Newsflash People!! I tuned in Hitz.Fm, and interestingly, I found out that Vanessa Hudgens… Well you know who she is!! She’s that heroin in the famous Disney Channel Movie “High School Musical” with such innocent and naïve looks whom all the children go crazy and woohaa over her?? She’s the one where you get your daughter saying “Mommy I wanna be like her” and your son saying, “Dad, can I make Vanessa my girlfriend?” Oh yeah, she’s also apparently the new Paris Hilton should we say?? Well not exactly Paris Hilton because well she is still short of a 37 minutes video clip?? F.Y.I, I surfed the net, and there I saw the girl who is posing nude whom my 12 year old cousin sister totally adores. Hmmm… So is she still considered a good role model?? It appears that, High School Musical Production has replaced the character Gabriella with someone else. So there we go..
And do you know Delicious Restaurant is really like DELICIOUS!!??!? I swear it is!!! My friend Harinder and I went there after Fusion Class, I ordered a chicken sandwich and Harinder ordered a Cheese Sandwich. My god!! It was totally yummy!!! So good though the food was a bit too pricey! So please make sure your purse or wallet is not filled with butterflies!!! Hehehe…
Guess is having a sale up to 70% discount!!! Seriously, I didn’t know that a normal T-Shirt can cost up to RM459!!!!!!!! But the shoes in Guess are amazing!! The watches too!!
Cats Whiskers and Chyna Dolls are apparently having a sale as well!! Eileen and I went shopping the other day, and the price was reasonable!! Cats Whiskers has more collections of dresses, shoes and accessories compared to Chyna Dolls. I just love the way the clothes are arranged in colours!!! It’s pretty!!
There’s gonna be a Backstreet Boys concert on the 27th of February 2008 in Sunway Lagoon!!! Isn’t that great??!?!!? And Sonia Amma, none of them are gays!!! They are straight!! I REALLY HOPE THEY ARE!!!! By the way, when is Westlife coming???
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Last Lecture by Professor Randy Pausch
Everyday, I look in the mirror, and I say to myself, “I might be fat, but I know that I am still beautiful”. And as I opened my email today, Sonia Amma emailed me this beautiful video clip. Interestingly, it’s a man giving a speech. Not just any man, but a man who is going to die any time but he is still captivating the effort to make his life beautiful. Moreover, the speech he did using the slides was actually not meant for more than 400 people but only for his 3 sons who are still young and who famished nothing more but their father’s utmost love, care and attention. Yet, the “Last Lecture” by Professor Randy Pausch leaves a big mark and symbolism in our entire daily life. I would really love to share this video to you. Take a look at the amazing last lecture! It’s worth all your time.
http://www.sonnyradio.com/lastlecture.html
http://www.sonnyradio.com/lastlecture.html
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
East & Western Culture
East Culture and the Western Culture. What a very interesting topic to ponder upon. My good friend Sze told me that I should write about this after much concern on Pre-Marital Sex. Well there are numerous things I could say to differentiate these two cultures. Conversely, to state the pros’ and cons’ of these two crucial cultures is a bit thorny. Why?? Because I as a Malaysian probably for example, might find Western Culture influencing our day to day life in Malaysia. Therefore, I sustain to stand on neither field.
I would like to talk about Malaysia and its culture, corresponding towards the East Culture. Malaysia as we know is undeniably a multi-racial country. Because of the multi-racial dynamic, Malaysia is well known for its beautiful, momentous, and exotic culture, principles, social norms and values. Nevertheless what’s the main question here? It is not about the outstanding festivals we celebrate, but exactly how is it different than the Westerns’? Festivals can still be celebrated no matter where you are. But it is the principles, the norms and values that tend to differ from an individual to a society.
I have seen people talking and whispering about one person’s attitude or behavior to another. Take a look at the following conversation:-
Grace : Wa! Your daughter so modern want ah! Wearing mini skirt all!
Devi : What to do? After watching that movie, “Mean Girls” she also wants to wear
sexy sexy!
Grace : Oh!! Just like the Westerners!
Devi : Ya!
We as Malaysians tend to blame the Western Culture if a certain someone changes its’ roots and personality or behavior, to mention a few. Why? Because, adults have been brought up in a given set of principles and values that we Malaysians’ are sort of bound to follow. And when one child changes them, the parents, aunties or uncles blames the upbringing and also the Western culture influences.
