Future - Hybrid Cars
2)Among those hybrid cars are hydrogen vehicle, solar vehicle and electric vehicle.
3)The concept of hydrogen-powered cars is quite simple. The hydrogen is reacted with oxygen to produce water and electricity. The electricity produced is used to power an electric motor.
a hydrogen vehicle. Picture taken from Wikipedia
4)The future of electric cars is also very promising because electric engine convert 75 percent of available energy into forward motion, compared with the 20 percent energy conversion rate of gasoline engines.
5)For solar cars, I don't believe the future cars can run entirely on sunlight, but the energy generated from photovoltaic cell can provide additional energy for a hybrid car.
Paperless Age
In the January 2009 issue of printed edition PC Magazine, the editor-in-chief announced that the January 2009 issue is the last printed edition of the PC Magazine publication.
From February onwards, PC Magazine will become a 100-percent-digital publication. PC Magazine publication will offer PC Magazine Digital Edition to its subscriber.
Besides that, the Wall Street Journal also offer similar Digital Edition to its subscriber to replace the printed edition.
In Malaysia, www.malaysiakini.com which publish articles online offer subscription of RM15 per month for those who want to read its full articles.
In conclusion, I believe in the future,more and more magazines and newspapers will follow the trend. In fact, this is good for the environment because it don't need the paper so it can save trees.
物极则反，器满则倾
物极则反，器满则倾 is a chinese proverb. I like this proverb because it
represents the very nature of the universe and our daily life.
The translation of this proverb is thing will be developed to the opposite
side when it exceed its limit.
The most simple and obvious example is we have to eat balanced diet.
If we eat too much food, we will become fat(obesity); if we refuse to
eat food, we will become weak and thin(anorexia nervosa).
The second example is we have to maintain an optimal amount of sleep
everyday(8 hours per day for teenagers and 7 hours per day for adults).
If we exceed the time we sleep, it will affect our circadian rhythms;
If we don't get enough rest or sleep, it will cause mental, emotional and
physical fatigue.
Therefore, we have to keep everything in balance in order to live healthier
and happier.
Opportunity in Crisis
The term "crisis" in Chinese is called 危机. 危 means dangerous while 机 means opportunity, that is, whenever there is dangerous situation, there is opportunity in it.
In 21st century, we face many crisis or dangerous situation such as global warming, greenhouse effect, water shortage, and energy crisis.
But there are solutions to fix the problems we faced.
Problem: Water Shartage
Solution: Desalination
Explanation: Desalination is a process which convert seawater to freshwater.
Technology: Reverse Osmosis, Membrane Distillation
Problem: Energy Crisis
Solution: Renewable Energy (examples, solar energy, wind power, hydroelectricity and nuclear energy)
Explanation: For solar energy, energy is obtained from photovoltaic cell and heat engine. While wind power is the conversion of wind energy into electricity by using wind turbines. For hydroelectricity, it is electricity generated by hydropower through use of the gravitational force of flowing water.
Conclusion
Without the existence of problem we face like water shortage and depletion of petroleum, there will be no technology such as desalination system and renewable energy. Therefore, we should invent more technologies instead of worrying and fear.
Mixed-race
The term mixed-race refers to people whose ancestries come from different races.
I found out that those mixed-races are more excel in their career compare to those whose ancestries come from the same race.
Example of those mixed-race people are Nicol David, Tiger Woods and Barack Obama.
Nicol David
Nicol David is a Chindian ( a chindian is a person of both chinese and indian ancestry) daughter of Ann Marie David and Desmond David. Her father is an Indian Malaysian engineer, and her mother is a retired Chinese Malaysian school teacher. Nicol David is one of the most successful squash player of all time. She won world champion three times and world junior champion twice.
Tiger Woods
Woods was born to Earl and Kultida (Tida) Woods. Earl, a retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran, was of mixed African American (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent) and Native American (25 percent) ancestry. Kultida (nee Punsawad), originally from Thailand, is of mixed Thai (50 percent), Chinese (25 percent), and Dutch (25 percent) ancestry. This makes Woods himself one-quarter Chinese, one-quarter Thai, one-quarter African American, one-eighth Native American, and one-eighth Dutch.
Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 65 PGA Tour events, third all time. He has more career major wins and career PGA Tour wins than any other active golfer. He is the youngest player to achieve the career Grand Slam, and the youngest and fastest to win 50 tournaments on tour. Tiger Woods is to golf what Sergey Brin and Larry Page is to search engine.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was born to Ann Dunham, a white American from Wichita, Kansas of mainly English, Irishand smaller amounts of German descent. Obama's father was Barack Obama, Sr., a Luo(The Luo (also called Jaluo and Joluo) are an ethnic group in Kenya, eastern Uganda, and northern Tanzania.)from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya. Perhaps it is too early to judge the achievement of president-elect Barack Obama, but the fact that he is the first black president is undeniable.
Conclusion
Since we know the advantages of mixed-race, we should respect other races.
Tree planting
This morning, I read an article from Sin Chew Daily called “Ride for a thousand miles, Achieving planting dream". In this article, one man named Mohammad Tajeran ride around the world for 732 days. His mission is every country or place he arrived, he will plant a tree in the school where he go. His website is http://weneedtrees.com.
For me, tree planting is like when driving a car where we go to the wrong path of a journey, now we are making a U-turn and go to the correct path.
Plants more trees will reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and increase the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere.
Besides that, tree planting will also reduce greenhouse gases and thus slowing down the rate of global warming.
100 meters and 4x100 meters relay
About 3 months ago,in the Summer Beijing Olympic Games, Usain Bolt won the 100 meters men event with record-breaking 9.69 seconds. A few days later, Usain Bolt and his team mates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell broke world and Olympic record with 37.10 seconds.
But there is one interesting fact, that is if you divide the 4x100 meters record 37.10 seconds by four you will get 9.275 seconds. This means each of them ran only 9.275 seconds for 100 meters which is much faster compare to Usain Bolt's 100 meters record (9.69 seconds).
The reason is it take certain time for a sprinter to reach his/her full speed from the starting point.
In the 4x100 meters relay event, the athletes already run for a certain distance before he/her receive the baton and continue to run.
2008-The Year of Change part one
Political change
This year, wind of change had swept many countries. In Malaysia, on 8th of March, the opposition parties ( now known as Pakatan Rakyat) won five states and Barisan National lost its two third parliamentary majority since 1969.
While in Taipei( or Republic of China) ,on 22nd of March, Kuomintang nominee Ma Ying-jeou won and became the new president of Republic of China.
In United States of Amerika, Barack Obama from Democrat won and will be inaugurated on January 20 next year.
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