Stories about WWII

I'm quit passionate on watching movies that tells story about World War II, some of them really catch my eye and become my all time favorite movies. One of them is the "Empire of the Sun", a story about the life during WWII from a view of a boy, if you still recall this film which release decades ago, is directed by Steven Spielberg. "Thomb stone of Firefries", a Japanese Animation. "Pianiest", "Schindler's list" and on top of my list, "Saving Private Ryan" is another great pictures as well, I think most of the readers would agree that.
Recently, there are 2 movies worth to watch, one is "Flag of our fathers" and "letter from Iwo Jima" Both created by Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg. Both of the films release almost the same time in the 4th Q of 2006. What special about these film is because both base on the same story background, the famous Battle of Iwo Jima between US and Japan, One of the greatest battle, share the same "honor" to the "Omaha Beach", but both of the film tell a totally different story. One is from the view of Americans and the other is from the view of the Japanese.
"Flag of our fathers"'s story start from a photo took on the "Suribachi" mountain showing US soldiers raising the American flag, this photo quickly become a symbol of heroism across the US and the US Goverment use it as a propaganda tool to raise war fund from the public. 3 of the flag raiser were send home to join the propaganda tour. After WWII, they left the army and suffer from the horrible wartime memories for the rest of their life.
"Letter from Iwo Jima" is totally in japanese language. The first WWII battle took place on Japanese soils, a small island call Iwo Jima. Japan force was only 1/5 compare to US. There were no reinforcement from the mainland. They knew that they can't win this war and they would die on this island. Writing letters is the only thing they could do for their love ones, even though those letters would not reach to them.
WWII create the most destruction and damaging human conflict in the history and the nearest to date. I love WWII movies, not because of the blood spreading fighting scene. I'm interested to the untold story behind the soldier or public citizen. Vitory or defeat seem to be the only outcome you will get, either side you are will not change the consequences of wars. You will not find happiness in a war. Only life lose, home damage and the worst thing would happen during wars.

添旺小登科

這是添旺在2007年3月10日的婚宴照片，弄了一點點東西來試試看，要再接再勵囉^-^
所有照片另存在下列地址，是原來size
http://picasaweb.google.com/xinling510/TianOngSWeddingDinner

Astala Vista Babe

Long awaiting new Windows is finally came to town. Every folks is eagerly want to try it out, and most of them was truly inspire by its new visual interface. Despite of the saying about Windows that it was copying some features that Mac OS already have years before, Still, Microsoft is doing good in the presentation of its product. Like what the promotion slogan says, "Wow", that's the feeling you will have when you first saw it.
OK, lets be frank, Is the new windows so good and must you get one today? Consider me as a normal end user and just brought one new PC comes with vista. After setup everything and power up the desktop, and I'm being brought to the desktop screen. I start to navigate a few things and try out some new features like the gadget, everything looking smooth until I want to install my Symantec antivirus corporate ed, pdf Creator and some other softwares that I usually put in when I received a new pc, and they are working perfectly fine under windows XP, but not this time with the Vista. Non of it can be successfully install and use, Ok that's fine, because those software is release before the windows vista. So, I try to search online and believe that the software provider would provide a patch or and free update in order to be work under the new Vista. Some of them don't even mention about any solution and the other tells you to buy a new release despite the prior version release only a few months ago.
The bottom line is, If you wish to get the vista loaded in your pc, your softwares that runs under XP is as good as gone. Since the Vista is just hot from the oven, lets give it a 6 months cooling period before you actually go and get one, and by that time, the provider of your favorite softwares is able to supply you a reliable new release that support Vista. So, be patient. Signing off, AstalaVista babe

scrapperlicious

When your friends pass you his childhood's photo album. You can tell what is inside the album before you really flip it open, nearly-tear plastic cover, color-fading pictures an yellowish photo because of the oxidation process. After a few pages, you start to get bored and think that you have enough, you lost your interest to view all the photos, but to save your friends' face, you somehow have to flip through the 'as-thick-as-dictionary' album.
Old time photo album sometimes less impressive than it should be. Yes, a photo can tell a thousand words, but, will you prefer a thousand words serve with colorful text, characteristic textures and expressive aroma and the page quality preserve for ages? Thanks to the scrapbooking technique, now is the end of the age of boring and non-lasting photo album. You do not have to be a graphic designer and having tremendous ideas to enjoy the scrapbooking, some simple rearrangement and touchup can bring photos to life. Visit here http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/ for some great ideas.

