The funniest or the most nauseous ???

I received this forwarded email.I think this is the most hilarious wedding invitation I have ever seen. At the same time some questions came to my mind.

<1>Is it modernisation or exaggeration?

<2>Is it immatureness of such people?

<3>Do those people need to realise that we all are now living in 21st century of extremely globalisation era and it doesn't need to be proud of marrying?

<4>Do parents need to pay a respect to their children during a wedding occasion in Burmese culture although respecting to each other regardless of age is a sort of civilized manner?

<5>Do we normally write this sort of invitation in modern Burma?

<6>Should we say people achieved BE, MBBS, BA(economics) and so on from Burma, working in Singapore,UK and across the world in their professional fields doesn't meet world standard education?

Updated on 19/02/2009
Surfing across the world wide web, I just learnt that above wedding letter has been pretty popular. I must admit I felt nauseated. But now I think it is a bit funny. At the same time, I am thinking there must be a reason/ reasons behind it what I don't know. Some people criticised about marrying other people. For me, not. No point to do so. OK, I will update later again.

Sky sports said Nadal clebrates 'special' win

"clebrtes"

I spotted that word on google news page, wondering if it is a new vocabulary. So I clicked the link, showing me that Nadal won in the Australian Open after beating Roger Ferder.

It is obvious that people have been 100% relying on auto spelling checkers which is not normally work in the title box. In fact, it is the rare incident for a commerial medium like Sky.com. So I just recorded on my blog.

Heavy snow

According to the news, Britain has been braced for most wide spread snow storm in 18 years. Wind from Russia heading to British isle means destruction of the majority of travels across the country today.

Update 12:11 PM
More snow falling now. I can't use my car so far. Too mush slipery road surface.

Today East London


Nearyby park



Christmas trees?





No bus service today. Many tube services delayed. London city airport shut. South east train disrupted.

Revolutionary Road

Today, I am free before doing 4 night on-call which is a hell to me. I went to nearby Vue to watch a film. Basically I am not a movie fan. But I enjoy quality films. I prefer to watch at home where I set up 37 LCD with a surround system. I don't support poor quality download movie or pirated DVDs that Chinese-look people normally sell on the street in East London town centres. What happened last time was I had a chance to watch Mama Mia together with my friend in his place. I don't know from where he got that DVD. But it was very poor resolution and terrible sound quality. As a result, I felt tasteless on such a fantastic movie and went back in half show. Since then, I never try DVD if I don't buy properly from the shop.

At O2 Vue, I chose Revolutionary Road starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo as I heard on TV that she won Golden Globe award recently for her role in it.

Here is the breif story available on Wiki

Set in 1955, Frank (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) move to Revolutionary Road in a Connecticut suburb, and have a daughter and a son.

April is an aspiring but unsuccessful actress who is dissatisfied with her life as a suburban housewife. Frank despises his dull job at Knox Business Machines. From time to time they have bitter arguments. Frank has sex with a young secretary from the office in celebration of his 30th birthday.

April proposes a move to Paris to make their lives more exciting; she will have a job (she heard that secretaries of government agencies are paid well), while Frank can figure out what he really wants in life and start doing that. Frank agrees, and they tell colleagues and friends, who react politely, but find the idea rather immature.

In the meantime, Frank is offered a promotion, and April gets pregnant. April wants to have an abortion and has bought a device to do that herself; it is safe up to pregnancies of 12 weeks. Franks is against that, and emphasizes that there are still two weeks time to think about it.

They are friends with local realtor Helen and her husband Howard. They visit them sometimes with their son John Givings, who stays in a mental institution; he was a mathematician, but as a side effect of 37 electroshocks he forgot everything of it. He has no inhibitions to ask Frank and April direct questions and tell them his explicit opinions about the dull life in this town and about their marriage, to Helen's embarrassment. First Frank and April agree with John, but later Frank gets angry, after which John says that he feels sorry for them and their unborn baby. During an argument Frank tells April he wished she had had the abortion.

The emigration is cancelled. Later April has sex with neighbor and Frank's friend Shep Campbell. While Frank thinks the abortion is cancelled too, April carries it out in too late a stage of the pregnancy, and she dies. Frank moves away with the children. Helen talks negatively about the couple to Howard, but he turns his hearing aid off.

If you watch the movie, you will discover it is much more than that. There is a something nasty going on at the background.

Where are you from?

"Where are you from?"

I think this question is normal for the immigrants in Britain, whose look and whose English accent are different from natives. I have worked across the England, from London, Cambridge area, Norfolk, mid land to Yorkshire and Dorset. In London, most people don't care or don't have time to ask that question in first instance. But I was normally introduced with it especially in small towns where I also experienced a couple of people would stare at me as an alien in the town centre.

Ok, what I am trying to say is that I am a British citizen. I am a British tax payer. My pay slip shows PAYE (Pay as you earn) is over £1000 every month. I enjoy British breakfast. Fish and chip is my fav as well. (one time, someone from Norfolk asked me what kind of food I eat). I can drive in most parts of London very well while I have no more confidence to drive in Yangon. England has been my home.

But that question "Where are you from?" desperately reminds me my old country Burma (Myanmar) . In fact, I was raised in Burma. I was educated in Burma. I learnt medicine from Burmese patients in my early career as a doctor. What have I returned to them? What have I paid back to my old country? Are my old teachers still alive. Have I helped the world's poorest elderly from my home town in Burma? These are questions which come to my mind once someone asks me "Where are you from?".

Samsung U600 : user friendly or not?

Nowadays, with the advances in technology, incredible electronic devices are available in the market. Sometime, some people including me find it difficult to cope with those stuffs. A couple of days ago, I bought Samsung U600 from Car Phoneware house. It is stunning in look. Very thin and light. Black and Gold colour. 3.2 mega px camera phone with many advanced features. Moreover, it is not locked to any line, so working with any SIM cards.

