Barack Obama, the new President of USA

everybody knew the news..a great news not only to the Americans, but as well as to the people from all around the world…

Barack Obama, who won the presidential election in 4th November 2008, representing Democrats, defeating Republican’s McCain…by a simple majority…becoming the first African-American President of the superpower United States of America…

Barack Obama really had many great and challenging tasks ahead, which are inevitable…facing the worst economic crisis of the country as well as the whole affected world, stabilizing the country, forming peace with other countries,etc…

He took over the post from George W. Bush, who leaves Washington as one of the nation’s most unpopular and divisive president,,under his presidential lead, September 11 attack, Iraq war, slow response to Hurricane Katrina, and economic meltdown occurs..

Now, it is a great responsibility ahead for Obama to solve all these, so that he can gain the trust of every people on Earth…He is now 47 years old, graduated from Columbia University (political science) and Harvard University (Law)… wins 53% votes from Americans to become the 44th president of the nation..

Finally on 20th January 2009, he officially takes office as the president..guarded by so many Secret Service agents, applaused by hundred of thousands people attended the inauguration ceremony..all the people went to National Mall, watching the ceremony at United States Capitol Building…

Barack Hussein Obama, then sweared in, accompanied by his wife,Michelle and daughters, Sasha and Malia…George W. Bush is now out of office and it is now in the hand of Obama to ‘Change” America and the world!

Hopes that he will improve the nation’s relationship with my country, Malaysia…but i got from news that he really got little relationship with Malaysia in his family background which had a lot of mix like Kenya, Africa, etc…His charisma is really good..and his outlook is cool…

Some pictures here:

Swearing-in ceremony of Barack Obama

Barack Obama is accompanied by his family in swearing-in ceremony

The National Mall (where the United States Capitol and National Monument stand and the White House nearby) is flooded with hundred of thousands of people to celebrate the day when Barack Obama takes office as president.

Barack Obama (The President), his wife, Michelle Obama (The First lady), Joe Biden (Vice President) and his wife, Jill Biden waving to former president, George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush…

George W. Bush walked out of the White House with Barack Obama for the inauguration to take place…

Pictures obtained from MSN news…info from The Star newspaper….

Battleground (Season 2) Ended!

just now, just watched the Season 2 Battleground Final aired on Astro Wah Lai Toi live from 7pm to 9pm…it is held at Euphoria Club…

very exciting..three finalists, Twister Genies. Ultimaxx and ECX performed very well and improved a lot in the final…

after two rounds, Ultimaxx is eliminated and became the second runer-up..not bad oso lah..they did it quite well too, but lack of little bit excitement and emotion…

then, it is really the final battle between the two remaining group..each group got five people..one male and another group female…

still thinks that ECX is the best of the night, not only tonight, but everytime the competition is held..the group always get the first rank in each competition day until the final today..and..bingo…they won it again…they got the champion!

They really do very and extremely well today..perfect with no mistake at all…their dance is really interesting and energetic..synchronization is perfect…Twister Genies oso not bad..getting the first runner-up..they improved a lot…

need to wait for another year for the Battleground Season 3…this time battleground is better than the previous one…really ‘geng’!

Full Nomination List and Latest News of Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2008 (UPDATED)

The nomination list: (full list in English version)

