DNA Babi & Chocolate

Sehari dua ni Malaysia dikejutkan dengan skandal coklat yang mengandungi DNA babi.
Mula-mula Cadbury, dan kemudian beberapa jenama lain juga dah mula dikaitkan dengan kes ni.

Sebagai negara yang majoritinya beragama Islam, perkara ini memang menyentuh sensitiviti, yang membuatkan para pengguna merasa bimbang tentang kebolehpercayaan label dan dakwaan pengeluar ke atas makanan mereka. Iyalah, sebelum ni Cadbury dah keluarkan kenyataan yang produk mereka halal.

Tapi apa yang aku nak tahu adalah, macam mana kaedah yang dah digunapakai dalam penemuan kandungan ni dalam coklat. Dalam akhbar-akhbar dan sumber online yang melaporkan berita ni, aku dapati ianya adalah 'penemuan DNA babi (porcine) di dalam coklat'. Semua sumber quote perkara yang sama. Takde maklumat  lanjut tentang kandungan apakah dalam coklat tu yang membawa trace DNA babi ni, mahupun maklumat tentang makmal manakah yang telah menjalankan pemeriksaan ni.

Aku bukanlah penggemar coklat sangat. Aku terima berita ni dengan beberapa persoalan & curiosity:

1. Macam mana trace DNA boleh ada dalam makanan yang dah diproses secara intensif seperti coklat?
2. Apakah sebenarnya kandungan dalam coklat yang mengandungi DNA babi tu?
3. Aku rasa yang mungkin kat sini adalah gelatin.
4. Tapi macam mana DNA boleh ada dalam gelatin? Gelatin terhasil daripada hidrolisis kolagen, tak sepatutnya ada DNA. Semuanya protein tu.
5. Kalau pengesanan berdasarkan motif peptida/protein, proses2 yang dilalui dalam pembuatan coklat dah menyahasli (denature) struktur protein.

Ini adalah persoalan pokok yang aku sangat ingin tahu. Aku ada juga baca jurnal-jurnal saintifik untuk membantu aku memahami kedudukan semua perkara ini. Tapi maklumat yang lebih jelas daripada pihak berkuasa yang tampil dengan dakwaan ini amatlah diperlukan.

Post ni akan diupdate/ post lain akan menyusul selepas persoalan2 ni dah diketahui.

walaooo

Jeremy Bentham, a famous utilitarian once said "There are two types of people in this world; the one who divide the world into two types, and those who didn't"

Well I do. deliberately and reasonably. Because to generalize is often more destructive

Recently I've encountered these two images/posts while I was browsing through my facebook timeline; each of them describes a different situation, but somehow I feel both of them shares the same premise. And it catches me. I cannot get the images out of my head.

Here are the two posts:

I hope you can read the words. But anyhow the images alone are so powerful, and the words just complement the feelings of the image. I can feel them..If you did not know it yet, the first image was Morticia and Gomez from the 80s famous series "Addam's Family". And the second picture was a NY man giving his accounts on 1 thing that represent his life.

What I can say is the story behind both pictures have a gloomy start. A dark cloudy day & a miserable birthday experience. And from there people can progress forward in two ways..like Morticia did, or the NYC man.

While it's always best to just turn to a new leaf and put the bad moments behind you, and think of a brighter start (like Morticia did), sometimes the harrowing experience can be more profound and causes heavy damage to oneself..like the NYC man have experienced..and the memory left a deep wound, and strongly influence how things in  his life unfolds. Traumatized. and crushes the self esteem.

The reason why this all  feels like the are connected to me is because I usually see myself  as Morticia. In fact I strive to be such-minded.

But recently I've received a hard blow with a considerable magnitude & impact like what the NYC man have experienced.

And it's life-changing you know. It was that bad.

I knew from the moment she dropped the bomb life just won't be the same again.

Ba-Dum-Tsss!

iklan internet: edisi abang2

Abang nak bagitahu sikit ni.

