i was surfing through asianbookie forums when i came across someone posting this phrase or message which i found quite interesting.

Dear Friends,

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did Russians do.......................................??

The Russians used a Pencil!!!

haha, now thats quite inspiring, many ppl tend to think too far and look high and low for answers or solutions when the best solution or answers is/are just right beside them.