Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn

- The bandage was wound around the wound.

- The farm was used to produce produce.

- The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

- We must polish the Polish furniture.

- He could lead if he would get the lead out.

- The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

- Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.

- A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

- I did not object to the object.

- The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

- There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

- They were too close to the door to close it.

- The buck does funny things when the does are present.

- A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

- To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

- The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

- After a number of injections my jaw got number.

- Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

- I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

- How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Most Widely Spoken Languages

Language	Approx. number of speakers
1. Chinese (Mandarin)	1,075,000,000
2. English	514,000,000
3. Hindustani1	496,000,000
4. Spanish	425,000,000
5. Russian	275,000,000
6. Arabic	256,000,000
7. Bengali	215,000,000
8. Portuguese	194,000,000
9. Malay-Indonesian	176,000,000
10. French	129,000,000

Source: Ethnologue, 13th Edition, and other sources.

1. Encompasses multiple dialects, including Hindi and Urdu.

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Spanish and Western influences in Cuban dishes

The Star's article on Chef Pedro

This article is from The Star Online

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Tuesday June 14, 2005
Spanish and Western influences in Cuban dishes
Story and photos by SALINA KHALID

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Business Hours: Daily, 6.30am-midnight
The Cuban cuisine promotion ends on June 17


OTHER than its seductive Latin dances and the aromatic cigar, Cuba is also known for its cuisine.

However, when compared with Mexican cuisines, Cuban dishes are comparatively mild.

"We do not use a lot of chilli and spices in our dishes compared with Mexican food", said guest chef Pedro Manuel Reyes Corona. "Since the country is surrounded by water, we use a lot of seafood in our dishes complemented with tomatoes", he added.

The 63-year-old chef will be promoting Cuban cuisine at the hotel until June 17. The food promotion is part of the Festival Cubano, which is a nationwide event celebrated in Cuba.



Corona will feature some of his favourite
Cuban recipes during the promotion


Other than food, the promotion also features cigar-rolling demonstrations and Cuban wines.

Corona hails from Havana, Cuba, and has 30 years of culinary experience. He has worked with many hotels in his home country as well as abroad and has also written a book on Cuban cuisine entitled Nuestra Cocina.

Corona said Cuban cuisine was strongly influenced by its history and so the Spanish and Western influences in its recipes.

"We also eat a lot of Italian dishes like pasta and pizza", Corona said.



Cuban cuisine has many recipes for appetisers.
This dish combines chicken with mayonnaise.

The standard lunch is normally a combination of three to four dishes comprising soup, main dish and dessert. Rice, other than bread, is a staple.

One of the more interesting dishes was the Moros y Cristianos, which is rice mixed with black beans.

The beans have to be boiled for a few hours before they are cooked with the rice.

Spices like cumin and garlic as well as olive oil are included for added flavour, and the olive oil prevents the rice from sticking together.

Also served during the food review was the Creiollo Fried Chicken, which had marinated chicken cuts coated with special ingredients and deep-fried until golden.

Coppelia, which is a Cuban ice-cream brand, is also featured during the promotion, which will highlight different sets of menus.


Cuban icecream Coppelia

The promotion, which is priced at RM50++ per person, is available for dinner only.

Master Chef Pedro Reyes Corona

The Star's article on Chef Pedro


Corona will feature some of his favourite
Cuban recipes during the promotion



Cuban icecream Coppelia



Cuban cuisine has many recipes for appetisers.
This dish combines chicken with mayonnaise.

National Symbol of Cuba

The National Bird of Cuba: The Tocorolo

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June 11, 2005

Heaven's Asphalt

Read: Revelation 21:14-21
The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. —Revelation 21:21


Revelation 21:14-21 (New International Version)

14The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls. 16The city was laid out like a square, as long as it was wide. He measured the city with the rod and found it to be 12,000 stadia[a]in length, and as wide and high as it is long. 17He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits[b] thick,[c] by man's measurement, which the angel was using. 18The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. 19The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.[d] 21The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of pure gold, like transparent glass.


The story is told about a miner who struck gold and carried his bag of nuggets with him everywhere. One day he died and went to heaven, still carrying his precious nuggets. When he arrived, an angel asked him why he was carrying asphalt. "This isn't asphalt," he explained, "it's gold." To which the angel replied, "On earth it's called gold, but here in heaven we use it to pave our streets."

Granted, this is just a funny story. But it prompts us to think about what we consider valuable—and what is truly valuable to God.

What impresses me most about Revelation 21 is the description of heaven's street: It is "pure gold, like transparent glass" (v.21). We value gold as being the most precious of metals, and we use it to make our most prized possessions. In heaven it will be what we walk on. What a reversal!

The things we prize here on earth will not be so highly valued in heaven—the unnecessary things we buy and collect, stock portfolios and bank accounts, admiration and fame. When the time comes to bid earth goodbye, what value will they have?

Earthly possessions are temporary. Remember, our true wealth is in heaven. —Vernon Grounds

Nor silver nor gold hath obtained my redemption,
The way into heaven could not thus be bought;
The blood of the cross is my only foundation,
The death of my Savior redemption hath wrought. —Gray

Those who lay up treasures in heaven are the richest people on earth

Kuala Lumpur - Briefly

Kuala Lumpur - the capital of Malaysia, is a city with a population of about 3 million people.

In Malay, "kuala" means "confluence of two rivers" and "lumpur" means "muddy". The city started in 1857 when 87 miners came here in search of tin. With the discovery of this metal, immigrants from the surrounding areas flooded to the new mining town and settlements were quickly set up. Two distinct parts of the city can be seen till today: the European part (with its organised and costlier setup) and the Oriental part (largely congested and haphazardly built, consisting of Chinatown and Little India).


Kuala Lumpur: "Muddy River Confluence"


Sultan Abdul Samad Building: "Present day Palace of Justice"


From a mining settlement, Kuala Lumpur rapidly grew till today it is the location of the tallest twin buildings in the world (the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 metres high). Tin was eventually replaced by petroleum as an important revenue earner of the country starting in the 1980s.


Petronas Twin Towers: "The Most Prominent Building of Malaysia"