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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

The true cure for the deadly Plague


 I felt bored and came up with the cheeky idea of a quest story in English class. It's really cheeky guys and written out of my bored and sleepy hands … but hope you still like it <3 - Nikki

        There was a kingdom, where it was very beautiful, with amazing trees and scenes that were sight- seeking and unforgettable.  The passengers called this kingdom, the kingdom of Arête – Greek for ‘beauty.’ However the plague had killed millions of citizens in the kingdom, and the streets that once had thousands of people booming with joy, was now empty, but rats seeking for another dead bodies, to nibble on. The kingdom seemed to be painted with a giant brush, of blackish gray. The kingdom was often in chaos of terror a shock, worrying as if they might be next. When a gray bearded servant wearily approached the king with new statistics of death, the king helplessly set a quest for the four prince of Arête to find the cure of any way, and the one that finds the cure, shall be the next king in line.
The handsome one started getting evidences, by charming people. The kind one started helping people, with the smart one, heading to the lavatory. However, the brave one went into the forest, with nothing but a cutter knife.
        Daphne had lived in the forests for her whole life.  She naturally knew what to do with the nature: how the oak tree gives food to eat, and how to use lilies for good scents. However when her father got the plague, she knew not a thing to do about it. One day, a old woman with a long cloak passed by with baskets of purple flowers, but then, accidently dropped one in front of Daphne’s cottage, and when her father ate it, it ‘magically’ turned her father purple, and perfectly fine, except for a weak cold for just about a week. She was thankful, for the coincidence; however, she had absolutely no idea about the unusual purple flower.
     The brave prince’s name was Chantus. Chantus roamed the forest, as if he knew where to go. He got off his gleaming brown horse- now turned darker of the mud- and searched for the clues of the dark shadows of death that had past by. He lingered close to the ground and took a big breath of air close by. It was clear that something rotten had lingered by. He headed to the direction, until he reached a cozy yet a bit gloomy cottage. Though he was nothing but a brave young man, he knew something was up in this old, damp, mysterious cottage.
      Daphne hugged his father, feeling thankful for the day that the old lady had given with her father. Daphne was not only thankful but also alarmed after she heard the footsteps, which was rare, in the forests. She carefully pulled away from her darling father and yanked opened the door. She then yelled two words of fear: “ Who’s there? “
In her eyes lay a handsome young man, whom was not as close alarmed as Daphne.
        It didn’t take long for Chantus to explain his journey that he had took. It was obvious that the father and daughter was surprised with the story, and they weren’t the only ones that were surprised when Chantus heard about the old lady. Daphne’s father’s hand had moved flawlessly on the paper while Daphne described the old lady. The picture of the old lady was finished- and Chantus was more astonished, when he actually recognized the old lady. The old lady was his mother .
       Chantus raced to the royal temple, with the picture of his unfamiliar face of his mother, and breathed heavily. He couldn’t believe his mother- for once could have been behind of all of this. He stormed in to his mother’s bedroom, but a pang of guilt because he wasn’t allowed to do any of this. His mother was not in the room. He lingered around the room in the suspicion that had grown even more when he saw the purple flowers in his mother’s closet.
“ Chantus! “
His mother faced him with horror and terror. But her face was not a bit like the mother he used to know. The face was covered with wrinkles, with ugly scars covering the at least the half of her face.
But when she realized the meaning of her son’s expression and the status of her face, she ran away, not even caring to pick up the beautiful bracelet that was once hers.

The guards searched all the floors that lied in the temple. From the first floor nursery, to the third floor theatre, the “queen” was no where to be seen. Where could she be ? Chantus was pretty sure that the guards had blocked the gates.
“Where might she be ? “ the king said with wearily with a stiff groan.
If she was not at the ground above , there was only one place that she could be. Under ground.

Chantus started to dig underground. And as expected, there faced a wooden door, heading no where. He opened the door, laying stairs heading below ground. He took a look back to his fellow brothers, and his father. He went down the stairs, and there lay his mother. Well, his former- mother.


His mother happened to be a sorcerer, who had desired the place at the throne of the king. She had used magic to capture the king’s attention, and had mated with him to have children.  She had spreaded the plague to kill or weaken everyone else and to rule the large, and the beautiful island to herself. Everyone was in terror of her truth, and in the depth of the scars she had drew in the family’s minds were priceless. But they promised forgiveness and ignore as the crown of leaves were drawn to Chantus, with the place at the throne. It also wasn't a surprise when Daphne and Chantus fell in love and lived happily ever after. 

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

From 1963 to 2013, what are the changes ?

Sometimes, fabulous reality makes us forget the past we've past. The skills we've use comfortably now, and how the past solved it. To experience restorations, it might look better of pictures, than words.
New York's designing team Shutterstock made posters presenting these changes. These are posters with names of the designers. 

At the past, they always used these bags to bring their work somewhere else.  However, when we leaved this bag behind , at a texi , perhaps, it was long gone. Now, we can just upload it into the cloud service, and Ta- Da! 

Some people say handwriting is more convenient, but with iPads , now , storing memos are very comfortable. 
With an typo, your work was long gone. But now, just a little backspace can cover a typo.
No telephone books, just  a app to hold about 400 numbers.



This poster was drawn by a women designer's perspective.
1960s, women in US, their way to relieve stress was to smoke.  Now, they take yoga. mmmm…..
60s, where drinking beer at the work was popular too, (of course after work ) 
Now days, they say they just take a smoodie for a little refreshment. 

