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Have you guys watch Thor yet?

No? What are you still waiting for?

I bet you have see the charming Chris Hemsworth in Star Trek before. Loved his acting? Wanna see more? Now you can! Hurry go catch Thor in cinemas now! In Thor, I’m sure you will have laughter, sadness, excitement, thrilling moments.

After a brief history of the Asgardians the story catches up to the present, when Thor is the heir-apparent to the throne of Asgard, but not everyone agrees that it is for the best. At the start of the film, Thor is good natured, but he is also arrogant and brash. He is a warrior first and foremost, and would lead the kingdom in the same manner. His father and king, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), has faith in his son, but he also carries grave reservations about his ability to rule. When the Frost Giants of Jotunheim, an ancient enemy long ago defeated by an army led by Odin, attack Asgard, Thor’s reaction is to immediately strike back. Odin wisely overrules him to prevent a war, but Thor is unhappy and want to get justice back.

To make things worse, his brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) try to instigate Thor to ignore his dad and heads to Jotunheim with his friends Sif (Jaimie Alexander), Loki, and the Warriors Three: Volstagg (Ray Stevenson), Fandral (Joshua Dallas) and Hogun (Tobanobu Asano). There they start a fight with the Frost Giants that quickly escalates and boils out of control. Odin intervenes, but it is too late, and the two worlds are on the brink of war.

As punishment, Odin strips Thor of his power and banishes him to Earth, which turns out to be not so bad a deal because he is found by the astrophysicist Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) who was tracking the bridge between worlds that sent Thor to Earth. After Thor appears, a second bridge sends his hammer, Mjolnir, to Earth with Odin’s command that only those worthy be able to wield it. S.H.I.E.L.D. soon arrives, and while they aren’t clear on what Mjolnir truly is, they understand that it is a powerful object that deserves scrutiny.

Meanwhile, back in Asgard, Loki becomes heir apparent. But when a secret from his past is revealed, he confronts Odin and things go badly. Soon Loki ascends to the throne while Odin is ill, and his true colors begin to show. On Earth, Thor is soon forced to admit that he cannot return home and he is not worthy of the power. He and Jane grow closer together, but Loki refuses to leave his brother be, and Earth is soon drawn in to the growing conflict.

Overall, I will recommend all of you to go catch this movie. If you miss the chance, fret not! Wait for the DVD to be out or watch it online!

Hot, new, cool, high tech and best electronic gadgets are what we want not only for experiencing it and perhaps show it off to our friends, family. Following the release of iPad 2, there’s rumors about iPhone 5 releasing soon too. With so many gadgets coming out, how would you define your top 5 gadgets for 2011?

For myself, I would choose the following 5 as my most wanted gadgets in 2011..

1. iPad 2

Of course, this is a must have for me. Now that the price is more affordable and the overall weight is lighter, I want it. On the iPad 2, there’s two cameras front and back. They may be tiny, but they’re a big deal. Not only you can video call with your friends, you can also let the back camera roll when you see something video-worthy. If you love effects, you will love photo booth. From funny to artsy to really bizarre. Make a few faces, snap a few snaps and see your wacky side. Definitely a must-have for girls who love to self-take or share enjoyable time with friends. And if you love games, you will love iPad 2 even more. With the built-in accelerometer, you can rotate iPad to portrait or landscape, or even upside down, and whatever you’re watching, reading, or seeing adjusts to fit the display. And now the accelerometer, three-axis gyroscope, and compass all work together. They sense which direction iPad is heading and how it’s moving. So games, maps and other apps know your every twist, turn, tilt, and 360. It’s an epic win for gaming. And it’s just the beginning of better-than-ever iPad apps. Even with the new thinner and lighter design, iPad has the same amazing 10-hour battery life.That’s enough time for one flight across the ocean.

2. Nikon DSLR – D90

If you are into photo taking, you will love this. With its 12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS imaging sensor, breathtaking image fidelity is assured. There’s also built in image sensor cleaning, meaning it has effective 4-frequency, ultrasonic sensor cleaning frees image degrading dust particles from the sensor’s optical low pass filter. Also, if you love sharing with your friends where you are, Nikon D90 has GPS geo-tagging too. For me personally, I love this feature. It’s awesome when you are not contactable, your friends will know where to find you. Isn’t it nice?

3. Samsung Smart TV

This is quite a high end product. This cost nearly $7k. Expensive but you have the money, I will persuade you to buy this. With this Smart TV, you can connect wireless all your compatible digital devices, unlocking the music, movies and photos stored in a software named AllShare. Not only you can search your media stuff inside, you can also download them too. One more plus point for this TV, you can surf the net with the built in browser. For the bloggers out there, you can blog with this TV too. Personally, I think this is so cool. For the first time, we can use a TV to blog, tweet, surf facebook. What a fascinating experience. This feature totally sweep me off my feet. There are too many features to name.

