7 Incredible Natural Phenomena You've Never Seen

I stumbled upon this article. Theres a lot of weird stuff here, but the one that caught my attention was this:

Its top 3 was: "Moroccos's Climbing Goats."



If you want to know what the 6 other incredible natural phenomena are, click on this link (opens in a new window)

Green Zone and Matt Damon

Last week I saw "Green Zone" at the cinema. The movie was almost slaughtered by Norwegian movie reviewers, so my expectations were low. But it's about the Bush invasion of Iraq in 2003, and Matt Damon played the main character so I had to go and see it!

Well, in the beginning you're thrown into an action sequence, and it just...stays there! I was waiting for a climax, but it didn't show up. Even my cousin (who I saw the movie with) almost slept through the movie, but woke up sometimes when there were shootings.

The director of Green Zone (Paul Greengrass) produced the Bourne movies which were awesome! Because of his earlier work, I expected more of this movie!

What's Green Zone about?
Everyone knows that former president Bush and his administration invaded Iraq, to find biological weapons. Matt Damon is a sergeant of the US Army, placed in Iraq to find these weapons. But does he find it? Of course not. Because there were no bio weapons to begin with.

Green Zone raises the cliche, like:
"Who do you think you are? You can't just take over our country!"

No bio weapons were found in Iraq. Then why did they go to war? To free the people of Iraq from Saddam's tyranny? Or was it simply to get their hands on oil? Oil that belongs to Iraq.

The war in Iraq has been a delicate issue for 7 years, and still is. When Obama became president, I thought: "Shit, poor guy, now he has to clean up the mess."

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who gets pissed when the question: "Why did Bush do this?" pops up. But I'm not into politics, and thank God I'm not, so I will leave it to the politicians who obviously know what they're doing.

Amanda

Amazing Pics from Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia!

Still some hidden gems in Europe! ;-)

Here's an introduction from beautifulplacestovisit.com:

These gorgeous pics are taken by Colorado photographer Jack Brauer.



"The stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the Lika region of Croatia.

The park is surrounded by the mountains Plješevica, Mala Kapela, and Medveđak, which are part of the Dinaric Alps. The 16 blue-green Plitvice Lakes, which are separated by natural dams of travertine, are situated on the Plitvice plateau.

Waterfalls connect the lakes, and the tallest waterfall is Veliki Slap at 70 meters (230 feet) tall. The Plitvice lakes area boasts a large variety of interesting and colorful flora and fauna.

Visitors can enjoy walking and hiking the many pathways and trails, or exploring the lakes by boat. The park itself has 3 hotels and a campsite, otherwise visitors can find accommodation at any of the number of villages and cities nearby."

Zhang Ruifang: Growing Devil's Horn

Here's the highlight of the day!


What they say about the her horn: (from newsbizarre.com)

"HENAN, China- A 101-year-old Chinese woman from the small village of Linlou has a bizarre growth from her forehead liked to that of a devil's horns.

Great grandmother Zhang Ruifang said she discovered a small growth on her forehead just over a year ago, but never imagined it could grow to such a large shape and size.

The horn like growth on the left side of Zhang Ruifang's forehead measures around six centimeters in length and continue to grow.

The son of Zhang Ruifang, 60-year-old Zhang Guozheng said: "Now something is also growing on the right side of her forehead. It’s quite possible that it’s another horn.”

Reports said the bizarre Zhang Ruifang horn was most likely to be a "Cutaneous horn." A Cutaneous horn is a clinical diagnosis referring to a conical projection above the surface of the skin that resembles a miniature horn, usually experienced in some elderly people around the world."

Finally moved in! :D

Good news, I just moved in to a new apartment, in one of Oslo's most popular (and expensive) areas called "Majorstua"!

The rent is 5300 kr (= about 883 US dollars) per month! And it's not even an apartment I'm renting, but a ROOM of 18 square meters... So yes it's expensive. But then again, it's a nice room in a very nice neighborhood, and I'm sharing the apartment with 5 nice people :-D

Amanda