Sober

whyyyyyyy? sometimes, you know why but your just in denial! ahaha! that goes to you jasmine!! ok, back to my story! hehe! AHeem! addiction to the internet is just like addiction to any drugs, emailing and texting makes you dopier than smoking dope(its in the papers, from current research in the uk or something)

these couple of days, its just sad! can someone just answer me "what is your purpose of life?" "your here but you just dont have a goal in life?" do you feel that sometimes? what would you do if you know, nothing will get into your way to success!! what would you do? hehe am i posting to much questions here ? damnnn....... im just kinda bored! at least i downloaded some movies to entertain myself... sounds like a pirate Ayy?? hahah the beauty of cyberspace!

"Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"

Now I was sitting waiting wishing
That you believed in superstitions
Then maybe you'd see the signs
But Lord knows that this world is cruel
And I ain't the Lord, no I'm just a fool
And in loving somebody don't make them love you

Must I always be waiting waiting on you?
Must I always be playing playing the fool?

I sing ya songs I dance a dance
I gave ya friends all a chance
Putting up with them wasn't worth never having you
And maybe you been through this before
But its my first time
So please ignore
The next few lines cause they're directed at you

I cant always be waiting waiting on you
I cant always be playing playing your fool
I keep playing your cards
But its not my scene
Wont this plot not twist?
I have no place to read?
Keep building me up, then shooting me down
Well im already down
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting
Just wait a minute
Just sitting waiting

Well if I was in your position
Id put down all my ammunition
I'd wondered why'd it taken me so long
But Lord knows that I'm not you
And If I was I wouldn't be so cruel
Cause waiting on love ain't so easy to do

Must I always be waiting waiting on you?
Must I always be playing playing the fool?
No I cant always be waiting waiting on you
I cant always be playing playing your fool, foool

Sith Happens!

Revenge of the sith :starwars final episode! Finally after waiting for 4 years! been a star wars fan since i was small, and finally my question or so called mystery has been revealed! "how can luke skywalker's father be darth vader", "why does lukes father wears a scary mask?" haha! all the question is being answered in the third episode! thanks to Mr. Lucas!! went to Hoyts cinemas yesterday, ALone again!!! went there at 5.30 thought the movie is starting at that time..... but i got the time wrong!!! scwered up! at least i had my dinner at MCs and KFC! 4 bucks for a dinner! hehe gotta save $$ now adays! kinda hard to earn........ :)

SHit happens!

Dammit! i just lost 25% for ERST101 :prespective on the environment! application for fucking extension has been rejected!! this is what the fulla say! "

Yihshin,

I am aware that this is a difficult time
for many students,
myself included. However, there are many important
considerations
that relate to my decision about your request for an
 extension.

A key concern is that by giving you an extension,
I will affect the
remaining time you have for other assignments and for exam
preparation, and that your attendance
in the last, but perhaps most
important, weekof lectures will drop.

Further, you were given this assignment 3
weeks into the semester,
and so I feel there has been adequete time
to address components,
particularly given that 1, 2, 3 & 6 relate to the 1st half
of the semester.

In addition, assignment 3 is designed to prepare
you for theexamination, and provide feedback that will
enable you to prioritise
study for the subject. If an extension is granted,
this opportunity is
severly at risk as there is no guarantee that it
will be marked in time to enable this.

For these reasons, I am NOT prepared to give
you an extension and a
late penalty will apply."
(a polite way to say "your screwed fucker!")
i dont think im able to hand in.

Amour~

As they said "Distance makes the heart fonder", it surely does, but it kills too. Tearing you apart from the inside, killing you softly with the poison called "without you"(Ohne dich).

3months is like 30 years of hell..............times you like it goes away too fast, times you hate it all ways seems to last! How true is your love? Are you willing to hold on till the last breath? the world has definately changed! looking back at my grandparents, they have been together for more than 50 years! they have been through hell during the japanese occupation in Malaysia.......! But now adays loyalty seems to be just a word that meant nothing.

