Development of Portable Computer

Wow! Laptop in 1982 vs iPhone 2007 ^^

HELPMUNC - HELP Model United Nation Conference 2011

MUN Conference is actually a stimulation of actual UN conference. It comprises 4 councils - HRC, ECOFIN, SPECPOL and SC.In common word, it is based on human right, economics, politics and security council. And guess what, I enter the HRC!

Delegate of Ukraine! =)

Well that's cool! I have never been to any debate in English. Hence, this exposes me to a new world - debating in a formal and diplomatic way. We have to address ourselves in third person. Of course, there are many people who make this mistake by address themselves as first person.

Alright, the best part is the giving speech part. You are open to any and all form of points of information (POI). Can you imagine you have done no research before going to MUN? You will be shot down on the spot! >< That's the reason why I dare not give the speech even though I want to. *(Nevermind, I will try to do all form of research and give speech next time!)

In the conference, I met a guy in Catholic who is very cute! His courage is more than me. He dared to give speech on that day but in a non-diplomatic manner. Aggressive!!! Woo hoo!!!! Never seen such a speaker in UN before.. HAHA~ Joking~ Anyway, I love his style, dare to speak out! Yay!

My brother in MUN conference~ ^^

This is all the homework and the resolution that has been done along three days of conference. I kinda miss it! I will definitely join the next MUN!!! Here I come! ^^

 All the documents for MUN!

The Description of the Issue before making any research~ 

(P/S: I will definitely go for the next MUN!!!) 

1 kg

One kilogram - 1kg is a standard mass which is used as a reference to weigh any objects in the surroundings. If you asked people how much actually 1kg weighed, they will give you the weighing balance and ask you to measure 1kg of newspapers and carry them. LOL! So dumb. ^^

 

Btw, is it a weighing balance or a clock? Well, it doesn't matter @@

In fact, we actually refer to a reference of how heavy 1 kg is. It is an IPK - International Prototype Kilogram, which is made of platinum-iridium composite material. One might ask if the metal is heavy, well, if you hold the mass of 1kg of platinum-iridium, it is not heavy, but if you support 1 tonne of platinum-iridium, it is definitely heavy! >< I am talking craps again.

Well, the size of 1kg of platinum iridium is as shown below:

This thing is wonderful, but eventually, something will happen which relates to Planck constant and makes this metal shown above no longer 1kg, perhaps, 0.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 kg. LOL! Hence, they need to redefine the mass of 1kg by, maybe, doing another metal. This is what metalogists are employed for, and they always hold a strong concept - "Always make life complicated by doing things which people feel it is not significant." ^^

Okay, I am not going to crap away all the 1kg thing here but if you really need to know what is happening recently on this 1kg, do refer to the link of the title. =)

Internet Blackouts

Today is an awesome day! I drove back from KL to Kuala Kangsar!!!! =) Specifically, with my parents and sisters in and actually drove from Rawang to Tapah (*sigh). The traffic was not heavy at all and it was nice driving on the highway, with the speed of around 100 - 120 km/h. ^^ My daddy and mummy kept on warning me to drive slowly as if they were riding corkscrew in Genting Highlands. Woo hoo!!! HAHA!! Seat belt, ready! Hands on the hand rest, ready! Vroom! Then the adrenaline pumped to the whole body, making the heart beat as fast as it could. HAHA!!! My hands were gripped to the steering and I dared not even move a single finger, nor I lost my concentration. It was THRILLING! =)

Well, I am always out of topic. Today after reaching home, I faster flipped through "The Economist - Print me a Stradivarius" issue for any interesting article. Alas, I found a not-so-interesting article. (*so contradicting ^_^)

On January 25th, American senators reintroduced a bill granting the president emergency powers to shut down parts of the nation's Internet as a defence against cyber-attack. Three days later Egypt's embattled autocrats took their country offline. The five-days shutdown of Egypt's Internet and its mobile-phone network has given opponents of the "kill switch" in America and elsewhere some powerful arguments. [1]

Let's come back to the background story on the shutdown of Internet and mobile phone network in Egypt. The news of the Internet outage came minutes after the Associated Press published a video of an Egyptian protester being shot. [2] This is a sad story as it reflects the restriction of speech and expression in the country. It is well shown that the Internet is used as a political tool, to the benefits of the politicians, which, is not good to the Egyptians and perhaps, to anyone who stay on Earth. Internet outage in Egypt had caused a vast negative impact on economics and social. A much cited slogan of late on the web is:

"If your government shuts down your Internet, it's time to shut down your government". 

