Musim Panas Yang Membingungkan

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera kepada semua rakan-rakan Petiktetikus. Cuaca di kawasan saya boleh dikategorikan panas tahap "memanggang". Hasilnya saya mengalami demam dan sakit kepala sepanjang hari. Suhu yang tinggi ini juga menyebabkan produktiviti menjadi sedikit terganggu dan kalau boleh saya tidak mahu melakukan tugasan diluar pejabat.

Keadaan panas yang masih tidak nampak titik noktah ini mengajar kita supaya bersyukur semasa tuhan memberikan cuaca yang nyaman dan selesa. Pelbagai kesusahan dan kepayahan yang terpaksa di alami semasa musim panas ini, antaranya kawasan hutan terbakar, tanaman mati dan kekeringan air, wabak penyakit dan kehilangan sumber mata pencariaan. Kebakaran hutan yang berlaku di dalam dan di luar negara menjadi satu masalah besar kepada pihak berkuasa untuk menyelesaikannya. Kebakaran yang berlaku di kawasan terpencil dimana tiada sumber air untuk memadamkan kebakaran menyebabkan kebakaran sukar dikawal dan dipadamkan. Usaha individu untuk memadamkan kebakaran ini harusla dipuji kerana mereka bergadai nyawa untuk mengharungi badai api yang membara bagi  memadamkannya. Setinggi-tinggi tahniah saya ucapkan kepada Bomba, Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia, PGA  dan lain-lain.

Masalah kekurangan sumber air juga menjadi masalah kronik pada musim panas ini. Apabila bekalan air daripada empangan kering, maka proses agihan air ke kawasan-kawasan di sesebuah negeri akan terganggu. Langkah kerajaan yang biasa dilakukan ialah menggerakkan bantuan bekalan air bersih ke kawasan menggunakan lori tangki air. Kekurangan jumlah lori dan permintaan sumber air yang tinggi juga menyebabkan keadaan menjadi huru-hara. Baru-baru ini, sekumpulan penduduk menahan lori tangki air yang melalui di kawasan kejiranannya dengan mengepung lori tersebut. Sedangkan kuota air tersebut untuk kawasan lain. Ada juga yang terpaksa menunggu selama berjam-jam menunggu lori tangki air yang tidak muncul-muncul dan kadangkala bekalan yang disediakan tidak mencukupi. Sedih saya melihat ibu mengendong anaknya sambil berjalan membawa tong-tong air.

Kemusnahan tanaman dan ternakan juga menjadi hidangan pahit di waktu musim kemarau ini. Banyak hasil ternakan mati dan tanam-tanaman tidak dapat hidup seperti biasa. Sebagai contoh kolam ternakan ikan yang terpaksa menanggung kerugian beratus ribu ringgit kerana ternakan mati samada air terlampau panas atau kolam air kering kontang. Tanaman seperti padi tidak dapat diusahakan kerana tiada air  yang dapat dialirkan daripada tali air. Saya melihat para petani menangis kesedihan mengenangkan kesusahan yang bakal mereka tempuhi sekiranya sumber air masih tidak dapat diperolehi.

Bagi individu yang membaca blog ini, saya ingin menasihatkan anda supaya kerap minum air untuk mengelakkan tubuh badan terhidrat. Pengambilan air yang kerap dapat membantu mangawal suhu badan dan menguatkan kekuatan sistem imunisasi tubuh. Selain daripada itu, anda juga hendaklah kerap mandi dan tidak melakukan kerja di kawasan panas terik dalam tempoh yang lama. Bagi umat islam ,Marilah kita bersama-sama menadah tangan dan berdoa semoga Allah yang Maha Pengasih dan Maha Penyayang mengurniakan hujan untuk keselesaan kita bersama. 

Di sini saya kongsikan petikan doa-doa untuk memohon hujan :

Facebook membeli Whatsapp..."Whats" happen?

Facebook telah melakukan langkah pelaburan yang besar dengan membeli sistem mesej popular Whatsapp dengan nilai yang besar iaitu RM 62.7 bilion. Harga ini kita boleh membeli sebuah pulau di Carrebian. Facebook membayar RM39.6 bilion dalam bentuk saham dan wang tunai RM13.2 bilionPerjanjian itu turut melibatkan wang tambahan RM9.9 bilion dalam bentuk saham Facebook untuk pengasas dan kakitangan WhatsApp. Pengasas bersama dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif WhatsApp, Jan Koum akan menyertai Lembaga Pengarah Facebook.

Mengapakah Syarikat Facebook perlu mengambil alih Whatsapp walaupun kedua-duanya mempunyai jutaan pengguna dan antara media sosial yang paling popular di dunia. Dianggarkan Whatsapp mempunyai 450 bilion pengguna. Golongan remaja kini dikatakan semakin melupakan Facebook (FB) dan beralih menggunakan laman sosial lain seperti Instagram, Twitter serta WhatsApp.Kajian Global Social Media menunjukkan hasil yang tidak begitu menggembirakan bagi Facebook. Populariti jejaring sosial terbesar dunia itu mulai mengalami penurunan. Menurunnya populariti Facebook dalam kalangan remaja kerana mereka tidak mahu diawasi lagi terutamanya oleh keluarga. Kajian juga mendapati remaja merasa kurang selesa menggunakan FB kerana boleh dipantau dan dijadikan rakan secara bebas.

