Nurul, a Potential Prefect!

I have written to Mdm Hanim, Nurul's form teacher, with regards to a possible oversight. Nurul has expressed her disappointment of not receiving a Star Speller Certificate in spite of getting all her spelling tests correct during Term 1 i.e. the first quarter of the year (This was before she made her first mistake! See my earlier post). I wanted to seek clarification on the criteria of getting the Certificate as I initially suspected that there may be additional requirements that needed to be met in order to be awarded the Certificate. I told Nurul that she should have been more outspoken to clarify this issue with her. But I do understand her shy nature and I hope she will gradually overcome this weakness.

In my email to Mdm Hanim, I have also asked about Nurul's development in school in terms of academically and socially. I have received positive feedback from her which really made my day, despite the fact that the non-award of the Certificate was an actual oversight.

In her email, she commented that Nurul is a joy to teach and that she is an independent learner and is self-disciplined. She further commented that Nurul is a likeable character and that she has many friends, despite her shy and soft-spoken nature. She added that Nurul is one of her top 10 students with high ability. Those are not all. Yes there is more! Nurul is a potential school prefect! She advised that if Nurul is able to show more confidence and be more outspoken in Term 4, she will be selecting Nurul for a prefect post.

I couldn't wait to tell Nurul and Hubby. I told them immediately upon seeing them at home. Nurul has previously expressed her interest in being a prefect. On hearing this, she was delighted. I could just see it in her eyes.

Nurul got her Star Speller Certificate which was presented to her in class.

I thank Mdm Hanim for making my day. It truly brightened my gloomy Monday.

I know this has yet to come true, but it is coming. Nurul has to work on what she wants.

She will get there.

My Review of Jangan Tegur

From the start of the movie to the last, Jangan Tegur, thanks to its earsplitting sound effects, did not fail to to startle its viewers.

I applaud the make up artist who has succeded in assisting the character of possessed Baizura and Natasya come to live and sending chills down our spines.

In comparison with the previous two films of Metrowealth Movies, Jangan Pandang Belakang and Congkak, I would say Jangan Tegur generates the most number of viewer jolts!

However, I do not seem to be able to relate the movie title, Jangan Tegur, to the story line. My initial thought of the story line was more about the cast having to spot something wierd somewhere, made a comment on it and then something mysterious would happen to him or her. Perhaps, I was influenced by the advice from my folks, that when you see anything wierd or mysterious anywhere, do not breathe a word!

This movie stars mainly Julia Ziegler as Natasya, Pierre Andre as Kamal, Nadia Mustafar as Baizura and Elly Suriati as Mak Su.

I would give this movie a rating 8 out of 10.

This movie is a must catch. It is now showing at Cathay, Shaw as well as Eng Wah.

I watched this movie with Hubby, Nurul, Mama, Papa and Ngah, at Cathay Causeway Point, 24/04/2009 at 11.05pm.

Ultimate Mathematics

Here's the proof...

THEOREM:

Assume you have a pair of two-digit numbers, ab and cd such that a, b, c and d are nonzero. If ab + cd = 100, then a + b + c + d = 19

PROOF:

We can Write two-digit numbers in polynomial form ax + b and cx + d. In a decimal number where system x = 10. If ax + b + cx + d = 100, then we must have b + d = 10. This implies that ax + cx = 90. When we add the digits together, we actually ignore the base 10 and assume a unit base. This means that 90 will change to 9 and therefore, 10 + 9 = 19.

It is noteworthy that there are 72 such two-digit pairs and 72 is the 8^th Twin Prime’s Companion (TPC) and 8 is the index of 19. Chapter 72 has 28 verses and 72:28 is one of the numbers conforming to the above theorem, meaning that 72 + 28 = 100 and 7 + 2 + 2 + 8 =19. Please read 72:28.

In light of the above theorem, it is essential to analyze chapter 100 in the Quran. We note that it has 11 verses. If we concatenate 100 and 11 we get 10011 which is composed of 0’s and 1’s only. Therefore, we can think of it as a binary number. Well, you guessed it, 10011 in binary number system is 19, God be praised. Note here the intricate mathematics, 11 is the 19^th number in the Quran, and we just saw the relation between 100 and 19. There is only one other chapter in the Quran such that when you concatenate the sura number and the number of verses you get a number which is composed of 1’s and 0’s and it is chapter 101 which also has 11 verses. The number 10111 in binary number system is 23. We know that the 23^rd number in the Quran is 30 and the 30the number in the Quran is 100 and 30 is the 19^th composite and many more relations between 23 and 30 which were discussed previously [4].

