How was the ball in Heaven?

Curtin Grand Ball 2005

HEAVEN ON EARTH

It happened on October 22nd, 2005. We, the Student Council members of Year 2005, had a lot to do to prepare for this event.

This year's Grand Ball was to take place at Mariott Hotel, which is said to be the most expensive hotel in Miri.

Benet wanted to finish off this year's Student Council with a big bang with this final anual activity that is gonna be organised by the Student Council.

The preparations were long and required a lot of work, but we were soon pretty much done with everything.

It was a couple of weeks more before the big event, but I was bugged by a lot of people, about where's the ticket and how to buy them.

The tickets weren't even made yet and yet a lot of the tables were already booked for the night.

And when the tickets were finally made, over a weekend, all tables were already booked!!

It was a surprise, and it became hard for me, as a lot of my friends were hoping to be able to get a few tickets to go for the ball, yet don't seem to be able to have a chance.

It was a stressful period during that time.. as a lot was happening besides preparation for the ball...

It was also the Student Council 2006 Election campaigning week. I had to take care of activites for the John Curtin Charity Month 2005 as well...

Then let's not forget my problematic personal life.

There were a few misunderstandings that a fellow friend of mine brought up regarding Curtin's grand balls and it just ticked me off what people are actually assuming them to be, without ever checking it out before!!

A boring time with the final year students getting their certs??

YO, inconsiderates! If you're gonna gossip, try to at least gossip with a more truthful content!!

What you're talking about there is the graduation ceremony... NOT the Grand Ball!

One happens in the first semester... the other happens in the second semester... and both happens only ONCE a year... OK??

Anyway... let's just fast forward and get to the day of the event itself!!

Day time, Daxter got to pick me up to go to the hotel around noon. What are we doing there so early when the ball happens at night?

Benet wanted to brief all attending Student Council members on the things of the Grand Ball at the venue. We even discussed transportation for ourselves for the night.

I was ready to go for the ball fairly easily that evening.

Last year, my attire was all black formal with a black blazer, plus a maroon tie.

This year, I decided to come all white! I planned so ever since before my trip to KL (which reminds me, I've not yet updated), and it coincidentally came to fit with the theme for this year; heaven.

Haha! I actually came to the ball, forgetting my ticket!

Thankfully, since I was a Student Council member, it didn't really matter for me.

As people started coming in, I played the role of directing people to where their tables were. It took a while to remember the general location of the table numbers, but I got them nonetheless.

We had a couple of MCs to start of the night, Daryll & Pamela.

There were a few speeches, by our Student Council 2005 President, Benet, and then our Dean, Dr. Ruth Marquis. It is then followed by the launching of the night, with the 'pop'ping of some wine bottles and then pouring the drink into a pyramid of glasses.

A toast was made by the Dean, her spouse, our Public Relations officer (Abel), our Head of Teaching & Learning (Dr. Rosslyn Albon), our Head of School of Engineering (Dr. Chua Han Bing) and all Student Council members.

The apple mixed with grape juice was delicious and I even got a second glass since there was extras. Hehe!

Then, we started dinner!

The main course was mostly all right, but disappointingly insufficient. The desserts and everything else outside was even worse. Very disappointing. =(

Anyway... as we dine, there were a few musical performances by the Music Society Club, Azie featuring Desmond, Bay Yeo, Benet featuring Aylwin on guitar, and Abel featuring Dennis (of Curtin Camp 2005) on keyboard.

As Abel sang, we had some couples dancing on the dance floor, including myself. Hehe!

Anyway, on the second half of the night, Noizy Minority took over, with VJ & Renee as MCs.

They were mainly there to handle the tradition of Prom King & Queen.

I won't bother with the nominees and just go straight to who won! Our very own and beloved, Daryll How for Prom King and Lee Kiun(?) for Prom Queen.

After that, the two led the dance floor as quickly the dance floor was filled with dancing pairs.

Sigh, I was quite disappointed from there, as the dance session started off with some nice, romantic songs... but only a few before the DJ (staff of the hotel) started playing those less nice and romantic songs.... (Wasn't he aware that this was supposed to be a romantic night? Not a clubbing night??)

Anyway.. basically that was the Grand Ball.

It was somewhat bittersweet when it came to my personal life during this ball. I could barely get over what I had got to know that night... but I just went on pretending like I was fine with everything.

I don't know how obvious it was my emotions were showing, but possibly, no one was aware of it other than Roger, my best friend since childhood.

Since that night, a series of events have been happening, but let's not go into those, right?

The current status of the situation?

Basically....

I'm all right now.

I don't know how... but somehow just some days ago, I was able to give myself the right slap and I'm now not holding on anymore... if not at all, then very very softly.

I do still care about her a lot.

I do still enjoy being with her.

I do still find her an attractive lady (and that grand ball night, she looked gorgeous).

But she's just a good friend to me now... A good friend that I find very fun to be with.

I've finally beat that 'demon' in my head....

'Id has lost to Hybrid and now has lost some of its power against him.'

Speaking of which.. if you noticed, my blog descriptions are actually in a form of like a story.

I really feel like writing a summary story of that...

Maybe another time....

Here I grow.... Say it together now!

Dear All,
Each time when I face problem, regardless what!
I will read the below message and tell myself
"Here I grow again"
Pls go thru..


"Here I grow again"

Don't worry if you have problems! Which is easy
to say until you are in the midst of a really big one,
I know. But the only people I am aware of who
don't have troubles are gathered in little
neighborhoods. Most communities have at least
one. We call them cemeteries.

If you're breathing, you have difficulties. It's the way
of life. And believe it or not, most of your problems
may actually be good for you! Let me explain.

Maybe you have seen the Great Barrier Reef,
stretching some 1,800 miles from New Guinea to
Australia. Tour guides regularly take visitors to
view the reef. On one tour, the guide was asked
an interesting question.

"I notice that the lagoon side of the reef looks pale
and lifeless, while the ocean side is vibrant and
colorful," a traveler observed. "Why is this?"

