Satanic Verses

June 26, 2007 | 4 Comments

Lately in the News was this big issue about Salman Rushidie being Knighted by the Queen of England and this was met with strong protests from certain Islamic quarters from Pakistan and they are pushing for Osama Bin Laden to be Knighted as well! The big hoohah was related to a book written by Rushidie titled “Satanic Verses” back in the late 70’s or early 80’s which offended the Muslims worldwide.

Talking about satanic verses, I remembered back in the mid-80’s there was this ‘discovery’ that certain Metallic Music and some Pops were found to contain satanic messages too! You can only hear them when these songs were played backwards! You can’t do it at home on your audio equipment but need specialized equipment to do that. Basically satanists used to speak backwards! For example :-

“dog si eh natas”

Got it? Reverse the letters and it reads ‘satan he is god’! I personally had heard this from the reversed tape of a pop song but I cannot remember which one now. The other pop song which was so hot then and even today it is being played over the radio is ‘Hotel California’ by the group Eagles! If not for the satanic messages within the song, it would be such a beautiful song with great music! Well listen to it (of course not backwards) and pay attention to the lyrics! What were they singing about? Other songs include the all time best was ‘Stairway to Heaven’ and a Metallic Group called ‘KISS” which stands for ‘knights in satan’s service’. Perhaps another time another post I will share more details. So be careful what you are listening to!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Christianity, Life Experiences 

Is There Such A Thing As Natural Beauty?

June 26, 2007 | 5 Comments

Of course my answer is yes if you just look around at Nature! However this was not what my friend Bubba Stuff meant on her latest Post. She refers to women in general and she thinks there is no such thing as natural beauty!

Sorry bubba, I beg to disagree with you! Well not entirely of course but generally speaking. Even beautiful girls ( in my opinion) apply make-up and other stuff to enhance their beauty! Perhaps they all get caught-up with the looks of movie stars on silver screens! Hey! did you notice that in Taiwan, most of the movie stars sort of have the same kind of look or should I say features? Maybe they go to the same plastic surgeons.

Back to my point of natural beauty, I discovered that the small town girls are the most natural in their beauty than city gals in that they use very light to no make-up at all. Sometimes just lipstick! I think they look so gorgeous and fresh! I come from a small town and I know what I am talking about! Just visit the rural towns in Malaysia and you will discover a whole load of natural beauties! Of course you must not leave out Kampar and Ipoh for they boasts of producing the most number of beautiful girls! Their complexion is as smooth as the famous ‘Tau Foo Far’ from there! For my foreign bloggers Tow Foo Far is just steamed soya curd which when cooked looks like egg custard! Cheers!

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Life Experiences 

Risks For Women

June 25, 2007 | 4 Comments

Since doing a post on Safety For Women, I keep thinking of the risks women face in regards to stroke. Learned from a doctor once, that women are more prone to organ malfunction and especially those organs connected with the reproductive system. Oh! I don’t know anything about this but I would like to share about some other signs that women have that increase their risks of having a stroke.
  • Migraines - Recent Research shows that women who experience migraines with visual disturbances like flashing dots or blind spots can be 10 times more likely to have a stroke, depending on other factors as well.
  • Birth Control Pills - Women who take even low-estrogen birth control pills, may be twice as likely to have a stroke than those who don’t.
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy - Those who take this may have a slightly higher risk to have a stroke.
  • Autoimmune Diseases like Diabetes, Lupus can increase the risks of a stroke.
  • Clotting Disorders - Women who had more than one miscarriage may be at higher risk to have blood clots which can increase their chance of having a stroke. Other signs of blood clotting disorders like deep vein thrombosis (on legs), livedo recticulars (purplish discoloration on skin).

The above signs plus other life styles such as Smoking, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, over-weight will further increase the risk factor. Hope the above information is helpful.

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Stroke & Recovery 

Lifelong Learning

June 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The Chinese have a favorite saying that goes like this, ” Even if one lives to 99 there is still something to learn”. That to me is a time proven truth in any person’s life as well as true in my own life. Learning is not limited to having an education from schools alone although that is a very important foundational part. I am sure you also have heard that “A man is old when he stops looking” but personally more appropriate is “A man is old when he stops learning”.

When I reflect back on this process of learning in terms of getting an education, say 30 years ago when I was still pursuing my studies, joining Institutes of Education to learn was quite difficult if not absolutely challenging. One thing was there was a lack of such Institutes then and going overseas was very expensive plus applying to such Institutes were tedious and a long process. You only know whether you are accepted after 3 months! Forget about calling because first they do not entertain you and the charges were exorbitant!

Today, it is much simpler and many to choose from. Hey you can even learn online. Saves you quite a substantial amount of cash too! Even in the medical field, doing operation and connecting online to Specialists overseas for real time consultation is already an in thing. So if you are a working person and do not have the time nor afford to stop work but yet still want to have to improve yourself then explore your options of doing it online! Available fields like Business Management, Information Technology, Human Services and Psychology up to Bachelor’s Degree.

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Life Experiences 

Weird Happenings

June 24, 2007 | 6 Comments

Today I am puzzled by this weird occurrence on my alexa ranking. Ok, I have heard too many people said that alexa ranking is not accurate and unreliable as compared to Page-Rank. Still, with my PR Zero status my only compass that I can depend on is the alexa rank which sort of giving me some indication that my blog is heading somewhere.

I started recording the alexa rank for a few weeks now and here are the results :-

1st June 07 285,630
7th June 07 270,043
11th June 07 266,348
14th June 07 260,907.

Improving every few days and then this weird thing happened!

18th June 2007 266,461
21st June 07 267,203

Hey! it started to climb and that indicates a drop! Well my own evaluation is that the previous figures were incorrect and that needed some adjustment, but why two adjustments? Till today, the alexa figure remain at the latest figure. I am unable to fathom why this is happening or what basis were used. Well, perhaps these other people are right to say that the alexa ranking is totally unreliable! Remembered that back in January this year my alexa figure stood at over 3 million! That would be nice if it was a figure in my bank account! Will appreciate if anyone can give me some clue to all these weird happenings?

Posted by bokjae | Filed Under Memes 

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