1. 我的至爱角色 Favorite Characters (10)
1. Myolie Wu (Ho Mei Tin) – To Grow With Love
2. Bobby Au Yeung (Chai Foon Cheung) – Dicey Business
3. Jessica Hsuan (Lee Ching Wan)- Dicey Business
4. Tavia Yeung (Tam Chu Mei)- Dicey Business
5. Gigi Lai (Yam Chi Wah)- Life Art
6. Joe Ma (Dai Lap Yan)- Maiden’s Vow
7. Bosco Wong (Lui To)- The Price of Greed
8. Roger Kwok (Ling Fung)- Glittering Days
9. Esther Kwan (Wong Ka Lam)- Best Selling Secrets
10. Ha Yu (Tong Yan Kai)- Heart of Greed
11. Moses Chan (Tong Ji On)- Heart of Greed
12. Lee Si Kei (Ling Hau)- Heart of Greed
13. Susanna Kwan (Wong Sau Kam)- Heart of Greed
14. Linda Chung (Seung Joi Sam)- Heart of Greed
15. Michael Tao (Cheung Kin Fung)- On the First Beat
16. Ron Ng (Chung Lap Man)- On the First Beat
17. Sonjia Kwok (Yuen Wai Lei)- On the First Beat
18. Damien Lau (Wah Man Hon)- The Drive of Life
19. Charmaine Sheh (Wing Sau Fung)- The Drive of Life
20. Raymond Lam (Wah Zhen Pong)- The Drive of Life

2. 我的至爱戏势最强大奖 Favorite Series

1. Dicey Business
2. The Brink of Law
3. Heart of Greed — favourited  drama, this drama won the same title (Best Drama) in TVB 40th anniversary awards)
4. On the First Beat
5. The Drive of Life

3. 我的至爱主题曲 Favorite Themesong
1. Dicey Business – Hacken Lee.
2. The Brink of Law – Ron Ng and Steven Ma.
3. Heart of Greed – Susanna Kwan. (a very meaningful song, try to listen carefully, it actually symbolizes the whole plot of the drama)
4. The Drive of Life – Hacken Lee and Stephan.
5. Devil’s Disciple – Kevin Cheng and Bosco Wong.

4. 我的至爱男主角 Favorite Leading Actor
1. Bobby Au Yeung – Dicey Business (good acting skill)
2. Joe Ma – Maiden’s Vow
3. Bosco Wong – The Price of Greed
4. Roger Kwok – Glittering Days
5. Ha Yu – Heart of Greed (potential winner, good emotion during acting)
6. Moses Chan – Heart of Greed (he won same title (Best Main Actor and Most Favourite Actor) in TVB 40th anniversary awards)
7. Michael Tao – On the First Beat
8. Ron Ng – On the First Beat
9. Damien Lau – The Drive of Life
10. Raymond Lam – The Drive of Life (very popular and favourited)

5. 我的至爱女主角 Favorite Leading Actress
1. Myolie Wu – To Grow with Love (she sacrificed a lot for this drama, acting is good too)
2. Esther Kwan – Best Selling Secrets
3. Jessica Hsuan – Dicey Business
4. Gigi Lai – Life Art
5. Sheren Tang – The Family Link
6. Lee Si Kei – Heart of Greed (perfect acting skill, she won the same title (Best Main Actress) in TVB 40th anniversary awards)
7. Susanna Kwan – Heart of Greed (“the dark horse”, she had won Most Favourite Actress in TVB 40th anniversary awards)
8. Linda Chung – Heart of Greed
9. Charmaine Sheh – The Drive of Life (very popular and favourited)
10. Sonjia Kwok – On the First Beat

6. 我的至爱红中一点绿 Favorite Scene Stealer
1. Ben Huiz (Chow Fook Wing)- Dicey Business (funny at the beginning and sad ending for him, he died)
2. Louis Yuen (Ling Boh)- Heart Of Greed (a little villainous man with a greedy heart)
3. Kingdom Yuen (Lui Sei Leung)- Best Selling Secrets
4. Lee Sing Cheung (Seung Joi Dak, Susanna’s Boyfriend in the drama) – Heart of Greed
5. Leung Sun Yin (Wong Lai Mei, Tavia’s Mother in the drama) – Heart of Greed

7. 我的至爱情侣档 Favorite On-screen Couple
1. Jessica Hsuan & Bobby Au Yeung – Dicey Business
2. Linda Chung & Raymond Lam – Heart of Greed (famous especially in Moonlight Resonance too)
3. Linda Chung & Moses Chan – Heart of Greed
4. Sonjia Kwok & Michael Tao – On the First Beat
5. Charmaine Sheh & Raymond Lam – The Drive of Life (both are favourited and paired very well in the drama)

