We have all heard the song “It’s not about the money, money..”, but does the real world really work on this principle? Money eventually leads to eccentricity where people end up buying things for a fortune. Want to see some of the world’s expensive items? Read on!

• Magnetic Floating Bed ($1.6 million):

Sleeping is your favourite pastime? Does your bed call you every time you sit to do something? Well, how about sleeping on the world’s most expensive bed? The magnetic floating bed hovers 40cm above ground and is a excellent application of technology. It can hold upto 900kg. Classy?

• Dead Shark ($ 12 million):

So much for a dreaded sea creature? Well, to art lovers, it is a marvelous piece of aesthetic pleasure. Known as “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living”, this artwork by Damien Hirst is a giant shark dipped in a solution of formaldehyde.

• Harry Winston Ruby slippers: ($ 3 million)

They say, shoes are a girl’s utmost desire, but just imagine 3 million dollar shoes adorning your feet! Inspired by ‘The Wizard Of Oz’, this expensive footwear had real rubies, 1,350 carats of it from 4,600 pieces! The shoes had additional diamonds to add to the look. It took two whole months to finish making them. Think about it, would you be able to walk with these beauties?

• iPhone 4S Elite Gold: ($9.4 Million)

iPhones have always been head turners. In a world full of technology, a hand with an iPhone invites a lot of attention and glares. Even in the family of iPhones, this Mister is the King. Considered as the world’s most expensive phone, this is decorated with 500 individual diamonds, totaling over 100 carats. The back plate is 24 carat gold and the Apple logo is made of 24-carat gold and 53 diamonds. The home navigation button yields a single very rare and flawless natural pink diamond.  The diamond is said to be between 7.4-8.6 carats. Love getting calls? Try buying this!

• Lamborghini Veneno: ($4.5 Million)

In a planet of astonishing cars, Lamborghini Veneno stands out like no one else. Designed to celebrate Lamborgini’s 50 year anniversary, this amazing vehicle was made to deliver 750 horsepower output, allowing brave-hearts to cover from 0 to 60 within 2.8 seconds. This edition is one of the most exotic ones, with only 4 cars manufactured in the world at present. Real life ‘Fast and Furious’ eh?

• Feather of a Huia bird : ( $10,000)

This is the most valuable feather in the world which had once belonged to a Huia bird, which is now extinct. The bird’s plumage was traditionally used in the Madori tribes, mainly as a headdress of their chiefs. At an auction the highest bid was of 10,000 dollars! Now that’s some craziness for a piece of feather!

• Crystal Piano : (3.2 million)

Music has always been gold to the ears. The crystal piano is a one-of-a-kind musical instrument, showing a combination of craftsmanship and legacy. Once played during the Beijing Olympic games, this piano was purchased at an auction for a net worth of 3.22 million! Did it sound sweet to the ears?

• Chopard 201 Carat Watch: ($25 million)

Diamonds are forever! And what if they are incorporated to make a watch? This Chopard watch features a beautiful array of coloured rare and expensive diamonds which makes it all the more appealing. The centre has a glistening white and yellow gold hardware and an internal flawless heart-shaped pink diamond that weighs 15.37 carats, a 12.79-carat heart-shaped blue diamond, and a perfect heart-shaped D-color diamond weighing 11.36 carats. Each of them are set in the form of a bracelet that also contains clusters of additional D-diamonds! Can these stones make time freeze?

• Antilia: ($ 1 billion)

And when it comes to Indians, they prefer making it big! This earthquake resistant huge building, owned by the business tycoon, Mukesh Ambani stands with its head high in South Mumbai. Named after the mythic island ‘Antilia’, this building is considered as the world’s most expensive residential property. It is clearly visible in the Mumbai skyline. The 600-roomed mammoth requires a lot of workers to be looked after!

• Diamond massage: ($100,000)

Cars, phones, beds, houses and shoes can give you happiness, but the ultimate pleasure? Comes from massage itself! The diamond massage is one of the most expensive massages. This uses real loose diamonds, which tend to use energy to provide an out-of- the-world soothing feeling. A total of 1.5 carat diamonds are utilized to create the most luxurious massage the world has seen. If you can afford, this shimmering relaxation can be the ultimate heaven!

So guys, which one is your ultimate goal?

A friend is a combination of various relation like mother, brother, sister, boyfriend, girlfriend etc. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walk out. Today we don’t make friends according to our needs and we don’t need a special day to celebrate our bond with our friend. For us every day is a friendship day. I want to tribute this article to all those friends whose lives are revolving around their friends only. This article will definitely give them a pat on their back. This article is also a tribute to my best friend.

Now days we have bunch of friends who are categorized in different lists like school friends, Facebook friends, college friends, Instagram friends etc. But out of them we have only one or two friends who are like our dear diary who knows all our likes and dislikes, our secrets, our secret crush etc. In today’s world friendship with opposite gender is most common because of various social sites. Now let’s get to the point today we will talk about benefit of having male best friend for a girl.