Perasan tak iklan2 yang ada dekat website yang kita bukak, kadang-kadang dia hias dekat tepi-tepi page tu, kadang-kadang dekat top,tengah atau bottom sesuatu post kalau dalam sesuatu entry blog/penulisan. Dia ada yang serupa macam banner, imej & teks bergerak-gerak. Ada juga yang sekadar recommendation page/suggested post kalau dekat laman sosial.

Setiap orang tak nampak iklan-iklan yang sama ye. Setiap orang akan dapat pengalaman melayari internet beriklan yang lain-lain. Sebab website2/page yang tunjuk iklan ni sebenarnya seolah-olah 'papan' je, ruangan yang muncul iklan tu adalah 'dynamic ads'. Dia akan diisi oleh iklan yang tertentu.

Macam mana iklan ni ditentukan? Ha dengar ni abang nak terangkan.
ruang 'Dynamic ads' pada semua page ni akan diisi dengan iklan yang khusus ditarget/sasarkan pada individu yang melayari internet ni. Macam mana dia buat macam tu? Jawapan: dia akan gunakan browsing behavior yang dah disimpan hasil dari penggunaan/pencarian dalam internet yang dah dibuat selama ni. Internet ni pandai, dia tak akan pukul rata je. Sebab dalam dunia pemasaran internet ni, dia nak sampaikan promosi yang khusus kepada pelanggan yang berpotensi lah.

Jadi, bergantung kepada tabiat penggunaan internet anda, anda akan diberikan iklan-iklan yang mempunyai kaitan dengan kecenderungan anda (seperti yang telah ditafsirkan oleh sistem cerdas internet ni). dan abang nak bagitahu yang penilaian internet ni 99.99% tepat lah.

jadi gadis-gadis malaya selalunya akan nampak lah iklan pasal online shopping, novel-novel, perkara-perkara korea, dan destinasi berjalan-jalan. Tu antara contohlah. Abang nampak iklan-iklan acara larian, pasal sains & teknologi dan perkara-perkara lain.

Abang tulis entry ni sebab facepalm. Nak pitam bila tengok dekat facebook ada rakan abang ni menulis status komentarnya tentang betapa internet dan laman sosial (seperti yang dilihatnya) terlalu terbuka, sebab katanya tunjuk iklan-iklan tidak bermoral, gadis-gadis seksi dan imej-imej yang NSFW semuanya. Katanya ini salah badan autoriti seperti SKMM kerana tidak senstitif dengan gejala iklan ni untuk rakyat Malaysia, dan macam-macam lagi lah yang dikarangnya dalam post panjang yang kelihatan kemas dan berstruktur penulisannya.Kawan abang tu juga menyeru para pengguna internet agar tidak terpengaruh dengan iklan kemaksiatan ini.

Abang tak tahulah. tapi kita akan disajikan iklan berdasarkan tabiat kita melayari internet. Jadi apa maknanya tu ya? Macam abang cakap tadilah.
Untuk orang yang tidak tahu, bila dia berdegar-degar mencari sesuatu untuk dibangkitkan, senang untuk dia mengkantoikan diri sendiri. Abang hanya mampu baca sambil menggeleng2kan kepala lalu menaip post ini sajalah. Kerana malas mahu merosakkan post dia serta perbincangan rancak dia dan penyokong2nya. Kawan abang tu berpewatakan suci dan warak orangnya. Selalu share hadis & dalil dan kata mutiara dari macam-macam sumber serta tak lupa kalimat2 cinta dari page2 kahwin muda.

Ha pasal ringan sangat jari nak meng'share' di laman sosial tu pun satu benda juga tu. Abang pun tak tahulah nak kata macam mana bab ni, main shareee suka hati je abang tengok ramai2 sekarang. Pasal tu nanti-nanti lah kalau rajin abang ulas.

p/s: Sebab dah tua ni, penulisan bahasa melayu akan guna kata ganti diri 'abang'. Ok.

Gojira pun facepalm.

Padu

"Hidup mati musik
bangun tidor musik
Cuba bernafas
Ralat itu normal"

The above was a scripture from the lyrics of 'Ngilu' by Butterfingers.
I actually (and suddenly) miss Butterfingers quite bad right now.
And I keep listening to all of their songs again and again.

