Update/ Solar Eclipse

As a very interested human being in all natural phenomena, I woke up at 6 AM this morning. Went to the top of the hotel nearby as agreed previously with some acquaintances. We have seen something :) It was mainly cloudy in Bangalore. Still this weird half light and darkness sent goosies on me.

In Bangalore was partial eclipse as in Delhi. One of my new Hungarian "acquaintances" sent the below pictures:) Thanks Peter!

Nagy huhoval kirontottam a lakasbol reggel 6-kor, talalkoztam az ismerosokkel es felmentunk a Royal Orchid tetejere. Eleg borus volt az ido, ennek ellenere jokat nevettunk es erdekes volt. Ezutan a teveben neztem ujra a TELJES napfogyatkozast :)

Uj Delhibol kaptam az alabbi fotokat. Koszi Peter :)

There is a prediction that there will be another tsunami or earthquake hitting on 22 July 2009. Predicted that it is going to be really bad and countries like Malaysia (Sabah & Sarawak), Singapore, Maldives, Australia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Philippines are going to be badly hit. We have been asked to stay away from the beaches in July. Better to be safe than sorry. The Earth rotates beneath the Moon faster than the Moon orbits the Earth. So in theory before / after the eclipse there could be some shifting in the tidal magma beneath the tectonic plate. The whole 2nd part of July can be interesting.

The eclipse quake theory is as follows: when the gravitational force of the Sun and Moon are both pulling on a plate that has not had series of recent earthquakes, the extra pull is all that is needed to "pop the seam" and cause a major quake. Let's hope that this will not happen!

Hope the swimming pool is not dangerous :D

A honap teljes hatralevo napjaira foldrenges es tsunami veszely van kituzve. Mivel a Hold ma 3 tektonikus lemezt szelt at, nagy a valoszinusege egy 6+ erossegu foldrengesnek es ennek kovetkezteben tsunaminak Oceania teljes teruleten. Japant olvastam mint elso szamu veszelyes hely a tersegben. Remeljuk a legjobbakat. Nem megyek tengerhez kozel 3 hetig! Remelem az uszomedence nem veszelyes :D :D :D

Longest solar eclipse of the 21st century! 22 July 2009

Wowwwwwwww!!!!!!! This phenomenon resulted in a big turist interest in eastern China and India! http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/

The solar eclipse of July 22, 2009 (tomorrow morning!!) will be the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, lasting almost 6 minutes, 39 seconds. The last record setting was in 1991, July 11th. The next event will be on the 2nd of August, 2027 but the one tomorrow will only be surpassed in duration in 2132, June 13. The exceptional duration is a result of the Moon being near perigee with the diameter of the Moon 8% larger than the Sun. Do you know what is perigee? Let me tell you :) It is the point in the orbit of the Moon or a satellite at which is nearest to the Earth.

Hope it is not going to be cloudy. Let me update you tomorrow evening :)

Skacok, holnap reggel a 21. szazad leghosszabb, teljes napfogyatkozasat nezhetem meg Indiaban. 6 perc es 36 masodperc. A kovetkezo napfogyatkozas 2027-ben lesz, de a legkozelebbi ilyen hosszu napfogyatkozas 2132 Junius 13 an lesz. Na kivancsi vagyok erre:D A Hold a legkozelebb lesz a Foldhoz holnap...8% szelesebb mint a Nap. Na remelem nem lesz felho :) Holnap este elmeselem mi volt!

Boat trip & Eye on Malaysia

I had a wonderful, memorable evening after the long office hours...

Angie, Sia, Philip and myself preparing for the boat trip in Malacca. Hmhm, great! Philip, being the photo genius...is never on the pictures. Good shots Philip :)

Iroda utan elmentunk hajokazni:)

I wanted to take professional photographs as well...(Noemi, do not say a word!!:D), but the lights, the camera, the waves hitting the boat, the history of Malacca from speakers, the music...disturbed my concentration:D

Szerettem volna jo fotokat kesziteni, de ugy szeltuk a habokat mint a kenyeret es a kameram unta a sotetseget... En nem untam, de elegge nezem, hogy melyik beallitassal lesznek jobb fotok... Egyikkel sem!
:)

Trying our best... The Blackberry is a better camera :) Isn't it Angie?

