Wertytrew's Life

1. The Sun is celebrating our CNY as well

All my life, I have never seen a solar eclipse before. Yey! This is our chance to see one. May the solar eclipse brings us health and prosperity. Think optimistic and you will have a “optimistically” life.

LOCAL TIMES

*All the times listed is the starting of the partial solar eclipse[hour:minute:second]. Read the PDF at the end of this post if your location time is not listed here.

1. Alor Setar - 16:36:51
2. Georgetown - 16:35:38
3. Ipoh - 16:34:11
4. Klang - 16:31:23
5. Kota Kinabalu - 16:43:57
6. Kuala Terengganu - 16:36:51
7. Kuantan - 16:34:09
8. Melaka - 16:30:23
9. Petaling Jaya - 16:31:38
10. Taiping - 16:34:29

HOW TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE SAFELY
CAUTION! Viewing the Sun without safety filters can cause a permanent eye damage or blindness. There are
five safe ways to view the Sun:

*Please continue reading the PDF below*

INFORMATION PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 26 JANUARY 2009 1.0 INTRODUCTION

Sunday, 3 August 2008
Haiz....
I kept watching the sky for the whole time on Friday, but then Penang was covered with haze. There was no point for me to continue searching for the solar eclipse. Luckily, the National Geographic newsletter that I subscribed earlier got a gallery of pictures featuring solar eclipse. All these pictures I got it from National Geographic sites.

—Photograph by Aly Song/Reuters

August 1, 2008—During Friday morning's rare total solar eclipse, light from the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, makes silhouettes of a man and camel in China's Gansu Province (solar eclipse facts).

—Photograph by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A plane flies in front of the sun and over Upminster, U.K. during the partial eclipse on August 1, 2008. Unlike ancient Chinese, the pilots were unlikely to have been on the lookout for scaly sky monsters.

—Photograph by Ints Kalnins/Reuters

Using a special filter, a man observes a partial solar eclipse in Riga, Latvia on August 1, 2008.

—Photograph by Heribert Proepper/AP

A girl safely watches a partial solar eclipse through a telescope in Kiel, Germany, on Friday, August 1, 2008.

—Photograph by David Gray/Reuters

Photos show the different stages of a solar eclipse above the Jiayuguan fortress along the Great Wall of China on August 1, 2008.

—Photograph by David Gray/Reuters

A total solar eclipse darkens China's 14th-century Jiayuguan fortress in Gansu Province on August 1, 2008.

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These second 7 pictures are from this gallery. (from various time)

—Photograph by Gavin Stapleton/AP

July 31, 2008—The sun's usually unseen outer atmosphere, the corona, blazes in the South African sky during a total solar eclipse on December 4, 2002.

—Photograph by Burhan Ozbilici/AP

Turkish sky-watchers and tourists enjoy a historic event from an equally historic vantage point. On March 29, 2006, a total solar eclipse appeared in the skies above the Roman theater in Side, Antalya. A total eclipse is visible only within a thin strip of land covered by the moon's shadow, called the "path of totality," which stretches around the globe.


—Photograph by Vadim Ghirda/AP

A shadowy moon moves across the face of the sun during a cloudy 2006 total solar eclipse in Bucharest, Romania.

—Photograph by Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images

A multiple-exposure image shows the many phases of a total solar eclipse as seen from Xochicalco, Mexico, on July 11, 1991.


—Photograph by Jorge Silva/Reuters

The sun's fiery face reappears as a rare hybrid solar eclipse draws to a close in Macigual, Venezuela. During this 2005 event only about 1,500 people worldwide saw a total solar eclipse, which was visible in largely uninhabited regions of the Pacific Ocean.

—Photograph by Radu Sigheti/Reuters

A Samburu woman uses a piece of smoked glass to gaze at an annular solar eclipse at Archer's Post, Nairobi, on October 3, 2005.

