INSPIRING LIFE

Happy New Year 2012!

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

Hi all~~

It's been long long years I didn't visited this blog..Miss it a lot!

Now, year changed..time will be different of course...wish all will have in healthy, happy and wealthy condition ahaha....

Warm Regards :)

Hi!

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:53:00 +0000

Just to say hi after long long time I was away from this blog. I wish I have passion to write again...

Take care of your laptop with these tips!

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:37:00 +0000

sunday…!
i love Sunday
we can do anything on Sunday
cooking, gardening, and also sleeping all the days!

All above I’ve done, nothing can do anymore until finding the book I bought last month, and it’s about practical tips for caring the house. May be you have one also, hmmm…this tips is important I think to share with you, it’s about caring your personal computer (laptop).

For security, use password and turn off automatically password, in case to avoid stealing your personal dates.
Keep on alert when you use laptop in common place using wi-fi tech, the hacker have a lot of wi-fi setting up via peer to peer network in common places (airport etc). To avoid, open box ‘wireless network connection’ to check up available networking. If you see ‘peer to peer, ‘computer to computer’,’unsecure’, don’t use laptop in that place.
Avoid financial online transaction, such as online purchase, online transfer including filling personal data’s (especially credit card and number account) in common places.
Avoid using bag with writing “laptop” on it.
Don’t leave laptop in the car at the parking lot with the sun is shining directly, because the components and the batteries could be have overheating.
Avoid using laptop in the soft surface as like sofa or bed; because it could be hamper the in-out air circle then laptop become overheating.
Don’t put anything/material on top of laptop especially heavy material.
Charge the batteries when you are not using laptop.
Avoid laptop from water because laptop is very sensitive.
If you will not use laptop in the long time, pull out the batteries and keep in cool and dry place.

I hope this tips can be useful and enjoy your Sunday with your laptop…!

Source: tips to take care your house.

May be that life also…

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:45:00 +0000

I remember when I would come back to Jakarta from Cirebon, I got the ticket for the train in the afternoon and in the ticket I didn’t have number seat, it’s mean I will not have be able to sit. Almost desperately I found the empty seat in the last railway coach. Just only for a wile I got seat, another passenger come to me with the officer and show my seat as her seat, she was angry because I look like not care and she bring the officer to help her. Then I stand up to please the seat for her and walk around through another railway coach finding the empty seat, but look like not anymore empty seat and as long as path of the coach the passengers took seat at the bottom. I choose to stand than seat at the bottom. Stand for along-long time made me think surrender and enjoy my situation even though my leg feels stiff.

Suddenly the officer who brought by that woman come to me and ask me to follow and said that he found one seat for me, Ooh…thanks God, but I ask why he offer the seat to me while another passengers near that seat still stand up and sit at the bottom. He answer the old woman beside my next seat asks the officer to look for the woman passenger to have the seat beside her and the officer remembers me. Ooh... God, thank you very much. After said thank you to the officer, I sit and the old woman begin to make conversation these and those…and also offer me some biscuits and drink…Ooh thank you very much.

I think that may be that is life also, after the darkness gone there will be light rise in the future and be patient waiting for…

Just enjoy beautiful view of Maluku Utara, Indonesia

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Sun rise from Amarta

Maitara Island

waiting for the rain

Tolire lake

maluku Utara Islands

Maluku utara Islands from the distance

Where am I at in my life?

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:10:00 +0000

I only have one life to live and I want to live it to the fullest. This world has a lot of opportunity and choices.

This word will keep in my mind when I got frustration like this day.

Ho ho ho Kungfu Panda

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:58:00 +0000

Yesterday is history
Future is mystery
Today is a gift

hopefully day by day become your gift

My Poem

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:36:00 +0000

My poem has left all clothes and accessories
It doesn’t have proud by all accessories
The words will break our union
Only make barrier between us
And your whisper doesn’t be heard

My ego disappear in front of your grace
I bent on your foot
Please, let me make my life simple and honesty
Like a white paper that you’ll write by your pen

W.W. 15/06/08

note: perhaps this poems can make us to contemplate our last days about destiny, my friend....

destiny oh destiny...

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Two days ago my friend told me that she is forced to be able to have a date with someone. Deep inside her, actually she really wants to have a boyfriend, make a date and have long live relationship…but she doesn’t know how to do it.