The guide gave an interesting answer: "The coral
around the lagoon side is in still water, with no
challenge for its survival. It dies early. Thecoral on
the ocean side is constantly being tested by wind,
waves, storms - surges of power. It has to fight for
survival every day of its life. As it is challenged and
tested, it changes and adapts. It grows healthy. It
grows strong. And it reproduces."
Then he added this telling note: "That's the way it
is with every living organism."

That's how it is with people. Challenged and
tested, we come alive! Like coral pounded by the
sea, we grow. Physical demands can cause us to
grow stronger. Mental and emotional stress can
produce tough-mindedness and resiliency.
Spiritual testing can produce strength of character
and faithfulness.

So, you have problems -- no problem! Just tell
yourself, "Here I grow again"


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If a message is meaningful.... it will be forwarded.

It won't need threats or curses to be forwarded by someone.



Stop the forwarding the pointless chains....


cause...

When the forwarding ends...

....so does the useless chains.

- The 'Stop The Chain' Campaign -

A Very Cool Grampa!!

Link: http://media.putfile.com/14182

Thanks to souldragon for sharing this!

Ahh! I want to find and download this video!!

Can someone tell me how?!

Story of My Life

"I need to talk to somebody.."

"Hmm?" Gero's eyebrows shot up with curiousity at the sudden break of the silence. "What's on your mind?"

"A lot..."

"Ooo... k.." Gero muttered a tone of both suspicion and concern. "What happened?"

"I feel like such a loser..." Caz said, burying his face in the palms of his hands.

"Calm down," Gero said while placing an arm over Caz's shoulder, trying to comfort him a little. "Tell me about it."

"You know most of my story already."

"It's about her again, huh?" Gero asked, with a hint of confidence in his words.

Caz just nodded before continuing, "I thought I was over her. I thought I could start treating her like any other friend..."

There was a pause. Gero made not a sound. That was because from the look of Caz's face, he knew he was not done yet.

"Guess I've just been pretending..." Caz finally continued where he left off. "Been lying to myself... Lying to her.. The love is still there... lingering somewhere. I don't know how to get rid of it."

Gero just sighed. He could somewhat understood his best friend's predicament. It was kind of... common; something you usually get to watch and witness in those drama series or romance teen movies.

"Stay cool, dude," Gero just patted Caz's shoulder. "Falling out of love is usually hard. You'll make it some day."

Caz just kept silent. Gero noticed the aimlessly wandering of his eyes. It was obvious that Caz was thinking otherwise. Caz just stayed silent for a while. Gero just waited for his response.

"Why is it so hard for me this time...? It never happened this way with my past crushes..." Caz finally spoke. "Am I that desperate to be in a relationship?"

"Hmm..." Gero thought for a moment, but was quick to come up with a reply. "That is possibly one reason... But then again, it just might be that you really fell for her. I don't blame you. I once fell for her too, remember?"

Caz didn't reply. He didn't need to. Caz and Gero were best friends after all. They practically knew each other like they were each other's diary.

"She's with somebody now. Unlike in the past, this time it really burnt... bad," Caz said.

Gero just shifted his eyes to look at his depressed friend. Sound real serious this time.

"It's like... the third time already," Caz continued. "First crush... had a boyfriend when I still liked her. Second one... had a boyfriend soon after I decided to stop."

Gero continued to listen. A good listener allows the speaker to finish his points before finally speaking.

"The first one was easy for me to get over. With a little of difficulty, but surely enough, it was gone quick. The second one, it stung a little. And now I'm experiencing that same feeling, but worse."

Caz spoke in a slow and soft voice; a voice that screamed of sadness and depression. It was very unlike him, Gero thought. Caz was usually the happy-go-lucky sort. He was nearly always in smiles. He was always cheery when with his friends. He sometimes seemed like there was not a worry in the world for him. Even when things seemed bad, he would be the one to try and cheer up everyone.

"This feeling... This feeling of jealousy... I don't want it," Caz shook his head, while slowly pulling his outstretched legs into his arms. "I don't want it..."

"I don't want it.." he repeated again, this time, he sounded like busrting into tears!

"I DON'T WANT IT!!" he screamed a little before burying his face between his knees and his hands gripping at his hair roughly. "I don't want it.."

Gero reached with his other hand and hugged the curled up Caz, trying to give as much comfort as he could at the moment.

"I don't love her anymore.... I don't! I don't love her anymore!! So stop bothering my freaking mind!!" Caz was shouting now, scolding himself.

"Calm down, Caz" was all Gero could come up with to try to calm the now crying Caz down.

Sobbing and sniveling sounded constantly for a minute or two as Caz tried to calm himself down.

"I never had a girlfriend before. Even you had one before," Caz spoke, sniveling or sobbing once a while as he did. "I always wanted to have one. I wanted to know how it feels to fall in love with a girl and start a relationship with her. It must be such a wonderful thing, I'm sure."

Caz continued, "All the smiles, happiness of having and knowing someone loves you so dearly. Being able to be so close and intimate with another, whom you love so much. All those challenges of a relationship people talk about.. I'd take them on without any fear whatsoever!"

"I'm such a loser. All the time, everywhere I go, I'd see a couple; holding hands, hugging each other, leaning face to face. I always thought of how lucky they were. I want all that. I want to have someone to love and who'd love me too, someone to hold close and never have to let go, someone who'd hold me and make me feel secure and loved, someone I could care so much for and who'd do the same for me."

"I'm always feeling so lonely... I-I don't like this feeling..." Caz continued his story. "Why have I not found that someone who'd be the one for me..? Why?? I've been complimented as an attractive guy, a caring guy that girls would love, a type of guy that girls would look for."

"Yet, that has never proved to be true. No girls ever fell for me. No girls ever told me that they liked me more than just a friend. There was never even a RUMOUR of a girl liking me!" Caz exclaimed, before he stopped talking for a while.

"I'm jealous," Caz spoke again, "I'm so jealous of him, the guy she's with now. She's such a wonderful girl; a girl that boys would envy to have as his girlfriend."

Caz just shook his head, "I don't know how to form words to describe how special this girl is. I feel so sad and disappointed... that I am never given a chance to be with her. Only little false signs of hope. She never loved me. She never thought of me in that way. No girls ever did.. and most likely... never will either."

