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With plenties of satellite on the orbit, China may give the excuses that they fucked up on the spring snow storm. However, for a country that well know for its seismic activities, despite with capabilities of conducting underground nuclear test, the “modern” China are failed miserably in the earthquake forecast.

In AC 132, China astronomer, Zhang Hen (张衡 CE 78 - CE 139) has create the first seismic activities detection devices, the houfeng-didongyi (候风地动仪), to detect the time of the quake (with someone stay on shift next to the device) and direction of the quake epic. Although it is not mean to predict earthquake, but allow the central government in the ancient time to prepare the relief support to people hit by the quake.

However, science and politics only click when the condition is right. For thousands of years, the earthquake detection device doesn’t put into much use. And the diagram of the devices is deem lose on the struggle of political changes and Confucianism. The destruction of Confucianism towards Chinese ancient science are on par with Cultural revolutions. It is not a surprise most of the tools,setup, formula,diagrams are not distribute widely, but through family traits, which highly susceptible to loses due to war.

Perhaps someday, some ancient devices diagram will reappear in some emperor tomb.

One day, I will get my some palm reading advise.

It seems every time I work in outstation, I must wakeup early. While those “break” day on the outstation, I have little chance to take tour around, but fall sick, or some emergency happens and cancel the touring trips.

Sigh.

It is either Ipoh people are not fancy about wireless broadband, or all those Ipoh broadband hordes are stay in Klang Valley now.

Got HSDPA (max speed 4Mbps) connection around the Ipoh area. That is almost impossible HSDPA consistently in Subang – Damansara area.

The primary and secondary school open for 200+ days per year, 100 times more students to take care.

On the other hand, Malaysia Nasional service , despite running 100 times more budget per camp, open no more than 95 days per stint, having 100 times less people to take care compare to school, just break the record on the death ratio.

(Picture source, Scott blog , Malaysian National Service VS. Iraq War: 46 Times Less Lethal

Here is the record show in Wikipedia onTrainee Fatalities while serving Khidmat Negara.

Chinese parent love to say this when they scold their children, “It is better born a Char-Siew than give birth to you”. Well, they better beware, their cuss might come true, just by sending their children into NS camp.

Now I wonder, if parent start buying life insurance for their children, will Malaysia insurance company add a column “Join NS camp” to underwrite the new risk?

Situation in Burma are dwindle down, the military regime Junta officially refuse aid distribution by foreign aid workers. The rejection has supplies many. It seems this is “yet another iron fist” practice exercising by Myanmar military Junta, but I think otherwise. It show hint that Myanmar Junta are badly hit by Nargis . Denying foreign aid working on distribution might mean more : A large portion of Myanmar military might have been WIPE OUT by Nargis, and a large portion of army supplies are either damage or even destroy. The Junta are short in hand, food supplies and military supplies. Without the supplies channel into Myanmar to relief the Junta military, mutiny are imminent in Myanmar. Cyclone Nargis direct landfall on Irrawardy Delta means a lot destruction. Besides destroying the rice field, Navy forces that along the coast line will take heavy casualties if the Cyclone warning doesn’t reach the Navy. In addition, the badly hit administration division are Ayeyawady Division, Yangon Division and Bago division, with total 20,268 among 65,148 villages in Myanmar. This mean the 3 division reside 31% of Myanmar population. To control the capital city Yangon, the military Junta present will be exceptionally high in the 3 highly populated administration division. As some Myanmar people claim,”Where is all the army when we need them”, perhaps they spell out the truth : Cyclone Nargis might have wipe out a portion of Junta military force and supplies. Mynamar Junta refusal on foreign aid worker are merely step to prevent the International community to learn the Junta conditions in Myanmar. Next week, we will know how bad Myanmar will become, if ASEAN refuse to invetervent.