First class passengers to fly in peace as Malaysia Airlines bans children from flights.

It's a familiar problem for any traveller.
After the rush to leave the house, the last-minute passport hunt and the rigors of airport check-in, you settle down to relax on your long-haul flight.
Then a disgruntled baby decides now is a good time to exercise his vocal cords.

Babies will no longer be allowed to travel in the first-class cabins of Malaysia Airlines flights

But now wealthy passengers on some Malaysia Airlines flights will have the chance to fly in serene calm after bosses banned babies from first-class cabins.
The airline, which operates out of Kuala Lumpur, has already imposed its controversial 'baby ban' on the first-class cabins of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets.

And now it has announced it will not be installing bassinets in the luxury areas of its new Airbus A380 super jumbos, which will gradually supersede the Boeings on some of its busiest routes.
Malaysia Airlines CEO and managing director Tengku Azmil said he imposed the ban after the company received complaints from well-to-do passengers whose sleep had been disturbed by screaming tots.
Travellers with babies will instead have to book seats in economy or business class cabins, which are equipped with bassinets.

A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A380-800 super jumbo aircraft, which will have infant-free first class cabins

In a remarks published on Twitter, Malaysia Airlines CEO and Managing Director Tengku Azmil said the ban was imposed due to 'many complaints from 1st class pax dat dey spend money on 1st class & can't sleep due to crying infants.
The ban, which will affect flights from Kuala Kumpur to London, Amsterdam and Sydney, is thought to be the first such imposed by an airline.
In February, airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic also said they were considering creating children-free flights, but no announcement has since been made.

This come hot on the wheels of a disabled boy barred from easyJet flight because his wheelchair was too heavy. What a joke!

Form six student jumps to his death.

A Form Six student of SMK Yu Hua here fell to his death from the fourth floor of one of the school's buildings Tuesday morning, moments after attending a counselling session.

SMK Yu Hua, Kajang

Nge Hao Zheng, 18, who was found in a pool of blood on the ground floor, died on the spot from multiple injuries at about 9.20am.


Security guard Shamsol Mazli Abdul Samad, 38, said he heard a loud thud and when he went to take a look, he saw the boy on the ground in a pool of blood.


It is learnt that Nge, who did not have a disciplinary record, was referred for the counselling session after he nudged a female student on Monday.


Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Rashid Abdul said Nge had gone for a counselling session between 8am and 9am at the counsellor's office on the third floor of the building.


"Initial investigations revealed that just moments after he came out of the counselling session, he went to the fourth floor of the same building before he fell," he said.


ACP Abdul Rashid said police have classified the case as sudden death, adding that Nge's body was sent to the Serdang Hospital for post mortem.


courtesy of The Star

Miru Kim - The Artistic 'Naked' Explorer.

She's shy and unassuming, but her work, taking photographs of herself naked (totally naked!), is gaining her a worldwide reputation as a provocative artist admired by art experts and casual viewers alike.
Miru Kim, a former medical student from New York, goes to strange places such abandoned factories, tunnels, bridges and photographs the structures with her in the picture nude.
The 30-year-old said her work has been a way of conquering her fears.

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Turkish delight: Artist Miru Kim has earned international acclaim by taking photos of herself in the nude in unusual spots such as this area of Istanbul

She said: 'My work in general involves getting over my fears that are deeply embedded since childhood: Fear of darkness, fear of dangerous activities in general, and fear of dirt - I had a considerable obsessive compulsive disorder as a child.


'It's beyond therapeutic. I do this through art, because I identify with countless other people who go through the emotions of overcoming fears.'
'I have always been timid since childhood. Most people may think I'm joking considering my work, but it's true.

Urban decay: Miru in the Revere Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, New York

'When I spoke at a technology, entertainment and design conference in 2008 I had to cross my leg and my arms because they were shaking so much.'
Miss Kim started taking her clothes off in 2004.
'Now I'm used to it, but when I first tried to be nude in front of camera in 2004 I was very nervous,' she said.

View from above: Playing with danger on the Williamsburg Bridge in New York

'I remember, in order to get used to being nude for my project's sake, I modelled for a nude portrait for a painter in Berlin, who was my studio mate at the time, and I got so nervous I couldn't stand still.


'As I got used to being naked in urban ruins, I felt these spaces transform from dangerous to peaceful, from stranger to familiar.'


