Anyone can say anything...

Alcohol-Good R Bad (Bottle 2)

2009-02-23T05:25:00.001+05:30

Continuation of Bottle 1

Uses of alcohol
Many are saying that alcohol does have so many ill effects that may cause to us, when we consume it. But even though it is said that alcohol is very hazardous to our health, they also have some benefits it we intake it in a small amount. In many countries especially in cold countries, alcoholic beverages are commonly consumed at the major daily meals (lunch and dinner). In some of the places drinking alcohol in a very small amount is used as one method of avoiding water-borne diseases such as cholera. Even many had done the research and they also says that drinking alcohol will also lowers some risks like heart attack, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and also an increase in overall longevity of life. Thus these points ensure that the alcohols also have a good side of face. But this will not say that drinking alcohol is always good for our health. Because it has some a bad effect on it’s another side of face too. Those who look on to that side of face will not recover from it very easily.

Continued in next post...

Alcohol-Good R Bad (Bottle 1)

2009-02-20T20:31:00.000+05:30

As we all know, many people are addicted to the habit of drinking. The only reason for it is, after they consume it will give some kind of mental satisfaction to the body and enjoyment too. Many know the ill effects of drinking habit and its causes to the society. But actually, Alcohol! What is it? It is just a drinking substance that is made up of mixing both natural and chemical products. Drinking will help us to relax our mind, but drinking it more will create some bad effects on our body. This is the explanation that is given by all, when we ask about alcohol. We will about the alcohol from technical point of view like its composition, mixture and many more. Technically speaking, an alcohol is a drink that is containing ethanol. This is a chemical product, which will cause more effects on our body and health if we intake it more. This is true and it is applicable to anything, which we in take into our body. Everything should be under a control and of it crosses that, and then we will lose our life. It is also called as a drug which will addict us, and thus we can’t able to live without it. Using alcohol can give us both good and bad result to our health. But the majority of people say that it is very injurious to health and it is also true.

Continued in next post...

Vijay Mallya

2009-02-17T14:01:00.000+05:30

An famous industrialist from India named Vijay Mallya had acquired the belongings of Mahatma Gandhi by placing the winning bet of Rs 9.3 crore at a New York auction.The bidding for the items stopped at $1.8 million, but with commission it came for around $2.1 million. This is not the first time that Mr Mallya has bought a part of Indian heritage at an auction. In September 2003, Mr Mallya had bought the sword of Tippu Sultan at an auction in Londion.

Some Indian Govt's confusion is there in this deal with Mallya. Indian Govt. is stating that Mr Mallya is just the representative from govt. side to buy the belongings of Gandhi. But Mallya is refusing the matter and says that he bidded and bought the things in auction of his own interest. Anyway an Indian bought the things and saved the Indian heritage from its loss. Hats off to Mr Mallya.

Futureviews: September Blows

2009-02-14T13:56:00.000+05:30

This is Futureviews (foo-too-reh-voos), a segment where I review movies that haven't come out yet...and then gloat quietly to myself as you inevitably agree with me...ain't I a stinker?...

Happy September, everybody...well, sorta...September is one of those lame months of the year, where you're not quite used to the academic routine but it's in full swing...the weather sucks (i.e. Hurricane Ike being sorta outside my window)...and the choices as far as the box office goes are both broad but limited...assuming of course you have enough common sense to avoid things like Bangkok LAMEgerous...not to say I haven't liked Nicholas Cage in some of his movies (i.e. The Wicker Man), but come on...if you've already seen Wanted, there's no point in checking this one out...

Anyway, on to the heart of this post...INGEST MY BASELESS OPINIONS, NOW!...

Burn After Reading - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, the cop from Fargo, and John Malcovich in a Coen Brothers film...need I say more?...

Watch! That! Shit!

Righteous Kill - Sounds like a topic I should debate with my paladin, but it's a movie with Robert of Niro and Al Pacino investigating a series of murders...having seen 88 Minutes about 88 times, I've lost any flavour I might have for this kind of movie with Pacino in it...it's an okay movie, about as good as Vantage Point...

I'm not going to watch it, but if you've got nothing better to do, go ahead...

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys - Now, I haven't watched any of Tyler Perry's work...I hear it's all fairly hit or miss and I haven't really had any interest in any of them before this one...the trailer makes it look like a solid drama, though reading the synopsis worries me when I find out that a good portion of the film is dedicated to the matriarchs going on a cross-country road trip...that ain't my kinda deal, but I'm still going to give it a glance despite my reservations...

It's worth a look...

The Women - It's The Last Kiss with more chicks and less Zack Braff...if I know my readers at all, y'all are as uninterested as I am...if I'm wrong, remind me to reprimand you next time I visit...

Not even a combination of sex, Reeses pie, and 8-hours of D&D could make me watch this film...

Ghost Town - Mediocre comedy...like The Sixth Sense except the main character is actually alive for most of the movie (and Dumbledore dies and Vader is Luke's father and it was Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Library)...probably just as funny too (I laughed)...

I'm not gonna watch it, but it wouldn't be a bad decision to do so...

Lakeview Terrace - This movie is not a work of fiction...we all know Samuel L. Jackson is a badass in every way imaginable (FUN FACT: Did you know that Scorpions on a Ship is the first production Jackson has turned down a role in since he was asked to play a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard in a high school play?)...shoot, some of you may have even thought to yourselves "Golly! Wouldn't it be great is Samuel L. Jackson was my neighbor?"...

Well, you're wrong...this is not a work of fiction...it's a documentary...may it serve as a warning to you all...

My Best Friend's Girl - I feel sorry for Jason Biggs...American Pie both made and destroyed his career...however, he has served us well be acting as a harbinger for bad romantic comedies...

Plus, Dane Cook is lame...don't watch this...it's not going to be good...

Eagle Eye - I love Shia LaBeouf...he is one of those few actors who simple cannot be in a bad movie...he's a young actor, but that's still a great accomplishment...plus, Billy Bob Thorton?...shit, yea!...he's way too good an actor to be in some of the movies he's been in...but he still does quality work...

Watch this one!...

The Lucky Ones - Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña go on a road trip...I generally don't like road trip movies...they tend to blow...especially with 2 dudes and a chick...

Unless of course, you're traveling through Limbo...don't watch this...

Miracle at St. Anna - I generally enjoy Spike Lee's work...Do The Right Thing is one of my all-time favorite films...and this looks like it'll be no exception...I am most definitely going to see this film...the trailer gives me this nice creepy feel that I don't often get (unless I'm watching Gurren Lagann, in which case I'm in Constant Shivgasm Mode)...looks to be a WW2 drama with a hint of supernatural mystery and probably some attention called to racial divide...

Maybe we'll see some folks that aren't black or italian in this one...go watch...

That's it for this month...tune in again in October for another barrage of biased, but accurate Futureviews!...

No cPosture

2009-02-11T13:50:00.000+05:30

You can now stop worrying about the way you look while sitting, for iPosture a small gadget, which can be stuck on the skin and buzzes to remind the wearer to sit up straight, helping improve posture, has come to your rescue. The revolutionary device vibrates discretely when the wearer slouches by more than three degrees for one minute. Once the posture is corrected the buzzing stops and users have been found to adopt better habits after wearing the device for four hours a day for up to a month. The iPosture gadget can be worn while sitting, standing or walking, making it ideal for workers who spend hours in front of a computer and can be stuck to the skin, worn as a necklace or attached to a bra strap. It uses a slimline battery like those found in most watches or calculators and monitors posture every few seconds. It may be bought on the Internet for 50pounds. Thus it helps the people to sit straight… This is a boon for all who likes to sit in iPosture… So make use of it…

Vacuum cleaner

2009-02-08T13:48:00.000+05:30

Scientists have invented a specially-equipped robot vacuum cleaner that can sense human emotions. The scientists say that the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner uses a special headband to capture bio electric signals from the forehead of a human user, and then infers stress from muscle tension readings.
The system involves a control software programme that reinterprets natural muscle tension as estimating the user's stress level, they add.
"Two distinct robotic behaviours corresponding to two extreme emotional states, either relaxed or stressed, are triggered when the stress reading reach a threshold. Robot actions are then influenced by these stress readings. When a person shows high stress (~levels 3 and 4), the robot enters its cleaning mode but moves away from the user so as not annoy them. When a person is relaxed (~level 1), the robot (if cleaning) approaches the person and then stops, simulating a pet sitting next to its owner. If the reading is in between these two levels, the robot continues operating in its current mode until the stress reading reaches a threshold," New Scientist magazine quoted the researchers as saying.
Telling about the unique feature of this system, the researchers said that the robot's behaviour is controlled by human emotion instead of any explicit commands.
Thus this vacuum cleaner is a real well equipped robot.

