Mobile ATM Machine
Mobilised with a smile/nod/expression from the girl. Will automatically make its way to the counter and foot the bill. Will carry the shopping bags also if it has been synthesize with 3) above.

5) Thinking Machine
When the girl is too bimbo to know/understand/learn how to wear the complex straps on the sandal, the guy will step in and analyse for her.

Of cos there's still more lah. No wonder guys dun like shopping. Hahhaha.

Watched Fearless on Wed after so many mths. Cant remember when was the last time I watched a movie. Chicken Little?? Think dats it. Think I only watch like 4 movies on avg per yr.

Fearless is a super nice film! Jet Li is fantastic! Asian's Fighting Machine! Body expression so much better than Jackie Chan. (He's slimmer oso!) N the best part is, I NEED TO LET THE USHER CHECK MY IC!! Erm, not jus me. RR too. OMG OMG OMG! N I was still wondering watch movie need to check IC one meh? Thot only pool saloons need. Then I remembered. NC-16 HOR! Then the truth dawned. NC-16!!~~~ Freak! This means I look YOUNGER THAN 16!! N 16 is like 8 YRS AGO! Kaoz.

Go watch the movie if u haven caught it yet. But be prepared for a lot of bone cracking sounds. The last martial arts movie from Jet Li.

Did my revision lecture schedule the other day. Its freaking crazy. I'm going to visit SIM for 9 days in a row, 6 of the days are 7 hr lecture days. 2 weekends burnt, 2 leaves burnt, 5 weekday nites burnt. And I still have revision lectures 2 days b4 my exam starts. *fainted*

I'm gonna miss a lot of drum classes at the look of this. 2 saturdays for lectures, 2 saturdays for TW. fwahhhh.. dat is one freaking month! Damn!!

Gonna finish up the bak kwas and wait till next yr for it.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Sick... Soon..

Had a traumatic experience last nite. Went off to sleep at 12.30am, feeling really tired out.

Feeling uncomfortable, my consciousness returned to me. I was shivering under the blankets. Heard vehicles passing by downstairs so I thot it was ard 5+ or 6. Tried to sleep away the shivers thinking that I'll have to wake up in an hr or so.

There I was shivering for a long while, couldnt get back to sleep. I dun have an aircon and the fan was only blowing at 1st speed, which was close to nothing as the fan was directed at my laptop, meaning the fan will only spread the exhaust to me. My soles were cold. I bent my knees and got my soles away from the fan direction. It din work. I tolerated for a while more, b4 struggling to crawl up and find the fan remote. Off the fan, tried to sleep somemore. Din work oso.

Then a wave of nausea overwhelmed me. I ran to the toilet n puked my dinner out. Can still taste the spicy chicken. -.-" Damn gross. I feel like I wanna sit beside the toilet bowl n hug it while puking. Nahh.. the puking stopped after perhaps a min or so and I was already covered in perspiration. My dad asked me if I ate something wrong while on his way to the kitchen. Hmm.. Dad's up, so shld be ard 4 or 5am.

Cleaned myself, gargled to get rid of the bile, stumbled back to my room, and dug out another blanket from the closet. Threw the blanket on my bed n crawled under it. Checked the time on hp.

Its FREAKING 2.18am only!!

My whole body aches. I need more sleep.

*On Clarinase now*

Monday, February 06, 2006

5m away from eee-orr-ing to hospital

Edited at 7 Feb 2006, 12.35am, while stuffing myself with CNY goodies, still.

Like I said. 2006 is a bad yr. It's still the same even after praying to Uncle Tai.

Ok, its not the same.

I could have already been in hospital if Uncle Tai din stop the bus.

And for that, Thank You Uncle Tai~ (If he understands ang moh)

A picture tells a million words. And N70 is a darn powerful camera phone. Even thou it lags like a tortoise.


Bus service and bus plate altered

I was standing at the green cross there. Roughly 5m away. But I'm bad at judging distances.

I did the formal reporting at work, since, SO MANY PPL SAW THE INCIDENT!! Even big boss + my boss. So have to write, arbo later kana for not reporting.

Story goes, in casual terms..

I went out for late lunch with my sup, din try our luck at the canteen bcos ITS CONFIRMED no variety lahh. A few seconds after we got to the bus stop, it started raining heavily. Got shelter machiam no shelter. I had to seek refuge behind the tiny protection the bus stop pillar provides. (Yes, the pillar near the bus) The wind almost blew me off my feet and pasted sand all over my pants. Since the bus stop is like in the middle of NO WHERE, we jus have to try our best to keep our footing.

