10 Things We Never Knew About The Sun

Honestly, I copied these from friendster's bulletin message (Arip). So, I thought it'll be cool if I posted in here ;) Enjoy!

1. We all think of the sun as being yellow or orange in color, but in reality, it is white. The yellow tones we see are actually due to aphenomenon known as "atmospherics cattering."

2. The sun is the brightest star in our galaxy right? Wrong. While most stars in the Milky Way galaxy are considered "red dwarfs" (relatively smaller and cooler stars),approximately 15% of the stars in the galaxy are brighter than our sun.

3. We may picture that all the planets in our galaxy orbit around the sun,while the sun is essentially still. Actually the sun orbits the galactic center of the Milky Way galaxy, completing a revolution every 225 to 250 million years.

4. The sun is basically a giant nuclear fusion reactor. Its energy is derived from the nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into the gas helium.

5. Scientists have just learned that the sun's magnetic field is vastly more active than previously thought. The Japanese satellite Hinode, launched in September 2006, began sending images back to earth in March 2007 showing dynamic gas movement through the sun's outer layers. Astronomers have hailed the discoveries, predicting an entirely new area of study will form based on the new data.

6. Many characteristics of the sunstill puzzle modern scientists, such as the question: why is the sun's outer atmosphere measured at 1 million degrees K, while the surface is arelatively cool 6,000 K?

7. The ultraviolet light in the sun's rays is antiseptic, meaning it can kill microorganisms that cause infections.

8. Stonehenge, constructed roughly 3,000 years BC in what is now Great Britain, was likely an early scientific observatory built to measure the sun's movement across the sky (in reality, the Earth's movement) so they could predict astronomical phenomena.

9. We owe the structure of the 24-hour day to ancient Egypt's stories of their sun-god Ra, who was believed to spend the night hours traveling between the 12 domains of the dark underworld, and the light hours between the 12 domains of the day.

10. Scientists believe the sun will eventually die by turning into a "red giant." Sometime before that, the sun's mass will diminish as the outer layers expand, pushing the Earth and other planets further away from it but not before our water is boiled away and atmosphere obliterated. (But cheer up, this is likely to around 4 to 5billion years from now.)

ReUnion: Once In '04

Pejam-celik, dah 3 thn aku dah tinggalkan SDASA(Hell on Earth). Aku nak buat event ReU ni pon atas dasar permintaan ramai. Aku pon xpaham, nape laa korg nak sgt buat ReU ni.

Memandangkan SDASA dah jadi suatu komuniti, sehubungan itu, aku nak teruskan usaha tu jadi kenyataan. Segala informasi yg korg nak tau, dgn dukacitanya, aku xdapat nak berikan. Sebabnya, aku nak event ni untuk sume. Dgn kata lain, aku nak sume org selesa & boleh menghadirkan diri nanti.

Event ni aku nak buat besar2 (kalu nak kecik2 boring lak kan?). Jadi, kun-faya-kun, kalu boleh, hulur laa kalu nak dtg...Jgn salah faham, aku xmintak byk. Sequence die senang je....Kalu event nak buat gempak2 tapi sikit org, byk laa kuar duit. Kalu ramai nak dtg, adela something2 nanti. Macam tmpt penginapan ke, happe ke...

Hatta, aku nak korg punye cadangan, pendapat, pandangan, @ sebarang sumbangan buah akal @ buah ape2 pun untuk jayakan projek sengal nih. Details event adalah seperti berikut:-

Rules & Regulation

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- Any SDASAints are welcome

- There's no exception; specific graduation year (as long u did studied in SDASA)

- Korg boleh bawak sape2 yg korg nak. That includes (awek, balak, member, sedara-mara, org yg xdikenali, dikutip, etc.).

- Korg mesti bayar certain amount (*blom confirm lg) untuk event ni.

- Bayaran TIDAK TERMASUK untuk org nak dibawa.

