I did it!

The sky diving experience started when I arrived to this place outside Cape Town after an hour drive. I was an hour late so I had to wait again for my turn and watched 3 groups doing the Tandem sky diving before I did. FYI Tandem is the jump with the professional instructor who will be hooked to you when jumping.
I was looking at the sky and waiting to see people falling from the plane, but didn't even see the plane on 10000 feet altitude. The only thing i was seeing are the parachutes opening at 4000 feet altitude. It looked fast and scary, especially when they're landing. I got the feeling that they were going to break their legs when landing but I felt more comfortable after seeing 6 landings.
It's my turn! I got on the plane, a bit worried to see the buildings getting smaller and smaller but I tried to enjoy the views from above as one American girl who jumped before I did has passed me the tip. When we reached 6000 feet, I asked John, the instructor, if it waas the time to jump; he said we were still half way! I was like fine, will enjoy it more. All was ok until we reached the 10000 feet, John told me that we'll open the door and it will be so windy. Julien, the cameraman I booked to record the experience opened the door. This is when i was seriously shocked and hesitated for a second. I thought what the hell am I doing up there?! But I was already on John's laps (this is how it goes in Tandem) and Julien was already hanging on the wing (this guy is crazy) and John pushed me out! Damn scary when you're turning 360 degrees in the air and seeing the plane getting away and away from you and you are flying or falling at a speed of 250 km/h and can't breath because of the air going so fast in your mouth and nose. It was around 30 seconds until john opened the parachute and gave me the handles to fly it myself. What a feeling to sit in the air and watch the views. I was so relaxed watching the Robben Island, the Table Mountain and Cape Town bays. 3 to 4 minutes, John took the handles and we landed. It was an amazing experience, not to be forgotten and certainly to be repeated! Whenever I go and see sky diving or paragliding from now on, I will do it!
It's expensive but worth every penny.

I am trying to upload the video on youtube but I have it in a DVD format. I converted it to quicktime but turned out to be 750MB for 7 minutes! I will try to convert it to WMV or something else and upload it.

Jumping from 11000 feet

This is what am going to do in South Africa. Sky Diving!
The jet will fly around 20 to 25 minutes till it reaches the 11000 feet (3400 meters), opens its doors and throws me out!
2200 meters free fall without parachutes in 35 seconds and then enjoy the 1200 meters remaining for 3 to 4 minutes flying with parachute.
I will get a DVD recording the whole experience and a certificate.

Most Expensive Cigar

Cohiba has released last year for its 40th anniversary the most expensive cigar box in the history. The price of 40 cigars container is 15000 Euro. Cohiba produced 4000 cigars only, all numbered.
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Burj Al Arab from Google Earth

The structure of Burj Al Arab makes it look so beautiful and clear from the sky, different than other towers.

Winner of World Press Photo 2006

This picture of US photographer Spencer Platt of Getty Images has been selected World Press Photo of the Year 2006.
The picture shows a group of young Lebanese driving through a South Beirut neighborhood devastated by Israeli bombings. The picture was taken on 15 August 2006, the first day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah when thousands of Lebanese started returning to their homes.
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Apocalypto

"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within"
this is how Mel Gibson's Apocalypto starts.
Braveheart, The Patriot, We were soldiers, Passion of the Christ, and now Apocalypto. Mel Gibson has done it all. It is amazing how he takes you deep inside the story and touches your senses in each of these movies either in from or behind the camera.
Apocalypto is about the decline of the Mayan civilization and how it destroyed itself and mayans sacrificed each others for the sun.
The story runs about a Mayan whose village was destroyed and faces all challenges trying to save his pregnant wife and kid. A film with high graphics, lots of blood, full of tension, keeps you excited and waiting to the last scene. The not-to-be-missed film took probably more than 1000 persons in some scenes and was filmed in Mexico and using Malay language.