PMR Results...

Ok... Things tipped of when news announced 27th will be the date of... Hell? Well... PMR results... Everything seems normal, cause some are still in outstation, some in holiday mooed, some even in overseas! Until the PMR results eve, yup, started receiving loads of smsses about friends worrying about their results, (Even those top students). I was like not worrying at all, cause I already expect NO A for chinese. So i just don't care. I'm aiming straight but it won't reach dy. I saw their messages (Those messages really get me worried about my results). What you expect... Haiz... Cause if they worried i'll be more worried. But still, not much influence. Haha. Slept at 5 am. (My original plan was gotta accompany a friend, you know, those type of "result phobia" ones, cause they just can't sleep (And I normally sleep late)...



Next day, awakened by a phone ring... It was about 10.15 And you know what? Some already reached there! I was like... what the..? The results will be announced by 11am, and the're just so early! I don't know why, I not feeling like getting my results. Watched TV till 10.30 then played a game of Red Alert (Easy enemy with superweapons on only la), then we shoot off. The area was congested like... Don't worry, my father went for double parking, (Cause others already double parked and arranged till like... so straight! Haha.. If MBPJ come and write ar saman, they will earn big money...) I actually went in first... I headed straight to hall and it's really really a mess! So many people's around and so noisy and.... bla... bla... bla... I saw my classmates (Thanks to Sathya, eventually I saw Sathya first, he is tall enough to let me see between heads, haha...) So I headed straight there, then there comes lin... "Everyone took dy... You got straight la...", I was like... "What?". (At first I thought she was too happy until mad dy, jumping here and there haha... Cause she got over her BM...) Well, still got quite a lot of people not yet take their results, managed to squeze through them... Then one by one, saw them laughed, screamed (I don't know normal mic can take their extreme-high frequency or not), hugged, cheered... Nah, it just looks never ending... And those are more to girls ok? Cause most guys dy taken earlier. Lol... I was asking nearly every guy that passed by and was like all got straight! And I am the one that still don't know my result... (But aother few people did noted me that I got straight... zzz...) Then it was my turn, teacher just flipped through the papers and found my name... Well... Teoh Jia Xian... That's my name... (And did she purposely cover the grades part?), she handle the piece of paper to me... I straight away look at the bottom of the paper... "A!"... Wah... the feeling was... "mixed feelings"... Happy, relieved, (A bit disappointed with my expectations, as I expect BCina bye bye..." Haha... After my father knew my results he's like going to pavillion... Then... I think he talked to the phone about half an hour I think... But certanly it was not about constructions... I wandered around with Sui Wu... Haha... Well, some cried, some smile, some hug like... Some... Hold on... Some is queuing to buy exercise books at book store! Haha... Walau... Just took result then so fast prepare to go F 4 meh, don't scare me le... Went to the board section to see my sis next year class... Quite angry to see my sis in balau altough she got 5/7A's lo... Cause I got 7 last time and was in Jati!!! Haha... Then... Then nothing dy la... Go back la... Then sms like... Credit from RM15+ cut till left RM5. Haha...

Hmm, actually this is just parts of life.... Like what one of my friend said to me: "Straight A's or not we still need to continue our life..." If not mistaken. Yup... Its a point, (low or high doesn't matter) of life. Its not a point that makes you stops, nor a point that makes you end your life (Like a UPSR girl did so). Just take this point as reference, to advance forward. And, media did emphasis much on great and highly graded student, but remember, the student getting "E" for this year is still increasing... They do need our help too... As a friend thats caring, we are needed to play our role in society too... (What am I talking bout? Lol...)

Anyway, choz...

A toast for christmas!

