Monday, October 12, 2009

Blog 2 : Emo kids

The term "emo" not only an attitude,but also a fashion that are coming from emocore(emo music). The teenagers who listen emocore is emokids.The society thinks about them as failures; they are not strong enough to hide their emotions. They're sensitive, shy, introverted, and often quiet. Usually, Emo kids like to express their feeling like writing poems about their problems with depression, confusion, and anger. All because the world fails to understand them. Emo kids are sad creatures of the dark. They are characterized by their dress sense and also how in touch they are with certain emotions (i.e. the negative ones). Typically emo kids wear lots of black and will most likely have dyed hair (mainly black or sometimes colourful streaks) and write music, lyrics, or poems about the trials and tribulations of their torturous lives.

BLOG1-JAPANESE FUNERAL CULTURES


HI to everyone who is currently browsing our blog. Our humble blog welcomes you with open hands. This topic is about the JAPANESE FUNERAL CULTURE. A Japanese Funeral includes a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service. 99.82% of all deceased Japanese are cremated, according to 2005 statistics. Most of these are then buried in a family grave, but scattering of the ashes has become more popular in recent years, including a burial at sea and even on rare occasions a burial in space. The averagecost for a japanese funeral is 4 million yen, the most expensive in the world. one main reason for the high cost is the scarcity of funeral plots (it is almost impossible to buy a grave in Tokyo). Another reasons is the price gouging common at Japanese funeral homes, combined with the hesitation of the relatives of the deceased to negotiate and to compare prices. While Japan has a mixture of Shinto and Buddhist beliefs, funerals are almost always Buddhist ceremonies, and 91% of the funerals are Buddhist style. After death, the deceased's lips are moistened with water, in ceremony called "Water of the last moment". The household shrine is closed and covered with a white paper, to keep out the impure spirits of the dead. This is called Kamidana-fuji. A small table decorated with flowers, incense, and a candle is placed next to the deceased's bed. A knife may be put on the chest of the deceased to drive away evil spirit. Thats only for this time. On the next coming blog, we wil do more better and more point of view. than you my fellowers.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

BLOG 9-MEGACITIES


Megacities normally defined as any urban center that has a population exceeding ten million and well economic development.For instances Beijing,New York,Tokyo,Manila,Jakarta and so on.There are between 20-25 megacities worldwide and these numbers is sure to grow in the decade ahead.However,the growing number of megacities cause a lot of ecological,economical and social problems and risks.Waste disposal is often a major issue in these modern megalopolies.The larger the city the more sewage treatment and landfills are needed to handle the mountains of waste and garbage the city will produce everyday.Today,this issue has becoming more serious.Hence,the authorities of megacities are often finding and developing new methods for dealing with this problem.On the other hands,food and fresh water would be one of the major necessities.As we know,billions of inhabitants and their attendant high technology activities and industries create a lot of heat.Therefore,the world-cities will eventually have to deal with heat pollution.