Massive Park in Kuala Lumpur Soon

If we watch lots of American programs on TV, we are bound to come across the popular central park in New York. London has its own Hyde Park. I recently came across an article in National Geographic magazine about Paris' focus on beautifying its city with nature.

Probably those are what caused the Housing and Local Government Ministry to develop a huge 162ha (beats me, I have no idea how big that is) of federal land to become a park within Kuala Lumpur. I had thought the Lake Gardens was big, but it is only 91ha. So we are really talking huge here.

Actually, I was hoping to see more trees along major roads (something like in Singapore where trees on both sides of the expressway converge to provide cooling shades) to provide more shade... but I guess this could be a better solution.

Source: Star Online Nation "KL’s very own public park"

Fast Food Replies...

Fast food has spoken in opposition of Malaysian government's plan to ban fast food advertising. McDonald's Malaysia's new managing director explained that it really is no use, citing an example in Sweden where the country did just that 13 years ago. A survey indicated there was no reduction in obesity compared with other European nations.

McD, Nutritional Society of Malaysia, Malaysian Dieticians' Society, media and advertisers' associations will meet with Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek tomorrow.

Source: Star Online Nation "Banning fast food ads won’t prevent obesity, says MD"

My Favourite Red Carpet @ The Oscars

It's been a few days and I've gone through some of the nice photos of celebrities walking the red carpet. To date, Nicole Kidman remains my favourite with her very auspicious (coincides with the 15-day Chinese New Year!) red dress:

Source: About: Women's Fashion "Oscar Fashion, 2007"

New Heroes

UPDATE 13 February 2008: An update about the series' current status posted here.

A sigh of relief that popular American hit TV series "Heroes" will not have a cliffhanger in the season ending. Heroes Revealed website reports: The series' creator, Tim Kring said the next season will feature a new storyline and some new characters.

Phew! I was under the impression that this will become a typical American series that will leave the audience hanging at the end of the season, especially this one as every episode ends with a "to be continued...". Promise of new casts also helps! The future seems promising!

When the Sun, Moon and Earth align...

...and earth gets in-between, we get a lunar eclipse! Us Malaysians will get to see the eclipse from 5:30am to 7:23am tomorrow (Sunday, 4 March 2007). Next lunar eclipse due 7 August this year.

A live webcast will be available from the National Space Agency website.

Source: Star Online "Full lunar eclipse on Chap Goh Meh"

But of course, while everyone else is watching the eclipse, I would be dreaming of it instead. ;)

Bakio

Bakio
Originally uploaded by disgustipado.

disgustipado took this wide expanse of the beach and included a human figure in for scale.

Sunset at Ellis

Sunset at Ellis
Originally uploaded by Willraja.

Willraja mentioned in a forum he came across this colourful sunset by accident... his main purpose was there to shoot some portraits and he saw this whle packing his bags, ending the day. One good reason to have a camera ready at all times!

Escalera a ninguna parte.

Escalera a ninguna parte.
Originally uploaded by xip.

Escalator to heaven?

Clash of the Titans

Fear or envy? The US has been looking over China's shoulder and their latest criticism is about China's expanding military. Well, China is saying that its military buildup is important for world peace.

My guess is we can expect more clashes between these two countries in the future!

Source: Reuters "China rejects U.S. criticism of military build-up"

In addition to that, Japan's policy chief of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Shoichi Nakagawa, commented that Japan might fall into Chinese hands one day, citing China's massive military as the base of his claims.

Source: Star Online "Japan MP says Japan could become Chinese province"

Lady In Black

Lady In Black
Originally uploaded by D_m_i_t_r_y.

D_m_i_t_r_y has been producing very interesting portraits and this is one of his latest!

Upper Earth

This is cool or what? For a whole lot of explanation on earth's atmosphere, check out the link below:

Source: NASA Earth Observatory "The Top of the Atmosphere"

brook in the meadows

brook in the meadows
Originally uploaded by the-father.

Something taken by the-father that will help to sooth some tired eyes. :)

Worth a thousand words...

Dylan Martinez took this photo of the Queen of England with her smiling grandson, capturing the moment. Prince Harry will possibly be looking for some action in Iraq.

Source: Reuters Blog

All new Coke from the outside

Japan Today reported that Coca-Cola is going to have an all new look (right) in line with its "The Coke Side Of Life" campaign meant to encourage people to make positive choices in life:

The Coke Side of Life = Coca Cola = positive choices
Positive choices = good
Therefore, drink Coke when you make positive choices OR drink Coke so that you can make positive choices...

The new look is now in Japan which will go worldwide in March.

Google’s First Production Server

Google’s First Production Server
Originally uploaded by jurvetson.

jurvetson took a photo of Google's first production server... I actually don't know what are the differences between a normal server and a production server but I feel that since it is Google and that it is Google's first of something, I should post it here. :P