Malaysian Railways

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Introduction
Long time ago, when I was 9 years old, I joined a school trip to Kuala Lumpur. We went there by train. I far as I remembered, it was a very long journey. The train departs at 11pm and we reached KL Sentral 8 hours later! It was very exhausting when we know that we stop on every station (Bukit Mertajam, Simpang Empat, Parit Buntar, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Sungai Siput, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Tapah, Tanjung Malim) and  a lot of sub-stations in the middle of nowhere. But it was 10 years ago.

Recently I have the opportunity to try the brand new Keretapi Tanah Melayu Electric Train System (ETS). Two weeks before that I tried the old-fashioned KTM "Ekspress Rakyat"(KTM Intercity)  from Butterworth to my village near Kampar. Now I have the latest experience on Malaysian railways transportation.

The brand new ETS

The ETS train obviously faster than the Intercity service train. According to a newspaper report, ETS train, which is designed by Mitsubishi and Hyundai, can reach the maximum operational speed of 160km/h. But the standard operation speed is 140km/h. From Ipoh station, you will reach KL sentral station in 2 hours and 30 minutes. The train have too much stations (14 stations all of them), so they cannot maintain the speed of 140km/h throughout the journey. Supposedly the train will reach KL Sentral in 1 hour and 30 minutes. 

There was one time that KTM have Platinum service that will stop on three stations :Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and KL Sentral. The platinum service will bring us to the last station with no time. (1hr 45mins). But, starting 1st October the Platinum service was terminated leaving Gold (2 hrs 14mins) and Silver (2 hrs 30 mins) services.

KTM Intercity

Next, we move to the KTM intercity service. The journey from Butterworth to Kampar will take 4 hours. From this data, we can calculate the average speed of the Intercity train. (the 4 hours includes the journey and time when we stop at the station). So, the average speed of the train is 52km/h. From what I have observed, the train still use generator locomotive. The car was made by Hyundai.

This slow and unpopular train still being the number one choice for average citizen and students. Moreover, this train is suitable for the passenger who want to enjoy the scenery of  the authentic Malaysia. From Butterworth, we will pass through Bukit Merah scenic lake. We can see that the railway is on the middle of the lake. If we see it from the lake bank, the train is floating on the middle of the lake. Then, we can see various of flora species throughout the journey. The Malaysian village background also a common scene if we ride the train.

The sophisticated one

The fastest train operating in Malaysia is the Express Rail Link that connects Kuala Lumpur and the international airport in Sepang. This train is supplied by Siemens- a company from Germany, can reach the maximum operational speed of 175km/h (The actual operating speed is 160km/h). This is the most advanced train in Malaysia since it is fast, reliable and, the most important, it is equipped with 4G free wifi. 

ERL administration had announced that they will build a 2 km extension to the next generation of Low Cost Airport, KLIA 

Conclusion

To put it together, Malaysia still have a moderate railway system and a lot of thing need to be improved. The state-of-the-art railway system is concentrated on the big cities such as Kuala Lumpur and a few places in Selangor. LRT, Monorails, KTM Kommuter and ERL. I hope the electrification of North Malaysian Line will finish on the schedule so that the rakyat can use the facility frequently. I admit that Malaysian railway system is far behind from the Japanese system. Their excellent intercity service  with the speed of 130km/h are very accurate and punctual. In addition, their Shinkansen train should be a model of our country train technology. The latest Shinkansen train that was introduced in 2009 operates at the speed of 310km/h. The use of centralized train control that manages all train operations and tasks relating to train movement, track, station and schedule should be implimented in our country railway system.

On top of all, I'm proud of the government efforts to transform the Malaysian railway system to the better one but I believe they can do better for the sake of rakyat.

This is a video I made to expose people to our raillways. View in HD!

