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Prepping 101: Doomsday Bunker – Part 2: Best Location, Sturdy Material & Raw Power

Iraq doomsday bunker

however is out of reach for many common people unless it is the Government which you will need to ensure the continuation of the government during a natural or war OR you are one of the billionaires who have the and resources to build your own fancy, high-tech doomsday bunkers. When the US invaded Iraq, the Iraq Government was operating from a bunker. Image source: Twitter

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Prepping 101: Doomsday Bunker – Part 1: Original Idea & Interesting Samples

Svalbard Global Seed Vault Doomsday Bunker

One of the more famous bunkers in the is the for seeds – ‘s that holds more than a million varieties of seeds of food crops and it is protected from natural disasters and the temperature is regulated to ensure long term storage of the seeds. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Military 101: F-20 Tigershark – Excellent Fighter That China Helped To Kill

F-20 Tigershark Northrop F-5E RMAF fighter jet aircraft

What if Northrop (now Northrop Grumman) brings back their next evolution of F- 5E fighter which is known as the and update it with the latest and offer it as the next generation light combat fighter? Image source: Wikipedia.

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Project Management 101: Lessons From Police Painful 2012 Delhi Bus Rape Investigation

Delhi Crime Police Project Management TV

The recent investigation series that I caught on – Delhi simply blew my mind with its immersing project elements that further review. Image source: India.Com

No matter what industry you are in, where you look and how you manage things, there will always be an element of in the tasks that is taking place and this is why battles and police investigations become my instant interest.

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Project Management 101: Tough Planning For Bicycle Trip From India To Singapore

Youtube video streaming internet bicycle

There are tonnes of useless videos on Youtube but over the years, I have managed to filter down and consolidate a playlist comprised of road trips on motorbikes, urban paranormal adventures, or analytical based videos and now I got hooked with adventurers who doing long-distance road trips on bicycles. Image Source: Photo by Kon Karampelas on Unsplash

Doing long-distance rides on a is nothing new in Western countries but it is rather rare in these parts of the where proper touring bicycles are very expensive, the infrastructure and roads are bad and personal safety is a big issue.

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World Affairs 101: The Great Tragic Loss of Beautiful Kabul to Taliban

Taliban Afghanistan Kabul Islamic Lashes

This happened as recent as April 2020 where the decided and lashed out 40 lashes at a helpless woman whose is only talking to a young man on the phone. And suddenly some like Hadi Awang decided that the Taliban have changed for the better. Image source: The Observers.

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Books 101: Cleaning, Sorting and Cataloguing A Dusty Packed Library in Goodreads

Goodreads Book Library

One public holiday last month provided me with a dilemma – either I fix the from the washing machine that my wife has been complaining about or clean up my library and update the catalogue at . Image source: Good E Reader

In the end, I decided on the latter with the fix on the washing machine postpone to the weekends so that if something goes wrong, I can rush to the store for replacement parts.

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Prepping 101: 5 Essential Things You Must Have When You Move To New House

wrench set house prepping toolbox hardware

(My favourite set of tools as I can use for both related fixes and also car repairs. It is easy for my kids to use to fix their own cabinets and selves for their rooms. Image source: Lazada) 

In the last 2 years, a number of my colleagues, friends and had bought new houses and immediately set on renovation and interior decoration. However with the global pandemic where the future is uncertain, it pertinent for all to revisit on the idea of prepping the house so that you can depend less on others for simple fixes and works.

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World Mysteries 101: UVB-76 – The Ghostly, Strange Radio Station

Russia UVB-76 Radio Cold War Soviet Spy

, often referred to as “The Buzzer,” is a notorious station that broadcasts a repetitive buzzing , which has been transmitting since the late 1970s. The signal, typically consisting of a short buzz tone repeating at a steady rate, is occasionally interrupted by voice messages in Russian. While the exact purpose of UVB-76 remains a subject of speculation, it is widely believed to be linked to the Russian , serving as a means of communication or a method for testing the network’s readiness. Image source: Slavorum)

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General Knowledge 101: Between Raw Facts and Twisted Facts

facts facebook Hillary

This just proves that there are too many idiots on social media who do not know the facts when they open their mouth to comment on something. This particular comment in the post is one such example where one is talking Edmund Hillary who had climbed the Mount Everest and not the politician Hillary Clinton.

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Project Management 101: Camp Bastion: Deconstructing A Formidable Fortress

camp bastion project management military base afghanistan

For those project managers out there, this is an interesting case study of deconstructing (now known as Camp Shorabak) which was the key and American forces base in the province of Helmand, Afghanistan and was constructed in several phases starting from 2005 and was formally handed over to the Afghan forces on 26th October 2014. Image source: BBC

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Mission 2020: Revive the Dying Art of Penmanship

penmanship

One with the skill of good , it is said that Year 8 student in Nepal has the most beautiful handwriting in the . Image source: www.studyinternational.com

Some people’s penmanship skills are truly amazing and fine – it defines art at one’s fingertips and beautiful structure of information at the same time. In case, you are not sure about the meaning of penmanship, Merriam-Webster defines it as the art or practice of with the pen or quality or style of handwriting

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