Tension...owh....
I really hope that our government do something about this.. When it come to "beras nasional" i always get frustrated because of the lack of supplies and the attitude of our fellow Malaysian...
Yesterday, some1 call me to informed that new supply of the rice has come and i rush to the supermarket but.. guess what... HABIS...... in less than 15 minutes...
Paling bikin geram ialah ada customer yg penipu yang bawa semua family member to get the beras cuz only 2 packets for 1 person.... my gosh... macam sa mo maki suda tue orang...
I really hope that the government will do something about this....
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Beijing Olympic 2008 - Badminton - Disappointment - Lee Chong Wei LOST TO Lin Dan
Well i guess everyone knows by now that our only gold medal hope at Beijing Olympic 2008 lost to Lin Dan.
Nevertheless, we have to congratulate him for making it to the final of the badminton men single. Without doubt, he is the most successful and talented player our country ever produced.
Personally, I am so very much disappointed on the result. Its not because he had lost the match but it is more on the performance of Chong Wei during the final. It is UNFORGIVEN to lost a match like that taking into consideration on his world no 2 status. Its look like that he lack of mental fitness and cannot bear the pressure being our hope to take our very first olympic gold medal. If he had lost with better margin, say for example 20-22, 22-20, and bring the match into rubber set, then I will say that he lost with pride and he deserved to be called national hero because he has done his best. But we know how he lost in most embarassing score of 12-21, 8-21.
He lost in every aspect of the match. From net to baseline, from smash to drop shot, and from physical to mental wise. He don't deserved to lost like that. It is a shameful lost for Malaysia. Chong Wei was too 'nice' last nite and didn't even showed any aggresive smash.
Nevertheless, I know He has done everything he could last nite but things as last nite happen to any top player in the world. They sometimes lost the momentum they needed.Last nite, shows how pressure had made him lost.
Chong Wei, we will always support you and wish you all the best.. There's still a lot waiting for you in the future...
Malaysia Boleh.....
Nevertheless, we have to congratulate him for making it to the final of the badminton men single. Without doubt, he is the most successful and talented player our country ever produced.
Personally, I am so very much disappointed on the result. Its not because he had lost the match but it is more on the performance of Chong Wei during the final. It is UNFORGIVEN to lost a match like that taking into consideration on his world no 2 status. Its look like that he lack of mental fitness and cannot bear the pressure being our hope to take our very first olympic gold medal. If he had lost with better margin, say for example 20-22, 22-20, and bring the match into rubber set, then I will say that he lost with pride and he deserved to be called national hero because he has done his best. But we know how he lost in most embarassing score of 12-21, 8-21.
He lost in every aspect of the match. From net to baseline, from smash to drop shot, and from physical to mental wise. He don't deserved to lost like that. It is a shameful lost for Malaysia. Chong Wei was too 'nice' last nite and didn't even showed any aggresive smash.
Nevertheless, I know He has done everything he could last nite but things as last nite happen to any top player in the world. They sometimes lost the momentum they needed.Last nite, shows how pressure had made him lost.
Chong Wei, we will always support you and wish you all the best.. There's still a lot waiting for you in the future...
Malaysia Boleh.....
Sunday, August 10, 2008
TEENAGER'S VIEW OF HEAVEN
Got this beautiful story from an email sent to me...
for a class. The subject was what Heaven was like. 'I wowed 'em,' he
later told his father, Bruce. 'It's a killer. It's the bomb. It's the
best thing I ever wrote..' It also was the last.
Brian Moore died
driving home from a friend's house when his car went off
wreck unharmed but stepped on a downed power line and was electrocuted.
The
family portraits in the living room. 'I think God used him to make a
point. I think we were meant to find it and make something out of it,'
Mrs. Moore said of the essay. She and her husband want to share their
son's vision of life after death. 'I'm happy for Brian. I know he's in
heaven. I know I'll see him.'
Brian's Essay: The Room...
In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in
the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall
covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in
libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order.