Now as an individual, we all have our freedom to opt to any culture we desire. If I think Malaysian Culture is what I want to tag along, then I track along the principles, values and the norms. But if you opt to choose Western Culture, you can go ahead! There is absolutely no harm in that at all. But to a guardian, if a child or kin changes his or her roots to something far more different then what they have been practicing, it is hard to let go and be reasonable. But understanding is the key to this matter. Like for the Hindus’, a young girl is not suppose to hang out with bachelors or any guys once they are matured, neither are they allowed to wear mini skirts, short dresses, sleeveless tops or a two piece swimming attire. But the Western Culture does not pay much attention to this detail probably because it’s nothing but just an individual’s significant signature fashion sense no matter whether they are young, old, amateur or matured! There is such vast difference to this. It is as how we all have different opinions and thoughts about so many things, so does the culture.
Like the dialogue above, maybe Devi’s daughter is just following part of the Western Culture, but it doesn’t mean she has forgotten her mother roots. She is still able to follow certain other values but she has her own options in other sense. Therefore, there is actually no debate to the western and east culture topic. But as I’ve mentioned before, I am supporting neither sides. However, if you are in a Malaysian Bench, wanting to debate this topic, then there’ll be a lot to mention and say from your point of view against the Westerners point of view.
But as for now, I can only say that each culture has its own uniqueness. We are not in power to say which culture is the best nor the worst. Every culture is like a wild jungle, filled with amazing creatures and beings, filled with exotic flowers which vary in colors and species, filled with warmth and tender, filled with a direction of righteousness, filled with its own exclusivity.
In Conclusion, I love both the cultures very much and I find both cultures equally interesting.
I would like to talk about Malaysia and its culture, corresponding towards the East Culture. Malaysia as we know is undeniably a multi-racial country. Because of the multi-racial dynamic, Malaysia is well known for its beautiful, momentous, and exotic culture, principles, social norms and values. Nevertheless what’s the main question here? It is not about the outstanding festivals we celebrate, but exactly how is it different than the Westerns’? Festivals can still be celebrated no matter where you are. But it is the principles, the norms and values that tend to differ from an individual to a society.
I have seen people talking and whispering about one person’s attitude or behavior to another. Take a look at the following conversation:-
Grace : Wa! Your daughter so modern want ah! Wearing mini skirt all!
Devi : What to do? After watching that movie, “Mean Girls” she also wants to wear
sexy sexy!
Grace : Oh!! Just like the Westerners!
Devi : Ya!
We as Malaysians tend to blame the Western Culture if a certain someone changes its’ roots and personality or behavior, to mention a few. Why? Because, adults have been brought up in a given set of principles and values that we Malaysians’ are sort of bound to follow. And when one child changes them, the parents, aunties or uncles blames the upbringing and also the Western culture influences.
Now as an individual, we all have our freedom to opt to any culture we desire. If I think Malaysian Culture is what I want to tag along, then I track along the principles, values and the norms. But if you opt to choose Western Culture, you can go ahead! There is absolutely no harm in that at all. But to a guardian, if a child or kin changes his or her roots to something far more different then what they have been practicing, it is hard to let go and be reasonable. But understanding is the key to this matter. Like for the Hindus’, a young girl is not suppose to hang out with bachelors or any guys once they are matured, neither are they allowed to wear mini skirts, short dresses, sleeveless tops or a two piece swimming attire. But the Western Culture does not pay much attention to this detail probably because it’s nothing but just an individual’s significant signature fashion sense no matter whether they are young, old, amateur or matured! There is such vast difference to this. It is as how we all have different opinions and thoughts about so many things, so does the culture.
Like the dialogue above, maybe Devi’s daughter is just following part of the Western Culture, but it doesn’t mean she has forgotten her mother roots. She is still able to follow certain other values but she has her own options in other sense. Therefore, there is actually no debate to the western and east culture topic. But as I’ve mentioned before, I am supporting neither sides. However, if you are in a Malaysian Bench, wanting to debate this topic, then there’ll be a lot to mention and say from your point of view against the Westerners point of view.
But as for now, I can only say that each culture has its own uniqueness. We are not in power to say which culture is the best nor the worst. Every culture is like a wild jungle, filled with amazing creatures and beings, filled with exotic flowers which vary in colors and species, filled with warmth and tender, filled with a direction of righteousness, filled with its own exclusivity.
In Conclusion, I love both the cultures very much and I find both cultures equally interesting.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Pre-Marital Sex
I have just read the SUN newspaper recently, an article about "Britons fine with pre-marital sex." It attracted me. What the newspaper has failed to analyze is Malaysians' opinion about pre-marital sex. Anyway, according to the Sun Newspaper, "Britons are taking a more liberal attitude towards sex and marriage, but retain traditional views on how best to raise children."
