1st stop- Malacca Zoo

I was excited to be here after many years. However, it's pricey. The entrance ticket costed RM10. Previously it was only RM7. But the zoo is clean and odorless. Not many people because it was a weekday. If you ask me whether is it worth it? I will give 6/10.































Overall, not satisfied.




The price list.

Malacca , here I come!

Few hours later, I will head to the History state, Malacca. It has been a long time never to Malacca. I will depart from Johor Bahru, probably at 8 tomorrow. So by the time, I reach there will be around 10.

Tmr will visit the Malacca Zoo, lunch eating the famous chicken rice, walk around the shops and the shopping complexes.

Stay tune and I will post pictures during the trip!

My tongue is painful.

Absolutely Tired

This was written few days ago.


I'm exhausted and mentally tired. Luckily I have stopped my part time job. No more working till 10pm. Right now I can even sleep within seconds. My eyes lids are going to close. My head is so heavy right now. I have to wake up early tomorrow and get ready my teaching material. Oh my... Ok, who want to learn Mandarin? I'm going to in March. If you wanna join, please let me know.

Malaysians are Protesting Against Lynas

Such a coincidence that I'm wearing GREEN today!

No Night Class

Finally I'm free! I have no more night classes. Yeah, even though money is important but I must find back my precious time. Time for me to relax and mix around. Well, if you guys are free, you can tweet me @ericdiary.

Wasting Time

I wonder how will our country advanced to another level. Tonnes of ppl are wasting time waiting for their legal documents. Hundreds are still waiting for their turn to make a new ID. They have to let go their jobs and lazying in this building. What a shame! Can our government personnels, please be more efficient.

World Kite Festival, Pasir Gudang.

Today is the 2nd last day for the festival. I wish to go there but I have to work today till 4.30pm. Um, do you think will there be anything if I reach at around 5.30pm?

If you guys wanna know more bout this event, click on this link.http://www.kitefestpasirgudang.com/Default.php

6.44am

Hey, I already wake up... Hehe.. Super early.. I bet today I will be exhausted easily.

2 potatoes cost RM17!

My friend bought these at RM17. Only two...what the heck...

Products from Taiwan.

I met my friend from Taiwan, and she gave me this. Very yummy.

I AM SICK!

Americas, Asia will fuse to form 'Amasia'

You won't be alive to see the way the Earth looks in 100 million years, but as the name suggests, it would "amaze ya."

Amasia is what scientists are calling the supercontinent that they predict will form as the continents we know and love drift toward one another and collide, closing the Arctic Ocean and fusing around the North Pole. Antarctica may be left out as a loner, however, as Australia snuggles up to Asia between India and Japan.

While the northern coast of North America would form a mountain range, the United States' West Coast will probably be the edge of this supercontinent, geologist Ross Mitchell said.

In a study in the journal Nature, Mitchell and colleagues at Yale University propose a new theory of how and where this supercontinent will form.

It's been established that supercontinents tend to form and break apart in cycles. There have been at least three: Nuna (1.8 billion years ago), Rodinia (1 billion years ago) and Pangea (300 million years ago).

Between 50 and 200 million years from now, the next supercontinent, Amasia, will take shape, Mitchell said. And we're well halfway into the cycle of its formation; most of Asia has been created since the rifting of the last supercontinent, Pangea, he said.

Considering trends in mammalian evolution over the past 20 million years, individual species tend to last only about 2 million years, so there probably won't be any humans living on Amasia.

"None of us will be around 100 million years from now to be able to test these supercontinent models, but it’s nonetheless interesting to think about how humanity fits in this larger tectonic dance," Mitchell said.

Why do supercontinents form?

Continents and oceans as we know them are not permanent. Instead, continents drift across the surface of the Earth, and oceans aren't stable. German geophysicist Alfred Wegener proposed this idea about a century ago, and it gained further credence in the second part of the 20th century as scientists began to study plate tectonics. Basically, underneath us, there are solid slabs of rock called plates, and they move in different directions because of convection currents.

