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Tetherball :)

Wednesday 11 April 2012 • 22:52 • 1 comments

Assalamuallaikum and hye :) this entry , we talk about a TETHERBALL game . want to know more ? just read this :)

Tetherball is a North American game for two opposing players. The equipment consists of a stationary metal pole, from which is hung a volleyball from a rope, or tether. The two players stand on opposite sides of the pole. Each player tries to hit the ball one way; one clockwise, and one counter (anti-) clockwise. The game ends when one player manages to wind the ball all the way around the pole so that it is stopped by the rope. It must not bounce.

(RULES)

Rules can be found at The World Tetherball Association based in Palm Springs California. The game begins when one player serves the ball, usually by hitting it off the post, or after the opposing player serves it he can not hit it until the other player touches it. The opposing player then attempts to return the serve by hitting it in the opposite direction. The object is to hit the ball in such a way that one's opponent will be unable to alter the ball's direction. This gives the server an advantage since the server has more control over the ball from the beginning. It is generally acceptable to hit the ball with either the fist or the open hand or swing. The Players pick if a "cherrybomb" is legal but is usually legal in official games.

A player can commit a violation by stepping onto his opponent's half of the pole, by catching and throwing the ball (a "crossy"), by striking the rope instead of the ball (a "ropey"), by hitting the ball twice before it has either circled the pole or been returned by the opponent or, in some variants, struck the pole (a "double touchie"). Generally, after a violation occurs, the game pauses and the ball is returned to the position it was in before the violation; the number of wraps around the pole is re-created (or a penalty-wrap is awarded to the player who did not commit the foul). The player who did not commit the violation then serves the ball. If, however, the violation appears to be intentional, it may result in loss of game.

The game ends when one player hits the ball around the pole in their own direction as far as it will go, so that the ball hits the pole. In addition, the ball must strike the pole with the final wrap above a line marked on the pole. A 5-foot-high (1.5 m) mark is satisfactory, though a lower mark might be used for younger players. A match can go on for at least 2 or more games.

CREDIT TO :: ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetherball )

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Weird But REAL !

Tuesday 10 April 2012 • 01:39 • 2 comments

Axolotls are neotenic, meaning that they spend their lives looking like larvae, complete with gills, weak legs, and finlike extensions on their back and tail. Axolotls were once believed to be of the same species as tiger salamanders; while they're close relatives, though, they're not the same. Axolotls are much smaller than neotenic tigers (they're about the same size as adult tigers), and axolotls only come from two lakes in Mexico; they're extinct (or nearly so) in the wild but have been bred for so long as laboratory animals and catfish bait that they're relatively common in captivity. Rumor has it that the axolotl is the only salamander one can legally keep in Australia. I don't know if this is true.

It's been said that axolotls will eat anything they can fit into their mouths. This is not quite true. They will eat ANYTHING. I've never seen an axolotl choke on a fish that was too big for it, but I'm willing to believe it's happened. Their appetites are similar to those of Xenopus laevis, if that helps. They will eat pellets but prefer live guppies, rosy reds, or appropriately-sized goldfish.

Fish gravel makes a bad substrate for the tank; the axolotls may swallow it, with disastrous effects. Use stones that are larger than the axolotl's mouths (stealing large gravel from other people's driveways often works well). Axolotls are well-suited for a 5 or 10 gallon tank that is periodically stripped down and the parts cleaned -- they're messier than a filter can handle, care little about water conditions, and can't live with other fish. 2.5 gallons per axolotl is a good ratio. Larval tiger salamanders should be cared for identically.

SOURCE : HERE

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We Proud Of Him .

Saturday 11 February 2012 • 23:24 • 0 comments

Assalamualaikum .

As Malaysian , we must know about our Prime Minister like Tunku Abdul Rahman , Tunku Abdul Razak , Tun Hussein Onn , Dato' Dr Mahathir Mohamad , Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and now , Dato Najib Razak . Now , we want to share about Dato Najib Razak's biography .

Dato' Sri Najib , the eldest son of Malaysia second Prime Minister , Tun Abdul Razak Hussein , was born in the district of Kuala Lipis in the state of Pahang . He received his primary and secondary education at one of the country's leading schools in the country, St. John's Institution . He then continued his secondary education at the Malvern Boy's College , Worcestershire , England . Upon completion of his secondary education , Dato' Sri Najib enrolled at the University of Nottingham and graduated in 1974 in industrial economics . On his return to Malaysia in the same year , Dato' Sri Najib joined the national oil company , Petronas , as an executive where he served for two years before taking the plunge into politics following the sudden demise of his father in 1976 . He was the obvious choice of the ruling National Front coalition to the contest the Pekan parliamentary seat vacated by his late father . The national outpouring of grief following Tun Razak's death and the respect for his father tremendous contributions toward Malaysia's development , saw Dato' Sri Najib elected unopposed as Member of Parliament at the very young age of 23 . It was to mark the start of Dato' Sri Najib long association in politics and government service . Following his unopposed victory as Member of Parliament in 1976 , Dato' Sri Najib was appointed the Deputy Minister of Energy , Telecommunications and Posts . He had also served as Deputy Education and Deputy Finance Minister . In the 1982 general elections , he stood in the state seat of Bandar Pekan and was subsequently appointed the minister of Pahang until 1986 . Following the general elections in 1986 where he re-contested and won the parliamentary seat of Pekan , Dato' Sri Najib was appointed the Minister of Culture , Youth and Sports . Under his stewardship Malaysia made its best ever showing in the Sea Games where the country came out on top in the medal tally for the first time in his story of the game . He also introduced the National Sports Policy which outlines the development of sports in the country and introduced monetary incentives for the Malaysian athletes who won medals at the Olympics Games .

