Quite sweet I think. But don't really feel the romanticness of this proposal, I guess only the couple knows the joke or hidden meaning behind all the 9gag meme. :)
Footage of every states:
Selangor 0:40
Pahang: 1:45
Perak 2:35
Penang 3:40
Kedah 4:30
Perlis: 5:30
Kelantan: 6:30
Terengganu 8:00
Johor 9:00
Sabah 9:45
Sarawak 10:30
Melaka 11:45
Negeri Sembila 13:00
KL 14:00
A good new year song that showcase different state. Idea! Not bad!
(Just a note, this probably not so "1Malaysia", maybe they should include other races to introduce the "multi-racial harmony" element.)
Sometimes, it takes just a "add", or "follow", or "add to circle" of those big shot personnel (from Google, Facebook, or even fellows from Silicon Valley) to motivate you and put the drives back to you.
I shall remind myself this.
Next time when I'm succeed in whatever I'm doing, I'll try my best to unconditionally give encouragement to the younger generations, and actively engage them to motivate them.
The project has evolved so much since the last time I checked (when it was still a DARPA challenge project).
Personally, I like this project very much. Maybe there will be people saying this project is a useless project, with the argument like, "if you are lazy, can just call a cab, take a bus...". But if you think of it carefully, Human makes mistakes, and road accidents are very costly mistakes. It cost not only your own life, and others' too!
And most accidents caused by long distance trips. Even if you are a cautious driver, if others are not careful enough, it will still affects you.
And its fantastic that Chris Urmson and his team made this autonomous system a "very considerate" AI. It slows down and make way for other drivers! Watch the video! ;)
One more note: I'm not a huge fan of driving. To me, driving is just to get from point A to point B. So, yeap, I'm a huge fan of Google's Driverless Car project :p
Interesting article that touches entrepreneurship in Seoul.
Part of the reason why youngster flock back to Seoul.
"Choi thought about starting a company after graduation, but he had a problem: His student visa had expired. He didn't have the $1 million in cash necessary to qualify for an investor visa, so he figured his only option would be to get a job and hope that his employer would sponsor his application for permanent residence. He went on a dozen interviews at American medical-device companies, but none were interested, and he finally enrolled in a master's program at Cornell to stay for another year. When it was over, he gave up on the States, returned to Korea, and took a job at the pharmaceutical division of SK, one of the country's largest conglomerates."
Of course, Government's initiatives are the key factor.
Fundings
Over the past two years, the South Korean government has launched a series of policies designed to help people like Choi. The Small and Medium Business Administration—South Korea's version of the SBA—has created hundreds of incubators throughout the country, offering entrepreneurs free office space, thousands of dollars in grants, and guaranteed loans.
Internet Infrastructure.
In the 1990s, the South Korean government invested heavily in the installation of fiber-optic cables, with the result that by 2000, Koreans were four times as likely as Americans to have high-speed Internet access. Koreans still enjoy the fastest Internet in the world while paying some of the lowest prices. The easiest way to feel like an outsider in this country is to board one of Seoul's subway cars, which are equipped with high-speed cellular Internet, Wi-Fi, and digital TV service, and look anywhere but at the screen in your hand.
Government's participation in bridging the economy.
Last December, Shin was summoned to South Korea's version of the White House—the Blue House—for a meeting with the country's president, a former Hyundai executive named Lee Myung-bak. In attendance were the CEOs of many of the country's largest companies—LG, Samsung, SK, and half a dozen others.
----
Looking back at Malaysia, those 3 key initiatives aren't really addressed by the government properly.
Internet infrastructure is terrible. The typical home broadband connection is still at ~1Mbps, and signal lost happened all the time.
Well, having said that, maybe entrepreneurship isn't part of the interest of the government after all.
