Rude shock for Priests

I read with great interest this article published in Catholic Sabah. Catholic Sabah is the official monthly Catholic newspaper of the Diocese of Kota Kinabalu and the Diocese of Keningau.

10 vehicles which belong to a Bishop, 8 Priests and a Deacon were damaged by one deranged mentally unstable person, at the Bundu Tuhan Retreat Centre, situated near the foot of the famed Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

The internet version is here http://www.kkdiocese.net/home/latestnews.cnt?c=ll

BUNDU TUHAN (CS) - Certainly when the clergy, deacons and seminarians of the three arch/dioceses went to the Bundu Tuhan Retreat Centre (BTRC) for their annual fellowship on Jan 5-6, they were not expecting anything unusual to happen to them.

On the morning of Jan 6, Fr Paul Lo happened to look out of his window and saw someone breaking the windscreen of one of the vehicles parked at the carpark between the retreat centre and the Franciscan Sisters' convent.

He notified the others who were having their breakfast.

When they went out to see for themselves, they saw the culprit breaking the windscreen of Fr Aloysius Fidelis' vehicle with a large stone.

According to a reliable source, the culprit, a local, has suicidal tendencies ever since he returned from Semenanjung Malaysia.

He was later caught by a RELA member. When questioned by the police, the culprit said he "hated to see tall buildings and beautiful cars."

The clergy lodged a police report.

The following is the list of those whose vehicles were damaged:

1. Fr Nicholas Stephen SAA 2907D (Tuaran)

2. Fr Michael Modoit SAA 2539A (IY)

3. Fr Aloysius Fidelis SD 366C (Papar)

4. Fr Edward Raymond SA 6993X (Kudat)

5. Fr Alex Jimsy SA3257 (Papar)

6. Bishop Julius Gitom SAA 1746T (Sandakan)

7. Fr Simon Kontou SS4545L (Lahad Datu)

8. Fr Charles Chiew SU3922A (Keningau)

9. Fr Boniface Kimsin SA 6375H (Toboh) and

10. Deacon Rayner Bisius SA 2372T (KK).

However, the car used by Bisius was slightly damaged and there was no broken glass.

Both Gitom and Kontou had to have their vehicles towed back to Sandakan after the fellowship.

While the clergy were dismayed by the event, they were able to take it into stride.

Thankfully it was only the vehicles that were damaged and not the clergy themselves.

According to the source, Archbishop John Lee told the clergy that the Lord must have a message for them through this event.

Never in its history since its opening on 12 Sept 1984 by the late Bishop Simon Fung has such a thing happened at the Bundu Tuhan Retreat Centre.

Throughout its 24 years of existence, many groups - both local and international - have come to make their retreat or attend a seminar there, enjoying the serenity and coolness of the atmosphere and its relative isolation from busy towns has made it an ideal place for one to get away from the rat race.

But this incident serves to show that no one place is really safe nowadays and it is time to beef up the security of the place.

More importantly, it serves as a reminder to always place oneself and all places under the protection of the Lord and never take one's safety and that of our properties for granted, even in fairly sleepy places like BTRC.

The damage incurred was estimated to be around RM10,000.

Mona Lisa dipamerkan di Malaysia??

Saya tertarik apabila membaca tajuk berita Utusan Malaysia hari ini mengenai Mona Lisa – karya pelukis agung – Leornado Da Vinci.

Menteri Perpaduan, Kebudayaan, Kesenian dan Warisan, Datuk Shafie Afdal berkata rakyat Malaysia berpeluang melihat secara lebih dekat lukisan potret agung abad ke-16 Mona Lisa, karya pelukis terkemuka Leonardo da Vinci.

Katanya langkah itu antara usaha kementerian itu tahun ini untuk menarik minat rakyat di samping pelancong luar untuk melawat pameran koleksi lukisan antarabangsa dan karya seni lukis tempatan.

“Lukisan Mona Lisa akan dibawa ke Malaysia jika mendapat kerjasama daripada semua pihak khususnya pihak swasta."

