Another deranged translation

The 2nd line already sent bee hoon kueh flying out my nose *pain pain*



Hier sind die tatsächlichen Lyriken zum Lied:
Dschingis Khan - Moskau
Moskau - fremd und geheimnisvoll,
Türme aus rotem Gold,
kalt wie das Eis.
Moskau, doch wer dich wirklich kennt,
der weiß, ein Feuer brennt
in dir so heiß.

Kosaken he, he, hebet die Gläser!
Natascha ha,ha, ha, du bist schön!
Tovarisch he, he, he, auf das Leben!
Auf dein Wohl Bruder, he Bruder ho!

Moskau, Moskau
wirf die Gläser an die Wand,
Russland ist ein schönes Land
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau,
deine Seele ist so groß,
nachts da ist der Teufel los
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moskau, Moskau,
Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar,
Mädchen sind zum Küssen da
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau
komm, wir tanzen auf dem Tisch
bis der Tisch zusammenbricht
ha ha ha ha ha!

Moskau, Tor zur Vergangenheit,
Spiegel der Zarenzeit,
Rot wie das Blut.
Moskau, wer deine Seele kennt,
der weiß die Liebe brennt
heiß wie die Glut.

Kosaken he, he, hebet die Gläser!
Natascha ha, ha, ha, du bist schön!
Tovarisch he, he, he, auf die Liebe!
Auf dein Wohl Mädchen, he Mädchen ho!

Moskau, Moskau
wirf die Gläser an die Wand,
Russland ist ein schönes Land
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau
deine Seele ist so groß
nachts da ist der Teufel los
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moskau
lalala...
Moskau, Moskau,
lalalala...
Oh, ohohoh...
Moskau, Moskau!

Moskau, Moskau
Wodka trinkt man pur und kalt,
das macht hundert Jahre alt
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau,
Väterchen dein Glas ist leer,
doch im Keller ist noch mehr
ah ah ah ah ah!

Moskau, Moskau!

Kosaken he, he, hebet die Gläser!
Natascha ha,ha, ha, du bist schön!
Tovarisch he, he, he, auf die Liebe!
Auf dein Wohl Bruder, he Bruder ho!

Moskau, Moskau
wirf die Gläser an die Wand,
Russland ist ein schönes Land
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau,
deine Seele ist so groß
nachts da ist der Teufel los
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moskau Moskau
Liebe schmeckt wie Kaviar,
Mädchen sind zum Küssen da
ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, hey!
Moskau, Moskau
komm wir tanzen auf dem Tisch
bis der Tisch zusammenbricht
ha ha ha ha ha, HEY!

The English Edition

Moscow, foreign and mysterious
Towers of red and gold
Cold as ice
But Moscow, whoever really knows you
Knows that a fire is burning
hotly inside of you

Cossacks, hey hey lift up your glasses!
Natasha ha ha ha, you are beautiful!
Comrade hey hey hey, we drink to life!
To your health, Brother, hey, brother, ho!

Moscow, Moscow
throw the glasses against the wall
Russia is a beautiful country
ho ho ho ho ho
Moscow, Moscow
your soul is so great
At night, hell breaks loose
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moscow, Moscow
love tastes like caviar
Girls are there for kissing
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moscow, Moscow
come, let us dance upon the table
until the table breaks
ha ha ha ha ha!

Moscow, door to the past
Mirror of the czarist era
red as blood
Moscow, whoever knows your soul
knows that love is burning
hotly like a coal

Cossacks hey hey lift your glasses!
Natasha, ha ha ha, you are beautiful!
Comrade, hey hey hey, we drink to life!
To your health, sister, hey, sister, ho!

Moscow, Moscow
throw the glasses against the wall
Russia is a beautiful country
ho ho ho ho ho
Moscow, Moscow
your soul is so great
At night, hell breaks loose
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moscow
lalala...
Moscow, Moscow
lalala...
Oh, ohohoh...
Moscow, Moscow

Moscow, Moscow
Vodka is drank pure and cold
and you'll live to a hundred
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moscow, Moscow
Friend, your glass is empty
but in the cellar, there is plenty more
ah ah ah ah ah!

Moscow, Moscow!

Cossacks, hey hey lift your glasses!
Natasha, ha ha ha, you are beautiful!
Comrade, hey hey hey, we drink to love!
To your health, Brother, hey, brother, ho!

Moscow, Moscow
throw the glasses against the wall
Russia is a beautiful country
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moscow, Moscow
your soul is so great
At night, hell breaks loose
ha ha ha ha ha, hey!

