Hello Kitty Plane

I am not sure if you guys know but EVA is launching this Hello Kitty Plane and they are also having a whole new inflight entertainment system.

Therefore, I have been slogging on this, working doubly hard, trying to ensure that no mistakes were made for the past few months. It's really difficult because there are lots of details.

The plane will be featuring Hello Kitty from the stewardess' aprons all the way to the utensils used. It's really cute and pinkish and I am sure that this plane will attract lots of attention from the girls. Even the boarding video is Hello Kitty.

Can't say too much about work, take a look at the pictures:

Weird Stuff

I have the hobby of finding weird things on the web but I never thought of posting them. I thought it will be a good idea to share some interesting stuff to people who read my blog since I got nothing personal to blog about nowadays.

First of all, let me introduce this little town in Austria named 'F**king'.

Imagine you tell people,'ya, I live in F**king.'

What do they teach in F**king University, I wonder...

This upside down museum is in Orlando. Cool right? There are quite a few buildings built upside down in the world too.

An underwater channel. I saved this image quite some time ago and I don't remember where I saved it from. Lol.

Tiger Nest Monastry. It's in Paro, Bhutan. I think it's really very beautiful right. resting at the side of the cliff. I would like to go Bhutan one day too. Recently, I got to know someone from Bhutan and we have been writing to each other. Interesting place.

Victoria Falls of Zimbabwe is one of the biggest water falls in the world. It is twice the height of Niagara falls!

Any person in his right mind will not ask you to go stand on top of the waterfall, look at the strong current! It's impossible!

But yet, it's possible. It's called the Devil's pool.


During certain months of the year, you can safely go to the edge of Victoria Falls without being washed down by the strong currents.

Amazing right? Please do not try this without checking out the correct monts and the the correct spot.

There are lots of interesting stuff in this world and I think I can't visit them all. Gotta be selective now.

Moon Lake and Eclipse

Just some news to share with you guys regardless of whether you are interested or not.

Just read an article that a lake was discovered on the moon of Saturn. Water means life. If there is water, there is life. Maybe there are some microbes living in that lake. This moon, Titan, is the first outer space body with liquid discovered, other than Earth.

This discovery was significant because life started underwater. Yes de, life started from the water on Earth too. Trillions of years ago, there was no life on the land. No plants, no insects, no animals, no nothing. There were only life striving in the sea. Slowly, they move their way up to Earth. I remember a very interesting website on this which I read before. I dunno where is it now.

Besides Titan, there was also ice discovered on Mars and scientist believe that there is ice below all that red rocks and sand.

End of story.

Another news I saw on Nasa was that there is going to a FULL solar eclipse on this Friday, Singapore time 7pm. Damn, it's night time by 7pm so apparently, we are not going to see the eclipse. However, if you are interested in seeing it, it's going to be on Nasa's website, broadcasted live.

Cake+tea, I don't know if you can see it in Vancouver because I saw that some parts of Canada will be able to see the full solar eclipse. I am sure it's going to be a wonderful sight~

Menopause

May told me to research on Menopause. She is counting down the days when she will finally face menopause ba.. that's why she want to learn more about it.. Instead of going through all the hassle to research it herself. She, as usual, ask me to find out and blog, so she can just read with ease.

Actually, May want to know about it not because she waiting for menopause... it's because she is surrounded by people who are menopausing.

Here goes..

What is menopause?

Menopause is a normal, natural event—defined as the final menstrual period and usually confirmed when a woman has missed her periods for 12 consecutive months (in the absence of other obvious causes). Menopause is associated with reduced functioning of the ovaries due to aging, resulting in lower levels of estrogen and other hormones. It marks the permanent end of fertility. Menopause occurs, on average, at age 51. The years between puberty (when periods start) and menopause are called premenopause.

Must miss period for 12 consecutive months and it starts around the age of 51.. May still got some years to go before she reach that stage...

So what are the symptoms?

• Irregular vaginal bleeding
• Hot flashes & night sweats
• Emotional mood swings
• Vaginal symptoms
• Urinary symptoms
• Other physical changes

Women out there.. take note of the symptoms. If you have the symptoms please control yourself and don't kp so much. Thank you.

Here comes the most important section, Treatment...

I read that there are a few ways to relieve the symptoms of menopause. They are:

1) Oral contraceptive pills - Surprisingly right, didn't know that contraceptive pills got such other functions too...

2) Local Hormone Treatments - Applying estrogen directly into your body. They come in cream form which you can apply.