Rain came on and off. It is during these kinda conditions where u'll feel that the bus is taking a super long time to arrive. Already the 2nd bus passing by on the other side.

Finally we saw the bus in the distance. I walked to the middle of the bus stop (aka the green cross) and outstretched my arms to flag it down. The bus was travelling relatively slow. The whole time I was looking at the sand stuck to my pants and trying to rub them off.

The next thing I saw when I was checking out where the bus was, it was already up the kerb, skidding in slow motion. Seriously I din think of running. I was watching the driver turning the steering wheel frantically getting it to stop. The centrifugal force keep the bus in motion, wobbling and almost toppling it.

It din occur to me that it would be dangerous. Neither was I afraid that it will hurt me as even thou it was in motion, it probably moved for 5 to 10 cm. It was only when I saw it wobbling then I moved away from my VIP seat. If it were to topple, theres bound to be debris flying out of the bus, which will, almost certainly, hit me.

I noticed quite a few eye witnesses inside the office premises. The driver is now trying to reverse and get back to the road, perhaps either to run away from the scene, or to calm the passengers. But, he did the reversing DANGEROUSLY. See how close the vehicle is on the lane behind. What if there's a container truck running more than its allowed speed (they always go whizzing more than 60km/hr) at the lane behind? If it were to knock full impact onto the reversing bus. Thats it man! I'll either not be able to blog anymore, or be blogging from NUH.

That is how dangerous our bus drivers are, not to mention the few accidents they had over the weekend. Its time for them to look at the condition of their buses.

N the stupid bus shelter designs! I noe its not under LTA but hey! Creativity is good, BUT CAN AT LEAST IMBUILT SOME PRACTICABILITY INTO UR DESIGNS?? (There goes my english) Whats the use of having a roof over the bus-waiting area when firstly, the sun shines into the area at most times, secondly, the wind directs the rain into the area!??!?!?! Not a big deal of difference from having only the bus pole as a bus stop.

After the bus was back on the road in a position where it shld be, the driver, with 2 passengers, got outta the bus and walked ard for inspection. Wah! The bus more impt! No visible dents, no nothing. At least the KINS police came out and asked me if I'm alright. Hmm.. yeah..

Anyway, we boarded the bus (I aint gonna wait somemore), even thou the bus seemed VERY DANGEROUS. (What happened to my OE TENETS!?!?!? Gone drowning into Pandan Reservoir!!) Every turn the bus makes, I have to cross my fingers. It seems unbalanced! And I could feel the braking/gear system's scrunching under my feet. Must be something wrong with the brakes.

Then my sup was blabbering non stop abt 4Ds and ToTos so outta well, psychotism, I bought $4 worth of ToTo (today no strike. better luck for 10 mil). N who did I see but the driver (i think so, looks like) himself in the que a few ppl in front of me. (My sup was queing, I stood in for a while when he went to the loo).

Obviously I think, he din report the incident. If not, he'll be busy writing the reports and answering to his bosses and not having the time to que for 4Ds and ToTos.

I think I'm having a bit of phobia of taking buses.

TAXIS AINT ANY GOOD ALSO!!!

I tompanged my colleague's cab to SIM. The uncle, accelerate like no body's biz. N the floor's still wet from the afternoon rain. Very very scary. Esp after experiencing only 5m to phoning the ambulance. Couldnt see the speed he was going at as I was directly behind him. What's with all these ppl, cant they DRIVE MORE SAFELY?

Got home in one piece, luckily, even thou half the time I was thinking abt centrifugal force and bus skiddings.

I dunno wat transport I'm gonna take. Walk to office!??!

Perhaps I should faster get my license and get a car.

Nope, no $$, not tis yr, I foresee I'll bang cars tis yr. No good no good.

I think I'll go get a 挡煞 crystal tues after work.

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Side Info While Researching for TW Trip

究竟什么是太岁?
2005年10月14日 07:50
Ce.cn

据专家考证,太岁是六十甲子中,每年轮流统领该年天下大事的神明,是地神中最有力的年神。除了玉皇大帝外,几乎各路神仙都要听其命令,因此无人敢冒犯他。由于传说中太岁位高权重,人人对他敬畏有加,唯恐“太岁头上动土”

一重达49公斤的特大“太岁”,在吉林桦甸夹皮沟云峰村双合屯被发现,令人叹为观止。

这块重达49公斤形似怪异肉饼状的“太岁”,是2002年5月30日在吉林桦甸夹皮沟云峰村双合屯发现的。其长度约140厘米,厚度约15-17多厘米,径宽约47厘米。从外观上看,呈“八”字形,中间相互联接,呈两片肺叶状,外表沾满了厚厚的腐殖土,因体积重量太大太重,取出时被折断为两部分。如此大的“太岁”现世十分罕见。

