Preeti ♥ Let's all welcome Ms Preeti to the PJ Mutiyaar group. Enhe bahut chirr toh PJ te gaah paya hoya, ewi berangi jahi phirdi changi ni lagdi. So, we're going to make her gulaabi. Request aa ke spam ghatt kareyo and post meaninful replies jithe tak ho sakda. Enjoy the forum and make it enjoyable for everyone else!

Congratulations, buddy! :)

I feel like doing a fashion show now :hehe:
 

 

 

 

 

 
I just searched "chaah da pateela" and guess what pops up :laugh:
 

 
Jiwe ke tuanu pata appan pichle kuch saal toh PJ Award Ceremony karde aye aa to highlight users. This year, we will proceed with the same. So, apne kol ehe categories ne:
 
 
Most Happiest -
Most Saddest -
Most Emotional -
Easiest to Love -
Easiest to get along with -
Biggest Ninja (most ladaku) -
Biggest Flirt -
Best Poet -
Biggest Gossiper -
Most Wise -
PJ Clown (makes people laugh) -
Most Cunning (chalaak) -
Best New Member -
Most Reputable -
Most Useful -
Most Addicted to PJ -
Best PJ Female/Male Profile -
Chat di Jaan -
Forum di Jaan -
Best User ID -
Best Topic Starter –

Mae ehde vicho "PJ Oldest Member" kadh dita, as it really wasn't a category of nominations. For PJ Award Ceremony 2011 - Je kuch hor add karna ja delete karna ta dasso. Je kuch alagh karna ta vi dasso.
 
No sharra jatt we won't add a category for "best sharra jatt" on PJ! :
 
We will start this towards the end of December te result January vich kadh lawange.
 
For new users, jo PJ Award Ceremony nal familiar nahi, run by this link: http://punjabijanta.com/pj-games/pj-award-2010/

  France has got the latest hotel in the shape of the bubble. In the city of romance it is all in that style and even apartments. To spend the night under the stars and now you can do that with the accompanying luxury. Carine Mace said that she wanted a special place where she could celebrate her anniversary. She never thought of something normally you can see anywhere. Few people know about this place. Here, you sleep under the stars-there is nothing better than that.

A little away from the city this extraordinary hotel offers amazing views of the starry sky. With balloon, there are countless advantages, but most important, however- is adventure. It is a place of dreams. Located in the park, much like the houses on the tree. Balloon filled with air with a transparent dome and gives guests a spectacular view during the day and night. The interior is spacious and can match any room in the hotel with five stars. For one night you have to set aside 189 pounds. But in that's involved everything - accommodation, food, champagne...

Balloon retains the shape because of the air which is constantly changing in order to avoid moisture. Today's fast lifestyle does not allow enough time to stay in the countryside, and this is one of the rare opportunity to connect with nature. An unusual, but really attractive form of relaxation and fun.

 
 
   Nguyen Thi Phuong from Vietnam could not see even in her ugliest dream what had happened to her in reality and only in a few months. The story is, believe it or not, about a 26-year-old woman who aged 50 years overnight and now at 26 looks like it is 80 years old.

Her story has left in shock even doctors, and her husband said that although his wife looks like a 80-year-old woman, his love has not faded. Since it happened Nguyen constantly covers the face with a mask because it is very wrinkled, in order to protect herself from prying eyes of other people.

While showing her wedding photo from the 2006, she said that five years ago she was beautiful, and not ugly like she is now.

She believes that her troubles were caused by an allergy to seafood and specifically mentions the reaction that occurred in 2008, when allergy scratched her, even while she was sleeping. In order to eliminate the itching, this woman bought a medicine in local pharmacy instead of going to the doctor. She decided that because she and her husband earned a little money and did not have money for a doctor.

After a month of using products, her skin was less itchy, but started to shoot and got old. Frightened woman then tried to find out some solution in a traditional medicine, but it did not help her skin to stop getting old. Her black hair, voice, teeth, and other healthy organs are evidence of her youth. Only her skin has been affected by the rapid aging. Some believe the condition is lipodystrophy, a rare syndrome that causes a layer of fatty tissue beneath the surface of the skin to disintegrate while the skin itself continues to grow at a startling pace, according to the Telegraph.