PRIME NUMBERS AND THE QURANIC INITIALS

The counts of single letter in the Quranic initials are very interesting from the point of view of primes and signifies important Quranic numbers. If we look at the counts of letters in the Quranic initials, we note that there are 14 prime numbers [5] (excluding repetitions). This corresponds to the 14 sets of Quranic initials. These numbers are 19, 29, 31, 53, 97, 137, 173, 251, 257, 317, 347, 1249, 1319, 2521. Note that the smallest number is 19 and the largest number is 2521. Remember that chapter has 19x521 A’s + L’s + M’s. One notes that three digits namely 0, 6 and 8 are excluded from the above list of numbers. Now if we add the above prime numbers, the sum is 6800, exclusively made up of the missing digits. Keep in mind that 68x100 tells us that the last initialed sura is 68 and 100 proclaims 74:30 which tells us about 19.

MORE "ULTIMATE MATHEMATICS"

The fact that sura 2, the first initialed sura in the Quran has 9899 A’s + L’s + M’s or 19x521, is truly a numbering system beyond the capability of humans and jinns combined [8]. What we are about to see is that the coefficient of 19 which is 521 actually predicts the last initialed sura which is 68. By God’s grace and the discovery of TPC’s, we note that the 521^st TPC is 33768. This is truly an amazing number, because it is the concatenation of the prime number 337 and 68 where 68 is the index of prime number 337. Glory be to God.

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One of the Greatest Miracles (74:35)

I came across this article at www.quran.org and was simply amazed! Read on...

The Quran is characterized by a unique phenomenon never found in any human authored book. Every element of the Quran is mathematically composed - the suras, the verses, the words, the number of certain letters, the number of words from the same root, the number and variety of divine names, the unique spelling of certain words, the absence or deliberate alteration of certain letters within certain words, and many other elements of the Quran besides its content. There are two major facets of the Quran's mathematical system: (1) The mathematical literary composition, and (2) The mathematical structure involving the numbers of suras and verses. Because of this comprehensive mathematical coding, the slightest distortion of the Quran's text or physical arrangement is immediately exposed.

SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND IMPOSSIBLE TO IMITATE

For the first time in history we have a scripture with built-in proof of divine authorship - a superhuman mathematical composition.

Any reader of this book can easily verify the Quran's mathematical miracle. The word "God" (Allah) is written in bold capital letters throughout the text. The cumulative frequency of occurrence of the word "God" is noted at the bottom of each page in the left hand corner. The number in the right hand corner is the cumulative total of
the numbers for verses containing the word "God." The last page of the text, Page 372, shows that the total occurrence of the word "God" is 2698, or 19x142. The total sum of verse numbers for all verses containing the word "God" is 118123, also a multiple of 19 (118123 = 19x6217).

Nineteen is the common denominator throughout the Quran's mathematical system.

This phenomenon alone suffices as incontrovertible proof that the Quran is God's message to the world. No human being(s) could have kept track of 2698 occurrences of the word "God," and the numbers of verses where they occur. This is especially impossible in view of (1) the age of ignorance during which the Quran was revealed, and (2) the fact that the suras and verses were widely separated in time and place of revelation. The chronological order of revelation was vastly different from the final format (Appendix 23). However, the Quran's mathematical system is not limited to the word "God;" it is extremely vast, extremely intricate, and totally comprehensive.

THE SIMPLE FACTS

Like the Quran itself, the Quran's mathematical coding ranges from the very simple, to the very complex. The Simple Facts are those observations that can be ascertained without using any tools. The complex facts require the assistance of a calculator or a computer.
The following facts do not require any tools to be verified, but please remember they all refer to the original Arabic text:

1. The first verse (1:1),known as "Basmalah," consists of 19 letters.

2. The Quran consists of 114 suras, which is ..............19 x 6.

3. The total number of verses in the Quran is 6346, or ....19 x 334.
[6234 numbered verses & 112 un-numbered verses (Basmalahs) 6234+112 = 6346] Note that 6+3+4+6 =.......19.

