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Awesome music!!! The alternative music scene

2012-01-06T21:04:00.001+11:00

Recently I played popular alternative music song 'Midnight City' by alternative music band M83. I highly enjoyed the song, finding it highly enjoyable and a good basis for the future music scene of alternative music. Alternative is often described as a mix of pop and rock. Rather than hard rock, it has been described as 'soft rock' or even 'limestone rock'(Chris Martin describing his band's music). After listening to the songs currently in the iTunes top ten (alternative), I must say, I am impressed. The songs are unique, refreshing and as a general rule goods songs. I'm really excited about the future of alternative music. The artists are really creative and experimental, and my favourite alternative albums are: All Coldplay albums(Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head, X & Y, Viva La Vida and Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto) Torches by Foster the People Tongue Tied by Grouplove (single) Midnight City by M83 (single) Brother by Matt Corby (single) Moonfire by Boy and Bear Making Mirrors by Gotye You've Got the Love by Florence + the Machine Love Love Love by Avalanche City And a whole lot more!!! I am extremely excited about alternative music on 2012!!!

Little Girls and Modern Politics

2012-01-05T17:21:00.000+11:00

Recently I was reading CY@CY's blog at cy8cy.com.
I came across this article which featured a short story describing the attitude of many of our modern politicians:

A little girl was reading a book.

A politician was seated next to a little girl on an airplane. He turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”

The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied, “What do you want to talk about?”

“Oh, I don’t know,” said the congressman. He smiled smugly. “How about the global credit crisis or stimulus packages?”

“OK,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics. But let me ask you a question first.”

“What’s that?”

“A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff—grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?” the girl asked.

The politician, visibly surprised by the little girl’s intelligence, thought about it. “Hmmm, I have no idea,” he said.

To which the little girl replied, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss the global credit crisis or stimulus packages when you don’t know poop?”

And then she went back to reading her book.

This attitude is evident in the controversial world of politics. Whether a change will be adopted, however, lies in the future. Hopefully it will be in 2012, given the Europe crisis and the Middle Eastern revolutions.

Wishing everyone a wonderful year and for the record, I do not own the picture.

Girl receives mansion for 16th birthday

2012-01-05T12:30:00.003+11:00

Texas musical instrument retailer Dave Anderson purchased the 6000 square foot home for his daughter's 16th birthday. His daughter, Kevyn Brooke had joked about her father buyin the mansion, and ironically her father did.
He decorated the house with a pink bow and gift tag, and then drove her there as a surprise. He repeatedly had to tell her that it was her house.
Previous owner Dr. Jesus Guevara had also bought the Dallas mansion as a surprise for his wife.
Mr. Anderson had been caring for Kevyn as a single father since his wife's death when Kevyn was five months old.
(The mansion, which was named 'Belle Nora'. For the record, I do not own the picture.)
Read the original article here.

On this day...

2012-01-05T12:07:00.001+11:00

On this day in 1896, Austrian scientist Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a form of radiation that we would now recognise as X-Rays.

On this day in 1933, construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began.

On this day in 1956, Charles M. Schulz's infamous comic strip featured Snoopy walking on two legs.

(If you were wondering, I do not own any of these pictures.)

Boy sells his kidneys for iPad

2012-01-04T22:25:00.001+11:00

A 17-year-old Chinese boy, identified only as Zheng, sold one of his kidneys for money to purchase an iPad and a laptop.
Zheng had wanted the iPad so badly that when he saw an online advertisement offering money for organs.
After negotiations, the boy travelled to Chenzhou in Hunan province to perform the operation at a local hospital, which later admitted to selling its urology department to a private businessman.
On returning home with his new laptop and iPad, the boy confessed to his mother, who took the boy back to Chenzhou and reported the crime. However, the hospital denied knowledge of the surgery.

The boy's scar. He says that as his health is worsening, he is beginning to regret his decision.

90-year-old man reunited with ring dropped down the toilet

2012-01-04T22:06:00.001+11:00

90-year-old Jesse Mattos dropped his ring down a toilet in a butcher's shop 73 years ago.
The ring had been a graduation ring to commemorate leaving school. However, 73 years later, a sanitation worker found it in the sewers where he worked.
Being a graduate himself of the school, 52-year-old Tony Congi immediately recognized the ring. The ring had Mr. Mattos' initials and year of graduation. Mr. Congi then consulted the 1938 yearbook (after cleaning the ring of course) and found that the owner of the ring was Jesse Mattos. He returned the ring back to its owner after 73 years.

Read the original article here.