Doctors say she has a skin disorder due to use of treatment and that she is suffering from a rare disease caused by deteriorating tissue under the skin. Dr. Hoang Van Minh of the HCMC Medicine and Pharmacy University Hospital visited Nguyen in her hometown to run some tests on Tuesday. He believes she may have a rare condition caused by the presence of excessive mast cells, called mastocytosis.

Despite the various theories of other doctors, Dr. Hoang is 90 percent confident that Nguyen has mastocytosis, and has a treatment plan that could restore 50-70 percent of her skin, according to Thanh Nien News.

The only consolation this unhappy woman finds in her husband. She said that with him she feels more confident to live and work.

 
 
Base Jumping:                 Base jumping is considered one of the worlds most deadly sports with a high overall fatality rating due to the nature of the sport, free falling from high altitudes with a large tarp strapped to your back. The sport is fairly simple over all with the main objective being to land safely however due to the low altitude there is no time to deal with problems. From jump to pulling the shoot the jumper has anywhere from 3-10 seconds depending on the height of the base. The most popular jumping places that will find are tall buildings, antennas, spans, bridges and cliffs. Since the fatality rate is so high the sport has been outlawed in many states, but that doesn’t stop most people.
Fatalities: 1/60 people
Rallying:                            Rallying, also known more popularly as rally car racing, is an extremely fast paced, outdoor version of auto racing. The tracks are generally on private/public roads typically made of dirt, gravel and paved sections. The cars driven by the racers are technically street-legal cars but highly modified and faster than any stock counterpart. The races operate with teams of two, a navigator and a driver: navigator has a detailed custom made map that shows individual dips, slopes, sand, hard spots, etc.
Worst Crash: Killed 80 spectators plus the drive, 100 more injured.
Free Climb/ Free Solo:                                     Free hand rock climbing is the most dangerous kind of rock climbing with no room for error. It involves the use of only your body to propel yourself up the rocky slope and maintain position. The reason for the level of danger is due to the lack of rope and equipment, meaning virtually none so a fall usually results in serious injury or death.
upon a fall.
Average Deaths: 113/year or 1/27,000 climbs
 
 
 

Big Wave Surfing:                    Big Wave Surfing Big wave surfing is a sport designed for the adrenalin junky. Far more dangerous than regular surfing, the waves for big wave surfing range from at least 20ft. and up, on the back of the wave. Due to the size and speed of the waves surfers could no longer paddle straight in, they have to be pulled into position in an art known as Tow Surfing. The massive size and force of the wave can cause serious injury or death, pushing the surfer any where from 10-50 feet below the surface. The biggest risk of wiping out on a big wave is the possibility of being stuck under by multiple consecutive waves or being slammed into a reef.
Surfing (regular) Deaths: Estimated 200/year
Super-bike Racing: Super-bike racing is a more advanced form of regular motorcycle racing and the bikes are highly modified and tuned by the manufacture. The sport demands speed and agility and because of the demands the risks go up, in some courses the riders reach speeds of up to 190mph. Although the riders wear very effective padding that could count as a suite of armor the speeds of their crashing impacts can only be absorbed so well.
Track Death Toll: Isle of Man track has claimed over 200 super-bike racers.

 

 
Anteaters, while outwardly bizarre looking, are prime examples of Nature’s creatures evolving over millions of years to best utilize a distinct source of nutrition. In fact, these 10 “termite terminators” have perfected the art of ant-eating to such a fine degree they can eat little else, which isn’t a bad thing at all considering ants form up to 25% of Earth’s total animal biomass.

 Giant Anteater
Giant Anteaters aren’t really “giant” though they’re by far the largest of the four main species of the suborder Vermilingua (Latin for “worm tongue”). Native to South and Central America, the Giant Anteater’s body is about the size of an average German Shepherd dog – add in its long, bushy tail and you’re looking at a total length of up to 7 feet or 2.1 meters.

