If you are a Malaysian, make sure you watch all the three videos below. It's good for you to know a bit about what has happened and what is still happening in our country.
Hong Kong TVB Special Programme on Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng
香港无线电视节目- [檳城在望]
Part One:
Part Two:
Part Three:
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
Jolin蔡依林 - 妥協
Nice song from Jolin Tsai. I once heard it on radio and thought the song was quite nice. And I just found the music video while rambling around Youtube virtually. Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
China Focus: China prepares for the total eclipse
Source: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/21/content_11746972.htm
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Many Chinese people were busy Tuesday getting preparing for the longest total solar eclipse visible in Asia in a century.
According to Li Jing, a research fellow with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAO), some astronomy fans even planned to watch the eclipse in their cars. If weather conditions are not favorable, they will change their observation venue.
This was unimaginable to the ancient Chinese people, who viewed the solar eclipse as an apocalyptic act of God.
SUPERSTITION AND HISTORY
In ancient China, people believed that a solar eclipse occurred when a celestial dog swallowed the sun.
One of China's old history Shangshu, the Book of Documents, recorded a story from China's Xia Dynasty (21st-16th century BC).
Once in an autumn, when farmers were working on the fields, they saw a darkness swallow the sun. People ran and knocked on their basins or gongs in an attempt to scare the "celestial dog" away.
The emperor ordered his ministers to kneel and beg the gods to pardon them for their mistakes.
When the eclipse was over, the emperor immediately ordered the governor in charge of astronomy be beheaded.
In the Han Dynasty, the emperors would reflect on their policies in case of solar eclipse. They reduced or exempted the taxes, helped the impoverished and remitted the criminals, said Yan Feng, editor-in-chief of the magazine Science & Vie.
Solar eclipses were also seen as a sign of loss in battles, Yan said.
Ancient astronomers began to understand the cause of solar eclipses in the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD), when they knew that when the moon moved between the sun and the earth, it cast a shadow. Those people in the shadow would see the sun as eclipsed.
TOURISM AND PREPARATION
The Yangtze delta, one of the best venues of watching the eclipse, attracted tens of thousands of watchers from foreign countries or other parts of China.
According to sources with the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, more than 200,000 foreign tourists entered China via the airport from Thursday to Saturday. On Monday alone, more than 40,000 passengers entered China.
Passenger liner companies launched Solar eclipse tours to bring tourists to the sea to watch the eclipse.
In the southern Guangdong Province, two eclipse-watching tourism lines were opened to astronomy fans. According to local tourism agencies, more than 10,000 people will leave for east and central China to watch it.
The enthusiasm of watchers pushed up prices of equipment for watching the eclipse.
Ji Shisan, 32 and founder of the science club Scientific Squirrel, remembered that when he was young, he brushed ink onto apiece of glass and watched the eclipse with it.
Now glasses used for watching the eclipse have been sold out in many stores.
"It was astonishing," said Yin Jian, a staff with a Tesco Supermarket in Shanghai. "We began to sell the 3.9-yuan glasses since Saturday and by Sunday evening, more than 1,000 were sold."
Unable to buy a pair in the supermarkets, many fans logged online to order the glasses.
On Taobao.com, one of the biggest consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce sites in China, more than 30,000 items valuing1.5 million yuan were sold in a week. Prices of solar-eclipse watching glasses spanned from 2.5 yuan to 165 yuan.
To ensure people's safety on Wednesday when the eclipse occurs, the zoo of Yichang city in central China's Hubei province planned to check the cages in advance so as to prevent the animals being scared by the sudden darkness.
Night mode will be used in the Sanxia Airport, said local sources.
Although Beijing will be able to see a partial eclipse, the city is ready to turn on its 183,000 street lamps if necessary.
EXPECTATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
Ji Haisheng, a research fellow at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that they will try to get some data so as to resolve any issues, such as the influence of solar movement on the radiation of sun, and the search for asteroid within the mercurial orbit.
