Hokkien Lang - Survives 2,000 years

Found this interesting facts circulating in the Facebook recently.

Do you know that Hokkien is the Ancient Imperial Language of China - 2,000 Years Ago?!!

Hokkien is:

1. The surviving language of the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD), China's Golden Age of Culture.

Note: The Hokkien we hear today may have "evolved" from its original form 2,000 years ago, but it still retains the main elements of the Tang Dynasty Language.

2. Hokkiens are the surviving descendants of the Tang Dynasty -- When the Tang Dynasty collapsed, the people of the Tang Dynasty fled South and sought refuge in the Hokkien (Fujian ) province. Hence, Hokkien called themselves Tng-lang (Tang Ren or People of the Tang Dynasty) instead of Hua Lang (Hua Ren).

3. Hokkien has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4. Linguists claim that ancient languages tend to have more complex tones.

4. Hokkien retains the ancient Chinese pronunciation of "K-sounding" endings (for instance, Hak Seng (student), Tua Ok (university), Thak Chek (read a book/study) -- the "k" sounding ending is not found in Mandarin.

5. The collection of the famous "Three Hundred Tang Dynasty Poems" (Tang Shi) sound better when recited in Hokkien/Teochew if compared to Mandarin.

6. Consider this for a moment: Today, the Hokkien Nam Yim Ochestral performance still has its roots in ancient Tang dynasty music. Here's the proof: The formation of today Nam Yim ensemble is typically seen in ancient Tang dynasty paintings of musicians.

7. Although not genetically-related, Hokkiens, Koreans and Japanese share many similar words (which are different from Mandarin).

That's because Hokkien was the official language of the powerful Tang Dynasty whose influence and language spread to Japan and Korea (just like Latin – where many words were borrowed by the English, French, Italian, etc).

To all 49 Million Hokkien Speakers:

Be Proud of Your Ancient Hokkien Heritage Language! Speak it Loud and Clear. Teach Your Future Generation this Imperial Language, Less it Fades Away. Be Proud Children of the Tang Emperors.

To all Mandarin-speaking friends out there -- do not look down on your other Chinese friends who do not speak Mandarin – whom you guys fondly refer to as "Bananas". In fact, they are speaking a language which is much more ancient linguistically complicated than Mandarin.

Keep in mind that Mandarin is just:

1. A Northern Chinese dialect (heavily influenced by non Han Chinese) that was elevated to the status of National Language by Sun Yat Sen for the sake of China’s national unity.

2. Mandarin was never spoken by your proud, imperial Tang Dynasty ancestors. It was probably spoken by the Northern (Non-Han) Jurchen, Mongols and Manchu minority. Start speaking the language of your ancestors today.

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Food for Thought

"Its not that I am smart,"

"Its just that I stay with problems longer..."

Got from the late Albert Einstein. (mean:Do not give up!)

But for my case:

"I stay with problems longer,"

"But, I am still not smart.."


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My Interview with Intel

I had an interview last week with Intel. This post will be used as my reminder in future!

Honestly, the questions asked were fundamental but I am unprepared for their technical questions. Did not do my revision! This was my greatest downfall.

Besides the normal questions such as "introduce yourself, your interest, your capability, ect ect", these are the summary of the questions asked and answers:

1. Draw a CMOS inverter truth table, schematic, stick diagram and cross-sectional view.
2. Draw a CMOS NAND and NOR gate truth table, schematic, and stick diagram.
Answer:

CMOS NOT, NAND, and NOR

3. Design an XOR gate using only NAND gate.
Answer:

Design XOR using NAND gate

4. Design XOR gate using only NOR gate.
Answer:

Design XOR using NOR gate

5. Write a simple source code to sort 10 numbers in descending order.
Answer:

6. Design half adder and full adder, from truth table, simplify using Karnaugh Map and draw the schematic. (lazy to write the solution)

7. What are the 5 layers in physical layer. (I only learn the 7 OSI layers. Not the layers inside the physical layers)
Answer: The 7 layers are Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link and Physical.

8. What are the functions of data link layer?
Answer: Provide node to node packet delivery service, transmission/reception of structured streams of bits over the network media, sub-divide the physical layer's raw bit stream into structured blocks of packets, error detection and error handling.

