A poll was organized by Swiss foundation New7Wonders (N7W) where
world citizens were asked to put forward sites which they deemed are natural
wonders.
It began in 2007 when
more than 440 locations were nominated in more than 220 countries through a
global voting process. The top 77 choices were short listed, and further
narrowed to 28 candidates. On November 11th 2011, seven finalists
have been announced, and one of the seven selected is Jeju Island, South
Korea.
The island was created entirely from volcanic
eruptions approximately 2 million years ago, during the time period from theTertiaryto
the beginning of theQuaternaryperiod, and consists chiefly of basalt
and lava. The eruptions took place in the Cenozoic era. It has ahumid subtropical climate, warmer than that
of the rest of Korea, with four distinct seasons. Winters are cool and dry
while summers are hot, humid, and sometimes rainy.
‘Lie
to Me’, a 16 episode Korean romantic love- comedy Television mini
series – super rich boy poor girl suspense. The President of World Group of Hotels,
Hyeon Gi Jun, in his pursuit to woo the heart and trust of his new love, followed
her to Jeju Island.
In the 11th episode, The Republic of
South Korea Ministry of Culture Officer, Gong Ah Jeong was sent to the Island
to promote and lure the Judges to vote for Jeju Island. And the series finale
also takes us back to Jeju Island.
Gong Ah Jeong summarises Jeju island in one
word,
‘MOTHER’.
Women from this island, dive into the seas to
fish for the abalone, Jeju Island’s delicacy. Many of these women divers perished
underwater. Despite the known dangers they still continue to dive for the
abalones. The endless sacrifices mothers make to raise their children.
The
Plentiful 3 - the
3 most common things in Jeju Island, the
wind, rocks and women.
In Honor of
World Toilet Day, "Let's Talk Sh*t", here. This headline really teased my curiosity. An
important day went by so quietly – I was not even aware that 19th
November was declared the World’s Toilet Day!
World Toilet Day(WTD) is a global non-profit organization committed to
improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTD focuses on toilets
instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common
subject of sanitation.
World Toilet Day:
Burkina Faso
Founded in 2001with 15 members, it now has 151
member organizations in 53 countries working towards eliminating the toilet
taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation.
Future Toilets
In 2005,
WTO started the world's first World Toilet College (WTC) to provide training in
toilet design, maintenance, School Sanitation and Disaster Sanitation and
implementation of Sustainable Sanitation systems.
Automated street toilets
–
Malaysia
The hi-tech, self serving cleaning toilets are
placed in busy areas including Bukit Bintang, Jalan P. Ramlee and Jalan Raja
Laut. State-of-the-art public toilets are part of City Hall’s programme to
ensure Malaysians and tourist have clean and modern public toilet
facilities.
Sensors automatically trigger water, soap and
the hand dryer upon use. The sensors also activates the flushing system after
each use and the toilet seats are cleaned automatically as well.
The ASTs are disabled-friendly; also have a
pull-down table to change babies diapers.
Aishwarya's
pregnancy and the birth of what many are calling India's "most-awaited baby", was born at the
private Seven Hills Hospital in the western Mumbai suburb of Andheri on
Wednesday morning 16TH November 2011.
‘Bollywood
'wedding of the century'
Indian film’s hottest couple tied the knot in a traditional
Vedic wedding ceremony on April 20, 2007 in what is regarded as the biggest
Hindu wedding in Bollywood.
Aishwarya Rai, who first
captured India's attention when she was crowned Miss World in 1994, has become
one of its biggest stars and one of India's most recognized faces overseas. She
has acted in more than 30 movies and starred in several commercials for
cosmetic and cola companies.
Abhishek Bachchan comes from a famous Bollywood movie family — his
father, Amitabh, is a Bollywood legend and his mother Jaya is also a famous
actor.
Nov 16, 2011 - New Report
Claims Britain’s Kate Middleton, who captivated people around the
world when she married Prince William in April 2011 – is six weeks pregnant.
The royal palace has said it would
announce the news of any pregnancy, and has a policy of not commenting on such
rumors.
Hello everyone, what is happening to our world today? Babies cry
because they are hungry, wet, and need attention or simply telling us they are
not feeling well.
One of our colleagues, a new father (Indian) used to
rush/dash home after work. Later learnt from him that his newborn will start crying
non-stop each day around 6:45pm (dusk) – he needed to burn some incense and
smoke his whole house to drive away some ‘evil spirit’ that is disturbing his baby!
I gave him an ointment (minyak Nona Roguy) to apply
as per instructions on the bottle and whoosh.. the crying stopped! He now named
Nona Roguy as his Magic ointment!
The mother of a dead 1-year-old Missouri boy told police she
struck him repeatedly when he wouldn't stop crying or lie down, then dumped his
body near a nearby graveyard, St. Louis County, Mo., prosecutor Bob McCulloch
said at a news conference this afternoon.
McCulloch said
the lesson for the community was, "Raising a child can be frustrating.
There are a myriad of ways to deal with that. This isn't one of them."Goherefor more news.
HEADLESS. On a dark stage design bedecked with a
cross and flaming torches, Lady Gaga stepped out of a confessional booth
seemingly decapitated while cradling her own severed, singing head. Source here
Stefani
Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known
by her stage name, Lady
Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Gaga came to prominence following the release
of her debut studio album The
Fame in 2008. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and
"Poker Face",
were number-one singles and the album itself reached the number-one spot on
nine record charts worldwide.
In
late 2009, she released an extended play, The
Fame Monster, which spawned international
number-one singles "Bad
Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". She embarked on the
eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which
became one of the highest-grossing
concert tours of all time.
Her
second album Born
This Way was released in 2011, topping the
charts on several major markets and spawning international chart-topping
singles including "Born This Way",
"Judas"
and "The
Edge of Glory".
Gaga
has sold an estimated 23 million albums and 64 million singles worldwide, which
makes her one of the best-selling music
artists of all time.
Forbes list for year 2011of world’s
most powerful women placed Lady Gaga as one of the most powerful celebrity,
securing 11th place on the list.
The hi-tech, self serving cleaning toilets are
placed in busy areas including Bukit Bintang, Jalan P. Ramlee and Jalan Raja
Laut. State-of-the-art public toilets are part of City Hall’s programme to
ensure Malaysians and tourist have clean and modern public toilet
facilities.
Sensors automatically trigger water, soap and
the hand dryer upon use. The sensors also activates the flushing system after
each use and the toilet seats are cleaned automatically as well.
Aishwarya Rai, who first
captured India's attention when she was crowned Miss World in 1994, has become
one of its biggest stars and one of India's most recognized faces overseas. She
has acted in more than 30 movies and starred in several commercials for
cosmetic and cola companies.
Nov 16, 2011 - New Report
Claims Britain’s Kate Middleton, who captivated people around the
world when she married Prince William in April 2011 – is six weeks pregnant.
The mother of a dead 1-year-old Missouri boy told police she
struck him repeatedly when he wouldn't stop crying or lie down, then dumped his
body near a nearby graveyard, St. Louis County, Mo., prosecutor Bob McCulloch
said at a news conference this afternoon.
