SweEteSt HoNestY

Girls: Geeky or Poverty?

2011-06-23T12:43:00.000-07:00

Knock Knock Jokes...!!

2011-06-07T06:32:00.000-07:00

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Says!
Says who?
Says me, that's who...

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Cows go.
Cows go who?
No, cows go moo!

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Spell.
Spell who?
OK, W_H_O.

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Justin.
Justin who?
Justin case you forgot me out here.

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?
Kanga.
Kanga who?
Kanga roo!

Knock, Knock!
Who's there?

Watt.

Watt who?

Watt the hell!

The Final Doraemon (English)

2011-06-06T06:08:00.000-07:00

Know What Suits You Much..!!

2011-05-18T07:25:00.000-07:00

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Types of personality:

Extroverted or Introverted

This category deals with how we prefer to interact with the world and how we prefer to get our energy and stimulation. Extraverts are energized by other people and action. They are talkers, often thinking out loud, interrupting people at meetings, or bursting into a co-worker's office to ask an opinion, and then not really listening to it. Extraverts become drained when they have to spend too much time alone; they need other people to function. Introverts, on the other hand, get their energy from their own thoughts and ideas, rather than heated discussions. Introverts rarely speak up at large meetings, preferring listening to talking. Introverts need alone time, especially after spending a few hours with people.

Introverts are outnumbered by extraverts by about three to one in America. Extraverts are often rewarded in school, by participating in class discussions, and at work, because they are popular and outgoing. Introverts, on the other hand, are often undervalued because they keep their best to themselves.

Sensor or iNtuitive

This category deals with how we prefer to gather information about the world. As the name implies, sensors prefer to use their five senses to gather information. Sensors are quite literal, preferring facts and details to interpretations. If a hard-core sensor asks what time it is, he or she expects to hear "11:07 a.m.," and not "a little after 11" or "about 11." About 70 percent of Americans are sensors. For iNtuitives, on the other hand, everything is relative. They aren't late unless the meeting has started without them. iNtuitives look at the grand scheme of things, trying to translate bits of information, through intuition, into possibilities, meanings, and relationships. Details and specifics irritate iNtuitives.

iNtuitives see the forest; sensors see the trees. When working with sensors or iNtuitives, it is important to remember these differences. Sensors prefer to learn through sequential facts; iNtuitives through random leaps. The task- "Please sort through these surveys" - means something entirely different to sensors and iNtuitives.

Thinker or Feeler

This category deals with how we make decisions. Thinkers base their decisions on objective values, and are often described as logical, detached, or analytical. Some thinkers are thought of as cold or uncaring because they would rather do what is right than what makes people happy. In contrast, feelers tend to make decisions based on what will create harmony. Feelers avoid conflict; and will overextend themselves to accommodate the needs of others. Feelers will always "put themselves in somebody else's shoes" and ask how people will be affected before making a decision.

This is the only personality type category related to gender. About two-thirds of all males are thinkers, and the same proportion of females are feelers. There often are problems in the workplace for those who don't conform to their gender's preference. For example, a feeling man is labeled a "wimp." Much more negatively, a thinking woman is "unfeminine," she "has a chip on her shoulder" or much worse. Thankfully, nobody is 100 percent thinker or 100 percent feeler (as with the other personality types). Everyone, to some extent, cares, thinks, and feels, but final decisions are reached through very different routes, based on a person's true personality preference.

Judger or Perceiver

This category deals with how we orient our lives. Judgers are structured, ordered, scheduled, and on-time. They are the list makers. Judgers wake up every morning with a definite plan for the day, and become very upset when the plan becomes unraveled. Even free time is scheduled. Perceivers, on the other hand, rely on creativity, spontaneity, and responsiveness, rather than a plan or list, to get them through the day. They burn the midnight oil to meet deadlines, although they usually meet them. Perceivers like to turn work into play, because if a task is not fun, they reason, it is probably not worth doing.

Experts say that this personality type difference is the most significant source of tension in the workplace and in group work. Perceivers prefer to keep gathering information rather than to draw conclusions. Judgers prefer to make decisions, often ignoring new information that might change that decision. Hence, the conflict. A good balance of judgers and perceivers are necessary for a well-functioning work group. Judgers need light-hearted perceivers to make them relax, and perceivers need structured judgers to keep things organized and reach closure on projects.

It's Just HOW You Took It....

2011-05-18T07:13:00.000-07:00

A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see and asked the students, ‘How much do you think this glass weighs?’

’50 gms!’…. ’100 gms!’…… ’125 gms’ …… the students answered.

‘I really don’t know unless I weigh it,’ said the professor, ‘but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?’

‘Nothing’ the students said.

‘Ok! What would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?’ the professor asked.

‘Your arm would begin to ache’, said one of the students.

‘You’re right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?’

‘Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress and paralysis and have to go to hospital for sure!’ ventured another student; and all the students laughed.

‘Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?’ asked the professor.

‘No’

‘Then what caused the arm ache and the muscle stress?’ The students were puzzled.

‘Put the glass down!’ said one of the students.

‘Exactly!’ said the professor. ‘Life’s problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head and they seem okay. Think of them for a long time and they begin to ache. Hold it even longer and they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything’.

‘It’s important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to have trust in Allah SWT and to ‘put them down’ at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh and strong and can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!’

So, as it becomes time for you to leave office today, Remember friend to ‘PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY’ and have tranquility by putting trust in Almighty Allah SWT.

a post from http://www.iluvislam.com

Good News for the Authors

2011-05-06T00:26:00.000-07:00

Congratulation to the Authors for this achievement..

Luqman's .. Universiti Malaya(UM)

Asasi Sains Hayat

Afif's .. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM)

Diploma Kejuruteraan Mekanikal

What a newbie should do at his first day....

2011-04-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

A freshman newbie just joined a big corporate company as a trainee. On his very first day of work, he dialed the extension and shouted-"Get me a coffee, quickly!"

The voice from the other side responded,"You fool! You've dialed the wrong extension! Do you know who you're talking to?"

"No,"replied the trainee.

"I'm the CEO of this company!"

The trainee shouted back,"And do YOU know who YOU are talking to?!"

"No,"replied the CEO indignantly.

"Good!"replied the trainee, who put down the phone at the moment.

A must watch by Wong Fu productions

2011-03-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

"Too Fast" - Wong Fu Productions

2011-03-18T05:57:00.000-07:00

School Memories

2011-03-17T01:36:00.000-07:00

In high school you can think you're in love; but I believe you have to know yourself completely before you can truly fall in love and be loved back by someone else

In high School the mouse race to prepare you for the rat race

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry

Moving on is simple. It's what we leave behind that's hard.

Best friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.

Its not the days in your life you'll remember, it's the memories.

Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad; it's what you do in between that counts the most.

Happy times may come and go, but the memories will last forever.

Fate or Luck?

2010-12-23T02:54:00.000-08:00

Paul is working in his store when he hears a booming voice from above, “Paul, sell your business.” He ignores it. But, it goes on for days. “Paul, sell your business for $5million.” Days and weeks, Paul finally gives in and sell his business. That night, the voice says,

”Paul, go to Vegas. “

“Why should I?”

“Go to Vegas and take your $5 million with you.”

“Aah… what the heck…”

Paul obeys and go to a casino. Voice says, “Paul, go to the blackjack table and put it all down in one shot.” He hesitates, yet knows he must. He has dealt a 17. The dealer has a six showing.

“Paul, take a card”

“What? The dealer has …”

“Just take a goddamn card!”

“Geez, didn’t like it when you angry man.”

He tells the dealer to hit him. Paul gets 2 spades. Nineteen. He breathes easy.

“Paul, take another card.”

“What?”

“TAKE ANOTHER CARD!!”

“Okay! Okay!! Anything makes you happy dude”

He asks for another card. It’s an ace. Paul has twenty.

“Paul, take another card.”

“What? I have twenty! Do you think I’m all insane to lose all my money?!”

“You’re talking to an invisible voice, yes you’re insane! Now just take another card!”

Paul get stressed out, “here goes nothing. Sir, hit me.”

The dealer gives him a card. It’s an ace! He gets TWENTY ONE!!! The booming voice inside Paul’s head goes, ”Holy! Unbelievable!!”

Moving Forward

2010-12-21T08:22:00.000-08:00

memories of 5S1

2010

SMSSMJ

Spm had passed to all we knew,

Yet friends got split it's bitter to go through;

Joy and despair kept showing in the way,

As quest will take us as it may;

Journey to adults, the age is to give,

But aren't the burdens are hard to leave?;

We cried, we yelled, we screamed with distaste,

Yet pains not endure but time got to waste;

So why friends and school always be in minds?,

Because it was the best part of the rhyme;

A rhyme from a song with a great melody,

And as it played, it completed me...

HOW TO STUDY CHEMISTRY EFFECTIVELY

2010-09-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

How to Read and Understand Your Textbook

Many students make the mistake of reading a textbook like a novel; they read and entire chapter once and then attempts to do the problems. It's not surprising that the problems appear too difficult and seem to belong to some other chapter. To learn the most from a textbook, you must actively read; that is, you must constantly be thinking about what you are reading, pausing to relate it to what you have just read before, and making sure you understand its applications. Ask yourself questions to make sure you are understanding the main ideas of the paragraphs; turn section headings into questions and then relate sections to each other and to the main topic of the reading assignment. Asking and answering questions helps you to not only concentrate on the main ideas but also increases your retention of the material. Your textbook provides you with learning objectives for each section; use those objectives to focus your attention on what you need to know. The process of self-testing is a skill that scientists at all levels use to learn new concepts. For the student, it is particularly helpful since it is also a form of exam preparation; answering questions on exams will be less anxiety producing when you have been answering questions all along.

To help yourself read actively, take notes in outline form on the text material. Your outline should include main ideas, important formulas, and their applications.

Survey chapters before you begin to actively read. That is, note the main headings and subheadings, read the introduction (previews in your text) to see how this chapter relates to previous chapters, read the lists of learning objectives, turn to the key terms and important formulas at the end of the chapter; these will all direct your attention to what you must learn from the text. Read each paragraph first, and then go back and outline or underline only the important material. Review your notes after you finish, briefly going over main ideas and examples. Make an effort to understand and retain the material by engaging as many senses as possible as you actively read. Try to visualize many of the principles and examples described in the text. Remember chemistry describes the world in which you live, so that much of what you learn you can apply to familiar objects and situations.

Make sure you spend a significant portion of your study time doing problems. Your textbook provides you with many clearly worked-out examples followed by practice exercises. The only way you can be sure you really understand the problems is by doing them yourself. Even if you follow the solutions in your text, this is no guarantee that you understand the problem well enough to do one like it on your own. By doing the practice exercises (HOMEWORK), you will not only ensure that you really understand the examples, but you will increase your chances of solving similar problems on an exam. People that play a musical instrument spend a lot more time practicing than actually performing. In any sport, players spend much more time in practice than in playing the game. In order to get good at anything you must practice!!! After completing a section, try to do the exercises assigned to you for that section. Keep in mind that chemistry is a problem-solving discipline, so that the more problems you solve, the better you will understand the material. As you read, make a note of other parts of the text that are not clear to you and also of the examples and exercises you are not sure of or can't do at all. Consult 1) lecture notes, 2) study guide, 3) instructors, and 4) classmates to clear up what you don't understand. Never let your questions go unanswered; if you do, you not only decrease your chances of doing well on exams, but you jeopardize your future understanding of chemistry since new topics very often depend on your understanding of past topics.

1. Survey the chapter.

2. Outline or underline as you read actively.

3. Do practice exercises and final exercises.

4. Keep a record of questions and any problems you don't full understand, so that you can consult instructors, classmates, textbooks, or lecture notes for answers.

Getting the Most Out of the Lecture

In listening as in reading, you must be actively involved to get the most out of it. If you actively listen to the lecture, your notes will be accurate and complete, and your time in the lecture room will be well spent.

Read the assigned material before you come to lecture. If you don't, much of your lecture time will be wasted. Without some idea of the topic being discussed, you will find it difficult to focus on the important ideas of the lecture. Your notes will be incomplete, and you won't be able to ask questions; the lecture will not help you to learn the material. On the other hand, if you arrive prepared, you will be able to determine and record the important information so that your notes will be useful for studying and for exam preparation.

Make sure you record all information written on the blackboard or overhead projector (except for tables and figures taken from your text). Try to take notes in an outline form that shows major topics, subtopics, and relationships between them. Pay close attention to the examples that were worked out in class and try to re-do them after class, perhaps changing values for practice.

Read over you notes as soon as possible, preferably the same day. Rewrite what is unclear. If you are uncertain about parts of what was said, compare your notes with those of other students or ask your instructor. Then go back and include that material in you notes. Think of your notes as a handwritten book and strive to make the accurate and complete.

1. Read the assignment before the lecture.

2. Try to take notes in outline form showing major topics, and their relationships. Include examples.

3. Read over notes the same day. Re-write, change, and add to notes where necessary.

4. Make sure your notes are complete. If you missed part of the lecture, find out what it was you omitted and fill it in.

Solving Problems

Most of your time in chemistry should be spent solving problems that are applications of concepts and formulas learned in lecture and from the text. You can improve you ability to solve problems by learning how to think about the examples that are solved for you in the text, study guide, and in the lecture, and also by learning how to think about the many relationships (formulas) used in the problem.