So this is what Britons think about it. I am here to talk about what Malaysians' think about pre-marital sex. First of all, generally, people in Malaysia has been brought up to conform themselves into social norms and values. That includes religious values as well. Remember back to our grandmothers' and grandfathers' time, pre-marital sex is a serious no no! For an example, in the Indian culture back to those days, if a girl had an intercourse before marriage, she is said to be an outcast and nobody is suited to marry her. She is spoiled and she has no dignity and self respect for herself and her family.
I believe every religion does not sustain to the idea of pre-marital sex. In Christianity for example, says, "Thou should not commit adultery" under the Ten Commandments. Even Islam goes against the idea of pre-marital sex. Nonetheless, as the world and society moves towards modernization, every person has different views about this issue. Even Bryan Wilson agrees that secularization is taking place. Furthermore, August Comte believed that human history will come across the positive stage (Science alone will dominate human thinking and behaviour) after theological and metaphysical stage.
As we can see, religious views do play a part in this question. According to Miss SK, under a religious context, she believes, pre-marital sex is not accepted. In her view, Malaysians’ are embarrassed to admit that pre-marital sex without a doubt is a biological need. However she also said apart from that, pre-marital sex is fine as long as that person loves that special someone truly. According to another Malaysian, Mrs. SF, pre-marital sex is wrong in the context of Christianity. Another Malaysian, Miss R replied that she doesn’t agree to pre-marital sex because she as a Muslim lady is bound to rules and regulation. Many people are concern about the fact that their religious values hold strong principles which does not accept this issue of pre-marital sex.
Yet, as I mentioned earlier that since our society is progressing to a more modern way of thinking, they do not include religious ideals into what they wish to do. For instance, indirectly, 5 other Malaysians answered that pre-marital sex is not wrong without distinguishing their answers into traditional views and modern views. As we can perceive, even though an individual is bound to conform to meet the values and culture in the society, he or she still moves towards the expectations he or she wishes to meet. From the small sample of people I gathered information from, only 6 people including Miss SK agree and 2 disagree about pre-marital sex. This doesn’t mean that those 6 people aren’t religious. They are much more open as they move along to the flow of what is accepted in nowadays society.
Malaysians are more influenced with the Westerns’ lifestyle. And there’s nothing wrong about it. It is every person’s choice to become what and who they want to be.
However, parents’ and families still nurture their children according to the traditional values. Why?? Well most probably they don’t want their children ‘doing it’ with some orange stripe purple coloured hair dude who probably has himself infected with HIV/Aids disease?? Or a father doesn’t want his little princess getting pregnant at the age of 16 for unprotected sex? A family doesn’t want their pride and joy getting caught kissing and ‘doing it’ with a guy recording it in his ever so modern technological cell phone and soon leak it out in youtube and the internet? This is also another clear reason why so many Malaysians still disagree about pre-marital sex. But there’s another argument to this factor. We have so many married couples, caught in a video doing it with another person. Well there we go. “Post-marital sex??” How funny is that? You don’t want your beautiful daughter to commit pre-marital sex, and you’re so happy that she didn’t, and you married her off to some nice guy whom you thought was “THE ONE” for her and later find out when you are happily surfing the net that she has a short clip of her doing it with some guy whom you don’t even know????????? So you see, nowadays, everything takes place beyond your own expectations.
I am not questioning anything about how parents’ and families nurture their young. But what we have to understand here is that, the environment is changing. The young minds are so rebellious that if they find anything so attractive and interesting, and if they are not strong in holding into the principles and values that they have been thought to conform to within their own family, they are just going to build their own conception and principles and move on. This my friend, is what we call circle of life. You can no longer tell anyone what to do but only furnish an advice towards them no matter to the young or old.
In conclusion, I cannot say that Malaysians’ agree or disagree to pre-marital sex. I have only conducted my research in a small scale. There is certainly not enough data to proof a point. It is up to you as an individual to agree on this fact. But to my own assumption, to a certain level and I’m not speaking in a general manner, I think that most Malaysians find that pre-marital sex is fine and so on but it is not fine when one of their kin is committed to it. It is okay if they are committed into it but if their brother, sister or aunty commits it, it is so wrong!! So here I am sitting in between the fence.
