MARS

Mars is good stuff for doing math...:)

tell me what should i do?

what should i do when i have people who are totally heck and laid-back? i don't recall a time when they were punctual for a meeting; i don't recall a time when we actually planned something and accomplished it by the stipulated time.

and today morning, that sms had to piss me off when i was still in bed. i arranged for a meeting at 1030am today, smsed them last night after our last meeting which ended at 9pm. the one who left at 6pm (for whatever business) had the cheek to tell me that 1030am was too early and asked for 1pm instead. i'm having an elective at 330pm, so do another guy. and hey, guess what? our deadline is tonight cuz we're having that lesson at 830 tomorrow. smsed the other two and having one reply to say that he needs to sleep because he chatted with his sister till this morning. what can i say, really?

sense of urgency? i don't sense it. nor can i make any sense out of this attitude that is prevalent in every of the other 3 people. what's the probability of getting these 3 people out of random allocation? i think i can go spend some time thinking about that, to see how down on my luck i was.

someone, tell me what should i do?

Save the polars!

What have we humans been doing to our bear friends? i believe polars are not the only species experiencing the atrocities committed by humans. :(

'Top experts who gathered this week in Tromsoe in northern Norway to discuss ways of protecting the species sounded alarm bells over the dramatic consequences of the melting ice.

"We don't have hard evidence about climate change but we have evidence about the numerous symptoms of climate change on polar bears," Andrew Derocher, chair of the Polar Bear Specialist Group, an international network of researchers, said.

The primary observation is that as the sea ice shrinks away, so are the polar bears -- they're not growing as big as they used to.

In Canada's Hudson Bay, home to a large polar bear population, the ice season is now three weeks shorter than it was 30 years ago, chipping away at the bears' opportunity to hunt seals, their primary source of food and an essential source of fat needed for their long summer fast.
Females today weigh around 230 kilos (500 pounds), some 65 kilos less than in 1980, and measure about 185 centimetres (6.07 feet) on average, compared to around 220 centimetres a few decades ago.

The melting ice means not only shorter hunting seasons, but it also means the bears, who number some 20,000 to 25,000 worldwide, have to cross greater distances to reach their icy hunting grounds.

This has led to a deterioration of the bears' health, impacting their reproductive capacities and the cubs' chances of survival, experts warned.

"The chain of events starts with a drop in body condition that subsequently leads to a drop in reproduction which leads to a drop in survival," Derocher said.

Climate change also appears to have altered the bears' behavioural patterns. Several recent incidents of cannibalism in Alaska have observers worried. "We knew of polar bears killing and eating other polar bears," Steven Amstrup, a research wildlife biologist with the US Geological Survey, told AFP. "But the difference was that this time the polar bears were clearly deliberately hunting other bears, attacking for example females in their denning area" in northern Alaska, he said.

"We assume that it was linked to nutritional stress." Faced with the growing uncertainty concerning the ice, pregnant polar bears are increasingly denning on land, researchers have noticed. In northern Alaska, two-thirds of bears now choose to den on land in order to give birth early in the year, an inverse proportion of what was observed a few years ago.

"They are refugees rather than immigrants. This is not a chosen exile, this is a forced exile," Derocher told AFP. The shrinking sea ice is also sometimes forcing the bears to swim ever further afield, encountering more treacherous waters. Polar bears are accomplished swimmers -- their Latin name is ursus maritimus -- yet in late 2004, four polar bears were found dead after drowning in the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska, likely the victims of a heavy sea. According to scientists' estimates, some 25 polar bears may have died in that incident.

"Any of these symptoms taken alone might not be so worrying but seen in their totality it shows a bleak picture of how climate change is impacting polar bears already now," said Geoff York, a polar bear expert at environmental group WWF.

"And it's only forecast to get worse," he said.'

- Yahoo News

Will they be able to survive in this torturous world that we have created for them?

self test from roomie's blog:)

Your view on yourself:

You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties. (Yeap! i would like to be so:))

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes. (nods)


Your readiness to commit to a relationship:

You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person. (hmmm... this is hard to say. but for now, it'll definitely be studies first. anyway, there's just to many mr. wrongs around.)

The seriousness of your love:
You are very serious about relationships and aren't interested in wasting time with people you don't really like. If you meet the right person, you will fall deeply and beautifully in love. (hah.. how can you tell? i'm not even sure about this myself. but yes, i don't believe in wasting time with people i don't really like.)

Your views on education:
Education is less important than the real world out there, away from the classroom. Deep inside you want to start working, earning money and living on your own. (yes! i'm feeling quite sick in accountancy now.)

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life. (omg yes! i'm thinking of venturing into HR)

How do you view success:
You are afraid of failure and scared to have a go at the career you would like to have in case you don't succeed. Don't give up when you haven't yet even started! Be courageous. (i would hope so.)

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of things that you cannot control. Sometimes you show your anger to cover up how you feel.


Who is your true self:

You are full of energy and confidence. You are unpredictable, with moods changing as quickly as an ocean. You might occasionally be calm and still, but never for long. (not exactly.. i don't have mood swings that often, i think. and i appear calm and still most of the time too. isn't it?)

my roomie says i never update my blog...

and here's the reason:

i shall make FRS 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 16, 18, 36, 37, 38, 105 and 108 my bible.:)

祝我生日快乐！

i hope i'll be able to update soon!! *makes a wish in the mean time =D