And the CHAIR goes to...

Chat-Box Messages and Blog Comments have always made my day. As a (self-proclaimed) Blue-Blooded Blogger, I do welcome and appreciate it a whole lot. Well at one time or another, who hasn’t ?

Looking back, I had an OK rapport with my irregular blogkadas in the roll and w/ row upon rows of Xlink specialists-no-hear-after Bloggers. But there are some good-nature spirits in my portal whose code-name is a household. Their presence stood-out solely not in terms of linking my URL to theirs, but in both reading/leaving my freaking posts with awesome footnotes come rain or shine! Interestingly, even I'm such a sloth in doing the same, they persisted to show noble signs of cyber-friendship - and loyalty at that.

Hence, in as much as I'd want to exercise the virtue of parity amongst my [10 plus] creams of the crop, I only got in here 3 "Trip to Baghdad Chairs" available - therefore resorting to my Top 3 picks; sorry Gents, Ladies came first. Scroll down now to find out WHO are my Blog-Awardees of the month & WHAT Awards, err.., CHAIRS awaiting them.

(NOTE: I could'nt think of a better way to acknowledge my subject's generosity for time & words but to say it, the Arabian Josh way).

CHAIR-GIVING PROPER:

Check-out this gorgeous Proud Pinay from the rich land of Europe who was also behind the success & fame of her man. Because she continue to wow me w/ her modesty and usual thoughtfulness, I am giving-away Chair # 1 to Mumi Sheng.
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Fresh from our Poultry Farm, those bronzed Eggies are brittle but not rotten. Boil it hard, make it sunny side-up or have it/them festooned your Euroasian house would be upto you. Kindly ensure this: No to Little Prince Kaiden jumping over the couch, or else ....
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W/ no hesitation, Chair # 2 goes to Honey:

the sweetest and wittiest of ‘em all, for sticking w/ me thru thick and thin, has earned this exotic seat composed of venom-dripping “pets” from rainforest of Kenya. In case your hunky hub (Scott is the name) disregard his recent vow, you know what to send him sweety, (but u need to spare Kuya-Sir AJ ha? :)

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And w/ much gusto, Chair # 3 goes to Twinkle:
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Will I pay need no heed to my site's congenial star-blogger, “She’s-got-it-all” fellow-expat from Bahrain? Nah. And albeit, Heat is "chicken" to Twink, she' might still be needing my all-consuming token to "chill-out" from a long day of migraine-causing work, ...&/or blogworks.
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In the light of the foregoing, should i say: "WORLD PEACE LADIES"?! ...

In case i ought not to, i hope you'd not fling those peculiar Chairs back at me. Alright, as they appear to deglamor only your respective sidebars, I am swapping them RIGHT AWAY w/ this one down -...

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So, bawi na si AJ ha!

Jesting aside, I thank you Ladies for being one. Albeit my acerbic (malu-fernandez-influenced) wit at times, you kept and embrace me still in this virtual world...And I hope w/ that cute Award I gave w/c you deserved, I was able to inscribed my "legendary" name to your hearts. (NAKS!..Drama.)..

Now, where's the new chairs for my next Bloggers of the month?...

photocredits: metrodriguez/sony

Stubborn Sting

The Pain
In the middle of my rush reports, I vividly sense dizziness and numbness ushered by zigzag lines and blind spots. My stomach’s close to throwing-up too and I crave to lay myself aside. Aaahh.. Aura. Signs of my relentless enemy coming-up..or it is here? - The MIGRAINE: so-called monster headache... silent killer!.. When r u goin’ to spare me?

Pain is what I likewise go through while writing this blog. Laying down my thoughts, I supposed, might hand me a sort of theraphy but I comprehend using my brain just exacerbate more the hurt caused to my skull by this pitiless foe. This sore, as I matured, has becoming an active part of me – it cropped-up at any moment, anywhere. It is neither subtle, average nor severe. Alas! recently it’s the last. - pain is so intense that you’d choose to expire for a while. Sounds piercing, but true. And while I’m used to the agony anyway, still feel like abhorring its unwelcome presence all the more.

Sentiment
The pounding, throbbing, often unbearable physical ache that is the hallmark of migraine isn’t the only menace migraineurs like me endures. Missed days at work, withdrew plans with friends, shutting-away from family and mandatory hours in bed, to name a few. Like the other day. I refused giving a little time to my sister’s nerve-wrecking but adorable little angels; and re-missed helping my exhausted mother in confronting myriad of errands in the flat; and yes, missed a special date and was out again in our enrichment group (thankful enough that my mentors are gifted with tolerance).

Resentment
Of late, downbeat sentiment builds up and myself commenced to ask: "How the majority could be so resilient in enduring the seering temperature and the heat-stress it produced for an hour or less? Why they managed to stay cool?. How I wish my body and head is like theirs – flexible...compliant - someone who can freely do more without terror of pain as there are throng of other triggers around.

Realization
No one’s fond of chronic complainer and so, I ought to keep my pain moans and misery to a minimum as well as the dosages of pain relievers I keep on popping-in to my mouth. I understand this nuisance come, go and come. I keep the faith, however, that there’s still room for an improvement to surmount the existence and peril of this stubborn sting within my system. Pretty soon, I will discover the most in-expensive ways to head it off! And I'll let u know.

* In the advent of My No. 1 Trigger in the Gulf (Summer)..I decided to re-post this.

