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Playpen mobile

Time really flies, now my son's 3 mths old.  Next mth intending to buy for him this mobile from Fisherprice (Rainforest™ Peek-a-Boo Leaves Musical Mobile™) .  Can't wait for Dec 8 cause going to the mosque at 9am for Hari Raya :)

My Purchase Goals for 2009

End of the year is coming. As the listing for resolutions are not out yet I made a list of the things I may purchase next year.

Angels & Demons (Film)

Due for release on May 15, 2009. It it the adaptation of Dan Brown's novel of the same name.

Robert Langdon is summoned by CERN to investigate a murder victim, branded with the Illuminati ambigram, leading him to discover the cult's scheme to murder four cardinals and destroy St. Peter's Basilica during a papal conclave using antimatter.

John Langdon's Ambigrams would be much publicised and would be hugely popular after the release.

Much interest would be upon CERN's success in building its Large Hadron Collider on 10 Sep 2008.

Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer & Ewan McGregor stars. This is the most anticipated film after the tremendous success of The Da Vinci Code. The late release is mainly due to the Screen Actors Guild strike on June 30.

Deception Point & Digital Fottress are Brown's other best selling novels. The Solomon Key, the author's current novel in progress has also his fans waiting.

Korban - Part 2

Yeah! I manage to apply for my son for the Aqiqah at Al-Khair mosque in the afternoon.  Counting down to Hari Raya Haji :D

Korban

I am very excited in performing Korban for my son, Isa Azry this year.  

I will share with you as much of the process that I partake, in doing so you may get easy access of information.  These are extracts, you may go to the original site for more information.

To begin with is a little History of Korban :

 

"Korban Rites happens on the day of Eid Al Adha / Aidil Adha. It is 3 days long and starts on 10th Zulhijjah the 12th month of the Islamic Hijri Calendar. Eid Al Adha marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage period, thus it is also called Hari Raya Haji (festival of the pilgrimage) in Malay language.

 

The history of Korban ritual returns back to the time of prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him – pbuh). It is to commemorate the willingness of prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) to sacrifice his son, prophet Ismail (pbuh) in obedience to Almighty Allah. The practice of Korban was made an injunction in the 2nd year after the Muslims' migration to Medina. Hence Eid Al Adha is also called the Festival of Sacrifice.

Animal for Korban

 

The animals to be slaughtered are goats, cows and camels. A Muslim can offer either a goat or sheep, or one seventh of a cow, buffalo or camel as korban animal, where seven people can agree to offer a cow, buffalo or camel at a time. Impaired animals cannot be slaughtered for korban religious rite, including animals that are blind or crippled.

Intention of Korban

 

There 3 types of intent to slaughter the animal on the Eid Al Adha day:

 

1. Korban

 

Korban is widely the main intent for slaughtering animal on the Eid Al-Adha day. If a person has intention to do korban, it is wajib (obligatory) to distribute a portion of the uncooked meat to the poor and needy. It is sunnah (recommended) for the person doing the korban to partake a little of the korban meat.

 

 

2. Nazar

 

Nazar (also written as nadhr) is making a vow in the name of Allah. As an illustration, a person may make a vow of this type “O Allah, if you alleviate such and such a person from their sickness, I promise to sacrifice one sheep/goat etc”, then the person who make a vow is obliged to fulfil the sacrifice if the person is healed. In this case it is wajib to give away all the uncooked meat.

 

 

3. Aqiqah

 

Aqiqah is defined as the animal that is slaughtered on the occasion when the hair of a new born is shaved. It is sunnah to give away all the meat after it has been cooked. Moreover, the meat must be cut at the joints."

http://korbansingapore.com

I found out that Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS) has awarded Mini Environment Service Pte Ltd (MES) as the Approved Korban Tender (AKV) for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 (tentatively).  

Approach your nearest participating mosque/institution to apply.

The sheep/goat cost $293.oo in 2008 (w/GST 7%)

Hopefully, my application will be accepted.  Will keep you updated of future events.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

This year we spent Hari Raya as a Family - the 3 of us :D
Hopefully next year or by this year Hari Raya Haji, Isa can wear Baju Kurung.

No Doubt

This is one of my favourite band ever. I went to their concert and have their CDs even DVDs. Gwen (the lead singer) has gone for her solo career (me and wifey when to her concert).

From Aneheim (Orange County) near to Disneyland they bring great songs from ska to reggae.

Hopefuly they will come up with a new album soon. Can't wait to go to their concert with my wife and maybe can bring Isa along as well :D

Hadron Collider

A Large Hadron Collider by CERN has been successfully been activated yesterday. The hope is to unlock the origins of the universe and its origins.

This brings me memories of the fiction book by Dan Brown's Angels & Demons

First Olympic gold medal for Jamaica in relay

Jamaica set a new world record in the men's 4x100 sprint relay late in Day 14 at the Beijing Olympics.