HAHA!!! It is actually very true. Internet is a global communication tools that fundamentally supports opportunity, empowerment, knowledge, growth and freedom. These values should not be taken away by the individuals as they are the basic human rights that everyone should has. Imagine you were taken away your freedom of speech and expression, there will be no Facebook, no Twitter, no Friendster, no BLOGSPOT, no SWEET TALK with my HONEY? OMGG, it will be a chaos in my life. =S

Such regimes are unlikely to take heart from Egypt's experience. The Internet and mobile crackdown did not derail the protests, but providing them a blazing platform, enable them to protest with FIRE!~

 

Almost every corner of the world is fascinated by the efficiency of the Egyptian government to shut down the Internet server. The "kill switch" which I mentioned just now, is hugely complex and expensive to build and run. It is kind of like a switch which can kill off all the Internet connection and mobile network, with just your finger to switch off the switch. If it happened in Malaysia, I think almost everyone will shoot the government down for doing so and perhaps, ask the Internet provider for refund. I can imagine that within one day, if every Maxis, Digi, Celcom, TM, P1 and YES customers asked for RM 10 refund, all this telecommunication companies will go bankrupt in no time.

However, this "kill switch" should be implemented in countries, which can be used to face the threat of hackers. Can you imagine, if hackers took control of nuclear facilities, or were about to open the dam, the "kill switch" will come in great use. It is a absolute defence against cyber-attack. No Internet, no hacker! HAHA~ (Come out with my new slogan) ^^

(P/S: It needs quite a lot of background before I can write this review. Phew~)

Addition:
I feel that the best way to curb cyber attack is not blocking the Internet but find another stronger way to kill off all the cyber attacks. "Kill switch" may be a wise choice to block the cyber attacks temporarily but not forever. The attack will surely resume once the Internet is restarted.

References:
http://www.economist.com/node/18112043

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/27/egypt-internet-goes-down-_n_815156.html

http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=3100

Nokia - Blazing Platform?

My economics teacher, Ms Kimmie, called a magazine retailer to let us subscribe either TIME, Newsweek or The Economist today. His name is Michael, who is quite a nice man. His introduction and recommendation on different types of magazines were fantastic, and, to his kindness, he gave each of us two copies of "The Economist" magazine for free! "WHAT!!! FREE????" That's what I thought at the first place. They worth around RM40 if you try to get them at any magazine stalls. I really appreciated it as I actually started to cultivate the habit of reading English magazine, especially "The Economist", though I subscribe TIME magazine at that moment. ^^ Guess what, I even got a freebie - TIME limited pendrive! LOL!!!!

Well, let's come back to what I read today. It is quite an interesting article. As a technology enthusiast, I always like to follow up with what is new especially handphones and computers. This article that I have read stated that Nokia, which is a boss in Nokia before that, has lost its stand and they describe it as "Blazing Platform".

"Stephen Elop, Nokia's new boss stated that they are standing on a burning platform. If Nokia did not want to be consumed by the flames, it had no choice but to plunge into the "icy waters" below. In plainer words, the company must change its ways radically."

