STORKS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

Two storks are sitting in their nest: a father stork and baby stork. The baby stork is crying and crying and father stork is trying to calm him. "Don't worry, son. Your mother will come back. She's only bringing people babies and making them happy."

The next night, it's father's turn to do the job. Mother and son are sitting in the nest, the baby stork is crying, and mother is saying, "Son, your father will be back as soon as possible, but now he's bringing joy to new mommies and daddies."

A few days later, the stork's parents are desperate: their son has been absent from the nest all night! Shortly before dawn, he returns and the parents ask him where he's been all night.

The baby stork says, "No where. Just scaring the hell out of college students!"

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The Sign of the Rabbit

People born in the Year of the Rabbit share certain characteristics: Keen, wise, fragile, tranquil, serene, considerate, fashionable, and kind. Generally, they are quite calm, do not exhibit aggressive behavior, and will avoid confrontation at all costs. When angry about something, they will approach it calmly and considerately, hardly ever raising their voice. And they are quite keen and pay close attention to the situations developing around them. They are intelligent and quick, and can talk themselves in or out of most situations with no problem.

The Rabbit is a symbol for mercy, elegance, and worship of beauty. People born in the Year of the Rabbit are kind, loving persons, and dislike any hostile act. They give others an impression of being frail-looking because of their gentle appearance. But, in fact they are strong-minded and have strong wills. They pursue their ideals all their lives in a precise and orderly way. They do things slowly and deliberately because of their cautious characters.

There is no need to worry about their lives. They are nimble, clever and good at avoiding harm to themselves. They are talented and like artistic ventures, such as painting and music and are generally quite present in these worlds. They are also very hospitable, good hosts and warm-hearted companions. They never embrace others in public places. They know the art of saving face and giving consideration to the interests of both sides.

People born in the Year of the Rabbit are apt to be sensitive to ailments and to have bad allergies. Stress or conflict will detriment their health. Exercise could take off unnecessary stress and strengthen their physical condition. They have to learn to incorporate more action into their everyday routines.

They will become depressed and withdrawn if their homes do not consist of beautiful possessions that make them comfortable. Their homes and offices usually are clutter-free. They have really good communication skills and are best utilized in positions of management. They make great teachers and counselors because they are so diplomatic and well-organized. They can also make great painters or musicians due to their sense of beauty and their love of creativity.

Rabbit people are usually relatively careful when it comes to their finances. They use much of their money for possessions such as their homes, cars or furniture. They love hunting for antiques, arts and crafts and will tend to make sound investments in these types of things.

Rabbit Years: 01/29/1903 to 02/15/1904 (Water), 02/14/1915 to 02/02/1916 (Wood), 02/02/1927 to 01/22/1928 (Fire), 02/19/1939 to 02/07/1940 (Earth), 02/06/1951 to 01/26/1952 (Metal), 01/25/1963 to 02/12/1964 (Water), 02/11/1975 to 01/30/1976 (Wood), 01/29/1987 to 02/16/1988 (Fire), 02/16/1999 to 02/04/2000 (Earth), 02/03/2011 to 01/22/2012 (Metal).

Famous Rabbit People: Angelina Jolie, Anjelica Huston, Drew Barrymore, Edith Piaf, Fanny Brice, Helen Hunt, Jane Seymour, Joan Crawford, Kate Winslet, Natasha Richardson, and Tina Turner.

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The Sign of the Rabbit

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Happy New Year

Entry kali ni...aku lari cuba lari sekejap dari entry yang biasa...Selamat Tahun Baru buat rakan-rakan budhisme...Goh dan Soo...tahun ni aku dapat hantar wish cepat sikit...tak macam tahun lepas...entah lupa ke apa...selepas dua minggu baru teringat. Aku tak de lah ramai sangat kawan berbangsa Cina...yang ada tu la dua orang...

Alamakkkkk...aku baru teringat kat Auntie kedai Bunga Mun Yin...dah lama tak pegi Tampin...tu yang lupa...aaahhhh...ramai gak yang aku kenal kat Tampin...tapi sejak setahun lebih berulang Rembau/Port Dickson...Tampin jarang aku tempuh. Hujung minggu lebih senang kat rumah dari ke sana-sini.

