The toilets are located behind with no water supply. Those drums must be diesels.

Big lorrries in nepal are mostly TATA model.

Wherever you go, you will notice some sign where the usage of English is not correct. This sign at Nepal Airport must be a direct translation from the Nepalese language.

What the sign means is No Charge for Trolley Usage. The word complain should read as complaint.

Vegetable soup.

Mixed vege.

Fried Rice. Very delicious.

I cant remembered what is this dish.


I have not been doing much local food reviews as one of my 2008 New Year Resolution is to reduce weight and keep fit. As such, I will have cut down on foods and it is better to avoid some of the famous foods where we tend to overeat. :)

This picture taken inside the resort with a beatiful painting behind me.

English

Can you read these right the first time?

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse .
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present , he thought it
was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'

You lovers of the English language might enjoy this .

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.'

It's easy to understand
UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers
UP for election and why is it UP to
the secretary to write UP
a report ?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to
brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver,
we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP
the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix
UP the old car .. At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an
appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special ..

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because
it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning
but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP ,
look the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary,
it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP
to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it,
you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP
is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP ,
you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say i t is clearing UP .

When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP .
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it
UP , for now my time is UP, so............
Time to shut UP .....!

The entrance to the resort.


The breathtaking views of the Himalayan.









You can see almost the whole city of Kathmandu.





Green forest.



Bright sunshine.

Great place to have lunch in the open air.





When you visit Nepal, do not miss this resort.

And this are the Suzuki taxis. Imagine if you carry a big luggage!!!


Perodua Kelissa is exported to Nepal and it is been used as taxi too.

Look at this antique van still on the road.


And this van in quite a bad condition. It is difficult to maintain a good vehicle due to the pollution and poor road conditions.

Some of the Thangkas on display at the showroom.
More here.

Green Tara Thangka
Wheel of Life Thangka

Breaking News. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi declared a popular Hindu festival a public holiday for KL & Putrajaya at an MIC Gathering in Kuala Lumpur this evening.

Even though, we in Selangor have been enjoying Thaipusam as a Public Holiday, this move will be most welcome by KLites that did not enjoy this public holiday in the past.

The timing of the announcement point to an election very soon.

"But holiday is holiday and work is work, and we must make sure to work hard and vote hard," PM said, in a reference to general elections expected to be called soon.

Malaysia is one of the country which has the most public holidays. Are we aiming to be No. 1.?

Happy weekend. My friend send me this video which will let you have a good laugh. Enjoy.

TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

THREE. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

FOUR. When you say, 'I love you,' mean it.

FIVE.! When you say, 'I'm sorry,' look the person in the eye.

SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.

EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

TEN.. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

ELEVEN. Don't judge people by their relatives.

TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly..

THIRTEEN! .. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, 'Why do you want to know?'

FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

FIFTEEN. Say 'bless you' when you hear someone sneeze.

SIXTEEN. When you ! lose, don't lose the lesson.

SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R's:

My friend in US informed me that there is a new law which just took effect in California. To find out more, please read the below information.

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Cell phones - New Law
According to a proposed new law that would go into effect Jan 1, 2008 you will no longer be able to use a cell phone while driving unless you have a 'hands free' adapter. I went to Circuit City and they wanted $50 for a headset with a microphone for my cell phone. Having a friend in the cell phone business, I talked with him and was able to come up with an alternative, working through Office Depot.

These kits are compatible with any mobile phone and one size fits all. I paid him $0.08 each because he bought in quantity.

Then we tried it with Motorola, Sprint,
Verizon and Nokia units and they worked perfectly.

A photo is attached so scroll down & take a look and let me know if you want one. Also, forward this to anyone you know, who has a cell phone, and who may want one!




I can hear you laughing. I thought you could use a laugh. WE ALL NEED TO LAUGH MORE...... HAVE A GREAT DAY

We circumbulate the Stupa as many times as we can.

Atop Swayambhunath hill is another fascinating, though smaller and less visited temple. This is Shantipur, the 'Place of Peace', inside of which, in a secret, always locked, underground chamber lives the 8th century Tantric master Shantikar Acharya. Practising meditation techniques which have preserved his life for uncounted centuries, he is a great esoteric magician who has complete power over the weather. When the valley of Kathmandu is threatened by drought, the King of Nepal must enter the underground chamber to get a secret mandala from Shantikar. Soon after the mandala is brought outside and shown to the sky, rain begins to fall. Frescoes painted on the inside temple walls depict when last this occurred in 1658. The small temple has a powerful atmosphere; it is mysterious, stern and slightly ominous


Prayer wheel are all around the stupa.



The view from the top is breathtaking too.