Wednesday, March 29

what do i make out of this ...

its 1.21 am, and im resting in bed while typing this entry ... alot of things are going thru my mind at this point of time, which is why i decided to jst let it all out here... after all they do say tht writing is a good form of therapy in this case its typing :P
a short while ago , i received a call from N, in the recent weeks we have gotten pretty close to each other, we arent dating, we arent seeing each other , we have not even met for that matter! yet there is this feeling of comfort zone when i talk to him , expressing myself to a person of the opposite sex has never been easier! no doubt i do feel that there is some sort of chemistry however it could be one-sided and perhaps it would be best to just push those "chemistry" kind of feelings aside for now.. in the recent weeks we have talked about relationships in general of course and we both have agreed that if its meant to be then nothing and no one can stop it, however if it is not then we'd still be there for each other as friends..
N seems to be a person who is compassionate , perhaps a lil reserved, someone who enjoys spending time at home , playing with his doggies and i sorta admire these things in a man ... perhaps it because i seek these things in the man i see myself spending an eternity with, these were the same things that made me love V the way i did , but all of this is yet to be seen .... for now N is a good friend, a fantastic person with a fantastic personality who has no qualms about making me feel special, he reminds me a lil of H, at least he sounds that way .. and only H would call me up at wee hours in the morning just to say good night ...

to N i dedicate this few lines of lyrics :

Aap Joh Paas Aaye Meree
Aap Seh Joh Hui Doosti
Khaawab Jaagne Laaga
Dil Koh Legne Legaa
Duniya Mein Na Koi Aap Sa

Tuesday, March 28

its been a month...

since i began my final semester at KDU, as June approaches i realize that my journey with KDU is coming to an end, an institution i had dreamed of going to ever since i was a kid, i used to tell everyone in my family i am going to KDU to study when i grow up ... and lil did i know that KDU would show me the way to my dreams... thou i will not be flying off to Murdoch like the rest of my friends , rest assured KDU has given me everything i have ever dreamt off ... it made me a person i am today, i learnt how to be responsible ... i learnt how to be independant ... however all of this could not have happened if it werent for lecturers like Sham, Mabel and Mrs Tan ... with Rekha who never gave up hope on me ,and Ms Ong who was be the best dean any student and department could have asked for , in her i saw a vision of a mother who wanted to ensure all her children did well in thier respective majors ....

THANK YOU KDU FOR GIVING ME THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE ... TO YOU I OWE MY ENTIRE LIFE .... THANK YOU SHAM, MABEL AND MRS TAN ... IT IS BECAUSE OF YOU THAT I CAN NOW STAND TALL AND TELL MYSELF I FINISHED MY TERM WITH KDU , AND WITH YOUR BLESSINGS ILL BE ABLE TO GRADUATE SOON....THANK YOU MS REKHA FOR HAVING THAT FAITH IN ME THOU I KNOW I HAVE DISSAPOINTED YOU MANY-A-TIMES ... MS ONG YOU'LL ALWAYS BE THE BEST DEAN ANY FACULTY COULD HAVE AND I MISS YOU LOADS , I THINK WE ALL DO!

Thursday, March 16

two weeks ...

it's been about 14 days now since i've moved into pj, how am i handling all of it? truth of the matter is , whatever the situation im dealing with i cant blame anyone but myself based on reason known frm my previous post, if it weren't for me dad mom and me would never have had to endure all of what is happening , but i guess it's a lil too late to cry over spilt milk, with the hope that with time everything will fall into place.. the rules here are a lil diff as opposed to what they were at home , grandma sleeps by 11 so she wants us to be in bed by 11 ... and she's up by 7 which means like it or not ive got to be up by then unless of course mom gives me the green light to sleep in , however that doesnt really happen either because i dont feel comfortable sleeping in .... life as they say is abt adapting to changes, and i suppose this is a change that i shall have to get used to, but it'll only be for sometime.. hopefully by the end of this year, i'll move into what would be my new home , where things will never change, where dad mom and me will have our privacy and space yet be ther for each other ..now and forever

Monday, March 13

Its about time some papers get their facts right!!!!

