7 posts from March 2008

It has been the question that bewilders every brain cells of a living human. Probably, you too! Scientists, philosophers and almost all professionals were disturbed just to ask this baffling and confusing question. You might say chicken. Because the Bible says that God created animals, so chicken came first - nice answer though, while the other group says its an egg because dinosaurs laid eggs millions of years before chickens existed, so the egg came first! After hearing their sides where should you go? Baffled? You need to! 

Talking about the side of the egg group,

 The CNN News has revealed this; If the egg came first, wasn't it laid by a chicken? NO! Genetic material does not alter during an animal's life. It does however change in the egg. "Therefore the first bird that evolved into what we would call a chicken, probably in prehistoric times, must have first existed as an embryo inside an egg." (CNN) Professor John Brookfield said, "Therefore, the first living thing which we could say unequivocally was a member of the species would be this first egg," he added. "So, I would conclude that the egg came first." Two none-chickens mated, they may have been the same species of another bird, but some mutation happens. It mutates in the cells that created the egg. Thus, the egg hatches the first chicken. Perhaps some of you are now thinking, well yeah with this technicality sure the egg came first, but you might forget the initial question, "What came first: the chicken or the egg." Maybe if you first come to understand the true question here you will find the true answer. Perhaps if you asked the question with a slight phrase change, "What came first, the chicken, or its eggs?" Oh... there you go. If a chicken hatches from an egg, and it so happens it was the first chicken because in the egg it mutated, then that proves the egg came first.

From the red corner, we have the chicken side.

Yes, we as the God and Bible believers know that the chicken came first, God created it on the fifth day along with every other fowl which you can read in the first chapter in Genesis.

Another thing from the chicken side is the Thai alphabet. "ก or "gaw" is represented by a picture of a chicken. The second letter of the Thai alphabet is ข or "kaw" and is represented by the picture of an egg." (From Wikipedia *thanks!!*) This author goes on to consider the notion of syntax. In the sentence the word chicken is in front of the word egg. So to be fair while editing my creation, I have moved "The egg came first" portion on top of "The chicken came first" portion because the question has such advantages. Then the syntax argument is null-and-void due to the structure component. 

                  

Me? You asking me? Hmm, this is my answer:

For me, by logical reasoning, if egg exists, then a chicken must go over it, and vice versa. Therefore, the answer is: Both exist, at the same time; or neither exists, at the same time. This paradox also applies to numerous situations in life, such as government & citizen, police & criminal, teacher & student, extraordinary & ordinary etc. The implication is the two components are equal, & co-exist / co-extinct.

Haunted houses are usually said to contain entities or spirits of deceased beings. Supernatural phenomenon inside homes are said to be mainly associated with violent and tragic events in the buildings such as deaths, murders or suicides. Many cultures and religions believe that the essence of a being such as the soul continues to exist. Some philosophical and religious opinions argue that the 'spirits' of those who have died have not 'passed over' and are trapped inside the property where their memories and energy is strong. Entities which are said to 'haunt' homes are often believed to make noises, appear as apparitions, and shift or launch physical objects. This is sometimes manifested into 'poltergeist activity'; poltergeist meaning 'noisy spirit'. Traditionally an exorcisms the method used to remove unwelcome spirits from the property.

But what does a haunted house looks like?

          Loads of different stories, movies, books and etc. were published that shows what a haunted house looks like. They often regarded it to be creepy, scary, dumped place, freaky, cozy, dark and most of all scary. TO ease your curiosity here are some links that show what a haunted house looks like. Get Scared!!!

       This video shows the different characteristics and even creep stories with one of the most haunted house in Australia.

This is about a farmhouse in Britain that has lots of unexplainable events.

This is a video about a spirit attack that happened when they were talking with the entity.

This is about a creepy and haunted cellar door that bangs down!

Well, traveling could be fun, but you must always be careful where you wanna go!

 Hmm, I want to swim and ride down the longest river in the world!!! Which one should I choose?

     The Nile River in Africa is a major north-flowing river in Africa with a length of 6,650 km (4,132 mi) and generally regarded as the longest river in the world. The Amazon River in South America is the largest river in the world by volume. The Mississippi-Missouri River in USA is the second longest river in the United States, with a length of 2,320 mi (3,734 km) from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in Gulf of Mexico. The Yangtze River in Asia is the longest river in Asia and regarded as the third longest in the world. The river is about 6,300 km long and flows from its source in Qinghai Province, eastwards into the East China Sea at Shanghai. What should I choose?

Attention shoppers! If you wanted to head to the largest mall, you'd be going to...

The Suntec City Mall Singapore is the largest shopping centre in Singapore with 888,000 square feet of retail space until the opening of VivoCity in 2006. It also offers a club house called the Suntec City Guild House located on the fifth storey.