8. 我最难忘的一幕 Most Memorable Scene /Unforgettable Moment
1. Ben Huiz Last Words  [Chow Fook Wing heavyily injured, Wing Huen Jing  (Michael Miu) changes himself.] – Dicey Business
2. Bobby Au Yeung squirts at Jessica Hsuan  [Drunkard Ching Wan (Jessica Hsuan) requests for 1996 beer from high class restaurant.]- Dicey Business
3. Steven Ma investigating the Dirty Money Case [Chi Ko (Steven Ma) shares the good news of his promotion with his father, however instead he found his father’s suicide note!]- The Brink of Law
4. Lee Si Kei vs Susanna Kwan [Dai Kai (LSK) suddenly released from hospital, the family crisis arise because of Sai Kai (Susanna Kwan) and Ling Boh (Louis Yuen)’s actions.] – Heart of Greed —–this part of the drama i will never forget, the ‘golden words’ that came from Dai Kai’s mouth that makes Sai Kai stood still.
5. Wayne Lai dream with Claire Yiu  [Keung (Wayne Lai) dreams of being by the shore dancing with Lam (Claire Yiu), describes himself as sturdy tree.]    – Steps

9. 我的至爱极品造型 Favorite Bizarre Character
1. Myolie Wu (“Fei Tin”) – To Grow with Love (this is real fat, she sacrificed her beauty and eat,eat,eat to gain weight so that she can performed more well in the drama)
2. Tavia Yeung (“Enlarged Breast” Mimi) – Dicey Business
3. Bosco Wong (“Fold Table” Cheung Loi Fu)- Dicey Business
4. Michael Tse (“38D Pretty Girl” Joe)- The Family Link
5. Roger Kwok (“Hot” Ling Fung)- Glittering Days

10. 我最难忘的一吻 Most Memorable Kiss
1. Jessica Hsuan & Michael Miu – Dicey Business
2. Linda Chung & Raymond Lam – Heart of Greed
3. Sonjia Kwok & Michael Tao – On the First Beat
4. Charmaine Sheh & Raymond Lam – The Drive of Life (both are handsome and pretty, very popular, and their intimate kissing scene is adorable)
5. Bernice Liu & Steven Ma – Steps

11. 我的至爱大反派 Favorite Villain
1. Sammul Chan (Tsui Fung/ Yip Heung Wing) – The Price of Greed —- he acted pretty well as a very evil villain in the drama, bad that he is only included in this  category, people, dun forget him, his acting is pretty good too)
2. Michelle Yim (Sung Kam Ji)- The Brink of Law
3. Shirley Yeung (Sung Ka Yee)- The Brink of Law
4. Ng Wai Kwok (Ngai Tin Hang)- The Drive of Life
5. Susanna Kwan (Wong Sau Kam)- Heart of Greed (she is the villain in the favourited drama, with a greedy heart, she regretted at the end)

The red carpet (7.00pm) and award presentation ceremony(8.00pm) will be held on February 21 at Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands.

Everyone can vote for their favourites through SMS which costs RM0.50 per sms. The sms voting began on 17th January 2009 and will be closed on 17th February 2009.

The bolded(darken) ones are my choices with some explanation. How about yours?

Refer to the official website: www.astro.com.my/wltda on ways to vote!

The 14 artists attending the awards ceremony are: (confirmed)

(a) Tavia Yeung Yi.

(b) Ron Ng Cheuk Hei.

(c) Raymond Lam Fung.

(d) Jessica Hester Hsuan. (Shun Huen)

(e) Bosco Wong Chong Chak.

(f) Susanna Kwan Kuk Ying.

(g) Linda Chung Kah Yan.

