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Its ridiculous how long I havent written.

I hate it when people cough in lectures. Can't hear the lecturer.

This is Halloween...

A lunar eclipse on May 15, 2003, photographed by Loyd Overcash of Houston, Texas.

October 13, 2004: According to folklore, October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon." It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of the wood.

The Blood Moon rises this year on Wednesday, Oct. 27th. At first it will seem pale and cold, as usual. And then ... blood red.

It's a lunar eclipse. Beginning at 9:14 p.m. EDT (6:14 p.m. PDT), the moon will glide through Earth's shadow for more than three hours. Observers on every continent except Australia (ed: ARGH @#$%^!!!!??????)can see the event: The pale-white moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red during totality.

What makes the eclipsed moon turn red? The answer lies inside Earth's shadow: (ed: this is a compicated answer...if you're not in for a read, go to the website...they have a self explanatory image which i can't paste here)
Our planet casts a long shadow. It starts on the ground--Step outside at night. You're in Earth's shadow. Think about it!--and it stretches almost a million miles into space, far enough to reach the moon.

Suppose you had a personal spaceship. Here's your mission: Tonight, at midnight, blast off and fly down the middle of Earth's shadow. Keep going until you're about 200,000 miles above Earth, almost to the moon. Now turn around and look down. The view from your cockpit window is Earth's nightside, the dark half of our planet opposite the sun. But it's not completely dark! All around Earth's limb, the atmosphere glows red.

What you're seeing is every sunrise and sunset on Earth--all at once. This ring of light shines into Earth's shadow, breaking the utter darkness you might expect to find there. Turn off the cockpit lights. There's a lovely red glow.

That same red light plays across the moon when it's inside Earth's shadow. The exact color depends on what's floating around in Earth's atmosphere. Following a volcanic eruption, for instance, dust and ash can turn global sunsets vivid red. The moon would glow vivid red, too. Lots of clouds, on the other hand, extinguish sunsets, leading to darker, dimmer eclipses.

(source :: http://www.spaceweather.com)

just in a pondering mood...

monkey do...

Y'know whats funny? Walking in the rain, on a ledge, holding an umbrella.

Doesnt sound funny right? Yeah...thinking about it logically, it sounds absolutely normal. But for some reason, I felt like a circus monkey balancing on a unicycle when i walked on the ledge with my umbrella up, the look of utmost concentration on my face.

It was weird.

And funny.

lol.

Archie Comics...

I've got a prac exam tommorow. I'm abit nervous. I'm supposed to be studying but I'm day dreaming. I thought of something bizzare.

When I was a kid, I was really hooked on to Archie comics. Most aussies dont know who he is but everyone in Malaysia will have at least a vague idea. So anyways, its a bunch of teenagers in Riverdale High School (America) and the things they get up to, their "adventures". Its light reading, fun reading and colourful. All archie comics are fully coloured and highly pixelated but hey, who's complaining. :p

I was just thinkiing how I used to think that Archie and "the gang" were so cool and all...and because of that, I still think theyre cool. I still really enjoy reading the comics. But its weird knowing that theyre, in actual fact, now younger than you. :p

I mean, ive been reading these comics since i was 6 years old! I remember doing trades with my friends in primary school. The first friend I ever made in Primary school had like the biggest collection of archie comics ever. hahaha... such memories. I stole one of her comics ;p

So anyways....it just feels weird to grow up seeing them as older, cooler, bla bla but now read it and go... hey. these guys are younger than me!! o.0 I know theyre only comic book characters but geez.....how weird is that feeling!??!????

Mothman Prophesies...

Yknow whats been really stressful lately?

Not exams.... nono not assignents. Not even the weather.

Maybe the weather.

Maybe the fact that the weather has brought out all these moths which creep out from every nook an cranny. I especially ESPECIALLY hate it when they crawl out of your freshly washed laundry. YARGH!

Sometimes, you dont even know its there and you accidently squash it (how traumatising) and its like twitching in your sock or something and theres moth dust all over the place and you gotta wash that sock again...m a n. How traumatising is that!? How gross and shocking and absolutely supercalifragilistically stressful!

Argh. Wish they would leave us alone. What have I ever done to it? All I wanted to do was just to mind my own business and wash my dirty laundry. Is that too much to ask for? T.T

Take away your spies!!!!!!!!!!!! I have nothing for you. NOTHING!!! T.T;

Blue Moon...

"Once in a blue moon..." means seldom or absurd. But, believe it or not, sometimes the moon really does turn blue. This happens when the air is filled with tiny particles about 1 micron (one millionth of a meter) wide. Clouds of water droplets, snowy ice crystals, fine-grained sand, dust or ash: any of these, under the right circumstances, can act like a blue filter. Seen through such a cloud, the moon looks blue. (Get the full story from Science@NASA.)

"There are other reasons for odd-looking moons", notes atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley. "Our eyes have automatic 'white balances' just like digital cameras. Go outdoors from a cosy cabin lit by an oil lamp (yellow light) and the moon will appear blue until your eyes adjust."

:: excerpt and picture taken from www.spaceweather.com ::

*cricket...cricket...*

Yknow how in some cartoons, they make cricket sounds just to emphasise the silence....like if some guy tells a joke and there isnt a response etc. Hahaha...

Anyways, I was walking home tday and I heard these crickets chirping. I felt happy.... and warm inside. In Malaysia where it is always hot, the serenade of the cricket orchestra is ever constant, and welcomed background music to the everyday (or night) events. In Australia, however, the unfortunate phenomenon known as "the four seasons" (seasonings?) prevents the crickets from being too active. Its something that you dont notice even when missing.

I dunno. I guess I kinda felt more at home when I heard the crickets... reminded me of all the silly things I used to do as a kid ... or early teenager. The night was my only refuge then. When all things had rested....including my turmoiled soul.

Its nice to have them back.... welcome back crickets. :)

A little birdy told me...

Due to the latest photos of my darlings, there have been advertisements on the side bar claiming that a new formula had been created to help fight against the Candida yeast, which can cause a multitude of infections such as thrush. Indeed, it had been an old wives tale that eating yoghurt would help its symptoms due to the probiotic effect of the Lactobacillus. It was always viewed as an alternative treatment and was even recommended by pharmacists.

However, latest research from the University of Melbourne shows that it doesn't actually have any effect on reducing symptoms of thrush or preventing it. The paper was published this year in the British Medical Journal and is available for free public viewing, or I can send it to you by email because I have it on my computer. Marie Pirotta et al. treated patients with Lactobacillus powder (for a more consistent concentration of bacteria) and with placebo powder and found that those that had been treated were no less likely to develop post-antibiotic vulvoanginitis than those treated with the placebo.

So anyways, just thought I'd bring my readers up to date about these things. Don't always trust advertisements. :p

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oh well. back to school .back to assignments and stress. my holiday week felt quite stressful. I dont feel all that relaxed. maybe my uni life is not stressful enough. maybe the lines have blurred into each other. ARGH. This is annoying. I dont wanna go back to uni x.x