When We Get Job-less!

It was the middle of holidays and we school gals were totally jobless... maybe so jobless that we started doing such crazy stuff like... getting into a big rubber ball filled with oxygen on a shallow pool of water (a.k.a) Zorbing!

Zorbing is an exciting sport played on shallow water, ordinary land and if you got the guts,
 even DOWN A HILL!!!

Zorbing was an awesome experience! It was like running in a hamster wheel! The funny part of it was falling down every time we try to stand up!

The place I went to for Zorbing was WiReD! The only Zorbing place in Chennai! Its a place where you can go Zorbing, Play video games, Play with remote control cars in a special little race track, play a few indoor games and have something at the cafeteria!

Here's the address for this place.

Wired,
 Rutland gate road
 (near kothari building there is a road, thats the road),
opp taj coromandel,
Nungambakkam,
 Chennai.
TN - India

Internet Facts

35.6% of internet users are Asian

With average of 389 million of internet surfers each month, Asia is the largest internet crowd among other world regions

In Afirca, 3 out of 100 surf the Internet

In Asia, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet

In Europe, 38 out of 100 surf the Internet

In Middle East, 10 out of 100 surf the Internet

In North America, 70 out of 100 surf the Internet

In Latin America, 16 out of 100 surf the Internet

In Australia, 53 out of 100 surf the Internet

Only 16.6% of world population surf the internet

1 billion users around the globe are surfing the Internet every month

Amount of internet surfers in Asia (389,392,28 mil) is 11 times the population of Australia (34,468,443 mil)

19% of internet users are from United States (210,080,067 mil)

Around 18 countries still doesn’t have Internet connection

North Korea’s internet penetration statistics is not publicized

 Who coined the phrase ‘World Wide Web’?

         Tim Berners-Lee in 1990.


Pictures and info from google search

Story Behind Halloween!

The word itself, "Halloween," actually has origins in the Catholic Church. It comes from a contracted corruption of All Hallows Eve. November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints. But in 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. The holiday was called Samhain (sow-en), the Celtic New year. 

One story says on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. 

Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed. So on the night of October 31, villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes, to make them cold and undesirable. They would then dress up in all manner of ghoulish costumes and noisily paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess. 

A better explanation of why the Celts extinguished their fires was not to discourage spirit possession, but so that all the Celtic tribes could relight their fires from a common source, the Druidic fire that was kept burning in the Middle of Ireland, at Usinach. 

Some accounts tell of how the Celts would burn someone at the stake who was thought to have already been possessed, as sort of a lesson to the spirits. Other accounts of Celtic history debunk these stories as myth. 

The Romans adopted the Celtic practices as their own. But in first century AD, Samhain was assimilated into celebrations of some other Roman traditions that took place in October, such as their day to honor Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which might explain the origin of our modern tradition of bobbing for apples on Halloween. 

The thrust of the practices also changed over time to become more ritualized. As belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts, and witches took on a more ceremonial role. 

The custom of Halloween was brought to America in the 1840's by Irish immigrants fleeing their country's potato famine. At that time, the favorite pranks in New England included tipping over outhouses and unhinging fence gates. 

The custom of trick-or-treating is thought to have originated not with the Irish Celts, but with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants. The more soul cakes the beggars would receive, the more prayers they would promise to say on behalf of the dead relatives of the donors. At the time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death, and that prayer, even by strangers, could expedite a soul's passage to heaven. 

The Jack-o-lantern custom comes from Irish folklore. As the tale is told, a man named Jack, notorious as a drunkard and trickster, tricked Satan into climbing a tree. Jack then carved an image of a cross in the tree's trunk, trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil that, if he would never tempt him again, he would promise to let him down the tree. 

According to folk tale, after Jack died, he was denied entrance to Heaven because of his evil ways, but was also denied access to Hell because he tricked the devil. Instead, the devil gave him a single ember to light his way through the frigid darkness. The ember was placed inside a hollowed-out turnip to keep it glowing longer. 

The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns" originally. But when the immigrants came to America, they found pumpkins were far more plentiful than turnips. So the Jack-O-Lantern in America was a hollowed-out pumpkin, lit with an ember. 

So, although some cults may have adopted Halloween as their favorite "holiday," the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It grew out of the rituals of Celts celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, even many churches have Halloween parties or pumpkin carving events for the kids. After all, the day itself is only as evil as one cares to make it.


Pictures from Google 
and information from 
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061008173542AAJWw7R

Chocolate

A man found a bottle on the beach. He opened it and out popped a genie, who gave the man 3 wishes 
The man wished for a million dollars, and poof! There was a million dollars. Then he wished for a convertible, and poof! There was a convertible. And then, he wished he could be irresistible to all women... Poof! He turned into a box of chocolates.