3) Anti-Depressant - To control the mood swings. This one very important.

4) Vitamin E - To control mild hot flashes.

Looks like the above applies to the ladies. What about the men? Do they have menopause too?

The answer is YES.

Men can now shut up and stop laughing at women who menopaused because they have it too. Hee hee..

Because people’s life is longer than old time, and more and more people have had experienced the syndromes, scientists and doctors are making research on it. It is found that men have “menopause” similar like women. Men’s “menopause” means a special period that there are obvious changes of chemistry, hormone and physiology inside body. Generally, men start “menopause” around 50 – 60 years old (for women between 45 – 55 years old). In clinic, some men start to have “menopause syndromes” early at 35 years old; some men start late at 65 years old.

Since men do not go through a well-defined period referred to as menopause, some physicians refer to this problem as androgen (testosterone) decline in the aging male. Men do experience a decline in the production of the male hormone testosterone with aging, but this also occurs with some disease states such as diabetes. Along with the decline in testosterone, some men experience symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, depression and sexual problems.

Here are the symptoms:

• Decreased mental quickness and sharpness
• Decreased energy, strength and endurance
• Less desire for activity and exercise
• Decreased muscle and increased body fat
• Mild to moderate depression and irritability
• Depression and/or loss of eagerness and enthusiasm for daily life
• Decreased sex drive
• Decreased sexual function and/or sensitivity

I have listed the symptoms of menopause in both men and women. You can now go spot those people who have menopause around you and try to give them some oral contraceptive pills.. :P

May, maybe we can buy some pills and give it to "you know who"s on their birthdays......

Crazy insects!

Some crazy facts about the insects on earth. Guess how many insects there are living right now at this moment on our crazy earth?

It's about a BILLION BILLION! How many is a billion billion?

It's 1,000,000,000,000,000,000!

If the insects were to be divided among all the people on earth, each person will get 160 million! What the hell are you going to do with 160 million of insects??? My god.

Besides that, among the billion billion of insects, 1,000,000,000,000,000 ants! If each ant is about 0.5cm long, they could form a chain to go around earth 125,000 times! How increadible is that?!

I didn't know there were such a hell lot of insects out there and I totally loathe them because they are so ugly!!! Eeeks... Ugly insects!

Tiny crustaceans called copepods, less than a centimeter long, are the most abundant animals in the ocean. There are so many of them, that they outweigh all the whales on Earth!

Look at this funny image.

Hahaha.. Its funny isn't it?

Some interesting facts about the mother earth...

Anesthetic Awareness

Yesterday I just saw the film 'Awake'. I didn't know what it was about. All I knew was that it is a thriller.

The film is actually about Anesthetic Awareness, a rare case of a patient regaining concious during surgery but yet the body is paralysed. In the movie, the male lead was put on general anesthetic but he did not lose concious. All it does was making his body paralysed and so he was unable to tell the surgeons that he was having concious.

Can you imagine the trauma of having to experience the pain of the whole surgery and yet you cannot do anything about it?

In the movie, the male lead's experience was really traumatic. He was thrashing and screaming in his mind shouting for them to stop but the surgery continued with him fully awake.

I think I die if I were him!!!

I tried to find some information on this condition and it was reported that patients who experienced anesthetic awarness normally regain concious for just a while, maybe a few seconds or a few minutes before losing concious again. Most of the patients hear voices and feel pressure when regain concious while some rare ones will feel the actual pain.

Cases like in the movie 'Awake' is a highly rare case. However, I read some accounts from some patients who experienced it...

Case 1:

Eight years ago Yvonne Coleman drifted off to sleep on a New York
operating table as a team of surgeons prepared her for a two-hour
surgery to remove an abdominal hernia.

"I remember the surgeon asking, `Are you ready kiddo?'

"`Ready for what?' I thought to myself," says Coleman who, at that
point, wondered if her surgery was over and she was being awakened.

Then she felt a knife cut her open. "I felt every tug and pull. I
heard them making fun of my weight. I heard them making plans for the
Christmas party. But I was completely paralyzed," she says.

"In my head I was screaming. I wanted to die."

Any patient who's lived through the horror of regaining consciousness
in the middle of a surgical procedure will never forget the surgeon's
scalpel slicing their skin, the sight of their own blood, the smell of
cauterized flesh and the business-as-usual conversations going on
above them. Meanwhile, they lay still, unable to wiggle a finger,
blink, cry out, or in any way indicate they're awake.

