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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Cocooned Thoughts
thoughts that stuck in the mind...
how glad if we can see it grow like a butterfly
colourful and lovely..
but what if, theres always thoughts in ur mind that cannot be shared out?
what if u got no one to share?
i guess, not everythg u can share...
how glad if we can see it grow like a butterfly
colourful and lovely..
but what if, theres always thoughts in ur mind that cannot be shared out?
what if u got no one to share?
i guess, not everythg u can share...
Wondering the wondered
Guess what?
how often ppl tell u true thgs..
and to be honest
u always wish it to be true,
but what if one day,
thgs turned out to be different when u know it?
its better not to know it rather than knowing it...
it really does hurt...
how often ppl tell u true thgs..
and to be honest
u always wish it to be true,
but what if one day,
thgs turned out to be different when u know it?
its better not to know it rather than knowing it...
it really does hurt...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Knowledge
Prerequisite Knowledge/Prior Knowledge
Prerequisite Knowledge, or also known as prior knowledge, is important for students as a foundation of the next element, or sequence of the lesson for easier understanding.
but what if students are being given too much prior knowledge of what is related to the next lesson?
demotivated = students may realize that lessons can be bored as they may know the basics of the studies, in fact, students prefer new knowledge, for example, a new lesson or new chapter. the continuity of the theme or lesson in years ahead, for instance the learning of environment in the secondary school syllabus, may appear that students need not to deal with a 80% or 100% totally new knowledge. in most cases, students only gain 40% to 50% depending on their context of learning.
for instance, learning mathematics, addition
in form 1, 4 digits,
in form 2, 5 digits,
in form 3, 6 digits.
multiple
in form 1, 4 digits,
in form 2, 5 digits,
in form 3, 6 digits.
so, in other words, students had already gained the basic knowledge, and with the concept, students will be able to apply this concept/knowledge in future in any situation that may involve this knowledge.
i think, its recommended that, continuity of the knowledge or concept should be proceeded and done at once to prevent boredom in studies especially for young learners. i believe a better concept would be:
addition and multiple
in form 1, addition of 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits,
in form 2, multiple of 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits.
in form 3, combination of addition and multiple involving 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits.
in this way, students will be learning something totally new rather than growing expertise on the same particular topic/subject for several years comprising of basic knowledge which should be applied for the knowledge of other topic.
that is what i called prerequisite knowledge. prerequisite knowledge is how you apply those knowledge for new topic/subject, which should not be taught in years ahead that may cause boredom to the class room, with condition that knowledge should be applied onto the new topic, rather than REPEATING the same concept. this method should save time and in terms of application, students should be able to apply it in daily life, but not as a continuity of a repetition of the subject.
*take note that, this is what i think of the current education in several subjects, especially mathematics although i am taking TESL as my major.
Any comments would be much appreciated..Thank you..
There might be flaws in my writing or idea...any corrections or comment is welcomed
Prerequisite Knowledge, or also known as prior knowledge, is important for students as a foundation of the next element, or sequence of the lesson for easier understanding.
but what if students are being given too much prior knowledge of what is related to the next lesson?
demotivated = students may realize that lessons can be bored as they may know the basics of the studies, in fact, students prefer new knowledge, for example, a new lesson or new chapter. the continuity of the theme or lesson in years ahead, for instance the learning of environment in the secondary school syllabus, may appear that students need not to deal with a 80% or 100% totally new knowledge. in most cases, students only gain 40% to 50% depending on their context of learning.
for instance, learning mathematics, addition
in form 1, 4 digits,
in form 2, 5 digits,
in form 3, 6 digits.
multiple
in form 1, 4 digits,
in form 2, 5 digits,
in form 3, 6 digits.
so, in other words, students had already gained the basic knowledge, and with the concept, students will be able to apply this concept/knowledge in future in any situation that may involve this knowledge.
i think, its recommended that, continuity of the knowledge or concept should be proceeded and done at once to prevent boredom in studies especially for young learners. i believe a better concept would be:
addition and multiple
in form 1, addition of 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits,
in form 2, multiple of 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits.
in form 3, combination of addition and multiple involving 4 digits, 5 digits, and 6 digits.
in this way, students will be learning something totally new rather than growing expertise on the same particular topic/subject for several years comprising of basic knowledge which should be applied for the knowledge of other topic.
that is what i called prerequisite knowledge. prerequisite knowledge is how you apply those knowledge for new topic/subject, which should not be taught in years ahead that may cause boredom to the class room, with condition that knowledge should be applied onto the new topic, rather than REPEATING the same concept. this method should save time and in terms of application, students should be able to apply it in daily life, but not as a continuity of a repetition of the subject.
*take note that, this is what i think of the current education in several subjects, especially mathematics although i am taking TESL as my major.
Any comments would be much appreciated..Thank you..
There might be flaws in my writing or idea...any corrections or comment is welcomed
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
asked myself
i asked myself,
how relevant m i to ppl's life?
how ppl look at me?
how true isit when ppl talk to me?
how i revolve in ppl's life?
I keep thinking and thinking...
the answer is always NEGATIVE....
how relevant m i to ppl's life?
how ppl look at me?
how true isit when ppl talk to me?
how i revolve in ppl's life?
I keep thinking and thinking...
the answer is always NEGATIVE....
Wondering
sat down, in front of my wall of images, wondering,
is there wat we call wolf in sheep's clothing around u?
or perhaps wolf in mum's clothing?
or mayb just like hungry monkeys looking for food?
its retarded side of me...
though i feel uncomfortable, uneasy and tired of wat i m now, i still prefer this way...its too much to be a muffler without silencer sumtimes...
hey guys, do u enjoy a big muffler with vtec on? or juz another big muffler with small l5 engine?
*ships are all lies...how long can dey b with you? even a split second makes me feel...ignorance for a moment already gives me the image of *so what, ur not important to me*....i felt that all the time...
i feel like i m not the game in my life...but ppl around me...well.i guess its rite...too rite...how u revolve, and how u carry urself, it depends on ppl around u...often, its true, u wont be revolving without anyone by ur side...
trust me, u r who u r not in front of urself, but to everyone..ppl will tell u wat u r, but most often, dey are wrong about it, and u noe it urself...
is there wat we call wolf in sheep's clothing around u?
or perhaps wolf in mum's clothing?
or mayb just like hungry monkeys looking for food?
its retarded side of me...
though i feel uncomfortable, uneasy and tired of wat i m now, i still prefer this way...its too much to be a muffler without silencer sumtimes...
hey guys, do u enjoy a big muffler with vtec on? or juz another big muffler with small l5 engine?
*ships are all lies...how long can dey b with you? even a split second makes me feel...ignorance for a moment already gives me the image of *so what, ur not important to me*....i felt that all the time...
i feel like i m not the game in my life...but ppl around me...well.i guess its rite...too rite...how u revolve, and how u carry urself, it depends on ppl around u...often, its true, u wont be revolving without anyone by ur side...
trust me, u r who u r not in front of urself, but to everyone..ppl will tell u wat u r, but most often, dey are wrong about it, and u noe it urself...
Late Nite
i noe its a late nite, but i still insist of writing this...
i wondered...and wondered...and i noe
its a long thought...that struck my mind and changed the whole life and entire game.
some wondered...y silent?
thoughts flooding...
i bet...now..its the time to be silent...rather than big 4 inch muffler without silencer...its time for vvti..not vtec..
i cant accumulate like vtec...i can be sudden like vvti..
guess thats what i m...
i guess...its not because of anger, hatred or temper
slight sadness, shredded heart, bleeding without plasters.
a little bit lost of mind, wondering the truth and trust..values over all the *ships..
how far is the *ship is so true, or m i juz a part of their game? need? own? company?
wondering...loitering....walking....long distance...remain mum....
i wondered...and wondered...and i noe
its a long thought...that struck my mind and changed the whole life and entire game.
some wondered...y silent?
thoughts flooding...
i bet...now..its the time to be silent...rather than big 4 inch muffler without silencer...its time for vvti..not vtec..
i cant accumulate like vtec...i can be sudden like vvti..
guess thats what i m...
i guess...its not because of anger, hatred or temper
slight sadness, shredded heart, bleeding without plasters.
a little bit lost of mind, wondering the truth and trust..values over all the *ships..
how far is the *ship is so true, or m i juz a part of their game? need? own? company?
wondering...loitering....walking....long distance...remain mum....
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Lots of Post Coming Up Soon
Stay tuned...there will be a lot of thoughts to be shared with you all..
Friday, August 14, 2009
Another weekend
what a weekend...i decided not to go back...damn bbsm..wat to do..
life's here...almost like everywhere, or should i say every uni? bored...makan place same...all the same..the difference is, entertainment or no entertainment...shopping or no shopping...
well, although KL is so near to TM, i still feel lazy to drop by there and shop...i find no good purpose for me to go there and enjoy..
well...wat else can u do in tanjung malim? go to rawang eat durian? play futsal? jam at kedai mamak? go proton city? try every restaurant as possible? library? dinner? hmmphh...wat else..
one thing for good that made the big gap between ipsah and upsi..
in ipsah, every floor u go, u will noe ppl..EVERY FLOOR...
in upsi, every floor u go, by elevator..u noe no one...SILENT....
guess that makes a lot of difference...
life's here...almost like everywhere, or should i say every uni? bored...makan place same...all the same..the difference is, entertainment or no entertainment...shopping or no shopping...
well, although KL is so near to TM, i still feel lazy to drop by there and shop...i find no good purpose for me to go there and enjoy..
well...wat else can u do in tanjung malim? go to rawang eat durian? play futsal? jam at kedai mamak? go proton city? try every restaurant as possible? library? dinner? hmmphh...wat else..
one thing for good that made the big gap between ipsah and upsi..
in ipsah, every floor u go, u will noe ppl..EVERY FLOOR...
in upsi, every floor u go, by elevator..u noe no one...SILENT....
guess that makes a lot of difference...
Sitting on the chair
Sitting on the chair..
sometimes..it really made me wonder...how the hell ppl are so intelligent to create a chair of 4 legs with large surface to rest our buttocks on?
i hope i can invent something to change the world...
i hope to be a good critic..
sometimes..it really made me wonder...how the hell ppl are so intelligent to create a chair of 4 legs with large surface to rest our buttocks on?
i hope i can invent something to change the world...
i hope to be a good critic..
Updated Rig
My Intel Gaming Desktop:
Intel Core2Duo E8400 4.275GHz E0 + Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
2X Gigabyte HD4850 Zalman 512MB DDR3 CrossfireX (700/1100)
4X 1GB Corsair Dominator 1066 CL5 (1.9v)
2X WD1600AAJS RIAD 0
WD1001FALS(1000GB SATAII 32MB Cache)
SilverStone ST75EF / LG GH-22N SATA
Edifier M1250 2.1 Speaker
Samsung SyncMASter 713N 17" LCD
CM HAF932
Notice my graphic cards? Let the game begin...
i bought this pair of cards with no regrets...lucky i did not buy 4890...after looking and searching everywhere...i realize...this pair of card is overwhelming the gtx280/285 in many cases...i saved alot...
guess, my hands got itchy again, oc the gpu from 625/1000 to 700/1100..hope its stable..
Intel Core2Duo E8400 4.275GHz E0 + Xigmatek HDT-S1283
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
2X Gigabyte HD4850 Zalman 512MB DDR3 CrossfireX (700/1100)
4X 1GB Corsair Dominator 1066 CL5 (1.9v)
2X WD1600AAJS RIAD 0
WD1001FALS(1000GB SATAII 32MB Cache)
SilverStone ST75EF / LG GH-22N SATA
Edifier M1250 2.1 Speaker
Samsung SyncMASter 713N 17" LCD
CM HAF932
Notice my graphic cards? Let the game begin...
i bought this pair of cards with no regrets...lucky i did not buy 4890...after looking and searching everywhere...i realize...this pair of card is overwhelming the gtx280/285 in many cases...i saved alot...
guess, my hands got itchy again, oc the gpu from 625/1000 to 700/1100..hope its stable..
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Food For Thought
Juz had my breakfast..hmmphhh...delicious bowl of me....with shrimps, egss, meatballs...hmmph...wonderful breakfast..
when putting the meatball into my mouth, i wondered, how lucky am i today or everyday living with good food and drink. somehow, i wondered, how are these unfortunate people going to pass their days..is that their destiny? is that what they want? is that the result of what they hav done? should we blame them for what they are today? should we be pity and sympathize them? or should we empathized them?
i believe that's not everyone want. i believe everyone wants the best in their life. but how good is it? or how fine its going to be? some may even having 2 slices of bread with a cup of plain water, and some may even skip breakfast to save for lunch..look at these people around u...what they eat? what they drink? most importantly, are they eating what they want? are they satisfied with their meal?
looking at those tv channels promoting fine french cuisine, etc. etc., how many people in this world really had the chance of tasting it? some even thanked God so much for having some leftover by people. and yet we still see teenagers nowadays that do not know how to appreciate food, one bit and thats enough. if you have a bite of your food, imagine how many else it can feed with a single bite?
i have witnessed too many wastage, unnecessary wastage of money, skills, time, and even energy. why want to waste your food, or even buy the food if you know you wont like it? or rather save your money for other day? if i were the restaurant owner, i would chase off the person for wasting my money, time and energy besides the skills and feelings i put onto the food which will end up in the garbage..
how many of us today have not seen people suffering from hunger? i bet, there are a number of them though in a small town or city. speaking of places like, kuala lumpur, metropolitan and the capital of malaysia, full of wonders and skyscrapers, but, there are still unfortunate ones asking for money and life. how could we possibly put them aside? for those who are in doubt of DONATING, ask YOURSELF:
Do they CHOOSE to be like this?
or
Are they FATED to be like this?
when putting the meatball into my mouth, i wondered, how lucky am i today or everyday living with good food and drink. somehow, i wondered, how are these unfortunate people going to pass their days..is that their destiny? is that what they want? is that the result of what they hav done? should we blame them for what they are today? should we be pity and sympathize them? or should we empathized them?
i believe that's not everyone want. i believe everyone wants the best in their life. but how good is it? or how fine its going to be? some may even having 2 slices of bread with a cup of plain water, and some may even skip breakfast to save for lunch..look at these people around u...what they eat? what they drink? most importantly, are they eating what they want? are they satisfied with their meal?
looking at those tv channels promoting fine french cuisine, etc. etc., how many people in this world really had the chance of tasting it? some even thanked God so much for having some leftover by people. and yet we still see teenagers nowadays that do not know how to appreciate food, one bit and thats enough. if you have a bite of your food, imagine how many else it can feed with a single bite?
i have witnessed too many wastage, unnecessary wastage of money, skills, time, and even energy. why want to waste your food, or even buy the food if you know you wont like it? or rather save your money for other day? if i were the restaurant owner, i would chase off the person for wasting my money, time and energy besides the skills and feelings i put onto the food which will end up in the garbage..
how many of us today have not seen people suffering from hunger? i bet, there are a number of them though in a small town or city. speaking of places like, kuala lumpur, metropolitan and the capital of malaysia, full of wonders and skyscrapers, but, there are still unfortunate ones asking for money and life. how could we possibly put them aside? for those who are in doubt of DONATING, ask YOURSELF:
Do they CHOOSE to be like this?
or
Are they FATED to be like this?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
That's Life!!
I guess...its time for me to post up more valuable thgs than just facts or any stupid thgs from the internet...
well, how could possibly i forget to include something or post something that is so much regarded to my life? could we possibly turn away from the past and just move on? the negative momentum caused by the bad past has definitely haunting us till today because we assume that as a lesson.
Lesson 1: Move On!
Moving on with life is a good thing. no matter what we lost in life, remember, each and every moment and situation we face, is always a challenge by God, no matter how sad, happy, angry, or content we are. Happiness is just a feeling...just a feeling...it goes the same to sadness, anger and contentment...the challenge by God is, how are we going to prolong or shorten these feelings in life, how are we keeping or losing it...definitely, happy doesnt mean totally happy, both parties or more...happiness comes in so many different context...u can be happy by hurting people, u can be happy because ur loved ones is happy, and vice versa. So, life is along journey of road, highways, country roads, and even footpaths...we are like cars....happy on the highways, sad on the broken roads, content that you are still living on the footpath...thats life...we need to move on...we cant just stop at highway all the time, because we will never reach our destination...
Lesson 2: Remembering The Past
The past can always be a good lesson to us...what will you do / your teacher do when they see your results are poor? corrections and revisions....yes....corrections....revisions....hmmphh...lets sit down and ponder upon, what we have done these years, hurting people, loving people, and so many other things revolving people around you...
To be continued...
well, how could possibly i forget to include something or post something that is so much regarded to my life? could we possibly turn away from the past and just move on? the negative momentum caused by the bad past has definitely haunting us till today because we assume that as a lesson.
Lesson 1: Move On!
Moving on with life is a good thing. no matter what we lost in life, remember, each and every moment and situation we face, is always a challenge by God, no matter how sad, happy, angry, or content we are. Happiness is just a feeling...just a feeling...it goes the same to sadness, anger and contentment...the challenge by God is, how are we going to prolong or shorten these feelings in life, how are we keeping or losing it...definitely, happy doesnt mean totally happy, both parties or more...happiness comes in so many different context...u can be happy by hurting people, u can be happy because ur loved ones is happy, and vice versa. So, life is along journey of road, highways, country roads, and even footpaths...we are like cars....happy on the highways, sad on the broken roads, content that you are still living on the footpath...thats life...we need to move on...we cant just stop at highway all the time, because we will never reach our destination...
Lesson 2: Remembering The Past
The past can always be a good lesson to us...what will you do / your teacher do when they see your results are poor? corrections and revisions....yes....corrections....revisions....hmmphh...lets sit down and ponder upon, what we have done these years, hurting people, loving people, and so many other things revolving people around you...
To be continued...
Monday, July 27, 2009
Blog Blog Blog
Oh well...wats blogging for? erm..i guess...i have several ideas of wat blogs about...first, share(show) wat u got..second, indirect messages(most likely), third, awake those who are awake and dead...
wonder, how many ppl out there blogging non-stop everyday? wats to blog each day? might as well own a website to publish everythg, or paste watever u wan to say on the facebook, or share in the friendster bulletin...
today, i come to realise that its hard to be a good human to everyone...especially, we cant please all, majority we are trying, keeping the minority lesser if we can...definitely, we wont be able to please everyone..y?
1. yea...we hav different mentality, who doesnt know that?
2. wat else, dey dun favour u much,
3. as a barbie doll with maid capability...if u und wat it is..
3 weeks here, i gonna talk not only my academic mates but taipingite mates...love all..but like i say...u can love all...juz making sure all the time tat u love the majority, making the majority growing bigger or larger(watever la!), minimizing the minority, so that u can hug and kiss all (guys and gals la).
i bet not everyone in favour of getting close with me, i und tat, mayb i m chinese? or mayb i hav small eyes? or mayb i love pc and cars more than anyone else? or mayb anythg else??? erm....tats for sure though..
sometimes, i feel, really being alienated by everyone...well..i do feel that...its sick...tired...and lonely...
well, sometimes, i felt ppl near me bcoz dey wan me (ma stuff and everythg la!!)
kill me!! (if i m right or wrong...hahha)
wonder, how many ppl out there blogging non-stop everyday? wats to blog each day? might as well own a website to publish everythg, or paste watever u wan to say on the facebook, or share in the friendster bulletin...
today, i come to realise that its hard to be a good human to everyone...especially, we cant please all, majority we are trying, keeping the minority lesser if we can...definitely, we wont be able to please everyone..y?
1. yea...we hav different mentality, who doesnt know that?
2. wat else, dey dun favour u much,
3. as a barbie doll with maid capability...if u und wat it is..
3 weeks here, i gonna talk not only my academic mates but taipingite mates...love all..but like i say...u can love all...juz making sure all the time tat u love the majority, making the majority growing bigger or larger(watever la!), minimizing the minority, so that u can hug and kiss all (guys and gals la).
i bet not everyone in favour of getting close with me, i und tat, mayb i m chinese? or mayb i hav small eyes? or mayb i love pc and cars more than anyone else? or mayb anythg else??? erm....tats for sure though..
sometimes, i feel, really being alienated by everyone...well..i do feel that...its sick...tired...and lonely...
well, sometimes, i felt ppl near me bcoz dey wan me (ma stuff and everythg la!!)
kill me!! (if i m right or wrong...hahha)
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Interesting Facts...Again..
