i finally went 2 e gym 2 work out!!!! went on e bike..cycled 4 ard 30mins only...but e seat v uncomfortable..my butt hurt now loh!!!! nee when u 1 2 get ur bike seat bk??? or else i use it when i go 2 e gym...hahaha....
mayb i can finally join u gals 2 desaru on labour day...hahaa....if i continue my wkly gym work out hopefully...hahaa
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Psychopath Test
Read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result. This is not a trick question. It is as it reads.
While at the funeral of her own mother, a woman met a man who she did not know. She thought he was 'amazing'. She believed him to be her dream partner so much that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.
Question:
What was her motive for killing her sister? Give this some thought before you answer. (See answer below).
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She was hoping the guy would appear again at her sister's funeral. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test developed by a famous American psychologist, used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer.
Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly. If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my e-mail list .
While at the funeral of her own mother, a woman met a man who she did not know. She thought he was 'amazing'. She believed him to be her dream partner so much that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister.
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What was her motive for killing her sister? Give this some thought before you answer. (See answer below).
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She was hoping the guy would appear again at her sister's funeral. If you answered this correctly, you think like a psychopath. This was a test developed by a famous American psychologist, used to test if one has the same mentality as a killer.
Many arrested serial killers took part in the test and answered the question correctly. If you didn't answer the question correctly, good for you.
If you got the answer correct, please let me know so I can take you off my e-mail list .
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head
Super weird looking fish!!!!
go to this website (can click on e title above) for more info, pics & video...
http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html
The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish's tubular eyes are capped by bright green lenses. The eyes point upward (as shown here) when the fish is looking for food overhead. They point forward when the fish is feeding. The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. Image: © 2004 MBARI
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fish's head. A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler shows that these unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fish's head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.
Deep-sea fish have adapted to their pitch-black environment in a variety of amazing ways. Several species of deep-water fishes in the family Opisthoproctidae are called "barreleyes" because their eyes are tubular in shape. Barreleyes typically live near the depth where sunlight from the surface fades to complete blackness. They use their ultra-sensitive tubular eyes to search for the faint silhouettes of prey overhead.
Although such tubular eyes are very good at collecting light, they have a very narrow field of view. Furthermore, until now, most marine biologists believed that barreleye's eyes were fixed in their heads, which would allow them to only look upward. This would make it impossible for the fishes to see what was directly in front of them, and very difficult for them to capture prey with their small, pointed mouths.
Robison and Reisenbichler used video from MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to study barreleyes in the deep waters just offshore of Central California. At depths of 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet) below the surface, the ROV cameras typically showed these fish hanging motionless in the water, their eyes glowing a vivid green in the ROV's bright lights. The ROV video also revealed a previously undescribed feature of these fish--its eyes are surrounded by a transparent, fluid-filled shield that covers the top of the fish's head.
Most existing descriptions and illustrations of this fish do not show its fluid-filled shield, probably because this fragile structure was destroyed when the fish were brought up from the deep in nets. However, Robison and Reisenbichler were extremely fortunate--they were able to bring a net-caught barreleye to the surface alive, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium. Within this controlled environment, the researchers were able to confirm what they had seen in the ROV video--the fish rotated its tubular eyes as it turned its body from a horizontal to a vertical position.
In addition to their amazing "headgear," barreleyes have a variety of other interesting adaptations to deep-sea life. Their large, flat fins allow them to remain nearly motionless in the water, and to maneuver very precisely (much like MBARI's ROVs). Their small mouths suggest that they can be very precise and selective in capturing small prey. On the other hand, their digestive systems are very large, which suggests that they can eat a variety of small drifting animals as well as jellies. In fact, the stomachs of the two net-caught fish contained fragments of jellies.
After documenting and studying the barreleye's unique adaptations, Robison and Reisenbichler developed a working hypothesis about how this animal makes a living. Most of the time, the fish hangs motionless in the water, with its body in a horizontal position and its eyes looking upward. The green pigments in its eyes may filter out sunlight coming directly from the sea surface, helping the barreleye spot the bioluminescent glow of jellies or other animals directly overhead. When it spots prey (such as a drifting jelly), the fish rotates its eyes forward and swims upward, in feeding mode.
