World’s funniest airport names; rudest, weirdest and strangest
23 Jun 2009 Leave a Comment
From Batman to Bloodvein, Fukui to Fort Dix, Wee Waa to Wuhu, cheap flight site Skyscanner has painstakingly scoured its vast database of over 10,000 airports from Indonesia to the Ivory Coast and handpicked the funniest, rudest and weirdest airport names in the world. All are genuine, official airports, recognised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Skyscanner’s Top 10 Personal Favourites:
01. Batman Airport (BAL) Turkey
02. Useless Loop Airport (USL), Australia
03. Black Tickle Airport (YBI), Canada
04. Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania
05. Moron Airport (OZP), Spain
06. Ogle Airport (OGL), Guyana
07. Brest Airport (BES), France
08. Eek Airport (EEK), USA
09. Pickle Lake Airport (YPJ), Canada
10. Raspberry Strait Airport (RSP), USA
Watch your language – airports that may offend!
01. Old Crow Airport (YOC), Canada
02. Fukui Airport (FKJ), Japan
03. Dang Airport (DNP), Nepal
04. Pratt Airport (PTT), USA
05. Ponce Airport (PSE), Puerto Rico
06. Fort Dix Airport (WRI), USA
07. Tsili Tsili Airport (TSI), Papau New Guinea
08. Gaylord Airport (GLR), USA
09. Shafter Airport (MIT), USA
10. Phi Phi Island Airport (PHZ), Thailand
11. Fak Fak Airport (FKQ), Indonesia
12. Big Bell Airport (BBE), Australia
Say what now? The strangest sounding airports
01. Gorom-Gorom Airport (XGG), Burkina Faso
02. Wee Waa Airport (WEW), Australia
03. Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA), Australia
04. Woodie Woodie Airport (WWI), Australia
05. Wuhu Airport (WHU), China
06. Xingning Airport (XIN), China
07. Puka Puka Airport (PZK), Cook Islands
08. Flin Flon Airport (YFO), Canada
09. Kar Kar Airport (KRX), Papua New Guinea
10. Linga Linga Airport (LGN), Papua New Guinea
11. Muko-Muko Airport (MAL), Indonesia
12. Mala Mala Airport (AAM), South Africa
13. Sabi Sabi Airport (GSS), South Africa
Airports you might prefer not to fly to…
01. Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania
02. Slave Lake Airport (YZH), Canada
03. Asbestos Hill Airport (YAF), Canada
04. Desolation Sound Airport (YDS) Canada
05. Crooked Island Airport (CRI), Canada
06. Deception Airport (YGY), Canada
07. Broken Hill Airport (BHQ), Australia
08. Warroad Airport (RRT), USA
09. Battle Mountain Airport (BAM), USA
10. Battle Creek Airport (BTL), USA
11. Mysore Airport (MYQ), India
12. Bloodvein Airport (YDV), Canada
13. Storm Lake Airport (SLB), USA
14. Red Devil Airport (RDR), USA
15. Rifle Airport (IRD), USA
16. Deadhorse Airport (SCC), USA
17. Cue Airport (CWT), Australia
18. Alert Airport (YLT), Canada
19. Danger Bay Airport (DGB), USA
20. Colon Airport (ONX), Panama
21. Gaspe Airport (YGP), Canada
Airport or Zoo – airports for animals?
