Earth Hour

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Earth Hour is an international event organised by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), and held on the last Saturday of March each year, which asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.

Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, local time.

Currently, 82 countries and more than 2100 cities are 'committed to Earth Hour 2009', a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008.[4] 1 billion 'votes' is the stated aim for Earth Hour 2009, in the context of the pivotal 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Among the participants this year is, for the first time, the United Nations building. The U.N. conservatively estimates that its participation will save $102 in energy.


According to WWF Thailand, Bangkok decreased electricity usage by 73.34 megawatts, which, over one hour, is equivalent to 41.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The Bangkok Post gave different figures of 165 megawatt-hours and 102 tonnes of carbon dioxide. This was noted to be significantly less than a similar campaign initiated by Bangkok's City Hall the previous year in May where 530 megawatt-hours were saved and 143 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission was cut. Toronto saved 900 megawatt-hours of electricity. 8.7% was saved if measured against a typical March Saturday night. Ireland, as a whole, had a reduction in electricity use of about 1.5% for the evening. In the three-hour period between 18:30 and 21:30, there was a reduction of 50 megawatts, saving 150 megawatt-hours, or approximately 6 tonnes of carbon dioxide.


Celebrations around the world

• In Sydney, Australia, the end of Earth Hour was celebrated with a fireworks show. The Danish royal palaces, Amalienborg Palace and Gråsten Palace, went dark at the Queen's command.
• Nelly Furtado held a free concert at Nathan Philips Square in Downtown Toronto to celebrate Earth Hour.
• In Toronto, Ontario, York University’s student-run Environmental Outreach Team ran an afternoon Earth Hour information session, and the York University Observatory offered an extra public viewing session. Stargazing activities were held in Toronto's Ontario Science Centre and Richmond Hill's David Dunlap Observatory.
• Astronomy Ireland set up high-powered telescopes in Dublin's Phoenix Park to allow people to take advantage of the night sky, normally swamped by bright city lights.
• In Tel Aviv, Israel, a free open air concert by Knesiyat Hasekhel was held at Rabin Square. Power needed for the concert was generated by a group of cyclists pushing pedal generators. The rest of the power was supplied by generators burning used falafel oil for power.
• In Atlanta, the CEO of WWF US, Carter Roberts and the Mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin flipped a giant switch on live TV symbolically starting the wave of lights going out on the buildings around the city.
• In San Francisco, a public event hosted by WWF US was attended by Mayor Gavin Newsom, Gold medal figure skater Brian Boitano, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and other celebrities. They gathered to watch the lights go out, listening to the music of Jason Damato.
• In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the lights of the world's tallest twin towers, Petronas Twin Towers were turned off.
• In Egypt, the lights will go out on the Sphinx and Great Pyramids of Giza at 8:30 pm. Egypt’s First Lady, Suzanne Mubarak, supports Earth Hour’s global call for action on climate change.

The Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, switched off its usual floodlighting during the Earth Hour, and re-lit afterwards.

Team Building - Penang Water Sport Center (26th Mac 09)

We went for team building on 26th. I promised to fetch SI and KBH but too bad my car was caught accident the day before. I planned to excuse myself but SI said that she instead can fetch us go there, so i agreed to attend it.

I sent my car to workshop around 10.30am together with SI and then ride into her car to KBH home. After got KBH, we reached there around 11.30am, almost about time for lunch :)

They played quite few games there, including water activities like water polo. But the most enjoying part would be canoeing. This is my first time on canoe, pretty nice.

However, the sun is strong in the noon. most people were worried about sun burnt to play water polo under the sun. You know, all kinds of sun block, sun screen were there been applied, with all different flavors :s

We finished all the games around 5pm and returned.

车祸 (25th Mac 09)

星期三是SF和CY的生日。我和FF约好了SF一起去吃泰国餐替她庆祝。SF说要自己去，我就只载了FF。没想到就快要到达目的地的时候，一辆MyVi直接从左边的小路冲出来，和我的车撞个正着。由于她架得很快，我的车都被撞得跳了起来。还好车子没有翻复，人也没有受伤。


由于怕对方走人，我故意把车子停在她前面。我让FF下车去把她的车牌，电话和身份证号码写下来。可是FF回来说她很不友善，我就让FF叫她过来。没想到她一过来第一句就说“为什么你们驾车这样的？”，听了就火。我马上问她知不知道从支路冲出来应该要注意大路的车子。她听了之后气急败坏的走开，到一边去打电话找人帮忙。我也打电话找人帮忙，不然万一她找人来欺负我们就糟糕了。

大约过了5分钟，就有一大堆修车厂的人冲了过来，应该有3-4间不同的公司。派名片的派名片，拍照的拍照，说话的说话，好不热闹。对方的父亲接着也来到。问清楚了状况之后她父亲决定认错。但他们不想报警，所以就到车房去问价钱，费用由他们付。到了车房，问了一下，费用很高，他们才肯报警，让保险赔偿。