But these files, which stretched from floor to ceiling and
seemingly endless in either direction, had very different headings. As I
drew near the wall of files, the first to catch my attention was one
that read 'Girls I have liked.' I opened it and began flipping through
the cards. I quickly shut it, shocked to realize that I recognized the
names written on each one.
And then without being told, I knew exactly where I was.
This lifeless room with its small files was a crude catalog
system for my life. Here were written the actions of my every moment,
big and small, in a detail my memory couldn't match. A sense of wonder
and curiosity, coupled with horror, stirred within me as I began
randomly opening files and exploring their content.
Some brought joy and sweet memories; others a sense of shame and
regret so intense that I would look over my shoulder to see if anyone
was watching.
A file named 'Friends' was next to one marked 'Friends I have
betrayed.' The titles ranged from the mundane to the outright weird
'Books I Have Read,' 'Lies I Have Told,' 'Comfort I have Given,' 'Jokes
I Have Laughed at .' Some were almost hilarious in their exactness:
'Things I've yelled at my brothers.' Others I couldn't laugh at: 'Things
I Have Done in My Anger', 'Things I Have Muttered Under My Breath at My
Parents.' I never ceased to be surprised by the contents.
Often there were many more cards than I expected. Sometimes fewer
than I hoped I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the life I had
lived. Could it be possible that I had the time in my years to fill each
of these thousands or even millions of cards? But each card confirmed
this truth. Each was written in my own handwriting. Each signed with my
signature.
When I pulled out the file marked 'TV Shows I have watched', I
realized the files grew to contain their contents. The cards were packed
tightly, and yet after two or three yards, I hadn't found the end of the
file. I shut it, shamed, not so much by the quality of shows but more by
the vast time I knew that file represented.
When I came to a file marked 'Lustful Thoughts,' I felt a chill
run through my body. I pulled the file out only an inch, not willing to
test its size and drew out a card. I shuddered at its detailed content.
I felt sick to think that such a moment had been recorded. An
almost animal rage broke on me. One thought dominated my mind: No one
must ever see these cards! No one must ever see this room! I have to
destroy them!' In insane frenzy I yanked the file out. Its size didn't
matter now. I had to empty it and burn the cards. But as I took it at
one end and began pounding it on the floor, I could not dislodge a
single card. I became desperate and pulled out a card, only to find it
as strong as steel when I tried to tear it.
Defeated and utterly helpless, I returned the file to its slot.
Leaning my forehead against the wall, I let out a long, self-pitying
sigh.
And then I saw it.. The title bore 'People I Have Shared the
Gospel With.' The handle was brighter than those around it, newer,
almost unused. I pulled on its handle and a small box not more than
three inches long fell into my hands. I could count the cards it
contained on one hand.
And then the tears came. I began to weep. Sobs so deep that they
hurt. They started in my stomach and shook through me. I fell on my
knees and cried. I cried out of shame, from the overwhelming shame of
it all. The rows of file shelves swirled in my tear-filled eyes. No one
must ever, ever know of this room. I must lock it up and hide the key.
But then as I pushed away the tears, I saw Him.
No, please not Him. Not here. Oh, anyone but Jesus. I watched
helplessly as He began to open the files and read the cards. I couldn't
bear to watch His response And in the moments I could bring myself to
look at His face, I saw a sorrow deeper than my own.
He seemed to intuitively go to the worst boxes. Why did He have
to read every one? Finally He turned and looked at me from across the
room. He looked at me with pity in His eyes. But this was a pity that
didn't anger me. I dropped my head, covered my face with my hands and
began to cry again. He walked over and put His arm around me. He could
have said so many things. But He didn't say a word. He just cried with
me.
Then He got up and walked back to the wall of files. Starting at
one end of the room, He took out a file and, one by one, began to sign
His name over mine on each card. 'No!' I shouted rushing to Him. All I
could find to say was 'No, no,' as I pulled the card from Him. His name
shouldn't be on these cards. But there it was, written in red so rich,
so dark, so alive. The name of Jesus covered mine. It was written with
His blood. He gently took the card back. He smiled a sad smile and
began to sign the cards. I don't think I'll ever understand how He did
it so quickly, but the next instant it seemed I heard Him close the last
file and walk back to my side.
