KWN
My daughter Nurul Hafizah attended the KWN workshop organized by Panasonic from 24/5/2007 until 25/5/2007. The workshop is to prepare the students for making videos for Kids Witness News (KWN) competition. The trainers were Habsah Hassan, Othman Hafsham and others from the film industry. The kids had really fun-filled 2 days of training.
I will post some of the photos later.
Open Sesame...
| You Are 78% Open |
You're a pretty open person - and you don't mind sharing the good, bad, and sometimes ugly.
And while sometimes you do catch yourself blabbing on, you usually exhibit restraint.
You're openness is quite refreshing, and it encourages other people to be open with you! |
Miami
Never lived in other cities except Miami - for six years in 1984-1990
| American Cities That Best Fit You:: |
| 70% Austin |
| 65% Miami |
| 60% Seattle |
| 55% Honolulu |
| 50% Denver |
INTP
| Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP) |
Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant.
Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men
You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving. |
Not That Weird After All
I was classified as a wierdo in school but ....
| You Are 30% Weird |
Not enough to scare other people...
But sometimes you scare yourself. |
Nerd? No, not Me
I am not that nerdy after all....
| You Are 36% Nerdy |
 You're a little nerdy, but no one would ever call you a nerd.You sometimes get into nerdy things, but only after they've become a part of mainstream culture. |
EID MUBARAK
SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI kepada semua kaum muslimin daripada kami (Eid Mubarak to all muslims from all of us).
The photo of my kids and their grandma was taken during our visit to my sister's house in Bangi.
The guy with the skull cap must be me then?
This is the photo of my youngest brother, my mother and my only sister (same-mother-same-father that is) together with my mother and my two youngest daughters.
My other brother (also from same father and same mother stock) is celebrating hari raya in Kelantan.
(Note: I have 13 brothers and sisters all together, the eldest is 62 years old. 4 had passed away)
NCAA Football Is Here Again
University of Miami started its 2007 campaign on a low note by losing to Florida State University 14-10 on September 4.
This year I am not going to post as many as last season. But I still post a few scores.
At Last - Completed
I am pretty quiet lately.
At last, I have completed my PhD proposal and submitted for evaluation before going for Comprehensive Examination.
IIUM's PhD in Engineering program is a bit wierd, before students can proceed for proposal defence (i.e., comprehensive examination), we need to discuss 5 topics with 5 different potential PhD supervisors - eventhough we already have our main topic to do research on. So, if we want to do a proper job, we need to at least do some research (i.e., literature review) for each five topics. I did that and took me some time to complete.
If approved, I will be sitting for my Comprehensive Exam by end of September 2006 and if go through I will start my research immediately after that. In order to get some sponsorship for my research, I need to complete my TechnoFund application by September 12, 2006.
My area of research? Well, it has to do with
Real Time Object Detection, Object Tracking and Activity Recognition in Video Image Sequence. The application can be in surveillance system such as at airports, can be in automatic film censorship and rating system, and many other areas such as in medical and Military. My interest is more in Military applications.
Kakak's Golf Tournament
Kakak (
pic: most right) competed in the MSSK (Majlis Sukan Sekolah-sekolah Kelantan) Golf Tournament on 28-29 March 2006 and got Third Placing. She did not get to represent Kelantan (MSSM Golf competition will be held in Melaka) due to her score (eventhough qualify to represent Kelantan, but it is better for her to wait next year - even if selected she would have to miss it due to her prior commitment to represent her school in Public Speaking Competition which to be held almost at the same time in Pahang).
The competition was her first time and for the first round she did very bad due to unfamiliarity with the course and also new golf clubs used (also it was the first time where she had to cart her own golf bag and no caddie). For the second round, I decided to be her caddie. She did well for the second round but her tee-off let her down.
Top two players were already represented Kelantan last year and both of them will again be playing for the state. The winner Siti Salbiah (
pic: most left) is a very good player even my own golf buddies could lose to her ;-)
What was in the bag?Driver: Callaway Steelhead 11 degree
Fairway Woods: Callaway Great Big Bertha II #3 & #5
Irons: Mizuno Mira #4 - PW, SW
Putter: Odyssey White Steel 2-Ball Blade
After the competition I took Kakak back to KL and decided to have an hour lesson with Coach Tony.
I also got her a new driver. What is in her bag currently: Let see....
Driver: Callaway X460 11 degree with Fujikura shaft
Fairway Woods: Callaway Great Big Bertha II #3 with Grafalloy Prolaunch 45 shaft & #5 with GBB gems shaft
Irons: Callaway Steelhead X-14 #3-PW, SW all with Grafalloy Attacklite shaft
Putter: Odyssey White Steel 2-Ball Blade
Swing Analysis
Kakak went for a one-hour golf lesson with Tony on Sunday 12/3/2006. Tony was pleseantly surprised with Kakak's swing mechanics even though Kakak stopped going for lesson for the last two years.
Tony asked Kakak to hit a few balls so that he can video tape the swing and load the video into the computer for analysis (to compare her swing with Tiger Woods and Ernie Els). Photo below showed Kakak and Tony during the swing analysis.
The photo below showed the swing sequence with some marking made by Tony to point out some areas which need improvement.
The first frame (top) showed Kakak's arms were close together and this need to be improve. The first frame of the second row showed her "casting" problem where the arm is not corked enough which result in early release.
In the next swing sequence, Kakak was taped from the side.
In this sequence Kakak was shown to have problems in gripping the club (second frame top - her finger was shown to be dangling) and the hip was not pependicular to the target line (second frame bottom) which indicated she did not rotate properly during impact.
Play Golf
I played 27 holes of golf last Friday.
In the morning, I played 9 holes of golf with Kakak. We paid for 18-hole but since Kakak's game was not up to my expectation, we decided to stop half-way.
After Friday prayer, I played 18-hole of golf at Monterez with my group of high school friends kopo, aeyol, and juki. My game was bad except for the last few holes.
The Power of Love
I learned something today from my birdie.
Around noon today, one of the chicks (the smaller size) dropped from the nest. I tried help the chick but it flew away. Then the second chick also flew leaving the nest. Both of the chicks ended up in the tree nearby.
A few minutes later, the mother came back with food but could not find the chicks. I could see the sadness in the behavior of the mother. It then when looking for the chicks and flew to and fro for a few times. I think after a while it managed to find both of the chicks in the nearby tree.
The whole afternoon, I spent my time watching the mother bird (in between my meetings) trying to get the chicks to fly into the nest. At last at 6:40pm the mother successfully get both chicks to fly back into the nest. I watched the mother spent a few minutes fending off the attacker and also to pacify the chicks before it flew again. This time to bring food for the hungry chicks.
At this moment, the mother is busy feeding the hungry chicks.
It bring tears to my eyes watching how strong the love of a mother towards its chicks.
This is the photo of my youngest brother, my mother and my only sister (same-mother-same-father that is) together with my mother and my two youngest daughters.
