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FIRST Malaysian in SPACE!

At exactly 9.23pm (Malaysian time), the Soyuz -FG rocket launcher blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at Kazakhstan. The rocket launcher, carrying the Soyuz TMA-II spacecraft with Malaysian cosmonaut Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor and his crew members on board, lit up the clear night sky. We Malaysians should be proud!!! The cosmonaut shall return on Oct 21.

Some two hours before the launch, all communication systems (telephone lines, mobile telephone lines and TV) were cut off in Baikonur to block the airwaves and ensure contact with the crew was not disrupted in any way. A blackout was also experienced as the power supply was drained by the launch. During the launch, road and rail traffic were also halted as a safety measure.

The crews' big day began when they walked out of the Cosmonaut Hotel, which is not a guest hotel but actually a branch of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre where they were quarantined.

They boarded a bus that took them to the launch pad, seven hours prior to the launch. On the bus, they watched a 10-minute video of their friends and families wishing them bon voyage.

The bus stopped midway for a ritual that has been performed by cosmonauts since the time of Yuri Gagarin – the male crew urinated on the bus tyres.

At the launch pad, they made their “last walk”, which was the last chance for family members and people to see them from a distance at the Cosmodrome.

The three put on their custom-made Sukol space suit before they went through a formal military ceremony and shook hands with important guests, including the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Russian Federal Space Agency chief Perminov Anatoli Nikolaevich, Kazakh Space Agency chief Musabaev Talgat Amangeldievish and Malaysian Ambassador to Russia Datuk Mohamad Khalis Ali Hassan.

About four hours to the launch, the crew were hoisted to the capsule using an elevator. They were strapped to their seats and went through system checks.

Forty-five minutes to the launch, the rocket’s service gantry was removed, the flight programme loaded and the crews' space suits were checked for air tightness.

Unlike a shuttle launch, the Soyuz rocket launch has no countdown - blast off occurs when everything is in place and set to go.

The rocket’s four lateral boosters were started 29 seconds to launch. Then it was blast off, during which the gravity pull was 4G.

The rocket shot up at a speed of 800km per second to reach orbit in two minutes.

Two minutes into launch, the four lateral boosters were jettisoned, and the gravity pull was reduced to 1.5G.

When the core stage engine fired at full thrust, gravity force climbed to 3G.

Third-stage separation occurred at 8.48 seconds into launch, when the space capsule was fully separated.

It took about nine minutes for Soyuz to enter zero gravity, after which it will orbit the earth for two days before docking with the ISS, a process that will take two to three hours.

Prior to docking, the cosmonauts will be strapped to their seats the entire time.

Once in orbit, the mission will be taken over by the Mission Control Centre in Moscow.

Saturday '290907

PMR is in 2 days!!! Help!!!
Am & was sick...
Had fever and soar throat. Currently have cough and blocked nose...
How can this go on???

Check out the new iPod Touch!!!

Ain't this just cool???

Don't you just want it???


It has some cool stuff...
It has a multi-touch screen, like the cool iPhone. You can scroll through your songs and videos in a flick...
It has a gorgeous 3.5 inch wide screen display!!! You can watch movies, TV shows and photos come alive with bright, vivid color...
The amazing thing is that this iPod Touch has Wi-Fi!!!! Imagine... Wi-Fi!!! You can surf anywhere that has Wi-Fi... Amazing isn't it??? Want the this iPod Touch now???

Saturday '010907

Today is a new day, a new month to be precise.

Yesterday, my MYF meeting had just celebrated our country's independence day. I arrived 10 minutes early for MYF and i saw some of my older friends filling out water balloons for tonight's game. I hoped for a surprise as what type of game was going to be played tonight was not announced last week. We were just told to bring an extra T-shirt if we a were a afraid to get A LITTLE wet...
MYF started as usual at 7:30p.m. It started with worship. Su Jian was the worship leader; Yi Hong (keep it up!) the drummer; Sarah the pianist; Jui Shan and Daniel the guitarist (I think, may be wrong, please correct me... hehe...).
Later we had our counselor, Uncle Koay, to share God's wise words...
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~~~~~Time~~~~~

~~~~~Passes~~~~~

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Merdeka!!!
Haha... Nobody shouted that, because Uncle Koay ended on time... He said, IF he exceeded the 20 minutes we would shout ... MERDEKA!!!!
& he would stop...
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It was time for the games... It was the time to break the suspense... They explained the rules of the game...

~~~~~Time~~~~~

~~~~~Passes~~~~~

Before the game started, each group built their own fort (made up of chairs), and the whistle blew. And the game started...
Minutes or maybe seconds later, a water balloon flew pass my head, thrown by Daniel Chiam. He missed and hit the floor and burst, the water splashed on the floor.
Soon, everybody got wet, except Daniel Chiam. I was already, half wet. My upper part of my shirt was wet only... Sarah was the main target, she was shot by me, Sam, the new guy, and Aaron... i think she was shot by some other people as she was drenched to the skin...
Pheeetttt........ the whistle blew...
Break... because out of balloons... haha...
Refill refill...
Pheeettt... started again...
so much fun and Daniel Chiam was still not wet yet...
Pheeett.... the game ended...
everybody enjoyed the game..
It is considered "The Wettest MYF Ever"
haha...

Happy Birthday Malaya!!

You are going to be 50 years old in 2 days!!! Malaysia as we know it today is a thriving developing country, often considered a “role model” by its Southeast Asian neighbours for its economic and political stability, multicultural harmony and steady progress. 31st August 2007 marks the 50th year of this country's independence from British colonialism and the day the joyful, triumphant shouts of “Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka!” resonated throughout the nation as Malaya's first Prime Minister, Allahyarham Tunku Abdul Rahman stood on a podium at Merdeka Square doing the same.

The name Malaya was then changed to Malaysia when the country was officially made a federation of 13 states including Sabah and Sarawak. Article 1(1) of the Federal Constitution states that "The federation shall be known, in Malay and English, as Malaysia". Although Singapore broke away and became a nation of its own in 1965, the rest of the states have remained firmly together, combining to make Malaysia the harmonious melting pot of cultures it is today.

Fast Facts about Malaysia
Capital City:Kuala Lumpur

Land Area:
329,750 sq km
127,316 sq miles

Population: over 24 million
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +8 ()

Main Languages: Malay (official) known as Bahasa Malaysia, English, Tamil, Chinese, indigenous languages

Religion: 52% Muslim, 17% Buddhist, 12% Taoist, 8% Christian, 8% Hindu, 2% tribal

Currency: Malaysian Ringgit (RM)

Country Dialing Code:60

National Flower: Hibiscus or “Bunga Raya”

Key National Symbols: The Malaysian Flag or “Jalur Gemilang”, the national anthem “Negaraku”

Wednesday '290807

It turned out... that...
I didn't do badly as I expected...
Woohoo...
Sadly, I have little time left till PMR...
33 days to go and counting...

Saturday '250807

Holidays just past so SO fast. Why can't holidays last forever??? Everything fun passes so FAST... Boring stuff passes as slow as a snail...
School starts tomorrow... My trials marks are coming back tomorrow.... Scared will get bad results.... help mmmmmeeeeeee!!!!