Brian De Souza

Was walking home happily ^.^ after work from Newton MRT yesterday when one guy walked passed me and from the side of my eye.. I saw him glancing at me. Then he paused. It was a -.- to O.O!! reaction from him.

I turned to see who he is cos I could see him from the side of my eye mah.. then I went from ^.^ to O.O!!! as well.

Who was it? It wass...... BRIAN DE SOUZA!!! My polymate whom I have not seen.. since.. well.. tertiary graduation. We chat and I asked where he was heading to and he said 'Alliance Francaise [think maybe wrong spelling.. hahah but its the french school near my house]'. We chat and it was really nice seeing him after sooo long.

As we chat, I laughed and laughed cos this bloke, never change!! Still as hilarious and mischievious as ever!! We agree to meet up more often after exchanging numbers and I commented that he looked so weird without his braces!! (This is one guy, who will take out his retainers or braces and put it in his orange juice and drink his orange juice in front of all of us..cos according to him, it taste better without his retainers..) Brian's reply to my comment? 'More handsome now right?' *Cheeky grin from Brian* Hahaha.. it's good to know that somethings never change.. Good to have another ol'friend back.

My Preferred Sharp Nose

My Preferred Sharp Nose:

I have been quizzed by folks left right center lately, who know that I like sharp noses, what kind of sharp noses that will catch my eye. So here's my preferred sharp nose for your reference (wahahhaa..). By the way, I got this pic from the net and it already had the "I love U" on it.. not added on by me ok! Not obsessed. But then again.. here's another pic to further substantiate why his nose is nice! hehehe... okie.. so now u know.. no need to ask me what kind of sharp nose I prefer. Lol..

Celebration Dinner @The Tavern

(Front Row from left: Hui Boon, Sandi, Sherlene. Back Row from left: Me, Noelle, Joyce & Pann)

Us @The Tavern for the victory celebration of our DnD performance. Food @the tavern was to die for!! This was what was served:

1. Entire Roast Pig (soooo tender!)
2. Entire Roast Lamb (super tender!)
3. Roast Beef (Also veryyy tender!)
4. Baked Cod (This dish is mmMmMmmmmm.... *slurps!!*)
5. Squid Ink Pasta
6. Fresh Oysters (Er... dun know how to appreciate.. I'll pass)
7. Salmon Sashimi (Yummy)
8. Ratatouille (Southern French dish made of capscicums, zucchini, onions, peppers, tomatoes, mostly veg but real tasty for a carnivorous like me!)
9. Foie Gras (This is the ultimate dish!!!! It simply melts in your mouth and you would go MmmMMmHhhmMMm...yummmmm... at least I did! And its supposed to be really really expensive)
10. Ricotti (There was a tinge of wine in the rice and mushroom slices!!)
11. Dessert: Cream Custard
12. Dessert: Assortment of fruits
13. Dessert: Different kinds of cheeses and crackers.....
    

Special & Happy Occassion

Special & Happy Occassion

It's a very special and happy occassion today. I won't say much but just that seeing two people unite their hearts makes me tingle warmly all over. *Heartmelting scenario* All I can say is that a part of me has been fulfilled through the lives of others.

Also, it was good to see Justin after so long.. Justin couldn't recognise me at all. Oh well.. some things never change.lol..

Happy Birthday Patrick!!!

Patrick's birthday on Monday, 12th September 2005.
His team did up the balloons and hanged it beside his
workstation after sigining their birthday wishes on it.

So sweeeeeeeet right? Patrickrazzi & Priscarazzi...
Happy Birthday Patrick!! May all your wishes come true!!
*hugz!!*

More DnD Picsssss..

Okie, finished my HRD presentation today. Not too bad.. taking into consideration we didn't had time to rehearse not even one bit. Thanks to everyone out there who encouraged me and sent me your well wishes.

With HRD presentation over, I can take a short break and have decided to put up more pics of the DnD as some of you requested:

(Noelle in Orange, Sandi in Pink, Sherlene in black & white floral and me in yellow @ the hotel room getting ready for our performance.. and oh yes.. taking pics while getting ready.. lol)

(Me & Joel.. Joel was acting as a geeky auditor [check out the glasses] and see the prop heart we made? nice right? Me.. acting as cabaret or showgirl lor..)