New searchengine

2009-02-05T13:46:00.000+05:30

The day is not far when an online search engine would be giving netizens direct answers to their queries rather than web pages containing them, if researchers are to be believed. It is hoped that, to build a grand metasearch engine one day that would integrate all of the one million small search engines into a single system. There are still a lot of significant challenges in creating a system of such magnitude, but I am optimistic that such a metasearch engine can be built.

Save and protect...

2009-02-02T13:44:00.000+05:30

Thanks to the acceleration in global warming, the Arctic Ocean will lose its ice cover in the next 30 years, says a new study, and not in 100 years as scientists had predicted earlier. New research suggests the Arctic Ocean is already edging towards this grim reality, as the ice cover during summers could shrink to a mere million square km from the existing 4.6 million sq km. So much more open water could be a boon for shipping and for oil and mineral extraction from the seabed. But the flip side is it could trigger upheaval of the ecosystem. Therefore try to save the world from getting spoiled, through global warming.

Mokele-mbembe

2009-01-30T13:41:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, here it is an interesting topic about an unknown animal to you…… It is nothing but Mokele-mbembe: meaning "one who stops the flow of rivers" in the Lingala language, is the name given to a large water dwelling cryptid(name of its grouping) found in the folklore of the Congo River basin. It is sometimes described as being a living creature and sometimes as being a spirit.

Several expeditions have been mounted in the hope of finding evidence of the Mokele-mbembe, though without success. Efforts have been covered in a number of books and by a number of television documentaries. The Mokele-mbembe and its associated folklore also appears in several works of fiction and popular culture.

According to the traditions of the Congo River basin the Mokele-mbembe is a large territorial herbivore, approximately the size of an small elephant or a large hippopotamus. It dwells in the Congo river and the surrounding swampland, and has a preference for deep water, with local folklore holding that its habitat of choice are river bends.

Descriptions of the Mokele-mbembe, by some legends describe that, it as having an elephant like body with a long neck and tail and a small head. It has been first seen and reported in the year 1776(march) and last sighted by Eugene Thomas in the year 1989 at the congo river basin.

This information tells that, the dinosauras family is still living on the earth. Since it is an herbivores, lets hope it will not eat the mankind……

Rainforest

2009-01-27T13:38:00.000+05:30

The Amazon River Basin is home to the largest rainforest on Earth. It covers some 40% of the South American continent and includes parts of eight South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, as well as French Guiana, a department of France.

Reflecting environmental conditions as well as past human influence, the Amazon is made up of a mosaic of ecosystems and vegetation types including rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded forests, and savannas. The basin is drained by the Amazon River, the world's largest river in terms of discharge, and the second longest river in the world after the Nile. The river is made up of over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1000 miles, and two of which (the Negro and the Madeira) are larger, in terms of volume, than the Congo (formerly the Zaire) river. The river system is the lifeline of the forest and its history plays an important part in the development of its rainforests.

How large is the Amazon rainforest?
In Brazil, the Amazon covers surface area of 4,100,000 square kilometers (1,583,000 square miles), of which around 3.4 million sq km (1.3 million sq mi) are presently forested. Accounting for parts of the Amazon outside of Brazil, the total extent of the Amazon is estimated at 8,235,430 sq km (3,179,715 sq mi). or comparison, the land area of the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) is 9,629,091 square kilometers (3,717,811).

In total, the Amazon River drains about 6,915,000 square kilometers (2,722,000 square miles), or roughly 40 percent of South America.

To date, at least 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish, 1,294 birds, 427 mammals, 428 amphibians, and 378 reptiles have been scientifically classified in the region.

Many mammals, still not known are also living in this forest. But deforestation taking place in these area’s will surely affect the life of these mammals. So Amazon should be protected from deforestation, otherwise the result will be very bad

Death triangle

2009-01-24T13:32:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, this post is going to be about the worlds mystery "BERMUDA'S TRIANGLE"(also known as Devil's triangle).No doubt you have wondered about the Bermuda Triangle. It is the greatest modern mystery pf our supposedly well understood world: a region of Atlantic ocean between Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where disappearances of ships & planes not only continue but continue to defy explanation.

Storms are common in the region, and investigations to date have not produced scientific evidence of any unusual phenomena involved in the disappearances.

Some people were saying that ,this disappearances are due to the storms in that region and others are saying that,it is due to the heavy gravitational force in that area and some guys says that,it is due to some ghosts that are living under the see in that region and the imaginary skills of the people goes on ascending.

Recent Aircraft disappearances include:

Piper PA-46-310P N444JH on April 10, 2007, near Berry Islands.(under investigation)

Piper PA-23 N6886Y on June 20, 2005, Between Treasure Cay, BI, to Fort Pierce, FL (possible foul weather)

Piper PA-32-300 N8224C, November 13, 2003, over the Exumas, Bahamas. (No known cause)

What will be the reason for this disappearances........... Need to find a solution.

What was the fault?

2009-01-21T13:35:00.000+05:30

Plane crashes are taking place all over the world because of many reasons. But many of them happens because of birds...The reason for the crash of Airbus A320, which had lost power and ditched in New York's Hudson River last month is found to be that both engines of the Airbus A320 were damaged and contained "organic material" which was sent to bird experts at the Smithsonian Institution for identification. But the board previously had said bird remains were found in the right engine, and now has confirmed the same in the left engine. So i request the birds to leave the way for the aircraft, that are coming on their way... Lol......

Car of the year 2008

2009-01-18T21:36:00.000+05:30

Wheels magazine's car of the year 2008 verdict is out and the grand winner is the Honda Accord Euro. The evaluation was made based on a set of parameters like functionality, technology, efficiency, safely and value. The selection began with the release of 35 eligible cars models, which were later shortlisted to 18 before the final list of cars was made. The final shortlist includes the Honda Accord Euro, BMW X6, Chrysler Grand Voyager, Jeep Cherokee, Lexus LX570, Volvo XC70, Audi A4, Volkswagen Tiguan, and Mazda 6. Though all these cars have many special features and unique characters, Honda wins the final test, and now it is the best 2008 car.

What can squirrels do?

2009-01-15T06:37:00.015+05:30

Hi friends, we all know much about squirrels, their activities and so on... They can climb the trees, run fast as they can and can eat the food faster.

But can they help the military in the war?, can they do sword fight?, will they go to gym?, do they know marshal arts? Ooooooooooooooh Noooooooooooo.....

Wind powered car

2009-01-12T23:33:00.000+05:30

We all know and heard only about diesel powered, petrol powered, gas powered, hydrogen cell powered cars. But have you ever thought about wind powered cars. Does this logic works. Majority of us will say no… But Rory Handel and Maxx Bricklinas from Beverly Hills, California made it true.
The supercar designed by them could reach a top speed of 155mph without harming the environment, for it runs on wind energy. The environmentally friendly Formula AE car will initially use a solar-powered battery to move, but later depend upon the airflow around it to power a turbine. The high performance car will take less than four seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph. The car is expected to cost around 100,000 pounds when it hits the market. The two-seater's bodywork boasts paper-thin solar paneling that could fully charge the battery in just 1.5 hours. However, this time will be reduced to just six minutes with a new prototype battery. A full battery would enable the drivers to cover more than 200 miles or to race around a track for at least an hour. An advanced alternating current induction motor with a power output of 212 kilowatts will propel the Formula AE. In fact, the chassis will be constructed from lightweight aluminium and super strong steel in a Formula 1-style monocoque shell. Rory Handel and Maxx Bricklinas from Beverly Hills, California designed the sleek motor of the car, and they expect the prototype to be completed in August.
So if this car comes for sale, it is sure that it is a big boon for us to save our environment from pollution. And it will be also helpful for us, as today there is more scarcity for fuel. So let’s wait for its arrival…

MOTO W233 Renew

2009-01-09T07:06:00.000+05:30

We have seen recycling in many products like paper, cans, plastic products etc. But Motorola says that this is not enough… Motorola has now launched a cell phone made from recycled plastic water bottles. The name of the phone is MOTO W233 Renew. This good work made by Motorola will surely induce all the companies to make their product something different and also it aware the people about recycling. It is said that MOTO W233 Renew will hit the shelves during the first quarter of 2009 at T-Mobile stores. So let’s hope that this will be a nice one to use too…

Microsoft layoffs...

