Kuala Lumpur - Once Upon A Time

Special posting in-conjunction of Federal Territory Day 2012...

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. Making up an area of 243 km2 (94 sq mi), has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the country, in terms of population and economy.

Kuala Lumpur has its origins in the 1850s, when the Malay Chief of Klang, Raja Abdullah, hired some Chinese labourers to open new and larger tin mines for tin prospectors. The miners landed at the confluence of Sungai Gombak and Sungai Klang to open mines at Ampang, Pudu and Batu. 

During the early times, Kuala Lumpur had many problems, including the Selangor Civil War; it was also plagued by diseases and constant fires and floods. Around the 1870s, the third Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur, Yap Ah Loy, emerged as leader, and became responsible for the survival and subsequent systematic growth of this town. He began to develop Kuala Lumpur from a small, obscure settlement into a booming mining town. In 1880, the state capital of Selangor was moved from Klang to the more strategically advantageous Kuala Lumpur.

Collection of photos of vintage Kuala Lumpur.

1870s - Kuala Lumpur - Brickfields

1880s - Kuala Lumpur - Bukit Nanas

Chubby To Hot Girls Transformation

Thin women can become models if they want to and if they don't want to, can look like one and win complements. What's even better, looking thin gives an impression that you work-out (even if you have not been) and live a healthy lifestyle. Nevertheless, most men love thin women and women, themselves like being thin. 

This collection of before and after photos proves that determination and hard work can turn an overweight girl into a thin babe. See which girls made the biggest transformations.

Be it fat or thin, women are always beautiful the way they are.

Zero Star Hotel

If you are get used to three and four stars hotels, you would definitely not like this Chinese hotel that seems to have no stars judging by these photos. Maybe it's not THAT bad, but it's still very uncomfortable.

World Youngest Record Holder

World's Youngest record holders for a variety of titles. From shocking to fascinating.

 World's Youngest Granny (25yr)

A 25-year-old Romanian housewife could be getting a grand old honor: She is believed to be the world's youngest grandmother. The British tabloid The Sun reports that Rifca Stanescu had her first child, a daughter named Maria, at the age of 12. Although she urged the girl not to follow her example, Maria got in the family way when she was only 11 and gave birth to a son, Ion.

Stanescu was only 23 when she became a grandmother. Ion's now 2, and Stanescu has mixed feelings about being a grandmother at such a young age. "I am happy to be a grandmother but wished more for Maria" she said.

World's Youngest Yoga Teacher (6yr)

At just six, Shruti Pandey is the youngest yoga trainer in the world. The bendy youngster has been teaching adults at an ashram, in northern India, for the last two years. Her trainer, Hari Chetan, 67, set up the ashram 35 years ago and as soon as little Shruti became one of his students, as a tiny four-year old, he spotted her talents. 

Now she starts her classes at 5.30 am every morning, at Brahmanand Saraswati Dham, in the Jhunsi town, dressed in white leggings and a red t-shirt surrounded by 30 eager pupils ranging from businessmen, teachers, housewives to pensioners. Shruti said, "It feels good when people follow my instructions, I feel like a real teacher."

Amazing Outer Space Photos

Cosmic portraits of awe and wonderment to make you feel either existentially insignificant or sublimely at one with the universe.

These four composite image of the Milky Way galaxy is a mosaic of infrared images from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The constellations Cassiopeia and Cepheus are both visible in this 1,000-square degree image, as are dozens of dense clouds, called nebulae, where new stars are forming.

15 Not Important Facts About Sex

15 not so important facts about SEX... but as far as I know everything is important when it comes to sex. Just a little known trivia for the enthusiasts.

Source from Removing Genital Warts

Luxurious Dog House

This house is nice, cute, quite big and doesn't cost that much. However…

If you wish to live in this house, you still won't be able to. This is a doghouse. It was purchased by Tammy Kassis, a former insurance agent, from Los-Angeles for her three doggies, Chelsea, Darla and Coco Puff. They now live a luxurious life. Their house features vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, heating and air conditioning, hand-made curtains and pricey wallpaper. Every dog has its own bed. They can even listen to the radio! 

If this house was for people, it wouldn't be so expensive to pay 20 thousand bucks for it. As for the doghouse, this price is way too much!

Geek vs Nerd - The Infographic

Are you a geek or a nerd?