Agriculture
* People might eat oats when they're hungry, but people from Hungary don't eat oats.
* What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.
* Iceland has many, many more tractors per 1000 hectares of cropland than any other nation - more than twice that of the next highest country, Slovenia.
* Costa Rica leads the world in per capita exports of bananas, cassava, melons, and pineapples to the United States. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in pesticide use.
Crime
* You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA than in France
* If you're in Montserrat, watch your back! Nearly 1% of the population are police officers.
* Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.
* Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.
* America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.
* Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia.
* Venezuela is one of the happiest and most murderous places in the world.
* Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
* In the Maldives, there are more than 2 jails for every 1000 people.
* One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.
* Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.
* In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.
* The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.
* India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.
* Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.
* People trust Swedes! Swedish companies are the world’s least-likely to be perceived as paying bribes.
* 84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
Currency
* ‘Dollar’ is the most common currency name, followed by ‘franc,’ ‘pound,’ ‘dinar,’ ‘peso,’ and ‘rupee.’
Democracy
* You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.
* In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.
* In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.
Economy
* Most people live in poverty in most African countries.
* The top nations for per capita imports and exports tend to be very small.
* The eight most developed countries all speak Germanic languages.
* 72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day.
* 41% world's poor people live in India.
* The ten most generous countries are all in Europe.
* Americans are 15% more innovative than the Japanese. But in percentage terms, the Japanese grant 3.5 times more patents.
* United we stand? The United Kingdom and United States are both in the top ten for Gross Domestic Product - and for child poverty.
* Three of the top ten countries for GDP per capita are island nations: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Iceland.
* France is the top destination in the world for tourists, accounting for 11 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
* The top ten tourist destinations France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, UK, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada account for 49.6 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
* The number of tourists in San Marino is almost 19 times the resident population.
Education
* Want your kids to stay in school? Send them to Norway.
* English speaking kids are the world's biggest novel readers - but the least enthusiastic comic readers.
* Japanese and South Korean kids are the best in the world at science and maths.
* Three quarters of Japanese kids read comics.
* American adults have spent more time than anyone in education .
* There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
* The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.
* More than half of Indonesia's primary school teachers are under 30years of age .
* Thinking of becoming a teacher? Head to Switzerland. Teaching salaries there start at $US 33,000.
* Kids in Mali spend only 2 years in school. More than half of them start working between the ages of 10 and 14.
* Teachers make up 7.8 percent of Iceland’s labor force - and they only have to teach 38 weeks per year.
* Central European men don’t teach. In Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, over 75 percent of lower secondary teachers are female.
Energy
* Qataris have lots and lots of gas.
* Japan has 53 working nuclear reactors and is planning to build another 12.
* The top 10 countries for electricity generation using a nuclear energy source are all in Europe.
Environment
* Almost half of Ecuador is subject to environmental protection.
* Japan's water has a very high dissolved oxygen concentration - but not enough to prevent drowning in the bath.
* Indonesia contains the most known mammal species - and the most mammal species under threat.
* The total area of Australia’s coral reefs is greater than the total area of any of 130 individual countries, including Slovakia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Singapore, and Rwanda.
* There are more known reptile species in Australia than in all other listed countries combined.
Food
* The United States has the world's highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita. Americans also die of obesity more often than any other nation, with more deaths than Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.
* Norwegians drink 10.7 kilograms of coffee per person each year. They also lead the globe in anxiety disorders. Maybe it’s time to switch to herbal tea.
* Americans consume the sixth-most spirits, the eighth-most beer and the 18th-most wine. They’re also likely to view heavy drinkers as undesirable neighbors.
* Norwegians consume more than 15 times as much coffee per person as the Irish.
* The average person in the United Kingdom drinks as much tea as 23 Italians.
Geography
* Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth, with 3.7 metres of rain a year.
* Clipperton Island wins our prize for the most unusual looking country.
* Only two countries in the world are doubly landlocked: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
* Sick of crowds? Move to Greenland! Greenlanders have 38 square kilometres of land per person.
* If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
* The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.
* The four largest nations are Russia, China, USA, and Canada.
* Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America.
* Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation.
* Almost the entire Cook Islands are covered by forest.
* Contrary to the popular rhyme, the rain falls mainly on Guinea.
* Australia has more than 28 times the land area of New Zealand, but its coastline is not even twice as long.
Government
* Got a parking ticket in Finland? Better just pay up - it is the least corrupt nation in the world.
* Members of the armed forces and the police cannot vote in the Dominican Republic.
* Nauru, Tokelau and Western Sahara are the only three countries without official capital cities.
* Nauru is the world's smallest independent republic.
Health
* Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
* On the probability of not reaching 40 graph, the top 34 countries are all African.
* In Botswana, more than one in three adults aged 15-49 are infected with HIV/AIDS.
* The average woman in New Zealand doesn't give birth until she is nearly 30 years old.
* Mexican women spend 15.3% of their life in ill health.
* 22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
* In Ethiopia, nine out of ten births occur without skilled health staff present.
* The United States tops the world in plastic surgery procedures. Next comes Mexico.
* Sick people is Switzerland stay in hospital for longer than the people of any other nation - almost 10 days, on average. Switzerland also has the world's highest number of hospital beds per capita.
* Only 4% of married women in Chad are using contraceptives.
* More than half of all doctors in Finland are female.
* One in three Italian babies is born by caesarean section.
Identification
* Libya is the only country with a single-coloured flag.
* NationMaster.com is now 40 times the size of the CIA World Factbook!
* Nepal’s flag isn’t square or rectangular. It’s a double triangle.
* Peru’s national bird is the Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruviana).
* Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
* Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
Immigration
* The top five countries of origin for refugees are all in Africa.
* Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.
* Apparently, the Federated States of Micronesia is the place to leave - and Afghanistan is the place to go.
* Want to go to the United States? Try going to Albania first. Albania has more U.S visa lottery winners per capita than anywhere else in the world.
* China loses 2 million people per year.
Industry
* In 2002, every 1000 Swedes made a bus.
* Japan leads the world in car production, producing almost 50% more cars than either of its next closest competitors, Germany and the United States
Internet
* Around 80% of all livejournal users are from the United States of America.
* 9 in 10 Dutch use the internet.
Labor
* Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.
* Kenyan women work 35% longer than their menfolk.
* Ethiopians are by far the most agricultural people on earth (both men and women)
* Looking for Czech and Slovak men? Half are in factories.
* Women are flooding into the workforce in many Muslim countries.
* American women have the most powerful jobs.
* Southern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed.
* Danish workers strike 150 times more than their German neighbours.
* More than a third of the time, Icelanders don't show up for work. Perhaps that's why they're the world's happiest nation.
* In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
* If you are looking for work, just go to the Falkland Islands! They have full employment and a labor shortage.
* 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
Language
* Houses in English-speaking countries have the most rooms.
Lifestyle
* 62% of Bulgarians describe themselves as either 'not very' or 'not at all' happy.
* The fourteen unhappiest countries are all in Eastern Europe.
* 22% of New Zealanders have used cannabis.
* Australians are the most likely to join charities, educational organizations, environmental groups, professional organizations, sports groups and unions. But only three percent join political parties.
* Australians lead the world in hours worked and membership in many voluntary organizations. How do they find the energy?
* The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
* In all the countries surveyed, women do more housework than men.
* Canadians drink more fruit juice than the citizens of any other nation - more than one litre each, every week.
Media
* Andorra has no unemployment, which is just as well because they have no broadcast TV channels either. What would everyone watch?
* China has the most workers, so it's a good thing they've also got the most TV's.
* Indians go out to the movies 3 billion times a year - much more than any other nation.
* The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
* Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.
* The United States has the most money, airports, radios and Internet Service Providers.
* Malaysia has the lowest rate of cinema attendance in the world.
* A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.
* Taiwan and Luxembourg are the only countries in the world where the mobile phones outnumber the people!
Military
* Israel enjoys a GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West Bank and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip. Its military spending per capita tops the world.
* North Korea spends the most of its GDP on its military.
* The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
* In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
* If you're looking to invade someone by sea, try Canada! Canada has only 9000 Navy personnel guarding the longest national coastline in the world.
* Bolivia has 4,500 Navy personnel - which seems like quite a lot for a landlocked country.
Mortality
* Moldova has one of the smallest artillery forces in Europe, and the highest rate in the world of death by powered lawnmower. Coincidence? Surely not.
* On average, more than 70 persons die of varicose veins per year per country.
* If someone you know died from falling out of a tree, you’re probably Brazilian.
* You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.
People
* Andorrans live the longest, four years longer than in neighbouring France and Spain.
* China's labor force stands at 706 million people, almost three times that of Europe and twice that of North and South America combined
* Luxembourgers are the world's richest people - and also the most generous.
* If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15!
* Senior gentlemen might consider a trip to Russia, where there are two women over 65 for every man.
* Single guys should check out The Virgin Islands, where the women outnumber the men.
* South America is unusual in that it is both highly urbanized and poor.
* Many Americans live alone - the United States leads the world in one person households.
* Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.
* Looking for geniuses? Head straight to Iceland. There are more than 3 Nobel Prize Winners for every million Icelanders.
* Sri Lanka has lowest divorce rate in the world - and the highest rate of female suicide.
* Australians have a huge 380,000 sq m of land per person - and yet 91% live in urban areas.
* Nearly a quarter of people in Monaco are over 65.
* The United States has the world's highest marriage rate - as well as the world's highest divorce rate.
* If you're Dutch or Swedish, you're among the world's most likely to end up living in a retirement home. If you're Japanese, you'll probably end up living with your children.
* Of all the nations of the world, China has the most people. But there are 71 nations that are more crowded.
* Most households in Europe and North America contain fewer than three people.
* Like living in cities? Guadeloupe, Nauru, Monaco, Singapore, Gibraltar and Bermuda are only nations that are 100% urbanised.
* There are 11 countries where the average woman has more than six children. Ten of them are in Africa.
* Mali and Niger have 7 children born per woman, yet their populations grow at less than 3% per year.
Religion
* Mexico has the most Jehovah's Witnesses per capita in the OECD.
* At least 9 out 10 Nigerians attend church regularly. Only 4 out of 10 Americans claim to do so.
Sports
* Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranking first in medals per capita for Summer Olympics, and third for Winter Olympics.
* Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
Taxation
* Don't start a company in Australia. More than 20% of the tax collected in Australia is corporate income tax.
* In Denmark, more than 50% of the tax collected is personal income tax. In the Netherlands, personal income tax makes up less than 15%.
* People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
* Tax makes up half of the of Gross Domestic Product in Denmark and Sweden. In Japan and the United States, it makes up less than 30%.
Transportation
* Brazil is the heliport capital of the world.
* In Australia, there's plenty of open road. Which is just as well, because you wouldn't want to park your car.
* American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
* More than a third of the world's airports are in the United States of America.
* In Germany and Italy, every second person owns a car.
* The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
* About one-quarter of all nations drive on the left-hand-side of the road. Most of them are former British colonies.
* Train spotters should go to Australia - Australians have more railway per capita than anyone else on the globe.
* Japan has more road than Canada.
* People might eat oats when they're hungry, but people from Hungary don't eat oats.
* What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.
* Iceland has many, many more tractors per 1000 hectares of cropland than any other nation - more than twice that of the next highest country, Slovenia.
* Costa Rica leads the world in per capita exports of bananas, cassava, melons, and pineapples to the United States. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in pesticide use.
Crime
* You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA than in France
* If you're in Montserrat, watch your back! Nearly 1% of the population are police officers.
* Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.
* Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.
* America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.
* Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia.
* Venezuela is one of the happiest and most murderous places in the world.
* Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
* In the Maldives, there are more than 2 jails for every 1000 people.
* One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.
* Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.
* In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.
* The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.
* India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.
* Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.
* People trust Swedes! Swedish companies are the world’s least-likely to be perceived as paying bribes.
* 84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
Currency
* ‘Dollar’ is the most common currency name, followed by ‘franc,’ ‘pound,’ ‘dinar,’ ‘peso,’ and ‘rupee.’
Democracy
* You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.
* In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.
* In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.
Economy
* Most people live in poverty in most African countries.
* The top nations for per capita imports and exports tend to be very small.
* The eight most developed countries all speak Germanic languages.
* 72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day.
* 41% world's poor people live in India.
* The ten most generous countries are all in Europe.
* Americans are 15% more innovative than the Japanese. But in percentage terms, the Japanese grant 3.5 times more patents.
* United we stand? The United Kingdom and United States are both in the top ten for Gross Domestic Product - and for child poverty.
* Three of the top ten countries for GDP per capita are island nations: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Iceland.
* France is the top destination in the world for tourists, accounting for 11 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
* The top ten tourist destinations France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, UK, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada account for 49.6 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
* The number of tourists in San Marino is almost 19 times the resident population.
Education
* Want your kids to stay in school? Send them to Norway.
* English speaking kids are the world's biggest novel readers - but the least enthusiastic comic readers.
* Japanese and South Korean kids are the best in the world at science and maths.
* Three quarters of Japanese kids read comics.
* American adults have spent more time than anyone in education .
* There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
* The women of Iceland earn two-thirds of their nation's university degrees.
* More than half of Indonesia's primary school teachers are under 30years of age .
* Thinking of becoming a teacher? Head to Switzerland. Teaching salaries there start at $US 33,000.
* Kids in Mali spend only 2 years in school. More than half of them start working between the ages of 10 and 14.
* Teachers make up 7.8 percent of Iceland’s labor force - and they only have to teach 38 weeks per year.
* Central European men don’t teach. In Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia, over 75 percent of lower secondary teachers are female.
Energy
* Qataris have lots and lots of gas.
* Japan has 53 working nuclear reactors and is planning to build another 12.
* The top 10 countries for electricity generation using a nuclear energy source are all in Europe.
Environment
* Almost half of Ecuador is subject to environmental protection.
* Japan's water has a very high dissolved oxygen concentration - but not enough to prevent drowning in the bath.
* Indonesia contains the most known mammal species - and the most mammal species under threat.
* The total area of Australia’s coral reefs is greater than the total area of any of 130 individual countries, including Slovakia, the Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Singapore, and Rwanda.
* There are more known reptile species in Australia than in all other listed countries combined.
Food
* The United States has the world's highest number of McDonald’s restaurants per capita. Americans also die of obesity more often than any other nation, with more deaths than Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.
* Norwegians drink 10.7 kilograms of coffee per person each year. They also lead the globe in anxiety disorders. Maybe it’s time to switch to herbal tea.
* Americans consume the sixth-most spirits, the eighth-most beer and the 18th-most wine. They’re also likely to view heavy drinkers as undesirable neighbors.
* Norwegians consume more than 15 times as much coffee per person as the Irish.
* The average person in the United Kingdom drinks as much tea as 23 Italians.
Geography
* Guinea has the wettest capital on Earth, with 3.7 metres of rain a year.
* Clipperton Island wins our prize for the most unusual looking country.
* Only two countries in the world are doubly landlocked: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
* Sick of crowds? Move to Greenland! Greenlanders have 38 square kilometres of land per person.
* If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
* The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.
* The four largest nations are Russia, China, USA, and Canada.
* Brazil takes up 47.8% of South America.
* Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation.
* Almost the entire Cook Islands are covered by forest.
* Contrary to the popular rhyme, the rain falls mainly on Guinea.
* Australia has more than 28 times the land area of New Zealand, but its coastline is not even twice as long.
Government
* Got a parking ticket in Finland? Better just pay up - it is the least corrupt nation in the world.
* Members of the armed forces and the police cannot vote in the Dominican Republic.
* Nauru, Tokelau and Western Sahara are the only three countries without official capital cities.
* Nauru is the world's smallest independent republic.
Health
* Most Zambians don't live to see their 40th birthday.
* On the probability of not reaching 40 graph, the top 34 countries are all African.
* In Botswana, more than one in three adults aged 15-49 are infected with HIV/AIDS.
* The average woman in New Zealand doesn't give birth until she is nearly 30 years old.
* Mexican women spend 15.3% of their life in ill health.
* 22% of American women aged 20 gave birth while in their teens. In Switzerland and Japan, only 2% did so.
* In Ethiopia, nine out of ten births occur without skilled health staff present.
* The United States tops the world in plastic surgery procedures. Next comes Mexico.
* Sick people is Switzerland stay in hospital for longer than the people of any other nation - almost 10 days, on average. Switzerland also has the world's highest number of hospital beds per capita.
* Only 4% of married women in Chad are using contraceptives.
* More than half of all doctors in Finland are female.
* One in three Italian babies is born by caesarean section.
Identification
* Libya is the only country with a single-coloured flag.
* NationMaster.com is now 40 times the size of the CIA World Factbook!
* Nepal’s flag isn’t square or rectangular. It’s a double triangle.
* Peru’s national bird is the Andean cock of the rock (Rupicola peruviana).
* Libya’s full name is the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
* Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
Immigration
* The top five countries of origin for refugees are all in Africa.
* Canada is immigrant-friendly. It confers the most new citizenships per capita and per $ GDP, and the second-most new citizenships overall.
* Apparently, the Federated States of Micronesia is the place to leave - and Afghanistan is the place to go.
* Want to go to the United States? Try going to Albania first. Albania has more U.S visa lottery winners per capita than anywhere else in the world.
* China loses 2 million people per year.
Industry
* In 2002, every 1000 Swedes made a bus.
* Japan leads the world in car production, producing almost 50% more cars than either of its next closest competitors, Germany and the United States
Internet
* Around 80% of all livejournal users are from the United States of America.
* 9 in 10 Dutch use the internet.
Labor
* Guatamalan women work 11.5 hours a day, while South African men work only 4.5.
* Kenyan women work 35% longer than their menfolk.
* Ethiopians are by far the most agricultural people on earth (both men and women)
* Looking for Czech and Slovak men? Half are in factories.
* Women are flooding into the workforce in many Muslim countries.
* American women have the most powerful jobs.
* Southern European women hugely outnumber their menfolk amongst the unemployed.
* Danish workers strike 150 times more than their German neighbours.
* More than a third of the time, Icelanders don't show up for work. Perhaps that's why they're the world's happiest nation.
* In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
* If you are looking for work, just go to the Falkland Islands! They have full employment and a labor shortage.
* 61.5% of Swedes work more than 40 hours per week, but just across the border in Norway only 15.8% of people work this long.
Language
* Houses in English-speaking countries have the most rooms.
Lifestyle
* 62% of Bulgarians describe themselves as either 'not very' or 'not at all' happy.
* The fourteen unhappiest countries are all in Eastern Europe.
* 22% of New Zealanders have used cannabis.
* Australians are the most likely to join charities, educational organizations, environmental groups, professional organizations, sports groups and unions. But only three percent join political parties.
* Australians lead the world in hours worked and membership in many voluntary organizations. How do they find the energy?
* The five countries with the highest coffee consumption are also the five countries whose citizens trust one another the most. Coincidence? Probably.
* In all the countries surveyed, women do more housework than men.
* Canadians drink more fruit juice than the citizens of any other nation - more than one litre each, every week.
Media
* Andorra has no unemployment, which is just as well because they have no broadcast TV channels either. What would everyone watch?
* China has the most workers, so it's a good thing they've also got the most TV's.
* Indians go out to the movies 3 billion times a year - much more than any other nation.
* The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.
* Americans and Icelanders go to the cinema 5 times a year, on average. The average Japanese person goes only once.
* The United States has the most money, airports, radios and Internet Service Providers.
* Malaysia has the lowest rate of cinema attendance in the world.
* A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.
* Taiwan and Luxembourg are the only countries in the world where the mobile phones outnumber the people!
Military
* Israel enjoys a GDP per capita 21 times that of the Palestinian West Bank and 33 times that of the Gaza Strip. Its military spending per capita tops the world.
* North Korea spends the most of its GDP on its military.
* The United States spends more money on its military than the next 12 nations combined.
* In the 1990's, nearly half of all arms exported to developing countries came from the United States of America.
* If you're looking to invade someone by sea, try Canada! Canada has only 9000 Navy personnel guarding the longest national coastline in the world.
* Bolivia has 4,500 Navy personnel - which seems like quite a lot for a landlocked country.
Mortality
* Moldova has one of the smallest artillery forces in Europe, and the highest rate in the world of death by powered lawnmower. Coincidence? Surely not.