Understanding relationships and formulas is crucial to learning chemistry. Many students memorize relationships and formulas without taking the time and energy to think about them. This often leads to inappropriate applications and incorrectly solved problems. Ask yourself the following questions whenever you learn a new formula.

1. What system or change does this formula describe? What do the variables mean and what are their units?

2. When does it apply?

3. What are some examples of its application? What is its significance?

Formulas are listed for you in each chapter. Ask yourself these questions for all of these relationships. Make a set of "Important Formula" charts. If you actually think about relationships as you learn them, it will be easier to see how to apply them.

Note carefully which concept or relationships are used in the worked-out problems in the text, study guide, and solutions manual. Why was this formula used and not one of the others in the chapter? What information given in the problem indicates that the problem should be solved in this way? You will find answers to these kinds of questions in the "Problem-Solving Tips" given in the study guide.

When you start to work on a problem, it is critical to first write down the information that is given (along with units) and to identify the unknown. Use a diagram whenever possible to show what is being described in the problem, and indicate the given and unknown values. Then try to plan out your solution before you start doing and calculations. If you aimlessly calculate values, you may generate superfluous data that may be confusing. To solve a problem, you must determine which relationships are relevant out of all those you have learned. Think of relationships that involve your unknown. Which ones include all or some of the given data? Be sure the relationships you use apply to the system as described in the problem; for example don't use formulas for gases in a problem about liquids. If you still can't see a method, think about relationships that involved the other values given in the problem. For example, if the volume and density of a solution are provided, then the mass is also known (d= m/V). If you now include the mass with known information, the solution may become apparent.

Think about the example problems you have studied. Solutions to previous problems may provide hints to solving new problems.

After you have planned the solution, then do the calculations. Use a calculator to save time and eliminate arithmetic errors. Be sure that the values you use have the appropriate units for the formula you are applying.

Check your answers for the following:

1. Make sure your answer is what the problem asked for.

2. Make sure your answer is reasonable. When you study example problems in your text and study guide, think about the magnitudes of the answers so that you will have some concept of reasonable answers. If you calculate that the mass of a molecule is 10kg, it is clear that you have made an error. However, if you calculate that 10^6 kJ/mol of heat are released by a reaction, you will not realize that you have made and error unless you have previously noted reasonable values for heat being released from chemical reactions.

3. Make sure your answer has the correct number of significant figures.

Problem-Solving Tips:

1. Identify the known quantities and the unknown quantities asked for.

2. Plan the solution: What do you know about the unknown that might link it to given information?

3. Perform calculations.

4. Check your answers.

Managing Your Time

Learn to manage your time. This skill will be invaluable, especially if you plan a career in science. Learning chemistry takes time and energy, and you should try to study some chemistry nearly every day. Devise a study schedule at the beginning of each week so that you will be studying chemistry throughout the week. Include periods for textbook reading before lecture, review of lecture notes, problem solving, and review for quizzes and exams. Make sure that your study schedule not only includes enough time to study chemistry, but also allocates sufficient time for other activities that you must complete during the course of the week.

Be specific in constructing your schedule; indicate which chapters or sections you plan to study, which set of problems to work out, and which topics to review for an approaching exam. Try not to schedule very long blocks of time for studying chemistry: 1- or 2-hour blocks of time interspersed with other work for different courses are best.

Devise your schedule at the beginning of each week by first looking at all of your assignments and then allowing enough time to complete them. Students tend to complete their assignments more often when they schedule chapter readings and problem solving at the beginning of the week and reviewing towards the end. Always allow yourself more time than you think you will actually need to complete the assignment. It is always better to overestimate the time you will need than to find out that you are short of time later.

It is critical that you follow your schedule and don't permit yourself to be distracted. If you carefully construct and follow your schedule and make necessary adjustments to accommodate each week's requirements, you should find that your free time may actually increase.

1. Construct a study schedule at the beginning of each week.

2. Be specific as to what you plan to do during your study sessions.

3. Over estimate the time you will need to complete each assignment.

4. Be sure to include in your schedule enough time to complete all other necessary tasks as well as time for leisure activities.

Tips on Creating a Study Area

To help you concentration, create a study space. Study in an area where lighting is adequate and distractions are few. Try to create an environment that is pleasant but without items that might divert your attention such as a radio, stereo, television, or telephone. Make sure that everything that you might need for studying is in your study area. This should include: paper, pens and pencils, calculator, computer, notes, outlines, and completed assignments as well as all textbooks and reference books that might be needed. Try to use your study area solely for the purpose of studying.

By creating a study space, you make your studying more efficient. You will reduce wasted time searching for needed material and minimize distractions, thus improving your concentration.

1. Study in a comfortable but efficient area minimizing distractions.

2. Make sure that your study area is equipped with all the items you will need for studying.

Using Study Groups

The effective use of study groups can be an important part of an overall study program that will lead to success in General Chemistry. However, many students have tried to use study groups, only to find that they were not helpful. Generally, study groups fail when students either do not know how to form an effective group or do not know what tasks a study group is bet suited to perform.

Study groups should consist of three to six members who are serious chemistry students and committed to making the group meetings effective. It's generally a good idea to establish a consistent study time and place: 2 hours at the end of the week (with more frequent meetings as an examination approaches) at your college (a study area of a dormitory usually suffices). Study groups are most effective for reviewing material that each student has previously studied on their own such as assigned chapters, problems, and old exams. If members do not individually prepare, the group meetings will not be helpful.

Each participant should be assigned a specific task to complete and present to the group. These tasks include solving specific problems, explaining sections of a chapter or of a lecture, preparing a chapter outline, etc. Each member should be responsible for covering different aspects of the material; the group will be assured of covering all the assignments. In addition, each member is accountable to the group as a whole, which has the effect of encouraging students to keep up with the course work.

Study groups acquire particular significance when preparing for a chemistry exam. While they are not a substitute for the review that should normally take place before an exam, they can be an important addition to that review process. Usually, it is a good idea to increase the amount of time a study group meets about 2 weeks prior to a major chemistry exam (usually from 2 to 4 hours a week). The additional time should be used for a general review of the material and for problem solving. Remember chemistry exams usually emphasize problem solving so that the group should spend most of its preparation seeking and understanding solutions to problems. Each member of the study group should prepare and explain to the group a section of the material that is to be covered on the exam and also to develop a set of problems and answers that encompasses the same material. Problems should be distributed to the rest of the group without the answers, and difficulty with certain problems can rely on the member of the group who developed the problem to explain the answer. This kind of studying for exams is extremely effective because it puts you, the student, in the role of the professor, deciding what information is important and likely to be covered on an exam and what is not. The process is also effective because it requires you to be actively involved in the learning of formulas and reviewing and what material you already know sufficiently.

1. Form a study group consisting of three to six serious chemistry students.

2. Try to convene at the same place and same time weekly.

3. Assign specific tasks to members.

4. Spend most of your time discussing and solving problems.

5. Increase the time for your sessions to prepare for exams. Each member should be responsible for preparing and presenting material that will appear on the upcoming test.

Preparing for and Taking Exams

To adequately prepare for an exam, you must first organize your time in advance. Start studying a few weeks before an exam by adding time to your usual study schedule, and use this additional time for exam preparation only. Survey the material that will be covered on the exam, and divide the relevant topics or chapters into categories based on your present level of understanding. For example, identify chapters that you know well, those that you have a limited mastery of, and finally topics that you do not understand at all. Write out an approximate but detailed schedule including not only main chapters or topics you plan to cover during each week, but also specifically what you plan to study each day. Leave more time for the material you are unsure of as well as for the more lengthy and complex topics, and spend most of your time solving problems. Because chemistry exams generally consist mostly of problem solving, your preparation can only be effective if you actually solve many relevant problems. Review the assigned problems, and solve additional problems in the text and study guide as well as from previous exams, if available.

Be careful not to review only the solutions of problems. Students who just review the solutions often find that they cannot solve problems on exams. The only way that you can be sure that you adequately understand any problem is by solving it yourself, writing out each step. For problems already solved, simply change given values and rework the problem finding a different answer. Remember, to be successful on a problem-solving exam, you must have the experience of solving many problems yourself.

Review you old exams to refamiliarize yourself with the kinds of questions you professor asks. Identify the questions you were most successful answering as well as those you could not correctly complete. Try to emphasize problems that resemble those that were particularly difficult for you in the past.

Try to work in a study group where you can solve problems and review lecture and textbook notes together. You will find it helpful to construct outlines of the work being covered; each member of your group can contribute outlines of specific topics as well as present solutions to the relevant problems. Remember, the more you write and think about the topics, the more you will retain and understand. Study group members can also develop new problems that the entire group can work on under simulated exam conditions. Such exercises will help to reveal your weak areas and develop test-taking skills.

1. Devise a schedule for preparation a few weeks before the exam.

2. Determine which topics you know well, which topics you do not understand completely, and what material you do not know at all.

3. Spend most of your time actually solving assigned problems, as well as new problems from your text, study guide, and previous exams.

4. Review previous exams to remind yourself of how your knowledge will be tested.

5. Work with your study group as much as possible developing outlines, solving problems, and creating practice exams.

The Night Before the Exam.

The night before the exam should be used for a quick review of the more important topics or a review of the material you are still uncertain about. At this point, you should have studied all of the relevant topics and associated problems. Chemistry cannot be learned overnight and any attempts at cramming the work will only result in more anxiety during the exam. Learning any science is a gradual process requiring much time and energy. Remember that your exam grades will reflect your study techniques. Adequate preparation not only increases your knowledge and improves the skills required for the exam, but also reduces your anxiety level so that you can think more clearly.

SUCCESS??

2010-09-03T02:19:00.001-07:00

SUCCESS??? What is the meaning of success for you??

Success is the hardest thing to achieve for all human beings. Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration when someone is still a student. The road to success is always under construction. That's mean the studies field in this world is never end.

You're Old When.....

2010-06-12T06:27:00.000-07:00

- People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
- If you've never smoked, you can start now and it won't have time to hurt you.
- Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
- Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.
- Your eyes won't get much worse.
- Adult diapers are actually kind of convenient.
- Things you buy now won't wear out.
- No one expects you to run into a burning building.
- There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
- Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service.
- In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
- You're sitting on a park bench, and a Boy Scout comes up and helps you cross your legs.

10 Excuses For Not Doing Your Math Homework

2010-06-11T05:07:00.001-07:00

I accidentally divided by zero and my paper burst into flames.
Isaac Newton's birthday.
I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it.
I have the proof, but there isn't room to write it in this margin.
I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged.
I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy.
I locked the paper in my trunk but a four-dimensional dog got in and ate it.
I couldn't figure out whether i is the square of negative one or i is the square root of negative one.
I took time out to snack a doughnut and a cup of coffee. I spent the rest of the night trying to figure which one to dunk.
I could have sworn I put the homework inside a Klein bottle, but this morning I couldn't find it.

10 Things You Don’t Want To Hear Before Your Surgery

2010-06-11T05:05:00.000-07:00

1 Don’t worry. I think it is sharp enough.

2 Nurse, did this patient sign the organs donation card?

3 Damn! Page 84 of the manual is missing!

4 Everybody stand back! I lost a contact lens!

5 Hand me that…uh…that uh…..thingy

6 Better save that. We’ll need it for the autopsy.

7 “Accept this sacrifice, O Great Lord of Darkness”

8 Whoa, wait a minute, if this is his spleen, then what’s that?

9 “Ya know, there’s big money in kidneys. Hell, he’s got two of them”

10 What do you mean “You want a divorce?”

What Thing Is LOVE?

2010-02-15T07:37:00.000-08:00

What thing is love I pray thee tell
It is a prickle, it is a sting
It is a pretty,pretty thing
It is a fire, it is a coal
Whose flame creeps in at every hole
And as my wits can best devise
Love's darling lies in ladies' eyes...

-GEORGE PEELE-

SAY IT...

2010-02-15T07:09:00.000-08:00

Top 10 things to say when
YOU DON’T LIKE A PRESENT!

1. Hey, now there’s a gift!
2. Well, well, well…
3. Boy, if I had not recently shot up 4 sizes that would’ve fit it.
4. This is perfect for wearing around the basement.
5. Gosh. I hope this never catches fire! It is fire season though. There lots of unexplained fires…
6. If the dog buries it, I’ll be furious!
7. I love it! But I fear the jealousy it will inspire
8. Sadly, tomorrow I enter the Federal Witness Protection Program
9. To think I got this the year I vowed to give all my gifts to charity…
10. I really don’t deserve this….

Healing Power of Faith & Prayer

2010-02-13T04:08:00.000-08:00

Healing Power of Faith & Prayer: Religious & Scientific Perspectives
Prof. Abdul Majid
Department of Zoology,
Government Postgraduate College,
Mansehra, Pakistan

We turn to God and He Renews our Strength so that we can run and not grow weary, so that we can walk and not feel faint. The man or woman who turns to God is like a tree planted by a stream. What they share with the world replenished by a source beyond themselves so that they never run dry. (Kushner) (1)

Healing is defined as the diagnosis of the cause of evil and mental and physical sickness, and the development of techniques for its cure. (2)

Psychotherapy is a systematic effort to restore the disordered personality to the general pattern of normalcy (3). In Jung’s words psychotherapy is a domain of healing. (4)

Psychotherapy has a long and very old history. It is actually man’s fight against spiritual/mental sickness, diseases, maladjustment or any other disorder of this kind.

