霎时感动 - 孔雀的悲哀

在Facebook看到了这段片，觉得特别有意义，所以把它上载到Youtube在这与大家分享。

3rd -ve point in my NUS life

Haih, this is the third "lost point" that I've collected in my NUS life.

Got caught/controlled throughout the game. Totally off-formed - Can't get the shots correctly. Helpless of not to be able to drop, and this limits my shots and makes an average guy like me useless in the court.

Just feel sad to not be able to give a good fight.

Gotta correct my strokes, and especially drop and chop by the next game. I gotta win at least one game in my NUS life.

Coke's New Bottle Going Green

The label of a new Coca-Cola bottle that is partly derived from sugar cane even though it feels and functions like a regular plastic soda bottle.

Some of the key points that I quoted from the article at wsj.

Coca-Cola Co., under fire from environmentalists for using plastic bottles, has introduced a new packaging material made partly from plants. The container has "the same weight, the same feel, the same chemistry, and functions exactly the same way"...

... Coke Chairman and Chief Executive Muhtar Kent calls the new container, which uses material derived from sugar cane, "the first generation of the bottle of the future."...

... The new plant-based bottle developed by Coke is composed of 70% petroleum-based and 30% sugar-cane-based materials...

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

根

...爸爸鼓励我申请新加坡永久居民的时候，心里是十分不愿意的。但是在看看近年来所发生的事件，往往都是种族之间的利益冲突与压迫，让我不得不承认我必须为自己打量将来的路。另一方面，心中却想回到这块土地，将自己贡献给它。

当听见姐姐要为小孩申请美国公民权的时候，心里也是起了疙瘩。无可否认，父母总是为了孩子好，尽量做出最有利于小孩的选择。但是，我心里另一种声音却出现了：如果我们的下一代都走了，谁来改变我们亲爱的土地？如果我们离开了这里，我们的根又是在哪里？

在上海外华人课的问题浮现在我的脑海里：我们的身份认同是什么？我们应该要以什么身份自居？...

1. 读了朋友写的这么一篇文章。
2. 不得不承认自己国家目前的状况十分腐败（政治，人民意识。。。），也不会在近期内有所改善。
3. 我非常赞同政府把才子送到国外深造。
4. 盼有朝一日，他们会回国，把所学习的知识，学问引回国，改进亲爱的土地。
5. 只希望亲爱的土地也能在这期间自我成长，放广思想意识，排除不平等待遇的宪法。。。
6. 唯有这样，欣欣学子才会/有机会回到亲爱的土地的怀抱。

SoC Project Demo

Event: NUS SoC Project Demo
Venue: Com1 Level 2 Foyer, SoC, NUS.
Time: 4pm-6pm.

Had my first presentation at foyer. :) Let the pictures do the talking.

Ah... this makes me hunger for more chances to present. :)

Malaysia Religious Issue

My comments on the video...

• Omg, the representative for Malaysian Islamic Youth Movement is totally cmi... why can't they send someone who is more fluent in english for the conference. Haih, disgrace to Malaysian...
• (Actually this reminds me of another video - "Race Relations in Malaysia - A Malay View", BBC. At least he is so much better in putting up his points.)

My personal opinion on this issue.

• "Allah" is Arabic ward for "God". Fact-Archive
• Muslims shouldn't be so sensitive on the usage of the word.
• Most Malaysian mistaken the word "Allah" as Malay word for "Islamic God's personal name".
• All parties should solve this issue openly, and not in "closed-door discussion".

I unfortunately think that its going to be an ongoing problem simply because the nature of Malaysian politics. Most political parties and certainly the largest political parties are race based, and to a degree, religious based political parties. And I just see that this just going to play itself out until the next general election.

• I agree with the last comment by Zachary Abuza, Professor of Political Science, Specializing in South East Asia.
• This issue will certainly arise again is its not solved openly. 
• I think God won't mind being called whatever names, as long as it can bring peace.
  

Google and China

My thoughts on Google's "A new approach to China".

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Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite different.

1. I didn't know there are parties that go to the extent to hack accounts of human rights advocates in China.
2. Google have done a great job in ensuring the security of its users' account. The attacks only results in account information (such as date of account was created and subject line) being compromised. Rather than the contents.

..We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

+ Google.cn shutdown means 20% China's search market will be affected.
+ Hundreds of companies, shareholders, and Chinese people will support Google.
+ China gov does not immediately pull plug on google.cn shows Google's weight in China.
+ I support Google in this. China's censorship on search engines has been a-pain-in-the-ass for the Chinese. Too much informations covered-up by the Gov.
- Google will lose $600 million revenue now and $10billion long-term.


More here. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

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p/s: This is still surprising. I thought phishing scam or malware from links in instant messages and email are the most common way, that people should already know that "not to click links from unknown/unconfirmed source".
Anyway, I think its quite clear that who are the ones behind this security attack :)

Third, as part of this investigation but independent of the attack on Google, we have discovered that the accounts of dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by third parties. These accounts have not been accessed through any security breach at Google, but most likely via phishing scams or malware placed on the users' computers.

说话的艺术

急事，慢慢地说
大事，清楚地说
小事，幽默地说
伤人的事，不能说
开心的事，看场合说
别人的事，小心地说
尊长的事，多听少说
夫妻的事，商量着说
孩子们的事，开导着说
没把握的事，谨慎地说
没发生的事，不要胡说
做不到的事，不要乱说
不开心的事，找对象说
伤心的事，别见人就说
自己的事，听听别人怎么说

Baidu Hacked

百度遭黑客入侵!

Baidu, China's number one search engine was hacked by a group called "Iranian Cyber Army" yesterday. Luckily it only involves website deface, and not web redirection to malware sites.

Last month, "Iranian Cyber Army" successfully lunched DNS attack on Twitter.

more... http://tr.im/K9xJ

Modules This Sem

CS3230 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS
EE2004 ELECTRONIC DEVICES
PC3243 PHOTONICS
CS4101 B.COMP. DISSERTATION
CS5222 ADVANCED PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES

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IHG

Ah, went for the 3rd training for badminton (2nd training was back in early Dec). Felt horrible. Can't even consecutively hit 40 shuttles. Around 30+, I'm started to feel like cannot move my leg anymore. Then, start to feel like wanna puke.

Ah, after seeing Ronny, Lionel, and especially Raymond do 130+ hits consecutively... I'm speechless. Thats the result of 1 whole month of training? Impressive.

Gotta put in more effort to build up my stamina and foot-work.

1 more month to my final NUS IHG - badminton.

Tigger the pooh!

This is the weirdest Disney soft-toy I've ever see. Saw this during my Hong Kong trip last week.

http://tweetphoto.com/8274337

Hong Kong Trip (Day 1)

Day 1 Photos