Pernu Maritime Oceans

Reliance on personal observation & on-the-spot examination enhance the capacity to remember & distinguish facts & also to identify objects, not only in naval architecture/ocean engineering but in other professions & crafts. Gathering data through direct handling & observation is a greater advantage to be encouraged over mere reading of books/journals. - Al-Biruni.

Nampaknya usahawan gaharu semakin bercambah. Pepatah Melayu "Sudah gaharu cendana pula" mempunyai makna yang agak berbeza kini - sesudah berjaya bisnes gaharu ceburi cendana atau bisnes lain pula. Selain dari haruman minyak wangi yang dihasilkan oleh gaharu, daunnya juga boleh dibuat minuman teh. Iaitu pada peringkat awal penanaman pokok gaharu, daunnya diproses menjadi teh gaharu. Peringkat pematangan gaharu memakan masa sehingga 6 tahun - kulit kayunya diproses menjadi minyak wangi. Ianya dipanggil teras atau "core". Proses memasak teras tersebut memakan masa sehingga 2 hari 2 malam. Syarikat yang menawarkan projek penanaman gaharu tersebut ialah Jiwa Realiti Sdn Bhd dengan bantuan Koperasi Ukhwah yang boleh memberikan modal untuk projek penanaman pokok gaharu di Pahang Darul Makmur. Mengikut maksud hadith Rasulullah SAW, "9 dari 10 punca kekayaan/rezeki ialah dari bidang perniagaan." Nama gaharu dalam bahasa Inggeris ialah agarwood.

1. Melazimi solat malam ( tahajud ) Ada keterangan bahawa amalan solat tahajjud memudahkan memperoleh rezeki, menjadi sebab seseorang itu dipercayai dan dihormati orang dan doanya dimakbulkan Allah 2. Melazimi solat Dhuha Amalan solat Dhuha yang dibuat waktu orang sedang sibuk dengan urusan dunia (aktiviti harian), juga mempunyai rahsia tersendiri. Firman Allah dalam hadis qudsi: “Wahai anak Adam, jangan sekali-kali engkau malas mengerjakan empat rakaat pada waktu permulaan siang (solat Dhuha), nanti pasti akan Aku cukupkan keperluanmu pada petang harinya.” (Riwayat al-Hakim dan Thabrani) 3. Bersyukur kepada Allah SWT Syukur ertinya mengakui segala pemberian dan nikmat dari Allah . Lawannya adalah kufur nikmat. Allah berfirman: “Demi sesungguhnya! Jika kamu bersyukur, nescaya Aku tambahi nikmat- Ku kepadamu, dan demi sesungguhnya jika kamu kufur, sesungguhnya azab-Ku amat keras.” (Ibrahim: 7) Firman-Nya lagi: “… dan Kami akan memberi balasan kepada orang-orang yang bersyukur.” (Ali...

One of the key issues in the design of offshore structures is to define the environmental conditions for the transportation route and installation site, and to determine the environmental loads acting on the structure for conditions such as transit, installation, operational extreme and survival. The parameters to be defined in the environmental conditions may be found from design codes such as API Rp 2T, among of several other codes. The prediction of extreme values is required for the structural strength evaluation. Various methods have been proposed for determining the extreme values. Both long- and short-term (surviving storm) wave data approaches are detailed. The aim here is to give an overall picture of the environmental conditions and loads for offshore structural design, and to detail the recent developments in the prediction of extreme response. A systematic method for structural analysis of offshore structures has been developed to predict extreme response and fatigue assess...

We must design structures for random loads. In such circumstances there can be no absolute guarantee of safety. The best we can do is to create a structure with a known and acceptable probability of failure. We define failure as any circumstance in which load>strength. This would be true for any internal (load effect) as well as any external load. Both load and strength are random quantities (random variables). The probability of failure is thus the probability that load exceeds strength. We have a system of two random variables, and failure will occur for every cases in which load>strength. Typically we use open-tail probability density functions (eg Normal) so that values theoretically go to ±∞. The total probability of failure must cover all possible values of load and strength. Failure can occur for any strength level, because it is always possible that the load is even higher.

Almost a Millionaire It's rather interesting & exciting to hear that I had won GBP750,000.00 from the above said company in the UK. But the catch? I've got to pay some GBP400+ to a courier company based in UK from a Mr Coleman. He had actually called me a few times asking me to pay for the courier service. Is it a scam? Having that amount of money just by having an e-mail address, in this case hotmail.com is rather too good to be true. Imagine amassing such wealth without really sweating it out! What shall one do with such a fortune, say stacked in a vault of some famous motor company, Hyundai Kia of the UK. I thought they are from rival Korean motorcar companies. Its actually a good business sense to merge the two giant Korean companies. Perhaps I can actually buy a Hyundai or/and Kia car/s & test drive them (first). Its a good promo by the two companies to actually pay people to buy their products during these difficult times. Well, I'm almost a millionaire, in Ri...

I had not been blogging for quite some time - we're not allowed to blog whilst at work. So much for freedom at work! It looks like Raya Open House is still the order of the day - we're now at 27 Ramadan 1430 (Oct. 16, 2009). Presently to go to one open house nearby - actually its done at Manjung town in Perak. Actually the photo that's been uploaded is quite nice - waterfall seems to bring good fortune, so goes the feng shui way of thinking. Had just heard the political speeches of the UMNO General Assembly at KL - plenty of rhetoric, we'll have to wait for their implementation. Care more for the people less for oneself - such a noble thought. Writing a will (wasiat) is a noble act - wait till you need to do it via some agency, Amanah Raya Berhad (ARB). I would reckon people had been writing wills for ages - ARB was not in existence before! Firstly they charge you for asking for your will to be written and they for all sorts of documents to be photostated - I wonder how...