My problem started on Day 1. It has 4 touch buttons in addition to normal press buttons. These are quite sensitive even though there are 3 levels of sensitivity you can choose. So whenever I opened this slide phone, part of my finger was on one touch button. As a result, recent call list came up. With a further subtle movement, my phone had already been ringing the last contact I made a call. It happened several times in my 48 hours use. When I tried to stop it, I had to unlock first by pressing the middle circular button. So just after 48 hours of use, you may check below. I broke it into pieces simply. I have no time to go back to shop to return or to exchange. Anyway, now I am in piece of mind. :)

I adopt a polar bear, will you?

I must say I am an animal lover. In most occasions, I feel they are much more innocent than human beings. I am normally upset when I see animals are suffering. Lately an advert on Sky attracted me. It was about to adopt a polar bear for only £3 a month. So I did check their website WWF. It is interesting and the amount of money is affordable for me. So I decided to donate £3 a month for these amazing creatures.

Basically, I have an old noodle bowl into which I put the 1P and 2p change after coming back from shopping. When it is nearly full, I go to supermarket where coin star machines exist. It counts automatically and I choose the instruction to donate for UNICEF and WWF in nearly equal amount. It is my regular thing. Cash amount is not too much, maybe £ 6-7 in total. But I think something is better than nothing.

Adopting an endangered animal is one of the best ways to protect it, and the whole species. You'll be providing help to an animal in great danger of extinction, and making a connection that lasts.

You can adopt from as little as £3 a month and we'll send you an animal adoption pack which includes:

• A gorgeous soft toy of your animal
• A fact booklet about your adopted species
• A print of your adopted animal
• A greetings card
• WWF's tips on reducing your own environmental impact
• 3 issues of Insight magazine, with updates on your adopted species

Please visit WWF @ http://www.wwf.org.uk/index.cfm

Thank you for adopting the

Thank you so much for adopting the for £3 per month. With your help we can continue to protect s and their habitats. Your donation will also help fund other essential WWF conservation work around the world. We'll send the adoption pack within 3 working days but please allow up to 10 working days for delivery to your specified address. This pack contains a personalised adoption certificate, a print of the animal and a soft toy. It will also include a fascinating fact booklet about the adopted species, practical tips on how to live a 'greener' lifestyle, a greetings card and WWF screensavers.

We will also send you a copy of Insight within the next few months, to keep you up to date on the work that WWF is doing to protect s and other conservation projects. Insight will be sent out three times a year.

Would you like to adopt another animal?

Have you considered becoming a member of WWF?

Worried about your impact on the environment? The way we use the planet's resources makes up our ecological footprint. Measuring yours takes less than five minutes and could set you on a life-changing journey. Try our Footprint Calculator

If you have any queries about your new WWF adoption, please contact our hotline on +44 (0)1483 426333 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm) or e-mail supporterrelations@wwf.org.uk quoting this reference number: W000162-169-080809.

My wishes

H ours of happy times with friends and family
A bundant time for relaxation
P rosperity
P lenty of love when you need it the most
Y outhful excitement at lifes simple pleasures

N ights of restful slumber (you know - dont' worry be happy)
E verything you need
W ishing you love and light

Y ears and years of good health
E njoyment and mirth
A angels to watch over you
R embrances of a happy years!

~ Author Unknown to me ~

My wishes especially go to

Khine, Nik, Becky, Joan, Delanne, Mitchelle, Elaine, Salar, Sumi, Gemma, Saund, May, KOM and Ma Mi

World's CCTV capital

Today is Boxing day, so most shops are closed. But a few shops are trying to clear unsold items with so-called discount prices. For example, I bought a pair of discount shoes (£55) from Jones bootmaker. It's original price was £85. In fact, people are talking about Boxing day discounts much more than actually it happens.

Well, today I popped in Canary Wharf which is business and shopping complex in East London area and bought above shoes. I took a couple of photos as my hobby.



You may notice a CCTV in the photo. The news papers claimed that everyday, average Londoners are filmed by CCTVs for over 200 times on the street, on the bus, on the tube, in the stores and so on. In public places, your activities may be recorded from different angles all the time as millions of CCTVs are working 24/7 across the UK. If you parked your car on the double yellow lines or restricted area, nobody does not seem to be care. You would be happy as no police man and no traffic warden disturbed you. But you will get a £60 penalty notice in next few days. You car has been framed by local council CCTV. Definitely.

So a lobby of people have a concern about a matter of privacy issue. But the number of CCTVs has been increasing all the time across Britain, especially after 7/7 terrorist attack in London. Since then, all London buses have got CCTVs. In fact, I also fixed a couple of hidden security cameras at my place. One is for my car and one is for the main door. But these are not CCTV. I record only when I need.


This is the view from Poplar rail station. HSBC tower, Bank of America building and Canary Wharf tower. I just took this photo in time before ?changing ownership after credit crunch. In fact, whoever the ownership is, those buildings sprang up by means of British tax payer's money, I think.


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Moved to a new place

Lately, I moved to south west England from West Yorkshire. It is Dorset. For me, I haven't got a chance to explore it. Struggling with new job, new environment and new people. Everything is different here. Many doctors start working from 8:30 AM till 6-7 PM. (9-5 is normal working hours if we don't have any on-call duty).

Basically, I can live in Yorkshire while working in a very friendly and flexible atmosphere. But after sometime, I felt really bored. So started checking to move somewhere else. I found this post which is really exciting. Chest medicine. So I applied and attended an interview. I was offered the post. I took it. As a consequence, the tiring business starts running despite salary is only £1000 different a year. But it is only 130 miles away from London, my fav place.





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Some thing about Dorset