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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Descendants of Mongolian

Mongolian Blue MarkA friend of mine asked me a old question (I am really interested in) on FaceBook, which sparks me to dig the web again. These are some of mine findings.

A Mongolian spot/mark(蒙古斑), which appears on many baby buttock during birth, few carry it till grown up, most will not have it when or around five. The interesting part I read is in Wikipedia. It says,

"Mongolian spots are most prevalent among Mongols, Turks, and other Asian groups, such as the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans. Nearly all East Asian infants are born with one or more Mongolian spots. It is also common if only one of the parents is East Asian. Among East African infants it is found at rates between 90-95% and 85-90% of Native American infants."

Dr Greene said on his site,

"Mongolian spots are nothing more than dense collections of melanocytes, the skin cells which contain melanin, the normal pigment of the skin. When the melanocytes are close to the surface, they look deep brown."

If your family carries at least one Asian Heritage, most likely you have it, or seen it. If this means you carry the blood of Mongolian, I think 85% of the world came from a same blood.

This Genetic blue mark, also has some spiritual/religious legend. On Media Thinker's 2003 post,

"The Mongols say they are the mark left by the spirit who slaps the baby to life. Chinese believe that if you are reluctant to be reincarnated, the King of Hell prods and kicks you until you agree to go. The more spots, the more reluctant you were to be reborn."

Intriguing?

If you would like to find out more, I recommend a visit to Alive in Kyoto's post - Mongolian Blue Spot. More than a dozen comment there. Commenter barb raise an interesting question there:

"Does anyone know if there is biblical side to the mongolian spot?"

Tell me here if you find out more..

More read - Asia Finest Forum: Mongolian Blue Spot

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Organ harvesting of Falun Gong in Lego bricks

Flickr Lego photo of Organ HarvestingHere is a link to a Flickr set of Lego picture about organ harvesting of Falun Gong member in China, which purported by The Epoch Times. You can use them to educate you children in a.. hrmm refined way. Please tell them that it is rumored.

Flickr Lego photo of Organ Harvesting via GodBricks

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Cheeky purses made to resemble under pants

Pants PursesThey are available in 4 super cutesy designs: Hearts, Rainbows, Cherries or Strawberries. Carry one of these purses is a sure way to get your more than just attention. Is it Japanese?

Pants Purses via Foolish Gadgets

A short video of how tribe can be form

Seth Godin says on his blog,

“..before the first minute mark. That's when guy #3 joins the group. Before him, it was just a crazy dancing guy and then maybe one other crazy guy. But it's guy #3 who made it a movement.”

What inspires you?

Guy #3

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

There is no new wisdom, only refined one.

The Unknown Life of JesusForumer ellyvia at Oprah.com community says,

“Jesus travelled to India, started preaching there, and finally arrived in Tibet. He spent a few years there living with Buddhist monks and studied Buddhism. At the age of 29, He came back to His hometown. This explains why the people in His hometown didn't recognized Him when He arrived.” Link.

Finally someone discuss what I have read 10 years ago. It would be a heresy to even mention this, hmm, some time back. Ah, it is still heresy. But let bygones be bygones, we focus in the future.

Book I read, don’t know when - Nicolas Notovitch’s The Unknown Life of Jesus: The Original Text of Nicolas Notovich's 1887 Discovery (Paperback)

HowTo: DIY Kissing Beads

DIY kissing beads puzzleToday at Wiki HowTo, a simple DIY puzzle with strings, T-strap and beads, which I like very much. We see less and less DIY toys nowsaday.

How to Make a Puzzle from a Metal T Strap

Philosophical post, Vinegar Taster, thoughts and rants

Vinegar TasterCome across a post which makes me rethink about Philosophy and Humanity. Jack Lilly of Druid Journal comment about Vinegar Taster (三酸图),

"often wondered what Jesus would be doing in this painting. Would he scowl in anger, as he did at the money-changers in his father’s temple? Would he react with indifference, as when he callously said “You’ll always have the poor, you won’t always have me”? Or would he smile, as when … hmmm… did he ever smile? … "

Did he ever smile..? Can you imagine a man who knew he is about to accomplish the greatest task in humanity history, don’t smile? I am quite intrigue with such kind of thinking, and revisiting historical event.

Read more about Vinegar Taster on Wiki here. Read some thoughts here. Visit The Four Vinegar Tasters: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity.

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The Fast, Comic on 7 days of food deprivation

7-day-fast comicOk, the real 7-day-fast is living on plain water, that’s right, not even milk or fruit juice for 24X7. But these streams of cartoon can bring back many fun, and not so fun memories. I like this one.

The Fast – By Lucy Knisley

Friday, June 05, 2009

How to fuse plastic bags into laptop case

Thread Banger has a green project that teaches you to recycle plastic bags into a handy mini computer carrier. There is also a write up guide on WikiHowto, and the video was fun to watch too.

ThreadBanger How to fuse plastic bags into laptop case.

RIP, Shek Kin, Hong Kong famous martial art artist

Shek KinVeteran martial arts actor Shek Kin (石坚) (AKA Shih Kien), best known for his role as “Mr. Han” in Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon died this morning at the age of 96. I use to watch his martial art show on grayscale TV.

Via Pop Culture Shock.

Thursday, June 04, 2009

Why you should pay Blogger more

BloggerOver at Men With Pens,

“When bloggers blog, they constantly open and close applications in their brain. Your brain can, technically, only focus on one thing at any given moment. One thing is easier to focus on than multiple things in rapid succession. What we call multi-tasking is actually your brain switching from one thing to another in rapid succession.”

Read more here….

Monday, June 01, 2009

Obama Story, Manga of a boy with biggest dream

The Obama storyThe Obama Story: The Boy with the Biggest Dream by T.S. Lee. Published by Dasan Productions, the book is positioned as a children’s story for kids 8-12. PressingDigressions.com, a blog of book distributor Midpoint Trade Books, is hosting one page from the story a day.

PopCultureShock, Newsaranma, Manga on Amazon