Li Jing with NAO noted that the solar eclipse provided a chance for the youngsters to know more about astronomy.
The 81-year-old scientist remembered that he was fascinated by sciences when he was a fifth-grader and heard the story of Albert Einstein validating his theories by watching the solar eclipse.
"Young people had a natural eagerness to learn, so long as their curiosity was ignited," he said.
In the Beijing Book Building, books about astrology became bestsellers recently according to a man surnamed Yin who worked in the popular science section of the book store.
"The solar eclipse just lasts several minutes, but many people spent several months to prepare, and it might influence their whole life," he said.
Backgrounder: Timetable of solar eclipse in China major cities
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- Many Chinese people were busy Tuesday getting preparing for the longest total solar eclipse visible in Asia in a century.
According to Li Jing, a research fellow with the National Astronomical Observatories (NAO), some astronomy fans even planned to watch the eclipse in their cars. If weather conditions are not favorable, they will change their observation venue.
This was unimaginable to the ancient Chinese people, who viewed the solar eclipse as an apocalyptic act of God.
SUPERSTITION AND HISTORY
In ancient China, people believed that a solar eclipse occurred when a celestial dog swallowed the sun.
One of China's old history Shangshu, the Book of Documents, recorded a story from China's Xia Dynasty (21st-16th century BC).
Once in an autumn, when farmers were working on the fields, they saw a darkness swallow the sun. People ran and knocked on their basins or gongs in an attempt to scare the "celestial dog" away.
The emperor ordered his ministers to kneel and beg the gods to pardon them for their mistakes.
When the eclipse was over, the emperor immediately ordered the governor in charge of astronomy be beheaded.
In the Han Dynasty, the emperors would reflect on their policies in case of solar eclipse. They reduced or exempted the taxes, helped the impoverished and remitted the criminals, said Yan Feng, editor-in-chief of the magazine Science & Vie.
Solar eclipses were also seen as a sign of loss in battles, Yan said.
Ancient astronomers began to understand the cause of solar eclipses in the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD), when they knew that when the moon moved between the sun and the earth, it cast a shadow. Those people in the shadow would see the sun as eclipsed.
TOURISM AND PREPARATION
The Yangtze delta, one of the best venues of watching the eclipse, attracted tens of thousands of watchers from foreign countries or other parts of China.
According to sources with the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, more than 200,000 foreign tourists entered China via the airport from Thursday to Saturday. On Monday alone, more than 40,000 passengers entered China.
Passenger liner companies launched Solar eclipse tours to bring tourists to the sea to watch the eclipse.
In the southern Guangdong Province, two eclipse-watching tourism lines were opened to astronomy fans. According to local tourism agencies, more than 10,000 people will leave for east and central China to watch it.
The enthusiasm of watchers pushed up prices of equipment for watching the eclipse.
Ji Shisan, 32 and founder of the science club Scientific Squirrel, remembered that when he was young, he brushed ink onto apiece of glass and watched the eclipse with it.
Now glasses used for watching the eclipse have been sold out in many stores.
"It was astonishing," said Yin Jian, a staff with a Tesco Supermarket in Shanghai. "We began to sell the 3.9-yuan glasses since Saturday and by Sunday evening, more than 1,000 were sold."
Unable to buy a pair in the supermarkets, many fans logged online to order the glasses.
On Taobao.com, one of the biggest consumer-to-consumer electronic commerce sites in China, more than 30,000 items valuing1.5 million yuan were sold in a week. Prices of solar-eclipse watching glasses spanned from 2.5 yuan to 165 yuan.
To ensure people's safety on Wednesday when the eclipse occurs, the zoo of Yichang city in central China's Hubei province planned to check the cages in advance so as to prevent the animals being scared by the sudden darkness.
Night mode will be used in the Sanxia Airport, said local sources.
Although Beijing will be able to see a partial eclipse, the city is ready to turn on its 183,000 street lamps if necessary.
