Everyone wears a mask in face of society. What makes one different from another is how he acts with his mask on and when he's without it. Society requires one to act accordingly to the morals and virtues of life. How often do you do what you like and not what you're required to? How often do you articulate ur feelings and not hold back your tongue in fear of creating conflict?
We need to remain true to ourselves and stop pretending. We maybe be able to potray a nice image to the rest of the world but inside, it's chewing at your soul. Be who you are and be proud of it. We do not have to be someone that we are not in order to please someone else. Is there a point to it? Rise and break free of our coccoon, the coccoon that is holding back our progress and our thrust forward. Rise and leave you own mark in this world. Not the mark of a pretender!
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Friday, June 16, 2006
Ejaculating and vapourisation
Mentos plus coke? What good could come from a tube of candy and a bottle of soda? Well, a magnificient display of an ejaculation of coke shooting up as high as 2m. Projected. What happened today when we tried out this experiment which was to be used as our science project for the upcoming science fair was only a gush upwards of 1m at most lasting around 2 secs. The prospect of us making the coke to shoot upwards higher is good. We didnt perform the experiment properly. 1st of all, we couldnt drop many mentos's into the bottle as we have not get a tool to hold 8-10 mentos and drop it all at once. We only managed to drop in 5-6. 2ndly, the carbon dioxide inside the bottle( That's what gives the soda the fizz) was released partially when i turned the bottle cap. This is the result of the bottle rolling around in the car when i drove to sch in the morning. My bad! 3rdly, i think that it would be perfect if we could get a 2 litre bottle but alas, the only manufacture 1.5 litres here in malaysia. If we could get these 3 factors accomplished, we should have a fantastic ejaculation!
We were also trying out our 2nd experiment in which we create a cloud in a bottle. Key ingredients? Smoke, a little water, a pump and an empty bottle. We started burning the matchstick then putting it out before placing it inside the bottle to be accumulated. Then we poured in some water. Around 15ml and sealing the cap and starting pumping air into it. So we started pumping and after 15-20 pumps, the bottle hardens. We pulled out the pin(connected to the pump) out from the bottlecap and all we heard was a soft PsssssssTt with no smoke. Not a loud pop and the bottle with white smoke as i've seen from the internet.
We made substantial progress on our 2nd attempt with a little white smoke filling the inside of the bottle. But on our 3rd attempt, we managed to get the bottle filled with white smoke. We tweaked the amount of ingredients, with more smoke accumulated inside the bottle and lesser amount of water putting only 5ml or equivalent to a filled bottlecap.
We'll be exhibiting our project on the 23rd of june at our sch's science fair and i hope everything goes as planned and we'll put up a good show for all to admire. Oh, i'll be trying to get my teammates to agree to the name Ejaculation & Vapourisation. ;) Cheers!!
We were also trying out our 2nd experiment in which we create a cloud in a bottle. Key ingredients? Smoke, a little water, a pump and an empty bottle. We started burning the matchstick then putting it out before placing it inside the bottle to be accumulated. Then we poured in some water. Around 15ml and sealing the cap and starting pumping air into it. So we started pumping and after 15-20 pumps, the bottle hardens. We pulled out the pin(connected to the pump) out from the bottlecap and all we heard was a soft PsssssssTt with no smoke. Not a loud pop and the bottle with white smoke as i've seen from the internet.
We made substantial progress on our 2nd attempt with a little white smoke filling the inside of the bottle. But on our 3rd attempt, we managed to get the bottle filled with white smoke. We tweaked the amount of ingredients, with more smoke accumulated inside the bottle and lesser amount of water putting only 5ml or equivalent to a filled bottlecap.
We'll be exhibiting our project on the 23rd of june at our sch's science fair and i hope everything goes as planned and we'll put up a good show for all to admire. Oh, i'll be trying to get my teammates to agree to the name Ejaculation & Vapourisation. ;) Cheers!!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Tak tak tak.... CHING anyone?
The 1st day of orientation started today. It started of with us blindfolding ourselves then the faci's(upper 6) whisper the name of the group u're designated and u're s'posed to make the sound of it. I was assigned to typewriter. And the 1st thing that came to mind was.. tak tak tak.. CHING!! I went around the hall tak tak tak.. CHING-ing and screaming typewriter. However, i didnt manage to find any of my group members so the "faci's" finally came and guided me to the group members who was already placed at a corner. Finally opened the blindfold and got to know the other team members. Elected a team leader who was a girl, forgot what's her name tho, and got things started.
Next up we have to transfer a message in cantonese thru all the team members and the last member will have to go up to the stage and speak it out. The message was passed to the 1st member, an indian and finally came to me, the final guy. So i went up and said what i heard. Shockingly, the sequence was mixed up and i ended up saying the 2nd part 1st follwed by the 1st. Yeap, screwed it up.
Last event of the day, we were given a manila card in which to create our name tags. Then we're given a piece of mahjong paper to design our team logo and slogan. We were also asked to do a short sketch and a cheer. Hmmph, got it done on time but it wasn't very good. Okay, it was not good but we all worked hard and tried out best. So our efforts were not in vain. However, the one thing that i found out about myself is that im not that creative nor am i very confident or outspoken. Now that's gotta change and change i will. Hopefully tmrw will be better but im not putting much hope in it. Good day and goodbye. Cheers!!
