新年祝福

ONLY THE ENGLISH COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE

ONLY THE ENGLISH COULD HAVE INVENTED THIS LANGUAGE

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Then shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England ..
We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes,
we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,
and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,
grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends
and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English
should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same,
while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language
in which your house can burn up as it burns
down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother's not Mop?

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT IF PEOPLE FROM POLAND ARE CALLED POLES THEN

PEOPLE FROM HOLLAND SHOULD BE HOLES AND THE GERMANS GERMS!!!


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Beautiful message by Pope Francis which says it all.
BEING HAPPY
by Pope Francis

"You may have defects, be anxious and sometimes live irritated, but do not forget that your life is the greatest enterprise in the world. Only you can prevent it from going into decadence. There are many that need you, admire you and love you.

I would like to remind you that being happy is not having a sky without storms, or roads without accidents, or work without fatigue, or relationships without disappointments.

Being happy is finding strength in forgiveness, hope in one's battles, security at the stage of fear, love in disagreements.

Being happy is not only to treasure the smile, but that you also reflect on the sadness.

It is not just commemorating the event, but also learning lessons in failures.

It is not just having joy with the applause, but also having joy in anonymity.

Being happy is to recognize that it is worthwhile to live, despite all the challenges, misunderstandings and times of crises.

Being happy is not inevitable fate, but a victory for those who can travel towards it with your own being.

Being happy is to stop being a victim of problems but become an actor in history itself.

It is not only to cross the deserts outside of ourselves, but still more, to be able to find an oasis in the recesses of our soul.

It is to thank God every morning for the miracle of life.

Being happy is not being afraid of one's feelings. It is to know how to talk about ourselves. It is to bear with courage when hearing a "no".

It is to have the security to receive criticism, even if is unfair.

It is to kiss the children, pamper the parents, have poetic moments with friends, even if they have hurt us.

Being happy means allowing the free, happy and simple child inside each of us to live; having the maturity to say, "I was wrong"; having the audacity to say, "forgive me".

It is to have sensitivity in expressing, "I need you"; to have the ability of saying, "I love you."

So that your life becomes a garden full of opportunities for being happy...

In your spring-time, may you become a lover of joy. In your winter, may you become a friend of wisdom.

And when you go wrong along the way, you start all over again. Thus you will be more passionate about life.

And you will find that happiness is not about having a perfect life but about using tears to water tolerance, losses to refine patience, failures to carve serenity, pain to lapidate pleasure, obstacles to open the windows of intelligence.

Never give up .... Never give up on the people you love. Never give up from being happy because life is an incredible show.

And you are a special human being!"

- Pope Francis -

Blessed 2017 New Year


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Let's learn to count our blessings

Chinese is so difficult to learn... with multiple meanings to the same words

Chinese is so difficult to learn." 就这四个中文字来说
"大不一样"
一美女兴致勃勃地问医生："我想丰胸，但是丰胸后会有什么效果？"
医生淡定地答道：丰胸后，一般会有四种结果：
1. 大不一样；
2. 不大一样；
3. 一样不大；
4. 不一样大！
世界上没有其它的文字能够有这样的功能，中文万岁！

中文字的奥妙
外国人学中文，确实不容易。中文字的奥妙，常常让学中文的老外晕倒，分享几个段子：
一、方便
一位刚学过一点中文的美国人来到中国，中国朋友请他吃饭。
到了饭店落座，中国朋友说："对不起，我去方便一下。"
那老外没明白，"方便"是哪里？
见老外疑惑，中国朋友告诉他说"方便"，口语里是"上厕所"的意思。
哦，老外意会了。
席间，中国朋友对老外说："我下次到美国，希望你能帮忙提供些方便。"
老外纳闷了：他去美国，让我提供些厕所干嘛？
道别时，另一位在座的中国朋友热情地对老外说："我想在你方便的时候请你吃饭。"
见老外吃惊发愣，中国朋友接着说："如果你最近不方便的话，咱们改日……"
老外无语。
"咱找个你我都方便的时候一起吃饭吧。"
老外随即晕倒。

二、乳
一位老师向老外学生解释"乳" 字的含意：乳即是小的意思，比如乳鸽、乳猪等。
讲解完，老师要求老外学生用"乳"字造句。
老外学生造句说："现在房价太高了，所以我家只能买得起20平方米的乳房。"
老师听了，冒着冷汗说："再造一个！"
老外学生："我年纪太小，连一米宽的乳沟都跳不过去。"
老师冷汗如雨下，说："再造一个！"
老外学生说："老师我真的想不出来了，我的乳头都快想破了！"

三、意思
某老外苦学汉语10年，到中国参加汉语考试。
试题之一：
请解释下文中每个"意思"的意思：
阿呆给领导送红包时，两个人的对话颇有意思。
领导："你这是什么意思？"
阿呆："没什么意思，意思意思而已。"
领导："你这就不够意思了。"
阿呆："小意思，小意思。"
领导："你这人真有意思。"
阿呆："其实也没有别的意思。"
领导："那我就不好意思了。"
阿呆："是我不好意思。"
这老外给中国华文弄晕了，一头雾水。
中文的"意思"太深奥了，于是他交白卷回国。

如果你笑了，记得转发到朋友圈，让朋友们一起欢乐喔󾌸󾌸󾌸


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"Can do" proverbs

*Chinese Proverb:-*
If one can do
I will do
If no one can do
I will do.