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Ghost Puzzler (iFrame)

UPDATE in 'playing' ghost puzzler. I would not say this is entirely a cheat....its more like strategy+cheat. Some would need to try several times to get a high score.

*Click on the images for larger view* I just realized somehow it cannot be clicked...

Ghost puzzler has returned.....

First, after start the game, try as fast as possible to match those easy ones to reduce the number of tiles.

Then, download this software.

Open the application and make sure to tick on the 'Smart Click' and 'Keep on top'. The click interval is the time you want to set for the delay between each clicks. In this example, I am using 3/10 seconds. (Too fast is not a good! Because you might get an unreasonable high score!)

After that, press F4 button on your keyboard. This will initiate the recording mode.

Next part is the trickiest part. It requires your imagination to think ahead. Click and hold on the 'Record' and point towards the tiles number '1' as shown and let go your click. This will record the first click on that coordinate of your screen. Next, click and hold on the 'Record' again and let it go when you point it to another matching tile, number '2'. You can now see that you've already recorded 2 coordinates in sequence.

Continue recording for all the tiles. You need some imagination and memorizing the clicks here! Maybe you'll need a few tries to get used to it. Don't worry, you have plenty of time as the timer for the points already stop counting.

After you have recorded all the coordinates in sequence (as shown here is 36 records), press F4 again. Remember, do not scroll the page.

After you've pressed F4, this window will pop up again with 36 records. Then, its time for the automated clicks! Press F3 button on your keyboard.

You'll understand it after a few tries.

Note: I am not responsible if anyone were to get banned after using this method/strategy. Try at your own risk!

Feedback is appreciated. ^^

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Puzzler

In my previous post here, I've shown you all how to hack the Ghost Puzzler in the Ghost Trapper game. The game developer has now implemented iframe elements to their application due to the recent changes in Facebook.

The ghost puzzler has returned with the so called 'anti-cheat system'. This means that if you follow the method shown here, you'll be banned! The developers are trying very hard to provide us a fair game....and I do respect their efforts!

The new prizes they offer are:

• 2700 points: Ghost puzzler ID badge
• 2800 points: Frozen mist recipe
• 2900 points: Biochemist Dana Hunter

Actually, there is a method to overcome this 'anti-cheat system'. But, I think its a bit 'technical' and tricky. So, I'll stop here while I find a simpler way to show you all.

Follow me and stay tuned for updates..... :-)

*updated*

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ETP

As promised in my previous post, the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) pictures is here!

 Exterior view of 4 Point Hotel (building too tall....could not take the picture of the whole hotel)

 Translation: Open day of Economic Transformation Programme by PEMANDU

Chief Minister of Sarawak and other VIPs' vehicles. (notice? there's a red carpet)

We are viewing the presentation through a live telecast....STANDING!!!

Can only 'smell' the foods.....cannot eat yet!

Managed to enter the VIP's hall and watch the CM is giving his speech. (he is one of the most influential and powerful person in Sarawak)

Finally, the official opening ceremony...

Booths that will give a more detail information to investors. They have those lab members who will tell interested investors from head to toe on how to set up a business in a particular industry. From how many and what kind of people you should hire, and what kind of training should be provided to them, to how much revenue you can expect from the business!

Optoelectronic....tough subject! (no hope for me...)

Click the picture to have a larger view on what they could do  from 2011 to 2012 if this programme is successful

~Tea break time~ (did not took any photos during lunch break because too hungry...no time to take)

Curry puffs on the left (weird shape compare to typical curry puff) and among this three kuih, the creamy green cake is the best! ^^

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An Odd Day at Economic Transformation Programme (ETP)

I am one of the selected undergraduate in my faculty to undergo this Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) workshop organized by PEMANDU which was held at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Kuching 12 hours ago. (sounds like a grand event)

It is a grand event!! With the presence of Chief Minister of Sarawak and other VIPs from public and private sectors.
Its actually an open day to showcase those results obtained by the representatives from public and private sectors in identifying National Key Economic Areas (NKEA)and to obtain feedback from the rakyat. (Open day means that anyone can attend this workshop. Which mean, I am not selected.....i am forced to attend it!!)

