Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Happy 53rd Kemerdekaan, Malaysia & Happy 1Malaysia!!!

We're enjoying the fruits of our fore-fathers' labour. I never forget what Pn. Lim said "Pokok yang teduh itu merupakan titik peluh orang yang menanamnya lama dahulu, kamu mesti menghargainya." Let our spirit fill with the colours of Jalur Gemilang. National TV should feature more of the Independence Day celebration but there is not even a single channel showing live telecast of any celebration even I try looking for it. Come on RTM! It is kinda quiet last year & this year. No deployment of fighter jets or helicopters with flags. Come on! Light up the spirit of Merdeka~lah.

Step Up To IT

Extraordinary Musician

Liu Wei is a talented pianist except he plays with his feet. Liu Wei says "Things that normal people uses arms to do, I'll use my feet. Things that I resolute to do, I'll be determined to do it till I succeed."

To me, he is an exceptional person. He just performed in China's Got Talent in August. The adjudicator asked him how he could do it, he replied by saying that he has 2 paths: either die or live colourfully. No one stipulates that piano has to be played by hands.

Here is the link in Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7CeoUZbW3Y&feature=related

Under The Weather

I'm under the weather. Upper respiratory tract infection (nasal cavity inflammation). Yesterday, I had chill & shivered to my bones. Muscle ached & giddy. Today, after medication, I'm getting much better. Just as I thought I have escaped teachers' constant nagging for homework for a day, my head still constantly telling myself that STPM is just ahead.

Donate Blood Save Life

Every volunteer was a little excited & nervous at the same time. Most of them had butterfly in their stomach donating their blood for the first time but it was indeed fun & meaningful. First stop, the medical technicians did some qualitative test to screen those who have decided to donate their blood. Thank God I'm well & healthy. Glad to be a universal donor for red cell transfusion (O). So far, only Chei Tai is a universal donor for plasma transfusion, he's an universal recipient (AB).

Just in 15min, 1 pint (450ml) of blood is filled into the plastic bag. This was indeed an interesting experience. I also got a record book & there are 112 columns. I wonder can a person donate so many times before he/she reaches 60 years old?

Life Wisdom

"If we're unwilling to change, we'll never move forward." That's what I believe.
I'm pretty sure there'll be tough time ahead. Waves that we need to huddle through even when it push us to the ground, harsh weather we have to survive even when it freeze us to our bone, burden we must prevail even when it surmount us more than we could take. With His light, I'll make it, we'll make it.

ISS Cooling System Breakdown

The International Space Station's cooling system has broke down forcing NASA to arrange an urgent repair. 2 flight engineers were unable to remove the malfunctioning ammonia pump in their first EVA but they succeeded removing the pump by a little hammering & disconnecting the circuit wires in their second EVA after 7 hours & 26 min (It's quite long to fix an air-conditioning unit. Well, it's probably one of the toughest job to do. Imagine, it's already difficult to hold a pen & write in the space suit, what more fix a coolant pump while constantly checking everything including yourself is not leaving the space station. It's a challenging job.) Third spacewalk is scheduled on 16th August to replace the faulty pump.

Astronaut Doug Wheelock and Tracy Caldwell Dyson

Last F6 Chem Experiment & Presentation

My last Chemistry experiment for F6.

*Interesting experiment, cooperative team, colourful results, last experiment.

*Note: Concentrated sulphuric acid is used. Explosions, melting, flaming and release of colourful gas cloud are normal part of our experiment as long as the Chemistry lab is still intact (Just kidding, people).

Chemistry Presentation: Environmental Pollution & Solutions.

Mun Hong did pretty well.

United We Learn

An old Chinese man solemnly paddles the bicycle with newspaper unsteadily.

Before sky-scrappers challenge each other to touch the clouds, "kopitiam" was a morning hang-out. We learn.

Before cars run on the road, bullet trains zoom on the tracks, planes soar across the sky above. We learn.

During Japanese's Occupation, houses destroyed, people suffered, livelihood perished, peace annihilated, blood sank deep underground, dug with the bare hands were potatoes to satisfy the never-filled stomach. We learn.

Pearl Harbour attacked, A-bombs dropped in Hiroshima, British colony reinstated Malayan. Just as hope seemed to fade away, Tunku Abdul Rahman & his fellow supporters stood up. We learn.

Our country earned our independence. He witnessed a new generation rose up & standing on their own feet for the first time together with Tun Hussein Onn to fix the racial issues that plagued the country. We learn.

2 giant monuments forming the Petronas Twin Tower in 5 year to the SMART tunnel running under a metropolitan. From steam car to diesel to petrol to LPG to solar & hybrid; from monorail to A330. We learn.

From paper & pen to telegraph to land-lines phones to handphones to Iphone; from analog to digital, we learn.

From Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra to Tun Abdul Razak to Tun Hussein Onn to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad to Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to Dato' Seri Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak; from bapa kemerdakaan to bapa pembangunan to bapa perpaduan to bapa permodenan to bapa pembangunan modal insan to bapa transformasi. We learn.

Everyone needs education. Everyone needs health care. We can make it when we unite. We learn.

I highly recommend a 1 Malaysia inspired movie entitled: 1 Malaysia: Reunion. Watch it in Youtube. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmqbik1xBpk