The End Yet to Come

On July 30th, a solar flare took place.

It did not cause any MAJOR disruptions in satellites and the power grid.

It might indicate an increase in solar activity and approaching of a new solar cycle.

On July 31st, a solution for the US Debt Crisis was reached by raising the debt ceiling by y $2.5 trillion US in exchange for $2.5 trillion US in expenditure reductions over the next 10 years with no tax increases.






On August 3rd, the United Nations declare famine in Somalia and other countries in Eastern Africa. It is to be known as the 2011 Horn of Africa famine resulting from a drought due to climate change which is said to be the worst in 60 years.





On August 5th, Standard & Poor's lowered the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+.





On August 6th, riots break out in London due to the police shooting Mark Duggan resulting in widespread public disorder and looting throughout certain districts in England leading to further deaths.

All these events seems to point to the END OF DAYS predicted in 2012.

But I ain't buying it.




The Mayan Calendar ends on Dec 21, 2012 but it really means the coming of a NEW AGE.

Natural disasters, economic recession, climate change and wars seem to indicate a bleak future.




We think our advancement in technology will save us but this is not the case.
We have become too dependent on technology, electronics and the INTERNET.




We have made more than 200 synthetic materials that are not bio-degradable and are poisoning us everyday leading to cancer.

We produce more food than we need but it is not distributed evenly, which is why there are still famines.

We have extended our life expectancy but this has resulted in overpopulation.




Our economy is controlled by banks using a Fractional-reserve banking system which creates money out of nothing and charge high interest on borrowings and low interest on deposits.

We are taking raw materials from the environment and producing products at such a rapid rate resulting in pollution and climate change.

So many problems yet I feel there is one cause.




Our greed.

We have become so materialistic and opportunistic that we forsake our moral duties and ethics becoming more inhumane by the day.

Compassion, willingness to help others and other good attributes are vanishing.

In Lord of the Rings, Galadriel said, " The hearts of men are easily corrupted"

No doubt about that. We are very easily corrupted by POWER, AMBITION and WEALTH.

Will we be like this forever, corrupted ?

Mahatma Gandhi said , " You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

I have not lost my faith in humanity even in this darkest times.

I believe we can change but it will not be easy.

In the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), aliens are going to destroy humanity because they have crossed the limits of killing each other and killing the planet.






An interesting dialogue between the alien's representative Klaatu (played by Keanu Reeves) and Professor Karl Barnhardt (played by John Cleese ) :-

Professor Barnhardt: There must be alternatives. You must have some technology that could solve our problem.
Klaatu: Your problem is not technology. The problem is you. You lack the will to change.
Professor Barnhardt: Then help us change.
Klaatu: I cannot change your nature. You treat the world as you treat each other.
Professor Barnhardt: But every civilization reaches a crisis point eventually.
Klaatu: Most of them don't make it.
Professor Barnhardt: Yours did. How?
Klaatu: Our sun was dying. We had to evolve in order to survive.
Professor Barnhardt: So it was only when your world was threated with destruction that you became what you are now.
Klaatu: Yes.
Professor Barnhardt: Well that's where we are. You say we're on the brink of destruction and you're right. But it's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. This is our moment. Don't take it from us, we are close to an answer.



I believe that 2012 will that brink and the World will NOT end.

I hope we change for the good.

BTW, the real reason I think the Mayan Calender ends on Dec21, 2012 can be seen in this pic.

Death of a Terrorist

On May 2nd 2011, we all heard that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a raid by the US Special Forces ( Navy SEALS).

Some were happy, some were not.




I did not know what to feel.

The death of Osama does not mean the end of terrorism.




Besides as General Shepard said in Modern Warfare 2 :-

But you bring down one enemy and they find someone even worse to replace him.

I only knew about Osama after the 9/11 attacks but was surprised to learn that the CIA has been hunting him down since the 1990's.

He was allegedly the mastermind behind the :-

1) bombing of the Gold Mihor Hotel in Aden
2) Luxor massacre of November 17, 1997
3) 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings
4) USS Cole bombing

We all know him as the bad guy but he was once a "good" guy.

During the Soviet War in Afghanistan, Osama joined the Mujahideen in Afghanistan and received Financial Aid and Weapons from the United States from 1979 to 1989.

Again General Shepard was right :-

Yesterday's enemies are today’s recruits. Train them to fight alongside you and pray they don’t eventually decide to hate you for it, too."



There are many types of terrorist out there.

There is this saying, " One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

Is Osama a freedom fighter ?

From one point of view he is. He is motivated by a belief that U.S. foreign policy has oppressed, killed, or otherwise harmed Muslims in the Middle East.