记者在1月7日来到“太岁”发现者韩增禄家时看到,这个“太岁”被保存于纸盒箱中虽已半年有余,依然不腐烂、无虫蛀、不变质,“太岁”仍鲜活如初,无任何异味。洗去表皮腐殖土,会看到它的肉,色泽并不一致,大体上是越丰满的地方,越现橙红色,里面有一些类似血管状的东西。摸上去有粘忽忽的感觉,好像里边水分很大,就像是牛蹄筋一样,刀割上去很费力。

据发现者韩增禄介绍,2002年5月30日,他与二儿子上山找牛。当时,二儿子在沟塘子的一处山戗子旁脚下触到一软绵绵的东西,韩增禄闻讯赶去仔细地察看,地上有两厘米厚黑土和腐叶,用手轻轻触摸软软的,很有弹性。经挖掘发现,其物通体为黑褐色,局部呈珊瑚状,就像堆在地上的两堆牛粪,总体看上去是两片肺叶状既不像动物、也说不上是植物的神秘“肉坨”。

令人惊奇的是,在“肉坨”身上最上面一层是当年落下的枯叶,枯叶下面是一层土,土的下面是“肉坨”。更令人惊奇的是“肉坨”肚皮底下是一层枯树叶,没有任何根系。据韩增禄讲,当时因为听老年人说过,所以当时他第一反应就是,这个“肉坨”可能就是民间流传了几千年的神秘“太岁”。

第一目击证人桦甸夹皮沟镇李广林告诉记者,大家把“太岁”采取回家中后,他自己吃了一点,没有什么特殊的味道,放到口中就化了。

发现者韩增禄希望有关部门对此作深入研究,能在科学上给出一个答案:“太岁”是什么东西?有没有科学研究的价值?对生命的起源和世界的神秘现象是不是有所发现?

〔新闻链接〕“太岁”的传说与现实

“在太岁头上动土”是中国的一句老话,它表明一种文化忌讳。过去人们认为,不信这种忌讳、真的会招致灾祸。唐代《酉阳杂俎》一书记载:有个叫王丰的人,“于太岁头上掘坑,见一肉块,大如牛,蠕蠕而动,遂填,其肉随填而长。丰惧,弃之。经宿,长塞于庭。丰兄弟奴婢数日内悉暴卒,唯一女存焉。”

《广异记》中也说:晃良贞不怕鬼怪,每年者要在“太岁”头上挖土。有一次挖出肉块,用鞭子打了几百下,扔到大路上了。当夜有人看见有些神人骑马坐车来慰问那肉块,并问:“太岁兄,你为什么受他辱打而不报仇呢?”回答是:那人血气方刚,我也没办法。天明后“太岁”就不见了。

在中国民间,“太岁”向来被人们看作是一种神秘莫测的力量,一种能在冥冥之中支配和影响人们命运的力量。它无影无踪,而又无处不在。其实,“太岁”实际上是古代人假设的一种天体。作为一种具体的生物,“太岁”是真实存在的。

在《山海经》、《本草纲目》等古籍中均有详尽记载,称其为“肉芫”,“视肉”、“土肉”、“聚肉”、“封”等。在中国神话史书《山海经》中,就有对“肉芫”的记载:“聚肉有眼而无胃,与彼马勒颇相仿佛,奇在不尽,食人薄味。”晋代著名学者郭璞在注释《山海经》时,对“视肉”做的解释是:“聚肉形,如牛肝,有两目。食之无尽,寻复更生如故。”

唐代著名学者虞世南的《北堂书抄》中也有一条关于“土肉”的记载,他的史料转录于《临海异物志》,文中说:“土肉,正黑,大如小儿,臂长五寸,中有腹,无口目,有三十足,大如钗股,浚克食。”

到了明代,名医李时珍在《本草纲目》中把“肉芫”收入“菜”部“芫”类,称其为“本经上品”,并将芫分为五类,其中对“肉芫”是这样描述的:“肉芫状如肉,附于大石,头尾俱有,乃生物也。赤者如珊瑚,白者如截肪,黑者如泽漆,黄者如紫金。”同时,《本草纲目》“芫”类条目中还列举了几部以“芫”为主的药方,说明“芫”类对一些疑难病症有特殊疗效,其共同特点是:“久食,轻身不老,延年神仙。”