• 24*7 BODY GUARD – When you have a male best friend you are protected from the stalkers. If your best friend is having a muscular body then he acts like a cut throat for the others as no one wants to be get beaten up.
• MULTIPLE ROLES – Guy best friends can make themselves versatile to be filling in any role you want them to be, like a long-lost brother, a boyfriend you never had and so on. They treat their best friend as if they are the only one who cares for them. Sometimes their scolding is worse than parents. But it’s their endless love for you.

• LESS DRAMATIC– It’s a fact that Girls are more dramatic than boys in every aspects of life. Hanging out with guys can indeed make your lives easy queasy like you don’t have to deal with emotional fools all the time and also provide an escape from the world of over-exaggeration.
• LIFE LONG SINGLE– Since having a guy best friend means that you already have a guy taking care of you and you can deal with it even without commitments; this cuts off the need to make a new boyfriend anyway. If you are having a guy best friend then it’s a STOP symbol for rest of the boys as rest of the world considers you both as a couple.
• ENCYCLOPEDIA- If you are having a guy best friend then you are always updated about all types of nerdy topics like details about the latest cars, sports or even porn. If your guy is fitness freak then you will be aware about all types of protein shakes, supplement, diet and even exercise.                        
• SHOPPING PARTNERS– Shopping with a guy is the best experience as they don’t spend a lot of time in choosing and changing. Men feel no need to be jealous, inquisitive or insecure about people around them. Hence they only pay you the best of sincere compliments thereby cutting off the edge to question if they are lies or not.
• PROBLEM SOLVER- With a guy best friend around you can always take a chill pill and relax because be it any tiff they might always offer you the best of solutions thereby make it easy on you. A guy best friend can bring a smile on your face even during the toughest of your times thereby having one around can be the best thing to happen to you.

I think these are well testified reasons enough for you to hunt a guy best friend ASAP!!

1.Shimazu Yoshihisa

Even though he became the 16^th leader of his dynasty, he was considered as the most successful leader of all time. His personal life went through many up and downs like he has changed his name almost about 5 times and marrying his own aunt then one of his relative after her death. But as a leader he was unmatchable. He with his brothers made a plan and started working to unify Kyushu .Starting in 1572, he won against ito clan in the battle of kizaki. After then he was unstoppable. He was awarded with victories after victories. In 1578, he defeated Otomo clan at the battle of Mimigawa , in 1583, against Ryuzoji clan  and in 1584 against Aso clan. By the middle of 1580s, most of the parts of Kyushu were controlled by Shimazu clan, brother of Yoshihisa. He once was called by Tokugawa Ieyasu at Fushimi castle and he was asked how he was successful to unify Kyushu, but he answered it was all his brother’s effort. After he left the castle , Tokugawa told his retainers that, ‘this is how great a leader should be’. After some years of his achievement , he surrendered to Hideyoshito become a Budhhist Monk.

2.Masamune Date

Masamune Date was the 7^th head of the date clan. Even though his childhood was traumatizing like loosing his one eye due to some infamous reasons, he rose to prominence as the most dominating power in Oshu. He was reputed as one of the wisest figures of the time era, biting back his ambitions to stay as one of the wealthiest independent rulers of his time. He was famously named as ‘ONE/SINGLE EYED DRAGON’. Known for his lack of mercy and violence, he was one of the feared warrior his time. Once when his father was kidnapped by his enemies, Masamune retaliated with slaughtering all them, killing his own father during his mission. You can imagine the evilness.

3.Kenshin Uesugi

At the age of 14, kenshin was contacted by Usami Sadamitsu and a number of acquitances  of his late father. They urged the young kenshin to go to Echigo and contest his elder brother. At first he was reluctant then finally when agreed , he won. This was the 1^st achievement of the samurai warrior kenshin uesugi. In the winter of 1577-1578, kenshin arranged to put forth a grand army to continue his assaults into Nobunaga’s land. He was reported to be in horrid health during this time. He died 4 days after that.

4.Hattori Hanzo

Hattori Hanzo was a famous samurai and ninja of Sengoku era. Hanzo was known as an expert tactician and a master of spear fighting. Historical sources say that Hanzo was called in to act as the official second to end Nobuyasu’s suffering but he refused to take the sword with the blood of his own lord. Tales of his exploits often attributed various supernatural abilities, such as disappearing and appearing elsewhere and these attributions contribute to his continued prominence in popular culture. He died at the age of 55.

5.Takeda Shingen

Shingen’s first act was to gain a hold of the area around him. His goal was to conquer Shinano province. Upon securing Takeda control over suruga, northern shinano, and western Kozuke, Shingen moved to challenge the Oda-Tokugawa alliance, leading a formidable force over 30,000 into the latter’s territories in Totomi, Mikawa and Mino in 1572. Shingen was sometime referred as ‘The tiger of Kai’ for his martial arts on the battle field.  The exact circumstances surrounding Takeda Shingen’s death is still unknown.

