Top 10 Fun Facts: The Simpsons

Hello there Gentle readers. Today Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson turns 60. Here are my favourite to 10 Simpsons facts.

1. All the characters in the Simpsons have 4 fingers on each hand....except one....God.

2. D'oh is a real word in the Oxford English Dictionary.

3. in 1998, Bart Simpson was one of Time Magazines most influential people of the 20th century.

4. A child that was the same age as Bart when the 1st episode aired is now the same age as Homer.

5. The crew of the Simpsons sent flowers to the South Park crew when they took the mickey out of Family Guy.

6. Matt Groening's mum is called Marge Wiggum.

7. Homer is the only character to speak in every episode.

8. In one episode Homer stated that the universe is doughnut shaped. Some cosmologists agreed.

9. Milhouse's middle name is Mussolini.

10.  Originally, Krusty the Klown was meant to be Homer's secret identity.

#thesimpsons #top10

International Culture Day at CBIS

Hello Gentle reader, Friday was Citic Lake Bilingual International School's International Culture Day.

All the different grades from KG to Grade 9 had to find out about a different country and present a dance and make food associated with the country.

The countries included Italy (Roberts class), Russia (Lena's), Argentina, Switzerland, Kenya, Singapore, Fiji, Turkey, Spain, UAE, Niger and Mexico.

Here are some pictures of the event

#cbis #internationalcultureday2017

Today in History: 28th October

Hello again Gentle Reader, lets snuggle up beneath the duvet of history and take a long lie in the bed of time.

1420: Beijing becomes the capital of the Ming Dynasty when the buildinf of the Forbidden City is completed.

1492: Christopher Columbus lands on Cuba.

1886: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated. The world's first Ticker Tape parade happens soon after.

1922: Benito Mussolini marches his fascists into Rome and takes over the Italian government.

1955: Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and richest human ever is born.

1982: Matt Smith, Doctor Who actor is born.

#beijing #columbus #statueofliberty #mussolini #billgates #mattsmith #october27 #todayinhistory

1000 days

Well Gentle Readers, Its hard to imagine that after 1000 days of blogging I am still finding stuff to write about.

I love my life and I love my wife and I love my son. Life is good.

I still sometimes pinch myself when I think how many views my blog has had. Over 180,000 at the last count.

Thank you all.

Limited Edition

Hey GentleReader

I wanted to share this with you. I didn't write it so I am not taking credit.

A youngster asked his grandfather...
"Grandpa! How did you people live before with

No technology
No aeroplanes
No internet
No Computer
No Dramas
No TV
No aircons
No cars
No Mobile phones.

Dada replied
Just like how you people living today...

No Prayer
No compassion
No honour
No respect
No character
No shame
No modesty"

We, the people born between 1950-1989 are the blessed ones...
Our life is a living proof.

👉While playing and riding bicycle, we never bothered to wear helmets.

👉After school time we played until its dusk but never watched  (TV) by locking up ourselves in a room.

👉We played only with our real friends, not with NET friends.
       
👉 If we ever felt thirsty, we used to drink tap water but never searched for bottled water.
         
 👉We never got ill even after sharing the same juice with four friends.
         
👉We were never put on weight even after eating plate full of  rice everyday.
           
👉Nothing happened to our feet even after roaming bare foot.

👉We never used any health supplements to keep ourselves healthy.
           
👉We used to create our own toys and play with them.
           
 👉Our parents were not rich. They just searched for and gave only love.. not any worldly material.
           
👉We never had cellphones, DVDs, Play stations, XBoxes, video games, Personal computers, internet, chat but we had many real friends.

 👉We used to visit our friend's home uncalled and enjoyed food with them. We never had to call them and ask their permission to visit their home.
         
 👉Relatives were near to us so our hearts and souls were happy.
         
👉We may have been in Black and White photos but you can find good colourful memories in those photos........

👉   We are a unique and the most understanding generation, because we are the last generation who listened to their parents....
and also the first which have to listen to their children.

We are LIMITED Edition!

I want to thank Hem for sharing this.

999 Monday Emergency?

Hello Gentle readers wherever you may be. On 27th January 2015, I posted my first blog entry.

Today, 999 days later I am thinking about how I shall mark day 1000 tomorrow. The 23rd October 2017 will come and go and pass into history as simply as the 22nd has or the 27th January 2015 did.

To most people it will be just another Monday. I like Mondays, its the beginning of something. Something that could be the best week ever. It could be the most ordinary week but every Monday is about hope of what is to come.

I may not post at all tomorrow. I may be inspired to write something deep and meaningful. But just in case I get side tracked here is a big thank you to all of you.

We may dread Mondays because the weekend is over but Mondays are new beginnings, new hopes and new opportunities.

Enjoy your Monday.

#mondays #999

Wednesday Thought: Nationalism

Hello there Gentle Readers. After yesterdays rather unpleasent events with the 'lady' from Latvia, I thought I would use the opportunity to do a post about nationalism.

Nationalism can be a positive force in the world, pride in ones country is important but blind patriotism which leads to the kind of nationalism that saw Donald Trump elected, the UK leaving the EU or the rise of Fascism in the 1930's should never be tolerated.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

Charles de Gaulle

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

George Orwell

Trump is a product of a seething populism and nationalism that is the driving political force.

Stephen Bannon

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.

Richard Aldington

Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.

Noam Chomsky

This thing called nationalism is a treasure that a country uses to try to develop and a nationality uses to try to survive. China has lost this treasure.

Sun Yat-Sen

#sunyatsen #chomsky #aldington #bannon #orwell #degaulle #einstein #nationalism #wednesdaythought