Moscow, Moscow
love tastes like caviar
Girls are there for kissing
ho ho ho ho ho, hey!
Moscow, Moscow
come, let us dance upon the table
until the table breaks
ha ha ha ha ha, HEY!

It's a thrill(er) to watch something so farnie

My maple guildleader (political science students are always sssssssssooooooooooo freeeeeee) posted this on our forums:



Imagine all your Indian movies on Vasantham Central were also all phonetically translated - very cham liaoz. Even a murder scene will cause giggling =.=

Nasal Sprays for Rhinitis

Nasal sprays: Get relief but get hooked too?
Tessa Wong
14 March 2007
Straits Times

"Available without a prescription, they clear blocked noses instantly, but can cause addiction
NASAL sprays gave Ms Shu Lee blessed relief from a chronically stuffed nose, but being able to breathe freely came at a shocking price. She became addicted to these sprays.

A polyclinic doctor had recommended them to alleviate her lifelong nasal problem. Available without a prescription and costing only $10 a bottle, they seemed an obvious option. The effect was dramatic.

'This wonder drug helped me breathe properly for the first time in my life,' said Ms Lee, a 27-year-old advertising executive.

The spray relieves blocked noses instantly - but only temporarily - using a highly addictive chemical compound called oxymetazoline, the main ingredient in popular brands Afrin and Iliadin. When its effect wanes, it causes rebound congestion so users must inhale more to get relief, hence developing a dependency.

Ms Lee was soon inhaling four times a day - twice the maximum recommended dose.
And although the label said the spray must not be used more than three days in a row, she progressed to buying a bottle every month.

'I took it everywhere I went,' she said, adding that in the three years she was addicted to it, she spent more than $350 on her habit.

Experts estimate that at least half the 800,000 Singaporeans who suffer from chronic nasal congestion have been dependent on these sprays at some point. Extreme dependencies may even require surgery to cut away or shrink swollen nasal tissue. Severe addiction, which may cause side effects such as paranoid psychosis, is estimated to affect 1 per cent of patients getting ear, nose and throat (ENT) treatments. But doctors say the real numbers could be far higher, as many people are unaware that they are addicted.

ENT specialist Adrian Saurajen, who is based at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, said: 'When nasal sprays are used continuously for more than a week, they can cause dependency.'

Reported cases are rare here, but there is concern because Singapore has the highest incidence of allergies in the world, said ENT specialist Gerard Chee, of the G H Chee Ear Nose Throat and Dizziness Centre.

Ms Lee went cold turkey when she realised the extent of her addiction, going through 'two months of sheer agony and three months of discomfort' before she got over it.

'I had sleepless nights from the congestion. Sometimes I couldn't breathe through my nose even in the daytime,' she said.

That was more than four years ago.

Since then, her sense of smell and taste has largely returned, and - oddly enough - she does not suffer from nasal congestion any more.

'I'm just glad I kicked the habit,' she said.
twong@sph.com.sg

Double-edged

THE spray relieves blocked noses instantly - but only temporarily - using a highly addictive chemical compound called oxymetazoline, the main ingredient in popular brands Afrin and Iliadin.

When its effect wanes, it causes rebound congestion, so users must inhale more to get relief, hence developing a dependency. "

I personally feel that the report could be worded better with some sensitivity - not because I support any drug industry, but rather use of words such as "addicted" can really hurt a person's life.

Let's say if the person's family members are not very well-informed and they jump at catchwords thrown to them by the media such as the word "addicted" especially when they are connected with the word "drugs" - imagine the chaos that can result. This may sound extreme but then a person's life may just fall apart when they are ostracised on par with heroin due to people who jump at certain catch words instead of seeing the whole picture.

These are the products containing oxymetazoline in Singapore:

AFRIN NASAL SPRAY 0.05%
ILIADIN SOLUTION 0.025%
ILIADIN SOLUTION 0.05%
ILIADIN SOLUTION FOR NOSE 0.01%
ILIADIN SPRAY 0.05%
KOTRIN NASAL SPRAY 0.05%
NAZOLIN NASAL SPRAY 0.05%
OXAZOLINE NASAL DROPS 0.05% w/v
OXY-NASE NASAL DROPS 0.025%
OXY-NASE NASAL DROPS 0.05%

A lot of these products can be sold anywhere and bought anywhere, take for example Afrin Nasal Spray - note that it is GSL (General Sales List) - even your Chinese Medicine Hall can stock it for sale.

Oxymetazoline and ephedrine sprays are examples of decongestants and these are not meant for long - term usage. They should be used max for 3 days with a break of few days in between (drug holiday). If this spray (under normal dosing), it's time to see doctor as it could be something more serious and need long-term treatment or alternative forms of treatment.

