Gangnam Psy will be performing in Singapore on 1st Dec,2012, it will be a free standing concert.
Thanks to Singapore Integrated Resort -IR , Marina Bay Sands, which is organising the Psy free concert at the open space facing the Marina Bay water front.
within 2 hours,All the 4000 complimentary tickets have already been given away to fans who visited Marina Bay Sands facebook.
Marina Bay Sands is organizing this free concert as part of its special "Give back to Singapore" public showcase.
Maybe Marina Bay sands should have reserved some tickets for children from the lower income homes.
But it is still a good gesture of Marina Bay Sands to organize Psy Gangnam show for free, as should it be a ticket selling show it would certainly be quite pricy, cause as of latest news, viewer-ship of Psy's Famous Gangnam Style on YouTube is going to hit 900 million.
Hope more Multi-National Corporations, not only in Singapore, but also everywhere, would also organize free International Artiste concert and gives the "Tidings Of Joys to everyone." during Christmas Time.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Questions to share
A friend sent me 2 tough question which we would like to share. read the end for comment....
2 TOUGH QUESTIONS
Question 1: If you knew a woman who was pregnant, Who had 8 kids already, Three who were deaf, Two who were blind, One mentally retarded, And she had syphilis, Would you recommend that she undergoes an abortion? Read the next question before looking at the response for this one. Question 2: It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.. Here are the facts about the three candidates. Candidate A: Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes And drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day. Candidate B: He was kicked out of office twice, Sleeps until noon, Used opium in college And drinks a quart of whiskey every evening. Candidate C: He is a decorated war hero, He's a vegetarian, Doesn't smoke, Drinks an occasional beer And never committed adultery. Which of these candidates would be your choice? Decide first ... No peeking, and then scroll down for the response. Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt. Candidate B is Winston Churchill. Candidate C is Adolph Hitler. And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question: If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven. Pretty interesting isn't it? Makes a person think before judging someone !! Remember: Amateurs ... Built the ark. Professionals ... Built the Titanic AND which one sank ??You gotta pass this on ... 2 TOUGH QUESTIONS |
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Taxi Driver In Singapore returns S$1.1 million to his Passenger
On Nov,12th in Singapore, Mr Sia Ka Tian 70, a taxi driver returned
cash of Sg$1.1 million ($900,000) to a Thai couple who left
the money in his cab while on holiday here..
On Monday, Mr.Sia Ka Tian,said he was shocked to find the money in a black paper bag
on the back seat after he dropped the couple off at a shopping
centreQuote from the Straits Times.
Mr Sia, a 31-year veteran in the taxi business thought that "he was sure there was at least $200,000 in the bag,"
After reporting the money to the taxi transport company ComfortDelGro's lost-and-found office, his colleagues counted Sg$1.1 million in thousand-dollar bills. (I am sure the figure must have shocked him as Who would have been so careless as to drop a 1.1 million dollar - singApraise )
"The money is unimportant to me. It doesn't belong to me, so how can I use it?" he told the newspaper.
The Thai couple who had reported the loss to the transport company, met Mr. Sia when they arrived to claim the money.
The grateful Thai Couple presented Mr Sia with an undisclosed cash reward and the company Comfort will be giving him an award for his honesty.
"Finding one million dollars in cash is not an everyday affair and in fact, we wonder how many people would have possibly been tempted" to pocket it, company spokeswoman Tammy Tan told AFP.
"We are immensely proud of him and are glad that the passengers recovered their money."
singApraise to Mr Sia and also another Honest cabby as todate -
It was the most valuable item returned by a cabbie working for the company. In 2009, another taxi driver returned five kilograms (11 pounds) of gold bars worth Sg$377,000.
Freedom to Walk- Volunteers Walked to raise fund & awareness against human trafficking
Read from Yahoo news that Freedom to
Walk organized a 15-day, 370-kilometre walk from Bangkok to the Burmese border to raise
funds and awareness against human trafficking and to help those who have
been trafficked and are trying to survive
The walk ended on 17 November at the place where the stateless refugees live. It is at the Three Pagodas Pass in the Thai-Burmese border. The refugees living here are vulnerable and at risk of being trafficked. The route that participating volunteer walkers took from Bangkok to this pass is the same one that traffickers use to get their victims from here to the Thai capital.
Kyle Ng a Singaporean who participated in the walk is happy that donations continued to pour in, and he had reached his target of raising US$5,000. “I thought I might raise half, but I managed to reach my whole target – and just a few days after my birthday too,” he says proudly. “People were so generous; some donated just because of me. That was very humbling, and I had to learn how to receive graciously. Every morning I woke up dizzy with gratitude.”
To find out more about Freedom to Walk, visit www.freedomtowalk.org.