Telefonnal jobb kepeket lehetett kesziteni! Olyan szep volt... el voltam almosodva a vegere a ringatastol.
Eye on Malacca... We did not try this one...chased bigger heights :)

Ennel nagyobbat szemeltem ki magamnak es azt is valasztottuk.
With Sia :)

Sia, a kolleganom :)
Water light and sound show... to a very famous argentin tango music and to the Radecki marsh! Beautiful!! Attached 2 videos... (tried but net is slow... maybe later)

Olyan szep volt ez a feny<>viz show!

Argentin tango zenere es a Radecki indulora jatszottak a vizsugarak es kozben valtottak a szinuket. Videot teszek fel hamarosan.

View from the river...
Malacca was a Dutch colony besides all and preserves the Holland style...

Malacca kb. 160 evig volt Holland fennhatosag alatt. Amsterdami stilusu kavezok es vendeglok vannak.

Csurkapu :D :D :D Vizimalom. Gondolom :))
Eye on Malaysia. Phewwwwwwwww, as we went closer I was a little bit frightened :D
Na erre ultem fel. Ez Kuala Lumpurban volt ennek elotte es "Malajzia Szeme" a neve. Kicsit aggodtam ahogy egyre kozelebb kerultem a kerekhez :D

Thiiiiiis big!

Jo felos volt ahogy felneztem... de na, osszeszedtem a remego labaimat es tunes felfele.

Angie and Sia are not afraid... I was standing a bit far...to run if I have to :D

Finally we got on the Eye and had a lot of fun. There was a cracking noise as we were reaching to the top but ok...we are still here :)) I liked it a lot!

Kacagtunk jo sokat es nagyon szep volt a kilatas!

Maritime museum. Motto: 'Once political power is lost, everything else is lost'

This ship was made without a singe nail in memoriam of the ship that was meant to take out the invaluable treasures of Malacca to Europe after the city has been conquered. But the ship sank at the shores of Malacca therefore no treasures were taken away from the country.

Ez a hajo egyetlen szeg nelkul keszult el. Muzeum es Malacca portugal, angol, holland, japan fennhatosag alatti emlekeit orzi.

The trio :)

Megpihentunk a muzeum elott... Mar ejjel 12 fele volt! :)
Thank you Angie, Sia and Philip!

Putrajaya, Malaysia

Putrajaya is a planned city, I would say: ideal city, located south of KL, that is the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from KL due to the overcrowding and congestion there. It is an ultimately extravagant, clean, high-tech area...that left me dazed. Amazing constructions, bridges, palaces, monuments, mosque, coffee places, etc can be found here. The palace of justice, the prime minister's office, the ministry of finance, the government offices...just to mention few. The houses in Putrajaya are residental houses for the government staff. I think I do not have to explain how those houses look like :) I will publish some more pictures about this city later. It is awesome! Inspiring! Marvellous! Grandious!

Putrajaya Kuala Lumpurhoz tartozik, de a miniszter irodaja, az igazsagugyi-, penzugyi-, vedelmi miniszteriumnak ad helyet, tovabba iskolak amelyek az itt dolgozok gyerekeinek van letesitve, gyonyoru kertek, hidak, viragkoltemenyek, kavezok es hazak az allam embereinek. Gondolom elkepzelitek milyen hazak ezek:)

Van meg rengeteg foto az en gepemen, kesobb meg teszek fel a kedvetekert :)

The Putra mosque...

The prime minister's office!

Az elso miniszter irodaja :))
Az igazsagugyi palota elott...
Az egyik hid...mogottem...

Eppen keszulok kavezni...

A hid ujra...

SHOW OFFFFF :D
Shooting moments...