*Malay Proverb:-*
If one can do
I need not do
If no one can do
I also cannot do

*Japanese Proverb:*
If One Can Do,
You Can Do.
If No one Can Do,
You Must Do.

*Indian Proverb:-*
If One Can Do,
Let Him Do.
If No one can Do
What can I Do?
😂😂😂


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Timing is everything

情歌总是老的好

Spot the mistakes

A Creative way to remove oil from chicken soup!

Some eateries are charging more for delivered meals

Comics

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Nuisance call!!!

Happiness leads to success (not the other way round!)

Never drink soft drinks with instant noodles!

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The bigger danger of hudud to Non-Muslims

_By Mujahidin Zulkiffli_

*The bigger danger of hudud to Non-Muslims.*

I've highlighted some potential indirect consequences of hudud to non-Muslims in my previous post. Now this is a bigger one.

It opens a question as to whether the country is a secular or an Islamic country in practice. Why is this dangerous? Because it may pave the way to bigger and crazier things to happen such as how we officially treat non-Muslims.

In a typical Islamic country under Islamic administration, the non-Muslims are divided into a few categories:

1) Kafir harbi fi'lan: These are non-Muslims that are physically hostile (waging war) against Islamic countries.

It's a requirement for Muslims to kill them (as announced by Pahang Mufti recently). Killing kafir harbi fi'lan will not result in any punishment for the Muslim killer.

2) Kafir harbi hukman: These are non-Muslims that do not have any privilege of protection in an Islamic country and they are not waging war against an Islamic country.

Killing kafir harbi hukman doesn't bring death punishment to a Muslim but only half of a diyya (compensation to the family). This was backed by a Hadith, where Abu Juhaifa reported: "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, judged that a believer should not be killed for killing a disbeliever." Sahih Bukhari 6517 in context of kafir harbi hukman.

3) Kafir muahid and dzimmi: They are non-Muslims who have protection agreement with an Islamic administration. Muahids are not citizens of the Islamic country but have peace agreements. Dzimmis are citizens and pay jizyahs (a form of tax or protection money).

It is haram to kill these types of non-Muslims. Many Hadiths protecting them. Also backed by Quran 9:29 "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

Oh wait, dzimmis are bound under hudud laws :) jeng jeng jeng!!

PAS are just saying their hudud won't apply to non-Muslims to get the bill passed by the parliament. In history, hudud applies to all. Look at Acheh.

4) Kafir musta'min: Non-Muslim tourists with permission to be in the country. In modern world, Non-Muslims with Visa to be in the country. These Non-Muslims are protected until they become a harbi, even a harbi hukman.. let's say stupid Australians wearing our flags on their arses and being seen as a threat to peace?

In practical, most non-Muslims in Malaysia will be classified as dzimmis (you pay taxes). What if you don't? You become a hukman; can be killed but Muslim killer will have to compensate your family with half a diyya. What if you raise up voices against certain Islamic bodies? Will you be considered as harbi fi'lan? (Pahang Mufti already did) So basically, you're dead.

This is why it's important for Malaysia to remain secular in administration. Letting hudud bill to pass will open bigger Pandora's box.

To my Muslim friends, do we really want this for our non-Muslim friends? Why do we have to create hell on earth in our selfish pursuit of heaven?

#rejectRU355

_*Share this so more non-Muslims will know and more Muslims to see the bigger perspectives.*_
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_*Woe, Woe, Woe to Non-Muslims if hudud is not rejected!*_


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http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/standard-deviation.html

Standard Deviation and Variance

Deviation just means how far from the normal

The Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out numbers are.

Its symbol is σ (the greek letter sigma)

The formula is easy: it is the square root of the Variance. So now you ask, "What is the Variance?"

Variance

The Variance is defined as:

The average of the squared differences from the Mean.

To calculate the variance follow these steps:

Example

You and your friends have just measured the heights of your dogs (in millimeters):

The heights (at the shoulders) are: 600mm, 470mm, 170mm, 430mm and 300mm.

Find out the Mean, the Variance, and the Standard Deviation.

Your first step is to find the Mean:

Answer:

Mean  =  600 + 470 + 170 + 430 + 3005  =  19705  =  394

so the mean (average) height is 394 mm. Let's plot this on the chart:

Now we calculate each dog's difference from the Mean:

To calculate the Variance, take each difference, square it, and then average the result:

So the Variance is 21,704

And the Standard Deviation is just the square root of Variance, so:

Standard Deviation
σ	= √21,704
	= 147.32...
	= 147 (to the nearest mm)

And the good thing about the Standard Deviation is that it is useful. Now we can show which heights are within one Standard Deviation (147mm) of the Mean:

So, using the Standard Deviation we have a "standard" way of knowing what is normal, and what is extra large or extra small.

