History Repeating Itself

We all know about the legendary Titanic that struck an iceberg on its way from England to New York City.The ship sank on 15 April 1912 resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.

Last Friday, Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia sank on the first night of a Mediterranean cruise. Most of its 4,000 passengers and crew reached land by lifeboats but some swam ashore. However, 64 people were injured, 6 people have died and 15 are still missing.

The president of Costa Cruises, Gianni Onorato, said that it was difficult to determine what had happened, but the ship had experienced a blackout after hitting "a big rock".

On January 14 The captain, Fransesco Schettino, was arrested as he was accused of "human error" over the crash. Some claim he was drunk and was sailing far too close to land to salute to a friend on the island of Giglio. His certain accusation is that he abandoned the ship before ensuring of all 4,200 people abroad were safely evacuated.

Problem is the ship's tank was almost full the moment of the accident as it was just beginning the week-long cruise, and the heavy fuel is hard to pump out unless it was heated or diluted.


Meanwhile, rescue operations stopped because the ship began to sliding into the sea.

Titanic:                         1912

Costa Concordia:          2012 

weird coincidence!!

So I signed up for Computer Science at  UWO without knowing what are we learning exactly. And lucky me :D the purpose of this course is to teach us how to deal with Photoshop, Dreamweaver and all those other cool programs. and for our last assignment we need to construct our own website which is what I was trying to do all along :D. Anyway, this course is soooo interesting and our cool prof keeps showing us some amazing videos. I'm going to share two of the videos we took last class.

The first video is about the fonts that you should NEVER choose! I found it hilarious :)

http://www.videojug.com/film/the-top-five-fonts-to-never-ever-use
(I could not find it on Youtube)

The Second Video is about the progression on technology. absolutely loved this one !

Enjoy :)

Miss America 2012

Who watched Miss America 2012 last night? 


GORGEOUS ladies, sparkly and amazing outfits, beautiful white smiles and fabulous bikini bodies !!


For those who missed it.. here are the top 5 -->


#5: Miss California , Noelle Freeman 

#4: Miss Arizona, Jennifer Sedler 

#3:  Miss New York, Kaitlin Monte 

#2: Miss Oklahoma, Betty Thompson 

And Finally,Miss America 2012 goes to 

Dh387,988 receipt from Dubai's Cavalli Club

This has been on the internet for about a week now; a receipt of DH387,988 spent on a birthday party which was held in Cavali Club in Dubai. This is around 99,500 Canadian Dollars.

I cannot believe people would spend that amount of money on one drunken night, whether or not they can afford it.
This is insane! and what was more disturbing is what the operating manager, David Lescarret, had commented:" Spend of this nature in not unusual at Cavali Club, It has seen high-spenders consistently frequent at the venue since its inception".










A few Days later, receipt #2 appears in Abu Dhabi at a club in Emirates Palace. DHS478057.






It is so hard to believe we all live on one planet when there are so many different worlds!

A Picture is worth a thousand words :)

Respect 

"It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by. To remember both our triumphs and our missteps - our promises made, and broken. The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures - or closed ourselves down, for fear of getting hurt. Because that's what New Year's is all about: getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about 'what if' and start embracing what would be. So when that ball drops at midnight - and it will drop - let's remember to be nice to each other, kind to each other. And not just tonight but all year long"
- Claire Morgan , New Years Eve Movie (2011)

One amazing quote from one amazing movie .. Couldn't Be said any better ! 


Happy New Year ! Happy New Chances :)

My favorite time of the year! Not only because it is Christmas, also because it is that time where you sit and reflect on all the good times you had in the past Year , how much things changed and how much you grew and learned.
It is specially magical for me because we always have a full house at Abu Baker's residence.
May you all have happy and safe holidays from me and my three favorite boys <3