"I wanna feel happy for her, happy that she's found someone who's able to make her so happy. I probably would've never been able to do that.... make her happy. I'm such a worthless guy, a loser. No girl is ever gonna liked me in that sense." Caz shook his head slowly. "I don't know how to feel happy for her, Gero. My smile feels fake now. I don't like that. I don't want to show her false smiles..."

"..." Gero was silent.


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Gero is speechless and doesn't know what to say so that Caz would feel better and possibly be able to feel happy for that 'girl'.
What would you say if you were Gero at that time?

Balancing act going bad??

"Contrary to popular opinion, 'balance' itself isn't your specialty. In fact, you most often find yourself in extremely unbalanced situations. It's 'restoring balance' that you're famous for -- a talent you'd never learn if you were constantly in even, balanced circumstances. That said, the power-struggles on the agenda won't bother you nearly as much as others might think they will. You may even -- no, you will even -- enjoy the challenge."

Interesting.. read this from Friendster Horoscope for October 21st, 2005..
finally... something in the horoscope that really tells me a lot about my zodiac sign... Libra..
and I can believe practically instantly..


Why does my life have to be so depressing?
I hate to keep thinking so much and keep picking up signals and meanings from what people say that aren't there....
I always find myself reading beyond what people say..... especially those that are close and dear friends to me...
Why do I 'perasan' so much...?

Just today, someone said something to me in a joking manner...
I knew she was... but yet I still continued reading beyond that... and started thinking all sorts of reasons why she'd say that.
From hidden feelings of despising me... to hidden motive to insult me... sigh...
Just completely rock bottomed my mood for the rest of the day...

anyway... let's talk about something in the past first... not that it has anything to do with what I just mentioned just now...
just something that I wanted to write down into my history.
The John Curtin Charity Month (JCCM) Launching...
It happened just yesterday..

It first started with a Blood Donation Drive from 9 in the morning til 12 noon.
I chose to look over here while Aylwin, the project coordinator, took care of things at the cafeteria.. preparing for the JCCM launching..
the venue for the drive was at the Administration and Library building's lobby.
the chairs, tables, etc were set ready there the other night... which was also the time we did much of the venue preparation at the cafeteria and a run-through of the JCCM launching program...
The Red Crescent Society came and prepared with the equipments for the drive... everything was set and ready slightly after 9am...
I was amongst the first few to donate my blood...
unlike the last time I donated my blood.. this time it was slightly more painful... maybe cause the needle was placed in an uncomfortable position... or my arm...
besides that.. last time I had trouble passing the Blood pressure test... it was my first time...
this time.. I was hella calm taking the test and passed it immediately...

After the blood donation drive was nearly finished... I joined at the cafeteria for the launching..
before we started the launching... we had Abel announced to everyone about the death of Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood and give a minute of silence to pay respect to her.
We then proceeded with a welcoming dance, speeches, a band performance by Innumerable Judgment, cha cha and rock & roll dance, another band performance by Azie as well as Jimmy featuring Desmond..
We also had a little sketch about the life of John Curtin.. directed by Ian.
I honestly am not too clear on the details... though the basic idea of why Curtin continue this John Curtin Charity is because this man had contributed much to the Australians in terms of humanity.

It was a tiring week this week...
dance practises... the venue preparation for the two events... the rehearsal that eve... constant late nights and early mornings..
plus for me, Aylwin, Iqbal & Daryll... campaigning for the Student Council 2006 election..
The end of the week.. Friday.. today... things just seemed to slow down a lot...
and I can dare label today as a 'Lazy day' for me...
think about it..
I felt sleepy most of the time...
During a meeting with Adrian Daniel of the Catholic Students Society, he even suggest a sleepign meeting since he mentioned everyone including himself felt sleepy that day.. haha!
I was barely moving around campus much.. most of the time at the cafeteria..
when my brother smsed me to drive back home at 4pm cause he needed to coem to campus, I was like 'damn! so lazy to drive back!'

and yeah... yesterday and today makes it the second and third time I drove to campus since that accident of mine... and in both times, I didn't drive in the dark of the night..
I've not been driving a lot... yesterday makes it nearly one week after the first time I drove since the accident...
It's been four weeks since that accident now... if I'm not mistaken.
I'm slowly getting more comfortable with driving.. but I don know about driving at night time yet...
Everytime I'm in a car on the road at night, I always imagined that scene of crashing into the back of the car in front..
I need a wood with me now...otherwise what I imagine might just happen... *touch wood*

Hmm... on another case...
just recently been in a terrible argument with a friend of mine.
I feel so bad to say this... but that fellow is just so self-centered and ultimately close-minded!!
He thinks he is always right and no one understand what he's saying..
He talks as if he knows a hell of a lot more than others..
During our argument, he always says I'm confusing myself.

HOW CAN I, IDIOT!? YOU'RE THE ONE TRYING TO CONFUSE ME!!

In his arguments, he always use unrelated topics to support his points.
take for example.. something we argued very recently..
that song selections are important when it comes to band performances... that was his main conclusion..
he supported it with American Idol...
contestants for American Idol need to choose the right song to sing according to the genre of the week... the genre of each week is set by the competition...
problem is... that was a pre-fix genre... concerts are not pre-fix... you decide on your own songs to perform as a band!
Not only that, the audience you are facing may have different preferences of songs from each other. You can't possibly have one song to satisfy all of their preferences and grab their attention.
That was why I kept emphasizing on how you should sing and perform the music well, rather than only think of the song selections for a particular event...
Besides that... you can always alter a song from genre to genre to suit the concert or audience... hence why you have a band and that you're musicians!

This guy may be a musician... but heck i think he is so unaware of such things...
Me and my friends told him about how he should sing according to his vocal limitations... he said he did...
We then reminded him to do so during practise... he said he did..
We then reminded him not to try doing so during the actual performance!
I don know how often he practised.. cause I don't think he ever got to realise the problem of his singing that particular song that day...
Everyone said he was shouting instead of singing.. he thought otherwise...

Boy.. did you ever realise that when you hear yourself sing, your singing sounds a hell of a lot different from what other people hear...

