Tuesday, September 23, 2008

More Upside Down People: David Blaine and .... who is that girl?

Kelly Ripa interviews illusionist David Blaine while both of them are hanging upside down above Central Park's Wollman Rink in New York. Blaine begins his latest endurance challenge 'David Blaine: Dive of Death' Monday morning Sept. 22, 2008. Blaine is set to hang upside down without a safety net for 60 hours. He will then conclude his exhibition with a plunge.

(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

From Yahoo News / Associated Press.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Before and after marriage

(From my friend, Cielo Jao)

Before marriage.....


He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.
She: Do you want me to leave?
He: No! Don't even think about it.
She: Do you love me?
He: Of course! Over and over!
She: Have you ever cheated on me?
He: No! Why are you even asking?
She: Will you kiss me?
He: Every chance I get.
She: Will you hit me?
He: Are you crazy! I'm not that kind of person!
She: Can I trust you?
He: Yes.
She: Darling!


After marriage....

Simply read from bottom to top.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Kitten of war


The intelligence of animals goes beyond our need for war. It is something we will never ever surpass. (Image taken from http://parentsofdeployed.homestead.com)

Friday, August 29, 2008

Burger King > Big Mac, or so it says.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Google. Back at one.



Google is numero uno! Best big company to work for. Rank number one.

This is according to the ranking of Fortune Magazine this year. Google is ranked 150 in the Fortune 1000, and gives stock options to 99% of its employees. Why is it number one? Read the previous statement. And add this: GOOG (Google) went past US$700 a share. Go figure.


Gotta pee, hold my fishing rod....


From Yahoo News.

In this undated photo released by the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, David Hayes holds his state record-breaking channel catfish while his three-year-old granddaughter Alyssa holds the Barbie rod and reel that Hayes used to reel in the 21-pound, 1 ounce fish in Elkin, N.C.

(AP Photo/N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission)

***The makers of the Barbie rod are now claiming the catch.

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Frozen





Got this from my friend Andy's site. From Improveverywhere.com

Monday, July 16, 2007

Rescuers scramble in Japan

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Rescuers sift through the debris of a house collapsed by a strong earthquake in Kashiwazaki, northwestern Japan, Monday, July 16, 2007. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, killing at least two people. The quake...

Monday, June 18, 2007

Spurs celebrate fourth title

Spurs celebrate fourth title with parade (AP)

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich holds up four fingers to represent the four championships the Spurs have won as he takes part in a river parade to celebrate winning the NBA basketball championship,  in San Antonio, Sunday, June 17, 2007.

The San Antonio Spurs' black and silver was joined by another color Sunday -- the gold of the team's fourth championship trophy in nine seasons. Lining the banks of San Antonio's famed River Walk, tens of thousands of fans decked out in the Spurs' colors waited in the oppressive heat to catch a glimpse of their favorite players and congratulate the team.


Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Spurs one more win away from championship

Spurs take 3-0 lead over Cavs in NBA (AP)

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan (21) gets squeezed between Cleveland Cavaliers' Anderson Varejao (17), from Brazil, and Cleveland Cavaliers' Eric Snow during Game 3 of the NBA basketball finals Tuesday, June 12, 2007, in Cleveland. The Spurs defeated Cleveland 75-72 to lead the series 3-0. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)AP - Manu Ginobili's three free throws in the last 10.4 seconds sealed a 75-72 victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers that gives the San Antonio Spurs a 3-0 lead in the NBA finals.


Tuesday, June 12, 2007

747th home run

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San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds hits a two-run home run off of Toronto Blue Jays' Josh Towers to score Ryan Klesko in the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Monday, June 11, 2007. It was Bonds' 747th career home run. The Giants won...

First time

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Spurs make it 2-0

Spurs nearly blow huge lead, go up 2-0 (AP)

San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan, top, shoots against Cleveland Cavaliers center Zydrunas Ilgauskas, of Lithuania, in the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball game in San Antonio, Sunday, June 10, 2007. San Antonio won 103-92.

They've got the superstar center, the speedy point guard and the super sub. The San Antonio Spurs have a trio unlike any other on an NBA team. They're three of a kind who are just two wins from another title. Tony Parker scored 30 points, Manu Ginobili had 25 and Tim Duncan added 23 as the Spurs schooled Cleveland in championship basketball for 3 1/2 quarters, overpowering the Cavaliers 103-92 in...


