JAPAN'S WATERS INVADED

Echizen kurage!

Nomura's Jellyfish

This monster-sized jellyfish is about six feet (1.83 meters) in diameter (around) and weigh more than 450 pounds (204 kilos). That's more or less the weight of 5 children! They can poison fish, sting humans and have even been known to disable nuclear power stations by blocking the seawater pumps used to cool the reactors. The larger specimens could destroy the nets while the fish caught alongside them would be left slimy and inedible (cannot be eaten).

What's being done: A company called Tango Jersey Dairy has even come up with a “slightly chewy” vanilla and jellyfish ice cream, which is created by soaking diced cubes of Echizen kurage in milk. Eeeww?

Can't beat them? Eat them!!

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5876499/Japan-hit-by-invasion-of-giant-Nomuras-jellyfish.html

What's in MY drink?!

I remembered a story that makes even my cockroach tea sound good to me. Some of you may have heard my story but to those that missed out. I told the class about a man who drowned in a city's water supply! Yuck, "dead body" water...yummy? Yuck! Although chlorine was pumped in, I think it doesn't make it better.


Metro Manila, May 19, 2003 (STAR)

CORPSE THREATENS MANILA WATER SUPPLY

Health and sanitation workers rushed to remove the remains of a man who drowned after falling into a Philippine water system, fearing the corpse could contaminate drinking water pumped to several suburban areas near Manila. Work was underway to retrieve the body and authorities assures the public that drinking water remained safe. They have isolated the pipeline from the whole network of Manila Water. It was a big loss but but couldn't risk pumping the water with a corpse to the people who are using the water.


As precaution, additional chlorine was added to the water. Who got stuck in the pipes? A 19-year-old man was picking fruit from trees around a Manila Water Co. facility in suburban Quezon city, when he fell into an aqueduct (drain) and drowned. His body was then swept away by a current into a main canal where it got stuck. Manila Water said it planned to flush out the body. Manila Water currently services the eastern portion of Metropolitan Manila covering several cities and municipalities, including the financial district of Makati and Quezon.

Read More: http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/ht/ht003400.htm

A similar case happened here in Malaysia, it involved a local soft drink maker and a worker believed to be foreign. This worker was cleaning out a tank where they made the drinks fell inside and then drowned. The rest of the workers were unaware then used the tank contents to bottle soft drinks... with the man inside...talk about Eeeeew..... but this could be just an urban legend.

So cheers and drink up!

UFO's in Malaysia?

Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) a photo of a UFO

Many people claim to have seen weird things in the night sky. Some are natural like shooting stars, and some are man made objects like satellites. Others have claimed that they were abducted and there are reports of these sightings or abduction all over the world. Here in Malaysia, we too have sightings. I cannot verify the reports but here are some going back to 1950. However I can confirm a case that was in the newspaper recently.

Photo taken from Kosmo!

Saturday April 9, 2009. A Graphic designer claimed that he spotted an unidentified flying object (UFO) circling overhead in Taman Dato’ Onn, Larkin in Johor at 10pm on Thursday, reported Kosmo!. Mohd Zamri Zain, 30, said the UFO was seen for a few hours before it disappeared into the clouds. He added that the lit object had appeared a few times since early March and was initially seen by his brother Zaid Zain, 43. He recorded the UFO’s movements with his digital camera and did not believe the object was a laser light or reflection from an aeroplane. When the images from his camera were enlarged on his computer, Mohd Zamri claimed that white and green lights could be seen clearly on the object.

Read More:http://kosmo.com.my/kosmo/arkib.asp?y=2009&dt=0410&pub=Kosmo&sec=Negara&pg=ne_06.htm

What I found: http://www.alienandufopictures.com/ufo_pictures.html

Listed Cases

• BAU, SARAWAK (EAST MALAYSIA), Early 1950s. This event took place in an isolated area in the hilly country known at that time as British North Borneo. The witness, an illiterate housewife, observed a disc-shaped object described by her as "as big as a house", emerging from behind some trees and flying silently over the valley. The object was dark in colour, and had what appeared to be port-holes, with the interior brightly lit. Beside the dome surmounting the top of the UFO there was a protrusion resembling an aerial. Beneath the UFO there were three protrusions which she described as "like anchors". The outer rim of the object was rotating.
  