Pic above are all the cabaret girls.. striking colours!! All made from scratch by Noelle and her mum who sewed the sequins and the silver beads on!! I made new friends!! They are Jingsi in light green, Sihan in dark green, Myself in yellow, Yenli in dark pink, noelle in orange and joyce in light pink) We are in the holding room before our performance and all striking a pose with one another.. (Noelle and Joyce are from the same dept. as me.. so the rest are my new friends)


WooOo... who's that hot mama in the middle of us? She is Yoke Ping, one of the senior management ppl who participated in the performance and she is really nice!! The role of us cabaret girls are to surround her and be her stage 'effects' ..lol..*Kisses for the audience!!*

A toast to us ladies after a splendid performance!! We were just so happy that we remembered all our steps and moves in our performance.. This is at the lobby of the ballroom of Swissotel.

Picture with our department head, a partner. (Joyce in Pink, Pok in farmer suit, Noelle in Orange, Me in Yellow and Gwen in Black.. all our performance attire.. yes.. Pok is performing too. Sporting of him isn't it?) We were all high from excitement of post performance while waiting for the results of which performance would win!!


The whole production crew.. and yes!! We're the winning team!! See the trophy right in the middle of the pic that Grahame is waving!! We are the champions....we are the champions!! Hehe.. All worth it..we had worked hard, we gave our best, we won and we gained lotsa friends too!!

After that, I changed back to my clothes and time to celebrate our victory!!!!

Lien and I with the 'V' pose while waiting to celebrate at New Asia.. Lien looked soOo pretty here!!!! Okok.. was trying to pout my lips to be 'kawaii' lol...

Sitting down.. waiting for the rest to pass the bouncers at New Asia.. so Noelle take a pic of me.. I love my red clutch by the way.. (it can also be used as a hand bag if I attach the straps.. so cool right? 2 in 1..I like..)

Party time!!! Inside New Asia... crazy snap of Pann (Our dept's hottie and Mr. Nice & Popular guy..everyone knows Pann.. heheh) the always photogenic Kate (not forgetting a very good photographer herself), Patrick (a.k.a Lil P, a.k.a Mr. Darlie Grin, a.k.a Patrico, and most recently I have called him "Patrickrazzi" cos he likes to take pics.. but he has retorted to call me "Priscarazzi" since I was in more pics of most events than him.. lol.. ) and of cos..last but not least... myself (a.k.a Prisca, Pris, Pris Tham, and to some is Princess, and to people like my boss is "Prissy" or Girly P, and lately.. Priscarazzi)

Luurrrve these ppl to bits!! That's all folks..that was DnD 2005 for me.

DnD 2005...

(It'ssss Showtime!! Left to right: Joyce in pink dress, Noelle in black, Joel in Cowboy, Me in Check skirt and Sandi in pink & white and black)

Bigger & Better than last year's DnD man!

Other than I was involved in a competition performance for our department and we WON! Overall, we had lots and lots of fun.. though it was tiring to rehearse for the performance during weekdays. But it's all worth it! SoOo going down in my memorial lane ..

Here are some pics.. You will see me changing to yellow when its about time for our performance.. and yeah.. makeup heavier also for stage purpose and also cos I am playing a cabaret showgirl.. (Think Chicago showgirl) ..

(Sandi, Myself and Noelle and I in Swissotel room getting ready for our performance downstairs)

I love the next pic!!!!

Okie, more pics to come.. but for now.. ms. showgirl's gota work on her school assignment. Ganbatte for me!!!

Seven Thing About Me

Seven Thing About Me:

Decided to do a an entry similar to Merv's but with some changes..hehe.. for the kick of it. Lol.. Checked "Me" out.. hahaha..

Seven things I like the most:

1. I cannot decide between sharp noses and sleep for number 1. so at this moment, its sleep

2. More Sleep

3. Sharp Noses (on males pls.. )

4. Not working on rainy days and having a cuppa coffee

5. Working on rainy days and having a cuppa coffee

6. Singapore & Europe & London

7. Roy Chiu & Aaron Kwok

Seven things I plan to do before I die:

1. Marry a sharp nose, nice guy

2. Marry a sharp nose, nice and rich guy (Okie, that's me dreaming..cos most rich guys are philanderers..[Don't I soO score for using such terms? lol...])

