got back from the art fair @ fort canning during the weekends....
first surprise was they mentioned its going to be an arts fair where vendors sells handmade creations but yet theres a shoe and clothes stall there that sells wholesale clothings and shoes from HK !
we paid $60 for the rentals of 2 days on sat n sun ......
there wasnt any crowd on sat ...... and i only sold 3 pieces of postcards !
Sunday....... no sales for me ....... kinda disappointing and at the end of the day i actually suffered stomaches due to the otah that i had over there.......
urghhhhhhh......... sad weekends ........
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Removing Gallstones Naturally
Many thanks to Frances for sharing this information so that ALL of us can be healthier. How wonderful that such simple steps could be the difference between acute gallbladder symptoms and optimum health!
by Dr Lai Chiu-Nan, PH.D
It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news.Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone. Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from theregime.
Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. 'Cancer is never the first illness,' Chiu Nan points out. 'Usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer.
In my research in China, I came across some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.
One of the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a heavy meal.
You feel like you can't digest the food.
If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area.' So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally.
The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.
Regimen:
1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Oreat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.
2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.
3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.
4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.
5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage. PS. 1cup ~ 250ml, 1 cup lemon juice ~ 3 lemons
The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. 'Usually they float,' Chiu Nan notes. 'You might want to count them. I have had people who passes 40, 50 or up to 100 stones.
Very many.. 'Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Biography -
Dr. Chiu-Nan Lai, Ph.D., was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She immigrated to the United States with her parents at a young age. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Science degree, she went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue a doctorate degree in Chemistry. After her doctoral studies, she did cancer research at the University of Texas, Cancer Center for ten years. Some of her published scientific papers dealt with the antimutagenic activities of wheatgrass and chlorophyll, the role of potassium and sodium on reversal of cancer cells, and the relation between bioelectricity and cancer. In 1981, under the auspices of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, she went to Beijing, China to collaborate on a research project with the Cancer Institute for three months to study the relation between selenium and cancer of the esophagus in the Linxian, Henan region.
Dr. Lai promotes total health at the physical, mental and spiritual levels. She emphasizes that a person's overall good health stems from the good health of the entire planet. She campaigns for the protection of the natural eco-system and the care for our natural resources and strongly advocates organic farming. Combining the essence of Chinese and Western medical knowledge with natural principles of the universe, Dr. Lai teaches people how to deal with sickness. She encourages us to develop a mind of loving-kindness that seeks to help others, and leads us towards a healthy, blissful life.
Based on the principle that "Our world is our classroom", Dr. Lai established the Lapis Lazuli Light organization in 1993. This organisation focuses in education and training. Every year she takes turn to lecture in America, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and Singapore, to spread the seeds of total health to the world.
by Dr Lai Chiu-Nan, PH.D
It has worked for many. If it works for you please pass on the good news.Chiu Nan is not charging for it, so we should make it free for everyone. Your reward is when someone, through your word of mouth, benefits from theregime.
Gallstones may not be everyone's concern. But they should be because we all have them. Moreover, gallstones may lead to cancer. 'Cancer is never the first illness,' Chiu Nan points out. 'Usually, there are a lot of other problems leading to cancer.
In my research in China, I came across some materials which say that people with cancer usually have stones. We all have gallstones. It's a matter of big or small, many or few.
One of the symptoms of gallstones is a feeling of bloatedness after a heavy meal.
You feel like you can't digest the food.
If it gets more serious, you feel pain in the liver area.' So if you think you have gallstones, Chiu Nan offers the following method to remove them naturally.
The treatment is also good for those with a weak liver, because the liver and gallbladder are closely linked.
Regimen:
1. For the first five days, take four glasses of apple juice every day. Oreat four or five apples, whichever you prefer. Apple juice softens the gallstones. During the five days, eat normally.
2. On the sixth day, take no dinner.
3. At 6 PM, take a teaspoon of Epsom salt (magnesium sulphate) with a glass of warm water.
4. At 8 PM, repeat the same. Magnesium sulphate opens the gallbladder ducts.
5. At 10 PM, take half cup olive oil (or sesame oil) with half cup fresh lemon juice. Mix it well and drink it. The oil lubricates the stones to ease their passage. PS. 1cup ~ 250ml, 1 cup lemon juice ~ 3 lemons
The next morning, you will find green stones in your stools. 'Usually they float,' Chiu Nan notes. 'You might want to count them. I have had people who passes 40, 50 or up to 100 stones.
