"The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
quote from science-fiction writer William Gibson.
UFO - An Unidentified Flying Object is the popular term for any aerial phenomenon that cannot immediately be identified.
UFO Alien Proof Disclosure Project 'Open Your Eyes' Footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sofwHQejYQw&feature=related
UFOs - FOX News - Mexican Air Force - CNN News - OVNIs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOOZ_IPb6Y
U.F.O DISCLOSURE PROJECT U.FO MEETING (1hr 55 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vyVe-6YdUk
The two most important crop circles ever. No joke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KoR2t-iM9k&feature=related
UFOs Made in Germany! - Real Footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by3Q2jzeJKY&feature=related
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Fun Facts
Fun Facts!
As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates.
After I read the fact above, I decide to update my blog :P
Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it.
I am surprise to know that! Because I feeling day getting pass faster as I grow older.
Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
That does not explain why it is still so hot!
If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
Cool! Which means I still got many stars to count on...
The average person can live 11 days without water.
So don't tell me you going to thirst to death, but anyway I will still buy drink for you.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
That mean quite a lot of people get drunk with me sia...so happy!
The number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth.
Hmm...then in the end who will drive the extra two cars? Waste metal sia...
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
The egg came first.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.
The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there.
The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
As of 2006, 200 million blogs were left without updates.
After I read the fact above, I decide to update my blog :P
Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it.
I am surprise to know that! Because I feeling day getting pass faster as I grow older.
Every year the sun loses 360 million tons.
That does not explain why it is still so hot!
If you attempted to count to stars in a galaxy at a rate of one every second it would take around 3,000 years to count them all.
Cool! Which means I still got many stars to count on...
The average person can live 11 days without water.
So don't tell me you going to thirst to death, but anyway I will still buy drink for you.
It is estimated that at any one time, 0.7% of the world's population are drunk.
That mean quite a lot of people get drunk with me sia...so happy!
The number of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth.
Hmm...then in the end who will drive the extra two cars? Waste metal sia...
No piece of normal-size paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available. (The bigger the flower, the more desperate)
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
Fathers tend to determine the height of their child, mothers their weight.
Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
The egg came first.
Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is heavier than the weight of the human population.
Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
The number of people alive on earth right now is higher than the number of all the people that have died. Ever.
Honey is the only food that does not spoil. Honey found in the tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and found edible.
The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
There are 333 toilet paper squares on a toilet paper roll.
The ampersand (&) was once a letter of the English alphabet.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades--King David, Clubs--Alexander the Great, Hearts--Charlemagne and Diamonds--Julius Caesar.
Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know your there.
The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the traffic light to change.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Our Army, the Decisive Force
Being decisive is a state of mind.
Our world rates wealth over courage and comfort over commitment.
We think that nothing will ever disturb our lives.
We are surprised when people get sick and die.
We think that technology can fix everything.
We take our safety for granted.
We have more degrees but less sense.
We have more medicine but less wellness.
We've added years to life, not life to years.
We build everything bigger, but not necessarily better.
We have more convenience but less time.
We have more communication but less understanding.
We make heroes out of actors but have no idea who the real heroes are.
When a nation's peace and security collapses, the economy will slip into decline, the social structures begin to break down and hardship, and even poverty, follows close behind.
Soon...my new uniform...
By the way, the below picture is not me!
Yeah! Tomorrow I am CPL JJ LIN loh.
Our world rates wealth over courage and comfort over commitment.
We think that nothing will ever disturb our lives.
We are surprised when people get sick and die.
We think that technology can fix everything.
We take our safety for granted.
We have more degrees but less sense.
We have more medicine but less wellness.
We've added years to life, not life to years.
We build everything bigger, but not necessarily better.
We have more convenience but less time.
We have more communication but less understanding.
We make heroes out of actors but have no idea who the real heroes are.
When a nation's peace and security collapses, the economy will slip into decline, the social structures begin to break down and hardship, and even poverty, follows close behind.
Soon...my new uniform...
By the way, the below picture is not me!
Yeah! Tomorrow I am CPL JJ LIN loh.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Happy Shopping
哈哈...谁说钱买不到幸福啊?
哈哈...首先有一天,我在兵营喝茶水时,看见有人宣传M1新的计划.
我看我的M1计划早就结束合约了...就签了这个新的计划SunSaver(NS).
NS 版的 SunSaver, 有 Free Caller ID 和 Free Auto Roaming (2 years). 哈哈...而且是二十一块多一个月!