He remained ad Defence Minister until September 2008 when he took over as Finance Minister in 2008 from Dato' Seri Abdullah . In March 2009 , Dato' Sri Najib was elected unopposed as UMNO President after Dato' Seri Abdullah decide not to seek re-election . Subsequently , in April , Dato' Seri Abdullah announced he was stepping down as Prime Minister and Dato Sri Najib was sworn in as Prime Minister . He still holds the Finance Minister post . Under his premiership , the nation has embarked on a journey of transformation within Malaysia's multiracial , multireligious context . The cornerstone is his 1Malaysia initiative , which emphasizes national unity .

Dato' Sri najib has also launched a Government Transformation Programme to improve the quality of public services , increase efficiency, and make government more transparent . The programme sets Key Performance Indicators to measure the performance of officials and agencies and National Key Result Ares to define goals for specific areas of public policy . He also introduced a new cabinet position to support the Unity and Performance Minister in implementing the KPI system . To drive the nation forward , Dato' Sri Najib introduced a New Economic Model with reforms to create a business environment conducive to economic growth , development and investment . The goal is to make Malaysia a high-income nation and a developed country by 2020 . Transformation and further liberalization of the economy are vital to this .

Now , we had already knew about our Prime Minister .

Resourced - Here

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Datuk Jimmy Choo !

Thursday 2 February 2012 • 23:00 • 2 comments

Assalamuallaikum and hye :) today , i want to share to all of you about Datuk Jimmy Choo . He is the shoesmaker :) lets read ! :) hope you guys enjoy !

Dato' Jimmy Choo, OBE, born Choo Yeang Keat, (Chinese: 周仰杰)^[1] is a Malaysian fashion designer based in London, United Kingdom. He is best known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its handmade women's shoes.Choo was born in Penang, Malaysia, into a family of shoemakers, who are of Chinese Hakka^[2]descent. His family name is Chow but was misspelled on his birth certificate as Choo. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old. He is perhaps the most notable of students of Cordwainers Technical College in Hackney, England, from which he graduated in 1983. (The college is now part of the London College of Fashion.) Choo has divulged that he worked part time at restaurants and as a cleaner at a shoe factory to help fund his college education.

Jimmy Choo's beginnings can be traced back to his workshop in Hackney, North London, which he opened in 1986 by renting an old hospital building. His craftsmanship and designs were soon noticed and he came to the verge of international notability when his creations were featured in a record eight pages in a 1988 issue of Vogue. Patronage from Diana, Princess of Wales, from 1990 further boosted his image.

In 1996, he co-founded Jimmy Choo Ltd with British Vogue magazine accessories editor Tamara Mellon.

In April 2001, Choo sold his 50% stake in the company for £10 million. He has since concentrated his work on the exclusive Jimmy Choo Couture line produced under license from Jimmy Choo Ltd. The Jimmy Choo London line, also known as Jimmy Choo Ready-To-Wear or, simply, Jimmy Choo, is under the purview of Mellon. The ready-to-wear line has expanded to include accessories such as handbags.

CREDIT TO : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Choo

Choo lives in London and is currently involved in a project to set up a shoemaking institute in Malaysia, where his iconic status is often evoked to inspire budding shoemakers and fashion designers. Jimmy Choo Ltd. produces some of the most expensive high-end shoes.

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Why this happened ??!

• 22:34 • 2 comments

Correction /

On Tuesday , one of our friend ask question , "We no need to pay for the school fee ?" . The relief teacher , Teacher Sharni said , she think that we do not need to pay the fee . Yet , we need to pay for the modules each subject . Now , there nothing is gratuitous . She told us , Why students throw papers that teacher gave to them likes modules for each subject or any homework paper . You know that the paper is made up from tree , right ? You also know that , we need trees to breath fresh air because trees give us oxygen . If not , where we must get oxygen if many trees were cut down for made the papers for students but students waste it . We waste the papers that means we waste our trees which is very important living things that we need to stay alive .

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The Iguazu Falls , Argentina

Saturday 28 January 2012 • 21:34 • 4 comments

Salam , readers . Today , I write a entry about a place which is Iguazu Falls . Seriously , before this I even don't know this place . But , when our English teacher , Sir Rahim . He want we to write about 7 wonders of nature in the world . But it almost 3 weeks ago .

(Scenery of The Iguazu Falls , Argentina)

You can see the picture of The Iguazu Falls located at Argentina . I want to share a little bit of it geography .