So this is what Britons think about it. I am here to talk about what Malaysians' think about pre-marital sex. First of all, generally, people in Malaysia has been brought up to conform themselves into social norms and values. That includes religious values as well. Remember back to our grandmothers' and grandfathers' time, pre-marital sex is a serious no no! For an example, in the Indian culture back to those days, if a girl had an intercourse before marriage, she is said to be an outcast and nobody is suited to marry her. She is spoiled and she has no dignity and self respect for herself and her family.
I believe every religion does not sustain to the idea of pre-marital sex. In Christianity for example, says, "Thou should not commit adultery" under the Ten Commandments. Even Islam goes against the idea of pre-marital sex. Nonetheless, as the world and society moves towards modernization, every person has different views about this issue. Even Bryan Wilson agrees that secularization is taking place. Furthermore, August Comte believed that human history will come across the positive stage (Science alone will dominate human thinking and behaviour) after theological and metaphysical stage.
As we can see, religious views do play a part in this question. According to Miss SK, under a religious context, she believes, pre-marital sex is not accepted. In her view, Malaysians’ are embarrassed to admit that pre-marital sex without a doubt is a biological need. However she also said apart from that, pre-marital sex is fine as long as that person loves that special someone truly. According to another Malaysian, Mrs. SF, pre-marital sex is wrong in the context of Christianity. Another Malaysian, Miss R replied that she doesn’t agree to pre-marital sex because she as a Muslim lady is bound to rules and regulation. Many people are concern about the fact that their religious values hold strong principles which does not accept this issue of pre-marital sex.
Yet, as I mentioned earlier that since our society is progressing to a more modern way of thinking, they do not include religious ideals into what they wish to do. For instance, indirectly, 5 other Malaysians answered that pre-marital sex is not wrong without distinguishing their answers into traditional views and modern views. As we can perceive, even though an individual is bound to conform to meet the values and culture in the society, he or she still moves towards the expectations he or she wishes to meet. From the small sample of people I gathered information from, only 6 people including Miss SK agree and 2 disagree about pre-marital sex. This doesn’t mean that those 6 people aren’t religious. They are much more open as they move along to the flow of what is accepted in nowadays society.
Malaysians are more influenced with the Westerns’ lifestyle. And there’s nothing wrong about it. It is every person’s choice to become what and who they want to be.
However, parents’ and families still nurture their children according to the traditional values. Why?? Well most probably they don’t want their children ‘doing it’ with some orange stripe purple coloured hair dude who probably has himself infected with HIV/Aids disease?? Or a father doesn’t want his little princess getting pregnant at the age of 16 for unprotected sex? A family doesn’t want their pride and joy getting caught kissing and ‘doing it’ with a guy recording it in his ever so modern technological cell phone and soon leak it out in youtube and the internet? This is also another clear reason why so many Malaysians still disagree about pre-marital sex. But there’s another argument to this factor. We have so many married couples, caught in a video doing it with another person. Well there we go. “Post-marital sex??” How funny is that? You don’t want your beautiful daughter to commit pre-marital sex, and you’re so happy that she didn’t, and you married her off to some nice guy whom you thought was “THE ONE” for her and later find out when you are happily surfing the net that she has a short clip of her doing it with some guy whom you don’t even know????????? So you see, nowadays, everything takes place beyond your own expectations.
I am not questioning anything about how parents’ and families nurture their young. But what we have to understand here is that, the environment is changing. The young minds are so rebellious that if they find anything so attractive and interesting, and if they are not strong in holding into the principles and values that they have been thought to conform to within their own family, they are just going to build their own conception and principles and move on. This my friend, is what we call circle of life. You can no longer tell anyone what to do but only furnish an advice towards them no matter to the young or old.
In conclusion, I cannot say that Malaysians’ agree or disagree to pre-marital sex. I have only conducted my research in a small scale. There is certainly not enough data to proof a point. It is up to you as an individual to agree on this fact. But to my own assumption, to a certain level and I’m not speaking in a general manner, I think that most Malaysians find that pre-marital sex is fine and so on but it is not fine when one of their kin is committed to it. It is okay if they are committed into it but if their brother, sister or aunty commits it, it is so wrong!! So here I am sitting in between the fence.