He placed His hand on my shoulder and said, 'It is finished.' I
stood up, and He led me out of the room. There was no lock on its door.
There were still cards to be written.
'I can do all things through Christ who strengthens
believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.' If you feel the
same way forward it so the love of Jesus will touch their lives also. My
'People I shared the gospel with' file just got bigger, how about yours?
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
English mistakes from around the world
I am not saying that my English is good, but i would like to share the following article, which i got it from "here".... Let's learn and improve our English....
Here are some lovely howlers from various countries.
Africa
In an East African newspaper: A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
America
In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Notice outside an American factory: "CLOSING DOWN, THANKS TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS."
Sign in an American hospital "GUARD DOGS OPERATING."
Sign in a bargain basement store "DON'T GO INTO ANOTHER SHOP TO BE CHEATED - COME IN HERE."
Sign outside a Mexican disco "MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ONLY."
Sign in a Mexican city hotel "BROKEN ENGLISH SPOKEN PERFECTLY."
Law in Kansas: When two trains approach each other at a crossing, they shall both stop and neither shall start up until the other has gone.
Sign in an American drapery shop "GENTS' TROUSERS SLASHED"
Sign in an American chemists "WE DISPENSE WITH ACCURACY"
Asia
In a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.
On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights - For indoor or outdoor use only.
Sign in an Indian restaurant "AFTER ONE VISIT WE GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE REGULAR"
From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
On the label of a Taiwanese shampoo - USE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERE DAMAGE.
From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.
In a Tokyo Hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop - Drive Sideways
On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.
This is a blurb from a chocolate bar wrapper in Japan: Soft and mild, like a Japanese woman. Good flavor and full of juice.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ass?
On a Korean kitchen knife - "WARNING KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN."
In a Bangkok bar: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
Sign outside a Bangkok bar "THE SHADIEST COCKTAIL BAR IN TOWN."
In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
From Singapore: Sir Loin steak with potato cheeps.
Sign in a Sri Lankan swimming pool "DO NOT USE THE DIVING BOARD WHEN THE SWIMMING POOL IS EMPTY."
In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.
From Macao: Utmost of chicken fried in bother.
Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
In a Bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.
Australasia
Label on a New Zealand insect spray - "THIS PRODUCT NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS."
Canada
This is a story about a mistake a politician made in French.
Canada's Prime Minister in the late 50's and early 60's was John Diefenbaker, notorious in the French-speaking province of Quebec for his horrible French pronunciation, (he couldn't speak French, he just read it out loud.) One day, he was expressing his appreciation for having been invited to attend a ceremony in Quebec. He mispronounced the word "appreciate" in French. In English, it's pronounced "appree-shee-ate" but in French they say "appréciez" pronounced "appray-see-aye". He actually pronounced it, "appray-shee-aye", which means "after having shit". So, what his French audience heard was, "After having shit, I am pleased to be here." Thanks to Tim Penner.
Europe
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
German-English text book - After a certain time cheques are stale and cannot be cashed. (Business English from A-Z Page 53)
Notice on a soup terrine in a German cash and carry store (called Metro) - Erbsensuppe Pie Soup - I think it should have been pea soup.
Sign in a travel agents in Barcelona "GO AWAY!"
Sign in a Paris restaurant "WE SERVE FIVE O'CLOCK TEA AT ALL HOURS."
Sign in a French swimming pool "SWIMMING FORBIDDEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A SAVIOUR."
In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.
From a restaurant in France: A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.
On the menu of a French restaurant - egg - "an extract of fowl, peached or sunside up."
Sign in a hotel in Ankara "PLEASE HANG YOUR ORDER BEFORE RETIRING ON YOUR DOORKNOB."
Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: - English well talking. - Here speeching American.
In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Sign in a British school "IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM, YOU SHOULD SEE THE HEAD."
