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Help Filipino Harlene Azuela Find Her Dream Man

It’s not everyday that we come across with someone we feel we wanted to spend the rest of our lives with. Though more often than not, we tend to let the moment define us by not doing anything about it. One defining moment, a Filipino girl, Harlene Azuela spotted her handsome dream guy on the MRT in Singapore. She secretly took a short video of the man who she thinks as the man of her dreams, her knight and shining armor. Guess what, she posted that video courageously, proclaiming her feelings for him. This video has steadily gone viral instantly, and has been reshared more than a couple of thousand times on Facebook alone as of this writing. Harlene Azuela claims on her video: "Have you ever had that moment when someone catches your eye, but you didn't do anything about it?" "Well it happened to me and unfortunately like most people, I didn't do anything about it.” "So this is me, doing something. I need your help guys, I need yo

Samsung Television: Curved Sets and New 85-Inch UHD TV

Some say that a lot of wealthy people don’t watch TV, well, I highly doubt that, everybody always have time to indulge themselves into the boob tube. And in span of time, the television invented by Philo Farnsworth and Charles Francis Jenkins have gained not just popularity but development as well. By definition, the television, colloquially known as TV is a telecommunication medium that is used for transmitting and receiving moving images and sound. Television can also refer to images that are monochrome (black-and-white) or color, or images with or without accompanying sound in a broader sense. Television may also be known specifically to a television set, television program, or television transmission. Fast forwarding time, by the year 2013, 87% of televisions sold had color LCD screens from being black and white without sound when it is being first introduced to public. Broadcast television is the most common usage of television, which is modeled on the radio broad

Driverless or Self-Driving Cars by Google

The next generation of transportation is all about fuel efficiency, alternative power source and hybrid technology. Though check this out, a driverless car is being introduced for general public. Who’s initiating the project? Google! The Google Self-Driving Car involves developing technology for autonomous cars. Google Chauffeur is the software powering Google's cars. "Self-driving car" is what the lettering on the side of each car indicates. The project is currently being led by the former director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and co-inventor of Google Street View, Google engineer Sebastian Thrun. Thrun's team at Stanford created the robotic vehicle Stanley which won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge and its US$2 million prize from the United States Department of Defense. The team developing the system consisted of 15 engineers working for Google, including Chris Urmson, Mike Montemerlo, and Anthony Levandowski who had worked on the DARPA Gra

The Search for New 7 Wonder Cities of the World

Bernard Weber, a Swiss-born filmmaker and explorer have created the trend of choosing the New Seven Wonders of the World. More than 100 million votes flooded in back in 2007. Fortunately, the Puerto Prinsesa Underground River in the Philippines makes it on the list!   This time, the focus is on city wonders. As of this writing, June of 2014, there were 28 finalists. The names of the 28 Official Finalists of the New7Wonders Cities campaign have been announced by the Founder-President of New7Wonders, Bernard Weber. The presentation of the shortlist marks the launch of the Finalist stage of the global election, which will now run across three elimination phases and end on 7 December 2014. Bernard Weber The so-called New7Wonders Cities Panel of Experts have advised Bernard Weber on the selection of the 28 Finalists. The seven panelists are: Professor Federico Mayor, Zaha Hadid, Professor Winy Mass, Simon Anholt, Bernard Weber, Kennedy Odebe and Professor Amitabh Kundu. He

Schick Shaped Up Beards to Look Like Animals

Let's talk about beards this time! It might sound boring for some but, still, there's something into it than just hairs ;-) By definition, a beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, upper lip, cheeks and neck of human beings and some non-human animals. Yes, you might have overlooked it at times; animals do grow beards of their own. Though in humans, usually only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism, a hormonal condition of excessive hairiness, may develop a beard. Ouch, might be embarrassing for some, no offense ;-) When differentiating between upper and lower facial hair, a beard specifically excludes the moustache. Societal attitudes towards male beards have varied wildly throughout the course of history, depending on factors such as prevailing cultural-religious traditions and the current era's fashion trends. Some religions (such as Islam and Sikhism) have always considered a full beard to be absolu