Earthquakes result from plates rubbing against one another. The Ring of Fire, a region we know today where most earthquakes happen and volcanoes lie, marks the edge of the previous supercontinent, Pangea, and is about 90 degrees away from it. The seismic activity of the Ring of Fire will result in the formation of Amasia.

Geologists say that when Pangea broke apart, new oceans were created, and more ocean in one part of the world means there's less somewhere else. "This is why, all around the Pacific, the ocean floor is being sucked back down into the planet in a process called subduction," writes Ted Nield in the book "Supercontinent."

But exactly why supercontinents break up after they form remains a mystery, Mitchell said.

How supercontinents form

Before Mitchell's study, there have been two theories about the next supercontinent, extroversion and introversion, although they don't have much to do with its personality.

Proponents of extroversion believe the continents will drift away from a supercontinent and eventually scoot around to the opposite side of the globe, 180 degrees from where the old one was.

Introversion is a little simpler, stating that the next supercontinent would form where the last one did.

But Mitchell's group argues that Amasia will be 90 degrees away from Pangea was. The Yale researchers used as the basis of their analysis insights from minerals from ancient rocks, which reflect the Earth's magnetic field. Geologists are able to infer how a continent moves through time with respect to the North Magnetic Pole based on that.

The introversion and extroversion models provided a set of testable predictions for supercontinents of the past but could not really give estimates for the future, said Peter Cawood, chairman of Earth Sciences at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and former president of the Geological Society of Australia.

Mitchell's study is important because it provides explanations for how we get from one supercontinent to another, Cawood said in an e-mail.

"In the past we have wondered if there is 'method in the madness' of continental reconstructions and the position of continents through time. If this paper is correct the answer is yes, there is indeed a method," Cawood said. And that method is "driven by processes deep within the Earth."

Amasia will take shape at the North Pole, and then, as it matures and heats up, it will drift down toward the equator and nestle there, Mitchell said.

"Understanding the past distribution of continents, either individually or when periodically amalgamated as supercontinents, is fundamental to understanding the history of the Earth," Cawood said. "Continents are the archive of Earth history – not just of the rocks themselves but of past climate, oceans, life, etc. And the distribution of the continents has an important influence on these features."

Cawood added: "Pity that it will take hundreds of millions of years to happen and we won’t be here to see it!"

Unexpected Meeting

Today I had a meeting with my boss. We had a great discussion. I was surprised about his opinion on my commission thingy. Great boss. Still, I gotta give thanks to my Heavenly Father. You are beautiful!

WANT TO BE A TEACHER?

Guess how much is this cost?

IT'S RM4.50. It's so expensive.

Back to Work

Do you find this place familiar?

It's LA Language Centre at Austin Heights, Johor Bahru.

Send SMS for FREE

You can send SMS for free now. Only for DIGI users. Maxis, Celcom and UMobile, you guys gotta work harder.

What are you doing now?

Hi readers,

What are you doing now? What is your goal for this year? Any special goal?

Benedict- My Nephew

This is my nephew. He is 1.5 years old. Anyone needs a model, please contact me. Hehe...

chrysanthemum Tea

It's time to take a sip of the chrysanthemum tea.

F&N Seasons is the best!

'Legion' The Movie

I'm watching LEGION. I've downloaded for years but only now I wanna watch it.

Back Home

Finally back home to stay in my room with my laptop.

Cukai Harta at Larkin

Praise God! Right now I'm at Cukai Tanah in Larkin, Johor. When I reached here, there were many people. When I wanna take the queue number, it had to wait very long. Luckily, there's a special queue for old citizen. I asked my dad to take the number. Instead queuing for 400 ppl, now I only need to wait 50 ppl. That's not all, soon I realized that I didn't have a bill for me to make payment. So I inquired one of a customer service personnel. He adviced me to call a number which located in Nusajaya. I called but the answered didn't solve my matter. I went back to that guy and praised God, he settled it for me. Instead of waiting for 50 ppl, right now I only waited 2 ppl. And it already settled.