Photo essay - Le Tour De Langkawi

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Pecutan terakhir -The Last Sprint (hakcipta terpelihara kpd pemilik blog)

Pecutan terakhir. Pecutan terakhir ialah fasa yg paling penting utk peserta-peserta Le Tour De Langkawi. Hal ini kerana pecutan ini mungkin dapat merubah nasib mereka. Pecutan  inilah yg mungkin menyebabkan mereka berjaya mendapat tempat pertama dan percutan inilah yg mungkin menyebabkan mereka kecundang. Gambar ini diambil ketika para peserta sedang melakukan pecutan utk 200 meter yg terakhir. Di dalam gambar ini kita boleh lihat, pemenang bagi fasa 2 Le Tour De Langkawi, Andrea Guardini (yg berbaju kuning, 4 dari kanan) masih lagi ketinggalan dibelakang Boris Shpilevsky ( yg memakai baju biru putih, 5 dari kanan) yg akhirnya hanya berpuas hati di tempat kedua. Hal ini menunjukkan bahawa Andrea Guardini mempunyai semangat juang yg tinggi yg mampu memaksa dirinya utk terus memecut lebih laju lalu dapat merangkul gelaran juara bagi fasa ke-2 ini. Bak kata orang tua-tua, pantang mati sebelum ajal, pantang berpatah sebelum berjuang.

Namun begitu, pecutan terakhir juga bukan sahaja fasa yg paling  penting bagi peserta Le Tour De Langkawi dan juga atlet lumba yg lain, tetapi pecutan terakhir juga sangat penting bagi para pelajar yg hendak menduduki peperiksaan, sama ada peperiksaan di peringkat sekolah mahupun peperiksaan awam. Hal ini kerana pecutan akhir inilah yg menjadi batu loncatan kepada kita untuk menggapai kejayaan di masa akan datang.

Oleh itu, saya ingin berpesan pada diri saya dan rakan-rakan serta adik-adik di luar sana supaya jangan mudah mengalah, terutamanya di dalam pelajaran.  Selain itu, janganlah kita meninggalkan kelas-kelas tambahan yang cikgu buat di saat terakhir kerana mungkin pada saat itulah para guru mungkin memberi sedikit tips yang dapat membantu kita di dalam peperiksaan. Janganlah kita mudah perputus asa di peringkat awal dan contohilah semangat juang yg tinggi yg dimiliki Andrea Guardini yg masih tidak mengaku kalah walaupun masih ketinggalan sehingga 200 meter yg terakhir!

Ke terengganu

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Eeh? Jauhnya, ke terengganu! buat apa? Kat sana ada kem astronomi anjuran jabatan mufti pulau pinang..Selama beberapa hari di sana saya dapat menonjolkan ilmu falak yang telah dipelajari selama ini. Oleh itu , dalam pertandingan pembentangan , kumpulan saya mendapat tempat ke 3! Woo hoo! Tetapi tahniah juga kepada adilla dan izzati afiqah sbb kumpulan masing2 mendapat tempat pertama dan kedua. (Oh, mungkin sbb kehandalan diorang blah! blah! blah! -.-" ). Di sana dapat banyak pengalaman seperti melihat teleskop gaban milik KUZA (RM2x10^7!!) , berjumpa dengan org yg smart cm EN AHMAD TAUFAN , memiliki rubu' mujayyab sendiri dan bermacam2 lagi!

Sayangnya , masa kat terengganu tu , hujan x berhenti henti... jadi x dapat banyak berkarya sbb takut kamera kena air hujan.. Tetapi saya x kan menghampakan pembaca. Ada beberapa gambar yang menarik utk dikongsi.

hah!

mana satu nak ikut?

dari terengganu terbang ke KL

style...bokeh kat blakang..

taman tamadun islam

sekian saja! woo

p/s : kenapa ang cadang nama aku jd penghulu!!

Apakah ini benar ?- seorang ahli astronomi menjawab..

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Sekarang ni banyak spam yang menyatakan tsunami akan terjadi pada 22 Julai 2009.
Sila ikuti kupasan dan kajian yang dibuat oleh saya.

pertama sekali kita perlu kaji bagaimana tsunami terjadi.