Sign in a British hospital "DANGEROUS DRUGS MUST BE LOCKED UP WITH THE MATRON."
Sign outside a British night club "CLOSED TONIGHT FOR SPECIAL OPENING."
In a British community centre "VISITORS WITH READING DIFFICULTIES SHOULD PROCEED TO FRONT DESK FOR INFORMATION."
Advert in a British shop window "HOME WANTED FOR FRIENDLY LABRADOR. WILL EAT ANYTHING - LOVES CHILDREN."
On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
Sign in a hotel in Madrid "IF YOU WISH DISINFECTION ENACTED IN YOUR PRESENCE, CRY OUT FOR THE CHAMBERMAID"
In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
In a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
From Budapest: All rooms not denounced by twelve o'clock will be paid for twicely.
In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.
In a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Sign on lion cage at a Czech zoo "NO SMOOTHEN THE LION."
On the menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
In a Leipzig lift: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
In a Belgrade hotel lift: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages.
In a Balkan hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
In a Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
From a restaurant in Vienna: Fried milk, children sandwiches, roast cattle and boiled sheep.
From the Soviet Weekly: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 150,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
Sign in an Istanbul hotel "TO CALL ROOM SERVICE, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR AND CALL ROOM SERVICE."
From a Yugoslavian elevator: Let us know about an unficiency as well as leaking on the service. Our utmost will improve it.
Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.
In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
A sign posted in Germany's Black forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other or that purpose.
In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.
Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summer suit. Because is big rush, we will execute customers in strict rotation.
Portuguese patent agent: 'It will not be necessary to state the name and address of the inventor if the applicant is not himself.'
On the faucet in a Finnish toilet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
On a Soviet ship in the Black Sea: Helpsavering apparata in emergings behold many whistles!
Associate the stringing apparata about the bosoms and meet behind. Flee then to the indifferent lifesavering shippen obediencing the instructs of the vessel chef."
Middle East
Sign in a Tel Aviv Hotel "IF YOU WISH BREAKFAST, LIFT THE TELEPHONE AND OUR WAITRESS WILL ARRIVE. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING UP YOUR FOOD."
Unknown origin
On a medicine bottle: Adults: 1 tablet 3 times a day until passing away"
Sign in a greengrocers "PLEASE DON'T HANDLE THE FRUIT. ASK FOR DEBBIE."
Sign in a furniture shop "WE STAND BEHIND EVERY BED WE SELL."
Instructions with a hair dryer "WARNING: NEVER USE WHILE SLEEPING."
Sign in a hotel lift "PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS LIFT WHEN IT IS NOT WORKING."
Sign on a building site "NIGHT WATCHMAN PATROLS THIS AREA 24 HOURS A DAY."
Sign in a dry-cleaners "IF YOU FEEL WE HAVE FAILED YOU IN ANY WAY WE SHALL BE ONLY TOO PLEASED TO DO IT AGAIN AT NO EXTRA CHARGE."
Directions for mosquito repellent: Replacing battery - Replace the old battery with a new one.
Sign in a jewellery shop "OUR GIFTS WILL NOT LAST LONG AT THESE PRICES."
Sign in a hotel "ALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS MUST BE EXAMINED AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE ANY FIRE."
On a hotel provided shower cap in a box - "FITS ON HEAD."
Sign in a beauty parlour "EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU WAIT. PAY FOR TWO AND GET ANOTHER ONE PIERCED FREE."
Book title - CORRECTLY ENGLISH IN 100 DAYS (allegedly this textbook is cited in Mario Pei's (1952) The Story of English, page 174. Thanks to Chris.)
Here are some lovely howlers from various countries.
Africa
In an East African newspaper: A new swimming pool is rapidly taking shape since the contractors have thrown in the bulk of their workers.
America
In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.
Notice outside an American factory: "CLOSING DOWN, THANKS TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS."
Sign in an American hospital "GUARD DOGS OPERATING."
Sign in a bargain basement store "DON'T GO INTO ANOTHER SHOP TO BE CHEATED - COME IN HERE."