The walk ended on 17 November at the place where the stateless refugees live. It is at the Three Pagodas Pass in the Thai-Burmese border. The refugees living here are vulnerable and at risk of being trafficked. The route that participating volunteer walkers took from Bangkok to this pass is the same one that traffickers use to get their victims from here to the Thai capital.
Kyle Ng a Singaporean who participated in the walk is happy that donations continued to pour in, and he had reached his target of raising US$5,000. “I thought I might raise half, but I managed to reach my whole target – and just a few days after my birthday too,” he says proudly. “People were so generous; some donated just because of me. That was very humbling, and I had to learn how to receive graciously. Every morning I woke up dizzy with gratitude.”
To find out more about Freedom to Walk, visit www.freedomtowalk.org.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Estee Lauder donates to Breast Cancer Foundation
Estee Lauder's daughter in law, Evelyn, founded the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCRF) also started the "pink ribbon", which has become a worldwide symbol of breast cancer awareness.
An article from Beauty and Fashion Women's wear Daily - Mr Leonard A Lauder, Chairman emeritus of Estee Lauder Companies will be auctioning about US$13 million worth of Jewellery belonging to his late mother Estee Lauder, founder of Estee Lauder, and his late wife Evelyn .
The proceeds will go to the BCRF
Mrs Evelyn Lauder past away last November of ovarian cancer.
The gem collection of about 90 pieces includes a yellow diamond, once owned by the Duchess of Windsor will be auctioned off next month.
with such support and popularity of the "pink ribbon" ,hope that more donors will come forward.
An article from Beauty and Fashion Women's wear Daily - Mr Leonard A Lauder, Chairman emeritus of Estee Lauder Companies will be auctioning about US$13 million worth of Jewellery belonging to his late mother Estee Lauder, founder of Estee Lauder, and his late wife Evelyn .
The proceeds will go to the BCRF
Mrs Evelyn Lauder past away last November of ovarian cancer.
The gem collection of about 90 pieces includes a yellow diamond, once owned by the Duchess of Windsor will be auctioned off next month.
with such support and popularity of the "pink ribbon" ,hope that more donors will come forward.
Good News - A cure for CANCER found in Apricot seed and manioc
Received an Email from a friend here in Singapore about this Dr. Cynthia Jayasuriya, a
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon and how she was cured of her cancer in her kidney, ureter and a little part of the bladder
I have read some articles about finding an easier and cheaper method of curing cancer, and the Article by Dr Jayasuriya seems most logic. And its inexpensive as manioc, also known as tapioca and ubi kaya in Asia could be easily grown in any small plot of garden.
I hope this Article from Dr Jayasuriya will bring relief and hope for those who have cancel relapse.
as cancer treatment need not be expensive and extensive
Read all about her article in...
Manioc's Vitamin B17 Kills the Cancer Cells
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100207/Plus/plus_03.html
singApraise to you Dr. Cynthia Jayasuriya
I have read some articles about finding an easier and cheaper method of curing cancer, and the Article by Dr Jayasuriya seems most logic. And its inexpensive as manioc, also known as tapioca and ubi kaya in Asia could be easily grown in any small plot of garden.
I hope this Article from Dr Jayasuriya will bring relief and hope for those who have cancel relapse.
as cancer treatment need not be expensive and extensive
Read all about her article in...
Manioc's Vitamin B17 Kills the Cancer Cells
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100207/Plus/plus_03.html
singApraise to you Dr. Cynthia Jayasuriya
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Shanghai-Disneyland & DreamWorks Animation
Coming to Shanghai’s Chuansha town, the Shanghai Disney Resort will be the sixth
Disneyland in the world, the third in Asia, after Tokyo Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland.
Costing an estimated RMB 24.5 billion, the The 1,160,000-square-meter resort will open its doors in 2015.
It will include a 404,685 square meters man-made lake which will occupy half the size of the entire park.
The monumental Disney castle - set in a forest, is located across the lake from the main gate
Walt Disney Company said that no two Disney Worlds in the world are ever identical. As seen at its opening ceremony on 8th April, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck were dressed in red Tang suit.
Shanghai Disneyland will try to get close to Chinese visitors with its Chinese cultural elements.
From the drafts disclosed by Thomas O. Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in the center of Shanghai Disneyland,it will house the BIGGEST Disney castle in the world. Remember the Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies with a winding staircase ? Well, This Castle In Shanghai Disneyland will be more impressive than that
And
Among the world's firsts - most delightful to the Children will be the worlds first ALL Disney Princesses in the Disney castle and will also be the first one to host an in-castle Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique princess makeover experience.
A 3D stimulation of the Shanghai Disney castle has been released on YouTube.
Click to see what mainland China’s first Disneyland will look like.
to view its latest construction updates view it at:
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com
For more updates click More on CNNGo: Everything you need to know about Shanghai Disney
and
Shanghai Disneyland Park, China www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shanghai/disneyland..