Thank you all and especially PT for taking me there! :)

Petronas Twin Towers- Kuala Lumpur

"Exotic Tropical Gardens. Dazzling Skyscrapers. Quaint Heritage Buildings. Explore A City Full of Surprises Where The Mood and Rhythm Changes From One Sight to Another. Stop. Savor. You'll Discover The Unique Charm and Appeal of Kuala Lumpur."

I enjoyed this day to the max! Visited the Twin towers (88 floors) that are currently the 2nd tallest after the Sears Tower (Taipei-101 floors). The Twin towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world. The towers have a skybridge between the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors, which is the highest 2-story bridge in the world. The bridge is weighing 750 tons. The bridge is open to all visitors but only 1700 people are allowed per day. I was late. Anyway, I was not very sad :)
Meglatogattam a Petronas Iker tornyokat Kuala Lumpurban, amely 1998-2004 kozt a vilag legmagasabb epulete volt. 88 emelete van. 2004 ben a Sears torony elvitte a magassagi palmat, de meg mindig ez a vilag legmagasabb iker-epulete. Van egy hid (Egbolt hid) a 41 ees 42 emeletek kozt, de mar nem volt jegy mire odaertem. 1700 latogato mehet fel egy nap. Na mindegy, maradtam a foldon :D Nagyon elveztem bamulni ezt az orias uveg, beton, acel szerkezetet.

Enjoying the fountain. Van tobb kijarat az epuletbol. Vizesesek, kolosszalis irodaepuletek veszik korul. Ez a varos kozpontja. Ide nem szabadott volna beallnom...de mig az or nagy mosolyogva megkert, hogy lepjek ki a vizsugarak kozul addig pozoltam :D

Sooooo tall, is it?!
Olyan oriaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssss !!!!!!Scary movie :D Trying my luck. Ez a thyranoszaurusz olyan elethunek tunt.
Fountain at the other exit... A masik kijaratnal vizsugar showt neztem. Olyan volt mint egy jol betanult modern tanc otthon a kulturotthonban. Staring at the twins... Hm, what a construction!
Focusing on the fountain to get a good shot. I am not a photo genius, therefore I am taking 100 pics to have one acceptable :D I am not too fuzzy about the settings, shutter speed, depth of field, aperture (as per BB's training). Noemi had a great time checking out the pics I took. She says, if there is a straight palm tree in the horizon, this poor tree will be tilted on my picture :D Of course am not this bad! I guess.
Noemi mindig jokat kacagott a fotoimon. Kb 100-at kell fenykepezzek, hogy egy jo legyen. Meseltem neki, hogy gyerekkoromban a macskat akartuk a testveremmel fotozni es amikor a kepeket elohivattuk anyu kapta a gutat. Voltak fenykepek amiken volt peldaul egy villanydrot. Itt a tesom a naplementere koncentralt. Gondolom, de csak gondolom:DDDDDD a koncentralasi ido addig tartott, hogy a nap mar reg lement. Aztan voltak olyan fotok, amin egy szeklab volt. A macskat akartuk fotozni, de mar elment :D Aztan volt olyan foto, amin volt egy macskafarok. Gondolom a cica sietett. Voltak olyan fotok is, hogy egy nagy huvelykujj eltakar mindent. Jaj, anyu milyen ideges volt. 50 fenykepbol 10 volt jo. Es gyakorlatilag minden fotot meg kellett magyarazni :D Na az alabbi foton koncentralok a vizsugar showra. Rancolom a homlokom erosen :D
The tower is an office building for companies like IBM, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Boeing, Microsoft, etc... On the first couple of floors there is a shopping town. Az epulet belsejeben egy csodas bevasarlokozpont van. Minden amit elkepzeltek az ott bent megtalalhato. Az epulet eredeti kuldetese: irodahaz. Mindenki kosztumben van es nyakkendoben, stb. Olyan mint egy amerikai film :D Staring...

After a very good meal still staring with a huge tummy! :D Jo nagy a pocakom ebed utan...de olyan szep volt minden...csak bamultam :D

:)
Truly Malaysian Cuisine!
Bye bye for now...