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World's Most Dangerous Airports

Princess Juliana International Airport (Saint Martin)

Princess Juliana International Airport serves Saint Maarten, the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin. It is the second busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean. The airport is famous for its short landing strip — only 2,180 metres/7,152 ft, which is barely enough for heavy jets. Because of this, the planes approach the island flying extremely low, right over Maho Beach. Countless photos of large jets flying at 10--20 m/30-60 ft over relaxing tourists at the beach have been dismissed as fakes many times, but are nevertheless real. For this reason as well it has become a favourite for planespotters. Despite the difficulties in approach, there has been no records of major aviation incidents at the airport.

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport (Saba)

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport is the only airport on the Caribbean island of Saba, in the Netherlands Antilles. It is well known among experienced fliers for the way in which airplanes must approach or take off from the airport.

Yrausquin Airport covers a relatively large portion of the small island of Saba. Some aviation experts are of the general opinion that the airport is one of the most dangerous in the world, despite the fact that no major tragedies have happened at the facility. The airport's sole runway is marked with an X at each end, to indicate to commercial pilots that the airport is closed for commercial aviation.

The danger arises from the airport's physical position. It is flanked on one side by high hills, and on the other side and at both ends of the runway by cliffs dropping into the sea. This creates the possibility that an airplane might overshoot the runway during landing or takeoff and end up in the sea or on the cliffs.

Courchevel (France)

Courchevel is the name of a ski area located in the French Alps, the largest linked ski area in the world. It's airport has a certain degree of infamy in the aviation industry as home to a relatively short runway, with a length of 525 m (1,722 ft) and a gradient of 18.5%. It's so short that you have to land on an inclined strip to slow down and take off on a decline to pick up enough speed.

Who gets to land here? Well, Pierce Brosnan made the short list. This was the airport used in the opening seen of Tomorrow Never Dies. For the rest of us, private plane, helicopter, or charter are the only ways to go, and your pilot is going to need some serious training before he or she is allowed to land at CVF.

Gustaf III Airport (St. Bart)

Gustaf III Airport also known as Saint Barthélemy Airport is a public use airport located in the village of St. Jean on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Both the airport and the island's main town of Gustavia are named for King Gustav III of Sweden, under whom Sweden obtained the island from France in 1785 (it was sold back to France in 1878). The airport is served by small regional commercial aircraft and charters. Most visiting aircr aft carry fewer than twenty passengers, such as the Twin Otter, a common sight around Saint Barth and throughout the northern West Indies. The short airstrip is at the base of a gentle slope ending directly on the beach. The arrival descent is extremely steep over the hilltop traffic circle and departing planes fly right over the heads of sunbathers (although small signs advise sunbathers not to lie directly at the end of the runway).

Barra International Airport (Barra)

Barra Airport is the only airport in the world where planes land on the beach. BRR is situated in on the wide beach of Traigh Mhor, on Barra island, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. If you want to fly here commercially you will want to book with British Airways, which flies to Barra from Glasgow and Benbecula.

The airport is literally washed away by the tide once a day, and if you arrive on a late afternoon flight, you may notice a couple of cars in the parking lot with their lights on, which provides pilots some added visibility, since the airport is naturally lit. Needless to say you probably don't want to hang out at Barra Airport beach, unless you are a aviation junkie, in which case Barra Airport has a fool proof system, as sign that reads: "Keep off the beach. When the windsock is flying and the airport is active."

Madeira Airport (Madeira)

Madeira Airport also known as Funchal Airport and Santa Catarina Airport, is an international airport located near Funchal, Madeira. The airport controls national and international air traffic of the island of Madeira.

The airport was once infamous for its short runway which, surrounded by high mountains and the ocean, made it a tricky landing for even the most experienced of pilots. The original runway was only 1,400 metres in length, but was extended by 400 metres after the TAP Air Portugal Flight 425 incident of 1977 and subsequently rebuilt in 2003, almost doubling the size of the runway, building it out over the ocean. Instead of using landfill, the extension was built on a series of 180 columns, each being about 70m tall.

For the enlargement of the new runway the Funchal Airport has won the Outstanding Structures Award, given by International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). The Outstanding Structures Award is considered to be the "Oscar" for engineering structures in Portugal.

Lukla Airport (Nepal)

A huge mountain on one end, a thousand meter drop on the other. And it's at 2900 meters elevation, so you don't exactly have full power.