That was something I was shocked to find out, when I got to record my voice...
and I wasn't singing too when I did... fyi...

This guy is kinda out of my league when it comes to arguments... I have to say...
I never said that song selections when it comes to band performances are not important... I just stated they're not completely necessary.
If I mentioned my reasonings, you readers may start to think I'm being a self-righteous show-off..
I'm just defending myself from his wrongful discriminating.
as if I never got what he was trying to say...
Whenever he said a point and then says that I don't get his point, and he explains further about his point... I always realised that it was exactly what I thought he meant...

who's the one not looking from other people's view, huh?

I'm kind of empathic... meaning I can somewhat put myself in other people's shoes and walk in them for a little.
It was a skill I manage to nurture without realising it when I was still young and naive and since my secondary school, if I'm not wrong..
It's hard to be empathic all the time... as recent events with another somebody has made me realise...
for some reason, my empathy when it came to her is always lost and I get myself into loads of messed up trouble and usually end up annoying/frustrating her... sigh.... hate being a nuisance..

anyway, back to my 'closed-minded' friend...
just last night a few of us threw a hard slap into this guy's face... I threw the hardest at him amongst us all..
I have to say this... I felt like such a badass last night..
All I said to him was hard and cold.. though each time I did, it was meant for him to realise something (which he never did as usual)..
Our big slap at him was how bad he sang that day...
we tried to convince him that we are telling him how bad his singing was so that he can get to know his weakness and possibly improve from there...
BUT NOOO!! Rather unprofessionally, he took it so emotionally!
Saying he'd quit singing for any occassion.. or anywhere... or ever again for that matter!
He kept stressing that he was not ok...
I tried to help him out... I tried to show him that people still care about him and that he didn't have to be so down in the dump/slum...
I mentioned about it over and over.. but he had already completely shut himself out from everyone with a cursed wall!!
I even told him that I was trying to reach out and pull him out of his damned sorrow.. but NOOO! He continued to refuse my help! or anyone else's!

That then just ticked me off and that was when my hardest hits came at him...
being so emotional already, he then said he's gonna opt for suicide... drinking rat poison...
idiot...
all this was happening through MSN, mind you..
He was like.. before he drinks the poison, he would like to thank all sorts of people... thanking all of them for doing good things for him... even those earlier that was giving him bad comments... all except me...
he actually thanked me for 'f***ing up his life'....
hmph.. he actually thought that was gonna hit my conscious...?

sorry la, boy... I didn't make you go for suicide. You decided to yourself.
Besides, I did it all so that you would realise your weakness... not so that you'd stop living again.

That decision of his to commit suicide... to me... 100% proved to everyone (and should to himself) how close-minded, selfish/self-centered, emotional/unprofessional, and worst of all, inconsiderate he was.
Come on... before he went on to drink the poison.. I deliberately mentioned for him to think about his family and friends before he does...
I was hoping that by doing so, he'd realise that what he was doing was being VERY VERY inconsiderate and unfair to them...
but he chose to ignore me....

What else could I have done?
I tried over and over to get him to turn around and look at the situation differently...
I tried hard to make him realise his stupidity and self-centeredness...
I tried to pull him out of his dark depth of sorrow...
but all the time he ignored, refused and not listened...

No one can say I was hurting him on purpose.... cause I tried to help him out after my hard slaps...
No one can blame me for his act of commiting suicide... cause he made that decision himself..
No one can say what I did was completely wrong... though partially wrong cause I wasn't being patient enough... but then again.. he was being deliberately stubborn with me...

So... hate me... despise me... cause of what I did...
it's your choice...
Please do leave a comment if you've something to say to me...
I don't mind being countered if I am wrong... or.. at least perceived as wrong.

Sincere condolences to our PM of M'sia

Today, there was a tragical depressing event.
This morning, 7.55am (Malaysian time), our 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's wife passed away during the final stage of breast cancer.
Despite it happening only this morning, the news of her death had already spread across the nation.

I sincerely feel sorry about this twist of event as I have high respects to our Prime Minister. It is very sad to know that one of the greatest people of our nation in this time having to face such a fateful day.
Sincere condolences to Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his family of 2 children and the rest of his relatives.

Please allow a pause of silence in respect of Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood, a woman who achieved much feats of her own throughout her life.

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May her soul rest in peace.

Here's a biodata of Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood that I found in Multiply, both in English and Malay. (Written by Suhana Mohd Ahir)

Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood is one of the twin daughters born to Dato’ Mahmood Ambak and Datin Mariam Abdullah on 24 December 1940. She spent her early education years at St. Mary Secondary Girls’ School, Kuala Lumpur and was attached to the civil service until she retired in 1976.

Datin Paduka Seri Endon and Dato’ Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi are blessed with 2 children, Kamaludin and Nori and four grandchildren.

Datin Paduka Seri Endon devotes her time to social, community and charity works, particularly relating to women and children. She has successfully spearheaded several charity projects, including:

• The Bosnia Relief Fund
• The North Korean Children’s Fund
• Kosovo Welfare Fun

Datin Paduka Seri Endon is the President of Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-Isteri (BAKTI). She is also the Chairman of Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (PENYAYANG) and the Patron of various charitable organizations as stated below:

• Persatuan Kesihatan Mesra Kanak-Kanak Malaysia
• Girl Guides Malaysia
• Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam Malaysia (PERTIWI)
• Program Peringatan Hari Pahlawan
• Persatuan Penulis Wanita Malaysia
• Persatuan Suri dan Wanita Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia (PUSPANITA) Kebangsaan
• Pertubuhan Sahabat Pengguna Implan Koklea
• Penyayang Pesakit Kanser

Datin Paduka Seri Endon is very hands-on in all community and charity projects that she is involved in, offering excellent leadership and guidance. Datin Paduka Seri Endon is also a strong supporter of arts and crafts, often willing to lend a hand in promotional activities especially for the batik industry. Traditional costumes, art artifacts, and other household decorative items are part of her private collections.