When she told me, I do nothing to give her advice because I even don’t know at all how to solve her problem.

Still to be continued…..

Java Jive - Manhattan Transfer

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 09:02:00 +0000

I've got the Manhatten Transfer version and Big Mama version, here and have enjoy:

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (Boy!)

I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops Mr. Moto, I'm a coffee pot
Shoot the pot and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And I'll cut a rug just snug in a jug
A sliced up onion and a raw one
Draw one, waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Boston bean (soy beans)
I said the little, itty-bitty green beans,
Cabbage and greens
You know that I'm not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chili chili bean (boy!)

I love java sweet and hot
Whoops Mr. Moto I'm a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and I'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup (yeah)

Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug
'An I'll cut a rug just as snug in a jug
Drop your nickel in my pot
Joe, takin' it slow, waiter, waiter, percolater

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the Java Jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!

How far.....?

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:56:00 +0000

How far will you go to find your destiny?
How long will you make decision for your choice?
How....how....

Nothing will change
except you change yourself

wait...wait and wait
long...long and long

then..
choose...
do it
patience
feeling
peace..
peace..
and peace...

W.W. Bks, 23.01.09

Twilight - the young adult movie!

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Twilight is a 2008 romantic-fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a teenage girl who falls in love with vampire Edward Cullen, portrayed by Robert Pattinson.

It’s started with seventeen-year-old Bella Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie, after her mother remarries. She is quickly befriended by many students at her new high school, where she is intrigued by a mysterious group of siblings known as the Cullens. Bella sits next to Edward Cullen in Biology class on her first day of school, and he appears to be disgusted by her, much to Bella's confusion. A few days later, Bella is nearly hit by a van when Edward suddenly appears and stops the vehicle with his hand. Although he refuses to explain this act to Bella, Edward warns her against becoming friends with him.

Bella eventually discovers that Edward is a vampire, though he only consumes animal blood, and the pair fall in love. After Edward introduces Bella to his vampire family, Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, three nomadic vampires—James, Victoria and Laurent—arrive and put Bella's life in danger. James, a tracker vampire, is intrigued by Edward's protectiveness over a human, and decides to hunt her for sport. Edward and his family put their lives at risk to protect Bella, but James lures her into a trap by making her believe he is holding her mother hostage. James attacks and bites Bella, but Edward, along with the rest of the Cullen family, arrives before he can kill her. James is destroyed, and Edward sucks the venom from James's bite out of Bella's arm, preventing her from becoming a vampire herself. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their prom and Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, which Edward refuses to let happen. The film ends showing Victoria at the prom watching the pair together, ready to seek revenge for the murder of James.

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Billy Burke

Crew

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke

Produced by Mark Morgan, Greg Mooradian, Wyck Godfrey

Written by Stephenie Meyer

Screenplay: Melissa Rosenberg

Music by Carter Burwell

Cinematography by Elliot Davis

Cooking more and more....

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:27:00 +0000

So, my passion now still cooking and I like to share with you. My receipts now are Spinach and Eggplant.

Spinach with Sesame Seed Dressing

Ingredients

3 tablespoons white sesame seeds
½ teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoon light soy sauce
3 tablespoon dashi
Large pinch of salt
500 g (1 lb) fresh spinach, washed, thick stems discarded
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Cooking Direction

Brown the sesame seeds in a heavy based frying pan over low heat until golden brown, about 3 minutes.
Set aside 1 teaspoon of the toasted sesame seeds for garnish. Using a mortar and pestle, grind the remaining seeds until smooth.
Blend in the sugar, soy sauce and dashi to make the dressing, set aside
Drain excess water from the washed spinach. Heat oil in a medium saucepan and add a handful of the spinach leaves, stirring with a wooden spoon until leaves have wilted. Continue stirring, adding more spinach as each previous batch cooks down
Place cooked spinach in a colander to squeeze out any excess moisture. Combine spinach and dressing in a small bowl, and serve either hot or at room temperature. Garnish with reserved sesame seed.

