This is my first edition of "Have You Ever Wonder" series featuring strange sightings that I've came across. In this edition, I am covering Portland street in Manchester's city centre.

So what's so special about this photo? It is a rainy day, and another urban shot... but... If you stare hard enough you will notice that there are two street lamps at the same spot. Do anyone know what is the use of that? I do not know... I think it is a plain waste of money and electricity. What do you think?

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This is a side lane parallel to Oxford Road in Manchester Metropolitan University.

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How was your weekend? Mine was a rocking good time! Don't get me wrong, I was not in any part of this picture, but this was what is happening all weekend feet away from my bedroom's window!

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This mobile sculpture by Raumlabor-berlin is a cool new way to enjoy your outdoors. It seems to me like an intervention for marquee's structures. The sculpture was invented in 2006 in Duisburg and Mülheim to deal with the issues of privacy in public places, for mobility, and redevelopment of urban space. It is known as the Raumlabor-berlin's kitchen monument which gives a clue what the designers originally intended it for.

It's frameless design makes it looks fresh because it looses its corners normally found in traditional marquee's design. The sculpture consists of two parts: (1) the entrance is made with zinc plate dressed with a dimension of 3m x 2m x 2.5 m, and (2) this part is inflated as a pneumatic space envelope which is in the form of a bubble from the sculpture out unfolded. The material of the bubble is made of a translucent film and has a size of about 20m x 10m x 6.5 m.

I wonder how it would be like to be in one of this? Will it have the greenhouse effect?

Photos via Raumlabor-berlin

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Phew...! Exams are over! Hey.....! OK I am back to blogging again, and what better way than to begin it with a fresh, and clean new start. So I've decided to do something lighthearted for a start. I know many of you may think that guys don't normally blog on these things... but let's for once do it differently.

I've found this YouTube video on these toddlers brushing their teeth at 19 months! It's quite amazing isn't it (click on play to watch the video)?

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