Also, congratulation to my brother and his wife for their grand opening of the scrapbooking blog, sharing on some great scrapbooking experiences. welcome and enjoy the stay.

Fuel price

When we heard that the fuel price had gone down in global markets and our neighbours country already replace the price tag to reflect the changed, we thought that our fuel price will be going down in near future too. While we all waiting for the day to come, GOV give us a great surprise! (they usually do) We will not enjoy a reduce but have to pay more instead.
GOV just announce a increase of fuel price by 3 to 4 cent in the next 1 or 2 months. The change of price is due to the replacement of fuel standard to close to EURO II in which we will committed to a more environmental-friendly fuel with less emission of NOx, an ingredient to create acid rain.
I do not know what is the cost of changes to comply the new fuel standard, but I thought that the fuel companies have the responsibility to improve their product without increasings their price, further more the market price already drop, they could produce better fuel with the same cost. When GOV enforcing certain industry to comply some standards, those companies have to commit to the standard and bared the cost without changing their price, why the fuel companies have any different? FYI, the EURO II is nothing new, The current standard is EURO IV.
I appreciate the GOV's act towards the respect of environmental, but I sensed that the action have some hidden interest for certain party. Suppose GOV is to protect and gain the best interest for the people rather than to protect and to gain the best interest for "certain" people.

2007年同學會

奇怪啦，最近大家都傳來依美兒發表有關我們new year gathering的東西，怎麼不寫在blog裡？
看著大家的回應，想想今年的聚會，可能很少人。
很遺憾，我這個妹妹，已經好多年沒回去聚聚。
生活迫人，沒法子。
之前曾經提議過，不如改變一下我們的聚會日期，以前大家單身，想做什麼都沒問題，可是，當大家逐一成立家庭后，生活不再是一個人，還要照顧其他人的感受，好像家公家婆，老公老婆。
所以，大家集思廣益一下吧，選個日子，大家都有得放假的，那麼，或者某個拜六或禮拜，反正大部份朋友的工作，能夠在那時休息。
我很想持績辦我們的同學會，雖然我沒有把握每一年一定出席，但不出席不代表不在乎，我想大家都一樣。
期待另一個美好同學會場^-^

若南北極冰塊續融化,大馬低地城市50年內淹沒

http://www.sinchew.com.my/content.phtml?sec=1&artid=200701053274

Google Yourself

Ever try to find your name on the web? You might be supprise that some thing that you did on internet years ago appears infront of you like a magical "lost-and-found" tools that Doaremon used before.
I found some product reviews that I wrote sometime ago, reading back those words like flipping your childhood photos, refresh back what your thought at that time, compare what you are thinking right now would be another good lesson for you. You might be complaining something, asking help and suggest opinion on forums, realize that the anger, guilty or how ignorant you are at that time. Hopefully you found yourself that you have improved. If you do not want to let people know the trail you left behind, better erase it if you can do so. Recently, recruit company search potential candidate' names online, try to learn more about them.


Love at first search!
When I first learn about google search engine years ago, I'm doubt about people saying that how good google is, where I thought search engine won't have any great improvement since I get online at the very first time.
So, when I first use the google, I put a test to it, search my homepage where I left somewhere on the internet for ages. I couldn't find it with any other search engines before. I was really amaze that Google put my homepage on top of the search results. From that day onwords, google become my ultimate search companion, I put it as my default homepage and colleges PC's too whenever I found it to be anything other than google.