(h) Louise Lee Sze Kei.

(i) Moses Chan Ho.

(j) Joe Ma Tak Chung.

(k) Myolie Wu Hang Yee.

(l) Benz Hui.

(m) Shirley Yeung.

(n) Loh Kun Lan. (special guest, not for awards)

The four emcees for the day are Nat Chan Pak Cheung from Hong Kong and Chui Leng, Vivien Cheuk Wai Kan, Lam Pui Ying from Malaysia.

Duno why this year the awards is being held so late..in the end of February…nvm..luckily, there is still the awards..at first, i thought this awards dissapeared already..haha..can’t wait for the day to come and check whether the results are same with what you have voted…

 

 

Architecture and Design of Shanghai World Financial Center

all the slides below show introduction, history, construction, information, design, architecture, structural strengths and beautiful pictures of Shanghai World Financial Center..go and check it out..quite useful when u needed the info on the building for architectural project..

is my content useful for you? feel free to comment! anything more you wanna ask more aobut the building, you may ask me too..i will be glad to reply…

pictures are taken from the websites..not by my own..but the detail created is all of my own..copyrights reserved…

Top Eight Best New Year 2009 Countdown Fireworks

this is my first post in year 2009 after all…haha..yesterday all the countdown went smoothly, all the fireworks went successfully….

i have seen almost all the fireworks around the world for 2009 new year countdown celebration, overall, all are pretty awesome! after i have seen all the videos from youtube, here is my rankings:

1.uum..the champion goes to Singapore, the Marina Bay fireworks…beautiful, especially on this island of Singapore..a beautiful city with great skyline..beautiful synchronisation too..with the background music and the styles of fireworks..thumbs up for this great show too! the most exciting and heart-beating part is the finale of the fireworks…cover the whole sky with excitement from the inspired crowd! i can absolutely feel the spirit of new year through Singapore fireworks shown in the video below!

2. Sydney, Australia – the place is so beautiful with Sydney Opera House, the city, Victoria Harbour and the Victoria Harobur Bridge..even without the awesome fireworks, the place really fantastic! The styles and synchronisation of fireworks here are great! This  fireworks show made me inspired! When i am watching the video below, i was like, OMG!

see the picture is already great, right..now see the video!

3nd: London, England – the place is totally beautiful with its historical Big Ben and the modern looking London Eye..the fireworks enhance the view there ..pretty amazing show! with synchronisation on the London Eye designed by fireworks experts..the styles are awesome too!

4rd: Hong Kong, China – Hong Kong skyline is the best in the world, all the buidings especially the tall ones are beautifully decorated with lights, the night was added with colourful fireworks..what more you can say while enjoying the fireworks and the background scene of the city! Eventhough with less styles and types of fireworks, but the synchronisation here is great!

5th: uum..should goes to Space Needle at Seattle, USA…the styles of fireworks based on the tower is marvelous..quite a long period of time…a lot of colours are portrayed in the fireworks display here too…i love it when fireworks explode out from the top of the tower..some move straight towards the sky, some move around the tower.

6th: Should goes to Taipei 101, the current world tallest building in the world, there is a six hours long countdown concert held besides the tower that attracted over 700 000 people, the fireworks here are meaningful (gold colour symbolizes prosperity, red symbolises chinese auspicious colour, green symbolizes earth and nature), synchronisation is not bad too! only 388 seconds long.

7th:  should goes to Auckland, New Zealand where the fireworks explode from the SkyTower, similar to the Space Needle, but this one only on the upper part of the tower, the scale is not as good as Space Needle, so put it in this ranking..quite creative as fireworks of different styles explode out of the tower.

8th: uum..should goes to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia …mainly on Kuala lumpur City Centre(KLCC) where the Petronas Twin Towers (current world tallest twin buildings) stand…nice fireworks…and also in other part of the city, like on the left side, we have fireworks at Independence Square, middle of the city at Golden Triangle (fireworks at Sungei Wang Plaza) and on the right side, the KLCC. the video shown below is at KLCC only..

