Saint Valentine Story
by. Dolvin ≈ February 12, 2008 |
 Ancient Rome was not a thriving city with all amenities as it is today. When Rome was founded, there was wilderness all around and the dense jungles were natural habitats of fierce wild animals. One animal that particularly should be mentioned in this context is the wolf. Countryside, in the infant city of Rome, abounded with fierce wolves who made mince meat of any human daring to enter their territory. But the Romans had Lupercus who looked after the poor innocent shepherds and their flocks of sheep. So to honor the God who does so much for them all through the year, ancients Romans celebrated Lupercalia in mid February. There was a great feast and young people mixed freely with each other in the hopes of getting a suitable bride or groom for themselves. Therefore the association of spring and love in the minds of mankind sprung in the pagan days. Gradually with the passage of time and advent of a Christian society, love took on another dimension and meaning. If Lupercalia encouraged eroticism, then Valentine celebration is about more tender higher love which glorifies in sacrifices. There are many versions of Saint Valentine story and it is easy to get confused. There were at three Saint Valentines who may have or may not have anything to do with love. But the most accepted Saint Valentine story is about an ancient priest, St. Valentine.
He was chaste himself but that did not make him shun those who gave in to the most common failing (if it can be so called) of the human mind, love. Emperor Claudius II decreed that no young men should marry, as he realized that marriage and families made them reluctant to join the army. But how can the society move forward with so many unmarried people teeming with resentment and frustration?
St. Valentine performed secret marriage ceremonies in dungeons and other obscure places, with only the bride and groom apart from the priest present. Such activity obviously endeared him to the youth of the society, but the blow fell with Claudius coming to know of this practice. He was imprisoned before being beheaded on 14th February. There is a very tender story regarding the death of St. Valentine. The jailor’s daughter apparently fell in love with him and visited him everyday in jail. She was cured of her blindness by the saint, but whom destiny had decided to part, what can any mortal do? The bereft girl received a message from him signed “from your Valentine”, on the eve of his death. |
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Food Symbolism in Chinese New Year
by. Dolvin ≈ February 5, 2008 |
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2 days left before Chinese New Year 2008.. hoho.. ^^
Hmm... Chinese New Year is a time to gather with family, honor ancestors and celebrate with a big banquet that symbolizes prosperity in the New Year.
Most of the dishes served during Chinese New Year (also known as Spring Festival) are symbolic of something positive and hopeful.
Chicken and fish, for example, symbolize happiness and prosperity--especially when served whole. Dishes made with oranges represent wealth and good fortune because they are China's most plentiful fruit. - Noodles represent longevity: therefore, they should never be cut!
- Duck symbolizes fidelity, while eggs signify fertility.
Bean curd or tofu, however, is avoided because its white color suggests death and misfortune.
Dishes are also chosen based on homonyms--words that either are spelled the same or sound the same as other words. Fish (yu) is served because it sounds similar to the Chinese word for plenty; whole fish represents abundance. Turnips are cooked because their name (cai tou) also means "good luck."
Another popular Chinese New Year dish is jiaozi, dumplings boiled in water. In some areas of China, coins are placed in the center of jiaozi. Whoever bites into one of these dumplings will have an exceptionally lucky year.
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Be careful what you focus for
by. Dolvin ≈ February 4, 2008 |
by Roni Yuzirman"You are what you focus on", that's what Joe Vitale meant in his book "The Attractor Factor". Your focus will become reality. The problem, what are we focusing at? Is it to a negative topic, or positive. Our subconsciousness sometimes tend to focus to negative things/ideas. If we focus to a negative thing, it will become a reality. We often did this unintentionally. It's either our nature, or influenced by our environment. An example: You are having problems starting your own business. You reasoned that this is because most of your time are already taken by your full-time office job. What will happen is your business will never take off, because you're focusing on a REASON which is stopping you from moving forward. When we're focusing on problem, instead of the solution, what will happen is the problem will add up. Focus to the reason, and the barrier will increase. Focus to our weakness, and we'll become weaker. That's the power of thought. The problem (or advantage) of our subconsciousness is that it's not able to differentiate between negative & positive things. To it, everything is positive. If you don't believe it, try this: I want you NOT to imagine an elephant. What will happen? You will still think about an elephant anyway. So we'll need to do the reverse. Focus to the positive things instead, and it shall be. When we're focusing on becoming rich, we will be. If we're focusing on living healthily, we will be. When we focus on loving, we will be loved. When we focus on giving, we will be receiving. Therefore we shall commit our focus to the positives : wealth, health, happiness, and so on. Unfortunately, there's one more obstacle - our environment. It tend to drive us to focus negatively. Starting from news on the media, TV, radio. How many positive news are we seeing daily? You can bet that the negative ones far outweigh the positive. So we'll need to leave those. Some of our friends also tend to be very negative. They're only complaining, gossiping, while doing nothing about it. We'll need to leave these people, and find new friends which will help our quest for success. Those who are positive, productive, and support each other. I have been pulled to these negative focus myself many times without me realizing it. When this happened, one after another will continue to pop up. After a while, it will start to affect us physically. Our body will feel weak and tired, while we're doing nothing. Too long, and it may fell ill. When this happened, I usually realized something is wrong, and started to focus on positive things to do. My mind soon becomes clear, and I feel energized again to start doing what I should be doing. So come on, let's focus positively. Befriend positive people. Read, hear, see things positively. Change the negative into positive. Read books which discusses opportunities, innovation, inspiration, and drives us to the solution. The glass is half full, and there's so much we can do about it. |
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Fresh Milk & Yoghurt @ Cimory Restaurant
by. Dolvin ≈ February 2, 2008 |
 huah... this lately I obsessed by Cimory fresh milk and yoghurt... it's so fresh and delicious.. especially if we drink it at cold... Cimory or PT. Cisarua Mountain Dairy, absorb the raw milk from the local dairy farmers and to produce fresh pasteurised milk and yoghurt products... pasteurized fresh milk has the best nutritional value, coz pasteurized fresh milk if it is kept chilled has the shelf life of minimum 7 days but if the Total Plate Count (TPC) in raw milk from the cooperatives is high, the shelf life could become very short. These fresh milk consist of vitamin, mineral, enzim, and protein.. and have so many taste.. such as plain, chocolate, starwberry, mango, banana,and coffee... @820ml and the price it just Rp.9.500... for me, the most milk that I like is chocolate.. coz it's so delicious and creamy... hihihi...  and for yoghurt... as I remember there are so many taste too.. such as strawberry, grape, lychee, orange, guava, apple and mix fruit... actually everytime I drink yoghurt.. I always feel sick.. but this yoghurt obsess me.. huehehehe.... in Cimory Restaurants there not just sell fresh milk and yoghurt.. but also Indonesian food, Japanese food and Chinese food too... it have great mountain view, playground for children, meeting room, minimart and dairy tour... the place is so comfy.... ^^ but when I go there, they gave me a card... it said "Cimory turun gunung"... it said they serve delivery service to Jakarta... but when I call.. actually there is no one pick up and the machine said that number isn't exist.. wew.. ck ck... but it's ok.. when I knew I can find it in Hypermart, carefour or Ranch Market... hihihihi... so, if u go to puncak.. u have visit this place and buy milk and yoghurt there... but before that... call me ok.. so, I can order some milks from u... hohohoho.. Cimory Resto
Jl. Raya Puncak No.435 – Km 77
Cisarua, Bogor. Tlp : 0251-257 888 |
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