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Diving In The Philippines & S.E. Asia/World Dive Gear Post #062- Akuana - SCUBA 🤿
"It's a good day to dive". 🤿
🤿 "Something wicked this way comes"
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This quote hits because Kafka isn’t talking about comfort. He’s talking about the kind of book that breaks numbness, shatters denial, and forces us to feel what we’ve buried.
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Across Asia sticky rice is never just a simple dessert ingredient. It carries a massive cultural weight.
The signature sticky texture physically represents family bonds and the idea of keeping loved ones tightly connected.
This is exactly why these specific treats are absolutely mandatory during lunar festivals weddings and major family reunions.
Notice how almost all of them are perfectly round. That shape is completely intentional. It mimics the full moon and universally symbolizes a complete unbroken family circle.
As the graphic shows the local fillings change completely depending on where you are but the deep cultural meaning behind the dough remains exactly the same everywhere.
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Chase the thrill of Boracay! 🪂 
Besides the famous white sand, endless adventures will turn your vacation into unforgettable bliss. Sail the clear waters on a paraw, feel the rush of the waves on a jet ski, and touch the sky while parasailing.
These adrenaline-fueled experiences will be your priceless souvenirs of Boracay.
📍Fly to Caticlan or Kalibo and take a ferry to Boracay Island.
Follow The Philippines to discover various adventures in the country.
#Boracay #ParawSailing #ParasailingBoracay #IslandAdventure #LoveThePhilippines
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St. Patrick's Day ☘️
What began as a quiet religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has evolved into a massive global celebration of Irish culture heritage and incredible food.
The mass emigration of Irish people over the centuries carried these traditions across the oceans creating entirely new culinary customs along the way.
While millions in the USA and Canada celebrate the biggest diaspora with Corned Beef and Cabbage or iconic Green Beer the original celebration in Ireland looks quite different. Traditional Irish tables are filled with deeply comforting rustic dishes like hearty Irish Stew Boiled Bacon and Cabbage buttery Colcannon and freshly baked Soda Bread all washed down with a perfect pint of Guinness.
The celebration reaches far beyond North America. Argentina hosts the largest Irish diaspora in Latin America where locals honor the day with Empanadas Picada and Irish Red Ale. Perhaps most fascinating is the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat. It remains the only place outside of Ireland where the day is an official national holiday celebrated with a unique fusion of cultures featuring Goat Water Saltfish and Rum Punch.
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Beautiful french design.
1948 Talbot-Lago T26 Grand Sport Coupe by Jacques Saoutchik.
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Ranked: The Companies Shipping the Most Humanoid Robots.
Bar chart showing the top companies by humanoid robot shipments in 2025.
Ranked: The Companies Shipping the Most Humanoid Robots.
Chinese companies accounted for nearly 90% of global humanoid robot shipments in 2025.
Unitree and AgiBot shipped more than 10,000 robots combined, far ahead of every other manufacturer.
Tesla, Figure AI, and Agility Robotics each shipped about 150 units, showing how early the U.S. market still is.
Global humanoid robot shipments surpassed 14,500 in 2025. By 2030, they could reach mass adoption.
By far, China dominated global sales last year, covering 90% of total sales. While early deployments are largely for research and industrial purposes, their applications could soon break into wider retail uses and household tasks.
Based on data from multiple sources via Rest of World, this graphic ranks the companies shipping the world’s humanoid robots as the industry expands.
The Top Companies by Humanoid Robot Sales in 2025.
The table ranks humanoid robot shipments by company in 2025, highlighting which firms are leading the early commercialization of this emerging technology.
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Imagine reaching for oil at a symposium and pulling out this—a 2,500-year-old terracotta vase shaped like a lobster claw.
(P1 and P2) This 460 BCE Attic terracotta red-figure vase, attributed to the Class of Seven Lobster-Claws and housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, represents an intriguing example of Greek "plastic" vases—vessels molded into figurative shapes.
Scholars classify it as a variant of the askos, a bag-shaped container typically used for oil. The marine-inspired form reflects the centrality of the sea to Greek life, though such shaped vases remained exceptional rather than commonplace.
The vessel's Dionysiac iconography suggests it functioned as a novelty item at symposia—elite all-male drinking gatherings central to Greek social culture . This interpretation finds support in a related example from the Royal Ontario Museum, attributed to the same workshop, which bears a red-figure decoration depicting a reclining youth at a symposium holding a drinking cup.
Both the Met and the ROM examples bear an inscribed graffito reading "ho pais kalos" ("the boy is fair" or "the boy is beautiful" )—a standard expression of admiration commonly found on sympotic vessels. Notably, most known examples from this class are left-handed claws; a right-handed variant appeared at Christie’s auction in 2002.