As we know, Nokia's OS is Symbian, Apple iPhone is known of its App Store, while Android phone, App Market. These are only what we know, but the reason that Apple App Store is such a success than Symbian is that it is full of apps, which is user friendly and lag-free. Furthermore, they are easily available and the system that iPhone has is such a wonder. Before that, I was using Nokia N73 and I found out that the Symbian OS is quite lag, even though you pressed a button, it took you around 5 seconds to actually process what you commanded. Then when Samsung Omnia came, which is a touch-screen phone, I was quite attracted to it. So, I changed to Omnia which runs Windows Mobile 6. Well, that was even worse. The so-called touch screen detects by using pressure, not touch at all. Can you imagine I typed message by pressing the screen here and there, which strained my fingers much.

Now, here comes iPhone 4, which I am currently using now. It is very user-friendly, lag-free, and it detects by touching, not applying pressure. It is really nice as I can finish typing message in not more than 20 seconds. Some more, the apps are easily available at App Store. One of the strategies Apple uses is they provide you the free version or "Lite" version, which, you can experience how the programme is before buying the full version. The apps, too, suit every levels of people, ranging from kids to adults to senior citizens. It is almost like a mini computer, which is handy and can manage all your things in one phone! =)

The followings are quotation from "The Economist":

At its most fundamental, this shift is the result of Moore’s Law, which holds that microprocessors double in computing power every 18 months. The first generations of modern mobile phones were purely devices for conversation and text messages. The money lay in designing desirable handsets, manufacturing them cheaply and distributing them widely. This played to European strengths. The necessary skills overlapped most of all in Finland, which explains why Nokia, a company that grew up producing rubber boots and paper, could become the world leader in handsets.

As microprocessors become more powerful, mobile phones are changing into hand-held computers. As a result, most of their value is now in software and data services. This is where America, in particular Silicon Valley, is hard to beat. Companies like Apple and Google know how to build overarching technology platforms. And the Valley boasts an unparalleled ecosystem of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and software developers who regularly spawn innovative services.

Nokia had some additional problems to deal with. The firm realised its world was changing and was working on a touch-screen phone much like the iPhone as early as 2004. Realising the importance of mobile services, it launched Ovi, an online storefront for such things in 2007, a year before Apple opened its highly successful App Store.

But turning a Finnish hardware-maker into a provider of software and services is no easy undertaking. Nokia dallied and lost the initiative. Historically, Nokia has been a highly efficient manufacturing and logistics machine capable of churning out a dozen handsets a second and selling them all over the world. Planning was long-term and new devices were developed by separate teams, sometimes competing with each other—the opposite of what is needed in software, where there is a premium on collaborating and doing things quickly.

It is true that Silicon Valley has the sophisticated technology and gadgets. However, I believe that if they work together to produce a mobile phone from Europe while having the microchips and technology from Silicon Valley, the mobile phone will be a splendid one! =) Who knows, our future mobile phone will be something like a mobile phone with only 4 rods, and the screen will show up on the air. ^^ It will come true as now they already have virtual keyboard.

(P/S: Sorry for not elaborating much as I am rushing for this review)

iPhone rocks~

 

HAHA!!! That's so funny~ ^^

 

Love from Parents~

1、好了，好了，知道，真羅嗦！
（可憐天下父母心，父母的“羅嗦”其實是一種幸福。）
2、有事嗎，沒事？那挂了啊。
（父母打電話，也許只想說說話，我們能否明白他們的用意，不要匆忙挂了電話？）
3、說了妳也不懂，別問了！
（他們只是想和我們說說話）
4、跟妳說了多少次不要妳做，做又做不好。
（一些他們已經力不能及的事，我們因爲關心而制止，但不要這樣讓他們覺得自己很無用。）
5、妳們那一套，早就過時暸。
（父母的建議，也許不能起到作用，可我們是否能換一種回應的方式。）
6、叫妳別收拾我的房間，妳看，東西找都找不到！
（自己的房間還是自己收拾好，不收拾，也不要拂了老人的好意。）
7、我要吃什麽我知道，別夾了！
（盼著我們回家的父母總想把所有關心融在特意做的菜裏，我們默默領情就好。）
8、說了別吃這些剩菜了，怎麽老不聽啊！
（他們一輩子的節約習慣，很難改，讓他們每次盡量少做點菜就好。）
9、我自己有分寸，不要老說了，煩不煩  
10、這些東西說了不要了，堆在這裏做什麽啊！
（他們總想把跟我們成長有關的東西都收藏起來，也許占滿房間，多年後，看到自己還是嬰兒時的小棉襖，是不是很驚喜。）

我的朋友，請妳記住...
妳的父母，一生給予妳的太多...
連生命都是妳父母給妳的，妳能用什麽還給他們 ?

