WORK WORK WORK

Last month, my colleagues and I and the Prof as well went to Bangkok for BAQ 2008 conference.
(I totally forgot to upload some of the nice photos when we where there,maybe later)
This month is a crunch up time. Deadline for abstract submission for JSAE conference 2009 is not that far away. I already completed mine by the way but Prof is still not satisfied with my English(which is not a surprised to anyone who read my blog-well if there is any..hehe)
I also already started to write some chapter for my thesis. Just to have somewhere to start with.
Also my Ricardo's WAVE model of my engine is not working...such a headache...maybe need help from Prof to work it out.My engine's fuel injector seal still not arrived yet.Argh!!!Lazy supplier...
And next month, we will have Drive Smart Campaign in Queensbay Mall where we will open a booth to show our current research to audience.Our Biodiesel Jaguh and E-bike will make an appearance there.I need to make a prediction model of my engine's Pressure-Crank Angle relationship.So...work..work..work...

REVOLUSI

Now, many people globally are boycotting products that associated with israel. Many branded items such as hugo boss, ralph lauren, levis, or restaurant such as mcD and starbucks also come into that bracket. If you look in the Internet you will find many more brands that relates with israel. I myself was used to all of those brands. To name a few, my perfume was hugo boss, have few levis jeans, a levi’s leather jacket that worth RM1000, a lovely dkny dodger blue shirt and polo shoes. Even my boxers was a collection from tommy hilfiger. Looking back at it, it gave me a WOW! gesture. Practically, I had israel all over me. And all of it does not come cheap either. They are using my money to destroy Palestine. And then food…I was a mcD-monger. I loved starbucks coffee. Something, stuck me in the head. Why am I so attached to all of these israel associated products? Then I realized, yes, the quality. They produced kinda great stuff. This is because they are genius, creating good products and then commercialized it globally should be a piece of cake to them. Actually, this occasion(the thinking about all of this thing that related with israel) happened in last 2 year, somewhere around November 2007. I must confess that in the last 2 years, I have not managed to maximize my act on boycotting israel product. I shopped at mark and spencer, buy few other related products too. I am not happy about it. For the last few weeks I had been writing a lot about israel act of cruelty upon the Palestinian. But due to the unproper words used in the writings, I did not publish them in this blog. I might need to edit them here and there, but since I do not want to, all of them were kept in my laptop(ops…my honey laptop actually…her orange vaio….hmm…vaio’s is not israely ,but the processor,intel ,do associated with israel…need to do something about it)

Anyway, my point is I think now I am in the point where I feel I do not need all those quality israel products anymore. I probably could not avoid the products which I do not know its origin(if it has anything to do with israel), but I will try my best. Of course there will be something that could not be avoided, for example stop using technology that been created by the israel, but I will try my very best. So what if I do not eat mcD or drink starbucks anymore, hey I have Radix Coffee(mai sechawan!) In fact, my Honey does make decent homemade burger as well…so who need a certain red nose clown franchised burger anyway! Also, lately there are so many MLM products available. I know that their intention is easy money…but since their products are locals (most of them), why not? I rather make those MLMmonger rich than give my money to israel. There are many locals product out there besides those MLMs as well anyway. Yes, their quality is not top notch, their coffee do not have cream caramel, no frapuccino, and Honey’s burger still not juicy as Big Mac just yet( hehe……jangan mare) but I can live with it. People can change. Yes we have options. I want to change. I want to be a better person,at least better than I used to be.We do not need to live glamorously like actors in tvs to live our life(Which is short by the way), buying all those branded stuff, eat fancy cuisine at glamorous expensive restaurant or have fancy gadgets to play around when we are bored. I do not need all of those. Enough is enough! israel, I damned you. You have seen the last penny of mine.(I must stop here before this writing also end up in the laptop like the others I wrote)May Allah S.W.T blessed all the Palestinian and all people around the world as well.Amin

My Honey and My Fareehah

My Fareehah....my Honey....lovely daughter and wife

My future....my present and past...my long long lost life

I used to wonder what love is all about

Is it sweeter than sugar or sour like vineger

Or is it sweet sour like plums or tastless like old gum

Does it smells nice like a peach in the garden of eden

Or is it minty like peppermint or nice just like cammomile

Well love is everything...sweet...sour....minty and more

You will experience it all and long it will last

People say that love comes and love will also go

Once it passed you by... you just have to let it go

Well this love will stick around....round and round

Like a circle of the Sun..like a strong rock on a ground

Love for my Honey and Fareehah are strong indeed

It will always stay there even times when it bleed

You both are my love...my life and my soul

I will love you forever....and this promise I will hold

What Color?

Ain & I currently in the process to decide what color our new house in Simpang Ampat should be.

Since the original color theme of the house is basically pink(hehe...she think that I will have problems with this color,but you know what...I don't! Anything that looks good in the eye is fine by me) I suggested her that we stick to the same theme,but only adding color effects here and there, re-paint where necessary, and also by using a much higher quality paint so we do not need to do repaint job twice a year. So here in my room, since my lab friend still on his way to USM, I've done a little googling about paint. My brand of choice is Nippon Paint. See for your self here...(http://www.nipponpaint.com.my/main/index.php) You see, I consider myself as a non-artistic guy...I always sucks in arts...I do not recalled getting A's in Pendidikan Seni. The problems is when it comes to choosing color, I always can't decide which color should I choose. Okay, I can choose the theme..but when it comes to details....I failed. So I decides to let the pros do the thinking.