Sign outside a Mexican disco "MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ONLY."
Sign in a Mexican city hotel "BROKEN ENGLISH SPOKEN PERFECTLY."
Law in Kansas: When two trains approach each other at a crossing, they shall both stop and neither shall start up until the other has gone.
Sign in an American drapery shop "GENTS' TROUSERS SLASHED"
Sign in an American chemists "WE DISPENSE WITH ACCURACY"
Asia
In a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.
On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights - For indoor or outdoor use only.
Sign in an Indian restaurant "AFTER ONE VISIT WE GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE REGULAR"
From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.
On the label of a Taiwanese shampoo - USE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERE DAMAGE.
From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.
In a Tokyo Hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read notis.
Detour sign in Kyushi, Japan: Stop - Drive Sideways
On the box of a clockwork toy made in Hong Kong: Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.
This is a blurb from a chocolate bar wrapper in Japan: Soft and mild, like a Japanese woman. Good flavor and full of juice.
Advertisement for donkey rides in Thailand: Would you like to ride on your own ass?
On a Korean kitchen knife - "WARNING KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN."
In a Bangkok bar: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.
Sign outside a Bangkok bar "THE SHADIEST COCKTAIL BAR IN TOWN."
In a Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts.
From Singapore: Sir Loin steak with potato cheeps.
Sign in a Sri Lankan swimming pool "DO NOT USE THE DIVING BOARD WHEN THE SWIMMING POOL IS EMPTY."
In an advertisement by a Hong Kong dentist: Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists.
From Macao: Utmost of chicken fried in bother.
Outside a Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs.
In a Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid.
In a Bangkok dry cleaner's: Drop your trousers here for best results.
Australasia
Label on a New Zealand insect spray - "THIS PRODUCT NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS."
Canada
This is a story about a mistake a politician made in French.
Canada's Prime Minister in the late 50's and early 60's was John Diefenbaker, notorious in the French-speaking province of Quebec for his horrible French pronunciation, (he couldn't speak French, he just read it out loud.) One day, he was expressing his appreciation for having been invited to attend a ceremony in Quebec. He mispronounced the word "appreciate" in French. In English, it's pronounced "appree-shee-ate" but in French they say "appréciez" pronounced "appray-see-aye". He actually pronounced it, "appray-shee-aye", which means "after having shit". So, what his French audience heard was, "After having shit, I am pleased to be here." Thanks to Tim Penner.
Europe
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday.
German-English text book - After a certain time cheques are stale and cannot be cashed. (Business English from A-Z Page 53)
Notice on a soup terrine in a German cash and carry store (called Metro) - Erbsensuppe Pie Soup - I think it should have been pea soup.
Sign in a travel agents in Barcelona "GO AWAY!"
Sign in a Paris restaurant "WE SERVE FIVE O'CLOCK TEA AT ALL HOURS."
Sign in a French swimming pool "SWIMMING FORBIDDEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A SAVIOUR."
In a Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk.
From a restaurant in France: A sports jacket may be worn to dinner, but no trousers.
On the menu of a French restaurant - egg - "an extract of fowl, peached or sunside up."
Sign in a hotel in Ankara "PLEASE HANG YOUR ORDER BEFORE RETIRING ON YOUR DOORKNOB."
Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance: - English well talking. - Here speeching American.
In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.
Sign in a British school "IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM, YOU SHOULD SEE THE HEAD."
Sign in a British hospital "DANGEROUS DRUGS MUST BE LOCKED UP WITH THE MATRON."
Sign outside a British night club "CLOSED TONIGHT FOR SPECIAL OPENING."
In a British community centre "VISITORS WITH READING DIFFICULTIES SHOULD PROCEED TO FRONT DESK FOR INFORMATION."
Advert in a British shop window "HOME WANTED FOR FRIENDLY LABRADOR. WILL EAT ANYTHING - LOVES CHILDREN."
On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.
Sign in a hotel in Madrid "IF YOU WISH DISINFECTION ENACTED IN YOUR PRESENCE, CRY OUT FOR THE CHAMBERMAID"
In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.