* On average, more than 70 persons die of varicose veins per year per country.
* If someone you know died from falling out of a tree, you’re probably Brazilian.
* You are more likely to be reported as having been killed by lightning in Cuba than in any other country.
People
* Andorrans live the longest, four years longer than in neighbouring France and Spain.
* China's labor force stands at 706 million people, almost three times that of Europe and twice that of North and South America combined
* Luxembourgers are the world's richest people - and also the most generous.
* If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15!
* Senior gentlemen might consider a trip to Russia, where there are two women over 65 for every man.
* Single guys should check out The Virgin Islands, where the women outnumber the men.
* South America is unusual in that it is both highly urbanized and poor.
* Many Americans live alone - the United States leads the world in one person households.
* Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country.
* Looking for geniuses? Head straight to Iceland. There are more than 3 Nobel Prize Winners for every million Icelanders.
* Sri Lanka has lowest divorce rate in the world - and the highest rate of female suicide.
* Australians have a huge 380,000 sq m of land per person - and yet 91% live in urban areas.
* Nearly a quarter of people in Monaco are over 65.
* The United States has the world's highest marriage rate - as well as the world's highest divorce rate.
* If you're Dutch or Swedish, you're among the world's most likely to end up living in a retirement home. If you're Japanese, you'll probably end up living with your children.
* Of all the nations of the world, China has the most people. But there are 71 nations that are more crowded.
* Most households in Europe and North America contain fewer than three people.
* Like living in cities? Guadeloupe, Nauru, Monaco, Singapore, Gibraltar and Bermuda are only nations that are 100% urbanised.
* There are 11 countries where the average woman has more than six children. Ten of them are in Africa.
* Mali and Niger have 7 children born per woman, yet their populations grow at less than 3% per year.
Religion
* Mexico has the most Jehovah's Witnesses per capita in the OECD.
* At least 9 out 10 Nigerians attend church regularly. Only 4 out of 10 Americans claim to do so.
Sports
* Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranking first in medals per capita for Summer Olympics, and third for Winter Olympics.
* Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
Taxation
* Don't start a company in Australia. More than 20% of the tax collected in Australia is corporate income tax.
* In Denmark, more than 50% of the tax collected is personal income tax. In the Netherlands, personal income tax makes up less than 15%.
* People in Germany, Belgium, Hungary and Sweden have to pay almost half their salaries in tax.
* Tax makes up half of the of Gross Domestic Product in Denmark and Sweden. In Japan and the United States, it makes up less than 30%.
Transportation
* Brazil is the heliport capital of the world.
* In Australia, there's plenty of open road. Which is just as well, because you wouldn't want to park your car.
* American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
* More than a third of the world's airports are in the United States of America.
* In Germany and Italy, every second person owns a car.
* The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
* About one-quarter of all nations drive on the left-hand-side of the road. Most of them are former British colonies.
* Train spotters should go to Australia - Australians have more railway per capita than anyone else on the globe.
* Japan has more road than Canada.
Innovation of Zero
Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans used roman numerical which were difficult to calculate on as they were in the form of Symbols, lengthy and had limits.
50 Interesting Facts
1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like itis smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.
5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.
6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.
7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.
8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.
9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.
10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
11. Dalmatians are born without spots.
12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).
14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.
15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.
16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.
17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.
18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.
19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.
20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.
21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.
23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.
24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.
25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.
26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.
27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.
28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.
29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.
30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.
33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.
34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.
36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.
37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.
38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like itis smiling).
39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”
40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.
41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.
48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.
49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.
50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Fragrance
Fragrance Facts
All fragrance is a mix of alcohol and water with a quantity of pure perfume essence added. The different editions relate to the quantity of the pure perfume they contain. For example, the parfum typically contains 15% to 30% of pure perfume essence and eau de parfum will contain 8% to 15% but the eau de toilette will contain only 4% to 8%. Splash colognes and eau de colognes can contain anything from 1% to 5%.
Eau de Toilette (EDT) is the most widely available version of perfume. It is most commonly available as a spray for ease of application, and as it is so light in its' fragrance it can be re-applied throughout the day as a top-up to replenish your fragrance. Eau de Parfum (EDP) makes a good double-act with EDT, start the day with the EDP and replenish it with the EDT as and when you wish after it has been worn for a while.
When to wear : Parfum - wear in small quantities, either at the begining of the day, or for a fuller affect in the evening. Strong enough to last the day. Eau de Parfum - wear throughout the day in small amounts. Eau de Toilette - wear throughout the day.
Fragrances are comprised of many different scents, these scents are called "notes." The unique balance in the mixture of these notes is what gives a fragrance its distinct personality.
Top notes : are very light and last just a few minutes (10-15 minutes).
Middle notes : become apparent in about 15 minutes after application, these can last up to an hour or more.
Bottom notes : are the heavier ingredients, these last the longest, usually for several hours.
Most Commonly Asked Questions
How do I find my perfect perfume?
All perfume smells different on different people so to be sure that a perfume is right for you just try it! You should go to perfumeries and use a tester or obtain a sample preferably in the eau de toilette edition or other lower concentration editions. You should also live with the fragrance for a while to be sure because it will smell different at different times of the day and different occasions as well.
Why did a perfume I bought smell different when I was in the shop?
The atmosphere of most department stores and the other common places for buying fragrance are full of smells by definition so everything smells a bit different. But seriously, all perfume is affected by the environment in which it is experienced. This environment is made up of temperature, humidity and background smells. More importantly than this is the fact that each perfume has a different evaporation rate so the 'top note' that you smell in the store may be different from the 'middle note' that you experience later at home. So your best bet is to try just one fragrance and wear it for the rest of the day.
How long should a single application last?
That depends. Fragrances are made up of volatile ingredients which evaporate over time. As a fragrance is worn it goes through 3 distinct phases. The first of these is the top note and is made up of those ingredients that evaporate first because they are highly-volatile. Then comes the middle note (sometimes called the body or heart of the fragrance) which is made up of those ingredients that are not so volatile. Finally, you guessed it, you get the base or lower notes which are the foundation of the fragrance. These are the least volatile ingredients and hence the ones that last the longest. Good quality perfume will smell very similar through all of these stages but in all cases the length of time it takes to go through these depends on the ingredients.
Sometimes my perfume is too strong, can I do anything about this?
Well you could just put less on or buy a lower purity edition of the fragrance, an eau de toilette or splash if it is available. Alternatively, if you are feeling a little more adventurous, you could add an alcohol and water mix (about 10% distilled water to 90% alcohol). You might do this and put the resulting weaker fragrance in an atomiser to take with you in a handbag to refresh your fragrance throughout the day. This will not affect the smell at all, just dilute the perfume and hence the strength of it.
Should I try just one fragrance at a time?
If you are in a department store there will already be many different fragrances in the air and discerning any one without being affected by another will be difficult. You can also try more fragrances that are very different in one go than you can fragrances that are similar. For example, you could try two or three fresh fragrances and then find your ability to differentiate is impaired. But if you try a fresh fragrance or two and then move to oriental or floral you will still be able to judge them.
You will also find that heavier fragrances are more difficult to try as they tend to be stronger - so always start with light ones. And if you are testing them on your skin, put them as far apart as you can. Best to try a different one on each visit to the store!
Does perfume smell different on different people?
Yes it does. This is because different people have different skin conditions, body temperatures and even diets which can affect the way a fragrance might smell. Everyone has their own individual smell and this is mixed with the smell of the fragrance to make up the smell so you should really always try fragrance on your own skin to be sure (not on a paper tester). Unfortunately, this also means that if you smell a great perfume on someone else you might find it doesn't smell the same on you!
How should I wear perfume?
To answer this, one has to explain how fragrance works; all perfume contains a volatile liquid which evaporates on the skin during the course of its use. This process is facilitated by the heat of the body and the body is warmest where there is good blood circulation closest to the surface of the skin. Therefore, the warmer the skin that you dab the fragrance on the more effective this evaporation will be. That is the reason that the most popular locations are behind the ear, on the wrist and at the bend of your arm.
You can also spray your perfume in freshly washed hair but be careful that your shampoo or conditioner does not have too strong a fragrance itself or you might affect the harmony of the perfume. You could also spray it on clothes near the skin as well which sometimes improves the life of a single application. This works best on natural fibers but be careful if you like to wear different fragrances with the same coat as they may clash.
It's thought to help if you spray your fragrance on damp skin. This can be done after bathing or showering. Apply perfume to pulse points such as: neck, wrist, navel, ankles, behind your ears, back of the knees and inside your elbow. A light spray on the hair can last all day.
Could I wear more than one fragrance at once?
Most perfumers will tell you that this is the ultimate perfume sin because perfumers spend a lot of time developing fragrances in order to achieve a balance and harmony. But I feel that a fragrance is designed to make you feel great and confident so you should wear which ever fragrance you like with what ever you like and feel most comfortable with. Don't forget that perfumes are only careful mixtures of various ingredients so why should you not try a bit of mixing yourself.
Is it possible to wear too much?
As a rule the daytime fragrances are lighter and more and better suited to wear for long periods of time without being overbearing. The evening fragrances are for just that, evening and special occasions because they tend to be heavier, stronger and more intoxicating. In addition to these categories you should also pick the edition carefully as well. If you are going to wear it all day then try the EDT edition and if it is for special evening wear you could use the parfum. Note also that the longer lasting 'base' notes will accumulate if you re-apply the same.
Why can't I smell my own perfume after a while?
You can become accustomed to a smell and your brain filters it out as a background smell so that it is better able to discern new smells. This way you might think your fragrance has worn off yet someone else may find it quite strong still.
Can my perfume affect my mood?
We wear a special fragrance on special occasions and every time we smell it our mood is affected dramatically. We associate it with happiness, friends and laughter and it puts us in that frame of mind. This is one of the most important affects of fragrance. So the answer is yes a perfume can definitely affect the mood of anyone who smells it.
Do use fragrance throughout every day; it will increase your feelings of well being...add a special degree of graciousness to daily living and makes life for you and those around you infinitely more pleasurable and enjoyable.
Blends of floral and citrus-based fragrances are recommended for casual and daywear. Spicy, woody or warm amber-based fragrances are traditionally favorites for evening and special occasions.
Should I use a fragrance which matches my partners?
There are a few fragrance on the market that can be bought in pairs e.g. Armani's He and She, but you shouldn't worry overly about this. Masculine fragrances and feminine fragrances have been moving closer together in terms of the notes they contain whilst there are still some very definite male and female concept areas. You could even try swapping fragrance if you like.
Why is most perfume expensive?
You need read only a little about the ingredients of fragrances to see that some of the methods for collecting them is long and labour intensive which means expensive. In addition to this there are the modern economies of the industry. Firstly, you cannot buy cheaper bulk packs of perfume because it would go off before a single wearer manages to use it all. Secondly the modern designer invests enormous amounts of time and money creating and maintaining sophisticated aspirational brands that people want to buy into through advertising and sponsorships. These brand creation and upkeep costs need to be recouped.
Are some perfumes better than others?
There is a technical answer to this which is that a fragrance should be dermatologically safe and evaporate from the skin evenly and harmoniously throughout its stages, not loosing its essential notes throughout. It should also have 'tenacity' which means it lasts well on the wearer and does not need continuous reapplication. This is achieved through careful use of fixatives or heavy and less volatile notes which maintain the broad smell throughout its use.
The real answer to this question is that a good fragrance is a fragrance that makes you feel good about yourself. It's about the individual and expression.
Does perfume go off? How can I tell?
Yes. New unopened fragrance normally last well (at least a year or more if kept properly) but opened perfume will eventually go off as it is based on a volatile liquid that will evaporate. You can tell if it has gone off by checking to see if it has darkened significantly or thickened and you get a strange sour smell on opening the bottle. To prevent this happening you should always leave your perfume with the lid on tightly and not placed in direct sunlight or near a heat source. Unfortunately there is little you can do with it once it has gone off as trying to dilute it will not return it to its former glory.
How should I keep my perfume?
The best way to keep fragrance is at room temperature or slightly cooler (but not too cool) in the dark. Unopened the perfume will keep for more than a year or so but once opened it will eventually go off. This takes about 6 months depending on how the perfume is kept.
Keep all fragrance in a cool, dry area and away from windows as sunlight or extremes in temperature can unbalance the various ingredients of the perfume and change its scent.
What should I choose as a gift for someone?
There are many ways of selecting appropriate fragrances as gifts but usually you can tell a lot about the fragrance from its name and the advertising, images and emotions it portrays. For example, for a more mature recipient it is easier to buy lighter and more casual fragrances as gifts because they are more widely accepted whereas the heavier fragrances for more evening wear are more personal. If you want to play it safe you should choose one of the long time classics. Good luck and don't forget that a perfume or aftershave always makes a wonderfully and personal gift, whatever it is.
All fragrance is a mix of alcohol and water with a quantity of pure perfume essence added. The different editions relate to the quantity of the pure perfume they contain. For example, the parfum typically contains 15% to 30% of pure perfume essence and eau de parfum will contain 8% to 15% but the eau de toilette will contain only 4% to 8%. Splash colognes and eau de colognes can contain anything from 1% to 5%.
Eau de Toilette (EDT) is the most widely available version of perfume. It is most commonly available as a spray for ease of application, and as it is so light in its' fragrance it can be re-applied throughout the day as a top-up to replenish your fragrance. Eau de Parfum (EDP) makes a good double-act with EDT, start the day with the EDP and replenish it with the EDT as and when you wish after it has been worn for a while.
When to wear : Parfum - wear in small quantities, either at the begining of the day, or for a fuller affect in the evening. Strong enough to last the day. Eau de Parfum - wear throughout the day in small amounts. Eau de Toilette - wear throughout the day.
Fragrances are comprised of many different scents, these scents are called "notes." The unique balance in the mixture of these notes is what gives a fragrance its distinct personality.
Top notes : are very light and last just a few minutes (10-15 minutes).
Middle notes : become apparent in about 15 minutes after application, these can last up to an hour or more.
Bottom notes : are the heavier ingredients, these last the longest, usually for several hours.
Most Commonly Asked Questions
How do I find my perfect perfume?
All perfume smells different on different people so to be sure that a perfume is right for you just try it! You should go to perfumeries and use a tester or obtain a sample preferably in the eau de toilette edition or other lower concentration editions. You should also live with the fragrance for a while to be sure because it will smell different at different times of the day and different occasions as well.
Why did a perfume I bought smell different when I was in the shop?
The atmosphere of most department stores and the other common places for buying fragrance are full of smells by definition so everything smells a bit different. But seriously, all perfume is affected by the environment in which it is experienced. This environment is made up of temperature, humidity and background smells. More importantly than this is the fact that each perfume has a different evaporation rate so the 'top note' that you smell in the store may be different from the 'middle note' that you experience later at home. So your best bet is to try just one fragrance and wear it for the rest of the day.
How long should a single application last?
That depends. Fragrances are made up of volatile ingredients which evaporate over time. As a fragrance is worn it goes through 3 distinct phases. The first of these is the top note and is made up of those ingredients that evaporate first because they are highly-volatile. Then comes the middle note (sometimes called the body or heart of the fragrance) which is made up of those ingredients that are not so volatile. Finally, you guessed it, you get the base or lower notes which are the foundation of the fragrance. These are the least volatile ingredients and hence the ones that last the longest. Good quality perfume will smell very similar through all of these stages but in all cases the length of time it takes to go through these depends on the ingredients.
Sometimes my perfume is too strong, can I do anything about this?
Well you could just put less on or buy a lower purity edition of the fragrance, an eau de toilette or splash if it is available. Alternatively, if you are feeling a little more adventurous, you could add an alcohol and water mix (about 10% distilled water to 90% alcohol). You might do this and put the resulting weaker fragrance in an atomiser to take with you in a handbag to refresh your fragrance throughout the day. This will not affect the smell at all, just dilute the perfume and hence the strength of it.
Should I try just one fragrance at a time?
If you are in a department store there will already be many different fragrances in the air and discerning any one without being affected by another will be difficult. You can also try more fragrances that are very different in one go than you can fragrances that are similar. For example, you could try two or three fresh fragrances and then find your ability to differentiate is impaired. But if you try a fresh fragrance or two and then move to oriental or floral you will still be able to judge them.
You will also find that heavier fragrances are more difficult to try as they tend to be stronger - so always start with light ones. And if you are testing them on your skin, put them as far apart as you can. Best to try a different one on each visit to the store!
Does perfume smell different on different people?
Yes it does. This is because different people have different skin conditions, body temperatures and even diets which can affect the way a fragrance might smell. Everyone has their own individual smell and this is mixed with the smell of the fragrance to make up the smell so you should really always try fragrance on your own skin to be sure (not on a paper tester). Unfortunately, this also means that if you smell a great perfume on someone else you might find it doesn't smell the same on you!
How should I wear perfume?
To answer this, one has to explain how fragrance works; all perfume contains a volatile liquid which evaporates on the skin during the course of its use. This process is facilitated by the heat of the body and the body is warmest where there is good blood circulation closest to the surface of the skin. Therefore, the warmer the skin that you dab the fragrance on the more effective this evaporation will be. That is the reason that the most popular locations are behind the ear, on the wrist and at the bend of your arm.
You can also spray your perfume in freshly washed hair but be careful that your shampoo or conditioner does not have too strong a fragrance itself or you might affect the harmony of the perfume. You could also spray it on clothes near the skin as well which sometimes improves the life of a single application. This works best on natural fibers but be careful if you like to wear different fragrances with the same coat as they may clash.
It's thought to help if you spray your fragrance on damp skin. This can be done after bathing or showering. Apply perfume to pulse points such as: neck, wrist, navel, ankles, behind your ears, back of the knees and inside your elbow. A light spray on the hair can last all day.
Could I wear more than one fragrance at once?
Most perfumers will tell you that this is the ultimate perfume sin because perfumers spend a lot of time developing fragrances in order to achieve a balance and harmony. But I feel that a fragrance is designed to make you feel great and confident so you should wear which ever fragrance you like with what ever you like and feel most comfortable with. Don't forget that perfumes are only careful mixtures of various ingredients so why should you not try a bit of mixing yourself.
Is it possible to wear too much?
As a rule the daytime fragrances are lighter and more and better suited to wear for long periods of time without being overbearing. The evening fragrances are for just that, evening and special occasions because they tend to be heavier, stronger and more intoxicating. In addition to these categories you should also pick the edition carefully as well. If you are going to wear it all day then try the EDT edition and if it is for special evening wear you could use the parfum. Note also that the longer lasting 'base' notes will accumulate if you re-apply the same.
Why can't I smell my own perfume after a while?
You can become accustomed to a smell and your brain filters it out as a background smell so that it is better able to discern new smells. This way you might think your fragrance has worn off yet someone else may find it quite strong still.
Can my perfume affect my mood?
We wear a special fragrance on special occasions and every time we smell it our mood is affected dramatically. We associate it with happiness, friends and laughter and it puts us in that frame of mind. This is one of the most important affects of fragrance. So the answer is yes a perfume can definitely affect the mood of anyone who smells it.
Do use fragrance throughout every day; it will increase your feelings of well being...add a special degree of graciousness to daily living and makes life for you and those around you infinitely more pleasurable and enjoyable.
Blends of floral and citrus-based fragrances are recommended for casual and daywear. Spicy, woody or warm amber-based fragrances are traditionally favorites for evening and special occasions.
Should I use a fragrance which matches my partners?
There are a few fragrance on the market that can be bought in pairs e.g. Armani's He and She, but you shouldn't worry overly about this. Masculine fragrances and feminine fragrances have been moving closer together in terms of the notes they contain whilst there are still some very definite male and female concept areas. You could even try swapping fragrance if you like.
Why is most perfume expensive?
You need read only a little about the ingredients of fragrances to see that some of the methods for collecting them is long and labour intensive which means expensive. In addition to this there are the modern economies of the industry. Firstly, you cannot buy cheaper bulk packs of perfume because it would go off before a single wearer manages to use it all. Secondly the modern designer invests enormous amounts of time and money creating and maintaining sophisticated aspirational brands that people want to buy into through advertising and sponsorships. These brand creation and upkeep costs need to be recouped.
Are some perfumes better than others?
