Our Own Olympian

The first Malaysian woman to win an Olympic medal

is from our town

Temple at Carpenter Street

A night scene in Borneo island

( iphone4 photography )

Photo of Cat City

By Alfred Molon

Sunset at Damai

Photo taken by Klaudio Dadich

Photo of the Riverside

Photo taken by Klaudio Dadich

Half of swine flu deaths in high-risk people: study

20 August

About half of people who have died from swine flu have been pregnant or had other health conditions, especially diabetes and conditions linked with obesity

By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

Friday rain cleared the haze

A heavy downpour with lightnings and thunders on Friday afternoon has cleared the haze

Photo of the State Assembly ( by BinaPuri )

Perseid meteor shower to light up night sky for a week

The meteor shower is expected to peak between 12:30 and 3 p.m. Wednesday but sky watchers only can see the meteors in the dark. So sit tight until the sun sets, then look up. You could see up to one meteor a minute. The show should continue for at least a week. Discovered in 1862, the comet is a giant iceberg made up of ice, rock and dust particles that likely has been in orbit for thousands of years. Particles -- about the size of a sesame seed when clustered together -- slowly have been eroding from the comet every time it has approached the sun, leaving a trail of debris that the Earth's orbit intersects once a year.The particles, known as meteoroids, create a meteor shower when they collide with the Earth's atmosphere and burn up, forming fiery streaks across the sky.
A bright meteor glows as much as the brightest stars in the sky. And pay close attention: They zip across the sky at about 132,000 m.p.h., leaving a gazer's sight in a second or two.

Land of the Hornbill

Now it is covered by haze from the forest fires