Rottweilers are tall dogs. And Dachshunds are a bit short ... but don't tell them!

Now try the Standard Deviation Calculator.

But ... there is a small change with Sample Data

Our example has been for a Population (the 5 dogs are the only dogs we are interested in).

But if the data is a Sample (a selection taken from a bigger Population), then the calculation changes!

When you have "N" data values that are:

All other calculations stay the same, including how we calculated the mean.

Example: if our 5 dogs are just a sample of a bigger population of dogs, we divide by 4 instead of 5 like this:

Sample Variance = 108,520 / 4 = 27,130

Sample Standard Deviation = √27,130 = 164 (to the nearest mm)

Think of it as a "correction" when your data is only a sample.

Formulas

Here are the two formulas, explained at Standard Deviation Formulas if you want to know more:

Looks complicated, but the important change is to
divide by N-1 (instead of N) when calculating a Sample Variance.

*Footnote: Why square the differences?

If we just add up the differences from the mean ... the negatives cancel the positives:

So that won't work. How about we use absolute values?

That looks good (and is the Mean Deviation), but what about this case:

Oh No! It also gives a value of 4, Even though the differences are more spread out.

So let us try squaring each difference (and taking the square root at the end):

That is nice! The Standard Deviation is bigger when the differences are more spread out ... just what we want.

In fact this method is a similar idea to distance between points, just applied in a different way.

And it is easier to use algebra on squares and square roots than absolute values, which makes the standard deviation easy to use in other areas of mathematics.

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10  

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A nice Thank You design for DTF (ding tai feng) advert

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【八大癌症 "最 不喜歡的朋友"】

1、 胃癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" -- 大 蒜。
Cancer of stomach------ Leek or garlic.

2、 肝癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" --蘑 菇。
Cancer of liver-----mushroom.

3、 胰腺癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" --花 耶菜，就是西兰花。
Cancer of pancreas ( pancreatic cancer)----cauliflowers.

4、 肺癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" --菠 菜。
Lung cancer------spinach.

5、 腸癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" --茭 白筍。
Cancer of bowels-------Water Bamboo.

6、 乳腺癌 "最 不喜歡的朋友" --海 帶。
Breast cancer------ sea weeds.

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What Is a Vegan? What Do Vegans Eat?

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/g/Vegan.htm

Vegan - What is a vegan? What do vegans eat?

By Jolinda Hackett, Vegetarian Food Expert

Updated March 29, 2016.

Definition:

What is a vegan? What is veganism?

Veganism is a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived ingredients. Many vegans also do not eat foods that are processed using animal products, such as refined white sugar and some wines. 

Vegan refers to either a person who follows this way of eating, or to the diet itself. That is, the word vegan can be an adjective used to describe a food item, as in, "This curry is vegan", or, it can be used as a noun, as in, "Vegans like cookies, too."

See also: 

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• Easy Vegan Recipes
• What is a vegetarian?

Although there is some debate as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet, if you are cooking for other vegans, it is best to err on the side of caution and avoid these foods. Most vegans extend the definition of veganism to go beyond just food and will also avoid the use of all personal and household products tested on animals, and avoid purchasing and using all animal-derived non-food products, such as leather, fur and wool.

See Also: Common Questions About Vegetarianism: Vegetarian FAQS

There is some debate as to whether second-hand animal products, such as a leather jacket from a thrift store, can be included in a cruelty-free vegan lifestyle or not.

What do vegans eat?

This is perhaps the most common question about veganism. A vegan diet includes all grains, beans, legumes, vegetables and fruits and the nearly infinite number of foods made by combining them. 

In addition, many vegan versions of familiar foods are available, so you can eat vegan hot dogs, ice cream, cheese and vegan mayonnaise along with the more familiar veggie burgers.

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 Many foods are associated with veganism, such as soy milk and tofu, but many non-vegans also enjoy tofu, and you certainly don't have to like tofu in order to eat vegan.

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Vegans also eat many of the same common and familiar every day foods such as a green salad, spaghetti, and chips and salsa which just about everyone eats. For example, foods such as a vegetarian burrito without cheese or sour cream would be vegan, a vegetarian Thai curry made from coconut milk is vegan, pasta with tomato sauce or another non-meat and non-dairy sauce is vegan, and most breads are vegan. 

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• Milk Substitutes
• Dairy Substitutes
   

How can I become vegan?

So you've decided to become vegan. But now what? Some people easily go from eating meat to vegan right away, while others struggle with their new commitment, or choose to go vegetarian first and then slowly omit eggs and dairy. There's no right or wrong way to do it, but you may want to learn about what's worked for other people. However you do it, keep your goals in mind and remember why you are choosing to adopt a vegan diet.

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Pronunciation: VEE-gun (not VAY-gun)

Also Known As: Strict vegetarian

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