Eggplant with Miso

Ingredient

125 ml (1/2 cup) water
60 ml (1/4 cup) miso
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar,
3 tablespoon oil 5 cm
(2 in) fresh ginger, finely chopped
500 g (1 lb) Japanese eggplant (aubergine), cut across into chunks
1 large red or green capsicum (bell pepper), cut into chunks
2 tablesppon sake
2 teaspoons cornflour, mixed with a little water

Cooking Direction

in a small bowl, combine the water, miso, soy sauce and sugar, and stir until sugar is dissolved
Heat oil in a work over high heat, then add ginger, eggplant and capsicum, stirring until vegetables are almost tender, about 3 minutes
Add sake and stir for 20 seconds then add the miso mixture
Stir in cornflour until sauce thickens, and serve immediately

Intermezzo: Cooking

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:58:00 +0000

What are you doing when you feel not have mood to do anything and hungry but no money to buy some food. I will cook simple food to eat.

Many time I practiced these receipt from my dear one when nothing to do to eat.

Sauteed Tofu

Ingredients

500 g tofu, drained
4 fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed
1 medium carrot, peeled and shredded
1 medium potato, peeled and shredded
1 green capsicum (bell pepper) cut in julienne shreds
1 small leek cut in julienne shreds
1 egg white
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons sake
40 g (1/3 cup) corn flour

Cooking Direction

Cut tofu horizontally across the middle. Remove excess moisture by pressing tofu between pieces of absorbent paper.
Cut mushroom caps in half then slice each half finely
In a medium bowl, combine the mushroom, carrot, potato, capsicum, egg white, 1 teaspoon of the soy sauce and salt to taste. Sift all but 1 tablespoon of the corn flour over the mixture and stir to mix well. Turn grill onto high.
Shift remaining corn flour over the tofu pieces, and then pile the vegetable mixture on top. Lift tofu pieces with a spatula and place them on a griller rack. Cook under the grill for 2 to 3 minutes until vegetables are lightly cooked.

Egg Drop Soup

Ingredient

100 g (3 ½ oz)boneless, skinned chicken breast, cut in 2 x 4 cm )3/4 x 1 ½-in) strips
1 tablespoon sake
½ teaspoon salt
1 litre (4 cups) dashi
1 teaspoon light soy 2 eggs, beaten
180 ml (3/4 cup) water
8 thin, decorative slices carrot, blanched, for garnish

Cooking Direction

Mix chicken strips in a small bowl and with sake and ¼ teaspoon salt. Marinate for 5 to 10 minutes.
Heat dashi in a medium saucepan until boiling.
Add ¼ teaspoon salt, soy sauce and chicken to the dashi and cook for 1 minute.
Slowly pour 1/3 beaten egg into the soup whilst stirring constantly. When soup returns to the boil, add another 1/3 of the mixture, stirring constantly. Bring soup back to the boil, add the final amount of egg and, when all the egg ‘threads’ are formed, remove from the heat.
Ladle soup into 4 serving bowls and garnish with carrot. Serve immediately.

Movie: Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:34:00 +0000

Jodhaa-Akbar is an epic film released on February 15, 2008. It is directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles.

The film centers around the romance between the Muslim Mughal Emperor Akbar, played by Hrithik Roshan and his Hindu wife, Jodhabai, played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The music is composed by acclaimed music composer A. R. Rahman.

Synopsis

Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan). After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. This allegiance was not universal. Maharana Pratap and many other rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between rajputs who had given their daughters to the mughals and the ones who did not. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love.

The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.

Cast :

Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood, Punam S. Sinha, Raza Murad, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Suhasini Mulay, Ila Arun, Rajesh Vivek, Pramond Moutho, Surendha Pal, Visswa Badola, Pramatesh Mehta, Shaji Choudhary, Manava Naik, Disha Vakani, Abeer Abrar, Indrajit Sarkar, Aman Dhaliwal, Nikitin Dheer.

Crew:

Cinematographer: Kiran Deohans

Publicity Designer: Epigram

Story Writer: Haidar Ali

Costume Designer: Neeta Lulla

Sound Designer: Stephen Gomes

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker

Producer: Ashutosh Gowariker, Ronnie Screwvala

Production Designer: Nitin Desai

Banner: Ashutosh Gowariker Productions

Music

Music Director: A. R. Rahman

Playback Singer: Madhushree, Sonu Nigam, A. R. Rahman, Mohammad Aslam, Bela Shende, Javed Ali, Bonnie Chakraborty

Background Sound: A. R. Rahman

Lyricist: Javed Akhtar

Firewalk Training

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:20:00 +0000

This Training has aim to encourage people to have confident and dare to face their life. You need to focus on your goal, not on your obstacles so you can reach your goal faster and easier.