Very many.. 'Even if you don't have any symptoms of gallstones, you still might have some. It's always good to give your gall bladder a clean-up now and then.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Biography -
Dr. Chiu-Nan Lai, Ph.D., was born in Tainan, Taiwan. She immigrated to the United States with her parents at a young age. After graduating from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Science degree, she went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue a doctorate degree in Chemistry. After her doctoral studies, she did cancer research at the University of Texas, Cancer Center for ten years. Some of her published scientific papers dealt with the antimutagenic activities of wheatgrass and chlorophyll, the role of potassium and sodium on reversal of cancer cells, and the relation between bioelectricity and cancer. In 1981, under the auspices of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, she went to Beijing, China to collaborate on a research project with the Cancer Institute for three months to study the relation between selenium and cancer of the esophagus in the Linxian, Henan region.
Dr. Lai promotes total health at the physical, mental and spiritual levels. She emphasizes that a person's overall good health stems from the good health of the entire planet. She campaigns for the protection of the natural eco-system and the care for our natural resources and strongly advocates organic farming. Combining the essence of Chinese and Western medical knowledge with natural principles of the universe, Dr. Lai teaches people how to deal with sickness. She encourages us to develop a mind of loving-kindness that seeks to help others, and leads us towards a healthy, blissful life.
Based on the principle that "Our world is our classroom", Dr. Lai established the Lapis Lazuli Light organization in 1993. This organisation focuses in education and training. Every year she takes turn to lecture in America, Taiwan, China, Malaysia and Singapore, to spread the seeds of total health to the world.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
part of a story wrote by Rob
DARK GODDESS WELCOMED BACK IN?
In 2004, astronomers announced the discovery of a shiny red planet-like
world orbiting the sun far beyond Pluto. They called it Sedna, a name they
said was derived from the Inuit deity that created the Arctic's sea
creatures. But the truth about the myth of Sedna is more complicated.
She is the Dark Goddess, embodiment of the wild female potencies that
are feared yet sorely needed by cultures in which the masculine
perspective dominates. Dwelling on the edge of life and death in her home
at the bottom of the sea, Sedna is both a source of fertile abundance and
a mysterious prodigy. Shamans from the world above swim down to sing
her songs and comb her long black hair. If they win her favor, she gives
them the magic necessary to heal their suffering patients.
The Beauty and Truth Laboratory enjoys entertaining the possibility that
the discovery of Sedna is an omen signaling our collective readiness to
welcome back the long-repressed influence of the Dark Goddess.
We'd like to direct your attention to two further omens. The first is a
book I wrote, *The Televisionary Oracle.* If you don't want to buy it, you
can read it for free on the Web at http://tinyurl.com/3c2j4x.
A second hopeful omen of the Dark Goddess's return is the work of
Andrew Harvey (http://www.andrewharvey.net). He has graciously
allowed us to publish a taste of his writing in the piece below.
BLACK MADONNA RETURNS
by Andrew Harvey
The entire world is now going through a massive crucifixion on all levels.
It's going through an environmental crucifixion. Hundreds of species are
vanishing every month. It's going through a personal crucifixion. There are
two billion people living on less than a dollar a day. It's going through a
crucifixion of all the patriarchal systems. Look at Enron and what it has
shown us about Corporate America. Look at the Catholic Church's
scandals of pedophilia and what it shows us about authority. Look at the
growing disillusionment with politicians of all kinds. All of the systems are
being exposed as illusory and fantasy-ridden, as deeply corrupt and
exploitative.
There's another kind of crucifixion going on: crucifixion of purpose and
hope. Everybody is totally bewildered. They know that the world is
potentially on the brink of total apocalypse. There's a tremendous danger
that as people wake up to the horror of what is going on, they will run
into political extremism or into fundamentalism of one kind or another.
So it's extremely important that the wisdom of the 'dark night of the
soul' gets across, because if people understand the necessity for this
crucifixion, and understand that it's preparing a resurrection and
empowerment, then they will be prepared to go through it without too
much fear, trusting in the logic of the divine transformation.
The Benedictine monk Bede Griffiths shared with me his experience of the
dark night of the soul. He said he was sitting outside his hut one day
when he felt as if a hand hit him on the right side of his being. He had
suffered a massive heart attack that destroyed what he described as his
patriarchal mind and gave him access to a much deeper elaboration of
Oneness with all things.