Bill Gates~

This is what I saw from my friend's blog and I found it interesting, so I post it here. ^^

Thanks Ah yan for this! ^^

Football Fever

Can you imagine on 12/7/2010 (Monday) at 2.30 a.m., almost 60,000 people were sitting in front of a big screen in Dataran Merdeka watching FIFA World Cup Final match between Netherland and Spain. O.O

Snapped from The Star Paper

                    

Can you imagine the atmosphere there? I wish I was there watching football with these Football lovers... HAHA!

My SPM Notes

I can't imagine that I could actually manage to do such a big pile of notes in two years time. They consist of my Biology notes, Chemistry notes, Sejarah, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia, and others. I feel like publish my notes to any publishers. Who knows, I can earn a fortune. ^^

Thick right? I actually typed my notes and printed them out. xD

Horlicks

Yesterday, Henry, Louis, and I went to Wisma UOA to have our lunch. It tasted just okay, not delicious, bt still, edible. ^^ As we reached LG floor, there was a booth promoting Horlicks drinks and we tried on their new products - Horlicks Lite

Horlicks in special file

Discount vouchers are given (RM 2 only) = =

Are you taking enough care of yourself? ^^

Horlicks Lite tastes good, but don't know why, I still prefer to drink the original Horlicks.

Speedtest - 10 fast fingers

95 words

Typing Speed Test

KMPP Life!~ (Part 1)

Whoever go to KMPP will feel that they are doomed at first, but will enjoy the life after that.

"Warga KMPP! Don't hit me for this statement.... What I am stating here is just my personal feel, it brings no offence."

Okay. Let's see why I say so. The hostel itself is so much different from my comfy room. ^_^ The bed is small as compared to my bed at home (Double bed) LOL!!! Before that, I can roll here and there, even do some acrobatics (360 degree turning). Furthermore, the toilet is so far from the room. What make the whole thing even worse is the queue. Just ask all of you one question, do you need to queue for toilet at home? xD

I am just giving some lame excuses here. Now, let's see why I say you will enjoy the life in KMPP!

The orientation week itself is so taxing and tiring and some say, boring... WTH! Who say boring? I am goin to hit that fella... =) Frankly speaking, the whole orientation week is a chance for all of us to mix with and get to know to each other. I miss the orientation week now... T.T

At the last day of orientation week. My whole character changed, thanks to my buddy in KMPP - Yongshi, Shi Chean and Nissa.... LOL!! At first, I was stunned by the dramatic Nisa. She is talented in acting. "精神崩溃." This 4 words explained me beautifully by then.




I still remembered we were having our cup mee in front of KESIS and then a stupid guy with a motor came and called us back to our own rooms.. Damn you! I will remember you forever for pissing me off! 

Stay tuned. I will continue to write more after this.. Now I have to go back to KMPP. 

Susan Boyle Boy version - Lin Yu Chun

He is a soprano vocal and I feel that he is awesome. Share with all of you here.

有期望才会有失望，有失望就会有希望～

期望转成希望，希望转成失望，失望转成绝望。

Now I am in the third stage - "失望".

Don't learn me, brother!

I still remembered how I was always so positive to look forward for interview. First time I attended an interview, the desire to get it was so strong in me till I somehow I knew I will get it. First stage, yay! Second stage, YAY!! And finally third stage (Last stage), WTH!! The message was that...........

"We regret to inform you that your scholarship application is unsuccessful."