The first moment I stepped into 4 Point Hotel, Kuching, I was.....amazed... (you know la...my 1st time step into this hotel leh....)


Then, I saw so many "higher society" arriving in BMW, Marcedez-Benz, Bentley, and some other "businessman" cars with their own personal drivers. All wearing black suits (like men in black)... Even some of their drivers,  security guards, waiters and staffs wears them. (I am only wearing an old T-shirt with a jeans!! Felt odd...)


I heard that there were about 3000 people attending this ETP open day workshop. Indeed, the place was crowded! There were some people who were shown the way to enter a hall upstairs and some were directed to go to one side of the ground floor (by some pretty event crews, of course!).

We were the ones at the ground floor.....but...problem arises. Where is the seats?? No seats! (Oh no! Do I need to stand from 9am till 6pm?) By the way, we were watching the seminar through a live telecast from the hall upstairs. (will put the pics up soon...)


Those live telecasts are similar to those in the website here (part 1), here (Part 2), here (Part 3) and here (Part 4). And the presentation slides can be obtain here.

Actually, while watching the TV, I believed many were eyeing on the foods there. (all waiting for someone to make the first move)
Of course, with my 'tham jiak' (compulsiveness towards foods) character, I lead them with my first move....took a cup there, fill in the cup with orange juice and start to drink it. (Slumber saja - relaxed only) 
And then....you know...they all start to drink too!

The food was there but was not ready to be served. (can only be 'smelled'....sniff...sniff!!) So, while waiting for the food, we watch the telecast. There were a lot of interesting figures, i admit. They had done a lot of research on this ETP!!

1. Malaysia is one of only 13 countries in the world to have sustained growth of over 7% for 25 years or more since 1945.
2. Our GDP growth for the first half of 2010 was 9.5%. (in order to achieve high income nation, our GDP must grow at least 6% per year)
3. We also reduced our 2010 budget by RM25billion.
4. Our ringgit is one of the strongest in the last 13 years.
5. NKEA will boost our Gross National Income (GNI) from RM23,770 (USD6,700) to RM48,000 (USD15,000) per capita.
6. NKEA was finalized by 1000+ people, 194 MNCs, GLCs, SMEs, Ministries and Gov agencies!! (they mapped the route, the formula, the method and concept.....for our future - respect!!)

To gain the government support (to get them do something), they even sent 12 labs report, 131 entry point projects, 60 business opportunity and 3.3 million job opportunities to the ministers and asked them to read it in 4 days!! (take note that all these are reports...some were reports as thick as your text book!! Of course, you know, the ministers won't properly read it.)

By the way, ETP is actually a PROGRAMME and not a PLAN for Malaysia to become a high income nation by 2020. And, 92% of the investment will come from the private sector, not public sector. They will publish a book contains all these valuable information estimated at 26 October 2010 to the public. (so that people take action and not talk only)


Note: We were served lunch (rice, slices of lemon fried FISH, soy sauce chicken, vege, salads, puddings, and fruits) and tea break (coffee, tea, curry puffs, cake and cake)...hahahaha

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OSK Investment Challenge Update

The rankings among Malaysian universities in this challenge

Current lead is UTAR followed by UM and then is HELP University College.....(click the picture to enlarge it for better view)

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OSK Investment Challenge

A: What!!! Too much $$ in your bank account??!!

B: Not much...."a bit" only lah...but I always wondering la horr....how those rich people generate more $$ from the $$ that they have....

A: Hmm....are you thinking of making some investment....??

B: I don't know anything about investment.....

A: Have you heard of share market?

B: Sort of....I heard many investors lost a lot in the year 1997....so I don't dare to touch share market...

A: There are risk in every investment...

B: I know la...but I am not expert in share market maa...I'm only a student.

A: Expert also learn through experience...why not learn now?

B: Hmm...I want to learn...but not with my $$...I use your $$ to learn can ah?

A: Of course.....It's a bad idea. Haha. But I know someone offer this kind of service.

B: Really ah!!! Who? Who?

A: OSKIC!