Hold on... I don't have champagne for you... I actually got a toaster to dismantle... Haha... Since I received quite a lot of comments about my looooooong post. I will try shortening it... Ohya... sorry for didn't update my blog for so long... Seems a bit busy with some tuition on... (And it can become really life threatening when he/she wants to check your answer)... Some more my phone gone for a "wash"... Caused me about 3 weeks without phone which was... extremely annoying to change my sim card between my sister's and mine... (Nearly spoiled the phone as well, but she will hope so, she wants something like Nokia Xpressmusic phone) Finally got my phone back and now... Ok already la... So to some people who knows about this even earlier, kindly "resume" from "limited sms mode" to "normal mode", thanks. Lol. And hey, I checked out the Courts Mutiara Damansara and guess what? To get a don't know what brand or type phone, you gotta bring an ice cream cone and line up from 10pm to 8am. For the first 100 contestants, you will received a handphone for free... (Don't worry, some even bring their sleeping bags there, but don't ask me whether they went on the floor with people stepping on them) Anyway, I am back for the post...


Ok... Where should I start... Toaster huh? Have some picture of it first... Its a small one, very small one... Cornell CTO-2 oven.






So what's my aim? The main thing that does not function is the heater... Cause I actually done the testing and the light lit up for every wire except after passing through the heating element. And thus shows the only reason for this seldom used oven to slip in spoiled condition.
Heating element is inside some parallel holed metal casing. Its located above and below the tray.


So... Opened some screws and finally found a Torx screw that is impossible to be removed by normal screwdrivers... Had no choice and guess what I did...
It's not easy to bend it ok, I took nearly 20 minutes just to bend the cover... As it is hooked to the housing (You can see something sticking out from the removed cover)... Sharp edges nearly cut my fingers...



Inside view... Green-Yellow wire to the housing to ground off... Brown wire to the timer and output to the temperature "controller" and using yellow wire towards the heating element. It's connected in series and the electric flow through the second element which is located below and then connected to the neutral wire...

A view from another side that proves the series circuit theory.

The heating element seems nice with cover, but not without it... It's just a thin-twisted nichrome wire messing around...

So what I got from this oven is... The timer, which can hold function up to 15 min, a plug with fuse of course, and another free heating element, i don't know when i will use this again, but just keep it somewhere... Lol...

Hey, late dy wei, A 1994 Seagate hard disk from a old laptop coming up for next post, if possible...

Canon S200SPx Printer "project" report + other related topics... Lol!

Still remembered in my first post I talked about I would be talking about my printer? Hmm... Actually the main starring is my old printer la. I already kept this printer for 3 years (But I think it's already processed become a new Canon printer). This is the first printer that I got anyway. I still remembered that time the staff said that the print head had gone (Cause I used imitation ink) Lol... I think I am the "pengasas" for Canon's new gurantee terms, stated on every printer now "Warranty void if non-genuine Canon ink are used"... Anyway, it will only spoil after 1 year, not within 1 year... Lol...

Hey, don't look down on this print head, it cost nearly a new printer's price!

Feeling like switching topic pula... Lol... Life is quite busy for me nowadays... With robotics going on... And if you can come... Meet us (Joel, Andrew and me!) at PWTC 27-29... IF we cannot make it through elementary game then 27th is the first and the last day la... Lol...

Okay, back to the title... Hmm... You curious? I don't think people will be interested in this, but for me its fun! Dismantle this and that (Although sometimes you will break some so called "tabs" and "clips") does makes you think. Especially those screwless ones'... But I just can't take my hands out of it... And I love it... Lol... Any electronics you wanna dump? Give me first... Don't waste. Let me do some small "research" then go ahead and throw... Haha... I accept nearly all electronics la, but preferably complicated ones like players, phones, Hi-Fi, computers, printers, modems, speakers, even microphones! XD... Still remembered I got electroculated when repairing my small little night light (Or so called Cat-eye light)... I think it shocked me 3 times (No earth wire connected)... But I thought it was fun! Lol... Then another time I was trying to connect 240V directly to a hair dryer motor... Then you know what happen? A deafening loud "pop" sound and the RCB tripped. Smart? Anyway, the motor still functions well until today... Still using it as my computer CPU fan... Haha... These 2 "first times" did arouse my interest into this (although it's failures) Lol... Then the first electronics that I managed to repair from "hang" till usable is 2 VCD players... (Believe it, its not only computers that "hang"s) Just by changing a rubber ring... I think I could charge RM55 for that... The ring only costed about RM2, so count RM 3 profit from this, and service charge Rm50 (standard price for technician that provides door to door service)... Haha... And that 2 VCD players faced the same problem... So I managed to have one which is 7 years old in my room! (Last time thought it will cost much to repair, so just got a new one which is Bellcorp) At that time this Thomson player cost about 600+... Now you can even get a DVD player for RM98... Tesco Orbitz brand if not mistaken... Lol... So now you can see the technology gap is so obvious at that time.

