GoodReads Account

Just signed up for an account at GoodReads.com. I finally decided the join a social site for my reading hobby.

Sadly, I cannot add books. The “Add Books” page of goodreads is unavailable.

Sigh.

Guess I have to check out librarything.com.

jhOy

UPDATE:
Just signed up at shelfari and librarything. I find the former better but we’ll see after some time.

Mathias Girls: The Identical Quadruplets

Having quadruplets is very rare. Chances of having quadruplets in US with a population of 4 million is 1 out of 729,000 or about 6% of the population. It is a very risky birth because the mortality rate is high and that not all of the quads may survive.

To bear four identical quads is the rarest of them all. The probability is 1 out of 11,000,000. So when I learned about the identical mathias girls, I was really amazed. Take a look at them.

Emily, Grace, Anna and Mary Claire

The Mathias girls are born on February 16, 2000 and their parents are Allison and Steve Mathias from Lexington, South Carolina.

The quads became popular when they won $250,000.00 on America’s Funniest Home Videos. They already have guessed at Oprah and Jay Leno show. They were also featured in 3 episodes of a documentary show called “Super Quads” aired at Discovery Health Channel.

They are so cute and adorable. The girls will now turn 8 on February.

Mathias Girl’s Site
http://www.mathiasquads.org/

References:
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/twins/twin_statistics.html
http://www.mymultiplesclerosis.co.uk/misc/quadruplets-us.html

Finally, I have a FriendFeed

Just signed up for a FriendFeed account. I find it interesting and cool. I could have all of my feeds in single account including my status update via Facebook.

Check out my FriendFeed page.

The Missing Coin Purse

It was six in the morning today, I was preparing my things before I go to work.

My bag was a mess so I decided to clean it up. I emptied my bag one by one. There are two side compartments in it and the inner part has a pocket dividing the main compartment into two. Wish you could imagine my description. After making sure my bag is empty, I started to put back my things.

When I was ready to go, I looked for my purse. I re-checked my bag. It wasn’t there. I can’t even remember that I took my purse out of my bag when I cleaned it. I kept on searching, but I can’t find it. I checked the tables and my pants for yesterday but no luck.

I am in the verge of crying. My knees felt weak. My remaining allowance for until tomorrow is in there. Romeo told me maybe I left it at my desk in the office. My world crumbled in front of me. I left my station clean leaving me the thought that I might have thrown it away with my trashes. Waaaaaaa =’( I can’t take it anymore.

Romeo calmed me down and told me that he will just lend me money for until tomorrow. I was calmed but never relieved. It was my lucky purse. My one and only favorite purse. The one with me since the school days and hard times in my life. Sigh. Gone.

And so we left and rode a taxi to work.

I am not in my elements to work. I am depressed. The melancholic blood is flowing through my veins. I am not in the mood today.

Out of nowhere my hand moved and my mind said: “check your bag”. My hand directly reached through the corner of my bag. My coin purse is there!!! Oh my, goosebumps were all over my body. I have emptied my bag earlier, it wasn’t there. And I have searched for it inside and no luck.

I am still left puzzled, how did that coin purse went in there??!!

I am so freaked out that I can’t move on up until now.

My, my, so creepy.

gloomy new year’s eve

Posted at “gloomy new year’s eve” on December 29, 2007

gloomy new year’s eve is felt this midnight
the still silence the firecracker’s gave
though they seem loud, but not to everyone

everyone is happy for another year to come
everywhere all others rejoiced this evening
but some are quiet and others remained blue

you can see them mingling with all
but their eyes can’t hide the truth
that they’re thinking of their loved ones

just over the seas, across the distant mile
hoping to be home at this special night
gloomy new year’s eve is felt this midnight