To Top it all in Shanghai DreamWorks Animation Entertainment District also plans to open in the same year as Shanghai Disneyland
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s also plan to open an Entertainment district in Shanghai which will cost more than $3 billion to be opened in 2016, the same year as Shanghai Disneyland
Dream Center, as the Their Entertainment District is to be known,will include hotels, restaurants, shops and others
Costing an estimated RMB 24.5 billion, the The 1,160,000-square-meter resort will open its doors in 2015.
It will include a 404,685 square meters man-made lake which will occupy half the size of the entire park.
The monumental Disney castle - set in a forest, is located across the lake from the main gate
Walt Disney Company said that no two Disney Worlds in the world are ever identical. As seen at its opening ceremony on 8th April, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck were dressed in red Tang suit.
Shanghai Disneyland will try to get close to Chinese visitors with its Chinese cultural elements.
From the drafts disclosed by Thomas O. Staggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, in the center of Shanghai Disneyland,it will house the BIGGEST Disney castle in the world. Remember the Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies with a winding staircase ? Well, This Castle In Shanghai Disneyland will be more impressive than that
And
Among the world's firsts - most delightful to the Children will be the worlds first ALL Disney Princesses in the Disney castle and will also be the first one to host an in-castle Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique princess makeover experience.
A 3D stimulation of the Shanghai Disney castle has been released on YouTube.
Click to see what mainland China’s first Disneyland will look like.
to view its latest construction updates view it at:
http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com
For more updates click More on CNNGo: Everything you need to know about Shanghai Disney
and
Shanghai Disneyland Park, China www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shanghai/disneyland..
To Top it all in Shanghai DreamWorks Animation Entertainment District also plans to open in the same year as Shanghai Disneyland
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.'s also plan to open an Entertainment district in Shanghai which will cost more than $3 billion to be opened in 2016, the same year as Shanghai Disneyland
Dream Center, as the Their Entertainment District is to be known,will include hotels, restaurants, shops and others
Friday, October 12, 2012
Good news from the Philippines 12th Oct,2012-not one but 3 GOOD NEWS
On 7th October, 2012 Sunday, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front agreed in Principle to PEACE on the southern island of Mindanao after 40 years of civil war.
Could be that the Muslims there FINALLY believed that without peace, they and their children would just see the world pass by with economic success whilst they would always linger behind. Linger behind not only from the rest of the world but also with the rest of other parts of Philippines.
That thought could come in the number 2 good news for the Philippines, because that following day, the World Bank, which has been downsizing growth projections around the world, raised the growth rate of the Philippines to 5 per cent after the country expanded 6.1 percent in the first half, among the best performing economy after China.
But We know that growth can achieve so much if there is war in the country. After decades of uncertain economic performance , there are signs that their economy may finally going on smoothly .
In July, Standard & Poor upgraded Philippine's sovereign debt to one notch below investment grade- an improvement . Their Foreign Exchange reserves have risen five fold since 2005
3rd Good news, the brain drain to Singapore could become a BRAIN GAIN when they open 2 casino complexes next year. It will be staffed by Filipino managers and resort staff trained in Singapore.
With meaningful effort, from every one, north to south, their country may work as one and bring peace and prosperity- no matter how small to their "PEOPLES COUNTRY" after years of corruption and war.
Could be that the Muslims there FINALLY believed that without peace, they and their children would just see the world pass by with economic success whilst they would always linger behind. Linger behind not only from the rest of the world but also with the rest of other parts of Philippines.
That thought could come in the number 2 good news for the Philippines, because that following day, the World Bank, which has been downsizing growth projections around the world, raised the growth rate of the Philippines to 5 per cent after the country expanded 6.1 percent in the first half, among the best performing economy after China.
But We know that growth can achieve so much if there is war in the country. After decades of uncertain economic performance , there are signs that their economy may finally going on smoothly .
In July, Standard & Poor upgraded Philippine's sovereign debt to one notch below investment grade- an improvement . Their Foreign Exchange reserves have risen five fold since 2005
3rd Good news, the brain drain to Singapore could become a BRAIN GAIN when they open 2 casino complexes next year. It will be staffed by Filipino managers and resort staff trained in Singapore.
With meaningful effort, from every one, north to south, their country may work as one and bring peace and prosperity- no matter how small to their "PEOPLES COUNTRY" after years of corruption and war.
Nobel Literature winner 10th OCtober 2012
Chinese writer Mo Yan wining the Nobel prize for literature
October 2012 Last updated at 12:49 GMT
The Swedish Academy praised his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
Mo is the 109th recipient of the prestigious prize, presented by the Nobel Foundation, the award - only given to living writers - is worth 8 million kronor (£741,000).