3. Do a vainpot pictorial of myself so that when my grandkids' friends attend my funeral, they will go "Fwah.. ur grandma so chio then!"

4. Ensure that I submit my assignments and projects that are due very soon..since they are now on my mind all the time!!

5. Eat all my fave. foods.. lol..

6. Travel to places that I've always wanted to go.. (Greece, Japan, Ibiza, Italy, France, Argentina, Turkey,etc.)

7. Spend quality time with everyone I love and cherish

Seven celeb crushes (What?! Only seven?! You must be kiddin!):

1. Shawn Yue (Cos he reminds me of someone..)

2. Aaron Kwok (I cannot believe that an Asian guy can look this close to perfection!)

3. Daniel Wu (He's got the sharp nose that is 'to-die for!!')

4. Roy Chiu (See Daniel Wu's reason above)

5. Brad Pitt

6. Jude Law

7. Leslie Cheung

Seven wishes/dreams of mine:

1. To be a travel host

2. To be a newscaster

3. To be Daniel Wu's wife!!!! (It's more like a fantasy alright?! heheh)

4. To go and have fun on all the fantastic rides in a six flags theme park with my friends and love one

5. To drive and own a luxury car (I think an audi TT is a luxury to me already for now.. or perhaps a BMW 6 series)

6. To have my own house in Canada or Europe

7. See number 1 again! hehehe..

Seven things you probably don't know about me:

1. I accidentally kicked a boy's crotch while playing with him on the school bus when I was in primary 3 (This is where the guys go... *OUCH*)

2. I copied in geography and mandarin tests in secondary school (So shoot me!!!! hehehe)

3. I used to hate being a woman in my younger days thanks to period. Now I like being a woman cos there are many times.. a woman can get away with just battering her eyelids, and periods are now good excuses to binge on chocolates and throw tantrums and the opposite sex have no idea why but to simply shut up and understand.

4. I hate lizards, snails, snakes, fishes, anything rubbery like or scaly like.

5. I watch cartoons to this day.. and do not plan to stop

6. I much prefer shy and quieter men .. (hehehe..cos I am extroverted.. if both extroverted.. who listen to who?) and its an added incentive if they have sharp nose and a good sense of humour. (Quieter doesn't mean cannot joke can!! Dun be silly, people!! hehe)

7. I do have violent tendencies every now and then in my head.. hahaha..especially when I encounter the following people:

-Boasting idiots with zero I.Q or E.Q

-Sluggards on my team

-Sluggards who know they are sluggards but thinks the world owes them a living on my team

-People with zero E.Q are worse than people with zero I.Q

-Dictators who tell me how to run MY blog and how to run MY life according to them (Let's see how they react when their mothers breathe down their necks and dictate running their lives. Perhaps some people enjoy that like Mama's boy or Daddy's girl.. but I certainly don't!)

-Boasting idiots who contradict their own boasting..(Okie I beta stop here before the list breaks into another blog entry..lol)

2-0, 2-0

I had a hectic day on Monday. I felt so "popular" when I logged onto my office email, had tons of "fan mail" from my "ardent expats".... SiGh!!! That's what happens when you are so "popular".

Was concentrating hard on some of the emails.... of late I realised that I have a lot of "high maintenance" expats.. who ask for the world.. when their company pays (I cannot say peanuts already thanks to TT Durai) .. okie lemme rephrase.. when their company is a scrooge.

Half way thru my work.. had to leave my desk for the upcoming D&D rehearsal. Yes... I am in it. Not telling you what role I play!!!

Anyway ... lemme fast forward to what's 2-0, 2-0.

This day is going to go down in my history. I am so gonna boast to my grandkids next time.. "hey your grandma, whipped some guy's ass in a pool competition!" haha.. but of cos.. seriously .. it was cos the Lord is with me. Went to the pool competition held at Marina Square Super Bowl. This is an annual CPA competition amongst the big 4 and other financial institutions and its my FIRST time playing in a serious competition, representing my firm!

We were practicing halfway when a group of men representing ?PMG (Need to protect name.. hahah) came and saw us gals playing. I was with Liz and Angie. And they just played amongst themselves and they were real GOOD. Soon, the representatives from the rest of the big 4 firms came.