“Kita sedang usahakan perkara itu sekarang dan diharap ia boleh dilaksanakan pada tahun ini malah kita boleh lakukannya sama seperti kita bawa persembahan muzikal Mamma Mia untuk dipertontonkan di sini, sebelum ini,”

Beliau memberitahu perkara itu kepada media selepas merasmikan Majlis Pengkisahan Sejarah Balai Seni Lukis Negara (BSLN) di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.

Jelas beliau, semasa mengadakan lawatan ke Paris baru-baru ini, beliau ada berbincang mengenai cara untuk membawa masuk koleksi seni di kota itu ke negara ini dan menghubungi pihak yang menguruskan hal berkenaan.

“Kita mahu bukan saja potret Mona Lisa, tapi koleksi pelukis lain juga untuk dipaparkan kepada masyarakat Malaysia,” katanya.

Wah, kalau begini, karya agung lain seperti lukisan Van Gogh atau Pablo Picasso atau Rembrandt… perlu juga dibawa untuk dipamerkan di Malaysia...

Sebahagian lukisan karya Van Gogh

Saya berpendapat usaha ini wajar kerana selama ini kita hanya melihat dari jauh karya klasik dan agung sepanjang zaman ini.

Namun lukisan lukisan itu yang bernilai jutaan Ringgit, malah boleh menjangkau ratusan juta Ringgit, perlu diberi kawalan ketat lah… nanti kena curi pula!!! Hehehe

Rembrandt

Rembrandt - a bust of a young woman smiling

Rembrandt - Bellona (1633)

Rembrandt - the abduction of prosepina

Picasso - bullfight II

Picasso - enamel saucepan

Picasso - woman at a window

Pada masa ini potret Mona Lisa dipamerkan di Muzium du Louvre, Paris, Perancis.

Muzium Louvre, Paris, Perancis - tempat bersemayamnya Mona Lisa...

Mona Lisa adalah karya teragung Leornado Da Vinci.

Lukisan yang menunjukkan seorang wanita dengan wajah engimatik sedang tersenyum tipis itu dihasilkan 500 tahun lalu pada kurun ke 16.

Leornado Da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

Lebih tepat, kerja melukis bermula pada 1503 di Itali dan hanya disiapkan 16 tahun selepas itu di Perancis iaitu sebelum Da Vinci meninggal dunia pada 1519…

Persoalan mengapa ia mengambil masa begitu lama untuk disiapkan, tidak dapat dipastikan dengan tepat.

Namun ia dikatakan ada kaitan dengan Episod the Italian Renaissance iaitu lonjakan perubahan budaya di Eropah, menjadikan benua itu lebih moden.

Mona Lisa dinamakan Lisa del Giocondo, iaitu isteri kepada Pedagang Sutera Kaya Perancis – Francesco del Giocondo.

Lukisan itu pernah dicuri pada 21 Ogos 1911 dari Muzium Louvre dan hanya ditemui semula 2 tahun kemudian.

Sepanjang tempoh itu, 2 orang yang tidak berdosa dipenjarakan kerana disangka mencuri Mona Lisa.

Mereka ialah Louis Beroud – seorang pelukis yang juga orang pertama menyedari kehilangan Mona Lisa dan seorang penyair - Guillaume Apollinaire.

Hakikatnya, pencuri sebenar Mona Lisa ialah seorang pekerja Muzium Louvre – Vincenzo Peruggia.

Peruggia berbuat demikian kerana dia adalah seorang berjiwa patriotisme Itali dan berpendapat Mona Lisa perlu dikembalikan semula ke Itali.

Selama 2 tahun, Peruggia menyembunyikan Mona Lisa di apartmennya.

Namun dia ditangkap ketika cuba menjual lukisan itu kepada Galeri Uffizi di Florence, Itali.

Setelah ditemui semula, Mona Lisa dikembalikan semula ke muzium Louvre, Perancis.

Namun rakyat dan pemerintah Itali menyanjungi semangat patriotisme Peruggia dan dia hanya dikenakan hukuman ringan – penjara selama beberapa bulan sahaja.