While walking in mid valley i stumbled upon a shop (looking to buy a drink) i saw a malay newspaper (Harian Metro) with a BOMBASTIC front page HEADLINE "KIAMAT 2019" Anyone curious enough would deff buy the paper since the issue was on a story that would generaly interest the entire population of earth! Being me I just had to read the article , so i logged on to their website and found this : Taken from their website on March 12 2006

"Kiamat 2019
Oleh ZAINUDDIN ZAIN dan ASMIZAN MOHD SAMIRANKUALA LUMPUR: Dunia akan kiamat pada 1 Februari 2019 akibat bumi dilanggar asteroid dikenali sebagai 2002 NT7! Ini adalah dakyah terbaru yang kini disebarkan secara meluas menerusi e-mel di internet.Lebih mendukacitakan, e-mel itu mengajak manusia di seluruh dunia untuk bergembira dan melakukan perkara untuk kepuasan diri mereka sehingga tarikh berkenaan.Pihak yang menyebarkan e-mel berkenaan mendakwa, kejadian yang bakal memusnah dan melenyapkan bumi daripada sistem cakerawala itu disahkan Pentadbiran Aeronautik dan Angkasa Negara (Nasa) di Amerika Syarikat (AS).Pakar astronomi negara ini mengakui kewujudan asteroid 2002 NT7, namun meminta orang ramai tidak terlalu bimbang sehingga mengganggu kehidupan seharian kerana banyak perkara mengenainya masih dipantau dan belum dipastikan.Pakar agama pula meminta umat Islam tidak terlalu mempercayai kiamat akan berlaku pada tarikh itu kerana dibimbangi akan menjejaskan akidah kerana kiamat adalah ketentuan Allah yang tidak diketahui manusia, termasuk Nabi Muhammad SAW.Pensyarah jurusan Fizik Angkasa Universiti Malaya (UM), Prof Dr Mohd Zambri Zainuddin, berkata walaupun asteroid 2002 NT7 dikesan saintis pada 9 Julai 2002, namun masih terlalu awal untuk mengesahkan ia pasti melanggar bumi pada 2019.“Tidak dinafikan mengikut jangkaan ia (2002 NT7) akan melanggar bumi pada 1 Februari 2019, tetapi ketika ini pakar astronomi di seluruh dunia, termasuk dari Nasa dan di Jepun, masih memantau perkembangan asteroid berkenaan.“Masih banyak perkara kita tidak tahu mengenai asteroid itu, termasuk saiz dan orbitnya. Malah, pada masa ini Nasa meletakkan 2002 NT7 sebagai ‘low impact risk’ (risiko perlanggaran rendah).“Hanya antara satu hingga dua tahun sebelum tarikh jangkaan ia akan melanggar bumi, baru kita akan mendapat maklumat lengkap mengenai asteroid itu dan kesan sebenarnya terhadap bumi,” katanya.Dr Mohd Zambri yang juga Timbalan Dekan Fakulti Sains UM berkata, pada masa itu juga, banyak perkara boleh dilakukan terhadap asteroid itu, termasuk menembaknya menggunakan roket atau peluru berpandu supaya hanya serpihannya menimpa bumi.“Kita tidak dapat menolak keluar asteroid ini daripada orbitnya. Kalau ia hendak melanggar bumi, kita tidak akan dapat menyekatnya, tetapi yang dapat kita lakukan ialah meminimumkan kesan perlanggaran.“Bagaimanapun, kita tidak perlu bimbang kerana berdasarkan sejarah, banyak asteroid dan komet yang dikesan sebelum ini tidak sempat sampai ke bumi akibat merempuh objek lain di angkasa atau terkeluar daripada orbit,” katanya.Beliau berkata, Nasa mengesan lebih 1,000 asteroid dan komet yang terkeluar daripada kawasan sepatutnya, iaitu antara planet Marikh dan Musytari serta berhampiran planet Pluto, sekali gus mewujudkan kemungkinan berlanggar dengan bumi.“Namun, kes terburuk adalah asteroid yang jatuh di kawasan gurun di wilayah Tuguska, Siberia pada 1908 yang meratakan kawasan, termasuk memusnahkan tumbuh-tumbuhan di kawasan kira-kira 25 batu persegi,” katanya.Bagaimanapun, Dr Mohd Zambri tidak menafikan asteroid sebesar satu kilometer cukup untuk memusnahkan bumi berdasarkan impak daripada perlanggaran pada kelajuan tinggi.