In a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.
From Budapest: All rooms not denounced by twelve o'clock will be paid for twicely.
In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
In a Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream.
In a Swiss restaurant: Our wines leave you nothing to hope for.
In an Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension.
Sign on lion cage at a Czech zoo "NO SMOOTHEN THE LION."
On the menu of a Polish hotel: Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's fashion.
In a Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
In a Leipzig lift: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up.
In a Belgrade hotel lift: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order.
In a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily.
In a Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time.
In a Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours - we guarantee no miscarriages.
In a Balkan hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
In a Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter.
From a restaurant in Vienna: Fried milk, children sandwiches, roast cattle and boiled sheep.
From the Soviet Weekly: There will be a Moscow Exhibition of Arts by 150,000 Soviet Republic painters and sculptors. These were executed over the past two years.
Sign in an Istanbul hotel "TO CALL ROOM SERVICE, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR AND CALL ROOM SERVICE."
From a Yugoslavian elevator: Let us know about an unficiency as well as leaking on the service. Our utmost will improve it.
Outside a Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking.
In a Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation.
A sign posted in Germany's Black forest: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other or that purpose.
In a Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.
Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summer suit. Because is big rush, we will execute customers in strict rotation.
Portuguese patent agent: 'It will not be necessary to state the name and address of the inventor if the applicant is not himself.'
On the faucet in a Finnish toilet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right.
In the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin.
On a Soviet ship in the Black Sea: Helpsavering apparata in emergings behold many whistles!
Associate the stringing apparata about the bosoms and meet behind. Flee then to the indifferent lifesavering shippen obediencing the instructs of the vessel chef."
Middle East
Sign in a Tel Aviv Hotel "IF YOU WISH BREAKFAST, LIFT THE TELEPHONE AND OUR WAITRESS WILL ARRIVE. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO BRING UP YOUR FOOD."
Unknown origin
On a medicine bottle: Adults: 1 tablet 3 times a day until passing away"
Sign in a greengrocers "PLEASE DON'T HANDLE THE FRUIT. ASK FOR DEBBIE."
Sign in a furniture shop "WE STAND BEHIND EVERY BED WE SELL."
Instructions with a hair dryer "WARNING: NEVER USE WHILE SLEEPING."
Sign in a hotel lift "PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS LIFT WHEN IT IS NOT WORKING."
Sign on a building site "NIGHT WATCHMAN PATROLS THIS AREA 24 HOURS A DAY."
Sign in a dry-cleaners "IF YOU FEEL WE HAVE FAILED YOU IN ANY WAY WE SHALL BE ONLY TOO PLEASED TO DO IT AGAIN AT NO EXTRA CHARGE."
Directions for mosquito repellent: Replacing battery - Replace the old battery with a new one.
Sign in a jewellery shop "OUR GIFTS WILL NOT LAST LONG AT THESE PRICES."
Sign in a hotel "ALL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS MUST BE EXAMINED AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE ANY FIRE."
On a hotel provided shower cap in a box - "FITS ON HEAD."
Sign in a beauty parlour "EARS PIERCED WHILE YOU WAIT. PAY FOR TWO AND GET ANOTHER ONE PIERCED FREE."
Book title - CORRECTLY ENGLISH IN 100 DAYS (allegedly this textbook is cited in Mario Pei's (1952) The Story of English, page 174. Thanks to Chris.)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Test Your Mind - Optical Illusion
This is interesting.... I got it from kabayan junction blogspot...
Experience make a person perceive life differently. This is why every individual is unique from the rest. Your outlook in life is not the same as mine or even to your own partner.
Now with this picture what do you see?
If you see an intimate couple this mean you're a mature person who either experience or aware of this intimacy.
Show this picture to a child they will tell you about the 9 dolphins on the image. If you find it hard to see those dolphin you have a very corrupted mind. :D
Be updated to Kabayan Junction's post.
Sorry Kabayan for reposting your content... Thank you...
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