David Blaine Levitation Trick Exposed - How to Video

Have you ever watched on tv how David Blaine floats in the air? No it's not magic and he's not even floating. He just does it as if he's floating into the air for a few seconds and down he comes exhausted. It's just an illusion of him levitating.

This trick is called the "The Balducci Levitation".

Watch the video to see how this trick is done...


David Blaine Levitation Magic Trick Secret Video Explained

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8 Common Mobile Phone Myths Busted

Many of us often receive emails and SMS(s) outlining cellphone do’s and don’ts. Have you ever tried to find out if any of these tips hold water in terms of scientific evidence and reasoning? Here we explore the truth behind several common mobile phone myths that are doing the rounds of the Internet:

1. Myth: Mobile phone use at a petrol pump can cause an explosion.

Fact: None of the incidents you read about in forwarded emails have ever been verified as the truth. Moreover, the belief that a mobile phone can ignite petrol is simply unfounded - the elctromagnetic field created by it and the current passed on by its batteries are both far too weak to cause gas to ignite. So why the warning at both gas stations and in cellphone manuals to cease and desist from using your phone while you tank up? Simply because it’s better to be safe than sorry - at the end of the day, the cellphone possesses flammable properties.

2. Myth: Charging your cellphone every day will reduce the life of the battery.

Fact: While this is true of older cellphone models, which use batteries like NiCd and NiMH, cellphones which use newer batteries like Li-Ion and Li-Ion Polymer can be charged every day without undermining performance or battery life..

3. Myth: You get a free phone on a contract/ combined offer when you subscribe to a particular telecom operator’s services for a year or two.

Fact: No free lunches. Read carefully before you sign - a cancellation of the network provider’s services before the contract expires may lead to a hefty penalty fee.

4. Myth: Since I don’t get network coverage from my service provider within my own home, the service provider is no good.

Fact: Mobile phones use radio technology. Just like your car radio, your mobile phone may have poor reception in some places. You should also check up on whether it’s your handset that is causing the problem.

5. Myth: Mobile phones fry your brain.

Fact: While it is true that mobiles phones can produce a little heat, your head is more likely to warm up from walking in the sun.

6. Myth: Cellphone use can affect male fertility.

Fact: Calling all men who carry their mobiles in their pockets or in a holster on their belts: the good news is that you are still as capable as an Arabian stud! As of the present there is no hard evidence that cellphone use can affect male fertility.

7. Myth: Mobile phone use can cause tumours on the side of the head and lead to cancer, particularly in children.

Fact: There isn’t sufficient proof of this as yet, because mobile phones haven’t been around for too long. However, a precautionary approach is recommended (reduced usage, availing of speakerphone or hands-free options, using the Bluetooth facility, opting for a low SAR phone) especially for children. The most lethal risk of mobiles is using them while driving.

8. Myth: When your cellphone battery gets completely drained and your phone switches off, you can punch in a code to dig into reserve battery power. Your phone will then restart and your battery power will be increased by 50 percent.

Fact: This is 100 percent false. After a cellphone goes off from lack of battery power, there is simply no battery power left in reserve for it to start operating again. No code in the world can restore such a cellphone’s activity - you have to recharge the battery. If you have a hard time believing that, read your cellphone manual - if it possessed any such feature, the manufacturers would undoubtedly mention it, especially to help customers cope with an emergency situation.

Article Source: http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/oct/26mobile.htm

Update: I was contacted by David from http://www.wirelesswatchblog.com/ regarding this article which mentioned the precautionary approach however it is not up on the science. It is said that it causes cancer and dna damage - pretty definite now. To find out more feel free to check out David's website.
http://www.wirelesswatchblog.com/

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My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 3

This will be the update on my day 3 Hong Kong trip. If you missed my day 1 and day 2 updates, you can read it at My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 1, My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 2 before reading this update.

The 3rd day was Ocean Park time. We had our breakfast at a local restaurant very close by our hotel. I had a bowl of chicken porridge. After breakfast, we went back to the hotel and boarded the bus which was provided by the agency we bought the tickets from to Ocean Park. We had the whole bus to ourselves.

Ocean Park is situated in Hong Kong Island, so we had to use the Cross-Harbour Tunnel (香港海底隧道). It was working hour that time, therefore we were stuck in a short jam. The traffic wardens were very systematic in handling the traffic at the toolgate. The traffic flowed smoothly after a short jam. The drivers there also drives in a very polite manner and they follow along and cooperate with the traffic wardens. Not like in Malaysia. No comments on that. =)

When we reached Ocean Park at Wong Hang Road (黃竹坑道), we saw the famous Police Academy which was frequently used Hong Kong police drama shows. It was situated right along the way.


Ocean Park was a pleasant experience with the nice scenery, animals, entertainment rides, roller-coasters and so on.

Firstly, we went to visit the giant panda habitat. There were 4 pandas there. This was my first time seeing pandas in live. Then we stop by to watch some acrobatic show.