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Ely Cathedral, one of England’s great medieval monuments, is best known for its extraordinary Octagon and lantern — a masterpiece of medieval engineering built after the original central tower collapsed in 1322.
The new octagonal crossing was developed in the 14th century under the patronage of Alan of Walsingham, creating one of the most remarkable interior spaces in European Gothic architecture.
At about 161 metres (528 ft) long, Ely is also among the longest medieval cathedrals in England.
Photographer: India Wright - @indiaswright
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On this day in 1973, the Pink Floyd LP “The Dark Side of the Moon” debuted on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #95
(March 17)
It was the first week of what would turn out to be a mind-blowing, record-breaking run…
Although it held the #1 spot in the US for only a week, the album remained in the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a staggering 736 nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988).
It has continued to sporadically appear on the US Billboard 200 since then, with the total at a mind-boggling 996 weeks.
As well as its success in the US, the album also went to #1 in New Zealand, Canada, and Austria, #2 in the UK (the highest selling LP in the UK without getting to #1), Australia, Norway, and the Netherlands, and #3 in Germany and Spain.
A concept album, “The Dark Side of the Moon” explores themes such as conflict, greed, time, death and mental illness, inspired by the band’s various pressures at the time, and their attempts to deal with the apparent mental health problems suffered by former band member Syd Barrett, who left the group in 1968.
Gifted engineer Alan Parsons was responsible for many sonic aspects of the album, and the recruitment of singer Clare Torry, who appears on "The Great Gig in the Sky".
He received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Recording, Non-Classical for his efforts.
In addition to its commercial success, it is also one of the most critically acclaimed albums in rock history.
Rolling Stone listed “The Dark Side of the Moon” as the best progressive rock album ever.
Looking back on the landmark album, keyboard player Richard Wright mused:
“It's changed me in many ways, because it's brought in a lot of money, and one feels very secure when you can sell an album for two years……
……It was not a deliberate attempt to make a commercial album. It just happened that way.
We knew it had a lot more melody than previous Floyd albums, and there was a concept that ran all through it.
The music was easier to absorb and having girls singing away added a commercial touch that none of our records had.”
The brilliantly simple album artwork designed by Hipgnosis and George Hardie, of a plain black cover with a glass prism dispersing a beam of light into colour, is also without question one of the most iconic and recognized record covers in existence.
In 2012, “The Dark Side of the Moon” was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
In 2020, the album was ranked #55 on Rolling Stone’s list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
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“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are.”,
— JIM MORRISON “The Lizard King”
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🍀 St. Patrick’s Day: " More Than Just Green Celebrations "
March 17 is celebrated worldwide as St. Patrick’s Day, a day dedicated to honoring Saint Patrick, the man who became the spiritual symbol of Ireland.
At first glance, it looks like a joyful festival of people wearing green, lively parades, music echoing through streets and a wave of Irish pride flowing across continents.
But beneath this vibrant celebration lies a story of suffering, faith and an extraordinary human transformation.
🌍 Why Do People Celebrate This Day?
This day is observed to:
🔸Remember the life and mission of St. Patrick
🔸Celebrate the arrival and spread of Christianity in Ireland
🔸Honor Irish culture, heritage and identity
Originally, it was a religious feast day, marked with prayers and reflection.
Over time, especially in countries like America, it turned into a global cultural celebration.
🎉 How Is St. Patrick’s Day Celebrated?
Across the world, people celebrate it in unique but joyful ways:
🔸Wearing green clothes 💚 (symbol of Ireland)
🔸Attending parades and festivals
🔸Listening to traditional Irish music and dance
🔸Decorating with shamrocks (three-leaf clovers)
🔸Gathering with friends and family
Even those who are not Irish take part because today, it’s not just about Ireland… it’s about shared joy and cultural unity.
📖 The Story Behind St. Patrick’s Day:
⛓️ A Boy Taken by Force .
St. Patrick was not born in Ireland.
He was born in Roman Britain into a modest Christian family.
At the age of 16, his life took a dark turn he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken away as a slave.
For six long years, he lived in isolation, working as a shepherd.
There were no comforts. No family. No hope except one.
🙏 Faith in Isolation:
In that loneliness, Patrick found something unexpected: faith.
He began to pray deeply, constantly.
The boy who once ignored religion became a man sustained by it.
Later, he wrote that he prayed day and night, even in harsh weather, even in exhaustion.
🌙 The Escape That Changed Everything:
One night, he had a dream a voice telling him:
“Your ship is ready.”
Trusting that voice, he escaped.
He traveled nearly 200 miles on foot and eventually made his way back home.
For many, this would be the end of the story.
But for Patrick, it was only the beginning.
🔥 The Call to Return:
Years later, Patrick experienced another vision this time, a calling from the very land that once enslaved him.