~Subject yet to be confirmed~

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Venue: Perhentian Island (can be discuss)

Date: N/A

Time: N/A

Fees: RM 10 at least laa kot....(negotiatable)

Payment: Bank-In kat org yg diappointedkan (can be discuss)

Segala info baru, aku akan postkan kat sini. Aku akan update dari masa ke masa jika aku rase perlu & ada masa. Kerjasama korg, aku sangat2 laa hargai. Terima Kasih

Sehari Sepekerjaanku

6.30 AM - Aku terjaga, ingat nak solat subuh....tetibe...gelap pandangan...

7.32 AM - ...Cahaya menusuk retinaku...capai handset, tgk masa..."I'm late!!....Xpela...datang lambat lagi laa hari ni...heh heh heh....". Aku bukak PC, set playlist untuk mandi -- Deja Voodoo Spells (I Am What I Am), Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Child, Live Woodstock '69), Steve Vai (The Blues Improvisation), Joe Satriani (Surfing With Aliens).

7.35 AM - Aku capai rokok, berus gigi, tuala dan terus lenggak-lengguk ke bilik air.

7.50 AM - Aku siap² pakai baju, kemas barang nak bawak gi keje sket, duduk depan PC...layan lagu jap....

8.00 AM - Aku turun bawah, buat kopi, masak air, terus siap² nak gerak pegi keje....

9.15 AM - Aku sampai office, punch-in, amik kunci lab, report dgn supervisor aku pasal website, terus pegi lab

9.26 AM - Aku tengah install software untuk program budak², AD aku call, demand buat itu laa ini laa...Aku malas nak bising², jadi laa lembu yang praktikal....Aku carik projektor, cucuk itu ini, sambil install software satu per satu kat PC kat dalam lab tuu....

9.50 AM - Budak² tuu masuk lagi awal dari aku budget..."Fuck!". Ni confirm AD aku tak ingat pesanan aku tadi. Maka, tambah laa keje aku masa tuu. Multi-tasking: jaga budak² kecik umur dalam 5,6 tahun, install software, carik masalah projektor, carik speaker....

12.53 PM - "Done!"...Aku carik water dispenser, teguk air, AD carik aku, suruh buat ini itu (lagi...), aku ye kan aje, turun beli makan, naek atas makan

1.15 PM - Aku tgh makan, aku terdengar suara EMCEE tgh cakap something², "FUCK!!"....Aku berlari carik kerani yang pegang camcorder, lari turun pegi venue untuk shoot video Chinese Wedding pulak...

2.34 PM - Habis shoot, aku naek atas balik....sambung makan..."Indah gile makan paha ayam!"...Aku imagine ratah daging ayam tuu cam daging AD aku...Haa~...Aku tenang balik...Lepas tuu, aku godek² internet....

3.36 PM - Aku mengantuk gile....Tgk jam, baru pukul bape....Ade lagi 30min aku nak rehat....Aku pegi bilik Dr. Madhu, tido....ZZzzzzz....

3.55 PM - Aku terjage sebab Kak Lia a.k.a kerani super, masuk bilik....Aku capai camcorder, gerak pegi venue class Mdm. Wei untuk shooting video die (nak kasi HR evaluate)....Sambil shooting, aku blaja bahasa jepun ;) "Hontou Arigatou!"

4.29 PM - Aku naek office balik, aku serah camcorder, borak² dgn lecturer, etc., aku tolong Kak Lia sket....

6.00 PM - Aku baru sedar tgh hujan...*scene lepas ni, inappropriate for story-telling*

6.34 PM - Aku masuk bilik Dr. Madhu, bukak PC die, duduk kat kerusi die....Sedar² aku tgh type ayat nih....So, here I am....Waiting for the rain to stop....It's a sad rain....I dunno why, but something tells me, there's something wrong....Watta heck...Like I care..Balik nih, confirm sampai USJ dalam pukul 8 lebih....hmm....keje aku byk lagi stacked atas meja....It's like non-stop task....Bile aku nak tulis report? Bile aku nak riadah? Bile aku nak ketuk drum?!?? Hmm....sabar jo lahh jang oii....