Secret Smile..

Imagine 18 real human corps standing around you.. playing tennis, skiing, playing ckess, archering, riding a bicycle, lying on its side and elbow, all posing around you. all skin and muscles peeled off. some bodies are sliced into pieces.. layer by layer of real human bodies on a long table.. from top to toe, and slices of them are hanging around across the room.

hearts, brain, liver, spleen and kidneys all exposed. lungs blackened with cigarrate tars. almost all of them. men’s genital - hmm.. that’s quite an interesting one. no, i dont mean this slyly. i meant, its something you dont easily get to see.

only one women body was there. clearly showing the small uterus and fallopian  tube. it made me wonder- how does a baby stay in there for so long! and so small a space!

hearts of a person who died of heart attack.

lungs of heavy smokers - BLACK!!. (if ur a smoker and u dont feel like quitting after u see it.. u need to make another round)

arteries of the hand, in 3D - muslces of the hand was dissolved.

amazing aint it? thats what i saw last weekend. human bodies are sliced into two , showing the cross section of the body right in the middle. spinal cords are opened up down the back bone.. showing thousands -or even millions - of wires connecting the body to its sensory system all around the body. all bodies were preserved through a method called plastination - a method of replacing water in the body with polymer - so the corpse will be odorless - not smell of chemicals, is stiff and is dry enough to be handled, and pleasantly presented. another interesting fact is that all human bodies are standing on its own, using their own muscles that are still attached to the body and limbs, just like the manequins we see in supermarkets - those still models in the apparel department store.

amazing aint’t? because they dont allow cameras in the exhibition hall, and because i cant describe it good enough with words, so why dont you see them by yourself. just click this link here:-http://www.amazinghumanbody.com.au/

of course, its against our believe to keep human body that way when its dead. but the owner of all bodies have signed an agreement that their bodies will be used in such a manner - when they were still alive, of course. and according to the presenter that day, in the united states, after seeing the exhibition, another 41 people had volunteered their bodies to be used as exhibition specimen, using the plastination method.

for me, its a 3D textbook of anatomy. no anatomy textbook can explain the human body as well as the exhibition. and im really, really glad i was there.

subhanallah - that shows how intricate the human body system is, and how everything works in wonders in this small compact space of our body, and how durable and perfect it is - dont you agree?

  16th March this year was my 25th birthday. I didn’t expect much out of it since nobody close to me here really knows about it. - And I’ve been terribly busy these few weeks. I made it a point anyway to bake a cake for people in Rehabilitation Centre where I work, just for the occasion

I managed to bake a full sized chocolate cake - not that i have the experience of baking anyway, my sisters and brother has been baking cakes back at home and I just enjoyed eating it. but now, since they are not here to bake cakes for me, and I dont intend to spend my limited budget on a bakery made chocolate cake - which might cost me at least 20dollars, i decided to buy a baking tray - that’s 5 dollars, and a box of chocolate mix  - HAH! u got me there -  i told u i dont know how to bake cakes, i just followed the instruction at the back of the box! hehe .. i know , i cheated… but hey, u have to be good at following instructions anyway, or it would not turn out good anyhow. rite?

so! it was really easy.. mixing and pouring… and heating up the oven, and putting the tray in the got oven.. waited 40minutes.. and tadaaa!! the cake is well and smelled good too!! yum yum!! the next day, i bought it to uni.. had chocolate icing spread all over the cake.. and it sure looked moist and good! i tried a slice of it before putting it on the common tea table.. where everyone had a slice. i told them it was for my birthday, and i got a whole lot of birthday wishes from everyone in the Rehab Centre - good on me! o yes.. guess how old they thought i was?? guess guess!! haha! thay thought i was 19 or 20 years old..!! hehe… maybe we asians just have that ‘young’ look compared to them here. or maybe it’s really ME! (hihi.. well.. didnt mean to sound excited, but I AM!! oh, come on!)

my dearest Basid called the night i baked the cake, when i was deep asleep, tired and spent from my whole day busy schedule. like a prince waking up his princess.. (sorry.. had to!) .. he woke me up and we chatted the whole night through before he put me back to sleep with his much sought charming voice.

o yes, supanee, my Thai flatmate, got me a birthday gift too! she gave me a piece of ceramic plate, a ceramic bowl, and a baking tray. she was concerned that all my plates and bowls are plastic - well, its cheap, and its light.. thats why i bought them - remember, i’m trying to live economically here! also.. theres a number of chocolates as well! thats the good part!

i woke up that birthday morning with birthday messages on my phone from my two most beloved and missed sisters.. happily, i started the day.. only to get more messages and phone calls from abah, mama, n amir, my brother.. and my sisters too… when i got back that night (yup, im so busy right now i had to come home at night now) and i checked my mail box, finding an airmail from home. mama and abah signed one card, with all ‘important’ messages for this young new ‘adult’ , and my siblings another card, which came with a pretty japanese comb with a japanese figurine. very nice.

then, checking emails and friendster, finding more wishes from all you great people.. it really touched my heart. thank you so much to all.. for making my day a memorable one. i never thought being so far from home made me feel so close to all of you.. thanks again, sincerely from the bottom of my heart… may God bless us all with happiness and success..