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Civil Engineering Feats2

Came across some photos of highways in Japan. Here.

"Photographer Ken Ohyama (Oyama) opens our eyes to the under appreciated architecture and engineering feats of today’s modern highway interchanges.
Although they are a complex series of roads when looked from afar and breathtakingly powerful when viewed up close, we often ignore these modern mysteries of marvel as part of the back ground in our fast paced lifestyles."

The one I like is shown here..probably not one of those you like to be lost in.

Multi Purpose Sign Post

When I went to Penang a couple of months ago I saw an ASTRO dish attached to a sign post by the road side.

Recently we also came across this sign post which was used for various purposes.

The "BERHENTI" sign (or STOP sign) has been used to stick advertisments.


Then it's also used to secure sugar canes belonging to a trader who sells sugar cane juice at the junction.

Civil Engineering Feats 1

Do you know the Great Wall of China spans some 3,500 km across China and was created over a period of 1,800 years from the 3rd Century BC?

Look at the wall section of the Great Wall of China. It’s amazing!
Picture taken from “Amazing Achievements : a celebration of human ingenuity” by Nigel Hawkes.

Amazing Dance

The Human Brain

I receive this interesting email clip about the human brain........

The human brain tricks us whenever it can!

"I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdaniegThe phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt."\

If something‘s rotating – go home, you need a break!

Take a look at the picture? What do you see?

Research has shown that young children cannot identify the intimate couple because they do not have prior memory associated with such a scenario.

Children see nine dolphins.

This is a test to determine if you already have a corrupted mind. If it is hard for you to find the dolphins within six seconds, your mind is indeed corrupted.

Want to confuse your eyes and brain a bit? Yes? Then you might want to have a look at the following pics ..

Concentrate on the cross in the middle, after a while you will notice that this moving purple dot will turn green!

Look at the cross a bit longer and you‘ll notice that all dots except the green one will disappear.

* Follow the instruction below.

* 1) Stare at the 4 little dots on the middle of the picture for 30 seconds

* 2) then look at a wall near you

* 3) a bright spot will appear

* 4) twinkle a few times and you‘ll see a figure

* 5) What do you see? Or even WHO do you see?

The Window

Reading a post from one of my learned frens (here) about her recent laundry experience reminded me of a power point clip sent to me by one the secretaries in my office.......

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood

The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.

The laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn’t know how to wash correctly.

Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.

Her husband looks on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, “Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.”

The husband said, “ I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”


And so it is with life:

What we see when watching others, depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than to be looking for something in the person we are about to judge.

And oh yes! I almost forgot…… I see you today much clearer than I did yesterday… And you?

-SERGIMAGE

Two For the Price Of One

This Raya Holidays my family, together with my parents and my sis had an outing to the movies. We went to watch Mamma Mia.

Cinema has gone through a lot of changes since my dad’s time. I remember going for movies in the large cinemas like the Rex Theatre. I remember watching Jurassic Park when my other half was expecting our first child. Mum had a word or two to say about watching Jurassic Park while you are pregnant! Anyway the kid turned out fine…didn’t look at all like T-Rex!

I used to remember in those days that you could buy first class tickets (balcony seats) until 3rd class tickets. (right in front of the stage on wooden chairs).

My dad used to tell me that the cinema in Cameron Highlands has a leaky roof and one would have to bring an umbrella just in case.

Well all these cinemas are on the endangered list as several other older theaters have closed down and have been replaced by newer multiplexes.

Back to my story…The air conditioning in Cineplex in Jusco Selatan was really cold and that meant more trips to the toilets. First dad went and I went out just to make sure he got back into the right Cineplex. Then mum disappeared to the toilet too. She took a long time to come back. We were about to send for the search party but finally she came back.

After the show, on the way out dad told me that mum paid for the price of one ticket but watch two movies. Apparently after coming of the toilet, she went into the wrong Cineplex and when she couldn’t spot any of us, she decided to sit down until one of us came to get her. Then she realized that this movie was not Mamma Mia and that meant she was definitely in the wrong Cineplex!

We all had a good laugh all the way out!

Sushi

My daughter loves sushi but my son doesn’t. So whenever the son is not around, we will go for sushi. We frequently eat at the Sushi King.

For more info on Sushi King in Malaysia pl visit http://www.sushi-king.com/

We have tried the one in Metro Point though on our visit there, we found a small cockroach.
This Raya holidays we decided to give it another try and this time we didn’t find one and the place was well kept...so that’s good.

Actually I prefer the Sakae Sushi. Unfortunately there are very few outlets compared to Sushi King. We tried the one in the Curve and the selections are much better.

Well, if you would like to find our the locations of Sakea Sushi in Malaysia pls visit http://www.sakaesushi.com.my/my.html

But eating Japanese could be expensive so my other half has learned how to make them. She gets the ingredients from Jusco and not from my latest collection of fish.

They are not meant for sushi! I bought this unusual bowl at Macy recently and thought I would keep a pair of goldfish in my office.

The last time I kept goldfish was 20+ years ago. A good Kiwi friend gave me a bowl of goldfish for my birthday if I am not mistaken.