And there is Case 2:

Carol Weihrer recalls waking up during eye surgery nine years ago.
Weihrer, speaking from her home in Reston, Va., says her life was
destroyed by the experience.

Back in 1998 during an operation on her right eye, Weihrer regained
consciousness but could not move. She heard the surgeon say to the
resident, "Cut deeper, pull harder." She was awake, paralyzed, and the
surgery was far from over.

Weihrer says the trauma has left her unable to sleep lying down and
she spends every night in a chair - sleeping for 90-minute intervals -
terrified to let her brain relax into a deep, REM sleep.

Eeeee.. I think I will have fear of going operations after seeing all these! (touch wood!)

I think the movie is very nice though, anyone interetsted should go see it...

Albino Animals

Today I want to dedicate this blog to Kanglong as his favourite colour is WHITE. Apparently, he love anything that is in WHITE. So I am dedicating this blog of 'white' animals to him. At the same time, you guys can take a look at these wonderful white animals.

Awwww.. just look at this sweet, cute baby albino Hedghog!!! So cute right!! my god..

All my friends wear black coats and they look so handsome. It is tough to be a white penguin...

My friends may be all black and stylo but I wouldn't care less! I am still handsome as a white gorilla! The one and only white gorilla ever seen.

Albino gorilla when he was a kid.

Pure white, cute pony.. My white horse prince charming should come find me on this albino horse.

I love this pic, this albino lion is just sooooo... haiz.. nice.

The albino lioness with her albino children~ Family of white.

Yawnzz.. I am a tired albino koala...

Another one of my favourite~! The albino squirrel! Oh gosh, what a sweet little darling!

Albino squirrel and his friends.

Another of my favourite, albino dolphin. I don't why is it that the albino dolphin is pink.



I love this albino bear!! looky, black bear and her albino baby bear. So nice right... Love it.



This albino bear is so cute that I just got to post another picture of it.



Now for the not so cute albino animal, the albino whale!



Albino croc still look ugly to me.. :P

Albino turtle...

Albino peacocks are not cute, they are MAGNIFICIENT~ Look at my white tail...

Another magnificient one, albino tiger.

Crows are known to be black but this one... is just too white to be a crow.

Albino Kangaroo~ woot~

Last but not least, the mega mega cute albino guinea pig!

I am sure Kanglong will like this post because it's full of his favourite colour and I am sure most girls will like this post too. Cuz the animals are toooooooo cute!

Phenomenon - Green Flash

OK, boys and girls, it's phenomenon time again!

Today I want to intro this rare phenomenon called the Green Flash Sunset. Actually there is a Green Flash Sunrise too but it's harder to catch.

I dunno how many of you heard of this before but I heard about it some years ago that you can actually see a flash of green during sunset if the timing and conditions are right. Forgot where I saw it, probably from some wacky websites.

This green flash is actually caused by refraction of light through the atmosphere. The denser atmosphere will filter out the colours of the sunset to green. Hmm.. hard to imagine, see photos~

This phenomenon only happens for a fraction of a second so you must be really attentive when watching the sunset.

A nice photo showing a streak of green at the rim of the sun.

This is a mirage + green flash. Amazing catch I think to see the mirage with a green flash.

Besides the photos, you can also search for the videos of this phenomenon in Youtube. I have tried to look for it before and there are some excellent videos there. Just in case if you are interested to know more, you can go wikipedia to read up on it too~

OK, if I suddenly remember anymore phenomenon, I will blog them up~

Northern Lights

Another dream which I want to fulfil and very hard to do is to watch the NORTHERN LIGHTS!

I just realized that I want to see Northern Lights more than I want to see Pyramids. Haiz.. But a trip to see Northern lights is so much more expensive than going Egypt! :( Sad..

I have decided already that I will save money for these trips which I must go before I die. The first one and at the top of the list is to see Northern Lights. I am going to give up the idea of going Tibet for this. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a definite estimation of when the lights will appear. If not I spend so much go there, I might not see it.. then I will be super sad.

Talking so much about Northern Lights, many people might not know what they are. Let me introduce. Er hm..

OK, the scientific term of Northern Lights is called Aurora Borealis. Borealis means 'Northern' in Latin. As you can guess from the name, Northern lights can only be seen at the very north of earth in places like Greenland, Alaska, Yellowknife etc.

There is also another term called Southern Lights, Aurora Australis. Australis means 'Southern' in Latin. Apparently you can only see Southern Lights at the very south of earth which I think is only at Antarctica.