According to Dr. Ali Rizvi,
“Its foundation was actually laid with the appearance of man on this globe. The man who suffered a pain that could not be located in the body, was somewhere in the non-body region and thus resorted to a treatment which was considered appropriate to this kind of malaise” (5)

Different methods and techniques have been (and are being) used (in psychotherapy) to cure such disorders and mental ailments but the demon of melancholy seems to be devouring the substance of serenity and satisfaction. It is estimated that more than 500 million people worldwide suffer from the ill effects of depression. By 2020 it is expected to be the 2nd most debilitating disease after heart attack. (6)

A variety of anti-depressants are suggested as a course of therapy, but there is no recovery. More and more people in the modern societies are attempting to seek pleasure through carnal and corporeal modes of satisfaction. The sacred sources are denied the blessings which they deserved, while the unsanctified avenues are unfolded for immediate gratification, but their dissatisfaction is increasing. Neurosis, depression and suicide are increasing day by day.

Now people are realizing that real peace of mind and tranquility can not be gained without turning to God.

Within the past few years it has become generally known in the West that religious beliefs and practices have an important impact on physical and mental health.

Religion is commonly relied upon to cope with the stress caused by health problems. Now the medical effects of faith are considered a matter not just of faith but also of science.

More than three hundred scientific studies demonstrate the medical value of religious commitment (including worship attendance, prayer, scripture study, and an active participation in a spiritual community). These benefits include enhanced prevention and treatment of mental disorders (e.g. depression, suicide, and anxiety), medical and surgical illness (e.g; heart disease, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases), and addiction, reduced pain and disability; and prolonged survival.(7) In addition, spiritual treatment (e.g; prayer, religiously based psychotherapy) enhances recovery. (8)

For the faithful, religious commitment offers many health advantages. A cohesive, comforting set of beliefs and participation in sacred rituals may endow a sense of meaning, purpose, & hope. Faith offers a “peace that passeth understanding” in times of pain, grief and disability. Healthy life style choice (e.g. exercise, proper diet) are more common and unhealthy behaviors (e.g. nicotine, alcohol, & drug use, suicide attempts; high risk sexual activity) are less common among religious persons. Persons of faith usually cope effectively with stress and have strong social support and a high quality of life. (9)

Dr. Frankle, who developed a system of psychotherapy, which in his own words, “not only recognizes man’s spirit, but actually starts from it” quotes research findings which indicate that about 20 percent of neurosis result from inability of the patients to find any purpose in life. He further says that it may be the task of the therapist to direct them to a meaning in life by the realization of some value. This realization may be achieved, not only by accomplishing worthwhile tasks, but also sometimes by the adoption of an attitude of acceptance of inevitable sufferings. (10)

It is not surprising, then, that three major studies (recently published in the American Journal of Public Health and Journal of Gerontology performed in different parts of United States by different research teams have found religiously active people living considerably longer than non-religious. The lack of religious involvement has an effect on mortality that is equivalent to forty years of smoking one pack of cigarettes per day (11)

Several studies have now discovered a connection between religious involvement and immune system function. For example, in a study of 1718 subjects( age sixty five or over) conducted by Duke University researchers, low level of church attendance were associated with higher levels of interleukin – 6 (IL-6), a blood protein indicative of immune system dysfunction. Higher levels of religious attendance in 1986, 1989 and 1992 all predicted lower IL-6 levels. Higher levels of IL-6 (<>

Likewise, studies of patients with AIDS indicate stronger immune system functioning among those who are more religiously involved. (13)

In an another extensive study of healing by Dr. Dale Matthews and associates, personal prayers caused an overall 20 percent decrease in the amount of pain experienced by patients with arthritis. Patients also reported less swelling in their joints, greater mobility, and a heightened sense of spiritual peace. Dr. Matthews describes the reason of comfort,

“It raises the possibility that perhaps the effect of prayer is not going through the inflammatory mechanism, but instead is happening at a man cerebral level.”

Dr. Mathews also identified the act of physically putting one’s hand on the patient as more interactive, identifying the patient-healer interaction as a possible mechanism. (14)

Many modern psychologists like Jung, Brill, Link, Borgin, Loewanthal, Worthington, etc; acknowledge the fact that a person having a strong belief and practicing religion can better cope with psychological disorders than the one who does not practice religion. (16)

Recently an interesting study was conducted in Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, on the effect of ‘Tahajjid Salat’ (late night prayer) in curbing depression. In this study, one experimental group was advised to recite the Holy Quran, offer prayer and be busy in invocation (dhikr). The other group was advised to remain busy in home tasks, etc. Then the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale was used to measure results. Astonishingly, 25 out of 32 patients of experimental group showed remarkable recovery from depression. The other group’s majority showed no change. (15)

Dr. Charles T. Kaelber reported in his article LINK BETWEEN DEPRESSION and SPIRITUALITY that depression is less common in people who are actively involved in religious activities. (17)

Kate Loewenthal also concludes in his book “The Psychology of Religion” religion can affect patterns of stress, and this can affect patterns of distress and of minor psychiatric disorders. We could suggest that minor anxiety is a disorder associated with the religious life, while major depression is a disorder associated with secularization.

Religious Activity --> Belief that God is in control, supporting all for the best --> positive mood --> Lower distress (18)

Why religion supports people and why faith in God is so helpful to people in distress, Dr. Pargament, the author of “The Psychology of Religion and Coping” speaks:

“I believe religion offers a response to the problem of human insufficiency. Try as we might to maximize significance through our own insights and experiences or through those of others, we remain human, finite and limited. At any time we may be pushed beyond our immediate resources, exposing our basic vulnerability to ourselves and the world. To this most basic of existential crises, religion holds solutions. The solutions may come in the form of spiritual support when other forms of social support are lacking, explanations when no other explanations seem convincing, and a sense of ultimate control through the sacred when life seems out of control or new objects of significance when old ones are no longer compelling.” (19)

Johnson sums it up more eloquently:
“It is because man is finite with infinite possibilities that he ventures upon the religious quest. He is naturally finite, yet he learns infinite possibilities which he cannot reach alone. Thus, he will never be content to endure the finite loneliness of self – sufficient isolation …. Religious learning is the discovery of ultimate resources to meet infinite longings of the finite spirit. (20)

Mark Su, a physician at the Tufts University Family Residency Program in Boston, Massachusetts, examined 212 studies from the past 20 years that examined the relationship between spirituality & health… most from the Judeo – Christian Perspective. Su found that 75 percent of these studies reported a positive benefit, 17 percent showed mix or no effect, and 7 percent found a negative impact on health.

Su found religion had the most positive impact on health conditions such as cancer, heart disease, and hypertension. Presenting the findings at the annual scientific assembly of the America Academy of Family Physicians in Atlanta – October 2001, Su said asking patients about their religious backgrounds practices and community is a relationship builder: “it leads to meaningful discussions: it creates a bond.” (21)

The Holy Quran also describes in its various verses that the real peace of mind and tranquility lies in faith in Almighty Allah and in His remembrance. Quran declares:

Those who believe, and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, do the hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah. Those who believe and do right, joy (Tuba) and true happiness is for them and a beautiful plea of find return. (22)

Abdullah Yousaf Ali comments on the word ‘Tuba’
‘Tuba’ an internal state of Satisfaction, an inward joy which is difficult to describe in words but which reflects itself in the life of the good man through good and ill fortune, through good report and evil. And then there is the final goal to which his eyes are turned, the beautiful Home of rest in the Hereafter, after his life’s struggles are over. That goal is God Himself. (23)

On the other hand, in another verse God said:
One who turns away from the remembrance and admonition of Allah, for his is a life narrowed down and he shall be raised blind on the Day of Judgment. (24)

So the true happiness in fact comes from the true belief in almighty Creator and from the values one cherishes and the virtues one nourishes. While all pleasures stemming from carnal desires and material phenomena disappear soon after their satisfaction, the bliss surrounding moral and spiritual consummation always remains alive and fresh in human mind and soul.

When we acquire complete satisfaction by advancing from doubt to faith, ignorance to knowledge, negligence to remembrance, sin to repentance, hypocrisy to sincerity, falsehood to truth, pride to humility, lethargy to action, haughtiness to lowliness, the soul is pacified. The delight, joy and comfort of soul are with the remembrance of Allah, from Him it comes and to Him it will return.

So we can say that real satisfaction is due to closeness to God and remoteness from God results in mental diseases.

HEALING POWER OF PRAYER
An important study is published in 1988, which was conducted by Cardiologist Dr. Randolph Byrd. A computer assigned 393 patients at a coronary care unit either to a group that was prayed for by prayer groups or to a group that was not remembered in prayer. No one knew which group the patients were in. The prayer groups were simply given the patients first names, along with brief descriptions of their medical problems. They ware asked to pray each day until the patients were discharged from the hospital – but were given no instructions on how to do it or what to say. When the study was completed ten months later, the prayed - for patients benefited in several significant areas:

They required 20% less antibiotics than unremembered group
They were 2.5 times less likely to suffer congestive heart failure
They were less likely to suffer cardiac arrest and left the hospital earlier (25)

Similarly a study published in the November 2001, American Heart Journal showed a positive relationship between spirituality and health among cardiac patients. Duke University researchers studied 150 heart patients at a medical center in North Carolina. All received cardiac stents – device to keep their arteries open – and 120 received a noetic therapy, such as guided imagery, stress relaxation, healing touch or intercessory prayer. Buddhists, Catholic, Moravians, Jews, Fundamental Christians, Baptists and others prayed for the patients from around the world.

Patients who received the additional therapies had a 25 to 30 percent reduction in adverse outcomes – from additional surgery to death. (26)

It may be concluded on the basis of the above and many other studies that prayer for another person suffering from disease might have a beneficial effect if the sufferer knew that others cared enough for him or her to pray. In this case the knowledge of existence of the prayer might help to restore patient’s own faith in an ultimate restoration to health. There are also evidences (as described above) to affirm the efficiency of secret prayer when the person for whom prayer is made, does not know about the prayer. And in the words of Douglas Steere:
“No more and no less than that intercessory prayer seems able to touch the life of another at the core of his or her being and that in the extremity of disease we can be supported and even healed by the help of the prayers of other when we outwardly know nothing (27).

As poet Alfred Tennyson wrote, “Many things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of” (28)

These are the recent studies which strongly support the Islamic teachings about prayers. Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said, “Prayer (Duaa) is the kernel of worship”. In another saying it is described that the most favorite thing to God is to pray to him.

Similarly the Prophet Mohammad said:
Prayer is the weapon of a believer, the pillar of religion Islam and is the light (Noor) of heavens and earth (29)

Almighty Allah instructed his beloved Prophet,
Pray for the believers because that is a source of security, serenity and tranquility for them. (30)

The prayers of great sages and saints have had special impact on those for whom they prayed. Modern research testifies this, as Dr. Iqbal said:

Similarly, according to a hadith (saying of the Prophet) there are some people whose prayer (Duaa) is not rejected;
The fasting person until he breaks the fast; the just ruler, and the oppressed person, whose prayer Allah Lifts above the clouds and opens unto it the doors of heavens and Allah says: I swear by My honor, verily, I shall assist you, even though it may be after some time. (31)

Before describing further the healing power of prayer, a very brief note about the healing power of the Holy Quran is given which is also perfect admonition, remembrance (Zikr) and prayer.

THE HEALING POWER OF THE HOLY QURAN
About the Holy Quran, God said:
We send down (stage by stage) in the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe. (32)

Abdullah Yousaf Ali comments on this verse as:
In God’s revelation there is a healing for our broken spirits, hope for our spiritual future, and a joy in the forgiveness of our sins. All who work in faith will share in these privileges. It is only the rebels against God’s law who will suffer loss. (33)

Dr. Ahmed E. Qazi and associates examined the effect of recitation of the Holy Scripture (The Quran).As a result of their studies they concluded that high blood pressure was decreased due to listening to the Quran, the heart beat was normalized and the muscles of the body relaxed. These effects of recitation were not only on Muslims but also on non-Muslims (34)

The First Sûrah (chapter) of the Quran is also called Sûrah (Fâtiha) Shifa (Healing and Cure) for all the ailments and this is the Sûrah recited necessarily in all the formal prayers of Muslims.

Dr. Rashid told Hakim Tariq Mehmood that the Patients who were suffering from insomnia were cured by the prayers of Dawn (Fajr) and night (Isha) and the recitation of the Quran and they slept without taking any sleeping pills. (35)

Almightly Allah advised all believers to seek strength in patience and prayer, Allah is with those who are patient. (36)

When the period of suffering seems to be too long, strength seems to be sapping, patience may soon be exhausted unless strength is renewed. Hence, prayer is coupled with patience in the Quranic directive. Prayer is the ever – flowing spring which renews the believers’ energy and gives them new strength. Prayers also add to that perseverance, contentment, confidence and reassurance and make them feel that they are not alone.

Sayyid Qutb adds:
The value of prayer is great indeed; prayer is the direct link between man who is certain to die and the Power which is everlasting. It is the appointed time for the confined nature of man to come to the ever - flowing spring. It holds the key to the endless treasure which has more than anyone needs. It is the gate through which man escapes from his limited confines on earth to the limitless expanse of the Universe. It is the source of spiritual strength and tender compassion. It provides the gentle touch which comforts the tired heart. For this reason, whenever the Prophet (PBUH), experienced some hardship, or whenever he had to make a momentous decision he prayed much in order to make his contact with Allah more prolonged. (37)

Abu Hurairah, a companion of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was suffering from intestinal pain. The prophet (PBUH) advised him,
“Stand up and pray because healing (shifa) is in prayer.” (38)

Dr. C. Callender, Chair of the Surgery Department at Howard University, Washington D.C. rightly said:
“The miracles of spiritual healing should be accepted as the newest medical technology” (39)

I conclude my paper with Biblical and Quranic verses which are better suited here.