Miss Shu Lee's case is a case of treatment failure. She should have followed up with a doctor or pharmacist instead of going on her own accord to overdose herself with oxymetazoline. It is not advisable to use the decongestant sprays for so long. The relief from such sprays is only temporary - in some practices, these sprays are used to unblock the nose before applying other sprays for long-term use such as corticosteroids, beclomethasone, mometasone and fluticasone.

If she returns to her doctor, she may be directed to use a corticosteroidal spray that may cost more but with a better safety profile. These sprays are also used prophylatically so you won't have much of sudden onset of nasal blockage.

The doctor may order some lab tests to check whether she has certain allergies - in this way she will know what triggers to avoid. X-rays and CT scans may also be warranted if the blockage is very often - to check for anatomical problems where surgies may be carried out.

Non-pharmacologic methods to help includes using inhalation and maintaining a clean sleeping or working or home environment. Some people get nasal blockage at certain places - work, home or school but as soon as they leave, the blockage stops. This may be due to the aircondition of the place and may mean that the aircon need cleaning. The same thing applies if the person wakes up with a blocked nose - he/she may want to change and/or clean the bedsheets and mattress as well as pillows - these may be due to dust mite allergies. Mites from different regions give different allergy profiles - when you travel overseas (even to dusty places), you may realise that you may not get the stiffles despite the dust.

ID of HKHG's plant and tamtam's plant

The colour of this pic is not very clear but I reckon it's Dendrobium tangerinum

Tamtam's new puny plant with big flower is Haraella retrocalla syn. Haraella odorata. Best given strong sunlight to flower when the plant is established on its mount. When given strong light, the fragrance tends to come out

Repotting Cattleya walkeriana

These photos are a bit old and this precious plant was lost sometime ago due to a massive attack of webspinners (destroyed about 1/2 of my collection TMDKKJ)





The company -Hirota International Flowers - had since closed down after the World Orchid Conference Djion, France. Bought as a seedling until it grew too big for the pot - Cattleyas can flower better when they fill the pot and start sticking out but when they stick out too much - they may dehydrate easier because of lack of water for the dangling roots. The media in which the start of the plant is in may have very few viable roots or the olf media had already started rotting.

Tools of the trade:


Your cutter and lighter - the cutter is for duh and the lighter is to sterilise the cutting blades. The key thing about sterilisation is the removal of viruses - these are systemic vectors and are almost impossible treat. Bacteria and fungi infections are not too bad as they can be dealt with very easily.


Pots - try to get those with holes a plenty. Although the roots need water, they also need to breathe. They also provide better drainage - but note that these holey pots are not suitable for those with a very dry home environment.


Powdered sulphur is the fungicide / dressing of choice for me - convenient and potent. Some prefer to use cinnamon but I do not quite the cost and the smell (it is not on something edible for goodness sake!). Captan or any other commercial fungicidal powders will also suffice.


Sphagnum moss is a moistening agent just to help retain water for longer periods of time. Good sphag has long fibres and are free of other debris such as leaves and stems. Other alternatives include coir (coconut husk fibres) and osmunda.


These are fernroot cubes - it can help retain water and also provides some form of nutrients for the plant. They can be made by sawing down fernroot slabs into size.


Charcoal is for drainage and it also helps to absorb excessive salt - in fact when repotting old plants, you may see shades of white salt deposits on the charcoal surfaces. The salt deposits also indicate the need to change the potting media.



Cut the plant at the appropriate length. You should be left with a matured plant with about 2-3 backbulbs and one lead. The other backbulbs in the pot may be discarded (they are very slow growing at this stage - they are exhausted) but if you have the patience and space, you may want to repot them and try growing them.


You would get 2 plants like so.


Dust the exposed rhizome with a fungicide



Trim down the roots and dust the exposed ends with funigicide. If the roots are too long, there is a problem to tucking the plant into the pot and the roots may end up breaking anyway.


This pot is too small for the new plant - there is not enough space to accommodate new growth even though it is placed at the edge of the pot.


This pot can take another 2-3 pseudobulbs and is appropriate. If the pot is too big, the media may stay too wet as there is too much water and too little utilised by the plant. Also, if the pot is too big, it may take too long for the plant to flower - due to the Cattleya's habit of flowering only when the pot is compacted with pseudobulbs or when they start growing over the edge.


I like to pad the bottom of the pot with a water retaining agent as relative humidity is more important to epiphytic roots than direct contact with water.