外加一个免费电话! E51! 价值四百二十块钱!
哈哈, 我也把2G SIM卡换成3G SIM卡(也是免费!) 现在我有两个SIM卡了,可以放更多人的号码直到一千! 我也放了很多游戏在我新电话里面! 现在比我的PSP还好玩. 而且有人看到我用的电话还说...
"有身份的人, 就连用的电话都跟普通的NSF不同"...哈哈...真好笑.
今天, 我就在 Suntec City 的 Comex 2008, 买了 SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB, 我只花了三十八块, 它原本是四十五块. 哈哈...我真是天才.
后来, 我到了Raffles City,再买了一双New Balance(哈哈,新平衡?)的鞋子. 一百五十五块,
是一双很有中日文化的鞋子, 我很喜欢它的风格.
买了这样多东西, 很开心, 但是其实"钱"真的还是买不到幸福地. 因为对我而言能教书才是一种幸福, 因为从中可以得到很多欢笑和成就感...可是呢...我英文不及格不能教...
MOE真是"英明"啊...我只是想教数学和华文或者电脑, 为什么要英文及格啊!? 现在我对未来更不知所错了.
哈哈...首先有一天,我在兵营喝茶水时,看见有人宣传M1新的计划.
我看我的M1计划早就结束合约了...就签了这个新的计划SunSaver(NS).
NS 版的 SunSaver, 有 Free Caller ID 和 Free Auto Roaming (2 years). 哈哈...而且是二十一块多一个月!外加一个免费电话! E51! 价值四百二十块钱!
哈哈, 我也把2G SIM卡换成3G SIM卡(也是免费!) 现在我有两个SIM卡了,可以放更多人的号码直到一千! 我也放了很多游戏在我新电话里面! 现在比我的PSP还好玩. 而且有人看到我用的电话还说...
"有身份的人, 就连用的电话都跟普通的NSF不同"...哈哈...真好笑.
今天, 我就在 Suntec City 的 Comex 2008, 买了 SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB, 我只花了三十八块, 它原本是四十五块. 哈哈...我真是天才.
后来, 我到了Raffles City,再买了一双New Balance(哈哈,新平衡?)的鞋子. 一百五十五块,
是一双很有中日文化的鞋子, 我很喜欢它的风格.
买了这样多东西, 很开心, 但是其实"钱"真的还是买不到幸福地. 因为对我而言能教书才是一种幸福, 因为从中可以得到很多欢笑和成就感...可是呢...我英文不及格不能教...
MOE真是"英明"啊...我只是想教数学和华文或者电脑, 为什么要英文及格啊!? 现在我对未来更不知所错了.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Monday, August 04, 2008
I like to drink.
在此欢迎所有的朋友, 想喝闷酒或是喝开心酒, 甚至喜酒.
大家都能找我.
哈哈, 今朝有酒,今朝醉. 干了...
哈哈...酒不醉人...人自醉...喝啊...多喝几杯啊.
大家都能找我.
哈哈, 今朝有酒,今朝醉. 干了...
哈哈...酒不醉人...人自醉...喝啊...多喝几杯啊.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
My 21st Birthday
今天是我的生日. 六月二十九.
Friday (270608)
My astronomy friend help me to celebrate, got a cake also, got beng guang, yong sheng, daphne, lwj, yijie, rachel, meng yang, loke jj, wee kiat, magerent, xue hui, chanwen, and few more for me to remember.
Reach home saw the gift from my sister, HUGO BOSS perfume. very happy.
Saturday (280608)
Eating at 文宴楼 , with my mother and father (thank them for my life) , da jie and daniel (thank them for all the help during my difficult times), han guang (thank him for the birthday cake), er jie (thank her for paying the lunch), chai hui, shi hui, meizhen, lwj and me.
total 11 people.
Watch "Get Smart"
Go eat and drink.
Go drink.
Recieve "wishes" at 0000.
I enjoy the time with them a lot.
Meizhen present make me damn happy.
Sunday (290608)
This is my actual birthday, I decide to go out with her loh...and only her...somehow she is quite important to me, but i not sure how important am i to her...have a nice dinner with her, have a good chat til the shop close...sent her home as i always wanted and she give me a surprise present...only regret is I didn't take a neoprint with her...hope to go out with her next time, hope she will be closer toward me and nicer to me. or maybe i shall leave her alone?