Datin Paduka Seri Endon has been awarded various awards namely:

• Ahli Yang Pertama (Seri Paduka) bagi Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia (S.P.M.K)
• Seri Paduka Mahkota Selangor (S.P.M.S)
• Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Dimulia Peringkat Pertama (S.S.A.P)
• Darjah Seri Paduka Tuanku Jaafar (S.P.T.J)

Other awards include Honorary Doctorate in Humanities in conjunction with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia’s 33rd convocation and the Tun Fatimah Gold Medal by the National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) in conjunction with its 41st anniversary.

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Datin Paduka Seri Endon Mahmood adalah anak perempuan kembar kepada pasangan Dato’ Mahmood Ambak dan Datin Mariam Abdullah.

Dilahirkan pada 24 Disember 1940. Beliau telah mendapat pendidikan pertama di St. Mary Secondary Girl’s School, Kuala Lumpur. Selepas tamat persekolahan, beliau telah berkhidmat dengan kerajaan sehingga bersara pada tahun 1976.

Datin Paduka Seri Endon telah berkahwin dengan Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan dikurniakan dua cahayamata iaitu Kamaludin dan Nori serta empat orang cucu.

Datin Paduka Seri Endon banyak mencurahkan masanya untuk aktiviti kemasyarakatan, tugas-tugas sukarela dan kebajikan terutamanya untuk kanak-kanak dan kaum wanita. Di antara projek kebajikan beliau termasuklah :

• The Bosnia Relief Fund
• The North Korea Children Fund
• Kosovo Welfare Fund

Datin Paduka Seri Endon merupakan Yang DiPertua Badan Amal dan Kebajikan Tenaga Isteri-isteri (BAKTI). Beliau juga menjadi Pengerusi kepada Yayasan Budi Penyayang Malaysia (PENYAYANG). Beliau juga menjadi Penaung kepada beberapa badan seperti berikut :

• Penaung Persatuan Kesihatan Mesra Kanak-kanak Malaysia
• Penaung Persatuan Pandu Putri Malaysia
• Penaung PERTIWI
• Penaung Program Peringatan Hari Pahlawan
• Penaung Persatuan Penulis Wanita Malaysia
• Penaung PUSPANITA Kebangsaan
• Penaung Pertubuhan Sahabat Pengguna Implan Koklea
• Penaung Penyayang Pesakit Kanser

Datin Paduka Seri Endon memberikan khidmat kepimpinan yang cemerlang kepada semua aktiviti kebajikan dan sosial sepanjang penglibatannya. Selain daripada kerja-kerja kebajikan, Datin Paduka Seri juga adalah penyokong utama industri kraftangan dan bersedia memperomosikan seni kraftangan khususnya batik. Beliau juga mempunyai koleksi peribadi pakaian-pakaian tradisional, artifak-artifak seni dan barangan perhiasan dalaman rumah.

Datin Paduka Seri telah menerima beberapa anugerah dan pingat kebesaran iaitu:

• Ahli Yang Pertama (Seri Paduka) bagi Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Kelantan Yang Amat Mulia (S.P.M.K)
• Seri Paduka Mahkota Selangor (S.P.M.S)
• Darjah Kebesaran Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang Yang Amat Dimulia Peringkat Pertama (S.S.A.P)
• Darjah Seri Paduka Tuanku Jaafar (S.P.T.J)

Anugerah lain yang diterima beliau ialah Ijazah Doktor Kehormat Kemanusiaan pada konvokesyen ke-33 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Datin Paduka Seri juga telah dianugerahi Pingat Emas Tun Fatimah sempena sambutan Hari Wanita tahun 2004 oleh NCWO.

Save me from my jealousy..... PLEASE~!

Sigh... krud.... ('krud' an old something I used to say like 'cheh' or 'sheesh', probably not the right spelling..)

this month had been one hell of a month... busy week before busier weeks!
Last week was a testimony to that..
Two due reports to do... and one presentation to prepare for...
Plus with Student Council and Curtin Volunteers!, every hour of that week had been filled and I was on campus from early morning til late at night!!
thankfully... by Friday, with one of the assignments postponed its due date, and the other two settled... I was pretty laid back and relieved...

My presentation was for Engineering Communications 100.
I was to present together with my group, OJ, Wani, Victor & Jenny, about 'Non-Verbal Communications'..
While preparing for our presentation, we had a number of trouble.. one annoying one is that one of our members is often not there, cause he couldn't be there... sigh...
On Wednesday was our presentation... Good thing the class was in the evening and that it is the only class that all of us had..
So we spent the whole day practising for our presentation.

honestly.. I was acting real calm during these practises and kind of scored well with my presentation... (since I got the easiest part of the presentation, only the introduction and conclusion)...
but when came the presentation.. I was so nervous... suddenly lost all of my cool! AHHH!!!!
Even Victor said he saw my hands shaking while clicking on the mouse... haha!
Gathered some of my cool back for the conclusion though.. phew.... but..,... sigh...... kinda spoilt the beginning flow of our presentation cause of my nervousness.... =(

anyway... coming up soon for me... Student Council 2006 Elections and Curtin Volunteers!'s John Curtin Charity Month (JCCM)... Sigh...
I am involved in the dancing for the upcoming JCCM launching day (which is on this coming Thursday) and I am also the project coordinator for a trip to a longhouse.
The last three nights been involved in dance practises...

First night wasn't much... still in planning and stuffs... plus for a matter of fact, I just came across the dance practise by accident....
Second night was the usual sort of dance practises... practise after practise... but dance steps were still under-choreographing...
the next day was a Saturday (yesterday).... after a CV! meeting to make clear of the events to happen for this year's JCCM, and lunch at Deli Papa's... we had a dance practise for practically 7 HOURS!!
my gosh... while the other boys (Iqbal, Roger, Idzuan, Lionel, & Ian) only learned three complete dances... I learned an extra one.... -_-
Everyone was so tired yesterday.... extremely tiring..... thanks to that Sumazou dance... sigh..

Student Council Elections for the year 2006 is nigh....
With the end of the semester night too..
I'll be so damned....


sigh......
besides my study life... and my 'work' life..... there's that personal life part again...
damn it.......
I don know if I wanna talk about it here....
I perasan too much ke? Or is it indeed happening that way...?
damn it... all this bothering thoughts.... and all started from that one STUPID dream this morning...
honestly... if it weren't for the dream.. I probably would've continued sleeping til afternoon...