Pada 1956, terdapat 2 percubaan merosakkan Mona Lisa oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggung jawab dan langsung tidak menghargai karya seni agung itu.

Satu daripada percubaan itu dilakukan menerusi simbahan asid yang merosakkan dengan teruk bahagian bawah Mona Lisa manakala satu lagi apabila seorang rakyat Bolivia yang “3 suku” melontar batu ke arah potret itu, menyebabkan sedikit kerosakan.

Bahagian belakang bingkai asal Potret Mona Lisa

Namun kerosakan itu sudah diperbaiki dan dipulihkan.

Kini Mona Lisa dikawal ketat di Muzium Louvre, Perancis dan diinsurankan dengan nilai 670 juta dolar Amerika – bersamaan RM 2.34 billion - yang termahal di dunia…!!!!

Sama samalah kita nantikan senyuman Mona Lisa di Malaysia kelak…

Apapun artikel ini tiada kaitan dengan lagu "Mona Lisa" oleh kumpulan Wings..!!!

Terima kasih kerana membaca....

Its Hot yet its Cold..!! Global warming???

Global warming and Green House effect?

Could that be the reasons for the extreme weather conditions that are now creating havoc in the northern and southern hemisphere?

In the northern hemisphere continents such as USA, Canada and Europe – the weather is extremely cold.

In contrast, it is now terribly hot in the southern hemisphere, for instance Australia….

In the US, at least 23 deaths were reported as a result of a destructive winter storm and the extreme cold, with temperatures dropping to record lows in parts from Minnesota to Vermont.

Some places recorded temperature as low as minus 48 degree Fahrenheit (minus 44 Celsius)...!!!

A glaze of ice and snow caused widespread power failures from the southern and central United States to the East Coast.

Authorities said it could be a week before some communities have electricity again.

Air travelers hunkered down as airports in much of the central and eastern
United States announced flight cancellations or delays.

Tree limbs encased in ice tumbled onto roads and crashed onto power lines
in hard-hit Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma on Tuesday and overnight.

In Arkansas -- where ice was 3 inches (nearly 8 centimeters) thick in some places, people huddled next to portable heaters and wood-burning fires as utilities warned electricity may be out for a week or more.

Northwest Arkansas has been hit hard, all schools and universities were closed throughout state.
In Michigan, a man found in the snow Monday became the eighth person in 9 days to be found dead in that state.

Thomas Pauli, 52, was discovered at an auto salvage business in Grand Rapids.

In Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, more than 300,000 homes and businesses were in the dark as ice and snow coated parts of the states.

In Arkansas, about 300,000 customers lacked power Wednesday morning.

At least 470,000 were in the dark in Kentucky.

That’s pretty cold right.

However in the southern hemisphere, it is totally the opposite.

Australia for instance recorded the highest temperature in a century, up to 43 degree Celsius...!!

Among the most badly affected were the world top tennis players currently taking part in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year – The 2009 Australian Open at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

Serena Williams of the US may have escaped the extreme cold in her country, but she was caught in the sweltering heat in Melbourne.

Serena - a 3 time Australian Open champion and chasing her 10th Grand Slam singles titles, nonetheless reached the final after beating, Elena Dementieva, 6-3, 6-4 today.

In the final, Serena will face Russia’s Dinara Safina who beat another Russian, Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-6 in the other semi final.

Despite her fine run so far, Serena, like many other players, complained about the extreme heat – which is bad for any outdoor sports.

"Before they closed the roof I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me, because it was so hot out there." She said after beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter final.

“Yeah, absolutely. It was really, really hot today. And, uhmmm, it was really hot today.” She bemoans again after beating Dementieva in the semi final.

A beaten Elena Dementieva gives thanks for the Rod Laver Arena roof as temperatures soar past 40C in Melbourne. “We couldn't survive outside in this temperature."