Barreleyes share their deep-sea environment with many different types of jellies. Some of the most common are siphonophores (colonial jellies) in the genus Apolemia. These siphonophores grow to over 10 meters (33 feet) long. Like living drift nets, they trail thousands of stinging tentacles, which capture copepods and other small animals. The researchers speculate that barreleyes may maneuver carefully among the siphonophore's tentacles, picking off the captured organisms. The fish's eyes would rotate to help the fish keep its "eyes on the prize," while its transparent shield would protect the fish's eyes from the siphonophore's stinging cells. MBARI researchers speculate that Macropinna microstoma may eat animals that have been captured in the tentacles of jellies, such as this siphonophore in the genus Apolemia.
Robison and Reisenbichler hope to do further research to find out if their discoveries about Macropinna microstoma also apply to other deep-sea fish with tubular eyes. The bizarre physiological adaptations of the barreleyes have puzzled oceanographers for generations. It is only with the advent of modern underwater robots that scientists have been able to observe such animals in their native environment, and thus to fully understand how these physical adaptations help them survive.
go to this website (can click on e title above) for more info, pics & video...
http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html
The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish's tubular eyes are capped by bright green lenses. The eyes point upward (as shown here) when the fish is looking for food overhead. They point forward when the fish is feeding. The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. Image: © 2004 MBARI
Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. Ever since the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma was first described in 1939, marine biologists have known that its tubular eyes are very good at collecting light. However, the eyes were believed to be fixed in place and seemed to provide only a "tunnel-vision" view of whatever was directly above the fish's head. A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler shows that these unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent shield that covers the fish's head. This allows the barreleye to peer up at potential prey or focus forward to see what it is eating.
Deep-sea fish have adapted to their pitch-black environment in a variety of amazing ways. Several species of deep-water fishes in the family Opisthoproctidae are called "barreleyes" because their eyes are tubular in shape. Barreleyes typically live near the depth where sunlight from the surface fades to complete blackness. They use their ultra-sensitive tubular eyes to search for the faint silhouettes of prey overhead.
Although such tubular eyes are very good at collecting light, they have a very narrow field of view. Furthermore, until now, most marine biologists believed that barreleye's eyes were fixed in their heads, which would allow them to only look upward. This would make it impossible for the fishes to see what was directly in front of them, and very difficult for them to capture prey with their small, pointed mouths.
Robison and Reisenbichler used video from MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to study barreleyes in the deep waters just offshore of Central California. At depths of 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet) below the surface, the ROV cameras typically showed these fish hanging motionless in the water, their eyes glowing a vivid green in the ROV's bright lights. The ROV video also revealed a previously undescribed feature of these fish--its eyes are surrounded by a transparent, fluid-filled shield that covers the top of the fish's head.
Most existing descriptions and illustrations of this fish do not show its fluid-filled shield, probably because this fragile structure was destroyed when the fish were brought up from the deep in nets. However, Robison and Reisenbichler were extremely fortunate--they were able to bring a net-caught barreleye to the surface alive, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium. Within this controlled environment, the researchers were able to confirm what they had seen in the ROV video--the fish rotated its tubular eyes as it turned its body from a horizontal to a vertical position.
In addition to their amazing "headgear," barreleyes have a variety of other interesting adaptations to deep-sea life. Their large, flat fins allow them to remain nearly motionless in the water, and to maneuver very precisely (much like MBARI's ROVs). Their small mouths suggest that they can be very precise and selective in capturing small prey. On the other hand, their digestive systems are very large, which suggests that they can eat a variety of small drifting animals as well as jellies. In fact, the stomachs of the two net-caught fish contained fragments of jellies.
After documenting and studying the barreleye's unique adaptations, Robison and Reisenbichler developed a working hypothesis about how this animal makes a living. Most of the time, the fish hangs motionless in the water, with its body in a horizontal position and its eyes looking upward. The green pigments in its eyes may filter out sunlight coming directly from the sea surface, helping the barreleye spot the bioluminescent glow of jellies or other animals directly overhead. When it spots prey (such as a drifting jelly), the fish rotates its eyes forward and swims upward, in feeding mode.