Toothless but possessed of wickedly sharp claws on its front feet, Giant Anteaters can consume roughly 30,000 ants and/or termites daily by slurping them up with its sticky 2ft (61cm) long tongue. They have few natural predators but are vulnerable to cougars, jaguars… and transport trucks.

Giant Anteaters bear one offspring at a time and the babies look much like the adults but in miniature. A baby Giant Anteater will spend most of its first year clinging to its mother’s back, presumably flicking up any stray ants she happens to miss.
 Silky Anteater
The Silky or Pygmy Anteater is also found in South and Central America but in more heavily forested areas compared to its Giant cousin. It’s also much smaller, weighing less than a pound and only growing up to 17.7 inches (about 450mm) in length.

The nocturnally active Silky Anteater is rarely seen, though zoologists do not consider it to be a threatened species. THat may change as the more isolated and impenetrable reaches of the upper Amazon become, er, less isolated and more penetrable.

If the image above appears somewhat odd, consider that it’s taken from a hand-colored lantern slide dating back to 1928 when the Crane Pacific Expedition was exploring the forests and offshore islands of Panama. Not the “Two-Toed” Anteater’s partially prehensile tail coiled around the tree branch, allowing it to rear up to an upright defensive position.
 Northern Tamandua
The Northern Tamandua can be found from southern Mexico down to the Pacific coastal forests of Ecuador and Peru.

With its long and sticky tongue, complete lack of teeth and a mainly hairless prehensile tail, the Northern Tamandua is perfectly adapted for living in jungle forests teeming with ants and other insects.

A smallish creature that can grow up to 50 inches (130cm) long including its tail, the Northern Tamandua has off-white to pale yellow fur with a contrasting “sweater vest” patch of deep black – it’s the Mister Rogers of anteaters!
 Southern Tamandua

The Southern Tamandua, also known as the Collared Anteater or Lesser Anteater, is found over a wide range of South America including the whole of Brazil. Like most other anteaters it has no teeth, but is equipped with sharp claws that make short work of ant and termite nests it sniffs out in rainforest trees. The Southern Tamandua will supplement its diet with bees on occasion. Bees, my God.

Lately it seems anteaters like the Southern Tamandua have appeared on the radar of hipsters looking for exotic pets. Perhaps they haven’t heard that anteaters like these are able to spray an exceptionally foul-smelling mist from their anal glands. Besides that, does Whole Foods even stock Purina Anteater Chow?
 Giant Armadillo
The Giant Armadillo may not be a pure, classic, capital-A “Anteater” as such, though the major portion of its diet consists of ants, grubs, and especially termites whose nests it digs deep into with tough, dedicated claws. Weighing up to 70 pounds (over 30kg), the Giant Armadillo is the largest member of the Armadillo family and though its range covers much of South America, it’s considered to be a vulnerable species.
 
So you think Giant Armadillos are obscure? Don’t tell this guy, he just might “obscure” you into next week. Seriously though, you’ve really gotta dig (pun intended) Giant Armadillos to devote this much time, money, skin & pain.

The Los Ocarros zoo park in Villavicencio, Colombia, features Giant Armadillos and acts as an educational resource for those interested in preserving this unusual creature. Humans are its only predators and although the Giant Armadillo is an insectivore for the most part, ranchers consider it a pest.
 Pink Fairy Armadillo 
The Pink Fairy Armadillo doesn’t look like your average armadillo… or most anything else for that matter. This smallest of the armadillos is just 3.5 to 4.5 inches (90–115 mm) long, and spends most of its time underground “swimming” through loose, sandy soil.

The Pink Fairy Armadillo is unusual for armadillos in that its armored back plates aren’t attached to its bones along its length; only at the back end. Speaking of which, this curious creature’s posterior is also armor-plated and acts as sort of a “plug” when danger threatens and the creature dives head-first into its burrow.

So little is known about the Pink Fairy Armadillo’s lifestyle, reproduction rate and population count, the IUCN has given up trying to pinpoint its vulnerability status preferring to go with “Data Deficient”. The fact that the creatures only live in a small area of central Argentina, however, raises concerns for its future in the face of incremental habitat loss to human development.
 Aardvark
The Aardvark’s name, which means “Earth Pig”, is one of the few derived from the Afrikaans language of South Africa. With their pig snouts, mule ears and pink wrinkly skin, aardvarks can seem shockingly ugly to some. Maybe some cute baby aardvark pics will change that impression… nope, not one bit, and in fact it might have made it even worse.