"tsunami can be generated when converging or destructive plate boundaries abruptly move and vertically displace the overlying water"

kemudian kita perlu kaji apakah gerhana matahari dan apakah kesannya.

" Gerhana matahari ialah sebuah fenomena angkasa yang berlaku pada masa tertentu apabila bulan akan bertindih dengan matahari dalam satu garis yang lurus"

Apakah logik gerhana matahari dapat melakukan tsunami?

Semuanya tidak logik. Kita sudah tahu tsunami berlaku apabila plat tektonik bumi bergerak dan menyebabkan air berkocak dan menjadi gelombang.

Konklusinye...

1.macamana gerhana matahari dapat menyebabkan plat tektonik bumi bergerak?

2.dalam perkhabaran , negara seperti malaysia , filipina hinggalah sri lanka akan menerima tempias tsunami itu. Ini bermakna tsunami ini memerlukan plat tektonik yang besarrrr gile untuk menghasilkan tsunami yang 'ditempiasi' oleh negara2 ini. Kalo x caye sila TELITI peta ini

**untuk memudahkan citer, kalo tsunami merangkumi negara2 ni , malaysia pon habih hancoq walaupun anda dok kat gentinghighlands!

http://media.maps.com/magellan... nic.gif

"To create a tsunami that will even reach the Malaysia's eastern beaches, an extremely powerful earthquake must

occur. If it occurs in the South China Sea, with Indonesia blocking, how can it reach India??? If can reach India

, then Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia will be demolished. No need to stay away from beaches also mati!"

**Ini diterbitkan untuk melawan spam yang mengarut dan menggelabahkan orang yg kurang ilmu, jadi JANGAN PANIK. kalo nak jadi , x pe , sistem amaran tsunami jepon amat cekap. sampai maklumat dlm 1 saat!**

Woo hoo

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Ahh seronok giler x yah g kem... maknanya aku dpt g USM!! Apa aku buat di sana?
Haa.. kami diberi penghormatan untuk mengendalikan sebuah gerai . Ada apa kat USM? Untuk memperkenalkan muzium galeri tunku fauziah (USM) mereka telah membuat pelbagai rancangan. Salah satunya ialah karnival seni dan sains .

--TransformasI--

di sini ada beberapa gambar yang best untuk dikongsi ... yang selebihnye boleh tengok di galeri photobucket saya d http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq133/Cickarn/jun%202009/ [kalo x jumpa jugak x tau ler]



--TransformasI--

APa yang transformasi ?
Dalam penglibatan saya kat event ni ... saya dapati

1. Pengalaman jaga booth
2. Pengalaman berjumpa dengan macam2 orang
3. Masuk galeri SENI tapi ada SAINS
4. Perkembangan cosplay di malaysia..
5. FIRST TIME PEGANG SLR TUUUUU [)(@&^$%&%^%@&%&()@)$!$&!!!!]
6. Sedar d malaysia ni masih banyak awek..
7. Falsafah fotografi '"([{-merakam kenangan terindah-}])"'

uish.. bestnye dpt bergambo dgn cosplayer.. sukacita untuk dimaklumkan org yg d bwk topeng ni ialah sechantique ni...

tengok? cantik tak?

Dr. Danial Zainal Abidin yang berilmu pun turut serta dalam acara ni

Ah Boy, kurator booth SMKA Al-Irshad. aka pedagang rempah
(dacing tu guna utk timbang rempah..)

Satu jam untuk bumi

Karam Singh Valia dan Lynn Lim

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Pernahkah saudara menonton iklan ini?



Sejarah

Program ini bermula di Sydney, Australia pada tahun 2007 dimana 2.2 juta rumah dan kilang-kilang menutup lampu
mereka selama satu jam. Pada 2008 mesej ini telah berkembang dengan pesat dengan 50 juta orang menutup lampu di
mereka. Semua mercu tanda dunia seperti rumah Opera di Australia , Jambatan di San Francisco , Colloseum di Rom
dan lain lain di dalam kegelapan. Pada tahun ini , program Earth Hour talah melangkah ke hadapan dengan harapan
1 bilion rumah menutup lampu mereka sebagai tanda mengundi bumi. [undi bumi daripada undi pemanasan global]
Sebanyak 74 negara telah menjujukkan sokongan yang padu bagi menjayakan program ini dan angka ini bertambah
hari demi hari.

