........ of working or holidaying

This blog takes a short rest. Yours Sincerely ( Y S )and better half are working again on an expedition along Marco Polo's "Silk Route " in north-west China. Most people think that traveling is hectic , especially on an organised tour. You see, they wake you up very early in the morning, stuff breakfast into your system and off you go to see places. You are only back again at the hotel at 7 or 8 pm for dinner and you have to send yourself off to bed early to generate energy for the following day's itinerary. This goes on for 10 or 12 days. So, when you come home, you need another holiday to get over the other holiday.

As for the retirees, Y S thinks that they have their holidays well and good when they are not traveling, i.e. when they are at home; no alarm clock to wake them up and, of course, no clock in or clock out of their working days. So, everyday is then a holiday until they start to pack their bags and travel. Then, they are subjected to a timetable, a routine or an itinerary. So, they are working until they come home for their holiday.

" All my bags are packed and I'm ready to go .......... " Till after my work ........ Take care. GBU.

.... of staying in LOVE

LOVE is another 4-lettered word which has misled, confused, complicated, motivated, built and destroyed, in fact you can substitute any verb you can think of.

Some say it is blind. Others say they are drawn into it. Still many claim to have fallen into it. Many more have fallen out of it. Some say it happens at first sight. Some could not sleep, others could not eat because of it. Of course, almost all agree that they got married because of it. FALLING IN LOVE IS EASY, BUT STAYING IN LOVE IS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) attended the 45th Wedding Anniversary of a friend. 45 years is a huge amount of time devoted to ONE person and vice versa. What keep them going on ? What is the recipe of a long, fruitful and joyful marriage? What keeps the luster or radiance in a marriage when there are mountains of files in the divorce courts?

The secret, if it is a secret at all, is to keep falling in love again and again .............................
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with the same woman or man !!!

Many have failed in their matrimony for the simple fact that they want a perfect wife or husband without realizing that being the right person is even more important.

Love at first sight is easy to understand. It is when two people have been looking at each other for nearly a lifetime that it becomes a miracle ! The middle and end years of marriage are even more critical. In the early years, spouses want each other and in the late years, they need each other. "Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without. " James C. Dobson.

Y S' favourite writer, Agatha Christie, once said that an archeologist is the best husband any woman can have. The older she is, the more he is interested in her ! LOL

... of one forgotten by God

Chain-smoking whisky drinker marks 100th birthday

Arthur Langran celebrated his 100th birthday drinking pints of ale with his family and friends

A lifelong chain-smoker has celebrated reaching his 100th birthday - despite puffing his way through nearly 300,000 fags.

Hard-living Arthur Langran has smoked at least 10 cigarettes a day since the age of 20.

The father-of-two also religiously drinks a dram of Macallan single malt Scotch whiskey every evening before getting into bed.

Arthur, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in Britain celebrated his 100th birthday drinking pints of ale with his family and friends at his local pub - The George - in Hintlesham, Suffolk, which is run by his youngest son John, 57 on Sept 8.

He said: "I always say the secret is doing things you’re not told to do."

"I have been smoking since I was 20 and I still enjoy it, and a pipe. I have a whiskey every night."

"I also like reading the papers and doing crosswords with the help of my son John."

Arthur’s eldest son Peter, 62, revealed that doctors have told his father to keep smoking.

He added: "Dad has smoked roll-ups since he was 20-years-old and more recently used a pipe."

"These days he rolls himself five or six a day but used to smoke more and has his pipe once in the morning and once in the afternoon."

"He has a small single malt whiskey every night. He’s been doing that ever since he was elderly."

"He’s had a tough old life. He was an orphan, had a terrible time living and working in Canada and was blown up by a grenade in the war."

"The doctor has said its not worth getting him to give up the cigarettes. He’s still in good health despite the smoking and still mobile and gets up stairs whenever he wants."

Arthur was born an orphan and sent to Canada by National Children Homes when he was just 14 years old to work as a farmhand.

He returned to Britain in 1940 when he was 30-years-old so he could join the Army and fight Hitler and the Nazis in the Second World War.

It was also the same year that he smoked his first cigarette, shortly after signing up with the Suffolk Regiment.

He was married to Ivy who sadly died in 2000.
Source:swns.com

Published Sept 25 2010

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) is baffled by this piece of news. This is certainly one fella forgotten by God

So, does abstinence from tobacco and liquor always pay ?

Liquor is still satan's urine and tobacco smoke is still satan's fart.

...... of beauty and women

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) used to presume that a beautiful wife is not the sole possession of her husband, beloved or not. Wherever she went, heads turned and eyes ogled. While some husbands might feel proud and share the glory of their prized possession which attracted so much attention and praises, but others might feel some degree of lost as if their coveted possession wore out a little with each gaze and ogling. Yet, there were others who did not appreciate what they already had and kept coveting their neighbour's supposedly greener lawn. Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we are not the ones to judge. And beauty may be skin deep, yet ugliness goes right to the bone.

What is beauty in a woman ? Sophia Loren once said that " Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief she is beautiful." It is a sort of bloom on a woman. If you have it you don't need to have anything else; and if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have. Of course, the cosmetic and fashion conglomerates would deny it to their dying breath for they have lied to the fairer sex all this while by suggesting that if you don't have it they can provide it. Use this brand and wear that brand !!! Well, fashion itself is a form of ugliness and it has to be changed very often. By the way, even cosmetic surgeons have jumped onto the band wagon. Cut this out, add this on, suck that out and inject this in !!!