6.Honda Tadakatsu

Tadakastu was often referred as ‘The warrior who surpassed seath itself’ because he never once suffered a significant wound, despite being the veteran of over 100 battles by the end of his life, and because he was never defeated by another samurai. Tadakatsu  is generally regarded as one of Tokugawa Ieyasu’s finest general and he fought in almost all of his master’s major battle. He was allegedly praised by Oda Nobunaga as ‘a true samurai, both inside out’ and be Toyotomi Hideyeshi as ‘the hero unsurpassed in all of history’.

7.miyamoto musashi

The name ‘Musashi’ was taken from the name of a warrior monk named ‘Musashibo Benkei’. He was an expert Japanese swordsman and ronin. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through his stories of his excellent and unique double bladed swordmanship and undefeated record in his 60 duels.he was the founder of the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu or Niten-ryu style of swordsmanship and in his final years authored the The Book Of Five Rings, book on strategy,tactics and philosophy that is still studied today.

8.Toyotomi  Hideyoshi

After the assassination at Honno-ji of Oda Nobunaga and his son at the hand of Akechi Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi, seeking vengeance for the death of his beloved lord, made peace with Mori clan and defeated Akechi at a battle of Yamazaki. This was how Hideyoshi came to power. Toyotomi Hideyoshi  was a  preeminent daimyo, warrior, general, samurai, and politician  of the sengoku period who was regarded as japan’s second ‘great unifier’. He is noted for a number of cultural legacies, including the restrictions that only members of the samurai class could bear arms. He financed the construction, restoration and rebuilding of many temples standing today in Tokyo.

9.Tokugawa Ieyasu

When he was 16 yrs old, he was allowed to return to his native Mikawa. When he returned, the Imagawa ordered him to fight the Oda clan in a series of battles. Tokugawa fought his first battle at the Siege of Terabe and later succeeded in delivering supplies to a border fort through a bold night attack. He was more agile with his brain than his sword. The Tokugawa shogunate ushered a new era of peace in japan and rulled till 1863.

10.Oda Nobunaga

He was a powerful samurai warlord of Japan in the late 16^th century who initiated the unification of Japan near the end of the Warring states period. Oda Nobunaga is remembered in Japan as one of the most brutal figures of the Warring States period and was recognized as one of Japan’s greatest rulers. In 1560, he killed Yoshimoto Imagawa who attempted to take over Kyoto and set the foundation of the unification of Japan. At the end, Nobunaga committed suicide, a more honorable way to die

‘Bilingualism’- does this term sounds familiar? If you have foreign dreams or have a secret desire to date a foreign chick, then this term is like a goddess for you. Even though learning a new language is not so easy, but being fluent in a second language offers numerous benefits and opportunities. It has lots of practical, intellectual and aspirational benefits. In today’s world being bilingual certainly has its own advantages. So why don’t you take a look at the benefits of being an expert in foreign languages!

1. Jobs At Your Doorstep

 Who won’t like to stay ahead of their peers in this competitive world? With the emerging business dominance nature of society, being bilingual would give a competitive edge when searching for jobs. Multinational companies who set up their units in different parts of the world are constantly in search of bilingual staff as they are beneficial to the company. Being bilingual can be useful as it can easily reduce the cultural gap between the two countries.

2. Nerdy Brains!!

Well this might be shocking to many but medical reports suggest that learning different languages has positive effect on brain. It significantly delays the onset of many brain related diseases such as Alzheimer and Dementia, compared to those who are fluent only in their mother tongue.

3. Sell Your Business Anywhere

Well want to set up a business in a foreign country? Then bilingualism is your thing. One needs to review the market and understand the needs of the customer before setting up a business and market review can be done in an efficient manner only by gelling up with them. So learning a foreign language has become more than just a necessity.

4. Dig Into Their Culture!

The world is a cauldron of rich and interesting cultures. Learning a new language also gives you a chance to see fascinating things from a new perspective. Different culture has its own music, style, history, literature and many more things which can only be explored if you have the magic spell- ‘their language’. A whole new dynasty would be there in front of your eyes.

5. Lets Switch To The ‘Scope’ Part

The scope of learning a foreign language is huge like hell. There are different fields like entertainment, tourism, public relation, international organizations and publishing houses which needs bilinguals. The future of learning a foreign language is at present at an all time high with newer avenues opening up each day. You have other options like teacher, freelancer, interpreter or a translator. Academic qualification and proficiency in a foreign language can open the gates for career in sectors such as tourism, embassies, diplomatic service and in multinational companies who are in constant search of candidates possessing excellent skills in foreign languages. There is also the scope of becoming an online content writer, technical translator or decoder. There are organizations like the United Nations Organization (UNO), Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and Indian organizations like Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) who are in constant need of professionals who specialize in foreign language.

Languages are the essence of communication and it is the need of the moment to be able to break the language barrier and be able to facilitate a smooth conversation in order to let proper business connections flow. Sometimes talent alone can’t enhance your personality if you are not able to communicate well and trust me bilingualism is a saviour. So grab the gears and get ready to save this planet with your bilingual powers!!!