The Psychologists Take on Profiling

Are these psychologists using free rein and poetic justice when they do profiling ?

See which do you agree.

Gems of Wisdom

These sayings are great motivators and reflectors for us to live forward.

Have fun!

Natural Mosquito Repellant

Hope this works!

I got this from a friend.

I am not sure whether it truly works.

No harm trying. It's just a few limes cut into halves and studded with cloves or star anise.

Our Sister, Hedy

The 4 Sisters-Hilda,Helen,Hazel and Hedy

I remembered watching this black and white movie when I was a little boy. Perhaps it was in 1960.

Those days, I lived in a plantation and one of my father's duties was to be a projectionist to show movies to the plantation workers once a month, courtesy of Harrisons and Crossfield. The hall was used for this purpose.

Family Squabbles and Machinations

Before the movie started, mats would be placed on the floor of the hall and it will be fully crowded just as the movie was about to begin.

One Chinese New Year weekend, my father showed the movie, "My Sister,Hedy". Before the showing, it was the talk of the Chinese folks in the plantation.

Boyfriend Conversation

In anticipation,we all watched to movie in joyous satisfaction.

The story revolved around 4 sisters. The eldest is Hilda (Mu Hong), followed by Helen (Julie Yeh Fong), Hazel (Dolly Soo)and Hedy (Jeanette Lin Tsui). They lived with their father after their mother passed on.

Hilda was too responsible and acted as a substitute mother busy with housework; while Helen was playful and careless of the woes of the world but to gather boyfriends. Hazel was on the softer side but attractive enough to attract a pilot. As for Hedy she was a tom-boy with nary a worry in the world but her family and school responsibilities.

Family Joys

It's the usual family story where the daughters woo the love of their father, bicker over boyfriends and finally settled into life married to their spouses,for better or worse.

Though filmed in 1957, dialogue was peppery and it was enjoyable to watch.

For me watching the movie again after almost 50 years is indeed nostalgic!

Chopstick Rendition for a Birthday Portrait

Chopstick Effect

Our own local Malaysian artist Hong Yi celebrated the 60th birthday of Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan by creating a portrait of him with 64,000 chopsticks.

This 28 year old Sabah lass took 12 hours a day tying chopsticks together in March 2014. She then presented the portrait to Jackie in Beijing on his 60th birthday.

Observance of All Soul's Day-Cheng Beng

A Heavenly Paradise Beyond Wonder

We observed Cheng Beng for our grandparents and youngest brother on 6 April 2014.

This is one rare day that I had to get up early at 5.45 am, rush through the morning hour chores and drive to Rasah Jaya to pick my brother Jit Cheng.

After almost 50 minutes, I was at the door-steps of my brother's home and sister-in-law served me breakfast. I had a half-boiled kampung egg, a charsiew pau and a a cup of hot Milo.

We were soon on our way to Malacca. After talking with Father, we took Sister-in-law Bo Kiak and our nephew Bo Jee and headed for the Simpang Krayong Christian Cemetery where  our our ancestors laid buried.

I extract some important information from my elder brother,Jit Cheng's email on Cheng Beng.

"The Heng's family siblings namely Jee Heng , Gee Tan and myself in addition Bo Kiak and her  son Bo Jee paid their respect  to our  deceased grand parents at The Simpang Krayong Christian  cemetery  on the 6th April which is  our Heng's family observance  for Ching Ming. 

We cleaned the graves, mopped the headstones and plucked the grass off the grave sites. We offered fresh flowers in the vases on the grave. We then said prayers and sang hymns. The  prayer session was conducted by  Jee Heng with the service ending  with  a song Amazing Grace being  sung together  by all of us.

                         

                          I  am grateful   to  those   who   took the trouble to come to  observe Ching Ming on the 6th.of April. Many  thanks  for participating in this  annual  ritual especially to Jee Heng  and Gee Tan."

Pun and Fun-The Bomohland Satellite

In the aftermath of the disappearance of MH 370 and the antics of a local shaman at the premise of KLIA, someone has even extended it to the concept of the shaman's antics in the form of a Malaysian satellite.

Really creative.

What a laugh!