Meeting HP Casts, HP7 Pt 1

Queueing in the rain for the Harry Potter World Premiere since 7am at Leicester Square. Met most of HP casts includes the author J.K Rowling.

A Trip to Ireland, Aug 2010

A trip with my ACCA friends. I can't recall the places that we visited because I laughed a lot during this trip. All I can remember is, it was raining heavily and we went to Wicklow, the "P.S I Love You" film location. We visited Trinity College too as one of our friend studied there and we had halal chinese buffet that night. Delicious, cheap and I eat as much as I can!!

Goodbye Brentford, Hello Leyton!

Last month on July was my last day at Paragon Halls, Brentford. I already move in to my new house in Leyton. The place is so convenience as shops, restaurants, mall, gym, mosque and tube station are just around the corner. I stayed with my landlord, Tracey Thornborrow. The rental is more cheaper than my previous place that is GBP 105 per week include bills and internet. Furthermore, the room has enough space to swing a cat. Here I enclosed some pictures of my new habitat.

Home

My room

Kitchen

Bathroom

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

A Trip to France, June 2010

Picnic at Trocadero and enjoying the view of Eiffel Tower, learning a bit about unusual and unique architecture at Pompidou, seeking the phantom at the Opera House, dancing at Moulin Rouge and living life in a cartoon motion at Disneyland Paris.

Rhinocerous+Horse: ??

Imagine yourself sitting in a field and having a picnic. All of a sudden, a big white horse comes towards you. Then you notice a big horn coming out of its head. It's a unicorn.

According to the Wikipedia website, the unicorn is a legendary creature like a horse, but with a slender, usually spiral, horn growing out of its forehead. In popular mythology, unicorns were hunted for their horns, which were said to protect one against diseases.

There are lots of debate about reality of the unicorn. A creature said to possess great powers and pureness, the unicorn has a presence in the mythology of many places around the world. But Where Do They Come From? Different theories circulate as to how the animal came to captivate people and create its place in history.

Chinese Unicorn

In China, the unicorn was called ki-lin or quilin and it was an omen that all was well with the world, (perhaps the reason why we haven’t seen once in a while).

According to Animal Forum, it is also believed that the unicorn foretold the birth of Confucius, by visiting his pregnant mother in the woods one day and bringing her a piece of jade. The man himself was later reported to having seen the unicorn himself, interpreting it as a message of his impending death.

Japanese Unicorn

The Japanese call the unicorn Kirin and his likeness is that of a bull with a long shaggy mane. Quite different from most interpretations of this beast, the Japanese unicorn is an animal to be feared, especially if you have guilt in your heart.

India

Legend has it. It was a unicorn that saved India from Genghis Khan’s ravaging armies. The tale says that as Genghis Khan prepared to invaded India he was met by a unicorn who knell in front of him. He took this as a sign from the heavens telling him not to attack and turned away.

Unicorn Cave Art

Lascaux cave art in southwestern France, (the unicorn is on the left), this is some of the most well known Upper Paleolithic art and dates back to around 14,000 BC. This is a section of around 2000 animal representations in this cave, some of which include horses too.

Bucephalus

After that, the first mentions of a unicorn in the western world are in the 3rd and 4th century BC. Aristotle was a believer, as was Alexander the Great who rode the mighty Bucephalus into battle and Julius Caesar who claimed he saw one deep in the forests of Germany. Even Marco Polo was later said to have seen a unicorn the size of an elephant on his many travels to Asia.

Medieval Unicorn

The unicorn of midieval times is said to be a wild beast which is impossible to tame. In fact the only way to tame one is to lay a virgin maiden as bait and wait until a unicorn wanders along and lays its head in her lap. Although much of the unicorn art that comes from this time depicts the maiden having tricked the unicorn by trapping him for an accomplice to slay. Tales of the mighty unicorn from this time are largely biblical in source and the animal was thought to symbolize Christ himself in many respects.

Everyone wants to believe in the magnificent unicorn. Robert Vavra did a great job to convincing us with his collection pictures of unicorn. While I am browsing internet to find proofs of the unicorn existence, I came across this pictures and this is convinving although I am doubt with it’s validity. If it isn’t real, it is a well done fake.

Whether you believe it or not, be sure to check out this video.

Let's play mix and match. If unicorn is a mix of horse and rhinoceros what will happen if:

1- Human + Butterfly = Fairies

2- Human + Wolf = Warewolf

3- Human + Fish = Mermaid

4- Human + Goat = Faun

5- Human + Horse = ?

Watch this video and you will get the answer.

P/S: I wish to credits Youtube, Google Image and Wikipedia for the videos, images and informations used here.

A Letter to Santa!