Tenaga yang dijimatkan

Maklumat daripada WWF Thailand, Bankon telah mengurangkan kadar penggunaan eletrik sebanyak 73.34 megawatts ,iaitu bersamaan dengan 41.6 tan karbon Dioksida. Angka ini lebih kecil daripada kempen yang hampir serupa oleh Majlis Bandaran Bankok pada Mei dua tahun lalu dimana 530 megawatts- per jam telah dijimatkan dan 143 tan pengeluaran karbon dioksida dapat dihalang.

Lagi daripada petikan ini dari wikipedia;

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.

In Dubai, where external lighting on several major city landmarks was turned off and street lighting in selected areas was dimmed by 50%, the Electricity and Water Authority reported savings of 100 megawatt-hours of electricity. This represented a 2.4% reduction in demand compared to before the hour began.

The best result was from Christchurch, New Zealand. The city reported a drop of 13% in electricity demand. However, Transpower reported that New Zealand's power consumption during Earth Hour was 335 megawatts, higher than the 328 megawatt average of the previous two Saturdays.^[18] Melbourne, Australia saved 10.1% of electricity. Sydney, being the city that participated both 2007 and 2008 Earth Hour, cut 8.4% electricity consumption. This is less than last year's 10.2%, however Earth Hour executive director Andy Ridley made the claim that after factoring margin of error, the participation in this city is the same as last year.

The worst result was from Calgary, Canada. The city's power consumption actually went up 3.6% at the hour's peak electricity demand. In Calgary, however, where weather plays a large role in power consumption, the city experienced weather 12°C colder than the previous Saturday's recorded temperature.

The event was interpreted as tokenism, and some focused on the reduction of carbon emissions, whether the significant reduction in electricity consumption reported occurred at all, and questionable coverage of the event by the media conglomerate that sponsored it. It should be noted that the Earth Hour is very similar to the grassroots Earth Day Energy Fast, which from 1991 to 2007 proposed going completely without man-made energy each Earth Day. Earth Day Energy Fast was folded in 2007 since the campaign's founder claimed it was "too late" for such a campaign to have meaningful impact.

The United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Bali made clear that signatories to the Kyoto Protocol accept that greenhouse gas emissions reductions of from 25 to 40% are necessary by 2020 to reduce the impact of global warming which is causing sea level rise and numerous other problems. In that context Earth Hour is at worst tokenism or at best creating awareness to lead to further steps like switching to green power from sources such as wind power, solar power, or nuclear power, and away from electricity produced by burning fossil fuels like coal, natural gas and petroleum.

According to figures from EnergyAustralia, a local utility, mains electricity consumption for the 2007 event in Sydney was 2% lower during the Hour than would be expected given the time, weather conditions and past four years' consumption patterns. The Herald Sun equated this with "taking 48,613 cars off the road for 1 hour." Critics, most notably Columnist Andrew Bolt, labelled this as "A cut so tiny is trivial - equal to taking six cars off the road for a year". In context, the six cars equates to there being six fewer cars on the road at any given point of time in the day or night. In response to this criticism, the organisers of Earth Hour counter that "If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year." and they also note that the main goal of Earth Hour is to create awareness around climate change issues and "to express that individual action on a mass scale can help change our planet for the better." and not about the specific energy reductions made during the hour being all that's required.

The 10.2% figure was itself challenged in a detailed analysis by David Solomon, a finance student at the University of Chicago. Solomon used eight years of electricity usage data to conclude that the Earth Hour-inspired drop was 6.33%, and that after other potential factors were taken into account, 2.10%, "statistically indistinguishable from zero." In some areas in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be twilight at 8 p.m., removing some of the advantages of the event.

