Thursday, May 10, 2012

Amazing Airport Terminals

  As we all know at the terminal , passenger purchase tickets , transfer their baggage and go through security. As a result of fast growing in popularity of passenger flight. There are early terminals build in the year 1930's to 1940's and most of them just imitate the popular art deco style architecture of the time. 

Singapore Changi International Airport Terminal 3 

This is the airport as amusement park. Singapore's three terminals are widely considered to be the most fun you can have in an airport, and each one has its attractions.Such as the nod with the newest "an automatic light modulation system" to give the whole place a soothing, even, slightly unearthly glow.

JFK Terminal 5, New York, NY 

Wellington Airport "Rock" Terminal, Wellington, New Zealand 

Opened last year, the Rock is a pair of egg-shaped buildings covered in copper plating that's designed to turn blue-green in the sea air. Inside, curving corners and geometric panels play peekaboo: the terminal packs double the passenger capacity of the previous terminal into the same space without feeling crowded.

Seoul Incheon Airport, Incheon, South Korea 

Seoul's airport were well-organized, efficient and relaxing. Well- Organized in such a way that in basement. Plants and flowers keep up the impression that you're in a showplace for Korea's melding of history, art and technology, and not just a mere airport terminal. And relaxing because of plenty places to take a comfortable nap. Moreover , there is also entertainment or an amusing Korean culture. One of it is You can take pictures in traditional clothing .

Leif Eriksson Air Terminal, Keflavik, Iceland 

It is made of  blond wood and volcanic-looking stone with big windows looking out on the dramatic Icelandic landscape. There's a lot more wood in this airport than you'll find in most terminals, and instead of being a design accent near the ceiling, it's on the floor, making the terminal feel much more natural and less sterile than usual.

Jeddah Hajj Terminal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 

The Hajj Terminal received the American Institute of Architects' 25-year award as a design that's stood the test of time: it is made of 210 open-air, white fiberglass tents which create a "chimney effect" that can cool the hot desert air by 50 degrees without expensive, hard-to-maintain air conditioning, accordingly the Architectural Record. The tents can contain 80,000 people, with flexible spaces devoted to very unusual activities for an airport terminal, such as changing clothes and ritual foot-washing.

Bilbao Airport Main Terminal 

Thi is known as "the dove," and it has Calatrava's signatures: sharply-canted curves and lots of light streaming through, and bisected by, ribs which resemble cables.

Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo, Uruguay 

Montevideo's airport terminal is a smooth dome, looking from the front a bit like a whale's mouth; inside, lines are smooth, clean and calm, with grand terraces overlooking the runways and arrival areas.

Madrid Barajas Terminal 4 

Designed by "starchitect" Richard Rogers. This is an unusually intelligently designed terminal: clear, color-coded signs group together directions for gates, and multi-level walkways reduce traffic on each individual level.

Marrakech Menara Airport Terminal 1, Marrakech, Morocco 

It looks like a Moroccan palace twenty-first-century style, with classic Islamic geometric and nature motifs inscribed into a giant network of concrete diamonds.

Denver International Airport

Baghdad International Airport 

 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Philippines as Chinese Territory

He Jia, anchor for China Central Television's (CCTV), amazingly  televised that Philippines is a Chinese Territory. Would you believe that?
Apparently the presenter meant the Huangyan islands, known as Scarborough Shoal in the Philippine which is claimed by  both nation.

Heres a news video :

Philippines as Chinese territory by: Howie Severino

 
China or Philippines? Which is which !!!!

I would love to hear your friendly discussion guys about this issue!

 


Tuesday, May 8, 2012

World's Amazing Roads

Here are some photos of Amazing roads which is likely to drive by the adventurous people around the world.

Estrada da Serra do Rio do Rastro (Brazil)
 Below , the road is characterized by steep climbs and hairpin bends.
Driving on this road is an amazing adventure. It is said to be illuminated at night


Estrada de Los Caracoles (Chile)

 

China - Hong Kong Inverter (China)

People driver on opposite sides of the road in Hong Kong and mainland China. By this a Dutch architectural firm proposed this figure-8-shaped bridge People driver on opposite sides of the road in Hong Kong and mainland China.

Tianmen Shan Road (China)

Tian Men Shan is located in Hunan province. It is 10km from top to bottom. The highest point is 1300m above sea level, and the lowest point is 200m, the road took eight years to finish with work starting in 1998, and finishing in 2006. 

Guoliang Road-Tunnel (China)

The tunnel is located in the Taihang Mountains which are situated in the Henan Province of China. Accordingly , photos of the road are often misidentified as photos of the "Road of Death" in Bolivia.