Last two days ago, I went to Hamleys, a toy store, situated at Regent Street. I feel very envy with kids these days. The toys get more hi-tech and outrageous, but seriously, some of them make you wonder who the heck comes up with these ideas? To be honest, I have thought of worse, as I am sure some of you have as well! I have do some research about inappropriate toys at The Huffington Post and I would like to share the information with readers.

Let’s pretend that we are a 7-years old kid and writing a Christmas whishlist to Santa Clause. (Just for fun).

Dear Santa,

How are you? I hope you are in a pink of health. You should have been on a diet because Jillian Michaels says carrying an extra bags around is bad for health. If it is hard to drop your bags, you should try to participate in a reality show called The Biggest Loser.

I have been a good boy for this year. For Christmas 2010, I have made a list of toys that I want you to get me and I would be the luckiest kid on earth if receive it. Daddy always makes lists to help him remember stuff, but he loses the lists anyway so I hope you will not lose my list or I will be sad and I know your job is to make kids happy. There are many toys on my list because Mummy tolds me that it is good to have choices in case things did not work. She said that especially when she argue with Daddy.

Okay, so here is my list:

5- Pole Dancer Doll.

Miley Cyrus

I love Miley Cyrus so much. Last year, Mummy already bought me a Hannah Montana doll but recently I watch Teen Choice Awards and this doll reminds me of her performance that night. I heard that this doll has already been banned in the United States and Asia, but I think they still sell it in the United Kingdom. Other way is, you can also buy this at eBay. I heard this doll cause a controversy because of the image of a pole dancer, which is not good for kids to follow. I promise, I won’t be a pole dancer when I grow up.

4- Baby Wee Wee

This wet doll is really cute. I want to have a little brother but Daddy says Mummy is too old to get pregnant again. May be this doll can be my little baby brother. This doll is made by the Spanish toy company called Famosa. The doll was sold in the United Kingdom for about GBP40 a couple years ago, but appears to be purely an eBay item now.

3- Phallus Slide

This slide looks colourful and cool. The shape of the slide looks like errr.. Nevermind, Mummy says it is not good to think about negative stuff. I always dream to have my own slide but Daddy asks me to play slide at playground. I hate to go to the playground because all of my neighbours didn’t like to be friend with me and they always bully me. If only I have my own cool slide like Phallus Slide, all of them will come to my house and treat me good. I’m not sure where you can get this slide, but there is one slide exactly like this at Pedo Park in Spain.

2- Bebe Gloton

Mummy always says, being a mother is really a tough work so I want to see how hard it is. This is a toy doll that simulates breast-feeding. I saw Aunt Marry breast-fed my 6 months cousin Ben. I know I am a boy but I really want to experience on how to breast-feed. You can purchase this doll at any toy store but in case you can’t find it, some people sell them on eBay.

1- Shave the Baby

This doll is on my first list because when I grow up, I want to be a hair stylist. I can dress people’s hair and make them look pretty. Playing with this doll is a first step for me to reach my ambition. This doll is a product from China. I’m sure you can get this at Chinatown.

I hope you can get me one of these toys for my present. It is OK if you can’t choose which one to give me. Sometimes, if I can’t make up my mind between two things, I get both. Mr. Santa, I want to say thank you in advance. By the way, Mummy says Hi and Daddy says Oh Jesus!

Love;

Zamie

P/S: This year we will give you oatmeal cookies because they are healthy and the only cookies Daddy can eat. But I will borrow some chocolate chip ones from my eldest sister and hide them in my stocking for you.

Credits to Youtube, The Huffington Post and Caveman Circus for the videos and images used here.

Are Pelican Dangerous?

Yesterday, before I checked my Yahoo mail box, I came across this news, entitled TV presenter attacked by a pelican. The news is mainly about a weatherman of Australia's Nine Network named Steven Jacobs has been attacked by a pelican called Manny while live broadcast from Taronga Zoo in Sydney.

This is the video of the incident from youtube.com.

Some of you might found this video is funny. Personally I think, pelicans can be dangerous. The crews and the zookeepers should lend him a hand and control the pelicans instead of laughing at first.

There are lots of injuries caused by pelicans. One of the case happen around May 2008, experienced by a housecleaner, Debbie Shoemaker from Ohio. While she was swimming in the gulf of Mexico, out of the blue, the bird with the large beak ripped through her cheek and requiring 25 stitches (to read more about this, click this link).

This is the TV news of the incident from youtube.com.

According to whozoo.org, pelican's beak can hold up 3 gallons (11.4 liters) of water. These spesies use its beak as a pouch to capture both water and prey. The images which is owned by The Inquisitr shows a woman attacked by pelican during her photoshoot.

Can you see how wide its beak can open?

Watch the last video from youtube.com and you will not going to believe it.

In a nutshell, we must always be aware with animals, either tame or wild. Sometimes, tame animals can turn up wild just in a snap. We can't expect and predict them. Bear in mind, safety first!

P/S: Pictures and videos are owned by youtube.com and The Inquisitr.