Last day in Kemaman

It's the last day staying in Kemaman. Will depart soon. Gotta see where's the next destination next year.

Kemaman Beach

Well, I went to the beach after the movie at a mall. Great scenery. I had an ice kacang and collected a stone.

My New Year

Oh my.... Just few days before Chinese New Year, I banged my side mirror and my left doors. But praise God, I went to my ex brother in law's workshop and he got an old side mirror. He's fixing right now. Hopefully everything will be all right. The original side mirror costs about RM250++. I'm not sure how much does it cost but I'm pretty sure it will be cheaper than the original price. If you want to fix your car or want to service your aircon, please contact George 0127701710.

Sleepy

Yesterday Benny and I were having drinking session. We drank till nearly 4 in the morning. So, I'm super duper sleepy now. Eyes can hardly open. My brain is malfunction. Yet, I couldn't sleep now because I'm still waiting for my mum at McD. Later I gotta collect a document for my sis. Um. My off day equals to normal working day.

Candace

My colleague

It has arrived!!

Date		Time		Location Service Area		Checkpoint Details
Jan 11, 2012		11:48		Jhb - JHB		Shipment delivered - Jhb - JHB

It's on ITS way...

Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
Jan 11, 2012 09:01 Jhb - JHB With delivery courier - Jhb - JHB
Jan 11, 2012 08:21 Jhb - JHB Arrived at delivery facility - Jhb - JHB

Wendy's in Singapore

It's damn cheap, I mean if it's without conversion. Well, you can't even have this for RM7 in Malaysia.

Singaporeans'salary are SGD2500 (average), Malaysian is MYR2500. Yet, they pay SDG 7 for a fantastic meal, while for us, Malaysians, we have to pay nearly RM12 for this.

Starbucks only SGD5, ours are MYR15.

iPad 2- after so long

Finally, I'm able to own a toy which in the market for so long. Will use it in my teaching and I bet it will help my students in learning..

Sorting my gadget now!

Date		Time		Location Service Area		Checkpoint Details
Jan 10, 2012		17:07		Kul - KUL		Arrived at sort facility - Kul - KUL

Enthusiastic

I'm still waiting for my gadget. Keep checking the status from DHL. I hope it will arrive my house by tmr...

iPad 2's Status

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2099359091 - Detailed Report
Date		Time		Location Service Area		Checkpoint Details
Jan 10, 2012		13:33		Kul - KUL		Shipment on hold - Kul - KUL
Jan 10, 2012		10:43		Szb - SZB		Clearance processing complete - Szb - SZB
Jan 10, 2012		05:43		Szb - SZB		Processed for clearance - Szb - SZB
Jan 10, 2012		05:43		Szb - SZB		Clearance delay - Szb - SZB
Jan 10, 2012		05:34		Szb - SZB		Arrived at sort facility - Szb - SZB
Jan 09, 2012		22:02		Sin - SIN		Departed from facility - Sin - SIN
Jan 09, 2012		21:26		Sin - SIN		Processed - Sin - SIN
Jan 08, 2012		21:20		Sin - SIN		Arrived at sort facility - Sin - SIN
Jan 08, 2012		19:51		Sin - SIN		Departed from facility - Sin - SIN
Jan 08, 2012		19:48		Sin - SIN		Processed - Sin - SIN
Jan 08, 2012		15:36		Sin - SIN		Shipment picked up - Sin - SIN

Praise His Name!

When you're up against a wall
And your mountain seems so tall
And you realize life's not always fair
You can run away and hide
Let the old man decide
Or you can change your circumstances with a prayer

When everything falls apart
Praise his name
When you have a broken heart
Just raise your hands and say
Lord, you're all I need
You're everything to me
And he'll take the pain away
And when it seems youre all alone
Praise his name
When you feel you cant go on
Just Raise your hands and say
Greater is he that is within me
You can praise the hurt away
If you'll just praise his name

Ohhh, Ohhhh
You can overcome
By the blood of the lamb
And by the word of your testimony
You'll see the darkness go
As your faith begins to grow
You're not alone, so how can you be lonely????

