The instant the Sun's position in the sky is at its greater angular distance on the other side of the equatorial plane, is the winter solstice. Depending on the shift of the calender, this event occurs sometime between December 20-23 each year in Northern Hemisphere, and between June 20-23 in the Southern Hemisphere, and today on the 21st December 2008 marks the Winter Solstice.
In terms, today will mark the longest night in the year or the shortest day in the year, and in praying time it will be the earliest Magreb prayer in the year (4.06pm kot). This time of the year plays a significant part in the annual cycle of the year in the Neolithic time. It shows in the archaeological site like Stonehenge in Britain (the primary axis of it is aligned on a sight line framing of the winter solstice sunset) and the New Grange,Brú na Bóinne in Ireland (the primary axis aligned with the winter solstice sunrise)
Other major historic event during this time of the year are:
1) 69 - Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian becomes the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year
2)1913 - Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World
3)1937 - The film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is premiered at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles.
4)1973 - The Geneva Conference on the Arab-Israeli conflict opens
5)1995 - The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control
A lot cultures mark this day with festivals, such are Amaterasu Festival in Japan, Chaomos by the Kalash of Pakistan, Dongzi Festival by the Buddhist in East Asian, Inta Raymi in Peru, Feast of Saint Lucy by the Eastern Orthodox, Makara Sankranti by the Indians and Nepalese Hindus, Şeva Zistanê by the Kurdish and many more!
Plus it is also the birthday of Jane Fonda, the greatest fitness aerobic video maker ever:p
Cest la vie people, happy holidays! Peesseee out
thriller night
And though you fight to stay alive
Your body starts to shiver
For no mere mortal can resist
The evil of the thriller
"Thriller-Michael Jackson
Ever since The 2007/2008 Trinity Biosoc Panto had ended last Friday, this song had been kept playing inside my head. Maybe its because of their dance in the Panto's opening act or maybe its because of Wacko Jacko's groovy beat. Spooky!
By the by, congratulations to the current biosoc committee and the panto's crew for good quality easy to the eyes and the ears Panto. Definitely worth my fiver! (as if they read my blog)
Points to Ponder
1) Joke is a great way to lay down any social barrier and to make a gathering merrier. A good joke need a interesting point and a spontaneous idea, it doesn't go too deep or too superficial. It really depends on the person ability to lay one. A joke will become sour, when it's unacceptably meanly plus a meanly tone with the idea of stabbing someones heart deeply or if is lay in a bitchily kind of way. If you feel you cant lay a good smack of joke, try slapstick:P
2) As we grew, we move on, with it come changes. Changes don't always be bad. It depends on our ability to adapt and not live in the past. It will be nasty if we think it's nasty.
3) Incongruity assumption is by far our biggest past times
2) As we grew, we move on, with it come changes. Changes don't always be bad. It depends on our ability to adapt and not live in the past. It will be nasty if we think it's nasty.