Miss Kim has put herself into what some people who regardv as dangerous situations.
In the process of getting a good nude shot, she's found a dead body, run in to a schizophrenic homeless man, ran away from security guards in subway tunnels and dodged a helicopter while standing nude on the Manhattan Bridge in New York.

High above the metropolis: Miru conquers her fears by putting herself in dangerous situations

She also risked arrest by stripping in Istanbul, Turkey.
Miss Kim said: 'I was with a Turkish fashion photographer shooting at an abandoned train depot by the active train station. Angry guards came to us, but my friend was a very smooth talker and got us out of there.


'The guards apparently thought that he was shooting some kind of soft-core in public, which doesn't happen often in Muslim countries.'
'Another time I was in a poor residential area and a Turkish filmmaker friend was helping me in an abandoned house and we got seen by some residents nearby.

Among the rubble: Naked in the shadow of a mosque on the hill overlooking Sulukule area of Istanbul

'He told one nosy old lady that he was from the military police and that she shouldn't question what we are doing.'
The woman later returned and shouted: 'What are you doing with a naked woman if you're from the military police? We're calling the police.'
Miss Kim packed up her stuff and ran.
She did a project entitled 'The Pig Therefore I Am' which involved crawling around in a pig pen.
Miss Kim said: 'I got many bruises from bites. They were being very curious and gentle with me overall, probably because they didn't understand why I was naked with them.

Exotic beauty: Miru admires the beautiful nightscape in Istanbul

Miss Kim's work has been acclaimed by serious art critics, but casual viewers may look at it in a different way.


That, however, doesn't bother Miss Kim. 'People have different interpretations of my work, and I like that flexibility and openness,' she said.


'The figures in the photos work as a direct sensory link between the space in the photograph and the audience, because everyone can relate to skin on a very basic human level, the sense of touch.'

The Magician Who Can Walk on Water @ London River Thames !

Most magicians are capable of unbelievable feats, after all it's their stock in trade, but how many have unbelievable feet?
Dynamo, whose real name is Steve Frayne, has showed some rather nifty feet as he walked on water for his latest jaw-dropping stunt...

The feat that stunned onlookers

The Bradford-born illusionist, 28, made it half way across the stretch of the river in front of the Houses of Parliament in London before he was picked up by a River Police boat.

Magician Dynamo poses while standing in the middle of the River Thames

Stunned onlookers watched from Westminster Bridge as the magician recorded the stunt for his new TV show Dynamo: Magician Impossible.

Frayne stands still in the middle of the fast-moving River Thames

Among those who will testify to his skills are the likes of Jay-Z, Coldplay, Will Smith, Busta Rhymes and Paris Hilton.

His previous tricks have included making Little Britain star Matt Lucas levitate before a live audience at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium, and turning signed lottery tickets into cash in front of Robbie Williams and Davina McCall as part of BBC's Sport Relief live programme, ( as you can see on the video below).

Various celebrities have taken part in his new series including heavyweight boxing champion David Haye, Manchester rocker Ian Brown and pop star Natalie Imbruglia.
In episode one, he performs his trademark levitation trick and physically moves a girl's tan line on the glamorous Miami Beach.

Dynamo

The magician's spectacular tricks in the coming series include him transporting a mobile phone into a glass beer bottle, turning snow into diamonds in the Austrian mountains and bringing a flutter of butterflies to life in Hollywood's famous Chateau Marmont.

Frayne's current roster of A-list celebrity admirers is a long way from his upbringing on the deprived Delph Hill Estate in Bradford, where he learned magic from his grandfather. That background provided the title for a Channel 4 programme entitled 'Dynamo's Estate Of Mind'.
Today he combines elements of dance and hip hop culture into his magic routines and his skills have seen him invited to appear on TV shows such as Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood.

He has so far released two Dvds; Underground Magic and Concrete Playground.

Akiane Kramarik - Spiritual Young Artist

Akiane Kramarik is a young prodigy from Sandpoint, Idaho, who has been drawing and painting lifelike artwork since she was 4. Born July 9, 1994 in Mount Morris, Illinois, she was the third of four children born to a Lithuanian mother and an American father. She also has Jewish, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Russian, Bohemian, Chinese, French, Danish and German heritage. Akiane (pronounced ah–KEE–ah–nah) says she first met God when she was 3.