Next is crocking material - to provide lift to the plant so as to raise it to above the rim of the pot.



Fit your plant in. Try to force the backbulbs to the edge of the pot - it allows the space in the pot to be utilised fully.



Top up with fernroot cubes and try to stabilise the plant. If the plant is still wobbly, you may want to introduce a stake.



Stuff the gaps loosely with sphag.


Tag the plant as always - if not you'll have a hard time identifying the plant if you have many copies and they look so similar. Some people may want to write the date of repotting but I repot at an ad hoc basis based on regular inspection, so I don't find a need to do so. Some may also write the name of the original supplier on the label.

Wow got blog dedicated to the humble teh

A blog dedicated to teh

Read read and smack the TA that told me tea came from Teh sinensis. Since when Camellia sinensis syn. Teh sinensis....

For those going to buibui house-burning partay

Buibui's house warming prezzie:



This hot b4 my camera got system error.... Now the bud bud open liaoz.

Also I need to give away some plants including this:



Cynoches herrenhusanum 'Golden Ring' MC <-- MC means mericlone, so all supposed to be the same. Disadvantage of buying flask LOL - when babies grow big, got problem in housing - hope I don't commit this error when I start having children (control... control...)

A summary for buibui KH

"The name of an orchid consists of two parts, its genus and its epithet. Using the name of the world's largest orchid species, Grammatophyllum speciosum, as an example, Grammatophyllum is the genus and speciosum is the epithet. The term 'genus' is used by taxonomists to indicate a certain group of orchids which share some common characteristics. Usually there is more than one member in a genus, and each of these members has its own epithet. When the name of a species is written, the genus always begins with a capital letter, whereas the epithet is always written in small letters. Both genus and epithet should be either underlined or italicised. When there are several varieties of one species, the varietal names are italicised if they are naturally occurring varieties; e.g., the alba variety of Vanda teres is written as Vanda teres var. alba.

Hybrids have names, too. Each hybrid has a genus name and a grex (or group) name. All sibling of a hybrid share the same grex name. Like a species name, the genus always begins with a capital letter and so does the grex name, as in the National Flower of Singapore Vanda Miss Joaquim. A hybrid made by using different varieties of the parents is considered a variety of the first registered hybrid. It is given a variety name which begins with a capital letter, placed between two open-inverted commas, after the grex name. For example, the original Vanda Miss Joaquim resulted from a cross between two species, Vanda teres and Vanda hookeriana. Later the cross was repeated by using the 'alba' variety of the two species. The result was a white Vanda Miss Joaquim. This white Vanda Miss Joaquim was given a variety name 'John Laycock':

Vanda teres var. alba × Vanda hookeriana var. alba = Vanda Miss Joaquim 'John Laycock'

Similarly, when a particular orchids plant receives an award, a variety name is given. For example, when the Orchid Society of South East Asia awarded a High Recommendation Certificate (H.C.C.) to a particular plant of Aranda Majula, a variety name 'Rimau' was given to that plant. Since receiving the award, that particular Aranda Majula is now Aranda Majula 'Rimau'.

If a hybrid is the result of a cross between members of two genera, the hybrid is given a new genus name. Usually the new genus is made up of parts of the parental genus names. For example, when Arachnis hookeriana was crossed with Vanda tricolor, the hybrid was named Aranda Lucy Laycock. When a hybrid consists of three or more genera, a completely new genus name that is unrelated to the parental genera will be given and the name will end with the three letters '-ara'. A good example of this cross would be Mokara, an artificial genus which consists of three genera: Arachnis, Vanda, and Ascocentrum.

Each registered hybrid has two named parents. For example, Arachnis Ishbel is the progeny of Arachnis hookeriana and Arachnis maingayii. The relationship between the hybrid and its parents can be expressed in the following way:

Arachnis Ishbel (Arachnis hookeriana × Arachnis maingayii)

This designation shows that Arachnis Ishbel is the progeny of Arachnis hookeriana and Arachnis maingayii. Arachnis hookeriana, which is written first, is the female or seed-bearing parent; Arachnis maingayii, which appears next, is the male or the pollen-giving parent.

Since the birth of the first orchid hybrid, Calanthe Dominyi, in 1856, the world's orchid breeders have produced more than 100,000 registered or named hybrids. After a hybrid is made, the breeder can make known to the world his new creation by submitting a completed registration form to the International Registration Authority for Orchid Hybrids in England. Registration helps to reduce the potential confusion in the naming of plants by giving a unique name to the progeny from two registered parents. Information about the registered orchid hybrid is published in the Sander's List of Orchid Hybrids, now available in electronic form through the RHS Orchid Information System."