Compeition started. There was 5 sets in 1 match. 1 match will have 5 different players. And each player is supposed to play 3 rounds and the winner would be the best of 2 rounds of cos!! Duh!! Hehe. Alex was representing my group first. I just got to know Alex from GFS .. nice chap.. cool guy. I didn't wanna watch the match at all as it made me even more nervous.. so I continued practicing with Liz and Angie. Angie was number 2 player and I was number 3. Liz was representing us but another team. When it was the girls turn to play, we found out that the nerdy yet SNOBBISH men from ?PMG REFUSES TO PLAY WITH US GIRLS!!! Oh those MCPS!! *grumbles* Why? Cos we are GIRLS!! The nerve of those snobs!! U pay me to play with them I would sooO think twice!! Reputation at stake!!

So anyway, we ended playing with the other 2 more gentlemanly firms *Applause goes to such gentlemanly local guys who are like a rare sight these days!!* and it turn out nice. When it was my turn, I was almost peeing in my pants (well actually I was wearing a skirt.. cos I didn't know it was the actual day of the competition) and butterflies in my stomach. Played with this guy called Adrian. I was thinking on my toes all the time. Snook him, how to play from here? What should I play? How should my facing be? But I decided to forget about all those and said "Lord, I dedicate this game to You".

Every time I played, I asked the Lord: "You with me? You with me?" I heard a firm "Yes, right beside you" in my heart and with each shot, I putted a ball. Though there were times I didn't pocketed a ball, the poor bloke, Adrian was errr.. nervous? I dun know.. cos I saw his fingers shaking.. Poor thing! I don't bite!! Hehe.. Anyway, the 1st round, we ended up fighting for black and he pocketed the black......... in the wrong pocket, so I won. Praise God! 2nd round, I kindof thrash him and I pocketed the black ball with a double shot. I saw the guys around me drop jaws.. I heard *gasps* I felt good.. and I told the Lord: "Yes!! Thank Youuuuuuuuu" So it was my first 2-0.

The next round, strangely... we had to play against my own company but another team..and I played with a very petite girl who was cute and steady. first round was a bit long for me.. cos she took some time to decide what she wanna play. But that's ok.. it gave me time to look around to see the rest of the people who were competing nearby. Anyway, I won Mohan (? think thats her name..) in the first round and in the second round.. I was consistent and pocketed 5 balls in a single shot (What did I tell ya about having the Lord with you? ;> ) and won 2-0. I won't come back for the 2nd round of pool.. cos I have got DnD rehearsals.. but it felt really good.. to play in competitve mode.. and a bunch of strangers.. oh yah and not forgetting a handful of snobs.

My Cyborg Name

I love it.. especially the last part.. skilled in .. "Logical Assassination" lol.

StUPiD OR WhAT?!

StUPiD OR WhAT?!

Was talking to Lien and HB today in the office.. well.. we needed a break..Mind you!


And somehow the conversation led to about this guy who replied in the newspaper (Don't ask me what newspaper and which article.. go find it yourself) about some article commenting on how vulnerable marriages are thesedays.


His reply was since marriages are so vulnerable these days.. and that women kindof always gain from the divorce (e.g. Divorce alimony for the wife, or in this case.. ex-wife) and he went on to comment without using much of his brains to say that:


"There should be some clauses in the marriage certificate or regulations to allow men to satisfy their sexual desires and urge.." (It gets better from here..) "And I know that by saying this, I MAY raise controversy".


When I heard that comment I was like O.O?!?! "Say what?!" I mean that's
unbelievable! Is he stupid or what?!?!!


Not that I am a feminist or anti-men or I like slamming such men down. (Note: I said SUCH men.. if you leave me comments in my blog later saying NOT ALL MEN ARE LIKE THAT!!! I will ask you to refer to the title of this blog entry - STUPID OR WHAT?!)


I mean c'mon, that fella sure wasn't thinking or exercising his brains when he said that!! He was probably thinking with his crotch or dick to be more precise, instead of his head! Like hello!! It's a no wonder people come up with terms like 'dickheads!!'


If that dickhead would only pause and think reaaally hard enough with whatever he
had for a brain.. why would he wanna say that? By saying that, he basically:


1. Doesn't understand the true meaning of marriage (Trust & Commitment?)

2. Shows he is a dickhead and is a MCP

3. Doesn't respect women and that includes his mother. If he does respect his mother.. he won't comment or even think of such absurd ideas..cos suppose his own Dad is not committed to his Mum in marriage and contracted some illness and terminal disease and pass it onto his Mum? And both dies and left him alone??? Use your BRAIN can?! Not your dick!

