Monday, March 21, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
it's weekend and hallam f.m. is playing out loud to break the silence in the mundane sunday atmosphere in the nice, stupid playground. cells from patient k173p2 are doing fine, all seem healthy and ready for experiment. i'm going to add sugars and will see how fat (or metabolically active) they become after period of time.
mr.M went to musolla before i went to the lab, we both had an enjoyable ride on a new car - courtesy of dad's money after ditching our old school renault megan fox to a scrap yard. too many time was wasted on finding the right car for my dad. i had to compensate the time by working night on weekend. (urm, should have stop blogging and continue reading journals while waiting for cell viability test to mature).
i just want to share my loneliness, well - not mine actually it was actually a stranger who i was stalking while waiting for mr.M to order his frap at starbucks. an old guy with a sad face just so happened to sit just across my table, on a bench facing the tie rack shop. he was quiet but his face spoke thousands of sadness that i wished to invite him to my table for a company and tea. mr.M said that it was a bad idea, sometimes old people just want to sit and observe people surrounding them. growing old and living alone is inevitable, sooner or later, people that we know will leave us and eventually we too, will have to leave our beloveds and belongings to meet the gracious, Al-mighty.
don't you wish that you could come to a stranger and offer a cup of latte as a gesture to make someone's life feel happier.
i wish i did. and i wish the old man, something happy will come to him.
i was told that i do not have a life beyond nice, stupid playground for working out of hours and on weekends. i'm actually trying to do my best and in the end, i hope with my knowledge i could make changes in life. for betterment, for good and for happiness.
me and mr.M spent too much time eating yesterday. he is on diet and doesn't want to eat dinner tonight.
:) birthday, dad and dad in law.
it is just too bad that great ideas sometimes have to be thrown in a bin due to mismanagement and corruption. such a waste of talent and knowledge because above everything else, there are politicians who decide on everything beyond their knowledge and expertise. yes, we do have houses full of intellects likewise, these people are not the decision maker, politicians are.
people like me is much needed in the industry, where my idiot proof credential on nuclear and green technology issues can help others to understand better in layman's term.
i'm not truly environmentalist, i don't chain myself on a tree nor sailing thousands of miles to protest whaling. i'm just moderate - with strong opinion.
environmentalists - for example - my dad makes me dizzy with their silly ideas on recycling and land reclamation. people thought that my dad is cool for revolutionized the idea to reclaim waste land for habitual and agricultural purposes. trust me, it was the craziest idea i ever thought. ten years ago we moved into a land of nowhere only to be accessed by red laterite earth and everytime after rain in the middle of night, mountains of cicada's wings would be scattered around our house compound.
our house was built by recycle materials like coconut trees - to make the pillars and unwanted roofs to recycle as ours. we siblings were just admiring, where on earth did our dad get his idea from. sometimes we wished he would build a proper house with proper materials with admirable designs like those at B&Q.
my dad is after all will always be my dad - although with his ideas and strong minds on things are sometimes contradicting and funny. the same thing goes with mr.M's which is the opposite of my dad. they both will always be our most admirable persons in lives.
my dad said that i will always be his sweet seventeen, (coz my birth date is 17) and i will always love my dad.
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wonder what my kids will ever thought of me.
for my eleventh - seventeenth birthday i'd like to thank andy for the cake and chocolates. also mai - for caramel chocolates.
mr.M treated with a nice mint choc chip birthday ice cream. =) one scoop was enough because i have to be on diet or people might think that i'm pregnant. (well, i don't like to spoil people's mood).
the reality behind economy and energy consumption
dear daisy,
i am now officially twenty eight, at the age that i don't need my mom's approval for stupefied yet intelligently sounded decisions, i just realize that i'm no where close to a brainiac-environmentalist on many issues that i fought for so many years. especially - on the issue of incinerator, green technology, nuclear energy and recycling.
i was driven by adrenalin rush, highly spirited greenpeace activists and rebellious blood that been gushing out from twice normal heart size that induced by overproducing thyroid hormone.
in the matter of green technology and our addiction to energy, it is undeniable that nuclear provides a surplus alternative to cleaner and sustainable source to compare with other so called green energy. i had never mentioned before that the so called green energy is actually not-so-green because in the extraction of rare earth elements such as neodynium and lithium that widely use in wind turbine and toyota prius, radioactive waste is produced.
there is a need of balance when promoting the pros and contras of certain subject when regards to energy production. after ten years of living in countries (south korea and united kingdom) that utilized nuclear energy as 40% our their main power supply, i have seen the benefit it brought to energize economic and social growth.
