Mout-a-massy

Language Trivia - 1

2009-10-29T01:25:00.000-07:00

Q is the only letter that does not appear in the names of any state of the United State.
Panagram is a sentence that contains all 26 letter in alphabet. Example: "Pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs"
White part in your fingernail is called the lunula.
The world's largest alphabet is Cambodian, with 74 letters.
In Ancient Roman the left side of the human body was thought of as evil and the right side was good. The Latin word for left is "sinister"
The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.
"Four" is the only number whose number of letters in the name equals the number.
This thing is not a slash: /. It is called a solidus or an obolus.
The longest word in Oxford Dictionary is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" it has 45 letters.
Palindrome is a sentence that if read backward says the same thing. Example: "Straw? No, too stupid a fad, I put soot on warts."
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together"
The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
"Honorificabilitudinitatibus" is the longest word consisting entirely of alternating vowels and consonants.
The plastic things in the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
The shortest "-ology" (study of) word is oology, the study of eggs.
Cannibalism, eating human flesh, is also called anthropophagy.
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
SWIMS is the longest word with 180-degree rotational symmetry (if you were to view it upside-down it would still be the same word and perfectly readable.)
The study of word origins is called etymology.
If all numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, "eight" would be the first number. "Zero" would be the last number.
The "O" when used as a prefix in Irish surnames means "descendant of"

Courtesy of Philinfo

John 3:16

2009-10-25T15:23:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Youtube

Hello there, Im here again to share another good video. To all my friend out there give a minutes of your busy life watching this video please. I assure you will get a good lesson and this video show how worth life is. Im giving my very thanks to all who gonna watch this video! Hope you enjoy and realize what I mean. Cheers! God Bless!

Animals Trivia

2009-10-24T12:36:00.000-07:00

Simple Animal's Trivia

Dog
- Contrary to popular belief, dogs do not sweat by salivating. They sweat through the pads of their feet.
- There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
- There are about 53 million dogs in US. In Paris is said to have more dogs than people.
- Police dogs were first used in 1816 in Scotland.

Cow
- The record for milk production from one cow is 11,756 galloons in one year. Bibliography - 50
- Cow can gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
- You can convince a cow to go upstairs, but it is nearly impossible to get one to come down.
- Cow's spot called Holstein's spots. Its like a fingerprint, No two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.

Cats
- Adult cats w/o health problems are in deep sleep 15% of their lives. They are in light sleep 50% of the time.
- Cat's jaws cannot move sideways.
- Cats have more than 100 vocal sounds while dog only have about ten.
- Cat's urine glows under black light.

Woodpecker
- woodpecker can peck 20 times in a second

Hippopotamus
- Hippopotamus skin was an one-and-a-half inches thick and nearly bulletproof.
- When hippopotamus is upset their sweats turn red
- Has stomach of 10 feet long

Ostrich
- Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain

Sharks
- Sharks are immune to all known diseases
- One species of shark is so competitive that the babies fight each other within their mother, until only one is left to be born.
- Sharks will eat anything. The only exception, is that they will not eat anything in the vicinity of where they give birth. This is the only way nature protects them from accidentally eating their own babies.
- Its is impossible to out-swim a shark - shark reach speeds of 70km/h. Humans run about 35km/h.

Boa
- The big differences about pythons and boa constrictor are: Pythons are longer and lay eggs while boa constrictor give birth to live babies

Red Kangaroo ( Australia )
- a kangaroo that can jump 27 feet in one bound.
- Kangaroos push off the ground with their tails when they jump.
- a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length

Flounder
- a weird and flat fish, has both eyes on one side of its body

Courtesy of Phillsinfo

Mangosteen Juice

2009-10-23T11:03:00.000-07:00

Mangosteen

This is a fruit called "Mangosteen" . Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree from Indonesia. Did you know that the juice from mangosteen could help obese peoples fight off Heart Disease and Diabetes. You have to drink about half a litre of the super-fruit's juice a day to help you lowers the level of a particular protein linked to the two health threats. US researchers said that this breakthrough could be valuable in treating obese patients.