Born Guan Moye, the author writes under the pen name Mo Yan, which means "don't speak" in Chinese.
He began writing while serving in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
His Chinese novel, Red Sorghum received international fame in 1987
China's filmmaker Zhang Yimou made it into a film on this story of the brutal violence in the eastern China countryside where he grew up during the 1920s and 1930s. It won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988.
Mo enjoyed writing about China's past rather than contemporary
issues, his novels range from the 1911 revolution,
Japan's wartime invasion and Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution.
Mo had 4 other acclaimed works and one of them, Wide Hips was translated into English later, the book won him a nomination for the Man Asian Literary Prize.
His latest novel, Frog, about China's "one child" population control policy, won the Mao Dun Literature Prize - one of his country's most prestigious literature prizes - last year.
Mo and the other Nobel laureates for medicine, physics, chemistry and peace, will receive their prizes at formal ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo on 10 December - the anniversary of the death of prize creator Alfred Nobel in 1896.
Mo Yan's Red Sorghum (simplified Chinese: 红高粱; traditional Chinese: 紅高粱; pinyin: Hóng Gāoliáng) is a 1987 Chinese film about a young woman's life working on a distillery for sorghum liquor.
The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li. With its lush and lusty portrayal of peasant life, it immediately vaulted Zhang to the forefront of the Fifth Generation directors.
Remember seeing this show and the country side scenery was fantastic.
certainly hope that this award will give rise to more recognition of Chinese literature, and to remember one of China's once great poet, Li Pai
October 2012 Last updated at 12:49 GMT
Chinese author Mo ( Yan Guan Moye) wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Chinese author Mo Yan has won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature.
His first work was published in 1981.The Swedish Academy praised his work which "with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".
Mo is the 109th recipient of the prestigious prize, presented by the Nobel Foundation, the award - only given to living writers - is worth 8 million kronor (£741,000).
Born Guan Moye, the author writes under the pen name Mo Yan, which means "don't speak" in Chinese.
He began writing while serving in the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
His Chinese novel, Red Sorghum received international fame in 1987
China's filmmaker Zhang Yimou made it into a film on this story of the brutal violence in the eastern China countryside where he grew up during the 1920s and 1930s. It won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 1988.
Mo had 4 other acclaimed works and one of them, Wide Hips was translated into English later, the book won him a nomination for the Man Asian Literary Prize.
His latest novel, Frog, about China's "one child" population control policy, won the Mao Dun Literature Prize - one of his country's most prestigious literature prizes - last year.
Mo and the other Nobel laureates for medicine, physics, chemistry and peace, will receive their prizes at formal ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo on 10 December - the anniversary of the death of prize creator Alfred Nobel in 1896.
Mo Yan's Red Sorghum (simplified Chinese: 红高粱; traditional Chinese: 紅高粱; pinyin: Hóng Gāoliáng) is a 1987 Chinese film about a young woman's life working on a distillery for sorghum liquor.
The film marked the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Yimou, and the acting debut of film star Gong Li. With its lush and lusty portrayal of peasant life, it immediately vaulted Zhang to the forefront of the Fifth Generation directors.
Remember seeing this show and the country side scenery was fantastic.
certainly hope that this award will give rise to more recognition of Chinese literature, and to remember one of China's once great poet, Li Pai
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
10th October good news from around
today's good news
- United States Federal reserve to launch FRESH STRESS TESTS on big American Banks
-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner mentioned that Eurozone "very important reforms" is on more promising path to Resolve their zone's debt crisis AND
- Geithner also Praises Reforms on India's market overhaul,
at a news conference in new Delhi with Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Geithner hailed that India's latest policy reform offered "a very promising path to improving growth outcomes for the Indian Economy."
Lets hope that his reform would go down all the way to benefit the small business people still lingering at the bottom of India's growing wealth
- Chikungunya virus, researchers in Singapore have identified a new way of killing this virus
National University of Singapore(NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of medicine's LEad Investigator Dr Chu Jang Hann said that they have identified a method that can kill this virus within three days.
Currently the treatment is only relieving fever and several joint pains
their study shows that a molecular approach could kill the virus completely through an intravenous method, it employs a small hairpin RNA technology (shRNA) designed against two specific CHIKV genes so as to silence the virus replication, which subsequently destroy the virus genes and block their production.
.Singapore last breakout of this case was between 2008 and 2010, where it had close to 1000 cases.
singApraise to this new discovery and hope it will be available to the public especially to Africa soon
- United States Federal reserve to launch FRESH STRESS TESTS on big American Banks
-U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner mentioned that Eurozone "very important reforms" is on more promising path to Resolve their zone's debt crisis AND
- Geithner also Praises Reforms on India's market overhaul,
at a news conference in new Delhi with Indian Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Geithner hailed that India's latest policy reform offered "a very promising path to improving growth outcomes for the Indian Economy."
