Blood Brotherhood

Sworn blood brotherhood is associated with the secret societies during the Manchu rule.

It binds non related friends to honour the brotherhood grouping.




Countries too are also forming groupings.

The Eurozone was created in 1999 to make trades easier among Eurozone 17 members and to give Eurozone nations an advantage while trading with other countries.




North Borneo and Singapore were granted independence and formed Malaysia with the Peninsular states on 16 September 1963.

ASEAN, a gropup of 10 members was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Eye Twitching

An old Chinese saying “the twitching of the left eyelid indicates the coming of good fortune; while the right one is considered inauspicious".

Scientists referred eye twitching as eye muscle spasm which attributed to a eye problem known as blepharospasm.

The condition is actually caused by uncontrollable contractions of the muscles around the eyelids under certain conditions such as stress, air pollution, strained eyes or fatigue.

Sometimes people experience twitching under the eye; others experience it in the upper eyelid.

Doctors have assured that minor eye twitches usually do not worsen. A mild eye twitch will usually go away on its own. Just cut down on stress and get plenty of rest.

Watch these causes -

• Stress
• Irritation of the Cornea or Conjunctiva
• Fatigue
• Lack of sleep
• Prolonged staring at a computer screen or television
• Nervous system disorders
• Excessive caffeine intake

Wild Weather II

One day we were roasted in the sweltering heat...

And the next moment, mother nature's lightning show was performed.

looking north

Wild Weather

The 2012 kind.

Heavy Snow and freezing rain fall in parts of China during winter.

Big floods can be expected, coming summer.




Thailand faced its worst flooding in 50 years last December. Flood waters swamped more than two-thirds of the country, submerging rice fields and shutting down hundreds of factories, notably those producing Japanese cars.

A heat wave has hit Thailand.



‘‘Maximum temperatures in several provinces in the North, Northeast and Central regions could hit 40C to 42C next week,’’ says Prawit Jampanya, the director of the Central Weather Forecast Division.

Skyville @ Dawson

Taking shape, Skyville and Skyterrace at Dawson against the Orchard Road skyline.



In the foreground is Skyville.

Background to the right is Skyterrace.

Residents of Skyterrace will get their keys much earlier than Skyville.

Eyes of Sibiu

Sibiu is a city in Romania.

Population 155,000



A sight which you would not miss are houses that have eyes on the roofs.



To new visitors, it give a feeling of being watched.

The locals feel the eyes make the city unique.



The eye windows are protected by law, no alterations allowed.

Going Bananas

The Morning Banana Diet is a diet for people to lose weight.

It was so popular in Japan in 2008 and caused a shortage of bananas in stores.



Australian banana farmer and now a banana consultant, Frank Grant is a third generation banana grower with over 30 years’ experience cultivating bananas on his family’s banana farm in Australia.

"I am thrilled to see this great fruit being recognized. The fruit inside has not been touched by human hands. How fantastic is that?".

But associate professor of nutrition and food studies at New York University, Lisa Sasson think otherwise.

“The sugars in bananas adhere to your teeth more than other fruits, so eating them in the morning puts you at high risk of cavities,”


Eating plenty of bananas can pile on the calories, making you even more obese than you were to begin with, said Sasson.

Author and consultant Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.asked, "did you know eating too many bananas may lead to an early demise?".

Too much potassium can lead to heart damage and cardiac arrest.

How many bananas do you think it takes to poison you with potassium?

Its nearly impossible to say the amount of banana eaten which can lead to ingest a dangerous amount of potassium. Bananas are not poisonous but like the saying goes, too much of everything is bad, so take everything in moderation.