Akiane Kramanik

Inspired by dream and visions of faces, Akiane would sit for hours drawing with black lead pencils or charcoal, erasing and shading their features. The walls of her home were filled with sketches of angels, family, her friends, and faces that she dreamed about. When she was six years old, she began using color pastels, and moved to acrylics when she was seven, being frustrated with oil pastels not being able to render details. She intuitively figured out how to mix and blend them. Now her favorite media are acrylics for full figures, and oil paints for large portraits.

Akiane's first poem was so deep and thought-provoking that the parents weren't sure how to handle another phenomenon. Akiane had always had quite a challenging time with the three languages spoken at home, Lithuanian, Russian or English, and didn't enjoy reading as much as the others, yet she now began to write or dictate poetry that needed no editing. Up until that time Akiane had only read nursery rhymes, so the source for the stunning imagery and wisdom of her poetry was a mystery. They could only wonder at her intricate connection to God's mind.

"It wasn't just art that was happening. Simultaneous with art was a spiritual awakening," says Akiane's mother, Forelli Kramarik. "It all began to happen when she started to share her dreams and visions."Prior to that time, Forelli had been raised as an unbeliever, in an atheistic family from Lithuania."And my husband was a former Catholic and did not share in the family beliefs. We didn't pray together, there was no discussion about God, and we didn't go to church. Then all of a sudden, Akiane was starting to talk about God."

Forelli's young daughter was homeschooled, she had no babysitters, and the family watched no television."We were with the kids all the time, and so these words from Akiane about God didn't come from the outside - we knew that. But there suddenly were intense conversations about God's love, His place [in our lives], and she would describe everything in detail."

The Prince of Peace - painted at age of 8

"I wake up after I have had many dreams. I wake up and I pray, and then I see visions and I explain all those to my mom, and I say, 'This is what I want to paint.' And my mom says, 'I'll give you a canvass so you can paint it.'"From her dreams Akiane began to compose what she calls the "Jesus" paintings, which took her more than 75 hours to complete. She has so far painted two oils of Jesus. She calls the first one "The Prince of Peace," and the second is titled "Forgive Them, Father."

Forgive Them, Father

"I always think about Jesus and talk about Him," she says. "I was looking for a [Jesus] model for a long, long time, and when I couldn't find anyone, one day I suggested to my family to pray all day for this model so God would send the right one." The day that they prayed, a very tall carpenter—yes, a carpenter—came to their door looking for work. When he showed up, Akiane nearly fainted. "I told my mother that that was him. I want him to be my model," she recalls.

The carpenter agreed to it at first, but he called a week later to back out.

Read also: The Difference between Hoping and Knowing

"He said that he wasn't worthy to represent his Master," Akiane says. "He's a Christian, and he's a humble person. But I prayed that God would change his mind and that he would call back." And the mysterious carpenter, who wished to remain anonymous, did call Akiane back, saying that God wanted him to pose for the painting, although he felt it was unusual.

Akiane took pictures, studied his face, made sketches, used her imagination and photo references, and the result was the "Prince of Peace."

Akiane's day is a little different from other children her age who are homeschooled. When she wakes each morning she has a drink of water, exercises, prays, and then she paints.

"And after I paint, I write poetry," Akiane adds. "And I write Russian, and then I write and read Lithuanian, after which I read the Bible."

Some of her masterpiece

When asked how she knows that it's God who is speaking to her, she replies, "Because I can hear His voice. His voice is quiet and beautiful." Although she was 3 at the time, she'll always remember God's first message to her. "He said, 'You have to do this, and I'll help you.' He said, 'Now you can help people.' I said, 'Yes, I will.' But I said it in different words in my mind. I speak through my mind to Him."

The Quantum World

Akiane also has another dream that she believes God has given her - only this one is one that she dreams during her waking hours."I really want to help needy people in Africa and other places," she says. "Especially the Lithuanian people- the 'garbage children' is what they are called. They live in the garbage, and 2 and 3 years old are being killed for the first place in the food line," she says. "Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world. They need help with food and medicine, and a free hospital. I really want to build a free hospital for them."

"We don't have an answer as to why this is happening. We don't have a clue," Forelli Kramarik says about her daughter's unfolding ministry. "We're just thankful to God."

But Akiane does seem to have an answer. When her mother asks her why she thinks she received her gift, the 10–year–old replies: "I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others."

p/s: Have you notice the Jesus portrait that Akiane painted is different from those that we normally saw? Colton Burpo, the kid that detailed his trip to heaven and back in 'Heaven Is For Real' , tried to identify an accurate picture of Jesus but somehow always say is not same as the Jesus that he saw. But when Colton saw the 'Prince of Peace' painting...he just says  “Dad, that one’s right.”

