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I must admit sometime I don’t know what is going on in Britain and around the world. Last night, I was not able to sleep until early hours of morning. So I quickly checked emails. Saund was still online, saying she was watching Susan Boyle’s song on youtube and sharing a link.

I did a quick research about Susan Boyle on Google. Here are some results.

Talent show singer is online hit
A 47-year-old church volunteer from West Lothian has become an unlikely overnight singing sensation with millions watching her perform online.The story of the unemployed church volunteer has made headlines around the world, and she has featured on major news programmes in the US.Full story

How Susan Boyle won over the world
Her face appears on the front pages of papers in Britain and beyond, she been offered a seat on Oprah’s sofa and has been told she is as good as guaranteed a worldwide number one album. Full story

Susan Boyle: a dream come true
Her appearance on ITV1’s reality show Britain’s Got Talent lasted just a few minutes, but that was long enough to propel 47-year-old amateur singer Susan Boyle to instant global fame. From Japan to Denmark to the US, the clip of the Scottish charity worker’s spine-tingling performance of I Dreamed a Dream from the musical Les Misérables last Saturday night has electrified viewers. Full story

Susan Boyle debut song uncovered
Actress Demi Moore said she was reduced to tears by the performance after watching it with husband Ashton Kutcher.Full story

We can say alcohol (also called ETOH at work) is the most easily available recreational drug or agent. Many patients are smart as they know what they are doing very well. During the medical interview last week, I asked my patient as routine “Do you like lager or wine? How much do you drink?, he answered ” No too much, Doctor, only 10 -12 units a week, only weekend really!” . ( Gosh.. much less than my limit). Of course, this is in England. Most people have been familiar with alcohol units and recommendations. The UK authorities suggest that the tolerable maximum weekly consumption of alcohol for men is 21 units, and for women 14 units. Beer cans and all liquor bottles show up the formation of alcohol units as a legal requirement.

Obviously, we know very well alcohol excess is strongly associated with a wide spectrum of problems, from health issues to social consequences. If so, can we say it is safe enough to take a drink in moderation, that is, 21 units/week for men and 14 units/week for women?

According to cancer research UK, drinking 1-2 units a day can increase the risk of the seven cancers linked to alcohol.(Full story). I believe this is a reliable research report. What would be the next? Should we give up our drinking habit at the expense of our recreation?

At the same time, I am thinking myself why I want to live long. For what? For my patients? For my family? For human beings? For animals? I was so surprised to see a 81 year old man at work who kept asking me why he had osteoarthritis (joint pain), why he was not able to walk like others. Maybe he was demented. But at least he was not aware basically that it is inevitable for everybody to face the deterioration phase, like an old car, before going to heaven or hell, provided that the mode of death is not a sudden death.

Well, what I am trying to say is that so long as we know what we are doing, it is fair enough. No alcohol or moderate alcohol or excess alcohol, what ever it is. We still don’t know what our mode of death would be yet

Here is the alcohol unit calculator. Really handy. You can know what you are doing easily.

The 95 mile-long Jurassic coast is the world heritage place in southern England. It is very beautiful and interesting coastal area running from Devon to Dorset county. Cliffs, Arch and cove, formed by limestones, have been attracting over one million of visitors every year. I am one of them. Yesterday, I went to Lyme Regis and Lulworth cove.

Yesterday’s my road trip. A: Lyme Regis, B: Lulworth cove, C: Home, London docklands.
A to C: just over 160 miles, Not too bad. (Singapore-Kuala Lumpur 219 miles)

Lyme Regis:
Yesterday, loads of Easter holiday visitors. Parking places with full of cars. So I had to leave my car 1 miles away from the beach.

Holiday makers

Sailing in Lyme Regis

Can you see me?

Life boat is stand-by to rescue me. No worry. A kid donating some money.

Lulworth Cove:
From Lyme Regis, we drove to Lulworth cove, where we went hill climbing so that we could enjoy the spectacular view of cove and around.

The cove and cars, the view from half way to the hill.

before reaching at the top of the hill.

I was on the top of the hill

Going down now. I was on the similar hill you can see. Interestingly, those 2 hills are human breast shaped

Reorganised above photo in chronological order @ 19:00 GMT 13/4/2008

Here are photos I took

• Lyme Regis

• Lulworth Cove

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I would say today is a lucky day. Such a long time, I have been looking for this song on the internet what I did enjoy a lot when I was young. You may have watched the classic film Casablanca. In this 1942 black and white movie, the song was not this one, but also good. The Casablanca song was also based on the film. I still remember the phrasal verb “go by” was learnt from this song.

Casablanca: by Bertie Higgins

I fell in love with you watching Casablanca
Back row of the drive in show in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath the stars became champagne and caviar
Making love on a long hot summers night

I thought you fell in love with me watching Casablance
Holding hands `neath the paddle fans in Rick`s Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies. Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old chevrolet

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by

I guess there`re many broken hearts in Casablanca
You know I`ve never really been there. so, I don`t know
I guess our love story will never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad when I had to watch you go

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I love you more and more each day as time goes by