Just another day…… (Please la Tambi, it's CREATE...What are you expecting?!)

CREATE started off as another ordinary day with Sam, the boss, sipping some hot, enlightening tea while keeping a close eye on the office boys - Farid, Farquar and Shah - who were carrying out their job. An awkward expression was found on his face when two of his fellow workers, Gangez and Mike, came in late. There, situated beside him, was a lovely angel, Marilyn, glancing at the schedule to find out what to do next. Time passed very quickly, with the workers preparing to go home when all of a sudden...

Sam received an urgent message. Sam yelled, “Everybody, this is not a drill. Battle mode everyone!!!” Sam jumped into the “Cicak caves", and proceeded straight into the mission control room, along with his loyal side kick, "Lava boy". Cicak Man then ordered Lava Boy to “release your power so doom can prevail”. After Lava boy showed off his power in flight, he lit the rocket with the name of “Bumblebee", to stop the ragging hot planet from hitting Earth”.

And once again, the world is saved and Sam can eat chocolates alongside some refreshing tea for breakfast. As for the Lava Shah boy, he never takes breakfast because his shift is at noon.

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At the end of the day, the moral to be learnt is that it is tough work in the Aerospace Education Services,

But boredom is something one will never encounter.

C.R.E.A.T.E We bring the universe to you.

August was a fast moving, hectic month for us, of which work began to get very active and vibrant for us. I recently found out about this blog from my boss, and i was thinking that since the night is young why don't I entertain myself by writing a few words for this blog of ours whilst simultaneously fulfilling the need to update the blog! Killing two birds with the same stone ain't such a bad idea after all!

A lot has happened over the past few days, which explains why I've never gone insane out of boredom (Except when Shah and I went to Shazz for "Nasi Kandar", and i was too tired from work to even keep my eye lids open).

Shah is the Operations Manager around here and he can informally be classified as the second person in charge of AES. He's even good at shooting the boss out of the skies (Sorry Sam, no offense yeah?!). We've also got Marilyn (the sole eve around here), who is the company 's accountant. Mike, the handsome guy (who is already taken - I'll try to update his relationship status when there's a change), and Ganges are in charge of the sales department of our campany. Last but not least, Farquar Azman and I (Farid) are still probational workers but Sam has told us not to worry because have been doing fine in our jobs. Our Bombastic Boss is none other than Mr Sam who has recently become an Uncle now with James, his brother, becoming a father - many congratulations to the two of you!

I hope that all of you readers now have a brief image on the background of the Aerospace Education Services' family. Somewhere along the line, I will elaborate in further detail to all of you about us and what we do here both individually and as a whole.

Looking froward to learn bout you guys out there. See you soon.

Hello to all
Its time to blog again and do some updating of the site.
The good news is we finally have a forum and home site for the Aerospace Club.
Club member Dion Moult has done a great job creating the new sites. They can be found at....
http://www.e2-productions.com/aerospace
http://www.e2-productions.com/aerospacebbs
We welcome new members who would like to discuss topics relevant to our efforts to discuss the many fascinating aspects of aerospace science.

At this time we are busy preparing for some exciting programs for the end of the year and also for next year. I am happy to announce that we will be doing our first live webconference with NASA at the end of this month. On November the 27th we will be taking a group of members and friends to the newly opened Malaysia Space Science Center in Banting to view the facilities and conduct a live conference with NASA engineers who will be presenting on the International Space Station. I am looking forward to starting what I hope will be a ongoing program of live webcasts with NASA conducted a regular intervals during the year.
In addition we will have the opportunity to view the MSSC facilities and learn about the fascinating work being done there.

Details of the trip will be posted on the forum.

We were very profiled to be able to conduct a workshop for the Nestle Neslac group under the National Association of Gifted Children.
130 participants were thrilled by the displays and demonstrations provided on the day. Of particular not was Sazalis new model helicopter that he flew for our participants. It is truly an awesome machine and really wowed the crowd. I included some pics of the day in this blog.

Now that the year is drawing to a close we are able to reflect on the many wonderful events and activities we have provided. Even more importantly is the prospect of next years activities. Of particular note is the upcoming mission to the International Space Station for the Malaysian Astronaut. It is my intention to follow this event at all stages and try to get as many people as possible involved.
Also a major event will be the Malaysian International Aerospace 2007 to be held at Subang between the months of June through to August. The exhibition will feature the Buran Space Shuttle. It will be brought in on the back of worlds largest aircraft the Antonov AN 255 (see picture).

Aerospace Education Services has continued to grow and demand for our services has increased rapidly. At this time we are in the process of negotiating a major deal with a partner company that will see our operation making a BIG change for the better. I will update the blog in a week or so hopefully with news of our new arrangement.
Thats all for now and looking forward to the next post ....see you then.

Sam

Now that the year is drawing to a close

Hello to all
Since last post many things have happened. Of note was our involvement in the recent opening of the first stage of the Malaysian Space Science Center in Banting.
We had some exciting challenges to deal with and a very tight timeline to finish work on our areas of responsibility in relation to the opening.
The event itself took place on the 4th of October and was officiated by the Prime Minister and many government ministers.
Thankfully after many long days and nights working in preparation everything went according to plan. I have posted some pics of the event so you can see what went on. As you can see we had our giant Soyuz rocket model as the centerpiece for the opening.
On of our special tasks for the event was to make a gift for the PM. We designed and created a very unique display stand with a fragment of real meteorite suspended between. (See pic) There are a series of verses from the Holy Quran inscribed on one side with their english translations on the other. Apparently the PM liked it so much that he wants it on display in his own office. It has been a great privilege to be able to make this special gift for the countries leader.
Dr Nafisah the Space Center director has indicated that she would be happy to have groups of students come to the center and participate in activities. On the cards are live webconference sessions with NASA and building a radio telescope.
The center is the first stage of a much larger project that will see a major facility for the construction of satellites finished within the next few years.
I am hoping to run some activities during the coming Hari Raya/Deepavali Holidays and will update by email to all club members in the coming days.
All the best for now
Sam

Hello to all
It has been sometime since I have had the chance to update this site. September has been a very busy month with a large numbers of studens attending our special outreach programs at the National Planetarium and the TUDM Royal Airforce Mudeum at Sungai Besi. In addition i have been working on some special projects with the National Space Agency (Angkasa) That I will tell you more about here.
Our outreach workshops at the planetarium this month were designed to provide an insight into the history of space exploration and space flight. As part of the tour we organised we also took our participants to the IMAX theater where they watched the amazing 3D film Magnificent Desolation Walking on the Moon. The film provides a special overview of just what it took to get man to the moon. Students were thrilled by the amazing 3D effects and scenes from the film. Watching the film was almost like being on the moon with the Astronauts.
In addition I have been working on a special project for the first stage of the Malaysia Space Science Center near Banting. This amazing facility has been built with the future in mind. Already operational are the centers specialised communications antennas that send and receive data from satellites in orbit around earth. Also there is the newly finished satellite calibration facility that I was working in recently installing giant graphics panels (see pics).
Next month we will be putting a whole series of new programs together that will include live web conferencing with NASA engineers and hopefully a long awaited astronomy fild trip.
Check back from time to time to see whats happening...more to follow.
Bye for now
Sam