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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Plant Poop

(LaVa’s dream...)
Miss A wrote on the board


CO₂ + RuBP → 2 X G3P


Kath asked “Miss A, what if O₂levels higher than CO₂?”
Naveen threw eraser at me, it whack my head, I woke up....


At Gma’s house, was left alone, no internet access, friend from outstation smsed, told her my dream


“Lava, RuBP takleh kowt react ngan O₂...mesti CO₂...kalau tak, mampos la pokok tuh takde glucose!”


“Ye la...tapi kalo O₂lagi banyak? Pokok tuh nak buat aper?”


“Aha kan? Kalo photosynthesis dah melampaw, takkan O₂ tinggi skit takleh handle?”


“Hah, kalo ngan CO₂ product dier keluar 6-carbon compound kan? Pecah kan dpt 2 X (3-carbon compound) G3P, cam dlm Calvin Cycle.... Kalo O₂ jerh, 5-carbon compound jerh la...”


“5-carbon atok kaw...nak buat 2 X G3P tak cukop!”


“Buat satu jerh la...yg lagik 2 carbon tuh...jadi something la..plant poop kerh? :P”


“Melampaw kau...tapi kan, logic jugak equation ko tuh...I raser-raser boleh ah, tapi kadang-kadang ko tuh kalau tak merepek tak cam!”


“Jap I tanyer kawan2...nanti I bagi taw...”


So, I smsed everyone...and their replies? (exact words)


“Maybe CO₂ s given out...I read it somewhere, possible, true...”


“Shut the fuck up Lava...tell me when you figure that out”


“Hmm,no,quite sure it’s no...if RuBP could react with O₂, then trees couldn’t live in O₂rich areas anymore as no glucose can be produced...makes sense?”


“I think it’s a self sacrifice mechanism...never heard of such reaction...besides...I’m doing arts Lava”


“The trees you’re talking about came from outer-space, from a distance planet where everything is a reverse...you watch too much TV”


“You mean Rubisco breaks up RuBP for no reason? Mad ah?  O₂is evil if that’s the case”


“I’m asleep la...ask my dog...but tell me later when you got the answer from him...”


“No way, photosynthesis evolved in atmosphere with far more CO₂than we have today...it’s in their genes, Rubisco can only catalyse reaction for CO₂and RuBP...ok honey?”


So, I asked someone who ‘might’ live on a far (and remote) away land...


“Weyh Lava, I tak ambik Bio ah...maner dak I taw?...alrite, jap, I pegi find out utk you, janji ko belanja makan...”


20 minutes later...


“lava sah equation ko yg merepek tuh, ambik pensel catat...


Enzyme yang catalyses reaction between RuBP ngan CO₂, Rubisco kan? Can also catalyse utk RuBP ngan O₂...So, O₂ngan CO₂compete ah utk active site yang samer...biler O₂ level high and CO₂levels low, yang reaction ngan Oxygen yang difavourkan...


Tengok nih, I tak paham, You salin and tengok...


O₂ + RuBP → Glycolate (2-carbon compound) + G3P



Compare ngan Calvin Cycle

CO₂ + RuBP → 2 X G3P (2 X 3-carbon compound)”


(So, one molecule of G3P yang keluar instead of two, cam Calvin Cycle...)


“Glycolate tuh aper?”


“Entah...yang 2-carbon compound tuh kowt...tapi kat sini dier kata glycolate cannot be fixed into carbohydrate, and instead passes into the mitochondria where it is respired...process nih nama dier photorespiration...”


“Orite....so photorespiration nih rugi ah, nanti photosynthesis tak efficient...boleh overcome kerh benda nih?


“Boleh...nah, some plants have overcome this problem...C4 plants?! WAKAKAKAKAKAKA!!”


“Serious kerh ko nih, C4 tuh stand tok aper?”


“Entah...pfft...tak tulis...tapi C4 plants overcome photorespiration ader bundle sheath cells that have different chloroplasts...C4 *giggles* “


“Boleh meletup kerh *ahahahahaha* C4 plants tuh? Serious ko bacer dr maner nih?”


“Meletup nenek kau, example of C4 plants: sugar kane, maize and millet...ko makan tebu meletup tak? I bacerkan dari buku Bio roommate I....dier ader buku bio tebal giler mak dier belikan...tak pernah bacer pon, buat action jerh kowt...”


“HAHA, perisa meletup!! Orite ah...taknak kacau, gi tido ah, kang kena marah kang! Tangki punyer mak (thank you very much)”


“alrite, byeee..belanja tau”


Janji Tok Hajji I’ll never question nature again, you ask one question, she’ll give you some mojo and more questions...


And what started as a joke...turns out to be real...I couldn’t stop laughing eventhough it was scary...because we got high and made up an equation based on simple maths which sounded quite logic...