4. Doesn't know the meaning of equality in today's society (Note: DO NOT GET ME WRONG... I do agree to a certain extend that women and men are not equal especially in terms of brute strength.. but doesn't mean he can propose for such clauses.. women can't?) He probably thought with his dick that women these days won't follow what he do? PUHHH-LEEASEEE!!! Wake up to reality!!! Monkey see.. monkey do can!!! And doesn't he know hell have no scorn like a woman's fury? Stupid or What?!!

Dickheads like him should all be banished to a totally desserted Island call Survivor Shallow, where they "Out-ego, Out-stupid, Out-dick" the rest of the contending dickheads and never to set foot again on our shores. The world is small enough and we are already running out of resources and are stress enough with our daily lives.. we don't need stupid dickheads like these to further mess with our next generation!!

I Need An Outlet

It's 1.06am.. I need an outlet.. I need to blog.

Too little time

Too many things.. on my mind..

I need an outlet.. I need to blog!!

School work is killing me

Lecturers looked at our project.. and disagree..

I need an outlet.. I need to blog!!

Alot of school projects are soon to be due

I am researching on articles and infomation.. till I'm turning blue...

I need an outlet.. I need to blog!!

I laugh at anything now simply to destress

It may be silly but that's how I function and progress...

I need an outlet.. I need to blog!!

Somehow the Lord reassured me

That all is in good hands .. I just have to commit everything to thee...

I need an outlet badly.. and my outlet is the Lord!!

AMEN!!!

Things that make me go Uuurrgghh & Tsssk!!!

1. Slapping on moisturisers in the bathroom and finding out I have difficulty opening the bathroom door (UUrrggghhh!!)

2. Typing an intense email to be sent to a complaining client and was about to hit 'Send' when the powers in the office trip (Urrrgggghh!!)

3. Trying on a pair of nice cool sunglasses in the departmental store and there's a huge price tag dangling from the middle of the sunglasses when I checked myself in the mirror. (Tsssssk!!)

4. Being pushed and shovelled at by men and women in nice work attires at the MRT stations and as they push you to get to the other side to change train lines, they turn around and TSSSSK at me though they were the ones pushing me! (Uuurrgghh!)

5. Trying to pluck an annoying 'outstanding' white hair and ended up plucking a black one.. (Tsssssk!!) and the white one still standing there (UUrrgghh!)

6. Spotting a very cute guy on the train with the kindof sharp nose that is 'to-die-for!!' only to see him digging his nose later with his longer-than-mine fingernail of his last finger.. Eeeeyeeeww..(Uurrrggghh.. + puke)

7. Full time students in my lectures that sits in front, behind, to my left, to my right and all around me and my coursemates providing "surround sound" talking about Edison Chen, Shawn Yue, Andy Lau, non-stop. (Tsssk!!) AND worst of all, to be called by my lecturer to answer questions when I didn't even talk in class! (Uuurrgggh!)

8. Girls with super duper long hair standing closely in front of you, next second you know, their hair just practically slaps you in the face.. when they sweep it to one side.. (Tssssk!!!)

9. Copycats who copycat me from head to toe. Hello! I don't mind sharing fashion tips and stuff.. but not head to toe can!! I don't need a mini-me and am not prepared for a clone!! (Double uurrrggghh!)

10. Being called by lecturer in class to answer questions.. (I was paying full attention, mind you) and coursemates say lecturer's trend is that he likes to spot people who are brightly dressed and call upon them. Next lecture, I wear GREY & BLACK, again I was called. (Uuurrgghhh!)

11. Guys who filled the MRT cabin with their "Can Kill Girls (and elephants as well) With One Whiff Of This" cologne that smells really bad when mixed with their perspiration. (Sorry.. this is not uurrgghh nor tsssk... it's bleeehhhh...)

12. Guys who alight at their MRT destination but their "Can Kill Girls (again, not forgetting the elephants as well) With One Whiff Of This" cologne lingers on.. (Tsssk!)

13. Male van drivers who when their vans stop at traffic lights, wind down their windows to not only gawk but "Tssk tssking" at you to catch your attention. (UUrrgghh!!)

