The Australian Experience

Apocalypse 21.12.2012

 The Doomsday prediction has not gone viral and raked in 83 million hits of Psy's Gangnam style fame. But it certainly is on everybody's lips and millions of minds today.

People are scared with great foreboding as to what may transpire, come 21.12.2012.
The people of the world today are preoccupied with this one single thought instilled in their mind as they try to go about their daily lives.
7 billion people in the world today... living in fear that would be 'no tomorrow' after 25th Dec 2012.

The chain of causation started with the archaelogical dig at the Mayan site years ago.
An ancient Maya text from the jungles of Guatemala confirmed the 'end date' as Dec 21.2012.Carved on stone the inscription was found at the ruins of  La Corona in the dense rainforest  by a team of archaelogist led by Canuto and Tomas Barrientos of the Universidead del Valle de Guatemala in 1912. The Mayan civilisation began  around B.C.2000.

The Empire rose and fell to the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century. They could not foretell their own collapse and control their own destiny and yet could turn in their grave to tell us the world is going to end? 4000 years after they have been swallowed by the dense jungle? To suddenly rise up and become the prophets of Doom to the modern man?

But the people in Guatemala, the epic centre, debunks this apocalyptic prophecy as  hocus pocus and say the doomsayers prediction as myth and far fetched imagination.Why...the resorts and and hotels are even fully booked ahead of the fateful date.

The prophecy has inspired authors and film makers who capitalise on this frenzy and created blockbusters like 2012..
In reality the stone inscriptions merely recounts and marks the end of a cycle. So be rest assured it is just the end of the Maya Calender and not the end of the world as we see it.So no need for super Arks, Rockets or even  time machines?

That's the Mayan Story. Now what about the prediction of the Rocket Scientists of NASA? They say there will be total darkness from 23-35 Dec 2012 during the alignment of the universe. It means the Sun and the Earth will align for the first time in thousands of years.
The earth will shift from the current 3rd dimension  to zero dimension, then shift to the forth dimension. What does this mean?
During this transition, the entire universe will face a big change, and we will see an entire brand new world  ie if we survive the carnage and devastation. And emerge as Brave new people in a Brand new world.

During these 3 days of blackout and darkness, stay calm, hug each other, sleep,be spiritual, pray and pray.Some may die of fear and panic.

So be prepared.Be happy and ask God for providence everyday.Avoid travelling during December ...until the 'storm' blows over.
Satellites will fail to transmit signals from space, telecommunication of all sorts will breakdown, electricity will fail, hospitals and medic aid will come to a standstill.  There will be complete silence.

However many are skeptical and dismiss them as nonsense and a figment of the imagination.While some do not want to talk about it for fear of creating pandemonium.

We do not know what will happen on D-Day but certainly it is wise and worthwhile listening to USA's NASA warning to the world.

There are others too who debunk the NASA Theory as 'pseudo-scientific' nonsense, who asserted that the 'alignment' is probably the passing of the Sun  as seen from E across tyhe approximate center of our Galaxy on Dec 21.2012 ie the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The galactic center is some 28,000 light years away(165,000 trillion miles) away. So its a non-cosmic event and much ado over nothing! So there you are....hypothesis, suppositions and 'unfounded fears'. Hmmm..   

Penang's own little star

She was born on a starlit night some years ago. In a tropical Island up North. The British Empire called it 'The pearl of the Orient.'  Today it is 'Penang'.

An idyllic isle of beautiful scenic surroundings, swaying palm trees,  golden beaches and steeped in history. The British called it home for 181 years.The founder lies serenely in the midst of the city that he so loved, lived and died...Sir Francis Light.

A sanctuary for blossoming romance and heartbreaks too.Many stories abound about tragic love affairs.Oh well that's another story to be told.

Her young days were full of bliss and happiness surrounded by doting parents and love by all those who knew her. 4th in the family of 6 siblings. The family was happy with doting parents. Father was a successful merchant. Mother was a beauty who resembled the tragic actress Lin Dai. who killed herself in sorrow.
But alas as fate would have it father was snatched away by the jaws of death when he was diagnosed with  prostrate cancer. The family was devastated and fell into despair and despondency. But with great fortitude and determination mother bounced back to normality....came to terms with his death and moved on. She had to because there were so many mouths to feed. Children at the time ranging from 12 to 3 years old. She was just 32. A widow at so tender an age had to find ways and means to put food on the table. She went about it with great determination. She sold Laksa and Goreng Pisang with her children in tow.
 She was only 5. when  her father died.
She grew up pretty and became the darling of the neighbourhood......envied by the SYTs of her era and desired by men of all ages. An unspoilt beauty on the island tropical paradise. The island was a tourist attraction as well.  (To be continued)

enforced hiatus

I have been on self enforced hiatus for almost a year now.I wanted to write but word failed me. Many issues intervened and came in the way I guess. Like Family,daily living, health among others.But these are normal events of life and at my age it should not be any excuse at all.So write I must and I will.
I will not write on politics although I am inclined to do so because every man on the street is affected by what is going on.To plead innocence and ignorance of what is happening is to tell a blatant lie. To be nonchalant and apolitical about it all is the greatest sin of all.

kalamunda W.Australia

Touring the Kalamunda History Village was like taking a step into history. The village started in the 1860s when the white settlers were brought in by the Timber Industry.Ex-soldiers of the Great War 1914-1918 were repatriated to boost the population.Between the wars Kalamunda was famed as a resort area and guest houses were built. Many of the dwelling houses, school, offices and shops have since stopped operating. Now it is a museum for visitors to see, admire and ponder how life existed in the years gone by. It's worth a visit, I tell you. Things were left as it was years ago. Being there was like being whisked into a time machine, back to the past, to 1900.

Taman Botany Kepong