I went whale watching with a friend this last saturday (1/27). We really lucked out on the weather - It was fabulous for this time of year. (The weather Gods dumped heavy cold rains on San Deigo shortly after - even cloudy and a little rainy today.)
I have pictures at home, but thought I'd post up today, since I have a little time right now. I will post more pics later - and I want to make clear that I didn't take these first pictures myself! Just the power of Google Images! Hornblower's Whale & Dolphin Watching Cruises with naturalists from the San Diego Natural History MuseumWhale migration season is December through March, with approx. 28,000 gray whales passing by the San Diego coast. The boat can make your experience! That is why Hornblower has experienced captains, naturalists, a whale exhibit, a food and beverage bar and an on board movie, and a narration of the north San Diego bay. make an educational adventure and visual experience for all ages of people who want a first class experience on the water. Honrnblower's larger, faster luxury yacht means unobstructed viewing from indoor or outdoor areas and more time to see whales, dolphins, sea lions, and more nature.
The Port Terminal had a huge cruise Ship, The Holland America Lines Oosterdam was in port, for a 7 day Mexican coastal cruise. During dinner at Anthony's Restaurant, the ship left in an amazing quick manner as the sun was setting on a perfect day!
Ladies, your luck is in your hand -- your handbag, to be precise.
As the lunar Chinese New Year approaches, Asians are trying to court good fortune in various ways, and a Singaporean feng shui expert advises women not to neglect their totes.
"Handbags are very personal," John Lok, principle consultant at Feng Shui 0011 (www.fengshui0011.com), told Reuters.
"Their color, how women hold them and what goes in them can all affect your luck," he added. The new year begins on February 18.
Feng shui is the ancient Chinese knowledge of geomancy or natural energies.
According to Lok, for optimum luck and wealth, hold your bag on the left: this increases what goes into it and decreases what goes out. The right side of the body is a strong "white tiger," while the left is a "green dragon" and brings power.
Be careful where you lay down your bag. If you're sitting down, it's best to rest it on the left, unless you're with friends as people give more strength than objects.
Charms such as three coins tied or taped together and objects in lucky colors are obvious fortune magnets.
And forget fashion trends and designer labels if it's luck you're after.
Chinese geomancy is based on the elements of fire, earth, water, metal and wood.
Lok says red, pink, purple and angular shapes are "fire." So choose a bag that incorporates these if you're after a promotion at work since they radiate confidence.
Square shapes and yellow, orange and brown are "earth" and are good for days when you want to appear approachable.
Round white, silver, gold, chrome, bronze or gray bags are "metal" and can inspire purity of thought and strength.
Green, light blue and rectangular shapes are "wood" and good to maintain harmony.
Curvy shapes, black and dark blue are classified under "water" and improve prosperity as well as tell the world that the owner of the bag must be treated with respect.
Some schools of feng shui believe that color combinations can either bless or curse you.
According to Feng Shui Info (www.all-about-feng-shui.info), some good combinations are black-white, red-gold, purple-silver. Bad ones include red-white, green-yellow, and blue-red.
As for size, feng shui advises something most women already know: bigger is better, especially when you're out shopping since it "captures" more of what you set off to buy.
Actually the second attempt on this video, the first release of "Take On Me", which appeared only on 7" and 12" LP singles, was featured in the first video version.
The most famous version of this song was mixed by Alan Tarney, but it was also the second attempt at making the song a hit.
This video was shot at Kim’s Café and on a sound stage in London, England.
After this video was put on rotation on MTV, the song quickly soared to number one on the US Billboard charts.
This song was a-ha’s only number one hit in the USA, the week of 9 October 1985 after only being released 3 weeks earlier on 16 September 1985.
This video was directed by Steve Barron, who collaborated on nearly half of all a-ha videos.
The final scene in this video was based on the 1980 movie “Altered States.”
