Tips on Filling Fuel in Your Vehicles

This is a Message received from a friend: I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol... But here In Durban, we are also paying higher, up to 47.35 per litre. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, So here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre. Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline, where I work in Durban, we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel; the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres. ONLY BUY OR FILL UP YOUR VEHICLES IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE GROUND TEMPERATURE IS STILL COLD. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground, the denser the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening.... Your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products play an important role. A 1degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. WHEN YOU'RE FILLING UP, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER OF THE NOZZLE TO A FAST MODE. If you look, you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode, you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created, while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIPS IS TO FILL UP WHEN YOUR TANK IS HALF FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can Imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated, so that every litre is actually the exact amount. ANOTHER REMINDER, IF THERE IS A FUEL TRUCK PUMPING INTO THE STORAGE TANKS, WHEN YOU STOP TO BUY, DO NOT FILL UP - most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope, this will help you get the maximum value for your money

Sertifikasi Guru.

Sertifikasi guru sudah berlangsung. Nama-nama yang telah lulus, melengkapi atau diklat sudah diumumkan. Realisasinya kapan untuk bisa mendapatkan tunjangan seperti pada aturan yang telah diumumkan? sampai saat ini belum jelas. khususnya untuk wilayah Jawa Barat. Apalagi dengan Guru-guru yang ada dibawah naungan Departemen Agama, dari penunjukan peserta saja tidak sesuai dengan aturan yang ada pada situs serifikasi guru. lihat saja buktinya; banyak guru-guru senior yang telah lebih lama mengajar, golongan lebih tinggi, mengajar sesuai bidang, jam mengajarnya juga banyak (24 jam)tetapi tidak tersertifikasi. Tetapi sebaliknya banyak guru yang bau kencur/ Baru diangkat 2-3 thn (PNS) tetapi masuk daftar yang disertifikasi dan LULUS. saya salut dengan diknas yang memakai aturan untuk perekrutan penyertifikasian guru walaupun masih ada juga yang lulus. Kecemburuan tidak akan terjadi karena sesuai dengan antrian seperti pada DUK. Saya tahu memang ada kuota untuk masing-masing kabupaten. tapi kasus itu terjadi di satu kabupaten/kota. Kapan kita mau bener........ Mudah -mudahan dikemudian hari semua guru cepat tersertifikasi semua dan lulus semua serta dana cepat terealisasi untuk guru, sehingga martabat guru jadi naik tidak ada guru yang ngojek lagi kecuali mereka yang hobi ngojek and ngobyek.

Gate of University of HAwaii at Manoa

Teaching at Leo Jr/Sr High School, Indiana. USA

Asia_Europe Classroom Teacher's Conference based on IT

Gromitz, Hamburg, Germany 2004

Indonesia Delegation

CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE 06

It is what we call "COLLABORATION"

Multimedia English Language Teaching Course

at

Malaysian Multimedia University

with Finland Teachers

Adjusting to Malaysian life Coming from cold Finland to the heat of Malaysia was quite a shock! The air is really humid and hot but you get used to it pretty fast. It is good that they have air conditions everywhere so it is not too overwhelming. Sunshine is great! J The food is really different from the Finnish food. Everything is sweet and sour here and we are use to have salt in our food. The food is also really spicy. I think I couldn’t get used to the food, well eventually yes! J I like that here people have long dinners. Traffic is right-sided and here it’s left so it’s quite funny at least at the beginning. Traffic here is also really hectic and sometimes even mad compared to Finland. People here are really friendly and talkative and I noticed that education is really important here so people are ambitious also. People has been really nice to me and made everything to make me feel comfortable, especially the family where am I staying with. The house is pretty much the same that we have in Finland, at least inside, Of course the architect is different and especially flat-houses are much higher in here in Malaysia. The sights are really interesting and really different from Finland. Malaysia is like the Philippines the time is very close Malaysia is advance about 5 minutes. The humidity is quite hotter than the Philippines. The sunshine is very long than in the Philippines. It’s is not dark in seven o clock but in our country it is very dark. The race of the is very hot. The food is something different from Filipino food. Everything in here is very spicy and sour and I am used to tropical food. I think can prefer to eat something sweet than spicy but I like their sweets and juice. Traffic is quite fancy because in our country it very long and very noisy because you must wait for long time because of the traffic. The cars are different because in our country it is left-handed and there are all air-conditioned. People in here are very friendly, helpful and talkative. The house in here is pretty and colorful. The spots are very beautiful and clean you will be amazed in a very strange place cause there very attractive in our eyes. The place is very tall and you must walk or take an elevator to go in your destination .