“Berbanding komet berais, asteroid pula berbatu, sekali gus mampu memberi kesan besar terhadap bumi jika berlaku perlanggaran kerana mampu menolak bumi keluar daripada orbitnya.“Apabila bumi terkeluar daripada orbitnya, ia akan ditarik ke arah matahari dan ini cukup berbahaya.Yang pasti, saintis dunia juga sentiasa mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga bagi memastikan sebarang maklumat awal mengenai segala kemungkinan yang berlaku di sistem cakerawala diperoleh,” katanya.Mengenai e-mel kononnya kiamat akan berlaku pada 1 Februari 2019 akibat 2002 NT7 melanggar bumi, Dr Mohd Zambri berkata, ia mungkin disebarkan pihak amatur dan bukan pakar astronomi.“Mereka beranggapan penyebarkan e-mel itu akan menyedarkan penduduk dunia mengenai apa akan berlaku, tetapi sebenarnya mereka hanya mencipta keadaan tidak tenteram berdasarkan fakta salah.“Pada masa ini tiada siapa dapat meramalkan kesan sebenar ditimbulkan 2002 NT7 kepada bumi,” katanya sambil menambah, e-mel itu juga mungkin disebarkan oleh pihak yang ada kepentingan tertentu.E-mel bertajuk ‘Start Enjoying Yourself’ itu mempunyai dua gambar, termasuk satu maklumat grafik yang kononnya menunjukkan kedudukan 2002 NT7 sekarang, selain satu gambar dipercayai menggunakan teknik pertindihan menunjukkan bumi dilanggar asteroid.Antara kata-kata dicatatkan di dalam e-mel itu ialah: “So, enjoy every moment of your life to the fullest extent...till Feb 1, 2019.” (Justeru, bergembiralah setiap saat di dalam hidup anda secara maksimum sehingga 1 Februari 2019).Ini kali kedua e-mel disebarkan secara meluas di negara ini mengenai kiamat. Tahun lalu, rakyat negara ini gempar dengan dakwaan kononnya kiamat akan berlaku ketika gerhana berpasangan Oktober lalu.Dr Mohd Zambri yang juga pakar astronomi berkata, dakyah yang disebarkan tahun lalu itu terbukti pembohongan dan hanya menjadi bahan ketawa mereka yang pakar di bidang berkaitan sistem cakerawala dan solar.“Gerhana berpasangan bukan luar biasa. Namun, ada pihak menjadikannya bahan untuk mewujudkan kebimbangan masyarakat dan lebih malang, mereka mengaitkannya dengan kiamat,” katanya.Sebelum ini, Mufti Perak, Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria, ketika mengulas e-mel kiamat menjelang gerhana berpasangan itu berkata:“Hari kiamat perkara ghaib yang sebenarnya di bawah ilmu Allah. Sesiapa pun tidak tahu sedangkan nabi pun tidak tahu bila hari kiamat.“Banyak ramalan sedemikian dibuat dari semasa ke semasa dan dilakukan sejak zaman nabi, tetapi tidak pernah terjadi. Nabi pernah menyatakan tukang nujum itu bohong, walaupun ada kejadian yang betul tetapi ia hanya kebetulan,” katanya.Beliau berkata, penyebaran e-mel itu adalah perbuatan pihak ekstrem atau berniat memesongkan akidah umat Islam."



After reading the site, i decided to log on to NASA's website to see what the "real" story was perhaps NASA had a better explanation and this is what I had gathered .... http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news133.html"



Which goes to show that, the journalist and editors for Harian Metro did not check on the accuracy of the news , which could have been done by a simple check on NASA's website... now if everyone out there would have done what i did , and reported it back to harian metro , it would be a good reminder to those guys there to go back to their routes of journalism :D