Sucking Thumbs

2009-10-23T05:30:00.001-07:00

Youngsters who suck their thumb or a dummy for too long may suffer speech impediments when they are older.

Children who sucked their finger for more than three years were three times more likely to develop speech problems, according to researchers at the University of Washington. Almost 130 children aged three to five were studied.

Courtesy of Metro Magazine

World Largest Spider

2009-10-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

The Golden Orb Weaver (Africa)

Courtesy of TimesOnline

This was the newly discovered spider named Nephila komaci is a member of golden orb weaver family. Golden orb weavers are known for their large webs, which often exceed 1m in diameter, and for the big disparity between male and female body size. Golden orb weavers are the largest spiders to spin webs, although other breeds such as Goliath bird-eating spiders and tarantulas are even bigger.
The new species was named after Professor Kuntner’s friend Andreij Komac, who died in an accident at the time of the discoveries.

The females are the giants - with a body lenght of 3.8cm ( 1.5 in ) and a leg span of up to 12cm ( 5 inches ) The males are tiny by comparison — about five times smaller.

OUR PARENT'S WISH

2009-10-22T02:01:00.000-07:00

OUR PARENT'S WISH

courtesy of YouTube

I just uploaded this video for others who never seen this video. I hope this help you realize about good things and love they gave to us.

To all of my friends, had time to view this one I want all of us realize how hard and sacrifice they did to us! Hope this video make your family unite and love each other even though in hard times! God Bless all!

Brighton Pier

2009-10-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

This was the first attraction and tourist spot I saw when I came here in United Kingdom. Its quite impressive and unbelievable how Brighton Pier was made and installed in the sea. That time when im thinking of it, something comes in my mind it is how beautiful is United Kingdom. I know their are so many beautiful attraction back in the Philippines that's why im feel sorry that I never tried and see most of it. Maybe in the few more years I gonna go all around the Philippines because that's my dream. All around the world is too much for me that's why I only dreaming to see most of the beautiful attractions of the Philippines. Let's go back to the topic, I almost lost ( I really miss the Philippines ). Here you can now see the BRIGHTON PIER:

Brighton Pier 2003

Brighton Pier 2009

The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier is a pleasure pier in Brighton, England. It was generally known as the Palace Pier for short, before being informally renamed Brighton Pier in 2000 by its owners, the Noble Organisation.
Work began on the Palace Pier in 1891 and it opened in May 1899 after costing a record £137,000 to build. This was Brighton's third pier. A condition to be met by its builders, in exchange for permission to build, was that the first, The Royal Suspension Chain Pier of 1823, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, was to be demolished. They were saved this task by a storm which largely destroyed the Chain Pier.
A concert hall opened two years later, and by 1911 this had become a theatre.
In 1986 the theatre was removed, under an understanding that it would be replaced.[1] This has not happened, and the present seaward end building looks fairly modern in comparison with the rest of the structure, supporting a domed amusement arcade and several fairground rides, including several thrill rides, children's rides, roller coasters and a log flume.
The pier had signs reading "Brighton Pier" attached to it in 2000, although this change is not recognised by the National Piers Society or many of the residents of Brighton and Hove. Local newspaper The Argus still generally refers to the structure as the Palace Pier.
The Palace Pier suffered a large fire on 4 February 2003 but the damage was limited and most of the pier was able to reopen the next day. This was a fraught period for Brighton's piers, with much damage occurring to the West Pier (of 1866) shortly before and after this event.
In 2004 the Brighton Marine Palace Pier Company (owned by the Noble Organisation), admitted an offence of breaching public safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act and had to pay fines and costs of £37,000 after a fairground ride was operated with part of its track missing. Judge Nicholas Ainley, passing sentence at Hove Crown Court, said that inadequate procedures were to blame for the fact that nothing had been done to alert staff or passengers that the ride would be dangerous to use. As a result, the current management, none of whom were employed at the time of the incident, began a detailed new training programme and now employ a full time health and safety manager