Ain't getting enough google? go to www.googlism.com

2006 wrap up

Its been a while since my last posting. I have no specific subject for this post, just wrap up a few things i gone through this month, also as a summary for the year 2006.
Just gone back from Bali trip on 3rd December, consider the only vacation trip for me in 2006. Truly inspire by the blending of various religion and local culture hundreds of year ago into now their unique living style and cultural environment, you can feel that from the bulding, activity and their traditional outfit. Baliness are born artist in wood, bamboo and stone craft. You'll see numerous statues from human size to 100 feets in Bali town. I am lucky enough to be there during their annual biggest event, similar to our Chinese New year, seeing the Barong (like lion dance)visit from kampong to kampong. Here in Bali, you got many interesting location to go, temple visit, waterspot, Turtle Island, Vocalno mountain, rafting and good news for ladies, shoping is included. Too much to put here, if you ever thinking of going there, think no more, just go there. You better have 5 days stay to enjoy most of the fun there. Its very hot here(on year end i think), something like 38c, remember to bring your sunblock cream cause 3 hours at the beach is enough to turn you skin looks like a roasted turkey. I have made a web photo album, visit here Bali web photo album

Coming back from christmas party, I hope everyone have their good time. I went shoping, a dinner and a open house. Feeding on good food on these 2 days, and of course, Christmas present!

For those web surfer, coming to the end of the year, we got lot of top ten listing on various things, movie, song game. go google it.

Like what we usually do, coming to a new year, we would think of what we have done this year and what will be done next year. What is done is done, what yet to be done will be done. So, keep your dreams high, make it done. Wish you a Happy New Year.

終于完成部落格

明明就是很容易的事嘛



搞了好幾天，終于我的部落格還是“落成”啦！
真是不明白，明明就是很容易的啊，跟著那個指示做就對了，我也奇怪，不知怎的，寫了文章，貼了上去，再按要整個部落格時，就是空白一片。
我還是偷偷在上班時候，“濫用”公司電腦來做咧（當然不要給老闆看到囉），哈哈:-)
所以呵，有空的話，就請大家上來我這裡看看啦，然后給一些意見，雖然到今天只有2篇文章，但我承諾，會繼續努力的。
阿堯，真的謝謝你呵，我們的ST MICHAEL校友會，就靠你一個人來領導，發佈很多東西，怎麼大家都好像對這部落格那麼冷淡呢？大家應該都有時間吧，上來看看，敘敘舊。
現在科技發達，大家雖然距離遙遠，但是手上的DESK TOP或LAP TOP按個幾下，都能夠跟另一方聯繫了啊。
好像我啊，就忙里吃蛇上網囉。

年輕的時候，我們一直承諾

友情一定要保持到永遠

沒有郵差、信紙信封的日子

我們可用電子郵件、手機來談談生活

現在我們有部落格

這是我們的憩息小亭

期待大家來坐坐

（別吝嗇呵，這裡不收費）

★還有還有，我的部落格網址是：http://xinling510.blogspot.com/

溫室效應

英國‧溫度升高難生存下世紀地球只剩5億人
泰國‧專家警告提防溫室效應曼谷15年後變水底城

Michael Backman talks about Malaysia

A well-known Author and Columnist wrote about Malaysia, regarding economical and political issue. Go to http://www.michaelbackman.com/

Malaysia among worst climate change offenders

In case you are wondering how we Malaysian do to fight climate change, here is the news, hot from the oven.

News: Australia among worst climate change offenders, http://edition.cnn.com/

summary

The Top 10:
1. Sweden
2. United Kingdom
3. Denmark
4. Malta
5. Germany
6. Argentina
7. Hungary
8. Brazil
9. India
10. Switzerland

The Bottom 10:
47. Australia
48. South Korea
49. Iran
50. Thailand
51. Canada
52. Kazakhstan
53. United States
54. China
55. Malaysia
56. Saudi Arabia

Source: Climate Action Network-Europe and Germanwatch

climateprediction.net - BBC Climate Change Experiment

climateprediction.net - BBC Climate Change Experiment
The humanity is in great danger as the climate change (global warming) is happening now on our planet earth. We have to do something before it is too late.
In order to learn how the Earth behave and to predict how our earth responding to the global warming, we need to use computer to simulate the whether (including air temperature, sea temperature) of the entire planet! So, this is the huge project, even the biggest supercomputer isn't good enough.
So we need thousands of computer to do the job. Share your computing power when you are not using it, help to change the world. Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/
If you love your planet, do something!

