Ina and I Declared War on These Creepy Crawlies!!!

3 November 2009, Tuesday (15 Zulkaedah)

While I was preparing breakfast for my family today, I felt something brushing my feet, and as I was AVERSE to creepy crawlies, especially cockroaches, I shook off my foot, and true enough, I saw a roach flung a short distance near my feet. I felt revolted and sick to my stomach and quickly looked for my insecticide, but couldn't find it in the kitchen, despite having bought 2 canisters recently.  I rushed to my bedroom, and believe it or not, couldn't locate them either.

When I entered the kitchen again, I was looking high and low for that miserable, nauseating, horrendous and revolting lone ranger, but it probably was hiding from me, lurking somewhere. I was tensed and on my guard, when suddenly, through the corner of my eye, I saw something crawling near my feet, and this time, no way was this wretched beast going to get the better of me! I quickly stomped my slippered foot and snuffed the life of this good-for-nothing monster!!!

I do not know about you, but I will go berserk if a roach crawls up my legs. Once, when my eldest son was about a year old, and I was carrying him at that time, I felt something creeping up my leg, and I knew for certain it was that stomach-churning beast.  I was hysterical to say the least, and was screaming my head off, like a stark crazy woman. I almost dropped my baby at that time. Of course, after shaking off my legs repeatedly, the fiend scurried away!!!

Anyway, coming back to this war that my daughter, Ina and I had declared on this brute. Right after breakfast, I saw that there were two messages on my mobile.

Upon checking, I realised that there were 2 messages from Ina and they read, "Ma, Ina wants to declare war on roaches starting today. Urggghhh..They love entering my room, especially when I'm studying.  Urgggghhhh!!!"

And the second message read, "Because of the roaches, I dropped my laptop and the cooling pad wire snapped! The roaches drive me crazy and I'm having tension early in the morning!!!

That made the two of us. Like my daughter, I too have declared an all-out WAR against these hideous and stomach churning skunks!!!

Interesting Facts About English Language

2 November 2009, Monday (14 Zulkaedah)

1. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

2. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"

3. Almonds are members of the peach family.

4. The symbol on the "pound" key (









#) is called an octothorpe.

5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

6. Ingrown toenails are hereditary.

7. The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.

8. "Underground" is the only word in the English language that begins and ends with the letters "und."

9. There are only four words in the English language which end in "-dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

 

10. The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.

11. The only other word with the same amount of letters is its plural:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosesl.

12. The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwe-nuakitnatahu, a New Zealand hill.

13. Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reinade los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size,L.A.

14. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

15. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

16. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

17. Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

18. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

19. The muzzle of a lion is like a fingerprint - no two lions have the same pattern of whiskers.

21. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

23. There is a seven-letter word in the English language that contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters, "therein": the,there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.

24. Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

27. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

28. Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.

30. The letters KGB stand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti

Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti

31. 'Stewardesses' is the longest English word that is typed with only the left hand.

33. The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways; the following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

34. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

35. Facetious and abstemious contain all the vowels in the correct order, as does arsenious, meaning "containing arsenic."

36. Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian seal for that reason.

37. Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

38. The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead."

39. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

Cruise To Nowhere

1 November 2009, Sunday (13 Zulkaedah)

Whatever you do, let yourself dream, let yourself fantasize about where you'd like to go, even if you may not be able to pull off your ultimate journey just yet.  Wherever it is, begin to plan and make your adventure a reality.

I have been fantasising and dreaming about going on a cruise to nowhere.

Just me and my soulmate.

Would this just remain a fantasy, or would it, one day, be a reality? I will begin to plan and make this dream a reality......

Your Life’s Ugly Moments

31 October 2009, Saturday (12 Zulkaedah) 

 

Ever wondered when your ugly moments are? 

I’m not referring to the morning look 

Or the look when you’re not feeling well 

 

Think about the time you answered your family rudely 

Just because you think you had a hard day at work

Try to picture your own face when you are doing that
How about the time when you cursed while driving?
Do catch a glimpse of yourself on the mirror the next time you do that

Think again about the time you were in a bad mood
For whichever reason that you may have
And how you showed a black face when you are with your friends
Making conversation was the last thing on your mind
So you punish them with the awkward silence
That’s another ugly moment that is similar in kind

How about the time you saw a beggar
But quickly averted your eyes?
It may be brief, but it doesn't mean it's not ugly
Or that time when you told a lie
And hoped no one saw the flicker of your eye
As subtle as it is, it still doesn’t discount the fact that it is ugly

There are many moments in our lives
That when we are not careful
We can show our ugly side
Take note today and make it right
We don’t always have to hurt the people we love
We just have to try to show our good side...

This Life Is Just A Test

31 October 2009, Saturday (12 Zulkaedah) 

this life is a test
it is only a test
had it been an actual life
you would have received
further instructions on
where to go
and what to do.................

Friendship is Continuous

31 October 2009, Saturday (12 Zulkaedah)

Footprints To Nowhere....

30 October 2009, Friday (11 Zulkaedah)

 

The rainwiped off my footprints from 

my house to the airport.... and 

everywhereI went today. 

And the funny thing was, 

I went to so many places 

withoutactually 

reaching my 

ultimate 

destination!!