Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Excerpts from malaysiakini

催泪弹在追,母语在逃
射催泪弹的人不懂英语,他们懂母语
懂英语发号施令的人不射催泪弹,他射精
射进蒙古女郎的体内变黄金

催泪弹在追,母语在逃
射催泪弹的手在抖,心也在发抖
手不抖心也不抖的人,他发梦
他梦到两百枚催泪弹突然变炸弹

催泪弹在追,母语在逃
懂数理不懂英语的人被逼用数理来教英语
懂母语又懂数理的人被催泪弹逼供
逼不出英语,只逼出一把眼泪一把鼻涕

催泪弹在追,母语在逃
不懂母语和英语的催泪弹被逼和群众沟通
懂母语不懂英语的学生被逼和数理沟通
沟通不了的母语在逃,数理也在逃
(不参加集会,只准备和政府沟通的董总也在逃)

Saturday, January 31, 2009

今天你“囧”了吗


今天在网络上认识了一位新'朋友' -> 它是网上近来突然开始流行,最牛古汉字囧(jiǒng)。

“囧”是什么?它是一个汉字,读音Jiong;“囧”的含义是什么?本义是“光明”的意思。但就是这样一个字,现在被赋予更多的意义,并发展成为一种奇特的网络文化。
  有人问,为什么这样一个90%的中国人不知道如何读的生僻字能有如此大的“魅力”呢?

 先介绍一下囧字:
  普通话读音为 jiǒng,广州话与“炯”同音。在甲骨文中已有“囧”字。
  “八”——眉眼
  “口”——嘴
  原义:光明、窗户
  网义:郁闷、悲伤、无奈、无语等。具体请参照字型,并去领悟。
  囧也可以表示幽默、或者形容自己的心情,例如:“纠结、郁闷”等意思,也就是说,不同语境下,“囧”的意思是不同的。

Friday, October 24, 2008

Substance should trump symbolism


Recent poolls by the BBC and Reader's Digest show that voters abroad preferred Mr Obama to Mr John McCain by big margins. Remember that the one thing countless millions of people around the world "know" about the US is that it is controlled by a cabal of white bankers and Jews, who use police with fire hoses to repress blacks. To them, Mr Obama's rise triggers severe cognitive dissonance.

Europeans like to mock the vapidity of American politics, could you imagine a brown or black person leading France or Germany? Yet, before the US get too far with the self-congratulations, remember that Jamaica's 95% black population elected a white man as its prime minister in 1980, and kept him in office throughout that decade. India is overwhelmingly Hindu but now has a Sikh prime minister.

Look, Mr Obama's skin colour is a bad reason to vote for or against him. Substance should trump symbolism.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

World Sunlight Map

Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery. World Sunlight Map

Saturday, October 11, 2008

OH, What A Week !

How do I even begin to describe the events of this week? Even my boss told us yesterday that this spectacular implosion offinancial marketsis something he had never seen before,oreven thought possible.

Since the collapse of Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers last month, worries on economic crisis started haunting most of us. Each crisis has it own characteristic. The last time it was this far down during SARS outbreaks,there was a real solution -the cure for the disease. But this time there is none, hence the markets are just going to continue heading south.

There is one source of comfort amid the global economic slowdown - falling oil prices. Black gold has plunged more than 40 per cent to around US$79 per barrel since hitting a peak of about US$145 in July, with more falls on the way, say analysts. This is the first time in a year that oil has faller below US$80 a barrel.
The financial crisis has hit the US hardest and they're the biggest petrol consumers. If this carries on, oil prices will continue to fall and could reach US$60by the end of the year.


The falling price will filter down to consumers most obviously in the form of cheaper petrol, but also in other less direct ways such as reducing transport costs and therefore food prices.

This crisis is a lot deeper than we think. It's going to last for a while.
It's simple economics: As the global financial crisis worsens, there's a downturn in global demand leading to the decline in prices. It's demand and supply.


It's a crisis of confidence, and there's a lack of trust in the markets. Will the forthcoming US presidential election brighten the global economy? (I don't think so but yet I hope so). Let's pray for the better futurement and really hope the global financial situation will be rebounced when I wake up tomorrow.

Let's see, let's feel, let's pray...

Monday, September 15, 2008

Existing Government Toppled?

Just back from 3-day-2-night's Pulau Redang trip. That was my 1st trip since I started working 2 years ago. Away from busy, fast-paced Singapore city life. White sandy beaches, crystal clear blue sea, brilliant underwater world, lovely fishes with beautiful coral reefs enticing me the most.

I arrived in S'pore on 15th Sept which is 1 day before the date which claimed to be the day that M'sia existing government will be toppled. Will this really happens? How to do you think? Do you eager to see this historical change?

Anyway, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be delivering his speech at Kelana Jaya Stadium tonight and he might be reveal some of the MP whom will crossed over to Pakatan Rakyat (PR). Let's see what will happen tonight and maybe a new M'sia will be formed tomorrow.

Friday, September 5, 2008

WEB BROWSER WAR

Finally, Google had managed to launch it's first own web browser (Google Chrome) on 02/09/2008. The web gets better with more options and innovation. Now, Google Chrome is another option. Undoubtedly, it will contributes to making the web even better.

I downloaded the Google Chrome Beta version and quite impressed with the simplicity & minimalism of Chrome interface (w/o much classy toolbar). The 2 leading web browser giants - Microsoft IE and Mozilla Firefox emphasize on the user-friendly approach on their latest launching of web browser. Google Chrome doesn't lag behind on that (user-friendly design approach). For I myself, I like the functionality of search-enabled address bar.

Chrome, IE8 (Beta) and Firefox 3.0.1 also claim that they had enhanced on the browser security, browsing and downloading speed (yet to experience). Newer stuff doesn't mean is better than older stuff. Chrome might be excel in some aspects in comparison with either IE or Firefox but it is still not that perfect enough to entice me to change my daily browsing habit (browsing webpage using Firefox and IE interchangeably).

Let's await for the release of more stable, enhanced Google Chrome and you are invited to join Chromium in their effort to help build a safer, faster, and more stable way on experiencing the web.

p/s: Google Books