Asafa Powell ran a sizzling anchor leg to put Jamaica across the finish line in 37.10 seconds.
Nesta Carter led off, followed by Michael Frater and Usain Bolt. It was the first Olympic gold medal in the event for Jamaica.

"I said to Asafa, 'Can we do this?' And he was like, 'Don't worry, man, we got this one,"' Bolt said.
Bolt, who set world records in winning the 100 and 200, will leave Beijing with three gold medals.

100m, 200m World Record, 4 x 100m Relay?

-FOX

Usain Bolt has done it again smashing the 200m World Record 19.30s

erasing Michael Johnson's record.

He has done what Carl Lewis did back in 1984

On Friday, the Jamaican's Team will be the hot favourites for the 4 x 100m relay.

Bizarro Comix

Can't believe there's this website that shows all the past cartoon strips. My fav is Bizarro haha always never fail to impress me. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/Bizarro.asp?date=20080720 this is their official web http://www.bizarro.com/

Usain Bolt breaks World record again

-AP

Everyone was watching in anticipation of this mega event. The 100m men FINAL. Usain Bolt won it with a spectacular 9.69s to break his own world record and receive the Beijing Olympics Gold Medal.

Isa's Particulars

Isn't he a big baby :-)

Mummy and Daddy loves you.

Happy Birthday to Isa Azry Bin Zahari

After the long wait finally my son was born to this world.

Giving birth is something to cherish and I was there throughout the process.

I love my wife, she is so patient and strong.

At 5.13am on 5 Aug 2008, little Isa Azry was born to this world

50.0 cm and 3.57kg at Thomson Medical Centre, ward 522A.

We can't stop wandering at how handsome our son is.

Here I thought he takes my wife's nose. hehe.

Shark Finning

Tell your friends, family and loved ones not to eat Shark Fin's soup.

Shark fin by itself is tasteless. Cooks need to add in a lot of ingredients to make the soup. It is there just for the texture.

The cruelty of shark finning is depleting the number of sharks in the world. Shark finning are irresponsible fishermen who fish the sharks from water, cut their fins and threw the shark which are still alive back in the ocean.

No Demand, No Market, No Business.

Oobleck

Non-Newtonian fluid

The word has since been used to describe a substance that is used as a science aid to teach children about liquids and solids. This oobleck is created from cornstarch or potato flour and water in a ratio between 2:1 and 3:2. Though initially it acts like a viscous liquid, applying pressure quickly will make it appear to be a solid for a short time. The oobleck also behaves unlike conventional solids or liquid when thrown in the air, molded, heated, or vibrated.

Oobleck readily demonstrates the dilatant effect, which means it becomes more viscous when agitated or compressed.

Gurindam Jiwa

(L) Tuailah padi antara masak

Esok jangan layu-layuan

Intailah kami antara nampak

Esok jangan rindu-rinduan

(P) Anak cina pasang lukah

Lukah dipasang di Tanjung Jati

Di dalam hati tidak ku lupa

Sebagai rambut bersimpul mati

(korus)(L)

Batang selasih permainan budak

Daun sehelai dimakan kuda

Bercerai kasih talak tiada

Seribu tahun kembali juga

(P) Burung merpati terbang seribu

Hinggap seekor di tengah laman

(L) Hendak mati di hujung kuku

Hendak berkubur di tapak tangan

(L&P) Kalau tuan mudik ke hulu

Carikan saya bunga kemboja

Kalau tuan mati dahulu

Nantikan saya di pintu syurga

- Hj Wandly Yazid

Happy 1st Anniversary Darling

This time we were wandering around in the beautiful Krabi that was a year ago, how moments have passed and beautiful memories lay vivid in our minds.

Our house is now a home, almost fully furnished designed on our own we really were thrilled at its result after all the hard work we put through.

In the afternn, we went to BP to go for Batrisha and Taufik b'days. Most of cousins aunties, uncles were there to celebrate the happy occasion and there were food and games not only for the lil kids but for the big kids as well :P

At around 5.30pm we set off to the Royal Scotts Hotel to hv our Dinner at the Carousel. It was buffet style. Setting and ambience was great, all the food were lined up as if just for us to eat, sushi, seafood, local, western and the 3 separate dessert stations
WOW!

Thought of going off at 10.30pm closing time :D, but by 8pm we were full to the brim.

http://dining.royalplaza.com.sg/

It was an amazing experience and we were doing opposite what our gynae were telling my wifey (not to eat so much). Imagine lil BABY BOY is now at 3kg!

I really enjoy spending quality time with my wifey, as we have gone through a lot together. She is the only one who understand me completely and love me no matter what.

I Love you sayang! Happy Anniversary.

