Friday, September 19, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
PURINA CAT FOOD - WARNING!!
I have been informed that Purina Cat Chow - bought from Shaheen Chemists, Super Market Islamabad has larvas and worms in the cat food bag (7kg). It will likely cause health issues with your cats so stay away from the cat food being sold at Shaheen Chemist.
I repeat: cat owners pease, DON'T BUY CAT FOOD from Shaheen Chemists, Super Market, Islamabad.
All our cats have diarrhea symptoms.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Chuseok (추석) 2014: Events
One of the most popular holidays in Korea is Chuseok (추석), the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving in Western cultures. This year Chuseok will take place from September 7 to September 10, one day longer than the standard 3-day Chuseok holiday.
Though the official holiday period is from September 7 to September 10, many stores will be open on September 10. However, tourists are recommended to double check the operating hours in advance during the Chuseok holiday. This is the list of Chuseok holiday schedules and hours of operation for some of the tourist sites and shops in Korea.
One must remember that all museums are open and so are the palaces and in some cases - free entry during Chuseok is a trend. Places like Namsangol, Deoksogung etc. hold various performances for foreigners. Restaurants - big and small are close on the first day of Chusek and its falling on 8th Sept. this year.
Visit Seoul Global Centers website or Korea Tourism website to lear more on what's happening!
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Daiso Korea Collection
I bought this set earlier this year from Daiso - Round plates on right were 5USD and the rest of the stuff range between 3USD except the sushi plate. Pot in front is for 12USD.
“Rainwater Doctors” Program Launched in August
The second Rainwater Doctors Program was launched in August to promote the use of rainwater harvesting facilities according to building type and function, and to inform citizens who want to reuse rainwater but are not sure how. The Rainwater Doctors appointed this year will carry out their duties from August 2014 to June 2016, and the program will be operated through voluntary participation and talent donation by citizens.
A rainwater harvesting facility is an eco-friendly technology that allows the reuse of rainwater. After all the rainwater is collected in a tank on the roof of the building, it goes through a simple water treatment process and can be used for various purposes, such as watering vegetable gardens, landscaping, and cleaning bathrooms and floors in buildings. However, the facilities are not yet widely used, since most citizens are unfamiliar with and inexperienced at maintaining and using the facilities.
The Rainwater Doctors will serve as consultants, providing detailed information on rainwater harvesting facilities and helping those citizens who are unfamiliar with reusing rainwater.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government expects that the rainwater reuse system will be great for urban farmers who know that rainwater is better for agriculture than tap water. Also, the city government hopes that this measure will help Seoul become a healthy water-cycle city cycle.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Italian Mountaineer Conquers K2 without Oxygen Reserves
Tamara Lunger, one of the seven women on a K2-climbing mission, reached the top of the 8,611 metres high mountain on July 26, that too without an oxygen reserve.
Ms Lunger had been dreaming of climbing 8,000 metres plus peaks since she was 15 years old.
“I guess one of the reasons why I chose to climb K2 was because it is the hardest to conquer,” said 28-year-old Italian mountaineer, who scaled her third 8,000 metres plus mountain.
Ms Lunger had been training for the climb since a year.
When it came to K2, she and her team members went up as an expedition without porters, and carried their own gear. This is what made climbing hundreds of metres of steep slopes harder.
Her team leader, Giuseppe Pompili, who also climbed K2 without supplemental oxygen, bagged his third 8,000 metres plus mountain. In 2006, Pompili became one of the 150 climbers to have conquered the seven highest peaks in the seven continents. Today, a little over 350 people have accomplished this feat.
Read more here.
Read Tamara's blog here!
Source: Dawn and Tamara's blog!
Friday, August 15, 2014
Korea Post Issues Pope Francis Stamps
On the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Korea starting August 14, Korea Post has released its “Pope Francis' Visit to Korea Commemorative Stamps” !
Google Celebrates Korea's Liberation Day - 광복절 (Gwangbokjeol)
광복절 (Gwangbokjeol) by google!
Korean Independence Day–광복절 (Gwangbokjeol)–is celebrated on Aug. 15 each year. The literal meaning of "광복절(光復節)" is "the restoration of the light. I wrote about it here!
Save Arturo - the polar bear!
SIGN THE PETITION HERE!
A Greenpeace petition to move Arturo from his current home has already gathered nearly 200,000 signatures.
Argentine professor Fernanda Arentsen said: "You can see he is going crazy. He moves the way polar bears do when they are suffering a lot of stress.
"He has been filmed rocking back and forth in a way that signals distress. It breaks my heart to see it.
"I'm from Mendoza. I know how hot summer is. There is no way for him to escape the heat."
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Google Celebrates Pakistan's Independence
Google Doodle on Pakistan Day is an interesting landmark from Islamabad.
Celebrating the 68th Independence of Pakistan, Google has posted a doodle on the Pakistan homepage. The doodle features the blooming flower-shaped Pakistan Monument located at Shakarparian -a small hill near Zero Point in Islamabad, Pakistan. This monument is a national monument that represents the country's four provinces and three territories.
Before an architect was finalised to design this monument, a competition was held among notable architects during General Musharraf's government. Arif Masood's plan was selected for the final design.
The four main petals of the Pakistan Monument represent the four provinces -Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh - while the three smaller petals represent the three territories - Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas.
Prayers for Pakistan!
Maths World's "Nobel prize" goes to Maryam Mirzakhani
A woman has won the maths world's "Nobel prize" for the first time. Maryam Mirzakhani of Stanford University, California, will receive the Fields medal tomorrow at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, South Korea.
The medal is awarded once every four years to at most four recipients, who must be aged under 40 at the start of that year. All the previous 52 Fields medalists, dating back to 1936, have been male.
Mirzakhani, who is Iranian, studies the geometry of moduli space, a complex geometric and algebraic entity that might be described as a universe in which every point is itself a universe. Mirzakhani described the number of ways a beam of light can travel a closed loop in a two-dimensional universe. To answer the question, it turns out, you cannot just stay in your "home" universe – you have to understand how to navigate the entire multiverse. Mirzakhani has shown mathematicians new ways to navigate these spaces.
Mirzakhani first attracted international attention as a high-school student in 1995, when she was the first Iranian student to achieve a perfect score in the International Mathematics Olympiad.
For further details read here.
For further details read here.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Malala and Justin Bieber Talked on FB
'I can't wait to meet her in person and talk about how I can support her and the @malalafund. #love': The 20-year-old, who is a very generous supporter of dozens of charities and causes worldwide, revealed he's eager to throw his substantial weight behind the 17-year-old's Malala Fund
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