Lets hope that his reform would go down all the way to benefit the small business people still lingering at the bottom of India's growing wealth
- Chikungunya virus, researchers in Singapore have identified a new way of killing this virus
National University of Singapore(NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of medicine's LEad Investigator Dr Chu Jang Hann said that they have identified a method that can kill this virus within three days.
Currently the treatment is only relieving fever and several joint pains
their study shows that a molecular approach could kill the virus completely through an intravenous method, it employs a small hairpin RNA technology (shRNA) designed against two specific CHIKV genes so as to silence the virus replication, which subsequently destroy the virus genes and block their production.
.Singapore last breakout of this case was between 2008 and 2010, where it had close to 1000 cases.
singApraise to this new discovery and hope it will be available to the public especially to Africa soon
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mostquitoes. ...by the Aedes mosquitoe symptoms similar to dengue fever, with an acute febrile phase of the illness lasting only two to five days, followed by a prolonged arthralgic disease that affects the joints of the extremities. The pain associated with CHIKV infection of the joints persists for weeks or months, or in some cases years.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Thursday, October 4, 2012
SingApraise to today, 4 th October in History
We singApraise to what happened to day in history, the historic event that changes the future of a country and also the world at that time, has been realized and benefited the generation of today
& of course not forgetting the entertainers- singers, actors & actresses that have make so much musics and stories come alive to youngsters like me back then.
1824 Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic. Remember seeing an olde 'VIVA ZAPATA" acted by Marlon Brando , a black & white show, so did Zapata started the Revolution rolling back then ?
1883 First run of the Orient Express & its still running today.
. 1965 "The first Pope to ever visit the United States of America, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York. He later addressed the United Nations General assembly & pleaded for world peace before the United Nations
1903:
Physicist and inventor of the first electronic digital computer, John Vincent Atanasoff born in Hamilton, New York. SingApraise to you ,otherwise I would not be involved now !
1910 Declaration of the Portuguese Republic. The Dethroned King Manuel II fled to Britain. He must have been busy doing unnecessary things that he has forgotten to 'RULE WISELY"
1931: The comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its debut
1967 "Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah." .He is among one of the outstanding leader now in ASEAN
1905: Orville Wright pilots the first flight longer than 30 minutes. The flight lasted 33 minutes, 17 seconds and covered 21 miles and this later make possible the Space age which came in 1957..
1957: The Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. The satellite, built by Valentin Glushko, weighed 184 pounds and was launched by a converted Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). This satellite Sputnik orbited the earth every 96 minutes at a maximum height of 584 miles. It reentered the earth's atmosphere in 1958 and burned up. AND that s how we get our mobile phone to work today
1957: The television series "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS. It ran until 1963, when Beaver was a middle teen
2006: Hubble discovers 16 new planets
Its certainly a rare coincidence that 3 great events happened on this date that gave birth to a new era - the inventor of computers was born, the first air flight and combined these 2 = the space age in 1957
singApraise to them
& of course not forgetting the entertainers- singers, actors & actresses that have make so much musics and stories come alive to youngsters like me back then.
. 1965 "The first Pope to ever visit the United States of America, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York. He later addressed the United Nations General assembly & pleaded for world peace before the United Nations
1903:
Physicist and inventor of the first electronic digital computer, John Vincent Atanasoff born in Hamilton, New York. SingApraise to you ,otherwise I would not be involved now !1910 Declaration of the Portuguese Republic. The Dethroned King Manuel II fled to Britain. He must have been busy doing unnecessary things that he has forgotten to 'RULE WISELY"
1931: The comic strip "Dick Tracy," created by Chester Gould, made its debut
1967 "Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah." .He is among one of the outstanding leader now in ASEAN
1905: Orville Wright pilots the first flight longer than 30 minutes. The flight lasted 33 minutes, 17 seconds and covered 21 miles and this later make possible the Space age which came in 1957..
1957: The Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into orbit. The satellite, built by Valentin Glushko, weighed 184 pounds and was launched by a converted Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). This satellite Sputnik orbited the earth every 96 minutes at a maximum height of 584 miles. It reentered the earth's atmosphere in 1958 and burned up. AND that s how we get our mobile phone to work today
1957: The television series "Leave It to Beaver" premiered on CBS. It ran until 1963, when Beaver was a middle teen
2006: Hubble discovers 16 new planets
Its certainly a rare coincidence that 3 great events happened on this date that gave birth to a new era - the inventor of computers was born, the first air flight and combined these 2 = the space age in 1957
singApraise to them
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Today in History 3rd October 2012
1226:
St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order, died; he was canonized in 1228
1582: Gregorian Calendar introduced
1605: Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor born He was a Chinese rebel leader who contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty. With the help of scholars he organized a government in S Shanxi prov., proclaimed a new dynasty, and sought popular support by giving famine relief and spreading songs and stories lauding his heroic qualities. By 1643 he held much of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi provs., and in 1644 he captured Beijing, finding the last Ming emperor dead by suicide. Advancing to Shanhaiguan, a strategic pass on the Great Wall, Li confronted the Ming general Wu San-kuei. Rather than surrender to a Chinese rebel leader, Wu preferred to collaborate with the Manchus. Li was driven from Beijing, and within a year he was killed and his forces were crushed. The new Manchu Ch'ing dynasty rewarded Wu with an independent satrapy in Yunnan and Guizhou provs.
