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You can learn from anything to everything every single day, if you put your heart to notice the little changes in life around you.

Learning Something Everyday - October 2006

Fact: Lion

October 31st 2006 00:05


Among the more obscure annals of American history is the saga of the first lion ever seen on these shores. The king of beasts was exhibited in Boston on this day in 1716. It was shown by Captain Arthur Savage. A tiger initially came in 1806; and the eventual marquee animal feature of the circus, the elephant, first landed in 1796.



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Fact: Melon

October 30th 2006 08:30


Melons are the roundish fruit of several types of trailing vine or climbing plant, part of the diverse gourd family. All have a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh, usually with a mass of seeds at the center. Melons originated in Asia and were known in China by 1000 BC. The three main groups are musk (or netted or nutmeg), cantaloupe, and winter melons. Plants resembling true melons include the watermelon



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Is Moving In Together - a good decision?

October 23rd 2006 09:09
Today I just read over a 2004 Men's Health issue and found this article rather interesting to debate upon.

Shaking Up Is Hard To Do
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The Twilight Zone

October 20th 2006 05:15
Ah… “Ting ting ting ting, ting ting ting ting”


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Fact: Alaska

October 19th 2006 20:00

Alaska is a land of superlatives. It is, first and foremost, the biggest state in the Union. At 570,000 square miles (365 million acres) it has the equivalent of one-fifth of the landmass of the combined Lower 48 states. (Yes, it's bigger than Texas -- twice as big, in fact -- and it would take three Californias, 12 New Yorks, or 470 Rhode Islands to equal it in size!) It is home to North America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley (known to the locals as Denali) whose 20,320-foot crown dominates the Alaska Range. Barrow, on the Arctic Ocean, is the most northerly community in the U.S. Even its disasters lead the pack: the Good Friday earthquake near Anchorage in 1964 measured 9.2 on the Richter scale, the highest ever recorded in the nation.
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Fact: Antarctica

October 19th 2006 08:00

Antarctica is home to the coldest place on earth. In 1983, scientists recorded the coldest temperature ever, -128.6° F, in Vostok, which has an average temperature of -72° F.

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Searching the “Missing” feeling

October 17th 2006 04:31
Just a few minutes ago, my friend suddenly IM me with a queer discussion, as her colleague suddenly lost “the flaming passion” for her boyfriend. And that, to both of us, doesn’t make sense at all.

Then I remembered I learned somewhere between “purpose driven life” and from a couple of sermons. Although it was all about God but I think that sets as a skeleton reference for all sorts of “missing emotions” towards any issue, whether it is regarding a relationship, a business, or an interest


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Smart Spending – Dealing with your Credit Card debts

October 16th 2006 06:00
“Oh man! My bills are coming in again…” I exclaimed with disbelieve, when I saw the stack of bills on my desk.

“Ha girl! There goes your salary again.” Aina laughed, as she seated in front of her workstation, taking a sip of tea after our lunch


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What spurs you to write?

October 16th 2006 01:31
Inspirations, inspirations, inspirations!

That’s what I am telling my friends whenever they stared at me when I am on deep thoughts


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Fact: The Blue Light

October 14th 2006 08:36
Previously I have posted about Biological Clock and how sunlight – specifically blue light, helps jet lag complications.

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Fact: Biological Clock

October 13th 2006 08:34
In 1994, researchers at Northwestern University announced the discovery of the so-called biological clock. It is purported to be a gene that governs the daily cycle of waking and sleeping called the circadian rhythm.

Circadian rhythms are patterns seen in virtually all animals and plants. These rhythms are controlled by biological clocks - which are not perfect timekeepers. When there is an absence of external clues, as is the case in long airplane flights that cause jet lag - the rhythms tend to get off course and need to be reset


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Women’s Rights

October 12th 2006 01:48
I just got this email from a guy friend of mine who is always kind enough to remind me that women are unique and we are never insignificant and we have our rights to stay strong and to protect ourselves.

Did you know about women’s rights?
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The Fun Fair

October 11th 2006 04:00
It was never my intention to even go into the recent established temporary open-air fun fair when I heard that it was around the corner for more than a month. Yet there I was, standing in front of the entrance, half excited and half nervous when I saw the rides that I have never sat before. Seeing the rest of the group were in high spirits, especially Cody and Pam, I stepped up to the counter and bought 6 tickets for every one of us, as I needed to get some spare changes.

Then came the sound of heartbeat in me, staring at the little car racing track and remembered the once a week trip to the mini fair park with my parents, urging them to let me go for one more ride even I have sat on the bumper car a few times that day. That was truly heaven for me, being little and not worrying the days ahead and just being merry all the time


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Being Lonely

October 11th 2006 00:59
I was pretty tired today after a long day of work touching up plans with Adobe Photoshop and when I reached home, TV was the last thing in my mind. Yet absent-mindedly I went over and pick up the remote control, and turned the satellite TV on, flipping through channels (as if my eyes aren’t tired enough from all the monitor staring) until I stopped at this animated series “Honey and Clover”.

This episode was talking about one of the main cast, Takemoto, who suddenly ran away after the celebration party for his new found job, taking his bicycle with him and started cycling aimlessly


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Fact: Air

October 10th 2006 10:02
Air is a mixture of gases comprising the Earth's atmosphere, something that all plants and animals need for life. The mixture contains one group of gases whose concentrations are nearly constant as well as another group whose concentrations vary in space and time.

