World's Most Expensive Handbag

After blogging about Louis Vutton's similarity of its handbag design with those found almost anywhere, Louis Vutton ("LV") has an ultimate handbag, the Louis Vutton Tribute Patchwork Handbag, that would be the ultimate collection as well.

The handbag comprise samples of 15 different Louis Vuitton handbags from the LV spring/summer and cruise lines, all of them rolled into one. Willing to pay as much as £23,484 (US$45,352) for a signature handbag?

The issue is any handbag is good enough to keep your personal stuff but why need to purchase one which is this expensive. (source: Luxist and Daily Mail)
Tags: Louis Vutton, LV, Handbag, Lifestyle, Luxury, Most Expensive

Naked Body Scanner

If you are travelling in USA, you might have to go through the body scanners in airports in their attempt to dampen the terrorists' ulterior motives in hijacking or exploding the airplanes mid-air. The Phoenix airport has started the usage of the body scanner and soon to be followed by both the Los Angeles and New York airports.

How will you look like on the screen while you are being scanned? TOTALLY NAKED of course but graphically only.

Transportation Security Administration ("TSA") has employed the backscatter x-ray machine to scan for ceramic knives, plastic guns, liquid explosives and drugs too where metal scanners could not detect. TSA is trying to modify the machine so that the sensitive body parts would be blurred and person who monitors the monitor screen could not see the actual person being scanned. Or the personnel manning the x-ray machine would not have access to the monitor screen. These personnels would communicate via phones if further searches were required.

The ACLU and the Electronic Privacy Information Center are both disputing the usage of this machine stating that it breaches privacy at the highest level and of course, exposure of your body as well.

Reading: Feds Want See-Through Security - CBS News

Reading: Digital Penetration - Slate

Tags: Travel, USA, Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York, Airport, Backscatter X-Ray, Transportation Security Administration, ACLU, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Naked

Nice Pets

I am sure you have heard of many kidnapping cases, especially those poor oil related foreign workers in Nigeria, that had happened this last few years (for the record, 60 foreign workers have been kidnapped just this year alone). Now the locals have gotten a new business idea for the foreigners. They have wild pets for rent to act as a protector. Can you imagine having a spotted hyena as your pet/protector who will be laughing every now and then ....... hehehehe I have a friend who has worked in Nigeria before and certain employers don't take chances on the security as they will hire mercenaries to protect their employees. Read that? Mercenaries! This people are not the army or police but armed people who are for hired.

Tags: Nigeria, Kidnap, Pets, Spotted Hyena, Weird, Mercenaries

50th Wedding Anniversary

A rabbi learned that two members of his congregation would soon be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

The rabbi asked the husband, Ralph, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he managed to live with the same woman all these years. The husband replied, "Well, I treated her with respect, spent money on her, but mostly I took her traveling on special occasions."

The rabbi inquired, "Trips to where?"

"For our 25th anniversary, I took her to Beijing, China."

The rabbi said, "What a terrific example you are to all husbands, Ralph! Tell me, what are you going to do for your wife on your 50th anniversary?"

Ralph replied, "I'm going to go get her."
Tags: Wedding Anniversary, Rabbi, Husband, Wife, Beijing, China, Jokes, Funny, Humor

Grand Canyon Skywalk

The Grand Canyon Skywalk has a soft opening ceremony lately and will be opened to the public on 28 Mar 07. The public could have a scenic view of the great Grand Canyon around it and which is also about 4,000 feet above the rock bottom of the canyon. Being one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the USA government is developing certain areas for tourism purposes.

For US$25 plus other fees, up to 120 people at a time will be able to look down to the canyon floor.
This particular piece of Skywalk was built on Hualapai Indian Revervation land, which has been allowed by the tribe itself. After considering the fact that a third of the tribe's 2,200 members are still living in poverty, the tribal government decided it needs the tourism dollars.
Construction crews spent two years building the walkway. They drilled steel anchors 46 feet into the limestone rim to hold the deck in place.

Last of all, you definitely require the Indian tribe's blessing as you are trespassing their ancestors' land. (source: AP via Yahoo News!)

Previous postings on this: Glass Bridge Skywalk at Grand Canyon and Grand Canyon Skywalk.

Tags: Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Skywalk, Glass Bridge, Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Hualapai Indian Revervation, Tourism, Travel, USA

80% Malaysians Studying Law in UK

UK Immigration Officer: Purpose of visit?

Visitor: I'm here to study law, sir.

Officer: You know, you must have a lot of lawyers in Malaysia.

Visitor: Why do you say that?

Officer: Well, i've been here for a good twenty years, and I'd say 80% of Malaysians I see here say they're here to read law.

Visitor: Oh, really? That's really something I never knew. Hard to believe in fact.

Officer: Just you watch, then. You just stand here until the next Malaysian comes along, and I'll bet he's here to read law.

*Visitor waits for 5 mins, Ah Chong from Malaysia comes to immigration counter*

Officer: Mr. Ah Chong, purpose of visit?

Ah Chong: Study lorr...
Tags: Jokes, Funny, Humor, Immigration, Law, Lawyer, Malaysia, United Kingdom

Why Man Utd Will Be EPL Champion?

Why Manchester United will be the English Premier League's 2006/2007 Champion? Just look at the pictures, that were taken during the Thaipusam festival in January 2007. Sorry to disappointment other EPL teams' fans but with such dedication in carrying a kavadi bearing Manchester United's emblem, divine help is definitely helping Manchester United all the way. Treble dream again?

Tags: Manchester United, English Premier League, Football, Thaipusam