Monday (300608)
Go out with another her, cause promise to go out with her, and quite long time never go out with her liao. Have dinner and went to arcade with her, show her my strength by using a hammer hitting the machine, result is 26/30 and haha next time i see the machine, it is spoiled already. she give me a box of chocolates, haha very nice package and it tastes very nice too. didn't sent her home cos she don't want...and lucky she don't want..haha..btw i eat finish all the chocolates liao.
Tuesday (010708)
Go to clubhouse and meet up beng guang, li jan and lwj. haha very happy to see them, especially li jan cos long time no see her liao. went to The Central to eat dinner, then after eating i open my birthday present, haha got three item sia...glow in the dark Dragon, King Belt, Emperor Chinese Chess...all like suit my style...quite surprise to know they give me these present...like them too.
then we go walk walk and see see, saw ppl play those look like kite but fly like plane and got LED on it. quite nice and look fun to play. then see ppl play The G-MAX reverse bungee. haha they got record down the whole process while they play the reverse bungee. after that we went home.
Wednesday (020708)
Go to botak john and eat with my camp friends, got elton,ryan,darren, weisheng, alvin, thiru, tuckming, kee siang, keith, sunny, christoper, john. haha at first wanted to treat them all, but somehow they pay themselves, and elton treat me my dinner and alvin treat me drink haha thank a lot!
Thursday (030708)
I receive a HEAVEN chocolate from ervin....the chocolate tastes nice and i think he is a very nice person also...haha. thank you. Actually plan at night meet my poly buddy, din and derek...but that din is uncontactable.
Friday (040708)
I took my birthday off, cause i think it is good to use it on Friday then i will have long weekend, go out with another her, lucky she want to go out with me instead going home to sleep, if not i have to go shopping for my friends present alone. somehow that day i speak not much, don't know why also, but hopefully she don't feel to sian going out with me. I go pray guang yin ma, then get tailman for lwj, then i go buy magic doll cos when i first look at the performance i can't figure how the guy do it. then i go buy the "clip clip"....someone tell me what is that...but i still prefer to call it "clip clip". then i go look for idea so i can make my friends present...got idea liao...but haven't buy the material yet.
Saturday (050708)
Go out with another her, eat some snack before watch the movie 21 and have dinner at the parkway parade...haha called what ben zhen wanton noodles. haha tot after sent her home i can go meet derek and countdown for his 21st birthday...again din is busy...but can't blame him also (ya right dun blame him blame me meh)
Sunday (060708)
Go out with lwj and Rachel, play at arcade then eat lunch then watch movie Hancock then eat dinner at wang kok cha can ding. then go nearby Rachel house and drink alcohol then sent her home . then take taxi with lwj home, thank you lwj for paying my dinner,movie and taxi fares. haha cos that day i only got ten dollar with me.
Saturday (120708)
Receive a nice high class and personalize pen from my sister boyfriend, han guang, i like the pen a lot... thank you!
Note: The reason i put so many unknown her is because I never know who will view my blog, maybe in future their bf found out my blog then wanna kill me just because i go out with them solo. 小心谨慎的好.
Friday (270608)
My astronomy friend help me to celebrate, got a cake also, got beng guang, yong sheng, daphne, lwj, yijie, rachel, meng yang, loke jj, wee kiat, magerent, xue hui, chanwen, and few more for me to remember.
Reach home saw the gift from my sister, HUGO BOSS perfume. very happy.
Saturday (280608)
Eating at 文宴楼 , with my mother and father (thank them for my life) , da jie and daniel (thank them for all the help during my difficult times), han guang (thank him for the birthday cake), er jie (thank her for paying the lunch), chai hui, shi hui, meizhen, lwj and me.
total 11 people.
Watch "Get Smart"
Go eat and drink.
Go drink.
Recieve "wishes" at 0000.
I enjoy the time with them a lot.
Meizhen present make me damn happy.
Sunday (290608)
This is my actual birthday, I decide to go out with her loh...and only her...somehow she is quite important to me, but i not sure how important am i to her...have a nice dinner with her, have a good chat til the shop close...sent her home as i always wanted and she give me a surprise present...only regret is I didn't take a neoprint with her...hope to go out with her next time, hope she will be closer toward me and nicer to me. or maybe i shall leave her alone?
Monday (300608)
Go out with another her, cause promise to go out with her, and quite long time never go out with her liao. Have dinner and went to arcade with her, show her my strength by using a hammer hitting the machine, result is 26/30 and haha next time i see the machine, it is spoiled already. she give me a box of chocolates, haha very nice package and it tastes very nice too. didn't sent her home cos she don't want...and lucky she don't want..haha..btw i eat finish all the chocolates liao.