"It was hot for everyone, you know. They were ready to die, not to survive a day like that." Dementieva expresses her sympathy for the moths which plagued the exposed Rod Laver Arena

"If you tell me now, I will go to the fridge. I will put myself in for few days." Spain’s 15th seed player Fernando Verdasco plans a new way to cope with the Melbourne heat.

Ok, hot or cold – I wish Roger Federer or Fedex good luck…

Please win your 4th Australian Open Titles and 14 Grand Slam singles titles overall – to equal Pete Sampras record......

Federer advanced to the final of the 2009 Australian Open with a straight sets win over Andy Roddick 6-2 7-5 7-5.

Go Federer Go… I hate Nadal…..!!!!!!!!! sorry Nadal fans out there... no hard feelings...

Tragic - man kills wife, 5 children after losing job

Kids as young as 2 and 5 years old do not understand fully what life is all about, yet they died - no thanks to the zillion of problems we human beings face in our life.

It’s tragic and sad.

And my only hope and prayers – lets those lovely and innocent kids live much happier for ever and ever in beautiful heaven high above.

This story is about a man in Los Angeles, California who killed his wife and five children before turning the gun on himself, after losing his job.

Ervin Lupoe and his wife Ana were both employees of Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Centre.

Both had been terminated, with Lupoe's termination coming last week.

It appears there were grounds for the termination, and it did not come as a result of layoffs.

In Lupoe's suicide note, he offered a detailed account of his and his wife's work circumstances, calling the family's situation a "tragic story."

He ended it by saying, "So after a horrendous ordeal my wife felt it better to end our lives and why leave our children in someone's else's hands."

The scene of the tragedy

The bodies of five children and two adults -- the children's mother and father -- were found Tuesday in a home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington.

The Lupoes from their Facebook profile

Among the dead, authorities said, were an 8-year-old girl and two sets of twins -- 5-year-old girls and 2-year-old boys.

Authorities did not release the names of the children.

Ervin Lupoe apparently called 911 and contacted a television station, KABC-TV by fax before committing suicide, authorities said.

"No words can describe this tragedy," said Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles Mayor. "There's no way to comprehend this unspeakable act."

Police were alerted by KABC-TV, who said the station had received a faxed letter and a call from an individual who was threatening suicide.

Responding officers found all 7 bodies inside the home.

The father and the three girls were found in one upstairs room of the home, the mother and twin boys in another, police said.

Police described the scene as one of the most grisly they have encountered.

In the aftermath of this tragic event, the authority urged those who have lost their jobs to take advantage of available assistance and resources, including mental health agencies.

"Job centers, foreclosure counselors, and mental health professionals are ready to provide whatever services are necessary to get people back on their feet and to keep families afloat," the mayor said in a written statement.

"No matter how desperate you are, no matter how frustrated you are, to think this was the only answer -- to take your whole family with you in death -- is just too much to understand."

Kaiser Permanente can only offer sympathies. But its way too late - no amount of sympathies can bring back those 5 innocent souls - the children.

"We are deeply saddened to hear of the deaths of the Lupoe family," the company said.

"Our sympathies are with all their extended family and friends at this time. We are also providing resources and support to our employees who are affected by this tragedy."

God bless the family especially the 5 young, lovely and innocent children.

After Steven Gerrard, It's Robinho.... ooolalalala

It looks like the start of 2009 is not plain smooth sailing for some of the world top footballers in the English Premier League..

Apart from dazzling millions of people worldwide with their sublime football skills, their antics outside the pitch also never fail to mesmerize us.

First, to hit the headlines was Liverpool and England midfielder, Steven Gerrard who has been capped by England 70 times and capped by Liverpool more than 560 times since his debut at the Merseyside club in November 1998.

Gerrard is a well respected footballer for he has captained his country 4 times and was made an MBE or Member of the British Empire in 2007.

On 23 January 2009, Gerrard was brought to a Magistrate Court in Merseyside on charges of causing actual bodily harm and affray to a 34 year old man at the Lounge Inn nightclub in Southport on 29 December 2008.

However Gerrard denied any wrongdoings.