A sufferer prays to God:
Unto thee will I Cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me, if though be silent to me, I become like them that go down unto the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands towards thy Holy sanctuary…….

Blessed be the Lord, because he had heard the voice of my supplications.

The Lord is my Strength and my Shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with song will I praise him. (Psalms 28:2-3,6-7) (40)

In the Holy Quran God assures:
When my servants (bondmen) ask thee concerning me (tell them) I am indeed close to them, I listen to the prayer of every supplicant when he calleth on Me: Let them also with a will, listen to My call, and believe in Me, that they may be rightly directed. (Al-Quran: 2:186)

REFERENCES AND END NOTES

1. Quoted in Kenneth I. Pargament: The Psychology of Religion & Coping (New York: The Guilford Press, 19987) p.208
2. Enclyclopaedia Britannica(Chicago: William Bentom Publishers, 1975) vol. 8,p.685
3. Dr. Syed Azhar Ali Rizvi: Muslim Tradition in Psychotherapy and Modern Trends (Lahore: Institute of Islamic Culture, Club Road, 1989) p. 1
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid, p. 203
6. Iqbal S. Hussain: The Quran and Modernism Beyond Science and Philosophy (Lahore: Adabistan, 43, Rattigan Road, 2000) p. 308 . The World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored a project titled ‘The Global Burning of Disease’, which estimated that in the year 2000, depression was the fourth leading cause of disability in the world and would be the second – leading cause by the year 2020 . A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in which it is estimated that the proportion of persons receiving treatment for depression increased more than three – fold from 1987 to 1997. (See for further details Charles Kaelber article Research Indicates Link Between Depression and Spirituality in Research News and opportunities (Durham: North Carolina www.researchnewaonline.org June 2002), p. 5
7. Dale Matthews: Is Religion Good for Your Health in Russell Stannard (ed) God for the 21st Century (Philadelphia: Templeton Foundation Press, 2000) p. 103 and also see the summary of 85 studies published by Dr. Kenneth I. Pargament in his book “The Psychology of Religion and Coping” (pp. 407 – 422), which proves that religion and religious activities are very effective in coping(Varios definitions of coping are given by the famous psychologist Pargament in the aforesaid book at page 85, one of them is: Any response to external life strains that serves to prevent, avoid, or control emotional distress.
8. Ibid
9. Ibid, p. 104
10. Dr. Robert H. Thouless: An Introduction to the Psychology of Religion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971) p. 78
11. Harold Koenig: The Healing Power of Faith in Stannard Russell (ed) God for 21st Century p. 108
12. Ibid, p. 109
13. Ibid
14. Tara Yeoman: Prayer Study Returns Positive Results: Matthews work shows measured decrease in arthritis pain in Research News and Opportunities, May 2001, p. 3
15. Dr. Usman Najati: Al Quran and Ilmun-nafs (Lahore: Al-Faisal Publishers, Urdu Bazaar) pp. 362 – 363) and Kate M. Loewenthal: The Psychology of Religion: A short introduction. (Oxford: Oneworld Publications, 185 Bonbury Road, 2000) p. 124 – 125
16. Hakim Tariq Mehmood Chughtai: Sunnat Nabvi (The way of the Prophet and Modern Science) Bahawlpur (Hasil Pur); Darul Mutaliah in front of Mosque Bazaar Wali, 1996) pp. 53 – 55
17. Dr. Charles T. Kaelber, op. cit.
18. Kate M. Loewenthal, op. cit. p. 128
19. Kenneth Pargament, op. cit. p. 310
20. Ibid.
21. Mike Fillon: Medical Wonders from Religiosity in Science and Spirit (IL: 115 Campbell Street Suit L-4, www.science-spirit.org) May, June 2002, p.36
22. Al-Quran, 13: 28-29
23. Abdullah Yusuf Ali: The Meaning of the Glorious Quran, Translation and Commentary (Cairo: Darul Kitab Al-Masri) Volume 1, p. 612
24. Al-Quran, 20: 124
25. Dr. Larry Dossey: Does Prayer Heal? In Readers, Digest, June 1996, p. 118
26. Mike Fillon, op. cit.
27. Douglas V. Steer: Dimensions of Prayer ( TN: Upper Room Books, 1997 ), p. 77
28. Ibid
29. Hakim Tariq Mehmud: The Teachings of the Prophet and Modern Sciences (Lahore: Ilmourfan Publishers, Urdu Bazaar, 2000) pp. 210 – 211
30. Al-Quran: 9: 103.
31. Maulana Mohammad Zakaryya: Blessings and Rewards of Keeping Fast (Lahore: Kutab Khana Faizi), p. 27
32. Al-Quran: 17:82
33. Abdullah Yousaf Ali, op. cit; Vol. 1, p. 718
34. Hakim Tariq Mehmood, op. cit; 212
35. Ibid
36. Al-Quran: 2: 153
37. Adil Salahi (ed): Our Dialogue (KSA Jeddah: Arab News, 6th Edition) Vol. 2, pp. 665 – 666
38. Usman Najjati: Hadith & Ilm-un-Nafs (Lahore: Al-Faisal Publishers, Urdu Bazaar, 1988) p. 344
39. Mike Fillon: Science and Spirit, op. cit. p. 37 Quoted in Kenneth Pargament: the Psychology of Religion and Coping. P. 210

About the author:
Assistant Professor of Zoology & Chairperson of HSSRD & winner of CTNS 2001 Science- Religion International award.

Source: with permission
http://www.hssrd.org/journal/spring2003/healing.htm
JOURNAL OF HSSRD SCIENCE - RELIGION DIALOGUE
Hazara Society for Science-Religion Dialogue, Pakistan
(The Hazara Society is for the constructive engagement of Religion & Science)

Listen To The HELL???

2010-01-10T20:04:00.000-08:00

*source from halaqah.net

A group geologists from Russia did an experiment in a remote part of Siberia, where they tried to penetrate the earths crusts.
After drilling a hole of 14.4 kilometres (6 or 7 miles I think) they witnessed a dramatic temp change. The temp had rissen to 1100 degrees Celsius. (2000 Fahrenheit)

When the drill had reached 14.4 kilometres the drill began spinning and rotating wildly like as if it had reached a big empty space. So to investigate if the earth is not hollow they dropped a special sensitive microphone that was designed to detect the sound of platemovements near the shaft of the drill.

What they heard would shock them so much that an ambulance had to come to sedate the geologists.
Most of them quitted the project and began treatment by psychologist to forget what the heard an saw.

After what they heard a beatifull being with batwings appeared out of the hole and fled.

The sounds they heard are recorded.
here you can listen to scream of pain from maybe millions of damned souls trapped in hell.
(http://amightywind.com/mp3/hellscreams.mp3)

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER

2009-12-31T12:21:00.000-08:00

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER

Print out and submit as per instructions at the bottom of the form.

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5. Home address :____________________________ City/ State____________________________________
6. Do you have one male and one female parent ? Yes _______ No _______
7. If no, explain :_________________________________________________________________________
8. Number of years parents married :__________________________________________________________
9. Do you own a van ?______ A truck with oversized tires ?______ A water bed ?_______
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(If yes to any of #9 or #10, Discontinue application and leave premises ...
11. In ten words or less, what does LATE mean to you ?___________________________________________
12. In ten words or less, what does Abstinence mean to you ?______________________________________
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14. Job you attend :_________________________________ How early you attend :_______________
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Answer by filling in the blanks. Please answer freely - all answers are confidential
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If I were beaten the last bone I would want broken is my ________________________________________
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APPLICANT'S RIGHT THUMB PRINT IN BLOOD

When you admired a lovely

2009-12-25T08:02:00.000-08:00

When you admired a lovely,

The whole stars shine tremendously,

Breathing, running or dancing freely,

To celebrate her, you want so badly;

Her smiles bring out the light,

Of a great beauty, it is a might,

An angel’s tears if she cried,

Not to her sad, I must tried;

To speak with her is my dream,

If she praise, man, I wanna scream,

But I always know, it’s not how it seems,

Of an ugly duckling I am in the team;

When you ask me whether I love,

Always, honey, it’s like a curve,

But the fact I am crow and you are dove,

It kills me, together we can’t surf;

Always you, me dream to kiss,

But the giant hooked I miss,

May you found true love till rest in peace,

Eternal shall you be pleased;

It is a tale of me and you,

Just hope you notice, I’ll make it through,

In great despair, yes it’s true,

Me losing you, I can’t hold on to;

Now the sun has dimmed, it’s dark really,

The girl not yours, it drives you madly,

A history repeats with sign knowingly,

When you admired a lovely.

2009-12-23T09:11:00.000-08:00

WHO CARES?

*in memories of the script played by english drama team of SMSSMJ

NARRATOR:

This,is an ordinary class.(changing scene)But this,is where the story begins…

BILL:

Bro,want a good stuff?

BRIAN:

What stuff?

BILL:

Guess.

BRIAN:

I am sick of guessing.Just tell me what it is

BILL:

This.

(Both of them in shock and in fantasy)

(Mr. Thomas comes into the class)(Brian accidently throw the disc)

MR THOMAS:

What in the world…This…This is a…pornographic film.

BILL:

Why did you throw the disc?

MR THOMAS:

BRIAN!!Come here you punk.What is this??

BRIAN:

This…aa…this…this is the school’s project.

MR THOMAS:

Oh yeah?!!So what is with the cover?

BRIAN:

This is school’s big plan…top secret.

MR THOMAS:

Enough with your lie!!!This is a prohibited material in this school.You are not allowed…

BILL:

Shut up!

MR THOMAS:

What did you say?

BILL:

I said,just shut up!!If you want to punish us just go ahead!Stop babbling around.

MR THOMAS:

Silence!!Enough is enough.I have had it with this absolutely damn group of sinners.Don’t your parents ever teach you??!!

(Bill punches Mr.Thomas)

BILL:

You do not know anything about us!So do not act like you know it!

MR THOMAS:

I have had it with this class!!Both of you,come with me.

KATIE:

What is it with those guys?They have changed a lot.

JESSICA:

Who cares?In fact,they themselves were looking for the trouble.

ROXY:

She is right Katie.Those guys are punks.I heard that,they are planning to rob a bank.

KATIE:

What is wrong with you guys?Do you actually believe such a rumor?They,we in fact are just kids..

ROXY:

Who knows what they can do.

JESSICA:

Probably,they might “rob” you as well.

KATIE:

You!!

ROXY:

Let us just forget about that bunch of losers.

NARRATOR:

Meanwhile,at the principal’s room.

PRINCIPAL:

Come in!...Yes,Mr.Thomas?

MR THOMAS:

Excuse me for disturbing you…But there is an emergency going on out here.

PRINCIPAL:

What is with the face?

MR.THOMAS:

This should explain to you.Come here you two…

BILL &

BRIAN:

Good afternoon ma’am.

MR.THOMAS:

This boy!Throw this damn disc to my handsome,brilliant face.While this one punched me,kick me and almost kill me!

PRINCIPAL:

Is that true?

BRIAN:

No ma’am…We are just…

MR.THOMAS:

They are just trying to be some kind of heroes…

PRINCIPAL:

In that case,we need to take some serious action in this matter.

NARRATOR:

So…After some difficult consideration,the punishment was sentenced.

PRINCIPAL:

Mr.Thomas,you may have a week off.While for both of you young man…Brian!We will punish you in front of the students.As for you Bill,we will call out your parents for some discussion on your manner.

MR.THOMAS:

Just call the parents!!!He intends to kill me.Are you going to let this guy affects other students???

PRINCIPAL:

We must follow…

MR.THOMAS:

HE!WAS!TRYING TO KILL ME!!

BILL:

That is not true(Mr.Thomas and Bill argue)

PRINCIPAL:

SILENCE!!The decision has been made.Bill!!Pack your stuff now!From this moment,you are not part of this school anymore!

BRIAN:

What!!?No!!You got to be kidding me.Why it is only him who is going to been kicked out from this school.Why?!!

MR.THOMAS:

It is not the school’s problem!

BILL:

You!!!You are the one who caused this!

MR.THOMAS:

Are you kidding me?The fault is on you!

BILL:

You are a nightmare!!

MR,THOMAS:

What?!!Want a fight?!!

BRIAN:

Enough you two!!Can we just settle this down.Ma’am,please give him one more chance.

PRINCIPAL:

I am sorry.The school has its rules.

BRIAN&

BILL:

Please…

MR.THOMAS:

It is final.Ma’am,let me take them out.

PRINCIPAL:

Please…

NARRATOR:

Then,the two boys receive their punishment.Bill has been expelled while Brian is striked four times.Thus,that’s the beginning of the tragedy.Both of the orphans,feel the world turning upside down.

MR.GATES:

What in the world are you thinking?Since your mother’s death,you’ve changed a lot.Do you even think about your future?

BRIAN:

It is not that…It is just.

MR. GATES:

What?!!All that you do is just fooling around with your friends.Your late mother will be

ashamed of you.