Sunday, January 19, 2014

The truth about CSI




"CSI" is one of the most popular shows on television. Millions of viewers every week tune in every week to see Las Vegas criminalists use forensic science to solve crimes, especially murders. How much like real life is the television show? Almost from the first show district attorneys and police have criticized it for not accurately displaying how crimes are solved and for its excessive violence The fact is many experts have said there are many aspects of "CSI" that are not like how real criminalists solve crime. By comparison, experts have said the television show, "NCIS" about military and ex-military officials is dramatized and does have fictionalized accounts and the people in the show may not always have a professional attitude toward each other. On the other hand, in that show, real life NCIS agents work with the actors to make the characters seem like real agents, and NCIS does give information about real life cases to the makers of the show. Some experts may have more criticisms of CSI than they do of NCIS, even though many do believe both shows to be good entertainment.


CSI sneak-a-peek:



Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Architecture wonderlands :Luxuries of Dubai

Dubai is an amazing place- with amazing architectures layering around the city, located in United, Arab  Emirates. It is in fact very stunning, with all the architectures you would dream for, like the tallest tower in the world, or even a hotel that is underwater.  However, Dubai wasn't all this from the start.

Dubai in 1990 prior to the craziness
This is a street in Dubai in the early ages. Not a thing you would expect from a country like Dubai! However, it changes across time...

The same street in 2003
The same street in 2003.

The madness
With all the 15 % to 25% value of the world's crates, and all that building, Dubai makes it up to
Dubai Last year
all this, last year. And yeah, it's the same street you see above.
So let's look at some stunning features in Dubai . As watching through the post, you will notice it would sure be something you had never seen before.
The Dubai Waterfront.
 This is a Dubai waterfront. When it's completed, it would be the largest waterfront development - in the world. *(Waterfront : A land on the edge of the body of a water. )
Dubai has made fast developments, as you can see in the picture below. All of that was built in 5 years : can you believe that ? All in just 5 years! (including the palm tree looking like islands)
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The Palm Islands in Dubai
This is the palm trees islands in Dubai : its  artificial islands, obviously. The New Dutch technology, was used to make these enormous man made islands. These can even  be shown in Space , and they are the largest artificial islands. Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.


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So you might think : what's next ? Well, there's more, and this one's a mini - size of the world!

The World Islands
The world islands : 300 artificial islands in the size and shape of the world! Fascinating, isn't it ? Each islands is told to be worth of  estimated cost of 25- 30 million dollars. Dubai also has some ammmmazing hotels :
The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai:it's a only 7 stared hotel and the tallest one , and the most luxurious hotel in the world! This also stands on  Considered the only ’7 star’ hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea.)

HydropolisIt's not only the on ground hotels you have it Dubai.. Hydropolis is the world's first underground hotel.  Entirely was built in Germany, and it was assembled in Dubai. It is scheduled to finish in 2009, with many delays.. Imagine all the amazing views you might be able to see under waters! 









downtown DubaiThe Burj Dubai  
The Burj Dubai, is the tallest tower, finished in 2008, with over estimated 800 meters of height ! More than 140 stories built, it is the tallest tower, yes, as I said before, and the tallest man made structure ! 
Not only that, there is also another tower to steal the burj's tallest tower name, also in Dubai. 
This would be the centerpiece of the Dubai water front.  This was announced to be built in the height of 1200 meters. (picture below )

The Al Burj


The Trump International Hotel & Tower
One of the hotels in the palm islands,Trump International Hotel & Tower is the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah .

Dubailand
If the Dubai is all this, without this, it would be incomplete - the Dubai land, is the twice the size of disney land, and is the largest amusement park in the world! Now how's that ?
Dubai Sports City
There is also this Dubai Sports city, a HUGE sport arenas in Dubai land.
Not only that, Dubai is also building a space - port, for space traveling. This would be the first spaceport in the world.
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Tallest buildings in the world layering Dubai.
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Ski dubai : already opened, largest indoor ski facility in the world.

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The dubai mall : the largest shopping mall in the world. 



So How was Dubai ? Isn't it something that makes you just say 'ahhh' and 'oohs' ? A city you would die for? Haha,  Here's some other astonishing facts:
 The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world. Many people living in Dubailand could probably use the metro system and donate a car they no longer will need at that point keeping the environment much healthier there as well.
* The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed. It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.
* There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.



Bye for now ! mmmwha!



source: http://www.architecturelist.com

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Wash your hands and to get a toy : a friendly way to step up to children to wash their hands



 Here's a simple and a smart way of washing hands for health - A hand washing promotion from a NPO (Non Profit Organization ) called Blikkiesdorp4Hope ! 


This was a promotion for children who was venerable from diseases by a way called Nudge Marketing. As from the name, Nudge marketing is a soft way for people to choose to the product, by 'nudging' people to buy them, not forcing them. The promotion which was introduced from this community was to put some toys inside the soap , and giving to them, for free. This soap was called ' Hope Soap.' 

 The soap doesn't have any warnings about the disease. It just a soap, which you naturally would get a toy, when you are done with washing your hands with this soap.
kids can get toys naturally, and wash their hands also. It's a good deal - kids can get good health, and also a toy they wanted. 


These nudge marketing seems good and a smart way to make people from poor surroundings to keep their health. I hope kids will be able to keep their health, and learn the importance to wash their hands :)