Enough of the first experience. Haha. Have some angle-views for my printer first...

Frontal View



View from the back

View with the front cover opened

This few shot is the easiest shot of all... Just place there and adjust some lighting... And Snap! Well, it took about 15 minutes to open the cover. To unscrew the adaptor screw and i spent the most time in figuring out how it holds the printer cover without any screw. Finally, I saw a 2 tabs at the side! After 2 cracks for each side it finally revealled it's metal body... (With the plastic stand below of course...) Took me a hard time to opened it without forcing it hard... Then I came to here...

Frontal View
Now we can have a very clear view of the belt, the roller, the print head, and a metal bar that supports the print head.

Back View
Here we have the motors to move the print head around and motors to power the gears and "slrrp" the paper into the printing zone, a circuit board that consist of many IC's, capasitors, transistors, (And whatever about electronics in KH)... Lol... A white "data" wire connected to the print head sticking out to its output (Print head) and a horizontal bar that moves and helps the mechanisms to "slrrp" the paper too. The box below with a wire sticking out is an adapter.

Back-Left View (As it's not clear in the "Back View" picture)
A clearer view of motors that functions to move the position of the print head or belt. By understanding the gears mechanisms, we can know the actua process when a printer "slrrps" its paper in for some inking... Lol...

Erm, Nothing wrong with your eyes, it's the same picture again with 2 red circles in it. The circle above explains how it moves the paper into the printing area. Note that the bar fixed on the right in the circle is springed. So when the printer is ready to print, it will move the gears in the red circle and the "floating" part of the circle will be off the bar and the bar will springed up and the 2 roller motors hidden inside the paper loading zone will does it job by pushing the paper into the printing area. That's why it's quite noisy when it starts sticking its paper into printing. The noise was quite annoying some times. Know why this printer doesn't push back the paper into the paper loading zone eventhough the paper jammed inside the printing area. This is becaue of the circle below of the picture. The black tab that is springed will stop the gears from rolling in the wrong way. The spring will extend if someone tends to pull the paper out from the paper loading zone when its stuck. the spring will absorb the force so that gears won get easily inpositioned and later damaging the printer. Thats why the printer will try to push the paper out of its mouth everyime it encounters error.

Back-Right View (As I can't image on the same "Back View" picture)

Center View
The black bar running across with 2 grey rubber helps pushes the paper in.

Ok... Lets get started...

This picture syok sendiri one la, Lol... Lets move on and get serious... XD

Okay... Starting from the top front... Hmm... Lets take out the print head and get the belt out of the way.

On the right edge of the printer
The bigger circle in the picture (Look carefully, there's a red circle) provides clean up for the print head everytime it does a row of printing and for the smaller circle which is more towards the right, this is the place where the print head stands by to wait for document or to provide absorption for ink during cleaning process.

Right edge of the printer (Below)
The sponge beside the gears provides a medium for ink to flow down towards an ink waste storage which is located at the below of the printer. So when a cleaning process is run, the contaminated ink will flow towards the "waste station" to be absorbed.

Forgot to mention... The waste station can be seen as a sponge like foam below the print head allocation area. So it will directly flow down to the drainage without overflowing the sponge above the print head. Thus allowing the print head to be cleaned neatly.