- Orchids of the Singapore Botanic Gardens posted by SemenCheng

Noob edition:

Species:

Name is fully italicised with the genus name capitalised and the epithet or species name small caps.- e.g. Paphiopedilum stonei. This shows that the plant is "pure" (as defined by the other plant communities who call themselves "purists")

Same species X same species = same species

Different species X different species = primary hybrid

Species X hybrid = hybrid

Hybrid X hybrid = hybrid

Same Hybrid X same Hybrid = same hybrid

Varieties:

Varieties of orchids come in 2 forms: the natural occuring variety and the cultivated variety. The natural occuring varieties usually comes in different colour forms or different sizes of plants. E.g. Laelia rubescens var. alba and Laelia rubescens var aurea. Notice that the "var." is not italicised.

Cultivated varieties or cultivars are names a breeder or collector gives to his/her plants to differentiate them from the other plants of the same species or hybrid. These may be plants of superior quality or have some sentiment value attached. These plants may or may not be awarded but all awarded plants can be given a cultivar (NB - not all good plants are awarded and neither are all awarded plants are necessarily good). This names are usually the last component of a plant's name and is in single quotes (''). E.g. Fredclarkeara After Dark 'Sunset Valley Orchids'

Hybrid names:

Can be anything under the sun as long as they follow the rules of the registrar in Handbook on Orchid Nomenclature and Registration. These names can range from Sogo Cock to Stone Addict as long as they follow the word limit (sorry can't remember).

But it is good to note that every progeny of a hybrid will not carry the same cultivar unless they are mericloned. I.e.:

Not every Mormodia Painted Desert X Catesetum Donna Wise = Fredclarkeara After Dark 'Sunset Valley Orchids'

However, the reverse is true.

Another good link to read

Tok about angry people

Maple is very time-consuming to play - that's why I play only limited hours a week if not I'll need to check into IMH and placed on possibly naloxone.

So any error in the server will cause something like this:

Aiyoh, this things have gotten so serious to a point where a med journal focusing on Cyberpsychology has been formed.

Cyberpsychol Behav. 2004 Oct;7(5):571-81.
Video game addiction in children and teenagers in Taiwan.
Chiu SI, Lee JZ, Huang DH.
R&D Division, Jen-Teh Junior College of Nursing, Medicine, and Management, Taiwan, Republic of China. shaoi.chiu@msa.hinet.net

Video game addiction in children and teenagers in Taiwan is associated with levels of animosity, social skills, and academic achievement. This study suggests that video game addiction can be statistically predicted on measures of hostility, and a group with high video game addiction has more hostility than others. Both gender and video game addiction are negatively associated with academic achievement. Family function, sensation seeking, gender, and boredom have statistically positive relationships with levels of social skills. Current models of video game addiction do not seem to fit the findings of this study

Link

How to create new mounts

For your epiphytes - seedlings or matured plants.

Mounts can be any material from styrofoam slabs, fernroot, driftwood, cement-coated styrofoam or even sheet metal. - You need to know what the plant likes when whether it is suitable for your micro-environment.

When positioning the mount, think about which side your mount is facing and how it is going to hang - this will determine how you shape your hook.

Mount sizes and shapes can also vary - if your mount is big, chances of it remaining wet for longer of periods of time is also there - which can mean higher chances of rotting. If your mount is small, it may dry out quickly and also means there is a call for frequent repotting when yur mount is totally covered by the plant.

Tools of the trade:

Stiff straight wire (same as those staking wires which the Taiwanese use, very sturdy yet can still be bent into shape),
Straw string (my preferred tying string for orchids - weather resistant, slightly stretchable, easy to cut)
Fernroot slab (you may cut into your standardised size; you may also use whatever mounting materials you want, the concept is about the same)
Sphagnum moss (Argentinian, Canadian, Australian or New Zealand. try to avoid those imported from China - a lot of muck to remove and can look very digusting. The main function of the moss is to hold water. Coconut husk, osmunda are good substitutes,)
Drill (use the finest drill bit possible)



Take your wire and cut to appropriate length





Bend wire into a "L" shape



Drill a hole in your mount. Use a fine bit. If the hole is too big, it will cause a lot of pivoting for the mount - especially when there is strong wind or when you move your plants a lot - it will minimise physical damage.



Poke your bent wire through.



Push it right to the end and...



...fold the wire over.



It should end up looking like this.



Then bend and shape the hook as to your fancy.



Until you get something like this.

Tying will be covered in part 2 of the epiphytic seedling culture.