Shortly after the video was completed, Morten was dumped by Bunty Bailey who is the love interest in this video - for Billy Idol
The magical Anggun singing a medley of her songs - Selamanya, A Rose In The Wind/La Rose Des Vents, Snow On The Sahara/La Neige Au Sahara, Etre Une Femme, Saviour/Cesse La Pluie...
Many young couples are planning to have their babies in 2007.
Chinanews, Nanjing, December 27 – 2007 is the Year of the Pig in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, and also, that year belongs to “gold” according to the five-element theory. There is only one “Gold Pig”year in every 60 years, and it is believed that a person born in the “Gold Pig”year will be blessed with great fortune all through his/her life. Thus many young couples are planning to have their babies in 2007, without knowing that their good will has also boosted the economy to grow. The property market is perhaps the first to benefit from the baby boom, as most young couples usually buy housings before they plan to have babies. Take Nanjing as an example, where the property market has leapt by 39.7% from last August to October. A record of selling 398 apartments in 4 days was also set in that period. However, this is just the beginning. A baby usually costs its parents some 20,000 yuan during pregnancy and delivery. It can be estimated that the baby boom next year will bring an unimaginable big market. No wonder many international enterprises are planning to take a share. In fact, the year of birth is not that important in one's life. Maybe it is more reasonable for parents to avoid the baby boom next year, as problems will also rise behind the joy of the “Gold Pig” year.
VALDARO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters Life!) - Italy won't split up its Stone Age "lovers."
In a Valentine's Day gift to the country, scientists said they are determined to remove and preserve together the remains of a couple buried 5,000 to 6,000 years ago, their arms still wrapped around each other in an enduring embrace.
Instead of removing the bones one-by-one for reassembly later, archaeologists plan to scoop up the entire section of earth where the couple was buried, they told Reuters.
The plot will then be transported for study before being put on display in an Italian museum, thereby preserving the world's longest known hug for posterity.
"We want to keep can them just as they have been all this time -- together," archaeologist Elena Menotti, who announced the discovery a week ago, told Reuters.
Their removal will be a relief for archaeologists who had to hire extra security to guard the rural site outside the northern city of Mantova after the discovery made world headlines.
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS?
More importantly, it will give scientists a chance to figure out what was has become one of Italian archaeology's greatest mysteries: the first known Neolithic couple to be buried together, hugging.
Was it a sudden death? A ritual sacrifice? Or maybe they were prehistoric, star-crossed lovers who took their own lives.
That is a crowd-pleasing theory in these parts, since Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was set in nearby Verona.
But scientists acknowledge they still know precious little about the now-famous Stone Age couple, whose embrace has become a subject of world newspaper headlines and chat shows.
Italians dubbed them the "Lovers of Valdaro" after the Mantova suburb of farmland and factories. But even their gender is a open question until scientists confirm the theory that they were a man and a woman.
Archaeologists seem certain the couple died young, since their teeth are intact and that they died during the Stone Age because of an arrowhead and tools found with the remains.
But new evidence indicates the couple were not alone and that the remains may have left been near a Stone Age settlement.
A CULT? DEATH GRIP?
Archaeologists on site showed Reuters photographs of another skeleton found nearby, suggesting the couple were in some sort of prehistoric burial ground.
While the single body was buried East-West, possibly following the daily path of the sun across the sky, the Stone Age couple were buried "the wrong way."
"They were buried North-South, and we don't know why," said archaeologist Daniela Castagna, standing over the grave site.
John Robb, lecturer at Cambridge University and an expert in Neolithic Italian remains, says the trouble with the Stone Age couple is the singularity of the find -- which makes it difficult to explain using known historic data.
He said Neolithic burials are almost always single burials.
"There are a couple of mass burials. There are couple of examples of heads being found under houses. And then, about one burial in every 20 or 30 sites is completely unique," he said.
"And these are probably things that have strange ritual circumstances of one kind or another."
But until scientists get a closer look at the bones, all anyone has are loose theories.
The discovery generated Internet conspiracy theories with some taking a darker interpretation of the hugging skeletons.
One reader on AOL, said it was absurd to assume "this couple is in eternal bliss."