David Soloman claims that 2007 Earth Hour cut Sydney's mains electricity consumption by 2.1%. Earth Hour 2008 was held internationally on 29 March 2008 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. local time, marking the first anniversary of the event with many partner cities and individuals around the world participating.

Peranan Anda

Apa yang anda perlu buat ialah menutup lampu selama satu jam iaitu dari pukul 8.30 malam hingga pukul 9.30 malam
pada hari sabtu , 28 mac 2009!

Contoh badan-badan yang menyokong program ini.

-1 utama shopping centre
-Air Asia
-Astro
-Bursa Malaysia
-belambak lagi!

Oleh itu, marilah kita bersama-sama menentukan masa hadapan generasi kita yang akan datang!

Siri Holiday in Malaysia -- Melaka

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Lepas melilau2 kat Port Dickson serta tempat2 sekitar, kami terus ke Melaka, bandar bersejarah..Hari pertama banyak melilau kat Rembau cari makam2 raja2 dulu2.. Sy sampai kat hotel pd kul 4 ari isnin. Malam tu berjalan di persisir sg Melaka.

Untung, kebetulan plak ada pesta tanglung [tapi eletrik nyer]. Cantiknyeee. Dengan kamera yang tepat dan tangkas sy mengambil gambar gambar ,gambar. Esoknye masuk muzium TLDM. Seronok...Tp ada 1 benda yg x seronok. Diorang kunci bilik koleksi senjata.

Sy pun tanya ler brader tu. Dia kata senjata yg pernah dipamerkan kt situ ialah senjata yg masih idop. Kalo ada org yg pro sket , bolehler guna tp skrg simpan dan bukan di sana lg . Pastu kami zoom ke muzium samudera , naik river cruise , menara taming sari , masuk muzium rakyat , muzium UMNO. Malam tu sy berkesempatan gi ekspo barangan tempatan. Tp henpon buatan m'sia x de jual pn?

Itulah. Saya menyeru kepada rakyat m'sia supaya bergilah bercuti dalam M'sia sbb kita pun x habis pusing negara sendiri. Tgk la, sy dh 3 ari kat Melaka tp x habis pun! Ada lg yg menarik. "Cuti2 Malaysia, banyak yang nak dilawati, banyak yang hendak diterokai"

Penerangan gambar

1.Miniature, daripada atas menara taming sari!

2.penumpang kepada bot di hadapan. Time tu tgh ujan

3.Pekerja membaiki tembok sg Melaka. Edited version. Sama cm pameran fotografi di menara taming sari.

4.Pesta tanglung di mlm ari

5. Flora de Mar. Kapal di mlm hri

Siri Holiday in Malaysia-- Port Dickson

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Huaaa. Tahun ni pergi lagi Port Dickson tapi dengan kamera baru.. Apa lagi.. sepanjang percutian ni ada 400 gambar yang telah di tangkap termasuklah 8 video. Sampai Port Dickson pada ari ahad pd kul 12.30 mlm. Huuu. Esok paginya buat tahi mata puas2. Siapa kata Port Dickson ni tarikan dia pantai je? Muzium tentera , makam Raja Melewar , Kompleks sejarah kat Rembau dll. Pergi tempat2 ni dapat macam2 maklumat. Dekat kompleks sejarah , baru ler kita sedar punyalah orang melayu nak beraja , sampai sanggup pergi jemput raja dari Sumatera? Sekarang dah terbalik.. orang dh x mo raja. Muzium tentera? Menandingi keseronokannya jika dibandingkan dengan pergi Genting Highland. Sebab? Sebab kedai cenderamata dia ada mcm 2 barang tentera .Just name it. Topi? Baju? Lencana? Aaadaa. Kalo pandai ayat dpt diskaun .Masa saya pergi pd Isnin minggu lepas, dia tutup plak. Nasib baik ada benda lebih menarik : melihat Askar melayu berlatih berkawat! Pegang m4 plak tuh. Hampir keseluruhan perjalanan kawat tu sy videokan. Tp ada plak guard tu datang bwk styer kata jangan amik gambar. Gila hapa? Sy pon masukkan cam dlm handbag mak. . Citer panjang pun x guna mari kita proceed kpd gambar..

