Why Does the World Love Susan Boyle?

Susan Boyle's Youtube video of her performance just registered 19,698,676 hits as i am writing. She was jeered, as we remember, but 6 seconds into the song, her dream came true and the audience gave her the due respect - another ugly duckling being transformed. Of course, if anyone follows Britain's Got Talent, one would remember Paul Potts and even before that, then 6-year-old Connie Talbot.

All these success stories fuelled votes for the participants and provided fodder for parents, teachers, corporate trainers and those in the business of providing instant jabs in the arms of the world who is hungry for inspiration and for some sunshine in this gloomy global scenario.

Why is the world hankering for such personalities? Here's my perspective:


1. It's the classic ugly-duckling-to-beautiful-swan story. Happy ending we all love. Especially during a bleak, pessimistic, belt-tightening economic crisis.

2. It's the Slumdog story, reprised: A church-worker; a car-handphone salesman, and the likes - didn't have the good looks but have substance and content. A treasure found; the world rejoices.

3. The world needs success stories now. Period.




Miss Pig the Ballet Dancer and Rose - made entirely from Jumping Clay

H1N1 Flu Virus Readiness Test

Newspapers reported today of masks and thermometers flying off the shelves. In societies with a high level of civic-mindedness, as we have discovered during the SARS Crisis, the people who have the flu bug would go out in masks to prevent the spread of germs to other people.

In the midst of the watching the global alert levels rising, there is no need for undue panic. Just remember that experience is a good teacher - diligently carry out precautionary measures put in place. Most of all, practise good hygiene habits.

How far can your germs travel airborne? There's a fun and educational online game which is excellent for reminding ourselves, when we are quarantined or safe in our home's haven, that a sneeze travels very far indeed. Who says you must look serious during this period? Rather than guessing, why not learn something educational? Click on SNEEZE!

Stop Swine Flu Help to prevent the spread of the swine flu by catching your sneezes with a tissue.

Play this free game now!!

TAKE ME HOME !

Hi people, for a limited time, the 100% handmade items posted here are on sale. Bring them home! All items come with acrylic or plastic case - great as gifts! Self-collect or by package mail(local), drop me an email or enquiry at the chat window right below this page.


Top left: Oreo keychain ($4.50)/ Teddy Bear keychain ($7.50) / Hamburger keychain (5.50)


Top Right: 3 Green Frogs in 3 Classical Poses ($20 - plus a message)







Bottom Left: Piggy in Candy Heaven ($15 - without plastic case)(with crocodile clip+$1)
Bottom Centre: Shihtzu ($5)/ schnauzer ($6)
Bottom Right: Oscar ($15 - without plastic case)()(with crocodile clip+$1)

So, is it just Strawberries???

So, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, Did you get it? Let's check the answer...but wait, not so fast. I'll give you a very clear hint: It's the favourite of Piglet...it's an






ACORN !!!

Look Who's Gatecrashed the Party !!!

"HEY! Look's who's here!" Exclaimed Eeyore. "It's Oscar!"
"I don't mean to be rude Oscar, but this is Pooh Bear and Company," explained Pooh.
"You mean you came all the way from Sesame Street?" Eeyore asked, surprised.
Oscar looked, wide-eyed at the amazed company sitting on the nice checked picnic mat, getting ready for a nice afternoon tea, and exclaimed: " Well i smelled such a sweet smell of strawberries and...and.. something else, that i smelled all the way here!"
"What do you mean, something else? I can only see a bowl of big and sweet Californian strawberries," insisted Pooh.
"Yes, Oscar, I see nothing but strawberries," Eeyore said, very surprised.
"Oh, Yesiree, i can!" Oscar exclaimed.

Children and Ladies and Gentlemen, What do you see? Only Strawberries? Or something else? You can go back to the previous blogs to check.

Here comes PIGLET!

Piglet is a fictional character from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh books. Piglet is a baby pig who is the best friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Despite the fact that he is a "Very Small Animal" with a generally timid disposition, he often conquers his fears and seems to want to be brave.

Like most of the Pooh characters, Piglet was based on one of Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed animals. In the original color versions of Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations in the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Piglet has pale pink skin and a green jumper. He is the second shortest of the animals, with only Roo being slightly smaller (although they are close enough in size that Kanga cannot tell the difference when Piglet jumps in her pouch instead of Roo). His voice is described as "squeaky".

Take some time to watch a little Pooh Clip here:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piglet_(Winnie-the-Pooh)

The Next Guest ~ POOH BEAR!!!

Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children’s verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.



The hyphens in the character's name were later dropped when The Walt Disney Company adapted the Pooh stories into a series of Winnie the Pooh featurettes that became one of the company's most successful franchises worldwide.

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, notably including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the first foreign-language book to be featured on the New York Times Best Seller List, and is the only book in Latin ever to have been featured therein.

WHO WILL BE THE NEXT GUEST?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh