Merry Christmas everyone! It's Christmas Eve today and I haven't done much but reading my students' work. I'm not going to write any reviews today, but will set out to demystify some of those beliefs that we've heard so many people say. The source is from Bangkok Post (Sunday 23 December 2007).
Here's the list:
(1) We need to drink eight glasses of water a day.
(2) Reading in dim light is likely to damage your eyesight.
(3) Shaving makes hair grow back faster and coarser.
(4) Eating turkey makes you drowsy.
(5) We use only 10% of our brain.
(6) Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
(7) mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals as they interfere with medical equipment.
All these are untrue! This comes as a blessing on Christmas Eve, as I can't drink eight glasses of water, but rather prefer to drink eight cups of coffee instead.
Now I'll list another 7 myths that turn out to be true:
(1) Reading someone else's blogs means you're nosy.
(2) Writing too many blogs interferes with my work.
(3) Interesting people don't write blogs; they socialise.
(4) The film Love of Siam can turn straight people gay. Being gay has never been so cool. Mom, I want to be gay and lonely ...
(5) Cats are dependent, needy, and greedy. They want someone to be next to them all the time!
(6) Life has never been fair. Sorry, folk, that I am too lucky sometimes. Also, sorry to hear that your life is shit.
(7) My attempt to get rid of my cynicism fails miserably.
Have a great time this Christmas and hope you'll come back and secretly read my blog again. Let me thank your whole-hearted attention for the whole year with this lovely image of Santa, who is not quite amused.
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