3) Incongruity assumption is by far our biggest past times
Side Track
The mist,damp and crispy cold winter season is back again, and in Ireland it comes with a package : Get Strong Wind Free plus scattered showers. Great deal isn't it? but the winter package has a catch : only a habuk of snow that melt after 10mins:p
Currently caught up reading 'A Thousang Splendid Sun', written by the famous writer of 'The Kite Runner'. Bought it in Eason last weekend with their 3 books for 2 offer. Still got some 30pages to go before, but it is definitely a damngood book. It will truly match your expectation from a book that follows 'The Kite Runner'. So buy it, buy it, get is as your christmas present and you can enjoy reading it under the warmth of your duvet:D
While we are still in reviewing mode, if you'r into movies, do watch 'The Darjeeling Limited'. It suits everyone who's into original movies with a creative artsy touch with beautiful but nontouristy background sort of thing. Well it didnt have any bar fighting scene, cars chasing, buildings explode, denzel saving people boarding a ferry, bikini-clad girls, shower scene spacecraft shooting laser guns etc etc the typical Hollywood stuff but i say, you will love it. If you are not into this type of movie, please do watch just the Intro;)
p/s: Su was starstruck after watching Adam Brody:p
Currently caught up reading 'A Thousang Splendid Sun', written by the famous writer of 'The Kite Runner'. Bought it in Eason last weekend with their 3 books for 2 offer. Still got some 30pages to go before, but it is definitely a damngood book. It will truly match your expectation from a book that follows 'The Kite Runner'. So buy it, buy it, get is as your christmas present and you can enjoy reading it under the warmth of your duvet:D
While we are still in reviewing mode, if you'r into movies, do watch 'The Darjeeling Limited'. It suits everyone who's into original movies with a creative artsy touch with beautiful but nontouristy background sort of thing. Well it didnt have any bar fighting scene, cars chasing, buildings explode, denzel saving people boarding a ferry, bikini-clad girls, shower scene spacecraft shooting laser guns etc etc the typical Hollywood stuff but i say, you will love it. If you are not into this type of movie, please do watch just the Intro;)
p/s: Su was starstruck after watching Adam Brody:p
Make-up bills
Bertie Ahern made the whole nation of Ireland preying for his head by asking them to tighten up their belts while he comfortably expanding his waistline. He cuts up cost in a lot of sectors including Health but give himself a raise that made him one of the highest paid Prime Minister in the Westernworld. Been wondering, why do the Taoiseach (thats what we call the PM in Ireland) needs a raise? Well, in the Irish Independent revealed today that Mr Ahern needed money to buy his makeup in which he spends over six time the average industrial wage on blusher and foundation!dang, talk about being Metrosexual. In a figure released by The Independent today, The Taoiseach had spent on average of 20,280Euro of Taxpayer money each year since 1998 on making himself look good.
The office of Taoiseach defended the spending by saying it was necessary because of the harsh lighting used on TV. Quoting a spokeswomen "with regard to make up services, people appearing before camera under artificial lighting conditions are required to use make up to counter the effects of strong lighting that is used by media organisation"
Yeah, we know that we have to look the best to appear on television, but 20000+ a year? You are not Angelina Jolie man...just look natural with a few foundation might suits you. Now, thats why his cutting cost everywhere and give himself a raise!hmmm
Bertie:Because i'm worth it..
The office of Taoiseach defended the spending by saying it was necessary because of the harsh lighting used on TV. Quoting a spokeswomen "with regard to make up services, people appearing before camera under artificial lighting conditions are required to use make up to counter the effects of strong lighting that is used by media organisation"
Yeah, we know that we have to look the best to appear on television, but 20000+ a year? You are not Angelina Jolie man...just look natural with a few foundation might suits you. Now, thats why his cutting cost everywhere and give himself a raise!hmmm
Bertie:Because i'm worth it..
2 behind the back passes + 1 slam = MAGNIFIQUE
that's what we call amazing teamwork baby!..i love this game
my new addiction..
Bought this game for just 7.99euro in Game Shop on Tuesday evening (ala jgn convertla). In fact they have an offer of 'buy 3 games for 15euro' on selected PC classic games ,but not an avid gamer myself, i settled for just one game, and what an awesome game it was!!!
Used to play the games from simcity series way back when i was darjah 6 and it all started by watching my elder brother playing it. Since then, it became one of my top favourite PC games(along with the Fifa Series plus NBA).
Bravo to 'Sold-Out' to reproduce this game again after so many years. Well,let see whether the 23years old Aizad is more Mayor/Cityplanner hotshot compare to the 13years old version;p
newsflash!!!
Newsflash, newsflash!!! Out beloved hero, the Dark Knight, The Terror of the Night, Batman was spotted hanging around an unnamed bar in Dublin. Woaa! This may well be a terrific news for the Gardai Forces as the presence of Batman on the streets of Dublin, will make all the ATM/shop robbers, muggers, rapist, drunkard, racist tracksuit hoodies gangs and even the Romanian women 'small change' troops think twice to go ahead with their evilplans. Guess Batman was bored of his routine life in Gotham City and trying to find a new start in Dublin. Poor Gotham!
