A Wired writer tries to disappear: a challenge

From the article, titled " Writer Evan Ratliff tried to vanish: here's what happened", this writer set a challenge to everyone to try and find him. Prize money of $5000 is up for grabs, and all they need to do was to find him, says the codeword "fluke" to him and takes his picture.

The condition: they have to find him in ONE month.

Read all about it here, http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/ about how he tries to disappear and avoid the hunters; the various hunters way of trying to locate him; and to answer the final question: who won? Evan Ratliff or the hunter?

A very good read =D

sauce: http://www.wired.com/vanish/2009/11/ff_vanish2/

a very short cat story

One fine Sunday afternoon, Masta Dbc decided to have a nice stroll at the nearby park in Manchester. So he went out of his friend's house and walked down the street, passing and looking at his neighbour's house.

One house has caught his attention, as he sees a black, furry cat peering out at him through the window.




He walked up to the window and tries to "communicate" with the cat.



"Here kitty kitty... nice kitty..."

The cat then slowly...



...look up...



...at him...




... and the cat just simply move away, uninterested in Masta DBC.



And so the story ends, with Masta DBC happily continues on his journey to the park while the cat just simply do what it wants to do inside the house.

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told ya its a very short story ^^ hehehehe

'how poor we are'

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad."
"Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked.

"Oh yeah," said the son.
"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.

The son answered:
"I saw that we have one dog and they had four.

We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night.

Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.
We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."

The boy's father was speechless.

Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have.

Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!


"Life is too short and friends are too few."
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Im still waiting for my N95... Success in our hands story

so in the mean time, read this inspiring short story

During a momentous battle, a Japanese general decided to attack even though his army was greatly outnumbered. He was confident they would win, but his men were filled with doubt.

On the way to the battle, they stopped at a religious shrine. After praying with the men, the general took out a coin and said, "I shall now toss this coin. If it is heads, we shall win. If it is tails we shall lose."

"Destiny will now reveal itself."

He threw the coin into the air and all watched intently as it landed. It was heads. The soldiers were so overjoyed and filled with confidence that they vigorously attacked the enemy and were victorious.

After the battle. a lieutenant remarked to the general, "No one can change destiny."

"Quite right," the general replied as he showed the lieutenant the coin, which had heads on both sides.

Success begins with a fellow's will,
Its all in the state of mind,
Life's battle dont always goes
to the stronger & faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins,
Is the MAN who thinks he can.


No accomplishment...no Assistance
no training can COMPENSATE for the
LACK OF BELIEF. '