There is a technical answer to this which is that a fragrance should be dermatologically safe and evaporate from the skin evenly and harmoniously throughout its stages, not loosing its essential notes throughout. It should also have 'tenacity' which means it lasts well on the wearer and does not need continuous reapplication. This is achieved through careful use of fixatives or heavy and less volatile notes which maintain the broad smell throughout its use.
The real answer to this question is that a good fragrance is a fragrance that makes you feel good about yourself. It's about the individual and expression.
Does perfume go off? How can I tell?
Yes. New unopened fragrance normally last well (at least a year or more if kept properly) but opened perfume will eventually go off as it is based on a volatile liquid that will evaporate. You can tell if it has gone off by checking to see if it has darkened significantly or thickened and you get a strange sour smell on opening the bottle. To prevent this happening you should always leave your perfume with the lid on tightly and not placed in direct sunlight or near a heat source. Unfortunately there is little you can do with it once it has gone off as trying to dilute it will not return it to its former glory.
How should I keep my perfume?
The best way to keep fragrance is at room temperature or slightly cooler (but not too cool) in the dark. Unopened the perfume will keep for more than a year or so but once opened it will eventually go off. This takes about 6 months depending on how the perfume is kept.
Keep all fragrance in a cool, dry area and away from windows as sunlight or extremes in temperature can unbalance the various ingredients of the perfume and change its scent.
What should I choose as a gift for someone?
There are many ways of selecting appropriate fragrances as gifts but usually you can tell a lot about the fragrance from its name and the advertising, images and emotions it portrays. For example, for a more mature recipient it is easier to buy lighter and more casual fragrances as gifts because they are more widely accepted whereas the heavier fragrances for more evening wear are more personal. If you want to play it safe you should choose one of the long time classics. Good luck and don't forget that a perfume or aftershave always makes a wonderfully and personal gift, whatever it is.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
3 Weeks To Go
I guess today marks exact 3 weeks b4 i left IPSAH..well...its tiring and full of disappointment of course..Who would like to leave their homes after 3 years adapting and fitting urself in this small cubicle? guess we need to fit ourselves again to this upcoming new environment..so tiring of course before meeting any new people in our life..it's good for us to know more people..but den, its hard to explain though..
the fun is just about to come, since i got my car here, i bought new casing, start to have more fun..but haiz...its time to leave all these and get back to a new place...i dont think i like the new place personally..whats so good about there? aside from getting close and knowing professors and others, i guess the college itself already proof to us freedom and fun more den in university...mayb most of us loved our school time...yes..i admit..i do really love my school time...but university is totally a new thing...
for sure, why i love this place, is because its super duper near to almost everywhere u wan to move about...for instance, canteen, which i can reach within 10 steps from my door...and i even can be ready within 5 minutes even b4 the lecture starts...but can u do tat in UPSI? i guess not...
with buses, motorcycles and bicycles everywhere, its not a short distance either to the main campus from the hostel or house or apartment we rent..the smaller the community the better...y? because we can get closer and noe each other more within the four corners of the college...unlike university...lol..guess even if the person graduates from the same place, same year or even same course, u might not have noticed he or she all along the time when you were studying there...
even in this small college, we can hardly recognize and remember each and every one of them..honestly, sometimes i dont even noe the existence of some ppl till today...lol...i bet we nid lots of time to mingle and break the ice..
but wat can i say, along these 3 years...too many hav already exposed their true colours...colours of behaviour and attitude...i learnt alot here...but this doesnt stop me from learning...and i m still reading ppl's attitude, action and behaviour....well, i dont judge, but i read and analyze to tackle and handle...tats what i am..
well...guess i am too used to here..till sometimes i felt like spending my last few weekends here with my friends...too many things come at once..its tiring...its my final exam 2molo...wonder how to celebrate it...in tears? or in joy?
the fun is just about to come, since i got my car here, i bought new casing, start to have more fun..but haiz...its time to leave all these and get back to a new place...i dont think i like the new place personally..whats so good about there? aside from getting close and knowing professors and others, i guess the college itself already proof to us freedom and fun more den in university...mayb most of us loved our school time...yes..i admit..i do really love my school time...but university is totally a new thing...
for sure, why i love this place, is because its super duper near to almost everywhere u wan to move about...for instance, canteen, which i can reach within 10 steps from my door...and i even can be ready within 5 minutes even b4 the lecture starts...but can u do tat in UPSI? i guess not...
with buses, motorcycles and bicycles everywhere, its not a short distance either to the main campus from the hostel or house or apartment we rent..the smaller the community the better...y? because we can get closer and noe each other more within the four corners of the college...unlike university...lol..guess even if the person graduates from the same place, same year or even same course, u might not have noticed he or she all along the time when you were studying there...
even in this small college, we can hardly recognize and remember each and every one of them..honestly, sometimes i dont even noe the existence of some ppl till today...lol...i bet we nid lots of time to mingle and break the ice..
but wat can i say, along these 3 years...too many hav already exposed their true colours...colours of behaviour and attitude...i learnt alot here...but this doesnt stop me from learning...and i m still reading ppl's attitude, action and behaviour....well, i dont judge, but i read and analyze to tackle and handle...tats what i am..
well...guess i am too used to here..till sometimes i felt like spending my last few weekends here with my friends...too many things come at once..its tiring...its my final exam 2molo...wonder how to celebrate it...in tears? or in joy?
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
My Rig...Almost Complete Part 2
YeaYea
Finally, found the magic password to allow me go beyond what i wanted...
added MCH V to 1.22V
And....VOILA,
4.275GHz to go....
tested with 3 Hours of Orthos...will proceed more if there is any chance...
:)
Finally, found the magic password to allow me go beyond what i wanted...
added MCH V to 1.22V
And....VOILA,
4.275GHz to go....
tested with 3 Hours of Orthos...will proceed more if there is any chance...
:)
Tips on Filling your Vehicles...
Tips on Filling your Vehicles...
This is a Message received from a friend:
I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... but here in Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 per litre. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre.
Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline, where I work in Durban, we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.
One day is diesel; the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.
ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR CAR OR BIKKIE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... your litre is not exactly a litre.
In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE. If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation.
Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that every litre is actually the exact amount.
ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money.
This is a Message received from a friend:
I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... but here in Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 per litre. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre.
Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline, where I work in Durban, we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline.
One day is diesel; the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.
ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR CAR OR BIKKIE IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... your litre is not exactly a litre.
In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE. If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation.
Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that every litre is actually the exact amount.
ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
My Rig...Almost Complete
I m back with my PC...its now with more items of course...unlike previous posts ago how my pc is....
now I m running
Intel C2D E8400 @ 4.05GHz
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P rev 1.1
Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR2 1055 CL5 @ 450 CL5
WD6400AAKS 640GB Sata2
WD1600AAJS 160GB Sata2 X 2 (Raid0 Stripe Mode)
Galaxy GTX260+ 896MB DDR3 OC Tri-Fan
LG GH22N SATA2 DVD-RW
SilverStone ST75EF 750W Dual Rail PSU
Xigmatek HDT-1283 CPU Cooler
Cooler Master HAF932
i m still figuring out how to overclock higher..but i m still learning to play with the bios, since i was a Biostar TPower hardcore fan, with over XX boards sold and successfully overclocked many processors..TPower was surprisingly super user-friendly compared to the Gigabyte...
faced many problems during my first setup of this machine, each try i made: FAILED...till i have to consult some professionals then...after updated the bios, i felt way much better rite now...but not with tight timing which i used to, with my Kingston KST RAM....which will hit 450 4-4-4-12 at amazingly low voltage: 1.8V...
well...am still trying each day to figure out wat is my problem actually...hopefully can learn something new these days with this rig...still need to fund for new LCD...aiming for a pure 19" LCD or a 23" Widescreen LCD....stuck in the middle...anyone?
now I m running
Intel C2D E8400 @ 4.05GHz
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P rev 1.1
Corsair Dominator 4GB DDR2 1055 CL5 @ 450 CL5
WD6400AAKS 640GB Sata2
WD1600AAJS 160GB Sata2 X 2 (Raid0 Stripe Mode)
Galaxy GTX260+ 896MB DDR3 OC Tri-Fan
LG GH22N SATA2 DVD-RW
SilverStone ST75EF 750W Dual Rail PSU
Xigmatek HDT-1283 CPU Cooler
Cooler Master HAF932
i m still figuring out how to overclock higher..but i m still learning to play with the bios, since i was a Biostar TPower hardcore fan, with over XX boards sold and successfully overclocked many processors..TPower was surprisingly super user-friendly compared to the Gigabyte...
faced many problems during my first setup of this machine, each try i made: FAILED...till i have to consult some professionals then...after updated the bios, i felt way much better rite now...but not with tight timing which i used to, with my Kingston KST RAM....which will hit 450 4-4-4-12 at amazingly low voltage: 1.8V...
well...am still trying each day to figure out wat is my problem actually...hopefully can learn something new these days with this rig...still need to fund for new LCD...aiming for a pure 19" LCD or a 23" Widescreen LCD....stuck in the middle...anyone?
Monday, May 4, 2009
225 Ways To Annoy Your Roommate or just about anybody!
225 Ways To Annoy Your Roommate
or just about anybody!
1. Repeat thoughtfully the last word of everything your victim says (e.g. Your roommate:
"How are you doing today?"
You: "Today.... Today......")
2. Continuously refer to your roommate using terms of endearment (sweetcheeks, honeybuns). Slap him/her in the face if s/he ever does the same.
3. Kill several people. Store the corpses underneath your friend's bed. Call the police.
4. Become Forrest Gump.
5. Incessantly rant about the government's attempts to control our minds by poisoning us with Dihydrous Monoxide. If your roommate tries to explain that Dihydrous Monoxide = H2O = Water, exclaim "HA!! THAT'S WHAT THEY /WANT/ YOU TO THINK!!!!"
6. Intensely study the complete list of ways to annoy your roommate. Form a discussion group with your roommate. Give tests.
7. Start a food drive around campus to feed your roommate. Comment often on how fat s/he's getting.
8. Read nothing but "Human Calculator" books. Consistently make mistake's on simple math (e.g. "2 + 2 = ..3? No, 5! No.......")
9. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class.
10. Twitch a lot.
11. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep.
12. Steal a fish tank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them.
13. Become a subgenius.
14. Inject his/her Twinkies with a mixture of Dexatrim and MSG.
15. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin.
16. Speak in tongues.
17. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtilely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling.
18. Walk and talk backwards.
19. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them.
20. Spend all your money on transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, They're more than meets the eye."
21. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. "The Road Warrior," "Repo Man, "Casablanca,") almost inaudibly.
22. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance art class (or hit him/her with the wrench).
23. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food.
24. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are.
25. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks."
26. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened.
27. Eat glass.
28. Smoke ball-point pens.
29. Smile. All the time.
30. Burn all your waste paper while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.
31. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you.
32. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of grievances.
33. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly.
34. Dye all your underwear lime green.
35. Buy three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet.
36. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it.
37. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's parents (postage due).
38. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks.
39. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them.
40. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley.
41. Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why....?" Be creative.
42. Shave one eyebrow.
43. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bed frame. If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently.
44. Put horseradish in your shoes.
45. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want.
46. Always flush the toilet three times.
47. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often.
48. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class.
49. Give him/her an allowance.
50. Listen to radio static.
51. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up.
52. Cry a lot.
53. Send secret admirer notes on your roommate's Email.
54. Clip your fingernails and toenails and keep them in a baggie. Leave the baggie near your computer and snack from it while studying. If he/she walks by, grab the bag close and eye him/her suspiciously.
55. Paste used kleenexes to his/her walls.
56. Whenever your roommate comes in from the shower, lower your eyes and giggle to yourself.
57. If you get in before your roommate, go to sleep in his/her bed.
58. Whenever you go to bed, start jumping up and down on it. Do so for a while, then jump really high and act like you hit your head on the ceiling. Crumple onto your bed and fake like you were knocked out. Use this method to fall asleep every night for a month.
59. If your roommate goes away for a weekend, change the locks.
60. Whenever his/her parents call and ask for your roommate, breathe into the phone for 5 seconds then hang up.
61. Whenever he/she goes to shower, drop whatever you're doing, grab a towel, and go shower too.
62. Find out your roommate's post office box code. Open it and take his/her mail. Do this for one month. After that, send the mail to him/her by UPS.
63. Collect all of your pencil shavings and sprinkle them on the floor.
64. Create an imaginary cat for a pet. Talk to it every night, act like you're holding it, keep a litter box under your desk. After two weeks, say that your cat is missing. Put up signs in your dorm, blame your roommate.
65. Call safety & security whenever your roommate turns up his/her music.
66. Follow him/her around on weekends.
67. Sit on the floor and talk to the wall.
68. Whenever the phone rings, get up and answer the door.
69. Whenever someone knocks, answer the phone.
70. Whenever your roommate is walking through the room, bump into him/her.
71. Stare at your roommate for five minutes out of every hour. Don't say anything, just stare.
72. Tell your roommate that someone called and said that it was really important but you can't remember who it was.
73. Let mice loose in his/her room.
74. Give each of your walls a different name. Whenever you can't answer a problem, ask each of your walls. Write down their responses, then ask your ceiling for the final answer. Complain to your roommate that you don't trust your ceiling.
75. Take your roommate's papers and hand them in as your own.
76. Skip to the bathroom.
77. Take all of your roommate's furniture and build a fort. Guard the fort for an entire weekend.
78. Gather up a garbage bag full of leaves and throw them in a pile in his/her room. Jump in them. Comment about the beautiful foliage.
79. When you walk into your room, turn off your lights. Turn them on when you leave.
80. Whenever you're on the phone and he/she walks in, hang up immediately without saying anything and crawl under your desk. Sit there for two minutes than call whoever it was back.
81. Insist on writing the entire lyrics to American Pie on your ceiling above your bed. Sing them every night before you go to bed.
82. Burn incense.
83. Eat moths.
84. Buy Sea Monkeys and grow them. Name one after your roommate. Announce the next day that that one died. Name another one after your roommate. The next day say that it died. Keep this up until they all die.
85. Collect Chia-Pets.
86. Refuse to communicate in anything but sign language.
87. Eat a bag of marshmallows before you go to bed. The next day, spray three bottles of whip cream all over your floor. Say you got sick.
88. Wipe deodorant all over your roommate's walls.
89. If you know that he/she is in the room, come barging in out of breath. Ask if they saw a fat bald naked Tibetan man run through carrying a hundred dollar bill. Run back out swearing.
90. Leave apple cores on his/her bed.
91. Don't ever flush.
92. Hang stuffed animals with nooses from your ceiling. Whenever you walk by them mutter, "You shouldn't have done that to me."
93. Lick him/her while they are asleep.
94. Dress in drag.
95. Insist that you are a vegetarian and protest anytime your roommate eats meat. Then leave "Slim Jim" wrappers on the floor and lie on the bed holding your stomach every time your roommate walks in. If he/she asks about the wrappers, say you know nothing about them.
96. Get some hair. Disperse it around your roommate's head while he/she is asleep. Keep a pair of scissors by your bed. Snicker at your roommate every morning.
97. Every time your roommate walks in yell, "Hooray! You're back!" as loud as you can and dance around the room for five minutes. Afterwards, keep looking at your watch and saying, "Shouldn't you be going somewhere?"
98. Trash the room when your roommate's not around. Then leave and wait for your roommate to come back. When he/she does, walk in and act surprised. Say, "Uh-oh, it looks like, THEY, were here again."
99. Every time you see your roommate yell, "You son of a..." and kick him/her in the stomach. Then buy him/her some ice cream.
100. Set your roommate's bed on fire. Apologize and explain that you've been watching too much "Beavis & Butthead." Do it again. Tell him/her that you're not sorry because this time, they deserved it.
101. Put your glasses on before you go to bed. Take them off as soon as you wake up. If your roommate asks, explain that they are Magic Dream Glasses. Complain that you've been having terrible nightmares.
102. Eat lots of "Lucky Charms." Pick out all the yellow moons and stockpile them in the closet. If your roommate inquires, explain that visitors are coming, but you can't say anything more, or you'll have to face the consequences.
103. Set up meetings with your roommate's faculty advisor. Inquire about his/her academic potential. Take lots of notes, and then give your roommate a full report. Insist that he/she do the same.
104. "Drink" a raw egg for breakfast every morning. Explain that you are in training. Eat a dozen donuts every night.
105. Every Thursday, pack up everything you own and tell your roommate you're going home. Come back in an hour and explain that no one was home. Unpack everything and go to sleep.
106. Every time you wake up, start yelling, "Oh, no! Where am I?!" and run around the room for a few minutes. Then go back to bed. If your roommate asks, say you don't know what he/she is talking about.
107. Draw a tiny, black spot on your arm. Make it bigger every day. Look at it and say, "It's spreading, it's spreading."
108. Buy a McDonald's "Happy Meal" for lunch every day. Eat the straw and the napkin. Throw everything else away.
109. Buy a plant. Sleep with it at night. Talk to it. After a few weeks, start to argue with it loudly. Then yell, "I can't live in the same room with you," storm out of the room and slam the door. Get rid of the plant, but keep the pot. Refuse to discuss the plant ever again.
110. Buy a Jack-In-The-Box. Every day, turn the handle until the clown pops out. Scream continuously for twenty minutes.
111. Hang up pictures of chickens all over the room. If your roommate eats eggs, yell at him/her and call him/her a cannibal.
112. Buy some knives. Sharpen them every night. While you're doing so, look at your roommate and mutter, "Soon, soon...."
113. Lock the door while your roommate is out. When he/she comes back and tries to unlock it, yell, "Don't come in, I'm naked!" Keep this up for several hours. When you finally let your roommate in, immediately take off all of your clothes, and ignore your roommate.
114. Bring in potential "new" roommates from around campus. Give them tours of the room and the building. Have them ask about your roommate in front of him/her, and reply, "Oh, him/her? He/she won't be here much longer."
115. If your roommate comes home after midnight, hit him/her on the head with a rolling pin. Immediately go to bed, muttering, "Ungrateful little..."
116. Pile dirty dishes in your roommate's bed. Insist that you don't know how they got there.
117. Collect hundreds of pens and pile them on one side of the room. Keep one pencil on the other side of the room. Laugh at the pencil.
118. Feign a serious illness for two weeks. Have a priest come to your room and visit you. Write out a will, leaving everything to your roommate. One day, miraculously "recover." Insist that your roommate write out a will, leaving everything to you. Every time he/she coughs, excitedly say, "Oooh, are you dying?"
119. Keep a tarantula in a jar for three days. Then get rid of the tarantula. If your roommate asks about it, say, "Oh, he's around here, somewhere."
120. Tell your roommate, "I've got an important message for you." Then pretend to faint. When you recover, say you can't remember what the message was. Later on, say, "Oh, yeah, I remember!" Pretend to faint again. Keep this up for several weeks.
121. Bowl inside the room. Set up tournaments with other people in the building. Award someone a trophy. If your roommate wants to bowl too, explain that he/she needs bowling shoes.
122. Walk backwards all the time. Then pretend to trip and hurt yourself. Fake an injury and go through a long, painful recovery. Start walking backwards again.
123. While your roommate is out, glue your shoes to the ceiling. When your roommate walks in, sit on the floor, hold your head, and moan.
124. Explain to your roommate that you're going to be housing a prospective student in the near future. One day, bring in a pig. If your roommate protests, hug the pig and tell your roommate that he/she hurt its feelings. Watch T.V with the pig, eating lots of bacon.
125. Make a sandwich. Don't eat it, leave it on the floor. Ignore the sandwich.Wait until your roommate gets rid of it, and then say, "Hey, where is my sandwich!?" Complain loudly that you are hungry.
126. Punch a hole in the T.V. Sit and watch it anyway, complaining about the poor picture quality.
127. Wear a cape. Stand in front of an open window for about an hour every day. Then, one day, when your roommate is gone, go outside and lie down underneath the window, pretending to be hurt, and wait for your roommate to return. The next day, start standing in front of the window again.
128. Collect potatoes. Paint faces on them and give them names. Name one after your roommate. Separate your roommate's potato from the others. Wait a few days, and then bake your roommate's potato and eat it. Explain to your roommate, "He just didn't belong."
129. Fill an empty shaving cream can with whipped cream. Use it to shave, and then spray some into your mouth. Later on, complain that you feel sick. Continue this process for several weeks.
130. Cover your bed with a tent. Live inside it for a week. If your roommate asks, explain that "It's a jungle out there." Get your roommate to bring you food and water.