my stand in malaysia's nuclear energy issue is still remaining -so-so. it is not that i don't appreciate the academicians, scientists and engineers that had put so much effort in designing and brainstorming (or so called HAZOPing) ideas, it is rather questioning the neccessity of having one as the consequences with radioactive waste and catastrophe outweight the benefit. plus, bakun dam is due to operate this july after years of building and surviving two recessions. (not to mention how many lands were taken from endogenous sarawakians and rape cases that left unsettled).
having a rare earth plant in malaysia is actually to support a nuclear industry in malaysia - so i have been told. but, the plan was not disclosed up until new york times unleashed the project in its energy and environment column. there is something fishy about this - as we know that the only country that produced rare earth is china and they are battling with tremendous issue regarding their radioactive waste and emission. plus, for this project, environmental impact assessment and qualitative risk assessment were not disclosed or perhaps not conducted.
#
brb
i am now officially twenty eight, at the age that i don't need my mom's approval for stupefied yet intelligently sounded decisions, i just realize that i'm no where close to a brainiac-environmentalist on many issues that i fought for so many years. especially - on the issue of incinerator, green technology, nuclear energy and recycling.
i was driven by adrenalin rush, highly spirited greenpeace activists and rebellious blood that been gushing out from twice normal heart size that induced by overproducing thyroid hormone.
in the matter of green technology and our addiction to energy, it is undeniable that nuclear provides a surplus alternative to cleaner and sustainable source to compare with other so called green energy. i had never mentioned before that the so called green energy is actually not-so-green because in the extraction of rare earth elements such as neodynium and lithium that widely use in wind turbine and toyota prius, radioactive waste is produced.
there is a need of balance when promoting the pros and contras of certain subject when regards to energy production. after ten years of living in countries (south korea and united kingdom) that utilized nuclear energy as 40% our their main power supply, i have seen the benefit it brought to energize economic and social growth.
my stand in malaysia's nuclear energy issue is still remaining -so-so. it is not that i don't appreciate the academicians, scientists and engineers that had put so much effort in designing and brainstorming (or so called HAZOPing) ideas, it is rather questioning the neccessity of having one as the consequences with radioactive waste and catastrophe outweight the benefit. plus, bakun dam is due to operate this july after years of building and surviving two recessions. (not to mention how many lands were taken from endogenous sarawakians and rape cases that left unsettled).
having a rare earth plant in malaysia is actually to support a nuclear industry in malaysia - so i have been told. but, the plan was not disclosed up until new york times unleashed the project in its energy and environment column. there is something fishy about this - as we know that the only country that produced rare earth is china and they are battling with tremendous issue regarding their radioactive waste and emission. plus, for this project, environmental impact assessment and qualitative risk assessment were not disclosed or perhaps not conducted.
#
brb
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Nuke Off - hands off our land! no to radioactive waste!
Not just nuclear reactor should be banned, the rare earth plant should be abandon and if they insist to proceed the Lynas should agree to take back the radioactive materials to Australia. We are not a dumping site for radioactive materials and we are not ready for nuclear. We still have corruption - collapsed stadiums, parliament etc.
We don't want ministers to answer 'i don't know' when disaster happen. The truth is we are not ready!
Taking example from Japan, we will only be ready when we learn how to make the public toilet clean and breathable.
We don't want ministers to answer 'i don't know' when disaster happen. The truth is we are not ready!
Taking example from Japan, we will only be ready when we learn how to make the public toilet clean and breathable.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
protest against rare earth processing plant!
mr.M read out loud the headline when i was sleeping in bed. then, half awake i only nodded just to let him know that i was aware of what he said until he shrugged me with harsh tone by saying - don't you know the implication of this? such plant will never be approved to be built anywhere in the UK or EUROPE as the consequences will be enormous. even technological advanced country and nuclear power country like FRANCE is not building it. they have problems with their nuclear waste as well. the problem is the safe storage for waste is in germany and they have to transport them - via train.
the big question is - WHERE ARE WE GOING TO DUMP THE WASTE?
and the answer will not bother any Malaysians because this issue was not raised or highlighted in Utusan, Berita Harian, NST and thestar as long as it is not at their backyards.
after all not many malaysians were informed or acknowledge about the incident that happened at bukit merah in the 90s. - until now the effect of miscarriages, birth defect and leukemia are still present.
maybe this time it is the best to use other alternative channel to let the public know the facts about the rare earth processing plant. is it surprising why hasn't any advanced and developed country build the plant but china.
so far there is no assessment or any studies been conducted. not even the contingency plan.
my vote - NO!