Powerful Engrish Scare Off Ang Mohs

Liz morning, come into office, I on computer & see one email from one smelly ang moh.

Liz smelly ang moh reply me and scold me left right center. She comprain how come the process suddenly change and why last tham also never lidat. Got changes to make her work better also she make so much noise. Over emale also can hear her scolding me with so many excramation marks. Siao. She think put more !!!! means I will do what she want? Wait long long. Somemore, I exprain to her in emale, in woice male, over telefon, she say ok, ok. Now shoot one emale and say me. So how? I reply la... Wan more tham I tell her in emale.. but then hor.. this tham hor.. I crever already.. I change style. I show her my powerful engrish..

"Dear OOOOO,

As you may already be aware, that we have receive specific instructions from your HQ that shippers have to send the necessary assignee's shipment details to you directly to streamline as well as expedite on the process. Henceforth, all assignee related shipment information would be sent to you directly from the shippers.

Let me know if this is unclear.

Best regards, "

Len hor this smerry ang moh reply veli fast leh. She say "Thank you very much, it's perfectly clear." Somemore hor.. she tell me "Thank you for your support as always and have a lovely day".

Fwah... I abit floating la.. then the head abit detached from my body .. I think she see the word "henceforth" she scared.. Think what? See my surname is cheena pok surname my engrish no good ar? Can chiek you ar.. dun play play...Not as good as many of you all out there la.. but den again .. not so bad also wat.

So the moral of the story is ar... U wanna tell people off.. tell them in super good engrish in a nice and polike pattern ... confirm at least 80per-cent ar.. U win ar!

Priorities

Priorities

Won't you come and have a good talk with me?

Pass a little moment by....

I'm your friend, your listener...

You're always busy..but won't you even try?

Won't you come and spend some time with me?

I'm waiting here for you day by day...

I want so much to get close to you

But you seem to push me far away...

Won't you hold my hand & follow me?

I want to guide you all the way...

It hurts to see you tired & struggling,

disappointed & even in dismay...

You need to know your priorities

What's important versus urgency...

You need to open up to me...

Just trust in me...I won't let go... this I guarantee.

This poem is dedicated to God. Telling me to spend more time with Him and in His presence. Work and final semester of school has caught up with me .. so much so that my priorities are kindof not aligned with Him. Lord, I miss You very much and I wanna re-aligned myself with you again.

Help me to prioritise You first and everything else in my life after You. I need to learn to trust that when I walk close and walk right with You, you're in charge and everything will always turn out fine.

British Museum - Lesson 2

Hello, welcome to the British Museum once again!

I hope the last lesson was educational for you or at least most of you.

Today's tour will include lil bit more of the Egypt sector and we'll move onto the next part of the museum which would be the Greek & Roman areas. Hopefully, you're excited to explore and know about the Greeks & Romans.. (Even if you're not.. frankly, I don't care!! haha.. it's my blog..)

Let's get on with Egypt.. as we last left off.. with a few mummies (see previous entry).. One of the visitors, Gab have posted a query if there were real mummies.

Here's a picture of what of a real mummy looks like... to be frank, after I snap this pic...I brisk walked away as fast as I can for the nearest less scary artefact.. (Yeah, I know.. I'm a cowardly chicken.. but I'm a gal!!!! I have every right to be that! :P)So, I'll leave it to you to guess if it was real.



Perhaps the reflection and the size of the fonts aren't favourable to your eyes. Basically, it's stated here that they used a CAT Scan to provide clear images of what lies beneath those wrappings. The left CAT Scan features a mummy of a young man. They determined this man died during late adolescence (what a pity!) as
the skeleton is in good condition and developmental state of the long bones indicates he is of late adolescence stage. Interesting!!



Below is a picture detailing how mummification process is done. 6 stages in all as depicted in the pic.

Stage 1 - Wrapping (1st Pic on left colummn): As soon as possible after death, the body will be taken to the Tent of Purification, located to the banks of the Nile (yuck.. and people bath at the nile? gross out..) and was washed in a solution of Natron (Click here for definition & uses of Natron)

Stage 2 - Removal of internal organs (1st Pic on right colummn): The brain is extracted via the nose using a metal rod. A stone knife was used to make an incision in the left flank of the body, through which *gulps* the organs of the chest and abdomen, except the heart, were removed. Organs are separately removed.