The Real Life Barbie Doll Valeria Lukyanova

While some have claimed that Barbie was molded or sculptured from the actress Julia Roberts, that's why Barbie's fictional full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, who you are about to meet is a beautiful model, a one-of-a-kind work of art. Meet Valeria Lukyanova, she born August 23, 1985 at Tiraspol, in what was then part of Moldavian SSR in the Soviet Union. Irina, her mother, had worked for the military sector and her father was a builder who also worked part-time as a disk jockey. During her childhood, Lukyanova had a huge doll collection, and she was intrigued by spirituality. She studied at Odessa State Academy of Constructions and Architecture and has a bachelor's degree in architecture there. She is a Moldavian-Ukrainian model, best known for her resemblance to a Barbie doll, with several sources describing her as, among other handles, a "real-life Barbie doll" and "human Barbie". To enhance the effect, Valeria Lukyanova uses makeup and c

Real Life Animé Anastasiya Shpagina

One peaceful yet so humid evening, I'm trying to search anything about animé, don't get me wrong here, I'm not really into that stuff... anymore! ;-) Well, I came across with an article claiming that there's a girl who pulls some serious make-up sorcery to appear somehow, just like an anime character. Meet Anastasiya Shpagina, Ukranian, she's 19 years of age as of this writing year 2014, 1.58 meters tall, weighs just 39 kilos and is trying to lose one more in order to look just right. Yes, she's taking this stuff pretty much seriously. She has even taken the name Fukkacumi, to sound more Japanese. Due to her popularity, Anastasiya Shpagina appeared on a lot of TV shows there in Ukrain as well as being interviewed by various Ukrainian newspapers. On one interview, she admitted that a lot of people are freaked out by her look s when they see her on the streets of Odessa. However, she loves bumping into Japanese tourists, some of them try to talk to her, b

Iglesia Ni Cristo Centennial Stamp Issued by PHLPost

The Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) have issued stamps to commemorate the Centennial Anniversary (100 years) of Iglesia ni Cristo in the Philippines. Postmaster General Josefina Dela Cruz have presented the Centennial Commemorative Stamps to Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo last May 10 at the Iglesia ni Cristo Central Temple in Quezon City. Brother Felix Y. Manalo, the first executive minister, founded the Iglesia ni Cristo on July 27, 1914 in Punta, Sta. Ana Manila. Just for a brief history, according to Wiki, Iglesia ni Cristo pronounced [ɪˈgleʃɐ ni ˈkɾisto] (English: Church of Christ; abbreviated as INC) is a Christian denomination religion that originated in the Philippines in 1914 under founder Felix Manalo, who become the first executive minister. The Iglesia ni Cristo had become a nation-wide church by the time of his death in 1963 with 1,250 local chapels, and 35 large concrete cathedrals. His son Eraño Manalo became the next church leader and lead a c

Loombands: How to Make Advanced and Coolest Designs

I only encountered it first at Facebook, from then on, loombands became an immediate trend! Everywhere I go; from shopping malls, local markets, bookstores even at schools, you can see them everywhere! Well, needless to say, I decided to make my own. According to Wiki, Loombands AKA Rainbow Loom is a plastic toy loom used to weave colorful rubber bands into bracelets and charms. Cheong Choon Ng of Novi, Michigan invented it in 2011. It had sold over 1.2 million units as of September 2013 according to Ng, who has sued the makers of rival products FunLoom and Cra-Z-Loom for patent infringement. Just for a short history, Rainbow Loom was created by Cheong Choon Ng. He is a Malaysian immigrant of Chinese descent who came to the United States in 1991 to attend Wichita State University. He earned a graduate degree in mechanical engineering. He was employed as a crash-test engineer for Nissan Motor Company in 2010. He conceived the idea of a toy loom for rubber-band crafting while wat