131. Keep a vacuum cleaner in the middle of the room. Look at it with fear for a few days. Then stay out of the room entirely, opening the door only a crack and whispering to your roommate, "Psst! Is it gone?"
132. Break the window with a rock. If your roommate protests, explain that you were hot. Open and close the broken window as you normally would.
133. Throw darts at a bare wall. All of a sudden, act excited, telling your roommate that you hit the bulls eye.
134. Send flowers to your roommate, with a card that says, "I'm sorry. It won't happen again." When you see them, start ripping up the flowers. Repeat the process for a few weeks.
135. Call your roommate "Clyde" by accident. Start doing so every so often. Increase the frequency over the next few weeks, until you are calling him "Clyde" all the time. If your roommate protests, say, "I'm sorry. I won't do that anymore, Murray."
136. Hire a night watchman to guard the room while you are sleeping.
137. Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern.
138. Practice needlepoint every night. At one point, grab your thumb and scream, "Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Cry hysterically for a few minutes, and then go to bed. Sob and sniff all night.
139. When your roommate comes in, pretend that you are on the phone, screaming angrily and shouting obscenities. After you hang up, say, "That was your mom. She said she'd call back."
140. Every time your roommate comes in, immediately turn off the lights and go to bed. When he/she leaves, get up and loudly yell, "Okay, guys, you can come out now."
141. Start wearing a crown, all the time. If your roommate tells you to take it off, say, "What do you think you are? A king?"
142. Sit in front of a chess board for hours, saying nothing, doing nothing. Then, look up and say, "I think this game goes a lot faster with two players."
143. Talk back to your "Rice Krispies." All of a sudden, act offended, throw the bowl on the floor and kick it. Refuse to clean it up, explaining, "No, I want to watch them suffer."
144. Change the locks on the door. Don't let your roommate in unless he/she says the secret word. Change the secret word often. If your roommate can't guess the secret word, make him/her pay a tithe.
145. Scatter stuffed animals around the room. Put party hats on them. Play loud music. When your roommate walks in, turn off the music, take off the party hats, put away the stuffed animals, and say, "Well, it was fun while it lasted."
146. Hang a tire swing from the ceiling. Act like a monkey. If someone besides your roommate comes in, cease acting like a monkey and claim that the tire swing was your roommate's idea. When you and your roommate are alone again, continue acting like a monkey.
147. Unplug everything in the room except for one toaster. Pray to the toaster. Bring it gifts. Throw some of your roommate's possessions out the window. Say that the toaster made you do it.
148. Challenge your roommate to a duel. If he/she refuses, claim that you have won by forfeit and therefore conquered his/her side of the room. Insist that he/she remove all of his/her possessions immediately.
149. Sign your roommate up for various activities (Campus tour guide, blood donor, organ donor).
150. Start dressing like an Indian. If your roommate inquires, claim that you are getting in touch with your Native-American roots. If your roommate accuses you of not having any Native-American roots, claim that he/she has offended your people and put a curse on your roommate.
151. Wear your shoes on the wrong feet, all the time. Constantly complain that your feet hurt.
152. Hit your roommate on the head with a brick. Claim that you were trying to kill a mosquito.
153. Steal something valuable of your roommate's. If he/she asks about it, tell him/her that you traded it for some magic beans. Give some beans to your roommate.
154. Instead of turning off the light switch, smash the lightbulb with a hammer. Put a new bulb in the next day. Complain often about the cost of lightbulbs.
155. Videotape yourself hammering a nail into a wall for a while, and then stopping. Play the tape in your room. Right before the hammering stops on the videotape, look at the screen and say, "Don't do that."
156. Buy a lamp. Tell your roommate it's a magic lamp, with a genie inside it. Spend a week thinking about what to wish for. At the end of the week, report that someone has released the genie from the lamp. Blame your roommate.
157. Whenever your roommate brushes his/her teeth, watch him/her do so. Take notes. Write a paper on it, and circulate it around campus. If your roommate protests, say, "The people have a right to know!"
158. Collect potato chips that you think look like famous people. Find one that looks like your roommate. Burn it, and explain, "It had to be done."
159. Read the phone book out loud and excitedly ("Frank Johnson! Oh, wow! 837-9494! Holy cow!")
160. Shadow box several times a day. One day, walk in looking depressed. If your roommate asks what's wrong, explain that your shadow can't box with you anymore due to an injury. Ask your roommate if you can box with his/her shadow.
161. When you walk into the room, look at your roommate in disgust and yell, "Oh, you're here!" Walk away yelling and cursing.
162. Put up flyers around the building, reporting that your roommate is missing. Offer a reward for his/her safe return.
163. Buy a watermelon. Draw a face on it and give it a name. Ask your roommate if the watermelon can sleep in his/her bed. If your roommate says no, drop the watermelon out the window. Make it look like a suicide. Say nasty things about your roommate at the funeral.
164. Draw a chalk outline on the floor. When your roommate comes in, say, "Don't worry. It's not what you think." If he/she asks about it again, immediately change the subject.
165. Drink a cup of coffee every morning. When you finish it, gnaw on the mug for about ten minutes. Then, look at your roommate, immediately put the mug away, and quickly leave the room.
166. Paint a tunnel on the wall like they do in cartoons. Every day, hit your head as you attempt to crawl through it. Hold your head and grumble, "Stupid road runner...."
167. Leave memos on your roommate's bed that say things like, "I know what you did," and "Don't think you can fool me." Sign them in blood.
168. Hold a raffle, offering your roommate as first prize. If he/she protests, tell him/her that it's all for charity.
169. Make cue cards for your roommate. Get them out whenever you'd like to have a conversation.
170. Talk like a pirate, all the time. Threaten to make your roommate walk the plank if he/she doesn't swab the deck. Arrrrrrrrr!
171. Set up about twenty plants in an organized formation. When your roommate walks in, pretend to be in the middle of delivering a speech to the plants. Whisper to them, "We'll continue this later," while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.
172. Buy a telescope. Sit on your bed and look across the room at your roommate through the telescope. When you're not using the telescope, act like your roommate is too far away for you to see.
173. Keep some worms in a shoe box. When doing homework, go and consult with the worms every so often. Then become angry, shouting at the worms that they're stupid and they don't know what they're talking about.
174. Watch "Psycho" every day for a month. Then act excited every time your roommate goes to take a shower.
175. Wear a paper hat. Every time your roommate walks in, say, "Welcome to McDonalds, can I take your...Oh, it's just you." Take off the hat, sit, and pout.
176. Go through your roommate's textbooks with a red pen, changing things and making random corrections. If your roommate protests, tell him/her that you just couldn't take it anymore.
177. Leave the room at random, knock on the door, and wait for your roommate to let you back in. If he/she asks about it, go off on a tangent about the importance of good manners. 179.Hang a horseshoe above the door. Make up stories about having had good luck. Then, take the horseshoe down and wrap your head in bandages. When you see your roommate, look above the door where the horseshoe used to be, hold your head, and mutter, "Stupid horseshoe...."
178. Carve a jack-o-lantern. Complain to your roommate that the jack-o-lantern has been staring at you. The next day, tell your roommate that the jack-o-lantern thinks he/she has been staring at it. Confide in your roommate that you really don't like the jack-o-lantern, but you can't convince it to move out.
179. As soon as your roommate turns the light off at night, begin singing famous operas as loud as you can. When your roommate turns on the light, look around and pretend to be confused.
180. Hang a basketball net on the wall. Challenge your refrigerator to basketball games, and play them in front of your roommate. Do so for about a month. Confide in your roommate that you think the refrigerator has been taking steroids.
181. Drink lots of lemonade. Talk obnoxiously for hours about how much you love lemonade. Then, one day, paint your face yellow. From then on, complain about how much you hate lemonade.
182. Late at night, start conversations that begin with, "Remember the good old days, when we used to..." and make up stories involving you and your roommate.
183. Whenever your roommate sneezes, go and hide in the closet for about an hour. Look around nervously for the rest of the day.
184. Sit and stare at your roommate for hours. Bring others in to join you. Eat peanuts, throwing a few at your roommate. Then say, "Boy, these zoos just aren't what they used to be."
185. Tell your roommate that your toe hurts, and that means there's going to be an earthquake soon. While your roommate is out, trash everything on his/her side of the room. When he/she returns, explain that the earthquake hit, but only on one side of the room.
186. Buy a gun. Clean it every day. One day, put a band-aid on your forehead, and refuse to discuss the gun ever again.
187. Buy a lobster. Pretend to play cards with it. Complain to your roommate that the lobster is making up his own rules.
188. Make pancakes every morning, but don't eat them. Draw faces on them, and toss them in the closet. Watch them for several hours each day. Complain to your roommate that your "pancake farm" isn't evolving into a self-sufficient community. Confide in your roommate that you think the king of the pancakes has been taking bribes.
189. While you are ironing, pretend to burn yourself. Start a garbage can fire in the middle of the room. Toss the iron inside. If your roommate objects, explain that you are just trying to get even.
190. Buy some turtles. Paint numbers on their backs. Race them down the hall.
191. Create an army of animal crackers. Put them through basic training. Set up little checkpoints around the room. Tell your roommate that the camel spotted him/her in a restricted area and said not to do it again. Ask your roommate to apologize to the camel.
192. Put out a plate of cookies at night. Tell your roommate that they're for the Sandman. Take a bite out of one of the cookies while your roommate is asleep. The next morning, accuse your roommate of having bitten one of the cookies. If he/she tries to tell you the Sandman did it, insist that you know what the Sandman's teeth marks look like and that those are, in fact, not the Sandman's teeth marks. Grumble angrily and storm out of the room.
193. Steal a tire from a fraternity lawn. Bring it to your room. Bathe it. Name it. Sleep in it.
194. Leave your room and lock the door. Proceed to bang on the door, screaming, "Let me in." Get mad at your roommate for locking you out.
195. Talk on the phone a lot. Don't pick up the receiver.
196. Talk to your roommate but don't let any sound come out. Get mad at him/her for not listening to you.
197. Ask your roommate, if Bob, your invisible friend, can stay the night.
198. Ask your roommate if s/he can turn down the music. Explain that Bob has a headache.
199. Start a brothel.
200. Constantly slip and fall -- on your carpet.
201. Invite the Dean to sleep over.
202. Invite the school President to sleep over.
203. Invite your roommate to sleep over.
204. Let your alarm clock go off and refuse to turn it off. If your roommate comments, pretend not to hear anything.
205. Walk into walls.
206. Leave little notes in the shower for him/her.
207. Every time you take a shower, yell audibly, "I'm melting, I'm melting!"
208. When your roommate has friends over, get under your covers and stare at them through a little hole in the covers. Use a telescope.
209. When you leave the room, put on a screen saver that says, "I'm watching you."
210. Make a care package for your roommate. Leave the room and ride back and forth outside your window saying, "Speedy Delivery!" until s/he comes out.
211. Move very stiffly and grin. Tell your roommate that you've turned into Gumby.
212. Study computer science and listen to techno while talking about robots taking over the world.
213. Sleep with a banana (or lemon) and refuse to throw it out even after it is rotten.
214. Wear a silly hat.
215. Tell him/her that you're committing suicide, and let him/her find some dynamite under your bed.
216. Leave lots of pills in your drawer, and walk around like a zombie.
217. Move your bed around the room once a day, and leave it in a new position every night.
218. Lock your door every time you go through it. Tell him/her that you're afraid of aliens.
219. Eat raw pasta for dinner.
220. Put bricks in the middle of the room, and explain to him/her that you intend to make a fireplace to save electricity.
221. Write letters to yourself from famous people. Mail them to yourself.
222. Spread Vaseline all over your room and then tell your roommate you're trying to loosen up the place!
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223. Sing Michael Jackson songs while putting make up on.
224. Make a stack of bricks in the middle of the room. Throw all the bricks on the floor. Wrap bandages around your legs and move around in a wheel chair for several weeks.
Protest loudly and often to your roomate that he did not have to throw bricks on you. Start leaving revenge notes for him in the shower.
225. Keep poking your roommate in the shoulder while repeatedly saying, "Does thin bug you?"
or just about anybody!
1. Repeat thoughtfully the last word of everything your victim says (e.g. Your roommate:
"How are you doing today?"
You: "Today.... Today......")
2. Continuously refer to your roommate using terms of endearment (sweetcheeks, honeybuns). Slap him/her in the face if s/he ever does the same.
3. Kill several people. Store the corpses underneath your friend's bed. Call the police.
4. Become Forrest Gump.
5. Incessantly rant about the government's attempts to control our minds by poisoning us with Dihydrous Monoxide. If your roommate tries to explain that Dihydrous Monoxide = H2O = Water, exclaim "HA!! THAT'S WHAT THEY /WANT/ YOU TO THINK!!!!"
6. Intensely study the complete list of ways to annoy your roommate. Form a discussion group with your roommate. Give tests.
7. Start a food drive around campus to feed your roommate. Comment often on how fat s/he's getting.
8. Read nothing but "Human Calculator" books. Consistently make mistake's on simple math (e.g. "2 + 2 = ..3? No, 5! No.......")
9. Switch the sheets on your beds while s/he is at class.
10. Twitch a lot.
11. Pretend to talk while pretending to be asleep.
12. Steal a fish tank. Fill it with beer and dump sardines in it. Talk to them.
13. Become a subgenius.
14. Inject his/her Twinkies with a mixture of Dexatrim and MSG.
15. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall back down and grin.
16. Speak in tongues.
17. Move you roommate's personal effects around. Start subtilely. Gradually work up to big things, and eventually glue everything s/he owns to the ceiling.
18. Walk and talk backwards.
19. Spend all your money on Jolt Cola. Drink it all. Stack the cans in the middle of your room. Number them.
20. Spend all your money on transformers. Play with them at night. If your roommate says anything, tell him/her with a straight face, They're more than meets the eye."
21. Recite entire movie scripts (e.g. "The Road Warrior," "Repo Man, "Casablanca,") almost inaudibly.
22. Kill roaches with a monkey wrench while playing Wagnerian arias on a kazoo. If your roommate complains, explain that it is for your performance art class (or hit him/her with the wrench).
23. Chain yourself to your roommate's bed. Get him/her to bring you food.
24. Get a computer. Leave it on when you are not using it. Turn it off when you are.
25. Ask your roommate if your family can move in "just for a couple of weeks."
26. Fake a heart attack. When your roommate gets the paramedics to come, pretend nothing happened.
27. Eat glass.
28. Smoke ball-point pens.
29. Smile. All the time.
30. Burn all your waste paper while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.
31. Hide a bunch of potato chips and Ho Hos in the bottom of a trash can. When you get hungry, root around in the trash. Find the food, and eat it. If your roommate empties the trash before you get hungry, demand that s/he reimburse you.
32. Leave a declaration of war on your roommate's desk. Include a list of grievances.
33. Shoot rubber bands at your roommate while his/her back is turned, and then look away quickly.
34. Dye all your underwear lime green.
35. Buy three loaves of stale bread. Grow mold in the closet.
36. Hide your underwear and socks in your roommate's closet. Accuse him/her of stealing it.
37. Remove your door. Ship it to your roommate's parents (postage due).
38. Whenever your roommate walks in, wait one minute and then stand up. Announce that you are going to take a shower. Do so. Keep this up for three weeks.
39. Array thirteen toothbrushes of different colors on your dresser. Refuse to discuss them.
40. Paint your half of the room black. Or paisley.
41. Whenever he/she is about to fall asleep, ask questions that start with "Didja ever wonder why....?" Be creative.
42. Shave one eyebrow.
43. Put your mattress underneath your bed. Sleep down under there and pile your dirty clothes on the empty bed frame. If your roommate comments, mutter "Gotta save space," twenty times while twitching violently.
44. Put horseradish in your shoes.
45. Shelve all your books with the spines facing the wall. Complain loudly that you can never find the book that you want.
46. Always flush the toilet three times.
47. Subsist entirely on pickles for a week. Vomit often.
48. Buy a copy of Frankie Yankovic's "Pennsylvania Polka," and play it at least 6 hours a day. If your roommate complains, explain that it's an assignment for your primitive cultures class.
49. Give him/her an allowance.
50. Listen to radio static.
51. Open your window shades before you go to sleep each night. Close them as soon as you wake up.
52. Cry a lot.
53. Send secret admirer notes on your roommate's Email.
54. Clip your fingernails and toenails and keep them in a baggie. Leave the baggie near your computer and snack from it while studying. If he/she walks by, grab the bag close and eye him/her suspiciously.
55. Paste used kleenexes to his/her walls.
56. Whenever your roommate comes in from the shower, lower your eyes and giggle to yourself.
57. If you get in before your roommate, go to sleep in his/her bed.
58. Whenever you go to bed, start jumping up and down on it. Do so for a while, then jump really high and act like you hit your head on the ceiling. Crumple onto your bed and fake like you were knocked out. Use this method to fall asleep every night for a month.
59. If your roommate goes away for a weekend, change the locks.
60. Whenever his/her parents call and ask for your roommate, breathe into the phone for 5 seconds then hang up.
61. Whenever he/she goes to shower, drop whatever you're doing, grab a towel, and go shower too.
62. Find out your roommate's post office box code. Open it and take his/her mail. Do this for one month. After that, send the mail to him/her by UPS.
63. Collect all of your pencil shavings and sprinkle them on the floor.
64. Create an imaginary cat for a pet. Talk to it every night, act like you're holding it, keep a litter box under your desk. After two weeks, say that your cat is missing. Put up signs in your dorm, blame your roommate.
65. Call safety & security whenever your roommate turns up his/her music.
66. Follow him/her around on weekends.
67. Sit on the floor and talk to the wall.
68. Whenever the phone rings, get up and answer the door.
69. Whenever someone knocks, answer the phone.
70. Whenever your roommate is walking through the room, bump into him/her.
71. Stare at your roommate for five minutes out of every hour. Don't say anything, just stare.
72. Tell your roommate that someone called and said that it was really important but you can't remember who it was.
73. Let mice loose in his/her room.
74. Give each of your walls a different name. Whenever you can't answer a problem, ask each of your walls. Write down their responses, then ask your ceiling for the final answer. Complain to your roommate that you don't trust your ceiling.
75. Take your roommate's papers and hand them in as your own.
76. Skip to the bathroom.
77. Take all of your roommate's furniture and build a fort. Guard the fort for an entire weekend.
78. Gather up a garbage bag full of leaves and throw them in a pile in his/her room. Jump in them. Comment about the beautiful foliage.
79. When you walk into your room, turn off your lights. Turn them on when you leave.
80. Whenever you're on the phone and he/she walks in, hang up immediately without saying anything and crawl under your desk. Sit there for two minutes than call whoever it was back.
81. Insist on writing the entire lyrics to American Pie on your ceiling above your bed. Sing them every night before you go to bed.
82. Burn incense.
83. Eat moths.
84. Buy Sea Monkeys and grow them. Name one after your roommate. Announce the next day that that one died. Name another one after your roommate. The next day say that it died. Keep this up until they all die.
85. Collect Chia-Pets.
86. Refuse to communicate in anything but sign language.
87. Eat a bag of marshmallows before you go to bed. The next day, spray three bottles of whip cream all over your floor. Say you got sick.
88. Wipe deodorant all over your roommate's walls.
89. If you know that he/she is in the room, come barging in out of breath. Ask if they saw a fat bald naked Tibetan man run through carrying a hundred dollar bill. Run back out swearing.
90. Leave apple cores on his/her bed.
91. Don't ever flush.
92. Hang stuffed animals with nooses from your ceiling. Whenever you walk by them mutter, "You shouldn't have done that to me."
93. Lick him/her while they are asleep.
94. Dress in drag.
95. Insist that you are a vegetarian and protest anytime your roommate eats meat. Then leave "Slim Jim" wrappers on the floor and lie on the bed holding your stomach every time your roommate walks in. If he/she asks about the wrappers, say you know nothing about them.
96. Get some hair. Disperse it around your roommate's head while he/she is asleep. Keep a pair of scissors by your bed. Snicker at your roommate every morning.
97. Every time your roommate walks in yell, "Hooray! You're back!" as loud as you can and dance around the room for five minutes. Afterwards, keep looking at your watch and saying, "Shouldn't you be going somewhere?"