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Teladan Daripada Kisah Mustapha Kamal Ataturk - Mati tak diterima bumi (3)

Antara syarat yang dikenakan oleh Mustapha Kamal Attaturk (bekas PM Turki) :-

1. Membolehkan perempuan memakai tudung dengan syarat pakai skirt.
2. Membolehkan lelaki memakai seluar panjang dengan syarat pakai tali leher dan topi(sesuai dengan kehendak barat).
3. Menyuruh wanita dan lelaki menari di khalayak ramai. Beliau sendiri pernah menari dengan seorang wanita di satu parti umum yang pertama di Ankara.
4. Beliau pernah menegaskan bahawa "negara tidak akan maju kalau rakyatnya tidak cenderung kepada pakaian moden."
5. Menggalakkan minum arak secara terbuka.
6. Mengarahkan Al-Quran dicetak dalam bahasa Turki.
7. Menukar azan ke dalam bahasa Turki. Bahasa Turki sendiri diubah dengan membuang unsur-unsur Arab dan Parsi.
8. Mengambil arkitek- arkitek dari luar negara untuk memodenkan Turki. Hakikatnya mereka diarah mengukir patung-patung dan tugu-tugunya di seluruh bandar Turki.
9. Satu ucapan beliau di bandar Belikesir di mana beliau dengan terang-terangannya mengatakan bahawa agama harus dipisahkan dengan urusan harian dan perlu dihapuskan untuk kemajuan.
10. Agama Islam juga di buang sebagai Agama Rasmi negara.
11. Menyerang Islam secara terbuka dan terang-terangan.
12. Menggubal undang-undang perkahwinan berdaftar berdasarkan undang-undang barat.
13. Menukar Masjid Ayasophia kepada muzium, ada sesetengah masjid dijadikan gereja.
14. Menutup masjid serta melarang dari bersembahyang berjemaah.
15. Menghapuskan Kementerian Wakaf dan membiarkan anak-anak yatim dan fakir miskin.
16. Membatalkan undang-undang waris, faraid secara islam.
17. Menghapus penggunaan kalendar Islam dan menukarkan huruf Arab kepada huruf Latin.
18. Mengganggap dirinya tuhan sama seperti firaun. Berlaku peristiwa apabila salah seorang askarnya ditanya "siapa tuhan dan di mana tuhan > tinggal?" oleh kerana takut, askar tersebut menjawab 'Kamal Atartuk adalah tuhan" beliau tersenyum dan bangga dengan jawapan yang diberikan oleh askar itu.

Kematian Kamal Atartuk Yang Menyeksakan

Di saat kematiannya, Allah telah datangkan beberapa penyakit kepada beliau sehingga beliau rasa terseksa dan tak dapat menanggung seksaan dan azab yang Allah berikan di dunia.

Antaranya ialah :

1. Didatangkan penyakit kulit hingga ke kaki dimana beliau merasa gatal-gatal seluruh badan.
2. Sakit jantung.
3. Penyakit darah tinggi.
4. Panas sepanjang masa, tidak pernah merasa sejuk sehingga terpaksa diarahkan kepada bomba untuk menyiram rumahnya 24 jam.
Pembantu-pembantunya juga diarahkan untuk meletak ketulan-ketulan ais di dalam selimut untuk menyejukkan beliau.
Maha suci Allah, buat macam mana pun rasa panas tak hilang-hilang. Oleh kerana tidak tahan dengan kepanasan yang ditanggung, beliau menjerit sehingga seluruh istana mendengar jeritan itu.

Oleh kerana tidak tahan mendengar jeritan, mereka-mereka yang bertanggung jawab telah menghantar beliau ke tengah lautan dan diletakkan dalam bot dengan harapan beliau akan merasa sejuk.Allah itu Maha Besar, panasnya tak jugak hilang! Pada 26 september 1938, beliau pengsan selama 48 jam disebabkan terlalu panas dan sedar selepas itu tetapi beliau hilang ingatan.

Pada 9 November 1938, beliau pengsan sekali lagi selama 36 jam dan akhirnya meninggal dunia. Sewaktu beliau meninggal, tidak seorang pun yang memandi, mengkafan dan menyembahyangkan mayat beliau.Mayatnya diawetkan selama 9 hari 9 malam, sehingga adik perempuan beliau datang meminta ulama-ulama Turki memandikan, mengkafankan dan menyembahyangkannya.
Tidak cukup dari itu, Allah tunjukkan lagi balasan azab ketika mayatnya di bawa ke tanah perkuburan. Bila mayatnya hendak ditanam, tanah tidak menerimanya (tak dapat nak bayangkan bagaimana tanah tidak menerimanya).

