My Favorite Photos From flickr

Gaza Children Fly Kites To Set Record

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:55:00 +0000

On 30th July thousands of Gaza children flew their kites on a summer camp sponsored by United Nations. The event took place on Beit Lahiya, a beach on Gaza strip, to set new world record for most kites flown simultaneously. The event brought cheers to the children as their home made brightly colored kites crisscrossed the clear skies. It was memorable moment, that many Palestinians hoped to be free and have peace in Palestinian soil.

Photo credit: Basel Elmaqosui

Changes in Apple CEO Steve's face

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:18:00 +0000

Even though the Apple CEO Steve Jobs kept stoic for a long time, he revealed his health condition after rumors that he is in death bed! Steve has said that, he was loosing weight due to hormonal imbalances. Steve did not explain his problem, in detail but simply said it is simple nutritional problem. Earlier Steve underwent a surgery to remove a rare kind of pancreatic cancer. Pictures below show change in Steve's face, reflecting his drastic weight loss.

Colors of Tulips

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:39:00 +0000

Colors of Tulips, originally uploaded by jimmy1307.

Most beautiful shot! Colours of flowers are awesome!

When Sun sets

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:26:00 +0000

20090118 王功漁港/Wang-Gong fishing port, originally uploaded by It's Peter.

Awesome shot! Colours are indeed splendid! Nature is captured inside camera!

See and feel peace of mind

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:47:00 +0000

Still Standing, originally uploaded by Ageel.

Ever wondered about experiencing peace of mind or calmness by mere gaze at a photo? Look into this photo. You may feel something settling in your mind and you feel serene? I guess I am right!

Michael Phelps' fortunes!

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Swimming champ Michael Phelps, who won 8 gold medals in Beijing Olympics 2008, has consented to endorse Mazda 6 car in China. The deal will fetch him more than $1 Million! The celebrity swimming champ is also believed to have ADHD and no wonder, the person with ADHD have very good concentration and that has helped him to succeed as well!

Olympic swimming champ Michael Phelps shows off his six-pack abs

Create snow flakes

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:14:00 +0000

It is a lovely to see snow flakes falling and covering up everything open under sky, like a white sheet!

Well, now look down at the following images and guess what they are.

These are nothing but the flakes created by people across the globe. Wonder how these flakes are created? Simple! You do not have to whack your head to create these multi-design flakes. Use the virtual paper and scissor and snip. Let your creativity do the work. Snip, snip and continue snipping till you get your perfect flake. You can also undo/redo harmful snips and preview your flakes! Save your flake when everything is done and get unique ID. You may also visit their gallery to see yourself how people have sniffed the flakes like the ones you see above! Go to http://snowflakes.barkleyus.com right away!

Recent terror attacks in Mumbai

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:06:00 +0000

TERROR STRIKES AGAIN : Hotel Taj Mahal, Mumbai being burnt due to bombings and firings on the late wednesday night of 26th November., originally uploaded by Stuti ~.

Once again Pakistani terror camp trainees hosted their terror in financial capital of India, Mumbai. In the recent attacks on posh hotels in Mumbai 200 people are believed to be dead.

Colors of India

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:32:00 +0000

Colors of India, originally uploaded by anindya c.

Varanasi truly a city that teams with colours and home of many ancient Hindu temples.

LTTE emblem

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:11:00 +0000

ltte-tiger-coin, originally uploaded by indi.ca.

The intensified recent war between the LTTE and the Srilankan army has lead to mass killing of innocent ethnic Tamilians. The Srilankan government is determined to wipe out the internationally banned organization which is fighting for separate Tamil state.

Top 10 phobias of celebrities

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:31:00 +0000

Everybody has phobias about something. Here I have compiled phobias of certain celebrities. Perhaps I think it is best way to learn and remember about each phobia associated with each celebrity!

Pamela Anderson has fear of mirrors - (Eisoptrophobia)

Scarlett Johansson has fear of cockroaches (Entomophobia)

Johnny Depp, revealed he is afraid of clowns (Coulrophobia)

Orlando Bloom allegedly has a fear of pigs (swinophobia)

David Boreanaz is scared of waterfalls and fish. (Ichthyophobia)

David Beckham suffers from fear of disorder or untidiness (ataxophobia)

Nicole Kidman is terrified of butterfliesa (lepidopterphobe)

Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed that she has a number of phobias, the worst of which is a fear of elevators.
Michael Douglas has a phobia of women's hairy armpits (Chaetophobia).

Hollywood director Woody Allen is said to have a morbid fear of sunshine (eosophobia), crowds (Eisoptrophobia).

chastity belts that helps in celibacy

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:42:00 +0000

As everybody knows celibacy is act of abstaining from sexual relations. There are dozens of tips and even Yoga out there to practice celibacy. But I came across
chastity belts today, which helps in preventing masturbation and rape. There are male and female chastity belts respectively. Interesting!