Found only in Sub-Saharan Africa, aardvarks eat termites almost exclusively leading to their being considered “formicivores”. On occasion they will eat vegetation for its water content but only the so-called “Aardvark Cucumber” will do – which is a good thing for the Aardvark Cucumber as this odd, underground-fruiting plant depends on aardvarks to spread its seeds.

Aardvark skin is naturally a pale, yellowish-gray hue but their wrinkled hide quickly takes on the tint of the soil in their stomping grounds. You might not want to look like Pigpen from Charlie Brown but such an acquired camouflage may help aardvarks blend into their surroundings and avoid some of Africa’s more fearsome large predators.
 Numbat
The Numbat or Banded Anteater is a day-active marsupial termite-eater that was once relatively common throughout Australia. Some zoologists have speculated Numbats may have an ancestral relationship with the extinct Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, as both species feature an unusual pattern of contrasting stripes across their lower back and rump.

The introduction of cats, foxes and dogs led to a sharp reduction in the number of Numbats: by the 1970s less than 1,000 remained. Since then, efforts to reduce the number of foxes in particular have helped the Numbat population bounce back to around 3,000 but it is still listed as an endangered species. One reason zoologists think Numbats were able to hold out in two very small, isolated areas is that both locations feature a large number of downed hollow trees – the better to hide oneself in, methinks.

Numbats have evolved a long, sticky tongue that helps them eat ants and termites but their digging claws are no match for rock-hard termite mounds. They get around this deficiency by digging into the softer soil around the mounds, intercepting termite tunnels (and the termites within).
 Echidna
The Echidna, or Spiny Anteater, is a monotreme – along with its fellow monotreme the Platypus, the Echidna is the only mammal that lays eggs instead of bearing live young. Native to Australia and New Guinea, the name “Echidna” is derived from Greek mythology in which Echidna is described as the “Mother of all Monsters”. Take one look at an Echidna and you’ll be hard-pressed to disagree.

The Echidna has made the leap into pop culture, surprising for a creature that looks like it wouldn’t leap if you shot 10,000 volts through it. “Knuckles the Echidna” first appeared in 1994, in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, as a rival for Sonic. Knuckles doesn’t look much like an actual Echidna, however, which was likely intentional and probably for the best.

There are four recognized species of Echidna, with the Short-Beaked Echidna subsisting entirely on ants and termites. Their strategy in case of attack by predators is to curl up into a ball, thus exposing their pointy spines. One trivia note about Echidnas: the male has a four-headed penis. After that, there’s really not much one can say, amiright?
 Pangolin
The Pangolin or Scaly Anteater is an odd-looking creature… come to think of it, are any of the aforementioned anteaters NOT odd-looking? But back to the Pangolin. This scaled mammal can be found from Southeast Asia west to the Atlantic Ocean coast of Africa, split among seven different species.

While not “threatened” in the statistical sense of the term, IUCN has noted a “great decline” in many formerly abundant pangolin populations as a result of strong demand (mainly from China) for pangolin meat used for food and parts used in traditional medicines.

Pangolins can grow up to 40 inches (100cm) long and their front claws are so long they have to walk on their knuckles. They use these claws to tear open ant nests and termite mounds, after which the toothless creatures employ a tongue up to 16 inches (40cm) long and just 1/4 inch (0.5cm) wide to lap up their prime nutritional resource. Pangolin scales are made of keratin – the same substance hair and fingernails are made of – and are razor-sharp at their trailing edges to discourage persistent predators.

 
Mere nail bahut tuttan lag gaye, meaning they are quite weak. :sad: Ki kitta jawe?
Aggey bahut strong hunde si, for the past month, pata ni ki hoya...they've been just sort of flaking and breaking off.  I don't use fake nails or anything  harsh on them so that wouldn't have caused it.