BRIAN:

Think back dad!All that you are been doing is just work,work and WORK!!!After mom’s

death,you never care about me.Not even once.

MR. GATES:

I have been working hard to support your life for 15 hours a day!!And that what you say

not care about you?!!

BRIAN:

Do you ever know the difference between responsibility and love?Do you ever put some

love on me?Do you ever play with me?Do you ever care about me?!!I’m your son you

know.I can make it out,with just a piece of your precious love.Thanks to you,I didn`t get

it and now you looking for someone to blame.(walk out the stage)The one you should

blame is you.

MR. GATES:

Brian!!Brian!!Come back here!!Brian!!Urghh!!!

NARRATOR:

The same thing goes on with Bill.

(Hit Bill with belt)

MR RANSICT:

Useless son!What do you think you are doing?Kicked out from

school!Failed in studies!!What do you live for?!!

BILL:

Arghh!!Stop it!Stop it!

MR RANSICT:

Your late mom will be ashamed of you!!You,useless son!!

BILL:

I am sorry dad.I’m very very sorry.

MR RANSICT:

Sorry?!!Just with that single word you think it can change everything?!!

BILL:

Forgive me,dad,please stop it!

MR RANSICT:

Why do you want forgiveness from me.Ask it from your teacher!!

BILL:

He does not deserve it.

MR RANSICT:

Do not deserve it?!!You fool!!Why do you hit a teacher?!!Why do you have to get into a fight?(cry)

BILL:

So why do you teach me how to fight?!!

MR RANSICT:

Just when did…I teach…

BILL:

Everyday!!Every single minute,every single day,you would not miss to hit me with your

damn belt!!For a second,show some love to me.For just a second,respect me,treat me as

you son.You know,I become like this because of you!!!(walk out the stage)

MR RANSICT:

Bill!!Bill!!Bill!!

NARRATOR:

So,the two fathers have a walk to clear up their mind.

MR.GATES:

Brian…

MR RANSICT:

Bill..Bill…

MR.GATES&

MR.RANSICT:

You???

MRRANSICT:

Are you Brian’s dad???

MR.GATES:

Well yes.You are??

MR RANSICT:

I am Bill’s dad.Nice to meet you.

MR GATES:

Me too.Well,looks like our son have failed us.

MR RANSICT:

No we actually have failed our sons.

MR GATES:

What do you mean?

MR RANSICT:

I have put some thoughts about that.And I realize,we did not show the love to them.So,it turns them upside down.

MR GATES:

You got a point there.Yes,they used to be very good boys.But after my wife’s death,I’ve been focusing too much in work.

MR RANSICT:

While on the other side I am the one who lost without my late wife.I failed to show my love…

MR GATES:

At least,they are still good friends…(both of them laugh together)

MR RANSICT:

Let us make things right.

MR GATES:

To forgive,to get forgiveness.

MR.RANSICT:

And at last…

MR.GATES:

To change them…

NARRATOR:

While the two fathers have realized their mistakes,the two sons…

BRIAN:

All that I do is wrong!Wrong,wrong and wrong!!

BILL:

Never,ever,ever care about me,and all that he knows is only to hit me !Hit me,hit me,hit

me with his damn belt!!

(Brian and Bill sigh)

BRIAN:

Whether the things are right or not…

BILL:

Whether the things we did or not…

BRIAN:

They see us as a failure!!

BILL:

As a damn creature!!

BRIAN:

As a big dirty mountain they have to carry on!!

BILL:

And now,we turn up like this,who cares?

BRIAN:

Yeah,who cares whether we turn good or bad.

BILL:

Who cares about our actions?

BRIAN:

Who cares about our failure?

BILL:

Who cares whether we live,or we die!!

BRIAN:

Yeah,who ever cares!!

(Suddenly,a boy run into Brian and fall down.)

BRIAN:

HEY!!Watch out where you are going!!

BAD BOY:

AARRGHHH!!!!!

(suddenly,there is a scream)

AUNTY RAH:

HELP!!!!HELP!!!My necklace!!!Help!!!!

BRIAN:

Eh??Bill!!There’s a necklace!

AUNTY RAH:

Help!!My necklace!!

BILL:

Necklace?He should be the one…

BRIAN:

Who snatches this…Bill,go after him!

(Bill runs out of the stage)

CROWD:

Look!!The necklace!He is the thief!!

BRIAN:

What??No…I am just…

AUNTY RAH:

Ah!!!My necklace!!You,you must be the thief!

BRIAN:

Nonsense!There’s a boy…

CROWD:

He is the one!!

MR.GATES:

What happened?

CROWD:

The boy snatched that lady’s necklace.

MR.GATES:

Eh??Let me through,let me through…

BRIAN:

I swear to God I did not do it.I just want to return it to you.

AUNTY RAH:

That is because you stole it!

MR.GATES:

Brian????!!What did you do?

BRIAN:

Dad??!!

AUNTY RAH:

Ohh…so you are the thief’s father.You are also the same!

BRIAN:

I did not do it!!And my dad is not a thief!!He is my pride!!!

MR.GATES:

Brian…

AUNTY RAH:

So,if you did not snatch it from me,who else?

(crowd start whispering)

MR.GATES:

Me!!I am the one who stole it!!

BRIAN:

What?Dad!!

MR.GATES:

Yeah,I am the thief.Come on,call the police.Hahaha,you want me to sell your necklace.

BRIAN:

Dad!!Stop it!!

MR.GATES:

I stole it!!See everybody,I’m the thief!Ma’am,please arrest me ma’am or

else I will run away.

BRIAN:

Dad,stop it!!Stop it dad!!!Stop it!!

MR.GATES:

Just say that I stole it!!!I am the one who should take the responsibility!!!I’m the thief!!!!

POLICEMAN:

What happened??

(mr. gates begging)

AUNTY RAH:

Nothing!This person was just giving my necklace back.

POLICEMAN:

So,what is with the crowd?

AUNTY RAH:

How should I know?

(Policeman asks some of the crowd but they run away from him)

BRIAN:

Thank you ma’am.

AUNTY RAH:

Thanks to your father.Be nice to him okay!(Walk out the stage)

BRIAN:

Thanks dad

MR.GATES:

Did you really snatch the necklace?

BRIAN:

Dad…

MR,GATES:

I am just kidding,I trust you okay.Come on let us go home.

NARRATOR:

Well,that settles up for Brian.As for Bill.

(bad boy fall down and Bill grab him)

BILL:

You are the thief right!!?!

BAD BOY:

Let go off me!Arghh!!!

(Struggle and manage to escape)

BILL:

Coward!!

BAD BOY:

What did you say?

BILL:

Coward you moron!Come on,one on one!

(They begin a fight)

(Bill almost win the fight but the bad boy run away but being blocked by Katie,Mr.Thomas and principal)

KATIE:

He!He is the one ma’am!

PRINCIPAL:

Mr.Thomas,get him.

(bad boy try to run away but being trap by both side)

BAD BOY:

You group of suckers!

(Bill punch him and he fainted)

(Mr.Thomas,principal and Katie shock by Bill’s strength)

MR.RANSICT:

That is my boy!

BILL:

Dad?Eh?Katie,why are you here?

KATIE:

This guy trying to rob your father’s grocery.Simply said,it happened in front of us.We followed him here until you get him down.

BILL:

Eh?But I thought he tried to snatch a lady’s necklace.That is why I chase him here.

MR.THOMAS:

A lady?You mean a lady with a red dress?

BILL:

I do not know,I did not see her at all.

MR.THOMAS:

That lady is my wife.She was walking with me just now and suddenly a boy ran into her.Somehow,the necklace got into the boy’s hand.

PRINCIPAL:

And then you capture him.Am I right Bill?

BILL:

Well,I am a little bit confused…

MR.RANSICT:

Ma’am.My boy is a good person.Please take him back to the school.

BILL:

Dad…

PRINCIPAL:

Sorry sir,the school has its protocol.

KATIE:

Please ma’am,everybody deserves a second chance…

MR.THOMAS:

Just take him back ma’am.People can change…

MR.RANSICT:

Please ma’am…

PRINCIPAL:

Well…

NARRATOR:

Then,a year later…

MC:

The final round for the national Martial arts Competition will begin.On the

left side,Billy Ray Ransict.While the other side,Shawn Brian Giggs.The

final round begins!

(There’s a fight)

NARRATOR:

Bill has returned to the school as a student again.Brian enters the national

software programming competiton and won the first prize.Whether win or

lose,whether happy or sad,whether it is a laughter or tear,a friend is

always a friend.Family is always a family.And now you ask who cares

about you?Well we care…

THE END

Script by,

Luqman Hakim

list of phobia

2009-12-14T03:54:00.001-08:00

PHOBIA

In many cases specialists prefer to avoid the suffix -phobia and use more descriptive terms, see, e.g., personality disorders, anxiety disorders, avoidant personality disorder, love-shyness.

Ablutophobia – fear of bathing, washing, or cleaning.
Acrophobia, Altophobia – fear of heights.
Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder – fear of places or events where escape is impossible or when help is unavailable.
Agraphobia – fear of sexual abuse.
Aichmophobia – fear of sharp or pointed objects (as a needle, knife or a pointing finger).
Algophobia – fear of pain.
Agyrophobia – fear of crossing roads.
Androphobia – fear of men.
Anthropophobia – fear of people or being in a company, a form of social phobia.
Anthophobia – fear of flowers.
Aquaphobia – fear of water.
Astraphobia, Astrapophobia, Brontophobia, Keraunophobia – fear of thunder, lightning and storms; especially common in young children.
Aviophobia, Aviatophobia – fear of flying.
Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia – fear of microbes and bacteria.
Blood-injection-injury type phobia – a DSM-IV subtype of specific phobias
Catoptrophobia - fear of mirrors or of one's own reflection.
Chorophobia - fear of dancing.
Cibophobia, Sitophobia – aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa.
Claustrophobia – fear of confined spaces.
Coulrophobia – fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns).
Decidophobia – fear of making decisions.
Dental phobia, Dentophobia, Odontophobia – fear of dentists and dental procedures
Dysmorphophobia, or body dysmorphic disorder – a phobic obsession with a real or imaginary body defect.
Emetophobia – fear of vomiting.
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
Ergophobia – fear of work or functioning.
Erotophobia – fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Erythrophobia – pathological blushing.
Gelotophobia - fear of being laughed at.
Gephyrophobia – fear of bridges.
Genophobia, Coitophobia – fear of sexual intercourse.
Gerascophobia – fear of growing old or ageing.
Gerontophobia – fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly.
Glossophobia – fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
Gymnophobia – fear of nudity.
Gynophobia – fear of women.
Haptephobia – fear of being touched.
Heliophobia – fear of sunlight.
Hemophobia, Haemophobia – fear of blood.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia – fear of the number 666.
Hoplophobia – fear of weapons, specifically firearms (Generally a political term but the clinical phobia is also documented).
Ligyrophobia – fear of loud noises.
Lipophobia – fear/avoidance of fats in food.
Megalophobia - fear of large/oversized objects.
Mysophobia – fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
Necrophobia – fear of death, the dead.
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia – fear of newness, novelty.
Nomophobia – fear of being out of mobile phone contact.
Nosophobia – fear of contracting a disease.
Nosocomephobia - fear of hospitals.
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia – fear of darkness.
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia – fear of smells.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th.
Panphobia – fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it.
Phasmophobia - fear of ghosts, spectres or phantasms.
Phagophobia – fear of swallowing.
Phobophobia – fear of having a phobia.
Phonophobia – fear of loud sounds.
Pyrophobia – fear of fire.
Radiophobia – fear of radioactivity or X-rays.
Sociophobia – fear of people or social situations
Scopophobia – fear of being looked at or stared at.
Somniphobia – fear of sleep.
Spectrophobia – fear of mirrors and one's own reflections.
Taphophobia – fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
Technophobia – fear of technology (see also Luddite).
Telephone phobia, fear or reluctance of making or taking phone calls.
Tetraphobia – fear of the number 4.
Tokophobia – fear of childbirth.
Tomophobia – fear or anxiety of surgeries/surgical operations.
Traumatophobia – a synonym for injury phobia, a fear of having an injury
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia – fear of the number 13.
Trypanophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia – fear of needles or injections.
Workplace phobia – fear of the work place.
Xenophobia – fear of strangers, foreigners, or aliens.

Animal phobias

Ailurophobia – fear/dislike of cats.
Animal phobia - fear of certain animals, a category of specific phobias.
Apiphobia – fear/dislike of bees (also known as Melissophobia).
Arachnophobia – fear/dislike of spiders.
Chiroptophobia – fear/dislike of bats.
Cynophobia – fear/dislike of dogs.
Entomophobia – fear/dislike of insects.
Equinophobia – fear/dislike of horses (also known as Hippophobia).
Herpetophobia - fear/dislike of reptiles.
Ichthyophobia – fear/dislike of fish.
Musophobia – fear/dislike of mice and/or rats.
Ophidiophobia – fear/dislike of snakes.
Ornithophobia – fear/dislike of birds.
Scoleciphobia – fear of worms.
Selachophobia - fear/dislike of sharks.
Zoophobia – a generic term for animal phobias.

Non-psychological conditions

Hydrophobia – fear of water (a symptom of rabies).
Photophobia – hypersensitivity to light causing aversion to light
Phonophobia – hypersensitivity to sound causing aversion to sounds.
Osmophobia – hypersensitivity to smells causing aversion to odors.

