Hey guys. It's been awhile aye. How are you doing? Hope you're in good health. Well, let's get straight to the point. Yesterday, I watched Dean of Invention in the television(sorry...can't remember which channel). This week, that programme shows three cars with different and unique purposes.
Let us see the first one. The Aptera 2E.
Ready For Take Off...XD
Interior of Aptera 2E
How is it? Nice shape right? I can't help but think of a plane when I see it. Hehe. It's a three-wheeled automobile produced by Aptera Motors and because of that, it's considered to be a motorcycle instead of a car. Kind of weird right. A motorcyle with a steering wheel, radio, aircond and all that. Haha. This is actually a battery electric vehicle. Aptera claimed that this car is capable of reaching a top speed of over 137km/h. Wow. That is fast. The price is from mid US$20,000s to US$40,000s which is around RM125,00. Quite affordable(untuk orang kaya cam korang la kan..XD). In that TV programme, the host was actually brought for a drive in the car. Well, I would say it can move real fast(kalau diorang tak edit la...which I'm sure they didn't). This car is produced in order to reduce the pollution and considered as low-energy vehicle. Cool. Rightio.
The next car is Citycar.
So, what is special with this car? As you can see, all the cars shown in the above picture are the same. However the difference is, one car is quite long(car at the left) and another one is small,short buggy-like shaped(car at the right). Maybe you think that this car is two different versions of the car but actually, it is the same. The car's ability is it can fold itself making it smaller. Here is a video showing the car concept.
See how it moves? Cool aye. But,you must be wondering about how to drive the car right? I was wondering that too as I couldn't see the steering wheel nor the dashboard or whatsoever. But, after I read about it in the Wikipedia, it is actually drive-by-wire driver interface which is by using joystick or optionally an electronic steering wheel and each wheel is independently and digitally controlled. Wicked! No wonder it can spin like that. Haha. This car is actually still under research and the prototypes is said to be ready for testing this year. In the TV programme, I only got to see the half-sized prototype of it. Hah. Can't wait for the full sized prototype. Must be really cool if I can get one of these... Hehe. This car was designed to solve the problem of traffic jams by car sharing located near public transport hubs(nak ganti bas gamaknya). All right.
The last car is an autonomous car or in other words...Driverless car. COOL!!!
These cars are capable of sensing its environment and navigating on its own. Wait. These cars? Yes. These cars because many companies such as Volkswagen,Audi,BMW, and even Google have begun testing this driverless car systems. Wow. Well, according to the TV programme, some of these cars are under tests in Europe and have been put in some streets. As you know, road in the citites of Europe are jammed with people and some of the road are very narrow which increase the possibilities for accidents. That is why this car being tested and the professor arrogantly said "This car will not make any mistakes." Wow. He sure is confident aye. The host is also brought for a ride in this car and during the ride, the professor explained a few things on how the car is designed and a few more things about it. The host said this herself, "In the first few minutes, I was actually more focused on the moving-by-itself steering wheel instead of what the professor explained." Haha. Must be scary. They even got to shoot a scene where the car suddenly braked on its own when a guy is passing in front of it. Cool yaww. The car really braked! Haha. Even the host made a face. She was shocked I guess. Haha.
Well, I salute all of you who designed these cars. You are all true geniuses. Let us hope that one day, these cars can actually be driven in the streets. That's all for my post tonight. Hope you enjoyed reading it. Chow. n_n
Hey guys. It's been a while. Well, I'm quite busy right now since the final exam is just a stone throw away. Wish me luck all right. Thanks in advance.
Well, do you believe if I say I cried? Maybe some do, maybe some don't but the truth is.... Yeah. I cried just now. Why? Because of a GIRL!!! No-lah. Haha. Just kidding. I'm not a cheesy-guy. Maybe....Because of a GUY!!! What? Are you pulling my leg? TOTALLY a NO-NO. Actually, it's because of this book.
