Secrets of My Legacy

Hello from dr_iqmal…

dr_iqmal — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:20:14 +0000

Hi guys… Its been a while i didnt update my post. Is it I’m been forgotten by u all? Hehehehe… Just kidding for this beautiful evening… So how are u guys doing? are u missed my post? or did u have any suggestion for me to keep improving my post and source…? Just keep telling [...]

Qiara - Hanya pada mu

dr_iqmal — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:34:46 +0000

Hanya pada mu Ku serahkan segalanya Kau bertakhta di nurani Anggun cinta mu abadi Hanya pada mu Pertama dan yang terakhir Pohon cinta ku merendang Disirami kasih suci Jiwa ku dipalu gemersik tak terkira Hampir ku terlena dalam belaian mu Cinta mu selembut sutera menjadi saksi kasih ku Tiada dua hanyalah satu kau yang ku cintai Sekelumit cinta sekurun kerinduan Ku rempuhi ranjau duka Membara sehangat api Terhapus sepi di [...]

Did U Know…? (part 13)

dr_iqmal — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:12:25 +0000

Why isn’t it over ’til the fat lady sings? In the 1970s, Washington sports columnist Dan Cook wrote, “The opera isn’t over ’til the fat lady sings.” Later, basketball coach Dick Motta, referring to the Bulls’ slim playoff chances, misquoted Cook when he said, “It isn’t over ’til the fat lady sings,” and it stuck. The [...]

Did U Know…? (part 12)

dr_iqmal — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:03:52 +0000

Why is the Cleveland baseball team called the Indians? Controversy generally surrounds the choice of Native American names for sports teams, but not in Cleveland. That city’s baseball team is named in honour of one of their star players from the 1890s. He was Alex Sophalexis, a Penobscot Indian so respected that in 1914, one year [...]

Did U Know…? (part 11)

dr_iqmal — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:55:06 +0000

Why do we put candles on a birthday cake? The Greeks borrowed celebrating birthdays from the Egyptian pharaohs and the cake idea from the Persians. Then early Christians did away with birthday parties for a while until the custom re-emerged with candles in Germany in the twelfth century. Awakened with the arrival of a birthday cake [...]

Did U Know…? (part 10)

dr_iqmal — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:46:19 +0000

Why does a groom carry his bride over the threshold? The custom of carrying a bride over the threshold comes from the kidnapping practices of the Germanic Goths around 200 AD. Generally, these men only married women from within their own communities, but when the supply ran short, they would raid neighbouring villages and seize young girls [...]

Did U Know…? (part 9)

dr_iqmal — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:39:17 +0000

Where did the two-fingered peace sign come from? The gesture of two fingers spread and raised in peace, popularized in the 1960s, is a physical interpretation of the peace symbol, an inverted or upside-down Y within a circle, which was designed in 1958 by members of the anti-nuclear Direct Action Committee. The inverted Y is a [...]

Did U Know…? (part 8)

dr_iqmal — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:38:44 +0000

Why do we say “goodbye” or “so long” when leaving someone? The word goodbye is a derivative of the early English greeting “God be with you,” or as it was said then, “God be with ye.” Over the years its abbreviated written form and pronunciation became “goodbye.” As for “so long,” it came to Britain with [...]

Did U Know…? (part 7)

dr_iqmal — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:49:03 +0000

Why is a formal suit for men called a “tuxedo”? In the nineteenth century, the accepted formal dress for men was a suit with long swallowtails. But one evening in 1886, young Griswald Lorillard, the heir to a tobacco fortune, shocked his country club by arriving in a dinner jacket without tails. This fashion statement caught [...]

Did U Know…? (part 6)

dr_iqmal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:46:38 +0000

How did the drink Gatorade get its name? In 1963, Dr. Robert Cade was studying the effects of heat exhaustion on football players at the University of Florida. After analyzing the body liquids lost during sweating, Cade quickly came up with a formula for a drink to replace them. Within two years, Gatorade was a $50- [...]