An Inconvenient Truth

I watch this movie, "An inconvenient truth" today. It is a documentary movie about global warming. When you heard the word "global warming", you might think i want to talk about the same old things when we used to do our essay title
'pollution' during school day. But, how much do you know about global warming and how serious those consequences are?
Have your ever thought about the worst things that would happen to us which would wide out humanity or at least kill a great numbers of people. you might say meteor, nuclear war, plague (like bird flu), biological weapon and terrorist attack. Yes, all this examples are indeed real but we are yet to really feel it coming. But this treat is now right under your feet.
An example from the movie, if you put a frog into the pot with boiling water, it will immediately jump out from the pot. But if you put a frog into a pot with cold water and slowly heat up the water. The frog wont really feel the heat coming and it will die. Global warming is similar to this scenario, if we still act ignorantly, we will end up like the frog.
When will we feel the conseqences of global warming? In 10 years, 20 years or 50 years? No, it is already happening now. We saw bigger storms, more floods, hotter summer, wider desert, stronger hurricane and more animals extint. Scientis had collect data like temperature, Carbon dioxide concentration and thicknest of ice at Artic Ocean, They all have break through the scale barrier that earth have mantain for a few hundred thousands years ago and we only need a few decades to rewrite all this records. The top 10 highest yearly temperature recorded in thousand year, all of them came from the last 14 years and the highest ever recorded is in 2005.
Want to know why 100 million people around the world have to move else where? (we are probably among them) Want to know why more and more polar bears drowning? Why Hurricanes happen in places never have hurricane before? Why some scientist and politician deny the potential of this treath?
The stage of the problem is alarming, We start to see all those bad things happening. If we dont act now, we are too late. We dont want to see our children blaming us for ruining their planet.
If you want to know more facts and things we can do to reduce the global warming
go to http://www.climatecrisis.org/,
http://www.theclimateproject.org/

watch the movie
http://find.verycd.com/folders/inconvenient+truth
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=an+inconvenient

Foreigners And Fights, PS3 JPN Launch's Dark Side - Kotaku

Foreigners And Fights, PS3 JPN Launch's Dark Side - Kotaku

PS3 on the horizon

I suppose everybody know what is in the picture. As the name PS3, you should know it is the 3rd generation of Playstation. This baby will be launch at the mid of this November. Some hardcore gamers are already start lining up in front of the store a few days ago. Yes, they are waiting to buy the new PS3 for more than a week. I'm not suggest that they are crazy nor I inspire their spirit. But I believe the world of gaming has taken a great depth into the society, thanks to the exponential development on IT and also globalization. Few years ago, game console and PC play a different role. Game console is merely on playing games but for PC, games only as a suppliment. Because PC is doing more than games, hardware requirement like Proccessor speed, ram and capacity is always advance than the game console, until this year. PS3 with 3.2Ghz proccessor, 512 total ram, 60GB hardisk, network, USB and HDTV support already bypass some new dekstop spec. Where people use PC to watch movie and pictures, browsing, sharing data and play games, now you can do all this with game console. I'm sure game console have aggressive took a great chunk of the market share that PC used to have. Not only that, game console can play movie on latest disc format like HD-DVD and Blu-ray will surely kick some conventional movie player aside and claim itself as the 'king of the living room'. X360, another game console launch earlier than PS3, already impress gamers with advance visual effect. Wii, Nintendo new release, taking a different path compare to PS3 and X360, aiming at casual gamers and families, claims to took over and beyound what he have lost for his last 2 consoles, N64 and GameCube. Beside, another influence and also the most consevertive is the market share in man's heart. For decades, housewives have to fight with football to gain attention from her man. Now the new challenger, the game console with even more powerful proccesor, we will have more desperate housewives in the future.

Raya Gathering

Everyone had a long rest on Raya holidays. Some of the Michaelians came back to AS. We were able to grab a few michaelian to hold a gathering at hometown. The attendance include Richie, Chong Leng, Chung Liang "The Teacher", OSK, Poh Tai (again) and myself. As a sign to show our adultancy, we order some bottles of beer, not much, Just good enough to chill the night. Everybody have great sense of Humur, we have a very good laugh all the night. I can't remember the last time I have this similar feeling.

The day is 22nd OCT 2006, the day When we have this gathering, It is also a very important day for Michael Schumacher, the last race for the greatest F1 driver of all time. He is retired from a F1 driver and leave the racing track with the numerous records that was unlikely to be duplicate by anyone at least until the next century.