Fine. I knew failure breeds success. As an optimist, I waited, waited and waited, and lastly, another chance came. "Lucky!", and I attended the interview, fully armed myself with as many information as I could. First round, yay! Second round, WTH! lol... failed again. The content of the last phone call was:

"We regret to inform you that your scholarship application is unsuccessful."

Awwwww.... Two times..!! Liong~ I know you also fail two times but you succeeded in third time. So, I still believe in God! "Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan" - That was what I always read during the assembly in school. HAHA!! Looking forward to my coming interview.

希望转成期望，其望转成失望，失望转成绝望 has now become 有期望才会有失望，有失望就会有希望！只要有希望，达到成功只是时间问题。Let the past behind, look forward and aim to be better in future. HEHE~ Here I come... I must make sure that the next phone call or e-mail will be:

"Congratulation, you have successfully made it to be one of the scholarship holders of our company!"

Be Happy everyday! 

(P/S: I am still an optimist!)

A touching essay ^^ （伞下的思恋）

    天空的眼泪似乎永远都不懂得停止。是在为谁哭泣，他根本不在乎。雨再怎么打也不可能比得上他心中的滂沱大雨。站在伞下，只有衣角微湿，心田却已被源源不绝的雨水所覆盖。四下无人，整个画面仿佛静止了。伫立良久，他轻轻地鞠了一个躬。“妈，我来了……”

    声音几乎细不可闻。

    墓碑上的相片似乎在对着他笑，是一个年约四十的貌美女子模样。细细一看，他看到了当年的母亲，还有当年的自己。母亲一只手牵着他，一边手撑着大大的黑色雨伞带他去上课。记忆中，这些日子总是艳阳高照，眼里映着妈妈的白色裙摆。他不记得当初妈妈都和他谈什么，只懂这伞下的时光是他与母亲之间最近的距离。偶尔偷偷抬头瞥一瞥妈妈，美丽的脸庞上有点点汗珠，却盛载着满满的笑意。汗珠从脸颊旁滑落，倒映着小男孩脸上无邪的笑容。天空很蓝很蓝，太阳躲雨伞后面，他和妈妈躲在雨伞建成的堡垒里。他和妈妈之间最美的回忆就静静的，在雨伞一开一合间，锁进了雨伞的骨架间，封尘。

    共伞的岁月很美，但美丽的事物总不久长。他一天一天的长高，够着妈妈的肩膀了。他宁可花时间望望女同学走过时裙摆飘飘，也不愿花功夫把雨伞从家门边的架子取下，带去上学。带雨伞？可丢了他这校内第一大帅哥的脸。太阳对他不再陌生，他再也不让自己轻易得到雨伞的庇护，即使那种庇护廉价得唾手可得。皮肤一天一天的黑了，他越发觉得自己有男人味。即使是乳臭未干都好。一次又一次，他拒绝了母亲递过来的伞。如果太阳休假，天空灰灰的，下着点点细雨，课室外就会有个女人，一手撑伞，另一手握着一把雨伞。他极力记起那张脸，却只是模糊一片，好像比之前老了些，又好像同样美丽。也许，只有母亲记得他推开伞后跑开的背影。两个身影一前一后向家的方向走去，后面的身影越来越小，最后连雨伞都看不见了。那把曾经在他生命中不缺席的黑色大伞正式走入历史。

    牵着他的手的人换了一个又一个，而默默在身边看着他的人依旧不变，只是眼神逐渐悲哀。等待着一个不可能回头的结局。下雨的夜晚，他看见了母亲坐在客厅等待他回来的小小身影，还没等他下车就急忙撑伞冲出来为他开门，深怕儿子淋湿病了。即使自己被雨泼得湿透，母亲还是连奔代跑的拖着蹒跚的身躯为儿子地上热茶。风吹来，他不禁打了个寒颤。那时的风应该比这时候要冷很多吧？母亲孱弱的身子怎么受得了呢？他倏地想起，母亲好像病了好几次，只是他有了佳人而没了家人。他懊悔当年的幼稚，因为年少轻狂的幼稚。