My God stop doing this to me....
I don want to keep feeling jealous like this...
I risked a few friendships cause of it....
I nearly lost one so-special friendship cause of it.....
I don't want to go through this....
I want it to be over and I want to not see our friendship in that way again!!
I don want............ I really.. don want.....
Tried as much as I may.... but that jealousy just keeps coming back to taunt me...
mock me.. tease me... kick me while I'm down.....

Please, My God...
I'm too weak to raise my hand to try and reach for your power......
I need strength....
I want to be happy.... and not be weighed down by jealousy.....
I don want to feel like I've lost one of the most dearest friends I've ever had.......

Please....
Show me a light....
Within this dark mist that my jealousy has left me surrounded in...


Please....... My God... somebody.... help me...

I definitely need more sleep... you too!!

A man can go two weeks without eating. But if he doesn't rest at all, he
can only survive for one week. Sleeping provides us the time to rest our
internal organs, eyes and brains. Poor sleep quality can cause internal
damage to our internal organs and brains. Therefore, sleeping is very
important to us. If you wish to have a long life and stay healthy, please
take note of the advice below.


5 DON'Ts when you are sleeping

1) DON'T SLEEP WITH WATCH
Watches can emit a certain level of radioactivity. Though small, but if you
wear your watch to bed for a long time, it might have adverse effects on
your health.

2) DON'T SLEEP WITH BRA
Scientists in America have discovered those that wear bras for more than 12
hours have a higher risk of getting breast cancer. So go to bed without it.

3) DON'T SLEEP WITH PHONE
Putting the phone beside your bed or anywhere near you is not encouraged.
Though some of us will use phones as alarm clocks, but please put the phone
as far as possible. Scientists have proved that electrical items including
mobile phone and television sets emit magnetic waves when used. These waves
can cause disruptions to our nervous system. Therefore if you need to put
your mobile phone near you, switch it off first.

4) DON'T SLEEP WITH MAKE-UP
People who sleep with make up might have skin problems in the long run.
Sleeping with make up will cause the skin to have difficulty in breathing
and problem in perspiring. You will also need a much longer time to go into
deep sleep.

5) DON'T SLEEP WITH OTHERS' WIFE
You may never wake up again.

Drink water on an empty stomach for health?

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up
every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We
publish below a description of use of water for our readers.

For old and serious diseases, as well as modern illnesses the water
treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical society as a
hundred percent cure for the following diseases:

· Headache
· Body ache
· heart system
· arthritis
· fast heart beat
· epilepsy
· excess
· fatness
· bronchitis
· asthma
· TB
· Meningitis
· Kidney and Urine diseases
· vomiting gastritis
· diarrhea
· piles
· diabetes
· constipation
· all eye diseases
· womb cancer
· menstrual disorders
· ear nose
· throat diseases

METHOD OF TREATMENT

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink four glasses
of water each of 160 ml.

2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45
minutes.

3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink
anything for two hours.

5. Those that are old or sick and are unable to drink four glasses of water
at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase
it to four glasses per day.

6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and
Others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure
main diseases:

1. High Blood Pressure 30 days
2. Gastric 10 days
3. Diabetes 30 days
4. Constipation 10 days
5. Cancer 180 days
6. TB 90 days

Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment for only 3 days in the
first week to be followed by daily treatment.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of
treatment you may have to urinate a few times.


Good Health to you all.......

Gradually back to normal??

It's been over a week since I last updated about my life... besides that really, really emo blog entry.... haha.
It's been a while... I'm gradually healing mentally and emotionally.... Physically I'm still suffering from lack of sleep and rest. Haha!
My life in Curtin has so far not let up on me. Been busy juggling things. Mainly studies, Student Council, Curtin Volunteers!, and my own personal needs.

Studies...
Lotsa assignments to take care of!!
This coming week... two assignments due and one oral presentation!
Tomorrow, two 2-hour classes and I have to settle three meetings during my free time... two of them are related to my asignment and my presentation, while one more is with my committee team for the longhouse visit event (more about it later)...
Sigh.......

Student Council...
There have been a few meetings here and there... Regarding management and one recently one that involved club presidents or representatives about ideas to improve facilities on campus.
Currently, the main event being organised by Student Council now is the Curtin Grand Ball, happening on Saturday, October 22nd 2005, from 7.30pm til late into the night.
The theme of the ball will be 'Heaven On Earth'. (Though you don't necessarily need to dress according to the theme)
The ball is basically like prom that you hear about in some teen movie.
HOWEVER, IT IS NOT A COMPULSORY ACT TO HAVE A SPECIAL DATE FOR THAT NIGHT!!
Last year's ball, I went there without a date and got to enjoy myself a lot!
Having a date or not has its own pros and cons..

Anyway... You'll need to buy a ticket for this event.
Tickets will be available, hopefully within this week, Wednesday.
This event is opened to everyone.
Prices of each ticket are RM40 for Curtin students and RM55 for everyone else.
You won't wanna miss this one. 350 tickets up for grabs! No more! And this includes Student Council, MCs the VIPs themselves!!


Curtin Volunteers!...
Been busy the whole of last week with CV!.... That's cause Abel finally was able to focus on us...
The EXCO members have been decided finally, after so long.
Last semester, I was the Head of Administration & Planning (AP) Division.
This semester til possibly the next, I'll be the Head of Social & Community Services (SCS) Division. (Any enquiries of what these divisions are, just look for me)
Sigh... I didn't do a good job in the last division, admittedly.
Hopefully I can make up for it now with the experience I've gathered so far.
Working together with me in managing this division will be Cheryl Yong & Ky Tiong.

Just very recently, CV! had organised another gathering for this semester;

CV! Gathering: An Evening With CV!

