Dear Mirror

Hello,

This is a poem I wrote back in Burma. It is not long and it does not rhyme that well but I just wanted to put up something that I wrote on to my blog. The poem's name is "Dear Mirror" just like the magical mirror from "Snow White". Here is the poem.

"Dear Mirror , please tell me what's my error.

Dear viewer , I can show you what's your error.

But you won't see your error

Unless you have eyes of a mirror.... "

Thanks for visting my blog and reading my poem. By the way, this is my 20th posting. Finally.

Hernia

Hi,guys and girls,

This entry is about the word "Hernia" from the story "Betrayal" by "Patrica Duncker". That story was kinda hard to understand when I read it first time, especially because of the sex of characters involved in the story. I could not figure out one is male or female the first time.

Well, hernia is basically like a bubble or ball sticking out from a bigger object of the same material. Technical terms follows.

"A hernia is a protrusion of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained. The hernia has 3 parts: the orifice through which it herniates, the hernial sac, and its contents."

"A hernia may be likened to a failure in the sidewall of a pneumatic tire. The tire's inner tube behaves like the organ and the sidewall like the body cavity wall providing the restraint. A weakness in the sidewall allows a bulge to develop, which can become a split, allowing the inner tube to protrude, and leading to the eventual failure of the tire."

source>www.wikipedia.com

G-string

Hi,everyone.
I guess this entree will get more attention and comments.jk. This entry is for those who don't know what a "G-string" is. The word is from the "G-string" by Nicola Barker.Actually, this entry relates to cultural knowledge because women in many of the countries in the world wear it. Basically, it is a narrow piece of clothing material that women wear. It is so thin that it covers the genitals and passes between the buttocks. It is worn usually when one tans or swim. The references are below. Seriously, it is cultural.=)

"A G-string or thong is a narrow piece of cloth or leather, or plastic that covers the genitals, passes between the buttocks, and is attached to a band around the hips, worn as swimwear or underwear by both men and women. The two terms G-string and thong are often used interchangeably; however, they can refer to slightly distinct pieces of clothing: The primary difference between the two garments is that a g-string has less material between the legs and buttocks, hence a string-like appearance. Variants of the thong or G-string include the V-string, a thong with a triangle "v" of cloth with the G-string between the legs, and the T-string, where a single string passes around the waist and between the legs, forming a T between the buttocks."
source>www.wikipedia.com

Jibeuro

Hello,everyone

"Jibeuro"(집으로) is the name of the movie we watched,"The Way Home" directed by "Jeong-hyang Lee". It is a very good movie and worth watching. It is about a 7 yr old kid left with his grandma in a very rural village.The child is very obnoxious and the grandma is so kind and understanding. The story unfolded the developments of their relationship throughout the film.The human nature and power of love/kindness can be seen clearly.Here are some of the comments and reviews on the film.

"I deeply admire the grandmother character. I know I can never be like her. I am a selfish and demanding person that easily complain about a lot of little things, just like the grandson though not as annoying (I hope). It is HER alone that made this movie incredibly and realistically moving.

"The film has shown her inability of complex thoughts. She attempts to play with the wood blocks, but unable to put the different shapes through the matching shaped holes. She has no concept of shapes, but that doesn't describe her as unintelligent, it rather suggests a untrained/simple mind. Unable to work the blocks, she simply tilts her head and walks away with no complaint or anger, which I don't think I can take the defeat so well. Whatever happens, good or bad, but life goes on. Grandson knocks over the rice bowl in anger, but Grandma immediately bends over and scooped the rice back in the bowl. Rice falls, needs to pick it up and eat it. Grandson rollerbladed around the room, dirties the floor. There is dirt, needs to wipe it off. As simple as that."

source>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312841/

Helix

Hello,

As soon as I saw the title of the story, I became interested because Helix is the name of a Russian battle chopper which I like best in a game I play. well, back to the topic. It is from the story "Helix" by "Banana Yoshimoto".

"A helix (pl: helices), from the Greek word έλικας/έλιξ, is a twisted shape like a spring, screw or a spiral (correctly termed helical) staircase. Helices are important in biology, as DNA is helical and many proteins have helical substructures, known as alpha helices."

"Helices can be either right-handed or left-handed. With the line of sight being the helical axis, if clockwise movement of the helix corresponds to axial movement away from the observer, then it is a right-handed helix. If counter-clockwise movement corresponds to axial movement away from the observer, it is a left-handed helix. Handedness (or chirality) is a property of the helix, not of the perspective: a right-handed helix cannot be turned or flipped to look like a left-handed one unless it is viewed through a mirror, and vice versa.
Most hardware screws are right-handed helices. Points on the surface of an (American) football thrown by a right-handed quarterback (usually) travel in a right-handed helix. The alpha helix in biology as well as the A and B forms of DNA are also right-handed helices. The Z form of DNA is left-handed."

What tнē #$*! Ďө ωΣ (k)πow!?

Hi,

This one's about he film "What the bleep do we know?", a wonderful documentry film, directed and produced by William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, and Mark Vicente.released in 2004. I got so interested in the ideas and hypothesies the film introduced. The part of the wedding was most interesting and amusing of all, in my opinion.combines documentary interviews and a fictional narrative to posit a connection between science and spirituality based upon the Ramtha's School of Enlightenment of JZ Knight/Ramtha, of whom the three directors are devotees. The facts are as follows.

"The topics discussed in What the Bleep Do We Know!? include neurology, quantum physics, psychology, epistemology, ontology, metaphysics, magical thinking and spirituality. The film features interviews with individuals presented as experts in science and spirituality, interspersed with the story of a deaf photographer as she struggles with her situation. Computer-animated graphics feature heavily in the film. The film has received widespread criticism from the scientific community. Physicists, in particular, claim that the film grossly misrepresents the meaning of various principles of quantum mechanics, and is in fact pseudoscience.[3]"

"In the fictional part, Amanda, a deaf photographer (played by Marlee Matlin) acts as the viewer's avatar as she experiences her life from startlingly new and different perspectives.
In the documentary part of the film, a number of purported scientific experts in quantum physics, biology, medicine, psychiatry, and theology discuss the roots and meaning of Amanda's experiences. However, viewers are not told the credentials of the experts until the credits at the end of the film. The comments of the scientific experts converge on a single theme: "We all create our own reality." Although not widely held by the scientific community, this point of view correlates with the subjective experience. "

Cassava

Welcome, viewers

"Cassava" is a word I was curious to find out about from the "Reflections fo Spring" by "Duong Thong Huong". It is the name of a plant whoose root can be eaten. Its scientific name is Manihot esculenta. It is also called yuca, casava and manioc. It is widely grown and eaten,mostly in Asia and Africa,I think.I believe I have eaten it before in my country ,too.

"The cassava, casava, or manioc (Manihot esculenta) is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America that is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrate."

"The root is long and tapered, with a firm homogeneous flesh encased in a detachable rind, about 1 mm thick, rough and brown on the outside. Commercial varieties can be 5 to 10 cm in diameter at the top, and 50 to 80 cm long. A woody cordon runs along the root's axis. The flesh can be chalk-white or yellowish; raw cassava tastes like a mixture of potato and coconut flesh, it breaks like a carrot, and darkens quickly upon exposure to the air. For this reason, the skinned root must be kept under water until it is ready to be cooked. The root's flavor spoils in a day or so, even if kept unskinned and under refrigeration, which is a problem for supermarkets. A solution is usually to freeze it or seal it in wax."

source>www.wikipedia.com