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The R20 Engine

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Total Height: 330mm Total Width: 346mm Total Length: 322mm Cylinder Bore: 56mm Stroke Length: 54mm Cubic Capacity: 10640cc Estimated Horsepower: 1332.5 hp This is another model I designed using Alibre Design. Inspired by the Bugatti Veyron W16, I tried to make another masterpiece, so I named it the R20 Engine (R from Radial). And of course, I proudly say that I failed. Designing an engine is not a simple matter. Power and torque, do not just come about by chance. It required years of deep study, and teamwork of a group of different engineers. It is not to be done by a single automotive student overnight.

No Future For Foreigners

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Several years ago, a man was appointed as the Malaysian Vice Ambassador in Saudi Arabia. The embassy was located in Jeddah. This man, started to meet other Malays as he was working in the embassy. One thought came across his mind, why he meets only the underprivileged and poor Malays there in Jeddah. He never found a Malay doctor, lawyer, engineer, architecture, contractor, business man. He asked himself, are job opportunities that difficult here in Saudi Arabia? Finally he found out the answer of his wonders, when he met a Malay lecturer who works in King Abdul Aziz University. He was stroke by the fact that Malaysians –as well as any other foreigners- don't have a bright future as they cannot go for higher education in Saudi Arabia. They set together to find out the solution of this problem. "How to help these unfortunate people?" They asked. They started by spreading the message of the importance of higher education within the Malays in Saudi Arabia. In the process

Don't compare me to others

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I heard this phrase from a lot of people, and I don't like it. It is only the phrase of the weaklings and losers, that what I personally think. If I don't compare myself to someone else, than how can I know where I am, what I have so that I be thankful for, and what I don't have so that I can work on it. "Be yourself." Of course, be yourself, don't be anyone else. However, see what are the good things of other people, so that you can improve yourself and be a better person. See what are the blessings that you were given but others don't have, so that you can be thankful to your Creator and appreciate them. Since I am a student, hear out this example. If I'm not comparing myself to those who are better than me, my scores would not be as high as it is now. Some people look at me as I am a genius which I am not. And most of them have that mentality that I am mentally better than them which is not and use that as an excuse. But the truth is, me and you,