A closer and clearer view of the absorbent foam

Notice that the foam has 2 layers. It only managed to ink 3 quarter of the below one as I only used the printer for a year. At the right of the drain seems clogged as the ink doesn't have enough time to be absorbed into the foam before it dries up. The foam gives a spongy feel and when you touch the inked part surface, your fingers will be stained with some thin dry black powder. I suppose that it undergoes a long process of evaporation of those ink over here.

Parts of my finger already stained with the powder (The skin near my finger nail)

To test the absorption rate of the foam, I tested it with normal water (The can is just for illustration purposes) Lol... After i pour about 10ml of water onto the foam, I pressed on the spot, and guess what happened...

The result of this experiment tells us that the absorption rate for this foam is ultra fast. (Eventhough my fingers got wet a little) The water doesn't got repelled again. At first I thought it was a normal sponged foam. It evaporates quite fast for the first layer as the next day I got the spot quite dry compared to normal foam. The first layer absorbs quite a lot of water as the second layer only managed to got wet a little. The layer also has another properties that it only ensures one way flow. Meaning if some liquid enters the foam it won't manage to come out again. (Okay, I am not doing commercials about those pampers or whatever thingy, cause I don't expect this foam to absorb 6 cups of water... Lol...) This unique characteristics plays an important role in making sure that the ink doesn't setrains back to the sponge then towards the surface of the print head to ensure best printing qualities. I was prettily astonished. I think maybe someday I could use this foam to wipe over spilled water... Hassle free and best of it is... Disposable... Haha... Easy and cheap... (Should be cheap gua...)

Ok, now we should go back to the body of the printer... Here's the part below the printer.

Note that there is a black rubber roller sandwiched between 2 black plastics. Below the roller of the top, on the left of those white gears. This bar helps to "slrrp" the paper in to the printing zone then loads it out to its mouth.

Very suprisingly, I found this bar (the above picture), useful to me. I was thinking about maybe I can use that in robotics. Cause it produces well friction between gears and the bar or roller or whatever you call it. I will see what I do... Lol... Need some crazy ideas...

After dismantling the bar (Nearly broke the edge), found something that I was always saw in my HP printer. Those thread like thingy... Its a super fine thread taped on the exit of the paper. I still have no idea about it until now... Suggest some in my chatbox... Remember, it is always placed at where it could make contact with the paper.

Now gotta fix back the cover to the body again...

Main cover without any parts...

Internal view of the printer without cover...

Fixing the printer back to its original state

Among the things that I gained from this printer... Lets see... Hmm... A kinda cool USB cable which I had used for 3 printers... XD... An AC cable, a simultaneous 240V to 24V and 5V adaptor, 2 simultaneous 24V and 5V powered motors, and the roller/bar or whatever you named it. P.S. The blue-yellow and green screw drivers' were misplaced... Haha... Anyway, thanks to them...

So now the S200SPx printer already made a farewell with me for another time... Maybe its already recycled into a new Canon printer... And of course, farewell to a year old HP PSC 1510... Perhaps now it's wandering in the HP office now...

And say "Hi!" to my new print mate! Welcoming HP OfficeJet 5610!

I think thats too much for a post la... Perhaps some already yawning or fell asleep when reading this... Haha... Anyway... The printer is working well till now... Wah... Late dy le... Gotta go man... Tata...

Fish Fight!

So... Hmm... After completed my robotic registration, I felt really tired... So I went to living room and sit on the chair... Suddenly, that 2 tiger fish caught on a fight again. Since I have my camera near me, I just grabbed it and took this video... Have a look...

Nah... Don't worry about those 2 fish, cause they had fight and fight again since I put them into aquarium. Anyway, I still didn't see the situation like "menang jadi arang, kalah jadi abu" before... Lol... (though it had cause my 3 goldfish to say bye bye). So I separated them from goldfish, clown fish (maybe its a freshwater "clown fish", lol) and my "rectangle fish" (Since i don't know the name... It's the fish with orange striped on it's body)... So... I think that's all... Haha... Maybe it's not a fight after all... they're just "mencungkil bakat'ing'" each others! And it could be fun seeing them fight!