Instead he told the court that he will plead not guilty when his case is heard in the next hearing scheduled on March 20.

Affray means fighting in a public place, and actual bodily harm means seriously hurting someone.

Two other men were also at the Magistrates' Court with Gerrard, facing the same charges.

They said they will plead not guilty as well.

The 34-year-old man had to go to hospital for injuries to his face.

But, as a hardcore and diehard Liverpool fan, I truly believe that Gerrard is innocent….

Maybe the perpetrator of the incident is a rival club fan – and he did that on purpose.

He initiated the attack by maybe verbally taunt or physically attack Gerrard – to make sure the midfield maestro lands into trouble and thus affecting Liverpool quest to become champion of the English Premier Leauge this season….

Be strong Gerrard – You will never walk alone….

After Gerrard, it was Robinho – the sensation from Brazil – Manchester City’s topstriker who hit the headlines with negative reports as well.

When Robinho first played in Spain with Real Madrid, he was rarely into troubles.

But barely 5 months since his British record 32.5 million pound high profile transfer to Manchester City, Robinho has hit the ugly headlines twice in a space of 7 days.

On 19 January, he stunned his team-mates and fans, when he was absent from Manchester City training camp in Tenerife.

His reason was – he had an urgent family matters to settle and he had to fly all the way to Brazil.
Ok.. Reason accepted but Manchester City is expected to fine him an estimated £200,000 (his fortnight wages) - as punishment.

But then today, 28 January 2009, Robinho hits the headlines again for his off the field antics, this time more shockingly...

This latest incident reportedly happened at a night club in Leeds – again night clubs seems to be the root of all evils…!!!! Hahaha

This time, he was arrested by police over allegation of “sexual assault” or rape.

The rape is alleged to have happened in the early hours of January 14, in the VIP area of the Space nightclub.

It was reported to police that afternoon.

Robinho reportedly had gone to Leeds with team-mates for a night out.

The girl, a student at a Yorkshire university but from the south of England, was with pals.

The two-room venue holds around 800 people and is popular with soccer stars.

The 25 year old Brazilian international, whose real name is Robson de Souza, "strenuously denied any allegation of wrongdoing and is willing to co-operate with the police if further required".

He had been released on bail.

City are due to host Newcastle in the Premier League tonight.

A source said: “He will be back training as normal and is expected to play.”

Manchester City refused to comment so far.

Gee Robinho…. You don’t have to do that…. Millions of female fans all over the world are crazy about you…. even tough your status are known to them- you are married with one kid.

Well if you want to, you can have 20 girlfriends on your bed at any one time if you can't really control your libido….!!!!

Yes...... you may possess great skills in controling the ball... yet you can't control your own "balls" from jumping out of your trousers...!!!!

And now i know why you suddenly left training and flew all the way to Brazil on January 19 - the police was looking for you over that incident..

Penyanyi Amatur dapat RM 1 Juta, Penyanyi Professional dapat RM25,000 je... alahai....

Jumpa Pakcik Hussain (Meet uncle hussain)

Tahniah kepada Meet Uncle Hussain kerana muncul pemenang keseluruhan Anugerah Juara Lagu, AJL ke 23, anjuran TV3 di Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil, 18 Januari lalu.

Rancangan itu disaksikan lebih 4 juta penonton di Malaysia.

Selaku pendokong muzik Indie atau independent – kejayaan Meet Uncle Hussain menerusi “Lagu Untukmu” yang didendangkan dalam nada amat tinggi oleh vokalisnya – Lan, pasti meneruskan kesinambungan perjuangan muzik Indie – susulan kemenangan kumpulan Estranged pada AJL ke 22.

STACY
MILEY CYRUS

Meet Uncle Hussain juga berjaya menepis saingan hebat Juara Akademi Fantasia musim ke 6, Stacy atau Miley Cyrus Malaysia - menerusi lagu “Aku Stacy”, selain saingan dari bekas Juara – kumpulan Spider dan Sofaz yang turut memukau dengan kehebatan melodi dan showmanship masing masing.

