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The English Language

Something for you to think about when you've a few minutes to spare.


So, you Think English is Easy? Try to read these correctly the first time.

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. One moose, 2 meese? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down; in which you fill in a form by filling it out; and in which, an alarm goes off by being on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race; which, of course, is not a race at all!

New Budget Airline - Fire Fly

There'll be another Malaysian low cost airline soon - Fire Fly from MAS. We can all look forward to cheap airfares to more destinations this year. Great!

Panda Dog

A cute pooch has people on the streets of Tokyo doing a double-take -- it looks just like a panda.It's actually a dog that's dyed to look like a panda. The poodle-Maltese cross was named "Columbo" after the American television detective by pet shop owner Kensuke Hirakawa after he rescued the dog from being destroyed. At first, the dog was aggressive and would not stop barking. Its left hind leg is stiff from a past break and all of its canine teeth have been extracted to prevent it from biting. But gradually, Columbo became tame. Three months ago he became a panda. His owner said dying the dog to look like a panda made sense, because it always had stains around its eyes. Columbo, who is naturally white, was dyed using a special hair dye for dogs that lasts about a month.

Piano Brothers

A piano piece to welcome Willie back to the blog! It's something that we believe that he would appreciate! Enjoy Willie and looking forward to your posting(s)! Hehee!

Another "tak boleh" Malaysian News

Tuesday March 6, 2007

Azmi: Project a RM21m mistake

PENANG: Spending RM21mil to pro-mote Sungai Pinang as a tourist destination is a mistake, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said.

He said officers involved in the first phase of Sungai Pinang beautifi- cation project had not checked the area whether it was suitable for tou-rists.

“Who wants to visit this dirty and stinking place?” he asked after visiting the tourist-cum-fishermen’s centre in Jelutong here yesterday.

He said the centre was initially meant for tourists but revised to in-clude fishermen to avoid wastage.

“I hope those involved will learn from this mistake,” he said, adding that the allocation was from the tou-rism budget.

River beautification.The tourist-cum-fishermen's centre in Sungai Pinang.

Apart from the RM21mil, an addi-tional allocation of RM4mil was also spent on research on proposed river rehabilitation works.

The centre for fishermen and tourists costs about RM3.4mil.

“Only after the research is com- pleted in June will we know roughly how much would be needed to rehabilitate the river from Class V (dead river that cannot sustain life) to Class II (clean enough to bathe in),” he said.

Azmi also said that there was a need to re-brand the Love Your Rivers cam-paign which was initiated in 1993 as it had failed to attract public participa-tion.

“We want government, private sec-tor, the public and non-government agencies to participate in campaigns to keep the rivers and environment clean,” he said, adding that it would cost about RM2bil to rehabilitate a dead river.

Azmi also announced that the En-vironment Quality Act 1974 would be amended this year to impose manda-tory jail sentence on those involved in illegal toxic waste dumping.

He said the government was also looking into including private finan-cing initiative (PFI) under the Econo-mic Planning Unit to enable the pri-vate sector to be directly involved in river rehabilitation projects.

“We are still studying the option. We have identified Sungai Damansara and Sungai Kelang for the proposed initiative.

“We have also included rivers in Johor, Penang and Negri Sembilan in the priority list,” he said.

Love letter

Dear............



I want you.



I shall seek and find you.


I shall take you to bed and have my way with you.


I will make you sweat, ache and shake till you moan and groan.




I will make you beg for mercy...

...beg for me to stop.






I will exhaust you .....
to the point that you will be relieved when I’m finished with you
...AND you will be weak for days.



All my love






The Flu

Chap Goh Mei with Jack Kho

Looking and feeling good!

Jack Kho Chin Seng and wife was back in Kuching from KL to celebrate Chap Goh Mei with his mother, brother and sister. We have not met in over thirty years.

The best belacan beehun in the world! Stop salivating now ...

We managed to catch up for belacan beehun at Song Kheng Hai Hawker Center on sunday afternoon and later adjoined for latte at bings!

Dr Phillip Bong, Francis Ho, Jack Kho