Batman, trying to make himself blend in the crowd
He even had a can of beer or two! Gosh, weird stuff Batman!!
p/s: Cant wait for the Man of Steel to join Batman here in Ireland;p
Batman, trying to make himself blend in the crowd
He even had a can of beer or two! Gosh, weird stuff Batman!!
p/s: Cant wait for the Man of Steel to join Batman here in Ireland;p
Med Cup
Med Cup is a football tournament between the medicine classes(excluding the final year) in my University. This year was my 2nd participation for the tournament and it would be the last ever Med Cup for I'll be in the final year next year (with god's willing;D). The date was coincidentally the same as the UMNO futsal tournament but without any hesitation Med Cup was my choice. Because :
- It is played with high level of spirit with the dignity of your class is determine by your foot
- More fun to play with classmate from different international background
- The enthusiastic cheers and if you're lucky u'll get a song singin with ur name in it:)
- Last ever Med Cup with classmates
- Awesome, enough said!
the team of hardworking old bunch, note WWE Superstar The Undertaker(3rd standing from your right) was also included in this team by special request;p
The starting lineup
In the end, We managed to thrash the 1st year 6-3, but lost our unbeaten record against the 3rd year 0-2, and after the tensed match with the 3rd year (we had 14players including 2girls and we were so wrecked after the 2nd match with 4 guys getting injuries) we lost to the 2nd year 3-0. Guess age really hit you hard aye! ;D
To summarize, we didn't had a great squad compared to last year because of the bank holiday weekend but it was surely good to see that the team put in all their effort in the game and the spirit of togetherness was amazing even tho some of us werent that close in class. To quote the saying of The self proclaim special one Mourinho, 'Chin Up' boys and girls! because we deserved so:D
p/s: Was diving by the slight push of a defender in the penalty area with the full grace of a profesional footballer but didnt got a penalty. Instead was being asked by the ref to get up. Well, i tried :p
my room parte deux..
Currently having Jazrees' camera in my possesion, so i might as well take this chance to show all of you what my room looks like(refer to my 2nd post). This pictures was taken the night before med day, while i was still dwelling on how to use this quoted Donal Bailey's 'slick camera'. By the way there were no pictures of the lavatory and the front door taken because i accidentally deleted them, while roaming around the city centre yesterday( why was i roaming? will tell you later in the next post)..enjoy
the main door and the stairs that lead to my flat. note my red bicycle (wish i have a cool racer bike tho)
The telephone beside my flat. My landlord said that it is no longer working but sometimes i heard it rang, and last week it rangs 3 days in a row at 648pm..mysterious isn't it
My bed with an awesome Superman poster and the Simpsons poster attached to the wall. The kitchen on the left of this picture separated by a divider/counter
View from the end of my bed
My study desk with the TeeVee on my right and the bookshelves with few miniature statues on top of it on my left. There's a dvd player on the right bottom corner of the picture under the TeeVee, but it is not working..but what the heck, i got it for free, just for decorative purpose;p
the main door and the stairs that lead to my flat. note my red bicycle (wish i have a cool racer bike tho)
The telephone beside my flat. My landlord said that it is no longer working but sometimes i heard it rang, and last week it rangs 3 days in a row at 648pm..mysterious isn't it
My bed with an awesome Superman poster and the Simpsons poster attached to the wall. The kitchen on the left of this picture separated by a divider/counter
View from the end of my bed
My study desk with the TeeVee on my right and the bookshelves with few miniature statues on top of it on my left. There's a dvd player on the right bottom corner of the picture under the TeeVee, but it is not working..but what the heck, i got it for free, just for decorative purpose;p
p/s: this is an old house..very ancient but comfortable..haha
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