Tuesday (010708)
Go to clubhouse and meet up beng guang, li jan and lwj. haha very happy to see them, especially li jan cos long time no see her liao. went to The Central to eat dinner, then after eating i open my birthday present, haha got three item sia...glow in the dark Dragon, King Belt, Emperor Chinese Chess...all like suit my style...quite surprise to know they give me these present...like them too.
then we go walk walk and see see, saw ppl play those look like kite but fly like plane and got LED on it. quite nice and look fun to play. then see ppl play The G-MAX reverse bungee. haha they got record down the whole process while they play the reverse bungee. after that we went home.
Wednesday (020708)
Go to botak john and eat with my camp friends, got elton,ryan,darren, weisheng, alvin, thiru, tuckming, kee siang, keith, sunny, christoper, john. haha at first wanted to treat them all, but somehow they pay themselves, and elton treat me my dinner and alvin treat me drink haha thank a lot!
Thursday (030708)
I receive a HEAVEN chocolate from ervin....the chocolate tastes nice and i think he is a very nice person also...haha. thank you. Actually plan at night meet my poly buddy, din and derek...but that din is uncontactable.
Friday (040708)
I took my birthday off, cause i think it is good to use it on Friday then i will have long weekend, go out with another her, lucky she want to go out with me instead going home to sleep, if not i have to go shopping for my friends present alone. somehow that day i speak not much, don't know why also, but hopefully she don't feel to sian going out with me. I go pray guang yin ma, then get tailman for lwj, then i go buy magic doll cos when i first look at the performance i can't figure how the guy do it. then i go buy the "clip clip"....someone tell me what is that...but i still prefer to call it "clip clip". then i go look for idea so i can make my friends present...got idea liao...but haven't buy the material yet.
Saturday (050708)
Go out with another her, eat some snack before watch the movie 21 and have dinner at the parkway parade...haha called what ben zhen wanton noodles. haha tot after sent her home i can go meet derek and countdown for his 21st birthday...again din is busy...but can't blame him also (ya right dun blame him blame me meh)
Sunday (060708)
Go out with lwj and Rachel, play at arcade then eat lunch then watch movie Hancock then eat dinner at wang kok cha can ding. then go nearby Rachel house and drink alcohol then sent her home . then take taxi with lwj home, thank you lwj for paying my dinner,movie and taxi fares. haha cos that day i only got ten dollar with me.
Saturday (120708)
Receive a nice high class and personalize pen from my sister boyfriend, han guang, i like the pen a lot... thank you!
Note: The reason i put so many unknown her is because I never know who will view my blog, maybe in future their bf found out my blog then wanna kill me just because i go out with them solo. 小心谨慎的好.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
One Year Soldier
时间过的真快,我已经当兵一年了.
今天是六月十五日,再过三百六十四天,
我就当完兵了.
最近我在玩一个游戏叫"Run Soldier Run",
觉得这个游戏很像在教我如何在当兵的时候生存.
一开始,会有你和多两个朋友,
你们可以一起共进退,或者分头行事.
只有两样东西会攻击你.
一是火箭,二是炸弹.
他们都好像当兵时的麻烦.
火箭是直接冲着你来的麻烦.
炸弹是从上面转下来的麻烦.
在最好的情况下,就是大家都避开了麻烦.
真是逼不得已的话,就只好牺牲你的朋友了.
只要你还活着,你就会有新的朋友.
在当兵时会中的惩罚只有几个.
警告,Knock It Down,被骂,洗厕所,签三到七只Extra,进Detention Barrack.
可是在这个游戏,只要你中火箭或炸弹,你就 Game Over.
所以当兵就好像当忍者一样.
隐藏自己和实力,
多看少说话.
要小心包刀仔,
要会抵抗暗箭和背刺,
有空要练太极拳,可以的话就学乾坤大挪移.
今天是六月十五日,再过三百六十四天,
我就当完兵了.
最近我在玩一个游戏叫"Run Soldier Run",
觉得这个游戏很像在教我如何在当兵的时候生存.
一开始,会有你和多两个朋友,
你们可以一起共进退,或者分头行事.
只有两样东西会攻击你.
一是火箭,二是炸弹.
他们都好像当兵时的麻烦.
