Today I just decided to do a 'general' post. I'm so happy that I'm so close to finishing NaBloPoMo... when I was so close to giving it up around the tenth of the month. It's been tiring, but nice.
Have you recently seen my ticker? ('Saving for my MacBook'- at the bottom of the page)
I'm just seven days away from celebrating my first Blogoversary. I've had blogs since years, but never managed to stick to one for longer than 20 posts. But I made a resolve to change. And here I am, 141 posts & almost one year later. It feels good!
But here's the most exciting part of the news (at least for me)
You might have probably heard of the 'Blue Moon' this New Year. And if you haven't I'll tell you in short. 'Once in a Blue Moon' is an idiom meaning 'something that happens very rarely. Because it literally means two full moons in a month. Only once every 2 or 3 years there are two full moons in a month. And the next time we're having a blue moon on new year's day is approximately 30 years away! But the reason it's called 'Blue Moon' is totally different & refers to how when Mount Krakatoa (a volcano) erupted in the late 1800s & sprayed so much ash in the atmosphere that the moon appeared blue for many years.
Hope I didn't bore you there.
Dad sent me an email yesterday saying that he's sailing to some island in Tahiti right now. And he'll be crossing the international date line on January 1st. He'll have to retard by one day. That means he'll be having two New Years Days. I mean, it sounds so exciting. What are the odds of experiencing something as cool as this?
I can somehow tell this New Year is gonna be special.
I'm optimistic... And excited
love,
Great, Very special,
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and I never tried to find out what is 'Blue Moon' but Thanks to you.
Nice Post
That really is cool what your dad will experience! Heard about the blue moon thing...I used to take it literally --- that a blue moon was bluish colour! :P
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! The international Dateline has always amused me.It is 'soo' cool.. First heard about it in a Disney show :P
ReplyDeleteAnd Congrats on the Nablopomo thingy! :D
Cheers!
Amazing to hear about celebrating the New Years day twice . I had crossed the dateline once or twice in my sailing days , but at those times it was no special day ,gr8 coincidence this happening on New Years day ( and that too a blue moon day! )
ReplyDeleteI hadnt replied to ur comments in 2 of ur earlier posts coz , i was out of the country for a few days and so had not updated my blogs for a few days .
abt ur question -- yes , I too am a blogger , but very new to this,, just started in end of Octbr. my blog is at http://surwil.wordpress.com/
Do visit my blog and give some feedback,, especially some of the older entries.
And aah yes , Nilesh was a marine engeer till some time back , but now he is working ashore with me in a Company here in Bombay. I too quit sailing 2 yrs back.
@Shri Krishna- Thanks!
ReplyDelete@Psych Babbler- Thanks. I guess I used to too. But I'm a Google addict, so I found out a couple of years ago.
@Matt- Thanks you.
@Madhu- I am checking out you're blog right now :)
Wow! That's cool. I am sure you'd have wanted to experience this yourself. :-) Anyways, may this special occasion have special significances to you and your family. Have a great year of 2010.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's cool. I am sure you'd have wanted to experience this yourself. :-) Anyways, may this special occasion have special significances to you and your family. Have a great year of 2010.
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