The atmospheric gases with steady concentrations are nitrogen (78% of the air) and oxygen (21%), followed in order of quantity by argon, neon, helium, methane, krypton, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and xenon


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Balance of Life

October 9th 2006 14:42
Mary and Susan have been friends for years. They grew up together and attended the same schools. They are now both in their 40's, and both have great careers. They both have a similar upbringing - same education, same family values, similar support and financial position. But there was one main difference.

Mary never seemed to have enough time. She watched her life long friend Susan. She had similar responsibilities and interests. Susan had a career, she had three children, and she had her hobbies, one of which included golf


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Fact: Algebra

October 9th 2006 10:00
Algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to solve problems called equations. In equations, letters represent unknown numbers. However, a letter can stand for one number in one equation and for a different number in another formula.

Algebra employs symbols, which have special meanings and are governed by five basic "laws". The basic components of algebra are the "variable", a letter whose value can change without affecting the balance of the equation; and the "constant", a number whose value never changes


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Fact: Haze

October 9th 2006 06:00
When my brother and I were on our way back to the city we were all stuck in the haze environment and it was so bad we couldn’t even see the city skyscrapers.
Then my brother commented, “It’s really smoky out there… but wait, this is haze. So what’s the difference between haze and smoke?”

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The Fireman

October 9th 2006 04:00
In Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukaemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of determination like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up and fulfil all his dreams.

Now that was no longer possible


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The Ugly: Temper, Temper. Showing the ugly side of drivers

October 9th 2006 02:08
Tut tut… Yesterday I was returning to the big city with my brother and his family after a short weekend stay at my parents. The day wasn’t too good as it was hot and hazy, yet we do our best to keep our cool and just enjoy the company on the way home.

Then came the two cars about 30 feet from us, a Mercedes and a BMW. I am not good with cars and I can’t really recognise the model of the cars, but I was more concern on the drivers, when one BMW didn’t realised that there was a Mercedes at the back, flashing when the BMW was on the fast lane, driving 110km / hour


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The Bad: Ouch! Don’t stress too much!

October 9th 2006 01:12
7 days has passed from the accident, and I thought that I was getting better and I started walking to work (since my car is still in the workshop) in this hazy morning. As the air was bad enough to breath today I tried to walk a little faster, picking up the normal pace I normal use (if I don’t have the accident) and manage to reach the office 25 minutes later, not knowing 15 minutes later, the pain on my calf starts to prick in and now I am feeling some slight pain all over my lower part of the leg.

Ouch! I shouldn’t be walking that pace and I know that it will take longer than 7 days to heal from the impact from the accident. The bruises are still visible and it’s like the blood is trying to push through the clog areas


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Fact: Age and era

October 8th 2006 01:00
An age is a period of existence, a generation to which one belongs, or a long but indefinite space of time. In this context, it is any great period of human history distinguished by certain mythical or real characters: the Bronze Age, the Golden Age, the Middle Ages, etc. An era is an historical period marked by particular influences or social conditions, or a new stage in the history of an individual, institution, or nation: Christian Era, Depression Era. Ages and eras are also spoken of in the context of geology.

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Fact: Acre

October 7th 2006 20:50
Old English aecer, now acre, was originally the amount of land a yoke of oxen could plow in a day; the Old English term came from Latin ager 'fertile field' and this became acre, which once meant any field.

This unit of land measurement in the British Imperial and United States Customary systems is equal to 43,560 square feet or 160 square rods. One acre is equivalent to 0.4047 hectares (4,047 square meters). One acre gradually came to denote a piece of land of any shape measuring the present 4,840 square yards


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90%

October 7th 2006 15:00
This is a good article received from my friend lately. I think this applies to everyone, not only for couples because we, by nature, always tend to look for the missing 10%, especially towards someone we care about / look up to.

Here is the article. Happy reading


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LPG Cylinders (cooking gas) Expiry date

October 7th 2006 10:00
Recently I received this really useful information about gas cylinders and I am sure many people uses individual gas cylinders and not all houses taps to a central gas system, like the house I stayed in Toowoomba.

Therefore if you are using any gas cylinders do take note on this useful information


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Beware of newspaper lying on the road

October 7th 2006 05:00
Life here is getting more dangerous these days. This story which was
circulated to me reminds me of the traps set in certain parts of some countries in South East Asia by robbers.

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Does it worth every clicking effort?

October 7th 2006 04:59
I was suppose to be at home, doing some reading and catching up with the "Purpose Driven Life" book, until my colleague called me and told me about the problems at her PC and she couldn't fix it.

True enough there was a problem and it didn't take long to fix it at all, and since I am in the office, well, what the heck, I sat down at my place and checked some mails


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Do not pump full tank of petrol

October 7th 2006 01:00
This is a rather interesting FYI for everyone who is driving. I haven't been pumping full patrol since then!

Happy reading


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Purpose of Life – Do we know where we are now?

October 4th 2006 05:44
Ever think whenever you are doing your best and you keep seeing you are pushing forward and you think you are moving forward but you in reality you are not?

I for one realised that I am not moving forward, but running in circles


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