B: Orang Super Kaya In China?

A: Its OSK Investment Challenge! No risk on your $! But you get to learn investing in real world!

You also stand a chance to win real CASH and weekly prizes worth up to RM170,000! It only takes a few minutes a day to play and win.

OSKIC starts from 16th August 2010 to 1st October 2010 with a virtual capital of RM100,000 to begin in this game upon signing up. Certificate of participation will also be given for active investors. Your trading pin will be "oskic1".

B: Wah....Orang Super Kaya really so good ah....what's the catch? I know this world no free fish wan....

A: No catch catch! You only need to be studying in Malaysian university or colleges and all you need to do is register at the website and read through all the guidelines and information on the share market and start investing!

Real market values

Logging capability provided to you

Company's past performance

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Did you know that......

At any time there are some 44,000 storms; lightning strikes the earth 100 times every second, and there are on average 35 earthquakes per day.

Every year more than a million trees are chopped just to make toothpicks.

If all your DNA is stretched out, it would reach to the moon 6,000 times.

200 million couples make love (and 400,000 babies are born) every day.

On average, your heart beats 101,000 times a day; you breathe 23,000 times a day, blink 15 000 times a day, produces 1 litre of saliva a day, loose about 40 hairs a day (men) and 70 hairs a day (women).

There are more than 2 700 different languages spoken in the world, with more than 7 000 dialects.

Tobacco is a $200 billion industry, producing six trillion cigarettes a year – about 1,000 cigarettes for each person on earth.

If you smoke, you and those around you also inhaling arsenic, benzene, cadmium, hydrogen cyanide, lead, mercury and phonol. In all, 4000 harmful chemicals, including 44 types of poison, of which 43 are proven cancer-causing substances.

For more facts....look at here.

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Wondering why wedding ring was inserted into the 4th finger?

There is a reason behind everything....

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Batang Ai Hydroelectric Dam

Last week, I went for a field trip to Batang Ai Dam. It is located at Batang Ai National Park in Sarawak, Malaysia (coordinate 01°08′50″N 111°52′26″E) and is operated by Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (SESCO). The 24 km² dam could power up to 100MW (MegaWatt) with its 4 massive turbine!

The journey there started at about 8am and reached the destination at about 2.30pm with some stops along the journey (Serian, Lachau, Sri Aman, Lubok Antu). A normal journey without stops will be about 3-4 hours.

Every places there is a special landmark. In Sarawak, statue of Cats (Kuching), Durian (Serian), Pigeon Bird (Sri Aman) and Fish (Batang Ai).

DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

A story picked from somewhere.....

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question. She said, " How do I know if I married the right person ?"

I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said, " It Depends. Is that your husband?"

In all seriousness, she answered " How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's Weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle. In the beginning, you fell in love with Your spouse. You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked Their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard. In fact, it was a Completely natural and spontaneous experience. You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love... Because it's happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, " I was swept of my feet." Think about the Imagery of that _expression. It implies that you were just standing There; doing nothing, and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling in love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.

But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades. It's the Natural cycle of EVERY relationship. Slowly but surely, phone calls Become a bother ( if they come at all), touch is not always welcome ( when it happens), and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship, but if you Think about your marriage, you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking, " Did I marry The right person?" And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of The love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else.

This is when marriages breakdown. People blame their spouse for their Unhappiness and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.

Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes. Infidelity is The most obvious. But sometimes people turn to work, church, a hobby, a friendship, excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage. It lies within it.

I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else. You Could.

And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better. But you'd be in the same situation a few years later. Because ( listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience. It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find " LASTING love. You have to "make" it day in and day out. That's why we have the _expression " the labor of love."

Because it takes time, effort, and energy. And most importantly, it Takes WISDOM. You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.

Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery. There are specific Things you can do ( with or without your spouse ) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe ( such as gravity),

There are also laws for relationships. Just as the right diet and exercise Program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your Relationship WILL make your marriage stronger. It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable. .. You can " make" love.

Love in marriage is indeed a " decision"... Not just a feeling.

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Page Ranking

I found out that when I typed "Presstag" in google search page, it was ranked the first. Therefore, I wanted to check what is Presstag's overall ranking.

First, I tried with Google's Page Rank Checker at here.
But, Presstag only obtained 2/10 of the overall ranks as shown below:

Interesting... :)

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What's INSIDE your NOTEBOOK?

Have you ever wonder what's inside your notebook?

 

This is a typical CompaQ notebook. Looks nice and new. But, when you are frustrated with its notorious under-performance cooling system, disassemble it!

Surprise!! This is what you see...sorry for the blur image.. (i'm still using 2.0 MP handphone camera)

Look at the 'damage' done...Fortunately, its not really a damage. Its just what you see when you take off every pieces of the notebook just for the sake of cleaning the notebook's internal fan system.

 

This is the notebook's motherboard.

Disclaimer: ONLY disassemble your notebook under professional supervision! :)

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Technology that changes the world

A video which recently shown to me by my lecturer and I would like to share with my viewers. Its a brilliant technology that would certainly change the digital world. Lets submerge into the 'sixth-sense' technology.



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我是香蕉人 (Wo Shi Xiang Jiau Ren)

We are 香蕉人......or Banana man. 

We are not ABC (American-Born-Chinese).

What is 香蕉人 (Xiang Jiao Ren) ?

香蕉人 direct translation to English is "fragrant banana people" or "banana man". But, the true meaning behind 香蕉人 is that it is a term made for category of people who are born chinese but do not know chinese. It could be half 香蕉人 or full 香蕉人 where half is that person do know how to speak in chinese, verbally, but do not know how to read and write in chinese. 

Why name 香蕉人 (Xiang Jiao Ren or banana man) ?

What I understood from all the information that I have gathered, it was named after the banana colour. Most 香蕉人 are from English educated Chinese. Caucasian man who is white in color (as opposed to the Asian "yellow man" or the African "black man").

As we can see in a banana, the outer layer of the banana skin is yellow in colour when ripe while the inner part of the fruit is not white in colour (partially yellow, mostly whitish in colour). It resembles the meaning of 香蕉人 in a way where the appearance of a Chinese guy symbolized by the yellow colour on the skin of a banana but has an English educated background symbolized by the white colour in the fleshy part of the fruit.

I'm in the category of half banana man or 一半香蕉人 (Yi Ban Xiang Jiao Ren).

1. Being 一半香蕉人 has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages are:

• making a conversation more interesting
  
• imposing an indirect training on the body language
• can act dumb sometimes (especially towards conversation that you did not wan to proceed further)
• eavesdropping other people's conversation (very useful in identifying potential gossips about you)
• surprising yet disappointing people that have the conception that Chinese people must know Chinese language
  

The disadvantages are:

• possibility of making the conversation more difficult - unable to understand what others meant
  
• could not perform some jobs that require the usage of Chinese language
• difficulty in reading directions when travelling to countries that fully utilizes Chinese words (such as China and Hong Kong)
• often caused misunderstanding when using the Chinese language which are inappropriate in the spoken context due to lack of Chinese language understanding
• unable to sing Chinese songs when joining friends in karaoke session

2. Three golden words when you are unable to understand what another person is saying but you still want to continue the conversation and you did not want to exposed that you are 香蕉人 are:

• "yuen lai..." (signifies that you understood what he/she is saying)

• "shi meh?" (really?)

• "ohhh...." (also signifies that you understood)

3. Sometimes there is a need to add some catalyst to make the person believe that you understood what he/she is saying and at the same time making him to speak in a simpler Chinese words:

• "shen mo?" (what? or pardon me?) 

Then the other person will repeat what he/she is saying in a clearer manner and then it could help you to understand more of what he is trying to tell you. If you still having a big question mark in your mind, do not bother what he/she is trying to say. Just reply:

• "ohh..." (i see)

 4. When you really do not understand what he/she is trying to tell you but you feel that its a very important message that could affect life and death of a person or could lead to the catastrophic phenomenon , then its time to exposed what you truely are by saying the magic word:

• 我是香蕉人 (wo shi xiang jiao ren - I am a banana man)

5. Sometimes its hard being a 香蕉人 and sometimes its fun being a 香蕉人. But, acceptance of being who we are is the utmost important.

