Wednesday, August 31, 2005
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** Malaysia + Space = ?????? **
i read this article on BBC news a couple of days ago...
i find it amusing so i guess i might just share it with u guys haha =P
here's the direct link http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4192166.stm
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Malaysia has announced that it hopes to put a man on the moon by the year 2020 as part of its $25m space programme.
The Science and Technology Minister, Jamaludin Jarjis, said he would be presenting a plan to the cabinet.
Mr Jarjis says the country needs to build up a pool of trained astronauts in preparation.
But such dreams were almost immediately called into question when the first batch of would-be space explorers struggled with a simple fitness test.
Mission not-impossible
Malaysia is a nation of seemingly limitless ambition.
Having already built what were the world's tallest buildings, it must seem only a short hop from there to the moon.
But there are still serious obstacles to overcome.
On Saturday, the first group from a shortlist of more than 800 would-be astronauts set out to run 3.5km (two miles) in a leisurely 20 minutes.
All were hoping to claim Malaysia's seat on a Russian-led space mission, scheduled for 2007.
But only 12 out of 31 taking part passed the test.
Some observers wondered whether their performance might be linked to the local diet.
Earlier this year, the country announced a programme to put Malaysia's favourite foods into space.
A TEAM IS TO BE SENT TO HOUSTON IN TEXAS TO FIND OUT HOW TO PROCESS TEH TARIK (SWEET TEA), ROTI CANAI (FLAKY GRIDDLED PANCAKES) AND NASI LEMAK (COCONUT RICE) FOR CONSUMPTION IN ZERO GRAVITY.
ALL ARE ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS, BUT RATHER FATTENING
However, no one should write off Malaysia's chances of achieving its latest goal.
The country has transformed itself from a largely rural society to a high-tech led economy in just 20 years, and refuses to believe that any mission is impossible.
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imagine the American astronauts couldn't stand eating spicy food...and they throw the food out the window...wah...malaysia delicacy flying around space, a higher achievement compared to klcc!
although malaysiaN astronauts tak boleh i bet malaysian food memang BOLEH!
MERDEKA MERDEKA MERDEKA!!! haha
oh man i really miss the nasi lemak and roti canai back home now...mouth waters*...
Here I Am @ 3:24 AM
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
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** Architecture **
currently playing with blocks...arranging...dismantling...re-arranging again...godzilla-ing...re-building again...and the process goes on and on...
purpose?...to build an architecture*
precedent?...lego and lasy...the key to spawn future architects...
just a digest of lego and lasy for childhood playtoys will do.
altho...things will become only black and white after a while rather than red...
i guess thats how i got started =)
Here I Am @ 3:52 AM
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
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** Apple Ze Best **
apple you are the best! loyal till the end...no problem never ever!
bugger off windows, u're an annoying programme craving for attention...u're still here because i need you...bah
Here I Am @ 1:10 PM
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
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**It Is Now 5:24 AM**
its already quite late now and i'm still awake...and what a time to choose to blog. i can't help it i guess, things just keep popping up in my head, thinking, pondering, wondering.... i have a problem with sleeping with a full loaded working brain. i start thinking when i lie down trying to sleep. ideas pop out of no where, and most of them are silly but usually ideas mostly for my assignments. its really irritating at times when i have to wake up early the next day...getting less sleep and crappy ideas...
chatting with a friend a while ago has made me think alot. its been ages since i last caught up with her and yes i really did learn of many events that happened since i last saw her during summer break early this year. she i can say is "fully contented and successful". i just can't believe it when she told me that she worked two jobs, one as a tuition teacher to help a friend out and the other as a supervisor for an advertising company, all in all while handling her university studies, society clubs, a loving boyfriend and a very healthy social life meeting up with friends for events and etc.
she now has her own place, her own car, a job, a loving partner and studies going well. well, she does find it hard to cope with so much in her life but she's doing a good job in my opinion. it just blew me away to think of the amount of things she handles in her everyday life...
what she has achieved is so much more than what i have achieved so far...in comparison...i felt so useless. what i have now is just university studies, ltc and ocf to juggle. does that count much? that only counts for 2 out of the 4 things that my friend mentioned...
i guess u can say that i'm not giving my all in yet...and i know i should. sometimes i feel so foreign here in melbourne. it is where i am and where i've adapted to...but i'm still not fully embracing the fact that i can grab it just as easy as i can go anywhere in sitiawan...
i'm loosing out on lots of stuff by the way i am now...i miss the company of the friends that know me inside out left and right. old friends know you best. yes, but i am here they are there...and they have moved on with new friends as well. it wouldn't be wise to dig to the past and relive the old...
people who knows me would read this and realise that i have have kept a part of myself within me. it would be obvious to those that are new in my life. it takes time for me to be me. it takes more than a while to be me. it takes some patience to know me as myself.
writing this out loud helped me realise the fool that i am...a hermit still living in his shell eventhough swept away by the ocean flow to a new found paradise...
blogged on a very lousy day where my pc decided to ran amok to be reformated four times, with a frustrating assignment partner, with an unfinished work, with a pc which is not yet fully fixed, with heavy eyes, with stiff neck and class in three and a half hours time...
it is now 5:52 AM ... bedtime ...
Here I Am @ 5:24 AM
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