It's like rubbing rock salt on a wound

The month of May is known for the heat wave it brings in with it. This year was a little bit more different than the past few years. The heat wave was some what sending us some kind of message of the so-called impending 2012 doomsday. Whatever it was, all I can say is the heat is hot. HOT! with the capitalized, bold and highlighted  hot! But today was far most the worst of the many days that passed. For the past two weeks, there was not a single drop of rain in sight. Just sear heat from hot month of May. Then today, just a couple minutes past nine pm, the electric went off. Okay, maybe it's just a glitch but the glitch lasted for some two hours. Well two hours may sound short for you guys but try sitting in or out of your house, without electricity, without a single breeze of wind, on the hot month of May. It wouldn't be pleasant. I guess the Einstein theory of relativity checks in here. God was I happy once the bloody electric came back on. I remembered once when the electric was off for like a whole bloody day. But I can't remember how it was then. Hmm... Odd. Whatever it is, the electric is back on, I'm laying on my back in my room under the air cond, surfing the net and maybe, just maybe might get a good night sleep.

p/s: Ever since the hottest month of year arrived, I've lost what ever that was left of my good night sleep. =(

Anyway, night people! 

Sendai Aftermath

A week ago, came the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Sendai violently for at least six minutes. Not satisfied with the damage done, 30 feet tsunami came along leaving a trail of destruction behind. The entire coastal area of Sendai. Before things can settle, the Japanese faces a new problem, Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Hidrogen gas build up, fuel rod exposure, reactor complex roof being blew up, and a feared nuclear meltdown. These are the current problem among the Japanese people. After nearly 66 years later, the Japanese are facing another nuclear crisis. But with all this natural disaster and nuclear crisis, the Japanese are relatively calm. It's either the radiation has done something to their head or they just being mature (as in discipline and cool). So far there's no looting what so ever. Their practically helping out each other.

I remember when my place was hit by flood in '96 (can't actually remember when was it). When the flood reached the knee level which around 2 feet deep, the looting begun. A nearby Hop-In store (something like 7-11) was broke in and everything from bread to soft drinks were taken. The water level eventually reached 6 feet and resided around a week later. The damage was done both property and moral. The damage didn't stop there. The government was giving out some kind of financial help for those who were effected the worst by the flood (which was practically the whole Sri Muda people excluding those who lived in apartments and flats). But, I assume the guy our government appointed to distribute the funds was more effected than us since almost half of the Sri Muda people didn't get the fund since not everyone knew about it. Pretty pathetic people.

Unlike the Japanese, they helped out each other. Supermarkets cut down half the item price, vendor machine operators started giving out free drinks and food, etc. There were no panic attack after the disaster. The only panic looming now is the fear of the nuclear meltdown.

It's always the disaster that brings out the best of people. Donations and help pour into Japan from all over the world. Prayers held in many countries praying for the safety of those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

We having some donation centres here too like Google Crisis Response and World Vision Malaysia. If you can't donate, the least you can do is pray for them. It's a small world you know. We all are standing on the same earth and anything can happen anywhere anytime. Karma work its way around. If you're one of those 2012 believer, the end is closer than you know.

*images are courtesy of the World Wide Web particularly Google.

Supermoon. Is it just an extra large full moon or some 'super power' full moon?

Supermoon

Tomorrow will be the day of the supermoon. It's a term people use to describe a full moon being very close to Earth. Since the moon will be very close, majority of the people assume that it would have some serious effect on us human and Earth. Catastrophic earthquakes followed by giant tsunamis, or some unexplained series of thunderstorms. Overall, the effects on Earth will have something to do with the climates. As for us humans, the effects are quite extreme in some cases. I've heard people saying that spending too much time under the direct moon light of the supermoon will have disastrous effect of us. No, we would no transform into werewolf though that would be cool. They say it would mess with our mind and all. Couldn't really follow what they were saying since they were adding some so-called 'history' and 'past encounters'. Some people even when to the extent of linking the recent earthquake and tsunami at Japan as an direct or indirect (some people wants to be in the safe side in case someone proofs them wrong) effects of the supermoon. But some guy from the American Space related government agency comes out saying that bullsh*t. It seems the moon was at its furthers position from Earth during the earthquake. Logic, nearer moon has stronger gravity pull than the further moon. Stronger gravity pull means stronger supermoon effect. So, the earthquake in Sendai is coincidence with incoming supermoon. But, if we took a look at the past supermoon, (this I found on some article online) the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami came two weeks before the January 10, 2005 supermoon. Coincidence again? Maybe. But again, during the earthquake, the moon was at its further position. Weird huh? What ever it is, let's see what happens tonight. Hope we don't have werewolves or vampires coming out partying.
If you wanna read bout this supermoon, I found this site saying something bout it. Has some cool facts.