Stage 3 - Drying (2nd Pic on left colummn): The chest and abdominal cavities were packed with bags of natron to absorb fluids. Natron was packed around, beneath, on top of the body and it would be covered for about 40 days.

Stage 4 - Packing (2nd Pic on right colummn): The skull was often plugged with linen or filled with Resin (Click here for a definition & uses of Resin ). And the chest cavity would usually be packed with woodshavings (*ouch*ouch*), linen, earth or sometimes Lichen (Click here for definition & uses of Lichen)Sand, linen or mud was inserted under the skin to restore substance to the features.

Stage 5 - Anoiting (3rd Pic on left colummn): The skin was coated with liquid plant resin to exclude moisture from the body.

Final Stage - Wrapping (3rd Pic on right colummn): Pic speaks for itself.



Okie, enough mummies for now... let's do move on to know more about the Greeks, shall we?

The mosaic below, found in a Roman house at Old Paphos in 2nd century AD (Wow!! Amazing how they kept it so intact & well till now), illustrates a Greek legand of Leda & the Swan. Legend has it that Zeus (a renowned Greek cassanova kindof god) turned himself into a swan to get near to Leda when she was bathing in the river Eurotas. As a result of their union, Leda laid 2 eggs (yes..eggs..) out of which came twin sons (the Dioscuroi) & Helen of Troy (thought they said sons??Anyway..) who of cos attracted Paris and provoked the legendary Trojan War.



Arhhh.... As you can see from the picture below, is a statue of a bearded man (Duh! Pris!! Yes.. Yes.. I heard you). This is a Colossal limestone statue to be precise. It's made in Cyprus at around 500-480 B.C, from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idallion. Only the upper part of the statue survives, dressed in typical Greek fashion, truly Cypriot like in his hairstyle & beard and his almost big size suggests he could be a priest of Apollo or a prominent worshipper.




Picture below shows 2 terracota foot...used to contain scents by the Greeks. Innovative! (But how come not shaped like noses instead of feet? since its for scent?) hehehe..



Look at this magnificent artefact. What is it? Well, it is a.... (any guesses?) coffin. This is a very elaborate coffin. The information for this coffin is also too elaborate.. I shan't type it out but you can read more about it from the picture just below this coffin.





This is a shield used during war ... wow... *speechless* that is like the trumpet they blow during war times..


Proceeding to the next room in the museum, you can tell from the sign what room we are about to enter:



The first thing that greets you in this room is:



Who's head is this you asked? Check it out for yourself:



The next thing you're about to see reveals that ancient people are quite innovative and romantic as well. (More so than the people today I believe...)



If you would bring yourself closer to the picture above, you would be able to see that there is a figure of a woman on the ring.

Here's the information about the ring:



This however, is something rather like a brooch. It is intricately designed.



What issit for? It is used like sort of a medal or 'ribbon' to honour women in the imperial family as further explained below:



As you know that the British Museum houses many artefacts, I will not be covering all of it in this tour (Well, basically cos your tour is free la.. hahaha...& besides, it's tedious to re-size pics, upload them on the web, and post them here and explain leh!! U guys better appreciate it.. if not your heads will roll!! :) )

Next on the list is this room:



Look at this exquisite jewellry. I love it!!!! It's like sooo simple, yet elegant..



And... this is truly what I call... an everlasting piece of fashion!! Check out the history!!



Being your girly guide, I shall show you this ring which I felt it's romantic & sweet... anyone wants to do something like this for your wedding bands? Lol.



You're almost reaching the last part of this (free) tour now.. bear with me for just lil bit more and you will be amazed at how porcelain can look this good even when matt.

Yes, as I mentioned... next is about porcelain...(I can see alot of you folks starting to yawn... Awww.. C'mon.. dun be a spoilsport... porcelain is not that bad!! trust me!)



Isn't it beautiful? Black vases contrasting with white designs? Lovely...

What you see is really what you think it is. An almost life-like (esp the snake) porcelain plate used for serving. I dun think I personally want to eat from this plate. Gives me the impression it will start moving. Though I must say it is grand.



Another plate but this is much cuter ... read the info and I think it's such a cute wedding gift!