Well,while the quoted lyrics is somewhat doesn't make any sense to most of the  world populations, it is actually an honest and truthful expression by people that shares the same brainwave like the people of the band themselves.

Butterfingers is one of a kind.
It's a loss to Malaysia when the band decided to split.

But the brilliance live on.
Cruising the local scene in a different vessel
named monoloQue.
Loque,Kadax and Loko are still reliving the ideals of how genius sounds like in notes and keys..even without Emmet.
The guitar pluckings in particular,never fails to tease my heart and soul so bad that my brain gushes all the endorphins it has and brought me to dreamland and their music is the best refuge I have.

"Untok seketika ku hilang kawalan diri"

Butter sounds will forever lives on in the heart of their fans.

lifehack: seeing beyond the illusionment

Salam & good day

Here I would like to share about a lifehack (or rather, a self-taught survival tricks) that I think have helped me through a lot and gave me a lil' peace of mind whenever it requires. And if you think this is beneficial then you might as well take anything good out of this.

The hack is a state of mind. I think it is somewhat in line with what Simon Sinek have preached throughout the years in his inspiring talks about the 'Why-How-What" thinking in creating inspiring movements like Steve Jobs' Apple. The core idea is similar.

When I was younger I've always relied on people so much- as a company. I really need friends to join me doing most of everyday's stuff. Whether they join me or I joins them, it's the same because the bottomline is to have company. I'm not in any means become pushy in asking for company, but I really better get into one.Because if not, I'd rather delay/postponed the will to do the task to a later time.

While that's normal to people who are naturally a lovable person whom friends just flocks and willingly sticks around, things would be a lil' bit shaky for the ones who are less naturally lovable. Plus, when time comes for real friends to depart ways and pursue their own life, the void left before new friends were made; can be somewhat terrorizing. You'll basically be left to go through many common things (if not everything) but now by yourself.
This is where weakness in the mind can take its toll on oneself. The mere experience of having to do sociable-stuff (like eating outside, & making a holiday trip) alone can be quite a challenge and if one cannot adapt to the new situation- which is unfortunate- can render a person non-functional and dull.

The essence behind any activities is the objective behind it.The purpose of doing. This core reason is often gets juiced up with many other 'accessories' that decorates the central motive, which then makes the whole experience of doing it better and fun.

Take eating for example. If we want to go out and eat, what will we do?
We will try to gather up some friends to join along and lepak2 makan sama2.
That's great and fun, but what if it's already meal time and you can't find any available friends to go out with? Most of us will just wait further until someone's free to hang out with.If no one's free, most people will just skip the meal time and just eat the next meal time. hat's the reason behind that?

We eat because we want to give nourishment for our body. We feed ourselves with good food to fuel up ourselves to make sure everythings' inside went on in the best condition.
To acknowledge this central motive behind why we go out eating is crucial, because if not you'll easily get disillusioned with many other 'decorations' that always come with the experience.

We go out eating most importantly to fill our tummy, and friends is not a must. We have the obligation to fulfill our body's need for glycogen stock-up, and our friends don't have anything attached to that. To have company and lepak2 makan ramai2 is a bonus. But by realizing this true fact, you don't have to wait for everyone's free time to eat. Just eat. For the sake of your body. Alone or not is not important.

Humans are a social animals. We want to move and do everything in our packs. We have the ability to do everything individually, but we feel the necessity to have someone together in the process as well. If not, there's no 'spark'. It's programmed in our mammalian genes. But we are blessed with sanity and intelligence. We can push through the mental barrier, and trick our mind to adapt with situation.

If you want a company the next time you have to go out and eat alone, there's cat under the table that wants a piece of whatever in your plate. I always take them cats as a company, like I am eating with them so do share don't be stingy. The cats are kind enough to come and sit next to you so give 'em something to eat too and not just bones.

Or you can go to the pasar malam and buy your food there. And eat whilst walking around the pasar malam, seeing stuffs. Eating while taking a stroll around pasar malam feels like everyone's there to accompany you eating.

In a nutshell, use mental games to trick your mind and rise above the dilemma. All dilemma. Once you can dictate the true reason you do stuffs, there's no problem to go through it by your own.

Thanks for stopping by, you're alright.