Momi Day Special (p-2)

Mommies are truly EXTRAORDINARY. To fortify the fact, here'r 3 amazing motherhood Trivias worth checking out, - in AJ’s pun-intended way of course.
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Proceed with a mighty heart as you meet them -

Super Mom, at 67

Dec 2006: Madrid, Spain. Mrs. Maria Del Carmen Bousada's record-breaking delivery to a Twin-boy had made the Spanish tabloid busy, raised the country’s ecclesiastical eyebrows and angered her bamboozled clan.

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Q: "How could an unmarried widow got pregnant if she's been a menopausal for decades?
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A: No she’s not a Virgin Mary of sort. Blame it to Science who performed the pricey “miracle” for $34,000. The US-based Fertility treatment Center [the freaking sperm supplier] had thought the well-pensioned woman’s only 55.
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Its her nerve to conceive (that's beefier than her backbone) and great-love for the gift of life that she stood defiant against all the snide remarks and hostility thrown at her. The proud mama's hopeful she’s goin' to live longer for the sake of her grandsons, I mean sons.

Fantastic Mom of 69

1700: Russia. In one of its sleepy-as a dog town once lived a woman with utmost numbers of offspring ever-recorded by Guinness. A peasant named after her intimately “hardworking” husband - Mrs. Feodor Vassilyev, in 40 years (1725-1765) had 69 babies in 27 pregnancies. To brag you further w/ my hidden "genius" in Accounting - her birth deliveries are... SINGLE:0. TWINS: 14 , TRIPLETS:7 and QUADRUPLETS: 4. (2 babe were debited in the journal for failing to see the light) (+).

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Overall, the homage likewise went to the energetic Mister for building and feeding a Basketball League, err…, a Village in a joint venture that surely gnarled her willing partner. When Mrs. F.V. grew older and tattered and perhaps, (just perhaps) biologically "unable", the no-way to Viagra hubby turned himself to another wifey …and the rest is another history !

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Wonder Mom, at 5

May 1939: Lima, Peru. I can just imagine how Lina’s parents gnashed their teeth in wrath upon learning their toddler will soon be having a baby. WHAT THE?? @&*!..

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Lina Medina (born Sept 1933)

is the youngest confirmed Mama in medical history. At the outset , she was thought to be having a tumor when her little tummy starts to balloon. The world was shaken when her Doctors authenticated a bitter truth - the five-yr old is seven months preggy!

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6 weeks after, she gave birth to Baby Gerardo by caesarian (as expected) and the boy who lived believing "my mom is my sis", died at 40.

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Freaked who the cold-blooded rapist of Lina is:? "Her Dad, crucify her Dad!", roar the fuming public. But because the gullible Lina vetoed to be grilled by vivacious juries, her case was sacked and now in parallel to the Ten commandments, - written in stone. However, her'r only-two photographs that would the mankind of her harrowing experience.

Aahh, I know you both like & dislike these classic tales of timeless theme. But these are just a few examples of moms unbelievable courage to endure and survive through it all. More are "on the way".

photocredits: google,

For unto us, a MOM was born...

some of you are weathered,

some kept their tip-top shape,

AMAZING!..how did you that?!

THIS TOKEN IS FOR MY SUPERMOTHER & FOR ALL THE WONDER-MOMS in my roll (who managed to blog still, in between).

A GAZILLION THANKS for loving your freaking kid-does above yourself! YOU'LL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. GOD BLESS PO :)

- to be continued..

From China w/ Love (part 2)

Hungry?..Let's see if this palate of perfectly-prepared-dish could fill you.

But knowing AJ, there is something cheesy in most of his blog images. Just like this one being churned-out these days from Jet Li & Jacky's mainland also.....

this mini-crustacean, (a close first cousin of crab & shrimp) is an alleged "Garbage Cleaners" of Sewage Treatment Plants. The "filthier" and “fuller” the lavatory of humans, the fatter these baby lobsters would have become. Their freaking lungs are technically found jam-packed w/ agitated parasites, their fleshy tissue w/ venomous metal (that yellow oval-thing as seen below).
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Moreso, the Paragonimus parasite it produces can caused acute infection to those who will consume them in all innocence and ignorance. In short, as you heavily munch the mini-L, the other growing L - ("leeches") will devour your internal organ in return. Oucch!, (that hurts).

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Diarrhea, cough, flu, hay-fever and ashmatic breathing are vital signs that they [parasite] successfully penetrate your Lungs after consuming them. And as you consent those deadly suckers to migrate in your darling systems for good, - well, you know where you'll end up to. (+)

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So far, 22 million people worldwide were reportedly infected. Not just in China, but in the whole East-Asia. However, amongst the country it housed, China was said to be having more than one species of the the deadly Paragonimus aka Oriental lung-fluke.

Better check this out -

In the name of money, deceitful merchants somehow found a

way to get these served to the mouth of sea-food loving many.

To find out who else are serving : pls Click it here, here, & here.

OK, let's give this life-threatening issue the benefit of the doubt. So in as much as China is not alone in doing the prompt servings, not all mini-lobsters live on sewerage and harbour the notorious Paragonimus. But who knows?

as whether you go or not to go for these so-called little "Janitors", is beyond me...

I know, I know its difficult to combat your paranoia, especially when the same is finely-grilled and served to your front in mouth watering perfection.

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And speaking of China & Virus, what's this latest from them (ENTEOVIRUS) that sickened 4000 and kills 71, huh?

Whew! another one for Agent AJ to probe...

(This sickly post will do for now..)

- to be continued.

Acknowledgment: Google & Cray-Fishing Activitst, Denshaw Rios of Al Rigga, Dxb.