2009-01-06T06:41:00.002+05:30

Today recession is taking place all over the world... Because of this many companies are laying off their workers in 1000's. In this row Microsoft too had joined. It has been asked to cut its workforce by 10%, or about 9,100 employees, to tell the market that profits are more important than revenue growth in difficult times. Thus recession made things too worse. It is said that there have been close to 20 lakh layoffs in 2008 alone. So some care should be taken by all the countries to stop this recession.

Social network really works...

2009-01-03T20:25:00.000+05:30

We all know that social networking has really increased a lot in past few years. Nothing will work without network. It helps us to enlarge our environment. The year 2008 witnessed great growth for social media, sharing and networking properties and applications. More than 60% of the Indian internet users are using one of the social media platforms. We are witnessing a co-existence of global, local and niche based social networking platforms. Besides broad based networks, categories such as professional, education, entertainment and games will emerge as strong growth drivers for the social media. The second aspect that emerged in 2008 was the fact that young users in the age group of 18 to 24 from tier II and tier III cities began to aggressively enroll into social networking platforms. This is a healthy trend, given that social networking satisfies key needs of this young population besides enabling them to express across borders. To sum up, 2008 has been a remarkable year as consumer, advertisers and the entertainment industry have been able to realize the growing popularity of online space. Thus it is expected that this will continue at a much faster pace in this present year.

3G watch phone

2009-01-01T09:23:00.002+05:30

Hi, I wish you all a happy new year. In this first day of this year, our post is going to be about a wrist phone. This mobile video phone can be worn on the wrist just like a watch, all thanks to a South Korean technology firm that has unveiled the worlds first "3G watch phone."
The unique phone by LG Electronics boasts a touch-screen dialing system with a camera and an in-built speaker.
With all these features, the users could make video calls and gain high-speed Internet access.
The device also recognizes voices, transforms text to speech, has a Bluetooth function and also works as an MP3 player.
The high-end handset is due to be launched in Europe later next year, reports The Telegraph.
With a 1.43-inch (3.63-centimetre) screen, the product is 0.56 inches (13.9 millimeters) in thickness.
The 3G watch phone will go on display at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from Jan 8 to 11.
The device makes part of a trend towards multi-tasking gadgets that can perform a host of functions.
Thus, we don’t want to carry our phone in our pocket anymore… Am I correct…

Happy New Year-2009

2008-12-31T12:29:00.003+05:30

Chatting and Facebook-ing

2008-12-31T12:21:00.002+05:30

Parents are very much worried about their children spending their time on chatting, Facebook-ing etc. But a new study has revealed that children are picking up basic social and technical skills while working online.
Researchers have found that social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites and gadgets such as mobile phones help kids remain in constant touch with their social circle.
They found that most young people almost always associate with people they already know in their offline lives through school or sports, but cell phones, instant messaging and social network sites such as MySpace and Facebook allow them to be in nearly constant touch.
Thus parents don’t want to worry anymore about these matters. They can stay cool in their home and watch their kids chatting in online…

Hyundai i 20

2008-12-28T11:56:00.002+05:30

Hi every one, we all know that today all the roads are filled up with New cars. Daily we can able to see a new model car roaming in the streets. In India, a new car has been introduced by the Hyundai motors called i 20. i 20 said to be an improved version of i10 with more space and more powerful engine.
The launch at the time of global financial meltdown has raised many questions about the success of i 20 in the Indian markets. But the senior vice president of Hyundai motors said that, they were positive about the launch, as what matters ultimately is the quality of the product.
Thus let's hope that i 20 will become popular in the Indian market...

Chinese hackers - 7yrs Jail

2008-12-25T12:27:00.001+05:30

Hackers who steal data or manipulate large number of computers may be jailed for up to seven years, according to a proposed amendment to the Chinese Criminal Law. The penalties will also be applicable to those who offer software or tools for hacking to any intruder. The existing law offers punishment only for intruding into networks of governments, national defense or leading science sectors; or altering the functions of personal computer systems. However, the amended law will be the first legal tool to curb increasing data theft from civil-use computers in China.

$1,000 cash bonus replaced with G1 phone

2008-12-22T12:05:00.001+05:30

Google's employees will not be getting the usual cash bonus of 1,000 dollars this Christmas, for the Internet search engine giant has decided to give them a version of its new mobile phone G1 instead. The customized G1 devices will be given to all permanent Google employees in the United States, Western and Central Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Japan, covering about 85 per cent of its 20,123 global staff. However, since the G1 cannot be shipped to other parts of the world due to legal reasons, the company's staff elsewhere would be receiving 400 dollars instead. The company had launched this phone in October this year to compete with Apple's iPhone. It runs on Android, Google's own mobile operating system. "The holiday bonus is a Google tradition - it's a great way to thank everyone for their hard work. In the past, we've done this in cash. This year, we've decided to give Googlers a different kind of present - a Dream phone," Time Online quoted the company as telling its staff via an e-mail.

G1 received a lukewarm response when it was first unveiled, with some calling it "an unattractive and uninspiring piece of plastic".The company's e-mail calls on its staff to test the phone in-house. "Some of you will of course be wondering why we decided to change from a cash bonus to the Dream phone," the e-mail reads.

"Googlers globally have been asking for the Dream phone and we're looking forward to seeing all the things that you do with them. This is a chance for us to once again dogfood (a term used for testing) a product and make it even better!" it continues.

The e-mail goes on to finish on an upbeat note: "Thank you for all that you do to make Google the company that it is. We hope that you will enjoy using your Dream phone in 2009 and have a very happy holiday!"

First day-night Test match

2008-12-18T11:46:00.003+05:30

Australia is almost certain to make history in November 2009 by hosting cricket's first day-night Test match. Australia and Pakistan will become the first teams to clash in a Test match under lights, the Daily Telegraph reported. Cricket Australia chose the Adelaide Oval match next November and will seek ICC approval. The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) is also being asked to help design a special ball for cricket's most radical move in 30 years.
Cricket Australia has proposed the Test to start from 2 p.m., following the usual timeslot of regular one-day internationals played under lights. Broadcaster Channel Nine has also thrown its support behind the new concept. The match will be staged in one of the last weeks of the 2009 TV ratings year. CA chief executive James Sutherland said that the move was inevitable, adding: "Test cricket is our premium form of the game so why (not) play it at a time when most people can watch it?
"There's no doubt it will happen - people can go after work and it's a cooler time of the day for spectators and fans. Look at the Olympics, the NRL and the AFL and how much of it is played at night these days because it's a more convenient time for viewers and fans," he said. A suitable ball is a sticking point, but CA is committed to solving the issue by November. "The white ball for one-day cricket that lasts 50 overs is not suitable," Sutherland said.
And like the one-day game and Twenty20 cricket, a night Test is sure to spark debate among traditionalists.

Spidy template

2008-12-15T20:44:00.001+05:30

Hi friends here is a cool Spidy template for you. So if you are interested please copy the template HTML from the given link and make your blog look nice and cool...
Link: Spidy template

All the best Mr.Steven Chu...

2008-12-12T08:14:00.000+05:30

As Steven Chu, who runs the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama as energy secretary, all will like to know more about him… i.e. his family, qualification, achievements etc,.
NAME - Steven Chu.
AGE - 60
BIRTH DATE - Feb. 28, 1948
LOCATION - St. Louis.
EXPERIENCE - Professor of physics and molecular and cell biology, University of California, Berkeley; director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2004-present; chair, physics department, Stanford University, 1990-1993 and 1999-2001; head, quantum electronics research department, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, N.J., 1983-1987; technical staff, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., 1978-1983.
EDUCATION - A.B. degrees in physics and mathematics, University of Rochester; Ph.D in physics, University of Califorinia, Berkeley, 1976.
FAMILY - Wife, Jean Chu; two sons.
QUOTE - "I told my boss .... `Guess what? I just trapped an atom.' He said, `Great. What are you going to do with it?' I said, `I don't know, but it's great!'" — That accomplishment, and years of work that followed, won Chu a share of the Nobel Prize for physics in 1997.
Now I think that you all had known much about Mr. Steven Chu and this will be helpful info for. More to come so stay in touch…

Enjoy the Houstan weather!!!