After we took the cable car to the other side of the island. The scenery up there was just amazing. Next we visited the Pacific Pier. There were many seals and sea lions. You also get to feed them but you have to pay for the fishes.

After visiting the Pacific Pier, we went to the amusement part for some games. Then we started our journey for the rides. First we tried the Flying Swing. Next stop was the adrenaline pumping Dragon roller coaster. This was my first time sitting on a roller coaster and this one had 3 360 degree loops and it was nice. It wasn't that bad.

Next we tried the Crazy Galleon. This ride was quite fun a scary at the same time. When swing down time, you can feel like your heart is flying out. Then we went over to line up to try The Abyss Turbo Drop. We your hung up there, you can get a clear view of the whole place. This was one of the most adrenalin pumping ride there. When it drop down, you wont be able to scream at all. Your voice totally disapears. So no use screaming.

Next on list was the Ocean Theater to watch the dolphins and seals perform.

After that, we had our lunch there. Then we visited the Atoll Reff. There you get to see many different kinds of marine fish.

The last two rides we tried was the Space Wheel and the Mine Train. The Marine Train didn't look that scary but ended up being one of the scariest.

After Ocean Park, the bus dropped us at Aberdeen (香港仔), which is at Repulse Bay (淺水灣). There were many nice luxury boats parked at the harbour there. We took a sampan ride and had a tour around that place. We saw Jumbo (珍寶), the floating restaurant. The light is fully lit and it was beautiful. We didn't go up there but just toured around that area.

By then both of my feet was already hurting so badly from the constant walking and the main reason was also the shoe I was wearing. After that, we boarded a public bus to Hong Kong's famous SoHo, which was situated in Central (中環). By 7.30pm, it was already very dark. We stop by at the IFC Tower (國際金融公司塔) - the tallest building in Hong Kong.

We walked around SoHo area with many nice restaurants, bars and bistros. We were also finding a place to have our dinner. SoHo also holds the Guinness World Record for the Longest Escalator route in the world. We took escalator up and we had to walk down again. Can't imagine coming down those flights of stairs while already struggling to walk.

We couldn't find a place to eat, so William suggested Yung Kee Restaurant in Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) area to eat roasted goose. The food there was awesome and delicious. The meat was so juicy and the skin was crispy. We had a wonderful dinner there. Thanks to William because he partly treated us for this meal.

Shopping starts again after dinner around Central (中環). Nothing much to shop around SoHo, so we decided to return to Kowloon (九龍). We went to the famous Ladies' Market (女人街) at Tong Choi Street (通菜街). It's famous for selling fake branded stuffs and other stuffs too. So we boarded on the subway again and went to Mongkok (旺角). When we reached that place, that place was still so happening. Even though it's already 10.30pm at night, there were still lots of people there.

We walked until 12.30am, then we went back to hotel which is not far from the place.

Here is a summary of the time-line for our Day 3 journey in Hong Kong:

Yau Ma Tei (油麻地) -> Cross-Harbour Tunnel (香港海底隧道) -> Ocean Park at Wong Chuk Hang Road (黃竹坑道) in Hong Kong Island -> Aberdeen (香港仔), Repulse Bay (淺水灣) -> Central (中環) -> SoHo -> Lan Kwai Fong (蘭桂坊) -> Mongkok (旺角) -> Ladies' Market (女人街) at Tong Choi Street (通菜街) -> Hotel.

Here are the day 3 photos:

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My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 2

This post is an update of my Hong Kong Trip day 2. If You missed the day 1 post, you can read it at My Trip To Hong Kong - Day 1 before reading this post.

I woke up around 8.20am, then wash up and get ready. We started our journey for the day at 9am. From our hotel in Yau Ma Tei (油麻地), we walked to the main road - Nathan Road (彌敦道). We had a Hong Kong Dim Sum Breakfast at Tou Heung Restaurant (稻香) in Jordan (佐敦) area. The Dim Sum there was just superb! We ate a lot there too.

After our breakfast, we went to settle and collect our Ocean Park day pass at a travel agency. Then we started our journey to the famous Avenue Of Stars (星光大道) which is situated in Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀). Along the way, we went into a boutique shop - Chapel. Then, we came across a shoes shop having discounts on all the shoes. Alan and I bought ourselves a pair of K-Swiss shoes.

Half way walking, suddenly William asked Matthew where is his "bazooka gun" (tripod for his camera), then only Matthew realize that he had left it at the boutique shop while trying out some clothes there. So, I accompanied Matthew back to the boutique shop to get the "bazooka gun".

When we reached the Avenue Of Stars (星光大道) was around 12pm. We spent our time there taking photos and playing around. At the same time enjoying the view of the scenery. Along the walkway, there were lots of Hong Kong celebrities palm-print and signatures on their stars. We spent our time looking at taking photos with the celebrities star. We also took pictures with the bronze statues there and with a Bruce Lee's bronze statue.