The Mall of America, USA  is a super-regional shopping mall. In the United States, it is the third largest enclosed mall in terms of retail space but is largest in terms of total enclosed floor area. Opened in 1992, the mall received 40 million visitors in 2006. The Sawgrass Mills Mall, USA  is a popular, alligator-shaped shopping mall that is located in Sunrise, Florida. There are over 300 retail outlets and name brand discounters as anchors. With 2.5 million square feet of retail selling space, it is the eighth largest mall in the United States, and the fourth largest outlet mall in the world. The mall opened in 1990 and has been expanded three times since then, most recently in 2006. The West Edmonton Mall, Canada is the largest shopping mall in North America and the third largest in the world. It was the world's largest mall for a 23-year period from 1981 until 2004.

Your passion is hogs, not the kind that provide bacon but the kind you ride with wind-in-your-face, flying-down-the-highway excitement. Where would you find the largest motorcycle museum in the world?

Barber Vintage Motorsports, Alabama showcases over 700 motorcycles (although not all are on display at one time). The Sammy Miller Museum, England as set up in 1964, after the former championship winning trials rider Sammy Miller set up a parts business in New Milton, Hampshire, England. The business started after Miller put a few of his old racing motorcycles in the corner, which eventually became the catalyst of the present day museum. The museum is now held in trust, houses some 300 machines including motorcycles and 3-wheeled vehicles.

If Superman was going to leap over the world's tallest building, over which one would he be leaping?
The Taipei 101, Taiwan is a 101-floor landmark. It is the world's tallest completed skyscraper. Taipei 101 received the Emporis Skyscraper Award in 2004. It has been hailed as one of the Seven New Wonders of the World (Newsweek magazine, 2006) and Seven Wonders of Engineering (Discovery Channel, 2005). The World Trade Center, New York City, USA (destroyed by terrorist attack September 11, 2001) was a complex of seven buildings. The complex contained 13.4 million square feet of office space, almost four percent of Manhattan's entire office inventory. Best known for its iconic 110-story Twin Towers, after having survived a bombing on February 26, 1993, all of the original buildings in the complex were destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks; two collapsed (1 and 2) and the others (3, 4, 5, 6) were damaged beyond repair. The Building seven of the World Trade Center also collapsed. The Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is the world's tallest twin buildings. They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1969 (three additional height categories were introduced as the tower neared completion in 1996). The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

Okay, this last one isn't a place at all, but when we found out about it, we just had to tell everyone about the world's smallest guitar. How small is it? Well, according to Scholastic Book of World Records by Jenifer Corr Morse, the guitar is about the same length as ...

The head of a pin - Dustin Carr and Harold Craighead of Cornell University’s Nanofabrication Facility created the Nano-guitar - it’s only 10 micrometers long (about the size of a single cell). The guitar strings are each about 50 nanometers or 100 atoms wide!

Length of a human cell - How tiny is it? Just 10 micrometers, about the size of a human cell. We're not sure who would play this six-stringed instrument, but it would have to be someone with really tiny finger.

Unaccustomed to romance that they will do anything for their mates and not being invested with social skills, geeks make better lovers. It is a non fiction thought that lives on the deep minds of people. These are some reason why geeks make a good lover:

Geeks make all things done before relaxing. 

Geeks know how to make things easy. They know how to save time and energy and they are doing it to have longtime of lovemaking! Try asking them to make a building and they will finish it in a day (great right?) but after that their tongues will be eventually out of their body!

       

Geeks don’t make turn offs.

Geeks know how to make someone happy. Considering the generations nowadays, relationships have become an easy-going part. The lack of romantic and faithful partners allows the geek to approach and show how romantic they are. Geeks are not full of romantic confidence; however, once tickled from their emotional holes, they are eager to please and enjoy their newfound relationship.

Geeks are creative and imaginative.

If you are on a relationship, you don’t want things to be boring. That is where geeks prove there passion in creativity and imagination. They usually think of something weird just to make things happy. They’ll even jump on a building for you to be happy! Nice! They can even take you to amazing places beyond your minds imagination. Researching about you, your interests, your likes and dislikes are the talents of geeks too. In other words, geeks will make your world creative!

    

Geeks can focus. 

Geeks can make something move without moving it. In fact, when you give them a task they will be doing it with focus and concentration. Proper handling of relationship will be an easy task for them.

Geeks are good on unfamiliar things.

Let sex be the example and become their new favorite late-night hobby, and you know that a geek won’t quit until he or she has learned how to hack into your stuff through specific genitalia interfacing in parallel with general dermal and oral bonding.

Geeks are gorgeous

They even wear odd looking stuffs!

Geeks are thoughtful.

Geeks are globally competitive when it comes to technology. They will even search on the internet to find something to make you happy! They’ll make a flying carpet just for you! That’s really fantastic though.

Geeks don't shock easily

Geeks have seen all the porn you can imagine and then some. They are not only less likely to be shocked by your sexual stuffs but they will be into it!