火箭是直接冲着你来的麻烦.
炸弹是从上面转下来的麻烦.
在最好的情况下,就是大家都避开了麻烦.
真是逼不得已的话,就只好牺牲你的朋友了.
只要你还活着,你就会有新的朋友.
在当兵时会中的惩罚只有几个.
警告,Knock It Down,被骂,洗厕所,签三到七只Extra,进Detention Barrack.
可是在这个游戏,只要你中火箭或炸弹,你就 Game Over.
所以当兵就好像当忍者一样.
隐藏自己和实力,
多看少说话.
要小心包刀仔,
要会抵抗暗箭和背刺,
有空要练太极拳,可以的话就学乾坤大挪移.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Horoscopes Story
Aries March 21 - April 19
Before Aries was a fleece, it was a ram that played an important role in the lives of two children. It begins as the usual evil stepmother story. One of Jason's uncles, Athamas, king of the Minyons, married Nephele, goddess of the clouds. He had two children by her, Phrixus and Helle. Athamas then fell in love with Ino, later to become the goddess of sea foam. She hated Nephele's children and urged Athamas to sacrifice Phrixus to the gods to end a famine. Nephele appeared in a vision to Phrixus the night before the sacrifice, bearing a ram with a golden fleece. Phrixus and Helle escaped on the Ram's back. Helle fell off and drowned as the ram crossed the sea. That particular location is sometimes still called the Hellespont (more often the Dardanelles, after Dardanus, one of the founders of Troy). Phrixus continued to the eastern end of the Black Sea (called the Euxine in ancient times), settled in Colchis (current western Georgia), sacrificed the ram and placed the ram's fleece under the care of a never sleeping dragon.
Taurus April 20 - May 20
The Greek deity Zeus lusted after the beautiful maiden Europa, the daughter of Telephassa and Agenor (the king of Phoenicia). One morning, she and other maidens went to pick flowers in the meadow by the sea. Zeus wanted her so badly, he disguised himself as a beautiful, innocent looking white bull, and roamed the meadow where the women lingered. Europa soon noticed Bull's presence and approached him. She admired his beauty and gentleness, and on a whim mounted him. Zeus, the Bull, leaped up and carried her over 600 miles across the water to the Island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. There she became the mother of King Minos of Crete, King Rhadamanthus of the Cyclades Islands, and Prince Sarpedon of Lycia.
Gemini May 21 - June 21
Zeus loved countless women, and loved to disguise himself as different creatures to get close to the woman he wanted. This time he fell in love with Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus. He ravished Leda disguised as a swan. Some months later, she laid two eggs, one hatching Castor and Clytemnestra, the other hatching Pollux and Helen. Castor and Clytemnestra were mortals fathered by Tyndareus, but Pollux and Helen were immortal, because Zeus was their father.
Cancer June 22 - July 22
Leo July 23 - August 22
After killing his family in an insane rage, Herakles (also known as Hercules) received orders from the oracle at Delphi to perform 12 labors to purge his sin. These were assigned by Eurystheus, king of Mycenae.
Virgo August 23 - September 22
We often identify Virgo with Persephone. She was the daughter of Zeus' sister Demeter (goddess of agriculture and guardian of marriage) and Zeus (making Zeus Persephone's uncle and father). One spring day, Persephone picked flowers and Hades (Zeus' brother, Persephone's uncle, and god of the underworld) espied her from his chariot. Entranced by her beauty, he wished to marry her. He sweet-talked her into his chariot. She hesitated, but when she finally got on, Hades swept her away to his kingdom before she could do anything about it.
Libra September 23 - October 23
The Greeks saw Libra, perhaps the most recent constellation of the Zodiac, as the claws of the scorpion. The change from claws, while initiated by the Romans perhaps as early as the first century B.C., did not gain final acceptance as the balance scales until the Middle Ages.
Scorpio October 24 - November 21
In Greek mythology, the story of Scorpius involves Orion, the hunter. Orion boasted that he was the greatest hunter in the universe. When Zeus' wife, Hera, heard what he was saying, she became infuriated and sent a poisonous scorpion to kill him. Orion fought with this creature for days and nights without any success. When weary Orion was not looking, the creature sneaked in and stung him to death. Zeus took pity on Orion and placed him in the heavens where he appears as a giant, with a girdle, sword, lion's skin, and club. Hera placed the scorpion in the heavens at the opposite end of the sky, so even now, Orion tries to avoid the creature by hiding until it is completely under the horizon. On the other hand Scorpius rises in the east when a few stars of Orion still linger above the western horizon.
