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Bizarre

No, thanks. But I do not need a discount.

by witsandnuts on July 6, 2010

Photo from Gulf News. A group of diners at a Dubai restaurant were given a 25% discount after they found four bugs crawling around in their food (in March 2008 though). I think discounts attract almost everyone. But for this reason? No, thanks. It is funny that the receipt actually indicated the words, “Insect on the food”. If I were the manager of the restaurant, I probably had termed it as “Allowance for fortuitous events”. (j/k) And if I were one of the diners, I might have insisted on not paying at all and strategically stated my justification.

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The next best thing last night

by witsandnuts on May 17, 2010

Crescent Moon and Venus on May 16 2010

Thanks for sharing this photo through twitter. Photo originally uploaded by @pawv here.

In case you’re like me, who did miss last night’s romantic view of the crescent moon and Venus, the occultation is going to happen on 13 of August 2012 again. I hope I am at the right place by then. Incidentally, the visibility depends on the location and timing. Last night it was more visible in Southeast Asia (i.e. Sumatra to Philippines). We had a little sandstorm and rainshowers yesterday, hence, the more it made the sighting remote in the UAE.

Although it is not really unusual since the moon passes near Venus once a month, only a crescent moon ever passes it. Several adjectives have been regarded to the sighting, but what does it have to do with Venus (associated with women) and not with the other planets? The explanation here is that because Venus is inferior, in the sense that it is lower than the Earth in relation to the sun. Venus sometimes appears in the twilight of evening or dawn. On the other hand, Jupiter, Mars and Saturn are considered superior. Hence, the lesser chances of being occulted.

Here’s an interesting video of the actual occultation, taken in the Philippines. Thanks for sharing the link, bursky.

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The walking trees

by witsandnuts on April 16, 2010

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I have missed the last two photo hunts (themes:sweet and vertical) because I forgot to set the posts to auto-publish before I went on a short vacation. I am photohunting again with the theme: covered. I took this photo in a theme park last year. These lovely women were covered by leaves as they were depicting the character of “the walking trees”. Yes, after this kiddo, I had my photo taken with them, too.

More photo hunters here.

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The fish-y look

by witsandnuts on March 15, 2010

why so serious

I tend to associate some colloquial adjectives to a character. I normally say “Garfield eyes” when I am or someone else is sleepy, “Cinderella time” referring to midnight, and others. With the recent addition of fish-y look, not to mean smelly or malicious.

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The spiral office

by witsandnuts on March 12, 2010

Al Dar Head Office, Abu Dhabi

The shiny and uniquely shaped building there is the main office of the leading real estate developer in Abu Dhabi. I wonder if they just wanted to be very different from the rest or it has something to do with the symbolism that the shape is representing. Although it has a lot of meanings, I opt to associate the spiral shape with continuity.

This is my entry for this week’s photo hunt (theme: spiral).

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