• PORT DICKSON, SEREMBAN, Early 1950s. At 11.00 a.m. one fine morning, a platoon of soldiers and their British instructor sighted a silver-coloured, disc-shaped domed object flying quite low over the trees. It was travelling tilted at an angle, and emitted a high-pitched sound. The soldiers morse-code signalling apparatus ceased to function during the few minutes that the UFO was in sight.
  


• PENANG ISLAND, January 1967. A lawyer and his accountant sighted an object hovering silently over the channel separating the island from the Mainland. Close examination through binoculars revealed a pancake-shaped object with a dome on top.
  


• KAMPUNG PERTAMA, April 1979. A UFO, elliptical in shape and sparkling like a star, landed one night in the rice-field of a village, and about twenty people gathered to watch it. As the UFO landed it was seen to get smaller and then to split into three smaller craft.
  


• KULIM, May 1979. A group of boys playing near a cattle-shed sighted a small object, less than two feet in diameter, gliding over the fields and emitting a strange sound. The UFO had three legs of its landing gear extended, seemingly about to land, when one of the boys tried to touch it. An intense beam of light shot out from the rim of the craft and temporarily blinded the boys. They screamed for help, attracting the attention of two adults, who came rushing to the scene and also observed the UFO. Meanwhile the cattle in the adjacent shed were intensely restless and were struggling to break away from the posts to which they were tied.

Read more:http://www.ufoevidence.org/topics/Malaysia.htm

If aliens really have visited Earth that it only makes sense that they had to use a space craft to journey from their home planet to Earth. It isn't really a surprise to know that some people are lucky enough to spot a UFO in the sky and take pictures of it. But many of these people that have taken UFO pictures have faced ridicule and questions relating to their character because they have dared to go public with their UFO pictures. Some of the people that have taken UFO pictures have died thinking it was only them that knew the truth about UFO.

Lookout for more updates on UFO.

MAYAN CALENDAR, 2012

Some people believe that cataclysmic and apocalyptic events will occur in the year 2012. This prediction is based on what is claimed to be the end-date of the Mayan Long Count calendar, which is presented as lasting 5,125 years and as terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012. Various ideas have been advanced concerning a possible end of the world in 2012. One idea involves a geomagnetic reversal (often incorrectly referred to as a polar shift by proponents of this theory), which could be triggered by a massive solar flare, one with energy equal to 100 million atomic bombs.

This is supported by evidence that the Earth's magnetic field is weakening, which indicates an impending reversal of the north and south magnetic poles. Scientists believe the Earth is overdue for a geomagnetic reversal, and has been for a long time, even since the time of the Mayans, because the last reversal was 780,000 years ago. Critics, however, claim geomagnetic reversals take up to 5,000 years to complete, and do not start on any particular date. However, NASA expects a particularly strong solar maximum sometime between 2010 and 2012 but there is no scientific evidence linking a solar maximum to a geomagnetic reversal. A solar maximum would be mostly notable for its effects on satellite and cellular phone communications. - Adapted from Wikipedia

Who are the Mayans? The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Preclassic period (c. 2000 BC to 250 AD), many Maya cities reached their highest state development during the Classic period (c. 250 AD to 900 AD), and continued throughout the Postclassic period until the arrival of the Spanish. At its peak, it was one of the most densely populated and culturally dynamic societies in the world.

The Maya civilization shares many features with other Mesoamerican civilizations due to the high degree of interaction and cultural diffusion that characterized the region.

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization

Hey guys...look at this!

DORAEMON

HATYAI GHOST STORY......

I remember one time, I went to Hatyai with my two friends. I booked a hotel that was in the city centre called Lee Gardens Plaza but one of my friends, Skinny wasn't very happy about it. "It's haunted, you know." he protested. "Many people died there." he complained. My other friend, Yeap couldn't care less if there were or weren't any ghost. As for me, I reasoned that if there were really deaths in the hotel, it would be made the papers and its ideal location at the centre of town made it an atttraction. So with Yeap and Skinny in tow we checked in to the hotel. It was a double room and the view was nice. It overlooked the city and we could see Big C signboard in the distance. Big C is a hypermarket much like our Tesco but unlike our Tesco, it has much to offer. That night while Yeap and I snoozed comfortably Skinny was awake the whole night. Hearing what he later claimed to be "ghost sound".

