Rizal

Rizal died that morning in his private room at the hospital. His parents, who were there since the first day he was warded, were awakened by the constant beep of the vital signs monitor. His heart was no longer beating.

That morning, Rizal, my 12 year old cousin, died of leukemia. Poor boy, he still got so much to live for. Al-Fatihah to him.

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Dikir Barat

Garnet dikir barat performance that night was one of my proudest moments ever as a Garnetor. Like seriously. Haha lambat gile nk comment. Actually, I wanted to reserve my comments on our performers until I finally get the chance to really get this blog updated. However, now that the chance is here, there go my ideas - out through the windows. Most probably they're fed up with me leaving them in abandonment for so long. Honestly, I hated the fact that we did not get the results that we deserved. It is fathomable that we did not get the first prize, but not getting any prizes at all? Now that's debatable. However, we (I mean, you lot) did talk about this at the LT1 right after the competition ended, and honestly, I was so happy that the juniors took it positively. It's just a minor setback really, come to think of it. We all know now that we're heading towards the right direction. Just stay on track.

I can't help but anticipate what this bunch of enthusiastic people are gonna achieve next, because deep down I know that we're leaving the house in good hands:) Go Garnet go!

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What Does One Trillion Dollars Look Like?

This is a random post I found on the net.

All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.


A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.



Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.


While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...


And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...



Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

Scroll down...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...



(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

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