Sex, is just like sports in the western countries, trying top the score. This disease is growing and making its way around the globe, nothing can stop this trend. Making love no longer has its original quality and

uniqueness.

Unconditional love doesnt just happen, it takes a lot of practice. Compassion is unconditional love.....till now it is still a mystery among people, they may heard of it but the real meaning is vague and shallow.

Aim less life...

Ever wonder what is your purpose of being a human? We study and keep studying harder everyday but we dont really know what we wanted to do or be in the future. People are just doing things because everyone does it. as for me, im just like one of them..... if you dont have your own goals, you'll fall into other peoples plan and they will plan it for you(eg: parents) . ASk yourself what do you really want, if you know there is no limitation of what you want to achieve?

Been listening to Trivium these days, a pinch of classic rock with metal. this band is one angry mutha fu*kers ! Great stuff....... but its not for everyone.

Metal to start the day with:

1. Trivium-rain
2. kill switch engage-my last serenade
   
3. Mudvayne- happy
   
4. system of a down - chop suey
   
5. chimaira - severed
   
6. disturbed - a welcome burden (dracula 2000 soundtrack)
   

Jazz when your feeling moody or morning coffee at the balcony(if you got one):

1. Stan getz
2. chet baker
3. jamie cullum

jasmine in a saloon! hehehe......hope she doesnt see this!! MUahahah!!  

Raining cats and dogs since lastnight, it fucking cold today and im lazy to set up the fireplace, would rather freeze in the cold. TEst is just 24 hours away and im here blogging, wtf!! hope i dont fail it, to be honest with myself, i think i would make it 50%?? yeahhh! hehehe, typical malaysian guys attitude--------> last minute work and gamble on the multi choice questions!

Its MOthers day today!! (in NZ), i dont usually remember important date, especially birthdates!! My Dad just reminded me of it!!! during the days when i was still living with my parents, i would make cards and draw pictures on mothers day but now.... i cant even remember when it is! what a shame! shame on me.... i can live with that.

yesterday, my gf asked me a question which is kinda hard to answer....... "what would you do if you know we wont be seeing each other till im 24??" what can i do? what do you think i should do? all i do is buy more time and try to dig my way home. hehe......... but in reality there's nothing much that one could do. One could take the easy way out, keep the happy memories and go on with life or one could hold on and make things more interesting without being there physically? Am i delusioned, ignorant and selfish? "love is blind" would give up everything just for it without thinking twice.....

Haha, this is funny..... i got this emailed to me ages ago, didnt realise its in my pc.  

Broken River..... its very steep and kinda slippery!  

castle hill basin:broken river 

Visitors

Past few days my uncles and aunt came over from m'sia, the house is now fully packed and im forced out to sleep in the hall. I dont mind sleeping in the hall or in the kitchen, but i dont get much rest due to the early birds that always wake up and make lots of noise. i dont blog much these days, and im not sure what to write about too... what is there to write about if there's nothing much interesting happend in your life?? i used to surf alot to much interesting websites, but now i cant offer much....... haha. maybe i could???? go to the side bar and click on the "links" to read other peoples journal. i was looking for tagboards and zonkboards the other day.......... and tried to add it into my blog but i just couldnt arrgh and mostly you need to pay for it after 7 days trial. till kitty susggest that i use chatterbox which works, but you need to register for it........i came across that the other day, but i thought that is just a scam like the others (registered into many others tag boxes but it wouldnt give me the HTML).

i wonder if anyone is reading this blog?? Hmmm...... plz raise up your hand if your reading!! you could put your hand down after that and put in a comment or two or just put in few words into the "chatter box" on the side bar!
if anyone would like to post their blog up, dont hesitate to post me your blog URL or whatever it is! :)

The Gaia hypothesis: A scienctific theory?

