Rainbow Tree for Real!

I think, people nowadays have a new hobby; rainbow-ing something that isn't rainbow. Rainbow cake, rainbow cupcake, rainbow roll cake, what else can be rainbow-ed in this wonderful world? Anything! But, those rainbow things are all human made. But, this one thing is rainbow by itself. And this thing is a tree!

Eucalyptus trees are usually known with its characteristics aroma. But when you visit Mindaho Island, Philippine, you can find the trunk of those Eucalyptus are rainbow. Pretty!

The bark from near

 Beautiful colors that cover the whole trunk which has Latin name Eucalyptus deglupta are red, orange, purple, blue, and brown. Because the colors are like rainbow this pretty plant is also called Rainbow Eucalyptus, as written on the web of Eucalyptus deglupta.

At first glance, you might think it's just human painting for fun. But it's a NO! These colors are natural! They come out from its sap which drop into the bark annually. When the first drops began to dry up, others began to drip sap and bark of the tree on the other side. On the first drop, it shows blue color, then slowly turns to orange, purple, and red. Time difference of the sap to drop makes it colorful.

These beautiful trees can be seen not only in Philippine but also in England and Papua New Guinea. Wanna see it closely? Okay, let's together go to England or Philippine or Papua New Guinea, through your globe...

Fasting: Hunger, Thirst and Obedience

Happy fasting people!

Well, a glimpse about fasting is it only happens 30 days (a month) in a year and it is called Ramadhan in Moslem calendar. And, all Moslems really have to do this fasting because it's one of six pillars of Islam. If we don't do this, it will be a sin.

And the question is, how do we fast? We fast from dawn until sunset. It's fasting hour in Indonesia. Other countries have different fasting hour because some countries have longer noon and dawn until sunset will be very-very-very long. So, it has its own rule about fasting hour. While fasting, we're not allowed to eat, drink, smoke or anything being eaten, drunk or tasted. We're dealing with hunger and thirst.

But, the point of fasting is not about withstanding hunger and thirst. It's all also about keeping ourselves from anger and bad habit, and also brooding over our sins. We try to be a better person, and beware with what we say, what we see, and what we hear.

Ramadhan is the perfect time to confess, clean ourselves from sins and become a brand new one. It's all about our obedience to our God.

So the point is, fasting is not only about dealing with hunger and thirst. It's also about our obedience to God, in order to be a brand new person.

Again, happy fasting!!!

Stand-up Comedy

As we know, laughter is kinda our needs. We need to laugh or we'll be stressed out in facing our daily activities. And to be able to laugh, surely we need something funny that can make us laugh. For example, comedy. In that case, here I have one kind of comedy which is popular lately. It is stand-up comedy.

Stand-up comedy is a kind comedy performed in front of live audiences, speaking directly to them. The performer can be called as a comic, stand-up comic, stand-up comedian, or simply a stand-up. In stand-up comedy, the comic usually recites a fast-paced succession of humorous stories, short jokes called bits, and one-liners, which constitute what is typically called a monologue, routine or act.

Stand-up comedy is often performed in comedy clubs, bars, neo-burlesques, colleges and theaters, but there are no real restrictions on where the craft can be performed. Stand-up comedy is also performed by professional comedians outside of traditional entertainment venues, such as in country clubs, at corporate events and conferences, as charity fund raising events, even in temples and churches. Many smaller venues hold open mic events, where anyone can take the stage and perform for the audience, offering a way for amateur performers to hone their craft and possibly break into professionalism.

Based on www.the-top-tens.com, the top 5 funniest comics are:
1. Russell Peters. He was born on September 29, 1970. He is an Indo-Canadian comedian, actor and disc jockey. He began performing in Toronto in 1989 and has been nominated for four Gemini Awards.

 2. George Carlin. Or George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, actor and writer/author, who won five Grammy Awards for his comedy albums.

3. Jerry Seinfeld. Born on April 29, 1954, he is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and television and film producer.

4. Mike Ward. Born on September 14, 1973 in Quebec City, Quebec, he is a comedian.

5. Dave Chappelle. Or David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle was born on August 24, 1973. He is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist.

In Indonesia, stand-up comedy has known since a long time ago. Dono, Kasino, Indro are the first generation of stand-up comedy popularity in Indonesia and Taufik Savalas is the second generation. Then, stand-up comedy Indonesia was drowned. There was no new generation of Indonesian comics. It became vacuum for a long time.

Stand-up comedy began to rise in the mid-2011 when an open audition for comics was opened and televised. With the promotion from the two Indonesian celebs, Raditya Dika and Pandji Pragiwaksono, stand-up comedy has made it through social network, Twitter and YouTube. Raditya Dika and Pandji also started doing and promoting stand-up comedy, and also uploading their acts to social networks.

Characteristic of stand-up comedy in Indonesia, there are innuendos that appear in the joke, sarcasm typically theme of politics, culture, education, and can also appear in allusions which aimed at a well-known figure, that's the difference between stand-up comedy Indonesia with other countries.