He said, "It's a very strange thing, but when I thought of surrendering to
the Mother I of course thought of Mary--I often say the 'Hail Mary'--but it
was Mary as the Black Madonna that came into my mind. She is the
mother of the earth as well as heaven, of the body as well as the soul, the
mother of the subconscious, the hidden, of all those powers that the
'masculine' mind represses; the Mother of the sacred darkness. In Her the
Western Christian vision of the Divine Mother and the Eastern one merge
and meet; you can think of her as both Mary and Kali, both preserver and
destroyer. From that time on, I have turned to Her again and again.
Invoking Her strength and grace, I find, makes the 'birth' go so much
faster and more cleanly."
The power that is doing this to us is coming towards us simultaneously
with terrifying destruction and extreme grace and prosperity. The
destruction is, in fact, a form of that extreme grace. It's quite clear that
humanity is now terminally ill, and can only be transfigured by a totally
shocking revelation of its shadow side. And this is what we're living
through, these shadow sides exploding in every direction because we have
done nothing but betray the sacred in us.
We have lacerated the sacred in others. We have betrayed the sacred in
an orgy of fundamentalism. We have brutalized the sacred in nature. We
are now terminally destructive.
So only an almost terminal destruction that reveals to us the full extent
of our responsibility in this destruction can wake us up. And that is what
is happening, and it will get worse. It's bound to get worse. But it is only
being done to us for our own redemption.
Those who turn to the Mother in total faith, those who turn to the Black
Madonna in total admiration, those who realize the mercy behind the
violence will be given extraordinary protection, strength, and revelation.
They will be empowered in the core of themselves to become what
everybody who has a heart and a mind must now become--a spiritual
revolutionary devoting their entire life and all their resources to the
preservation of the planet.
Finding the Black Madonna, in whatever form you want to find her,
realizing the massive task that she's doing and turning to her for
protection is now crucial to the preservation of the planet. It's extremely
important that people really come to understand the feminine and turn
towards it, because it's our betrayal of the feminine in ourselves and in
the divine that has led to this crisis.
--Andrew Harvey, in an interview with Colleen O'Connor on the Grace
Cathedral website at http://tinyurl.com/3avtf6
Copyright Andrew Harvey 2004--All Rights Reserved
In 2004, astronomers announced the discovery of a shiny red planet-like
world orbiting the sun far beyond Pluto. They called it Sedna, a name they
said was derived from the Inuit deity that created the Arctic's sea
creatures. But the truth about the myth of Sedna is more complicated.
She is the Dark Goddess, embodiment of the wild female potencies that
are feared yet sorely needed by cultures in which the masculine
perspective dominates. Dwelling on the edge of life and death in her home
at the bottom of the sea, Sedna is both a source of fertile abundance and
a mysterious prodigy. Shamans from the world above swim down to sing
her songs and comb her long black hair. If they win her favor, she gives
them the magic necessary to heal their suffering patients.
The Beauty and Truth Laboratory enjoys entertaining the possibility that
the discovery of Sedna is an omen signaling our collective readiness to
welcome back the long-repressed influence of the Dark Goddess.
We'd like to direct your attention to two further omens. The first is a
book I wrote, *The Televisionary Oracle.* If you don't want to buy it, you
can read it for free on the Web at http://tinyurl.com/3c2j4x.
A second hopeful omen of the Dark Goddess's return is the work of
Andrew Harvey (http://www.andrewharvey.net). He has graciously
allowed us to publish a taste of his writing in the piece below.
BLACK MADONNA RETURNS
by Andrew Harvey
The entire world is now going through a massive crucifixion on all levels.
It's going through an environmental crucifixion. Hundreds of species are
vanishing every month. It's going through a personal crucifixion. There are
two billion people living on less than a dollar a day. It's going through a
crucifixion of all the patriarchal systems. Look at Enron and what it has
shown us about Corporate America. Look at the Catholic Church's
scandals of pedophilia and what it shows us about authority. Look at the
growing disillusionment with politicians of all kinds. All of the systems are
being exposed as illusory and fantasy-ridden, as deeply corrupt and
exploitative.
There's another kind of crucifixion going on: crucifixion of purpose and
hope. Everybody is totally bewildered. They know that the world is
potentially on the brink of total apocalypse. There's a tremendous danger
that as people wake up to the horror of what is going on, they will run
into political extremism or into fundamentalism of one kind or another.