"Maybe it is eternal hatred that had them locked together in a death grip," wrote another reader.
Other people have called for the couple to be left alone -- something that Italian archaeologists say would leave the remains vulnerable to looters, vandals and even bad weather.
There is also a practical reason, the owner of the land hopes to soon build warehouses on it.
"We say rest in peace -- unless you're dead long enough to be interesting," wrote another reader, Jim Noonan.
USAGE: ゴジラは接吻しようとキティちゃんに近づいたが、逃げられた。 gojira wa seppun shiyou to kiti chan ni chikazuita ga, nigerareta. 'Godzilla thought to kiss Hello Kitty and approached her, but she ran away.'
ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:
ゴジラ gojira - Godzilla [The Japanese gojira comes from gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale)]
しようshiyou - decided to do something (kiss her)
キティちゃん kiti chan- Hello Kitty
に近づいた ~ni chikazuita - come close to, approach - maybe you recognize chikai (near, close)
が ga - but - connects two parts
逃げられた nigerareta - uses the passive of nigeru (to run away, escape) so she 'got away'
Besides George Washington, today is Lea Salonga's (featured in my last post) and my good friend Peggy's birthday too!
Hope it's a great one for both! Peggy has been a little blue lately, being away from home and all the pressures of law school, so go pay her visit if you can. She's a very loving and giving - a great person to know...
My good friend JenJen recommeded this show early on, and she has great judgement. I don't have regular cable, so... but you normal people might want to catch it. Here's a music video that Jason Mraz did. It's also currently free on iTunes... Of course "Ugly Betty" is beautiful in all the ways that matter...
Platinum Atlantic Records singer/songwriter Jason Mraz composed "The Beauty Of Ugly" in support of the "Be Ugly '07" campaign. Ugly Betty airs on ABC, every Thursday at 8/7c
Jason Mraz The Beauty In Ugly (Ugly Betty Version) Lyrics
She’s so big hearted But not so remarkable Just an ordinary humble girl Expecting nothing as we’re made to think It’s a pretty person’s world
But you are beautiful And you better go show it So go look again You gotta be true to your own If you really wanna go to the top Do you really wanna win Don’t believe in leaving normal Just to satisfy demand
Well if you wanna get free And if you wanna do the passionate thing And if you wanna get smart For the sake of your heart and all You should own your name And stand up tall and get real And see the beauty in ugly
Well you are fresh
Your face is fabulous Don’t forget you’re one of a kind When nobody’s checking the deeds you’ve done And nobody’s hearing your cries You make all the fashion statements Just by dressing up your mind
And if you wanna get free And if you wanna do the passionate thing And if you wanna get smart For the sake of your heart and all You should own your name And stand up tall and get real And see the beauty in ugly See the beauty in ugly
Well if you wanna get free And if you wanna do the passionate thing And if you wanna get smart For the sake of your heart and all You should own your name And stand up tall and get real And see the beauty in ugly
This is a chance to see a Japanese movie on the big screen, instead of maybe a few years later - if the movie can get a US distribution for a Region 1 DVD... The UltraStar at Hazard Center mall is where the big Asian Film Festival is held every year in October, so you can master the geography early this way... See you there!
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation presents a special screening of
LINDA LINDA LINDA
What: LINDA LINDA LINDA Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita (2005 | Japan | 35 mm | 114 min)
When: Thursday, March 1 7:30 PM
Where: UltraStar Cinemas, Mission Valley at Hazard Center 7510 Hazard Center Drive San Diego, CA 92108 (map)
Online Tickets: $8
Door Prices General Admission: $9 Students/Seniors: $8 SDAFF members: $5 Become a member and start enjoying membership privileges.
About the Film: Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei (Yu Kashii), drummer Kyoko (Aki Maeda of "Battle Royale", and bassist Nozumi (Shiori Sekine) are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son (Bae Doo Na of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance", though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival’s rock concert -- including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda."
Mike from (Spring Valley) San Diego, CA
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