Top ten funny photos for Suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:11:00 +0000

Today 10th October 2008 is observed as World Mental Health Day. The WHO theme for this year is “Building awareness – reducing risk: mental illness and suicide”.

Here is the juicy part of what I did! I was googling to find celebrities who are Goodwill ambassadors for this programme. But could not find one. Oh no! I tried something else! Then out of curiosity, I tried to search flickr with the search word, “Suicide!” What a surprise! I got a lot of funny and informative pictures (to be frank some are really horriable!!) with denotive and connotive meaning of suicide. Here are those photos, just for laughs (;-)

1. Office assistant can help you write your suicide note.

2. Rock 'n' roll suicide!
3. Suicide notes
4. Smoking is suicide
5. Suicide...
6. Suicide girls logo?!

7. Social suicide
8. Adolf Hitler marries mistress Eva Braun just before commiting suicide

9. Doll commits suicide
10. Suicide Grafitti!

Ten Most wonderful temples of the world

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:12:00 +0000

Here are ten most wonderful temples around the world. Explore the facts and special features of these temples, which were built when our sophisticated cranes, bulldozers and logistics etc never existed.

1. Tiger’s nest monastery
Tiger's Nest Monastery, perched precariously on the edge of a 3,000 Feet-high cliff in paro valley is one of the holiest places in Bhutan.

2. Wat Rong Khun
Wat Rong Khun in Chiag Mai, Thailand is unlike any Buddhist temples in the world.

3. Prambanan
Is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple is composed of 8 main shrines and
250 surrounding smaller stones

4. Shwedagon Paya or Pagoda
No one knows exactly when this temple was built, though archeologists estimate that it was build between the 6th and 10th century.

5. Temple of Heaven Taoist temple

The Temple of heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing. The temple was constructed in 14th century
By Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.

6. Chion-in Temple
The original temple was built in 1234 by Honen's disciple, Genchi (1183-1238) in memory of his master.

7. Borobudur
This is a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cunic feet of stones. The temple has nearly 2.700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

8. The Harmandir Sahib
Meaning of Harmandir Sahib is "The Abode of God" or simply the Golden Temple in Punjab, India. It’s the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.

9. Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
This temple is in Indian city of Trichirapalli and is one of the largest functioning Hindu temples in the world.
10. Ankor Wat
Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history and inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood. It is none other than Ankor Wat.

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Awesome eight

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:37:00 +0000

8-8-8, originally uploaded by smasim.

Stunning clarity! Great model!

Stunning dream land

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:33:00 +0000

Amber Dream!, originally uploaded by McAzadi.

Awesome colors and clarity! Stunning shot! This truly a beautiful dream!

Giant green umbrella

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:23:00 +0000

Lotus Leaf, originally uploaded by No Minds Vision|കിരണ്.

This lotus leaf looks very much like a umberala! Beautifully lit!

Mehndi art

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:35:00 +0000

sri's mehndi hands, originally uploaded by darcitananda.

Beautiful mehndi art! Very clean lines and great pattern!

Beautiful blue waters

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:28:00 +0000

Traveling in Maldives, originally uploaded by nattu.

Fantastic color! Great shot! Maldive Island offers many visual treats like this one.

A mermaid?

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:17:00 +0000

Trash the Dress Lauren, originally uploaded by UltimateImageWeddings.

Great work! Work at the hair is seamless! Maybe is fully dressed mermaid!

Sky jogging

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:05:00 +0000

4.3 x 3.7, originally uploaded by Alexandrehuang.

Wonderful reflection of the sky in shore! looks like heaven

Beijing olympic protest

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:16:00 +0000

Beijing Olympics 2008 torch relay has seen enough protest throughout the world, to grab the attention of some influential individuals such as French presidential candidate François Bayrou, actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow, to name a few. They have given their support the recent protest by Tibetans. Read about recent Human rights violation as result of Olympics, from wikipedia. Pro-Tibetans have used this opportunity to get attention of international society.

Here are some anti-Olympic posters used by protestors worldwide.

Credits: utterz.com

In flickr there are plentiful photos that express solidarity with Tibetians.The following photos are from flickr.

Uploaded on February 2, 2008by fortinbras

Uploaded on April 12, 2008by shudaizi

Uploaded on March 11, 2008by Yaronimus Maximus

Uploaded on April 1, 2008by richdrogpa

So, what is the moral of the story?

Uploaded on April 11, 2008by california cowgirl1

Sparkling Dubai city

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:48:00 +0000

Dubai: City of Gold, originally uploaded by manitoon.

The brightly light Dubai city is simply enchanting.

Hello!

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Acechando, originally uploaded by Lunavv.

Very beautiful closeup shot! The frog looks cool!!

Bed of flowers

noreply@blogger.com (Personal Web Mate) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:12:00 +0000

never ending colors, originally uploaded by TMax66.

Awesome colors!