Raymond Chua’s Blog

Yesterday, 28^th January 2007, while I was driving back from Batu Pahat to JB, something happened. I heard a loud explosion sound from behind of my car. I quickly pulled out by the road side and see what had happened.

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Gosh! One of my tires burst. I’m in the middle of rural area and there were no shops and houses around. So, I get back in the car and drive along slowly to see if I can get help somewhere ahead.

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After a kilometer or so, I saw some old wooden shops by the road side. Most of them were closed as it was Sunday. I stopped there and saw an old man sitting in front of a closed shop and fanning himself, spending the rest of his day.

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I got down from my car and ask the old man if there’s any workshop nearby. He said that the nearest workshop is around 10-20 km away. Furthermore, most of the workshops close on weekends. I was amazed! What am I going to do now? I never change a car tire before. Usually I’ll get help from some friends. But now I am about 60 km away from home and stuck in a village.

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“Why don’t you change it with your spare tire?” said the old man. I told him that I don’t know how to change car tire and I had never changed a tire (actually I saw people change tire before. It’s not that complicated. I just don’t want to sweat all over and got my hands dirty. I hate the stain)

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Since I have no choice, I bring out those apparatus and change the tire myself. After I lift up my car, I tried to unscrew the nuts. First nut unscrewed. “Great!” I think to myself. Then the second one “Great again”

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However, when it comes to the third and the fourth one, those nuts remain stationary no matter how hard I tried. Ops, what am I gonna do now? I gotta go home no matter what! I tried to get help here and there but they are unable to help me.

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Now, more and more people are surrounding me and watching me change the tire. It’s understandable as kampong people love to know what’s going on around them so that they can be an ‘expert’ to tell those late comers the whole story such as where is this guy come from? Where is he heading to? What is his occupation? Etc.

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Finally a man in his middle age saw my situation and brought a long iron rod with him. I immediately understand what he is trying to do. He is trying to apply lever rule to increase the force by extending the distance between load and effort.

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His brilliant idea had solved my problem. Finally, he successfully unscrewed the rest of the nuts and he also helped me to change the whole tire. I am so thankful to him. I tried to give him some money (it is a Chinese culture as a meaning of buying him a cup of coffee) but he insisted. I tried my best to offer him that little money but he still insists. So, I just can thank him and bid farewell to those villagers before I left.

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Along the rest of my journey, I ask myself how I actually feel. (I’m very particular about the way I think and the way I feel as I’m trying to implement the Law of Attraction in my life, lately).

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I feel that I’m blessed because only 1 tire burst at the time.

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I feel great for knowing such a nice guy who helps me to change my tire. It tells me that there are plenty of nice guys out there in our world.

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Actually, I’m not planning to use this road. But because the other road I frequently use was terribly jam due to the opening of the largest shopping mall in Batu Pahat (BP Mall) trying to profit from the local purchasing power as the Chinese New Year is just around corner. So, I take this alternative road and as a result, I met these kind villagers. It was like a god’s perfect plan for me. Don’t you think?

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For the first time, I change my own tire with some help.

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Can you see? So many good things happen to me in one afternoon.

Are you kinda jealous of me? My Chinese New Year Luck in coming!

You’d better watch out, my friends/readers.

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Have you checked your car tire?

Raymond

www.whatdoyousaytoacne.com

In a school science class four worms were placed into four separate jars.

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The first worm was put into a jar of alcohol.
The second worm was put into a jar of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into a jar of sperm.
The fourth worm was put into a jar of soil.

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After one day, these were the results:
The first worm in alcohol - dead.
Second worm in cigarette smoke - dead.
Third worm in sperm - dead.
Fourth worm in soil - alive.

So the Science teacher asked the class - "What can you learn from
this experiment."

Little Johnny quickly raised his hand and said "As long as you drink,
smoke and have sex, you won’t have worms."

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Warmly,

Raymond Chua

Founder of

www.whatdoyousaytoacne.com

www.green-rectangle.com

By Mukul Sharma
Source: Times of India 

Does telepathy exist? The majority of mainstream scientists believe that the paranormal acquisition of information concerning the thoughts, feelings or activity of another person is a lot of poppycock.

But it doesn’t really matter because the majority of mainstream scientists also believe telepathy’s going to exist in the future, thanks to technology.

According to one World Future Society forecast, wireless technology will be incorporated into our thought processing by 2030.

In the next 25 years, we’ll learn how to augment our 100 trillion relatively slow inter-neuronal connections with high-speed virtual connections via nanorobotics.

This will allow us to greatly boost our pattern-recognition abilities, memories, and overall thinking capacity, as well as to directly interface with powerful forms of computer intelligence and with each other.

Which means we’ll also be able to move beyond the brain’s present performance capacity. Researchers have already demonstrated that with the help of wired implants it’s possible for a person to move a cursor on a computer screen just by thinking about it.

How long before such developments become non-invasive and wireless and the inter-face involves two or more human beings communicating by thought alone?

Instead of telepathy, they’re calling it "techlepathy" and, initially, first generation devices will be unidirectional.

That is, the neural patterns of unspoken words would be transmitted to the other person before receiving the other person’s transmission in return, much like how walkie-talkies work.

