Wow, this dude used to reply on some of my tweet, not knowing that he is “someone”. At first I thought that he was just a fellow blogger who had interesting articles. Only now did I actually go and visit his blog, namely www.josh.my.

Few days ago, I registered for another pay per click account with a company called Advertlets (visit them at www.advertlets.com). The advantage of using them is that they pay you not only for click, but also for every Impressions of their advertisements. And guess what, Josh Lim is the founder of this business.

Josh Lim has also appeared in talk shows on NTV7 and also many advertisements on TV. He has appeared on newspaper and came up with many interesting writings and talks regarding Technology, Business and Web Marketing and Designs. Wanna know more about this interesting person, do visit his blog at http://www.josh.my.

Josh Lim, Founder of Advertlets.com

How I wished I had a crib like this. This owned by the Richest Sultan in the world. Sultan of Brunei Darulsalam. Check out the photos of his Palace.

This is what I received in my email a few days ago. A set of beautiful bridges, tagging it as Most Wonderful Bridges. Engineering at it’s best.

This beautiful arched bridge in Lake Austin was build by Miro Rivera Architects and is used to connect the Client’s’ main house to the smaller guest house on the other side of the pond. To make the bridge seem as natural as possible within its surroundings, They made the decking and reed-like hand rails imperfect but still structurally sound.

Lake Austin

The original Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 but collapsed due to flooding. The rebuilt bridge survived for more than 200 years until a typhoon destroyed in 1950. The bridge that stands now over the Nishiki River has five wooden arches displaying an incredible amount of detail and craftmanship. Interesting fact: no nails or bolts have been used to build the arches, only clamps and wires.

Kintaikyo, Iwakuni, Japan

The JK Bridge in Brasilia is a lesson in elegant bridge design. The three huge diagonal arches over the deck of the bridge give the structure an amazing visual fluidity.

Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, Brasilia, Brazil

Thomas heatherwick’s award-winning rolling bridge is an ingenious addition to the grand union canal System in London and is unique. Unlike regular movable canal bridges, the rolling bridge Curls up to form an octagon by way of hydraulic jacks to let ships pass.

Rolling Bridge, London, UK

Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou is an enormous railway bridge that was built as Part of the ‘Guizhou-Shuibai Railway Project.’ Connecting two mountains over a deep ravine, At its highest point, the bridge’s deck sits 918 ft above the ground. Parenthetically the bridge in Guizhou connects two of the country’s poorest areas.

Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge, Guizhou, China

‘Henderson Waves’ is Singapore ’s highest pedestrian bridge and is at the ‘Southern Ridges,’ A beautiful 9 km (six miles) stretch of gardens and parks The deck of the bridge is made From thousands of Balau wood slats, perfectly cut and arranged, and along the length of the deck, A snaking, undulating shell forms sheltered seating areas on every upward curve.

Henderson Waves, Southern Ridges, Singapore

This incredible vertical lift bridge is in Rouen, France, whose spans weigh 1,200 tons each, but can Be hoisted 180 ft vertically in an impressive 12 minutes. The angular lift structures at the top of each Tower weigh 450 tons each. The huge vertical lift allows even the largest cruise liners to sail through.

Pont Gustave Flaubert, Rouen, France

This bridge supports two pipelines - one gas, the other oil - across the extremely deep gap in Papua, New Guinea. If this were to be officially recognized as a vehicular or pedestrian bridge, it would Rocket to the top of the ‘world’s highest bridge-span‘ with the pipelines at an impressive height of 1,290 ft above the bottom of the gorge. By comparison, the current highest bridge span
Belongs to the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, hanging a mere 1,053 ft above ground level.

Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Me and my parents were having this conversation a few weeks ago. In school we were taught that Ignorance Is Bliss. My mum being an english teacher, my dad questioned her, Shouldn’t it be Ignorance Is Not Bliss instead? Ignorance is bliss because if you don’t know something, it can’t hurt you. As children, people are themselves and get along much better. The more we age, the farther we lose who we are and begin to restrain ourselves for fear of others. As we grow older, we become increasingly aware of pain and suffering, and the more we know about everything wrong in the world, the more we lose our innocence and become less ‘blissful’. I read once that when we lose the innocence of childhood, we become compassionate. That’s the start of adulthood. We loose our ignorance and bliss with innocence, but we gain knowledge, compassion, and understanding.

This kept me pondering.

Ignorance Is Bliss, this can probably be applied for so many years back, where ignoring a fact may actually keep you happy. Not knowing it is probably going to keep you at joy. In this 21st Century world, we cannot ignore things anymore. Ignoring them will only get us deeper in trouble, ignorance is going to make us unhappy. This is why i strongly agree with my dad that Ignorance Is Not Bliss.

My mum mentioned that these sort of Idioms may not work in the current world, that is why she always opens them to conversation and arguments with her students.

Ignorance Is Bliss

My conclusion, Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is simply that, Ignorance. One can’t claim that just because a person is ignorant they are happy. In fact, I believe it’s the opposite. A truely ignorant person can’t ever achieve true happiness, because part of happiness is the acceptance of life’s experiences (both positive and negative). The ignorant haven’t had, or don’t understand these experiences, and therefore have not had the chance to arrive at the conclusion of acceptance. Furthermore, true ignorance is in most cases temporary. It may last for years, or even decades, but the majority of people do not live their entire lives in a state of ignorance. Instead, they at some point arrive at a sort of ‘epiphany’ of one kind or another. For a person who has lived up to this time in ignorance, this would come as quite a shock and would probably have more of an effect than it would on a less ignorant person. In this regard, when thinking about the long term, ignorance is actually an inhibitor of bliss, not a cause. While the ignorant may feel happy for a time, they are actually just unawhere of the things that suppress bliss, meaning, they are not truely happy, simply ignorant.

Wow, Crystal Bowersox is doing a great job at the American Idol season 9. She’s been my favourite for a few weeks already and she has been upgrading herself every single week.

Crystal Bowersox

This week, the top 11, the judges gave her fantastic reviews. I believe if Crystal Bowersox maintains this, she’s going to be the next americal idol winner. She has something installed for us the coming week, and according to her, it’s going to surprise us.

American Idol Season 9 Top 11

On the other hand, I don’t understand why Andrew Garcia is still in the competition. He should have been kicked weeks ago. Anyways, the one that might be kicked out this week might be Paige Miles. We’ll find out later tonight.

Andrew Garcia

Paige Miles

The one leaving American Idol Season 9 tonight will not be able to make it for the American Idol Tour.