Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Moulmein EP Day




Click onto the poster to enlarge the view...............

Tickets are available at $4.00 each at Moulmein Owen RC Centre, inclusive of 2 ways bus transportation to the event site at Jalan Rajah.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Ah Pek and the Pope



About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all Chinese had to leave Italy. Naturally there was a big uproar from the Chinese community. So the Pope made a deal.

He would have a religious debate with a member of the Chinese community. If the Chinese win, they could stay. If the Pope wins, the Chinese must leave.

The Chinese realized that they had no other choice.
So they picked a middle-aged man named Ah Pek to represent them.

Ah Pek asked for one condition to be added to the debate.'To make it more interesting' , he said, 'Neither side would be allowed to talk'. The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came. Ah Pek and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute.

Then the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.
Ah Pek looked back at him and raised one finger.

The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head.
Ah Pek pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope pulled out a loaf and a glass of wine.
Ah Pek pull out an apple.

The Pope stood up and said: 'I give up.
This man is too good. The Chinese can stay.

'An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what happened.

The Pope said, 'First I held up three fingers to represent the Holy Trinity.

He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions.'

'Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us.'
He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us.'

'I pulled out the wine and loaf to show that God absolves all sin.
He showed me an apple to remind us of the original sin.'

'He had an answer for everything. What could I do?'


Meanwhile, the Chinese community had crowded around Ah Pek.
'What happened?' they asked.

'Well,' said Ah Pek.

'First he indicated to me that all Chinese had 3 days to get out of here.
I replied to him f*#k off, and not one of us is leaving.'

'Then he pointed that this whole city would be cleared of Chinese. I showed him that we are staying right here.'

'Yes, and then???' asked the crowd.

'I don't know', said Ah Pek.

'He took out his lunch, and I took out mine!!!'





Wednesday, February 11, 2009

10個笑話 (醫生篇)

<1>
一位婦人抱著BABY到一間婦產科。
醫生問婦人說:「BABY是吃母乳還是牛乳啊?」
婦人:「吃母乳!」
醫生:「那請你把衣服脫下來。」
婦人:「啊!?為什麼?」
醫生:「請你不用緊張,這裡是婦產科,絕不會對你有任何侵犯的。」
婦人半信半疑的脫去了上衣,醫生用他的手在婦人的胸部上摸摸,
下摸摸,左搓搓,右揉揉。
對這婦人說:「難怪BABY會營養不良,妳根本就沒有母乳嘛!」
婦人:「廢話!我當然沒有母乳;我是他阿姨!」

<2>
一位病重的老人即將死去。
醫生認為已經不需要再隱瞞他的病情了,
便在巡房後來到老人的病床旁。
「你的病已經很嚴重了。」醫生告訴他。
「我相信你必然想知道事實,現在你還想見什麼人嗎?」
虛弱的老人點了點頭說:「是的!」
他用幾乎聽不見的聲音說:「我想看另一位醫生。」

<3>
病人對醫生說:「哎呀!我吃的那些生蠔好像不大對勁?」
「那些蠔新鮮嗎?」醫生一面按病人的腹部一面問:「你剝開蠔殼時肉色如何?」
病人:「什麼!要剝開殼吃的?」

<4>
有位患者到醫院求診。
醫師問:「你哪邊不舒服?」
患者答:「我昨晚做了個夢,夢見自己是頭牛在吃草。」
醫師便說:「你放心,這很正常。每個人也會夢到,夢境和現實是不一樣的。」
只見那位患者很緊張的說:
「可是.....可是......
我起床時發現我床上的草席不見了一半!」

<5>
候診室裡坐著一位憂心忡忡的病人,當醫生傳喚他時,
他滿面愁容的說:「醫生,怎麼辦?我昨天誤喝下一瓶汽油!」
醫生回答他說:「喔..沒關係啦!記得這幾天不要抽煙!」

<6>
患者:「大夫,我咳嗽得很厲害。」
大夫:「你多大年紀?」
患者:「七十五歲。」
大夫:「二十歲咳嗽嗎?」
患者:「不咳嗽。」
大夫:「四十歲時咳嗽嗎?」
患者:「也不咳嗽。」
大夫:「那現在不咳嗽,還要等到什麼時候咳嗽?」

<7>
婦產科的候診室前,有兩個準爸爸不安地踱步著,等待妻子生產。
其中一位嘆氣地說:「真倒楣啊!這事剛好踫到我在休假...。 」
另一位則說:「我比你更倒楣,我現在還在度蜜月哩! 」

<8>
有個病人請教醫師關於手腳冰冷的問題。
醫師:「當我覺得手腳冰冷時,就會抱著我的妻子,
於是就會熱起來,覺得溫暖 ....。」
病人:「這倒是一個值得一試的方法....那....
請問尊夫人什麼時候比較方便呢?」

<9>
有一個花花公子,因為玩的太兇了,
結果那話兒就生病,連續看了好幾個西醫,
醫生都告訴他:「你這裡不行了,一定得切掉!」
那花花公子怎捨得啊!就跑去看中醫。
中醫看了看說:「雖然太晚了,嗯....不過沒關係!」
「真的嗎?可是我看了好多西醫都說一定要切掉。」
醫生道:「西醫就是這樣,動不動就要切東西。
這瓶藥你拿去,每天塗三次要不了多久,它就會自己掉下來的啦!」

<10>
「大夫,手術成功的可能性有多少﹖」
「哦,我連這一次,已經有九十七次的手術經驗了。」
「那我就放心了。」
「嗯!我也希望成功一次。」

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Water Cycle

This unique sculpture represents the timeless and vital solar energy-driven global circulation of water.

The sculpture is driven totally by the weight of water that enters via a penstock at the top of this óvershot’ water wheel.

As water enters the buckets, the wheel having a diameter of 6 metres and weighing more than six tonnes, slowly turns the main horizontal shaft. Connected to the main shaft are four eccentric sheaves that transform the rotary motion into linear movement. Curved reccentric push-rods, rockers and connecting rods gracefully transmit the movement into hydraulically assisted titling water lift buckets that spiral up about the central granite column.

The ribbed cast bronze sculpture base emerging from the pool that acts as reservoir was inspired by the clitopilus prunus bracket fungi and appears, like in nature, to grow out from the column and creep over the adjoining escalator well.
The asymmetric gently flowing contoured forms of the cast bronze base derive from the beautiful paddy fields of the Hani Tribe carved into the granite of Ailao Mountains of South Western China.

Some forty seven crafted wooden pattern moulds and sixty one bronze castings weighing in total over 15 tonnes were used in creating this sculpture.



Water Cycle 2002 by Johathan E Minna FRSA

Commissioned by E.P.K Weatherall, Managing Director of Hong Kong Land.

Constructed by The British Engineerium Museum in Hove England.



This scuplture can be found in Raffles 1.






Friday, February 6, 2009

Lunar Dinner gathering

Annually held during the 12th day of Lunar New Year, the group gathered for "lo hei" or raw fish salad toasting.....

This is their 22nd Anniversary Celebrations.














































These are some of the photographs taken during the Lunar New Year 2009 gathering.