Project progress meeting Thursday, 27 November 2008 12.00pm – 12.15pm I showed Richard a copy of my project overview, which as the project introduction, hypothesis, methods, assumptions, a sentence stating a contribution of my research and references. Richard suggested that there is a software which enables me to plot in my datasets which will give a computerised analysis. This may be added up to my method’s...

I have 2 heavy duty projects at hand, of which progress of both projects have to be presented next week. Joe’s project meeting is on Tuesday, Richard’s on Thursday. I will also deliver a short presentation on ‘Rare Earth Elements’ on Tuesday next week at 11.00am, which requires a careful and detailed research. God help me!

Project Introductory Fieldtrip Thursday, 6 November 2008 9.00am – 2.00pm As planned in our 1st meeting, Richard and I met in Barry Island’s train station on Wednesday the 12th at 9.00am. The objective of this fieldtrip is to observe features of the outcrops that we’re going to get our data from. It was a perfect day to engage into fieldwork that day. The sun was up and the weather was pleasant. We started...

Overview of Project The East-West trending Bristol Channel basin experienced a series of sedimentation and regional tectonics movement from Carboniferous until Neogene. The carbonaceous shelf-limestone was largely deposited in early Carboniferous period. Later, the Variscan orogeny uplifted the area which formed the unconformity throughout the Permian. Crustal extension and lithospheric thinning throughout the...

On Thursday 6th November 2008, I had a meeting with Professor Richard Lisle in Room 2.23C. I had briefly explained him about the MESci Research Project from the EA3008 Research Tutorial module. I have also admitted my interest to work on a project in the field of Structural Geology. Professor Lisle acknowledged this and later expressed that he had an interesting project in mind. As an introductory for the project,...

There have been a few occurrences of Tahaaluf during the time of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Some of the examples are elaborated as below. The treaty of Mutayyibin Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) once mentioned about the concept of Tahaaluf in a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad, which said “I have witnessed the agreement of al-Mutayyibin and I will not break the treaty even if I am given the best red camel as an exchange”. This...

I have just finished watching a critical debate on the title ‘Who needs an Islamic State?’ (YouTube of course!). This debate was organised by IslamChannel, presenting 2 prominent figures of different ideological approach towards the Islamic State issue. The debate can be viewed here. Ahmad Abdel-Wahab, author of the controversial ‘Who needs an Islamic State’ book made a critical note...

Rafie just bought himself a new 24-inch Mac. I’ve got the chance to watch a few HD animations with him, and they were awesome! The graphics were crystal clear and I could see all the minute lines and hairs of the animals (one of ‘em was the Madagascar 2 movie trailer) in the animation. Brilliant! I’ve just bought my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop in March this year, so there’s no chance...

Cardiff A, from left: Ise (Mid), Saiful (Fwd), Puteh (Mid), Arn (Fwd, Captain), Kuwe (Def), Azad (GK), Arief (Mid), Jufri (Mid) ‘Cardiff Road to Notts’08′ was a project launched by the Cardiff University Malaysian Football Club (CUMSFC) in hope of winning the most prestigious football event organised by Malaysians in the UK. This year’s Nottingham game was my fourth attempt. We did quite...

This poster is simply brilliant! Creative design by the genius Rafie. His portfolio can be viewed at http://www.mohdrafie.co.uk/. I strongly recommend those who seek consultancy, web and graphics design to hire him. The date is not fixed yet, subject to change. Anyone who has been to Turkey are welcomed to discuss anything you know in the comments section. Thank you.