I googled some more and found this interesting website...(http://www.house-painting-info.com/painting_pros-choose_a_color_scheme.html). I plan to use this guys step-by-step guideline and it should....yes I think it will DEFINITELY should be more reliable than my way of choosing paint color. Our contractor is currently putting new tiles at newly cement parking area/backyards(yes....no more grass trimming...everything have been cemented/tiled), so this will give us some time to finalize the paint color. Hopefully everything will gonna be okay! Can't wait to move to our new house,hopefully sometimes around January 2008. To our friends, looking forward to invite you guys to our new house soon...Datang aa...jangan tak datang weh!!

NOT JUST YET

Few days ago I read an interesting article (well at least I think it is interesting). Someone wrote that today’s 2-stroke engines are coming to its end sooner rather that later. Well, who came blame the guy to make such statement? 2-stroke engine is not environmental friendly, which is one of the most important aspects in today’s technology. The fuel consumption is also not so good. In fact, the 2-stroke engine also needs extra care with the 2T oil, which makes it in a category of high maintenance vehicles. So why did Dugald Clerk work his ass off in 1880 to design such engine which have so many flaws? Well, the truth is 2-stoke engine have more that just flaws to offer. The engine is by far one of the most high power-to-weight ratio engines, (small size with big power generation) and also has a simple design which makes it cheaper to manufacture. This is why we need to do something about current status of 2-stroke engines. Yes, it has some flaws, but we must look at the bigger picture. We all know current alternative energies fuzz, hybrid vehicles etc. are the future of current technology, but are we ready to abandon one of the most interesting creations by human being? I say not just yet. Let’s do something about it. Let’s be creative .Let’s rebuild it. If you have a house that has given you so much and now the house is old and crooked, will you just abandon the house and buy new house? NO! You refurbish the house and give it new breathe, new life. Well it is the same with 2-stroke engine, and I will say it again…NOT JUST YET!

It`s electric!!!

This is an interesting info,for those who are into alternative energies topic...

turn heat to electricity

I wonder what kind of usage this material will offer us soon. I think hybrid car have technologies which use waste heat(when we brake the car while driving,the kinetic energy of the car will change to heat..on our usual car we just throw away the heat,just like that) to recharge the hybrid car battery. Are both technologies the same? Might be useful to check on more on those tallium-doped lead telluride.

Where will we go after September?

Last night Man Utd won their QF tie with AS Roma with 3-0 aggregate. They will meet Barcelona in the semi-final tie, 2 weeks from now.Well, enough about football for a moment.(although I highly doubt it that I can stop speaking about football)

I will finished my master study here in Newcastle this September and probably will going back to Malaysia for a while around the end of September. From there, the journey to the next stage will start. But first, I need to answer the question of " where should I pursue my PhD degree".

I have been searching/researching for the best supervisor suitable for my PhD course since my current supervisor here in Newcastle said he do not want to do research in my fields of interest back in October last year. After many many months of searching,I think my search is over now.My wife and I agreed that I should go to Okayama University in Japan and my Dean back in USM also agreed. I already send the application form and fee to the university.But it is not as easy as we hope because we have so many obstacles to past through first before I can start my PhD study there.

First, I need to enrolled as a Research Student Course for 6 months. This course will not give me any degree/certificate/acknowledgement when it was completed because it is a preparation course for me before I embark for PhD course. But , after I finished the 6 months course, I am still not guarantee a place for the PhD course there,because I need to sit for the PhD course entrance examination first. So, after passing the exam,then I will be guaranteed the place there.
It is not that straight forward.To add up more obstacles, my sponsors (USM and KPT) will not sponsor my first 6months research student course fee. They will only starts to sponsor when the PhD course starts.So for the first 6months there, I need to pay my admission and tuition fee and all the living cost there by my own expenses and back in Malaysia we will not have other income as well because my fellowship allowance only starts when my PhD course starts.First, we decide that I will travel to Japan alone for the first 6months so that the cost will be lesser,and my wife and daughter will stay in Malaysia for a while.But in my heart, I feel such a strong urge not to left my family in Malaysia.
Yes, in life sometimes we must sacrifice something to gain something better. When it comes to choose whether to sacrifice money, or sacrifice time with family...in the end we choose we will sacrifice money.So we will use all our savings to support our life for that 6months period.
Our hard-earn money that we safe for the last few years for our future. Well, this is future.

It is not easy,people will ask why would you want to trouble yourself with all those things?
There are many other paths that you can choose, so why choose the difficult one?
You can do your PhD in UK, because you are already there and you can easily apply and if accepted you can straight away go there and register as a PhD student with lesser fuss compared to a japan university.After all there might be other suitable supervisor for you if you search more carefully.You can even do it in Malaysia.Or you can choose other convenient way of pursuing your PhD,that do not require you to spend all your money or be apart from your family at all.

Well, that might be true. But in life, not everything that is easy will be the right answer. I have my own reason why I want to do my PhD in Okayama University under my prospective supervisor.We will choose what is the best for ourselves with Allah S.W.T guidance.Life is easy and happy sometimes,but other times it will also be very hard.We choose and "redha" with our choices, and work hard in making our chosen path as the best path for us.*****