据吉林大学微生物专家解释,俗称的“太岁”是介于原生物与真菌之间的粘细菌,生活于土壤中,生命力极强,是自然界非常稀有的大型粘细菌复合体。吉林桦甸夹皮沟云峰村双合屯发现的这块“太岁”,被保存于纸盒箱中虽已半年有余,依然不腐烂、无虫蛀、不变质,“太岁”仍鲜活如初,无任何异味。对此,专家称,它其实是一个有生命的、低等菌类混合体,与《本草纲目》等古籍记载的“肉芫”不能简单划等号。本报今天以《“太岁”驾临南部山区?》为题,对在西营镇中阁老村发现的一个不明生物进行了报道,引起了很多市民的兴趣,大家说法不一。记者就有关问题向山东大学生物专家卢浩泉教授求证。卢教授以前曾接触、研究过这类东西。卢教授告诉记者,被百姓说成“太岁”的东西,很可能是一个由粘菌、真菌、细菌等组成的菌类混合体,南方较多北方较少,但不管在哪,只要温度、湿度等环境条件适宜,就会出现。今年降雨量较大,南部山区山村出现这个东西并不稀奇。至于当地百姓说的“太岁”能发出像青蛙一样的叫声,卢教授说,有可能是菌落里面夹有空气,当人用脚踩时,气体受挤排出而发出的声音。另外,因为菌群也是一个生命体,要与周围的环境进行新陈代谢,出现代谢物是正常的;当环境条件发生变化、不适宜菌群生长时,它也会慢慢腐烂、解体。卢教授还称,这类菌群没有多少实际价值,不能与《本草纲目》等古籍上的记载完全划等号。

来源:中国经济网

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狗年十二星座运程

Mine
天秤座2006年星座运程,

  财运   今年天秤座的人财运真是陷阱多多,还会有劳多功少的情况出现,但切忌意气用事,多参考各方的意见才好。
  感情   与另一半的感情需要再多加加油,不妨多留心对方的动态,否则容易会出现第三者,多多沟通才能避免问题产生。
  桃花运   桃花运一极棒,今年天秤座的人,若是参加各方面的聚会,可要睁大眼看清楚,受人爱慕的机率变大很多,不妨再多点自信会更有魅力。
  考运   今年天秤座的考生,记忆力很好,加把劲在背诵的部分,只要别紧张,把实力发挥出来,加油。
  贵人   今年天秤座的人,贵人运还算不错,但是建议你不要胡思乱想,别老是怀疑他人,苦了自己。
  健康   天秤座的人,今年的健康运势超好,只要心情多放轻松,凡事不要想太多,就可以保持身心都健康的状态,面对什么挑战都活力十足喔!
  旅行   今年天秤座的人,若想要外出旅游,可能要多加慎重考虑,除了时间跟金钱的配合之外,陪同的人选也很重要,多沟通才能避免不愉快。

Meow Meow's
水瓶座2006年星座运程,

  财运   今年的财运比较差!不但钱赚得少花钱也花得多,最好请身边的人提醒你用钱是否得当,这样也可以替你的财库把把关。
  感情   今年水瓶座的人,感情运还可以,与另一半有些争吵的事件发生,多包容对方,才能使两人更长久些。
  桃花运   今年的桃花运一朵接一朵,让你心情好得不得了,多到一些人群会聚集的地方,这样才可以将你的好魅力发挥出来,很快就能有新恋情。
  考运   今年水瓶座的考生,考运很不错,有努力就是会有收获的,容易就可以达到理想目标之上,加油吧。
  贵人   今年的贵人运还算可以,遇到事情都要仰赖别让帮你解决,这样会使人际关系下滑,而害到自己。
  健康   今年水瓶座的人健康运吓吓叫,身体并没有什么病痛,一整年感觉精神都很好,做什么事都活力十足的样子,让旁人看得都十分的羡慕。
  旅行   今年旅游运需要加加油,若是想要外出旅游,最好要多三思而后行,凡事多计划可以改善些。

RR's
巨蟹座2006年星座运程,

  财运   今年的财运只能算是普通,有正财而无偏财,尽量节省一点,虽然你不太爱花钱,还是别跟他人出去购物,对你会好一些。
  感情   今年的感情运极佳,每天都能见到面,心中也是有无限的幸福,只要能体谅对方,会更好。
  桃花运   今年的水瓶桃花朵朵开,个性独特的你,向来是众人注目的焦点,只要多展现另类的想法,很多人便会迷上你,所以恋爱根本不是难事。
  考运   今年的巨蟹座考生,要多加强在记忆方面的训练,不要以为念过一遍就可以了,多花功夫才有成果。
  贵人   今年的贵人运还不错,只是要记得感谢对方,否则可能他就不再帮你了。
  健康   今年的健康运势还算可以,身体本来就有些虚弱,所以要多注意饮食及睡眠,有充足饱满的精神,才会有好的运势,别熬夜对你才好些。
  旅行   今年想要外出旅游的巨蟹座,要多努力了,若真的很想要外出,建议要事前先联络。