Barreleyes share their deep-sea environment with many different types of jellies. Some of the most common are siphonophores (colonial jellies) in the genus Apolemia. These siphonophores grow to over 10 meters (33 feet) long. Like living drift nets, they trail thousands of stinging tentacles, which capture copepods and other small animals. The researchers speculate that barreleyes may maneuver carefully among the siphonophore's tentacles, picking off the captured organisms. The fish's eyes would rotate to help the fish keep its "eyes on the prize," while its transparent shield would protect the fish's eyes from the siphonophore's stinging cells. MBARI researchers speculate that Macropinna microstoma may eat animals that have been captured in the tentacles of jellies, such as this siphonophore in the genus Apolemia.
Robison and Reisenbichler hope to do further research to find out if their discoveries about Macropinna microstoma also apply to other deep-sea fish with tubular eyes. The bizarre physiological adaptations of the barreleyes have puzzled oceanographers for generations. It is only with the advent of modern underwater robots that scientists have been able to observe such animals in their native environment, and thus to fully understand how these physical adaptations help them survive.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
dym...happy or sad...
DYM is here...happy but cramp...happy tt when i'm in manado no nd 2 fret..but now cramp...argh....pain...& always in super crampy mood when dym comes...
Monday, February 23, 2009
V-day 2 over-advertised??
tis yr's V day was totally un-Vly...not tt we really celebrated it...but it was juz like any normal day...
& HN pretty much didnt rememb tt it was V-day...
mayb cos we were busy "holidaying"....
we pretty much didnt do anything special...i cant even rememb wat we did... i juz know we were in mel...hmmmm....
we've bec so un-romatic...aiyo....
& HN pretty much didnt rememb tt it was V-day...
mayb cos we were busy "holidaying"....
we pretty much didnt do anything special...i cant even rememb wat we did... i juz know we were in mel...hmmmm....
we've bec so un-romatic...aiyo....
AUST trip sum-up 5-16 Feb 2009
1ed 2 blog abt my aust trip during e wkend...but camera wif HN...so didnt...
anyway here's a summary of e 11days trip:
aust wasnt 2 exciting la...can b quite boring...
blue mountain abseiling/canyoning was super fun....HMAS brisbane diving was horrible...i puked until my guts were all out... great ocean rd was beautiful, but e tour wasnt fun, e driver/guide was like herding sheeps...10mins 2 look c @each stop..so v rush..not fun...e vintage/2nd hand shops were nice but super x!!!!i got pretty gd bargains @ smith's st & harbourtown...& e cherries @queen vic mkt was terrific!!!& e memorable ABNN flight incident...
& tt sums up my aust trip...haha...
anyway here's a summary of e 11days trip:
aust wasnt 2 exciting la...can b quite boring...
blue mountain abseiling/canyoning was super fun....HMAS brisbane diving was horrible...i puked until my guts were all out... great ocean rd was beautiful, but e tour wasnt fun, e driver/guide was like herding sheeps...10mins 2 look c @each stop..so v rush..not fun...e vintage/2nd hand shops were nice but super x!!!!i got pretty gd bargains @ smith's st & harbourtown...& e cherries @queen vic mkt was terrific!!!& e memorable ABNN flight incident...
& tt sums up my aust trip...haha...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
VOTE 4 ME!!!!
hello ladies & gentlemen,pls help vote me & HN 4 e most look-alike couple...
& 1 lucky voter will also win a prize..so win-win situation!!! =) thk u people!!!
http://contest.omy.sg/valentine2009/vote.html
& 1 lucky voter will also win a prize..so win-win situation!!! =) thk u people!!!