1789: Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1803: John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration was born.
1899: The patent was issued for the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
1941:
Singer Chubby Checker born Ernest Evans in Spring Gulley, South Carolina
Have always enjoyed his "Last Twist again", as we still played this song at parties & functions to cheer the atmosphere
1945 Elvis was only 10 years old when he made his first public performance today back in 1945
Elvis was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with his singing of Red Foley's country song "Old Shep" . The contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, was his first public performance.
He dressed as a cowboy, Elvis Presley, then a 10 years old boy stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang "Old Shep". He recalled being placed in fifth position.
A few months later, on his birthday, Elvis received his first guitar ; he had actually hoped for something else, by different accounts, either a rifle or a bicycle. But that guitar leads him on to be a great singer.
1990: That year was the Happiest News for Europe- West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country with 78 million citizens . Soon after that, the Soviet Union was disintegrated .And Germany has came a long way since then .
The present Chancellor was from East Germany
1994: South African President Nelson Mandela addressed the U.N., urging the world to support his country's economy. Looking at how successful the World cup was held, South Africa has indeed came along way
2005: US rejects EU proposal to give Internet control to the UN. If Internet control has been given to the UN, that might be the end of free flow of news and information ?
1582: Gregorian Calendar introduced
1605: Li Tzu-ch'eng, Chinese revolutionary who dethroned last Ming emperor born He was a Chinese rebel leader who contributed to the fall of the Ming dynasty. With the help of scholars he organized a government in S Shanxi prov., proclaimed a new dynasty, and sought popular support by giving famine relief and spreading songs and stories lauding his heroic qualities. By 1643 he held much of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi provs., and in 1644 he captured Beijing, finding the last Ming emperor dead by suicide. Advancing to Shanhaiguan, a strategic pass on the Great Wall, Li confronted the Ming general Wu San-kuei. Rather than surrender to a Chinese rebel leader, Wu preferred to collaborate with the Manchus. Li was driven from Beijing, and within a year he was killed and his forces were crushed. The new Manchu Ch'ing dynasty rewarded Wu with an independent satrapy in Yunnan and Guizhou provs.
1789: Washington proclaims the 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26
1803: John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration was born.
1899: The patent was issued for the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
1941:
Singer Chubby Checker born Ernest Evans in Spring Gulley, South CarolinaHave always enjoyed his "Last Twist again", as we still played this song at parties & functions to cheer the atmosphere
1945 Elvis was only 10 years old when he made his first public performance today back in 1945
Elvis was encouraged to enter a singing contest after impressing his schoolteacher with his singing of Red Foley's country song "Old Shep" . The contest, held at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show on October 3, 1945, was his first public performance.
He dressed as a cowboy, Elvis Presley, then a 10 years old boy stood on a chair to reach the microphone and sang "Old Shep". He recalled being placed in fifth position.
A few months later, on his birthday, Elvis received his first guitar ; he had actually hoped for something else, by different accounts, either a rifle or a bicycle. But that guitar leads him on to be a great singer.
1990: That year was the Happiest News for Europe- West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a new unified country with 78 million citizens . Soon after that, the Soviet Union was disintegrated .And Germany has came a long way since then .
The present Chancellor was from East Germany
1994: South African President Nelson Mandela addressed the U.N., urging the world to support his country's economy. Looking at how successful the World cup was held, South Africa has indeed came along way
2005: US rejects EU proposal to give Internet control to the UN. If Internet control has been given to the UN, that might be the end of free flow of news and information ?
as the 2nd October was Gandhiji's birthday, we would like to share a small part of his greatness in OUR GOOD NEWS ..
It was good that Jesus "occassionaly" send a living SAINT to earth . in the 9th Century, there was St Francis of Assisi who disowned his fathers wealth and clothed himself in a paupers sack. He reminds the world that the poor should not be forgottenMahatma Gandhiji's View on ChristianityWhy I didn’t become a follower of Christ
If not Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Indian Independence struggle would have taken longer with more bloodshed, division and war.
When senior leaders of the Hindu political groups urged Gandhi to respond 'violence with violence' and 'sword with sword', he opposed insisting and exhorting the path of non–violence and peace, which was Gandhi's biggest sword to combat the trained and fully equipped forces.