Copied this from a website to explain the appearance of Northern Lights:

The Aurora Borealis forms when charged protons and electrons emitted from the sun as a solar wind are drawn in towards us by Earth’s magnetic field and collide with atoms and molecules in our atmosphere. These collisions result in countless little bursts of light that make up the aurora. Collisions with oxygen produce red and green auroras, while nitrogen produces pink and purple colors. The magnetic field is more concentrated around the Poles, hence this reaction encircles the polar regions of the earth and occurs at an altitude of 40-400 miles (65-650 km) in a zone called the Auroral Oval.

Nitrogen produce pink and purple! They are the most beautiful in my opinion!!!

Pink and purple Aurora.

But it's said that red auroras are the rarest and this one appeared about 50 years ago. It's like sky on fire!

Green Aurora~ Look at the beautiful spiral shape.

With stars as background!



So so so... nice right?!!! So romantic also to see such beautiful lights in the sky. It's in dreamland or fairyland.

This is how the northern lights look like from space. They are hovering over Earth's northern hemisphere.

Haiz... I already decided lor. I will save money to go see them one day. Must go there before I die.

Btw, these lights are not only lights. They are dancing lights and they twist and turn when on display. See the video below and you get what I mean....

Blu Ray

Recently I was interested on Blu Ray products. I know that I can't possibly afford to enjoy Blu Ray yet but I am interested to know how it works.

For your info, to maximise the quality of Blu-ray quality, you MUST own a HDTV. So meaning, you need to get a Blu-ray player and a HDTV. That will chao chao cost you like $7k or 8k depending on your TV size.

Blu-ray also known as BD is the next generation optical disc format developed by Blue-ray Disc Association. It offers a capacity of 5 times of normal DVDs. Meaning to say, a single layer Blu-ray disc can store 25GB while double layer can store 50GB.

The reason why Blu-ray can hold more information is because if the laser light it's using. Yes de, that is blue laser. The blue laser light has a wavelength of 405nm while the normal red laser light's wavelength is 650nm.

I hope you know what is light wavelength.

405nm means that it has a shorter wavelength and that means it can hit a more precise spot on the disc. Since blue laser can hit a more precise spot in the disc, we can now squeeze in more information on the same disc size.

As you know, or maybe you don't, information on discs are recorded in 'bumps'. Something like bumps=1 and dents=0. So information are recorded in 101010100101 format.

Now that the blue laser is more precise, we can make the bumps and dents smaller on the discs and thus store more information. I read that they are developing multi-layers on blu-ray too. Meaning to say if the developer wants a bigger storage space, they can increase layers to Quad-layers storing 200GB of information on a single disc.

Amazing right...

For your information, NM = Nanometer. How big is 1 nanmeter? It is 1 millionth of a MM. That is how small an NM is.

My god.. When the prices of such gadgets drop, I gonna buy it. DVDs will be out soon. The market will soon be dominated by blu-ray and HDTVs.

HDTVs are sharper than SDTV. Why? Cuz it got double the resolution of SDTV. However, it doesn't mean that it can play low quality videos input into a sharp, high res output. Many people thought that you can 'sharpen' the images of their DVD or VCD when they use a HDTV but that is totally wrong. You will need a good source for a good result on the TVs. No point getting HDTV if you don't have HD-DVD player. Got it?

Butterflyman hoax

Yep, it has been confirmed after some research and posting the photos in the crypto forums that the butterfly man is a hoax. Here is a quote from one of the crypto members.

"It's suppose to be a Mummified Fairy, but its already proven a hoax. The body is old and decrepit, but the hair still looks new. The way the wings are attached to the back would not work for flight. It's a good Hoax attempt, though. "

So you see, no cryptids has been caught and verified yet.

Some updates, recently few Japanese managed to film a giant squid in action with a waterproof videocam. Think they used a submarine or something. It was the first video ever released on LIVING giant sqiuds. The squid got stuck with one of the traps on the submarine and it finally got away breaking one of its tentacles.

Lots of photos of giant squids are available on the net if you bother to google it.

Cryptid - Butterflyman

I don't know if you are an avid reader of my blog but if you are, you might have read the entry some time ago about my interest in Crytozoology, the science of hidden animals.

I have a wide range of interest (yah and I still feel bored) and they are not really inter-related. Weird right?

Ok, back to the topic, my friend forwarded me an email on Butterflyman. They look like a hoax to me. If it's a hoax then it should be a very well made sculpture. I have seen lots of such pictures and they always turn out to be a hoax.




Looks real huh?



I am trying to some research on it to know if it's a fake. I am almost certain that it's fake.