Spirit whisper: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

The days of the week

I used to ask myself

why we call Thursday with this name? or Why does Monday has this name? or even the rest of the days!? what are the secret behind those names ? Does they have a meaning ! Luckily I found the answer while I was reading a philosophy book! The Answer for all those question is as follows

The days of the week were named after the Norse gods and some giant objects, they derived originally from Greeks and Romans who named their days after their Gods..

So now who are they ?!

Sunday is the sun's day and because sun gives people the light and the warmth everyday they decided to name this day after it .

Monday is the moon's day, they thought that the moon was important to their life and to the crops so they called the day after it.

Tuesday is Tiw day or Tyr's day, Tyr is a norse God and he is the God of battle known for his sense of justice.

Wednesday is Woden's day, or Odin's day, another Norse God, he is the God of victory and the dead was one of the most powerful of them all, ppl who believed in the Norse Gods used to offer for him a scarified Human !

Thursday is named after Thor, a Norse God that had a giant hammer.

Friday is Frigg's Day. Frigg was a Norse god equal in power to Odin

Saturday named after Seater or Saturn, a Roman God for agriculture.

Always remember it is just a Mythodology (Not True)

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Kuwait Towers.. Our lovely towers ..

Today my post is different, yes it is about Kuwait Towers

one of the most famous landmarks in Kuwait, Usually when u see them u know they are talking about Kuwait ! so what is the story behind those Towers and who build them, when and why ?

Honestly I didn't find enough Information about them but let's see

Kuwait Towers were designed in 1975 by a Swedish company owned by Sune Lindstrom (1906-1989) -in the photo- and Malen Bojorn a female designer from Denmark helped in designing them.

Then the towers were built by Enrigo Project - a company from Belgrade, Serbi

and here are some photos for them during 1977 ..

After building them they opened to the public in March 1979

. and here are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with the Kuwaiti defence minister, Salem Sabah, beneath the newly-built Kuwait Towers, 1979..

Why Kuwait Towers ?

As the city became more modern and the buildings started to be taller there was a serious demand for a supplement of water that can cover all the buildings in the city and that required them to keep the water in a certain height with a certain pressure

, so Kuwait Towers was the solution.

The main tower is 187 m high and it has 2 spheres

one of them is for viewing which rises to 123 m above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes

so you will be able to see all the city from that height

a restaurant is including inside it

it has also a small shop for buying things about Kuwait

The middle tower is with one sphereو it is 147 m above sea level and it holds water

And finally the small tower is with no spheres

,135 m and it is used for lighting and holds 4,500 cubic meters of water

The concrete needle-shaped towers are white-painted most of the way up, and tipped with aluminum. The three balls, also constructed in reinforced concrete, are covered with 55,000 circular steel plates, painted in eight different colors.

Its location next to the Arabian Gulf made it one of the most places that attract people in Kuwait and when tourists or gusts come to Kuwait they have to visit Kuwait towers..

Never forget to mention that Kuwait towers were heavily damaged during the Iraqi invasion to Kuwait

but they were re-built and re-opened after the liberation in 1991

May God bless this country

Sources:
Kuwait Towers Website
Wikipedia
KUNA (Arabic)
Some books

Sunday, January 23, 2011

The Smurfs ! the lil cute creatures

Who love them ? I do

! they are one of my favorite cartoons since my childhood! I still enjoy watching them and searching for there series

.. so now what is the story behind those little blue creatures and how they were created ?

Before talking u should know that they are not real and there characters were created by a human being

ٍٍSo now everything is clear !! Let's smurf our journey !! I mean "start"

The first appear of the smurfs was in October 23, 1958 by Pierre Culliford, a Belgium from Brussels.

He drew his series which called 'Johan and Pirlouit' , Johann and Pewit (English Names) and their attempts to recover the magic flute. On their journeys, they discover strange new creatures: The Smurfs! then the smurfs became so popular that they were given their own series.

The first Smurf figures appeared in 1965. There were three produced in the first year, the Normal Smurf, the Gold Smurf and the Convict Smurf.

In 1966 three more figures were produced , Spy Smurf, Angry Smurf and Drummer.

And again in 1969 more 5 smurfs joined the family, The moon smurf one of the most successful characters that appeared in relation to the first Moon landing in that year. The other smurfs were Winter Smurf, Brainy Smurf, Guitar Smurf and everybodys favorite Papa Smurf.

In 1971, the first female smurf appeared and commonly known as Smurfette.

Smurfs have been produced every year since then and more smurfs were added except for 1988 and 1991.

In 1992, the creator passed away

. However, his son Thierry Culliford is continuing to sculpt Smurfs. In the last few years there have been new smurfs including Anniversary smurf which released for the 50th anniversary of The Smurfs and the 80th anniversary of the birth of its creator.