ക TELLING THE TIME

Bartholomew Manfredi tooted the pocket clock in 1462 and couple of centuries later, a locksmith from Nuremberg, Peter Henlein invented the portable watch in the 16th century. It soon evolved to wrist watch in the late 1800s by a Swiss watch maker, Patek Phillippe; though at first only women wore them. The man's wristwatch was invented by Louis Cartier in the early 1900s. We salute the inventors and grateful to them for giving us the convenience all these years to show us the time.

Know this is crazy but I wonder (all becoz of Manglish, who started off with 'wonder') how many still wear a watch or keep them at home? Let's do a simple short test and see how high is your awareness level or are you taking your closest 'buddy' for granted even though it sticks to your skin as long as 12 hours per day for many years. Here we go..

1. What is the face color of your favorite watch?

2. Is there a date, if yes where is it situated at, the '3' or '6'?

3. Any idea is it in Roman numerals or natural numbers?

4. Is there a third hand showing the seconds?

5. Leather strap or metal strips?

So how well do you know your watch? You will be surprised at the finding even though we have been wearing it for ages. There are many ways of reading and telling the time from a watch, a clock or the latest handphone. What an awkward way to 'Ass' for the time? Check this out..

How much do you value your watch? Do you wear an expensive timepiece or just like me instead of owning only one expensive watch I can have dozen other watches?

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ക VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED

A six grade science teacher, Mrs Brown, asked her class, "Which human body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated?"

No one answered until little Mary stood up, angry, and said, "You should not be asking 6th graders a question like that! I'm going to tell my parents, and they will go and tell the principal, and you'll get fired!"

She then sat back down.

Mrs Brown ignored her, and asked the question again, "Which body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated?"

Little Mary's mouth fell open, and she said to those around her, "Boy, is she gonna get in big trouble!"

The teacher continued to ignore her and said to the class, "Anybody?"

Finally, Billy stood up, looked around nervously, and said, "The body part that increases to 10 times its size when stimulated is the pupil of the eye."

Mrs Brown said, "Very good, Billy." Then turned to Mary and continued, "As for you, young lady, I have three things to say:

1. First, you have a dirty mind.

2. Second, you didn't read your homework.

3. And third, one day you are going to be VERY, VERY disappointed."

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ക HOW CLUTTERED IS YOUR MIND

Thanks to HappySurfer who is not human enough to share this quiz with her cool score of 17%. Wanna check whether you are still human or Na'vi (Avatar) or you probably need defragmentation. Feel free to take the QUIZ.

Your Mind is 21% Cluttered

Your mind is very free.
You've liberated yourself from most worries and problems.

And even if something does start to clutter your mind,
you're easily able to let it go.

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ക MATHS : 20 + 10 SON OF A BITCH IS 2010?

Little Johnny misbehaved, got sent off to his room to complete his homework as a punishment. To make sure he is actually doing his class homework he has to read aloud so that mom can hear him from the kitchen. Reluctantly dragging his feet to his room and within minutes Johnny rattled loudly at the top of his voice "2 + 1 son of a bitch is 3". Loud enough to startle the stunned mom who stormed into Johnny's room immediately. "Johnny don't try to be difficult here and mind your language, did you know what you just said is not proper?" reprimanded his mom. "Why?" Johnny innocently protested,"Ms Brown always says that to us". "What!I want to see your headmaster tomorrow" said the exasperated mom. All errors were corrected at the meeting with the headmaster when Ms Brown said it loud and clear "2 + 1 sum of which is 3". :O) Now that I've caught your attention about creative maths why not continue to read on the rest..

Guess the older folks those days have got their ways and means to educated their children. My mama used to say fish eggs are bad and would impair the ability in arithmetics. Maybe she has her point or maybe she knows it is bad for health but did not know the word is cholesterol. I always have this impression that those who are Chinese educated are better or faster in arithmetics than the Bananaz (English Educated) because they use monosyllabic & disyllabic numbers very often? [This is based on my personal opinion as there is no proven records]. With speed perhaps it might give the Chinese educated a better advantage.

Honestly my mathematics sucks at school and I wonder my mama's input of 'bad' fish eggs truly impaired my calculations or the actual consumption itself attributed to my poor maths. Yeah yeah yeah, blame it on the system, the teacher, the government and everybody except myself because I am not stupid but mentally slow haha. When I do my mental calculations I count better in Hokkien (even though I'm Hakka) and not in English, the flow is smoother and faster. Remembered during one meeting where I sat quite close to a CEO of a public listed company, I could hear him calculating mentally and softly in Mandarin after a power point slide flashed onto the screen which he later posed a question regarding some figures related to the slide in English. So are you aware what dialect or languages that you use when come to mental calculations? Food for thought!

Have been tapping my calculator umpteenth times just to make sure I get this simple maths right but in vain still unable to get the answer and would like to ask for some kind assistance from everyone. Ma & Pa Kettle illustrated on the black board very well and I am beginning to believe them more than I can trust my financial calculator. Check out the video, seeing is believing.

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My last entry I stopped at Blunder #3 and now one of the biggest Blunder which I am not going to forget. Still in my primary school then and I was fortunate my godfather was there to correct me instantly. Cannot really remember the full scenario but the three little ugly words uttered there and then stayed in my head forever. Sit tight and hold on to your chair..
Blunder #4 : I asked a question ~ "WHO IS YOU"?

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ക What Color Ideas Do you Have?

Ideas do have colors? Was thinking while thoughts manifested from the grey matter it should be grey color or perhaps colorless. Anyway there is some truth in it have some fun check this out, whether you possessed the true colors of Einstein or Frankenstein? Have a go, thanks to HappySurfer for the Quiz.

*My Ideas Are Purple*

When you think, you tend to have intelligent and complex ideas.

You could never explain where your thoughts come from. Your thinking process is very mysterious.

Your ideas tend to be difficult to grasp. You are very wise, and your ideas tend to have many layers.

You are a spiritual and enlightened person. Even your simplest idea packs a profound punch.

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ക HAPPI TWO JILO WAN JILO ~ 2ÒIÓ

Wishing everybody a velli velli happi and bountiful niu two jilo wan jilo year and an extraordinary fruitful year. May all be blessed with great abundance.

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