Birdy's
处女座2006年星座运程,

  财运   今年处女座的人,财运爬到高处,赚钱如流水般,但是却有意外破财的运势,今年切记,不可投机,即使是小试手气,都有会去无回。
  感情   今年的感情运还算不错,对另一半别隐瞒,有事就老实说出来,多注意。
  桃花运   今年的桃花运强强滚,走到哪都有异性追求,别每个都给对方希望,这样最后你会被所有的人讨厌,选几个较有感觉的发展,对你较好。
  考运   今年处女座的考生,运势很不错,但是拥有小聪明是不够的,还要多下功夫才行。
  贵人   今年的贵人运还可以,别老是说话不算话,说出就要做到,对你也好。
  健康   今年处女座的健康运满好的,只是有一些文明病要多注意,不要维持同一个姿势太久,否则容易积压酸痛,适度的放松对你会有所帮助。
  旅行   今年处女座若想要外出旅游,运势还不错,有很多地方想要去,计划周全才能让你更开心。

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2006年十二生肖运程 - 戊狗

进入2006年,戊狗[值太岁],心理压力增加,劳心劳力,虽然[值太岁]没有[害太岁]的变幻莫测,但是狗年应验搬迁、换工作、变动在所难免,琐碎繁杂的事情令到肖狗心绪不宁,上半年运势较反复,小心官府是非,年初宜入庙启富化太岁,下半年渐露曙光,可望有新突破核心的机遇...

Happy flipping the dictionary~ ^.^

Friday, February 03, 2006

犯太岁

Its the doggy yr, meaning all those that are borned under the doggy will 犯太岁 when the doggy rules for the yr.

I is doggy.

I seriously believe in this 犯太岁 thing.

If not, pls explain y once I went back to work, I had to face so many problems (which r not created by me, which I din even noe of, which I only got pulled into the loop at the LAST moment when I shld be the crucial party?).

Its easier to nip a problem at the bud b4 it grows outta the grasp of ur hand.

Now another 犯太岁 fella have to do extra work bcos the change wasnt communicated to the right person, i.e. our boss. Pitiful. And I also have to be EXTRA careful in my reporting, in case I missed out changing some info.

This is always the case btwn operations and marketing. Marketing, all they're concerned abt is, sales, sales and more sales (maybe I shld also credit them with a bit of customer satisfaction). They dun care how u deliver, if u have enuff to deliver, etc etc, operational issues. And also the billing issues. So long as they get their sales, do good in scorecard, get their bigger bonus, the rest is not their business already.

Is there an organisation where operations and marketing can exist in harmony and compromise?

2nd day of work after CNY, I'm flooded with emails requesting for this, dat, everything. What's more, I'm SUPPOSED TO BE ON MC!!

Had tis swollen lump of thing on my back, waist area which developed over CNY, and which had been home-treated with various medicine by the "great doctor", my ah ma. Could only sleep at 4am bcos the thing hurts when I touched it. Mum forced me to go to the doctor at 8am (!!) in the morning when I was only like, halfway thru my bath? Apparently she went down early and took a very early number. Bo bian quickly dressed and went down.

The doctor took a look at the thing, then starting to poke it repeatedly. Pain arh. Then he said, need to cut a slit to let the pus out. I was like.. HUH!?!??!

So I laid on the bed, while he injects the anesthetic. Took a long time for the injection, feels like a super big ant biting. Then I think he took a knife and cut a slit and started to squeeze the pus out. I couldnt see anything and thankfully I couldnt see. Mus have been gross.

After a while of painful squeezing (cant they make better anesthetics?), he pasted a huge plaster on the thing and that was it. 1 day MC, 2 med, 10 painful min, $60. Fwahh..

It was an oil clot or something. Din really understand what he say it was. Oil clot!?!?! Simi lai eh?

大年初六就犯血光了.... 真是宁可信其有, 不可信其无 arhh..

Precisely bcos I know my responsibility, I had to do the stuff (change over, special sales, blah blah) b4 I cock up the next person, or worse, the operation cannot take place and I had to run back on Sundays. Thus I survived the cab ride to office, thinking I can run off in 2hrs.

No way. I was only zao-able at 3. So many emails, so many different issues, so many calls.

And I haven had lunch.

Its already dinner time soon. Mum will scream.

I shall snooze till dinner.