So it's extremely important that the wisdom of the 'dark night of the
soul' gets across, because if people understand the necessity for this
crucifixion, and understand that it's preparing a resurrection and
empowerment, then they will be prepared to go through it without too
much fear, trusting in the logic of the divine transformation.
The Benedictine monk Bede Griffiths shared with me his experience of the
dark night of the soul. He said he was sitting outside his hut one day
when he felt as if a hand hit him on the right side of his being. He had
suffered a massive heart attack that destroyed what he described as his
patriarchal mind and gave him access to a much deeper elaboration of
Oneness with all things.
He said, "It's a very strange thing, but when I thought of surrendering to
the Mother I of course thought of Mary--I often say the 'Hail Mary'--but it
was Mary as the Black Madonna that came into my mind. She is the
mother of the earth as well as heaven, of the body as well as the soul, the
mother of the subconscious, the hidden, of all those powers that the
'masculine' mind represses; the Mother of the sacred darkness. In Her the
Western Christian vision of the Divine Mother and the Eastern one merge
and meet; you can think of her as both Mary and Kali, both preserver and
destroyer. From that time on, I have turned to Her again and again.
Invoking Her strength and grace, I find, makes the 'birth' go so much
faster and more cleanly."
The power that is doing this to us is coming towards us simultaneously
with terrifying destruction and extreme grace and prosperity. The
destruction is, in fact, a form of that extreme grace. It's quite clear that
humanity is now terminally ill, and can only be transfigured by a totally
shocking revelation of its shadow side. And this is what we're living
through, these shadow sides exploding in every direction because we have
done nothing but betray the sacred in us.
We have lacerated the sacred in others. We have betrayed the sacred in
an orgy of fundamentalism. We have brutalized the sacred in nature. We
are now terminally destructive.
So only an almost terminal destruction that reveals to us the full extent
of our responsibility in this destruction can wake us up. And that is what
is happening, and it will get worse. It's bound to get worse. But it is only
being done to us for our own redemption.
Those who turn to the Mother in total faith, those who turn to the Black
Madonna in total admiration, those who realize the mercy behind the
violence will be given extraordinary protection, strength, and revelation.
They will be empowered in the core of themselves to become what
everybody who has a heart and a mind must now become--a spiritual
revolutionary devoting their entire life and all their resources to the
preservation of the planet.
Finding the Black Madonna, in whatever form you want to find her,
realizing the massive task that she's doing and turning to her for
protection is now crucial to the preservation of the planet. It's extremely
important that people really come to understand the feminine and turn
towards it, because it's our betrayal of the feminine in ourselves and in
the divine that has led to this crisis.
--Andrew Harvey, in an interview with Colleen O'Connor on the Grace
Cathedral website at http://tinyurl.com/3avtf6
Copyright Andrew Harvey 2004--All Rights Reserved
a poem to share ...
"And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."
- Raymond Carver, "Last Fragment," *All of Us: The Collected Poems*
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth."
- Raymond Carver, "Last Fragment," *All of Us: The Collected Poems*
Saturday, September 22, 2007
pass it on !
This advice was given to me a long time ago...
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become.
You never know who these people may be (possibly your roommate, neighbor, coworker, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger), *but when you lock eyes with them, you know at that very moment they will affect your life in some way.*
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but in reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you would have never realized your potential, strength, willpower or heart.
*Everything happens for a reason.*
*Nothing happens by chance or means of good luck.*
Illness, injury, love, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight , flat road to nowhere.
It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.
The people you meet who affect your life, and the success and downfalls you experience, help to create who you are and who you become.
*Even the bad experiences can be learned from.*
In fact, they are probably the most poignant and important ones. If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautios when you open your heart.
If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not only because they love you, but because in a way, they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
*Make every day count.*
Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and actually listen.
Let yourself fall in love, break free, and set your sights high. Hold your head up, because you have every right to.
Tell yourself you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don't believe in yourself, it will be hard for others to believe in you.
You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, if you love someone, tell him or her, for you never know what tomorrow may have in store.
And learn a lesson in life each day that you live.
These words of advice are my gift to you. Bright blessings :)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
yummy food market !
Shilin Night Market has since become the largest and most well known night market in Taiwan, especially with regards to food, and is a favorite focal point for Taipei's night life among residents and visitors alike. The night market encompasses two distinct sections sharing a symbiotic relationship: a section formerly housed in the old Shihlin Market building containing mostly food vendors and small eateries; and the surrounding businesses and shops selling other nonfood items.
