Obat Batuk Ibu & Anak

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Other

NIN JIOM PEI PA KOA (not sure what these words mean)

(‘Obat Batuk Ibu & Anak’, ‘Natural Herb, Loquat & Honey Extract’)

This season’s weather transition thing gets into my body, I felt a little sore, and a little blue (was it just me or was it the weather that makes my heart a little blue? I can’t really tell he3x…)

Then I recall my boss praising this ‘obat batuk ibu & anak’ several months ago and I still have it on my shelf, lucky me…

The directions @ the leaflet said to take one tablespoon three times a day for adults, but since I only got tiny teaspoon around my desk, I took 3 generous servings of it, then enjoying the sweet warm liquid soothing my throat (it’s said to mix the liquid into little warm water, but I just took the medicine then sips warm green tea instead)

I don’t really know was it because I ‘expect’ this medicine to be efficacious, but I do feel ‘good’ after taking the medicine (and sweating too)

The description @ the leaflet says that this medicine’s good for:

• Prevent loss of voice in people whose voice is their livelihood
• Promote general health and well being in the elderly
• Dryness of throat resulting from late-night or over-night working
• Get rid of coughs and colds more quickly
• Ensure the benefits of undisturbed night’s sleep
• Pimples caused by lung infections
• Poor digestion and stomach upsets caused by coughing and expectoration
• Dryness of the skin caused by lung infections
• Soreness and dryness of the throat
• Irritability caused by coughing and difficulty in breathing
• Prevent ill effects of coughing in young and old
• Relive indigestion and bad breath accompanying lung problems
• Prevent expectoration in babies
• Effects of excessive smoking and drinking
• Sleeplessness caused by coughing
• Debilitating coughing, and breathlessness in the elderly

Expectation

We humans are
quite remarkable creatures; we could alter the course of our life with faith and
wisdom...

Now I’d like to discuss
tiny part about expectation that influenced our life:

Familiar with or ever
heard these expressions/things below?:

• Pygmalion Effect (you could find it here)
• Hawthorne Effect (here)
• Galatea Effect (find it yourself at your local library or ask Professor Google he3x)
• Placebo Effect (here)
• Horoscope (here)
• Fortune–telling (here)
• Self-fulfilling Prophecy (here)

These are only few examples, things
that in my personal opinion could influence our expectations, sometimes it’s good
sometimes it’s not so good...

What I’m trying to say is whenever we’re facing expectation
from our own self or from others; we better put “faith for the best mentality”
in our hearts and add little wisdom in it to have the benefit from our ‘destiny’...

Then we’d appreciate
our life better…

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PS. Sometimes miracles
do happen to us regardless of our expectations…, so be grateful for our blessed &
amazing life…

(the tarot image above is the wheel of fortune from classic Rider-Waite deck)

Dooley's

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Other

Another friend of mine brings this Dooley's bottle, she said it's a gift from one of her friends,
well since I'm Mr. Skeptical & have quite distinct taste (he3x) I didn't expect this funny colored liquor bottle would tempting my senses a lot

but after the first sip followed by another and another sips, I find this combination of toffee & vodka from Germany is so good! in fact I fell for it since the first sip ;-)

the sensation is smooth and yummy, not too sweet & not too dry, not too strong yet quite enchanting ;-)

and so I soon find out that Dooley's is a blend of pure, premium vodka, cream, and is infused with real, toffee caramel. It is 17% alcohol by volume

so it's a good companion for an easy evening with friends and warm conversations...

Babel

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Drama

@ first I was afraid I’d be petrified…(he3x…no… that’s not a song lyric)

A friend of mine insists to watch movie the other day, so I indifferently agree and casually asked what movie are we going to watch? Babel is the answer

Mmmm… Babel eh? since the movie won best picture at the Golden Globe Award recently, maybe I’ll give Mr. Pitt a chance, cause I don’t find Mr. Pitts’ movies entertaining so much... well… except for 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', and that probably because Ms. Jolie effect that excites me he3x ;-)

That skeptical thought changes as I watch the movie

For some this movie would seem dull, as I asked several other friends of mine after seeing the movie & they don’t give it a praise, but for my ‘wondering’ mind the idea of the movie quite brilliant and intriguing, it depicted 'islands' & 'castaways' of social, culture, and even personal emotion in a simple way

If you find ‘Traffic’ and ‘Lost in Translation’ good then you probably will like this movie (and some say that Babel quite alike 21 Grams)

I think the title ‘Babel’ trying to extract meaning from the Tower of Babel story, which tells that human spread around the face of the earth since they can’t communicate with each other anymore


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Be aware: spoiler warning! :-)
if you haven’t seen this movie, read my review below could spoil this movie novelty for you


The movie using simple things such as Winchester riffle which in some coincidentally ways connecting ‘cultural islands’ that quite differentiate from each other, also the film emphasizing different government officials that sometimes overreacting or performing cold blooded ‘by the book’ standard procedure to citizens,

But in my opinion the movie could utilize more power and synchronizations that make different scenes build up a single thorough big picture that consists of different unique mosaics, It could have been better (yea3x I know it's easier to said than done, I'm just giving opinion here)

Also noted by me, the movie illustrating human selfishness, carelessness, vulnerabilities, perception biases and limitations which happen in our daily life

Everybody have their own problems, each prioritizing their own matters for the sake of survivability... but it's for sure that everybody would crossing paths with each other.