Biology, chemistry

Biologists use a number of -phobia/-phobic terms to describe predispositions by plants and animals against certain conditions. For antonyms, see here.

Acidophobia/Acidophobic – preference for non-acidic conditions.
Heliophobia/Heliophobic – aversion to sunlight.
Hydrophobia/Hydrophobic – a property of being repelled by water.
Lipophobicity – a property of fat rejection
Ombrophobia – avoidance of rain
Photophobia (biology) a negative phototaxis or phototropism response, or a tendency to stay out of the light
Superhydrophobe – the property given to materials that are extremely difficult to get wet.
Thermophobia – aversion to heat.

Prejudices and discrimination

Jocular and fictional phobias

Aibohphobia – a joke term for the fear of palindromes, which is a palindrome itself. The term is a piece of computer humor entered into the 1981 The Devil's DP Dictionary
Anachrophobia – fear of temporal displacement, from a Doctor Who novel by Jonathan Morris.
Anatidaephobia – fear of being watched by a duck. Comes from Gary Larson's The Far Side.
Anoraknophobia – a portmanteau of "anorak" and "arachnophobia". Used in the Wallace and Gromit comic book Anoraknophobia. Also the title of an album by Marillion.
Arachibutyrophobia – fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth. The word is used by Peter O'Donnell in his 1985 Modesty Blaise adventure novel Dead Man's Handle. It had circulated, unattributed, in the Internet for some time until it landed at the CTRN Phobia Clinic website: "Working one-on-one with one of our team, with guaranteed lifetime elimination of Sticky Peanut Butter Phobia. From $1497 and up."
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia – fear of long words. Hippopoto- "big" due to its allusion to the Greek-derived word hippopotamus (though this is derived as hippo- "horse" compounded with potam-os "river", so originally meaning "river horse"; according to the Oxford English, "hippopotamine" has been construed as large since 1847, so this coinage is reasonable); -monstr- is from Latin words meaning "monstrous", -o- is a noun-compounding vowel; -sesquipedali- comes from "sesquipedalian" meaning a long word (literally "a foot and a half long" in Latin), -o- is a noun-compounding vowel, and -phobia means "fear". Note: This was mentioned on the first episode of Brainiac Series Five as one of Tickle's Teasers.
Nihilophobia - fear of nothingness, as described by the Doctor in the Star Trek: Voyager episode Night. Voyager's morale officer and chef Neelix suffers from this condition, having panic attacks while the ship was traversing a dark expanse of space known as the Void. It is also the title of a 2008 album by Neuronium.
Venustraphobia – fear of beautiful women, according to a 1998 humorous article published by BBC News. The word is a portmanteau of "Venus trap" and "phobia". Venustraphobia is the title of a 2006 album by Casbah Club.

Miscellaneous

Arachnophobia – "fear/dislike of spiders," a film
Chromophobia – "hatred/fear of colors," a film
Choreophobia – hatred of dance, a book by Anthony Shay about Iranian dance and its prohibition after the Iranian Revolution
Entomophobia – a genus of orchids. The word means "fear of insects"
Philophobia, an album by Arab Strap
Robophobia – a novel by Richard Evans

*source from wikipedia.org

2009-12-10T01:35:00.000-08:00

TINKER BELL:SCIENCE OF DREAMS

God had created a place of which a human can stand its dignity and civilization, Planet Earth. Proportional to a better living, mankind tend to change more and more, multifunctioning God’s creation. But how on Earth could a possibly merely weak physically structure of human can eventually change the whole planet to a better living? It is a magic of what man can call it now as science.

Science is simply defined as study or researches on life and its effects. Thus, by making such a definition, there are one thing for sure, science is simple, but man makes it difficult. From what I can see from the world nowadays, is that the existence of study related to anything including medicine, electronic gadgets, transportation until finally, weapon and war, had caused positive and unfortunately, adverse impacts as well to human and all creatures on Earth including to the planet itself. As an instant example-a car. For self sake, yes, a car can make human travel far beyond their limitation but as well ruining the ecosystem stabilization. If man needs to travel by car, they will need a road, basically a street without any disturbance. So, an easy approachment, just clear anything that gets on their way including to the habitats of the wild. Clearly, today’s science would not make a win-win situation to all.

Due to the devastation of man did to nature, humans are not realized that we only live for merely thousands of years, far behind the existence of what we saw of mother nature that spent their lives millions of years on Earth. So what does it takes to bring fair and justice, to live a world which is sustainable and equitable for all? Future takes us a little deeper of what comes to my thought-the past. People says, what goes around comes around. If man realize, despite of what they did to nature, destroying them, they will suffer even greater consequences, apocalypse. In my opinion, todays technology of what we call the future will take us steps behind humanity as the mother nature is destroying due to the our action. Thus, to prevent any loss of lives, it is better to live a simple life like our ancestors did.

But if we live simple, what is the fate of todays science? Back to the definition, a study of life and its effects, if man lose the will to study, rather be called non-human as curiosity is the man’s attention of life. Thus, what kind of study is needed to live a life like the past did? Due to the physical limitations, the only that requires science here in order to live a prosperous harmonic life is the creation of weapon just and only to defend ourselves from danger also the technology needed for providing comfortable living. What my intention here, is to create a world that once exist thousands of years ago which at that time ecosystems are not much affected by us. Man will live as one of the consumers in the food web but the existence value of what makes us different from other consumers, is that we actually control the web by our brain and creation. I think, the future of science and technology is the past.

Considering that this theory of mine is true, what kind of research and study is needed to accomplish this ‘equitable world’? Thus, I would like to involve in researches on physics, of what makes a dream comes alive to reality, tinker bell, the realm of metaphysics. Metaphysics are basically believed to already existed in thin air but the power to control it is like to create something that we want from zero to reality. This type of research would make a new design of what world that we want to live. As for me, it is the nostalgic past that I think is fair to all rather than the existence which is basically control by the merely selfish and lacks of humanity man.

As for what comes to my conclusion, as long as there be man, there will always be war. Thus, we need science and technology to defend ourselves. But due to our actions, we did not let the plants, animals and earth that we harm days by days to defend theirs. So, let us have in our mind to save them and ourselves, by developing a sustainable world that will last for eternity, fair and square to all creatures. We just need only a simple thing, science to protect ourselves and others. It is the realm of dreams, tinker bell of science and technology with the touch of love and humanity.

HoliDays!!!!!!!

2009-11-19T18:59:00.000-08:00

Hey3!!! holiday is comming.. Happy holiday..
so i want to share something useful during these holiday

THE ISLAMIC RULING ON SALAAM

Initiating salaams is considered 'Sunnah' or optional, returning the salaams after it is offered is considered 'wagib' or obligatory, based on the first Qur'anic ayah mentioned. Islam also encourages people to offer the first greeting as mentioned in the Hadiths mentioned previously.

The Prophet was asked about the most appropriate way to give salaams as shown in the following Hadith:

Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says that a man asked the Prophet :

"O Messenger of Allah , when any one of us meets a Muslim brother or a friend then should he bow his head (as a sign of courtesy to him)?' He said: 'No.' The man said: 'Should he embrace him?' He said: 'No.' The man then asked: 'Should he clasp his hands?' He said: 'Yes." (Tirmithi)

Unfortunately, now in our community Muslims have adopted other methods of giving salutations, and as we can see in this Hadith, The Prophet was very precise about how salaams were to be given.

We as Muslims, should remember that Prophet Muhammad is the best example for us to follow in all aspects of our life, and we should be careful not to add anything new to the Deen of Islam, for fear of implying that the Prophet Muhammad did not complete his mission.

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SALAAM IS DISCOURAGED

There are certain situations under which it is preferable not to offer salaam. These include; when a person is relieving himself, when one is having marital relationship, when someone is sleeping or when in the bathroom.

Offering salaam when someone is reciting the Qur'an is permissible but discouraged. The same rule applies to someone who is making du'a or one who is praying.

ETIQUETTE OF SALAAM

There are several etiquette's to be followed with respect to the exchanging of salaam. The Prophet (saws), for example said:

"The person who is riding should offer salaam to the one who is walking; and the one who is walking should greet the one who is sitting; and the smaller group should greet the larger one." (Bukhari and Muslim)

Aside from the situations mentioned in the Hadith, the one who enters a house should initiate salaam to those already there. Furthermore, if one enters his home, it is preferable to offer salaam, even if there is no one at home by saying "Assalaamu alayna wa ala ibadillahi assaliheen" (i.e. peace be upon us and the righteous servants of Allah). With respect to salaam between the young and the old, the young is expected to begin the greeting.

It is also considered improper for someone to meet a group of Muslims and offer salaam only to some of them. The greeting must be for all in the group. If a group of people offer salaam to an individual at the same time, he may reply only once to all of them.

The head should never be bent as a sign of greeting. We bend our heads only to Allah. It must also be emphasized that other body gestures in any form or shape (for example, raising eyebrows, extending the arms, smiling, winking, etc.), cannot replace uttering the words of salaam.

Salaam for someone at a distance can be offered by saying the salaam and waving the hand. Waving the hand alone, however, is not considered a salaam.

Salaam is not only confined to the time of meeting only but it extends to when separating as well.

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), relates that the Prophet said:

"When one of you joins a gathering, he should greet those present; and when he leaves them he should salute them, because the first salutation is not better than the last one." (Abu Dawud and Tirmithi)

SAYINGS OF THE SAHABAH REGARDING SALAAM

Umar bin Khattab: "There are three ways of showing sincere brotherly love: give him the greeting of Salaam when you first meet him, make him comfortable, and call him by his favourite names."

Sa'id bin al-As: "I owe my sitting-companion three things: on his approach I greet him, on his arrival I make him welcome, and when he sits I make him comfortable."

CONCLUSION

There are two fundamental categories of human beings: Muslims and Non-Muslims. Any human being who chooses to submit to his Creator is called a Muslim and his way of life is Islam. A Muslim is a precious being in the sight of Allah. The Muslim gains special privileges, honour and dignity because of Islam. They are people (Muslims) who have achieved peace (Salaam) by accepting Peace (Islam). The salutation of Salaam is a special blessing of Allah for the Muslims. The first conclusion is that the Muslims should use Salaam to salute fellow Muslims because it is only befitting for them to do so.

It is below the dignity of the Muslim to use such expressions below their noble status. The Muslim should not degrade himself, by using Non-Muslim salutations; or his fellow Muslims, by saluting them with Non-Muslim salutation; and nor his Deen al-Islam, by adopting the ways of the Non-Muslims. The second conclusion is that Muslims should not use Non-Muslim salutations amongst themselves because these are unfit for them. The Muslims should not only refrain from using Non-Muslim salutations, but they should abhor such practices.

Sleeping Angel

2009-10-10T08:18:00.000-07:00

zzz..zzzz....where am i? Heaven? Nah,can't seem to be. Hell? Too good to be true. Well? Where am i? Who am i? What am i? I keep asking myself for my value of existence,but does it really matters?

So,what's about the freaking 'zzzz' in the first place?it's all about her.the girl of perfection , perfection that can devastating earth for what it was made of. A girl that is comparable to an angel, her tears bring out the rains, her smiles show out the glimpse of heaven-rainbow and everything that she did is like a sign of a guardian angel for me.

Well actually everything starts when i first come to this sickling, annoying lame school, well I don't wanna say its name cause like its name, it surely will cause me to go to a mental ward. Sooner or later, that's my place anyway if i keep on going on this track. The only thing that makes me feel alive is this girl. I hope you could meet her in person, well, obviously you can't. Name given-AYU. Wow, the 8th world wonders, so brilliant that you can call her einstein, so gorgeous that you can smell up roses out of her spit, even so nicer that she is so indulgence in every way that i wish of a girl can have.

Only for one reason i keep up on my study here, keeping up my grades and even entering as many as possibles activities just to be the school's number one top student of the eternity, just to make her realize my existence. Too bad, it's not seem to work out. Wanna know why? It is this bad habit that she had, she loves to sleep. In every time, in every way, in every possible place(which includes sleeping in the class-even when the teacher is teaching in front), all that she did is sleeping. Well that makes a good reason why she didn't notice me. Perhaps i can wake her up. No, probably the silliest thing ever. But is there a way in this world that i can make myself to talk to her?

I am actually a venustraphobic, which means a fear of beautiful lady. In this case it will make a possibilities of almost zero percent for me to talk to her, even if i hope she could be my girlfriend in the first place. Well, there's only one way. If i can't make a couple in reality, maybe dreams could help. I bet my luck, to sleep every time she slept, to join and accompany her,perhaps, i can meet her in my dreams. If God let me tastes the sweetest of heaven on earth, perhaps i wish it is joining us in our dreams. Yes, our dreams. So, that's what i'm doing now. To accompany her, to have dreams together perhaps. So, don't wake me up till she's awake. Till she's awake..zz..zzzzzz....

Sleeping Admire

opinion about love

2009-09-26T22:50:00.000-07:00

Here is my opinion about LOVE

What is love? I always ask myself that question. Now here I'm writing my own opinion.

I think love is something very special. If you fall in love your mind is gone. You always think about the same think (girlfriend, boyfriend, feelings...). As I know, love is a very nice feeling. I already was in love. I never forget my first time.

In love you see everything different, you change yourself totally. For example when I was sitting on the desk and my mom asked me something, I was gone. You get more silent.

