1 + 1 = ?

种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
Plant melons and you get melons, sow beans and you get beans

The efforts made determines the achievement we will gain. In my opinion, it shows that we have indirectly agreed that 1 + 1 = 2 if we doing thing(s) accordance to the above theory. Generally, it is indeed true that if we do A, we will get A as a result.

有得必有失
Gain and Loss are coexistant

However, we can't deny that some time we do A, we get B instead of A. In this case, although we didn't get the expected result by doing A, we gained something as a return or replacement. Due to the effort made is not totally wasted, we still can consider the outcome as 1 + 1 = 2.

费时费事，得不偿失
Not Be Worth The Effort

In other cases, one may gain nothing by doing A. When this occured, no more 1 + 1 = 2, but 1 + 1 < least =" 2." style="text-align: justify;">

一石二鸟，一箭双雕
Kill Two Birds With One Stone

If we are smart enough, and always think & analyse things bilaterally, we can actually create a situation by which we able to achieve more than 1 goal with equal amount of effort. This means that by doing A, we not only get A, but also get B, or / and C or more. In this case, 1 + 1 > 2. In my opinion, the "Win-Win Situation" is a good example of 1 + 1 > 2.

Huge Beetle Comes

In the previous post, I mentioned about the giant mango; next would be the huge beetle I found in my house yard yesterday morning. It is generally known as Rhinocerous Beetle (Malay: Kumbang Badak) or Atlas Beetle. Its scientific name is Chalcosoma atlas.

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Rhinocerous Beetle (Chalcosoma atlas)

This is the biggest Rhinocerous beetle I ever saw alive, it is 65mm in length. However, according to the information I found from the Internet, its size ranging between 25-130mm. Wow, 130mm? It is really huge, bigger than a computer mouse...can you imagine it?

Anyone studying in Form 6 (Higher Education Certificate) and in the Science stream? Then you may required to collect different kind of insect species for insect samples making (a project of Biology subject). For sure such a huge beetle must become a victim for this Biology project.

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The Giant Mango

Are you mango fancy? If yes, then you will loving it......^ ^

Last few days FeRn's sister brought home 2 giant mangos which are given by her neighbour. The mango were really big, almost 4x of the normal mango size. As you can see in the 1st picture, it is about 1 feet (30cm) in length.

the giant mango

Its pulp = pulps of 4 normal size mango, and its seed is as big as a normal size mango. So far this is the largest mango I ever see in my life......have you seen it before?

size comparison between the mango seed & an egg

Hic~Hic~Hic......Hiccuping

"Hic~Hic~Hic......"

That is the sound created when some one is hiccuping. I believe you should have experienced it at least once in your daily life. It causes discomfort to us, and make us embarrassed if happen in the public place.

Have any idea on how to get rid the hiccups? Normally it will stop after a certain period without any intervention, by simply ignore & forget about it. In case wewant to shorten the period of hiccuping, some elderly may suggests us to drink 7 sips of water to resolve the hiccups. Well, it works sometime.

"Hic~Hic~Hic......"

How if it doesn't stop after the 7 sips of water? Or is there any other method to get rid the hiccups? You can try to hold your breath for about 1 minute, or alter your breathing pattern (e.g slow & deep breath), it should able to stop the hiccups. I have just learnt about this method from FeRn, which is an advice from a doctor.

Question Been Answered?

Reading books is my interest. Last time I only read novels. I switched from novels to books of categories of business, finance, management, self-motivational, investment, quotations and etc 2 years ago under a friend's influence.

Well, this good habit has trigger up people curiosity and suspicious. So they shoot me a question : "Why you seem never can escape from the credit card debt & be rich even though you have read lots of Rich Dad's series and other finance/money related books?"

books I have read

I never manage to answer their question, instead I shooted a question back and let them think about it, hope that they will be more understanding on my situation as a book bug one day . Here is my question: "Since when you have learnt the moral value of 'be honest' (kejujuran) and do you still lie now a day?"

I have learnt that not all questions must have at least an answer, or not all answers must end with a "." (full stop), it can sometime end with a "?" (question mark) too......^ ^