Better Half

Quoted from: Now You Know. The Book of Answers:

Why does a man refer to his wife as his “better half”?

Most men call their wives their “better half” because they believe it,

but the expression comes from an ancient Middle Eastern legend.

When a Bedouin man had been sentenced to death, his wife pleaded

with the tribal leader that because they were married, she and her husband

had become one, and that to punish one-half of the union would

also punish the half who was innocent. The court agreed and the man’s

life was saved by his “better half.”

Hmmm… 

Change of Taste

Have you ever noticed if your preferences and taste altered?

Maybe our taste & preferences are evolving or developing, and because it’s considerably a slow process, perhaps sometimes we’re not realizing it until we wander round on a totally different area from our past preferences.

For example:

“I’m not really fond of nasi liwet (coconut boiled rice, with chicken, egg foam and shredded pumpkin vegetable soup), I’m not really enjoy that cooking!”

And that statement above was my declaration in the old days

Nowadays my preference regarding it is quite different, I could have the third servings of nasi liwet and find it just as pleasing as the first one, in just one night (he3x pardon my big appetite)

Another example: I was a McLaren devoted fan since the beginning of their MP4 chassis era, but now I’m a delighted Ferrari supporter

Of course few things will still the same no matter where life’s journey bring us to

Just like how we value essential qualities in life, such as integrity, trustworthiness, respect and sort of things like that

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PS. btw lately Dian Sastro looks more appealing to me than before on those telecommunication company billboards ad

(is it because she looks chubbier on those billboards? well in that case perhaps it’s not a change of taste then) he3x

15th Indocomtech 2007, 27th Indonesia Book Fair 2007

Start:	Nov 14, '07 09:00a
End:	Nov 18, '07
Location:	Hall A, Hall B, Cendrawasih Hall, Plennary Hall, Balai Sidang-JCC

Do you want to buy any computer related gadget & equipment?
such as: laptop, desktop, printer, active speaker, projector, etc?
then you could have a good bargain here
just be patient for a while ;-)

PS: @ the assembly hall & main lobby they'll have another exhibition:
the 27th Indonesia Book Fair!

8 random things from me

I’ve been tagged by debluelover & cyndewi

So, these are 8 random facts/habits about me:

1. Am a food enthusiast, could eat a lot without gaining much weight (well, I'll understand if you somewhat feel a bit envy towards this condition of me *wink2*)
2. Height ± 180cm, weight ± 75kg
3. Extremely loyal (yeah baby yeah!)
4. An F1 fan
5. A ‘certified’ booklover
6. Sensitive (& maybe a bit touchy sometimes)
7. Have great interest on human psyche & soul ;-)
8. Really admire self-less people

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I have to tag another 8 people? Okay

1. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
2. Julie Estelle
3. Mariana Renata
4. Katherine Heigl
5. Elisha Cuthbert
6. J.K. Rowling
7. Oprah Winfrey
8. Ana Ivanovic

But I’m not quite sure how to tag them though ;-D

Mirror of Erised

Dear muggle friends,

If you want to know someone personally, then it is quite important that you should know what his or her dreams and desire.

In the magical world, there is one magical object that could reflecting your hearts’ desire, it’s:

 

The Mirror of Erised

(erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi)

(i show not your face but your hearts’ desire)

 

On this mirror Mr. Potter seeing his parents and his relatives smiling with him, and Mr. Ronald Weasley seeing himself as a head boy and quidditch captain holding a quidditch cup.

So dear muggle friends, what wisdom in the mirror of erised projection that we could synthesize?

Well perhaps quite a lot…

‘it shows nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts’ 

-- Professor Dumbledore--

Let’s examine the glimpse examples of the above:

Mr. Potter quite longed for a warm and loving family, as a child he never had the ‘luxury’ of having a normal loving family (that’s why Mrs. Weasley sometimes shed tears whenever she gazed at young and skinny Mr. Potter) 

And it shows in the aftermath that what really matters to Mr. Potter is what matter for his lovely family; he’s become a good family man.

In the second case Mr. Ronald Weasley is the youngest son of the notable Weasley   
family, his older brothers already marked accomplishments within their years in and after Hogwarts before him: Mr. William Weasley was a prefect & head boy and have a career at the Gringotts bank, Mr. Charlie Weasley was a champion quidditch team captain and has a natural expertise with magical creatures, Mr. Percy Weasley was also a prefect & head boy and a sharp Ministry employee, Mr. Fred & George Weasley were really good beaters at the quidditch field, brilliant inventors, cherished friends and also great businesspersons.

Perhaps Mr. Ronald Weasley like the idea to be acknowledged that he’s one of the great Weasleys, and not just the ordinary one that happened to befriend with the famous Mr. Potter (eventually Mr. Ronald Weasley live happily with his brainy family)

Did you notice that your dreams & desire could tell a lot about yourself?

What? You want to know my dreams & desire?

Hmmm… it’s a secret!

But maybe you could ask my wife and kids then, they know my dreams & desire as I know theirs as well 

 

Best regards,

Fellow human

The Spark

Ah… another electronic gadget jammed!

the electrostatic discharge from my body jammed the tiny microchips again!

my victim list: Nokia 6210 jammed and survive, Sony Ericsson K750i jammed and wasted, Nokia 6233 jammed and survive, Pentax A30 jammed and still under repair

Have you ever jolted by a door handle? Or by metal railings?

Try rubbing your feet on a wool carpet then zap anyone with electrostatic discharge from your finger

All of us have some kind of electromagnetic field around our body, and in some particular circumstances this electric potential became unstable and releases or absorbs electrical currents to and from other objects

In some people (well maybe I’m one of them) this phenomenon are more intense

It’s our human electricity that occurred

So when you’re holding someone you love and she said ‘darling your touch is so electric to me…!’ don’t take it as 100% figurative, perhaps it’s also have some literal meaning he3x

Because maybe it’s also physics not just chemistry that happens between the opposite sexes

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Strawberry Cheesecakes vs. Blueberry Cheesecakes

I find it difficult to really identified or pinpointing which cheesecake I like the most

Traditionally I prefer the blueberries better than the strawberries,
because I thought the strawberries are more sour than the blueberries
(but the strawberries are definitely more beautiful eh?)
then I decided to match them all at once this Sunday ;-)
the contenders're came from two well known & quite similar cake shops:
The Cheesecake Factory and The Harvest

4 of them are ready for the test:

I took the scoops carefully one by one sequentially

but after a second round of the scoops
I think I lost track there
of which taste belongs to which cheesecake :D

so at the end the verdict is....:
I still don't really know which cheesecake is my favourite!
I just love them all! :D
hmmm... what? you think it's not quite important?
(=iya yah ga penting banget dey! he3x)

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