Puxi Viaduct & Shanghai Intersection Spiral

This spiraling interchange will lead you to Nanpu Bridge and is one of the world's largest. Mostly there were four levels of interchange but this one has six !!! It's amazing construction makes it a genius of Chinese engineering.

Paris to Barcelona

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest bridge in the world...(Courtesy Wikipedia)

 

Col de Turini Pass (France)

It is famous for a stage of the Monte Carlo Rally which is held on the tight road with its many hairpin turns. Until a few years ago, the Col De Turini was also driven at night, with thousands of fans watching the "Night of the Long Knives" as it was called, due to the strong high beam lights cutting through the night. (Wikipedia)

Stelvio Pass (Italy)

The Stelvio Pass (Italian: Passo dello Stelvio; German: Stilfser Joch), located in Italy, at 2757 m (9045 feet) is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, slightly below the Col de l'Iseran (2770 m, 9088 feet). ( Wikipedia )

Video: the best of which is the first, from Top Gear.

Iroha-zaka road in Japan were forty eight curves, and in each curves there are plaque with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese Hiragana alphabet..Amazing...

 Cape Whale Coast Road

Connects Gordon's Bay to coastal towns and the route offers something for people of all ages.Those who enjoy whale watching and testing the limits of automotive engineering.

Switzerland

Oberalp Pass

  

Taiwan

Taroko Gorge Road

 

USA

Chesapeake Bay Bridge

 

Southern California

Highway 17, South Carolina

Have you drive into Amazing road? Share your experience , I am open for additional picture collections and excited to hear your great thoughts bout it.

 

 

 

 

Monday, May 7, 2012

Dream High !!!

This is one of my favorite Korean Series that I want to share to you guys. It is Amazing a such away that it gives inspiration to the students to work for their Dreams and unleashed the talents that they haven't discover within. I had dreamed also to be a star but unfortunately it was hard to fight against your emotions while aiming for that star. But anyway , I enjoy my life now so it is quite amazing and I know I will ..someday!!!

Anyways Dream High is all about Six students at Kirin Art High School. They work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry. During the drama, the students learn how to develop their singing, songwriting and dancing skills while also undergoing personal growth. They also go through their love life and start to develop feelings for each other. Each one of the students has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, but with the support and guidance of each other, they strive to debut on stage.

Bae Suzy

 A.k.a Kelly in Dream High was an online shopping mall model. She was born in Gwangju, South Korea on October 10, 1994. She attending Seoul Arts High School.

Taecyeon

Tae A.k.a Gino in Dream High was an active member of the Chess Club, Jazz Band, JV Soccer Team and National Honor Society. He was born in Busan, South Korea ,but emigrated with his family to Bedford, Massachusetts

 

Kim Soo-hyun

A.k.a Marco in Dream High was born in South Korea on February 16, 1988. Kim Soo Hyun was very quiet during his middle school and high school days and no one expected him to enter the entertainment field.[  He enrolled to Chung-Ang University and majoring 

Ham Eun-jeong

Eun-jeong  aka Angele in Dream High mostly known as Eunjung was born in Seoul, South Korea.

 

IU singer 
IU who was born as Lee Ji-eun (May 16, 1993) is a South Korean singer and actress. Her stage name IU, is derived from "I and You" which symbolizes that we can become one through music.



 Jang Wooyoung

Jang Wooyoung generally known as Wooyoung ,was born on April 30, 1989. He is a South Korean idol singer in 2PM, a 6-member boy band that is active in South Korea and managed by JYP Entertainment.

 

 Opppssssss!!!! below is a link where I watched some of unexpired videos of this series; http://tagalogmoviesph.com on the search box type dream high and that's it!!!
 (credit to wikipedia)

Man Eaten Alive by Lions!!!

Man Eaten Alive by Lions!!!

Way back1975 Pit Dernitz was eaten alive by lions. He left his vehicle to took a picture. Unfortunately there was an unseen lion comes behind him. He attempts to fend off the lion but it doesn't work . Then the rest of them join the other which  leads to his death . And he was eaten alive, in front of his wife and children. OMG......


The so-called Barbie (Valeria Lukyanova)

A 21 year old girl is said to be the living Barbie. She has a tiny waist, well-shaped breast, a sharp angular face and a long blonde hair like my favorite cartoon character Barbie.

Accordingly in order to achieve the pretty face she has now , she undergone into a series of surgeries. Such as breast enhancement, trimming her waist and sculpting her face.

Her real name is  Valeria Lukyanova a russian model.

Many had doubted that it maybe edited on Photoshop but I will give you some of her videos and photos.

Below is on how she does her make up:


And here are some of her Amazing photos