Brighton Pier Rides

"Galaxia"

"Wild River" (not sure of the name)

"Dodgem"

"Carousel"

"Crane"

"Booster"

Its quite exciting isn't it? But I never tried it when I go here not because im scared, its just im alone riding all those rides? how boring and lonely it will be if you don't have a friend or family to shout and scream with. Maybe someday I will experience that when my family is already with me here in Brighton. To all the people who like rides like this you should come here and try it out i think it will satisfy your self and it will make you scream as loud as you can..haha

Other leisures

You can go for a drink at night here in Brighton Pier they have three bars but ofcourse for 18+ yrs old only..hehe I never try it before because im not a party man, i would love to drink at home with tropa and go wild..haha You can go play in the side stalls and arcade here. But honestly I don't like the arcade here because its more like a Casino not like in the Philippines you can play different games like basketball shoot out, racing and etc. but I still tried it I lost my £5.00 playing arcade..huhu I only won few time but in the end still I lost my money. But its quite good to experience though.

Its the view of people go swim and sunbathing. I want to try this next year..huhu

This is the Sea where the Brighton Pier installed. In summer time many people came here to surf, swim and ski, some do fishing also. But the picture above was autumn period thats why you can see the large waves. I never try this because when I came here in Brighton, summer period was near end. Maybe next year I can try how lovely this sea is. In the first picture above, you can see the different look of me. haha that's me when I first got here in United Kingdom. You can also see how lovely the view and birds flying free because here in UK there is a law about Cruelty to animals, not like in the Philippines you can throw stones, shot the birds and catch them if you want. You will be fine a certain amount / go to jail if do cruelty to animals here.

As you can see its too far if you are in the other side of Brighton Pier. Thats why they have a Mini train look at the picture below:

You can ride to this Mini train if you tired of walking its will cost you £3.00 ( im not sure about the price because I never use that, I much prefer to walk ) It will take you from east to west of the Seafront. (vice versa)

Beside the Brighton Pier you can find so many fun things to do like Crazy Golf. It will cost you £2.oo for a one round to 18 holes. I really enjoy this game because of its crazy holes..haha it will make you think is it possible that I can put this ball into the hole? Its a really nice experience though.If you want to go for beach volleyball & wall climbing you can also find it here beside Brighton Pier. They also have a playground for children they called it "Peter Fun". There is other thing that i really like here in Brighton Seafront it is the:

Naturalist Beach? what this mean to you? hehe You gonna like it! haha It means people who came here to swim was Naked. Yeah in other word it is the NUDE BEACH..You can see people walking, sunbathing & swimming without any piece of clothes. But you can't see it when your on the road because its has a mounted pebbles to keep them invisible to other sensitive people. Haha when I first came here in Brighton I almost come here everyday..haha but now im sick of it, im tired seeing a people naked. But its a nice and lovely experience. You should try it! It will make your mouth wide open..haha

Arundel Castle

2009-10-17T01:59:00.000-07:00

When my family plan to go to Arundel Castle im really excited..why? because this is the first time I would see a real castle in my enitre life. In my first step a very large building was in my sight..I really can't believe how large a castle is..My family told me that this castle was not a big one because in north part of England there is so many castle larger than this..Maybe you saw the castle from Harry Potter? yeah you can see it in Northern England..I hope one day i can go there and see how amazing that castle.