2008-12-11T07:54:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, weather in many countries and many areas have been changing rapidly from season to season, due to some climate changes. Now this post tells you about the weather condition in the Houston due to some season change…The Nationals Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for counties along and north of Interstate 10 as snow continues to fall in the Houston area. Several counties, including Harris and Colorado, are under the warning, which is scheduled to expire at midnight. Light snow has been reported all over the Houston area, including Cypress, Tomball, Sugar Land and southwest Houston. And FOX 26 Chief Meteorologist Dr. Jim Siebert said residents in the Houston area could expect to see freezing temperatures Wednesday night. Temperatures dropped to the 30's Tuesday night after a cold front brought in rain and high winds across southeast Texas, Siebert said. However, temperatures are expected to rise to the 50's by Thursday and then to 70's by the weekend, Siebert said. So people in Houston, enjoy the winter season and have fun, also those who want to enjoy the winter season can travel to Houston.

Getting paid to blog...

2008-12-10T07:11:00.000+05:30

Hi friend, Are you interested in blogging and also you need that you should be pain for your blog posts. Ya it is possible. There is a site called payingpost.com which will provide you money for writing paid posts in your blog. Doing paid posts have really been a great help especially to stay at home persons whether you are a dad, a mom or just a student. For others, it is just a hobby while for some; it has been a source of extra income. As of me, getting paid to blog is really a blessing. I would say that it is my second job. It helps us make both ends meet. Hey, those dollars could pay our utility bills and can even make us buy things that we want that are not included in the budget.
The opportunity in this site varies as per your blogs popularity and so on. So make your blog popular, before applying for this opportunity. You will get more than $5 for each paid post you write in your blog. I know that most bloggers are aware of blogging for money. I hope advertisers are just as aware as we are! Hey, we could help each other! It will benefit both.
So, blogger friends out there! Have you checked Paying Post? Why don't you take a look? Once approved, you get more money. They only charge 50% less of creation compared to other blog advertising companies. Whichever way, we all love those people! So please visit this site and make some money with your blog…You can also get some info about this site in websites like Wikipedia.com, DMOZ.org, business.com etc.

Happy Christmas...

2008-12-10T06:46:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, since Christmas festival is going to held within few days, I am very much glad to wish all my friends, "A Happy and Merry, Merry Christmas". We all should enjoy this Christmas in a joyful and peaceful manner. In this occasion, i wish that no bad things or matters should occur in this world. All should live peace and also with good health. So once i wish you all "A Happy Christmas" to all of you and have fun on this Christmas...

Credit card debt

2008-12-09T08:28:00.000+05:30

Hi friends our today’s post is going to be about the problems in debt cards and some solution for those problems. All of us will at least for once in our lifetime suffer for the condition where they are pinned down for they cannot be freely moved due to the impeding debts. Have you ever felt so? Well, if you are even in such problems, you will always be able in finding the way out just by simply logging on to the internet website of budgetplanners.net. In there you will find the service of the debt consolidation by which your entire debts will be taken care of and you are going to be freely live in your every movement. This service will also deal with the other problems related to the debts, like the credit card debt. You know that cards always give you the bills that are almost unbearable to be handled by you alone. So this website has come in handy for you to consolidate credit cards in such an easy way. In the way of easy to fill out a special form, you are going to enjoy your life at fast. Isn’t it important that you will be struggled for the freedom of life by releasing all kind of debt for your shoulder? So for more information about this site, try out the links given above and get rid of your debt card problems… An also for more questions visit the FAQ of this site. We can also get info about this site in some websites like dmoz, wikipedia.

Decided to quit...

2008-11-16T18:33:00.000+05:30

Hi dear co authors... Now i'm going to tell you a sad news about our blog. Since there is no update in our blog, i planned to drop the co authors idea. And also, i had lost my interest in blogging. So i decided to handle this blog to my brother, who is handling more than 5 blogs. Selerines world is his main blog. So thanks for all the co authors who joined my hand during this short journey. Thank you...

SO Election Day.....

2008-11-04T06:59:00.000+05:30

Election Day for the next president of the united states is tomorrow.
I am so ready for tomorrow night when they announce the next president.
Tension is running high and I have officially stopped being friends with some people over politics.
That is completely crazy to me. But then again, I'm probably a crazy person to them too.
According to the polls, the projected winner of the 2008 election is Barack Obama! If he does not win, this country will have officially pissed me off and when I graduate I want to move to Canada, seriously.

This is a video I found on Youtube. I really didnt think people still had this mindset, but apparently they do.

May the best of luck be with Barack Obama

Tomatoes or Microsoft?

2008-11-01T12:13:00.000+05:30

Here goes:

There was this man, who went to Microsoft to find a job...

Man: "I need a job, even if it meant to be a toilet cleaner, etc... I wana work at Microsoft."

Receptionist: "Great~! We need people like you. Give us your email address, we will send u your application form and your confirmation letter right away!"

Man: "Erm... I dont have an email address. Snail mail can?"

Receptionist: "WHAT~? At this cyber-age, you dun haf email? I am sorry. Please get an email address and come back again."

The man was disappointed. And went home dejected and sad...
He passed by a vegetables and fruits stall...
So he decided to buy some tomatoes with what $ he has left...
Upon reaching home...
He sold some to his neighbour who was surprised at the NICE tomatoes he picked out...
His neighbour gave him more $ den he should get...
The man realised the idea of 'profit'...
He told himself...
I shall buy more tomatoes and sell more tmr...
After some time...
He began to make some $...
He set up a shop...
After some more time...
He set up a farm...
Planted tomatoes and became a regional exporter...
He earned millions and was interviewed one day...

Reporter: "Hi, May I know wad's the secret of your success?"

Man: "I never gave up, started small and became wad I am today."

Reporter: "Wow... Tt sounds tough... Can I have your email address so we can arrange a formal interview? I would like to feature u in our magazine."

Man: "Sorry. I don't have an email address. Please divert all mails to my office."

Reporter: "What? You realise that if you had an email address... Your business would perhaps be global and worth billions?"

Man: "NO~! I am satisfied... If I had an email address... I would be at Microsoft cleaning toilets~!"

Earn through your blog!!!

2008-10-18T23:58:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, today my post is going to be a pleasant surprise for you. Now I'm going to give you people some tips about earning through blogs.
The important things, that you need to earn in your blog are...
1. Your blog must have at least 1 PR.
2. You must know good grammatical English.
3. You will need to spend more time for your blog.
4. Your blog must be at least 1 month older.
5. Your blog must contain more than 20 posts.

Now me and my brother were earning more than $600 per month. In my next post i will tell you about the sites, through which you can earn money using your blog.

Just for a smile on your face..

2008-10-14T16:09:00.000+05:30

The office is a place where work is done, so is where rumours start.. =P

Gotta be careful at work~~!

My Love Affair with Motivational Posters...

2008-10-14T00:05:00.000+05:30

One of my favorite things to do when I'm online perusing the web is to take photos of a humerous (or sometimes serious) nature and give them captions in the form of motivational posters...I shell a new one out every Monday on my blog and I thought I might share some of my favorite creations with you guys...

This is a oldie but a goodie...it's also this week's showcase for the RPG Carnival...

I dressed up as the communist party for Halloween one year...I made way too many Yakov Smirnoff jokes that night...

Too often would folks photoshop Admiral Akbar into this one...

...

Oh, the irony...

If you enjoyed these, be sure to check out my blog every Monday for more motivational goodness...

Horror Movie

2008-10-12T18:49:00.000+05:30

Thank you - read on to find out what is it...

2008-10-06T21:39:00.000+05:30

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls, career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing could stop him.

Over the phone, his mother told him, 'Mr. Belser died last night. The funeral is Wednesday.'

Memories flashed through his mind like an old newsreel as he sat quietly remembering his childhood days.

'Jack, did you hear me?'

'Oh sorry, Mom. Yes, I heard you. It's been so long since I thought of him. I'm sorry, but I honestly thought he died years ago,' Jack said.

'Well, he didn't forget you. Every time I saw him he'd ask how you were doing. He'd reminisce about the many days you spent over 'his side of the fence' as he put it,' Mom told him.

'I loved that old house he lived in,' Jack said.

'You know, Jack, after your father died, Mr. Belser stepped in to make sure you had a man's influence in your life,' she said.

'He's the one who taught me carpentry,' he said. 'I wouldn't be in this business if it weren't for him. He spent a lot of time teaching me things he thought were important... Mom, I'll be there for the funeral,' Jack said.

