Total eclipse 2009
A partiall solar eclipse is seen in Yanguan town, Haining City, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Hundreds of millions of people across China, India and Japan will witness the longest solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A partiall solar eclipse is seen in Yanguan town, Haining City, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Hundreds of millions of people across China, India and Japan will witness the longest solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Baily's Beads of solar eclipse is seen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 9:16 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Hundreds of millions of people across China, India and Japan will witness the longest solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Yang Lei)
A partial solar eclipse is seen at Tatsugou town in Amamioshima, southern Island of Japan, Wednesday, July 22 , 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered in the open to watch the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A partial solar eclipse is seen in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Hundreds of millions of people across China, India, South Korea and Japan will witness the longest solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday.(AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
A partial solar eclipse is seen among heavy cloud in Yanguan town, Haining City, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, total solar eclipse is seen in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, at 9:16 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Asia witness 21st century's longest eclipse on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhou Hengyi)
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, solar eclipse is seen in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, at 8:33 a.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Scientists, students and nature enthusiasts gathered in open spaces in parts of India Wednesday to watch the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, although heavy cloud cover and overnight rains threatened to spoil the party. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Peng)
Fireworks are launched during the total solar eclipse in Yanguan town, Haining City, China, Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia from India to China into near darkness Wednesday as millions gathered in the open to watch the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Over here we have live telecast, direct from China. Singapore’s Channel U collaborates with CCTV 10. Even radio also report the events as it happens.
I manage to see the preparation in Chengdu on TV before going to work. They’re ready to turn the street lights on when the city plunge into darkness. Shortly in my office, I receive news on MSN from those who’re watching it live on TV, Chengdu was like in night time. Many cities in China were shown counting down to the eclipse. The feeling was extremely overwhelming and I lose interest on my work for a moment and started to MSN my Shanghainese friends and ex-colleagues based in Shanghai. So happening and so exciting.
How I wish it could happen next year for my trip to visit the World Expo in Shanghai.
North Malaysia was supposed to be able to see partial eclipse (17.8% sunlight blocked by moon) but it rained heavily. So everyone turned to radio, tv and the internet.
Singapore’s radio DJ say anything happens in China are big things. I thought so too :p
Taikor,it seems that you came from Shanghai and works in international trading field – import or export shoes? (you mentioned shoes in one post if i recall correctly).hahaha,maybe you had been my customer before…it is a small world:)
daikor is in malaysia doing big things, i guess :P i’m always grateful to have him here to provide us with perspectives from that part of the world :)))
wow, sn you are great! how did you know BIG Taikor?he is a government officer or works on a big project?you know what ,i thought he had worked in a singapore trading company exporting shoes from shanghai based on some of his information:) before i immigrated to canada i helped that company earn big profit by providing them the whole necessary documents for customs clearance and giving a guarantee of non-inspection . so far the owner still cherishes the memory of those happiest moments of making money without worry of a heavy fine ( he received the first fine after i left ! ) and calls me his lucky star:P
dn, i know taikor from here, in civ! he has made many thoughtful, inspiring comments. i don’t know what exactly he does hee hee :P
I thought I talked too much on this blog. Come to think of it, my wayward expression may have confused some readers. My English is half-pail water (ban tong shui).
I’m Malaysian-born Chinese living in Xinshan (Johor Bahru), a city located on the southernmost tip of peninsula Malaysia, just on the north of Singapore. The souther part of this country is heavily influenced by Singapore’s media and economy so I’d be making a lot of references to Singapore which of course, confuses people that I’m Singaporean.
Even my profession also half-pail water. I’m an I.T. guy handling both hardware (network, servers, telephone syst…etc.) and software (web, app, database…etc.) even though I’ve changed many jobs since graduated.
My paternal ancestor came from Taishan, Guangdong province. And my maternal ancestor from Fujian province. So I’m mixed: half cantonese; half hokkienese (fujianese).
That’s all about me for now… ;p
nice to meet you,Taikor.you are great ! i always admire I.T.guys who must be very talented in my eyes cos i was never very good at handling computer even though my IQ is not very low,i think :) the only skill i can fix my computer problem is to reboot it:P
also my english is less than half-pail water. i regret i didn’t invest more time and effort in english study in my day.so now i am easily confused when reading and listening.in particular,i can’t put my english language to good use in an argument with a talker.that makes me feel uncomfortable and ashamed! i can’t expect it to improve overnight but i am trying my best to improve the position …..
taikor, i’m a taishanese too! but pure blood taishanese… both mom’s and dad’s ancestoral roots are from taishan. hee hee
dn, your english not bad la…. we have to work very hard coz it isn’t our mother tongue
sn,thank you for your kind words.that means i already improved a little bit:)like my dad said, i always embrace Buddha’s feet in the last minute! but it does work in all my life so far:P now i have to push myself harder in english language as i know to my cost ! let’s cheer on……..