He himself said :- "They hate us for what we do, not who we are."

Does this make him noble and rightful ?

Some say yes .

But I say NO. The use of VIOLENCE to accomplish his mission is NOT the way.

He has made matters worse, NOW everyone in the Western world label all Muslims as terrorist.




Hate crimes against Muslims have accelerated after the 9/11 attacks in Western countries all over the world.




Osama's fight for all Muslims through acts of terrorism as resulted in many people viewing Islam as a religion which preaches violence.




However, this is not true as NO religion views the act of killing innocent people as something good

The cycle of violence just continues as people continue to fight.




US wages a War against Terrorism which just agitates the Muslim world even more.

People were parading the street in New York city when the news of the death of Osama was announced by President Barack Obama.

Al-Qaeda acknowledged his death on May 6, 2011, vowing to retaliate.



Ayman al-Zawahiri takes over the leadership of al-Qaeda.

Then recently,
Pakistan's Taliban, a close ally of al Qaeda, has threatened to carry out a series of attacks against American, British and French targets to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden.




"Soon you will see attacks against America and NATO countries, and our first priorities in Europe will be France and Britain," said deputy Pakistani Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman.

Will it ever end ?

"Someone's killed for killing another, and then that guy is killed for killing him... how is that kind of twisted thinking ever gonna bring us peace?!"
Cagalli Yula Atha, Gundam Seed


Do we have to continue the fight ?



Are we not tired of fighting ?

Is fighting our only option ?




Mahatma Gandhi said ,“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”.

If we are the STRONG, let's use it.

Gandhi also said , “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”



Forgiveness is the key isn't it ?



I am not a Christian but.......

I like a phrase in the Bible which goes like this :-

Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.


I believe that God never asked anyone to kill in HIS name.

Any religion which says God asked to kill in HIS name, is not a religion at all, it is a CULT.

God's path is that of peace and love not violence and God has no religion.




P.S-

Peace for all. Let God do the rest.

If you do not believe in God, chill !

The FORCE will balance out the imbalance eventually.

I'm Back

Yes.................





I'm a blogger forever UNTIL THE DAY I DIE !!!!!!!!!!!

I was pinned down by exams which ended on 14th June and went on a "vacation".

A lot of stuff had happened during the time I last blogged to now.

I wanted to blog about it but NO TIME.

Well, I'm back now. Hence, I will !

More people should blog although I know it is not a "IN THING" anymore.

We should share our ideas with others and exchange views.

Only then can we achieve understanding and peace.

I must say a lot of bad things have been happening around the world and here in Malaysia.

The FORCES OF DARKNESS are moving in everywhere,




The uncertainty is nerve wrecking,




The economy is on a downward trend everywhere,




Politics is in rough seas all over the world from United States to the Middle East
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EVEN in MALAYSIA




Should we give up in despair, should we run away, hide under a rock ?




I quote Aragorn from Lord of The Rings : The Return of the King :-




Hold your ground, hold your ground! Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!

Fight, I shall !

I will stand by my principles, I will fight INJUSTICE,GREED and CORRUPTION !

Giving up is half the battle lost !

Never lose FAITH and NEVER yield to EVIL, evil NEVER wins !

As a blogger I will follow the quote :-

TO STRIVE, TO SEEK TO FIND AND NOT TO YIELD

( from the poem Ulysses by Lord Alfred Tennyson )

Energy, Energy, ENERGY !

If we look at all of the happening events, I find that the CORE of these event is all about ENERGY.




Yes ENERGY for ELECTRICITY GENERATION.

In this modern era, we are s dependent on ELECTRICITY.

However, the source of ENERGY from which electricity is generated is NON- RENEWABLE and if RENEWABLE, it is NOT ENOUGH to match current demand.

Look at the Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami,

the aftermath resulted in a MELTDOWN at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant.






The use of Nuclear to generate energy is a debatable subject.

Pros - Large yield, Cons - High initial set up cost and decommissioning cost
- Danger of MELTDOWN
- Disposal of Nuclear Waste

Then we look at Libya.




According to Wikipedia, Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world and the 17th-highest petroleum production.

Despite of that, the 2011 coalition intervention in Libya lead to the price per barrel of oil to sky rocket to US$ 140/barrel.





You can thank the speculators for their "favour" and The Rockefellers’ Oil Companies such as Chevron, Exxon, Conoco, etc will enjoy the OIL CARTEL and the SKY ROCKETING OIL PRICES.

No matter who wins, we all LOSE end of the day.

Then hybrid cars pop up.




I do not think it is REALLY going to solve anything.

The effort it takes into making the batteries will still consume more energy.

Hybrid cars just are not the solution.

