WeiXing a celebrity in Malay newspaper ! :-)

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WeiXing a celebrity in Malay newspaper ! :-)

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Tampines observation session is featured in today's (26 Sep) local malay newspaper.
Weixing, is that you? :lol:
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ariefm71 wrote:Tampines observation session is featured in yesterday's local malay newspaper.
Weixing, is that you? :lol:
Can scan the paper or not? I want to read the article leh...
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lol, that was a few weeks back.

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wah....weixing now celebrity man...! he made it to the astronomy centre fold!
keep it up !

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haha it's him !! looks like everyone is going for tampines ob sessions from today onwards =p.
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mmm..can Arief or anyone who knows malay translate/summarise the article for us ? this is the only way to learn more about "encik yeo wee heng"..

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this is actually today's (26 sep) Berita Minggu newspaper (sunday's edition of BH). I don't have a scanner, but here's the excerpt from the article:

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The beauty of night sky is something that Encik Yeo Wee Heng admires since his school days. The electronic engineer spends his valuable nights stargazing with his giant :D telescope. His favourite observation place is the open field around Tampines estates.
When met by Berita Minggu recently during his observation session, Encik Yeo, 31 years old, passionately said:
"The universe still has a lot of unanswered questions, it's trillion times bigger than the solar system".
"The best time for me to observe is during cold, quiet, and dark nights :lol: . I traveled all around singapore to find the right spots, but the Tampines field provides a lot of conveniences".
"You can see moon, planets, and stars with different color, brightness, and shapes. They are very beautiful, you have to see them one day."

If other people knows about other planets only from science books, Encik Wee has seen Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter from his telescope. At the same time, he can see globular cluster such as Omega Centauri, nebulaes such as Orion Nebula, and other galaxies such as Andromeda. Using a solar filter, he can view Sun as well.
When asked about his unforgettable experience, he said it is when he saw the shadow of one of Jupiter's moon on the surface of the planet.
However, Encik Yeo agrees that his hobby is not cheap. He has spent thousand of dollars in his hobby, his telescope (OTA?) alone costs him $800.
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Hi,
Ha Ha Ha... :D :D That's me OK... Oops, forgot to comb my hair :mrgreen:

Anyway, Luke5v8 was with me also while waiting for the rest of the "gang" on one of the saturday observation session in Tampines, but he "take cover" very fast.

By the way, the reporter really know how to convert a Q&A of 17 questions to an article... Hope I didn't give any wrong information. :)

Have a nice day.

PS: He get my surname wrong... it should be Yeoh not Yeo :P
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weixing wrote:Hi,
Ha Ha Ha... :D :D That's me OK... Oops, forgot to comb my hair :mrgreen:

Anyway, Luke5v8 was with me also while waiting for the rest of the "gang" on one of the saturday observation session in Tampines, but he "take cover" very fast.

By the way, the reporter really know how to convert a Q&A of 17 questions to an article... Hope I didn't give any wrong information. :)

Have a nice day.

PS: He get my surname wrong... it should be Yeoh not Yeo :P
Waaah...you have become a celebrity in Tampines! Did you manage to mention Singastro and SF2004? When did the interview take place?

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Post by carlogambino »

Wow weixing, celebrity now! Don't forget everyone when youre famous! Keep it up! :)
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