Kajian membabitkan remaja berusia 16 hingga 18 tahun di lapan negara Eropah ini mendapati remaja enggan menggunakan FB dan beralih ke jejaring sosial lain seperti Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp ataupun SnapChat. Fenomena ini tidak hanya menunjukkan penurunan populariti FB, bahkan boleh dikatakan FB sudah tidak relevan dan tidak mampu bersaing dengan laman sosial yang lain.

Oleh yang demikian, tidak hairanlah Facebook mengambil langkah drastik untuk memastikan ia masih lagi releven dan penggabungan ini mungkin akan menghasilkan sesuatu program yang lebih menarik. Kita hanya perlu tunggu dan lihat masa depan Facebook, semakin cerah atau suram hilang begitu sahaja.

Game Grafik Terbaik Pilihan PetikTetikus..Berani Main ? BEST GAME EVER

Pada edisi kali ini, Petiktetikus ingin berkongsikan senarai permaianan video yang mempunyai paparan grafik terbaik dan terkini. Disamping itu, ia juga mempunya jalan penceritaan yang menarik dan dapat membuatkan kita merasai apa yang watak permainan permaianan video ini lakukan. Kesan terhebat sesebuah permaianan video ini ialah dapat menjadikan kita berkhayal seketika menjadi watak utama yang perlu menyelesaikan pelbagai jenis mini. Bukankan itu kedengaran menarik ?. Sudah pastinya, selepas habis misi sesebuah permaianan video ini, kita pasti tidak sabar untuk menunggu sambungan game seterusnya yang sudah pastinya akan lebih hebat dan mencabar. Tanpa membuat anda tertunggu-tunggu, saya akan berkongsikan pilihan game pada hemat saya antara yang terbaik dan terhebat. Sudah sediakah anda?

GOD OF WAR ASCENSION

                           

God of War: Ascension is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). The game was first released on March 12, 2013, for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console. It is the seventh installment in the God of War series and prequel to the entire series. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. The player controls the protagonist Kratos, the former servant of the God of War, Ares, who tricked Kratos into killing his wife and child. Kratos renounced Ares, breaking his blood oath to the god. For this act, Kratos was imprisoned by the three Furies, the guardians of honor and enforcers of punishment. Helped by the oath keeper Orkos, and learning that Ares and the Furies plan to overthrow Mount Olympus, Kratos escapes his imprisonment, defeats the Furies, and reluctantly kills Orkos. Although free of Ares' bond, Kratos begins to suffer the nightmares that will plague him throughout his adventures.

CALL OF DUTY : GHOST

Call of Duty: Ghosts is a 2013 first-person shooter video game developed by Infinity Ward, with assistance from Raven Software,Neversoft and Certain Affinity, and published by Activision. It is the tenth primary installment in the Call of Duty series, and the sixth developed by Infinity Ward. The video game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U on November 5, 2013, with Treyarch handling the port for the Wii U. The game's release date on next-generation consoles PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is officially November 15, 2013, and November 22, 2013, respectively, to coincide with the console release dates. However, the game was released earlier for the PlayStation 4 from some retailers.

Square Enix released the game for the Japanese market on November 14, 2013 as a subbed version and released a Japanese voice-dubbed version separately on December 14, 2013. They will also release the Japanese voice-dubbed version on February 22, 2014 for PlayStation 4, but a release date is not yet determined for a Japanese Xbox One version.

CRYSIS 3

Crysis 3 is a multi-platform video game developed by the German game developer Crytek and is published by Electronic Arts forMicrosoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It was released in North America on February 19, 2013. Officially announced April 14, 2012, it is the third main installment of the Crysis series, a sequel to the 2011 video game Crysis 2, and runs on theCryEngine 3 game engine. It was one of the most anticipated upcoming games of 2013 . Crysis 3 has won PC Gamer Most Valuable Game, Game Informer Best of Show and Electric Playground Best of E3 awards

HITMAN OBSOLUTION

Hitman: Absolution is a stealth video game developed by IO Interactive and published by Square Enix. It is the fifth entry in theHitman game series, and runs on IO Interactive's proprietary Glacier 2 game engine. Before release, the developers stated thatAbsolution would be easier to play and more accessible, while still retaining hardcore aspects of the franchise. The game was released on 20 November 2012, which is in the 47th week of the year (in reference to the protagonist, Agent 47).

GTA IV

Grand Theft Auto IV is played from a third-person perspective in an open world environment, allowing the player to interact with the game world at their leisure. The game is set within the fictional state of Liberty City, which is heavily based on New York City.The single-player story follows Niko Bellic, a veteran of an unnamed war in Eastern Europe who comes to the United States in search of someone important, but quickly becomes entangled in a world of gangs, crime, and corruption. An online multiplayermode is included with the game, allowing up to 16 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting. Two expansion packs were later released as downloadable content for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IVstoryline, and follow new protagonists.