Ireland was calling him back.
And here lies the most powerful part of his story:
He returned not with anger… but with purpose.
✝️ A Mission of Transformation:
Patrick went back to Ireland as a missionary.
He spent years teaching, guiding and spreading Christianity among people who once held him captive.
He faced resistance, danger, and rejection but he never stopped.
According to tradition, he used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity making complex ideas simple for common people.
🕊️ His Death and the Birth of a Legacy:
Patrick died on March 17, around 461 AD.
Over time, this date became a day to honor his life, his mission, and his impact on Ireland.
What began as a quiet religious remembrance slowly grew into a worldwide celebration.
🌿 The Meaning Behind Symbols:
Green color → Represents Ireland, known as the “Emerald Isle”
Shamrock → Symbol of faith and teaching
Legends of snakes → Symbolic of driving out evil, not literal history
🌌 Unknown Facts About St. Patrick’s Day:
Here are some facts most people don’t know:
🔹 St. Patrick was never officially canonized as a saint
He became a saint through tradition and popular belief, not formal Church canonization.
🔹 Blue was the original color of St. Patrick not green
Green became associated later due to Ireland’s landscape and national identity.
🔹 The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was NOT in Ireland
It was held in America (New York) in the 18th century.
🔹 There were no snakes in Ireland to begin with
The famous story is symbolic representing the removal of pagan beliefs.
🔹 For centuries, this day was a quiet religious event
Public celebrations and parades became popular much later.
🔹 St. Patrick wrote his own story
His writings (Confessio) are among the few historical sources we have about his life.
✨ Conclusion:
St. Patrick’s story is not just about religion or celebration.
It is about a young boy who was broken by life…
yet rebuilt himself through faith…
and returned to change the very place that once destroyed him.
“Some people escape their past…
but rare souls return to transform it.”
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📍 Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia border 🇿🇼🇿🇲 The Zambezi River is over 2 km wide here, and then it just drops.
Victoria Falls is the largest curtain of falling water on Earth 💨. The spray can rise 400 meters into the air and be seen from 50 km away.
From this aerial view you can see how flat everything is for hundreds of kilometers, and then suddenly, a giant crack in the ground swallows the river whole 🌍. The locals call it Mosi-oa-Tunya: "The Smoke That Thunders."
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This striking line from Nathaniel Hawthorne reminds us that living behind different masks slowly erases our sense of truth.
When a person shows one face to the world and another to themselves, identity begins to fracture. Hawthorne’s message is timeless: authenticity is the foundation of character.
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Shoulder cloths or Sabai are a shared cultural heritage across Southeast Asia. Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia each have their own unique traditions of draping since ancient times.
However the 'Thai Sabai' possesses its own distinct and unparalleled identity. 🇹🇭✨
Attempting to use ancient Angkor Wat carvings to claim the 'Thai Traditional Dress'—which was systematically evolved and refined particularly during the 1960s—is a complete misinterpretation.
Is this truly 'creative imagination' or simply a 'blatant imitation' that repurposes Brahmanic/Hindu attire to masquerade as 1960s fashion?
The intricate pleating the specific draping techniques and the exquisite embroidery of the Thai Sabai are the exclusive wisdom and intellectual property of the Thai people not a 'shared heritage' for others to conveniently claim as their own.
Will you choose to believe in 'reinvented fiction' or 'documented history with clear evidence'? 💁♀️📚✨
To understand the profound history craftsmanship and cultural identity of "Chut Thai" as it moves toward UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage recognition in 2026 please refer to these official sources:
✨ Search: UNESCO Photographic Reminiscences Thailand
✨ Search: National Archives of Thailand
✨ Search: Chut Thai Google Arts & Culture
✨ Search: Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles Chut Thai
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Did you know?
The world's largest aircraft graveyard is located in Arizona (USA)!
This impressive facility is called the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) and houses over 4,000 aircraft – spread across an area larger than 1,300 football fields.
The dry desert climate is ideal for preserving these giant aviation legends – a surreal landscape of history, technology, and rusting behemoths.
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On this day in 1984, the John Mellencamp single “Authority Song” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #69 (March 17)
This is a simple classic rocker, with a great singalong chorus…
The song was released from his seventh studio album “Uh-Huh”, which was released as he was still transitioning away from his original stage name of Johnny Cougar, and was the first album on which he used his real last name.
Unlike Bono asserting "This song is not a rebel song” on U2’s “renditions of “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, Mellencamp was 100% that “The Authority Song” WAS a rebel song!
He called it “our new version of 'I Fought The Law.'"
For Mellencamp, “Authority Song” performed relatively modestly on the charts, peaking at #15 in the US, #41 in Canada, and #93 in Australia.
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