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The combination of real cinnamon & raw honey , this formula works amazing for Stomach flu ! It was my husband Ray’s birthday, however he had to stay in bed from illness which he might have caught at his work place. Seems like there are so many people who are having flu at his work place.  We were already celebrating his birthday, a few days before his birthday because of his work schedule, with some presents, eating pie, and some more his favorite foods. It was really peaceful and we were having a great time .  But somehow Ray got some kind of stomach flu .  It looked really hard. He couldn’t even stay in bed calmly. His tough condition continued until early in the morning , while I was giving him some herbal remedies.  I’ve read about the Benefits of Cinnamon which said that it is a  * Powerful antibacterial, works against E. coli, best at onset of illness.  * Intestinal astringent, dries excess mucus, while warming and notifying.  * Decreas...

Last weekend, we were hanging around in a new shopping mall. Looking around many stores, Lovely coach's handbags. I like the hot pink one. There are also some rock style fashion. 　 Then... suddenly, a gorgeous model in a large poster caught my eyes. Hm ? Mac ? Aw wwwwwwww, it’s Johnny !!!! 　 I remember Johnny was tweeting something about Glitter and ice of Mac cosmetics. But I didn't expect or think he was the main model in such a big poster at the shopping mall. Too cool. Nice expression. and the image and theme are creative. I love the make-up. Johnny’s skin looks naturally very beautiful in the poster. I know he has beautiful skin, but that looks even more, Porcelain skin ? His poster made me interested in Mac’s foundation. I was looking for a new foundation recently, so it was a good opportunity. I have very sensitive skin which doesn’t fit with most of cosmetics. But since reading it's made of water instead of oil, it may okay for my...

Ray was showing me a music goods catalog last night. I may be a little late to realize that there’s all this music high technology now, but it really amazed me there are so many kinds of software to help create many kinds of music nowadays. For example, Software with all the tools needed to create and publish quality scores ! Also , software for personal orchestra . One can get amazingly realistic orchestra sounds and textures. One can design a uniquely voiced string quartet or re-create the New York Philharmonic ! I love the sound of the piano , and there are virtual piano instruments and sound-design plug-in software. I’m not advertising these items here, but this makes me feel like even me, who has no idea how to create music, can create great music if I want to. But one may need at least some kind of arranging talent at using these tools, how to use the software, some creativity for melodies. And it still may be difficult for most people. It must be really fun to cr...

Johnny Weir’s new ice show number “ Meditation “ from Thais by Jules Massenet at Ice Theater of New York , Gala at Chelse Pies on October 24' 2011 Johnny has so many wonderful magical performances which hit my heart and this new number is another great one ! One of the reasons I really love this number is the music ! I would like to thank Johnny for selecting this music for his new number. Secretly, I was making a list of music which I wish Johnny and some other skaters would skate with and Massenet’s Meditation was one of them for Johnny and it‘s one of my favorite music ! So when I heard that his new number’s music is “ Meditation “ , in the beginning I was not sure if it’s by Massenet’s “ Meditation from “ Thais” ? or some other music by other composers. I’m really happy to watch the performance in youtube. Needless to say the awesomeness of his usual artistic natural beautiful movements , and I love the choreography. http://web.ice...

Happy Birthday to Franz Liszt ! It was Liszt’s 200th birthday on October 22 , so we were enjoying listening to all his music from the morning. His piano concertos , Hungarian Rhapsody #2, Fantasia , Sonata B Minor, Totentanz , etc.. One of the top present pianists Lang Lang was performing with Philadelphia Orchestra for Liszt’s celebration . He also published his original Liszt’s music audio CD for this celebration year. Lang lang’s hero seems to be Liszt. http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-20/news/30301770_1_simulcast-philadelphia-orchestra-verizon-hall Lang lang and Yundi Li are two of the top present pianists right now. Other great articles about Liszt’s 200th celebration, How Franz Liszt became the World’s First Rock Star New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Liszt's 200th birthday with concerts On the other hand, I found there is a bitter article on Liszt’s celebration day from an unknown pianist ...

  More about Franz Liszt ! Because it’s Liszt’s 200th celebration year and Liszt’s 200th birthday ( October 22 ) will be coming very soon !    Liszt was   Sun : Libra     Moon : Sagittarius     According to his astrology sign.    He grew up as an only child .    While looking for more about Franz Liszt, I found an incredibly detailed description of how Liszt looked and how he performed in concert , and why he could hypnotize his audiences at the link below.      http://www.blogger.com/www.oldandsold.com/opera/music-2.shtml       It's from a music magazine in the early 1900's .    Their memory of Liszt was more recent and clear, because it wasn't too long ago at that time, so it's a very interesting description.          “ There was something weird and magnetic about his playing.  He was very tall, about six feet two inches, slende...

  I love both, classical music and classical heavy metal music .  Classical music and heavy metal music have certain things in common such as requiring high technical musical instrument skills to be able to play.  I have posted about “ Musical taste shows personality “ in one of my past posts ( September, in 2008 ) at the link below,  http://miho-entwistle.blogspot.com/2008/09/musical-taste-shows-personality.html     Liszt’s “ Sonata in B minor “ initially took me a little while to warm up to it.  Then recently, I had a dream in which I was listening to Liszt’s “ Sonata B in Minor “ in it.   And while listening to it in my dream, I had some discovery, I really enjoyed listening to it, and so the more I listen to the music, the more I’m deep into it.      http://gallery.xemanhdep.com/2011/07/14-beautiful-art-photos/   And I found that this music can be heavy metal music . And really understand why Liszt has ...