Apa yang memusykilkan – Meet Uncle Hussain hanya membawa pulang hadiah wang tunai keseluruhan RM 37,000.00 iaitu RM 12,000 selaku juara kategori balada dan RM 25,000 sebagai juara keseluruhan, sedangkan mereka adalah pemuzik professional.

Bandingkan jumlah itu dengan hadiah wang tunai RM 1 Juta yang menanti pemenang rancangan realiti “One in a Million” atau OIAM yang disiarkan di 8tv.

Peserta rancangan OIAM adalah penyanyi baru atau amatur – tetapi boleh menang jumlah wang tunai yang begitu besar iaitu RM 1 Juta.

2 pemenang rancangan itu sebelum ini ialah Suki pada OIAM musim pertama dan AYU - OIAM musim kedua, kedua duanya sudah menjadi jutawan sedangkan Meet Uncle Hussien selaku pemuzik professional – mungkin belum mencapai status jutawan.


AYU - JUARA OIAM Musim ke 2(DAH JUTAWAN AYU NI...!!)




OPRAH WINFREY (WANITA KULIT HITAM PERTAMA MENCAPAI STATUS BILLIONAIRE)

Ayu atau Oprah Winfrey Malaysia juga bertanding dalam final Juara Lagu 23 tetapi tewas dalam kategori balada kepada Faizal Tahir yang unggul menang 3 kategori – vokal dan persembahan terbaik serta juara balada menerusi lagu Sampai Syurga ciptaan Audi Mok & Ahmad Izham Omar dan lirik oleh Faizal Tahir sendiri.

Mungkin Ayu tewas dalam final AJL 23 tapi dia masih seorang Jutawan.

- wang kemenangannya dalam kariernya yang baru mencapai usia setahun jagung mungkin lebih besar dan lebih banyak daripada kebanyakan finalis AJL 23 mahupun pemenang AJL dan Muzik Muzik musim lalu sejak 1986 hingga sekarang...!!

Keseluruhannya Faizal – naib johan OIAM musim pertama membawa pulang wang tunai RM32,000 - sebahagian perlu dikongsi bersama Audi Mok dan Ahmad Izham Omar selaku komposer "Sampai Syurga".

Hadiah bagi program realiti lain juga jauh lebih tinggi daripada juara Anugerah Juara Lagu – seperti wang tunai, kereta, apartmen mewah dan percutian ke luar negara untuk Juara Akademi Fantasia, wang tunai USD100,000 atau RM350,000 untuk juara Gang Starz dan lain lain.

Dan Stacy pastinya, biarpun tewas dalam AJL 23 tetapi hadiah kemenangannya selaku Juara Akademi Fantasia Musim ke 6, menjangkau RM600,000 hingga RM700,000... banyak kan???

Apapun, mengapa 2 finalis AJL dari Sabah iaitu Stacy dan Ayu – disamakan dengan 2 personaliti terkemuka dari Amerika Syarikat ?? Miley Cyrus dan Oprah Winfrey…!!

Fikir fikirkan lah… Happy Chinese New Year 2009…!!!

UFO spotted at Barack Obama inauguration

Well, it seems President Barack Obama’s recent inauguration ceremony not only attracted worldwide television audience – but even Aliens from outter space want to have a peek to see for themselves what the new president is supposed to look like.

The Sun reported that an unidentified flying object or UFO was seen during Obama’s historic day ceremony.

News footage captured a shadowy object flashing across the sky before the new President’s speech.

The high-speed object appears to streak behind the Washington Monument and then disappear into the clouds.

The area at that time was declared a no fly zone.

The CNN clip that captured the UFO, has attracted thousands of hits on video-sharing website YouTube.

UFO experts are convinced it was an alien craft speeding behind the 555ft-high monument – but sceptics say it was a bird or a bat.

“We know it is not an aircraft because a strict no-fly zone was imposed over the area.

“It seems to have been going a little bit too fast for any type of bird.” Some said.

During the election run-up, UFO bloggers claimed mysterious “orbs” were spotted over an Obama rally in Chicago.