13 WORLD'S CREEPIEST PLACES... Interesting?

Ok... Hold about the printer thingy first... Lol. Got something new that really raised my attention. TOUR TO 13 WORLD'S CREEPIEST PLACES... Seems interesting huh? Haha, lets check out! Please turn the 18+ sign on... and please don't read it at night + alone... LOL! Sources, pictures and texts from concierge.com. Hey Lin... The beauty of the world's seems great... How about a look at this? Hope you enjoy this too.. Haha.

Step away from that pumpkin! While we're more than happy to get into the swing of Halloween, we refuse to do a roundup of the trite and not-so-true haunted hotels around the world. Nonetheless, in our travels we've happened upon a number of places that are genuinely creepy, from a dive site among WWII wrecks in Micronesia to a tour through the eerie, abandoned town near Chernobyl in the Ukraine. You'd be wrong to dismiss these destinations as merely spooky stop-offs, too. Many have true historical significance (the Paris Catacombs and its links to the French Revolution), while others are destinations of great beauty (the Easter Islands in the Pacific Ocean). So in the spirit (sorry) of the season, here are 13 (sorry again) of the world's weirdest destinations. Sensitive souls should read on with caution.

Seems very serious, thats what i see from this first page text... Get ready and lets start our journey through 13 of the World's Creepiest Places!

1) Bhangarh, India

India's Bhangarh, in the Rajasthan region north of Jaipur, is a town with a mysterious history. Built in the 1630s, it was abruptly abandoned ten years later for reasons that are still unclear. Legend has it that after a convoluted series of events involving a princess and a jar of enchanted oil, a massacre occurred and the town was never repopulated. Nowadays there are tourists aplenty by day, but no one stays at night. This might have something to do with the supposed curse placed on the town by a jealous shaman. Even the local archeological office is located half a mile away (better safe than sorry). But the magnificent ruins—not to mention the Palace of Prostitutes—imply that Bhangarh was something of a Gomorrah of extravagant goings-on. Perhaps that history—and not the ghost stories—is why a sign at the entrance reads, "Staying here after sunset is strictly prohibited." Either way, we're happy to rest our heads at the ultra-luxe Amanbagh resort six miles away.

What I read before with those "Feng Shui and Science of Haunted Buildings in Malaysia", titled something like that in school library one, religious place may indeed, show positive connections of being haunted.

2) Mütter Museum, Philadelphia

From the sliced human head floating in a glass case, à la Damien Hirst, to the gruesome collection of preserved presidential tumors and a plaster cast of Siamese twins Chang and Eng (as well as their actual conjoined livers), Philadelphia's Mütter museum is a must-see, especially for those who found the movie Dead Ringers oddly compelling. Part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the oldest medical school complex in North America, it combines exhibits of pathological objects, surgical tools, and anatomical curiosities. Other wonders on display include the tallest skeleton in North America and a collection of 2,000 objects removed from people's throats, each with its own case history. There is an almost gleeful disconnection between the museum's mission—"to advance the cause of health, and uphold the ideals and heritage of medicine"—and the often shocking displays. High on the ugh-list are the painted papier-mâché models of the effects of gangrene and the wax faces with various eye injuries; the air outside is bound to seem fresh afterward, no matter what the weather.

Eew... Quite disgusting, Lol. Imagining seeing your face there... Haha. A tribute to medical field in the day, but a worse case scenario for viewing in the night.

3) Truk Lagoon, Chuuk, Micronesia

A ship ripped neatly in half offers a perfect cutaway view of life and death on the high seas. Everything is encrusted with barnacles, from cabins and boiler rooms to onboard assault tanks and airplanes. Much of the Japanese Navy's WWII fleet lies in the shallow Truk Lagoon in a volcanic valley in Micronesia, part of the Caroline Islands 3,200 miles southwest of Hawaii. Now a deep-blue diver's paradise (it was the subject of a Jacques Cousteau documentary in 1971), this was where the Allies sunk more than 60 battleships and aircraft carriers in 1944, many going down with their crews trapped inside. While swimming through the wrecks, you can spot gas masks, sake cups, and the odd "human remain." The ships are corroding fast and many have become full-fledged coral reefs, but they still provide a jaw-dropping testimony to the ravages of war. Tour companies, including the Blue Lagoon Dive Shop, offer excursions for experienced divers.