There are actually many other places all around the world that have great fireworks during new year 2009 celebration..like Lithuania, Edinburgh, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Berlin, Vilnius, New York, etc..i have not seen them..so, pretty hard to judge actually..but the ranking posted up here is up to my thoughts only..don’t forget, everyone had different thoughts

after u have viewed all the videos above, u might have the same thoughts with me..all are great..anywhere around the world are great! If u disagree with the list here or you wanna add more to it, feel free to comment on it..

actually there are few criterias in creating this ranking:

1 – the styles and types of fireworks.

2 – synchronisation of fireworks.

3 – addition of lights, musics, etc.

4 – background scene (skyline, harbour, building,landmark ,etc)

5 – the scale of fireworks.

6 – the length of time of fireworks.

7 – the excitement from crowd.

8 – the meanings and symbolism of fireworks (theme). (very hard to know, based on the fireworks organizers’ theme)

Anyway, Happy New Year 2009 to all again ! All the videos here, must see…these are very great videos obtained from Youtube. Especially for those who love fireworks!

Beijing National Stadium

commonly known as Bird Nest stadium or Beijing Olympic Stadium…this stadium is a real engineering marvel for us…great architecture here too…

 – located in Olympic Green, Beijing, China (on a straight axis along with the Forbidden City and Tiannanmen Square). (refer to Google Earth and check it yourself)

– Designed and built basically for the beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games and for future athletics sports or other events.

– Costs US$423 million, world largest steel construction.

– Designed by a Swiss architecture firm, Herxog and de Meuron in April 2003.

– Originated from the Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof for the appearance of bird nest.

– later the design of retractable roof is removed after considering some recognizable aspect and to reduce budget.

– Ground breaking ceremony on 24rd December 2003.

– Official opening of the stadium on 28th June 2008.

– On 14th May 2008, the grass filed of 7811 square metres was laid in 24 hours.

– Was a joint venture among architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, project architect Stefan Marbach, artist Ai Weiwei, and CADG which was lead by chief architect, Li Xinggang from China.

– The basic design principles are being porous, collective building, a public vessel and a nest scheme.

– consists of two independent structures, standing 50 feet apart; a red concrete seating bowl and the outer steel frame around it.

–  24 trussed columns encase the inner bowl, each one weighing 1000 tonnes.

– Original seats capacity designed: 100 000.

– After removal of roof and simplification of design, the seats capacity becomes 91 000 for olympic.

– After the olympic, the seats is now reduced to 80 000.

– it is the world 21st largest stadium in terms of seats capacity (91 000)

– the farthest seat is 140 metres from the center field.

– temperature and air flow of every surface were optimized to increase ventilation.

– removal of retractable roof after incident of collapse of roof at Charles de Gaulle International Airport reduced the construction budget to US290 million from US$500 million.

– the structure is now lightened, which helped it to stand up to seismic activity.

-construction: 17 000 workers.

– 110 000 tonnes of steel made in China was used.

– considered as the most important public space in Beijing.

– hosted the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games (opeing and closing ceremonies) as well as atheltics sports and football.

– famous quote by the chief architect of CADG, Li Xinggang:

” Why does a Chinese bowl or a Chinese window have this kind of pattern? Maybe the Chinese people like things to appear in this irregular way, but underneath there are very clear rules. The Bird’s Nest developed in this way”

huh..quite a lot of info regarding this stadium..i love this stadium..and i will be going to Beijing next Chinese New Year to see it myself…yeah! can’t wait for that day to come!