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle. The castle dates from the reign of Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066) and was completed by Roger de Montgomery, who became the first to hold the earldom of Arundel by the graces of William the Conqueror. The castle was damaged in the English Civil War and then restored in the 18th and 19th centuries.
From the 11th century onward, the castle has served as a hereditary stately home to several families (with a few and brief reversions to the Crown) and is currently the principal seat of the Duke of Norfolk and his family. It is a Grade I listed building.
Arundel Castle was built in 1068 during the reign of William the Conqueror as a fortification for the River Arun and a defensive position for the surrounding land. The original structure was a Motte and Bailey castle before undergoing an extensive renovation during the reign of William the Conqueror which enlarged the motte and improved the defences. Roger de Montgomery is believed to have been declared the first Earl of Arundel as the King granted him the property as part of a much larger package of hundreds of manors. (For other reasons, the generally accepted first creation of the title Earl of Arundel lies in the year 1138 with William d'Aubigny, confirmed in 1155).
After Roger de Montgomery died, the castle reverted to the crown under Henry I. The King, in his will, left Arundel Castle and the attached land to his second wife Adeliza of Louvain. In 1138, three years after Henry's death, she married William d'Albani II (aka d'Aubigny, the first Earl, of the d'Aubigny family of Saint-Martin-d'Aubigny in Normandy). William was responsible for creating the stone shell on the motte, thus increasing the defence and status

Some snap shot inside the castle..We are going to the loo that time..haha but camera is not allowed..haha we are just a "Pasaway".

We are not allowed to go inside there but i really enjoy when i saw this side of the castle because this is my first time I saw a castle..I saw a castle before only in Tele but not in actual/real.

This is a small bridge going to the castle as you can see its private so i just took a picture of it..hahaha

Arundel Cathedral

Arundel Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965. It now serves as the seat of the Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.
This was a amazing and stunning attraction here in Arundel. When I first saw this cathedral im really amaze how a human can made a architecture like this. I really like to go inside but that time its not allowed to come in that's why i got my picture outside. You should see this guys and put it in your journey list it was a amazing to saw a architecture like this.

The Gardens

The grounds, together with the keep and gatehouse, have been open to the public since 1800 and the gardens since 1854. There has been much renovation and restoration since then. Before the present 18th Duke and Duchess moved permanently to the Castle in 1987, the gardens had been largely neglected. Over the intervening years the Duchess, together with the head gardener, has transformed the 2 acres allocated to the gardens. There are hot and cool herbaceous borders with contrasting foliage plants, a cut flower border which together with the ornamental Victorian kitchen garden supplies the Castle with fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers. A rare lean-to peach house and vinery, originally built in 1850 by Clarke & Hope, has also been restored to its former glory and houses exotic fruit and vegetables. The sheltered location of the gardens makes it possible for many of the tender perennials such as cannas and salvias to remain in the ground throughout the winter. The Fitzalan Chapel has its own small garden charmingly planted in white and there is also a newly planted rose garden in what was once an 18th Century bowling green
Here you can see the different flowers and plants. This the botanical garden beside Arundel garden. Its my first time to saw tht kind of flowers and plants. But im not really surprise about the beauty of the garden because back in the Philippines there is so many beautiful attractions in terms of plants and flowers.

Other Attractions/ Architectures

Collector Earl's Garden

Opened by HRH The Prince of Waleson 14th May 2008 The new formal garden at Arundel has been conceived as a light-hearted tribute to Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel (1585-1646), known as ‘The Collector’. He died in exile in Padua during the English Civil War and though his body was brought back to England and buried in the Fitzalan Chapel at Arundel, the elaborate tomb which he had specified in his will was never erected. This garden, adjoining the church, may now be an appropriate memorial for the future. Lord Arundel was the first of the great English art collectors, whose antique marbles are now at Oxford, and the library at the Royal Society; but the magnificent Van Dyck and Mytens portraits and some other objects commissioned or collected by him form the basis of the collection now at Arundel Castle, while his retrieval of lost family estates, titles and honours after the disasters of his ancestors’ executions and attainders in the previous century were instrumental in the revival of the Norfolk family. So there is good reason to commemorate him here

Floating Crown

Hmm this is the "Floating Crown". Im not sure about the name of it..hehe Its nice to saw a crown floating, i know its because of the water that pushes the crown but the thing is the exact strength and non changing position of the crown..im just amaze about that and its kinda different.