Next up we have to transfer a message in cantonese thru all the team members and the last member will have to go up to the stage and speak it out. The message was passed to the 1st member, an indian and finally came to me, the final guy. So i went up and said what i heard. Shockingly, the sequence was mixed up and i ended up saying the 2nd part 1st follwed by the 1st. Yeap, screwed it up.
Last event of the day, we were given a manila card in which to create our name tags. Then we're given a piece of mahjong paper to design our team logo and slogan. We were also asked to do a short sketch and a cheer. Hmmph, got it done on time but it wasn't very good. Okay, it was not good but we all worked hard and tried out best. So our efforts were not in vain. However, the one thing that i found out about myself is that im not that creative nor am i very confident or outspoken. Now that's gotta change and change i will. Hopefully tmrw will be better but im not putting much hope in it. Good day and goodbye. Cheers!!
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Torture for you, sir ?
I recently read the ' Have Your Say' section on the bbc website whether airports should be used to transport terror suspects (in Europe). There were many comments posted by different people and the thing i noticed was while the most recommend post was the one rejecting the use of airports or use of torture towards terror ' suspect's ', the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & etc were all agreeing to the use of airports and torture.
The irony is that the war on terror is unlike any conventional war. It is different, where normal ROE - rules of engagement- do not apply. So how can people be so naive to think of treating them as normal POW( prisoners of war) and respecting their rights? We're talking about people like those who engage in the 9/11, bali bombings and the london bombings who killed innocent citizens, not soldiers.
Furthermore, the terrorist themselves condone torture, if you can bring yourself to remember a few years back, video footage of terrorist beheading innocents alive were spread throughout the internet. Did they for one moment thought about human rights? or how inhumane their action was? I think naught. When they do not play by the rules, then the security forces are not compel to either.
I believe that terrorist should be handle in a manner of harshness and crudeness needed for them to cooperate. When normal interrogation do not work, i believe the security forces should use torture to make them talk as it may provide useful information in preventing the next terror attack. In the fight against terror, unconventional methods must be used to suppress the spread of terrorism and making living safer for all of us.
The irony is that the war on terror is unlike any conventional war. It is different, where normal ROE - rules of engagement- do not apply. So how can people be so naive to think of treating them as normal POW( prisoners of war) and respecting their rights? We're talking about people like those who engage in the 9/11, bali bombings and the london bombings who killed innocent citizens, not soldiers.
Furthermore, the terrorist themselves condone torture, if you can bring yourself to remember a few years back, video footage of terrorist beheading innocents alive were spread throughout the internet. Did they for one moment thought about human rights? or how inhumane their action was? I think naught. When they do not play by the rules, then the security forces are not compel to either.
I believe that terrorist should be handle in a manner of harshness and crudeness needed for them to cooperate. When normal interrogation do not work, i believe the security forces should use torture to make them talk as it may provide useful information in preventing the next terror attack. In the fight against terror, unconventional methods must be used to suppress the spread of terrorism and making living safer for all of us.
Friday, June 02, 2006
What Are We?
While the residents of yogyakarta was preparing for the eruption of Mt. Merapi, what was hurled towards them was uncalled of. At 6.2 on the Richter scale, the land shook beneath their feet tearing down houses, streets and buildings. Needless to say, lives we lost many that day. Estimated around 3000 people died while survivors had little of means to sustain life themselves. Aid agencies already there needed more help. Supplies, personnel, medicine, clothes and etc. With make shift hospitals there isnt enough room to house all the injured. But what are we, people behind the glass windows doing? How many of us actually cared to donate even a dollar? We continue with our lives as if nthg has happen while the people of indonesia suffer from another catastrophic disaster. Do we not care? Have we lost our sense of humanity? Do we not all live under the same sky thus is it not only fair to help another when one is weak? Then why are we acting all selfish or apathetic towards the suffering of another.
But who am i to voice out when i myself did nothing, except to feel sorrow and pity. I guess, i guess, im just like YOU.
While the residents of yogyakarta was preparing for the eruption of Mt. Merapi, what was hurled towards them was uncalled of. At 6.2 on the Richter scale, the land shook beneath their feet tearing down houses, streets and buildings. Needless to say, lives we lost many that day. Estimated around 3000 people died while survivors had little of means to sustain life themselves. Aid agencies already there needed more help. Supplies, personnel, medicine, clothes and etc. With make shift hospitals there isnt enough room to house all the injured. But what are we, people behind the glass windows doing? How many of us actually cared to donate even a dollar? We continue with our lives as if nthg has happen while the people of indonesia suffer from another catastrophic disaster. Do we not care? Have we lost our sense of humanity? Do we not all live under the same sky thus is it not only fair to help another when one is weak? Then why are we acting all selfish or apathetic towards the suffering of another.
But who am i to voice out when i myself did nothing, except to feel sorrow and pity. I guess, i guess, im just like YOU.
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