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According to an article by Claire Coleman in The Daily Mail, "Juicing can wreck your looks: Flaking skin, hair loss and rotting teeth. The latest A-list diet craze has some ugly side-effects."

Chapter 1.
I walk down a street and there's a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in. It takes forever to get out.

It's my fault.

Chapter 2.


I walk down the same street.

I fall in the hole again.

It still takes a long time to get out.

It's not my fault.

Chapter 3.

I walk down the same street. I fall in the hole again.

It's becoming a habit. It is my fault.

I get out immediately.

Chapter 4.


I walk down the same street and see the deep hole in the sidewalk.

I walk around it.

Chapter 5.

I walk down a different street.

-Author Unknown-

To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.

To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization that I can’t control another.

To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To let go is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.

To let go is not to criticize, or regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can do.

To let go is to fear less, and to love more.

-Author Unknown-

Many have expressed how it is difficult to gauge the political scenario. The main variables are constantly changing and the most destabilizing truth is that in politics, there are no permanent friends or foes; only permanent interests.

Having stayed away from the fray for months now, I have been analyzing the sequence of events from pre-2008 days till now.  After enjoying solitude for the past two months, I can see more clearly now and surmise that it is possible that Malaysians have been led by our noses, possibly due to an insidious agenda set by X with the aid of Y so that we can arrive at Z.

Unbeknownst to us, I hypothesize that social engineers, as instructed by X, in disguise as opinion leaders and/or writers have been twiddling with public opinion so as to overtly and covertly influence activism and the face of politics, paving the way for the rise of some followed by their downfall. And many have been had for few saw through the smokescreen.

This can be analyzed via a few models/theories

A. Theory of Persuasion

B. Grunig's Situational Theory (particular focus on activism)

C. Yale Development Model (CLICK HERE for detailed explanation)

D. Situational Theory of Publics -Tailoring the message

E. Heider's Attribution Theory


Heider's attribution theory is a motivational theory that looks at how the average person constructs the meaning of an event based on his /her motives to find a cause and his/her knowledge of the environment.

Basically, this theory looks at how people make sense of their world; what cause and effect inferences they make about the behaviors of others and of themselves. Heider states that there is a strong need in individuals to understand transient events by attributing them to the actor's disposition or to stable characteristics of the environment.

The purpose behind making attributions is to achieve COGNITIVE CONTROL over one's environment by explaining and understanding the causes behind behaviors and environmental occurrences.

F. Media - Using the media to disseminate information, frame messages and shape perceptions, even in agenda setting strategies. The one who dominates the news is more likely to maintain status quo. Minority voices are then excluded.

If you scan the news, you can see many instances where there appears to be a strange and dysfunctional pattern where politicians seem to think they play outside or above the rules. And it's a game that the press love to join. A good example would be unsupported allegations after which there is the usual talk of a lawsuit and the whole works.

When such news explodes, many are all too ready to join the fray just so they can claim another scalp. Is this how the unelected have power over the elected? Records show that the greater your fame, the more likely you would be cut down and cast out. Following that would be increasing howls for resignation and with much determination, the high and mighty might soon be bulldozed. Some come back though and have the audacity to claim that they were brave to admit their wrong and resigned.

Whatever it is, both sides of the divide must be fair to each other and themselves. If one side expects honesty and transparency from the other, when the latter requests the same, the other side should comply in a spirit of honesty.

With all the different shades of news bombarding us from all fronts, the electorate cannot know the minds of their elected leaders. Their perception may not be accurate because obviously, that had been shaped by unknown forces. If they like what they see or read, the tendency if to assume he is kind and caring and worth their votes. And sadly, that is the way it goes in many instances - paving the way to arrogant/ineffective/absent or worse still, obnoxious leaders.

It is so easy for us to form wrong opinions if we depend on online portals or MSM for news/opinions etc. Personally, I believe each of us MUST really critically assess the situation/news and do our own research and not be led by the noses to always believe what we are told.

