UK teenager 'saved by Facebook', a real story

6-6-2009-- A British teenager who took a drugs overdose has been saved after the American girl he was chatting to online raised the alarm.

The 16-year-old boy from Oxfordshire had sent her a message suggesting he intended to commit suicide.

Although she did not know where he lived, calls via the White House and the British Embassy enabled Abingdon police to save the boy's life.

The boy, who has not been named, made a full recovery after hospital treatment.

Still conscious

It is believed that he was using the social networking site late on Wednesday night and sent a private message to a girl in Maryland saying that he was going to harm himself.

She told her mother, who called local police.

The police called a "special agent" at the White House, the British Embassy in Washington and finally the police control room in Abingdon.

Staff narrowed down his location to eight possible addresses, and officers found the teenager at the fourth house they tried. He had taken an overdose, but was still conscious.

(Source: BBC News)

Eugene Man on Keyboard on YouTube.com - Amazing Talent!

My mate, Eugene Man on keyboard playing Santorini. This is blog is a tribute my Kiwi mate who is a gifted musician and establish web animator in Auckland, New Zealand. Check out his live performance on youtube.com!

The World's Most Dangerous Swimming Pool - Victoria Falls

This is not your typical Sunday afternoon type of pool that you visit! It is the world's most dangerous swimming pool as it literaly dangles on the endge of the worlds's largest waterfall. (Please click on the pictures for a larger view). The Devil's Swimming Pool is certainly aptly named. Victoria Falls, when the dry season reduces water levels to create what has been likened to the ultimate infinity pool. Hundreds of thrill-seekers descend on the falls, on Zambia's border with Zimbabwe, clambering across rocks and wading through shallows across the precipice to reach the pool.

Daylight Saving Today! Remember to turn back 1 hour (Auckland, New Zealand)

Well, folks; it is the time of the year again. Summer is almost gone (so much so for our summer holiday in New Zealand!). You can feel the evening is cooler now and sun is setting earlier.

Below is the "official" instruction on winding back your clock for one hour (not to forget do the same for your mobile phone, Apple iPhone, PDA and notebook computer)!

When local daylight time is about to reach
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 03:00:00 clocks are turned backward 1 hour to
Sunday, 5 April 2009, 02:00:00 local standard time instead