The feeling is important; if you focused on obstacles your feeling become weak and you are far away from your goal but if you focus on your goal your feeling become stronger and stronger and the way to reach your goal openly wide.

This training has been arranged by Pranala Magni Daya

Venue: Pusdiklat Kesos, Jl. Margaguna Raya I, Radio Dalam-Jakarta

Photograph taken by Wiwik W

Community Service of Pranala Magni Daya on Sept 14, 2008

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:19:00 +0000

Location at Sabilul Muttaqien Mosque

Let’s Fight!

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:08:00 +0000

The best thing you can do to change your life is to fight for yourself. What I mean by fighting for yourself is that you need to do things that ultimately help you in some way. Always watch for things that you can do that give you something positive.

Even if the walk is kind of short, or you miss a couple of days, it still counts in helping you out in the long run. Always remember that you will eventually get a reward for your hard effort.

It doesn't matter what the task is, as long as you keep in mind that you are doing it for you! If you need a job and you fill out an application every day, then you are giving yourself the best chance to get employed. If you want to quit smoking and you refuse to smoke on your smoke break just one time, then you are fighting for yourself. It doesn't matter what it is, but you have to decide to make the change.

The hardest part about fighting for yourself is doing things that you think are impossible for you. The trick here is to see if you can do a part of it or do it just one time. If you want to get in shape and think you couldn't do push ups, try doing just one of them. If you can do one then with practice and time you can do more.

Always be willing to do things you never did before. You will be surprised at what you can do and what talents you have. These other abilities may lead you in a different direction in life. It may be better for you in the long run to go in a new direction, especially if your current situation is not that great.

Nothing is going to happen in your life just because you want it to. You have to make things happen for you. You have to take the steps to get the chance at the things you want. Fighting for yourself means that you are making sure that you get that chance in life.

Story about My Orchid Flowers

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:45:00 +0000

Just waiting
For the blooming of yours
Never bloom
Even I take care of you

When I am not waiting
In the rain season
You bloom so beautifully
Coloring my garden

Then I am waiting
You are not bloom again
Again and again

I am not waiting
You bloom
I am waiting
You are not bloom

Then
I will not wait
Again and again

WW, 30.05.08

The Rain

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:59:00 +0000

When the rain coming
Wet my garden
Plant the seeds
My flower joy

It is raining
Falls to my roof
Like a guest knocking the door

It is raining
Clean my house from the dust
Breathe the warm wind

When the rain coming
I open the window to receive them
And feels its drizzling

It is raining
Falls in my garden
Bring secret happiness to my heart

WW, 02/05/08
20.11 pm

Today

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:03:00 +0000

Today is my strange day
my mind is going everywhere
my body doesn't fit
my heart is melting

may be, everyday is my strange day
may be, I am strange person
that feel everyday is strange day

may be just this day
I feel a strange day

16.03.08
at 11.25 pm

The Author of The Famous Five: Enid Blyton

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Enid Blyton is British writer who published over 600 children's or juvenile books during her 40-year career. Blyton's most famous series was The Famous Five. Its central characters were Julian, Dick, Anne, George, and the dog Timmy. Her works celebrated good food, spirit of comradeship, and honesty. By the 1980s, Blyton's books had sold some 60 million copies and had been translated into nearly seventy languages.

"Anne saw some cows pulling at the grass in a meadow as they passed. 'It must be awful to be a cow and eat nothing but tasteless grass,' she called to George. 'Think what a cow misses - never tastes an egg and lettuce sandwich, never eats a chocolate aclair, never has a boiled egg - and can't even drink a glass of ginger-beer! Poor cows!'" (from Five Get Into Trouble, 1949)

Enid Mary Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton (1870 – 1920), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary, née Harrison (1874 – 1950). There were two younger brothers, Hanly (b. 1899), and Carey (b. 1902), who were born after the family had moved to the nearby suburb of Beckenham. From 1907 to 1915, Blaydon was educated at St. Christopher’s School in Beckenham, where she excelled at her Endeavour, leaving as head girl. She enjoyed physical activities along with the academic work, but not maths.