For sure this great man is one of the most respected leaders of modern history, for not only his life, but also his ideals and his message to the people.
Although Hindu, Gandhi had a very close connection with Christianity and admired Jesus very much, often quoting from his favourite 'Sermon on the Mount' chapter in Mathew 5–7.
When the missionary E. Stanley Jones met with Gandhi he asked him,
"Mr. Gandhi, though you quote the words of Christ often, why is that you appear to so adamantly reject becoming his follower?"
Gandhi replied,
"Oh, I don't reject Christ. I love Christ. It's just that so many of you Christians are so unlike Christ."
“If Christians would really live according to the teachings of Christ, as found in the Bible, all of India would be Christian today,” he added.
Gandhi's closeness with Christianity began! when he was a young man practicing law in South Africa. Apart from being attached with the Christian faith, he intently studied the Bible and the teachings of Jesus, and was also seriously exploring becoming a Christian, which led him to his discovery of a small church gathering in his locality.
These strongly entrenched Biblical teachings have always acted a panacea to many of India's problems during its freedom struggle.
After deciding to attend the church service in South Africa, he came across a racial barrier, the church barred his way at the door.
"Where do you think you're going, kaffir?" an English man asked Gandhi in a belligerent tone.
Gandhi replied,
"I'd like to attend worship here."
The church elder snarled at him,
"There's no room for kaffirs in this church. Get out of here or I'll have my assistants throw you down the steps."
This infamous incident forced Gandhi to never again consider being a Christian, but rather adopt what he found in Christianity and its founder Jesus Christ.
In this century, there were two living Saints in the person of
- Mother Teresa of India who took in and care the unwanted children and the old and
- the late Pope John Paul II, who many believed brought down communism in his native country- Poland and soon to follow, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and finally the Soviet Union.
These both have brought much love and peace to our world
ROAD courtesy by a Taxi
Yesterday 2nd October 2012 around9.25am
Was driving along Victoria Street towards Jalan Sultan, noticed a goods carrying lorry constantly switching on his lorry's right signal.
A Comfort company blue Taxi was on the lorry's right and this comfort Taxi driver slows down, and when the lorry didnt turn in, the taxi driver drove slower. Finally the Lorry driver switch to the right lane as he has to turn right to Jalan Sultan further up
Good road courtesy from Comfort Taxi SHC 1424 T
Lets hear more happy news about taxi drivers not only in Singapore but ALL over the world. anyone one to share
SingApraise
Was driving along Victoria Street towards Jalan Sultan, noticed a goods carrying lorry constantly switching on his lorry's right signal.
A Comfort company blue Taxi was on the lorry's right and this comfort Taxi driver slows down, and when the lorry didnt turn in, the taxi driver drove slower. Finally the Lorry driver switch to the right lane as he has to turn right to Jalan Sultan further up
Good road courtesy from Comfort Taxi SHC 1424 T
Lets hear more happy news about taxi drivers not only in Singapore but ALL over the world. anyone one to share
SingApraise
China's Top young Entrepreneurs 2011- PPTV Founder YAO
PPTV Founder Yao (He didnt mention his Chinese full name) Developed a program which enabled thousands of Football fans to watch live sports online. Yao,32 years old was named China's top young entrepreneurs last year.
It all started when he and his friends found it difficult to watch live telecasts of the 2002 world cups and the 2004 European football championship.
Yao, who helped repair computers at the factory where his father worked, developed peer-to-peer software PPLive which enabled thousands to watch live sports online.
Yao ( wonder why he calls himself "Billy" in the news. He IS THE man from China and a successful Chinese , isnt he ? ) is today the founder of PPTV, a major Chinese TV Company.
Well done, Yao _ _ , we the football fan have you to thank for.
SingApraise to you
It all started when he and his friends found it difficult to watch live telecasts of the 2002 world cups and the 2004 European football championship.
Yao, who helped repair computers at the factory where his father worked, developed peer-to-peer software PPLive which enabled thousands to watch live sports online.
Yao ( wonder why he calls himself "Billy" in the news. He IS THE man from China and a successful Chinese , isnt he ? ) is today the founder of PPTV, a major Chinese TV Company.
Well done, Yao _ _ , we the football fan have you to thank for.
SingApraise to you
today in history 2nd October
1535: Jacques Cartier reaches a town which he names Montreal. what post was Jacques holding at that time ?
1849: 24-year-old Johann Strauss the Junior took over his father's orchestra, just one week after his death and he encountered his first musical problem, his father's musicians weren't too happy about it, but Johann Junior told them he needed to keep the band going to support his siblings
1866: The tin can opened with a key was patented by J. Ostyerhondt of New York City . unfortunately there were also cans which were subsequently coated with aluminum, which many thought was the cause of Parkinson's disease
1869:
Proponent of peaceful civil disobedience for social change and leader of India's Independence from Britian, Mahatma Gandhi born in Porbandar, Gujarat, India .
