Alcohol ----> *Drunkenness*

We all know what is alcohol. It is the chemical that makes us drunk when taken excessively. Many people do not know that actually alcohol is present in our body at all times weather we consume liquor or not. After every meal we eat, the carbohydrates, starch and sugar forms alcohol and enter the bloodstream. So, there is always about one gram of alcohol circulating in our body at all times.

So now, what happens if we take in additional alcohol? Alcohol is a narcotic, which is like a drug. It is a substance which enters nerve cells quickly and tends to paralyze them. Before this paralysis happens, alcohol stimulates the cells, it puts them in a state of excitement.

The first thing alcohol does to the system is stimulate the gastric and salivary glands to produce their juices. That is why many European people consume alcohol before having their meal to stimulate their appetite. The body absorbs the alcohol very quickly while sugar and carbon dioxide speed up the absorption. Champagne for instance contains both sugar and carbon dioxide, which is why it acts so quickly and produces such a stimulating effect.

So now, how does the alcohol effect the brain? The first effect is a feeling of stimulation as I mentioned earlier. For example, ones action and speech seem to be speeded up. The skin gets redder, blood pressure rises and the heard beats faster. As a result, breathing is quickened too. This is why people who consume alcohol tends to blush easily and have a healthier life because of the faster heartbeat is similar to activities of exercise. That does not mean it is all good for you too. Too much alcohol and you will get your liver failing and hypertension.

The other effects of alcohol to the brain is it exerts a depressing effect to the brain. Our ability to observe, think and pay attention is affected. As the higher functions of the brain are paralyzed, the power to control moods is lost. Another serious effect is that inhibitions are relaxed. In our body, there are nerve fibres called inhibitory fibres which acts as brakes in the nervous system. They are developed as the result of education and training and makes us more disciplined. Under the influence of alcohol, this inhibitory fibres are paralyed and our controls are relaxed. This makes our judgement unclear and we are ready to say or do things we would never do if our minds were normal. Therefore, alcohol has produced a state of drunkenness.

Okay, I am not saying that consuming alcohol is bad, there are many advantages of it too. If you were to consume alcohol, my advise to everyone is that consume it in a balanced ratio and do not consume too much until it causes drunkenness.

Racial Discrimination

Okay everyone, this is a very important topic and it is a sensitive topic too. I am sorry if I uncomfort anyone reading this and correct me if I am wrong.

So now, what is racial discrimination? What causes it? Is it the people or do politics play a big role? Here in Malaysia, racial discrimination happens not so much as other regions of the world such as America and Australia. That does not mean there is no such activities happening. As a student and a citizen, I have seen many stories relating to racial discrimination. Most of my friends are non-Muslims and many of them state that the Muslims of the country are racist. There are many reasons for this such as we get less opportunities in jobs and scholarships. I disagree with this statement because we cannot go out telling that other races are racist. It is not the race that is racist, it the people. For instance, if we go to Australia and some of them treat us very unfairly, we cannot put the Australians are racist because it is the minorities who are like that. There are still some of them who are not, so I advice those people who state that Muslims or other races are racist to take that back because it is the people, not the race.

To make people think out of the box, we must realize that we cant judge other races by the things we see in our everyday life. We do not know that people of our race too might be racist towards other races in other parts of the world. This world is imperfect and we must realize that. I only appreciate fairness to all people without judging people by their race and colour. If someone is racist towards others, you should just advise them not to do so because it will lead to havoc. To achieve peace, the many races must come to one unity and live together in harmony. We might not know that our people might be doing the same thing without we knowing it. We have to be fair to all so that fair will come to us all.

In conclusion, I would like to say that I wish everyone to live in a world free of racial discrimination. I respect all races and religions in every way and hope they do too.

IQ

Okay, so what is IQ? We all hear people telling geniuses have high IQ, but what exactly is IQ? The letters 'I.Q' actually means Intelligence Quotient. We can measure the height of a person but can we measure mental development? Many mental tests have been worked out for this purpose. Here is how it is done in brief.

First we find out which problems can be resolved by children of various ages. Six year olds can do certain problems while eight year olds can do others and so on... Now suppose we give a test for the six year olds to various children. A four year old and five year old can also do them. On the other hand, there maybe children of age ten or twelve who find it difficult to do them. So now we have a way to measure intelligence. If the six year olds can do just the six year old test, he is average. If a child of four or five can do this test, he is superior. If a ten year old can't even do a six year old's test, he is just plain retarded, lol...

IQ is a way of describing the results of these tests in mathematical terms. For example, a six year old child who has the mental age of six has an IQ of 100. The mental age is divided by the chronological age which is also known as the age in years [Source : Wikipedia]... Then, it is multiplied by 100 and 'TA-DAH' you got an IQ. If a five year old has a mental age of six, his IQ is 120 (six divide five, times 100). IQ between 90 and 100 are average. Those above 110 are considered superior

I have conducted an IQ test from an official IQ website. There are many sites where you can check your IQ but most of them are bust or fake. My IQ has been calculated and the results is...................................(drum rolls)...................................128 =)

The Death of Our Sun *EPIC SCREAMS*

All things must end. Thats true for humans, the Earth and also our Sun. Its not going to happen tomorrow or the day after but it will happen sometime in the future. The Sun as we all know it is just a giant ball of fuel burning in space. Its fuel consist of hydrogen and helium. One day it will run out of fuel and 'KABOOM'

The Sun have been there where we know it for about 4.6 billion years I think. The Sun is currently burning with Hydrogen in its core where intense temperatures and pressures allowed the Sun to release Helium. Helium gas is not able to be used as the fuel for the Sun because its temperature is still too low. The death of the Sun will come when the Hydrogen fuel finishes. The Sun will shrink to a smaller size where it will be hot enough to start burning the Helium and when this happens, the Sun will expand so big, it will explode. Now let me explain it in a more detail manner.

