Happy Deepavali


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Deepavali, also spelled Devali in certain regions, or Diwali, popularly known as the "festival of lights" (from wikipedia)

Deepavali greetings in some major Indian languages (from wikipedia)

Greeting in Hindi
- Deepavali ki Shubhkamnayein (दीपावली की शुभकामनाएं)

Greeting in Tamil
- Deepavali Nalvaazhtukkal (தீபாவளி நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்)

Greeting in Malayalam
- Deepavali Aashamsagal ( ദീപാവലി ആശംസകള്‍ )

Greeting in Kannada
- Deepavali Habbada Shubhashayagalu (ದೀಪಾವಳಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು)

Greeting in Telugu
- Deepavali Shubhakankshalu (దీపావళి శుభాకా౦క్షలు)

Greeting in Marathi
- Shubh Deepavali / Diwalichya Shubhechha (शुभ दीपावली /दिवाळीच्या शुभेच्छा )

Greeting in Bengali
- Subho Deepavalir Preeti O Subeccha

Greeting in English language
- Happy Diwali


Lighting the diya [photo via IBTraveler]

Diwali 2011: 5 Things to Know about the Indian ‘Festival of Lights’

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Miss World 2011 will be held on 6 Nov in London. Singapore is represented by 21-year-old May Hsu. (2011 Miss World Profiles - Singapore (May Hsu))





See more May Hsu photos and video at Stomp and Pageant Fanatic


[photo via Pageant Fanatic]

Visit the Miss World 2011 London website for more details.


Below are videos of contestants from around our region

Amber Jade GREASLEY - Australia 2011


Chen LIU - China 2011


Astrid Ellena Indriana YUNADI - Indonesia 2011


Midori TANAKA - Japan 2011


Kyung DOE - Korea 2011


Mianette BROEKMAN - New Zealand 2011


Pushpika Sandamali MAHAMPITIYA ARACHILAGE DE SILVA - Sri Lanka 2011


(video not available)
Hyman CHU - Hong Kong China 2011
Kanishtha DHANKHAR - India 2011
Chloe CHEN - Malaysia 2011
Buyankhishig UNURBAYAR - Mongolia 2011
Malina JOSHI - Nepal 2011
Gwendoline RUAIS - Philippines 2011
Patcharida BLATCHFORD - Thailand 2011
Victoria PHAM - Vietnam 2011

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Jordan Romero Climbs Mt. Everest, 13-Year-Old Is Youngest Ever To Reach Summit: A 13-year-old American boy has become the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest.

A 13-year-old American boy became the youngest climber to reach the top of Mount Everest on Saturday, surpassing the previous record set by a 16-year-old Nepalese.

Jordan Romero called his mother by satellite phone from the summit of the world's highest mountain, 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level. He is now one climb away from his quest to conquer the highest peaks on all seven continents

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Total Solar Eclipse of 2009 July 22: Using the Solar Eclipse Calculator at NASA, the eclipse will occur on Wednesday between 08:40:51 AM to 09:43:55 AM Singapore time.

On Wednesday, 2009 July 22, a total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in India and crosses through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China. After leaving mainland Asia, the path crosses Japan's Ryukyu Islands and curves southeast through the Pacific Ocean where the maximum duration of totality reaches 6 min 39 s. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes most of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean

According to Shanghai Daily, Jinshan City Beach in Shanghai is the best spot to catch the eclipse.

NASA says suburban Shanghai will be one of the best spots in the world to catch Wednesday's astronomical phenomenon, reports Tan Weiyun.

Jinshan City Beach may be the best spot in Shanghai to catch the total solar eclipse next Wednesday.

According to a report from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, one of the better places to catch the eclipse is in Shanghai's suburban Jinshan District, which is along the Hangzhou Bay.

So far the beach's management committee has signed deals with more than 45 international travel agencies and astronomy groups, arranging for more than 1,300 people from 12 countries and regions to see the eclipse on Wednesday.

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Singapore's all-women team successfully summit Mt Everest: Lee Li Hui, Esther Tan and Jane Lee reached the world's tallest mountain early this morning.

The NATAS Singapore Women's Everest Team is literally on top of the world after reaching the summit of Mount Everest

27-year-old Lee Li Hui, 26-year-old Esther Tan and 25-year-old Jane Lee reached the world's tallest mountain standing at 8850m early Wednesday morning.

After five years of planning and training, they are now the first Singaporean women to conquer Mount Everest.

Read more at Republic Polytechnic's weblog

Jane Lee does RP proud: The Singapore women Everest team have made it! They have reached the summit of the world’s tallest mountain, 8,850 metres above sea level. Lee Li Hui, 27, Esther Tan, 26, and Jane Lee, 25, stepped on the top of the world at 3.45am, 3.54am and 4.43am Wednesday Nepal time respectively, making the team the first Singaporean women to reach the world’s tallest mountain. The second summit team are currently on the way from Camp 2 to Camp 3 and they plan to go for the summit on 22 May.

View the photo gallery here.

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Thousands flock to see 'Buddha Boy' in Nepalese jungle

Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to a remote jungle in southeast Nepal after a 17-year-old boy whom some believe to be a reincarnation of the Buddha emerged after more than a year in the forest.

Ram Bahadur Bamjan appeared on Monday to preach in a temple in Ratanpur, southeast of Kathmandu. Dubbed “Buddha Boy” by the press, and dismissed as a charlatan by some, the teenager first garnered headlines in 2005 when tens of thousands of devotees travelled to see him as he sat crosslegged amid the roots of a tree for nearly ten months without, it was claimed, food or water.

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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008)

Everest hero Edmund Hillary dies: Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark described the explorer as a heroic figure and said all New Zealanders would deeply mourn his passing. Sir Edmund's health had reportedly been in decline since April, when he suffered a fall while visiting Nepal. He was the first man to climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak, with Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953.

Other links:
- Sir Edmund Hillary, first to climb to top of Mount Everest, dies
- Obituary: Sir Edmund Hillary
- Sir Edmund Percival Hillary

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