But there are also negative sites of love. You can get disappointed. For example when the person you love ignores you and don't shows you the feelings like you have. Some people cant deal with something like that and get little shocks (own experience). But I think that's a part of your life. Everybody gets shocks sometimes.

I hope you liked my little text about my own opinion of love. I would really appreciate it if you would write a part of your own opinion in the comments.

From

Afif Faiz

Happy EID

2009-09-20T06:49:00.001-07:00

Happy EID....
to All my frenz....
SMSSMJ
G2S
Chess MSSK
JENESYS
GERMAN STUDENT

to All my teachers....
to All my Enemies
to All my families

thousand of forgiveness i ask from all of you...

From
Afif Faiz
Luqman Hakim

Guardian Angel

2009-07-18T21:49:00.001-07:00

There was this little girl sitting by herself in the park. Everyone passed by her and never stopped to see why she looked so sad. Dressed in a worn pink dress, barefoot and dirty, the girl just sat and watched the people go by. She never tried to speak. She never said a word. Many people passed by her, but no one would stop. I wonder why?

The next day I decided to go back to the park in curiosity to see if the little girl would still be there. Yes, she was there, right in the very spot where she was yesterday, and still, with the same sad look in her eyes. Today I was to make my own move and walk over to the little girl. It is not that I have interest on children(don't get me wrong) but as I got closer I could see the back of the little girl's dress. It was grotesquely shaped. I figured that was the reason people just passed by and made no effort to speak to her. Deformities are a low blow to our society and, heaven forbid if you make a step toward assisting someone who is different. As I got closer, the little girl lowered her eyes slightly. Might be shy, or worse, insulted. As I approached her, I could see the shape of her back more clearly. Man, that could be a serious case out there.

She was grotesquely shaped in a humped over form. I smiled to let her know it was OK; I was there to help, to talk. I sat down beside her and opened simple,

"Hello."

"Hi."

"Why do you look so sad?"

"Because I'm different..."

"Well of course you are. You ain't notice?"

"You don't need to highlight it, neither reminded me. I know, I'm different....."

"You remind me of an angel, sweet and innocent."

"Really?"

"Yes, you're like a little Guardian Angel sent to watch over all people walking by."

She nodded her head yes, and smiled.

With that she opened the back of her pink dress and allowed her wings to spread, then she said "I am. I'm your Guardian Angel," with a twinkle in her eye. I was speechless -- sure I was seeing things.

She said, "For once you thought of someone other than yourself. My job here is done;" I got to my feet and said, "Wait, why did no one stop to help an angel?"

She looked at me, smiled, and said, "You are the only one that could see me," and then she was gone.

And with that, my life was changed dramatically.

Love?? What??

2009-07-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

Love
The word that meaningful for all
For love Everyone will sacrifice all
But for me is just a black crow
And it be just sadness and sorrow

I wake up in the dark
What I see is just a dry bark
That says my life is no use
All that I win , I lose

Love
The word that is everything
The word that all know but never think
That love can be very joyful
But can also be very painful

I walk on a road that is curve
Thinking what is the meaning of love
Everyone says love is precious
But for me is just a murderer.

sincerely by...
Afif Faiz

WHAT DOES FRIENDSHIP MEAN TO YOU?

2009-07-18T06:11:00.000-07:00

Friendship to me means wanting to give more than you receive.
Wanting to share whatever you can to make someone's life easier.
If you have a whole donut and your friend has none, it means sharing your meal, even though you may still be hungry.

Friendship means giving love. It means saying I'm here for you.
It means sharing not only the good times, but the painful times in another's life, too.
Friendship also means being able to silently stand there and lending a shoulder of strength.

Friendship means trust.

Friendship means unconditional acceptance, regardless of race, creed, religion, handicaps or background.

Friendship means helping ease the loneliness in life.

Friendship means saying hello, giving a smile, sharing hope.

Friendship means being able to laugh together,
to cry together, to pray together.

In the cyberworld, as in our daily lives, friends may come and go. Sometimes you are betrayed by those you trust. Take from your friendships and memories the good, keep them close, and discard the unpleasant, painful memories. To quote a trite old phrase, "ships that pass in the night" is what we essentially are in each others lives - each with a purpose for a particular time. Be guarded in your friendships, however, especially in the cyberworld. Many people live in fantasy worlds and it is best to keep those relationships in that concept - allow them to be what they "want to be" rather than what "you would like them to be." Enjoy the fun, the friendship, and take it with a grain of salt. And, enjoy those friendships that are sincere and lasting - a true friendship is a treasure for life.

By
Afif Faiz

What makes a good friendship

2009-07-16T19:21:00.000-07:00

True friendships are relationships that are hard to come by. Anyone can have a friend, but many people can be your friend for different reasons. I'm not saying that the friends you have are not really your friends, but most people have unconscious reasons why they are your friend, and they may not realize it.

When you meet someone for the first time, you look for qualities in them that you yourself have. In those first instances you decide whether you are going to like that person or not. You also could be attracted by the fact that they are funny or outgoing and you know you're not, so you unconsciously want to be that person's friend to make up for the qualities that you feel you don't have.

Keeping friendships are harder than finding them. You may feel that the reason why you have no friends is just because you don't meet enough people, but think about it. You have been meeting people all your life, it's the ways that you go about cultivating friendships is what counts.

Words by
Afif Faiz

Opinion about LOVE

2009-07-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

Here is my opinion about LOVE

What is love? I always ask myself that question. Now here I'm writing my own opinion.

I think love is something very special. If you fall in love your mind is gone. You always think about the same think (girlfriend, boyfriend, feelings...). As I know, love is a very nice feeling. I already was in love. I never forget my first time.

In love you see everything different, you change yourself totally. For example when I was sitting on the desk and my mom asked me something, I was gone. You get more silent.

But there are also negative sites of love. You can get disappointed. For example when the person you love ignores you and don't shows you the feelings like you have. Some people cant deal with something like that and get little shocks (own experience). But I think that's a part of your life. Everybody gets shocks sometimes.

I hope you liked my little text about my own opinion of love. I would really appreciate it if you would write a part of your own opinion in the comments.

From

Afif Faiz

Beyond Probability

2009-06-12T09:52:00.000-07:00

GOD'S MESSAGE IN MATHEMATICS

by ABDULLAH ARIK
FOREWORD
This discussion would be unprofitable if it did not lead us to appreciate the wisdom of our Creator, and the wondrous knowledge of the Author of the world, who in the beginning created the world out of nothing and set everything in number, measure and weight, and then in time and age
of man formulated a science which reveals fresh wonders the more we
study it. Hrovista of Gandersheim (980 AD)
All of us, at one time or another, have been compelled to contemplate creation. Questions such as the purpose of our lives and the existence of God, have been pondered upon from time immemorial. There have always been those who choose to interpret the harmony and order of the cosmos as a fluke of nature, but a closer look gives clear evidence of a design, and thus a designer. The discoveries being made on all frontiers are making this picture clearer by the day.
Most contemporary scientists are agnostics. If they profess a religious belief, they keep their science and their religion in totally separate compartments of their lives. The conventional scientific view considers mathematics as the foremost example of a field where reason is supreme, where emotions do not enter, where we know with certainty, and know that we know; where the truths of today are truths forever. This view considers religion, by contrast, a realm of pure belief unaffected by reason. Therefore, in the view of the scientist, all religions are equal because all have been equally incapable of verification or justification.
For any subject to be a proven fact, be it a law of physics or the Ten Commandments from the Torah, proof needs to be given. Proof basically means that a statement is true beyond a shadow of a doubt. It is validation and certification. It is the seal of authority, the mathematical power, the electric voltage, that vitalizes the static assertion about any subject. Proof is thus a celebration of the power of pure reason.

Proof is a procedure by which a proposition about the unseen reality can be established with finality by a process of deduction and conclusion, and thus be made acceptable by all. Since a mathematical question will have only one definite answer, then different mathematicians, using different methods, working in different centuries and places will arrive at the same answer. Thus a mathematicalproof is unaffected by time or space.Galileo stated that mathematics is the language in which God wrote the universe. This is now a demonstrated fact. The universe expresses itself naturally in the language of mathematics. The force of gravity diminishes as the second power of distance, the planets move around the sun in ellipses, etc. Mathematics is thus a symbolic counterpart of the universe. It is the science of quantity and space, of pattern and structure. It is the methodology wherein hypothesis leads to conclusion.Mathematics provides irrefutable proof about the subject under consideration. It forms the very structure of the world, containing truths that are valid forever. Mathematics forms an integral part of all sciences, for example, medicine, astronomy, physics, engineering, sociology and Psychology.Mathematics is a science of the infinite. Its goal is the symbolic comprehension of the infinite with human, that is finite, means. It now elaborates a theology which declares the nature of God and the relationship of God and man.This is the age of science and reason. It is impossible for an intelligent person to accept the existence of God or the divine origin of any religion on blind faith. We need proof from God Himself, and if He is really what He tells us He is, namely omniscient and omnipotent, He should be able to give us ample proof.The only scripture which is still preserved in its entirety and in its original language is the Final Testament. It is a fact that the original Torah of the prophets of Israel is lost, and we do not have the Gospel of Jesus but that of his followers, nor do we have the original scriptures of the Hindus or the Buddhists. What we have now are the writings of humans who profess to know the original scripture.The Final Testament was entered into the computer in the 1970's. A unique phenomenon was discovered which has never been found in any other book. Irrefutable evidence has since emerged that the original language of the revelation was written in a way which conforms to a complex mathematical pattern. As research has continued it has been found that every element of the book is mathematically composed -- the chapters, the verses, the words, the numbers of certain letters, the number and variety of divine names, the unique spelling of certain words, and many other elements. Because of this comprehensive mathematical coding, the slightest distortion of the Quran's text or physical arrangement is immediately exposed. The mathematical composition leaves no doubt as to its divine origin. Numbers do not lie. In this volume, Abdullah Arik has presented as complete a picture of this code as is possible at this point. New parameters continue to be discovered at a breath taking rate.Mr. Arik is particularly well qualified for this task. His contributions to this research have been surpassed only by the man who originally discovered the code in the 1970's, Dr. Rashad Khalifa. Dr. Khalifa was prepared for the initial scientific research that led to the discovery of this code by his rigorous training as a PhD biochemist. Mr. Arik's background, as an engineering consultant in geostatistics, mining and computer applications, has given him the knowledge and scientific curiosity to objectively investigate the code further. His investigation, along with that of others, has yielded stunning results.Mathematics, the science of the infinite, has thus unveiled one of the greatest miracles known to mankind thus providing the ultimate proof beyond a shadow of a doubt about the existence of the one God and His final message to humanity.Shakira Karipineni, MD.

Words by
Luqman Hakim

What is the most important thing in our life

2009-06-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

What is the most important in life??

Many of us may occasionally ask ourselves the question, I thought it would be a good idea to share my answer with all of the readers.

Although we may hesitate before arriving at the ONE most important thing in life, it is an easy matter to think of several things that are important to us. Some of the things that immediately come to mind are a job, money, friends, food and shelter, and a spouse and family. Now, we cannot get any of the above without the help of others. So, how do we get their help?

Life gives back to us what we give to it. So, if I help others, what do you suppose they will do? That's right, they will help me. Because we need the help of others to reach our goals, one of the most important things in life is TO HELP OTHERS, THEREBY RECEIVING THEIR HELP. But don't misunderstand. The purpose of helping others is not because we need their help, but because THEY NEED OUR HELP.

what causes us to serve others with a pure motive? Isn't it LOVE? Now we can answer the question. The most important thing in life is LOVE because, as Marianne Williamson wrote in her book "A Return to Love," LOVE IS OUR SOUL PURPOSE. Now that we know the answer, we can begin to reflect on the meaning of LOVE.

Love means to cherish, hold dear, and treasure. We do not hurt, harm, or cause pain to those we love; rather, we seek to relieve their suffering. Also, love is liberating because it is the absence of fear. It frees us from suspicion, hostility, envy, and resentment. It rejoices in the achievements of others. It is not about wanting people; it's about wanting people to be happy. It's not about wanting to possess or control others; it's about wanting to set them free.

Here is an excellent description of love by John Oxenham (real name: William Arthur Dunkerley, 1852 ~ 1941), "Love ever gives. Forgives, outlives. And ever stands with open hands. And while it lives, it gives. For this is love's prerogatives - to give, and give, and give." Love is all there is. What more do we need to know?Before we can love others, we have to discover and experience it for ourselves. Although it is helpful to say we first need to love ourselves, it is also inaccurate to say so. You see, to love oneself implies two people: the lover and the beloved. But we are not two; we are one. So, it is more accurate to say that when we become still and plunge into our depths, we will discover that we ARE love. Love is our very nature. This becomes clear when we watch infants smile at strangers. Igor Stravinsky (1882 ~ 1971) said something similar, "Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?"Love is not about feeling good; it is about doing good. A perfect example of love in action is Mother Teresa (1910 ~ 1997). But how did such a tiny woman, barely five feet tall, find the energy to work so tirelessly? The answer can be found in the words of Thomas ã Kempis (1379 ~ 1471), "Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength... It is therefore able to undertake all things, and it completes many things, and warrants them to take effect, where he who does not love would faint and lie down.

"So..We can conclude that LOVE is the most Important in life..

Edited by
Luqman Hakim

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2009-06-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

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23 Hours 59 Minutes and 59 Seconds

2009-06-12T09:40:00.000-07:00

This story is a real story and its happen to me.
I wrote this to share with you how she ruins my happiness in just one day but actually 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds..