From her earliest childhood, Blyton had been schooled in the belief that she would eventually be a musician. However, she had also started to write and send stories, articles, and poems to various periodicals. Although her family thought, that most of her writing was a waste of time, she remained undaunted. Her first published poem, entitled 'Have You-?' - appeared in Nash's Magazine (1917).

Blyton's first book, Child Whispers (1922), was a collection of verse. This twenty-four-page work was followed by Real Fairies: Poems (1923), Responsive Singing Games (1923), The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies (1924), Songs of Gladness (1924), The Zoo Book (1924), and other books published by J. Saville and Newnes.

Blyton, who was trained as a kindergarten teacher at Ipswich High School, opened her own infants' school. When the literary commitments increased, Blyton devoted herself entirely to writing. In 1926 Blyton took on the editing a new magazine for children, Sunny Stories. Her stories, plays, and songs for Teachers' World were received with enthusiasms. She also compiled a children's encyclopedia, but it was not until in the 1930s, when her stories started to attract a wider audience.

In 1924 Blyton married Hugh Pollock, an editor of the book department of George Newnes. When she visited a gynecologist, she was told that she had a much underdeveloped uterus, equivalent to that of a young girl. Enid and Hugh moved soon to Elfin Cottage, a newly built house in Shortlands Road, Beckenham, which Blyton eventually called her first "real home". In 1929 they moved to "Old Thatch", a large sixteenth-century cottage, close to the River Thames at Bourne End in Buckinghamshire. The house, that was to be associated with Blyton for the rest of her life, was Green Hedges. It was built of red brick with black and white half-timbered gables, and situated in Beaconsfield, a small town about twenty-five miles from London.

In the mid-1930s Blyton experienced a spiritual crisis, but she decided not to convert to Roman Catholicism, because she had felt it was "too constricting". Although she rarely attended church services, she saw that her two daughters were baptized into the Anglican faith and went to the local Sunday School. Blyton's first full-length children's adventure book, The Secret Island, was published in 1938. This fast-moving story, woven around familiar characters, led to such series as The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, the Adventure series, the Mystery series, and the 'Barney' Mystery books.

During World War II, when publishing was restricted, Blyton managed to get her works printed. In the following decades she ruled the field of juvenile literature. Blyton could write 10,000 words a day, which enabled her to keep up her prodigious output. In 1940 eleven books were published under her name, including The Secret of Spiggy Holes, which had appeared earlier in serial form in Sunny Stories, Twenty-Minute Tales and Tales of Betsy May, both collections of short stories, The Children of Cherry Tree Farm, and a story book annual for the News Chronicle. The remainder were brought out by George Newnes, who continued as Blyton's main publisher. Under the pseudonym Mary Pollock she wrote Three Boys and a Circus and Children of Kidillin.

Blyton's marriage ended in 1942. Next year she married Kenneth Darrell Waters, a middle-aged surgeon. An exploding shell at the Battle of Jutland during First World War had permanently impaired his hearing, but helped with a hearing aid, he could pick up Blyton's speech. He was also genuinely interested in her work and they shared many interests in common, including gardening. According to Duncan McClaren, Blyton ridiculed her first husband in the character of PC Goon, a bumbling policeman in the Mystery series.

In 1945 Blyton decided to wind up her column for Teachers' World. Seven years later she withdrew from Sunny Stories. In 1953 appeared the first edition of Enid Blyton Magazine. Regular news was given for sponsored clubs. The Famous Five Club originated through a series of book about the 'Famous Five'. After the publication of the first story in 1942 a new title followed each year. The main object of the magazine was to help the young spastic children and the special centre in London.

In 1949 appeared Little Noddy Goes to Toyland, a story of a little toy man, who always ends up in trouble and has to seek help from his Toyland friends. Its sales exceeded expectations. Other Noddy books of various sizes and types followed in rapid succession. The stories were illustrated by Van Der Beek who died suddenly in Holland in 1953. 'Noddy' became a household name, the subject of music hall jokes and sketches. and the series also produced a play and a film.