    思绪又飘到了另一处。他西装笔挺的坐在办公室，为公司拼博。好几次放工出来，看到一个穿着洗得微微发白的恤衫的女人在接待处的沙发坐着睡着，桌上总有个摆了一些他最爱吃的小菜的容器。现在的他，只能高高地从上往下望母亲。他茫然，是他长大了，还是母亲老了？一直追随母亲的雨伞就陪着母亲等待，从不喧哗，静静的靠在门的一角。就如母亲等待他，不发一声，就等他的一回眸。一眼就够了。可是正如伞不可能让主人眷恋，母亲的子女也不为他们留恋。他离开了家庭的堡垒，步入社会染缸。终于，他无法抗拒诱惑，亏空公款。他锒铛入狱。这是他对母亲最后的记忆。母亲一下憔悴了，雨伞成了自己的拐杖称这就快倒下的肢体，一拐一拐地到铁窗里看他。这时他才发现，原来雨伞就是母亲表达爱的一种发式。母亲带着她的爱来探望一个她深深爱着的人。他了解了，但太迟了。他还没从重获自由，又被上帝带走了他的母亲。

    他终于又看到了广阔的天空，但天空再也不是蔚蓝。少了母亲的身影，他的世界里永远都不会再有那很蓝很蓝的天空。

    伞外豆大的水珠跳跃，伞下同样也因思念泛滥。如果可以，他愿和母亲共同撑伞走完余下所有路……

    懊悔太迟。

Thanks Ah Khim for writing this. ^^

P/S: This essay is for reading purpose only. Any form of copying or photostatting are strictly prohibited. 

Talented singers

Breaking free by Sam Tsui and Allison Williams



Michael Jackson Medley

势不可去尽,福不可享尽,话不可说尽,规矩不可行尽,凡事太尽,缘分势必早尽

當一個人有權威勢力時，不可用盡威嚴勢力，去脅迫他人做事，不可以為了
達到目的不擇手段，不然必定會自食惡果．當一個人有福，有喜樂時，要與
他人分享，不可以自己把好處享盡，否則會遭他人嫉妒．孤立．和別人說話
時，好話．批評．建議的話都要有所保留，處處給人留台階，維持人家顏
面，這樣彼此關係才不會因此乏味掉，或生變化．行事規矩要有，但要懂的
融通．容忍，嚴以律已，寬以待人，不要事事計較，不然會被人認為是個繁
瑣．不好相處的人．

Hope everybody can learn up this phrase... Quite meaningful

(Quoted: http://wenwen.soso.com/z/q141675582.htm)

Gerak Gempur + H1N1 epidemic

Wah... I have indeed made a fool of myself. The chemistry test is damn hard!! The two essay questions I simply bla bla bla... And yet I did till the seconds the teacher took my paper away.. T.T Perhaps the day before I was over-confident and did not study it thoroughly. The note for Form 5 Thermochemistry is left undone too... Haiz... izzit what you can say "padan muka"? or serve you right? =( Today 3 of my classmates were going back early because of fever... walao a!! The H1N1 epidemic in kuala kangsar shocked me and I think I should wear a mask in school and tuition like what I did in NSC last time... Hehe~~

Snapping with Zhi Yuan.... Hehe~~

I am here to say something about H1N1... H1N1 is actually a subtype of influenzavirus A and the most common cause of influenza in humans....

How H1N1 is spread


Steps to protect yourself from H1N1... Click on the picture for larger image.. ^^

Anyway... My gerak gempur is over!! YESH!! But what disappoints me is that trial SPM is coming.... And I need to study them ady... haiz... But dun worry, I will not stay away from my computer. ^^ And all my form 3 friends, gambateh in ur trial PMR :p

(P/S: Hope I can get good results in my coming trial SPM~)

Sand Artist~

Huh... It is a creative art by Ilana Yahav... I bet you like it and perhaps learn it after watching this video clip.... =P



(P/S: Izzit nice?)