Source from Geek Are Sexy

Football Hooliganism Infographic

Since the beginning of time, football (or soccer, according to some) and hooliganism have gone hand in hand.  No matter what league, country, or competition we are referring to, there is always a case of hooliganism that appears somewhere in their history.

While football hooliganism has been on the decline since its explosive heights in the 1980s, there are still many hooligan firms that are continuing to cause trouble at football games. 

For those of you who would like to learn more about the history of these flare-throwing, face-punching, knife-waving, pitch-invading men that have somehow become synonymous with the beautiful game, the following infographic is a great place to start.

We take a look at which leagues and teams have the worst record of hooliganism.

Source from Confused and Total Pro Sports

19-Foot Tall LEGO Saturn V Rocket

LEGO Certified Professional Ryan McNaught (The BrickMan) recently built what is likely the first and only minifig-scale Saturn V rocket, complete with gantry. At 5.76 meters (nearly 19 feet) tall and 120,000 bricks, it's certainly huge, but I love the details Ryan built into the rocket, including liquid fuel tanks and the NASA Astrovan.

It's the largest Lego build in Australia, and it took 250 hours to build, and it's the first ever recorded minifig-scale Saturn V rocket (with gantry).

As incredible this LEGO model is, I'm equally impressed that there is a LEGO Certified Professional that built LEGO model as a career. Cool...

Picture That Will Make You Say Awwwwwwww

You probably heard about Buluh Betong story, now... meet the Baby Pumpkin...

Vintage Japanese Matchbox

The bold shapes and colors in these 1920s-40s matchbox covers are fantastic examples of Art Deco in Japan. Some of them look like they came straight out of a Paris jazz club but, you know, with more octopus.

10 Things About Torture And Punishment

From primitive weight devices that literally squish you to death to modern techniques such as water boarding, torture has a long dark history. This infographic explains some of the things you may not have known about torture.

Source from Weird Worm

Luxurious Cat Hotel

People do love their pets, and are willing to pay large amounts of money (as evidenced by the rates here) for their cats to be pampered and cared for while they're off on vacation, or business trips. The cats at this hotel can have a private suite, meals server 'a la cat', and are pampered with a special eco-friendly kitty litter that removes odor in seconds. If you have several cats, they can be housed in the 'chalet' together.

So, if it allays your 'guilt' at leaving your pampered pussy alone while you have fun, then go for it! The more traditional method of having a friend or neighbor drop in and open a can of food each day still works for us that truly understand a cat's disdain for us, and serves to teach them to appreciate us more! They should be happy when we come home, not upset to leave the posh Cat House!

Why Celebrities Love Baby Tyler?

Tyler Sercombe, the baby in this post, has seen more celebrities in her first year alive than most people see in their entire lives.

This one-year-old cutie has attended 60 film premiers and been held, squeezed and pinched by 130 top celebrities, thanks to her mom Donna. Tyler has also proven indomitable in light of all the strangers, noise and flashing lights, as she has only cried once when she been hold by John Terry.

Here are some photos of her with stars.

Johnny Depp called me his little treasure

I gave George Clooney a few tips on looking cool in front of the camera

Awkward Wedding Photos IV

These wedding photos prove that what can go wrong will go wrong. The problem with most of them is that there is usually someone or something in the background that is unexpected. But, at least they are funny.

Picture That Will Make You Say Awwwwwwww

Your heart will explode when you see this picture...

Mumble Happy Feet? Sorry, I'm not him...


Source from Buzzfeed

World Fastest Fingerscape Artist

Using his fingers to paint shockingly-detailed landscapes on glass, the Chilean street artist creates the kind of work that's more about the extremely speedy process than the end result which he claims is a new painting every three minutes. 

Don't believe it? Click through to check out an amazing clip of him cranking them out.

Source from Flavorwire

Celebrities As Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings. The story was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697

Let's see some celebrities spin on Little Red Riding Hood character.

Mena Suvari

Anna Paquin

Liverpool vs Man United FA Cup Gallery

Dirk Kuyt's late winner dumped Man United out of the FA Cup as Liverpool won 2-1 at Anfield. With the score perfectly poised at 1-1 the Dutchman controlled Andy Carroll's flick on before expertly dispatching beyond David De Gea in the 87th minute to stun the Red Devils.

And after booking their place in the League Cup final in midweek, Kenny Dalglish will now be keen to try and lead Liverpool to Wembley for a second time this season.

