Dream - I Have ESP

I have ESP. And why am I so sure?

I had a dream a couple of weeks ago. In my dream, one of my close friends whispered a secret in my ear, something I wasn't supposed to know. I couldn't hear her so asked her to repeat it. I still couldn't make out what she was saying. After the third time, she started walking away. I thought about it a little, and things started to make sense. I yelled after her. "It's ____, isn't it?! She's pregnant! Huh??!!" But she couldn't hear me.

So I found out today that ____ IS in fact pregnant! See? I DO have ESP, huh? I gotta say, that is pretty cool! (It's pretty cool that I have this rare trait. That's what I meant.)

P.S. OK, fine. I'm not totally convinced I do, but that is cool, right?

Poking

Is it bad Facebook etiquette if someone "pokes" you and you don't poke them back? To me, poking is just weird. Sounds sneaky and like they're invading my personal space. Why can't it be "waving"? I would wave at people, but won't poke them. Not a fan of poking. :(

8.8 Tremblor Rocks Chile

My heart and prayers goes out to all the victims of the catastrophic 8.8 earthquake that hit Chile last night, followed by already more than 60 aftershocks, 50 of them with a magnitude of 5.0 or higher.

• Saturday's epicenter was just a few miles north of the largest earthquake recorded in the world: a magnitude 9.5 quake in May 1960 that killed 1,655 and unleashed a tsunami that crossed the Pacific.

• Saturday's temblor comes about six weeks after an 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Haiti and killed more than 220,000 people. The Chilean quake, at magnitude 8.8, was 700 to 800 times stronger.

• Coastal Chile has a history of deadly earthquakes, with 13 quakes of magnitude 7.0 or higher since 1973, the USGS said.

• A tsunami warning for Hawaii was lifted Saturday afternoon. Waves of 3 feet were recorded at the city of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, but were lower than expected, and no damage was reported. Meanwhile, tsunami activity was reported on the island of Tasmania, according to officials in Australia.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/index.html

The Pillars of the Earth

Just finished reading Ken Follett's "The Pillars of the Earth." This book is amazing. The story takes place in England (and parts of Europe) during the twelfth century when the lands were plagued with war, lawlessness, and the growth Christendom. It's filled with adventure, love, revenge, violence... Not a dull moment from beginning to end, except some parts when he was explaining about architecture and engineering of the cathedral. This is totally recommend to anyone and everyone, unless you hate 1000 page readers.

Year of the Tiger

Happy Chinese New Year, everyone!! Hope the year of the tiger will bring you strength, courage, and passion!

Dream - Eggplants

In my dream a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that my hands were dry and cracked with white lines everywhere. I've never seen hands this dry before. These white spots started forming into little white chunks of dried up flesh, but grew bigger and bigger and bigger until POOF! They became huge eggplants!! WHAT THE HECK?! Eggplants were growing out of my hands and they just kept coming!! I showed my friend. "LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME!!! I HAVE EGGPLANTS GROWING OUT OF MY HANDS!!!!" My friend shook his head and smiled. "Oh don't worry about it," he said in a casual tone. "My hands do the same thing, but I can do that with playing cards." He showed me his palms and wudduya know. White clumps of dead flesh became playing cards, sort of like Gambit from X-Men, but a lot grosser.

7.0 Shaker Rocks Haiti

An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shook Haiti today. There's massive chaos, destruction, and thousands are believed to be dead. Just a few days ago, Northern California was shaken by a 6.5 quake, and we had two smaller ones in the bay area that same week. The North American plate is sure moving a lot... Many bay area residents may be wondering when the "big one" is going to hit. Hopefully, the plate will just release its tension and shift a tiny bit many times rather than all at once. Fingers crossed! And to all of those in Haiti, my thoughts and prayers are with you...