Geeks are nerds!

Since they are nerds they know how to make things happy, creative, and full of fantasies. They can make your school assignments too! They even know your wildest fantasies! So trust your guts pal! And kiss the nearest geek in your town!

There are plenty of other reasons why geeks are the best lovers around, don’t just simply take my word. The decision still lies on your experiences! Goodluck!

Trouble catching 40 winks? I can relate to that. There are those nights that you almost cry to sleep not because your sad but because you're so frustrated because you can't sleep.  I have included in my night prayers the wish that I hope I can have a goodnight's sleep, even for the weekend.

Have tried going the path of sleeping pill intake last year but all it did was to make me groggy which made me feel more frustrated and panicky. Plus, the fact that they are prescription made me spend more because of frequent trips to the doctor which as almost always have consultation fees even if all they did was to feel my chest and back and ask me the same questions.

I became more depressed and I decided to stop the pills.  I became more fearful as the stint of sudden deaths by accidental sleeping pill overdose. Don't want to suffer the fates of Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith. But what is there left to do? Sleep is still non-existent and depression is creeping in.

Never thought that spas could actually cure insomnia. Well, at first,  I agreed it can help for relaxation but after constant personal testimonials from friends, there are actually spas who are countering sleep disorders with natural therapies designed to induce untroubled slumber.

The Mayflower Inn and Spa in Connecticut has a Sleep Better, Sleep Well program that teaches healthy sleeping habits through self-induced hypnotherapy, dream analysis, "sweet surrender"  massage and asanas ( yoga positions) that release tension.

A "drift to sleep" program is being practices at the Ritz-Carlton Spa Naples.  This is ritual for deep snoozing. They give St. John's wort tea, lavender body scrub, milk batch and a polarity massage, followed by a 30-minute power nap under a down-filled duvet. 

At Miraval Resort in Tucson, Arizona, their resident doctor conducts a informal "dream circle" to help you interpret unconscious musings. 

We all need to sleep to feel refreshed and have a clear mind for the next day. We do spend a lot on the most comfy beds, pillows and pills. Why not for a spa as well?

You’ve worked your brains out and you’ve worked over time than usual and you’ve contributed a considerable increase in sales, but then, somebody got the position you’ve been working hard for the last year and still you didn’t get it, what would you do?

The average advice would be when you don’t get promoted is to be a good sport, right? But what does it really mean to be one?  Let’s admit it, deep inside us we do feel really bad and we can’t help but to be bitter when we don’t land the job we know we deserve. Well, let’s be brutally honest to ourselves, at least in this post.

We go through a sort of grieving phase and there are ways to get over the feeling of rejection.

1.    Eat your comfort food.

Now is the perfect excuse to get indulge on your comfort food which adds to your calorie count.  The operative word, comfort, brings about a sense of positivity that even if you didn’t get the position, there are still things to be thankful about, food as one of them.

2.    Spend a day out of the house and travel.

Hiding from everybody inside the four corners of your house can actually make you feel worse and more alone and left out. So, why not travel and spend some of the hard-earned salary at a worthwhile getaway?  But if you’re the money saver type, you can still travel through online contests such as this latest free trip to Australia.

3.    Make a list of your achievements

This is like a self-patronizing exercise.  Noting down your accomplishments on the job will definitely make you feel good about yourself and realize that you are good at what you do.  And knowing that you’re good will bring the self-esteem levels up a hundred notches.

4.    Go to the spa.

The benefits of a day at the spa can’t be denied.  It rejuvenates your mind and takes away the dead skin cells that are the result of your sleepless nights because of long nights at the office. Get a wrap or scrub and see how your body is refreshed which will make you ready for a brand new day at the office.

5.    Buy yourself the thing you have been delaying to buy.

For sure, you have one thing on your must-have list that you still don’t have because of so reasons you only know.  So, why not buy it now?  It’s a bad thing that you didn’t get the promotion, it will be worse not to get that thing you’ve been saving up to buy.

6.    Give hints that you’re leaving.

This may be seen as blackmailing move, but the key is to be subtle.  It’s just a way of making the bigwigs realize what they’re losing.  Don’t forward a resignation letter.  I know no one’s indispensable but if you truly are an asset to the company, it’s time to make them feel how valuable you are.

7.    Do a minor makeover.

A makeover here means upgrading your office wardrobe to a more smart and sophisticated look.  If you didn’t get the part, at least look like the part.  Adding a few smart clothes and making yourself more presentable and knowledgeable will make you feel more energetic to work and they will begin to look at you more seriously. But don’t over dress. Just have a more polished look.

At the end of the day, you still have to go to work and face the fact that someone else got the position and that someone isn’t you.  It’s ok to be sad and bitter and feel resentful to your boss for sometime.  But don’t let that resentment get the best of you and ruin your performance at work.  After all, there’s always another position, or other jobs for that matter.