Daniel Agger had headed Liverpool into a 21st minute lead from a corner, as De Gea, back in the side after a spell on the substitutes bench, was left looking on helplessly. But United, without talisman Wayne Rooney, fought back and were level before the break as Park Ji-sung’s low shot beat Pepe Reina in the 39th minute.

Both sides strived to find the winner in a close-fought second-half but neither could make the breakthrough before Kuyt sent Anfield into raptures with his last-gasp goal.

Pictures from the fourth round thriller.

Much attention was focused on Manchester United captain, Patrice Evra

Suspended Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was present at Anfield to watch his team mates

Beautiful Images Of Nuclear Power Plants

A collection of scary or beautiful pictures (depending on your point of view) of active nuclear power plants from around the world. Nuclear Power Plant usually recognized by it massive cooling tower. They are known as hyperbolic cooling towers.  It's just a matter expelling heat energy.

Natural draft wet cooling towers at many nuclear power plants and large fossil fuel fired power plants use large hyperbolic chimney-like structures that release the waste heat to the ambient atmosphere by the evaporation of water.

Limerick, Pennslyvania

Oregon, Indiana

Super Fast Toy Cars

Those are some very fast toy cars.

This is a video of a modern slot car race, and let me tell you, it probably should've been shot with a high-speed camera. You can see two cars going by in the bottom portion of the screencap I took, and they just look like little blurs.

Source from Geekologie

Diet Coke For Ladies

Coca Cola has also unveiled three new fashionable prints for its Diet Coke cans, the floral, zebra and hound's tooth prints. The cans have already been unleashed upon the ladies of Europe. 

These limited edition can collection is released as part of celebration the hottest fashion and beauty trends of the season. The new Diet Coke 'Get Glam' cans will be available in the UK until March 2012. Each can allows you £5 off every cosmetic purchase over £20 online at Benefit.

Each of the three new pack designs in the 'Get Glam' collection champions the individual style and personality of a Diet Coke girl. Floral print 'Romanic', on-trend hound's-tooth 'Fashionista' and striking zebra print 'Rock Chick'.  Each design is accompanied by an on-trend Spring make-up look, created by Benefit exclusively for Diet Coke, ensuring there is a beauty look to inspire everyone.

Batman Suit From First To Present

An awesome Batman infographic that features every single significant bat-suit from comic books, TV, movies, video games, and theater since the Caped Crusader's debut in 1939.

Dogs Singing Star Wars Imperial March

I do like Star Wars and dog or cat but I still don't know what popular German car manufacturer Volkswagen is going for in this new ad. It's no doubt related to last year's young toddler Darth Vader ad, but how? Also, is it just me or is a teaser for a Super Bowl ad just a little strange? 

Whatever. This ad got cute dogs. I spot Chewbacca, Ewok, Princess Leia and many other Star Wars character. The barking of the puppies is rather melodious - it reminds me of some famous musical theme Imperial March. Is it?

Source from Geek-O-System

Celebrity That Look Like Pokemon

Celebrities always try to look their best, but sometimes they look like fictional monsters that children train to fight.

Justin Bieber / Mudkip

Samuel L. Jackson / Buffalon

Final Fantasy X-2 - Yuna And Lenne

Do you still remember Yuna and Lenne from Final Fantasy X-2? Here is the latest cosplay gallery by LJinto with the theme of these two beautiful girls. Hope you enjoy it.

City Of London In 1940s

These photographs were taken using Kodachrome film by the improbably and wonderfully named Chalmers Butterfield, probably in 1949.

It's not until you take a good close look at the people in these pictures that you see how different things were back then.

That Is One Strong Granny

82 years old, 153 lbs. Awesome...

Muhammad Ali Famous Pictures And Quotes

The world celebrates Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday on January 17 2012. The boxing legend has had one of the most successful and culturally influential careers in sport. Here, some amazing pictures and brilliant quotes from the man many consider not just the greatest ever boxer but the world's greatest ever sports person, on his 70th birthday. Happy 70th Birthday Muhammad Ali!

Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay on January 17th 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. After taking up boxing aged 12, he went on to win gold in the light-heavyweight category at the 1960 Rome Olympics

Robert De Niro’s Taxi License

Apparently, while preparing for his role as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro obtained a cab driver's license, and when on break would pick up a cab and drive around New York for a couple of weeks. Cool...

Source from Retronaut