Gathering at KL

Last saturday, a few Michaelins including my self were having a get-together in KL. Chun shung, Boo Pah (with his wife, Siewling), Chee Soon and Poh Tai join in the gathering. We have some nice dishes in a Chinese reataurant. (not very nice actually, but so many people come here to dine. Don know, maybe KL people not so pro at choosing good food) Later on, we have a walk at the Curve Shopping Plaza and settle down at a 'country song' cafe until midnight.
We have a great time that day, even though the food and the singer not so good, (the singer perfomance is quote by Chung Shung) we enjoy the weekend very much. Wish we will have this kind of gathering more often.
Shung will move from one island to another. Maybe he heard what Khairy and Lee Kuan Yew said lately. Learn a new word today my friend, "Marginalisation" wiki it if you don know.
Finally, Chee Soon shows up, it was 2 years from the last time I saw him. Well, he keeps 'himself' very good, but still dont have GF, hmmm..... weired. He continues his study, anyone else same as him also? I dont think so, some of us already busy parenting their children.
Boo Pah and his wife, lovely couple. OK, that's all, I dont speak romance words.
Nothing special about Poh Tai, call him if you wish to know.

Security Geek Fired: For Doing His Job?

Security Geek Fired: For Doing His Job?
Story about the risk as a IT security Director

Penang Issue

When you see the title, you probably know what i want to say. For those who do not, I briefly go through. It happens on a normal day, suddenly a leader from political party said Penang Chief Minister (who is a chinese) is negleting the Malay in Penang. The saying immediately create unpleasent feeling to the chinese community.
They are (at least some of them ) try to remind us constantly that we are minority and we should not and not even close to challenge their stand as a majority. As we already know, the majority have many advantages in such as education and bussiness, they probably not satisfy with what they have now. If they succeed to gain more priviledges, in the other hand, the minority will have to take the "non-priviledges".
But the real thing is, even though the majority gain more priviledges, it is not evenly distribute among themself. Only a few of them take all those advantages, leaving others like before. The "majority-minority" thing also happen within the majority side. I hope you know what I try to tell you. Let me use the word "whealthy" for an example. Inside the majority group, There are a few whealthy people and others are poor. Initially all the priviledges gain are for all people in the majority group, but not all of them receive it. It comes out that the whealthy people take all those advantages and the poor one have nothing. the story would not end here, the whealthy people keep telling that there are still a lot of poor people among their group and request more priviledges. And the proccess run again. And the poor people will always be there.
From the surface, we might think that those people are "hero" to their group and fight on behalf of their people. But the sad thing is, the people is only as a tools to gain more advantages.

Celcom 3G in Alor Setar

By September 2006, you guys can enjoy 3G service in our home town! Its actually a 3GX (3.5G/HSPDA) which is better than 3G. The speed is 1-2 Mbps. I haven't try the 3GX area, but the normal 3G in my area (Subang/Kota Kemuning) working around 200-350kbps (40kBps). 3GX should work around 200kBps. Celcom 3G will cover all major city nation wide by end of this year.
Sierra Wireless AirCard 850 is the datacard you can get out there for RM1388. It support 3GX 1.8Mbps. Its can slot in your PCMCIA completely except the antena.(antena looks wiered, very tiny and looks fragile). Its better than the Hwawei E600 datacard recommand by Celcom before which only support up to 384bps and abit bulky where you have to take it out from the PCMCIA when you put in you beg. (2 months ago, they charge me RM1480, but now only RM10xx)

The 3G package for unlimited access.
1. a postpaid package(voice call/SMS, min RM50) + 3G unlimited(RM99)
2. data only RM120 for unlimited 3G

Hey, i'm not the Celcom agent here. Dont think i doing sale here. Anyway, you might consider using 3G instead of TMNUTS Steamix in terms of reability. Well, my experience for steamix, line down once a month or 2. downtime 2-6days.(depends on our package, if you are RM88 or so, thank God if they come whitin 3 days, if you are coopereate package 4xx-6xx, 1-2 days) If you ever report a complaint to TMNUTS, you will get a report no. the no. are accumulate, I have calculate the no. Its around 20,000 report generated in 1 day. Good luck to you and have a nice day.