Pizza's Fun Facts

Everybody loves pizza, huh? So, here it is, I have some random facts about pizza for all pizza lovers! Here we go :)

• Pizza originated in Naples, Italy
• The first pizzas was just dough and tomato sauce - no cheese
• Antica Pizzeria was the world's first pizzeria. It opened in Naples, Italy in 1738
• It wasn’t until 1889 that cheese was first added to pizza in Italy, when famous pizza chef Raffaele Esposito made a pizza for Queen Margherita using tomato, basil, and cheese to represent the colors of the Italian flag. Today, the simple Margherita pizza remains one of the most popular pizzas in the world
• The first American pizzeria was opened in New York City in 1905
• The largest pizza ever made was at Norwood Hypermarket in South Africa. It was 122 feet 8 inches across, weighed 26,883 pounds, contained 3,968 pounds of cheese, and 1,984 pounds of sauce
• It is estimated that about three billion pizzas are sold in the United States every year
• Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping in the United States
• The three dots in the Domino’s Pizza logo represent the first three Domino’s Pizza stores
• The most pizzas are delivered (and eaten) on New Year’s Day, New Year’s Eve, Halloween, Thanksgiving Eve, and Super Bowl Sunday
• About 350 slices of pizza are consumed every second in the United States
• About 93% of Americans eat at least one pizza every month

That's all the fun facts about pizza I have. I'm gonna eat my pizza now :9

Random Fun Facts (Part 2)

I got more random fun facts! Enjoy!

• In the marriage ceremony of ancient Inca tribe in Peru, the couple is considered official if they have exchanged their sandals
• King of Moroccan (1672–1727), Moulay Ismaïl, had the biggest number of children throughout the history of human civilization; 342 daughters and 525 sons
• The world's longest place name is Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikim aungahoronukupokaiw-henuakitanatahu which is a hill in New Zealand
• 111111111 x 111111111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• Elephant's tooth may have the same weigh as a bowling ball
• All parts of the country of China have the same timezone even though it's huge enough
• An '@' sign derived from a combination of letter e and a, stand for 'each at'
• There will not be a full moon on Halloween until 2020
• Earth becomes 0.2 Celsius hotter in full moon
• The biggest earthquake ever happened in Chile on May, 22nd 1960 (9,5 SR)
• Firstly, Google was named as BackRub
• Scores in the world's largest international matches is 31-0, the match between the Australian national team squad against American Samoa.
• Longest kiss world record held by James Belshaw and Sophia Severin who kissed for 31 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds.
• We have same birthday with 9 million other people in the world
• Goldfish who is placed in a dark place will turn into white. And if it were not for the influence of food, they will turn completely white.
• Ants never sleep
• Honey is the only food that will never stale 
• Honeybees visit about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey
• A snail can sleep 3-4 years during the period he doesn't need food

Random Fun Facts

I read some random fun facts here and I copied some of them. Enjoy!

• 44% of kids watch television before they go to sleep
• One out of 20 people have an extra rib
• Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents
• Every three days a human stomach gets a new lining
• The second best selling game of all time is Jenga. Jenga is a Swahili word, meaning “to build.”
• Cinderella is known as Rashin Coatie in Scotland, Zezolla in Italy, and Yeh-hsien in China
• In 1894 the first big Coke sign was found on the side of a building located in Cartersville, Georgia, and still exists today
• The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles
• Orcas (killer whales), when traveling in groups, breathe in unison
• The Great Pyramids used to be as white as snow because they were encased in a bright limestone that has worn off over the years
• The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia
• Colour is not an indicator for the taste or ripeness in cranberries
• A chicken with red earlobes will produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes will produce white eggs
• Not all polar bears hibernate; only pregnant females polar bears do
• There is a restaurant in Stockholm that only offers all-garlic products. They even have a garlic cheesecake (can you just imagine how it tastes? I think it's.... Yuck!)
• Serving ice cream on cherry pie was once illegal in Kansas
• 2.5 cans of Spam are consumed every second in the United States
• The Koala bear is not really a bear, but is really related to the kangaroo and the wombat.
• Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie
• Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%
• Paul Hunn holds the record for the loudest burp, which was 118.1 decibels, which is as loud as a chainsaw
• A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana
• There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400
• In the U.S., over one million gallons of cosmetics, drinks, and lotions are sold that contain aloe in them per year
• Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels
• For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to close wounds in India, Asia and South America
• Baskin Robbins plain vanilla ice cream is the number one selling flavour and accounts for a quarter of their sales
• The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long
• The word “toy” comes from an old English word that means “tool”
• Smokers are twice as likely to develop lower back pain than non-smokers
• Humans are born with 300 bones in their body, however when a person reaches adulthood they only have 206 bones. This occurs because many of them join together to make a single bone
• The reason why hair turns gray as we age is because the pigment cells in the hair follicle start to die, which is responsible for producing “melanin” which gives the hair colour
• Most lipstick contains fish scales
• The sentence “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” uses every letter in the english language
• The expression cooked “al dente” means “to the tooth.” What this means is that the pasta should be somewhat firm, and offer some resistance to the tooth, but should also be tender
• Of married couples, 70% of men and 60% of women have cheated on their spouse
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times
• Asthma affects one in fifteen children under the age of eighteen
• A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine
• Throughout the South, peanuts were known as “Monkey Nuts,” and “Goober peas,” before the civil war
• Scallops have approximately 100 eyes around the edge of its shell