98. Trash the room when your roommate's not around. Then leave and wait for your roommate to come back. When he/she does, walk in and act surprised. Say, "Uh-oh, it looks like, THEY, were here again."
99. Every time you see your roommate yell, "You son of a..." and kick him/her in the stomach. Then buy him/her some ice cream.
100. Set your roommate's bed on fire. Apologize and explain that you've been watching too much "Beavis & Butthead." Do it again. Tell him/her that you're not sorry because this time, they deserved it.
101. Put your glasses on before you go to bed. Take them off as soon as you wake up. If your roommate asks, explain that they are Magic Dream Glasses. Complain that you've been having terrible nightmares.
102. Eat lots of "Lucky Charms." Pick out all the yellow moons and stockpile them in the closet. If your roommate inquires, explain that visitors are coming, but you can't say anything more, or you'll have to face the consequences.
103. Set up meetings with your roommate's faculty advisor. Inquire about his/her academic potential. Take lots of notes, and then give your roommate a full report. Insist that he/she do the same.
104. "Drink" a raw egg for breakfast every morning. Explain that you are in training. Eat a dozen donuts every night.
105. Every Thursday, pack up everything you own and tell your roommate you're going home. Come back in an hour and explain that no one was home. Unpack everything and go to sleep.
106. Every time you wake up, start yelling, "Oh, no! Where am I?!" and run around the room for a few minutes. Then go back to bed. If your roommate asks, say you don't know what he/she is talking about.
107. Draw a tiny, black spot on your arm. Make it bigger every day. Look at it and say, "It's spreading, it's spreading."
108. Buy a McDonald's "Happy Meal" for lunch every day. Eat the straw and the napkin. Throw everything else away.
109. Buy a plant. Sleep with it at night. Talk to it. After a few weeks, start to argue with it loudly. Then yell, "I can't live in the same room with you," storm out of the room and slam the door. Get rid of the plant, but keep the pot. Refuse to discuss the plant ever again.
110. Buy a Jack-In-The-Box. Every day, turn the handle until the clown pops out. Scream continuously for twenty minutes.
111. Hang up pictures of chickens all over the room. If your roommate eats eggs, yell at him/her and call him/her a cannibal.
112. Buy some knives. Sharpen them every night. While you're doing so, look at your roommate and mutter, "Soon, soon...."
113. Lock the door while your roommate is out. When he/she comes back and tries to unlock it, yell, "Don't come in, I'm naked!" Keep this up for several hours. When you finally let your roommate in, immediately take off all of your clothes, and ignore your roommate.
114. Bring in potential "new" roommates from around campus. Give them tours of the room and the building. Have them ask about your roommate in front of him/her, and reply, "Oh, him/her? He/she won't be here much longer."
115. If your roommate comes home after midnight, hit him/her on the head with a rolling pin. Immediately go to bed, muttering, "Ungrateful little..."
116. Pile dirty dishes in your roommate's bed. Insist that you don't know how they got there.
117. Collect hundreds of pens and pile them on one side of the room. Keep one pencil on the other side of the room. Laugh at the pencil.
118. Feign a serious illness for two weeks. Have a priest come to your room and visit you. Write out a will, leaving everything to your roommate. One day, miraculously "recover." Insist that your roommate write out a will, leaving everything to you. Every time he/she coughs, excitedly say, "Oooh, are you dying?"
119. Keep a tarantula in a jar for three days. Then get rid of the tarantula. If your roommate asks about it, say, "Oh, he's around here, somewhere."
120. Tell your roommate, "I've got an important message for you." Then pretend to faint. When you recover, say you can't remember what the message was. Later on, say, "Oh, yeah, I remember!" Pretend to faint again. Keep this up for several weeks.
121. Bowl inside the room. Set up tournaments with other people in the building. Award someone a trophy. If your roommate wants to bowl too, explain that he/she needs bowling shoes.
122. Walk backwards all the time. Then pretend to trip and hurt yourself. Fake an injury and go through a long, painful recovery. Start walking backwards again.
123. While your roommate is out, glue your shoes to the ceiling. When your roommate walks in, sit on the floor, hold your head, and moan.
124. Explain to your roommate that you're going to be housing a prospective student in the near future. One day, bring in a pig. If your roommate protests, hug the pig and tell your roommate that he/she hurt its feelings. Watch T.V with the pig, eating lots of bacon.
125. Make a sandwich. Don't eat it, leave it on the floor. Ignore the sandwich.Wait until your roommate gets rid of it, and then say, "Hey, where is my sandwich!?" Complain loudly that you are hungry.
126. Punch a hole in the T.V. Sit and watch it anyway, complaining about the poor picture quality.
127. Wear a cape. Stand in front of an open window for about an hour every day. Then, one day, when your roommate is gone, go outside and lie down underneath the window, pretending to be hurt, and wait for your roommate to return. The next day, start standing in front of the window again.
128. Collect potatoes. Paint faces on them and give them names. Name one after your roommate. Separate your roommate's potato from the others. Wait a few days, and then bake your roommate's potato and eat it. Explain to your roommate, "He just didn't belong."
129. Fill an empty shaving cream can with whipped cream. Use it to shave, and then spray some into your mouth. Later on, complain that you feel sick. Continue this process for several weeks.
130. Cover your bed with a tent. Live inside it for a week. If your roommate asks, explain that "It's a jungle out there." Get your roommate to bring you food and water.
131. Keep a vacuum cleaner in the middle of the room. Look at it with fear for a few days. Then stay out of the room entirely, opening the door only a crack and whispering to your roommate, "Psst! Is it gone?"
132. Break the window with a rock. If your roommate protests, explain that you were hot. Open and close the broken window as you normally would.
133. Throw darts at a bare wall. All of a sudden, act excited, telling your roommate that you hit the bulls eye.
134. Send flowers to your roommate, with a card that says, "I'm sorry. It won't happen again." When you see them, start ripping up the flowers. Repeat the process for a few weeks.
135. Call your roommate "Clyde" by accident. Start doing so every so often. Increase the frequency over the next few weeks, until you are calling him "Clyde" all the time. If your roommate protests, say, "I'm sorry. I won't do that anymore, Murray."
136. Hire a night watchman to guard the room while you are sleeping.
137. Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate if he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on the empty side of the room with concern.
138. Practice needlepoint every night. At one point, grab your thumb and scream, "Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Cry hysterically for a few minutes, and then go to bed. Sob and sniff all night.
139. When your roommate comes in, pretend that you are on the phone, screaming angrily and shouting obscenities. After you hang up, say, "That was your mom. She said she'd call back."
140. Every time your roommate comes in, immediately turn off the lights and go to bed. When he/she leaves, get up and loudly yell, "Okay, guys, you can come out now."
141. Start wearing a crown, all the time. If your roommate tells you to take it off, say, "What do you think you are? A king?"
142. Sit in front of a chess board for hours, saying nothing, doing nothing. Then, look up and say, "I think this game goes a lot faster with two players."
143. Talk back to your "Rice Krispies." All of a sudden, act offended, throw the bowl on the floor and kick it. Refuse to clean it up, explaining, "No, I want to watch them suffer."
144. Change the locks on the door. Don't let your roommate in unless he/she says the secret word. Change the secret word often. If your roommate can't guess the secret word, make him/her pay a tithe.
145. Scatter stuffed animals around the room. Put party hats on them. Play loud music. When your roommate walks in, turn off the music, take off the party hats, put away the stuffed animals, and say, "Well, it was fun while it lasted."
146. Hang a tire swing from the ceiling. Act like a monkey. If someone besides your roommate comes in, cease acting like a monkey and claim that the tire swing was your roommate's idea. When you and your roommate are alone again, continue acting like a monkey.
147. Unplug everything in the room except for one toaster. Pray to the toaster. Bring it gifts. Throw some of your roommate's possessions out the window. Say that the toaster made you do it.
148. Challenge your roommate to a duel. If he/she refuses, claim that you have won by forfeit and therefore conquered his/her side of the room. Insist that he/she remove all of his/her possessions immediately.
149. Sign your roommate up for various activities (Campus tour guide, blood donor, organ donor).
150. Start dressing like an Indian. If your roommate inquires, claim that you are getting in touch with your Native-American roots. If your roommate accuses you of not having any Native-American roots, claim that he/she has offended your people and put a curse on your roommate.
151. Wear your shoes on the wrong feet, all the time. Constantly complain that your feet hurt.
152. Hit your roommate on the head with a brick. Claim that you were trying to kill a mosquito.
153. Steal something valuable of your roommate's. If he/she asks about it, tell him/her that you traded it for some magic beans. Give some beans to your roommate.
154. Instead of turning off the light switch, smash the lightbulb with a hammer. Put a new bulb in the next day. Complain often about the cost of lightbulbs.
155. Videotape yourself hammering a nail into a wall for a while, and then stopping. Play the tape in your room. Right before the hammering stops on the videotape, look at the screen and say, "Don't do that."
156. Buy a lamp. Tell your roommate it's a magic lamp, with a genie inside it. Spend a week thinking about what to wish for. At the end of the week, report that someone has released the genie from the lamp. Blame your roommate.
157. Whenever your roommate brushes his/her teeth, watch him/her do so. Take notes. Write a paper on it, and circulate it around campus. If your roommate protests, say, "The people have a right to know!"
158. Collect potato chips that you think look like famous people. Find one that looks like your roommate. Burn it, and explain, "It had to be done."
159. Read the phone book out loud and excitedly ("Frank Johnson! Oh, wow! 837-9494! Holy cow!")
160. Shadow box several times a day. One day, walk in looking depressed. If your roommate asks what's wrong, explain that your shadow can't box with you anymore due to an injury. Ask your roommate if you can box with his/her shadow.
161. When you walk into the room, look at your roommate in disgust and yell, "Oh, you're here!" Walk away yelling and cursing.
162. Put up flyers around the building, reporting that your roommate is missing. Offer a reward for his/her safe return.
163. Buy a watermelon. Draw a face on it and give it a name. Ask your roommate if the watermelon can sleep in his/her bed. If your roommate says no, drop the watermelon out the window. Make it look like a suicide. Say nasty things about your roommate at the funeral.
164. Draw a chalk outline on the floor. When your roommate comes in, say, "Don't worry. It's not what you think." If he/she asks about it again, immediately change the subject.
165. Drink a cup of coffee every morning. When you finish it, gnaw on the mug for about ten minutes. Then, look at your roommate, immediately put the mug away, and quickly leave the room.
166. Paint a tunnel on the wall like they do in cartoons. Every day, hit your head as you attempt to crawl through it. Hold your head and grumble, "Stupid road runner...."
167. Leave memos on your roommate's bed that say things like, "I know what you did," and "Don't think you can fool me." Sign them in blood.
168. Hold a raffle, offering your roommate as first prize. If he/she protests, tell him/her that it's all for charity.
169. Make cue cards for your roommate. Get them out whenever you'd like to have a conversation.
170. Talk like a pirate, all the time. Threaten to make your roommate walk the plank if he/she doesn't swab the deck. Arrrrrrrrr!
171. Set up about twenty plants in an organized formation. When your roommate walks in, pretend to be in the middle of delivering a speech to the plants. Whisper to them, "We'll continue this later," while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.
172. Buy a telescope. Sit on your bed and look across the room at your roommate through the telescope. When you're not using the telescope, act like your roommate is too far away for you to see.
173. Keep some worms in a shoe box. When doing homework, go and consult with the worms every so often. Then become angry, shouting at the worms that they're stupid and they don't know what they're talking about.
174. Watch "Psycho" every day for a month. Then act excited every time your roommate goes to take a shower.
175. Wear a paper hat. Every time your roommate walks in, say, "Welcome to McDonalds, can I take your...Oh, it's just you." Take off the hat, sit, and pout.
176. Go through your roommate's textbooks with a red pen, changing things and making random corrections. If your roommate protests, tell him/her that you just couldn't take it anymore.
177. Leave the room at random, knock on the door, and wait for your roommate to let you back in. If he/she asks about it, go off on a tangent about the importance of good manners. 179.Hang a horseshoe above the door. Make up stories about having had good luck. Then, take the horseshoe down and wrap your head in bandages. When you see your roommate, look above the door where the horseshoe used to be, hold your head, and mutter, "Stupid horseshoe...."
178. Carve a jack-o-lantern. Complain to your roommate that the jack-o-lantern has been staring at you. The next day, tell your roommate that the jack-o-lantern thinks he/she has been staring at it. Confide in your roommate that you really don't like the jack-o-lantern, but you can't convince it to move out.
179. As soon as your roommate turns the light off at night, begin singing famous operas as loud as you can. When your roommate turns on the light, look around and pretend to be confused.
180. Hang a basketball net on the wall. Challenge your refrigerator to basketball games, and play them in front of your roommate. Do so for about a month. Confide in your roommate that you think the refrigerator has been taking steroids.
181. Drink lots of lemonade. Talk obnoxiously for hours about how much you love lemonade. Then, one day, paint your face yellow. From then on, complain about how much you hate lemonade.
182. Late at night, start conversations that begin with, "Remember the good old days, when we used to..." and make up stories involving you and your roommate.
183. Whenever your roommate sneezes, go and hide in the closet for about an hour. Look around nervously for the rest of the day.
184. Sit and stare at your roommate for hours. Bring others in to join you. Eat peanuts, throwing a few at your roommate. Then say, "Boy, these zoos just aren't what they used to be."
185. Tell your roommate that your toe hurts, and that means there's going to be an earthquake soon. While your roommate is out, trash everything on his/her side of the room. When he/she returns, explain that the earthquake hit, but only on one side of the room.
186. Buy a gun. Clean it every day. One day, put a band-aid on your forehead, and refuse to discuss the gun ever again.
187. Buy a lobster. Pretend to play cards with it. Complain to your roommate that the lobster is making up his own rules.
188. Make pancakes every morning, but don't eat them. Draw faces on them, and toss them in the closet. Watch them for several hours each day. Complain to your roommate that your "pancake farm" isn't evolving into a self-sufficient community. Confide in your roommate that you think the king of the pancakes has been taking bribes.
189. While you are ironing, pretend to burn yourself. Start a garbage can fire in the middle of the room. Toss the iron inside. If your roommate objects, explain that you are just trying to get even.
190. Buy some turtles. Paint numbers on their backs. Race them down the hall.
191. Create an army of animal crackers. Put them through basic training. Set up little checkpoints around the room. Tell your roommate that the camel spotted him/her in a restricted area and said not to do it again. Ask your roommate to apologize to the camel.
192. Put out a plate of cookies at night. Tell your roommate that they're for the Sandman. Take a bite out of one of the cookies while your roommate is asleep. The next morning, accuse your roommate of having bitten one of the cookies. If he/she tries to tell you the Sandman did it, insist that you know what the Sandman's teeth marks look like and that those are, in fact, not the Sandman's teeth marks. Grumble angrily and storm out of the room.
193. Steal a tire from a fraternity lawn. Bring it to your room. Bathe it. Name it. Sleep in it.
194. Leave your room and lock the door. Proceed to bang on the door, screaming, "Let me in." Get mad at your roommate for locking you out.
195. Talk on the phone a lot. Don't pick up the receiver.
196. Talk to your roommate but don't let any sound come out. Get mad at him/her for not listening to you.
197. Ask your roommate, if Bob, your invisible friend, can stay the night.
198. Ask your roommate if s/he can turn down the music. Explain that Bob has a headache.
199. Start a brothel.
200. Constantly slip and fall -- on your carpet.
201. Invite the Dean to sleep over.
202. Invite the school President to sleep over.
203. Invite your roommate to sleep over.
204. Let your alarm clock go off and refuse to turn it off. If your roommate comments, pretend not to hear anything.
205. Walk into walls.
206. Leave little notes in the shower for him/her.
207. Every time you take a shower, yell audibly, "I'm melting, I'm melting!"
208. When your roommate has friends over, get under your covers and stare at them through a little hole in the covers. Use a telescope.
209. When you leave the room, put on a screen saver that says, "I'm watching you."
210. Make a care package for your roommate. Leave the room and ride back and forth outside your window saying, "Speedy Delivery!" until s/he comes out.
211. Move very stiffly and grin. Tell your roommate that you've turned into Gumby.
212. Study computer science and listen to techno while talking about robots taking over the world.
213. Sleep with a banana (or lemon) and refuse to throw it out even after it is rotten.
214. Wear a silly hat.
215. Tell him/her that you're committing suicide, and let him/her find some dynamite under your bed.
216. Leave lots of pills in your drawer, and walk around like a zombie.
217. Move your bed around the room once a day, and leave it in a new position every night.
218. Lock your door every time you go through it. Tell him/her that you're afraid of aliens.
219. Eat raw pasta for dinner.
220. Put bricks in the middle of the room, and explain to him/her that you intend to make a fireplace to save electricity.
221. Write letters to yourself from famous people. Mail them to yourself.
222. Spread Vaseline all over your room and then tell your roommate you're trying to loosen up the place!
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223. Sing Michael Jackson songs while putting make up on.
224. Make a stack of bricks in the middle of the room. Throw all the bricks on the floor. Wrap bandages around your legs and move around in a wheel chair for several weeks.
Protest loudly and often to your roomate that he did not have to throw bricks on you. Start leaving revenge notes for him in the shower.
225. Keep poking your roommate in the shoulder while repeatedly saying, "Does thin bug you?"
25 RULES FOR WOMEN (BY MEN)
"25 RULES FOR WOMEN (BY MEN)"
1. SportsDesk starts at 11:00 PM and runs an hour. This is a
great time to pay bills, put laundry in the dryer or talk to
your sister.
2. Two hot dogs and a beer at a hockey game do, in fact,
constitute going out to dinner.
3. Unlike you, we essentially want to dress just exactly like all
our friends. Thus, you need not go much further than the Gap,
Zellers or the local Walmart store.
4. If we see you in the morning and at night, why call us at work?
5. Butthead is the smart one.
6. Is it too much to ask to have the bra match the underwear?
7. You probably don't want to know what we're thinking about.
8. Silence does not need to be filled with discussions about "us"
and "the relationship".
9. Things you can help with: the Sunday crossword, yard work, the
dishes, cleaning, and grocery shopping.
10. Things you should let us do alone: figuring out where we are,
watching anything on TBS, playing cards, smoking cigars and
picking out the beer.
11. Socks never constitute a gift.
12. Department stores and malls were designed so that when you want
to look at bed linen, shower curtains or handbags, there are
always some speakers, tires or sporting equipment nearby.
13. We don't know anything about handbags. Don't even ask.
14. We did water the plants. They died anyway. Nobody knows why
this happens.
15. Even if you think he's cute, George Clooney can't act.
16. Of course, neither can Pamela Anderson, but she had the good
sense to do "Baywatch" rather than "ER."
17. Curley is the bald one.
18. Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favor
of yours.
19. Sports Illustrated is a better magazine than Cosmopolitan.
Just accept that.
20. It's in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
21. Unless you are willing to follow the careers of Mo Vaughn, Cal
Ripken, David Robinson,Mats Sundin, Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Chris Farley, don't expect us to know what Helen Gurley Brown,
Hilary Clinton, Naomi Wolf or your mother are up to.
22. Sex on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of
post-coital conversation is not.
23. Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a
hockey game are even better.
24. No, you can't have the remote control.
25. If you must take us with you into Victoria's Secret, never,
ever leave us alone. All the old fat ladies make mean faces
at us and only add to our discomfort.
1. SportsDesk starts at 11:00 PM and runs an hour. This is a
great time to pay bills, put laundry in the dryer or talk to
your sister.
2. Two hot dogs and a beer at a hockey game do, in fact,
constitute going out to dinner.
3. Unlike you, we essentially want to dress just exactly like all
our friends. Thus, you need not go much further than the Gap,
Zellers or the local Walmart store.
4. If we see you in the morning and at night, why call us at work?
5. Butthead is the smart one.
6. Is it too much to ask to have the bra match the underwear?
7. You probably don't want to know what we're thinking about.
8. Silence does not need to be filled with discussions about "us"
and "the relationship".
9. Things you can help with: the Sunday crossword, yard work, the
dishes, cleaning, and grocery shopping.
10. Things you should let us do alone: figuring out where we are,
watching anything on TBS, playing cards, smoking cigars and
picking out the beer.
11. Socks never constitute a gift.
12. Department stores and malls were designed so that when you want
to look at bed linen, shower curtains or handbags, there are
always some speakers, tires or sporting equipment nearby.
