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The Truth

Posted by Kai on September 12th, 2008

Ever since mankind existed on Earth, questions began popping out of every single human. How did we come here? How was Earth formed? How was the unvierse formed? How? How? How? Now advanced physics knowledge can end that conspiracy and mysteries.

They're trying to prove the Big Bang. More or less, recreate it.

The brightest brains and minds of the world are gathered at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) in Geneva, Switzerland to solve the mystery. First they needed to create a bang, a cataclysmic explosion known as the Big Bang, proposed by Edwin Hubble. How?

A circular tube, buried hundred meters underground, is the key to it. The ring is 27 km in circumference and 8km in diameter. The large ring stretches into France and back into CERN which is the largest physics lab in the world.

What they're gonna do, is to vacuum the tube. It'll soon become ice cold. Then physicists will fire a particle in the tube. Once this is done, electromagnets surrounding the tube will switch on and off, thus moving the particle. Another one will be fired in the opposite direction. It will take some time for the particle to be fully charged to the speed of light, up to 288,000 km per second, which is circulating the ring 11,000 times per second.

By the time it moves at lightspeed, the particle gathers a lot of energy. So does the other one. With sufficient energy the physicists will collide the two particles at lightspeed. It will be an epic blast. The theory E=mc² is applicable here. Here's an explanation how...

"If a force is applied to an object in the direction of motion, the object gains momentum. It also gains energy because the force is doing work. But an object cannot be accelerated to the speed of light, regardless of how much energy it absorbs. Its momentum and energy continue to increase, but its speed approaches a constant value--- the speed of light. This means that in relativity the momentum of an object cannot be a constant times the velocity, nor is the kinetic energy given by ½mv²."

- wikipedia

But there are worries of course. Certain physicists disagree with this crazy experiment, insisting that it is too risky. They proposed that the experiment might result in the creation of black holes within the ground, hence causing the Earth to implode.

Whatever it is, we are hungry for the truth.

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Sept 16 – The True Merdeka?

Posted by Kai on September 5th, 2008

"Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!" - Tunku Abdul Rahman, 31/8/57 and 16/9/63.

Malaya, not Malaysia, got its independence from the imperial British on the prosperous day of 31st August 1957. But now we are Malaysia, together with Sabah and Sarawak, and our country's independence day is September 16th 1963.

Malaysia's only 45 years old, although Malaya's already 51. Ignorance of the East Malaysians is somewhat disgraceful. Together, we are Malaysia. Even Tunku Abdul Rahman yelled MERDEKA seven times after Sabah and Sarawak joined Malaysia, in Stadium Merdeka.

It was a more glorious day than 31st August 1957. The works of our dedicated politicians freeing the states of Sabah, Sarawak; and even Brunei and Singapore. It was only 45 years ago the British left our lands. Malaysian land.

Malaysia's true merdeka day.

At present, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is extremely confident he can create history by Sept 16 2008. He believes he can topple the ruling government, thus marking the 45th anniversary of Malaysia's independence day. What a day it would be.

According to Malaysiakini, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's bid to seize power will fail, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said, while promising to thwart attempts to overthrow his government.

- extracted from malaysiakini.com

A heap of controversy and doubts over this Sept 16 feat. Opposition seems confident, so does the governmental party.

What would the outcome be? Is it worth all the enthusiasm?

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A Bitter Solution

Posted by Kai on September 4th, 2008

The bitter melon. Not much of a bitter flavour, but full of fragrance and benefits to life.

That's why I love bitter melons so much. So do plenty of Malaysians including Malays, Chinese and Indians. They taste so well when stewed or stir fried, you should try it out!

1 Anti-Malaria
A lab study proves that the bitter compounds within the fruit is made of quinine - a beneficial drug. Quinine's unique trait allows it to treat and prevent malaria. Laboratory studies have confirmed that various species of bitter melon have anti-malarial activity.

2 Anti-HIV
Lab studies also believe that bitter melon is effective to HIV infections, as most compounds isolated from bitter melon that impact HIV have either been proteins or glycoproteins lectins. It is possible oral ingestion of bitter melon could offset negative effects of anti-HIV drugs, if a test tube study can be shown to be applicable to people.

3 Anti-Diabetes
Plenty of folk wisdom suggest and often insist that bitter melons helps prevent or counteract type-II diabetes, although scientific claim is limited. Bitter melons contain bioactive compounds that activate a protein called AMPK, which is well known for regulating fuel metabolism and enabling glucose uptake, processes which are impaired in diabetics.