Oh yes….tonight I’ll make that journey again…
Quiet Storm
Very stormy day today…
Storms will come, I’m sure…but tell me can you stand the rain?
DSA 2006
10 years ago I participated as an exhibitor of this exhibition…at that time trying to sell a GPS-tracking and fleet management system that is made in Malaysia (which was why no Malaysians found it interesting…but Hughes Satellites was very interested to know how we got the accuracy then in 1996).
By the way, it has been a fruitful visit, met lots of old friends, both from the Air Force and the Army (still serving as very senior officers, and those who like me, are somewhat still serving the King). I’ve found one half of what I was searching for and found and extra interesting thing.
Let’s see what I can do with these infos.
Back to Sanity Part Trois
Back to sanity on Wednesday evening, so here’s an update on the weather and tides for the duration that I’ll be there:
Weather Enroute
Shah Alam: rain
Seremban: fair
Malacca: fair
Mersing: fair
Weather in Tioman
Thursday: morning – cloudy/afternoon and night – fair
Friday: morning and afternoon: fair/night – rain
Saturday: morning and afternoon: fair/night – rain
Sunday: fair all day
Return Trip Weather
Mersing: fair
Malacca:fair
Seremban: fair
Shah Alam: fair
Tides for Tioman (Tekek)
Thursday: 0246H – 0.9m; 0926H – 2.9m; 1522H – 1.2m; 2104H – 2.6m
Friday: 0317H – 0.7m; 1017H – 3.1m; 1614H – 1.3m; 2133H – 2.4m
Saturday: 0349H – 0.5m; 1106H – 3.2m; 1706H – 1.5m; 2202H – 2.3m
Sunday: 0423H – 0.4m; 1155H – 3.3m; 1757H – 1.6m; 2232H – 2.2m
Nobody’s Lackey
Whenever I write something controversial, I’ll be viewed as someone’s lackey. People always think that there is someone or several persons behind me who’d want me to write something as to hurt them.
Well, let me tell you this. I am my own person and no one has ever used me to do their dirty work. When I write I speak my mind.
I’m no one’s lackey and certainly not a puppet like some are.
Too bad I’m human and am in control of myself….unlike some.
Ghafar Baba R.I.P
Tun Ghafar Baba passed away this morning. He was 81 years old. He was the Deputy Prmie Minister of Malayisa from 1986 to 1993 when he was challenged by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim fot the UMNO’s Deputy President’s post and subsequebtly lost to the latter.
When Anwar was sacked from UMNO in September 1998, Ghafar was seen going around giving speeches and although many thought he would return to mainstream politics, he never made his mark as Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah could.
Although his life towards the end was shrouded in some personal controversies, Malaysians should remember him for his deeds as his political life spanned both pre-independence and post-independence.
I’ve Set My Eyes On This…
The PX-class was the mainstay of the Royal Malaysian Police’s Marine Police Force from the 1960’s until the early 1980’s when 15 PZ-class patrol boats became the main patrol boats for the police. The PZ’s have now been seconded to the newly-formed Maritime Enforcement Agency, surrendering the throne back to the PX’s.
If I can remember clearly, the first PX-class I ever went on was the PX3 (then the wooden type built by Vosper Thornycroft of Singapore) in Penang. The rest were the PX 4, PX 9, PX 19, PX 21. Of the PZ’s, I was only on one: the PZ 4.
The PX 4 you see above was also built by Vosper Thornycroft of Singapore in 1976, steel-hulled and more powerful than its namesake predecessor. The last news of this particular PX 4 was back in July 1997 when together with the PX 19 and the Royal Malaysian Navy’ KD Gempita searched for survivors of an accident involving two Indonesian boats packed with 111 illegal immigrants near Pulau Undan. This PX 4 has since been replaced by a newer version built locally.
I have set my sights on this one and hopefully I’ll be able to purchase this one.
I might change its colour to bright orange.
No Better Than 8 Years Ago
This picture of me landing at the North Pole was taken 8 years ago (21st April 1998 at 1.48am), and made me the 3rd Malaysian to land at the North Pole by parachute. I was into my second month of unemployment then as the company had to cease operations due to the Asian economic crisis.
8 years later I am in no better position…
What’s Your Heading??
It’s difficult to move forward when there is no clear direction. Wait a minute…I meant to say NO DIRECTION. This is stupid…just plain stupid. But what do you expect when the situation itself and those who brought it about are stupid anyway?
Back to Sanity…
Yup…it’s that journey again. So let’s go through the various towns.
En Route
Shah Alam – scattered rain (night)
Seremban – scattered rain (night)
Melaka – scattered rain (night)
There
Morning – fair
Afternoon – thunderstorms
Night – rain
Return
Morning – fair
Afternoon – rain
Melaka – scattered rain (night)
Seremban – scattered rain (night)
Shah Alam – scattered rain (night)
Tides (There):
0002H – 1.75m
0618H – 0.28m
1348H – 2.51m
2012H – 1.20m
Tides (Return):
0039H – 1.65m
0702H – 0.34m
1445H – 2.48m
2124H – 1.27m
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