He later went to live in South Africa where his nationalistic aspiration began and he returned to his India to start a non-violence civil disobedience movement for India's Independence. The Unite nations may plan a 'NON VIOLENCE DAY' in honor of him
1870: The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The Capital is moved from Florence to Rome.The Catholic church is commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church (RC -for short)
.1950:
The "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published for the first time
Have always enjoyed his and friends innocence. The Sunday times in Singapore still published this comic on their Sunday cartoon page.
Hope they are also doing in the same elsewhere.
1946: Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
But then nobody really believed them as smokers were more influenced by the macho men the tobacco advertisement would connect with, especially with many good looking actors and actress smoking them on screen, making them looked cool- that slang wasn't used then.
1988: Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered free elections, and back then maybe every body wasn't sure how long it would last. But at least they believed in the system.
singApraise to these wonderful people who makes our lives livelier then and now
1849: 24-year-old Johann Strauss the Junior took over his father's orchestra, just one week after his death and he encountered his first musical problem, his father's musicians weren't too happy about it, but Johann Junior told them he needed to keep the band going to support his siblings
1866: The tin can opened with a key was patented by J. Ostyerhondt of New York City . unfortunately there were also cans which were subsequently coated with aluminum, which many thought was the cause of Parkinson's disease
1869:
Proponent of peaceful civil disobedience for social change and leader of India's Independence from Britian, Mahatma Gandhi born in Porbandar, Gujarat, India .He later went to live in South Africa where his nationalistic aspiration began and he returned to his India to start a non-violence civil disobedience movement for India's Independence. The Unite nations may plan a 'NON VIOLENCE DAY' in honor of him
1870: The papal states vote in favor of union with Italy. The Capital is moved from Florence to Rome.The Catholic church is commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church (RC -for short)
.1950:
The "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published for the first timeHave always enjoyed his and friends innocence. The Sunday times in Singapore still published this comic on their Sunday cartoon page.
Hope they are also doing in the same elsewhere.
1946: Scientists announce findings that smoking can cause cancer.
But then nobody really believed them as smokers were more influenced by the macho men the tobacco advertisement would connect with, especially with many good looking actors and actress smoking them on screen, making them looked cool- that slang wasn't used then.
1988: Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered free elections, and back then maybe every body wasn't sure how long it would last. But at least they believed in the system.
singApraise to these wonderful people who makes our lives livelier then and now
Monday, October 1, 2012
Anorexia
Read from Todays' Newspaper 1st October,2012
that Ms Emma O'neil at the age of 22,was so thin that lying on a bed left her bruised and her doctor said she was suffering the worst case of anorexia they had seen.
Now eight years on and back in full health, Ms O'neil ,from Glasgow has set up A FOUNDATION with two friends, who has also battled anorexia, to help others who are recovering from an EATING DISORDER.
sad to know that her worried family and medics had to begged her to eat and up to four nurses had to hold her down to force feed her. only when she collapsed while trying to run across a road , almost being hit by a car that she decided to start her long road to recovery.
It all started when she was a teenager. She said that she had a very addictive personality and trying to see how thin she could get.
A lot of teenager does not know that anorexia may cause death. SKINNY is not beautiful, going to that extreme actually makes a beautiful teenage girl looks like a walking skeleton.
Eat well, exercise and FITNESS is the only way to beauty.
Hi Emma , happy with yr passion to help other anorexia sufferers and you and your two friends 'THE ONLY WAY IS UP FOUNDATION" is a move to the right direction
SingApraise to you three
that Ms Emma O'neil at the age of 22,was so thin that lying on a bed left her bruised and her doctor said she was suffering the worst case of anorexia they had seen.
Now eight years on and back in full health, Ms O'neil ,from Glasgow has set up A FOUNDATION with two friends, who has also battled anorexia, to help others who are recovering from an EATING DISORDER.
sad to know that her worried family and medics had to begged her to eat and up to four nurses had to hold her down to force feed her. only when she collapsed while trying to run across a road , almost being hit by a car that she decided to start her long road to recovery.
It all started when she was a teenager. She said that she had a very addictive personality and trying to see how thin she could get.
A lot of teenager does not know that anorexia may cause death. SKINNY is not beautiful, going to that extreme actually makes a beautiful teenage girl looks like a walking skeleton.
Eat well, exercise and FITNESS is the only way to beauty.
Hi Emma , happy with yr passion to help other anorexia sufferers and you and your two friends 'THE ONLY WAY IS UP FOUNDATION" is a move to the right direction
SingApraise to you three
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