National Day

Coming to the month of our national day, we start to see a lot of news about activities held to promote the "patriotic" feeling to the country. Well, its normal people do something to celebrate the coming festival. Especially when it is our nation biggest event.
Ok, here is what i want to say, I read a news recently. Its about a bunch of University students collect thoundsands of prepaip cards and assemble them into a national flag and win "Malaysia book of record" award. Its seem like a normal news that you oftenly come across, people probably read through and then forget about it. But I have been thinking about the motive and the purpose of those people who held this kind ot activity. When i see the photo of those students holding the award certificate and stod infront of the flag made by prepaip card, I wonder how the students think when they do all those stuff. Are they did that by themself or some stupid lectures taught them. Another one is, also a bunch of student and some lecturers using RM1 coin to make a line and claim for the "longest RM1 coin line made" in the Malaysia Book of record. What have they learn and what is the contribution? I donno who startup the "Malaysia book of records", people eagerly try to get into this book by doing things that serve little purpose. They did all those the biggest, the longest thing that only spend money or time and did not contribute to the nation. Dont tell me that they are recycling, I think "gather the garbage and make it a bigger one" is more suitable. For me, i think they just making something for people to laugh with. Why not they held marathon, some sport events, hospital visiting, or some family gathering. Its that more meaningful?

Pay a visit

http://iaqtechnology.com.my/ This is my company website that i published last month. I did the layout and design. comments is not welcome, unless a good one.

Come to my place

My office at Kota Kemuning

This is my company office, i just move in here at April. During the office moving, its just like hell, yes, of course we have hire a mover to help in the process, but I tell you, the mover is everything but professional. Most of our furniture suffer damages here and there during the process At the end, I also have to be 'Guli' to help them along. Next time, if your company are moving, get a professional mover, or take MC on that day, or resign (This is the best choice).
This place is very quiet cause it situated at outskirts of Shah Alam. A 15 min drive from Taipan Subang. At least I don't have to pay for toll to get here, and also not need to pay for parking, its not a bad place to be. Although its not a very busy place, some very good food can be found here. Come here lah, I buy you a meal, .....If you can find the place.


Well, I did help in the renovation process of the office. But I not the one to decide the building color, ...You know what I mean. The picture is the 3d demo I did to simulate the effect. I believe I made quit some good color combination, right? Which one you like most? the green one, or the red one?

Invitation to SMAA

If you guys can see this post, you have been invite to join this blog, but i do not have all the alumni members' email. You as a member should help me to invite them. Sent me the email and the identity (class, name, etc). To prevent any countefeit member to spoil the party. You also need to help me to check out only the genuie alumni member is allowed. This is what you have to do, ask 2 questions, if they can answer correctly, they are genuie member. first Q, what is the name of the Headmaster at that time? Q2, what is the color of our St Michael logo?

DONT TELL ME YOU DONT KNOW THE ANSWER, OR ELSE YOU ARE THE FAKE MEMBER.

Official launch of St Michael Blog

St. Michael Alumni Association (SMAA) is proudly to announce the official launching of St Michael Blog on 28 July 2006 evening. "The blog is up and running" Said the spokemen from SMAA, Mr. Tan Weng Yau during the SMAA Anual Dinner sponsor by StMichael MSN group that was never held in Marriot Putrajaya Hotel IOI Resort. "Anyone out there know how to play Blog?" Said the CEO of SMAA, Ms. Xin Ling during the dinner that she didn't attend.
The St Michael Blog has underwent a lot of testing and finally it is start to operate today. The Blog project was started on 27 July 2006 after the announcement made by Sharine Cheah, the GM of SMAA after the group meeting that never take place in SMAA Towers, "Did you go to MSN StMichaelGroup and read about Xin Ling's latest update? May need your help increating blogs.... any idea??" statement that sounds threatening was publish in the Moon paper. The announcement had put a lot of presure to the IT Department. "It was a very challenging project and finnally we are able to prove to the world, 'St Michael Boleh!'", describe by the IT manager of SMAA, Tan Weng Yau
more stories,
http://groups.msn.com/STMICHAELFRIEND/page.msnw