In the 1950s and 1960s Blyton was attacked by critics. Moreover, librarians imposed sanctions on her writings owing to the books' limited vocabulary. The main target for anti-Blytons was Noddy, "the most egocentric, joyless, snivelling and pious anti-hero in the history of British fiction", as he was once called. Rumours were spread, that she did not write all her own works. The "banning" did not last long and eventually Blyton's ability to encourage children to read was recognized generally. At the end of the 1990s, well over 300 Blyton titles were still in print, including editions of the Famous Five stories linked to the popular television serialization (1995) and modern adventure games, also based on the Famous Five series.

Enid Blyton Magazine was closed in 1959. In the early sixties the author found it increasingly difficult to concentrate to writing. Her husband died in 1967. During the months that followed, her own illness grew progressively worse. Blyton died in her sleep on November 28, 1968, in a Hampsted nursing home. Although her books have been criticized for racism, sexism, and snobbishness, they have always found new readers from new generations.

"She was a child, she thought as a child and she wrote as a child," has the psychologist Michael Woods summarized the secret of her writing.

The Creator of Detective Conan : GOSHO AOYAMA

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Gosho Aoyama is a manga artist and best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the USA, Canada, and the UK as Case Closed). I‘ve been curious to wait when Conan will find the formula to cure his body.

He was born on June 21, 1963 in Daiei, Tottori Prefecture, Japan as Yoshimasa Aoyama. Aoyama was a genius at drawing even when he was young. His painting of “Yukiai War” won a competition and displayed at the Tottori Daimaru Department Store when he was in Grade 1 (in elementary school).

After finishing high school at Ikuei High School, he studied to Nihon University College of Art in Tokyo. During his university years (winter 1986), Aoyama joined a comic contest for freshmen and won, which was a stepping-stone for his career as a manga artist (mangaka) and author, as well as a turning point for his life.

Aoyama's debut work was Chotto Mattete, published in the weekly magazine Shonen Sunday on winter 1987. Soon after that, Magic Kaito was published on the same magazine.

At the beginning of the 90's, another story done by Aoyama named Yaiba was out. This 24-volume manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1993. He won the Shogakukan Manga Award a second time in 2001, for Detective Conan. Other works were released as tankōbon included Third Basemen No. 4, Gosho Aoyama’s Collection of Short Stories, and Detective Conan.

On May 5, 2005, he married voice actress for Conan of the Detective Conan anime and also singer Minami Takayama, but they divorced on December 10, 2007.

Gosho Aoyama manga works

Wait a Minute(Chotto Mattete) (1987)
Aoyama's first manga story, published in Shonen Sunday. It's about a boy genius named Yutaka Takai, whose time machine jetpack sends his love interest through time for two years.

Yaiba (1988-1993)
Tells the adventures of the young samurai Yaiba Kurogane. It won a 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award and was adapted into a 51-episode anime series.

3rd Base 4th (Yonban Sādo) (1993)
A 1-volume baseball manga. It tells the story of a boy named Shigeo Nagashima, a mediocre baseball player on his high school team. One day, he buys a magical bat from a sporting goods store that allows him to hit every pitch. However, he has to pay the mysterious store for each pitch he hits.

Magic Kaito (Majikku Kaito) (1988-2007)
A 4-volume manga series (The fourth volume was released in February 2007, 13 years after the third volume) which tells the comical adventures of Kaitou Kid, a gentleman thief who often uses his skills in magic and disguise in every robbery he commits. Although the manga series is on pause, Kaitou Kid still appears regularly in Detective Conan.

Gosho Aoyama’s Collection of Short Stories

Various short works written over the years:

Play It Again (Play It Again)
Excalibur (Excalibur)
Santa Claus in the summer (Natsu no Santa Clau)
The detective George's job (Detective George's little little & great operations (Tantei Jooji no minimini daisakusen)
Wait a Minute (Chotto Mattete)
Shonen Sunday 19(talk) show "The wandering red butterfly" (Sunday 19(to-ku) show samayoeru akai chou)
Detective Conan or Case Closed (Meitantei Konan) - (1994-present)
Aoyama's most well-known creation, it tells the story of a genius high school detective who one day is turned into a young boy by mysterious men. While trying to track down these men, he often encounters complicated mysteries, most of which only he can solve.
Tell Me A Lie (Watashi ni Uso wo Tsuite) - (2007)
This is a one-shot manga about a girl named Terumi Arai (Arai Terumi), who can read people's minds when she looks them in the eyes.