Well Obama, it seems you not only captivated the world’s heart but also the entire universe…

I wonder wether Aliens are Democrats or Republicans???

Gong Xi Fa Cai..

Beware... Beer contains female hormones...!!!

Awas… Achtung…. Attention… Beware….

Beer contains female hormones.. And Men are strongly advised against consuming it.

This is the result of a recent analysis that proved beyond doubt the presence of female hormones in beer.

Beer, simply put, is a fermented beverage made from cereal grain and is made of 4 basic ingredients- barley, hops, yeast and water.

Here we focus specially on Hops.

Hops are the small, green "flowers" of the vining plant known as Humulus Lupulus.

If barley represents the essential sugar of beer, hops represent the balancing spice.

Without the contribution of hops, beer would be a very sweet and unbalanced drink.

Originally hops were used solely for their bittering, flavoring and aromatic properties.

However over the centuries, brewing scientists discovered that hops also contribute natural clarifying agents that help to clear the beer, as well as bacterial inhibitors that stave off contamination caused by beer-ruining germs.

The theory is that after scientifically analyzing hops, beer is found to contain female hormones or Phytoestrogens.

So it was concluded that by drinking enough beer, men can turn into women.

To test the theory, 100 men drank 8 pints of beer each within an hour.

After that period, tests done on those 100 men found out that they :

1) Argued over nothing.

2) Refused to apologize when obviously wrong.

3) Gained weight.

4) Talked excessively without making sense.

5) Became overly emotional

6) Couldn't drive.

7) Failed to think rationally.

8) Had to sit down while urinating.

No further testing was considered necessary.

So to all men out there, you have been warned... no excessive beer especially during the festive season!

To the ladies…. Sorry, no hard feelings folks…. Just Kidding….

Happy Chinese New Year….. Gong Xi Fa Chai

P/S - I myself is a beer drinker, and i had done no 1 to no 7... but no 8 - NEVER!!!!

child prodigies, do not push them hard!!

He could read and write at the age of 2.

And now at the age of 8, Marko Casalan, of Skopje, Macedonia is the world’s youngest certified computer system administrator.

He passed Microsoft certification exams and awarded the Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification, (most of us will not pass that exam – it’s tough man..!!).

The certification qualifies him to do things such as maintaining complex corporate computer networks even though he’s still at elementary school.

His achievement made him a local celebrity of course and he has even met Nikola Gruevski, the Macedonian Prime Minister.

No prizes for guessing where his IT genes came from: his parents are IT experts and run a computer school.

Ok Marco, I wish you the very best….Do not push yourself too hard…

Don’t let pressure and other things get the better of you and turns you from a sweet-boy-next-door persona to a persona non grata…!!!

Sadly, successful stories of child prodigies do not always end the way it should have been.

Take the recent explosive case of Sufiah Yusof in the UK.

Her life was all maths, maths, maths and maths until she got fed up and chose the oldest profession in the world instead..!!!

Sufiah Yusof first made headlines in 1997 when she was admitted into the prestigious St. Hilda's College, Oxford University to study mathematics at the age of 13.

However in 2001, she ran away from her student flat in Oxford, after taking her final examination paper for the academic year.

She was found working as a waitress in a Bournemouth Internet cafe 2 weeks later, but refused to return home, alleging that her parents made life difficult for her at home.

She stayed with a foster family instead.

2 years later, she returned to Oxford to complete her undergraduate master, but failed to finish the year.

She later married, Jonathan Marshall, a trainee lawyer from Oxford.
Her marriage ended after 13 months.

In March 2008, a reporter working undercover for the News of the World , UK’s biggest selling newspaper, found her advertising as a high class prostitute under the name Shilpa Lee, quoting a rate of £130 an hour.

The report hit the headlines in the UK, as well as in Malaysia..

Sufiah in an interview last year said she never regret it.

Sufiah was working as an administrative assistant earning £ 16,000 a year in Manchester when an escort agency boss approached her in a bar, in December 2007.

