FREE HUGS on Friday the 13th up to Heart’s Day!!!

I am an advocate of Free Hugs Campaign (started by Juan Mann in 2004)...

The Wikipedia says that this year (2009) Free Hug Day will take place internationally at 00:01 on Friday February 13 until 00:00 (midnight) on Saturday February 14, at each country's respective times.

If you have not known of this campaign yet, please click HERE.

Below is the music video (which helped popularize the campaign) by the Australian band Sick Puppies.

Video credits to PeaceOnEarth123@YouTube

World's best and funniest passenger complaint letter

Travelling is really fun! It’s edifying to see new places, meet new friends and experience new culture... a different feeling of life...

Although it’s not really that 100% fun, mishaps could happen anytime... like the last time I went back to the Philippines. There was a bubble gum on my seat! A bubble gum? On a seat of an international plane? Please!!! But yeah, it ruined my favourite cargo pants.

What I have just read few minutes ago at Telegraph.co.uk reminded me of some misfortunes I have also experienced related to food served during flights.

Please check it out, it’s really a fun read. It is Telegraph’s reproduction of the world's best passenger complaint letter sent to Sir Richard Branson (the owner of Virgin Atlantic Airways). This letter complaint is currently being emailed globally and is considered by many to be the world's funniest passenger complaint letter.

CLICK HERE to follow the letter

Fun at Kebabs Express

Last night, I craved for Kebabs, so I told my French housemate Elodie that I would buy her dinner at Kebabs Express, just near the main gate of the university.

There, we met my friend Leon, a very nice, gentle-speaking guy from Hongkong.

While I babbled to Elodie how I and Leon met, he suddenly asked, “Do you like a young girl?”

A little bit shocked at what he might be implying with that question, I managed to ask him back, “What do you mean?”

Confused with my confusion, he replied, “Because you are always smiling and laughing, you are funny!”

Still shocked of the first question, I repeated my previous line, “What do you mean?”

So Elodie came to the rescue, “I think what he meant is that you look like a young girl because you are a lively person, always laughing and funny.”

Whew!

So I thanked Leon for his flattering remark, I could hear my lungs clapping and my liver forming into a smiley face. Not bad for a 32 year-old to be mistaken as in her mid-20’s. Bwahahaha!

Yeah, I still believe the best attire is smile...

A Dolphin Story, a Display of Altruism (a repost)

I always enjoyed watching heart warming “animal stories” in movies like Flipper, Free Willy (I love Keiko!), and Nemo. I love hanging out in the beach and snorkeling with my family and friends...(still have to try scuba diving, though). I have a collection of dolphin figurines. And my best friend Lanya always calls me “Dolphin”...

While reading the news today, I have read about an amazing and heart-warming story about Moko... this is an evidence of dolphin's altruistic nature!

Just wanna share with you so read on...

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NZ dolphin rescues beached whales

A dolphin has come to the rescue of two whales which had become stranded on a beach in New Zealand.

Conservation officer Malcolm Smith told the BBC that he and a group of other people had tried in vain for an hour and a half to get the whales to sea.

The pygmy sperm whales had repeatedly beached, and both they and the humans were tired and set to give up, he said.

But then the dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales, and led them to safety.

The bottlenose dolphin, called Moko by local residents, is well known for playing with swimmers off Mahia beach on the east coast of the North Island. Mr Smith said that just when his team was flagging, the dolphin showed up and made straight for them.

"I don't speak whale and I don't speak dolphin," Mr Smith told the BBC, "but there was obviously something that went on because the two whales changed their attitude from being quite distressed to following the dolphin quite willingly and directly along the beach and straight out to sea."

He added: "The dolphin did what we had failed to do. It was all over in a matter of minutes."

Back at play

Mr Smith said he felt fortunate to have witnessed the extraordinary event, and was delighted for the whales, as in the past he has had to put down animals which have become beached.

He said that the whales have not been seen since, but that the dolphin had returned to its usual practice of playing with swimmers in the bay.

"I shouldn't do this I know, we are meant to remain scientific," Mr Smith said, "but I actually went into the water with the dolphin and gave it a pat afterwards because she really did save the day."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7291501.stm

More at http://news.scotsman.com/world/Dolphin-answers-whales39-SOS-call.3872748.jp