But I guess he fell aslep towards the morning. I was the earliest to wake up. I love Dim Sum in Hatyai in the morning and was looking forward to it. I could also go for the buffet breakfast downstairs at the cafe. I took a shower and the water vapour from my hot shower soon fogged up the mirror. Without thinking much... or thinking with an empty stomach. I wrote "I AM COMING TO GET YOU" on the mirror. I finished my bath and got dressed just as Skinny was stirring. He complained that he was unable to sleep well an scolded me again for choosing this hotel.

I took him to see his "ghost sound", it was actually a drainpipe that is connected to tall the rooms and whenever someone washes their hads or takes a bath the water comes down the pipe creating a sound. Relieved, he then went inside to take a bath. A few moments later, I heard a girlish scream. Eeeeeee! Followed by a towel clad Skinny running out of the bathroom.

"I...I...I...." he stammered. "ttttold you!" his voice stil shrilly. "This hotel is haunted!" he shouted.

I asked him what it was and he replied the ghost is trying to catch him. Perpelexed, I asked him to show me. There nit was, on the mirror was the words I drew.... "I AM COMING TO GET YOU." "There...there... I told you so! Our room is haunted!" said Skinny looking frightened. I followed him into the bathroom to see what he was hysterical about. But when I got there, I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. "See...see.. there..there.....it says its coming to get me." I told Skinny I wrote that. He asked me why the $#@!% did I do that. Actually, "I AM COMING TO GET YOU" meant I was going after the DIM SUM for breakfast! What a dummy! After this he was convinced that here were no ghost in the hotel. That night he slept like a pig.

--THE END--

The teacher and his tea

When asked, "What's your favourite drink?" Usually my reply would be tea. Why tea? Is it because I'm a tea...cher? Ha ha ha ha. Hmm... why do I like this beverage? To me, tea is refreshing and there are so many different types of tea. So you won't get bored. For a nice refreshing drink after a long class, I take my tea black with sugar and ice. Depending on where I buy it, it can be Ceylon Tea or plain old Malaysian Tea from Cameron Highlands.

Other types of tea that are good to drink are like Chinese Tea and Green Tea. For these teas you don't add sugar. Chinese tea is especially good with a meal of Dim Sum. I like my tea with lots of ice but some people like it hot. You can take most tea with honey as well. I remember one time in Thailand where they served Lemon Grass tea. Lemon Grass is a plant or herb found in most Asian cooking, in has a lemony tangy smell. It is used in dishes like Satay, curries and Tomyam.

What's Cockroach Tea? Ha ha ha.. It was sometime back, I bought tea from a coffee shop and my fellow teachers said "Hey Teacher Jason, there's a something in your drink." I didn't believe them as I thought they were trying to pull my leg. I dismissed it but they were insistent So I had a look. Wow! It was a drowned cockroach in my tea. I told the coffee shop fella about it and he just coolly poured the tea away and rinsed the container and poured in more tea! Later in class, I had a hard time deciding whether to drink the tea or not....I had a few sips....yuck?

MORE ABOUT TEA

Tea is made from the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant. It is prepared and cured by various methods. For some people "Tea" also refers to the aromatic beverage prepared from the cured leaves by combination with hot or boiling water. After water, tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. It has a cooling, slightly bitter, refreshing flavour. The four types of tea most commonly found on the market are black tea, oolong tea, green tea and white tea, all of which can be made from the same bushes, processed differently, and in the case of fine white tea grown differently. Pu-erh tea, a double-fermented black tea, is also often classified as amongst the most popular types of tea.

The term "herbal tea" usually refers to an infusion* of leaves, flowers, fruit, herbs or other plant material that contains no Camellia sinensis. The term "red tea" either refers to an infusion* made from the South African rooibos plant, also containing no Camellia sinensis, or, in Chinese, Korean, Japanese and other East Asian languages, refers to black tea.

(adapted from wikipedia)

*infusion - put in hot water

GIANT FISH....or DRAGON?

"Wednesday July 8, 2009 - Giant fish sightings in Kenyir Lake By R.S.N. MURALI (The Star Online)

KUALA TERENGGANU: There is a strong possibility a type of giant fish, the aparaima gigas exists in Kenyir Lake, as there have been reports of its sightings, state Fishery Department director Munir Mohd Nawi said.

The fish - dubbed the Kenyir Monster by locals here, created quite a stir after the death of two men on June 17 supposedly linked to the fish. The possible existence of this fish in the biggest manmade lake in South East Asia was reported in the The Star the following day. A team of fish biologists would conduct detailed research on the giant fish, said Munir.
The possible culprit:A picture provided by a diver of an Arapaima Gigas that the locals claim is the giant fish found in Kenyir Lake.