01. Monkey Mia Airport (MJK), Australia
02. Murnansk Monkey (MMK), Russia
03. Squirrel Cove Airport (YSZ), Canada
04. Big Trout Airport (YTL), Canada
05. Snake River Airport (YXF), Canada
06. Goose Bay Airport (YYR), Canada
07. Whale Cove Airport (YXN), Canada
08. Beaver Creek Airport (YXP), Canada
09. Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), Canada
10. Sheep Mountain Airport (SMU), USA
11. Elk City Airport (ELK), USA
12. Deer Park Airport (DPK), USA
13. Hawk Inlet Airport (HWI), USA
14. Big Bear Airport (RBG), USA
15. Red Dog Airport (RDB), USA
16. Moose Jaw Airport (YMJ), Canada
17. Mammoth Lakes Airport (MMH), USA 1
8. Wolf Point Airport (OLF), USA
19. Chicken Airport (CKV), USA
20. Fox Airport (FOX), USA
21. Duck Airport (DUF), USA
22. Atlanta Beaver Ruin Airport (JAO), USA
And finally, a little fun with IATA Airport Codes:
01. DIK – Dickinson Airport, USA
02. NOB – Nosara Beach Airport, Costa Rica
03. KOK – Kokkola/Pietarsaari Kruunupyy Airport, Finland
04. BOG – Bogota Airport, Columbia
05. BUM – Butler Airport, USA
06. PEE – Perm Airport, Russia
07. POO – Pocos De Caldas Airport, Brazil
08. SEX – Sembach Airport, Germany
09. EAT – Wenatchee Airport, USA
10. FAT – Fresno Yosemite Airport, USA
11. DOH – Doha Airport, Qatar
12. CAT – Cat Island Airport, Bahamas
13. DOG – Dongola Airport, Qatar
Takken from www.traveldailynews.com
LUCKY coz I’M YOURS
17 Jun 2009 Leave a Comment
Tiap hari pulang pergi jakarta-bekasi dengerin lagu ini,,sebenernya semua lagu di albumnya Jason Mraz,,automatically fallin in love with all his songs,,
lets sing together lah 
“LUCKY”
Do you hear me,
I’m talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I’m trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I promise you, I will
I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we’re in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
And so I’m sailing through the sea
To an island where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music fill the air
I’ll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you’re all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
“I’M YOURS”
I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my best test
Nothing’s going to stop me but divine intervention
It cannot wait, I’m yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love love love
Listen to the music of the moment maybe sing with me
A lá peaceful melody
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved
So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours
I’ve been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
My breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I’ma saying is there ain’t no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It’s what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue
I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
this is our fate, I’m yours
Well no no, well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find the sky is yours
Listen to the music of the moment come and dance with me
A lá one big family (2nd time: A lá happy family; 3rd time: A lá peaceful melody)
It’s your God-forsaken right to be loved love love love
I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours
No please, don’t complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours
No please, don’t hesitate
no more, no more
It cannot wait
The sky is your’s!
It’s time for America to educate itself about Muslims
10 Jun 2009 Leave a Comment
President Barack Obama has extended an open hand of friendship in his landmark Cairo speech to the Muslim world – seeking to engage Muslims with a commitment of mutual respect. No one can doubt his sincerity. From his first days in office, he has emphasized the importance of embarking on a new chapter in relations between the United States and the world’s Muslims. But this aspiration will remain elusive without acknowledging the sad fact that most Americans remain woefully ignorant about the basic facts of Islam, and about the broad geographic and cultural diversity of Muslim cultures.
A majority of public opinion polls taken in the last four years show that the views of Americans about Islam continue to be a casualty of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Washington Post-ABC News polls from 2006, for example, found that nearly half of Americans regard Islam “unfavorably,” while one in four admits to prejudicial feelings against Muslims. American views of the Muslim world are so colored by the conflict in the Middle East and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that US citizens have no collective appreciation of the fact that most Muslims live in Asia. Or that the four countries with the largest Muslim populations – Indonesia, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh – are all cultures with millennia-old histories of coexisting with other religions and cultures. A 2005 report by the US State Department’s Advisory Committee on Cultural Diplomacy called for a new vision of cultural diplomacy that “can enhance US national security in subtle, wide-ranging and sustainable ways.” In 2008, a bipartisan group of American leaders – the US-Muslim Engagement Project – convened by Search for Common Ground and the Consensus Building Institute, issued a report calling for a new direction for US relations with the Muslim world. A primary goal of this effort would be “to improve of mutual respect and understanding between Americans and Muslims around the world.” It is time for US citizens to commit themselves to working alongside the Obama administration to turn a new leaf in relations with the Muslim world. The first step is to make a concerted effort to become better educated about the multifaceted societies that comprise the one billion-strong Muslim population throughout the world. The power of culture resides in its ability to transform perceptions. From June 5-14, New Yorkers are experiencing the rich diversity of Muslim cultures through a city-wide initiative, entitled “Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas.” More than 300 artists, writers, performers, and scholars from more than 25 countries, including the United States, are gathering for this unprecedented festival and conference. Presentations include a dizzying variety of artistic forms from the Muslim world, ranging from the traditional (calligraphy, Sufi devotional voices) to the contemporary (video installations, avant-garde Indonesian theater, and Arabic hip-hop). A companion policy conference has attracted scholars and artists from around the world exploring the relationship between cultural practice and public policy and suggesting new directions for cultural diplomacy. A critical goal of this project is to help break stereotypes and create a more nuanced understanding of Muslim societies. Despite our enthusiasm for the possibilities of what this initiative can do to broaden understanding, a performance, a film, or an art exhibition cannot find solutions to all of the problems that divide Americans and the Muslim world. The current distance is rooted as much in ignorance as in hard political issues, many of which go beyond what arts and culture can realistically address. However, cultural diplomacy and initiatives such as “Muslim Voices” can open the door to the reality of the Muslim world as a rich space for world-class artistic production. That, in turn, can encourage an interest in addressing the harder political issues with respect and a sense of equity. For too long, the differences between the US and the Muslim world have been framed not in terms of diversity, but as the foundations of a permanent global conflict. But when people participate in an aesthetic experience that both addresses and transcends a particular culture, perceptions are bound to change. America has reached a pivotal moment in its national and global history, with new hopes for intercultural exchange, dialogue, and mutual understanding. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton say that theirs will be an age of “smart power” that will effectively use all tools of diplomacy at their disposal, including cultural diplomacy. The US must focus once again on the arts as a meaningful way to promote stronger cultural engagement and, ultimately, to find new channels of communication with the Muslim world. Doing so will show that relations need not be defined only through political conflict. Rather, there is now an opportunity to define connections between America and the Muslim world by sharing the richness and complexity of Muslim artistic expressions – as a vital step in finding grounds for mutual respect.