It happened a few days ago. The day started very well. Until night. When she messaged me. Greeting me very well. We talked about many things. Then the climax of the story is when this message came to me.

Message 24
I cannot say it
I love my best friends
I love you.

From: Miss Y(i don't want to tell her real name)
Date: 28 December 2008
Time: 23 47 16

From that moment I fell very happy. The thing that I have been waiting for many years
become reality . We tied as a couplet that night. My life turns better tomorrow I swear to be a better person from that moment.

Then everything change that night when this message came..

Message 65
Can we brake up and be just friend?
I must keep up my promise with someone.
please....
Forgive me

From:Miss Y
Date:29 December 2008
Time:23 47 15

I cry. Thats nothing I can say. After I replied the message she didn't reply back.
The happiness turns into sadness and sorrow. I keep asking myself why I am too fool
and is that promise is more important than my feeling. I keep asking myself until now
with no answer.

That is how my happiness is been ruined in just 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds
I hope she reads this story or someone tell her about this.

Created by
Afif Faiz

JENESYS PROGRAMME

2009-06-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

JENESYS PROGRAMME FOR COHORT 4,2nd DELEGATION FROM MALAYSIA
10th -19th MARCH 2009

NAME:LUQMAN HAKIM BIN MOHD AZHAR
SCHOOL:SULTAN MOHAMAD JIWA SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOL
GROUP:AICHI

From the date of 8^th until 23^rd March,64 students from all of the boarding schools in Malaysia has joined and successfully completed the “Japan –East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths Programme(JENESYS)” ,conducted by Japan International Cooperation Center(JICE).The main purpose of this programme is to strengthen the unity of Asian Country through the exchange of youths.For this time,2^nd delegation from Malaysia has sent over 32 numbers of boys and 32 numbers of girls in grade 4 of boarding school to Japan.The programme begun when all of the participants gathered at Concorde Inn KLIA at 8^th of March for orientation programme.There,participants and guiding officer had been briefed about the programme.All the dos and don’ts has been told earlier in the Preparation Camp which was held at Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gombak in February.Done with briefing,participants need to practice their cultural performance,the “Endang” and “Joget” dance.The next day,the farewell party was held as for the night,they are going to Japan.The schedule begun when they arrived in Japan.

OUR JOURNAL:

10^th March,we arrived at Narita International Airport,Japan in the crack of dawn.Then,we checked-in at Asakusa View Hotel in Tokyo.At hotel,an orientation programme has been held but this time it was managed by JICE staffs theirselves.For quite a time of briefing,our jackets and bags were distributed to us.For lunch,we went to Miami Garden and like its name,they served Italian dishes.Next,Tokyo Tower(333 meter) is our destination.Being able to see and enjoyed a scenery from skyhigh,it is really a wholelifetime experience.From up there,we could see the city of Tokyo which we impressed that every single unit of its building is well-arranged.Frost by the temperature(about 8 degree celcius) we got spiced out during dinner in Raj Mahal Restaurant in Roppongi,city of entertainment.They served north Indian curry,nans and rice.Then,we went back to hotel and guess what,a free time.For some of the participants,they visited many parts of Japan’s tourism sites such as Akihabara,the city of light and down town Asakusa,Kaminarimon.

11^th March,we woke up as early as 5 and had breakfast at the banquet hall,4^th floor of Asakusa View Hotel.Next,we visited Ariake Incineration Plant.There,we have been told about the 3R,reduce,reuse and recycle which is a system that every Japanese people practice everyday of handling garbage.There are many methods that this company did in order to save Japan from being drown by garbage and they handled over 400 ton of garbage per day.Next,a trip to a top university in Japan,Waseda University.After that,participants got the chance of feeling the atmosphere of high class university during campus tour session.At that time,we got to see the statue of Okuma,Great Hall of Shubushi,library and many more while hearing some good explanation of what we saw by Waseda students themselves.After a great experience of campus tour,we heard an amazing lecture from an amazing lecturer,Mr.Paul Snowden and having a live interview with Malaysian and Vietnamese students who studied in Waseda University,Koh Jia Tien and Vvong To Anh.For dinner,we went to Aoi Marushin that served tempura dishes.After dinner,we went for a free visit at Asakusa downtown.

12^th March,we had breakfast at the top banquet.There,we were able to see a view of Tokyo in the morning.Then,we got splitted up into 3 groups based on the prefecture that we will visit which is Aichi,Ibaraki and Okinawa.Next are the experiences of Aichi group members.At 8.30am,we went to shinkansen(bullet train) station as we will went to Aichi by one of the newest shinkansen,Nozoni(hope)117.At the speed of 280km/h,we arrived at Nagoya for about 2 hours later.In Nagoya,we had been guided by JICE staffs Nagoya section.We had our lunch at a Pakistanis restaurant.There,we got to taste North Indian curry with nans and rice.After that,we went to the precious treasure of the past,the Nagoya Castle.We got to see by our own childish naked eyes the leftover history’s treasure such as shachi,the golden dolphins and few other different history of the edo-period.After visited the castle which was constructed under the order of Ieyasu Tokugawa,we visited the Tokugawa-en.There,we got to go to the Tokugawa Museum,which its theme at that time was “Hinamatsuri” ,girls festival.To celebrate a Hinamatsuri,basically Japanese will display some dolls wearing kimonos and its quantity is based on the family’s status.After some trip to the past,we visit Tokugawa Garden which is located beside the museum.At the park,we got amazed by the pleasure of Ume(plum) tree and many other nature’s beauty.Then,we checked-in at Sunroute Plaza Hotel and went to Balithai Restaurant for dinner which they served Bali cuisines.Then,we have a free visit around Nagoya City Center.

13^th March,we took our first breakfast at Nagoya in the hotel.then,we begun our day with a visit to Japanese high school,KTC chuo,which this school is a special school that its students learn from home because they are facing unavoidable personal problem and cannot go to ordinary high school.But they are some of them still need to attend some special class such as learning sudoku and kendama.We were received with a warm welcome as they were showing us some modern Japanese dance just to appreciate our visit. For information,Japanese people did not have any national standard exam like Malaysia did such as SPM,PMR and UPSR.The schools have their rights to graduate their students based on their qualifications.If the students did not qualify,they need to repeat the year.To support this system,each university has qualification entry test for students who wants to enter and its level is varied based on the standard of the universityThen,we were on seventh heaven when KTC chuo’s students show us some tricks of Kendama(Japanese traditional toys) and two of us got the chance to try it by ourselves.Next,we entered some classes with the students,which we eventually divided into some mixed group of Japanese and Malaysian students and started answering the question given.After then,we took our lunch together with KTC chuo’s students.Done with lunch,we moved to Naka Sports center to play sports tgether.There,we formed some groups of mixed and play a simple tournament of volleyball and dodgeball.then,we Malaysian students performed two traditional dance to them and eventually asked them to dance together.That was all for our program with KTC chuo’s students.next,we separated our own way to our homestay family.Me,it was the Kinugawa family,which the father worked at Tokoname’s pottery company and his wife is a part-time worker.Then,I was having oden for dinner and we started to introduced ourselves and about our country.

14^th March,we have our breakfast in western style and then the family took me to Handa City which I got to visit Su-no-Sato(Su Vinegar Factory) which its vinegar is special because they are made from sake lees.There,right before me they presented their history of making vinegar from late years before until now.Japanese vinegars are used widely in different uses such as the famous vinegar rice with raw fish-sushi,onigiri and even in drinks.Next,we went to a shop that served typical Japanese green tea cuisines before we went home for lunch.The Japanese green tea is different from English tea due to its taste and texture which is more dramatical bitter and thicker.Moreover,they had a special ceremony of having green tea-Sado. After that,we went to a senbei(rice cookie) factory which they sells a large quantity of various and outrageous senbei.Senbei is made basically from rice and being mixed together with either prawn,cuttlefish and many other ingredients.Then we walked along the pottery path together,which on its way showed the history of making ceramics,the proud of Tokoname.After that,we went home and have sushi for dinner.At that night,we exchanged our souvenirs from our home country which we both party got surprised on each others present.

15^th March,we had Malaysian and Japanese style breakfast,prepared by us together.Sadly,my homestay parents had some errands to do,so they cannot attend the farewell party with me in Nagoya.Next,we went to Tokoname station in order to go back to Nagoya,riding cable train.At Sunroute Plaza Hotel,Nagoya,we had our farewell party with our homestay family.Even it was just for a short time,we are linkedly close to them and tears fall from the goodbye saying.At about 6,we have dinner at Thai Restaurant and next,we took our chance to walk around the city of Nagoya.

16^th March,we took a ride to Sanshu Asuke Yashiki,a traditional city of Japan.Firstly,we visited the Shinto Shrine which our tour guide themselves show us of how Japanese people pray to God.Shinto is Japan’s national religion which they believed on different kinds of Gods,in charge of guarding specified place such as God of the ocean,God of the mountains and others.Next,we went to the place all the crafts are being made but we took a longer road as we walked on the hillside and enjoy the view of dandelion flower.Then we took a lunch and next,we tried with our own very hands Japanese weaving and traditional games.At about 3 in the evening,we went back to hotel.For dinner,we went to Bali Putri Café and they served bali cuisines.After dinner,we took our last chance to walk around Nagoya city.

17^th March,we went to discussion workshop after breakfast.We discussed over experiences on what we saw,what we did or what did we learn from Japan.We had our presentation based on three different groups and each group will send two representatives to present our discussion and me,myself is one of the best presenter.Next,we took our lunch.Our last meal in Nagoya and it was at a Viatnamese restaurant,serving their own country cuisines.After that,we went to Nagoya Station,riding the fastest train on the world,shinkansen.We took a ride on Nozomi 26 and went back to Tokyo.At about 2 hours later,we arrived and have our dinner at Coca Restaurant which they served Thai cuisines together with two other groups.After dinner,we took a free visit of Tokyo after we checked-in at again, Asakusa View Hotel.

18^th March,we had our breakfast in Tokyo again.After taking meals,we went to National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation(MIRAIKAN) which we could see with our own eyes the amazing discovery of the world.We also had the chance to see some performances by ASIMO,the intelligent robot.Next,we took a visit to Odaiba where we could shopping for an hour.For information,a 100 yen for Japanese is like a dollar for them and their yen cost as high as almost about Americans Dollar.For lunch,we went to Georgetown which they served international cuisines.Back in hotel,we were having some briefing about our return to Malaysia.After then,we had each group presentation,as a conclusion to what we discussed in the workshop we had before but this time by each main groups.Then,we took our last dinner in Japan during the farewell party.For making a clear mind,all meal did we had in Japan are the one for the rich as not every meal we had are Japanese cuisines.Next,amazingly,without any preparation,each groups present a singing performance as to say thanks and goodbye to JICE staffs for organizing this programme.

19^th March,we took our last meal in Japan during breakfast at the banquet hall of Asakusa View Hotel.Then we went to Narita International Airport,taking Japan Airlines to went back to Malaysia. “Farewell Japan”,said us.After about 7 hours on plane,we arrived at KLIA,Malaysia.We went back to Concorde Inn KLIA to have the last feast,the last party together for dinner.Then every participants took their own way to returned home,with a new profile labeled “JENESYS Participants of Future Leader”.

From what we see,learn and discover about Japan is that Japan is a country of typical hypermodern technology,but in the same time full of traditions and cultures which they preserved for a very long time.They are a few aspects which we discover as a conclusion of our 10 days visit to Japan which are social and life,technology and economy and others.But in making these conclusion,there are two ways of thinking.It is whether what if I am a Malaysian or what if I am Japanese.Thus we chose to think from the side of Malaysian people.As for social and life,we discover that the academic system of Japanese people is different from Malaysia.They care for who that cannot go to high school,thus KTC chuo is built.The range between students and teachers are closed like friends which they eventually could support each other.Japanese people in the other hand prefer to do anything quickly which they practice it even in walking to work. But the most amazing thing here,is that Japanese people is not quite strong to religion but they obey the rules such as did not stealing,being polite,does not waste times and many more which they train their young to get use of this way of life since they were merely a child.While viewing from the side of technology and economy,we can conclude that Japan really care for its people as the matter of facts that they eventually built many many systems to make sure their people live in peace such as the Ariake Incineration Plant which managed their garbage everyday.Even they are the best country of the world in industrial sector,we can hardly found rubbish or any spoilt river in Japan which prove that their people give a handy hand to the government. For others,we can conclude that Japan is actually consist of creative and futuristic people.As an evidence,they put porn magazines at the convenience store and giving license to porn model but their children or underage person does not get spoilt by it as they found the thing is just an ordinary thing for them as they are seeing them often.They using more public transport or just walking rather than using own vehicle as they want to save the earth ozone layer while in the other hands can save their expenses.

Thus,I think Japan is an amazing country consists of outstanding people.I hope Malaysia would eventually reach that particular level and even surpass Japan.Malaysia is a try-to-develop country,which is still a new country among the great.So I hope,youths who will be a leader,hopefully it is one of us,can create a country which its people can be proud of their own nation and can live in peace and harmony in the future.To Japan and Malaysia government,JICE,Ministry of education especially for SBP sector,all the staffs,teachers,family and friends and whoever help to make this programme to its fullest success,I would like to say my greatest thanks to all of you for giving me the opportunity to go to Japan through JENESYS programme.Arigatou gozaimashita,mata aimasho.