Tuesday 23 June 2009

Chemical Engineer's Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:
1.) 532.35 cm3 gluten
2.) 4.9 cm3 NaHCO3
3.) 4.9 cm3 refined halite
4.) 236.6 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride
5.) 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6.) 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
7.) 4.9 cm3 methyl ether of protocatechuic aldehyde
8.) Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
9.) 473.2 cm3 theobroma cacao
10.) 236.6 cm3 de-encapsulated legume meats (sieve size #10)

To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr,
add ingredients one, two and three with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor vessel with a radial flow impeller
operating at 100 rpm, add ingredients four, five, six, and seven until the mixture is homogenous. To reactor #2, add
ingredient eight, followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1. Additionally, add
ingredient nine and ten slowly, with constant agitation. Care must be taken at this point in the raction to control
any temperature rise that may be the result of an exothermic reaction. Using a screw extrude attached to a #4
nodulizer, place the mixture piece-meal on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K oven for a period of
time that is in agreement with Frank & Johnston's first order rate expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden
brown. Once the reaction is complete, place the sheet on a 25C heat-transfer table, allowing the product to come
to equilibrium.

Wednesday 17 June 2009

A Man Argues that Wine Should be Halal

A man came to Iyas Ibn Mu'awiyah, a Muslim judge famous for his wisdom, and the following
conversation took place between them:

Man: What is the Islamic ruling regarding wine?

Judge: It is Haram (Forbidden).

Man: How about water?

Judge: It is Halal (Permissible).

Man: How about dates and grapes?

Judge: They are Halal.

Man: Why is it that all these ingredients are Halal, and yet when you combine them, they
become Haram?

The judge looked at the man and said: If I hit you with this handful of dirt, do you think it would
hurt you?

Man: It would not.

Judge: How about if I hit you with this handful of straw?

Man: It would not hurt me.

Judge: How about a handful of water?

Man: It surely would not hurt me.

Judge: How about if I mix them, and let them dry to become a brick, and then hit you with it,
would it hurt you?

Man: It would hurt me and might even kill me!

Judge: The same reasoning applies to what you asked me!!

Wednesday 10 June 2009

KL Taxi Price Rise

"KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) has proposed a 30 per cent
increase in taxi fares to help upgrade public transportation."
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/28365-licensing-board-proposes-30pc-rise-in-taxi-fare

I made a simple comparison between Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Dubai. Refer to the table below:








The proposed price rise means, the new Taxi fare in Malaysia will be RM 11.3 / 10km.


Sunday 7 June 2009

How to Identify GOD

According to many dictionaries, the below is the definition of God:
1. The ONE Supreme Being, The Creator and Ruler of the universe
2. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator, the principal object of faith and worship

Having said the definition of GOD, now let us see How We Can Identify GOD.

1. GOD must be UNIQUE (none co-equal or comparable unto Him). He has no comparable in His Essence
or in any of His Attributes

2. GOD must be The One to Whom all created beings turn to for all their needs, and Who is not dependent
on anything or anyone for any need (the Self-Sufficient Master)

3. GOD must not begets nor He was begotten


Only when all these three attributes/parameters are fulfilled, then, congratulations!
You've identified GOD.


Now, let us see what is mentioned in the Al-Quran:

"Say (O Muhammad (SAW)): He is Allâh, (the) One. Allâh the Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures
need, (He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or
comparable unto Him." (Al-Quran 114:1-4)