"A Moment of Togetherness"

Since we got to plan it at the VERY VERY last moment, we couldn't get publicity of the event up on time...
There was a lot of heat before the actual event... but I hope that everything will calm and cool down now.
Anyway... thankfully there were still some people that came... less than twenty, sadly. And all of them were foundation students.. haha! Foundation students rule!!
We introduced CV!, the new EXCO members and the four divisions. Then had dinner, or for our Muslim friends, 'buka puasa' at the cafeteria. before dinner, we had this Buddy System launch quickly... I'm kind of lazy to explain what's it about here..
Bottomline, my buddy is Kion Ming!!
After that, we had games, musical performances by Azie, Desmond, Aylwin, Jimmy & his friend (don know the spelling of his name), and lotsa dancing!!

After the night, we had a little meeting about the next morning's event.. A picnic with the students of Curtin's IEP (Intensive English Program).
We left for Tanjung Lobang... Taman Selera where we had our picnic outing.
We had a few games, lunch together, singing along, and loads more of dancing.. haha!
It was fun. CV! was invited by the lecturers of IEP to join this picnic and to interact with the students so that they won't continue to stick to their closed circle of friends.
It was hard for a few of them... but about half of them were all right.
After the event, everyone went back, exhausted. I can tell.
Haha! So exhausted that the father of one of my friend had earlier phoned me and asked what we did this morning. Turned out that my friend had been sleeping a lot since returning home and even skipped his meal, according to his father.
The father was worried and since my friend had told him about me so he called me and asked me. Actually, I've known his father long long ago at the Oxford Tuition nearby my house. He was my tuition teacher, and should still be a teacher there still.

Anyway... more of CV...
Next event is the John Curtin Charity Month (JCCM)...
a few main events... the launching, Health day, longhouse visit & a day with the Sunflower kids.
As you should be able to guess... my division (SCS) is managing and organising the longhouse visit..
Hope I will be able to do this right.........


Personal life...
Hehe... interested to find out what's been happening, ah?
Nah.. probably not...
Things are slowly getting better..... slowly... gradually... going back to as normal as it could be..
As I mentioned earlier... mentally and emotionally, I am healing and recovering slowly. But physically, I'm still lacking sleep.. ahaha... 5-6 average hours of sleeping this few weeks...

With regards of me and Kimberley, for those of you that have been following my blog..
Well... slowly rebuilding our friendship, I suppose.
I don't hold any intimate affections for her anymore... but still wanna be good friends with her.
I wonder a lot about how she feels about our friendship right now...
Is she still uncomfortable around me?
Does she less wanna talk to me anymore?
shrugs.... sigh...

Ladies & Gentlemen... so the truth comes out..

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Some stuff on the MEN
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1) 94% of men lie about their penis size.
According to condom manufacturers, only 6% of
men use extra large condoms.

2) The average man is 5 inches long when erect
(no matter what you have heard ladies, that's the
truth).

3) 80% of American men are uncircumsized. Even
though Pediatrics say it is not necessary.

4) No matter what all the ads say, nothing can
make your penis grow but time (most men reach
the end of their growth by the early 20's)

5) There is no correlation between penis size and
shoe size, hand size, or nose size.

6) Blue balls does exist! It's technically
called "prostatic congestion."

7) Only 16% of men shave their privates.

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Some stuff on the LADIES
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1) Only 9% of women around the globe consider
themselves "attractive" (20% of British women do).
43% of women use the term "natural", 24% say
they have "average" looks, 8% prefer the
term "feminine", 7% say they are "good looking",
and 7% say they are "cute", and finally only 2% of
women say they are "sexy".

2) An estimated 85% of women wear the wrong
size bra.

3) 60% of women have had breast implants.

4) 75% of women dont like oral sex

5) 95% of women shave their privates.

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Both
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1) Masturbation is healthy for both men and
women.

2) 70% of highschoolers have had sex before they
have graduated. 27% loose their virginity senior
prom night. Only 3% wait until marriage.

3) 95% of men would have sex with a girl after 1
month of dating. Only 10% of women feel this way.

Dark Thoughts, Deep Sorrow

I don know how to start this..
Thoughts just keep coming in...
All bad ones....
So bad that even my imagination is going mad....

Thinking back at the car accident.. I suppose it was bad luck for me that I was not injured in any physical way...
Now that I think about it... I'd rather have been injured seriously in the accident than walk out of it only shakened.
I wish I was brought to the hospital for some reason cause of the accident... broken leg? a concussion? something... anything.. better than how I am now...

I'm such a loser... such a pathetic person... such a pitiful liar...

A seeker of attention... good attention...
any bad attention and I run away like a coward that I am...
any bad attention and I have my tail between my leg...
any bad attention.... and I become worse...
I'm such a self-pampered person..
When people praise me.. I feel like I've done the greatest thing in the world...
When people compliment me... I pretend like as if I am humble...
When people said they like me to be around... I feel so special...

All lies....

When people praised me... it was only over small things... no big...
Orientation... Benet thanked me for being so hardworking with that...
hmph.. anyone could've done it... I barely did anything special... I was just there all the time.. that's all....
When people complimented me... they were just making me feel good.. or making fun of me...
People said I have good looks... hell... as if... I hate looking at myself in the mirror... ugly bugger...
When people said they like me to be around... they didn't know who they were saying it to...
They think that I'm a fun person to be with... that it's nice to be with me cause I smile a lot... some said I am funny.. and friendly..
hell...
I'm not any of that... I smile out of habit now... whether happy or sad...
I'm not a fun person... No one enjoys talking to me... I'm not at all an interesting person to talk with... Everyone is turned off to talk with me....
I'm not a funny guy... I can NEVER pull a joke... I can only pull a good laugh at OTHER people's jokes... my voice can kill even the funniest of jokes...
I'm not friendly... I just want to make friends so I feel popular and wanted...

But I'm never wanted....
Practically no one cares about me....
Even the person I cared and still care the most doesn't care about me...

"People do care about you.."

Right.. they care about that 'Zack Tiang' that they think they know...
the one that is always smiling...
the one that is always laughing with them...
the one that is carefree and practically happy-go-lucky...
the one that is shown while the real one stays cowering somewhere in the subconscious...
the one that is known as 'Zack' or 'Tiang' to so many....