In fact from a user point of perspective, all you get is an electric motor which cannot even go more than 100 miles and an underpowered petrol engine which cannot even cruise the highway at a decent speed.


Electric cars are also not the answer as long as electricity generation is from non-renewable sources.




When plugging in an electric car to charge from your house electrical outlet, the electricity comes from a power plant which is either using fossil fuels or nuclear energy !



Hydrogen powered cars ? The process to make hydrogen consumes A LOT OF fossil fuels !






Solar powered cars cannot even go at 100 miles per hour and cannot move on a rainy day.




Will there ever be a permanent solution ?

Technically yes.





I think that solution would be NUCLEAR FUSION.

Yes, the power of the SUN on EARTH !




That will solve our ENERGY CRISIS forever.

There is no risk of meltdown, its renewable and the yield is AMAZING.

But there is one problem, it does not exist yet !

Its still in research phase and many people are involved.

To create NUCLEAR FUSION on an commercially viable basis will IMMORTALIZE its creator.

Noble Prize + Wealth (if the design is patented) + Glory ( accredited with solving mankind's greatest problem)

So who are the people in interested ?

Well, it seems the European Union, India, Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and the United States are interested.

They have set up ITER (international research and engineering project).




Well, its not some simple science project but a MEGA project of building the MOST ADVANCED NUCLEAR FUSION reactor.

Our only hope to survival for the long term ?

Nuclear Fusion ain't easy like 1+1. Its COMPLICATED.




The only type of FUSION, we humans have "successfully" created is the Hydrogen Bomb.

So, its going to be a long way and there will always be SOMEONE who would want to MONOPOLIZE and CAPITALIZE at the end of the day.

Unlimited Energy, yes.

Free energy, no. Someone always wants to CASH IN.

Facebook Etiquette

A social networking site that everyone knows and use.

Even I have a facebook profile.

I am not an anti-Facebook person because I do appreciate the advantage of social network sites.

It helps me keep in touch with friends and relatives overseas.

I do not consider Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook to be a genius.

Why ?

He did not come up with the idea of a "social networking site".

There were social networking sites before Facebook like MySpace and Friendster.

I remember back once everyone used Friendster and then everyone shifted to Facebook.

That is why Facebook is so famous.

Then another new stuff will be made and people will shift there.

In fact there already is. It is known as Pocodot.





But here are the comments :-

Pocodot is a Facebook-killer. And it is pushing hard to make its presence sense on the web. That’s what Pocodot.com is all about, I thought.

However, this social networking website takes the dirty route by using YouTube as its weapon to trick the users. Check out the popular music videos on YouTube and you’ll know that Pocodot has drummed the rhythm out of these videos by dropping convincing comments and rapidly earning “thumbs up” in the comment section of YouTube. Yes, the comments on celebrities tying up with Pocodot are fake.

Basically it is the same deal as Facebook, so if your bored and got nothing else better to do why not make a Pocodot account too?


I am not here to brag about the disadvantages of Facebook and make Mark Zuckerberg look bad nor promote Pocodot.

I just want people to use Facebook in an appropriate and reasonable manner.

Facebook gives users the POWER to communicate and express themselves in ways never conceived before.

As Uncle Ben Parker in Spiderman told, " With great POWER comes great RESPONSIBILITY".

As Facebook users, we should be responsible and cautious not to make a fool out of ourselves and give away personal information which can endanger us.

When I was surfing the web and came across this website which states :-

22 Dumbest Things People Do on Facebook.

Hence, I wish to share it with all Facebook users so that they will not be classified as a DUMBASS.

No.1 - Automatically post your Twitter updates to Facebook.




Cross-posting your boring life makes it seem twice as boring. Choose a venue to crap out your trivial quips and stick to it.

P.S. - People would see it in Facebook instead of going to Twitter unless they are jobless and got nothing better to do in their lives


No.2 - Post your baby's photo/ other pictures not portraying you as your own




It doesn't make us think "cute kid," it makes everyone assume you have become immensely fat, lost your hair, etc.




P.S. - Putting a Batman picture as your profile picture does NOT make you Batman because you ain't got the money for the gadgets.



No.3 - Post updates while getting married




Like this guy. Do the smoosh-cake-in-each-other's-faces thing and then post pics. We can wait.

P.S. - It just go to shows that the guy has NO LIFE and spends 24/7 on Facebook and will even post updates while having sex. This marriage ain't going to last long, I think.



No.4 - Play Farmville, Mafia Wars or any of those other time sucks games.




Nothing shows the world you have no life better than seeing a badge from a virtual Facebook game. And then there's the Farmville-addicted mom who allegedly charged for shaking her baby to death. She became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called FarmVille on the Facebook.