Sagittarius November 22 - December 21
Images of Sagittarius typically show a centaur firing a bow and arrow, hardly the image of a wise healer. Chiron earned fame for his skills in hunting, music, prophecy, botany, astronomy and medicine.
Capricorn December 22 - January 19
The Greek god Pan was having a drunken feast with some of his friends, when Typhon crashed the party. Everyone fled, transforming themselved into some kind of animal. Pan panicked. As he fled to the water he lacked the presence of mind to make a consistent transformation. He jumped into the river; the part submerged became a fish's tail; the part above became a goat. Zeus thought this so funny, he placed the shape into the sky.
Aquarius January 20 - February 18
Known as the water bearer, or cup bearer, this constellation of the zodiac frequently gets depicted as a god (often Zeus) pouring the waters of life into a wet region of the sky. In ancient times (and to a certain extent today) when the sun passes through Aquarius, it was the rainy season.
Pisces February 19 - March 20
One beautiful afternoon, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, and her son Eros were having a picnic by the Euphrates River (the Euphrates Rises in Turkey, crosses Syria, and enters Iraq where, in the south, it unites with the Tigris to form the Shatt al-Arab. It is 1,700 miles long).
Suddenly, the hideous monster Typhon appeared out of nowhere. Typhon was the youngest son of Gaea (the Mother Earth). He possessed a hundred fire throwing heads and his body writhed with poisonous snakes. Tall enough to touch the heavens, his horrifying shrieks drove even gods insane. Immediately, Aphrodite and Eros leaped into the river transforming themselves into fish to swim faster.
Before Aries was a fleece, it was a ram that played an important role in the lives of two children. It begins as the usual evil stepmother story. One of Jason's uncles, Athamas, king of the Minyons, married Nephele, goddess of the clouds. He had two children by her, Phrixus and Helle. Athamas then fell in love with Ino, later to become the goddess of sea foam. She hated Nephele's children and urged Athamas to sacrifice Phrixus to the gods to end a famine. Nephele appeared in a vision to Phrixus the night before the sacrifice, bearing a ram with a golden fleece. Phrixus and Helle escaped on the Ram's back. Helle fell off and drowned as the ram crossed the sea. That particular location is sometimes still called the Hellespont (more often the Dardanelles, after Dardanus, one of the founders of Troy). Phrixus continued to the eastern end of the Black Sea (called the Euxine in ancient times), settled in Colchis (current western Georgia), sacrificed the ram and placed the ram's fleece under the care of a never sleeping dragon.
Taurus April 20 - May 20
The Greek deity Zeus lusted after the beautiful maiden Europa, the daughter of Telephassa and Agenor (the king of Phoenicia). One morning, she and other maidens went to pick flowers in the meadow by the sea. Zeus wanted her so badly, he disguised himself as a beautiful, innocent looking white bull, and roamed the meadow where the women lingered. Europa soon noticed Bull's presence and approached him. She admired his beauty and gentleness, and on a whim mounted him. Zeus, the Bull, leaped up and carried her over 600 miles across the water to the Island of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea. There she became the mother of King Minos of Crete, King Rhadamanthus of the Cyclades Islands, and Prince Sarpedon of Lycia.
Gemini May 21 - June 21
Zeus loved countless women, and loved to disguise himself as different creatures to get close to the woman he wanted. This time he fell in love with Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus. He ravished Leda disguised as a swan. Some months later, she laid two eggs, one hatching Castor and Clytemnestra, the other hatching Pollux and Helen. Castor and Clytemnestra were mortals fathered by Tyndareus, but Pollux and Helen were immortal, because Zeus was their father.
The two brothers Castor and Pollux were raised together, and they identical; no-one could tell them apart. Fond of adventure, they joined Jason's expedition aboard the Argo to the Black Sea in search of the Golden Fleece. The ship had to stop at the entrance to the King Amycus' realm. Amycus, a brutal man, never let visitors pass through his land without challenging them to a boxing match. He allowed no-one to decline, and nobody survived. The brothers were known for their athletic ability, so Pollux was the first Argonaut to step forward. As soon as the chance presented, he drove his fist into Amycus' temple, crushing the skull and killing the King.