EXPECTATION AND SIGNIFICANCE
Ji Haisheng, a research fellow at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that they will try to get some data so as to resolve any issues, such as the influence of solar movement on the radiation of sun, and the search for asteroid within the mercurial orbit.
Li Jing with NAO noted that the solar eclipse provided a chance for the youngsters to know more about astronomy.
The 81-year-old scientist remembered that he was fascinated by sciences when he was a fifth-grader and heard the story of Albert Einstein validating his theories by watching the solar eclipse.
"Young people had a natural eagerness to learn, so long as their curiosity was ignited," he said.
In the Beijing Book Building, books about astrology became bestsellers recently according to a man surnamed Yin who worked in the popular science section of the book store.
"The solar eclipse just lasts several minutes, but many people spent several months to prepare, and it might influence their whole life," he said.
Backgrounder: Timetable of solar eclipse in China major cities
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
You Are Not Truly Happy
Definitely not a new song. But I just watched the MV recently on Youtube. I found both the lyrics and MV very meaningful and touching so decided to publish it here. Too bad I am not good at translating Chinese lyrics into English lyrics.
五月天 - 你不是真正的快樂
人 群中 哭著 你只想變成透明的顏色
你再也不會夢 或痛 或心動了
你已經決定了 你已經決定了
你 靜靜 忍著 緊緊把昨天在拳心握著
而回憶越是甜 就是 越傷人了
越是在 手心留下 密密麻麻 深深淺淺 的刀割
你不是真正的快樂 你的笑只是你穿的保護色
你決定不恨了 也決定不愛了
把你的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼
這 世界 笑了 於是妳合群的一起笑了
當生存是規則 不是 你的選擇
於是妳 含著眼淚 飄飄盪盪 跌跌撞撞 的走著
你不是真正的快樂 你的笑只是你穿的保護色
你決定不恨了 也決定不愛了
把你的靈魂關在永遠鎖上的軀殼
你不是真正的快樂 你的傷從不肯完全的癒合
我站在你左側 卻像隔著銀河
難道就真的抱著遺憾一直到老了 然後才後悔著
你值得真正的快樂 你應該脫下你穿的保護色
為什麼失去了 還要被懲罰呢
能不能就讓 悲傷全部 結束在此刻 重新開始活著
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Protesters want MACC probed, 7 arrested
July 17, 2009
The police this morning dispersed about 300 protesters who gathered outside the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Selangor office in Shah Alam demanding that MACC be investigated for the death of an opposition politician's aide.
As they shouted 'Siasat, siasat, siasat' (investigate, investigate, investigate), top Pakatan Rakyat leaders submitted a protest memorandum to MACC.
At least seven protesters were arrested in the melee. They included Kapar parliamentarian S Manikavasagam and Selangor exco Dr Xavier Jayakumar.
Camera: Mohd Kamal Ishak
Editor: Lydia Azizan
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjYgso2yOg
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
15 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Didn’t Need College
How many times were you told to make sure you worked hard in high school so you could go to college and get a good career job? Okay, maybe not all of you got nagged about it, but probably a good portion of today’s generation of adults did.
It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career. On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway. Here are fifteen of them, both contemporary and from the past, in alphabetical order.
* Mary Kay Ash. The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business. While she didn’t have a college education or any training, she successfully created a brand known throughout the world. To date, nearly half a million women have started Mary Kay businesses, selling cosmetics. Their appreciation for Mary Kay Ash is unwavering.
* Richard Branson. Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics. He dropped out at the age of 16 and started his first successful business venture, Student Magazine. He is the owner of the Virgin brand and its 360 companies. His companies include Virgin Megastore and Virgin Atlantic Airway.
* Coco Chanel. An orphan for many years, Gabrielle Coco Chanel trained as a seamstress. Determined to invent herself, she threw out the ideas that the fashion world deemed feminine, boldly using fabric and styles normally reserved for men. A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous.
* Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company. He has since become an Artist and Repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the UK, and a television producer and judge for major television talent contests including American Idol.
* Michael Dell. With $1,000, dedication and desire, Michael Dell dropped out of college at age 19 to start PC’s Limited, later named Dell, Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world. In 1996, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation offered a $50 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to be used for children’s health and education in the city.
* Barry Diller. Fox Broadcasting Company was started by a college dropout, Barry Diller. Diller is now chairman of Expedia, and CEO of of IAC/InterActiveCorp which includes Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster.
* Walt Disney. Having dropped out of high school at 16, Walt Disney’s career and accomplishments are astounding. The most influential animator, Disney holds the record for the most awards and nominations. Disney’s imagination included cartoons and theme parks. The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenue of $30 billion.
* Debbi Fields. As a young, 20 year old housewife with no business experience, Debbi Fields started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery. With a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this young woman became the most successful cookie company owner. She later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field’s Cookies.
* Henry Ford. At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist. He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles. Ford’s first major success, the Model T, allowed Ford to open a large factory and later start the assembly line production, revolutionalizing the auto-making industry.
* Bill Gates. Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out. He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation. Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.
* Milton Hershey. With only a fourth grade education, Milton Hershey started his own chocolate company. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate became the first nationally marketed chocolate. Hershey also focused on building a wonderful community for his workers, known as Hershey, Pennsylvania.
* Steve Jobs. After attending one semester of college, Steve Jobs worked for Atari before co-founding Apple Computers. Now without the “Computers” in their name, Apple includes innovative products such as the iPod, iTunes, and most recently the iPhone. Steve Jobs was also the CEO and co-founder of Pixar before it merged with Walt Disney.
* Rachael Ray. Despite having no formal training in culinary arts, Rachel Ray has made a name for herself in the food industry. With numerous shows on the Food Network, a talk show and cookbooks, high-energy Rachael doesn’t slow down. She has also appeared in magazines as well has having her own magazine debut in 2006. She knew she was a success when a website dedicated to bashing her was created.
* Ty Warner. Sole owner, CEO, and Chairman of Ty, Inc., Ty Warner is a savvy, yet private business man. Ty, Inc., made $700 million in a single year with the Beanie Babies craze without spending money on advertising! He has since expanded to include Ty Girlz dolls, directly competing with Bratz dolls.
* Frank Lloyd Wright. Having never attended high school, Frank Lloyd Wright surpassed all odds when he became the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Wright designed more than 1,100 projects with about half actually being built. His designs have inspired numerous architects to look at the beauty around them and add to it.
Of course, just because these people made it does not of course mean that most people can do without a college degree. If you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, the degree is just a backup.
Source:http://www.college-startup.com/college/15-successful-entrepreneurs-who-didnt-need-college/
It’s natural to wonder whether college is really necessary. A college degree, as many have found, is no guarantee of a good career. On the flipside, there are many successful entrepreneurs who didn’t need their college education and become millionaires anyway. Here are fifteen of them, both contemporary and from the past, in alphabetical order.
* Mary Kay Ash. The founder of Mary Kay Inc. started a cosmetics business. While she didn’t have a college education or any training, she successfully created a brand known throughout the world. To date, nearly half a million women have started Mary Kay businesses, selling cosmetics. Their appreciation for Mary Kay Ash is unwavering.
* Richard Branson. Richard Branson is best known for his thrill seeking spirit and outrageous business tactics. He dropped out at the age of 16 and started his first successful business venture, Student Magazine. He is the owner of the Virgin brand and its 360 companies. His companies include Virgin Megastore and Virgin Atlantic Airway.
* Coco Chanel. An orphan for many years, Gabrielle Coco Chanel trained as a seamstress. Determined to invent herself, she threw out the ideas that the fashion world deemed feminine, boldly using fabric and styles normally reserved for men. A perfume bearing her name, Chanel No. 5 kept her name famous.
* Simon Cowell. Simon Cowell started in a mailroom for a music publishing company. He has since become an Artist and Repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the UK, and a television producer and judge for major television talent contests including American Idol.
* Michael Dell. With $1,000, dedication and desire, Michael Dell dropped out of college at age 19 to start PC’s Limited, later named Dell, Inc. Dell became the most profitable PC manufacturer in the world. In 1996, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation offered a $50 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to be used for children’s health and education in the city.
* Barry Diller. Fox Broadcasting Company was started by a college dropout, Barry Diller. Diller is now chairman of Expedia, and CEO of of IAC/InterActiveCorp which includes Home Shopping Network and Ticketmaster.
* Walt Disney. Having dropped out of high school at 16, Walt Disney’s career and accomplishments are astounding. The most influential animator, Disney holds the record for the most awards and nominations. Disney’s imagination included cartoons and theme parks. The Walt Disney Company now has annual revenue of $30 billion.
* Debbi Fields. As a young, 20 year old housewife with no business experience, Debbi Fields started Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chippery. With a recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this young woman became the most successful cookie company owner. She later renamed, franchised, then sold Mrs. Field’s Cookies.
* Henry Ford. At 16, Henry Ford left home to apprentice as a machinist. He later started Ford Motor Company to manufacture automobiles. Ford’s first major success, the Model T, allowed Ford to open a large factory and later start the assembly line production, revolutionalizing the auto-making industry.
* Bill Gates. Ranked as the world’s richest person from 1995-2006, Bill Gates was a college drop out. He started the largest computer software company, Microsoft Corporation. Gates and his wife are philanthropists, starting The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a focus on global health and learning.
* Milton Hershey. With only a fourth grade education, Milton Hershey started his own chocolate company. Hershey’s Milk Chocolate became the first nationally marketed chocolate. Hershey also focused on building a wonderful community for his workers, known as Hershey, Pennsylvania.
* Steve Jobs. After attending one semester of college, Steve Jobs worked for Atari before co-founding Apple Computers. Now without the “Computers” in their name, Apple includes innovative products such as the iPod, iTunes, and most recently the iPhone. Steve Jobs was also the CEO and co-founder of Pixar before it merged with Walt Disney.
* Rachael Ray. Despite having no formal training in culinary arts, Rachel Ray has made a name for herself in the food industry. With numerous shows on the Food Network, a talk show and cookbooks, high-energy Rachael doesn’t slow down. She has also appeared in magazines as well has having her own magazine debut in 2006. She knew she was a success when a website dedicated to bashing her was created.
* Ty Warner. Sole owner, CEO, and Chairman of Ty, Inc., Ty Warner is a savvy, yet private business man. Ty, Inc., made $700 million in a single year with the Beanie Babies craze without spending money on advertising! He has since expanded to include Ty Girlz dolls, directly competing with Bratz dolls.
* Frank Lloyd Wright. Having never attended high school, Frank Lloyd Wright surpassed all odds when he became the most influential architect of the twentieth century. Wright designed more than 1,100 projects with about half actually being built. His designs have inspired numerous architects to look at the beauty around them and add to it.
Of course, just because these people made it does not of course mean that most people can do without a college degree. If you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, the degree is just a backup.
Source:http://www.college-startup.com/college/15-successful-entrepreneurs-who-didnt-need-college/
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Spongebob Squarepants - Procrastination
I don't usually watch Spongebob Squarepants. But I stumbled upon this interesting episode when I was browsing through a programming forum. Though it's not a new episode. I just find it interesting and educational.
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wq2XW1dNb0
The video cannot be embedded on third-party websites because the embedding function has been disabled by request.
Have you always been doing what spongebob does in the video? I think I have. Procrastination is one of my shortcomings. Anyway enjoy!
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wq2XW1dNb0
The video cannot be embedded on third-party websites because the embedding function has been disabled by request.
Have you always been doing what spongebob does in the video? I think I have. Procrastination is one of my shortcomings. Anyway enjoy!
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