Bali Bali
YoOooHoOOoo ..... we finally confirmed our trip to Bali !!
hehehehe yummy food and shopping here we go .....
This trip would consists of the four of us ! ^__^
Friday, September 14, 2007
our silly mistakes
today i met up with rayson at 3.30pm to head over to a printer shop near to lasalle to print out some postcards that rayson had kindly offered to do for me ....
when we were there.... the soft copy of the pictures were out of alignments and rayson had to redo the alignments and the wordings on the back of the postcards....
test print first two copies of the pictures came out to be out of alignments too but cos we thought we could just cut out the picture and it wld turn out ok .... we went ahead with the rest of the print .....
then when we were there...... rayson and i even double-checked the results after printing ..... bu who knows......when i reached home late after the ATC gathering.....as i was showing Tom the postcards he noticed that the words on the back of the postcards were wrongly printed......
the words are mirrored so instead of having the right descriptions on the right picture......it was mirrored opposite .....
Urghhh........ can u imagine tht? 2 pairs of eyes at the print shop ....... double-checking and all .....
hahahahha what a silly mistake eh ? oh well ........
we learnt from mistakes dont we ? hehehehe
lets start all over again ! Ganbatte ne !!!!!!!
when we were there.... the soft copy of the pictures were out of alignments and rayson had to redo the alignments and the wordings on the back of the postcards....
test print first two copies of the pictures came out to be out of alignments too but cos we thought we could just cut out the picture and it wld turn out ok .... we went ahead with the rest of the print .....
then when we were there...... rayson and i even double-checked the results after printing ..... bu who knows......when i reached home late after the ATC gathering.....as i was showing Tom the postcards he noticed that the words on the back of the postcards were wrongly printed......
the words are mirrored so instead of having the right descriptions on the right picture......it was mirrored opposite .....
Urghhh........ can u imagine tht? 2 pairs of eyes at the print shop ....... double-checking and all .....
hahahahha what a silly mistake eh ? oh well ........
we learnt from mistakes dont we ? hehehehe
lets start all over again ! Ganbatte ne !!!!!!!
Monday, September 10, 2007
QQ rice today
hehehe i just got back from Square2 ....have to say that novena changed lots since my last trip there since years back !
well there wasnt any q at QQrice today so it was cool ... i got 4 purple rice roll for dinner tonight heheheh ^__^!!!!!
QQ Rice International Company Limited was established in Taiwan in 1988. It has a total of more than 300 franchises around the world.
QQ Rice is a company specialists in research and developing rice products.
Rice Roll are one of its main products.
Currently, the company has already successfully studied and explored more than 300 types of rice from around the world, including the salubrious organic white rice, red rice, purple rice, also brown rice and wheat germ rice favoured by ladies because of their low in calories.
There is also our self-compounded mixed grain. The most unique rice is the ice lake wild rice from Canada, a type of organic rice, which is internationally attested, approximately 2-3cm in length.
Our rice rolls come with more than 60 varieties of especially made delicious stuffing from Taiwan and local. The customers may also select their own choices of stuffing to accommodate their tastes.
PS: This unusual purple rice was once prized by the emperors of ancient dynasties, for its rarity, its wonderful mild and pleasant flavour and its health-giving properties. It is rich in vitamins B1, B2 and phosphorus, calcium, iron and zinc. It provides many nutrients important for women in their childbearing years.
PSS: just had one of the roll with silverfish fillings, fried egg, tandoori chicken,pickle vegs and something tht i cant recall heheheh but frankly i wish that the rice is not as much as wht they used here........when i was in NZ it was better roll cos its less rice n more fillings .... u see ...cos i dont normally eat rice so the normal amount used is too much in my case hahahah anyway its yummy so do try it when u are in the area?
Friday, September 07, 2007
Evan Almighty
went to see this movie last night and it was pretty good one with cool storyline !
movie plot: Newly-elected to Congress, Evan leaves the city of Buffalo and herds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life turns upside-down when God appears and commands him to build an ark. However, his befuddled family just cannot decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions.
i'll recommend this movie to anyone who needs a boost of faith into their life !! ^__^
Saturday, September 01, 2007
my fav cool dude of today at Sept Maad !
today at maad....we came across a group of very interesting youngsters from Philipines..
they have a stall there to sell handmade stuff toys to help raise funds for the needy kids back home.......and they bought along their own favourite dolls as well ....... and theres a few that i fell in love with.....but by far this is my favourite !!!!! ^__^
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