Jesus by Akiane Kramarik, age 8,
Colton Burpo sat on His lap.

Recommended reading: 
http://jitlim7.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-difference-between-hoping-and.html

'Halal Beer' Today... What's Tomorrow; 'Halal Pork'?

The National Fatwa Council is to decide on whether a beer branded as halal being sold in the country is permissible. But the supplier of a brand associated with the 'halal beer', Barbican, have never marketed as 'halal beer' because Barbican is a malt beverage. So, what's all the fuss about 'halal beer' now. It is just a malt beverage!

Barbican - the 'halal beer'

Principal assistant director of the dakwah division of the Islamic Development Department (Jakim), Mat Ali Sarbini, said the beer "is regarded as illicit until and unless the council rules otherwise."

He said samples of the beer were being analysed at a university laboratory.

Another range of 'halal beer'

There was no decision yet because the contents of the beer were still being investigated by the laboratory which had a long queue to attend to, Mat Ali told reporters. The supplier claimed that Barbican had halal certification from the Islamic Food Research Centre Malaysia and Asia Region (IFRC) and had been checked by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department.

The "halal beer" issue arose after a newspaper reported on May 28 that the bottled drink was increasingly popular among Muslims in Johor.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom was reported the following day as saying that Muslims must not consume the drink because it contained 0.5 per cent alcohol while the National Fatwa Council allowed only 0.01 per cent.

Barbican comes in different flavor

The "halal beer" is imported from Dubai  and sold here for RM3 to RM5 a bottle.

Even a 'champagne' is on showcase in International Halal Expo

After I wrote all these...I started to miss my Leffe Blonde!

iPhone 'Lite' with iPhone 5 in Sept?

Gadget lovers, rejoice..

From what I read from The Straits Time, industry sources say Apple is looking to release a 'Lite' version of the iPhone 4 together with the iPhone 5 in September 2011.

The hugely successful iPhone 4

The iPhone 'Lite', whose name is yet to be confirmed, will feature components that are native to the iPhone 4, except smaller and cheaper.

The target markets of the so-called iPhone 'Lite' are those in developing countries, where a lower price point would prove more effective than piling on the technology.

This move is seen by at least one analyst as a change in market direction by Apple.

Charlie Wolf, with Needham & Company told Bloomberg that "Apple's strategy is changing from targeting 25 per cent of the global mobile phone market...to 100 per cent."

The iPhone 5 is speculated to be launched in September, "as iPhone 4 warranties run out" reports Beatweek Magazine.

It will run on the iOS 5 platform that was revealed at the June 6 keynote conference. Now I'm looking forward to new iPhone release!

Couple holds romantic break-up ceremony

A couple, who dated four years, have decided to part ways upon graduating from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in China.

They split in view of the fact that they will be some 1,200km apart after completing their studies....just because of long distance apart??!

Xu Minyu, an architecture student, will join the civil service in Hangzhou, while girlfriend Xiao Ying - a management student - has signed a contract with a Beijing-based company.

To commemorate their love, the couple held a break-up ceremony in their campus on Thursday night.

Surrounded by heart-shaped candles and holding a bouquet of 99 roses, Xu knelt down in front of Xiao Ying to ask for a break-up.

Those who were watching the lovebirds shouted: "Say yes, say yes."

After a two-minute silence, Xiao Ying eventually accepted Xu's flowers (still need to give flower!) and request.

She used to tell him how much she liked a romantic proposal, so he decided to make their break-up just as memorable. This is really in stark contrast to others who break up through phone and sms...LOL

Planking at railway - teen ended up charged by police!

A teenager has been charged with trespassing on the railway after a picture was posted on the internet of him apparently 'planking' on train tracks. The photo of a teenager lying across railway tracks at an unknown location appeared on a planking fan page on Facebook.

Crazy: The 14 year old tried to plank like this different planker

The 14-year-old youth has been charged with trespassing in connection with this photo posted on Facebook

The shot of the youngster with his head on one rail and his feet on the other is one of hundreds which have featured on the group's page.

Now the 14-year-old boy is set to appear at York Youth Court on July 5 in connection with the photo, according to a spokesman for the British Transport Police.

Crazy fad: Planking in Istanbul

Planking is a craze for taking photos of people lying down in unusual places and then posting them on the web. The term "planking" was coined in Australia and the practice became a fad in 2011. Planking is described as the practice of lying down flat with arms to the side, to mimic a wooden plank. It has its origins in the "lying down game".