—Photograph by David Gray/Reuters

Onlookers gaze at the "diamond ring" produced during a total solar eclipse near Lyndhurst, Australia. The dramatic visual effect, a favorite of eclipse aficionados, occurred in December 2002 just at the moment when 26 seconds of totality came to a close and the sun began to reappear.

Thursday, 31 July 2008
Setting a new world record......
I got to know that Penang is organizing the world's largest dragon boat race after reading The Star newspaper this morning. Though I know that Penang did organized dragon boat race every year ( if I'm not mistaken), but this time they are planning to host the largest festival. Coincidentally, former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair was in a visit to Malaysia on Tuesday to attend the 22nd Sultan Azlan Shah Law Lecture in Kuala Lumpur and State Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Commitee chairman, Danny Law Heng Kiang is planning to invite him to attend the event.
[To read the whole article from The Star...]

Pictures of newspaper cuttings that have been cut into 2 pieces for easier viewing
(PLEASE CLICK THE PICTURE FOR BIGGER VIEW)

Saturday, 26 July 2008
Partial darkness of the Earth......
On first of August 2008, parts of the Northern Hemisphere will soon see a rare total solar eclipse. Its path will begin in Canada and continue northeast across Greenland and the Arctic, then southeast through central Russia, Mongolia, and China. The eclipse will start around 8:30 a.m. Greenwich mean time in the eastern part of the arc, leading to totality in just under an hour. In a much wider swath of the globe—including northeastern North America along with most of Europe and Asia—people will be able to see a partial eclipse. [ Click here to read more]

Hoping to see...
I hope I will be able to see even smallest part of that eclipse. I have never seen before my eyes a solar nor a lunar eclipse. Since it's on Friday, that means I have to go to school on that day. Moreover, my school will be having "Hari Anugerah"- Prize Giving Day(sory, I don't know how to translate) on that Friday. So, hurray for no studies.

Xtra: Photo Gallery- The Moon

Tuesday, 27 May 2008
CABALSea....
First is MapleSea. Then, CABALSea. I got these two games from my brother who has downloaded them earlier. I didn't know this until I asked him about the Maple thing. I knew of the existence of CABAL game, just the problem of downloading it that kept me not playing the game. Now I have a chance to play it, so I must play as much as possible.

Inter-nag.....
Yesterday, I was playing Maple from morning till night. I didn't even bathe or eat my dinner. My mom was like nagging me about it as well as my bro. In the end, I gave up and close my computer and went to bathe and to eat at around 12pm. Of course, I know it's not good for us, women. (Hong Sip=Leg Rheumatism), that's what going through my family generation. What to do....that's the "specialness" of our family. Accept it. Alright, get back to the topic. I found out that CABAL is pretty amazing for an online game. Quite sophisticated though. I mean the graphics and game play. I also find it fun to play.

Inter-slow.....
Maple is not bad either. The monsters are cute and not scary. At one time is fun to play, especially when other people help you to train your character. Other times, it sucks when the internet connection is so slow which make your game so lag. I haven't experience it in CABAL. Maybe later, I guess.

Inter-mood......
But, this whole morning both online games failed me. I couldn't log in into CABAL and as I explained earlier, Maple was as slow as a snail. Yesterday was fine in Maple. I could play so well without hardly any internet problems. I didn't know that the internet connection has its own mood.



Phoenix successful landing....
Congrats on the successful landing of the Phoenix spacecraft. It landed on Mars on Sunday, 25 May 2008. When I see some of the pictures in internet that has first sent by the rover, I feel great to able to look at the alien planet's soil. This soil is like 35 million miles away from Earth. Isn't that awesome? The soil there looks almost the same as the soil here but that is just part of the planet's surface though. I am just excited and have this feeling that I don't know how to explain but the feeling is just good. It is not just the soil. In fact, it's the whole mission that really matters. I hope in the future, perhaps human can live on Mars as the second Earth.

Xtra:
NASA article on Phoenix Landing
Mars Virtual Exploration
The History Channel Universe