Amy Birthday

Amy 2nd Birthday, 26062008... Party on 29062008. Party was great lots of games, fun, and lots of food. Long time since I've met my cousins and relatives. Amy is happy and hyper. Happy Birthday Amy from Uncle Boy and Auntie Girl ;)

Great Sportsmen - Lukas Podolski & Rafael Nadal

Despite scoring 2 Goals for Germany, Lukas Podolski did not celebrate his scores. Mainly due to the fact that he was born at Poland and he have a big family there. Germany eventually won 2-0 at the EURO 2008 match on 8 Jun 08.

Roland Garros brings the most exciting Grand Slam this year so far. Rafael Nadal the 2nd seeded player slammed the current no 1 Roger Federer to a 3 set finals win. (losing only 1 set) But he did not clebrate like his usual on his knees but just a punch in the air to the crowd. No wanting to upset the top seed even further. Nadal from Spain is currently 28 matches undefeated at the French Open and has won consecutively from 2005 to 2008.
These two are no doubt great soprtsmen.. very rare indeed in this age of time. Congrats to them not only for their sports skills but their ethical and professionality as well.

Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Basil's Cathedral (often confused as the Kremlin) and Red Square (to the east) and the Alexander Garden (to the west). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes four palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of Russia.

Yesterday, MM Lee mentioned about S'pore investment towards Russia. His forward looking ideas are briliant as Russia is already a developed country and tops in computer science, technology, space and retail.

If I get the chance to go to Russia, I would like to go to the Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil Cathedral which is the best architechture.

Picture from http://blog.eidealistic.com/

Cost Of Living (Part 1)

Food Shortage, Fuel Shortage, Water Shortage, High Inflation, Increase Cost of Living...

Big, big problem. I read a news article and support the author on wealth funds such as Temasek Holdings (Since 1974) and GIC (since 1981) to commence projects on overseas purchase of land for agriculture, aquaculture, as Singapore's needs and consumption has tremendously increased.

These 2 brands are the pride of Singapore and put the country at the top in Wealth Management, Technology and Investments.

Global Warming

It supports carbon reducing projects like renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects. Government and organizations should reduce the coal and petrol use as the major examples of drastic global warming is the low-lying islands off pacific ocean. Its highest point is only currently 2m above sea level. By this century it will be totally sunk and all its inhabitants will have to be relocated - no joke. See Kiribati. carbonfund.org

Fastest Man

Currently the Fastest Man Alive Usain Bolt smashes the 100m record. Now record standing at 9.72s could the record ever be streched further? The athletics event would be the most watched come 08.08.08

Britney Spears Comeback

Break The Ice - Britney's latest single has gone to the No.1 slot in MTV Videos
Is this her comeback and will she replace the Anime with her very popular MTV Videos
only time will tell. See this Space for more info - To Be Continued

Favourite Movies Of All Time

These are my favourite movies of all times:


1) Silence of the Lambs,
Anthony Hopkins is a well-rounded actor, his appearance all 17min of it
made him a receipient of the Oscars. The movie really captures your imagination
of what goes through the minds of a physcopath. The beginning till ending was
like a poetry-in-motion.


2) Hackers,
Imagine being a boy but have the mind to crash a Major Company. This movie is the
stepping stone to Angelina Jolie's acting credits. It also educates me of the lesser-known
world of computer programming.


3) Swordfish,
After X-Files, Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry joins forces with John Travolta. The movie
shows the independence of the storyline to be of its own and limits to its own individualistic
genre. Hoping Swordfish2 will be up and about soon...


4) The Matrix,
I never got to watch the anime, reloaded or revolutions (should see it someday). Keanu Reeves
brings a potrayal of a super-hero-like save-the-world in a world that could actually exist.
Mind-overload.

Gyroscope

A gyroscope is a device for measuring or maintaining orientation, based on the principles of angular momentum.

This device is a spinning wheel or disk whose axle is free to take any orientation.

Some usage includes the popular Segway which uses Gyroscopic sensors used to detect tilting of the device which indicates a departure from perfect balance.

Aerosmith - Dream On

Everytime that I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face gettin clearer
The past is goneIt went by like dust to dawn
Isnt that the way
Everybodys got their dues in life to pay


I know what nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know its everybodys sin
You got to lose to know how to win


Half my life is in books written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things come back to you


Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, if its just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away
(x2)


Dream on, dream on
Dream yourself a dream come true
Dream on, dream on
Dream until your dream come true
Dream on, dream on, dream on...


Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tears
Sing with me, if its just for today
Maybe tomorrow the good lord will take you away

Rolleiflex Camera

Manufactured since 1929 this camera is still being produced today. The older models are collectibles. The camera uses the highly-rated lens from Carl Zeiss.

Clash of The Titans, Chelsea vs Man U, Luzhniki Stadium

Being a Chelsea fan, this is the Greatest moments in History. Chelsea will definately win the big one this time.