After that, we proceeded to Kowloon Public Pier (九龍公眾碼頭). We boarded on the Star Ferry (天星小輪) at the Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭) to cross over to the other side - Hong Kong Island (香港島). Our purpose was to visit the Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心) which is in Wan Chai (灣仔). The ferry ride cost us only HKD2.50 per trip, which was very cheap. No wonder many people prefer to board the ferry to cross the strait instead of subway, taxi or bus.

There were bus loads of Mainland tourists at the Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心) which was quite annoying. We took picture at the Golden Bauhinia Square (金紫荊), which was a gift from China to Hong Kong when Hong Kong was returned to China. The air there was very cooling and breezing.

After that, we went back to Kowloon Peninsula (九龍半島) by Star Ferry at around 3pm. This time our mission is to EAT! We went to Harbour City (海港城) shopping area and stop by a restaurant called Sugar Dynasty (糖朝). I forgotten what I ate there but after that all of us shared a wooden pail of Tau Fu Fah. It was very delicious!

After eating, our shopping spree begins! We split into two groups. William, Matthew, Alan and me were in a group. Audi, Allen, Rock and Aerric the other group. We decided to split into groups in order to save time. My group went inside Harbour City (海港城), where there were plenty of branded stuffs like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana etc.

The 1st boutique store we stopped at was Zara. They had discount. After that, it was K-Swiss time for William and Matthew while Alan and me just followed. We went around searching but could not find the K-Swiss boutique shop. After asking the customer service, finally we found it. At first, only William and Matthew was looking for limited edition shoes but while I was looking around this gold and white limited edition shoe caught my attention. At first I didn't want to buy another shoe as I've already gotten a pair of K-Swiss shoes in the morning. End up I still bought it anyway and we were given 20% each for buying 3 shoes there. So, end up I bought 2 K-Swiss shoes in a day.

After that, we came to a ESPRIT Boutique at Miramar shopping Complex (美麗華購物中心)where there were sales and discount signs all over the store. Everyone was lost there, because of the super low price. We just take the clothes like nobody's business. I bought a few clothes for my mom, friends and for myself.

Then we had our dinner at McD. I ordered the prosperity burger set. It's totally different from the one you can get in Malaysia. Their service there was excellent too. Oh, they don't have the free refill service like we have in Malaysia. =)

Next stop was Temple Street (廟街). William and Alan wanted to print some Christian T-Shirts for people that's why we went there. We waited at the t-shirt printing store for quite a long time.

Then we went sight-seeing around Temple street night market. There were plenty of things to see there. For example: souvenirs, clothes, bags etc. What ever you can think of I think you can find it there.

We returned to our hotel at around 12.30am. My legs was so exhausted and pain after walking for the whole day since morning. Now who says guys can walk that long for shopping. End up I had to dip bought my feet in hot water while I was bathing before going to bed. It did help a little to relief the pain. After that it was time for bed. I was so tired.

Here is a summary of the time-line for our Day 2 journey in Hong Kong:

Yau Ma Tei (油麻地) -> Nathan Road (彌敦道) -> Tou Heung Restaurant (稻香) in Jordan (佐敦) -> Avenue Of Stars (星光大道), Tsim Sha Tsui (尖沙咀) -> Kowloon Public Pier (九龍公眾碼頭), Star Ferry Pier (天星碼頭), to board on the Star Ferry (天星小輪) -> Hong Kong Island (香港島), Hong Kong Convention Center (香港會展中心), Wan Chai (灣仔) -> Star Ferry (天星小輪) -> Kowloon Peninsula (九龍半島) ->Sugar Dynasty (糖朝) -> Harbour City (海港城) -> Miramar shopping Complex (美麗華購物中心) -> Temple Street (廟街) -> Hotel.

Here are the day 2 photos:

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Congas - Latin Percussion Drumming Instruments

The most popular of the Latin Percussion drumming instruments are the Congas and Bongos. One of the common American dance forms that is based on Latin American rhythms is Salsa. Salsa has registered a steady growth and now dominates the airwaves in many countries in Latin America and other countries throughout the world.

These instruments have their roots from Cuba. Although, there is a theory that it can be traced back all the way to Africa. They are usually played with bare hands without any sticks and are also known as hand drums. However, it can also be played with sticks or Mallets.

The drum is usually made of wood and the drumhead used to be traditionally made of animal skin that is heated and well beaten. However in modern times, synthetic materials are used for drumheads, which can get the same sound tone.

Conga Drums are played in sets of two to four with the hands – usually the fingers and the palm. The basic strokes of congas are open tone, bass tone, muffed tone, slap and touch.

Congas have many manufacturers like LP, Meinl, Gon Bops, Remo, Toca and Tycoon. The more preferred and popular ones are LP Congas and Gon Bops Congas. You can purchase them from a retail drum shop like California Percussion LLC.

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