I'm such a hypocrite...
I'm such a liar....
Maybe I just don't care....
Maybe I just don't care about anyone but myself....
I only look out for others cause of my own interests...
Maybe I've been following the rules of egoism all this time.... without admitting it...
Maybe what some say is true...
Maybe I am a show off...
I just didn't want to admit that I am by justifying my actions...

Just a selfish bastard... caring only myself...

Stupid brother....
always bothering me....
Harvard Referencing also look for me to do for him....
LEARN IT YOURSELF, IDIOT!
as if I know completely about Harvard Referencing...
not only that, the articles he had don't even state the title or authors obviously... sheesh....
and even ask me what title am I asking about...... stupid idiot...

Stupid.. now he made me lost what I wanted to b*!#h about... sheesh...


Sigh....
Maybe I do what I do...
wanting to be accepted by people...
making as many 'friends' as I could...
being close to the person I cared most....
all that because I've been feeling alone....
not alone as in deprived of that special partner...
but alone as in no one cares about me....

"I have those kinda feelings too! But I just don't care about them!"

You have your own desires... and I have my own...
The things you hold of value is different from what I hold of value...
I hold my friends with very much value... cause they've showed me care that I desire...
It is just depressing when I think that that care is gone now...
I just hate myself for what I lack... the skills that I envy so much in others...
to hell with 'be yourself' advises... I want to change myself for the better...
but I just don know how to improve myself in that way... in the way that I would gain those skills...

I envy those who are able to interact with anyone... like Sara, Abel...
they just seem to know how to communicate... they just seem to know what to talk about all the time...
Everytime when I'm with my friends... they're the ones talking a whole lot, while I just listened...
I am always the one listening.... When I speak... I just kill the atmosphere...
Everytime when I'm alone with a friend... we wouldn't be able to talk much.... cause I just don't know what to talk about or talk more about one subject/topic...
If my friend tries to start a topic, my straightforward answer just kills the topic instantly...

I envy those who can easily make people laugh.... like Iqbal, Ian...
I couldn't pull a good laugh out of people, even if it was the funniest joke in the world...
Thanks to my cursed voice... the cursed voice that is purported to make me sound emotionless/monotonous/lifeless...
As hard as I try to make it more lively, with the control of volume and emphasis of words, people still take my voice as expressionless...
It just discourages me to keep trying everytime....

I envy those who people can't resist being friends with... like Kimberley, Genesis...
It's like it comes easy for them..
They just be themselves and people just come to them, wanting to be friends.
Unlike me... people only say 'Hi' to me and then disappear....
they add me on Friendster or MSN or Ringo or wherever.. but never bother getting to know me better...

Speaking of MSN... how many contacts I have in there?
I have 135 contacts in there.... and there are usually about 20 of them online on average whenever I am online...
and guess how many comes to chat with me on average? only 3 or less....
before there will always be ONE that bothers to greet and talk to me whenever I come online... but not anymore.... not since she stopped caring...
Anyway.. besides that... every once a while, they'd be people who come and chat with me... (sometimes hours later after both of us had been onlined together)
and you know why they come to chat with me?
cause they wanted to enquire about something or need me to help them with something...
after that... they then go silent...
I always try to be the last one to reply... even if it is just a smiley or a short laugh...
That's why I can tell that people don't enjoy talking to me... cause I'm not interesting enough to hold their attention to keep talking to me...
either that or they just dislike me...
I'm not even sure how many contacts in my list that I've never seen come online on my list before... maybe many have me blocked even....

Not only that... people do visit my blogs... I know there are... otherwise my blog visitor count wouldn't always hit such high numbers..
but how many new messages or comments do you see appear?
Minusing those that were my own... probably an average of three per month...
and this is after I left messages to ask my visitors to leave a message or comment...
no one ever bothers...


I just want to be cared about...
Am I demanding too much?
Is my desire to know that my friends care about me too much to ask for?
Am I being greedy?

Some people know that I am desperate...
yeah, so what if I am desperate to find that special partner...
It's just that it seems to me that that's the only person that would be able to show me.. assure me... that I am cared about... and make me feel more secured...
I can't live to be a lonely man or person... I need the care of people around me to continue living happily...
I never get that at home.... at least.. only a little and that's only from my mother and my eldest sister (who is residing at KL and rarely here)..
My other sister is a self-centered woman and my brother is constantly without his 'r'... meaning he's a bother if you didn't get it...
That's why I hold so much value to my friends than my own immediate family...
cause they're the only people I could count for to show me the care that I, admittedly, crave for...

that's the reason for my actions...
whether justifiable or not..
whether forgivable or not..
whether reasonable or not...
that is my reason... for doing what I do...

Interesting Facts indeed..

Got this from Kori's Multiply, who in turn got it from someone else named Anthony's Multiply.
Thanks for sharing these indeed interesting facts.
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1. To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles and thats where the word testimony comes from.

2. There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.

3. The odds of being killed by falling out of bed are one in two million.

4. Most tropical marine fish could survive in a tank filled with human blood.

5. Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

6. Until the year 1920, Canada was planning on invading the United States.

7. In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.

8. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado!

9. Poll results: Nachos is the food most craved by mothers-to-be.

10. The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.

11. You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than a poisonous spider!

12. Turkey's often look up at the sky during a rainstorm. Unfortunately some have been known to drown as a result.

13. More than 50% of the people in the world have never made or received a telephone call.

14. Only 55% of Americans know that the sun is a star.

15. Got gas? 40% of all indigestion remedies sold in the world are bought by Americans.

16. The bark of an older redwood tree is fireproof.

17. Drivers kill more deer than hunters.

18. TIME Magazine's Man of the Year in 1938 was Adolf Hitler.

19. When your face blushes, the lining of your stomach turns red, too.

20. Fine-grained volcanic ash can be found as an ingredient in some toothpastes.

21. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean.

22. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people.

23. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

24. Q-Tip Cotton Swabs were originally called Baby Gays.

25. The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.

26. Originally, Jack-O-Lanterns were made from turnips.

27. Woof! If your dog lives to age 11, youll have spent more than $13,000 on him/her.

28. 7-11 sells 10,000 pots of coffee an hour, every hour, every day.

29. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

30. According to legend, there's a Superman in every episode of Seinfeld.

31. Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.