As busy as he was, he kept his word. Jack caught the next flight to his hometown. Mr. Belser's funeral was small and uneventful. He had no children of his own, and most of his relatives had passed away.

The night before he had to return home, Jack and his Mom stopped by to see the old house next door one more time. Standing in the doorway, Jack paused for a moment. It was like crossing over into another dimension, a leap through space and time. The house was exactly as he remembered. Every step held memories. Every picture, every piece of furniture....Jack stopped suddenly.

'What's wrong, Jack?' his Mom asked.

'The box is gone,' he said.

'What box?' Mom asked.

'There was a small gold box that he kept locked on top of his desk. I must have asked him a thousand times what was inside. All he'd ever tell me was the thing I value most,' Jack said. It was gone. Everything about the house was exactly how Jack remembered it, except for the box. He figured someone from the Belser family had taken it.

'Now I'll never know what was so valuable to him,' Jack said. 'I better get some sleep. I have an early flight home, Mom.'

It had been about two weeks since Mr. Belser died. Returning home from work one day, Jack discovered a note in his mailbox. 'Signature required on a package. No one at home. Please stop by the main post office within the next three days,' the note read.

Early the next day Jack retrieved the package. The small box was old and looked like it had been mailed a hundred years ago. The handwriting was difficult to read, but the return address caught his attention. 'Mr. Harold Belser' it read.

Jack took the box out to his car and ripped open the package. There inside was the gold box and an envelope. Jack's hands shook as he read the note inside. 'Upon my death, please forward this box and its contents to Jack Bennett. It's the thing I
valued most in my life.'

A small key was taped to the letter. His heart racing, as tears filling his eyes,! Jack carefully unlocked the box. There inside he found a beautiful gold pocket watch. Running his fingers slowly over the finely etched casing, he unlatched the cover.
Inside he found these words engraved: 'Jack, Thanks for your TIME! - Harold Belser.'

'The thing he valued most...was...my time.'

Jack held the watch for a few minutes then called his office and cleared his appointments for the next two days. 'Why, sir?' Janet, his assistant asked.

'I need some time to spend with my son,' he said. 'Oh, by the way, Janet... Thanks for your time!'

'Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away,'

Think about this. You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

You mean the world to someone.

If not for you, someone may not be living.

You are special and unique.

When you think you have no chance of getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you trust God to do what's best, and wait on His time, sooner or later, you willget it or something better.

When you make the biggest mistake ever,something good can still come from it.

When you think the world has turned its back on you, take a look; you most likely turned your back on the world.

Someone that you don't even know exist, loves you.

Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

Always tell someone how you feel about them; you will feel much better when they know and you'll both be happy.

If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they are great.

If you send this letter to all the people you care about, you will certainly brighten someone's day and might change their perspective on life... for the better.

To everyone I sent this: 'Really thank you for your time.

A Reason, A Season or A Lifetime

2008-10-04T15:28:00.001+05:30

A Reason, A Season or A Lifetime

Here goes:

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person..

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.

They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.

They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die.

Sometimes they walk away!

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.

The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real but only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.

Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life, whether you were a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime.

Will I Be Missed?

2008-10-04T11:14:00.000+05:30

My 1 week break has come to an end. I am going back to my campus today. Sigh. I hate to leave home. I wish my uni is at my hometown so that I don't have to be away from my family, spend on air tickets and of course be loved all the time. ;)

My Eid break has been great. I love every single moment of it. Spending time with my bestie, road trip with my small family, house cleaning with my brothers and stuff like that. I really miss these moments when I am in Kuching.

So I am planning to leave my modem behind as my final exams starts end of this month. I won't be blogging that much so please dont miss me too much yah! *wink* I will update u guys with things that I'm going through daily along with pictures. I just have to bear with my uni's wireless internet connection. Blergh.

wondering will I be missed?

P/S: Monterines, can u pls change my name from Farihana to Izza? Under the profiles of authors at the right side of the page. Thanx!

My babies =]

2008-10-03T04:52:00.000+05:30

Greetings Lovely's

I haven't posted much recently because of school and exams, but I am done with that for a week or so. Recently a gossip website has sweep through my campus, and is all the rage. Juicycampus.com allows anonymous postings. Some are in good spirit but others seem really hurtful, and I feel bad for those who 'not so clean' reputation is being broadcast online for anyone to see. I'm in my 3rd year of college and I keep to myself. I have a pretty close network of friends that I call my family. I may have the reputation of a wild child with them, but that's ok. On campus I am probably most noted for my chemistry genius lol and my tattoo/piercing addiction. SOOOO i decided I should share my tattoo's and piercings, since I love them so. I doubt that you all care about what I know about chemistry! Here's a List of what I have in order of when I got them =] If blogger acts right, I will add pictures.

6 lobe
navel*
cartilage ear (left)
ankh (Left waistline)
monroe (left side)*
tongue
surface (above navel)*
bottom lip (left side) labret
bottom navel
rook (left)
serotonin (upper right back)
fleur de Lis (lower back)
nipple 1 (left barbell)
nipple 2 (right loopy loop)

* removed =[

Happy Eid Al-Fitr

2008-10-01T15:12:00.000+05:30

I would like to wish the muslims all over the world a very happy Eid Al-Fitr!

Love,
-izza-

Love from Miri. ;)

2008-09-30T20:55:00.000+05:30

First of all I would like to thank Monterines for choosing me as Blogger Of The Month. I feel honored. Thank u dude! I am sure the other co-authors are far better than I am. Maybe I have a lot more free time than u guys here. So thats why I got to blog about my daily life. *smiles*

So if u are following my blog, u will know that I am currently in my hometown for a week break. For the past few days I've been so busy with the Eid preparation. Lucky for me I got 3 brothers to rely on. *grins* My younger brother helped me a lot and that makes me love him to bits! He has always been helpful to his only sister.

And if u have been reading my blog, u'll know that I have met my Oko for the second time this year. It's very hard to meet up with her due to my studies. I am not studying at my hometown and she lives in the village, faaaaaaaaar from my hometown so she seldoms come to Miri.

My Oko.

Yep, yep.. Her ears are long. Thats one of their culture. I am a mix of Malay and Kenyah. Mom is from the Kenyah tribe. They can only be found in Sarawak, Malaysia. If you got the chance to come to Sarawak one day, I'll find time to show u guys around aight.

In my village, we still live in long houses. The long houses are super cool and I love, love it! There are more than 15 families living in the long house and they live peacefully. I especially love it when its Christmas! On Christmas Eve, everyone will gather at the long house verandah along with foods and drinks.

I dont have any pic of my long house but I have some pictures of long house taken when I was holiday-ing with my friends. Yep, instead of staying in hotels we checked in into a longhouse. How cool is that?

But since this long house is for business/tourism purpose, it is not as long/big as the ones u may found in the villages. But roughly this is how it looks like.

Breathtaking...

the stairs are unique

beautiful scenery

rooms

So what do u think of long houses now? Cool right?

Blogger of the month, Sep, 2008

2008-09-30T18:34:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, i hereby announce the "Blogger of the month" of this month and we can also see that who are all had got the first two places as a good blogger in our blog...
The first place goes to "Izza". She loves to write about her day to day activities in our blog and it will also be very interesting. Congratulations Izza...
The second place goes to our beloved friend "Rev". He is a good writer and also a good person too. I have some tips that will be very helpful for you rev. You try to write posts in a very common and easy english, so that all can able to read your posts very easily and also they can able to comment in your posts... And also write the posts very short and precise, so that the reader will not get bored while reading the post. Thats all about rev and all the best to you rev.
And also talking about other bloggers, all of us have a special quality within us. So explore your writing skill more than ever you explored. All the best to all the bloggers(Co-authors(Authors)).
The next month award will be published by Rev on the date of 30, oct, 2008 and all the other co-authors will get a chance alternatively to announce the "Blogger of the month" award. They can also choose themself as the "Blogger of the month" if they think that they had written a good number of post with great passion.
Once again a very good luck to all the co-authors of this blog.

PR Updated on 27, sep, 2008

2008-09-28T07:01:00.000+05:30

Hi friends, one important and joyful news to all of them, who own a blog. All blog's Pagerank are now updated by google. One of my blog had got 2 PR. So check your blog PR now by using this link. But this will be a bad news for those who had lost there PR during this update. Don't feel about that, we can regain it in google's next PR update.
I say sorry to my fellow co-authors for not updating the blog because i was busy with my model exams. But now i'm back to the form and will update the blog regularly. Bye friends... See you people in my next post.

