earth hour

Yes, it's as simple as what the poster says. It doesn't matter which country you're in, it's the planet you're in which matters. On Saturday 28th March, switch off your lights for 1 hour from 8.30 to 9.30 (local time) to vote for Earth. Leaving your lights switched on means a vote for global warming.

Yeh, maybe it won't make a major difference, but every little helps!

Visit earthhour.org for more info.

Come people, let's switch our lights off!

fauwaz

It has been 3 years now. Had it not happened, you would be studying for your SPM now, or maybe still relaxing. I'm sure you would have performed well anyway. And you would have already aced your PMR too.

Sorry I wasn't there for you. It really pained me not to be able to visit you when you were ill. I couldn't afford to then.

Anyway, here's to you, Fauwaz. Rest in peace, little bro, rest in peace...

happy maulidurrasul!

The great prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was born today, the 12th of Rabiul Awal in the Year of the Elephant (direct translation of Tahun Gajah?). In Malaysia, there'll be marches and talks to celebrate, but not (much) here in the UK.

The good news is there's gonna be a Maulid Nabi ceremony/celebration at MSD on Thursday. Details below:

             Date: 12 March 2009
             Time: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm
             Place: Malaysia Hall

Please do come, and bring your friends along. And of course there'll be food insyaAllah. Yeh that's what I'm talkin' about. =)

Allahumma salli 'ala saiyidina Muhammad.
Wa 'ala ali saiyidina Muhammad.

recycle

We produce a lot of waste and some of them can be recycled or reused, but not many people bother to do it or even think about it. There are also those who want to recycle, but don't know or aren't sure what they can do or where to throw recyclable waste.

Firstly, just separate the stuff you want to recycle in a different bag. It depends on your local authority if you need to separate the materials or not. For me here, it's easy. I just have to put all recyclable waste in one bag because there is a recycling bin outside my flat which is for everything, so I don't need to sort them out myself.

However, there are certain things that you must remember (and do) before you recycle:

1. Empty and rinse off cans, bottles, and plastic containers.
Food waste and liquid remaining in the containers will contaminate the recyclables. If there is contamination, the whole batch of recyclables will not be recycled. Not only will your recycling effort be wasted, others whose waste are in the same batch as yours will be too. Now you don't need to wash them with dishwashing liquid, you just need to rinse them with tap water.

2. Don't recycle paper with grease or food waste on them.
This is also contaminated waste. Unfortunately, there is nothing to be done except to throw them away. *Sob*.

3. Crush cans and squeeze bottles to expel as much air as possible.

4. Remove caps and lids from plastic containers.
Also remove paper clips, staples and plastic envelope windows from paper.

More recycling etiquette can be found here.

Bear in mind that these are the general 'rules' applicable in the UK. It may be slightly different elsewhere. More information can be found in the Recycle Now website, or you could just google it. Don't forget to recycle, folks!