They say that plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It is the men who have to know about beautiful women. The whole trouble is due to the fact that in every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. And many have been made slaves !!!

Well, Y S likes what Sloan Wilson once said, " The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me." And there is a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. LOL

Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away so they claim. But what is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

Let us be good so that we can be beautiful .............

... fighting the last health battle

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Being a ardent reader of health publications, Y S' better half is going into supplement religiously. Needless to say, Y s is also dragged along. Y S who believes in nutrition from natural sources sometimes wonders whether the better half is on the right track. However, witnessing how her eczema that made her hands look and feel like crocodile skin has been healed after months of taking "Evening Primrose Oil," it is hard not to invest in supplements.

Well, the battle of Armageddon against degenerative diseases is on for both of us. May the Good Lord bless the effort.

Life is short. Let's make it SWEET.

...... don't let your wife into GOLF !

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) is amazed by his better half's inclination for GOLF, especially for one who has no sports background at all. One who has never held any sort of racquets; threw or caught any netball, basketball or softball, and all the more, one who is "anti solar."

How the better half catches on to GOLF baffles Y S and forces him to rethink about women's nature. And....don't you ever think that you know EVERYTHING about your wife ? ! Even Sigmund Freud once confessed " The great question .... which I have not been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul is, ' What does a woman want? ' "

Y S is posting some pictures of better half's rendezvous with GOLF : -



GOLF makes you forget about death, taxes and politics, and all the other garbage that goes on in life.

Y S took up GOLF to get away from his better half once in a while ( Absence makes the heart grows fonder. So they say.....) ..... ar... but now but now she has taken him away from his GOLF buddies, the "boys." Y S has to reserve 2, 3 days a week for her. And being a husband is a whole-time job, especially on the GOLF course. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it. You have to rescue her lost golf balls from the streams and lakes. You have to spot where her ball drops. You have to decide between a # 7 or # 5 iron. You have to load the GOLF bags and trolleys into the car. A husband's work is never done on the GOLF course.

GOLF is also a 4-lettered work - G O O D.

..... of drivers

If a male driver were to see a car in this situation, he would too quickly jump into conclusion and claim that it must be the doing of a female driver !

Are males better drivers than females ?

Reliable statistics are unavailable for a fair comparison so Yours Sincerely is going to based the issue on mere observation.

To claim that male drivers have caused more accidents, therefore are worse drivers than female drivers is not fair because most drivers are males rather than females in towns and cities . The same goes for the trunk roads and highways. Almost 90% of the vehicles Y S overtook and being overtaken by was male driven, let alone drivers of taxis, vans, buses, lorries, coaches, trucks and trailers on Malaysian roads. These were 100% driven by male drivers. Can we form a conclusion that the female driving skills are not apt enough to handle long distance driving or to handle big and heavy vehicles ? What about changing a punctured tyre ? Restarting a stalled vehicle?

Some claim that the females are more careful and therefore they make better drivers. Is being careful the only perquisite for safe driving? There are situations where being careful alone is not enough, one also needs maneuvering skills, especially at very tight spots or difficult terrains.

There is also the need of being able to focus and concentrate. To keep the eyes on the road and the hands on the wheels, so to say. So, between the male and female, Y S wonders who has better focus and concentration.

It is also said that the males are easily provoked and , thus quick to behave irrationally, especially when they are behind the wheels. Females are more rational in tight situation and , thus are better able to hold their " cool." For this, the females are quick to point out that almost all road rages are male doings. However, Y S had once witnessed a situation where a female driver used her ignition key to scratch the car of another driver who rudely " robbed " her parking lot. She would have used her finger nails if the car had a softer body. LOL Hell knows no fury like a woman's scorn !

Y S ' better half has a female friend who, by Y S' standard, can be considered a good driver. Her sturdy hands, sharp vision and quick reaction makes her passengers feel safe and comfortable. Her driving is smooth and braking well calculated so that the passengers do not heave forward and backward. Above all, you can feel that she is in good control of the machine. Ar.... but then, how many female drivers are like her ???

Perhaps the authorities should encourage more women to drive passenger vehicles like taxis , coaches and buses, or even heavy vehicles like trailers and lorries. Only then we can compare some reliable statistics.

As for now, the question is still begging to be answered.

Y S is still doing most of the driving by himself.

Yours Sincerely ( Y S ) was sent this piece of wisdom of Will Rogers from a friend. Y S ' favourite cowboy during his boyhood days. How silly. Some of us filled in our ambition in the 001 & 002 students particulars Cards as : " Cowboy. " LOL There was Kelantan in the 1960s.

Will Rogers was quite the cowboy, with all the wisdom of simple, honest folk.

His words still ring with common sense today...

Simple but Brilliant and full of truths!

(Those in red were highlighted by Y s )

1 Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

2 Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.

3 There are two theories to arguing with a woman . . Neither works.

4 Never miss a good chance to shut up.

5 Always drink upstream from the herd.

6 If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

7 The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back into your pocket.

8 There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves.

9 Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

10. If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there.

11. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

12. After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

and.....about GROWING OLDER... ( and this is good )

First ~ Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren't paved.

Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.

Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.

Sixth ~ I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.

Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been.

Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

And, finally ~ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.

May your troubles be less, Your blessings be more, And nothing but happiness coming through your door. The place to be happy is here, The time to be happy is now, The way to be happy is to Make others so.

Have a GREAT day, or rather MAKE EVERY DAY GREAT. It might be your last one ............