4. The Basmalah occurs 114 times, despite its conspicuous absence from Sura 9 (it occurs twice in Sura 27) & 114= 19x6.

5. From the missing Basmalah of Sura 9 to the extra Basmalah of Sura 27, there are precisely ...............19 suras.

6. It follows that the total of the sura numbers from 9 to 27 (9+10+11+12+...+26+27) is 342, or .............19 x 18.

7. This total (342) also equals the number of words between the two Basmalahs of Sura 27, and 342 = ........19 x 18.

8. The famous first revelation (96:1-5) consists of .......19 words.

9. This 19-worded first revelation consists of 76 letters .19 x 4.

10. Sura 96, first in the chronological sequence, consists of .....................................................19 verses.

11. This first chronological sura is placed atop the last ..19 suras.

12. Sura 96 consists of 304 Arabic letters, and 304 equals .19 x 16.

13. The last revelation (Sura 110) consists of ............19 words.

14. The first verse of the last revelation (110:1) consists of ....................................................19 letters.

15. 14 different Arabic letters, form 14 different sets of "Quranic Initials" (such as A.L.M. of 2:1), and prefix 29 suras. These numbers add up to 14+14+29 = 57 = ......19 x 3.

16. The total of the 29 sura numbers where the Quranic Initials occur is 2+3+7+...+50+68 = 822, and 822+14 (14 sets of initials) equals 836, or ................. 19 x 44.

17. Between the first initialed sura (Sura 2) and the last initialed sura (Sura 68) there are 38 un-initialed suras 19 x 2.

18. Between the first and last initialed sura there are ....19 sets of alternating "initialed" and "un-initialed" suras.

19. The Quran mentions 30 different numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 99, 100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 50,000, & 100,000. The sum of these numbers is 162146, which equals 19x8534

Nurul's First Weekly Spelling Mistake

I am a little bit disappointed that Nurul made her first mistake in her weekly spelling test in school this week. She has never got her spelling wrong since day 1.

I asked her why. She kept quite and didn't breathe a word. I knew she felt bad too. Her classmates may have gotten the week's spelling all correct.

She spelt 'scurry' as 'scury'; short of one 'r'. I thought she could maintain her 'no mistake' record throughout the year but I was wrong.

I suspect she was over-confident and wanted to finish quickly.

I am getting over it now though disappointment is still lurking somewhere at the back of my mind. I guess it's a mistake afterall. I hope she will be more careful in future.

I will get over this.

Shaista's Hair Cut 19 April 2009

I sent Shaista to a friendly neighbourhood hairdresser last Saturday to have her hair trimmed as it was already covering her eyes. As we were alighting from feeder bus number 913, I asked her whether she would like to have her hair cut. Almost instantly she replied,"Cut, cut, cut!" with her first and second finger resembling a pair of scissors, whilst rubbing them against her forehead from left to right and from right to left, as though cutting her eye level fringe. Nurul was having her MPM class. Last Saturday was an additional class conducted by her MPM instructor, Jazsintha, to prepare her primary one students for the upcoming SA1 math.

Shaista and I reached the salon. We saw a number of customers waiting for their turn. As we enter, Shaista joyfully repeated, "Cut, cut, cut!". We were greated by the Assistant Manager of the hair salon, Candy. I greeted her with a smile and hand signalled to her, Shaista's cutting her hair. She understood and asked us to wait. Shaista started to lie on the sofa where we sat, making herself felt at home. In less than a minute Shaista was called to sit at the hairdressing chair. We then understood that the people whom we saw were all waiting for their family and/or friends to finish their hair-do.

I lifted her up the chair and on the hard cushion used to heighten the chair for ease of attending to a child of Shaista's height. I waited behind her. Another hairdresser (by her accent, I think she is from China), who assisted me with my last hair rebonding, who was also the one who cut Shaista's hair a few months back, voluntered to cut Shaista's hair once again, even though she was at that time attending to a customer. Candy then took over her work.

Shaista was quite obedient and responded well when asked to 'look up' and 'look down' while the China hairdresser cuts her hair. I have asked her to trim Shaista's fringe to slightly above her eyes and the back to shorten by about an inch.

It all went well and Shaista is now back with her cute little rounded face.