Saturday, April 26, 2008

Water & Carnival


Read "PURE"magazine released by PUB. It's moto is nice . Water for All : Conserve , Value ,Enjoy

Next time got chance will bring my family to NEWater Visitor centre.

Here to share 7 amazing facts about WATER :

(1) Water covers over two-thirds of the Earth's surface , and more than half of the world's animal and plant species live in it

(2) Bottoms up - tap water tastes best when it is served fresh and chilled

(3) Putting off repairing that incessant drip that's plaguing your bathroom sink ? You'd better get on it - a small drip can waste as much as 75 litres of water a day

(4) Only 3% of the earth's water can be used as drinking water. 75% of the world's water is frozen in the polar ice caps

(5) NEWater aside ,there 's really no such thing as new water...not on Earth, at least. The volume of water on the planet hasn't changed in over 3 billion years -its just been changing from ice to water to water vapour and back again. That means that the water that's in our oceans, our lakes , our food and even our bodies today is the same water that the dinosaurs drank !

(6) Water is sometimes called the 'Universal solvent' , because more substances can dissolve in water than in any other liquid

(7) Think water always boils at 100 degree c ? Not true ,because altitude and atmospheric pressure can affect the boiling point of water. Water does indeed boil at 100 degree c at or near sea level but the higher you go ,the less heat it takes - at 3,000 metres ,water boils at only 89 degree c !

Hope all of us learn something here today from all these interesting water facts ~~

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Today go take late breakfast + lunch together. Also packed home a packet of carrot cake to eat later. On the way home, passed by a carnival nearby my place , so drop by

1 side got flea market and the other corner is those games stalls for kid. I visited this uncle's stall and look thru those antique stuffs. Got stamps, toys , coins etc. I picked up 3 game tokens coins and ask him how much. Then he reply $5 each . OMG !! he think i super RICH or what ?? anyhow quote price ...as if like me buying diamond or gold ring right here ! Then talk to him and bargain end up agree to settle at $2 per token coin, so its total of $6 for this 3 pieces( FYI, i collect different type of game/sourveign token)

Also talk to him and he mention that he got 2-3 boxes full of Singapore's used phone cards. He give me his hp and address and i will go visit his place on monday between 3pm-6pm to select & buy those phonecards that i like. He stay in Bukit batok and is 28 floor wor ...whaakaka
Yes , i also got collected phonecard and mrt card too :)

Since my 2 boys are not with me , i did not play any games..then walk to 1 corner there. There is a exhibition panel displaying 8 photographs. Its "Select the funniest picture contest" !
I voted the photo which has the most votes too. Its a indian man wearing a Saree with another indian lady pulling it ..The caption theme is "return my saree back to me.." Really Funny ~