The Blue Moon.

31st August 2012 is not only special because of the national day celebration of my beloved country, Malaysia. This year, it's even more special due to the appearance of the 'Blue Moon'.

When I first heard about it a few weeks ago, I actually thought that the moon will appear blue on that night because of some extraordinary space event. My excitement was short-lived; it was crashed by the Google within a few hours.

The 'blue moon' is actually a phenomenon in which the full moon appears for the second time within a month's duration. This is because the moon usually completes an orbit around the Earth in 29.5 days, but a month is usually 30 or 31 days except for the month of February. So, full moon appears twice a month every two and a half years on average according to NASA.

A picture of the moon taken using blue filter
Source:  http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/07jul_bluemoon.html 

Me and my stuck car.

I had my car stuck when I was trying to park the car today. I thought I was totally screwed when the car wouldn't move an inch.

It all started when I couldn't find a shady place to park my car near my auntie's house. So I decided to park on the pavement of my auntie's neighbour's house, which was shady because of the bamboo trees. I had parked my car there before, so I was confident that I could do it again smoothly. As I drove towards the pavement, a motorcycle that was parked by the side of the pavement caught my eyes, but I didn't give in to the internal alarm that rang in my brain. I just accelerated my way up to the pavement. As my sister, who was sitting next to me, started to tell me that I shouldn't be parking there, I heard a screeching sound. The first thought that came to my mind was, "Sh*t, I'm in deeeeeeeeep trouble".

Summer 2012

Summer break's gonna end soon. That was fast. Long, but fast. In these four months, I think I've spent most of the time looking at my laptop screen (as usual). My brain's a bit too rusty, but I'm ready to reverse the redox reaction during the second year (I think). I heard it's gonna be a killer year. I barely survived the first year (due to my own mistakes), but I'm gonna try really hard to do my best this year.

The summer break was not too bad. I..

1. learned how to swim (barely)
2. burned my skin numerous times (it's still healing)
3. tried various Malaysian food for the first time (notably nasi kandar and char koey teow)

நடுவண் (Naduvan)

Recently, I listened to a Tamil song. I was amazed by the song, because it is the first ever Tamil rap religious song that I've listened too! Well, it didn't exactly sound like rap for some reason, but Athiruban Manoharan Naicker, famously known as Dr Burn, has wrote the song very well that he stole my heart. I am just wowed at his excellence in writing and pronouncing Tamil words. The song is basically about Hinduism, or more specifically, Shaivism. I myself am not really familiar with the religion, but the message in the song is basically about life, death and Lord Shiva. Humans make sins, not realising that the body and life that they have is just temporary. God is eternal, and surrendering to Him shall cleanse all the sins from humans. It's something that I've heard many times before. But, like I said, I was amazed by the words Dr Burn picked to convey this message. I tried hard to find the Tamil lyrics for this song (not transliteration of the song lyrics in English, but in actual Tamil words), but I couldn't find any. So, I decided to write out the lyrics in Tamil using Google Transliteration. My Tamil usage has been rusty nowadays, so pardon me if some of the words are spelled wrongly and feel free to comment the right way of writing them. :)

Efiia House

I was walking slowly. The winding road seemed endless. Trees were standing tall on both sides of the road.

I know neither how I got here in the first place, nor where I was heading. Perhaps my sore feet knew. I continued to walk, accompanied by the loyal moon.

Once in a while, I passed by some people. All of them dressed rather formally, as was I. Some of them nodded at me, smiling. I smiled back at them as a courtesy and continued to walk.

It was rather strange. It felt as if I was in a mysterious race. Maybe it was a race against time; maybe it was a race against those people I walked past just now. As my mind continued to be boggled by numerous questions, a few boys cycled past me. Wait, I knew one of them!

Humongous Bodies

Decided to share one of my emails here.


[A] HUMAN BODY 
  
[1] A human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.   

[2] A cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60mph.   

[3] Every time you lick a stamp, you consume 1/10 of a calorie.   

[4] A fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.   

[5] A sneeze can exceed the speed of 100 mph.   

[6] Every person has a unique tongue print.  

Nowhere (Part 1)

When someone feels like he or she belongs nowhere, is it something to be proud of or to be mourned over?

To be proud of because that person has made his or her own place in this world?

Or to be mourned over because he or she couldn't fit in the large society that dominates this world?

Are we born to grow as a society? If we are, how can we make any difference if we don't feel like we belong to this society? What if solidity is the greatest pleasure that someone could achieve? Will that be a hindrance to the greater good of the community?