This Church On Fire!!!!

iPad2

Finally, I've ordered iPad. Well, when I ordered, I had a discount due to Chinese New Year celebration. It saves about MYR 151. Well, it's still save, right?

Am waiting for the gift now... Will receive by this week.

Gamblers' HOPE

If you come across anyone who needs help on this, do contact him. I've found his name card in my room. I got it 2 years ago. I forgot to share with you.

Is This A Test Image Taken by the Samsung Galaxy S III?

Pocketnow obtained a photo which was taken by an unknown Samsung device with the model number GT-I9500.

According to Pocketnow, the photo was taken by the same individual who tested the Galaxy S II back in January prior to the phone's launch at Mobile World Congress 2011. The EXIF data of the photo also revealed the camera specifications of the GT-19500 such as an aperture of 2.65 and four-millimeter focal length.

Taking reference from the model numbers of the Samsung Galaxy S I (GT-I9000), Samsung Galaxy S II (GT-19100) and the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Nexus ( GT-19250), it is likely that GT-19500 is referring to the highly anticipated Galaxy S III.

A screenshot of an internal presentation slide two months ago disclosed the alleged specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S III:

Dual-core 1.8GHz Exynos 4212 processor
2GB RAM
12MP camera
4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus HD display
Android 4.0
Thinner profile than the Samsung Galaxy S II
Could this be the Samsung Galaxy S III? Well, we will know the answer in two month's time at Mobile World Congress 2012.

Source: Pocketnow

My Final Touch

Merry Christmas

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My Brunch (Breakfast and Lunch)

Yummy... the rendang is greater than Old Town. It's affordable than Old Town too. Reunion Cafe at Austin Heights.

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My Favourite Coffee @ Reunion Cafe

Aroma..

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Setia Indah Park

This is one of the best park in Johor Bahru. It is clean and spacious. Many come for a jog early in the morning and in the evening. If you want a healthy lifestyle, do join them too.

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Ex-hubby demands sex in return for RM50

Wednesday December 21, 2011

EVEN after divorcing her husband, a single mother of two is still being abused by him, Harian Metro reported.

“We were fine at first, but once our marriage became known to his first wife, he started psychologically torturing me,” Elina, 39, said.

Unable to tolerate the abuse, Elina moved house and asked for a divorce.

However, the man asked for sexual favours in return for RM50 each time.

He even sent Elina's two sons, aged one and four, out during these “sessions”.

She also claimed to be under the spell of black magic, as she was unable to deny her ex-husband.

“I am even more convinced of this as I have found various types of oil and talisman in his possession,” she said.

Elina lodged a report with the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association recently regarding the matter.

> The daily also reported of a boy in Terengganu who has been in a coma for the past seven months due to a hit-and-run accident.

Iman Adam Raman, eight, was hit by a speeding motorcycle in May and can only open his eyes and move his head a little.

His mother Nik Ainy Mohd said he was in stage two coma.

Police told her the motorcyclist had hit her son “like a chicken” as there were no skid marks to indicate the vehicle slamming on the brakes.

Iman has two chips implanted in his head to prevent blood clotting. He is being fed milk via a tube.

Doctors had predicted Iman would live only three days after the incident because of serious head injuries.

> An 82-year-old has been donating blood regularly to keep his headaches at bay, reported Sinar Harian.

Abu Bakar Ahmad from Pasir Mas, Kelantan, said he had been donating blood since his twenties.

“My headaches last for long periods but after donating I feel relieved. The headaches are gone,” he said.

Abu Bakar donates once every three months at Hospital Lati in Pasir Mas.

He had previously tried many methods to cure his headaches but a consultation with his doctor revealed that the headaches were due to the thickness of his blood.

He was among 300 regular blood donors who were recognised recently.

Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this > sign, it denotes a separate news item.

It’s raining snakes in Kampung Laut

JOHOR BARU: Everytime it floods, residents in Kampung Laut in Skudai, scramble to change into their pants to avoid slithery guests from sliding up their legs.

Folks here not only have to worry about watery woes when it pours, but also have to look out for snakes.

The village, which is located along Sungai Skudai, is a common habitat for various types of snakes and monitor lizards.

Contract worker S. Kumarasami, 39, said it was common for Kampung Laut residents to see snakes such as pythons, cobras and huge monitor lizards swimming near them when they evacuated their homes due to floods.

He was one of the 60 villagers who were still taking shelter at a flood relief centre in SK Batu 10.

Kumarasami, who has been living in Kampung Laut for more than 30 years, said thankfully, there had not been any untoward incidents of residents getting bitten by the reptiles.

“We have some sort of understanding with them.

“If we do not disturb them, they will not harm us,” he said.

He added that usually when residents came across the snakes or the lizards, they would keep still and refrain from looking directly at them.

Kampung Melayu Batu 10 village chief Ismail Talib, 60, said Kampung Laut had been hit by floods three times this year.

He added that the flood waters would usually reach as high as one meter if it rained heavily.

Extracted from The Star, Malaysia

Breakfast After a Healthy Walk

This is the wonderful breakfast I had after a 30 minutes walk. I had 2 eggs, a mug of coffee and few slices of bread. I'm so full now.

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A+ Tuition Centre- 1st Branch at Taman Setia Indah

If you've passed by Austin Heights , A+ Tuition Centre is right opposite Austin International School. Now, they opened their 1st branch in Taman Setia Indah. Check them out!

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Engkau Didalamku

KAULAH PENULIS HIDUPKU
KAU MEMBUAT S’GALANYA BARU
ENGKAU DI DALAMKU, DAN KU ADA DALAM-MU
TAK ADA YANG TAK MUNGKIN BAGI-MU

KU DICIPTA UNTUK-MU
‘TUK MEMBAWA HARUM NAMA-MU
ENGKAU DI DALAMKU, DAN KU ADA DALAM-MU
KINI KU DATANG MENCARI WAJAH-MU

MENGASIHI-MU S’LALU DENGAN SEG’NAP HATIKU
MENCINTAI SELURUH PERBUATAN-MU
MENGABDIKAN HIDUPKU SESUAI RENCANA-MU
KU MAU MENYEMBAH-MU SAMPAI AKHIR HAYATKU

KAU MEMAHAMI HATIKU
HANYA KAU YANG MENGERTIKU S’LALU
ENGKAU DI DALAMKU, DAN KU ADA DALAM-MU
KINI KU DATANG MENCARI WAJAH-MU

We wish you a Merry Christmas!!!

2011

It's already end of the year. A few days later, we will celebrate Christmas and New Year! What's your new year resolution?

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Love

I was having my lunch in a fast food restaurant, and I was attracted by a woman with 3 children. They were having the meal too. But out of my surprised, she wasn't eating at all. Yet, she ordered it for the children. They were enjoying the meal yet she was just chatting with them (without a bite). In my heart, I felt the sacrifices and love that she poured out. Who doesn't like eating fastfood? For her loves one, she rather be hungry.

Friends, there are many people out there who will act the same too. Have we thought about these.people who are unfortunate but they are willing to sacrifice for others. Are you one of them? Since, it's Christmas time, let's share the love that God had given to us. He gave His only Son to us to be nailed on the cross for our sins. Let's share His LOVE to them surrounding us.

I LOVE YOU!

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THO SAI?

Man : do u hv 'tho sai'?
Waiter: what is that?
Man: the 'asam' one.
Waiter: huh...

Actually he wants 'tosai'. But he kept saying to-'sai'. 'Sai' means shit. Oh my...the customer made me to bite my own finger. Now my finger is painful. I can't stop laughing because he's just sitting next to my table.

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