The Sun is converting 5 million tonnes of Hydrogen into Helium every second. This may sound a lot but it is enough to fuel the Sun for about another 5 billion years. When the Sun swells up because of the lack of fuel and start burning Helium, it will turn into a giant red star. Some experts say it will expand beyond the orbits of Mercury and Venus and possibly Earth. Even if the Sun does not explode or survives from being eaten up by the Sun, the intense heat from the giant red star will make it impossible to survive.

Once it has become a giant red star, the Sun is not exactly dead yet but its time is almost up. It will still have enough heat in its core to start begin the second round of fusion which burns up the Helium gas as I mentioned earlier. When helium runs out, the Sun wont have enough gravity to keep the core temperature and pressure. At this point, the Sun will slough off its outer layers into space in a huge burst, like what we learnt in school.

The dying core of the Sun will be about Earth sized and it is called a white dwarf. It will slowly cool off over billions of years eventually reaching the temperature of the Universe and it will be called the Black Dwarf. Now there you go, a guide from the Sun's birth to its death. Now everyone, live your life like there is tomorrow because we only have 5 billion years! xD!

The Bermuda Triangle *spooky tone*

The Bermuda Triangle. Mysterious? Scientific? Maybe both? The Bermuda Triangle (BT for short) has been an area of interest for centuries. The BT spans from the coast of Maimi, Bermuda and San Juan in Puerto Rico covering roughly 500, 000 square miles, thats a lot of sea! Christopher Columbus, the first person to travel around the world by sea was the first to document something strange in this triangle. He reported that he and his crew observed 'strange dancing lights on the horizon' and at another point he wrote in his log about bizarre compass bearings at the area in 1492. That was a long long long time ago, we need some real facts!

The disappearance of the famous flight 19 in 1945 grabbed the curiosity of many. And so, till that day the mystery of the BT began. The story that started it all, on December 5th, 1945, flight 19, disappeared off the coast of Florida. It was a routine training mission where 5 torpedo bombers carrying 14 men were assigned to follow a triangular route. Approximately after 2 hours after flight 19 have left, a radio message had been intercepted between the lead pilot of flight 19 and another pilot of the flight reporting that the compasses were malfunctioning. The lead pilot was uncertain where the Florida coast was began to work out a plan to ditch the plane at sea because of the lack of fuel. That was the last reported radio contact of flight 19. At 7:30 pm that day, a patrol plane was launched in search of the missing plane and it too along with the crew disappeared.

In March 1918, the US Navy lost the USS Cyclops and all 306 crew members. In February 1965, SS Marine Sulphur Queen carrying molten Sulphur sank. Neither the USS Cyclops or the SS Marine Sulphur Queen were recovered. These events were one of many, there have been several losses documented in the region of BT.

So what is causing this events to happen in the BT? Nobody knows how it happens but there have been many theories. One of it is the electronic fog. Many people have reported seeing portals opening up in the cloudy skies and electromagnetical distortions called 'electronic fog' that can cause the disappearance of planes and ships. Well, I have certainly never heard of any crap called electronic fog before, but it might happen as portals exist.

UFO? The BT is an area with one of the highest incidences of UFO sightings. No wander that alien abductions have been popular around the region of the BT. Some believe that aliens use the BT as a collection stations. Magnetic anomalies? Compass problems is one of the causes mentioned in the BT incidents. People have thought that a a possibility of a strange local magnetic anomalies in the area. Atlantis? Some people believe that the BT is the home to the city of Atlantis. Legend has it that the city of Atlantis utilizes the power of unusual energy crystals that are very powerful and these crystals are in distorted state of some kind and send out rays of energy that affects the navigational instruments of boats and planes.

What about black holes? Some people believe that there is a black hole located in the BT. It sucks up the ships or planes before they knew what hit them. Others believe that the black hole is at the bottom of the ocean. It is theorized that the black hole is connected to another black hole on the other side of the planet ocean floor. Last but not least, the all time favourite of mine, SEA MONSTERS! XD!! Many people like me attribute the disappearance of boats and planes that occur in the BT to enormous sea monsters. This sea monsters is not like the monsters you will see in cartoons but maybe the mystical 'Lockness Monster' or other undiscovered sea creatures that could possibly live in that area.

Okay, now I will blog on another classmate of mine who blogged about me earlier this week, her name is Alya Adflin. You can see what she wrote about me at alya-afdlynn.blogspot.com at the post titled 'Jash'

Alya has been my classmate since primary school. We went to the same secondary school but were different classes during our form 1 and 2 years. She has been the nice and quiet type of girl who is always kind and humble to me. She is also very pretty and knows how to dress up. She is the fun type of girl who has good friends. She sometimes can be sensitive too, xD. Well, I have to say I am happy that she is my classmate. Hope you will remember me after my SPM Alya =)