Planking in the air!

The page has already attracted nearly 3,500 'likes' on Facebook.

Fans have posted pictures of themselves on the page planking in locations including on top of nightclub soundsystems, on cars and on bales of hay.

The youngster allegedly pictured planking on the rail tracks was arrested after police received calls from members of the public identifying him.

 The police added -  'This was very dangerous behaviour. With high speed trains and electric currents, the railway should never be treated as somewhere to play or hang about. When people are spotted on the railway trains are alerted, which causes disruption and delays.

'People who trespass on the railway are not just risking a court appearance, they are taking a gamble with their lives.

3 men planking

'The last thing our officers want is to have to tell a mother, father or another family member that their loved one has died after trespassing on the railway.
Below are more sample photo (crazy photo!) that were taken from other planking fanatics:

Planking on live alligator!

Tree planking

Planking: points are awarded for  an original location

The crocs are waiting for him beneath!

Lastly, the photo that i like the MOST of all those planking photo is:

This is the cool one!

Another earthquake hits Japan - tsunami warning issued.

      Japan issued a tsunami warning on Thursday after a magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck in the northeast of the country, rattling the areas hardest hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami disasters.  


But the meteorological agency lifted the warning about an hour after the latest jolt hit at 6:51 am (2151 GMT Wednesday) some 50 km off the east coast of Miyako, Iwate prefecture, at a depth of 20 km in the Pacific.
USGS also registered the quake at 6.7 in magnitude at a depth of 32 km.

Relatives of tsunami and earthquake victims offer silent prayers at a ceremony to mark 100 days since the deadly March 11 disaster at Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on June 18, 2011.

The Japanese agency had warned that a 50 cm tsunami could be expected in the region, but no warning was issued to Fukushima at the centre of the nation's nuclear crisis.


Public broadcaster NHK reported there were no immediate reports of damage from the quake while no sizable high waves were seen.


Local authorities issued evacuation orders to some 8,000 households in Iwate, NHK said.


Shinkansen bullet train services were temporarily suspended, while there was no new damage to the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi, south of Iwate, which has been out of operation since the March 11 disaster, NHK added.


The northeast coast of Japan's main Honshu island was ravaged by a 9.0 magnitude quake and monster tsunami on March 11 which left some 23,000 people dead or missing.

The monster tsunami  that struck on 11 March

The disasters also crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, triggering the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986 and forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to leave their homes.

Ashley Young undergoes Man Utd medical today.

Ashley Young’s move from Aston Villa to Manchester United is close to being complete after he underwent a medical today.

To be unveiled: The new Devil!

The 25-year old England winger has already agreed personal terms with the Premier League champions and is now a step closer to making the shift to Old Trafford.

Reports suggest that an official announcement could be made tomorrow (Thursday) with the transfer fee likely to be around £15million.

The former Watford man, who will earn up to £130,000 a week, will be Sir Alex Ferguson’s second signing of the summer, following young defender Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers.

Man Utd boss Ferguson recruits priest to help scandal-hit stars

Manchester United have turned to the clergy in a bid to sort out their randy players.

Club chaplain Rev John Boyers has told The Daily Star, that in the wake of the recent Ryan Giggs scandal, he has been asked to speak to star players about their ‘sexual ethics.’

It was recently suggested that Giggs has offered to have sex therapy, so we suppose a bit of spiritual guidance wouldn’t hurt either and after the amount of kiss and tell stories concerning football stars in recent years, Boyers says he is happy to point players in the right direction.

The chaplain, a Baptist minister who joined United from Watford FC in 1992 explained:

“I do some work with the academy teaching them life skills – situations in life they may encounter and how they might cope. “Things like friendship, sexual ethics, bereavement, bullying and prejudice, racism. I try to help them prepare for adult life.

“I also do general pastoral support and spiritual support work right across the club and as people have got to know me and trust me they open up and talk to me about life, issues and problems.

“We’ve had many situations in football ranging from drugs scandals to financial scandals and behavioural scandals which show there is real worth in having a chaplaincy.’’

“I guess some people heed advice more than others,’’ a source added. “Rev John is a highly regarded member of the team and does his best to help set our young players along the right path. Handling fame and all that goes with it is not easy.’’

In other news, Natasha Giggs has landed her first magazine deal and admitted that she repeatedly slept with her brother in law, because she was bored with her life.

