Monday, August 26, 2013

kereta kena curi, metallica, one-way astronauts.


1. brother-in-law's cars were stolen.

 the funny part:- sebelah rumah abang ipar aku tu ada 2 ekor anjing besar cam serigala. kau lalu la depan rumah dia, kompem dia hulur kepala dia celah pagar and menyalak kat kau. ada sekali tu masa aku ngan laki aku baru parking depan umah abang ipar aku, dua ekor anjing tu terlepas keluar rumah, tunggu kitorang keluar kete. maka kitorang pun melepak je la dalam kete sampai tuan dia panggil masuk umah.

so aku wonder masa penyamun tu datang curi kete sampai 2 bijik, anjing2 tu x menyalak macam gila ke?


2. metallica.






i) aku bawak bantal. pinggang sakit sbb tgh diarrhea lepas start minum susu anmum materna. skang dah berenti minum susu untuk beberapa bulan.

 ii) orang depan aku merokok cam !@#$, aku tutup muka aku ngan jaket pun boleh bau rokok lagi. so aku pegi panjat bukit kat belakang tu duduk atas rumput, tepiiii sekali, tu pun ade lagi 2-3 bangsa yang datang merokok jugak.

iii) aku dok tunggu the memory remains, siap nak sing along (sebab tu je lagu yg aku hafal lirik sikit2). tapi takde :'( nothing else matters sangat best, nak menangis aku dengar live. master of puppets pun feveret.

husband aku dok pasang lagu metallica dalam kete sejak dia beli tiket haritu. akhirnya baru la hari ni aku mintak dia bukak balik nightwish ngan machine head.


3. one-way astronauts


JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab) & NASA ada datang uni aku untuk buat talk, aerospace club jemput diorang every year. pastu yang suka datang tu pulak pakcik2 fizik yang muka diorang macam einstein;- manakala students (aku) datang jugak, untuk tido.

first time aku pegi simply sebab aku pegi gatal amik tajuk mars rovers untuk assignment astrophysics aku, so since the talk was exactly about mars rovers:- spirit & opportunity (masa tu phoenix belum landing lagi);- talk tu banyak la membantu paper aku.

last sekali aku pegi sebelum grad (tahun 2009), masa tu diorang dah start cakap pasal nak hantar orang ke mars. benda yang aku paling ingat, pakcik JPL tu cakap, masalah diorang masa tu ialah untuk cari orang yang nak pegi mars, tapi taknak balik. ha.ha.ha. 
and then ada lagi other factors such as psychology, emotional stability between men and women, what to do in case of nervous breakdown, etc etc. plus, due to the 'requirements' of men and women, kena la hantar sepasang, kalau hantar lelaki-lelaki atau popuan-popuan kang lain lak jadi. kemudian timbul pulak persoalan patut ke diorang hantar pasangan suami isteri dan sebagainya.

so bila aku baca article ni and found out ada puluh2 ribu orang volunteer nak pegi one-way mission ni;- 
"uncle, has your problem been solved?"

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pernah ada orang tanya satu soklan masa Q&A, "what's the real purpose of space exploration?" 
pakcik JPL tu tunjuk kat kitorang dua jadual. satu milik ESA (European Space Agency) dan satu lagi milik NASA. Jadual tu tunjuk bila next mission diorang ke bulan (return to the moon), ngan first mission to mars.

after kitorang compare, nampak 'race' di situ. bila ESA letak satu tarikh, NASA letak date awal sikit; dan sebaliknya. dua-dua berebut nak siapkan misi diorg lebih awal.

"it's national interest," pakcik tu jawab, jawapan jujur giler.

masa final year, untuk subjek aerospace material and structure, aku buat lagi pasal mars rovers (sebab sume data dah ade), tapi focus more on the structure and materials of the spacecraft and the rovers themselves instead of the whole story. untuk conclusion, aku masukkan jadual yang aku copy drpd pakcik tu and tulis komen jujur tu kat dalam. lecturer aku tak cakap apepe tapi dalam projek tu, untuk bahagian aku, aku dapat markah penuh :p


august 2013.



Thursday, August 1, 2013

ramblings


had a berbuka buffet at boulevard with colleagues yesterday, collabtech's treat. the food are awesome, highly recommended. RM80 per pax if im not mistaken.

saba' cyberjaya is having buffet at RM 53, highly recommended as well.

hubby didn't join me yesterday; he went to amcorp hanging out with his friends. killing time, i spent almost and hour at artfren 'sourcing', and visited borders two times to look for habibi (couldn't find it). it was later that i went to mph and the girl who helped me checked the stock informed me that the graphic novel has been banned by kdn and hence it wouldn't enter bookstores. have to get it online then.

since hubby promised me to buy a book as raya present, i looked for alternatives. mph is placing 70% off on most of its graphic novels, you can buy Nausicaa at ~RM10. but i found this, and there's no discount :(



i'm a fan of osamu tezuka's works. even that i dont really like astroboy, dr black jack is my all time favorite (however, the other version of astroboy written by urasawa naoki:- PLUTO, is awesome). while most of his stories are light, the issues in this particular one is a bit heavy and controversial. next, i'm aiming to collect Buddha (why graphic novels are so mahal one??)

*been slowly collecting old mangas. you can read them online, but good books are best handheld :p*

*our Rosa has a baby! everyday we peeked into the aquarium for the hoglet. there were three at first, two died :( hope this last one will make it.

happy end of ramadhan, and selamat hari raya semua!

august 2013.