Not bad... Unlike travelling in Malaysia, diving to see those coral reefs only, this involves one of the ship used in WWII. Historians would like it... Probably history teacher will be very interested... Haha.

4) Sonora Witchcraft Market, Mexico City, Mexico

Witches packed into tightly spaced stalls proffer advice and spells for $10, promising quick ends to poverty and spousal infidelity, while some rather unhappy-looking exotic animals—iguanas, frogs, and wild birds—are for sale in cages. This is the Sonora Witchcraft Market, open daily to pilgrims from Mexico City and far beyond who come to have their fortunes read and attempt to find a shortcut to a better life. The market is a labyrinth of stalls that cover a few city blocks, and it's the regional source for "spiritual" stuff ranging from potions derived from ancient Aztec recipes to Buddha statues. For hard-core enthusiasts, perhaps some rattlesnake blood or a dried hummingbird will give your fortunes a jolt. But you should be aware that witchcraft in Mexico is no joke: The National Association of Sorcerers has weighed in on presidential elections, casting spells to make them free and fair. And of course there's a dark side, such as bad-luck charms from the Santerí—a religion that scares the daylights out of locals—and don't give anyone in Mexico a black candle unless you really, really mean it.

Like those did for fortune tellers and some sorts. Those Buddha structures are common here... Hmm... Snake blood? Looks like our Pasar malam la... Whatever also got... Lets see... uh... So BN and those ADUN should go pasar malam? Yup, to get votes, but not casting spells... Haha.

5) Easter Island, Chile

One of the most unnerving things about the 30-foot carved heads that dot Easter island is that they're not looking out at you as you arrive; the famous unsmiling moai sculptures look inward from the sea, as if guilty of some crime. Perhaps it has something to do with the virtual disappearance of the people who made them. At only 63 square miles, tiny Easter Island is home to more mystery for its size than just about anyplace else on earth. The Rapa Nui people, nearly extinct a century ago but flourishing now, kept no written records of how they moved the enormous moai around the island, sometimes as far as 14 miles, from the volcanic quarry where they were carved. We like the theory that UFOs were behind it all. It's said that the Rapa Nui grew so devoted to their stone heads that they sacrificed their civilization in the interest of bigger, better, and more perfect specimens. The island's now accessible via Chile (a five-and-a-half-hour flight), and the new Explora property offers a range treks, as well as luxury accommodation.

Not bad... Its something like those carved prime minister face here... Or is it at US? Not sure la...

6) Manchac Swamp, Louisiana

As your boat pushes out into the swamp by torchlight, ancient cypress trees and Spanish moss drape across the water. That far-off howl you hear might just be the rou-ga-rou, the Cajun version of the Wolfman. The Manchac Swamp, a.k.a. the "haunted swamp," near New Orleans is a Southern Gothic fan's dream. An imprisoned voodoo queen is said to have cast a curse on these watery surroundings around the turn of the last century, resulting in the disappearance of three hamlets in a hurricane in 1915. The occasional corpse still surfaces in this otherwise untouched bird sanctuary, left alone by commercial development for more than 100 years. Torchlit nighttime boat tours are offered by the Old River Plantation Adventure. But beware: As anyone who has spent a night in the wild can tell you, nature can be anything but gentle, and the staring red-eyed alligators can give you a real fright as they watch your boat cruise slowly by.

How about Tasik Bera? But i reckon there would be nicer in terms of scenic view.

