Interesting Geography

Alaska

 More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

Amazon
  The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.

The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.  The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States. 

Antarctica
   Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.

Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica . This ice also represents seventy  percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert. 

Brazil

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around.

Canada

 Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village .'

Chicago

 Next to Warsaw , Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit

 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, so named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus, Syria

 Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul, Turkey

 Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents.

Rome

The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome , Italy in 133 B.C.  There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

Sahara Desert

In the Sahara Desert , there is a town named Tidikelt , Algeria , which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island . There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.

Russia
The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia . It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries, one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen - so massive that the mud coming from the hole was “boiling” with it.

Waterfalls
 The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

you should learn something new every day.

What Should you do when you are angry

A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'

Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'
'But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.
Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'
Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...'
The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'

 

MORAL:

When you argue do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return

New Resolution

The Year that was... 2010

New addition to the family. My little niece, Sakina Fatima came along in January!

 

We saw "communal riots" in this peaceful city. 

 

 My idiotic love for reading and collecting Harry Potter books also began this year!

My brother's first polo tournament

Had a crazy fun time with my sister n her kids!!

 Had the 'best thali/jaushan' ever! 

had so much fun with mom putting together these decorations and settings!

Jafar left for London and played his second tournament there. So Proud!

I also got a new laptop!! yay for daddy!!

It was also the year i got addicted to 'digital scrapbooking'

The year ended with such crazy fun madness. My younger sister returned home with her 1.5yr daughter after 3yrs. My other sister n her kids joined us too. all four of us (plus kids) reunited after 3yrs. There were loads of fun, loving and fighting moments!!

There were no great achievements... but it was the year i think i learnt alot about myself. And i couldn't be more grateful and thankful for where i am today. Here's hoping to another blessed year, surrounded by my best friends... my family.