My Love My Joy

My Love and I love to have our monthly visit to JB CoffeeBean.

This is her at 24 weeks... days and weeks have gone past quickly and

soon we'll be having our baby boy mid August =)

Sundog

A sundog is a common bright circular spot on a solar halo. It is an atmospheric optical phenomenon primarily associated with the reflection or refraction of sunlight by small ice crystals making up cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Often, two or more sundogs can be seen on opposite sides of the sun simultaneously. - Wiki

The Einstein refrigerator

The Einstein refrigerator is an absorption-type refrigerator which has no moving parts and requires only a heat source to operate. It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd and patented in the US on November 11, 1930. - Wiki

Prophecies of Nostradamus

Born on 14 Dec 1503, Michel de Nostredame is a seer who is best known for his book Les Propheties (1555). Most said that his predictions are purely misinterpretations and are deliberately translated and conveyed wrongly to suit the current event catastrophies or disasters.

Although he never claimed to be a prophet, his followers made him to be a cult like symbol.

I prefer to see his prophercies or those misconceptions as purely fun ideas only to be taken lightly.

Bees Disappearing

Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD)
This is a phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive or western honey bee colony abreuptly disappear. This has been seen at countries like the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, Belgium & France. The causes are not well understood.It is speculated that the causes could be due to environmental change-related stresses. malnutrition, pathogens (disease including Israel acute paralysis virus), mites, pesticides such as neonicotinoids or imidacloprid, and genetically modified (GM) crops with pest control characteristics such as transgenic maize.

Electromagnetic radiation
There has been an error on extracting information of studies from University of Landau implying that CCD has relations to the usage of mobile phones. Thus far it has created "a horror story" in the internet media.

There has also been a quote supposedly from Albert Einstein “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination … no more men!” This has further speed up the distribution of the hoax internet message. - Wiki

Five Ways To Save The World

Five Ways To Save The World
Climate change is being felt the world over and if global warming continues to increase the effects could be catastrophic. Some scientists and engineers are proposing radical, large-scale ideas that could save us from disaster.

The first three proposed ideas featured in the film, look at reducing the power of the sun - thereby cooling the planet. The other two men in the programme want to tackle the problem of excess carbon dioxide - the cause of global warming.

(1) Professor Roger Angel from Arizona - the designer of the world's largest telescope - is proposing to put a giant glass sunshade in space. Professor Angel's sunshade will deflect a small percentage of the sun's rays back into space.

(2) Dutch Professor Paul Crutzen won the Nobel Prize for chemistry when he discovered the causes of the hole in the ozone layer. His plan is to fire hundreds of rockets loaded with tons of sulphur into the stratosphere creating a vast, but very thin sunscreen of sulphur around the earth.

(3) British atmospheric physicist Professor John Latham and engineer Stephen Salter, have designed a fleet of remote-controlled yachts. These will pump fine particles of sea water into the clouds, increasing the thickness of the clouds and reflecting the suns rays.

(4)Sydney engineer Professor Ian Jones proposes to feed plankton with gallons of fertiliser. This will make the plankton grow and absorb carbon dioxide from the air.

(5)New York-based Professor Klaus Lackner has designed a carbon dioxide capturing machine and his plan is to locate more of them across the globe. They would suck in carbon dioxide, turn it into a powder and he would bury it deep under the ocean in disused oil or gas fields.

Most of the scientists are reluctant advocates of these ideas, and all believe we should be cutting down on our use of fossil fuels to heat our homes and drive our cars.
But is time running out for planet earth?

Although these ideas might have unknown side effects, some scientists believe we may soon have no choice but to put these radical and controversial plans into action.
-BBC

Hole in the Ozone layer

Paul Jozef Crutzen (born December 3, 1933, Amsterdam) is a Dutch Nobel prize winning atmospheric chemist.


Crutzen is best known for his research on ozone depletion. He lists his main research interests as Stratospheric and tropospheric chemistry, and their role in the biogeochemical cycles and climate. He currently works at the Department of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, in Mainz, Germany and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California.


1995: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (with Dr. M. Molina and Dr. F. S. Rowland, U.S.A.)


Professor Paul Crutzen, who won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for his work on the hole in the ozone layer, believes that political attempts to limit man-made greenhouse gases are so pitiful that a radical contingency plan is needed.

Happy Birthday to me

I love being around my wife.

I feel fulfilled and truly happy.

My wifey brought me to the
Southern most-tip of the Asia continent @ Sentosa.

Great ambience and wide spread of food,

even spilled the CoffeBean (bought at VivoCity) the clutz that we are
only to realized that Sentosa has CoffeBean outlet as well.. hehe.

To sum up the night we watched the mignight show American Ganster.

was dragging at first but end up a not-so-bad show.

This year has brought many joys so far, being living at my own house

and a bundle of joy coming soon =)