The story of Castor and Pollux ends sadly. Their final adventure took them to Arcadia with two cousins (ex-Argonauts) to raid cattle. When the spoils were divided, the cousins tricked the brothers, and took everything for themselves. Castor and Pollux gave chase. The brothers took a shortcut and waited for them. Unfortunately, a cousin discovered Castor first shot him. Pollux avenged his brother. The other cousin, however, struck Pollux with a rock, knocking him unconscious. He ran in to finish him off.
Luckily, Zeus watched the ordeal and killed the cousin with a thunderbolt. When Pollux regained consciousness, he realized that he no longer have Castor with him. He wished to join his brother, so he begged Zeus to remove his immortality. Zeus granted his wish and placed the twins in the sky to remind us of brotherly love.
Cancer June 22 - July 22
The oracle at Delphi assigned Heracles (often called Hercules) a series of labors to expiate the sin of murdering his family. The second labor involved going to Lerna to kill the hideous Hydra (now a constellation of that name). Heracles brought his nephew Iolaus (son of his twin brother Iphicles) on this trip as his assistant. This creature of nine heads lived in a swamp. Its mere breath could kill a person. Heracles shot a fire-arrow into the Hydra's den to lure the monster out while Iolaus set the nearby shrubs on fire to confuse the creature. Actually killing the Hydra was easier said than done, since one of the heads was immortal, and the others almost as bad. When Heracles chopped off one, two new heads grew up to replace them.
To aid Hydra, Hera, Heracles' nemesis, sent a crab (Cancer) to distract him, but as soon as the crab came out of the swamp, Heracles crushed it (this is the reason the constellation of Cancer has a crooked shape). Eventually Heracles succeed in killing the Hydra, and the crab got a rather dull group of stars for its efforts.
Leo July 23 - August 22
After killing his family in an insane rage, Herakles (also known as Hercules) received orders from the oracle at Delphi to perform 12 labors to purge his sin. These were assigned by Eurystheus, king of Mycenae.
The first involved killing the monstrous, man-eating lion of Nemaea (Leo, the Lion). He tried to kill it with his special arrows and his club, but both weapons broke into pieces as if they were made of clay. After using the weapons in vain, he strangled the lion with his bare hands, succeeding his first task.
Virgo August 23 - September 22
We often identify Virgo with Persephone. She was the daughter of Zeus' sister Demeter (goddess of agriculture and guardian of marriage) and Zeus (making Zeus Persephone's uncle and father). One spring day, Persephone picked flowers and Hades (Zeus' brother, Persephone's uncle, and god of the underworld) espied her from his chariot. Entranced by her beauty, he wished to marry her. He sweet-talked her into his chariot. She hesitated, but when she finally got on, Hades swept her away to his kingdom before she could do anything about it.
When Demeter discovered her precious daughter missing, she began a frantic search. She sought her without ceasing, not eating or sleeping. At last she learned Hades had taken her daughter; she went to persuade Hades to give her daughter back, but he would not listen to her. In her grief, she failed in her duties as goddess of agriculture. That year was the most dreadful and cruel ever experienced by humanity. No seed sprang up from the ground. People died of starvation and Demeter herself looked feeble. After watching the famine's progression, Zeus took matters into his own hand. He spoke gently to Demeter, trying to persuade her to do her job. But she would not listen, and replied she would never let anything grow on the earth until she saw her child, Persephone.
Zeus realized his brother Hades must yield. He eventually did, and Zeus told Demeter that her daughter could come home, provided she had not eaten anything while in the underworld. He sent Hermes (the messenger) to the underworld to fetch Persephone. Hades, downcast, knew he must obey the word of Zeus. Persephone was elated to hear the news that she could finally return to her mother. Before her departure with Hermes, Hades told her not to forget him, and to think kindly of him. He tricked her to eat a few pomegranate seeds, knowing in his heart that if she did so she must return to him.
Demeter and Persephone had a happy reunion, they had a lot to talk about. Demeter grieved when she learned about the pomegranate seeds. Zeus sent his mother Rhea to speak to Demeter. Rhea explained that Persephone could remain with her 8 months out of a year, but the rest of the year, she has to go back down to the underworld to be with Hades. Demeter understood and apologized for the desolation she had brought about. She made the fields rich and productive again, but during the four months that Persephone is in the underworld, she still grieves for her daughter, letting winter rule the world.
Libra September 23 - October 23
The Greeks saw Libra, perhaps the most recent constellation of the Zodiac, as the claws of the scorpion. The change from claws, while initiated by the Romans perhaps as early as the first century B.C., did not gain final acceptance as the balance scales until the Middle Ages.