Taken from :www.dailystar.com
DISMENORE
04 Jun 2009 1 Comment
Halah,,halah tiap bulan musti jugkir balik kaya gini,, bukannya gak bersyukur diingetin jadi perempuan, tapi sakitnya gak nahan,, Gejala yang setiap bulan gw alamin namanya disminore,,namanya keren kan,,padahal artinya nyeri haid (LOL)
berikut sekilas tentang disminore:
Dismenore adalah nyeri perut yang berasal dari kram rahim dan terjadi selama menstruasi. Disebut dismenore primer jika tidak ditemukan penyebab yang mendasarinya dan dismenore sekunder jika penyebabnya adalah kelainan kandungan.
Penyebab
Dismenore sekunder lebih jarang ditemukan dan terjadi pada 25% wanita yang mengalami dismenore. Penyebab dari dismenore sekunder adalah: endometriosis, fibroid, adenomiosis, peradangan tuba falopii, perlengketan abnormal antara organ di dalam perut, dan pemakaian IUD.
Faktor Risiko
Biasanya dismenore primer timbul pada masa remaja, yaitu sekitar 2-3 tahun setelah menstruasi pertama. Sedangkan dismenore sekunder seringkali mulai timbul pada usia 20 tahun. Faktor lainnya yang bisa memperburuk dismenore adalah:
-rahim yang menghadap ke belakang (retroversi)
-kurang berolah raga
-stres psikis atau stres sosial.
Gejala dan Tanda
Nyeri pada perut bagian bawah, yang bisa menjalar ke punggung bagian bawah dan tungkai. Nyeri dirasakan sebagai kram yang hilang-timbul atau sebagai nyeri tumpul yang terus menerus ada.
Biasanya nyeri mulai timbul sesaat sebelum atau selama menstruasi, mencapai puncaknya dalam waktu 24 jam dan setelah 2 hari akan menghilang. Dismenore juga sering disertai oleh sakit kepala, mual, sembelit atau diare dan sering berkemih. Kadang sampai terjadi muntah.
Penatalaksanaan
Pertambahan umur dan kehamilan akan menyebabkan menghilangnya dismenore primer. Hal ini diduga terjadi karena adanya kemunduran saraf rahim akibat penuaan dan hilangnya sebagian saraf pada akhir kehamilan.
Untuk mengurangi rasa nyeri bisa diberikan obat anti peradangan non-steroid (misalnya ibuprofen, naproksen dan asam mefenamat). Obat ini akan sangat efektif jika mulai diminum 2 hari sebelum menstruasi dan dilanjutkan sampai hari 1-2 menstruasi.
Selain dengan obat-obatan, rasa nyeri juga bisa dikurangi dengan:
- istirahat yang cukup
- olah raga yang teratur (terutama berjalan)
- pemijatan
- yoga
- orgasme pada aktivitas seksual
- kompres hangat di daerah perut.
Untuk mengatasi mual dan muntah bisa diberikan obat anti mual, tetapi mual dan muntah biasanya menghilang jika kramnya telah teratasi.
Gejala juga bisa dikurangi dengan istirahat yang cukup serta olah raga secara teratur. Jika nyeri terus dirasakan dan mengganggu kegiatan sehari-hari, maka diberikan pil KB dosis rendah yang mengandung estrogen dan progesteron atau diberikan medroksiprogesteron.
Pemberian kedua obat tersebut dimaksudkan untuk mencegah ovulasi (pelepasan sel telur) dan mengurangi pembentukan prostaglandin, yang selanjutnya akan mengurangi beratnya dismenore. Jika obat ini juga tidak efektif, maka dilakukan pemeriksaan tambahan (misalnya laparoskopi).
Jika dismenore sangat berat bisa dilakukan ablasio endometrium, yaitu suatu prosedur dimana lapisan rahim dibakar atau diuapkan dengan alat pemanas.
Pengobatan untuk dismenore sekunder tergantung kepada penyebabnya.(www.blogdokter.net)
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