not a believer? these TEN STORIES just might change your mind.
muchos love,
C.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Fun facts about Paris
I got bored so I googled this up.
- Contrary to what some may think, the city was not named after Paris, the King of Troy's son who fell in love with Helen, and carted her home.
Instead, it was got its name from the Parisii, a tribe of Gauls who settled on the Ile de la Cité between 250 and 200 B.C.
(i honestly never thought it was named after Paris, does that make me smart?)
- No, Paris is not called the City of Lights due to the wattage put out from the Eiffel Tower every evening.
The "Lights" of Paris actually referred to the intellectual residents which made Paris a world-renowned centre, drawing other artists, writers and sculptors. But the lightbulbs help.
(LAWL at the lightbulbs comment)
- The first human beings to take flight did so in Paris, in 1783, when the Marquis d'Arlandes rose majestically into the sky in a hot air balloon and managed to stay there for 20 minutes, on November 21.
In the same year, Louis Sébastien Le Normand took two umbrellas, jumped out of a tall tree and survived. It wasn't quite like the complicated drawings Da Vinci had made of a parachute, hundreds of years before, but it was a work in progress...
(that must have been what inspired Mary Poppins)
- Two years later, in 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard attached a small basket to a parachute and dropped it from a hot air balloon — with a dog as the unwilling pilot. The dog survived.
(good thing too or i'd build a time machine and go back in time to smack him)
But it wasn't until October 22, 1797, that André-Jacques Garnerin climbed out of a hot air balloon and into a similar parachute and basket affair, and descended (successfully) on Paris.
Of course, anything he can do, she can do at least as well: His wife became the first female to parachute, in 1799.
(yay for us females!)
Read more here! (:
- Contrary to what some may think, the city was not named after Paris, the King of Troy's son who fell in love with Helen, and carted her home.
Instead, it was got its name from the Parisii, a tribe of Gauls who settled on the Ile de la Cité between 250 and 200 B.C.
(i honestly never thought it was named after Paris, does that make me smart?)
- No, Paris is not called the City of Lights due to the wattage put out from the Eiffel Tower every evening.
The "Lights" of Paris actually referred to the intellectual residents which made Paris a world-renowned centre, drawing other artists, writers and sculptors. But the lightbulbs help.
(LAWL at the lightbulbs comment)
- The first human beings to take flight did so in Paris, in 1783, when the Marquis d'Arlandes rose majestically into the sky in a hot air balloon and managed to stay there for 20 minutes, on November 21.
In the same year, Louis Sébastien Le Normand took two umbrellas, jumped out of a tall tree and survived. It wasn't quite like the complicated drawings Da Vinci had made of a parachute, hundreds of years before, but it was a work in progress...
(that must have been what inspired Mary Poppins)
- Two years later, in 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard attached a small basket to a parachute and dropped it from a hot air balloon — with a dog as the unwilling pilot. The dog survived.
(good thing too or i'd build a time machine and go back in time to smack him)
But it wasn't until October 22, 1797, that André-Jacques Garnerin climbed out of a hot air balloon and into a similar parachute and basket affair, and descended (successfully) on Paris.
Of course, anything he can do, she can do at least as well: His wife became the first female to parachute, in 1799.
(yay for us females!)
Read more here! (:
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
hey guys! haha. sorry for the lack of update!! im super buzy getting ready for FINALS. =.=" i still have 2 more subjects to master : Digital Electronics 2 & Energy & Motion. i gotta pass all my subjects this sem in order to go to Bali w my bestie nxt year!! hehe. anyways, im running out of shampoo!! gotta go get my Sunsilk today!! :D
♥ Amanda D
♥ Amanda D
Monday, October 19, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
avoid these five dudes
Friday, October 16, 2009
eye see, you see?
Aren't they pretty?
blue eyes
purple eyes
gray eyes
green eyes
amethyst eyes
what colour should i get?
...
or should i just stick to my...
yeah, brown eyes.
nah, i don't wanna stick to brown eyes. let's be creative and live a little.
after all, "Life Can't Wait" kan?
:P
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Flag Flats
Finally! New flats! Very well worth every sen spent!!
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signing off,
C.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
4.5m Ford vehicles recalled?
Ford Motor Co. has had to recall some 14.3million registered vehicles worldwide over the past 10 years. Now, they added another 4.5million to that list!
How come? Because of a defective cruise control switch that could cause fires.
Yeowch. Not funny at all.
Read all about it HERE.
C.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
tress stress
hairstyle changes for C over the years.. not that many photos available, there actually existed more hairstyles :)
here they are, in no particular order:
psyched after gwen's concert
kimono?
lean on me :)
no shady deal here..
senyom!
emo phase lol!
guess who???
no face?
what a big smile you have!
dark-haired raven for the fair-hued cheongsam
self cut fringe
eye candy much?
the whole contacts craze phase..
flamin' tresses haha!
disaster haircut worked out somehow!
naturally wavy. serious!
babelicious pals!
a little bit of amanda d. there for ya!
totally straight. need a good iron for this.
then it's back to the waves again :)
if growing your hair out is quite taxing, just tie it up!
took 3 hours to get ready for THAT VERY IMPORTANT FIRST DATE ;)
pixie crop for low maintenance, wash&go hair!
hair gettin' difficult to manage? don a cap!
who says short hair can't get you hot guys? lol!
with RWMF performers
one fave hair phase for C!
the super sleek, long-layered bob
another version of the bob
did someone say not that many? this is only about half of what has been found. so far. more? soon to come :) don't wish to show too much of C's face.
toodles!~
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