4. Wii

If you love gaming and you have no time to exercise, this is for you. With this gadget, you can not only exercise and have fun playing the games. Tennis, bowling, cycling. You name it, they have it. Recently, they release Netflix. With Netflix, you can watch TV episodes and movies streamed from Netflix on your Wii console! Love the drama or movies? Watch as often as you want when you have a membership with Netflix, your Netflix Instant Streaming Disc for Wii, and a broadband Internet connection. Get the whole family together for a game & movie night! Best time to interact with your family!

5. MacBook Pro

This is nothing new. But for me who is still using Windows, I would want to try out MacBook. Not only because of the design, but also the operating system in MacBook. The 13-inch MacBook Pro now features a 2.3GHz Intel Core i5 processor or the fastest dual-core processor available — the 2.7GHz Intel Core i7. With Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.4GHz, these processors allow the 13-inch MacBook Pro to perform up to twice as fast as the previous generation. Not only that, The new 15- and 17-inch models bring quad-core power to almost everything you do. The available 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor — with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.4GHz and up to 8MB of shared L3 cache — enables these MacBook Pro models to run applications up to twice as fast as their top-of-the-line predecessors. Another feature of the MacBook is the Multi-Touch trackpad. Most natural way to interact with what’s on your screen and the smooth glass surface gives you plenty of room for gestures. You can pinch to zoom in and out, swipe to flip through photos, rotate to adjust an image and etc. The button-less design lets you click anywhere. And if you are used to a right-click world, you can now right-click with two fingers or configure a right-click area on the trackpad. The more you use the Multi-Touch trackpad, the more you’ll wonder how you ever did without it.

Above are only some of the features I’m in love with. Hopefully, one day I will gain possession of them. For now, they are my top 5 gadgets. What’s yours?

When it come to relationships, we all want to feel loved, protected and being supported which all can be fulfilled by having a healthy relationship. Apart from wanting security that comes with a healthy relationship, we want our friends/family members/outsiders to agree with us that my relationship is a healthy one.

At times, it’s funny how we might try to display a image of perfection to the people around us with roses, rainbows and smiles.

But in reality, to a certain extent, no matter how perfect we image ourselves to be, we still have flaws and are trying how to be a better person.

I think part of the reality of being human is that we make mistakes, we lose our patience, and that we aren’t perfect. This is the basis for all relationships— healthy or otherwise.

What defines a healthy relationship?

I believe to obtain a healthy relationship, there must be some criteria/steps taken. Trusting, supporting and mutual respect is what a relationship should never lack. Of course, there are many other conditions. Here are a few of it.

Being trusting also means giving the other party freedom to hang out with their own friends and not checking his/her hand phone be it secretly or openly. Trusting means even if he/she mix around with the opposite gender, you will not be over-jealous. Believing he can bring you happiness is also one condition that a healthy relationship will have. Trusting in this sense means valuing each other and would not try to challenge the other party’s boundaries.

In my opinion, I think being supportive is very important because at certain times when other people do not understand why you make a certain decision and might just misunderstood you. If at that point of time, there’s someone there just to listen to you and not question you, don’t you just feel like it’s such a happy and awesome feeling? At least someone understands you or is willing to spend time listening to you or at least you don’t feel alone. And I think this is very important to a certain extent.

Respect. A big word but it can be very simple as well. Basically, respect in this sense means respecting the other party by being proud of them, respecting their views and opinions. You are happy for them when they are successful in life/school. And it also means listening to him/her, understanding that every one is different and is willing to accept who they are. On the other hand, if there are some faults/characters you are not happy with him/her, you can discuss it openly and talk things out and resolve the problem existing. And in a healthy relationship, respecting also means each partner has the right to have her/his own feelings, friends, activities, and opinions. It is unrealistic to expect or demand that that he or she have the same priorities, goals, and interests as you. Because everyone is born different.

After achieving the above listed points, you will have to spend more maintaining the relationship. Giving small gifts and planning small getaways might be important, but sometimes burning a big hole in your pockets might not have the effect that you wish/desire for. Why not plan small non-material things that partners routinely do for each other that will further keep the relationship satisfying?

Lastly, here are some of the quotes I found it meaningful and relevant to this topic.

“Love has a better chance of lasting when both people in the relationship have trust in each other and are honest enough to communicate all along their journey together.” – Psychic TeriLynn ext. 9625

“At the beginning of your relationship you courted, were on your best behavior, made plans for the future … to make love last, don’t let that change!” – Psychic Lourdes ext. 9390

Let’s work hard together to achieve a healthy relationship today!