26th of December..christmas is over..

time passes so fast..the long awaiting christmas is over..and now we are all waiting for new year countdown celebration…

today is 26th of December in year 2008, a normal day (a Boxing Day actually)…but when we looked back to the same date in 4 years ago, year 2004, something terrifying the Earth had happened

i think everyone knew what i am trying to say…and yes…the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami,,,

the day after all the christmas celebration along the beach comes to a sudden miserable day when gigantic waves strike…everything just went into rubbles in the waves’ direction….

the tsunami took over 225,000 lives and affected fifteen countries, Indonesia(worst hit), Sri Lanka(worst hit), India(worst hit), Thailand(worst hit), Somalia, Myanmar, Maldives, Malaysia, Tanzania, Seychelles, Bangladesh, South Africa, Yemen, Kenya and even Madagascar.

it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded by a seismograph with a magnitude between 9.1 to 9.3

This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.

pictures and info taken from wikipedia…

may god still bless those who have lost their lives under this unpredictable and disastrous tragedy…take this day as a remembrance day…

recalling 2008..welcoming 2009

year 2008 is almost over..time really passes so fast..so quick..that memories still laid on those events happened over the year..let us recall back…

in this year, we have seen the greatest natural disaster after the boxing day tsunami few years ago…not only one..but two disasters on two different locations under the same continent, Asia…

all these happened in May, when on 3rd of May, we have seen the Cyclone Nargis killing over 133,000 people in Myanmar. On May 12, we have seen the 8.0 magnitude earthquake at Sichuan, China that killed over 87 000 people.

                                            The Cyclone Nargis (image from NASA)

                                                          Sichuan Earthquake

of course we have seen other natural disasters oso like Typhoon Hagupit, slight earthquake, blah..blah..blah…we do have man-made disasters too..mainly suicide-bombing, terrorist attack in Mumbai, train crash, riots, recent pirates hijacking at Somalia coast….

                                                      Terrorist attack at Mumbai, India.

in 2008, we have also seen some important political matters..presidential election of United States of America marking the first African-American president by next year, Barack Obama, political crisis at Thailand that shows resignation from three prime ministers due to violent demonstration especially at the two main international airports at Bangkok, as well as the uprising opposition parties in Malaysia showing the ruling coalition with slight majority win on 8th of March but losses of five states to the opposition…

             The 44th President-elect of USA, Barack Obama.

  Violent demonstration of anti-government protesters at Bangkok    Survanabhumi International Airport in November 2008.

Map showing states in Malaysia being lead by Barisan Nasional (government) and the opposition (PKR,DAP,PAS) after the general election on March.

we have also seen some of the good news  and events throughout the year..

The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games is successfully held from 8th to 24th of August..the grandest sporting games of the world…with the most-watched opening and closing ceremonies as well.

    This year we have also seen as well as experience the Global Financial and Economic Crisis that struck United States before spreading towards the whole world, mainly Asia too…many people losing their money, some even declared bankcrupcy, some suicide, some borrow “shark loan”…haiz…in Malaysia, we experienced increasing food and fuel prices too..eventhough government lowered the fuel price ten cent by ten cent, it is still very high!! burdening…want to eat oso need to think..expensive?affordable?haiz..

in year 2008 we have oso seen something funny..but quite serious indeed..the current President of USA, George Bush is being attacked by shoes at the recent meeting at Iran in December, luckily he was not being hit..Iran people appreciated the brave journalist who threw shoes towards the most hated person in their lives and declared the day as the Throw Shoes Day! Haha…

For me myself in this year, i have passed it quite happily…in previous Chinese New Year, i have been to Taiwan with my family and relatives together…enjoy looking at Taipei 101 (the current world tallest building)..haha..i love this building a lot..

i have been to Chiangmai and Chiangrai at Thailand during Hari Raya holiday too…u can see my holiday experience at Thailand in my previous post..

this year, studying in Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia in Foundation in Built Environment beofre proceeding to Bachelor of Architectural Science next year..

now i am already 17 years old..next year would be 18 for me…haha…old already….

huh..the most important thing is that I have started this blog in year 2008…haha..great! Loving Year 2008 with this interesting blog by me!haha..

