Celery is being touted as a natural Viagra according to Judy Garman, BHSH, Walter Gaman, MD and J. Mark Anderson, MD, co-authors of the book Stay Young: Ten Proven Steps to Ultimate Health.
On May 12, Asylum, a lifestyle blog for men, gave the low-down of how celery helps men get down: “androstenone is a steroid that is found in human sweat.
It gives off a scent, or sex pheromone, that makes men more attractive. Because the cytoplasm of celery contains androstenone, eating it can actually increase the human levels of the steroid and the pheromone-secretion level.”
Celery provides a more convenient on-the-go option compared to Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who promoted pork as the “new” natural Viagra from experience not science in January. Apparently celery can also intensify climax by upping “the amount of ejaculatory fluids.”
Gaman recommends that men don’t run out and buy carts full of celery, rather a guy should “work out, have a nice warm shower, chomp on a few sticks of celery, brush his teeth and then head out the door smelling good.”
The book touts these ten “life-changing” steps to “staying young:”
This is a primer for students taking the PMR examinations this year. It is also useful for those students doing early revision in Form 2. These questions are a great quiz test of your capability to comprehend the three poems.
Have fun!
POEM A: LIFE’S BRIEF CANDLE
There are 12 questions in this section. Answer all questions.
1.The following symbol represents life
a)poor player
b)strutting on stage
c)stage acting
d)story telling
2.Which symbol tells us life is short?
a)brief candle
b)an idiot’s tale
c)lighted fools
d)all our yesterdays
3.The poem is about the persona’s ideas of
a)listening to a tale told by his jester
b)watching a stage play
c)making loud sounds in life
d)life and death
4.The brief candle shines
a)perpetually
b)for a short period of time
c)for a painfully long time
d)for a single unit of time
5.By saying, “Out, out, brief candle’‘, the persona desires to
a)blow out his candle
b)go to bed
c)wants to die
d)change his candle
6.In the poem, what is moving at ‘a petty pace’?
a)people
b)time
c)fools
d)shadows
7.According to the persona, death is
a)inevitable
b)dusty
c)painful
d)sudden
8.The word,’ tale’ means
a)nothing
b)idiot
c)fury
d)soundtrack
9.The persona is feeling very
a)moody
b)angry
c)impatient
d)unhappy
10.The last syllable refers to the
a)last stress on a word
b)last stress in a sentence
c)last breath we take
d)last word we say
11.The word; ‘fury’ can be replaced with
a)sights
b)effects
c)anger
d)hairy
12.The fools are reminded about
a)death
b)acting
c)dust
d)sounds
POEM B: THE DEAD CROW
There are 15 questions in this section. Answer all questions.
1.Where is the dead crow?
a)at the clinic
b)in a drain
c)by a drain
d)near the clinic
2.An old man was
a)taking care of a sick baby
b)having trouble breathing
c)looking for his crow
d)looking for medicine
3.In stanza 1, ‘we’ refers to
a)the poet and the baby
b)the poet and the crows
c)the old man and the baby
d)people in general
4.The clinic is crowded in the
a)evening
b)morning
c)afternoon
d)at night
5.The persona describes the country as
a)dirty
b)rich
c)unsafe
d)undeveloped
6.In the second stanza, the persona says he has
a)many fools as friends
b)grandchildren
c)forests and land
d)politicians and money
7.The people suffer from
a)noise pollution
b)air pollution
c)moral corruption
d)mental illnesses
8.In stanza 1, the following were seen except
a)a sick politician
b)a sick baby
c)an sick old man
d)a dead crow
9.The persona wants the fools to
a)get out of the forests
b)go into the forests
c)stop cutting the trees
d)stop cutting grass
10.In the second stanza, what is the wish of the persona?
a)more grandchildren
b)more forests to log
c)a clean environment
d)less crows
11.The clinic is crowded with
a)sick babies
b)disorganised nurses
c)sick people
d)tired doctors
12.The word, ’gasping’ means
a)grabbing
b)grasping
c)panting
d)ranting
13.The old man and the baby are sick because of
a)bird flu
b)dirty environment
c)asthma
d)food poisoning
14.In stanza 2, what is said about the rivers?
a)they are sluggish
b)they are dirty
c)they are muddy
d)they have dried up
15.The persona is against the
a)cutting of grass
b)the cutting of trees
c)the cutting of hedges
d)the cutting of taxes
POEM C: THE LAKE ISLE OF INNISFREE
There are 15 questions in this section. Answer all questions.
1.The persona will live in a cabin made
a)of clay and bricks
b)of clay and small twigs
c)of wood and zinc
d)of coconut trunks and leaves
2.The glade is full of the sound of
a)stormy winds
b)buzzing bees
c)red breasted birds chirping
d)water lapping aloud
3.The bean rows will provide the persona with
a)berries
b)food
c)fruits
d)strings
4.The persona wants to go in haste to
a)the town he works
b)Innisfree to live there
c)a nearby lake for a holiday
d)the shore to feel the sea breeze
5.How is noon described in the poem?
a)all glimmer
b)all twinkle
c)a purple glow
d)veiled and misty
6.The lake water in Innisfree sounds
a)peaceful
b)stressful
c)dreamy
d)splashing
7.The persona will live on the lake isle
a)with his girlfriend
b)with his wife
c)with his children
d)alone
8.At what time will the persona hear the birds flying home to the isle?
a)At dusk
b)at midnight
c)at noon
d)at dawn
9.The persona can hear what kind of sounds at the shore?
a)loud
b)low
c)crackling
d)irritating
10.What are linnets?
a)fireflies
b)beetles
c)bats
d)red breasted birds
11.Which word tells you that the persona’s wish to go to Innisfree is strong and urgent?
a)I will arise
b)go now
c)deep heart’s core
d)for always
12.Veils of the morning refers to
a)a clothing item
b)faint mist
c)thick haze
d)opaque smog
13.The song of singing is made by
a)songbirds called linnets
b)buzzing bees
c)lapping waters
d)crickets
14.Where is the persona as he longs for Innisfree?
In journeying through life, many things will happen to us. We are amused by many things. We sober up on others. Oftentimes,we reflect on the more important ones and we meditate deeply on some of them.
Journaler 0203 will chronicle the milestones of the author's life in 2009, the crossroads where decisions had to be made, times when he reflected on things past and his vision for the immediate future. So come; journey with him and have fun reading his entries!