VK Lingam
I am sure many of you have heard about VK Lingam. Who is VK Lingam? Well this is what I picked up from Malaysia Kini :-
"To many he is the senior lawyer in the videotape apparently brokering the appointment of ‘friendly judges’ into top positions in the judiciary but to others, he is a powerful and well-connected lawyer"
So what we know is that Lingam was discussing about the appoinment of judges and who should be the next Chief Justice. As we know they were discussing about former Chief Justice, Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah. Lingam was having a conversation with then Chief Judge of Malaya, Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim. This is what Malaysia Kini said about the case :-
"Appointed in 2000, he was seen as a fresh break from his two previous predecessors - Mohd Eusoff Chin (1994-2000) and Abdul Hamid Omar (1988-1994). Dzaiddin was to retire in 2003, and the video showed Lingam expressing concerned that the outgoing CJ was moving his 'men' into top judiciary posts.
The conversation revolved around the urgent need to get Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, then chief judge of Malaya - the judiciary's No 3 - appointed as Court of Appeal president (No 2) and then chief justice (No 1).
There was also the plan to get former attorney-general Mokhtar Abdullah, who was then a Federal Court judge, to replace Ahmad Fairuz as No 3. To do that, Lingam had roped in tycoon Vincent Tan, a close crony of then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, a key minister in PM's Department.
They were to talk to Mahathir on the appointment of judges. "
There we go. So now roughly we all know what is going on in Malaysia other than Hindraf. So many things are taking toll on Malaysia. Like hellooo????? This is not suppose to be happening.
It is so interesting. Everytime I read the Sun Paper, article by Surenthira Kumar (newsdesk at Sun Daily) there's yet to be a solution. Everyday a new topic, a new discussion. It is never going to end. But what's worthwhile, we all have something interesting to read upon.
And look!!! I've gathered some opinions from the Malaysia Kini. It's always like this. Whenenever something comes up, then there will be changes. After getting its' implications, then we find the factors and solution to build a new system. :)
Raja Aziz Addrusse (Nov 26, 07 12:14pm) :- "The government has finally decided to set up a royal commission to look into the video clip showing a lawyer engaged in a telephone conversation with a senior judge, allegedly brokering judicial appointments. After two months of dragging its feet, the government now appears to have come to recognise that the implications of the video clip are indeed very serious and warrant a thorough inquiry. When the video clip was released on Sept 19, the government did not quite seem to grasp the ramifications of the telephone conversation. It did not seem to see the need for urgent action. "
"To many he is the senior lawyer in the videotape apparently brokering the appointment of ‘friendly judges’ into top positions in the judiciary but to others, he is a powerful and well-connected lawyer"
So what we know is that Lingam was discussing about the appoinment of judges and who should be the next Chief Justice. As we know they were discussing about former Chief Justice, Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah. Lingam was having a conversation with then Chief Judge of Malaya, Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim. This is what Malaysia Kini said about the case :-
"Appointed in 2000, he was seen as a fresh break from his two previous predecessors - Mohd Eusoff Chin (1994-2000) and Abdul Hamid Omar (1988-1994). Dzaiddin was to retire in 2003, and the video showed Lingam expressing concerned that the outgoing CJ was moving his 'men' into top judiciary posts.
The conversation revolved around the urgent need to get Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim, then chief judge of Malaya - the judiciary's No 3 - appointed as Court of Appeal president (No 2) and then chief justice (No 1).
There was also the plan to get former attorney-general Mokhtar Abdullah, who was then a Federal Court judge, to replace Ahmad Fairuz as No 3. To do that, Lingam had roped in tycoon Vincent Tan, a close crony of then prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, a key minister in PM's Department.
They were to talk to Mahathir on the appointment of judges. "
There we go. So now roughly we all know what is going on in Malaysia other than Hindraf. So many things are taking toll on Malaysia. Like hellooo????? This is not suppose to be happening.
It is so interesting. Everytime I read the Sun Paper, article by Surenthira Kumar (newsdesk at Sun Daily) there's yet to be a solution. Everyday a new topic, a new discussion. It is never going to end. But what's worthwhile, we all have something interesting to read upon.