Holla!

2008-09-25T07:15:00.001+05:30

Holla! *high five*

Sorry for the lack of update! I've been very very busy lately. I hope everyone is doin fine! Well, if u have been reading my blog for the past few days, u guys should know how excited I am to be back to my hometown.....TODAY!

I will be back for a short holiday. The Muslims are goin to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr in less than one week. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the fasting of Ramadhan.

I usually feel excited when it comes to celebrating Eid. My relatives will come and gather at my grandparents' house. Each would bring something. It may be cookies, cakes, carbonated drinks, curry, etc.

My beloved grandfather passed away just few months ago and I still feel the sadness. This year's Eid is goin to be different without him. I dont feel the excitement. I dont even have a new pair of baju kurung. Mom asked me to make a new pair, but I declined. I dont have the heart to celebrate Eid this year.

So since I don't have a new pair of baju kurung, I will be wearing my mom's. Blergh.

Teachers...

2008-09-19T18:34:00.001+05:30

Hey all! I would like to introduce my 2 wonderful teachers today. They are the Mr Wong (old guy in the middle) and Mr Suhaimi (The shades guy).

Mr Wong is a Mathematics teacher and Mr Suhaimi is a Full Humanities teacher. They both have helped me a lot throughout this year. I believe that being a teacher is a tough job if your class is totally inattentive everytime. But they always have to bear with it as it is their job after all. Nevertheless, they have shown me lots of care, taught me lots of new things and life skills and lessons to make me a better person and leader.

Teachers are somebody needed in everyone's life, no one is without a teacher. Anyone can be a teacher, what diferentiates some from others is the amount of effort they have put into teaching their students. I hope that all of you should try and show your appreciation to all your teachers, thank them for imparting their knowledge to you, as they are also human beings like us. People with feelings and a heart, everyone likes to feel needed. Thats what we should do! to make our teachers feel that they are needed by us.

Here's a moto from my School which is held by all the Patrician teachers:
POTEST QUI VULT - which means HE WHO WILLS, CAN!

Happy blogging! :)
Sagaknight

The Only Thing Better Than Hitler On Ice

2008-09-18T23:59:00.001+05:30

So...this is still just a rudimentary idea thus far and is not fully developed...let me know if you think I should give it a little more juice and actually produce it...

IDEA FOR A SHORT FILM: "Drowning Hitler"

Two people debate whether or not the world would be a better place if Hitler hadn't started WWII and exterminated millions of Jews...one is the uncorrupted Paladin-type of person while the other takes a more neutral position saying we can't be sure of what will happen if we change things...butterflies and earthquakes and such...

Enter Corn..."HAI GUYZ! I BUILT A TIME MUSHEEN! LET'S FUCK WITH STUFF!"...and so they go to solve the debate...

They appear in 1912, Germany...Li'l Hitler is taking a relaxing stroll by a riverbank...they argue briefly over who should do it...

RPS ensues...

Righteousy McPaladin is the lucky winner...he kicks Hitler into the river and proceeds to drown the bastard...sobbing while he does it (after all, it's a little kid)...they go back to the future...

*maniacal cackling*

Drastic changes have occured (as punctuated by the line "What the fuck happened?")

A narrator comes on and explains the impact of Hitler's demise including, but not limited to, the following...POLAND, THE SLEEPING GIANT, ROSE UP IN 1934 AND ENSLAVED THE REST OF HUMANITY...THEY CAPTURED EINSTEIN AND DEVELOPED THE H-BOMB, THUS SEALING THEIR POSITION AS THE SUPREME RACE...THEY GENETICALLY ENGINEER THEMSELVES TO HAVE 18'S IN ALL STATS AND DEVELOP TRIANGULAR UNIFORMS WITH SILLY HATS BECAUSE L. RON HUBBARD SAYS THEY'RE MORE EFFICIENT...

"Told you so."
Corn - "Well I guess we should go back and fix it."

They go back to mere seconds before they arrive...

"So how do we stop ourselves?"
"Simple. We just tell-"

Corn cocks a pistol as their past selves appear and fires 3 shots as the other 2 scream "no"...

As they watch themselves bleed out the face...

"Huh...I thought we might start fading out of existence or something."
Corn - "Don't be ridiculous...that only happens in the movies."

*pause and awkward glance towards camera*

"So what should we do now?"
"I dunno."

*pause*

"HEY! I KNOW! LET'S GO BECOME OUR OWN GRANDFATHERS!"
All in unison - "YEA!"

BLACKOUT

I hope you enjoyed it...now, I leave you with the comedy stylings of Stephen Colbert...embeded with a reference you grognards will appreciate...enjoy!...

Me and a Mac

2008-09-18T04:46:00.000+05:30

I am suppose to be in the library studying my Medical Microbio notes BUT I checked out a Mac and the Photobooth application has occupied most of my time. I think I have read 1 whole page in 1.5 hours.
I discovered a new feature on photobooth that I wasnt aware of previously so I had to come of with something to do. And this is it "Look down... look left.... look right.... look up"

It took me like 500 times to get it right lol Anyways I'll get back to studying, now that I have accomplished this task .

This Is Something I've Been Wondering For A Long Time...

2008-09-16T21:02:00.001+05:30

...and now I have an answer...

1 minute, 22 seconds

U Go Girl!

2008-09-16T06:07:00.000+05:30

Usually I don't feel confident in wearing short sleeves to classes. This is due to my leopard skins. Since having leopard skins is rare in Asia, I always have people staring at my fugly arms. *sad* =(((

I know I am lucky. At least I didn't inherit some serious disease like AIDS, heart problems and all that. It's just my skin. Right?

But I think I am going to class with short sleeves today. I wanna build my self-confidence. I don't care if people give this disgusted stare at my arms or talk about my skin behind my back.

I was born like this. This is me. I shouldn't feel bad about myself. Unless if I did something bad. Right?

I'm sexy but I have leopard skin. Is that OK with u?

I KNEW ABOUT THIS BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE!

2008-09-14T07:59:00.000+05:30

I love animation...if I had any talent for it, I'd be an aspiring cartoonist...but alas, I don't...so I satisfy my creative aspirations through my writing, short films and D&D (when I've got players, that is)...but I still have a soft spot for animation...

As a result, I've got a series on my blog called Flash Friday, where I take my past week of internet cruising and showcase the best flash cartoon and flash game I found in my travels...this week's edition covered some RPG-themed material that I found...the cartoon I chose was created by the brilliant Adam Phillips, my favorite animator of all-time...as a result, anything else I may have found was knocked out of the running for mention on my blog...

A tough decision...but sometimes I can't help myself...I found this one today*...it's about 30 seconds long, but it speaks to the heart...

We all know that guy...you know...the one who always rushes up behind you when you've just discovered something new on the internet and begins blabbering about how he's already seen it or "that's old news"...they're the expert on the subject and you're his nubian inferior because he heard about it before you did...

Funny thing is, most of the time they're talking out their ass about it, having only seen it themselves a few minutes beforehand...that one moment where he can feel superior to you is the highlight of their day...

Watch this...it made my day...

*For the record, I saw this before everyone else did...I was the first one...

Oily Baby

2008-09-14T07:00:00.000+05:30

It's weekend and I lurrrrrve weekends!! I'm sure everyone else loves weekends too. So these are the things that I usually do on weekends:

1. Catch up with studies.
I'm a slow learner so I need more time to digest whatever things that my lecturers have thought during the weekdays.

2. Watch DVDs. (If I'm in the mood to watch.)
I don't actually like to watch movies. I don't know why. So if I got bored, I would bang on my friend's door to borrow some DVDs.

3. Gossiping!
U can find me at my friend's room gossiping about whatever shit that happened during the week. I love, love spending time with my friends!

4. Outing to town!
This is one of the best activities. I heart outings! It can be tiring though.

5. The most exciting part? I would pamper myself with QV Bath Oil! Yeah. I am Oily Baby on weekends!

I know. I look fugly in the picture. I dont care coz I love the oily feels. The reason why I have to use Bath Oil? It's because I inherited lentigines from my family. Lentigines is also known as Leopard Syndrome and age@liver spots. U have no idea what lentigine is? Google it babe!