Geng : Penembaraan Bermula bersama upin dan ipin

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Pada 12.02.2009 , bermulalah tayangan cerita Geng : pengembaraan bermula bersama upin dan ipin di panggung-panggung wayang di seluruh negara
Ha? Tak tahu pasal cerita ni? Aii ruginya ...Tak pe la.. mari saya beritahu anda..

Geng ? Cerita apa tu?
Geng ialah sebuah cerita animasi 3D BUATAN MALAYSIA yang diterbitkan oleh Les' Copaque production yg brtapak di Shah Alam.
Cerita ini mengisahkan dua orang pemuda daripada bandar pulang ke kampung. Mereka telah bertemu dengan Upin dan Ipin serta ramai lagi watak cerita ini.
Tak payah panjang cerita ... kita usha trailer dia..



Hehehee...mesti anda tertarik dengan filem buatan anak watan ni kan? Kalau nak tahu lebih lebih lebih...lagi kita tengok The Making of Geng

The Making part 1


The Making part 2


The Making part 3


haa.... video-video di atas mempunyai bannnyyyakk maklumat pasal citer ni. Kan? Kan?

Saya dengar pasal syarikat Les' Copaque..saya nak tahu lebih tentangnya.
Les' Copaque Production Sdn Bhd ialah sebuah syarikat penerbitan dan studio animasi 3D berstatus MSC yang bertapak di Shah Alam, Selangor. Les Copaque bukan sahaja mengerjakan bidang animasi, malah menjadi syarikat, pembikinan penuh yang juga melibatkan pengemukaan idea, rakaman suara dan pascapenerbitan yang disertakan dengan karya animasinya. Studio ini banyak melibatkan tenaga kerja dari bakat-bakat muda.

Eeehh? Les' Copaque? Nama cam diambil dari bahasa Perancis je..nape dari Malaysia plak?
Ahaha!! Diorang menamekan studio diorang sempena 1 perkataan bahasa Melayu "last kopek" yang bermaksud "peluang terakhir" dan ditukar ejaan menjadi seolah-olah bahasa Perancis.Diorang memang kreatif..sbb tu la diorang dapat menghasilkan filem yg baik!

Haa.. Bagi sesiapa yang ada laman web bolehlah promotekan hasil2 diorang dengan memaparkan banner cm ni


dan banyak lagi yang anda boleh dapati di http://www.lescopaque.com/onlinekits/index.html atau klik sini.

Selain daripada cerita ni diorang [Les' Copaque] ada membuat 1 citer animasi 3D yang bertajuk Upin Dan Ipin yang disiarkan di TV9. Kepada yang ingin tengok citer ni daripasa musim pertama ,boleh usha2 kat laman web rasmi Upin dan Ipin di http://www.upindanipin.com.my/ ataupun search kat youtube!

Kalau rase maklumat kat sini masih tak menepati kehendak anda sila ikuti pautan luar:

1.Blog Les' Copaque Production @ http://gengmovie.blogspot.com/2008/11/lawatan-karangkraf-g3-dan-majalah-pc.html
2. Laman web rasmi Geng @ http://www.gengthemovie.com/
3. World of Geng @ http://www.upindanipin.com.my/worldofgeng/index.html
4. Laman web rasmi Upin dan Ipin @ http://www.upindanipin.com.my/
5. Forum laman web rasmi Les' Copaque @ http://www.lescopaque.com/forum/
6. Laman web INGAT @ http://www.ingat.com.my/
7. Les' Copaque Training centre @ http://www.lescopaque.com/training/
8. Geng media kits @ http://www.lescopaque.com/onlinekits/
dan mestilah laman web rasmi Les' Copaque yg termahsyur di http://www.lescopaque.com/index.html

Huaa panjang citer kali ni. Saya harapkan Les' Copaque membawakan lebih banyak citer yg gempak2 pada masa akan datang...
Sokonglah Animasi Tempatan!!!