Later, the pre-speech thought patterns themselves would be transmitted. Ultimately, the transference will become seamlessly bi-directional and would include other non-verbal signals such as consciousness and emotions.

By then it could also involve one or more persons or, indeed, as many as possible like an Internet of connected minds.

Some experts in fact believe techno-enabled telepathy will become the sole or at least the primary form of human communication in the future and everybody will make use of it for economic and social reasons once it becomes available to all.

Also, being technology driven and not some spooky psychic phenomenon, privacy issues would not be a problem as personal firewalls could be created to restrict any unwanted intrusion.

Yes, there’ll be hackers going in-mind from time to time and mind-bloggers going openly public but, in general, techlepathy should be as safe as having a mobile phone inside one’s head.

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Warmly,

Raymond

www.green-rectangle.com

It’s been 2 and a half week since the New Year day and I just walked pass these days without any goal or direction. I promise myself to write myself a goal but I didn’t. I was just too lazy for all this B.S.

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Lately, I’m so in to a movie, "The Secret". This is the best movie I’ve ever watched. I still remember that the very first time I watch this movie was on the last Christmas. I didn’t celebrate Christmas because I don’t have friends to go out with and my family is just too far away. So I spend my time watching this movie. The content of the movie has blown me away.

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It reveals the Law Of Attraction, one of the most powerful law in the world. Then only I came to realize the importance of goal setting. "I want to lay out all my goals properly and specifically by the end of 2006." I said to myself.

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However, I didn’t do that. I was actually quite down on the New Year Eve and I can hardly do anything. Due to that, the Secret of the Law Of Atraction slowly get off my mind.

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Nothing happen until last 2 days, I watched the video again. It came back to me. It was like I am fated to watch and apply the knowledge. I watch the video again. I am so impress. The secret of the Law has brought me to the top of the world.

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I fell in love with the video. I watch it over and over again for 3 days continuously. The same movie. From morning until night. I will increase the volume of the speaker in case I go to take bath or washing dishes. I want to listen to it if I can’t watch it. I almost get crazy. I’m still listening to the same video when I type this blog right here, right now.

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I can not stand it anymore. Finally, I open my MS Word application and begin to type in all my goals, SPECIFICALLY. When I set a goal of owning my dream house, I wrote in all the details including how many square feet, the colour of every part of the house, what will be in the North, South, East, West, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest. How exactly will it look like?, where is the ponds? Where is the pools?, where is the gardens?, etc.

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Now, the main point is, For the FIRST time in my life, I set goals for myself. I feel so happy. I have long to do this but I’m always too lazy to write. I’ve been thinking of writing my goals since 1999. Huh … It takes me 8 years to write my goal! Can you Imagine!

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Why do I do that today? The answer to this question is because I already know the WHY. When I know the why, I’ll know the HOW.

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Have you set your GOAL ???

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To your success,

Raymond

www.whatdoyousaytoacne.com

I heard quite a lot of myths and misinformation of getting rid of Acne that have misled thousands of Acne Sufferers out there. So I thought it would be a good idea to share with you some of the misinformation and misunderstanding about acne cures and so on.

These myths often mislead those who suffer from acne problems, these are simply made available to help you realize and understand a little more about acne and a little more about the possibilities with acne curing. Knowledge is the cure.

Here are some of the myths I’m talking about:

Myth #1

Myth:
Acne occurs due to insufficient washing of the face.

Fact:
Not really. Acne occurs due to dirt and bacteria but you can keep your face sufficiently clean by gently washing it twice a day. Excessive washing removes too much oil from your face. This stimulates oil secretion by your sebaceous glands which may cause more acne.

Myth #2

Myth:
Avoid Oily Food, Chocolate or Caffeine

Fact:
There is no medical proof for specific diets and acne but certain foods seem to encourage acne in certain people. So, you need to note if you suffer from any specific allergies or are sensitive to specific kinds of food. Some people are sensitive to protein-rich foods while others are sensitive to iodized foods.

Myth #3

Myth:
Acne vanishes if you leave it untreated

Fact:
VERY RARELY. The early treatment of acne prevents further spreading. Successful early treatment removes most chances of scarring.

Myth #4

Myth:
Intake of lots of water clears acne

Fact:
Just drinking huge quantities of water cannot cure your acne.

Myth #5

Myth:
Higher than recommended medicinal dosages results in better and faster acne cure

Fact:
Taking larger dosages of medicines do not offer extra cure or relief from acne. In fact, it is dangerous.

Myth #6

Myth:
Basking in Sunshine cures acne

Fact:
Sunbathing for short intervals dries up excess oils but it does not work as a long-term relief from acne. Rather, excessive exposure to the sun is harmful and increases acne due to severe drying of the skin.

Myth #7

Myth:
Acne affects only teenagers

Fact:
Acne is a common occurrence among teenagers. However, many adults in their forties also face acne outbreaks. For some, acne problems are present throughout their lives.

Myth #8

Myth:
Picking acne cures it

Fact:
It spreads bacteria and causes more acne. Furthermore, such picking can leave behind permanent scars.

Myth #9

Myth:
Excess sex causes acne.

Fact:
There is no medical proof connecting sex and sebum production, which is the main cause for acne.
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More information available at www.whatdoyousaytoacne.com
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Picked from

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=353493

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Warmly,

Raymond

www.green-rectangle.com