Saturday, March 05, 2011
Thursday, March 03, 2011
eco-friendly shopping thing
dear daisy,
writing does not hamper my love to shop sensibly and eco-friendly. i just discovered that my newly bought timberland boots had a carbon foot print of 6.67% use of renewable energy and 28.2% eco-concious material at which throughout making the boots they had planted about 919,524 trees.
although i had no time to go out for shopping, ebay saved the day with lesser carbon dioxide emission from that old megane. maybe i should be thinking of buying a hybrid next time. but thinking back - hybrid like prius might cause environmental issues as well when they are old and ruin - just the way old electronic stuffs been poisoning the third world nations.
as a consumer, i'm trying my best to be green and as eco-friendly as possible. not only that i support fair trade, i think that free trade is actually not fair at all and no wonder people in cancun keep protesting about it. free trade only benefiting those who are abundance with capital and power. through this system cheap labor countries like china and india will remain as labor intensive (with low wages) and hardly climb up the ladders to be technologically advanced and capital intensive superpower in the market.
taking for example in cancun, america's free trade in agricultural products with mexico cause the farmers in mexico to go bankrupt as they can't keep up with the low price by american products. this may sound benefiting the consumers but looking from other perspective - this could actually cause the people of mexico to rely on america on their food production (as if another way of imperialism).
he..he.. my new bag from ninewest that doesn't have to do with the issue of free trade or eco-friendly shopping. just a token for sitting too long to write up the first year report.
tadaaaaaaaa.... my camwhoring sucks! but at least it makes me happy.
writing does not hamper my love to shop sensibly and eco-friendly. i just discovered that my newly bought timberland boots had a carbon foot print of 6.67% use of renewable energy and 28.2% eco-concious material at which throughout making the boots they had planted about 919,524 trees.
as a consumer, i'm trying my best to be green and as eco-friendly as possible. not only that i support fair trade, i think that free trade is actually not fair at all and no wonder people in cancun keep protesting about it. free trade only benefiting those who are abundance with capital and power. through this system cheap labor countries like china and india will remain as labor intensive (with low wages) and hardly climb up the ladders to be technologically advanced and capital intensive superpower in the market.
taking for example in cancun, america's free trade in agricultural products with mexico cause the farmers in mexico to go bankrupt as they can't keep up with the low price by american products. this may sound benefiting the consumers but looking from other perspective - this could actually cause the people of mexico to rely on america on their food production (as if another way of imperialism).
tadaaaaaaaa.... my camwhoring sucks! but at least it makes me happy.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
everybody loves myrasya
'i'm so much loved' a exaggerating statement like the deluded dictator who is still defiant and authorize his power with draconian law. (source from ABC).
the scene in the nice, stupid playground was almost empty last week as most of the libyans and some arabs joined the protest to urge gaddafi to step down immediately at the city hall.
it seemed to me that things that happen half across the world is near and affecting us directly. many of my friends fear of the safety of their family and shortage of food. plus, as UN imposed the sanction to libya, it is the people who will suffer the most and civilians have to rely on food aid to survive. this bring back to memory of iraq's oil for food program that after ten years of sanction, hundred thousands of children died of malnutrition and lack of medication.
the hope is with the libyans now, foreign intervention is not a solution, with or without UN mandate. it need more time but every second is a matter of live and dead. i suppose where is OIC in this problem, perhaps they are insecure with the uprisings in the region that possibly claim their thrones.
prayers and hopes are with the people, fighting for their liberation. may Allah grant them strength to be resilient and win over tyrant administration.
the scene in the nice, stupid playground was almost empty last week as most of the libyans and some arabs joined the protest to urge gaddafi to step down immediately at the city hall.
it seemed to me that things that happen half across the world is near and affecting us directly. many of my friends fear of the safety of their family and shortage of food. plus, as UN imposed the sanction to libya, it is the people who will suffer the most and civilians have to rely on food aid to survive. this bring back to memory of iraq's oil for food program that after ten years of sanction, hundred thousands of children died of malnutrition and lack of medication.
the hope is with the libyans now, foreign intervention is not a solution, with or without UN mandate. it need more time but every second is a matter of live and dead. i suppose where is OIC in this problem, perhaps they are insecure with the uprisings in the region that possibly claim their thrones.
prayers and hopes are with the people, fighting for their liberation. may Allah grant them strength to be resilient and win over tyrant administration.
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