之后又在警察局搞了一个小时，出来的时候已经9。30了。由于餐馆都差不多要关门了，所以我们决定叫SF去吃麦当劳。她的生日只让她吃麦当劳，很不好意思一下。

红线断了

记得我生日那天介绍一对男女人是吗？前晚女的哭哭啼啼信息我说男的要跟她分手。原因怀疑是因为男的对她不规矩，结果女的放声骂人，所以男的不爽，要分手。突然间给我这样一颗炸弹，我还真的很难消化一下。打电话过去给Kenny，问他哥哥到底在干什么。绕了一大圈结果发现原来他哥哥找到了另一个女朋友，年轻漂亮又有学历。没办法了，既然是劈腿，我也爱莫能助。回去安慰一下女的，让她哭过后就比较好。

这样的事情我觉得有点不应该。同时间追两个女生我不介意，这已经是现代人的生活模式，已经没有介意的余地。但是如果已经和其中一个开始交往，就应该马上和另外一个保持距离。一脚踏两船还是我不能认同的。没有用心的感情，存在的就只是一堆谎言而已。

无论如何，事情已经发生了，就让它过去吧。

暖屋

昨晚HF在新家办暖屋火锅。由于要喝喜酒，所以到居林的时候已经11点多了。在那里还迷路了一下，看到很多牛在路边睡觉，有点怕他们会突然冲出来撞我。后来David坐摩托出来带路才到达她家。

到的时候人已经走的差不多了，只剩下我们几个非常迟才到的。问了问发觉那边的屋子真的超级便宜。3房1厅加厨房的单层排屋才10万令吉。如果不是那边的治安差，我想我会在那边买屋子。

吃完东西后几个男生就跑到外面去喝酒了，剩下我和HF, SF在厨房。两个女生走来走去的忙着收拾。之后David就带我到外面去和大家一起喝酒。他们介绍我认识了一位美女，CM。相当活泼的女生，也很忙碌一下，整晚电话没停过，呵呵。她还主动走来要求和我一起拍照，印象中好像还没有美女曾经主动要求和我拍照的，让我暗爽两三下，呵呵。


2点的时候大多数人都走了，剩下我，JH，HF, David。就这样他们继续喝到4点，我们才回家。

知识与智慧

发觉现代人似乎都有一些怪怪的。男人好像变的越来越懦弱，什么事情都说要小心，低调，生怕一个失足就粉身碎骨。女人则好像越来越泼辣，越来越情绪化，什么事情都喜欢批评几句，一个不喜欢就一整天死人脸，严重的甚至会来个泼妇骂街。

当然，不是没一个人都是如此，但我却觉得这些人已经越来越多。

我并不是一个性别歧视者，但我却认为男人与女人之间的关系其实应该可以更加和谐。我并不喜欢女强男弱，也并不支持男强女弱。不管男人女人，都应该以礼待人，以事论事，应该要做的事情，就应该努力去达成。

可惜，现实终归不能如此。每天，愚蠢的事情还是不断的在世界各地发生着。人类自恃世上最聪明的生物，但却不断的表演着愚蠢的行为。终究有知识并不代表拥有智慧啊。

而我，又有多愚蠢呢？

又一个星期

现在的生活除了周末和假期，其他的日子似乎都只是工作和睡觉，没什么好回忆的。

上个星期一是假期，但并没有出去。到了晚上才和鱼他们去吃火锅。7个人很迟才到，结果不少好料都已经被拿完了。整个晚上吃喝聊天，好玩也挺开心的。说实话如果没认识这一帮猪朋狗友，日子还真不知道要怎么过。



昨天晚上则和wj,bl,和ch，4个人到bukit genting去吃晚餐。原本还要叫ll，可是她因为工作做不完，没有办法跟来。今天他还到公司加班一整天，可怜她一下。这已经是我第4次去那里了，是一个很好的地方。风景，气氛都不错，就是地点太偏僻了，很多槟城人自己都没有去过。由于是临时决定去的，没有人带相机，所以没办法拍照。

今天则一整天在家，懒惰出去。下午有去找ll，可是她要工作，直接不吃午餐，所以自己一个人回来吃。刚还了kb保险，财产不见了一半，还是尽量省一点。而且今天曼联利物浦大战，不想错过。

明天还要和wj他们去nibong tebal,看传说中有99个窗户的古屋，希望不会令我们失望。

Found my lost car key

well, my luck back to me the second day i lost my key. i was kinda nervous about my car the night. the next day BL checked my car was still in the car park when he drove to work.

i called my bro to send me the spare key from home through courier service. in the evening, me and KF went to the foodcourt car park and it was still there, thanks god.

the hawkers there saw me and came asked me whether i brought my spare key. i told them not at this moment as the key was in JB. Then i asked them whether someone found the key and returned it to counter, they asked KF to approached counter for that. Before KF reached the counter, the counter guy already pressed my car alarm remote control and indicated us that the key was there.