FAR CRY 3

Far Cry 3 is an open world first-person shooter video game developed mainly by Ubisoft Montreal in conjunction with Ubisoft Massive, Ubisoft Red Storm, Ubisoft Shanghai, published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released on November 29, 2012 in Australia, November 30 in Europe, and December 4 in North America. A stand-alone expansion titled Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon was released on April 30, 2013.

Far Cry 3 is set on a tropical island between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. After a vacation goes awry, protagonist Jason Brody must save his friends, who have been kidnapped by pirates and escape from the island and its unhinged inhabitants

THE WITCHER 3

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Polish: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon) is an upcoming action role-playing video game that is currently being developed by CD Projekt RED to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game will be the third in the series, preceded by The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, loosely based on the series of fantasy novels of the same title by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

ARMA 3

Set more than 25 years after the events of ARMA 2, in the mid-2030s, NATO forces deployed to islands of the Aegean Sea are trying to hold off a massive Iranian military offensive from the east. During the singleplayer campaign, the player will take the role of a U.S. Army soldier, Corporal Ben Kerry. Initially, the player must survive on his own after friendly forces are defeated in a failed NATOoperation. During the campaign, the player will face everything from lone wolf infiltration missions to the commanding of large scale armored operations. The player will be able to choose different objectives and weaponry (such as UAVs, artillery, and air support) according to their play style.

TOMB RIDER 2013

After the release of Tomb Raider: Underworld in 2008, Crystal Dynamics began development of Tomb Raider soon after. Rather than a sequel, the team decided to completely reboot the series, establishing the origins of Lara Croft for the second time, followingTomb Raider: Legend. Tomb Raider is set on Yamatai, an island from which Lara Croft must save her friends and escape while being hunted down by a malevolent cult. Gameplay elements focus more on survival, although exploration is used within the game when exploring the island and various optional tombs. It is also the first game in the series to have multiplayer and the first game to be published by Square Enix, after the latter's acquisition of Eidos Interactive in 2009. Camilla Luddington was announced to voice and perform as Lara Croft in 2010, replacing Keeley Hawes.

BATTLEFIELD 4

The game's heads-up display is much the same, composed of two compact rectangles. The lower left-hand corner features a mini-map and compass for navigation, and a simplified objective notice above it; the lower right includes a compact ammo counter and health meter. The mini-map, as well as the main game screen, shows symbols marking three kinds of entities: blue for allies, green for squadmates, and red/orange for enemies.

Players can use dual-scoped weapons, including weapons with different firing modes (e.g. single shots, automatic fire). They can "spot" targets—marking their positions to the player's squad—in the single player campaign (a first in the Battlefield franchise) as well as in multiplayer, allowing teammates to either suppress or eliminate them. Bullet-dropping-system has become much more enhanced allowing players to precise their aiming with the environment. In addition, players will have more survival capabilities, such as countering melee attacks from the front while standing or crouching, shooting with their sidearm while swimming, and diving underwater to avoid enemy detection.

BIOSHOCK INFINATE

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games, and published by 2K Games. It was released worldwide for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 platforms on March 26, 2013; an OS X port by Aspyrwas later released on August 29, 2013. Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series, and though it is not immediately part of the storyline of previous BioShock games, it does feature similar gameplay concepts and themes. Irrational Games and creative director Ken Levine based the game's concept and setting on the ideas of American exceptionalism by taking inspiration from historical events at the turn of the 20th century such as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, while also incorporating influences from more recent events at the time such as the 2011 Occupy movement.

Set in 1912, the game has protagonist, former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt, sent to the floating air city of Columbia to find a young woman, Elizabeth, who has been held captive there for most of her life. Though Booker rescues Elizabeth, the two become involved with the city's warring factions: the nativist and elite Founders that rule Columbia and strive to keep its privileges for White Americans, and the Vox Populi, underground rebels representing the underclass of the city. During this conflict, Booker learns that Elizabeth possesses strange powers to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and soon discovers her to be central to the city's dark secrets.

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THE LAST OF US

The Last of Us is an action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It was officially revealed on December 10, 2011, during the Spike TV Video Game Awards and released worldwide on June 14, 2013. It was released in Japan on June 20, 2013.

The player takes control of Joel (voiced and motion captured by Troy Baker), who is trekking across a post-apocalyptic United States in 2033, in order to escort the young Ellie (voiced and motion captured by Ashley Johnson) to a resistance group, the Fireflies, who believe Ellie may be the key to curing an infection that has ravaged the world. The player defends the characters against zombie-like creatures infected by a mutated strain of the Cordyceps fungus, as well as hostile humans such as bandits and cannibals, employing the use of firearms and stealth aided by capabilities such as a visual representation of sound in order to listen for locations of enemies. The player can also craft weapons or medical items by combining items scavenged in the world.

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