Your Japanese word of the week is...

"okashii" おかしい which means "strange". A word of warning though...... it's also often translated as "funny" in dictionaries but this is no means "haha" funny....... more like "weird" funny...... so calling yourself "okashii" does not equate to you saying you have a great sense of humour...... people will laugh though heh.....

Alas, this week has been a bit slow since it's been exam week all week at school. I was making exams all last week and invigilating them this week. I must say, it's much easier than writing exams heh......

But I did find this.....

Indian boys marries dog to ward off tiger attacks.

Yeah........ even though it's illegal in India, many rural villages still do things like these because of illiteracy.......

Why you ask?? The report says it's because the two year old grew a tooth in his upper gum.... and that's bad........ the boy's even allowed to be a polygamist and marry a human bride without divorcing his wife-dog...... joy!

Anyways, I apologize for the rash of news reports lately..... this weekend is the Shiramizu tournament so I'll definitely have something to write then......

Til then.....

*Edit*- No wait!! I found something.....

When people think of hemp, they immediately think of cannabis......

But in reality (and you may know this), there are actually two types of useful cannabis, one of which is used to make the drug and the other to be made into hemp products.

And it turns out that properly woven and processed hemp fibres have material properties similar to that of plastic composites such as CFRP (carbon fibre reinforced plastic) including its high strength and low weight.

So Lotus has turned out this Eco Elise with lots of sustainable, environmentally friendly features.

For instance, the hood, roof panel, and rear spoiler are made out of that hemp composite, with an unpainted "brown" stripe showing off the hemp weave. They even made the seat frames with them, covered in a biodegradable wool.

Other features include a water-based paint and solar panels on the roof.

Best of all, these things actually drop the weight of the car by about 70lbs so the performance and fuel economy are better.

Sadly, it's not for sale...... but who knows, maybe in a few years time...

Other examples include the Corvette Z06 which uses a balsa wood floor on the passenger side of the car. Although that was done purely as a weight saving feature.