Long weekend…

…for most of us except for Kellaz and yours truly who are working today though he got Monday off he said. Lucky you! Most of my siblings are away due to the long weekend, to where else? They left early evening yesterday for Miri and I sincerely wish them a pleasant trip. Myself? Well, the border is the last place one earth that I want to be at the moment. Hundreds of Bruneian residents would surely be border hopping as I type and lines and lines of sedans, SUVs and 4WDs plus the heat aren’t just my cup of tea, or coffee for that matter.

My sister asked to join her as I would be off tomorrow but I have tonnes to do with the top priority is to look for household furniture and stuff as my family and I prepare for our new home sweet home.

‘So,’ sis insisted, ‘buy in Miri!’

Hmm…nice thought but I went to Miri a couple of months ago and errmm…sorry, I prefer the designs here in Brunei though the former has far cheaper ones. Also, buy in Brunei and it will be good for Brunei’s economy (cheewaahhh). So, sorry sis, maybe next time…

So why the long weekend you asked? Because tomorrow is the 47th anniversary of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces and this year the celebration would be held at Lumut Camp. I have never been there and my other sister and hubby thought they would go tomorrow and spend their Saturday there. Their three-year old son, my nephew, is crazy about cars and guns and all things that are not sugar and spice, so yes, the military day would befit both son and dad. Boys would be boys, eh.

A brief history of RBAF (from its website):

The Royal Brunei Armed Forces was formed on the 31st May 1961. Known as ‘ASKAR MELAYU BRUNEI’, (‘BRUNEI MALAY REGIMENT’) it was honoured with the royal title on the 31st May 1965 when the word ‘DIRAJA’was added to the title. It was then known as ‘ASKAR MELAYU DIRAJA BRUNEI’, (‘ROYAL BRUNEI MALAY REGIMENT’). Since Independence Day on 1st January 1984, the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment is renamed as Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (‘ROYAL BRUNEI ARMED FORCES’).

Now please don’t ask me why RBAF’s day has been declared as a public holiday and not the Police Force or other organisation; maybe Mr Resourceful Brunei could help answer this please?

Nature and the human body

Have you ever noticed the similarities between nature and the human body which are all of God’s creation. Read on as there are connections between…

A sliced carrot looks like the human eye. The spiked lines look just like the human’s eye…and science has shown that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and functioned the eyes.

A tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is red and has four chambers. Research shows tomatoes are indeed the heart’s food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of a heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows that grapes are also profound to the heart and are also blood vitalising food.

A walnut looks like a little brain with the left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop over 3 dozen neurone-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.

Celery, bok choy and rhubarb look just like bones. These foods specifically target the bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods contain 23% sodium. If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet the body pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Now ladies take note – eggplant, avocados and pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female – they look just like these organs. Today’s research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers. And how profound is this? …. It takes exactly 9 months for an avocado to blossom to a ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male sterility. (Male – eat more figs)

Sweet potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries (and noticed the shapes)

Grapefruits, Oranges and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.

Onions look like body cells. Today’s research shows that onions help to clear waste materials from all of the body cells They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes.

Masya Allah.