Tips to be Happy

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:30:00 +0000

I have dream and I believe that a lot of people have dream too…it’s the desire for the all those in this world to be happy and loving toward each other. Because I believe at our very human foundation we are caring, giving, loving and happy people, we come into this world happy. We know the feeling of joy. It’s not hateful or fearful.

Others have spoken of it. We can see it drift through our culture in the form of songs and books. It’s quiet and it’s subtle.

We started from the song by Michael Jackson….”If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change…..

There’s a movement towards claiming ourselves, claiming our thoughts, feelings and actions as our own. Of taking back the reins of ownership, responsibility and consequential control that comes with ownership. We are starting to take that outstretched finger we have been pointing at every one else, and turning it back towards ourselves. Not in blame, but for answers.

Then David Leonhardt, also known as The Happy Guy says we can take steps to keep our spirits up and take control of our own well-being during times of uncertainty and crisis. There are hundreds of little habits that can help us feel happier and some are particularly useful during times of uncertainty.

These are top tips for keeping our spirits up in wartime and crisis:

Be Positive mind
This is very important attitude to take the next steps.

Smile at strangers and friends alike
A smile is an instant mood-booster, both for the person smiling and for everyone else around. When you smile at someone, you will likely elicit a smile back from her, her return smile helps you. Smiles on people around us put a comforting face on what might otherwise seem like a scary world.

Don’t play the ‘play-by-play’ game
It is important to keep abreast of how events are unfolding, but gluing yourself to war coverage is no recipe for happiness. The more war coverage we watch, the more we should watch something de-stressing.

Count blessings
Despite overwhelming events, people today enjoy more comforts, more things, more opportunity and more knowledge than ever before. Taking time to appreciate those things brings both comfort and a positive perspective.

Have faith
Have faith believe in God is a great comfort to people in times like these. Many people who do not practice a faith believe in God, and this is an ideal time to seek out one’s spiritual side.

Learn a new skill
Learning a new hobby or job skill adds excitement, a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of control.

Study history/ life experience
You don’t have to notice that history or life is full of wars, daily hardship and suppression, but is also full of wonder, perseverance, great deeds and recovery to give us hope even if events around us seem bleak at the moment, history shows that they will not always be that way.

Volunteer/help others
It gives us something to optimistic about and gives us a positive role to play. May be, volunteering at seniors home or food bank gives us back the power to make our world a better place.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others.

-Marianne Williamson, 1992, "a Return To Love"-

What is Happiness...?

noreply@blogger.com (W.W) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:03:00 +0000

For me, happiness and unhappiness is like two opposite sides that sometimes come almost together. This time is unhappy but the next time it could be feel happy, oh my God….it’s so crazy.

Until I come to the definition that happiness and unhappiness are just opposite sides of a judgment about our situation. If I judge my situation as bad for me, that’s unhappiness. If I judge a situation as good for me, that’s happiness.

Some people use to say “I feel good emotionally “to express of how happy they are. The other people use different terms to describe what feels good for them, it might be excitement, passion, fulfillment, freedom, feeling fully alive with inspiration and joy, peaceful, capable, hopeful, satisfied and comfortable feeling. What ever you say, it just feels damn good.

Supposedly, our natural state of being is to be happy.

Jennifer Hautman said when you remove all the uncomfortable emotions we humans can experience (and they are numerous), you're left with happiness. So it's easiest to define happiness by what it is not. There is list that defines what you feeling when you are not feeling happy…

sad
down
jealous
guilt
angry
self doubt
depressed
hateful
fearful
worried
unsatisfied
bored
grief
shame
discontent
anxious
annoyed
angry
irritated
stressed
upset

So what is about pleasure?

They look similar but actually not. Pleasure is enjoyment of outside stimuli. We might find pleasure in buying a new house or in going on vacation or having friends over for dinner, or …having sex, or etc….what you might enjoy experiencing. Pleasure requires external stimuli for us to experience it. Happiness does not

We can be doing something we normally experience as pleasurable but not be happy.
Happiness has more deep meaning. Happiness is a belief about yourself and born from the internal workings of our own minds.

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
- Abraham Lincoln