Well, as you can see from the title, you can say that this book covers mostly on the leaders of Islam's Movement from overseas and also Malaysia. Dari Mesir, ke Palestin, pergi India, singgah Indonesia, sampai Malaysia dan beberapa lagi negara lain, semua ada. This is the only book that makes me cry without failure. Segala yang ditulis dalam setiap helaian berjaya membuatkan aku rasa sebak dan kadang-kadang buat aku menangis. How can I not when the writer have written the history so nicely. One of the things that I read this evening was about Hasan Al-Hudhaibi's struggle, his family and his brothers(rakan seperjuangan). Who is he actually? Maybe you've never heard of him so let me ask you one question. Ever heard of As-Syahid Hassan Al-Banna? No? Ingat betul-betul. Still can't remember? Hint number one, he's the first leader of Ikhwan Muslimin. Tak ingat lagi? It's okay. This hint will make you remember. Try looking for your al-Mathurat and see who is the compiler? Haa. Now you should remember. Well, so Hasan al-Hudhaibi is the successor of Hasan al-Banna who is leading Ikhwan Muslimin efficiently in the times of chaos. One of his stories that made me cry is during his imprisonment
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He asked his friend(Syeikh Abdul Badi' Saqr) when they met, "How many days do you take to finish reading the al-Quran?" Syeikh answered, "Every fifteen days!" Hasan al-Hudhaibi said, "What keeps you from finishing it in three days? Read two constituent(juzuk) of al-Quran after every prayer while you're still in ablution. Remember, this chance will never come again." Touching is it not? Well, another story that made me cry is about his wife Ummu Usamah and his children.
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When Hasan al-Hudhaibi was in the jail, a minister of Egypt sent his wife to meet Ummu Usamah to appease her and her children. Ummu Usamah then said "Who told your husband that we are anxious and sad until it troubles you to advice us, calm us and give us glad tidings that Ustaz is safe? Are you trying to tell me and my kids that the punishment has been decided before running the trials? Are you trying to say that his punishment is death? O Saadiyah Hanim, the wife of the noble Egypt's Officials, I implore you nicely to tell this to Minister! Tell him that Hasan al-Hudhaibi leads the Ikhwan Muslimin only after seeing the first leader Asy-Syahid Hasan Al-Banna being kidnapped and killed nefariously and openly in the street. Hudhaibi didn't accept to be his successor except that he waits for the end of his life to be the same as al-Banna. Really, he sold his life to Allah and we sold ours with him for Allah. When it all happens because of Allah's fate, no one can see us except in serenity,peace and happiness. The reason why we leave it all to Allah is because we hope for His reward and we are very happy that we can follow him up as syuhada," Then she turns her head to her children and said, "This is Umi's stance, what about all of you?" All of them answered, "There is not a slight difference between our stance and yours, O Umi." This one is really touchy. : ,(
So, when I read this, I was thinking.... Why am I so bad? I can't even finish reading the al-Quran in a year and there Syeikh Abdul Badi' Saqr was asked why can't he finish it in there days. Sangat jauh perbezaan antara 3 hari dan setahun. Humm. Why can't I think like his wife? I want to be a syuhada too yet what have I done till this day? Nothing....Nothing.....And nothing....So, I hope all of Muslims and myself will take this as a reminder. It is very hard to be like them since we are not borned in their situation, but at least, let us try to be better. I guess that's all for now. Till next time. Sayonara.
Lebih kurang macam ni lah nasi ambeng yang kami makan
Hey guys. I'm back and because I'll be having my holiday for a week, I guess I'll make a few updates later starting with this post. Hehe. Well, last week, on 21 August 2011, I went to Berjaya Times Square with two friends of mine. We took a bus to go to KL Sentral around 9.00 am and on our way, we were stucked in a traffic jam. Hamba rasa pelik, Sejak bila pulak jalan kat sini belajar nak jam-jam ni. Hadoi. Shortly after that, I know the reason. There were two accidents happening on the same day about the same time. One seems like a lorry was stucked in a drain besides the road (I wonder how it gets there?) and another one is an accident.... Lori langgar motor? Ke motor langgar lori? Err... I don't really know, but all I know that the motorcyle rider was dead(psst..I heard the rider is a girl) and the motorcyle was cut into half(how the heck does that happen?) . Pity her. I can see her body covered with a black cloth and her blood painted the road dark red. May God bless her soul.....