P.S. - FarmVille will not end global warming or the famine in Africa &
Mafia Wars will not decrease crime rate in your country.




No.5 - Post every time a famous person dies





RIP whoever.And who are the freaks who click "like" on these notices?

P.S. - Doing the above will cause the dead person NOT to RIP &
there is nothing to like when someone dies unless you are psycho.




No.6 - Drink & Facebook




Let this sleazy stock photo, above, and this other dude's alleged drinky deeds be a lesson to ya.

P.S. - Drink and drive. It will spare you the agony of making a fool out of yourself in front of all your friends and family and end all your problems PERMANENTLY (provided you die in the accident)



No.7 - Post the pics of your underage beer bong party




Like this couple in Florida allegedly did. The couple is charged with holding an open house party and giving alcoholic beverages to underage persons.

P.S. - It will be USED against you !



No.8 - Do a video appeal in the shower about needing a place to live.




Especially if you mention that you are on unemployment.

P.S. - People will pitty you BUT nobody will give you a place to live or a job.
Yup, the world is unfair.



No.9 - Misspell stuff that the whole world can see




And it's all attached to your name.

P.S. - It does NOT make you COOL. It just shows that you have BAD vocabulary and were asleep or did NOT attend your English classes in school.


No.10 - Post on a former U.S. President's or a Malaysian Politician's Facebook page






Congratulations, you found something even less productive than playing Farmville.

P.S - IF you wanted CHANGES to be made, you just should have become their adviser.
The Facebook profile thing is a political gimmick which has FOOLED you. HA! HA!


No.11 - Talk about how much you hate your job





Yes it's tempting. And you will get fired for it.

P.S - If you hate your job just QUIT.
Besides,





No.12 - Break into someone's house and log into your Facebook account






You'd think we wouldn't have to tell you this. But you'd be wrong.

P.S - If you break into a house, why not just call the cops instead of doing it the indirect way by posting it on Facebook .



No.13 - Mock the cops






If you're on the lam, it's tempting to taunt the police. Try not to. Because like Craig here, they'll be super psyched to nail you.

P.S - Instead of wasting your time and the cops time , why don't you just mock them in real life when you see them in a patrol car or try making a prank call from your home.


No.14 - BBQ endangered animals and post the pictures.






Unless you think, "Iguana go to jail" -- don't do it. Read about young Facebookers who allegedly fired up the barbie, roasted a rare animal until well-done and uploaded the pics right here. For their alleged stupidity, they ran afoul of the Fisheries Regulations and the Wild Animal Protection Act and were each served up $500 bail.

P.S - If you are hungry do not eat something endangered. It just shows you are savage and will eat anything to satisfy your hunger. What about humans ?


No.15 - Tell people you are going out of town






Unless you want your place robbed, not bright.

P.S - Want to 100% get robbed, why not leave your house with the doors WIDE OPEN instead.



No.16 - Post verdicts of trials that are still in progress






A Michigan woman serving jury duty in Mt. Clemens is in deep doo-doo after posting to her facebook account that it's "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty."

P.S - If you want the verdict to REALLY stand, become a judge instead !


No.17 - Poke someone






The poke feature is now only used by the creepy and/or desperate. It attracts attention, sure, in the same way a grenade thrown into a busy Starbucks would.

P.S - Poke someone physically in REAL LIFE to get their attention but not in the WRONG PLACE or that would be sexual harassment to some.


No.18 - Spew about how frackin' in love you are





It's annoying. Luckily, you will be publicly shamed when you break-up !

P.S - Love is like a diary. It should be private & between the 2 lovers.
Love is not like a book in the library. If everyone sees it, it will be humiliating.


No.19 - Go on medical leave and then upload pics of you whooping it up






Like this woman, you may get nabbed by your insurance company and fired by your boss for your alleged dumb deeds.

P.S - If you take an illegal holiday, don't bring the freaking camera. It will be USED against you !


No. 20 - Throw a sick pet pity party





Your beloved Snookums is on chemo, which sucks. But don't bring the whole world down with an update that you know will pimp people to write, "Oh I'm sooooo sorry." :(

P.S - Let your pet die with dignity.


No.21 - Comment on photos of people you barely know and haven't seen in over a decade






Not cool.

P.S. - It just shows everyone you got nothing else better do and do not have many friends.


No.22 - Let anyone tag a photo of you ever





It can and will be used against you.

P.S - If you do not want to be tagged just don't make a facebook profile !


The 22 Dumbest Things People Do on Facebook part was taken from this website :-
http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/dumbest-things-people-do-on-facebook.html

Check out the website for more funny stuff and LOL !!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers !!!!!!