She found the offer appealing because she was running up debts of £3,500 in rent arrears and credit cards.

Her first client she described as a “lovely man” in his late 20s, tall and handsome.

"I felt quite nervous but excited too. I slipped on some black lace underwear and stockings and suspenders and a dress, and just thought, ‘Wow, this is thrilling.'

"He was waiting for me at the bar of the Hilton. I expected him to be older but when I saw him he was lovely.

"He was only in his late 20s, tall and handsome. I thought, ‘I can't believe I'm getting paid to have sex with this man.'

"I'd have been thrilled if he chatted me up in a bar. We had a drink then went upstairs to his room and had fantastic sex. I left that night feeling totally elated having had an amazing time with £250 in my purse." said Sufiah.

After that, she has built a base of regular clients and saw between 5 and 10 men each week.
Sufiah claimed she could earn more than £1,000 a night by having dinner and staying over with a client.

"My clients treat me like a princess. One guy I see in London took me shopping on Bond Street.

He bought me a beautiful black Gucci dress for £700 and then took me to Selfridges and told me to pick any handbag I liked."

She chose a £600 Gucci clutch. "I'm a Primark and Topshop girl normally! I felt like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman.

"Later that night we went for dinner. I wore my Gucci dress and sexy lingerie and took great pleasure in peeling it off for him later on back at his hotel room.

Her vast knowledge and expertise in Mathematics came in handy too..

“I don’t believe my education had been wasted – in fact, I usually take problem sheets with me to solve before appointments,” she said.

1 + 1 = 2 nice boobs..!!

Sufiah revealed how she drives men wild... by reciting Mathematical EQUATIONS to her clients as they have sex.

“I have men who are thrilled about my passion for mathematics. In fact one made me recite equations while he pleasured me, then I gave him oral sex while he chatted about algebra. It drove him wild."

"My clients love the fact that I can stimulate their minds and their bodies," she boasts.

If Sufiah talked glowingly about her “career,” she was not so effusive when talking about her childhood and her father.

She recalled studying maths all the time. She did not have any friends or allowed to join any activities.

“As I grew older, I began to clash with my father. He was violent at times. He pushed me so far academically, I became more confident for any girl my age. I grew up too quickly.

“Oxford was an amazing place but I was too young. By the time I was 15, I wanted to be in control of my life. I fought back,” she said.

Sufiah's father Farooq pleaded guilty in April 2008 over charges of "indecently assaulting two 15-year-old girls while working as a personal tutor.

I don’t have any regrets. I've never felt more confident about my body and I've had some of the best sex of my life."!!!

HERE ARE SOME OTHER CHILD PRODIGIES IN THE UK – AND WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Ruth Lawrence

Graduated aged 13 from St Hugh's College, Oxford, with a first-class degree in 1985. Now lives with husband and two children - whom she is determined to allow to "develop in a natural way" - in Jerusalem and teaches maths full-time at the Hebrew University.

John Nunn

Went to Oriel College, Oxford, in 1970 aged 15. Got a first in maths at 18, a doctorate at 20 and became a chess Grandmaster three years later. Lives with his wife in Surrey and makes a living writing books about chess.

Adam Dent

Started reading chemistry at St Hugh's College, Oxford in 1994 aged 14. Left the following year, having been accused and then acquitted of sexual assault on an older pupil. Did an Open University degree and got a job stacking shelves at Iceland. Later went back to Oxford (this time to St Catherine's) and graduated with a first in chemistry in 2002. Is now an IT consultant.

James Harries
Presented himself on television - most memorably on Terry Wogan's chat show in 1990 when he was 12 - as an entrepreneur and child prodigy with an encyclopaedic knowledge of antiques. Had a sex change operation in 2001. Now called Lauren, she is a counsellor and also teaches drama in Cardiff.

Terence Judd

Made his first appearance as a classical pianist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra aged 12. Won the British Liszt Piano Competition at 18. He committed suicide in 1979 at the age of 22 by throwing himself off Beachy Head.