He added there were numerous claims by locals, some even producing photographs to show the existence of the aparaima gigas. “A research team will embark on an expedition to determine its existence and size,” he said after the Agriculture Expo opening at Dataran Shahbandar here recently. Munir added the department would attempt to collect more facts about the aparaima gigas in Kenyir as the species was once sighted in Johor but there had been no other reports since then.

In the June 17 incident, Kenyir bird park supervisor Helmi Sukhri Hisham, 28, drowned after he mysteriously fell off his boat - believed due to the impact when his boat could have been hit by the arapaima gigas."



Read more - http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/7/8/southneast/4215888&sec=southneast

My Comments: Eek! If there was really a monster fish it would be really scary! Then again..mmmmm..think of the fish and chips it would make. Ha ha hahaha..... What are Arapaima Gigas? I guessed from its last name, it's a giant fish. Here are some facts about it.

What I found out: The arapaima, pirarucu, or paiche (Arapaima gigas) is a South American tropical freshwater fish. It is one of the largest freshwater fishes in the world. It can grow up to lengths of more than 2 m (6.6 ft), taller than your teacher whois at 1.8 m. In some exceptional cases even more than 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and weigh over 100 kg (220 lbs). Some say that the largest Arapaima ever caught was maximum length of an Arapaima was 4.5 m (14.8 ft)!

Large arapaima of more than 2 m are seldom found in the wild today. Their meat is said to be delicious. One fish can give as much as 70 kg of meat! Why is it here in Malaysia? The arapaima has also been introduced for fishing in Thailand and Malaysia. - adapted from Wikipedia

Read More - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arapaima_gigas

Hope you like reading about the giant fish!

Please feel free to comment. - Teacher Jason

CL Number Attendance Call or Lucky No.

You win....

- Half a bicycle.

- a bicycle without tyres.

- a bicycle without handles.

- a kiss from a dinosaur

- a Yo. A yoyo without string.

- a box of KFC, just the box.

- a box of KFC without the chicken, just the box.

- a trip to HongKong. (Put stamp on forehead and write to HongKong)

- a car without tyres

- half a car

- a small car

- half a shirt

- half a shoe

- a dinosaur, downstairs.. runaway.

- a trip to Disneyland. (Ask student to come infront, then turn him towards the right direction and kick!)

- a hotdog, just the bun.

- Ice-cream (I scream!)

- a BEN11 watch?

- a Power Ranger without the Power.

- a Birthday cake, without the cake just candles.

- a kiss from a boy/girl

- a plane without wings

- a plate of goldfish and chips

- Half a dog/cat/goldfish

- a kite without string

- a balloon without air

- a ball without air.

- a fish without water

- Half a spectacles

- my laptop (spoiled)

- a Watch/Clock without hands.

- win P3/PSP/PS2 (write it on the piece of paper)

- a bicycle without a seat- a car without doors

- An ice-cream...oops drop on the floor, use cone to scoop up.

- a free trip to see old CES.

- a transformer that cannot transform.

- a barbie doll without head

--Do you remember more ?--

Write your Name, CL Number and the class I teach you or the day/time you are at Sg. Ara.

Send to teacher.jason@yahoo.com

No PCs or Laptop.... help

I don't know how anyone could survive without a PC or laptop nowadays. Having a PC or Laptop is not just for fun and games but real work. Being a writer, private tutor and teacher, I have to send my writings to the editor, do research on topics I want to write and teach even stuff for my students in class in Sg. Ara. I cannot search for fun facts or riddles, ghost stories or even Yahoo Messenging my students and friends. I am soooooooooo disconnected!

Hopefully, I will end my misery soon...not meaning commit suicide! But go out and buy a laptop at the next PC fair in August. *sigh* Still about 30days left! Till then, I will SURVIVE...like the song. It's funny starting this blog when I am in the middle of a computer crisis, my pc in my room that I am using now has no colour, slow like a turtle with one bad leg and makes noise like a bunch of chattering crickets.

Back to my choice of notebook, at first I wanted an Acer One Note (Netbook) but now I am looking for a bigger one. You guys are lucky, I'll bring to class. Yaay! What else to say... oh yes.

==WELCOME==T O== M Y ==B L O G!==

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