Well as long as she had a good excuse eh?

Pigs could grow human organs in stem cell - incredible!

Japanese researchers have hit on a stem cell breakthrough that they say could essentially solve the organ shortages problem.


Human organs could be grown inside pigs for use in transplant operations 
following pioneering research.

Scientists have found that by injecting stem cells into the embryo of one species, they can create animals that have organs belonging to another species.

The researchers injected stem cells from rats into the embryos of mice that had been genetically altered so they could not produce their own organs - and so creating mice that had rat organs.

The technique could eventually allow pigs to grow human organs from patient's stem cells for use as transplants, incredible right!

Someday, pigs could have human hearts, livers, or other organs

The method would help reduce the risk of the transplanted organ being rejected .

As it's the patient's own stem cells being used, the risk of the transplanted organ being rejected is minimised. It would also provide a plentiful supply of donor organs.

The scientists have already made pigs with human blood, using human blood stem cells. “We are now rather confident in generating functional human organs using this approach,” the lead researcher said.

How the world's most lavish yachts measure up ! Keeping up the Abramovichs.

When you have a fortune of billions, having the latest sports car or the largest house is child's play. For the likes of Roman Abramovich and the Sheikhs of the UAE, the real way to demonstrate one's financial worth is to have the grandest yacht.

The Russian oligarch.

And while size most definitely matters (no self-respecting tycoon would have a vessel less than 200ft, even a Malaysian tycoon!), the mod-cons are no less impressive, with helicopter landing pads and even missile detection systems.

Eclipse -The world's largest yacht!

The largest, and most famous, is of course Mr Abramovich's $500million Eclipse, which, at 557ft, is the world's largest boat.

It requires a team of 70 to run and comes complete with the aforementioned radar equipment and twin helicopter pads, as well as bullet-proof windows and armour plating on the bridge.

It even has its own submarine, which can dive to 160ft, and, in keeping with the safety-first theme, also functions as an escape pod.

The yacht joins a fleet owned by the oligarch, which includes the 377ft Pelorus, 282ft Ecstasea and 160ft Sussurro.

Its launch in 2009 caused outrage among fellow megayacht owners, who regularly compete to own the largest boat.

UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum


Sheikh Mohammed is now said to be building an even larger vessel to rival Mr Abramovich's. 

They are by no means the only megayacht owners. The Sultan of Oman launched the Al Said in 2008, a vast 508ft vessel that can reportedly host a crew of 154, 70 guests and a 50-piece orchestra.

Al Said - the super yacht

And according to Newsweek, Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz requires a crew of 96 on his 457ft Al Salamah boat - a mere little sister to the family's other boat, the 482ft Prince Abdulaziz - while Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, spends his free time aboard the 436ft Al-Mirqab. This shows how d*** rich the Sheikh are!!!

Prince AbdulAziz yacht

Al- Salamah yacht

A-listers, of course, will be more familiar with Paul Allen's (Microsoft co-founder) Octopus, which, like the Eclipse, docks at Cannes for the annual film festival. 

Octopus

The 414ft cruiser, which requires a crew of 60 to run, may be smaller than the Eclipse, but is by no means less well-equipped, with two helicopters, seven boats, a submarine, and a remote controlled vehicle that crawls the ocean floor.

Asean Lady

The Vincent Tan owned (yes, it's Malaysian Vincent Tan!) Asean Lady is relatively small-fry in contrast with those super-yacht. 

'Unique' Asean Lady

The 289ft ASEAN LADY is also 'unique' for her shape with a design based on a Proa, - a bamboo outrigger canoe known for their stability and long range used for centuries in the South Pacific. The design solved many problems for luxury yacht such as space, noise, stability at anchor and stability while cruising.

THE WORLD'S TOP TEN BIGGEST SUPERYACHTS

1. Eclipse (557ft) - owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich
2. Dubai (531ft) - owned by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum
3. Al Said (508ft) - owned by the Sultan of Oman
4. Prince Abdulaziz (482ft) - owned by the Saudi Royal Family
5. El Horriya (478ft) - owned by the Egyptian Navy
6. Al Salamah (457ft) - owned by Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz
7. Rising Sun (452ft) - owned by American media tycoon David Geffen
8. Savarona (442ft) - owned by the Republic of Turkey
9. Serene (439ft) - owner unknown
10. Al Mirqab (436ft) - owned by Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani