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Targets on Wikipedia[edit]

The following are all my targets on Wikipedia. I think I am highly ambitious. The ones that are struck out are the ones that have already been successfully completed by me.

  • To obtain 1000 edits
  • To obtain 1500 edits
  • To obtain 2000 edits
  • To obtain 3000 edits
  • To obtain 5000 edits.
  • To be in the top 20 list of Wikipedians in the Are You a Wikipediholic Test. [Currently invalid]
  • To obtain at least 1 barnstar.
  • To improve an article to the point that it becomes "good".
  • To be able to converse in French at an intermediate level, at least.
  • To improve Wikipedia's coverage on articles relating to Malaysia.
  • To revert vandalism.
  • To improve an article to the point that it becomes featured.
  • To successfully become an admin.
  • To obtain 10000 edits
  • To obtain 10 barnstars (pertaining to my contributions to the article namespace).
  • To expand (and reduce the amount of) stub articles.
  • To create featured articles.

Note: Some of my aims such as To revert vandalism are vague and do not have an actual value, but I will arbitrarily tick them off when I feel the time is right .

The section below is where I would store all my unfinished and uncompleted work on any article on Wikipedia. I am/was planning to use an entire subpage for this but now, I think a large section in my Sandbox is good and satisfying enough. Should I create the article below? It looks like it might get deleted for being non-notable.

Meniti Kaca[edit]

Meniti Kaca
AuthorRaja Sabarudin Abdullah
CountryMalaysia Malaysia
LanguageMalay
GenreTeenage novel, Fiction
PublisherDewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Publication date
1991 (Students' edition published in 2000)
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages94
ISBN9836267565

Meniti Kaca is a Malay language teenage novel used by Form 1 secondary school students who are living or residing in Selangor, Federal Territory, Perlis or Malacca. It was written by Raja Sabarudin Abdullah, and was published in 1991. The student's edition of this novel, which is the edition used by all the pupils of the respective states, was published in 2000, which was the year when the Government of Malaysia unanimously decided that Malay and English literature is a necessity among secondary school students. From the year 2000 onwards, novels and anthologies were used by all secondary school students of Malaysia, from Form 1 to Form 5. However, it was only in 2002 when the government decided that these novels should be taken seriously and thus, all the novels that were read by students during lower secondary will be tested in their Penilaian Menengah Rendah examinations.

Characters[edit]

Nazar[edit]

Nazar is the protagonist of this novel. When he was introduced at the start of this novel, he was 14 years old, while towards the conclusion, he turned 16. He is brave, optimistic, caring, patient, persevering, hardworking and sensitive. He is the only child of Pak Sahar's family. His ambition is to become a doctor as he would like to treat people who had the same fate as his mother and father, who died at the development and post-climax of this novel respectively. He obtained results that were satisfactory for his Penilaian Menengah Rendah exam, and this enabled him to resume his studies in a boarding school or asrama in Ipoh, Perak, Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman.

Pak Sahar[edit]

(Pak) Sahar is Nazar's father. He is in is forties. He works as a government employee in a land office in Lumut. He does outdoor-related tasks when not working. He is caring, prioritises education, responsible and persevering. He falls sick very often and this affects the productivity of his work. Eventually, he died in the Lumut Hospital. However, the cause of his death and the kind of sickness that affected him throughout the year, is unknown.[1]

Mahyun[edit]

Mahyun (or Yun) is Nazar's mother and Pak Sahar's spouse. She was considered to be crazy and she was sent to a mental hospital called Hospital Bahagia in Tanjung Rambutan. Even though she was crazy, Nazar loved her so much that he requested his father to bring her back from the mental hospital. However, due to her mental state, she died wedged between the two coconut tree trunks by the side of the river after wandering about aimlessly.

Zainab[edit]

Mak Miah's daughter and Nazar's cousin. She was accused of having a romantic relationship with Nazar (considered "haram" as both of them had family ties and were muslims).

Pak Sehak[edit]

Mak Miah's husband and Zainab's father. He worked as a taxi driver.

Mak Miah[edit]

Zainab's mother and Pak Sehak's wife.

Other characters

  • Fauzi

Zainab's brother.

  • Ah Seong

A teenage Chinese boy, about the same age as Nazar, studied with with him and taught him mathematics.

  • Kim Moi

Ah Seong's mother.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Meniti Kaca, chapter 15, page 91 (students edition)

Sources[edit]

Preceded by
None
Malay Novels Used in Secondary Schools
in Selangor, the Federal Territory, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis

Form 1 (age 13)
Succeeded by


Category:1991 novels Category:Malay literature Category:Malaysian novels Category:Young adult novels



Adibah Amin[edit]

Adibah Amin
Born (1936-02-19) 19 February 1936 (age 88)
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Pen nameSri Delima
OccupationAcademician, Columnist, Novelist, Actress
NationalityMalaysian
Period1970s - present
SpouseUnknown (early 1960s - mid 1960s)
ChildrenOne
RelativesIbu Zain (mother)

Khalidah Adibah binti Amin, popularly known as Adibah Amin (born February 19, 1936) is a Malaysian academician, columnist, Malay and English novelist and actress. She uses the pseudonym Sri Delima (The Glow of a Ruby). Her works include three Malay novels (Bangsawan Tulen, Seroja Masih Di Kolam, Tempat Jatuh Lagi Dikenang), along with approximately 200 radio dramas and several short stories. She also writes for The Star.

Karya-karyanya termasuk tiga buah novel dalam bahasa Melayu (Bangsawan Tulen, Seroja Masih Di Kolam, Tempat Jatuh Lagi Dikenang) bersama-sama dengan lebih kurang 200 drama radio ("Hanya 10 adalah baik", beliau berkata dengan rendah hati kepada majalah Asiaweek), dan sebilangan cerpen pendek. Dalam bahasa Inggeris, beliau menulis untuk akhbar The Star, dan kini paling diingati untuk ruangnya "As I Was Passing" yang ditulis semasa beliau bertugas dengan akhbar New Straits Times. Terbaru, pada November 2006, Adibah melahirkan novel pertamanya di dalam Bahasa Inggeris, "This End of The Rainbow" yang memaparkan sebuah fiksi tentang kehidupan mahasiswa sekitar tahun 50an. Novelnya "Seroja Masih di Kolam" telah diterjemahkan ke dalam Bahasa Jepun dengan judul "Surojya No Hana Wa Mada Ike Ni (1986)." Adibah juga turut menterjemahkan karya-karya sastera besar Malaysia termasuklah No Harvest But Thorns tulisan Sasterawan Negara Malaysia, Shahnon Ahmad (judul asal Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan) dan Jungle of Hope (tulisan SN Keris Mas, judul asalnya, Rimba Harapan). Sehingga tahun 2006, Adibah masih giat menulis terutamanya mengenai artikel-artikel pendidikan di suratkhabar (The STAR).

Category:1936 births Category:Living people Category:Columnists Category:Novelists Category:Malaysian Muslims


This list of tallest buildings in the United States ranks skyscrapers in the United States based on official height. The country is home to many of the world's tallest buildings.

Prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City, the twin towers of the World Trade Center occupied the second and third positions on the list below. The North Tower stood at 1,368 feet (417 m), while the South was 1,362 feet (415 m) tall. The 1,776 foot (541 m) Freedom Tower, scheduled for construction on the former World Trade Center site, was intended to become the tallest building in the United States upon completion in 2010. The Chicago Spire (previously known as the Fordham Spire) a tower under construction in Chicago, Illinois is also planned for completion in 2010. This tower would be taller than the proposed Freedom Tower with a height of 2,000 feet (610 m).

Other tall buildings that are either proposed or under construction include Trans National Place in Boston (1,175 feet (351.8m)), the Signature Tower in Nashville, Tennessee (1,057 feet (322 m)), the Bank of America Tower (1,200 feet (366 m)), the Comcast Center (975 feet (297 m)) in Philadelphia, the Trump International Hotel and Tower (1,362 feet (415 m)) and Waterview Tower (1,047 feet (319 m)) in Chicago. If all these buildings are completed at the current projections, the nine tallest buildings in the United States would be located in either New York (7 - Freedom Tower, 2 World Trade Center, 3 World Trade Center, Empire State Building, Bank of America Tower, New York Times Building, and Chrysler Building) or Chicago (6 - Chicago Spire, Sears Tower, Trump International, Aon Center, John Hancock Building and Waterview Tower) - excluding the proposed Signature Tower in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tallest buildings[edit]

The Petronas Towers 1 and 2, the first and second tallest buildings in Malaysia.
Menara Telekom, the third tallest building in the country.
The Maybank Tower, Malaysia's fourth tallest building.
The Empire Tower, the country's fifth tallest building.
Maxis Tower or Menara Maxis the seventh tallest building in the nation.

This lists ranks buildings in the United States that stand at least 700 feet (213 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Only completed buildings and under construction buildings that have been topped out are included.

This lists buildings that are under construction in the United States and are planned to rise at least 700 feet (213 m). Buildings that have already been topped out are included.