http://contest.omy.sg/valentine2009/vote.html
空中惊魂记。。。
回来了。。。 幸好回的来。。。真是被那个ABNN 吓到。。。
回来的flight半途，ABNN 跟空姐有一点argument,不知道吵什么。。。突然好几位相当魁梧的ang mo 站了出来 (i tink 他们是those flight security)。。。他们讲了一下,可是ABNN 还是很激动。。。ang mo den 把他带到空姐的休息室，还被铐住。。。有位空姐还开luggage compartments 来check。。。
有人去跟空姐要refreshment (so happen 2 b talking rite nx 2 our seats)，空姐叫每个人坐下因为有事发生。。。当时我还真的很怕飞机上有炸弹。。。and den, i rememb, tt ABNN was b4 me in e toilet, & e soap dispenser was missing!!! soap can b used 2 make bomb loh...(paranoid thinkings all flooding ard)。。。
but in e end, after ABNN being cuffed oredi,things sort o went bk 2 normal。。。
when we landed, captain announced that security comin onboard, so every1 cannot stand up, must sit & wait。。。security look look c c, den went 2 talk 2 e ABNN & his friend (another ABNN)。。。ard 5mins, den every1 can get their luggage & left e plane..ABNN & friend still onboard being questioned when we left, heard them say they flying to London den 2 Manchester...
下了飞机后，看到挺多security & plain clothes police i tink waiting at our gate there...
heng 没有事发生，不过真的体会到 e threat o terrorism is very very very real...can really happen anytime, any place...
谢谢老天让我平安回来!!!!
回来的flight半途，ABNN 跟空姐有一点argument,不知道吵什么。。。突然好几位相当魁梧的ang mo 站了出来 (i tink 他们是those flight security)。。。他们讲了一下,可是ABNN 还是很激动。。。ang mo den 把他带到空姐的休息室，还被铐住。。。有位空姐还开luggage compartments 来check。。。
有人去跟空姐要refreshment (so happen 2 b talking rite nx 2 our seats)，空姐叫每个人坐下因为有事发生。。。当时我还真的很怕飞机上有炸弹。。。and den, i rememb, tt ABNN was b4 me in e toilet, & e soap dispenser was missing!!! soap can b used 2 make bomb loh...(paranoid thinkings all flooding ard)。。。
but in e end, after ABNN being cuffed oredi,things sort o went bk 2 normal。。。
when we landed, captain announced that security comin onboard, so every1 cannot stand up, must sit & wait。。。security look look c c, den went 2 talk 2 e ABNN & his friend (another ABNN)。。。ard 5mins, den every1 can get their luggage & left e plane..ABNN & friend still onboard being questioned when we left, heard them say they flying to London den 2 Manchester...
下了飞机后，看到挺多security & plain clothes police i tink waiting at our gate there...
heng 没有事发生，不过真的体会到 e threat o terrorism is very very very real...can really happen anytime, any place...
谢谢老天让我平安回来!!!!
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Diver couple...
did tis in off, last min...haha...can win a hp mini laptop.. any1 interested 2 join juz go 2 mediacorptv.com, love connect...
at e airport...flying 2 brisbane....
at e airport now..flying off soon....hope it'll b a gd trip...=)
anything u gals 1, juz give me a buzz..if can get it will try 2 buy!!!!
=)
btw HUAT HUAT HUAT...
anything u gals 1, juz give me a buzz..if can get it will try 2 buy!!!!
=)
btw HUAT HUAT HUAT...
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
aussie here i come...toto come my way...HUAT AH...
i'm flying off 2 aussie tmr....
bk on 16th feb...
JUAN: TOTO strike u beta dun run off wif e $$$ ah!!!!
bk on 16th feb...
JUAN: TOTO strike u beta dun run off wif e $$$ ah!!!!
Monday, February 02, 2009
age...
age is really catching up... e usu qn o when u getting married in tis rd o CNY poppin up almost all e time..esp so wif my mummy..hmmmm...
another sign tt age is really catching up is my body....really cannot stay up these days...after a loosing game o mj @ swing's place... i got hm (ard 7+), almost immediately i fell aslp!!!! & only woke up past 1pm...& i still cld not get enough o it when i slpt tt nite...i slpt like b4 12midnite, & woke up almost at 12noon e nx day.. my body jux didnt 1 2 wake....
another sign tt age is really catching up is my body....really cannot stay up these days...after a loosing game o mj @ swing's place... i got hm (ard 7+), almost immediately i fell aslp!!!! & only woke up past 1pm...& i still cld not get enough o it when i slpt tt nite...i slpt like b4 12midnite, & woke up almost at 12noon e nx day.. my body jux didnt 1 2 wake....
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