Gaia Hypothesis is a step to becoming a scientific theory

Author: Yih Shin, Ker (BEM)

The name Gaia is the name of an ancient Greek earth goddess. This goddess was at once gentle, feminine, and nurturing, but also ruthlessly cruel to any who failed to live in harmony with the planet. This name was then used appropriately for the new hypothesis, which appear in the late 1960s. What exactly is the Gaia hypothesis? As James Lovelock defined it “a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.” (Lovelock, J 1974) in simpler terms, biological responses tend to regulate the state of the Earth's environment in their favor. Many scientists criticize the Gaia hypothesis for being Teleology, a belief that all things have a predetermined purpose. We will discuss whether Gaia hypothesis qualifies as a scientific theory, the structure of a scientific theory and the brief history of the Gaia hypothesis.

In the early 1960’s James Lovelock was invited by NASA to participate in the scientific research for evidence of life in mars. This led him to think about what is life, how can life be detected. “The earth is bounded on the outside by space with which it exchanges energy and sunlight coming in and heat matter going out.” (Lovelock, 1991). He decided that the general characteristic of life was that it takes in energy and matter and discard waste products. All living things exhibit low entropy; therefore he could detect the atmosphere in Mars and show evidence that the planet is dead. Mars atmosphere like Venus consist of 95% carbon dioxide, with some oxygen and no methane. Comparing these planets, Earth was 77% nitrogen, 21%oxygen and methane. As a result Planet Mars was proven to be chemically dead. “The Earth's atmosphere was an extraordinary and unstable mixture of gases, yet I knew that it was constant in composition over quite long periods of time. Could it be that life on Earth not only made the atmosphere, but also regulated it - keeping it at a constant composition, and at a level favorable for organisms?" (Lovelock, J. 1991) Lovelock suggested that the life on earth interacts to regulate its internal environment to maintain a stable condition on earth, which the system is called the homeostatic feedback. This system operates unconsciously by the biota, controlling or stabilizing the earth global temperatures. James Lovelock explains the basic principles of control theory by using the iron in a thermostat that is used to act like a kind of thermometer “a metallic strip that is straight when cold, bends into a curve when heated, the sharpness of the curve increases as the temperature rises.” (Lovelock, J 1991) when the iron heats up, the strip bends with one end of it separates and pulls away the electrical contact until it cools down again. This is a simple example of self-regulating system that James Lovelock trying to explain. “A control system automatically regulates a condition such as temperature through a series of connected functions.” (Lovelock, J 1991) this also applies to living organism and the earth itself. The earth regulates itself to maintain favorable living conditions for living organism.

With ideas of the earth regulating its self, some took that idea to say the earth was acting with a sense of purpose, which is being a Teleology being. Teleology (from the Greek word teleos) declares that there is a purpose behind the mechanism of nature. However this was not what he meant. He stated that “Neither Lynn Margulis nor I have ever proposed that planetary self-regulation is purposeful ... Yet we have met persistent, almost dogmatic, criticism that our hypothesis is teleological.” (Lovelocks, J1991)

