Flying Fish

Well, as a sailing electrical engineer, I really wish to see a whale, dolphine, mermaid, giant squid, giant shrimp or any sea monster during the voyage.

Maybe the luck still not with me untill now. However, I met this unique fish severals time while sailing. This unmonster type creature actually is a common phenomena amongst seafarers. I met this fish whenever the vessel is about a day left to reach the Bintulu port, Malaysia. (Other times: don't know, how many time I had a chance to work on the deck

during the voyages?)

About this fish, I only see a small one, perhaps as the size of normal mackerel. When viewing it from the deck, it just as small as an adult grasshopper. They also fly like a grasshopper. I never saw this fish floating in the air like a swallow. However, the appearance of this fish attract most of the seagull. Quite a lunch there. I wish to eat them also, since I've been wondering about the taste of fried flying fish. Anyway, flying fish is still extra-ordinary, just think, amongst of fish species only them had the ability to fly on themselves. As for human, we fly by the support of devices. They're amazing, right? It's God power..... Subhanallah.

Polianthes Tuberosa

My very first post is about this special flower.....(Alamak lecehnya nak berbahasa omputih ni kan...) Anyway, aku memang suka cakap rojak. Kemunculan post ni bukan la sebab aku peminat bunga ataupun mat bunga. Cumanya bunga ni ada di laman rumah aku, and I'm a fragrance lover. Ntahle, tiba2 sejak aku 4th year kat U, aku tetiba minat dgn benda2 wangi, apa2 ajer, sabun, perfume, buah, dan kad2 yg berbau wangi...

About this flower, some people here panggil "bunga harum malam" atau "sundal malam". Nama yg org melayu bagi "bunga harum sundal malam". Siannye bunga yg cantik dan wangi macam ni boleh jadi sundal pulak yer... Whatever. Pokoknya berumpun cam pokok lili, nak bunga punya la susah. Boleh count la dgn jari tangan, in a year how many times it blooms... But, kalau tanam secara berbatas (untuk ladang komersil) maybe pokok ni lagi produktif.

Uniknya bau dia yg memang wangi gila tu mula merebak time magrib... Sebab tu org taruk nama harum malam agaknya. Tapi yg masih menjadi tanda tanya tu "sundal" tu datang dari mana pulak? Ada sekali tu pokok ni berbunga time raya, so da menarik perhatian ramai makcik2 or auntie2 yg bertandang ke rumah aku. Bila sebut jer nama dia, ada juga yg tanya "apsal tanam bunga ni kat laman?" and ada yg kata "seram....".

Congratulation to PHSM sebab berjaya rising up this flower name. Ntah2 sebab nengok filem tu kot, orang takut ngan bau dia. Filem je kan, jgn la ingat bunga ni berhantu pulak. But for me, the most important, ia memang wangi... That's all for this post.