6. Do not feel upset or lacking in confident especially when communicating with others if you are a 香蕉人!! Because you are not the only one! Look at the bright side. Being a 香蕉人, helps you to understand that in communication, whatever language you are using is not really important. What is important is that the message that are being conveyed are successfully passed on to another being. At the same time, creating a world that has no language barriers.

7. Some will say that mastering a language helps to achieve a better communication. But, what do you think of a salesman that is very good in his Chinese language mastery but could not convince his customers to buy his product due to the message did not passed on successfully? It is said that 60%-70% of communication lies on the body language or non-verbal language. If a 香蕉人 is able to make the conversation more interesting in his own way, it will certainly attract the attention his customer and eventually influenced him/her to buy his product.

8. By the way, just for some information on the usefulness of banana fruits, it saves lives. When someone is attacked by asthma, and there are no medicine available nearby at that critical moment, use banana! This is because banana is rich in potassium which helps in body functions such as regulation of blood pressure and of water content in cells, transmission of nerve impulses, digestion, muscle contraction, and heartbeat.

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Cigarettes

Do you know that:

1. Cigarettes kill more than 400,000 Americans each year.

2. Smoking killed about 100 million people worldwide in the 20th century.

3. Cigarettes kill more than the combined deaths caused by alcohol and drug abuse, car accidents, homocide, suicide, and AIDS.

4. Cigarette causes lung cancer somewhere in the world every 30 seconds where it is the ninth most common cause of death in the world and the most common form of cancer.

5. Cigarette companies provides a lot of job opportunities (Philip Morris employs more than 150,000 people worldwide!!).

6. Cigarette companies contribute a lot to the country through taxes and philanthropy. (Phillip Morris averagely paid over USD 4 billion per year on taxes).

7. It is estimated that one in three adults smoke, with over 1.2 billion people smoking worldwide.

8. More than 105 billion cigarettes are sold every week — that’s ten million per minute.

9. Cigarette is one of the most addictive and destructive, over the counter drugs known to modern man.

10. Smoking is the biggest single cause of preventable disease.

11. Smoking not only harm the smoker but most importantly the people around the smoker - 2nd hand smoke!

12. Within eight hours after you quit (if you succeed), the level of dangerous carbon monoxide gas in the blood returns to normal. Also, within the next 24 hours, your chances of having a heart attack begin to decrease dramatically.


So.... QUIT SMOKING NOW!!!!


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UNIMAS Website Hacked

Do you know the reason behind the slow internet connectivity in UNIMAS (even at CAIS – the magnificent library) or why you are connected to the internet with a very fast connection but you could not even load a page unless you refreshed the page hundreds of times to get it loaded and the page still show some errors?

Thanks to the Indonesian Hackers that all of the people in UNIMAS are facing this disaster. Around the end of September (about 28 Sept), UNIMAS website has been hacked by Indonesian hackers (or crackers for those who understand).

They changed the homepage of UNIMAS official website including all the sub-sites (*.unimas.my) which the professional network security termed it as “website defacement” technique. Its not a virus attack but I know most of the people out there are more familiar with the word “virus attack”. Website defacement is harmless actually except causes some annoyances and in some cases, as a distracting attack for another backdoor attack to the server.

Although the technological department in UNIMAS, namely CICTS, had changed all the websites with new design, but there are still some links that do not work. Maybe they are still in the process of developing it while increasing its security.

However, what can be sure is that after the attack from the system crackers from Indonesia, users that uses the university’s internet connection could not load web pages properly and often need numerous reloading and refreshes to load a simple page.

Fortunately, these problems are having lesser impact on users day after days since that incident. This shows that they are really fixing it! (which is why I am able to post some blogs using Windows Live Writer).

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30 Facts about Kuching

1. Kuching is the only city in the country where motorist can 'turn left when exit is clear' legally!

2. More than 50% of houses in Kuching are Semi-D and bungalows which is more than any other cities.

3. There are more satelite dishes in the backyard of Kuching houses than other place combined together.

4. 80% of Kuching preety girls go out without make-up,wearing simple short, T-shirt and japanese slippers.(o.O)

5. There are more potholes on the road than on its people faces. Comparing with Georgetown, number of potholes in Kuching are 50 times more.

