Across the Universe Day

~got this info from malyn, emjie and hye!

Last, February 4, 2008, at 00:00 GMT (7:00 p.m. New York /EST), NASA will beam the Beatles’ “Across The Universe” to the star Polaris, 431 light years away (that’s 431 years travel at the speed of light before our all-time favorite Beatles song reaches the 2.5 quadrillion miles away star). This is being done to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA’s Deep Space Network, an international network of antennas that supports missions to explore the universe, and the 50th anniversary of NASA.
Across the Universe

NASA has invited people around the world to play “Across the Universe” on their audio systems at the same time NASA beams its mp3 version into outer space. The idea was hatched by Beatles’ historian Martin Lewis, who encourages all Beatles fans to play the track as it is being beamed to the distant star. Additionally, this date will be known as “Across the Universe Day”. The event marks the first time a radio song has been beamed into deep space.
Join the celebration!

Bloggers, let’s do this! This blog got the track ready. Please invite other bloggers as well to join the celebration.

Now I’m tagging anyone… Anyone of you who sees this post until 8am tomorrow, feb 5 2008, I’m tagging you and help spread the news! just don’t forget to link me… good day…

Greatest performance of my little brother!!!

My youngest brother has fascination to play soccer that is aside from baseball. Timely because all grade two pupils who belong to the top seven in the class are given the opportunity to join in any extra curriculum activity. Mama then let him join the soccer team. From then on he began to play with the team. Since he is very eager to be the best athlete, we bought him his own soccer balls so he can practice kicking. While we shop, my mother and I argued on what brand we are going to buy. Of course mama wants the cheaper one since she is budget conscious. But I keep my stand to buy the branded soccer balls. I don’t want to compromise the quality of the ball. Mother told me it’s the same since it will wear off as it gets old. However, I successfully persuaded mama to buy the branded one; anyway I’m paying for the stuff. My brother always volunteers to use the ball during his practice. On the first day of the elimination round the team got the first rank and they remained on that rank until the finals. Then final match is set on Saturday, we all have the chance to watch the event. During the game, we shouted like we are watching world cup in a big soccer field. The coach raised his hand for a break. Father and I draw closer then we learned that the soccer ball was torn when it hit a sharp object. When I look at it, it was the cheap soccer ball mama wants to buy. Then I asked the coach if he wants his players to use the soccer balls that we bring with us, and he willingly accepts it. After few minutes, the team of my brother is leading. They lead 9 points against their opponents and became the champion. The kid athletes were all tired but they are all very proud and happy for their performance as they exclaimed “Sir, we won because we are using the best soccer ball in town” at the end of the contest.

My energetic brother

It’s really nice to see kids playing. Like me, I have an 8 year old brother who is very active and energetic. He really loves to play anything. He loves to run, to jump, and to play with balls and toy guns. I tried asking him to tone down a bit. But he didn’t listen since he’s a kid it’s their nature to play. His teacher then suggest to let him join a baseball game, maybe in this way he will get tired. I talked to him to join the game and he excitedly accepted the idea. So, while I was doing my shopping I allocate some time to find baseball gloves that would fit his small hands, and I successfully find one. My mom and my little brother went to school to sign up my brother for the baseball game. Surely it is a new game for my brother, although this is new to him, I know that he’ll enjoy it. Baseball is an outdoor game that will definitely test the physical endurance and my little brother is enthusiastic to join such sport. This game will really fit my brother’s energetic physique. I really recommend that you enroll your kids to a baseball club.

awards


thanks for this award Ice.. this award really fits valentines day.. now I’m passing this to jason, malou, emjie and lakshmi