So one of the ways to slow lentigines is to use bath oil. I'm using QV Bath Oil and lemme tell u, it's quite expensive. *sad* Lentigines is rare in Asia though. Only the elders have it. Not youngsters like me. It's different in the western countries if I'm not mistaken.

So tell me, is it common to have lentigines in western countries?

No rash driving...

2008-09-13T17:50:00.000+05:30

Hi friends this topic is in the category of both social and personal. Today while i am going to the college in my college bus i saw an accident happening in front of my eyes. Two boys not aged more than 20 were going on a bike, overtaking our college bus. The boy who was driving the bike and the boy sitting back to him were looking on our bus and the girls on our bus were also looking on them. The boy driving the bike didn't look the lorry that was going in front of his bike. Without looking the lorry he raised the bike and the bike wheel caught into the lorry's wheel and within a fraction of second the bike had totally gone into the lorry's wheel. The head of the boy who had driven the bike has been caught into the wheel and came out with full of blood,thus he lost his life without any reason. But God's grace the boy who was sitting back to him has got escaped with a severe injury. The lorry driver was crying because of that boy's death and our college girls had also started crying. Our senior students got out of the bus and rescued that boy, who was severely injured and took him to the hospital. Thus that situation had totally gone bad, due to that boy's rash driving and he was not wearing the helmet too. Thus we were not having the mood of going to the college, but our bus driver has started the bus and we went to the college. While going we were all thinking about the boys, who had met with the accident.
Thus our day turned into a sad one.
Friends, i advice you people not to drive the vehicles very faster. And while driving wear helmet or seat belt, this is a kind request from your friend. Think who is waiting for your safe return in your home...

The Happy Nerd.

2008-09-12T17:30:00.002+05:30

My lecturer gave back our test paper back today. She was mentioning about the marks. She told us that she was disappointed with the grades that we got (especially in the objective part). As she was mentioning that the highest marks is 81% and the second highest marks is 71%, I looked at Lehod who was sitting next to me and said, "Darn. I wonder what did I get. I bet Imah is the one who got the highest marks." ^.^

As I was finishing my sentence, she called up my name. I was actually nervous coz I was talking when she was talking too. Which is rude. I know, I know. Then she hand in my paper to me. Gosh. First thing that popped into my mind: "Darn. I got the lowest mark."

I didn't expect to see the figure 81% there at all. Wahhhhhhhhh..... Freakin' happy!! What makes the test hard is the objective questions. They are soooooooo confusing! And I'm glad I got the highest for that too. I got 7/10. *smugs*

*the happy nerd*

Today...

2008-09-11T20:36:00.000+05:30

Marks the 7th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. To me it definitely does not seem like it was a whole 7 years ago. I guess that's because many of us remember exactly what you were doing and where you were when the events took place.

I was 13 years old, sitting in my 8th grade Lauguage Arts class, second row second seat. The television was in the corner to my left. I do not remember doing any work that day in class. Every class I had following that one, the t.v. was placed on CNN. And everyone just watched. I was in my French class when the 1st building collapsed and I was like OMG WTF.

I guess the severity of the issue did not hit me until I got home and my mother was on the phone with everyone, my uncle called me and asked "do you understand what happen today?"

I have the newspaper from Sep. 12th 2001. I am saving it for my children I guess.

"Remember 9/11, Never forget" was posted everywhere! I am doing my remembering by reflecting on what I was doing at the time of the attacks. I do it every year pretty much. I try to attend a candlelight vigil if I can find somewhere close that it holding one.

No one will forget 9/11 anytime soon. I mean that fact that we call it "9/11" helps engrave it in people's memory. It can be 60 years from now and when you go to write the date on a sheet of paper, or look at the date on your phone, you will remember.

I was comparing it to Pearl Harbor, and how not many people know the date on which it happen.

"9/11" is definitely 'a day that will live in infamy.'

And I know, for myself, that the image of planes and the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon (among other things) will motivate me to get up an vote for our next President. In the last 7 years, 2 wars? have started. I don't know if its 2, I'm slighty unclear on that issue. But nonetheless, I am sooooooo soooooo soooo ready to vote in my 1st election =]

Obama '08 baby!!!

Futureviews: September Blows

2008-09-10T19:30:00.000+05:30

This is Futureviews (foo-too-reh-voos), a segment where I review movies that haven't come out yet...and then gloat quietly to myself as you inevitably agree with me...ain't I a stinker?...

Happy September, everybody...well, sorta...September is one of those lame months of the year, where you're not quite used to the academic routine but it's in full swing...the weather sucks (i.e. Hurricane Ike being sorta outside my window)...and the choices as far as the box office goes are both broad but limited...assuming of course you have enough common sense to avoid things like Bangkok LAMEgerous...not to say I haven't liked Nicholas Cage in some of his movies (i.e. The Wicker Man), but come on...if you've already seen Wanted, there's no point in checking this one out...

Anyway, on to the heart of this post...INGEST MY BASELESS OPINIONS, NOW!...

Burn After Reading - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, the cop from Fargo, and John Malcovich in a Coen Brothers film...need I say more?...

Watch! That! Shit!

Righteous Kill - Sounds like a topic I should debate with my paladin, but it's a movie with Robert of Niro and Al Pacino investigating a series of murders...having seen 88 Minutes about 88 times, I've lost any flavour I might have for this kind of movie with Pacino in it...it's an okay movie, about as good as Vantage Point...

I'm not going to watch it, but if you've got nothing better to do, go ahead...

Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys - Now, I haven't watched any of Tyler Perry's work...I hear it's all fairly hit or miss and I haven't really had any interest in any of them before this one...the trailer makes it look like a solid drama, though reading the synopsis worries me when I find out that a good portion of the film is dedicated to the matriarchs going on a cross-country road trip...that ain't my kinda deal, but I'm still going to give it a glance despite my reservations...

It's worth a look...

The Women - It's The Last Kiss with more chicks and less Zack Braff...if I know my readers at all, y'all are as uninterested as I am...if I'm wrong, remind me to reprimand you next time I visit...

Not even a combination of sex, Reeses pie, and 8-hours of D&D could make me watch this film...

Ghost Town - Mediocre comedy...like The Sixth Sense except the main character is actually alive for most of the movie (and Dumbledore dies and Vader is Luke's father and it was Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Library)...probably just as funny too (I laughed)...

I'm not gonna watch it, but it wouldn't be a bad decision to do so...

Lakeview Terrace - This movie is not a work of fiction...we all know Samuel L. Jackson is a badass in every way imaginable (FUN FACT: Did you know that Scorpions on a Ship is the first production Jackson has turned down a role in since he was asked to play a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard in a high school play?)...shoot, some of you may have even thought to yourselves "Golly! Wouldn't it be great is Samuel L. Jackson was my neighbor?"...

Well, you're wrong...this is not a work of fiction...it's a documentary...may it serve as a warning to you all...

My Best Friend's Girl - I feel sorry for Jason Biggs...American Pie both made and destroyed his career...however, he has served us well be acting as a harbinger for bad romantic comedies...

Plus, Dane Cook is lame...don't watch this...it's not going to be good...

Eagle Eye - I love Shia LaBeouf...he is one of those few actors who simple cannot be in a bad movie...he's a young actor, but that's still a great accomplishment...plus, Billy Bob Thorton?...shit, yea!...he's way too good an actor to be in some of the movies he's been in...but he still does quality work...

Watch this one!...

The Lucky Ones - Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins and Michael Peña go on a road trip...I generally don't like road trip movies...they tend to blow...especially with 2 dudes and a chick...

Unless of course, you're traveling through Limbo...don't watch this...

Miracle at St. Anna - I generally enjoy Spike Lee's work...Do The Right Thing is one of my all-time favorite films...and this looks like it'll be no exception...I am most definitely going to see this film...the trailer gives me this nice creepy feel that I don't often get (unless I'm watching Gurren Lagann, in which case I'm in Constant Shivgasm Mode)...looks to be a WW2 drama with a hint of supernatural mystery and probably some attention called to racial divide...

Maybe we'll see some folks that aren't black or italian in this one...go watch...

That's it for this month...tune in again in October for another barrage of biased, but accurate Futureviews!...

My Dream

2008-09-10T18:24:00.000+05:30

I had a dream of my late grandfather two nights ago. This is how the dream was:

I found myself attending a function where I don't know any of the people there. I looked around for familiar faces but I can't find any. As I was looking around, I saw my late grandfather figure at one of the tables.