Criticism by Richard Dawkins and Ford Doolittle states that there is no way that the diverse living organisms of the earth could act in to their mutual advantages to regulate the whole planet. “There is no way that the diverse living organisms of the earth could act in symbiosis to regulate the planetary environment. Evolution by Natural Selection, they say, would always been in favour of the genes.” (Lovelock, J 1991). These criticisms made James Lovelock realized that he had been thinking intuitively instead of rationally about Gaia and the need of proper explanations to this hypothesis was lacking. In 1983 Lovelock created a scientific model that he calls it “daisy world”. Daisy world is a simple computer model planet, which grew only two species of organisms, dark and light coloured daisies. “Imagine that, just like the sun, Daisyworld ‘s star warms up as it evolves. Would the evolution of the Daisyworld ecosystem lead to the self-regulation of climate?” (Lovelock, J 1991). The Daisyworld model demonstrates the principle of self-regulation and also the answers to criticism by biologist. This simple experiment proves to scientist that Gaia can regulate without consciousness being involved. The science of Daisyworld planet is not difficult to comprehend, light daisies tend to reflect light, which cooling effect takes place, while dark ones absorb heat, and as a result the planet is warmed. Lovelock used real dynamics of real daisy growth in his model; therefore the growth of these daisies on the Daisyworld depends on the natural death rate of the daisies, space that is available, temperature that suits the growth of daisy and the present population. The planet revolves around a sun, from which it absorbs energy at a rate, which depends on the sun's shine and it also emit heat out to space. The redwood tree analogy where James Lovelock considers it one of the most helpful analogies used for explaining the Gaia hypothesis. In 1985 James Lovelock met American physicist, Jerome Rothstien at a meeting hosted by the Audubon Society. The meeting was called “Is the Earth a Living Organism?”. Rothstien proposed that the redwood tree is the closest to Gaia. Sequoia gigantea or else known as the redwood tree, they stand in groves on the west coast of America, the oldest tree that was calculated from it annular rings was 3000 years old. “Extraordinary thing about each of these trees is that more than 97per cent is dead. The wood that is the solid spire is dead, the thick bark around the tree is dead. The only live part is a thin circumferential layer of living cells that enfolds the wood and lies beneath the bark.” (Lovelock, J 1991) Another tiny fraction of life that is on the tree is the leaves, the flowers and the seeds. Gaia is made up of a massive amount of dead matter with a tiny fraction of living organisms beneath the thin layer of atmosphere, thus the red wood tree is similar to Gaia. The thin circumferential skin living cell also known as cambium keeps the tree alive and growing, earth act the similar way which is made up of living organisms. Living organisms on earth produces nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, methane and most of the gases in the air except for 1 per cent of xenon, neon argon, krypton and helium. “Like the bark, which is grown for the protection and sustenance of the living cells of the tree, the air has grown in composition so that it always sustain a favourable climate and a favourable chemical environment for life.” (Lovelock, J 1991)

“The difference between a scientific theory and an idea of philosophy or a religion is that a scientific theory can be tested”(Sherlock .R). A scientific theory is a generally accepted explanation of a scientific concept. It began as a hypothesis or an educated guess. Then experiments are carried out, failures, successes and breakthrough made the concepts developed, new understanding expand and the theory then is now a field of study. The term hypothesis is defined as a provisional theory that has not yet been tested. The Gaia Hypothesis based its concepts on science where Lovelock explains this theory by using the Daisyworld model experiment and not only that; it is used to prove to other scientist regarding the existence of feedback mechanisms. The experiment also shows that it was possible the control of the worldwide biomass could take place without awareness being involved. Using just that model experiment Lovelock still unable to declare that the Gaia Hypothesis is now a scientific theory but on its development on becoming a stronger set of theory. Does the Gaia hypothesis qualifies as a scientific theory? “Lovelock and Margulis's understanding of Gaia are considered valid scientific theories, and are now a part of biology proper.”(Wikipedia, 2004) the hypothesis they considered as a valid scientific theory from a different point of view. The hypothesis had led to the new science called biogeography or even geophysiology. This is a study of the interactions between the biota, the atmosphere and the oceans. Gaia hypothesis is appropriate to describe as a scientific theory in different point of view and different aspects of study.

The search for life in mars influenced James Lovelock to define life in a different point of view. The Gaia Hypothesis was born in the late 1960’s, Gaia a term that James Lovelock used to described planet earth, regulates itself to maintain suitable conditions for life unconsciously. Daisyworld planet mathematical model created by James Lovelock is used to refute criticism and explaining the hypothesis. Gaia Hypothesis based on the scientific concepts and is widely accepted by the scientific community. The Gaia hypothesis qualifies as a scientific theory in the study of geo-physiology and different point of aspect of study.