Otherwise, we have no one to blame but ourselves if we do otherwise and/or think in black and white terms. Still, I hypothesize that we have been fooled - hook, line and sinker. Only time will tell whether we have been led round the mulberry bush!

They say that marriage makes a man dizzy, and it's true.

As soon as I got a wife, I lost my balance at the bank.


Men want 3 qualities in wives: Economist in kitchen, artist in home & devil in bed.

But they get artist in kitchen, devil in home & economist in Bed.


Q: Why do women live longer than men?
A: Shopping never causes heart attacks, but paying the bill does!


Before marriage: Roses are red, sky is blue. U r beautiful, I luv u.
After marriage: Roses are dead, I'm blue. U r my headache, one day I'll kill u.


Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends.
You order what you want, and then when you see what the other person
has, you wish you had ordered that.


Man: Is there any way for long life?
Dr : married.
Man: Will it help?
Dr : No, but the thought of long life will never come.


Why do couples hold hands during their wedding?
It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight begins!


Wife: Darling, today is our anniversary, what should we do?
Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.


What did the gangster's son tell his dad when he failed his examination?
'Dad, they questioned me for 3 hours, but I never told them anything!!'


What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
The ones in the casinos are serious.


When I was young I used to pray for a bike,
then I realized that God doesn't work that way,
so I stole a bike and prayed for forgiveness.


A little boy went up to his father and asked :
'Dad, where did all of my intelligence come from?'
His father replied:
'Well, son, you must have gotten it from your mother, because I still have mine.'


Jimmy's teacher sent a note home to his mother, saying :
'Jimmy seems to be a very bright boy, but spends too much of his time thinking about girls.'
The mother wrote back the next day:
'If you find a solution, please advise. I have the same problem with his father!'

-Author Unknown-

Thanks to Angela who sent me this list.

Often, one may wonder if he/she has that 'X' factor to stand out in the crowd for either career, social or personal development. The truth is, all of us have it. I hope the following post can inspire us to celebrate the uniqueness of who we are today! Do leave a comment to share your thoughts/reactions. Thanks! Have a great day!

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Think what a remarkable, unduplicatable, and miraculous thing it is to be you! Of all the people who have come and gone on the earth, since the beginning of time, not ONE of them is like YOU!



No one who has ever lived or is to come has had your combination of abilities, talents, appearance, friends, acquaintances, burdens, sorrows and opportunities.

No one’s hair grows exactly the way yours does. No one’s finger prints are like yours. No one has the same combination of secret inside jokes and family expressions that you know.

The few people who laugh at all the same things you do, don’t sneeze the way you do. No one prays about exactly the same concerns as you do. No one is loved by the same combination of people that love you – NO ONE!

No one before, no one to come. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE!

Enjoy that uniqueness. You do not have to pretend in order to seem more like someone else. You weren’t meant to be like someone else. You do not have to lie to conceal the parts of you that are not like what you see in anyone else.

You were meant to be different. Nowhere ever in all of history will the same things be going on in anyone’s mind, soul and spirit as are going on in yours right now.

If you did not exist, there would be a hole in creation, a gap in history, something missing from the plan for humankind.

Treasure your uniqueness. It is a gift given only to you. Enjoy it and share it!

No one can reach out to others in the same way that you can. No one can speak your words. No one can convey your meanings. No one can comfort with your kind of comfort. No one can bring your kind of understanding to another person.

No one can be cheerful and lighthearted and joyous in your way. No one can smile your smile. No one else can bring the whole unique impact of you to another human being.

Share your uniqueness. Let it be free to flow out among your family and friends and people you meet in the rush and clutter of living wherever you are. That gift of yourself was given you to enjoy and share. Give yourself away!

See it! Receive it! Let it tickle you! Let it inform you and nudge you and inspire you! YOU ARE UNIQUE!

-Author Unknow-