He was glowing. He looked at me and smiled. I froze. He came and sat next to me. He was just looking at me and smiled. I swear I could feel his presence that time and thats when I woke up.
When I woke up, I think back about the dream and I cried.

There are so many things that I want to tell him. Like, I get the highest marks for my Accounting test. How I have finally met Alex after he has disappeared for 2 years. That I have start praying 5 times daily.

Dear paknek, I missed u so very much and thank you for 'visiting' me. It's been long since the last time you came into my dreams. I remember the last time u came was on the night u passed away. U told me to shed my tears away. U told me everything will be alright.

U have always taken good care of me. I enjoyed the lunch we had together, the time when we watched the news on TV, the stories u shared with me, the trip to the clinic, etc. U always came to visit me at home just to check on me. U don't mind giving me fish heads though they are your favorites. When you were in good health, u always treat me with Kolok Mee and Apam Balik.

And everytime I come home for holidays, u were the most generous person. U gave me money when I was at home and also before I fly back to my campus. Though I didn't ask for any, u will just place them in my hands and I can't give them back to u.

I'm glad I have been your most favorite grand daughter. *smugs*

Please come again, dear paknek! I missed u so much.

Picture was taken in 2006 on the first day of Eid. My late grandfather and me. *Al-Fatihah*

Paknek = grandfather.

Emily Speaking. Can You Hear Me?

2008-09-10T08:52:00.000+05:30

I write poetry to deal with emotions. Even though some seem sorta suicidal, I'm not. I just write a poem for how I feel at the moment. I also love indulging in a good book or spending my time at my cabin. More about me? Well... my ex boyfriend used to beat me, my best friend is gay, I've been struggeling with an eating disorder ever since my family started fighting, and I love to bitch about life on my blog. At least you meet the nicest people on blogger... Thanks Everyone.

Happy Blogging
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

About me and u must read...

2008-09-09T15:32:00.000+05:30

Hey friends, i think its time for me to say about me. My real name is Nandha, but known to you people as Monterines. Its my nick name used by my friends in college. I'm currently doing my 2nd year B.E in Mechanical Engineering and I'm 18 years old. My hobbies are playing chess, blogging etc,. I think my idea is working good. Till today there are 9 authors for this blog including me. Here we can discuss about any common matters. At the end of each month we can select a blogger, who had posted good posts and received good attention from other fellow bloggers and award him a title "Blogger of the month". Each blogger should post at least 1 post once in 10 days and all should comment at least once in each post. I think this will work well and lets hope for the best. And the day for publishing the posts starts from day after tomorrow. All the best for all bloggers...

Proverb of the day: Machine rules the world, but a Mechanical Engineer rules the machines. Proud to be a Mechanical Engineer.

Hola!!!

2008-09-09T06:04:00.000+05:30

Hello to everybody! =)

First of all, I would like to thank the person who has invited me to join this blog site. As required, every new member must at least writes a post about themselves. So here goes a brief introduction of myself.

My name is Izza Farihana and u can find me at www.izzafarihana.blogspot.com I've been blogging since last May, if I'm not mistaken. I started with Xanga before I was introduced to Blogspot. So I am still new in this arena.

I am from Malaysia and still struggling to get my Diploma. I will be graduating next year, insyaallah. I enjoy listening to music, making new friends, blog stalking, reading and anything that has fun in it. I am open minded, moody, loves to talk, hard to handle at times, whine a lot and so on(this one is for u to find out!). When I say I am open minded, don't get me wrong.

I can turn out to be a monster when I am not in a good mood. But please bear with me. Just wait around. I'll smile again folks! =)

I mix with a lot of people. I have friends aged from 18 y.o. up to 55 y.o. I mix with people from different walks of life. Some comes from rich family. Some are naughty. Some are professionals. Some are religious. U name it. Mixing with different people makes me understand life better.

So there u go. A brief introduction about me. Hope we'll get to know each other better soon. Goodbye for now.

Remember,please bear with me! =D

Hi hi all!!

2008-09-08T20:55:00.000+05:30

First of all, thanks for adding me into this blog. I am surprised to be added into this blog.

For a start, here's a little about me:

This is Jason, currently working full time as a Process Engineer and studying part time Business Management. I currently hold a diploma in Chemical Engineering. Work is fun at times, as well as being tiring too, since I am studying and working at the same time. It's good to be added over here and feel free to add me over msn or facebook @ jazz8005@hotmail.com

Here's my blog: http://srostealth.blogspot.com/

CheeRs!

Hey all!

2008-09-08T19:00:00.000+05:30

Hey all, i would like to thank all of you for inviting me to write on this blog.
I am really glad to be part of this, and happy to be working with all of you guys!

Just to introduce myself, my name is Hong Li Wee, you guys can call me Falcon. I am a Secondary School student from Singapore, from St. Patrick's School. I totally enjoy making new friends, and of course blogging. So, do visit my blog - Sagaknight's Legacy

Nice to meet all of you! :)
Sagaknight

Hello All!

2008-09-08T02:38:00.000+05:30

First I would like to say thank you to Monterines for sending me the invite to join this blog. I think it is an awesome idea and I am glad to be apart of it. =]

As a brief introduction, My name is Rook and I am from America! I am a college student majoring in Biochemistry and Microbiology. I now list blogging as one of my hobbies since I post so frequently on my own blog which is titled A Gorgeous Geek
I look forward to reading all of you all's post soon.

Thanks again,

~ Gorgeous Geek

Hello from Malaysia!

2008-09-07T17:39:00.000+05:30

What a wonderful idea Monterines :)

I love the idea of sharing what you see, hear and know from other countries in the world.

I am Faisal Admar a Malay guy from Malaysia. A guy who enjoys watching good movies, listening to some ear soothing songs, reading finance and epic fantasy books, learning about new things in IT, going vacation and learning other people's culture.

I hope we can share many things here.

Regards,
Faisal Admar

I Welcome u all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-09-07T12:14:00.000+05:30

Hi friends thanks for joining as a co-author for this blog.... Even though you people were named as co-authors of this blog, speaking openly all the co-authors of this blog are real owners of this blog. So feel free to publish any type of post(other than porn matters) as you like and have fun. We had formed a group here and we should maintain this group as a stable one. I request all of them to post at least a post once in 1 week and all should comment on others post, so that we can interact among us.
Waiting for more posts and more co-authors...

Note: Before publishing a post add the code that i added to all the post titles of our blog. This is because, while publishing your post, the post title will be behind the posted day(ie,. your title will be over written by the the published day). Thus it spoils the post. So this code helps u to overcome this problem. Sorry for the inconvenience....

Thanking you

Yours lovingly
Monterines

The Priest Shows Up On Sunday...Coincidence?...

2008-09-07T11:23:00.000+05:30

This is quite the interesting idea you've got, Monterines...allow me to introduce myself to you all...

My name is Reverend Mike...I'm currently a sophomore attending the University of Miami, majoring in Motion Pictures, Religion and Physics...I'm almost constantly jacked in to the internet and have a wide variety of traditionally nerdy interests, including but not limited to D&D, film, anime, videogames, all sorts of science, and pretty much anything involving science fiction and/or fantasy...so long as it's good, of course...

My other blog, The Book Of Rev, covers all that material specifically, so I'll probably do my more general posts here...I look forward to being a part of this international community...

Have a good day, all...

Hello: New Author

2008-09-07T09:38:00.000+05:30

Hello Everyone,

I just became a co-auther of this blog so I thought that I would drop by. My main blog is "realitytouchblog.blogspot.com" Feel free to drop by and vote in the blog poll. That blog has been running for about two months now and is a 5-day a week blog that talks about current events. So far my blogging experience has been a good one. I hope to continue my blog for a very long time. Feel free to drop by and say hi!

~John B.

And My Name Is Emily

2008-09-07T06:08:00.000+05:30

Hello. I think this is a cool idea you have created. Invite alot of people to blog here and then we can discuss important matters.

Anyway untill then,
Happy Blogging,
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

Co-Authors needed...

2008-09-05T16:45:00.000+05:30

Hi friends... My name is Monterines. I'm from India. I started this blog just only for getting friendship from you guys all over the world. Thus i join my friends as a co-author(Who can be a author for this blog, other than the owner) for this blog. We can write posts about any matter that we like(other than porn matters)... Any number co-authors can join and we can have fun together. Thus, who are having interest for joining as a co-author for this blog can comment on this post and they will be added as a co-author immediately...