7) Bran Castle, Bran, Romania

A vertiginous hilltop climb leads to a storybook castle that seems to have no horizontal surfaces: Endless stairways and towers are all that is visible. Inside, underground passageways connect dozens of rooms containing rococo antiques and suits of armor. All that's missing from Dracula's Castle, as Bran Castle is known, is a stormy night and a lightning bolt to illuminate the scene. A cloud of legend, local folklore, and literary pedigree hang over the dramatic fortress, perched 200 feet above the Romanian town of Bran. The castle has certainly reaped a PR bonanza as the setting for Bram Stoker's Dracula, with a reported 450,000 visitors a year—not bad for an isolated spot in Eastern Europe. The name comes from the notoriously sadistic tyrant Vlad the Impaler, known as Vlad Dracula, who is said to have used the castle as an occasional base of operations. Vlad earned his nickname by hoisting tens of thousands of enemies on stakes; one engraving shows him feasting alone at a table surrounded by a veritable forest of his victims hanging on spikes. Bram Stoker got wind of Vlad's legend and, after a visit to Romania, modeled Count Dracula's castle on this one. The castle is quite tourist-friendly, but just be aware that it closes at 4 pm, lest the sun set before visitors are safely away.

Hmm... Really great settings for poets and directors... Seems interesting...

8) Paris Catacombs, Paris, France

Bones and skulls are stacked on either side of a narrow corridor like merchandise at a warehouse—a lot of merchandise. The air is close and cool, with just a hint of decomposition, and there's rude graffiti dating from the French Revolution, mainly about the king and the feeble nobility. Once inside, you can easily see why Victor Hugo and Anne Rice have set stories in Paris's famous Catacombs. Snaking some 187 miles through underground passages around the city, only a tiny portion is open to the public—it's said that the rest is patroled by the legendary cataflics, a special underground police force. Though guided tours are available, it's more creepy and effective to go on your own, when it's just you and millions of bones lit by the occasional low-wattage bulb. The catacombs were originally a Roman-era quarry, but when the Innocents Cemetery in central Paris started overflowing to the point of being a public health hazard in 1785, the tunnels came into their present state. Bones were carted off in elaborate nighttime ceremonies, and until 1814 the catacombs filled up with Paris's dead. You can reach out and rattle the ivory yourself if you like, but the greatest chill is in wondering which of them didn't die of natural causes.

Sounds creepy... Unexpected... Lieing skulls at the base... So strong ah? They drank Anlene? Haha.

9) Winchester House, San Jose, California

The Winchester "Mystery" House is a colossal construction built on a foundation of superstition. It's said that Sarah Winchester, heiress to the arms company, was told by a soothsayer that the ghosts of those killed by Winchester rifles would haunt her unless she moved from Connecticut to the West and built a house that could never be finished in her lifetime. Construction started in 1884 in San Jose, California, and kept going nonstop for 38 years until her death. Now the house's 160 rooms are haunted by her madness and packed with bizarre details: Staircases go straight into the ceiling, doors open onto blank walls, spider motifs abound, and candelabras, coat hooks, and steps are arranged in multiples of 13. Reports of banging doors, footsteps in the night, moving lights, and doorknobs turning of their own accord have been occurring since the house was opened to the public. Tour options include Flashlight Tours every Friday the 13th and Halloween. But you don't have to believe in ghosts to be blown away by the scale and intricacy of the place, or the folly involved in building it.

Wah... Lets have a trip there! House that never finish builded for 38 Years!! Staircases to ceilings! Ok, Its a design that no one had ever predicted! Ok, now get the cement wall behind the door! Hey you! I want the bricks arranged in multiples of 13! Haha...

10) Szoborpark, Budapest, Hungary

A towering Lenin addresses a now-absent city square, while Marx and Engels, wearing holy robes and carrying religious-looking texts (surely their own), are crumbling nearby. Budapest's Szoborpark is a collection of retired Soviet-era iconography just outside Budapest. A pavilion warehousing 40 years of often kitschy, sometimes terrifying, and overdone public statuary, the park is a brilliant solution to the problem that came up with liberation from Soviet tyranny in 1991: What to do with all that official art? While the rest of the former Soviet republics couldn't get rid of their Lenins fast enough, the Budapesters decided to round them up and put them on display. As you walk around, all those stony stares create the uncanny feeling that you're being watched. Take a 30-minute public bus ride from the city's central Déak Tér stop; you have 40 minutes to wander before the bus goes back into town.