Oh, check out ‘photorespiration’, here, knock yourselves out...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorespiration


Now...how the readings would be affected when we use kulit manggis instead dalam beetroot experiment...some questions are best left unanswered....

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Thoughts of the day












Now you know what I was thinking about the whole day!
off to watch game, cheers!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Stupid Lions...

Kong said she missed this eff-ed up lion....
the charcoal pencils were like shit...what? I dont know how to use them properly!

Joanna said this reminds her of Scar or something..

and this one reminds her of Mufasa...dead...
Didint intend to draw Disney's Lion King characters,
I wanted to try drawing lions, I like lions,
I spent sleepless nights finishing these up
and at the end, they look like a bunch of over-sized retarded cats that died of overwhelming laziness...
Wanted to sell them for RM1000.00 a piece...
But in the end, I dont want to...it reminds me of science1 oh so much...
(and..well..a box of koko krunch worth more)
I love my fellow Kundejems!!
By the way...what animal is the koko krunch mascot thingy? you know, the one which kept on saying "...great chocolatey taste" or some shit like that...
Heak, who cares...its the whole grains that counts...
I have to start doodling large-scale again...

I Am Iron Man...

Nobody wants him, he just stares at the world....
Running as fast as they can, Iron Man lives again...

Iron Man, a song by Black Sabbath, from their second album, Paranoid, released in October 1971. It was written by Ozzy osbourne (originally entitled 'Iron Bloke'). Grammy Award For Best Metal Performance in 2000!!!
The song has no connection with Marvel Comics super hero, Iron Man though. The song was about a vengeful villain.


about a man who travels in time, into the future and saw the apocalypse. During returning to the present, he was turned into steel by a magnetic field. So, he became mute, thus unable to warn people and tell them about the coming monstrous destruction. So, this made him angry, and shower his revenge on mankind, causing a perdestination paradox (casual loop).
But they just use it in the 2008 feature film, Iron Man

Black Sabbath rules...

Off for more ... (look at Tomi Iommi! Damn chun..)




Thursday, November 4, 2010

100

Memang leader yang berwawasan...
"It was planned and proposed to the government by PNB. I did not direct PNB. PNB was the one who proposed [the project]. This is something the PNB management, or board, really wants"

He rationalised that the project boleh jadi symbol of a modern and developed Malaysia.

Memang true, as in sama effect dier dengan Petronas Twin Towers and Penang Bridge. memang betol Penang Bridge dulu people opposed, but now sedap korang bawak sedara-mara pegi jalan-jalan tengok bridge tuh.

Semata-mata I tak oppose project ini, I bukanla hairan nak support. When it was said that this project would not waste resources, but will bring benefit, I tak lah caya sangat. memang benefitnyer akan kiter lihat in the future.
Memang masa construction tuh akan create jam giler and such, and duit kiter pon habis, harga barang pon naik...
But, if you look at it through my eyes...

Kalau duit I yang kena tolak bayar tax hari-hari tuh digunakan untuk biayai anak orang lain blajar kat overseas walaupon result SPM tak sangat, and duit kiter tuh pon tak benefit we all sendiri, so lebih baik buat something yang I rasa worth it skit when I bawak rakan-rakan dari overseas cuti. Pernah rasa bangga tak when you bawak your foreign friends datang, and they say your Petronas Twin Towers look like diamond kerh or something?

Kalau tak, money kiter spend on sending a second fellow to space and make his wedding besar-besaran and biayai lagi budak-budak lain pegi study jauh-jauh, while kiter penat belajar kat sini tak dapat satu haprak, I mean, we just have to except la hakikatnyer yang kiter kena treat macam nih (hope it will change) and I rasa ini adalah salah satu caranyer kiterorang benefit something, kan?

Though many of you kata Malaysia can bersinar di mata dunia dengan cara lain yang worthy and sensible...Betol, kiter perlu upgrade kan education system kiterorang, public transport kena improve and more project perumahan yang berkualiti tinggi for orang rumah setinggan, world-class sewer system, etc etc... and since when PNB expert real-estate development? KLCC floors fully occupied kerh? How can budjet yang diannouncekan ader items not wanted by PM?

Kalau tak jadi, tak jadi la, rakyat menang...
kalau jadi, janganla dijadikan white elephant kat tengah-tengah town, malu giler! Better build something kat WP Labuan, kan ader 'proposal to transform Labuan jadi financial hub', maner dak proposal hang? And dont la compare a bridge with a building, like compare a coke bottle with my kepala lutut... Penang people need a bridge to get in and out, kan? Tak kan nak swim? Mati la jelly-fish kat situ!

Lebih baik korang buat tak taw je la, duduk rumah diam-diam, main dengan cucu-anak, makan cendol, yang ader exam tuh study hard skit, biarla,nih hal orang besar, takmo kaco... brape mahal seguni beras nak dicharge, US dollar naik doh! Heeeaaakkk!!

Biler dah habis 2015, kiter tengok cam nerh...