And look!!! I've gathered some opinions from the Malaysia Kini. It's always like this. Whenenever something comes up, then there will be changes. After getting its' implications, then we find the factors and solution to build a new system. :)
Raja Aziz Addrusse (Nov 26, 07 12:14pm) :- "The government has finally decided to set up a royal commission to look into the video clip showing a lawyer engaged in a telephone conversation with a senior judge, allegedly brokering judicial appointments. After two months of dragging its feet, the government now appears to have come to recognise that the implications of the video clip are indeed very serious and warrant a thorough inquiry. When the video clip was released on Sept 19, the government did not quite seem to grasp the ramifications of the telephone conversation. It did not seem to see the need for urgent action. "
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Sep 26, 07 12:16pm) :- "A lawyer was captured on video fixing the appointment of judges. A little girl was sexually molested and murdered, and the police is planning to take action against the parents for negligence. A plain-clothes policeman went into the middle of a crowd of opposition supporters armed with a gun, and ended up shooting live bullets and nearly killing two members of the crowd. The government response to the video has been a terrible disaster. The PM and deputy PM question the credibility of the video. The minister says that the other man on the line is not the Chief Justice. The Attorney General says that the lawyer was in monologue! Is the information minister not doing his job, to coordinate the spin? "
If you are so very interested in this case, do visit this website. It has all the full information, dialogues, interviews, opinions, and video links to this case. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/72772
Video of "The Lingam Tape".
Deanna Yusof
Have you guys heard about Deanna Yusof?? Probably you have heard about her kissing some dude on screen? Well I didn't know until I saw this video.
It's always a big fuss when a celebrity does something out of the blue. Juts like this. I love what one of the commentator stated, "aw....bisingnya.....its always like this...when it comes to it...well...kiss...kiss....kiss....as if u never kiss at all?? admit it..".
Haha!!! Isn't that so true??? But as for us viewers, it is simply entertainment.
It's always a big fuss when a celebrity does something out of the blue. Juts like this. I love what one of the commentator stated, "aw....bisingnya.....its always like this...when it comes to it...well...kiss...kiss....kiss....as if u never kiss at all?? admit it..".
Haha!!! Isn't that so true??? But as for us viewers, it is simply entertainment.
.::The NEW 7 Wonders of The World::.
Hey the world has recently announced its’ 7 new wonders of the world. According to the CNN News, voters were flooding the internet service, until there was a message asking voters to send in their votes by text messaging. However, after that trouble, we now have the new 7 wonders of the world.
PRESENTING
•The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru's Machu Picchu
• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India's Taj Mahal
1. The Great Wall of China
-Spanning about 4500 miles, the Great Wall is one of the largest construction projects ever. Portions of the wall date to the 17th century B.C, but most of thework completed from 1487-1505.
2. Petra in Jordan
- On the Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, the Christ the Redeemer statue portays Jesus Christ that stands 125 feet tall. Work on the statue begin in 1927, it was officially installed in 1931.
4. Machu Picchu
-Peru’s chief tourist attraction, built in 1400s, is believed to have been a retreat for the Inca royal family. The ruins are nestled between two peaks at 7,710 feet above sea level.
5.Pyramid at Chichen Itza
PRESENTING
•The Great Wall of China
• Petra in Jordan
• Brazil's statue of Christ the Redeemer
• Peru's Machu Picchu
• Mexico's Chichen Itza pyramid
• The Colosseum in Rome
• India's Taj Mahal
1. The Great Wall of China
-Spanning about 4500 miles, the Great Wall is one of the largest construction projects ever. Portions of the wall date to the 17th century B.C, but most of thework completed from 1487-1505.
2. Petra in Jordan
-This ancient city, in what is now Jordan, thrived around 400 B.C, when it was a major trading between Arabia and the Mediterranean Sea. Its people carved intricate homes and tombs out of red sandstone cliffs.
3. Christ the Redeemer
3. Christ the Redeemer
- On the Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, the Christ the Redeemer statue portays Jesus Christ that stands 125 feet tall. Work on the statue begin in 1927, it was officially installed in 1931.4. Machu Picchu
-Peru’s chief tourist attraction, built in 1400s, is believed to have been a retreat for the Inca royal family. The ruins are nestled between two peaks at 7,710 feet above sea level.
5.Pyramid at Chichen Itza
-Chichen Itza, in the Yucatan Peninsula of current say Mexico, was a hub of Mayan civilization about 900 and 1200. The city’s largest building is the pyramid of Kukulcan, dedicated to a feathered serpent god.
6. Colosseum
6. Colosseum
-At the center of themodern day Rome, Italy, is the predecessor to modern-say stadiums, the Colosseum. The amphitheather could seat as many as 50,000 spectators for the gladiator fights and other public exhibitions.
7. Taj Mahal
7. Taj Mahal
-The indian ruler Shah Jahan built the gigantic tomb in the nothern India to honor his favorite wife, who died in 1629. The white marble building sits on a platform of red sandstone, and each tower is 133 feet high.
So there we go folks. The new 7 wonders of the world.
So there we go folks. The new 7 wonders of the world.
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