Iguazu Falls is located where the Iguazu tumbles over the edge of the Parana Plateau , 23 kilometers (14mi) upriver from the Iguazu's confluence with the Parana River . Numerous islands along the 2.7 kilometer (1.7 mi) long edge divide the falls into numerous separate waterfalls and cataracts , varying between 60 metres (200 ft) and 82 metres (269 ft) high . The number of these smaller waterfalls fluctuates from 150 to 300 , depending on the water level . About half of the river's flow falls into a long and narrow chasm called Devil's Throat . The Devil's Throat is U - shaped , 82 meter high , 150 meter wide and 700 meter long . Place names have been given also to many other smaller falls , such as San Martin Falls , Bossetti Falls and many others . About 900 meters of the 2.7 kilometer length does not have water flowing over it . The edge of the basalt cap recedes by 3 mm (0.1 in) per year . The water of the lower Iguazu collects in a canyon that drains in the Parana River , a short distance downstream from the Itaipu Dam . The junction of the water flows marks the border between Brazil , Argentina and Paraguay . The Iguazu River where the borders of all three countries can be seen , a popular tourist attraction for visitors to the three cities .

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Do We Really Need A Wrist Watch ?

Friday 20 January 2012 • 23:32 • 6 comments

Hello Readers , Sir Rahim said , 'If a man wear a wrist watch , he will look like a gentleman' . I think , that was right . And , this entry about the Do We Really Need A Wrist Watch To Keep Time ? ..

In primitive society, man tells the time by daily rising and setting of the sun or the moon, and accurate report of the cock crows. When I was young, my parents used to guess time by cock crow during the night, first crow, second, and the third crow.

Quite early in the history of the civilized world, man need some more exact way of telling the time, so a variety of primitive devices were invented. The Sundial is the oldest timekeepers. It was succeeded, about 300 B.C. by Water-clock, which either sank by slow leakage or had a float operating a dial mechanically. Some 600 years later came the Hour Glass or Sand Glass. Then followed by the clumsy devices of the medieval blacksmith, dress pocket watch, wrist watch no larger than a coin, electronic clock and watch which we can plug in to electric circuit or use battery.

In the history, we also had many other timekeeping devices, such as King Alfred’s Candle clock, Chinese Incense clock, or Japanese Lamp Clock. In the medieval town, a night watchmen were once employed to call the hours in the darkness.

What a variety of timekeepers! But these are all of the past. A Sundial is now only an ornament in our gardens, I haven’t seen a real Hour Glass in my life time except for pictures on a book or internet, or my mouse pointer that changes to Sand Glass when a Windows program stops responding. No longer do we depend for the time upon the sound of a temple or church bell.

Modern time is told in modern ways. The golden age of the clock industry has obviously gone, the question is now when will people stop buying a mechanical or electric clock or a luxury wrist watch?

When my finished studying in the university, he left me many stuffs which he couldn't take back home with him, including one alarm clock. One day I astonishingly found that the clock hands were all missing, a clock without hands! Then I spotted one small hand on the floor, another one was in my daughter's hands, she used that as a bubble blower. Although the naughty girl has opened the lid, pulling out all the hands, the clock can still "Tick-Tock", it's still working.

But I didn’t felt angry about my daughter, because what do we need a watch or alarm clock for? If everybody has a mobile, or update your mobile once a year? You can always check you mobile for time.

You may have a computer in your room, and you always sit in front of your computer, even you have nothing to do, still keep online, keep clicking around, then you want to know what time it is, because your stomach is rumbling. You don't lift up you wrist but look at the bottom-right corner of your computer screen for time instead, because you haven't got a watch on your wrist.

But you may haven't got a computer, and you must have a telephone in your room, it should also tell you the time unmistakably.

OK, you are watching television, you don't want bother to check the telephone, some TV channels itself can also let you know the time.

Your cooker may have a timer, or the boiler timer in your kitchen cupboard, also displays the time.

Then you plan out and about, you packed everything but your mobile phone , or you have brought it with you, it's in you pocket, but the battery is gone. You may look around to find a big clock at the street corner or on the nearby church tower.

If you can't find one, or although there is a tower clock, it’s not working, and you don’t bother to ask a passerby for time, then you go to a store to buy a pack of chewing gum, the time you need to know is printed on the receipt.

Those luxury wrist watches or antique “father clocks” are only for showoff or investing, the original timekeeping function has been gradually replaced by identity and social status symbol. Traditional clock or watch now can be classified into jewelry.

So what’s the future of a clock industry? The only way can a wrist watch survive in the electronic age is adapting itself, combining a wrist watch with a smart phone.

And now we may already find many wrist watch phones for sell. Such a small phone has strong functions. It may be equipped with FM radio; a pinhole webcam which can shoot undercover; supports mp3/mp4 player function; it include Bluetooth for data transfer; GPRS for you to moving around; Touch screen, Wi-Fi or 3G internet connection and many apps such as for Twitter and Face book, even integrates an on-screen keyboard or mechanical keyboard which can eject out or built-in the wrist watch band.

Resources : Here

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