We were so happy the key had found. but problem came. 2 tires were no gas :s. we released the gas night before to avoid been stolen, remember?

i called foreman came to pump in the gas. the pump he brought, was a small mechanical air pump which required manual operation. he and KF pump the gas for 15 mins but seem no luck. the formean then said he would bring another bigger pump here. after 5 minutes, he came back saying the pump there is not fitting my tires as well, so he would remove my 2 tires and bring back to his workshop to fix them.

well, my car then, funnily stand in the car park without 2 tires. Parents told their kids the tires were stolen when they passed by. :s

after 5 minutes, the foreman came back with the fixed tires. Then finally ended this funny experience. :)

相亲

昨晚和Kelly见面了，应该算是相亲吧，虽然听起来有点愚。一行人6个人在面馆里坐了大约3-4个小时，聊天吹水。

由于鱼王和熊猫两个会搞气氛的人有在，所以整个聚会不会让人有尴尬的感觉。其中有大家一起聊天，也有各说各话的时候。我和她并没有说太多话，毕竟不孰。她人还好，性格上并没有给我留下太多影响。不会很叽喳，没有很多的动作，谈吐还好。脸部则有着很多的豆豆，看来是没有很好的去照顾和护理。整体上来说没有什么特别的感觉，但我想做朋友应该没有问题。以后的事以后才看吧。

结论是，不错的经验。。。 呵呵。。。

Lost key

Today is definitely not my day. i lost my car key after i came out from dinner at foodcourt nearby. I put the key in my waist bag but didnt zip it properly. I think the key was dropped when i walked into foodcourt crossing the road with terrible condition.

BL and me search the whole area but didnt manage to see the key. I think it was picked up by someone. i dont know what to do. The owner of a stall nearby said that the car park would be locked after business hour, and will only unlock 5pm the next day. I am worrying someone may use the key to take my car, since the key is labeled with my car number. BL helped me to release the tires' air. hopefully no-one can really steal it.

i called my bro to deliver me the spare car key ASAP with the fastest courrier service. i thought i have to change all my locks and alarm. but it is too expensive. KF suggested me to just buy a steering lock and gear lock may do. i hope that really work.

牵红线？

上个月生日的时候介绍了两位单身的朋友认识 （不知道算不算相亲），结果他们一拍即合，差不多要正式开始拍拖了。糊里糊涂的第一次当媒人就成功牵对了红线，结果让鱼王熊猫知道了，也要来帮我牵红线。开始时我只是开玩笑的让熊猫介绍朋友给我，结果她真的认真起来了。想想多认识一个朋友也不错，说不定真的合适我，所以也就让熊猫去安排。

上个周末一起去鱼王生日聚会的时候，她拿了她朋友的照片给我看。说是她朋友因为不漂亮，所以让她先把照片让我看，才决定要不要和她做朋友。看来她朋友还真的对自己很没有自信哦，又或者，她是对男人失去了信心呢？ 也没办法啦，大多数的男人的确很注重外表。熊猫则解释说她朋友因为脸皮肤不是很好，和鱼王以前差不多，所以才会怕我介意。说实话，虽然照片看不清楚她的脸是不是真的那么糟糕，但整体上感觉还不错，身材娇小，算可爱的。皮肤问题可以慢慢解决，我还是觉得内在美比皮肤问题重要。性格不和，或者说不上话，再漂亮也不能在一起太久。更何况面都没见过，说这些也真的太早了。先做朋友，以后怎么样是以后的事吧，不需要给自己压力。而且，我选人，人也选我。熊猫并没有告诉她我是残障者的事，我的情况她也是未必能够接受的，还是顺其自然吧。

前两天熊猫把她的电话给了我，才知道原来她叫Kelly。这两天都有和她信息，昨天还是她先信息我的。聊天的感觉不错，她应该是个简单健谈的女孩。前天和SM聊天的时候有问她的意见，结果觉得还是找机会尽快让她知道我的情况，免得以后会有什么误会。如果因此影响她和熊猫关系那就不好了。由于她的电脑有问题，所以不能上网，等她能够上网的时候就和她说吧。希望就算不能有发展，也能够和她做朋友。

Kingfisher and Kenny birthday (28/2/09)

Their birthday is 3rd March, but we do it at the weekend so everyone could attend the gathering. I got Panda and Bianselong around 6.30pm. i was planned to go Jawi to find David before proceed to Kenny's home. However, the bridge was so jam that we decided to take ferry instead.

We were so shock that jetty was jam like hell as well when we reached there. So? we headed to New World Park to have our dinner first, better than stuck in the jam right??

I called few people at the mean time to check the bridge condition for me, but unfortunately nobody was answered. Wonder why everyone became busy out of sudden.

After dinner we drove towards bridge and luckily it was very very very much better even though it was still crowded with cars. We went to David shop for a while then to Kenny's home. We reached around 10+pm. Yezitang was left, and she made the birthday cake for them, too bad couldnt meet her.

We then eat, drink and chat until midnight. I drank too much and was a bit drunk for drive. Bianselong drove me back after we done the gathering.

Busy

Last 2 weeks were pretty tight with work. I think i might be older and weaker, getting tired easily. I was work until 8-9pm everyday averagely for last 2 weeks. This was a bit overloaded for me. Weekend, i was joined few gatherings as well. At the end i was not really rest enough for the past 2 weeks. Looking for March holiday now.

喝醉了

今天KF和Kenny庆祝生日，喝了很多酒。好久没有喝得那么醉了，醉得我不能驾车，需要别人送我回家。好开心阿，哈哈。