Scorpio October 24 - November 21
In Greek mythology, the story of Scorpius involves Orion, the hunter. Orion boasted that he was the greatest hunter in the universe. When Zeus' wife, Hera, heard what he was saying, she became infuriated and sent a poisonous scorpion to kill him. Orion fought with this creature for days and nights without any success. When weary Orion was not looking, the creature sneaked in and stung him to death. Zeus took pity on Orion and placed him in the heavens where he appears as a giant, with a girdle, sword, lion's skin, and club. Hera placed the scorpion in the heavens at the opposite end of the sky, so even now, Orion tries to avoid the creature by hiding until it is completely under the horizon. On the other hand Scorpius rises in the east when a few stars of Orion still linger above the western horizon.
Sagittarius November 22 - December 21
Images of Sagittarius typically show a centaur firing a bow and arrow, hardly the image of a wise healer. Chiron earned fame for his skills in hunting, music, prophecy, botany, astronomy and medicine.
Capricorn December 22 - January 19
The Greek god Pan was having a drunken feast with some of his friends, when Typhon crashed the party. Everyone fled, transforming themselved into some kind of animal. Pan panicked. As he fled to the water he lacked the presence of mind to make a consistent transformation. He jumped into the river; the part submerged became a fish's tail; the part above became a goat. Zeus thought this so funny, he placed the shape into the sky.
Aquarius January 20 - February 18
Known as the water bearer, or cup bearer, this constellation of the zodiac frequently gets depicted as a god (often Zeus) pouring the waters of life into a wet region of the sky. In ancient times (and to a certain extent today) when the sun passes through Aquarius, it was the rainy season.
Pisces February 19 - March 20
One beautiful afternoon, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, and her son Eros were having a picnic by the Euphrates River (the Euphrates Rises in Turkey, crosses Syria, and enters Iraq where, in the south, it unites with the Tigris to form the Shatt al-Arab. It is 1,700 miles long).
Suddenly, the hideous monster Typhon appeared out of nowhere. Typhon was the youngest son of Gaea (the Mother Earth). He possessed a hundred fire throwing heads and his body writhed with poisonous snakes. Tall enough to touch the heavens, his horrifying shrieks drove even gods insane. Immediately, Aphrodite and Eros leaped into the river transforming themselves into fish to swim faster.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Saturday is Play Day !
哈哈，又是星期六了！可是又没人约我出去。
只好在家里玩游戏。
在这里介绍大家 Gunz ！
这是一个暴力的游戏，适合像我这样有男子汉玩的。
今天，我靠我的智慧和敏捷，成功成为“百人斩”！
我的主角“皇帝林俊杰”，干掉100人后，自己才被斩77次，真是太厉害了。第二名才斩13个人，哈哈。我真是用剑如神啊！
下来是我刚买的游戏“Legend of Zelda”，花了我75块钱！
一直以来，我觉得Zelda是男主角的名。后来玩了游戏后，才知道Zelda是个公主，美丽可是没脑的公主。男主角的名是Link，那头狼也是男主角。这是一个冒险的游戏，适合像我这样的冒险家玩的。哈哈，而且我是用Wii玩的，欢迎大家来我家玩Wii！
哈哈，每天在家玩游戏，迟早变宅男。所以请大家多多叫我出去！
Friday, February 08, 2008
Happy Chinese New Year 2008
祝大家新年快乐！
时间过的很快啊！
我最喜欢的节日到了！
渡过慢长又痛苦时光，渡过圣诞节和新年。
很快，今天的初二也会成为历史了！
在初夕，吃了团圆饭，哈哈， 还是守岁不成。
在初一，看了亲戚，拿了红包，赌了钱，输了钱。
今天初二，在家睡了一整天！
这三天，日子过的挺精彩的。
在这，祝大家身体健康！恭喜发财！
万事如意！年年有余！步步高升！
希望明年的新年快点到！
时间过的很快啊！
我最喜欢的节日到了！
渡过慢长又痛苦时光，渡过圣诞节和新年。
很快，今天的初二也会成为历史了！
在初夕，吃了团圆饭，哈哈， 还是守岁不成。
在初一，看了亲戚，拿了红包，赌了钱，输了钱。
今天初二，在家睡了一整天！
这三天，日子过的挺精彩的。
在这，祝大家身体健康！恭喜发财！
万事如意！年年有余！步步高升！
希望明年的新年快点到！
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