Disebabkan putus asa, mayatnya diawetkan sekali lagi dan dimasukkan ke dalam muzium yang diberi nama EtnaGrafi (kalau tak silap dengar) selama 15 tahun sehingga tahun 1953). Selepas 15 tahun mayatnya hendak ditanam semula, tapi Allah Maha Agung, bumi sekali lagi tak menerimanya. Habis ikhtiar, mayatnya dibawa pula ke satu bukit ditanam dalam satu binaan marmar beratnya 44 tan.
Mayatnya ditanam di celah-celah batu marmar. Apa yang menyedihkan, ulama-ulama sezaman dengan Kamal Atartuk telah mengatakan bahawa jangan kata bumi Turki, seluruh bumi Allah ini tidak menerima Kamal Atartuk

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Teladan Daripada Kisah Mustapha Kamal Ataturk - Mati tak diterima bumi (2)

Dalam episod ini terserlahlah kebolehan Ataturk pada pandangan orang islam. Ataturk adalah seorang lelaki yang tidak ada tolok bandingnya bagi Inggeris. Beliau telah meruntuhkan kesucian Islam (lebih-lebih lagi peradabannya) dalam masa satu hari sahaja sedangkan pihak Inggeris sendiri tidak mampu untuk melakukannya walaupun setahun. Apabila Inggeris berasa yakin dengan keupayaan dan kekuasaan Ataturk, mereka melantknya menjadi ketua kerajaan boneka tersebut dan sesudah itu mereka pun ke luar dari negara kami."

Sesungguhnya pembubaran Sistem Khilafah Islamiah merupakan titik tolak dalam urutan strategi yang didokong oleh Ataturk demi untuk memisahkan agama Islam daripada sistem pemerintahan di Turki dan meminggirkan Islam daripada aspek kehidupan.

Ataturk melarang pakaian-pakaian Islam sebaliknya mewajibkan pemakaian fesyen-fesyen Barat. Dala tempoh beberapa tahun sahaja, beliau telah berjaya menghapuskan perayaan Hari Raya Aidilfitri dan Hari Raya Aidil-adha serta melarang orang islam mengerjakan Ibadah Haji.

Beliau turut menutup beberapa buah masjid , umpamanya, mengubah Masjid Besar Aya Sofea menjadi sebuah gereja dan selepas itu mendikan sebuah gedung.

Dalam urusan munakahat, belaiu melarang poligami dan membenarkan perkahwinan wanita Islam dengan bukan Islam. Beliau membatalkan cuti hari Jumaat, melarangkan azan dalam Bahasa Arab dengan menukarkannya kepada Bahasa Turki.

Disamping itu, belau turut menghapuskan penggunaan huruf-huruf Arab dalam penulisan dan menukarkannya kepada huruf Latin.

Tindakan yang dilakukan oleh Ataturk ini nyata sekali telah memisahkan budaya Turki daripada akar umbi agama Islam dan menghapuskan satu peruntukan yang termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Turki iaitu agama Islam sebagi agama rasmi negara Turki. Ataturk berusaha dan berkerja keras untuk menghapuskan para penentangnya. Belai membakar akhbar-akhbar, menangkap ketua-ketua pengarang akhbar dan juga mengawasi para ulama. Ataturk juga telah mengasaskan Parti rakyat Republikan pada tahun 1342H (1923M) dan menjadikan presidentnya sehinggalah belaiu meninggal dunia pada tahun 1357H (1938M).


Mustapha Kamal & Isteri

Ataturk hidup tanpa isteri dan anak-anak. Isterinya bernama latifah hanim hanya mampu tinggal bersamanya selama setahun sahaja kerana tidak tahan denagn kefasikan Ataturk. Kediamannya dipenuhi dengan segala macam kemungkaran daripada arak sehinggalah wanita. Ketika Ataturk terlantar menunggu saat kematiannya, beliau begitu takut jika tidak ada orang yang dapat mengantikannya dan mampu meneruskan apa yang telah dilakukannya sebelum ini. Lalu beliau memanggil Duta Britain di Turki,Bercy Lorren ke kediamnya di Istanbul meminta duta tersebut menggantikannya sebagai presiden. Ataturk mempunyai kuasa untuk memilih pengganti sebelum beliau mati, tetapi duta tersebut menolak permintaan Ataturk.

Mustafa Kamal dikebumikan dalam keranda timah setelah disembahyangkan di istana presiden yang dihadiri oleh beberapa orang pemimin kanannya yang saling bercanggah pendapat sama ada patut atau tidak belaiu disembahyangkan. Jenazahnya kemudian di bawa ke Ankara dalam upacara rasmi. Jawatan presiden kemudianya disandang oleh rakan Ataturk, Esmat Enunu pada tahun 1357H (1937M).
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