13. We don't know anything about handbags. Don't even ask.
14. We did water the plants. They died anyway. Nobody knows why
this happens.
15. Even if you think he's cute, George Clooney can't act.
16. Of course, neither can Pamela Anderson, but she had the good
sense to do "Baywatch" rather than "ER."
17. Curley is the bald one.
18. Compromise does not mean that we abandon our position in favor
of yours.
19. Sports Illustrated is a better magazine than Cosmopolitan.
Just accept that.
20. It's in neither your interest nor ours to take the Quiz together.
21. Unless you are willing to follow the careers of Mo Vaughn, Cal
Ripken, David Robinson,Mats Sundin, Michael Jordan, Arnold Schwarzenegger and
Chris Farley, don't expect us to know what Helen Gurley Brown,
Hilary Clinton, Naomi Wolf or your mother are up to.
22. Sex on a weeknight is generally welcome. Three hours of
post-coital conversation is not.
23. Dinner out is a pretty good birthday present. Two tickets to a
hockey game are even better.
24. No, you can't have the remote control.
25. If you must take us with you into Victoria's Secret, never,
ever leave us alone. All the old fat ladies make mean faces
at us and only add to our discomfort.
The Top Five Reasons Computers Are Female
The Top Five Reasons Computers Are Female
1. As soon as you have one, a better one is just around the corner.
2. No one but the creator understands the internal logic.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are immediately committed to memory for future reference.
4. The native language used to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
5. The message "Bad Command or File Name" is about as informative as "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you".6. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half of your paycheck on accessories for it!
1. As soon as you have one, a better one is just around the corner.
2. No one but the creator understands the internal logic.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are immediately committed to memory for future reference.
4. The native language used to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
5. The message "Bad Command or File Name" is about as informative as "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you".6. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half of your paycheck on accessories for it!
A Teenagers Guide To Women.
A Teenagers Guide To Women.
Read Carefully You Might Learn Something Boy!
1) NOT KISSING FIRST. Avoiding her lips and diving straight for the erogenous zones makes her feel like you're paying by the hour and trying to get your money's worth by cutting out nonessentials. A properly passionate kiss is the ultimate form of foreplay.
2) BLOWING TOO HARD IN HER EAR. Admit it, some kid at school told you girls love this. Well, there's a difference between being erotic and blowing as if you're trying to extinguish the candles on your 50th birthday cake. That hurts!
3) NOT SHAVING. You often forget you have a porcupine strapped to your chin which you rake repeatedly across your partner's face and thighs. When she turns her head from side to side, it's not passion, it's avoidance. 4) SQUEEZING HER BREAST. Most men act like a housewife testing a melon for ripeness when they get their hand on a pair. Stroke, caress, and smooth them.
5) BITING HER NIPPLES. Why do men fasten onto a woman's nipples, then clamp down like they're trying to deflate her body via her breasts? Nipples are highly sensitive. They can't stand up to chewing. Lick and suck them gently. Flicking your tongue across them is good. Pretending they're a doggie toy isn't.
6) TWIDDLING HER NIPPLES. Stop doing that thing where you twiddle the nipples between finger and thumb like you're trying to find a radio station in a hilly area.
Focus on the whole breasts, not just the exclamation points. 7) IGNORING THE OTHER PARTS OF HER BODY. A woman is not a highway with just three turnoffs: Breastville East and West, and the Midtown Tunnel. There are vast areas of her body which you've ignored far too often as you go bombing straight into downtown Vagina. So start paying them some attention.
8) GETTING THE HAND TRAPPED. Poor manual dexterity in the underskirt region can result in tangled fingers and underpants. If you're going to be that aggressive, just ask her to take the damn things off. 9) LEAVING HER A LITTLE PRESENT. Condom disposal is the man's responsibility. You wore it, you store it. 10) ATTACKING THE CLITORIS. Direct pressure is very unpleasant, so gently rotate your fingers along side of the clitoris.
11) STOPPING FOR A BREAK. Women, unlike men, don't pick up where they left off. If you stop, they plummet back to square one very fast. If you can tell she's not there, keep going at all costs, numb jaw or not. 12) UNDRESSING HER AWKWARDLY. Women hate looking stupid, but stupid she will look when naked at the waist with a sweater stuck over her head. Unwrap her like an elegant present, not a kid's toy.
13) GIVING HER A WEDGIE DURING FOREPLAY. Stroking her gently through her panties can be very sexy. Pulling the material up between her thighs and yanking it back and forth is not. 14) BEING OBSESSED WITH THE VAGINA. Although most men can find the clitoris without maps, they still believe that the vagina is where it's all at. No sooner is your hand down there than you're trying to stuff stolen banknotes up a chimney. This is okay in principle, but if you're not careful, it can hurt - so don't get carried away. It's best to pay more attention to her clitoris and the exterior of her vagina at first, then gently slip a finger inside her and see if she likes it.
15) MASSAGING TOO ROUGHLY. You're attempting to give her a sensual, relaxing massage to get her in the mood.
Hands and fingertips are okay; elbows and knees are not.
16) UNDRESSING PREMATURELY. Don't force the issue by stripping before she's at least made some move toward getting your stuff off, even if it's just undoing a couple of buttons. 17) TAKING YOUR PANTS OFF FIRST. A man in socks and underpants is at his worst. Lose the socks first. 18) GOING TOO FAST. When you get to the penis-in vagina situation, the worst thing you can do is pump away like an industrial power tool - she'll soon feel like an assembly-line worker made obsolete by your technology. Build up slowly, with clean, straight, alternating thrusts. 19) GOING TOO HARD. If you bash your great triangular hip bones into her thigh or stomach, the pain is equal to two weeks of horseback riding concentrated into a few short moments.
20) COMING TOO SOON. Every man's fear. With reason.
If you shoot before you see the whites of her eyes, make sure you have a backup plan to ensure her pleasure too. Or you might find yourself alone with your hand the next time you're feeling amorous.
21) NOT COMING SOON ENOUGH. It may appear to you that humping for an hour without climaxing is the mark of a sex god, but to her it's more likely the mark of a numb vagina. At least buy some intriguing wall hangings, so she has something to hold her interest while you're playing Marathon Man.
22) ASKING IF SHE HAS COME. You really ought to be able to tell. Most women make noise. But if you really don't know, don't ask.
23) PERFORMING ORAL SEX TOO GENTLY. Don't act like a giant cat at a saucer of milk. Get your whole mouth down there, and concentrate on gently rotating or flicking your tongue on her clitoris. Lap like a cat, just don't act like one.
24) NUDGING HER HEAD DOWN. Men persist in doing this until she's eyeball-to-penis, hoping that it will lead very swiftly to mouth-to-penis. All women hate this.
It's about three steps from being dragged to a cave by their hair. If you want her to use her mouth, use yours; try talking seductively to her. Or even better, do her first, you'll be surprised what a woman will do after a man has had his face between her legs.
25) NOT WARNING HER BEFORE YOU CLIMAX. Sperm tastes like sea water mixed with egg white. Not everybody likes that taste. When she's performing oral sex, warn her before you come so she can do what's necessary.
26) MOVING AROUND DURING FELLATIO. Don't thrust.
She'll do all the moving during fellatio. You just lie there and enjoy it. And don't grab her head. Women don't like that!
27) TAKING ETIQUETTE ADVICE FROM PORN MOVIES. In X-rated movies, women seem to love it when men ejaculate over them. In real life, it just means more laundry to do. So don't do it, unless asked.
28) MAKING HER RIDE ON TOP FOR AGES. Asking her to be on top is fine. Lying there grunting while she does all the hard work is not. Caress her gently, so that she doesn't feel quite so much like the captain of a schooner. And let her have a rest. Top is a fine place for women to control their own orgasm, just don't make it into work.
29) ATTEMPTING ANAL SEX AND PRETENDING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. This is how men earn a reputation for not being able to follow directions. If you want to put it there, ask her first. And don't think that being drunk is an excuse.
30) TAKING PICTURES. When a man says, “Can I take a photo of you”? she'll hear the words, “__to show my buddies”. At least let her have custody of them. 31) NOT BEING IMAGINATIVE ENOUGH. Imagination is anything from drawing patterns on her back to pouring honey on her and licking it off. Fruit, vegetables, ice and feathers are all handy props; hot candle wax and permanent dye are a no no. Whip cream is best for giving head, so you might want to have some near by.
32) SLAPPING YOUR STOMACH AGAINST HERS. There is no less erotic noise. It's as sexy as a belching contest.
33) ARRANGING HER IN STUPID POSES. If she wants to do advanced yoga in bed, fine, but unless she's a Romanian gymnast, don't get too ambitious. Ask yourself if you want a sexual partner with snapped hamstrings.
34) LOOKING FOR HER PROSTATE. Read this carefully: Anal stimulation feels good for men because they have a prostate. Women don't.
35) GIVING LOVE BITES. It is highly erotic to exert some gentle suction on the sides of the neck, if you do it carefully. No woman wants to have to wear turtlenecks and jaunty scarves for weeks on end. 36) BARKING INSTRUCTIONS. Don't shout encouragement like a coach with a megaphone. It's not a big turn-on.
37) TALKING DIRTY. It makes you sound like a lonely magazine editor calling a 1-900 line. If she likes nasty talk, she'll let you know. 38) NOT CARING WHETHER SHE COMES. You have to finish the job. Keep on trying until you get it right, and she might even do the same for you. Real me take proper care of their woman's needs. 39) SQUASHING HER. Men generally weigh more than women, so if you lie on her a bit too heavily, she will turn blue. Use your elbows to support your weight - all the time!
40) THANKING HER. Never thank a woman for having sex with you. Your bedroom is not a soup kitchen.
40 Ways Women Fail in Bed
40 Ways Women Fail in Bed
1. MILKING IT: When stroking a guy's dick don't grab it like a bus rail and start jerking it like you were milking a cow. Don't use the love sword as if it's a piece of gym equipment to strengthen the forearms. The male organ is a thing of wonder and beauty, and should be awed, worshipped and held tenderly at all times. The sensitive part is at the top (where your face should be), not two-thirds of the way down.
2. ROBOTS: When sucking a guy's dick don't just get on the end of the thing and jam your head back and forward. It's a beautiful instrument; it should be caressed, inspected, kissed and licked from every possible angle.
3. SILENT FRIGHT: If you've come and cannot be coerced to scream to show your appreciation, at least make some sort of sign to inform the guy that he's done his duty and can blow his biscuits whenever he wants.
4. NO LAUGHING MATTER: Don't laugh if your creative male lover gets carried away and says things like “Ride my hard cock you filthy cock-sucking slut” or “I want to rinse your mouth with my fresh, white love potion”. Laughter at any aspect of the male performance will not enhance it. Just be grateful you've got a guy who can speak whole sentences.
5. CLOSING UP: If a man is willing to take the trouble to come on your face, don't close your eyes. He wants you to share this ecstatic moment of joyful union and love with him. Semen is not likely to cause permanent blindness in most cases - but this is a risk you should be prepared to take for his happiness.
6. POOR PRESENTATION: Presentation is all important. Don't wait to be asked to get it doggy-style. Roll over and present. You know you love it.
7. HANGING AROUND: When he is done, you should not kiss and cuddle, he does not want to touch you. You should leave the bed and leave him in peace. If you are a one-night stand you should leave the premises with out thieving anything or asking for a phone number. His work is done.
8. BEING SHY: Always offer the Hershey Highway. You know you love it. If you don't like it that much, still offer it as you can quite easily play with yourself as he rams away.
9. BEING A DRIP: You always have tissues in your bag, use them to clean his sheets and any ball bag drippage if you have misbehaved and not swallowed everything.
10. CLOCK-WATCHING: Never, ever, ever, ever even think of saying “Are you going to come soon”. If you're doing a blowie, you'd have to take your mouth off to utter the question. If you're giving a hand-job, you should have gone to the gym to work your biceps. If he's shagging you and takes more than 10 minutes you should be grateful. This is not a time trial but a blissful act of union between two sexually and gifted human beings.
11. FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS: Don't ask him if you're the best lover he's ever had. Most men have had so many sexual partners that it is unlikely that you are. Please don't ask a man to lie about such an important thing.
12. PLAYING DEAD: Don't just lie there, do something. Good sex is not a spectator sport and it helps if both parties move around a bit. I know you expect the men to do all the hard and skillful work. We don't mind that and we're blessed with the equipment and know-how to do it but at least put some effort into the act to show your appreciation.
13. BEING POSSESSIVE: If you are lucky to have an imaginative lover who can satisfy two women at a time don't sneer at or reject his exciting suggestion that one of your friends joins you to make up a threesome. If he's a real man he's probably shagging her anyway. Plus you might learn something from her to keep your man really happy.
14. NOT KEEPING YOUR HAIR ON: Don't shave all your pubic hair off. It makes your pussy look like a piece of poultry past its sell-by date. At best, it looks like the snatch of a ten-year-old. If you want to trim, go for a nice sexy racing stripe in the manner favored by the Playboy models that your man would rather be shagging.
15. SPITTING IT OUT: When a man has gone to so much trouble to ejaculate and get his aim right into your mouth, it is rude to spit it out without savoring the taste and gluey texture. You should play with semen like a block of Hubba Bubba, blowing bubbles, chewing and throwing from side to side. A line like “I love it when you come in my mouth” makes for a happy finale to fun and games.
16. INGRATITUDE: Never forget to thank a man for all the effort and energy he has expended on making love to you - especially if: a)sex has lasted more than five minutes and/or: b)you managed to achieve an orgasm. A man's role in sex is far more demanding than a woman's so it is always nice when one's prowess is appreciated.
17. SEEKING FAVOURS: Never contemplate taking advantage of your man's warm after-sex glow to seek favors or make requests. As he drops off into well-deserved slumber, resist the urge to ask “Do you think I should buy that dress, skirt/sofa/Mercedes/country cottage”? There is a name for the practice of mixing sex with material gain - prostitution”.
18. LETHAL WEAPONS: A guy's scrotum is a wondrous aesthetic achievement of nature to be treated gently. Don't squeeze the balls like you are squeezing water from a sponge. If you have long nails pull them off with pliers before even looking at a guy's ball bag.
19. PHONE TURN-Off: Don't put your mobile phone next to the bed and say:
“I'm just waiting for a call from my hairdresser to confirm an appointment but we can carry on in the meantime”. Ringing bells might have turned Quasimodo on but not your average stud with 10 pints of lager inside him.
20. LACK OF MAINTENANCE: Never ask a man if he likes your body as you will force him to lie. Men don't like fat chicks. Get in the gym and lose some weight and tighten those buns and thighs. There is no such thing as the perfect body. 99. 6 per cent of men say that even Christy, Elle, Naomi et al could still lose a few pounds -so what chance have you got?
21. BED-RIDDEN: Too many women fail in bed because they insist on being IN BED. Very few countries have statutes limiting horseplay to a designated room. Let yourself go with some sex in the study, bonking in the bathroom and kinkiness in the kitchen. If you're lucky, your man might imagine he's bonking someone sexy and adventurous and he might manage a larger, harder erection.
22. SHARING NOT CARING: Whilst it is understandable that you would be excited after receiving a mouthful of cum, do not be thoughtless in expressing your gratitude by kissing your man on the lips. YOU like semen, HE doesn't. Be considerate, please.
23. BEING NAKED: Very few female bodies are good to look at so please make an effort to cover up as much as possible with exotic lingerie. Match the outfit to suit your bod. If you've got a half-decent arse but no tits for example, wear stockings and suspenders and cover your meager mammaries with something silky.
24. TOO BRIGHT: If the man switches the light off, it is for a reason, so please don't insist on seeing what's going on. If he's got a bit of a beer belly or a lovebite from a bonk earlier that day, it is his right to keep such matters to himself. If he wants it dark so he can imagine he's shafting Natalie Imbruglia, please understand this fascinating aspect of the male psyche.
25. PLAYING THE NAME GAME (1) Never embarrass a gentleman by challenging him to remember your name after he's shagged you. If he thought it was important to remember your name, he would have.
26. PLAYING THE NAME GAME (2) : Don't be angry if you're lover shouts out another woman's name during the sexual act. Men have much more complicated lives than women and deal with many more people at work, football club, gym, pub, etc. It's probably just a close associate and totally innocent. Of course, he might be shagging someone else in his spare time and it is understandable that he should make such an obvious mistake.
27. KEEPING HIM WAITING: Don't get him all turned on and the let his proud stiffy whither while you go to the bathroom and tone and moisturize every square centimeter of your body. The male erection can be sensitive to 45-minute delays while you go off to make yourself look presentable. If you must follow a strict beauty regime, do it after he's shot his load and has started to snore.
28. TOOTH ACHE: When we ask you to eat our cock, this should not be taken literally. I know it's hard to resist but keep the tooth action to a little nibble now and again.
29. YOU CAN'T HURRY, LOVE: If a woman is serious about good oral sex as part of foreplay, 20 minutes is the bare minimum required to give the subtle and complex penis a reasonable working over. Better allow for 45 minutes at least.
30. TWO DIMENSIONAL: It's not enough to be a specialist - even in the important skill of fellatio. To be regarded as a successful woman in bed you must have a full portfolio of tricks. These should include a penchant for facial glazing and a familiarity with idiosyncrasies of your man's anal region.
31. CAMERA SHY: If he wants to capture the beauty that is you during those special moments (so he can remember the bits he missed because he was drunk), help him by posing in a gorgeous, pouting way for the camera or video camera.
32. UNSWEET SMELL OF EXCESS: While men are more than happy to lick the pink clam, please give it a bit of a wash once or twice a week. You can have too much of a good thing.
33. OBSESSIVE: The female orgasm is over-rated so don't spoil everybody's fun by insisting on having one every time you have sex. Of course, if you do have lots, you should feel free to announce them.
34. PERIOD PAIN (1) : It's natural for a woman to beg for a good seeing to but please do not a) pretend your period has finished or b) that it hasn't even started. Just go without and let your man catch up with his fantasies about your friends, his young and pretty work colleagues and the girls he shagged before he met you.
35. PERIOD PAIN (2) : Having said that (above), just because you're on the blob, it doesn't mean his natural and healthy urges have gone away. Don't put sex off limits for the duration of your period. Use this special time together to work on your oral and massage techniques.
36. THE BIG SWITCH (OFF): Nothing is worse than giving a man some encouragement and then not finishing the job. Such encouragement might be the slightest brush against any part of his body. So if he's got a stiffy, you've got to deal with it and take things through to there natural conclusion.
37. WAKE-UP CALLER: Men have busy and demanding schedules so please understand if he should occasionally (say three times a week) fall asleep while on the job. You should take it as a compliment that he feels so relaxed.
38. COVER UP: If you have lured a man to bed under the guise of being a sultry temptress with long eyelashes and painted lips, please keep the illusion going until he has discharged his porridge gun or fallen asleep. If you care about him, you will make sure he never discovers the terrible secret hidden beneath your caked-on make-up.
39. PUTTING A DAMPENER ON THE EVENING: Don't make a fuss about sleeping on the damp patch. If God wanted men to sleep on the messy remains of coitus he would have given us a snatch.
40. TV SINNER: The only TV programs suitable for accompanying good sex are hardcore porn (especially involving yourself) or a football match. No gardening or knitting programs to be watched.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Myvi or Saga??? Part 3
i think this comparison should come to an end. which car would be the best? well...it depends on you...for me, saga would be my choice...y? larger boot space, more fuel efficient than myvi of course, and no doubt larger room for back passengers...guess myvi will be a bit wider, but the blm is good enough for 5 people. for sure, myvi costs more, depending on which variant, and guess the full spec of the manual transmitted myvi would be much more expensive than the full spec saga mated with 5 speed manual.
myvi proves better handling in such that it steers much faster and softer than the saga. went to the service centre for my first service today. i thought my steering had problem, checked out with the mechanic, he says its normal. hmmphh...so much stiffer and harder to steer compared to gen2..
well, i guess, its super hard to decide between this 2 cars, judging from various factors, from the engine to the boot, seriously not everyone can make their choices immidiately. maybe u need months and sleepless nights to think over which would be the best and would not regret for buying it..
for those hard to decide out there, good luck..
myvi proves better handling in such that it steers much faster and softer than the saga. went to the service centre for my first service today. i thought my steering had problem, checked out with the mechanic, he says its normal. hmmphh...so much stiffer and harder to steer compared to gen2..
well, i guess, its super hard to decide between this 2 cars, judging from various factors, from the engine to the boot, seriously not everyone can make their choices immidiately. maybe u need months and sleepless nights to think over which would be the best and would not regret for buying it..
for those hard to decide out there, good luck..