Rank Building City Height Floors Image
1 Petronas Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 88
2 Petronas Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 88
3 Menara Telekom Kuala Lumpur 310 m 55
4 Menara Maybank Kuala Lumpur 243.5 m 50
5 Empire Tower Kuala Lumpur 238.1 m 62
6 KOMTAR Penang 232.0 m 65
7 Menara Maxis Kuala Lumpur 212.1 m 49
8 Bangunan AM Finance Kuala Lumpur 50
9 Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur 203.0 m 48
10 Menara Multi Purpose Kuala Lumpur 198.1 m 40
11 Capital Square Condominiums Kuala Lumpur 198.0 m 42
12 Maju Tower Kuala Lumpur 196.0 m 50
13 Menara Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur 193.0 m 46
14 Menara Citibank Kuala Lumpur 190.2 m 50
15 Marinara Financial Centre Kuala Lumpur 185.6 m 36
16 Grand Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur 183.8 m 42
17 Menara Dato'Onn Kuala Lumpur 40
18 Menara PNB Kuala Lumpur 40
19 Menara Public Bank Kuala Lumpur 170 m 36
20 Bangunan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Kuala Lumpur
20 Wisma Goldhill Kuala Lumpur 168 m 36
21 Maju Perdana , Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 40
22 Menara Keck Seng Kuala Lumpur 39
23 Kompleks Dayabumi Kuala Lumpur 157.0 m 35
24 Dynasty Hotel Kuala Lumpur 155.0 m 41
25 Menara Dion Kuala Lumpur 37
26 Meridian KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur 154.0 m 38
26 Hilton KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur 154.0 m 38
27 Faber Imperial Court Kuala Lumpur 152.0 m 38
28 Bangunan Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji Kuala Lumpur 152.0 m 38 File:Tabung-haji-bangunan.jpg
28 Menara Budaya Kuala Lumpur 151.0 m 37
29 Park View Service Apartment Kuala Lumpur 150.5 m 43
29 Mont Kiara Damai Kuala Lumpur 150.5 m 43
30 Menara Promet Kuala Lumpur 38

This is a list of tallest skyscrapers in Malaysia. The skyscrapers are ranked by structural height.

Rank Name City Height Floors Image
1 Petronas Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 88
2 Petronas Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 452 m 88
3 Menara Telekom Kuala Lumpur 310 m 55
4 Menara Maybank Kuala Lumpur 243.5 m 50
5 Empire Tower Kuala Lumpur 238.1 m 62
6 KOMTAR Penang 232.0 m 65
7 Menara Maxis Kuala Lumpur 212.1 m 49
8 Bangunan AM Finance Kuala Lumpur 50
9 Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur 203.0 m 48
10 Menara Multi Purpose Kuala Lumpur 198.1 m 40
11 Capital Square Condominiums Kuala Lumpur 198.0 m 42
12 Maju Tower Kuala Lumpur 196.0 m 50
13 Menara Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur 193.0 m 46
14 Menara Citibank Kuala Lumpur 190.2 m 50
15 Marinara Financial Centre Kuala Lumpur 185.6 m 36
16 Grand Seasons Hotel Kuala Lumpur 183.8 m 42
17 Menara Dato'Onn Kuala Lumpur 40
18 Menara PNB Kuala Lumpur 40
19 Menara Public Bank Kuala Lumpur 170 m 36
20 Bangunan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Kuala Lumpur
20 Wisma Goldhill Kuala Lumpur 168 m 36
21 Maju Perdana , Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 40
22 Menara Keck Seng Kuala Lumpur 39
23 Kompleks Dayabumi Kuala Lumpur 157.0 m 35
24 Dynasty Hotel Kuala Lumpur 155.0 m 41
25 Menara Dion Kuala Lumpur 37
26 Meridian KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur 154.0 m 38
26 Hilton KL Sentral Kuala Lumpur 154.0 m 38
27 Faber Imperial Court Kuala Lumpur 152.0 m 38
28 Bangunan Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji Kuala Lumpur 152.0 m 38 File:Tabung-haji-bangunan.jpg
28 Menara Budaya Kuala Lumpur 151.0 m 37
29 Park View Service Apartment Kuala Lumpur 150.5 m 43
29 Mont Kiara Damai Kuala Lumpur 150.5 m 43
30 Menara Promet Kuala Lumpur 38

Under construction[edit]

Rank Name City Height Floors
1 Four Seasons Centre Kuala Lumpur 320.0 m 70
2 Charigali Headquarters Tower Kuala Lumpur 267.0 58
3 The Troika Tower 3 Kuala Lumpur 204.2 m 50
4 Duta Plaza Office Tower Kuala Lumpur 202.0 m 52
5 The Troika Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 177.0 m 44
6 CAHB Corporate Office Tower Kuala Lumpur 168.0 m 42
7 The Troika Tower 1 Kuala Lumpur 160.0 m 38
8 KLCC Apartment 1 Kuala Lumpur 157.6 m 45
9 Duta Plaza, Tower 2 Kuala Lumpur 155.0 m 43
10 The Pavillion Service Apartment 2 Kuala Lumpur 154.0 m 44

References[edit]

SkyscraperPage.com

See also[edit]


Malaysia Tallest buildings