The doctor told the moron to eat a square meal a day - the first square meal that came to the morons head was a box of chocolates.


Mom: Fred, there were two chocolate cakes in the larder yesterday, and now there's only one. Why?
Fred: I don't know. It must have been so dark I didn't see the other one.

An old man and a young man worked in office next to each other. The young man noticed that the older man always had a jar of peanuts on his desk. The young man loved peanuts.
One day while the older man was away from his desk, the young man couldn't resist and went to the old man's jar and ate over half the peanuts. When the old man returned, the young man felt guilty and confessed to taking the peanuts.
The old man responded, "That's ok. Since I lost my teeth all I can do is lick the chocolate off the M&Ms.

Riddles

1. What do you call a fish without an eye?

    Fsh!

2. What do sea monsters eat?

    Fish and Ships!

3. Why did the banana go to the doctor?

    Because he was not peeling well!

4. What can make an octopus laugh?

    Ten Tickles! (tentacles)

5. What is in the middle of Paris?

    The letter R!

6. What would happen if you drop a yellow hat in the red sea?

    It would get wet!

7. What building has the most stories?

     The Library!

8. What is so fragile that even saying its name could break it?

     Silence!

9. Why is six afraid of seven?

    Because seven eight(ate) nine!

10. What has 3 heads, is ugly and smells bad?

      Oops sorry, you don't have 3 heads!

The Twilight Series

Twilight

Main article: Twilight (novel)

Bella Swan moves from Phoenix, Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington to allow her mother to travel with her new husband, a minor league baseball player. After moving to Forks, Bella finds herself involuntarily drawn to a mysterious, handsome boy, Edward Cullen. She eventually learns that he is a member of a vampire family who drinks animal blood rather than human. Edward and Bella fall in love, but James, a sadistic vampire from another vampire coven, is drawn to hunt down Bella. Edward and the other Cullens defend Bella. She escapes to Phoenix, Arizona, where she is tricked into confronting James, who tries to kill her. She is seriously wounded, but Edward rescues her and they return to Forks, having killed James.

New Moon

Main article: New Moon (novel)

Edward and his family leave Forks because he believes he is endangering Bella's life. Bella falls into a deep depression, until she develops a strong friendship with Jacob Black, who she discovers can shape shift into a wolf. Jacob and the other wolves in his tribe must protect her from Victoria, a vampire seeking to avenge the death of her mate James, by killing Bella. A misunderstanding occurs, and Edward believes Bella is dead. Edward decides to commit suicide in Volterra, Italy, but he is stopped by Bella, who is accompanied by Edward's sister, Alice. They meet with the Volturi, a powerful vampire coven, and are released only on the condition that Bella be turned into a vampire in the near future. Bella and Edward are reunited, and she and the Cullens return to Forks.

Eclipse

Main article: Eclipse (novel)

The vampire Victoria (James' mate from Twilight) has created an army of "newborn" vampires to battle the Cullen family and murder Bella for revenge. Meanwhile, Bella is compelled to choose between her relationship with Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Edward's vampire family and Jacob's werewolf pack join forces to successfully destroy Victoria and her vampire army. In the end, Bella chooses Edward's love over Jacob's and agrees to marry him.

Breaking Dawn

Main article: Breaking Dawn

Bella and Edward are married, but their honeymoon is cut short when Bella discovers that she is pregnant. Her pregnancy progresses rapidly, severely weakening her. She nearly dies giving birth to her and Edward's half-vampire-half-human daughter, Renesmee, but Edward injects Bella with his venom to save her life and turns her into a vampire. A vampire from another coven sees Renesmee and mistakes her for an "immortal child". She informs the Volturi, as the existence of such beings violates vampire law. The Cullens gather vampire witnesses who can verify that Renesmee is not an immortal child. After an intense confrontation, the Cullens and their witnesses convince the Volturi that the child poses no danger to vampires or their secret, and they are left in peace by the Volturi.

 This Information belongs to wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(series) .

Toontown

Hello!

This is my first post and its about Toontown.

Toontown is an awesome game for kids.

Anything is possible in Toontown!

You can create your own toon, it can be a cat,dog,pig,mouse,horse,bear,monkey or rabbit!

There are evil robots called cogs, they turn happy toon buildings to steel industries, but toons have gags. 
Gags are used to defeat these evil cogs.

Here's the link to the game http://www.toontown.com 

Install the game and enjoy!
After you start the game you can get cool stuff by typing codes in your sticker book.

 I have got two codes for you.


silly meter
get connected

Have Fun In Toontown!