Interesting history...

11) Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, Sicily, Italy

Aleister Crowley is perhaps the world's most infamous occultist, and this now-overgrown stone ranch-style house with hallways full of dark pagan frescoes was once the world capital of his satanic orgies. Or so it was reported in the 1920s. Crowley is now known for his famous fans, including Jimmy Page and Marilyn Manson, and the fact that he appears on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album. He founded the Abbey of Thelema—named after a utopia described in Rabelais' Gargantua whose motto is "Do as thou wilt"—in 1920 in the beach town of Cefalù, Sicily. It became a free-love commune with a dark side: Newcomers were forced to spend the night in the "Chamber of Nightmares," where, high on hashish and opiates, they stared at frescoes of earth, heaven, and hell. After a British society dandy named Raoul Loveday died of a fever contracted at the Abbey, the press had a field day, leading an embarrassed Benito Mussolini to expel the commune in 1923. Notorious underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger unearthed the compound in 1945 and made a movie there, although mysteriously the film was subsequently lost. The Abbey is now a collapsed semi-ruin, overrun with vegetation, but inside there are some original hellish frescoes that Crowley used to scare his disciples into shape. Intrepid and esoterically minded visitors visiting Sicily can wander the grounds and get some vibes, though no official tours are available.

"Chamber of nightmares"... Swt... Earth, Heaven and Hell...

12) Mary King's Close, Edinburgh, Scotland

Hidden below Edinburgh's medieval Old Town is a series of subterranean streets with an unsavory past. Mary King's Close is where plague victims were quarantined and left to die in the 17th century, and paranormal activity abounds down there. You might, for instance, feel some gentle tugging at your hands and legs by an unseen force. The cause is believed to be the ghost of Annie, a young girl abandoned by her parents in 1645. More than a hundred years later, in classic horror-tale fashion, a grand new building was constructed over Mary King's Close, leaving the streets, including the plague ghosts, intact underground. In 2003, the surprisingly well-preserved Close was opened to visitors, drawn by tales of its supernatural goings-on. Tour guides will accompany you down a stone staircase to the vaultlike, oppressive lanes. In addition to Annie's Room, there are typical re-creations of bygone lifestyles and plague deaths. Just remember to keep on moving, especially when you feel a sudden chill.

Whoo... Creepy enough. Try to sleep at there for a night....

13) Chernobyl, Pripyat, Ukraine

Walk through the abandoned town of Pripyat in the Ukraine, and you'll find a large-scale crime scene abandoned in a hurry: A nursery full of children's shoes, and apartment complexes with the morning newspaper, dated April 28, 1986, open on the breakfast table. Two days before, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, minutes away, melted down, but it took 48 hours for the authorities to alert locals and clear them out of the world's biggest nuclear disaster site. Now that radiation levels are safe for short-term exposure, Chernobyl's nuclear complex has become an unlikely tourist attraction since opening to visitors in 2002. The power complex is at the center of the 20-mile-radius "Exclusion Zone," a regrown area of forests now populated by wolves and bears. Reactor #4 is the star of this sad show, today sheathed in a concrete and lead sarcophagus 200 feet high. A tour organization called Welcome to Ukraine offers day trips from Kiev via bus (you're advised to book two weeks in advance): You'll tour the forest and get to inspect the plant's exterior, including mounting an observation post to see the reactor, before walking to Pripyat, which was built in the 1970s and celebrated in official USSR propaganda as the "world's youngest town." It died young, but failed to leave a beautiful corpse.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this is another site of it. Well, at least you could enjoy playing ferris wheel there. Lol.

Ok, you had just finished reading The World's 13 Creepiest Places... How was it? Fun? Scary? Boring? Or... somehow lost? Anyway, hope you enjoy reading it on this halloween...