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Myvi or Saga?? Part 2
its pretty hard to decide huh? yea...look counts....most of us, buy the car by judging at the look...a car pass by, wah..so nice lar...wanna have it as my first car.....but these cars are becoming so common...but the idea here is...its still a very good looking car (both cars i mean) for a sub 40k..its still better den any other 70k or 80k car(dont wanna mention it)...
for me the saga resembles the new accord for the front and beemer 3 series for the back...well...i duno...dats wat i see..but myvi is something unique...still cant think of any that resembles the car...
when the saga is at high rev, the sound is pretty loud and noticable in the cabin, unlike high revving Myvi, its just like purring sound in ur cabin..
well..much to explore..will come up with part 3 after i tested the car again..
for me the saga resembles the new accord for the front and beemer 3 series for the back...well...i duno...dats wat i see..but myvi is something unique...still cant think of any that resembles the car...
when the saga is at high rev, the sound is pretty loud and noticable in the cabin, unlike high revving Myvi, its just like purring sound in ur cabin..
well..much to explore..will come up with part 3 after i tested the car again..
Myvi or Saga?? Part 1
guess this is going to be a very hot topic...perhaps the most common question to ask when u are looking for a sub 40k car..well...here u go ladies and gentlemen, perodua myvi and proton saga. am going to judge both these cars not from all aspects and will try not to be bias, so it is going to be what i think of these two cars..i had very good opportunities to try on these two cars...god knows why..first thing first, i notice the steerings of both cars...i admit the handling and steering of myvi is much better..it is not as stiff as proton saga's (the proton saga here is the proton saga BLM)..trust me, those who drove gen2 b4, definitely the saga's handling and steering will not be up to your taste..alot stiffer den gen2 and u might even think, is this a power steering? lets look into the heart of the car, both are 1.3l engine but under JPJ specifications, saga is 1.332l compared to myvi's 1.2996l. the myvi is a very revvy engine...perhaps the saga is still very new..and needed some "break in" by me...well...first time driving the car out of proton ad redlining it...oppss....what attracts me most is the sound of starting the saga's engine...wow....it really amazes me...sounds exactly the same like perdana's...speaking of passenger seats, myvi is very wide...but proton saga has plenty of room for the back passenger's leg...and it is tall...boot space? shame on u myvi, not even one Dell S2409W can fit properly into ur boot...i was so frustrated when i brought a unit of that 24" LCD...haiz...lucky there wasnt anyone at the backseat...otherwise, i have to tie it on top of the roof, hoping it will not rain for the day..
both cars has manual transmission and its a full spec version..so i can have a better judgement over these two cars..fog lamps..check....seats..check...players...check...so u see...the only thing i left out is trying the automatics...but am not desperate for it...
guess will continue later....breakfast now...chaoz...
both cars has manual transmission and its a full spec version..so i can have a better judgement over these two cars..fog lamps..check....seats..check...players...check...so u see...the only thing i left out is trying the automatics...but am not desperate for it...
guess will continue later....breakfast now...chaoz...
Maturity
finally getting my hands back to my blog...welcome back to blogging..but, owhh...reading back all my posts..so immature ideas and thoughts i shared with you ppl (kononnya ada orang baca la..)..so i wouldnt promise u a more matured blog, but hopefully can share what i have gone thru in the world of automobile and computing..or mayb food and more...immature writing skills hurt my blog, leaving hurtful comments by visitors..and thus the number of visitors per month (VPM) reduces? more to come up this month, 1.3l car comparison, my updated PC and lots more...
stay tune and drop ur comments.
stay tune and drop ur comments.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Insufficient POWER
well..guess wat am i going to talk about power...politics??nope....strength??nope....horsepowers??nope...mental??nope...but if ur a computer geek...its a power supply power..looks like this acbel E2 power with 420w real power aint enuf for my rig...though its got 18Amp per rail, it juz not enuf though wif double rail...so, with my curiousity..i would realy wonder...how about if i downclock my HD3870...wel...i hit it right..downclock to stock clock..770MHz, 1.1Ghz..and it works like charm...its marvellous...help me to play more GRID and Tiberium Wars...too bad i havent got my hands on the latest Kane's Wrath though it was released quite some time...erm...no noticable downgrade performance...its fine and yet the colour is simply brilliant than any nVidia card i owned...HD3870 = Gem Of Yesterday..love it stil..not wiling to let it go till i m able to get the Quad 750w and HD4870 GDDR5..here i go...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
BMW or MERC?? HONDA or TOYOTA??
wel..most of it, it is based on ur personal view...like me..i belief bmw for its engine, merc for its body...honda for its engine, toyota for its body...well...sure i got my point of saying it, aight???personally..for comfort, i tink its toyota and merc...for sporty looks, bmw and honda..i prefer both bmw and honda...but y?mayb i m a heavy footer...but bmw...erm..havent tried one..but i tink i like the design..so thumbs up for bmw...as for honda..here's the interesting part...you would keep revving till u wanna let the vtec release...real fun...erm...toyota??hehehe....myvi's engine is derived from toyota passo's so...i guess i dun like vvt-i so much..no 'kick'....vtec all the way to go....wait till another intereting masterpiece of machines to arrive for me to try...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Argghhh...
first time driving a perdana for a not quite long journey...but enjoyable...drove a 2003 facelifted-perdana with Mitsubishi's 6A12 engine which churns out about 145bhp, with automatic gearbox..comfy seats..but not so punchy engine...even if u would had paddled down to the floor..u noe...it still feels like...erm......keep going and going...no gear dropping for acceleration...but for the cruise matter, its a good one...so i guess the engine had already played its purpose...smooth cruiser....sumthing upset me here, which is the old design key unlike gen2's key...handling are perfect though the steering is not as light as the gen2's..(why am i comparing these 2???)...but still loving the car and its V6 roar...mayb a soft purring....
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Re-Apply - Morning Bath
its a great morning today...and guess what...i juz re-applied thermal paste to my GeCube HD3870 and for my lapped E2140....i m still wondering whether the TX2, metal thermal paster or the arctic thermal paste...totally cant remember the name...but there is some noticable performance...glad to c the proc temperature dropped bout 2-3degrees on idle and 6-7degrees on load....as for my HD3870..on idle dropped bout 6-7degrees but havent observed bout load temp..did this on 6.45am, right after my morning bath...oh yea...cooler master's thermal paste really out of my taste....
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
My PC...Rate---- 6/10
ok...so this is my first post of PCs, Computers...and Tech ahead..i gona begin with a simple review regarding my pc...its an overclocked 3.2Ghz, 1600MHz FSB, Intel Pentium Dual Core 1.6Ghz, 1Mb L2 Cache, Two Sticks of Kingston God Stick 1Gb DDR2 667 which churns out to be DDR2 1000 after overclocking...paired with Biostar TPower I45...one of the greatest 4Phase overclocking motherboard...powered by AcBel E2 Power 470W with 420W True Power, beutified by GeCube HD3870 X-Turbo3 512MB DDR4, and loaded with two 250Gb Harddisk by Maxtor and Western Digital..Honestly, I think that 420w wudnt be sufficient enough to power my HD3870...so I am aiming for PC Power&Cooling Silencer 750w Or 610W...Looking forward to Upgrade my Proc...into a 2000Mhz FSB with large size of L2 Cache so that I can have lower SuperPI timing...Ram is fine...coz i dont need tighter timings or latency....oh...not forgotten, my top 10 best cpu cooler of the world, by PCCooler HDT-1204 Gold Limited Edition...nice 120mm UV fan, wif moderate heatsink quality..hmmpph.....this cooler's mounting is blocking my mosfet cooler fan, provided by Biostar..And internet connectivity is connected by Belkin Wireless-G card....movements by Elecom Wired Laser Mouse..So thats all for now...till I Keep Upgrading My pc and post most about its performance...I will give 6/10 For my Own PC...
Stupid
What If People Think That My Blog Sucks?And what if ppl think that my blog is stupid...well...after looking back at all my posts...i felt its abit stupid..well..i m not a professional blogger that receives thousands and thousands of visitors or unlike someone who copy and paste or collect whole database of ppl's website or quoting links and lines in ppl's page...i write because in some places where i stayed for a long time, most of them do not have the same interest i have..or maybe if they have, they might not have the same idea or same part of interest..particularly cars and computers..some might tell off thgs like softwares, engine transplant (4g92 into a kancil????) and it sounds really weird sometimes...whether an oversmart talking or totally rubbish...juz like my blog...u may find it a piece of stupid ideas running in head...but personally, its my thoughts, experiences and most probably my taste..yea..my taste...most of my "tastes" are in this blog...so watch out for it...hopefully some might find me interesting and sharing thoughts and interests together..the reality is there is no one yet...in the 'place' i stay..guess i gonna talk more in my blog..making it more interesting and long....hope to post one or two per day...cheers.....charish the moments u have..
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Significance of 1
I had seen so many 1s yesterday and today...its now 1am plus...i was up at zahid's room...wireless connection, 1Mbps, my rum LAN speed, 1Gbps...lol..yday was ben's girl's birthday...11th..RM1 for the parking ticket at Central Square...my lunch wif Zahid, RM11.80...so wats next about 1? will continue later wif numbers...wonder wat it cud be,
Monday, August 11, 2008
Perodua
I love viva, for its soft clutch....but hate kelisa for its slowest century sprint (according to TopGear)..well...guess this is all minicars in malaysia, malaysian made car but with japanese engine, no wonder the engines are almost impossible to break down...well, guess everyone noes...i kinda like myvi too, but its not so fuel efficient as viva or kancil, firstly because its a 1.3litre car and secondly, its the engine that sourced from toyota avanza, and perodua kembara, the difference is only rear, or front drive or 4wd..compared to campro engines, or mitsubishi engines in proton cars, i feel that perodua engines a.k.a toyota/daihatsu wans, are much lighter to revv. well, in japan, myvi is toyota passo, and those minicars hav their own version in daihatsu or toyota minicar range with slightly different design but using the same engine..so far..no dissapointment towards perodua cars...feeling nice..hope perodua can be better den proton (guess its is already). keep it up perodua..i will always keep reviewing ur cars...
Sunday, August 10, 2008
toyotas...
personally, i love toyotas...but not over hondas...y?mayb bcoz of their engine...how if, i can swap a honda engine into a toyota body?tat will be great....but wait wait..theres a catch...theres no way of putting a tiger's heart into a lion's body...wat if a toyota can really b really good in both? well, ladies and gentlemen, let me present u the latest toyota camry.. the one i tested here is a 2.0g unit by my fren..smooth riding car with smooth transmission changing unlike proton wira's 3 gear auto car..i might be a total new stranger to camry, but guess wat, the e-brake, or the 'handbrake' is now the 'leg brake' coz the brake is now located at the very left corner of the leg compartment where the brake and accelerator is. full paddle to the ground..and ....nop......dun really feel the 'boost'...but i tink it can cruise really really well.. its spacious everywhere...including the boot, to keep mayb 2 human beings at once making love at the back...nah..juz joking...its equied with 4-speed auto transmission unlike the 2.4v with 5 speeds. to me, the front may not be as handsome as us or aussie's camry..but the back is more futuristic looking compared to the previous model..erm...regarding the hud, i mean the speedometer, odometer, correct me if I'm wrong, :), its not so dull as before...congrats toyota...you hav made the world a better place to travel besides giving pure comfort..
Moments After Years - Sean's Discovery
wat's time? perhaps most of us noe wat time really is...but can u bring back time? those silly time is foundation years...foolish acts and silly heads in the class to keep the class keep going and cheerful. but hav we ponder upon for what we had done? guess not...some might hav sweet memories in and out of the class..it can b a memorable moment for two...or mayb a group...or a team...or temporary enemies...or worse still, haters...which more fun and times like that will come again...well, gues wat, i had learned a lot throughout this 2 years...revive the dead ideas in head, planning thgs ahead of everythg, taking charge of a ruler's place in classroom..but guess..i was too stupid enough coz i noe...if ppl would hav put me into the shoes of responsibility, to bear instructions and responsibilites, i believe i wud be a leader by then, getting the piece of proof with inks on it..true enough, i find that ppl persuade and ppl go against in any "democratic" leader choosing...well...shudnt it be in that way isnt it? i tink the next poll would be in paper...better...no funny stuff will happen...True enough, when someone try to make the other ppl a leader that might not be satisfying to other party, guess wat, ermm... *sensitive right here*...hahhaa..hmmpph.....bond getting better..sumhow, sumone falls apart from the rest, might not be one...might be alot....perhapas individually, or 'puak'ly...seen weird issues...haha...i am wat i am as a observant guy..i notice many thgs around me...juz sumtimes big thgs happen though i din realise - that was like..ermm....only once? last years brithday? cake beside me, but i didnt noe..haha...i cant believe i am juz a step b4 upsi..guess there will be a more heaven and hell thgy...whether is really heaven or a really hell situation....theres more to be share later..coz i m going to start my views on cars...this time on japanese cars..
Friday, April 18, 2008
Long Holiday Sux
well, i guess, i am still feeling bored for the first 4 weeks of the 3 months holiday, what could i say, life sucks. prefer to stay in college to have fun with friends, but it aint going to happen, because the government dont give us enough money to spend time with our friends. so, what say you, rm430 a month for a student compared to mara students or any jpa scholarship students?not going to complain any, but hope that someday government will realise how important a teacher is to a society. i believe there is no doctors, parents, engineers, lecturers or even a teacher whenever there is no teacher. if the government pick the wrong candidate of a future teacher, then blame the government when your child is stupid. in other european countries, you will find that it is so difficult to be hounoured to gain the teacher training scholarships. you know why? well, it is simply because teachers are the best. well, back to my point, long holiday sucks, i still hardly find any good time to spend with my dear but what i have done is i spent most of my time with my friends, lin keong, vikram, ah tiong and xiao fei, these people i would really love to spend my time with. ah tiong, the big small boy, a never grown up boy, well, if you are close to him, then you will know what kind of person he is. one word to describe him, SOHAI..but thanks to him, i learned a lot about computers, and overclocking, which is now my main focus and concentration at. wonder where to get such a fun friend that is at taiping all the time spending his time as instructed by his father, no more staying in kl wasting time. haha..pity u ah tiong, oh yea..i also learned something from him, ALL IN!! i still think he is an immature adult..haha..well..this is the place where i spend most of my days because it is so boring to stay in the house since i woke up early everyday, 7.30am. at 11, i go to his shop by cycling, what to do, no transport, sister bungkus my bike..haha...lucky linkeong was back to taiping..less bored..hell yeah...with linkeong around, i can go travel and makan as long as i wish...anytime man..damn cool lo..haha..as u can is, it is now 8.18am, only, i bet everyone is still sleeping except me, and linkeong of coz, because we are going pisa, mr.tang of kmtg kurnia manager is fetching us go for free...ekekekke....well, he is seriously a nice man..man of technology..haiz, linkeong has to wake up...and he is already up because i woke him up..wel..what will happen in another two months? i bet everyone will go off by then..and i have to go off now because i need to get ready for my trip to pisa. chaoz..
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Comparing the 5 and the X5
this version of BMW X5 (E53, 2006 model), is the first generation of X5 in BMW history..it is the last model before being replaced by the new X5 (E70)..the one i sat wan a 3.0 inline engine..no V V stuff...and to be more specific it is the 3.0i..the exterior looks pretty huge and it is...the brother of the X3..so guess what, it has a bigger interior and of course better looking..my first impression was this car is huge, comfy, and fast..and i wasn't really right about it..the suspension was hard as i can feel the bumpiness of the road...and i feel it is really small in the interior compared to a 5 series which i sat 1 year ago...oh..did i mention i sat a 5 series before? oh yes..there it is..no satv, not-so-good looking speedometer as compared to the 5 series..and worse part..very heavy doors..its like twice the weight of my mum's Gen2 door..how could that possibly happen? one thing that really catches my eyes is the steering where it could simply move in and move out for the ease of the driver to move out from the car..and i guess the car is high enough..but i don't think it is so comfortable...so i waiting to sit the biggest rival of X5, the Volkswagen Touareg...
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Phone Everywhere
Look around you..people with lots of phones ranging from nokia to samsung, no camera to 5mpx camera (for now), 512kb to 8gb memory, black and white to 16m color screen, and worse to worse u find many people using the same phone as you. honestly speaking, how many of you would like the people in the public to have the same phone as yours? me? i rather not..my phone is no more unique...oh,..wait a minute, i m different...i have my SE K800i modded..and that makes my phone different from others..how unique? well, physically/externally no, but i have a different filesystem (known as FS, as for k800 modders) and that really makes me different from others..how about other phones? i guess not...so people out there...think and learn how to mod your phone and that makes a difference...if you don't want people to wear the same clothes as you, so the same it goes to you and your hp..my friend brought his mobile phone(SE K800i) to a shop which is allocated at his hometown, requested for a modification for his phone, and the phone shop said that there is no such thing that SE can do...weird isn't it? well...mobile phone sellers, wake up and look around using this tool - the INTERNET..learn and learn..make more business out of it..i guess i am glad to have my SE K800i with me..though people out there may have the same phone but..hello..i have mine modded...do you? hahaha...signing out..
Saturday, November 17, 2007
A Great Loss
though he had taught me for 3 semesters, i think i had lost a friend, father and a teacher..though i think he hates me most of the time, but i don't know what to do to make him happy..at times, dinner with him was great..unforgettable memory..most sweet ones..i remembered hurting him sometimes in sending weird messages..no matter how he hates me, i know, i tried to get close with him, but it seemed i failed..yes...i failed...human have feelings and i have mine too...he said he left us(the class), because of too many hurtful memories which may even cause pain in both heart and emotionally..well...i guess he has feelings like us too..imagine people walk away from you each time he/she sees you...this is what he felt..if i were him, i would rather do the same thing he does..last day with him, i shed tears, but not only me, but most of them whom celebrated his farewell..it doesn't matter to shed tears in front of the public, but most importantly, whether he saw us crying and know how much we want him, miss him, love him, share with him, talk with him and the main reason-to teach us..educate us to be a better person tomorrow..lead us to the right path...well..thats all i can think about him..i m really sorry for what i had done to him and i never meant to do so...hope things will be fine for him and have a great future..
Old VS New, Power VS Value
well..guess what..after driving proton saga for about 2 weeks..car with no passion and life to drive around city but somehow i manage to find this car is interesting to drive..though it has no power steering, hard and rough steering..but the car is maintained properly..and most importantly..it's FAST..i hit 145km/h and i go from sg.petani to taiping with a RM10 petrol...RM10!!!what any possible car can do that?i calculated it approx. RM10 according to the marker and its quite accurate..thanks to my ROOMMATE for realizing how much that car could save petrol..back then, i had to return that car because its not mine..then i use gen-2 which belongs to my mum..i felt so different after couple of weeks not touching it..i still think the gen2 is not as powerful as the saga i drove but it has power steering which is extremely light..and harder clutch..well..i still need time to get use to the car..and it consumed more fuel than the saga do...really..u need at least 30 to go from taiping to sg.petani...note that i drove the saga back with both passenger seat and boot filled with things that i brought from my college..good experience then..
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
My First Blog...hahaa
actually..it was 2 weeks ago since i wanted to start my blog...but unfortunately, i tried so many times to register till i got fed up..and decided to give up..my initial plan was to tell what i saw recently in my life..how things around me moving..i had seen many things that shouldn't happen in our community but..i couldn't comment anymore..i had seen police putting on their hazard lights on without siren just to cut in lanes in traffic lights and on the road..so now police can be the king of the road without considering millions and millions of citizen's feelings all over the country and the worse part is..people commercialize god's blessings..when i was in the hospital two weeks ago..a man came with a bottle of mineral water(i assume) then without any hesitation i read the label on the bottle stating, this is air penawar = read some prayers before drinking for maximum effect..i mean..how much do you pay for the price of god's blessings?god gave us wealth, health, family and happiness in life but do we need to pay god's gifts for us to human beings on earth?i guess it is too much for a person to sell the water that he or she so-called blessed the water before it is being commercialize.well. think about it people..
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