6. Kuching is a place where it is strictly no car honk territory. You cannot honk at other motorist, if you do, road-rage ensues. (That is if you are lucky...)

7. Comparing Kuching to other big cities, they have the least number of jobs currently available posted in jobstreet.com

8. Public transportation in Kuching is one of the worse. If you saw a public bus in Kuching, you are very lucky that day. There are quite a number of taxis available in Kuching but, it also come with a price! Most local citizens, that does not possessed own vehicle, will use the service of 'van sapu' which is cheap vans that replaces buses and taxis. But, only available at certain places.

9. Kuching is the city where the majority of family in here have the motto of 'one person one car' and not 'one family one car'. When the children get their license, they will eventually have their own car. Form 5 student will drive to school. Even when fuel price hiked the number of cars in a family will still be the same.

10. Kuching is the only city in Sarawak where DAP won.

11. The most luxurious shopping complex in Kuching is The Spring which is 1/10 the size of Midvalley Megamall in KL, 1/3 the size of Gurney Plaza in Penang.

12. One of the largest supermarket chain in Kuching is Everise.

13. They have 2 main cinemas and its the only cinemas, which are Star Cineplex and the recently established cinema named MBO.

14. There are helicopter patrolling the city skies everyday, but crimes are still rampant (in certain areas). Police officers are mostly patrolling in crowded area but other than that, one can hardly notice the existence of police.

15.  Kuching's roundabout is very very very big compared to other cities. It has the size of almost 1 and half the size of a football field. They could even build hundreds of houses inside the roundabout and thousands of plants and trees in it.

16. The people here often refer the location in the city by using the word "mile". Example are 3rd mile, 4th mile, 5th mile and so on.

17. The majority of people here sleep early and wake up early. Some sleep as early as 8pm and wake up at 5am. Even youngsters sleep at 11pm and wake up at 7am. Even when its holiday. Even if they sleep late, they will still wake up early.

18. Many shops in the cities start to close their shop at around 6pm to 10pm at night.

19. Majority of the people in Kuching is more family minded than money minded.

20. Places that a tourist would most probably visit when they are at Kuching are Jalan Song (for the foods), Friendship park (for dating), Waterfront area (for the culture), cultural village (for the culture also), Damai Beach (for the beach), Santubung (for hiking) and various national parks (for the animals and plants).

21. Foods that should not be missed when visit Kuching are the famous Kolo Mee, Mee Po, Kampua mee, Laksa Sarawak, Kek Batik/Lapis, Kueh Chap and 7th mile teh C peng.

22. When you order fruit juices at food courts, prepare to face the curious and blurry expressions from the locals there. Why? Local people seldom order fruit juice and fruit juices in Kuching is quite expensive. They mostly ordered Teh C Peng or Teh C Special (3layer drink).

23. Kuching has one of the luxurious and largest DUN (Dewan Undangan Negeri) building or could be said as palace.

24. Roadblocks in Kuching are mostly in collaboration with the armies. There will be trucks, polices and armies holding M16 rifles, on standby mode whenever there is any roadblocks. (Maybe the bad people here are very bad...)

25. But, the majority of people here are more civilized minded compare to other cities in Malaysia and most of them are very friendly.

26. Various languages are mastered by the locals here such as Sarawak language, Iban language, Bidayuh language, Hokkien language, Mandarin language, Bahasa Melayu, English and so on.

27. Don't be surprised if you see non-malay speaking Iban/Sarawak language and malays speaking mandarin. Its a norm here.

28. Majority of local guys here have tatoo on their body.

29. Do not expect all the long houses to be made of wood, built in the middle of the jungle, with no electricity and water, surviving with only river stream nearby! Its not true. Most of the long houses here are already developed and looked like a long terrace house with abundant electricity and water supplies.

30. Most cars in Kuching are imported cars such as Porche, Mazda RX8, Nissan Skyline, Toyota, and Honda (this shows that the people here are quite rich). However, there are also a lot of Perodua Viva and Kancil (for renting and economic usage).

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