The Coming Weeks

Hi everyone.

How was the test? I hope everyone did very well but I have yet finish marking your answer scripts. I hope to finish the marking over the weekends. Apart from that I guess you still owe me Quiz #2. As I have mentioned earlier, we will have couple of replacement classes in the coming weeks to cover the classes that we have missed during the closure of the campus because of the A(H1N1) virus. I anticipate that we will have more classes that need to be replaced due to holidays over the Merdeka Day on 31st. August and the Hari Raya breaks on 21st. & 22nd. September. The replacement classes will be held on Wednesdays 2-3 pm for Section 1 and Thursdays 9-10 am for Section 2.

To my Muslim students, I wish all of you a bless Ramadhan. As you all know, we will start observing the Ramadhan fasting month this Saturday. Insya Allah I hope everyone of you have geared yourself for the month. This is a month where we are supposed to cleanse ourself physically & spiritually. Please make a point to take your "sahur" before the dawn prayer and drink plenty of water so that you will not get exhausted during the day. There will also be one special night during this month known as "Lailatul-Qadr". Here is a short excerpt about the night: Lailatul-Qadr is the most virtuous night in the year. Almighty Allah says in the Qur'an: “We have indeed revealed this (Message) in the Night of Power: And what will explain to thee what the night of power is? The Night of Power is better than a thousand months.” (Al-Qadr: 1-3) The hidden treasures of Lailatul-Qadr and the great reward for those who strive hard in this blessed night was kept hidden except for some apparent signs. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) urged Muslims to seek it in the last third part of Ramadan and namely in the odd number of nights. The fact that it is kept hidden is for a divine wisdom so that people strive in worshipping Allah as much as they can.

Of course it is also very challenging to stay awake during the classes especially the afternoon classes! All right folks, here are our topics for next week:

8.0 Potential Energy
8.1 Potential Energy of a System
8.2 The Isolated System-Conservation of Mechanical
Energy
8.3 Conservative Force
9.0 Linear Momentum and Collisions
9.1 Linear Momentum and Its Conservation
9.2 Impulse and Momentum
9.3 Collisions in One Dimension
9.4 Two-Dimensional Collisions
9.5 The Center of Mass

All the best!