Monday, November 12, 2018

SPECTRUM OF LIGHTNING


Occurrence of lightning may involve ground objects. For example, the discharge can be triggered by the presence of a tall tower.

A close lightning flash striking a tree at a distance of 60 metres (below).







Wednesday, November 7, 2018

WE KILL OUR RIVERS!


The 'sebarau' is a medium size freshwater fish much sought after by net casting (menjala).



Orang asli much depend on freshwater fishes but the catch now is low due to polluted waters.


This river (below), a small tributary of Muar River dissecting my kampong used to be (say 40 years ago) deep and wide where ikan kaloi abundant and crocodiles marauding. We use the river for bathing, swimming, and rafting.

It is now narrow and knee-deep due to siltation. The water is always murky. Only small fishes are found. What a pity state how we keep our rivers and ecology! Because we receive so much rain, we take water for granted.


In the late 60's the DID built a dam upriver in order to irrigate the padi fields. But after some years the water level in the irrigation canals became low and did not supply enough water into the padi fields. Farmers had to abandon rice growing. What went wrong technically, and ecologically? 

During post-colonial times, a crew of 4 or so of the DID (Dept of Irrigation and Drainage) regularly maintain along the river banks (removing obstructions, cut overhanging tree branches) from a boat.

And many years before that, Chinese shopkeepers along the riverbanks transported and received goods via boats. This shows how deep and wide the river then.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

JIBBY KAMIKUP














Leissner (kiri sekali) dengan isterinya, Kimora Lee, bersama Najib

Sunday, October 28, 2018

SARIMAH MENONJOL DARI MARIA MENADO




SARIMAH









n.b. Thank you Manado, Sulawesi (Celebes) especially the Coconut and Palm Research Centre staff for their kind hospitality during several days of working visit, 1999. 

Friday, October 26, 2018

ROCKSTAR SINEAD MEMELUK ISLAM




Bintang Rock Irlandia Sinead O'Connor Memeluk Islam, Mengganti Namanya Syuhada

Sinead O'Connor membagikan foto dirinya ini di Twitter saat dia mengumumkan dia masuk Islam. {Daily Mail]

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DUBLIN (Arrahmah.com) – Sinead O’Connor telah masuk Islam dan mengubah namanya menjadi Shuhada yang berarti ‘martir’ dalam bahasa Arab.
Bintang rock Irlandia, penganut Katolik, mengumumkan berita tersebut di akun Twitter-nya di mana ia berbagi foto dirinya yang mengenakan jilbab.
“Sekarang saya akan mengumumkan bahwa saya bangga telah menjadi seorang Muslim,” tulis ibu dari empat orang anak itu, seperti dikutip Dailymail.
‘Ini adalah keputusan alami dari perjalanan seorang teolog yang cerdas. Saya akan memiliki nama baru, yaitu Shuhada,” tulisannya.
Dia mengeja namanya dengan tanda kutip di bagian akhir, menulis nama lengkapnya sebagai Shuhada ‘Davitt.
O’Connor juga mengubah gambar profil twitternya dengan caption, ‘Wear a hijab just do it‘.
Penyanyi itu mengatakan, dia diberi jilbab pertamanya oleh temannya Elaine. Dia mengungkapkan, Elaine begitu terkejut ketika pertama kali melihat dia memakai jilbab.
Jumat lalu O’Connor memposting video dirinya yang melantunkan Adzan.
“Ini adalah usaha pertama saya untuk melantunkan Azan. Aku rasa ada beberapa pelafalan yang salah karena terbawa perasaan … tetapi akan ada ratusan hal lain yang akan dihadapi,” tulisnya.
Sinead O’Connor dalam cuitannya juga berterimakasih kepada saudara-saudara sesama muslim yang telah memberikan sambutan baik kepada dirinya yang baru saja menjadi mualaf.
Sejak pengumuman keislamannya tersebut, O’Connor dibanjiri ucapan selamat dari umat Islam.
Pukul 11.30 malam pada hari Kamis dia men-tweet, “‘Terima kasih banyak kepada semua saudara-saudari Muslim yang telah begitu baik hati untuk menyambut saya kepada Ummah pada hari ini di halaman ini. Kelembutan kalian sangat berarti bagi saya.”
(ameera/arrahmah.com)

Thursday, October 25, 2018

OGHANG KAMPONG TUHANYA DEKAT










GOVERNOR TO BE DEFROCKED


This governor is of Pahang origin. Do not  overcome your stay in Melaka. The son of the soil deserved to be the one.

He is a leftover of UMNO. They like to give awards - datukships and all. This kind of thing is promoting the caste system which the Hindus are trying to get rid off. The Malays are fond of making mountains of molehills.

Feeling insecure he wants to inculcate UMNO's culture into the PH government. The culture of 'I rub back you rub my back', cash is king, money laundering are dajjal works.

Go back to the pasture where you belong. Enjoy the remaining years. 

Thank you for whatever service rendered to the country.