it's not a perfect world,
"but some where in the world, someone's truly happy
somewhere in the world, everythings all right"




Saturday, March 19, 2011

Good Bye Knut

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/19/6302323-knut-the-polar-bear-dies-at-berlin-zoo


Knut the polar bear dies at Berlin zoo

According to Spiegel Online, Knut suddenly collapsed and died in the water area of the polar bear enclosure as 600-700 visitors to the zoo watched. Knut was hand-raised by zookeepers after his mother rejected him at birth, and the keeper pictured with him, Thomas Doerflein, passed away of a heart attack in 2008 at the age of 44. Read the full Spiegel story here, and read more about Doerflein here.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Somewhere In The World

Somewhere in the world tonight
There’s no fighting
Somewhere in the world tonight
Someone’s falling in love for the first time
I believe there is a place
Where fear is finally waving goodbye
Somewhere in the world tonight
Everything’s alright
Somewhere in the world tonight
There’s no crying
Somewhere in the world tonight
Someone’s holding their first child
I believe there is a place
Where the truth can wash out all of our lies
Somewhere in the world tonight
Everything’s alright
So take me there
Can you take me there
Somewhere in the world tonight
There’s no indifference
Somewhere in the world tonight
Everyone has a voice (sweetest voice)
I believe there is a place
Where rich & poor can walk side by side
Somewhere in the world tonight
Everything’s alright
So take me there
Take me there, take me there
Take me there
http://www.elyricsworld.com/somewhere_in_the_world_lyrics_altiyan_childs.html
Somewhere in the world tonight
There’s no hiding
Somewhere in the world tonight
Someone’s leading the way
Take me there
Take me there, take me there
Take me there
Take me there
Take me there, take me there
Take me there
Somewhere in the world tonight
Everything's alright

X Factor Australia, sung byAltiyan Childs

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

World's First Modern day Supercar: Muira or the Countach?


I am a collector of die cast car models. Even today, i am struck in awe at the design of the Countach and how "spaceage" it must have been back in the 70s. But is it the first modern day supercar? Which of these two spectacular cars can claim it?   The Muira came earlier and was unveiled at the  1965 Turin Motor Show; the first of 12 cyclinder mid engined sports cars available to those who could afford it.  In fact, Journalist L.J.K. Setright in his review of the Miura, first coined the term supercar". The Muira changed things forever and started the onset of the quest of the ultimate "supercar" up to today. 
 The Lamborghini Countach was a mid-engined sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini from 1974 to 1990. Its design both pioneered and popularized the wedge-shaped, sharply angled look popular in many high performance sports cars. The "cabin-forward" design concept, which pushes the passenger compartment forward in order to accommodate a larger engine, was also popularized by the Countach.
In debating the car that holds the title of worlds first supercar, what factors do we use? Time (being produced first by definition meant one is technically first?), design in shape (timelessness) and cutting edge technology of that time needs to be considered. In my opinion, this has to be the Countach, although coming in later than the Muira, has had longevity given that most supercars after, and not just the lambos, (think Bugatti etc)  have kept to the angles and design shape of this wonderfully designed car at of that period; the cabin forward design  has maintained its popularity with the engineers.
After 35 years, one still marvels at the design mastery of the Countach. Dont get me wrong, the Muira was a relevation in the 60s but cannot match up to the aura of the Countach as the first and definitive modernday "supercar" that future supercars built upon.
Trvia: Muira's are auctioning for GBP500,000 upwards today
Copyright@adrianchua  Pictures via Flickr Free to download    


Related links :http://www.paulfrasercollectibles.com/section.asp?catid=74&docid=3554

Y a m a h a T W 200 C u s t o m i z e d

Harajuku, Tokyo January 2010