Monday, January 22, 2007

Wanted Sexy Tutors in HongKong !!

 
Angela Yiu and Stella Cheng spent weeks meeting with fashion stylists and photographers before deciding on the miniskirts and high heels to wear in their promotion campaign. They're not models peddling perfume or sports cars. They're English tutors who earn good money helping secondary school students pass Hong Kong's grueling exams to get into college.
 
 
 
Sex appeal has become a hot selling point, just as important as teaching ability and knowledge, in Hong Kong's hypercompetitive world of “cram schools”.

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Singing Horses

 

Ever heard singing horses? No !! Well now you can. Not only can you hear them sing but make them sing to your will. Follow the link.

 

http://svt.se/hogafflahage/hogafflaHage_site/Kor/hestekor.swf

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Chronology of Satellite Launches by India

Following is the chronology of Indian satellite launches:
Launch Dates Vehicle Result

1. August 10, 1979 SLV-3 E1 Unsuccessful

2. July 18, 1980 SLV-3 E2 Successful

3. May 31, 1981 SLV-3 D1 Successful

4. April 17, 1983 SLV-3 D2 Successful

5. Mar 24, 1987 ASLV-D1 Unsuccessful

6. July 13, 1988 ASLV-D2 Unsuccessful

7. May 20, 1992 ASLV-D3 Successful

8. Sept 20, 1993 PSLV-D1 Unsuccessful

9. May 4, 1994 ASLV-D4 Successful

10. October 15, 1994 PSLV-D2 Successful

11. March 21, 1996 PSLV-D3 Successful

12. September 29, 1997 PSLV-C1 Successful

13. May 26, 1999 PSLV-C2 Successful

14. April 18, 2001 GSLV-D1 Successful

15. October 22, 2001 PSLV-C3 Successful

16. September 12, 2002 PSLV-C4 Successful

17. May 8, 2003 GSLV-D2 Successful

18. Oct 17, 2003 PSLV-C5 Successful

19. Sept 20, 2004 GSLV-FO1 Successful

20. May 5, 2005 PSLV-06 Successful

21. July 10, 2006 GSLV-FO2 Unsuccessful

22. January 10, 2007 PSLV-07 Successful

Monday, January 08, 2007

How do 200 calories look like?

Just returned from a brief holiday and had gained 2-3 pounds. My cousin was on a weight reducing program and the talk back home was at most times on calories, food, weight, metabolism, etc. Some of the interesting facts that came out of her program are listed below
  • It takes 7500 calories of food to increase your weight by 1 kilogram
  • Weight reduction programs do not cause a smooth decrease in weight. Weight reduction happens in cascade mode with sudden dips followed by plateaus and dips again.
  • The thyroid gland is the organ that regulates body metabolism and hence the weight of the body.
Here's an interesting link I stumbled upon. It shows food stuffs and amounts of each that carry 200 calories.