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After about an hour standing(lenguh,plus sakit belakang...yang best-nya, kena himpit ngan perempuan....haha), I took the second bus at Seksyen 2, and again.... Berdiri lagi!!! No matter because after a while, my friend got his seat and asked me to sit besides him. Kira dok himpit-himpit tiga orang la. Agak payah. Haha. Luckily they are thin... Bolehlah aku yang agak berisi ni duduk. After a while, we arrived at KL Sentral. Monorail is the next transport. The place was packed with people, luckily we have our Kad Rabbit (BIT!Sekali masuk!>BIT!Sekali keluar!>BIT!BIT Kad Rabbit!), touch and then go. Wait punya wait, the monorail arrived. Dang. Still got to stand. Huh. Kemudian kami turun di Imbi. Boleh pulak pening nak keluar ikut kiri ke kanan. Lastly, we decided to go left. Dang! Silap la pulak. Turun bawah, nak lintas jalan tak boleh. Pusing punya pusing, we tried going back up. Then only we found the underway to Times Square(dush!rasa cam bodoh pulak...LOL). At the gate, my friends raced to be the first one entering Times Square. Haha. What to do. Semua tak pernah sampai sana. Jadi jakun la kejap. Hehe. First thing we did when we arrived, we tried looking for ATM. Then, we found the floor information board. Ambik semua nombor-nombor dan tingkat kedai-kedai yang nak pergi. When we're done, we started with VOIR. Found a few shirts and and jeans that I liked but still too early to buy anything. We went to Giordano. First impression: Mak aih.... Keciknya....Tension rising. Tak jumpa apa-apa yang berkenan. Long story short, all the shops that we went didn't satisfies us. Rasa cam down gila. Then, I felt like, its better if we buy something than nothing. Letih-letih jalan, tapi tak beli, nanti sure rasa menyesal. We went to almost all the shop again and at last, I bought a khakis,a shirt and a pair of shoes. My wallet died on that day. Waa.... Money flows like a river. Then, we went back to the Monorail. This time, its more packed than earlier. Sampaikan hamba ditinggalkan oleh kawan-kawan hamba. Haiya. Ramai sangat orang oh. Never mind-lah. Then, I took the second trip and when I arrived, found my friends and now.... Tunggu bas. Hadoi. Meletihkan. Sampai PKNS around 6.15 pm, then solat. When we're done, its almost 6.45 pm, bergaduh pulak sahabat-sahabat hamba. Sorang nak balik dulu, sorang kata cari makanan dulu. At last, we went to the bazar near PKNS and I remembered Nisa(my lovely junior.. X D) telling me about Nasi Ambeng. At that time, I told my friends, "Jom cari nasi ambeng(bunyi 'beng' macam dalam kam'bing')". Kawan hamba cakap, "Ambeng la."('beng' macam dalam 'beng'ang) Malu kejap. Kakak kat sebelah yang dengar tu gelak kat aku free je. Haha. Walked for a few minutes and at last. Found it! Harga RM 6. Satu bungkus bapak besar. LOL. Memang tak tahu la sape yang boleh habiskan banyak macam tu. Gelak je aku nampak nasi banyak tu. Campur ngan mee goreng, sayur,ikan,ayam dan macam-macam lagi membuatkan aku tak sabar-sabar nak makan. When we're done, lekas-lekas kitorang pergi tunggu bas. And takyah tanya, memang pun kitorang bukak puasa dalam bas. Haha. Kitorang kat belakang, nampak orang kat Seksyen 2 dah berbuka. Then, an Engine guy read the prayers(sehabis kuat dia) and he shouted, "Make weyh make weyh. Bukok doh ni" LOL. But, all the girls and guys at the front of the bus just ignored him and they waited until 7.30 pm(masa tu 7.25 kot) because they couldn't see the people at the restaurant. Haha. Biaq pi la kat depa. Aku nampak orang dah bukak aku tibai ja kuih yang aku beli. Haha. When we arrived at Puncak Alam(around 8.30 kot), we prayed and me and my housemate waited for his friend yang ikut kitorang until 9.30 pm. Baru makan nasi ambeng sama-sama. Pergh, memang satu pengalaman yang takkan aku lupakan. BTW. NASI AMBENG MEMANG SEDAP.NAK LAGI! Hehe. That's all for now. See ya.