As for the next few porcelains and artefacts, your guide here is gonna slack and make you read through the information yourself yeah? :) Be good! Reading is good for your brain.. it helps to keep it young and succulent.. oops.. did I say succulent? I dun mean to sound like hannibal lector. I meant to say smart.






THIS!!!! My fellow readers, is my favourite of all...... I dun know why I simply lovvvvvvvve this piece. It's soooo... I dun know... just love it. Thanks to Khanh that helped me locate it in the British Museum.. if not I wouldnt be able to locate it and appreciate it.



This is truly beautiful... to me at least..
What issit? Read on..



Maybe its my fascination with Greek mythologies thats why I like it... but other than that.. I (yes I repeat) think it's... (everybody repeat after me) BEAU-TI-FUuULL!!

Alright, folks..follow me down to Level 1 of the museum...



Now now folks... please keep up... this is the last of the museum tour that I will be showing you already.. anyone else lagging behind? (Btw.. fwah.. that guy's shoes sure can glitter!!)



This is the last part of our tour ... the statue on the wall is a typical Assyrian statue. Doesn't it remind you of epic movies like 'Clash of the Titans?' Or erm.. 'Jason and the Argonauts?' or erm.. 'Sinbad' or erm.. 'Cleopatra?' or even of those 'Lord of the Rings' kind of movies?



Well, that's it for today now folks. Thank you for your patience and once more I hope your knowledge has been enhanced by the free blog tour of the British Museum. If not, I really dn't know what I can say to you either..hahaha..kiddin.

Have a lovely weekend all. Cheerios!

British Museum - Lesson 1

Welcome to the British Museum



I'll be your guide for today (Sorry, you don't have much of a choice)



Our tour today will be about the Egyptians and their neighbouring countries...

You would have to climb this nice flight of steps to reach the Egyptian exhibit. Please do not stop to take pics as we would want to avoid crowds today.. the Egyptian exhibit is popular with the crowd.




To your right, you would be able to see a chic cafe or eatery ... but please do not be distracted and pause here.. we'll come back here later after the tour (riiiight... as if...haha)



As you are about to enter the Egyptian area of the museum, look at what is hanging above the entrance...



Here's the information about the panel hanging above the entrance...



Walking further to our Eyptian sector of the museum, you would be able to see the Phoenician Coffin below of the 5th Century B.C. This white marble anthropoid coffin shows a male head wearing an Egyptian style headdress. Coffins of the Graeco-Egyptian type have been found in large numbers at the Phoenician city of Sidon, but examples are also known from Cyprus, Sicily and Gades (Cadiz).



Moving on ... to the center of the room you would be able to view the granite head of a 19th Dynasty Pharaoh. The granite head is wearing a royal headdress which depicts a new kingdom pharaoh, possibly Ramses II.



The next head you see here is a basalt head of an Ammonite King (during the Iron Age II, 8th Century B.C, from Amman). It is wearing an Egyptian style headdress and was found in the Zarqa river bed of Amman. It's one of a number of pieces that are similar in their designs that were recovered from the region of Amman and which seem to represent a local school of free-standing sculpture. The piece is thought to depict a king or possibly a god.



And the from the picture below, you can see ammonite face potteries made of granite.



Next, will give you 'insight' to how the insides of an Egyptian coffin looks like:



Ever wondered how an Egyptian harp looks like? Check this out:



Does it fit your imagination closely? Well, good on ya if it does!

Further down the Egyptian room, you will be able to find many fragments of Egyptian scrolls and one of them can be seen from the picture below:



Before you read the words, look at the sculpture in the picture below.... notice that the sculpture has got big ears as compared to the one above (e.g. Ramses II.), there is a symbolic meaning... read the information in the picture!!! (hahaha.. no spoon-feeding.. if it's 2 small u can let me know..I'll run that with you on a personal level..)



The 'Gayer-Anderson' Cat...



To know more about this cat... read on...(too long to type here... ur guide is lazy.. sorry..heheh)



These are the linen clothe and some items used for mummification:



Look at the intricate design of the coffin. This coffin is for males.. See the coffin head.. portraying a male figure.



And the female coffins:



Riight... okie, enough of coffins for now (Shudder..shudder) as it is 1147pm currently, ur lazy guide here is about to knock off for bed already... so we'll continue our next exploration lesson of the British Museum yah?

Hope you learn something new today...