Sunday, June 10, 2007

Cotto KOs Zab Judah

Cotto stops Judah in 11th round (AP)

Miguel Cotto, left,of Puerto Rico,  punches Zab Judah during the seventh round of boxing action for the WBA Welterweight Championship, Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Cotto won the fight by TKO in the 11th round.

The Puerto Rican Day parade can't be any better of a show than what Miguel Cotto and Zab Judah put on at a raucous Madison Square Garden. And Cotto gave the sellout crowd what it came for: a knockout of one of its own. The popular Puerto Rican welterweight thrilled his fans, who made up a majority of the filled-to-the-rafters Garden on Saturday night, by stopping Brooklyn's Judah in the 11th round...


Henin wins 3rd consecutive French Open

Henin wins 3rd consecutive French Open (AP)

Belgium's Justine Henin slams a forehand to Serbia's Ana Ivanovic during the women's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)AP - Justine Henin sat in her chair during a changeover, opened an envelope and pulled out a note bearing the word "Allez" — French for "Let's go."


Fighter of the year

Pacquiao receives 2006 fighter of the year award from BWAA

Manny Pacquiao received the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) Boxer of the Year award in New York, Los Angeles, according to a report by www.philboxing.com Saturday.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

No chess, arnis in Thai SEAG

No chess, arnis in Thai SEAG

MANILA, Philippines—Chess and arnis, considered Philippine strongholds in the Southeast Asian Games, won’t be included in the SEA Games calendar in Thailand this December.

Friday, June 08, 2007

It's San Antonio in Game 1

Spurs stifle James, Cavs 85-76 in Game 1 (AP)

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9), of France, reacts against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second half of Game 1 of the NBA Finals basketball game in San Antonio, Thursday, June 7, 2007. The Spurs won, 85-76.

LeBron James finally scaled the big stage, and like a bunch of burly bouncers, the San Antonio Spurs tossed him off it. Welcome to the NBA finals, young fella. James couldn't solve San Antonio's stifling defense and the pick-and-rolling Spurs, as fundamental and selfless as ever, outclassed Cleveland in an 85-76 victory in Game 1 on Thursday night.


Thursday, June 07, 2007

Riis stripped of Tour de France title

Riis stripped of Tour de France title (AP)

The Tour de France no longer considers Bjarne Riis the winner of the 1996 race after the Danish cyclist admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. "We have removed him from the list" because of the doping admission, Tour spokesman Philippe Sudres said Thursday. "We consider philosophically that he can no longer claim to have won." Riis, now retired, admitted last month that he used the...

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Sharapova reaches French open semis for the first time

Russia's Maria Sharapova reacts after beating compatriot ...

photo(AFP) - Russia's Maria Sharapova reacts after beating compatriot Anna Chakvetadze during their French Open quarter-final at Roland Garros in Paris. Sharapova has reached her first French Open semi-final at the fifth attempt by defeating Chakvetadze 6-3, 6-4.(AFP/Thomas Coex)


Tuesday, June 05, 2007

2012 Olympics Logo

The logo for the 2012 Olympic Games -- a jagged emblem in bold ...

photo(AFP) - The logo for the 2012 Olympic Games -- a jagged emblem in bold colours designed to define the image of the Games in five years time -- has been unveiled in London. Critics immediately condemned it as "hideous" and a waste of money.(AFP/Shaun Curry)


Sunday, June 03, 2007

Williams moves on

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Serena Reaches Quarters at French Open

(AP/Newsvine) Serena Williams overcame two breaks in the second set to beat Dinara Safina of Russia 6-2, 6-3 Sunday and reach the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Williams, an eight-time Grand Slam champion who is trying to win her second title at Roland Garros, took a 4-0 lead in the first set, but struggled at times in the second.


Ibragimov wins over Shannon Briggs

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(AP) Sultan Ibragimov, right, of Rostov-na-Donu, Russia, lands a punch on Shannon Briggs, of New York, during the 7th round of WBO World Heavyweight Championship Boxing in Atlantic City, N.J. on Saturday, June 2, 2007. Ibragimov won by unanimous...

Impossible but true!

James takes Cavs to their 1st NBA finals (AP)

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James holds the championship trophy after the Cavaliers won the NBA Eastern Conference championship with a 98-82 win over the Detroit Pistons in a basketball game Saturday, June 2, 2007, in Cleveland. NBA great Bill Russell laughs at left. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - As his teammates danced and carried on while wearing baseball caps and T-shirts proclaiming "Champions," LeBron James walked around in a daze with a smile etched across his face. "This is like a dream," he said, shaking his head. "This is probably the best feeling that I've ever had in my life." An entire city felt the same.