Every thing can come in coincidently..like love in the air(the picture above)..so u r now coincidently reading my post..haha…

how do i welcome year 2009? hmm…like normal day loh…yes..countdown to 2009 is coming!!! hope i can go through 2009 happily too!!

Wish u all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too!

Hope u all will keep on reading my blog next year too!! Thanks !!!

End the year 2008 with this post! Enjoy!

latest construction update on Burj Dubai

huh..i really admire this building..i think everyone knows about this building currently under construction and almost nearing completion at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

the height of the building now is expected to be about 770m tall according to www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com .

the building is expected to reach over 800m ( around 818m) when completed…becoming not only the world tallest building, world tallest free-standing structure but as well as the tallest man-made structure on Earth (officially given when completed).

the white spire is seen began to jack off to a certain height..and the window panelling is almost completed to higher floors..just can’t wait for the building to be completed and officially opened!…that time sure got fireworks to see again…from a huge tower like this…

pictures and updates credit to Imre Solt again…stunning building..quite a simple design, but the height is incredible!

Top 10 Best Skylines of the World

end the year of 2008 with this list too..quite interesting..which cities have great skylines? which one is the greatest? come and check out the ranking based on DiSerio skylines list after all the calculation and observation…so the list here will be right.

1. Hong Kong, China – marvelous skyline on the Hong Kong island, clustered with buildings especially skyscrapers (Two International Finance Centre, Central Plaza, Bank of China Tower, The Center, Cheung Kong Center,etc), mountainous backdrop with sea in front, perfect lighting at night, dense with buildings.

2. Chicago, USA – best skyline in America, dense with buildings usually of traditional style of architecture, a lot of modern buildings rising up, skyscrapers (Sears Tower, John Hancock Center, Aon Center,etc), strategic location on the shore, shows the beginning of modern skyline.

3. New York, USA – supposingly the earliest skyline city in the world, fully dense with building with Central Park in the middle, skyscrapers (Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, Bank of America Plaza, New York Times Building, etc), marks the beginning of skyscrapers and even skyline.famous landmark: Statue of Liberty.

4. Shanghai, China – a modern looking and futuristic city, boom in economic and prosperity, large development and construction of skyscrapers, famous skyscrapers (Shanghai World Financial Center, Jin Mao Tower, Shimao International Plaza, etc), famous landmark: Oriental Pearl Tower, strategic location in the Pudong district along the river.

5. Singapore – a small island but with rapid development, quite dense with buildings, clustered along the river too, can be known as the model garden city, buildings not so tall due to air traffic restriction, famous skyscrapers (UOB Plaza, OUB Plaza, Republic Plaza – three tallest buildings with the height of 280m).

6. Tokyo, Japan – the largest city in the world, among the biggest power in Asia, leading city in technology, fully dense with buildings, famous skyscrapers (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, etc), famous landmark (Tokyo Tower), lighting of buildings at night with neon is fantastic.

7. Toronto, Canada – located at strategic location along the shore, skyscrapers (First Canadian Place, Scotia Plaza, etc), famous landmark (CN Tower), quite dense with buildings, combination of traditional and modern buildings.

8. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – not too dense city, organization of buildings is awesome, famous skyscrapers (Petronas Twin Towers, Telekom Tower, Maybank Tower, Empire Tower, etc), famous landmark (Kuala Lumpur Tower), quite rapid development, steady growth.

9. Shenzhen, China – allignment of buildings along a straight road is perfect, lighting at night is beautiful, quite dense with buildings, famous skyscrapers (Shun Hing Square, SEG Plaza, Golden Business Center, Shenzhen Development Bank Tower, etc), rapid development.

10. Seattle, USA – located on a strategic location along the shore too, skyscrapers (Columbia Center, Washington Mutual Tower, Two Union Square, etc), famous landmark (Space Needle), a modern looking city too.