I will be going Australia to study and doing project for 3 weeks started from 17 Jun to 7 July 07 which is my vacation time.
Details:
Country : Australia
State : Victoria
City : Melbourne
Weather : Winter 5 degree
Place of study - Boxhill Institute
Accomodation - http://www.carinyaaccommodation.com/index.html
Departure : 17 Jun 07 SQ0237
Arrival : 7 July 07 SQ 0228
Monday, June 11, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
New Business Ideas
During the morning tea session, while chit chatting with colleagues suddenly come out with this new business ideas : - baby care hotel. Nowsaday those family with pets when they need to go overseas, their pet will be temporary stay in the pet hotel where the pets are well taken care of. So after the overseas trip back to home, they are able to bring back their pets.
How about a couple with baby ? Currently there is no such services available. If the couples need to go overseas or the couples are sicks, who is going to take care of their baby? Why don't we set up a services and employed professional nurses to take care of the baby for them for short term. Think there will be a market for this baby caring services.
How about a couple with baby ? Currently there is no such services available. If the couples need to go overseas or the couples are sicks, who is going to take care of their baby? Why don't we set up a services and employed professional nurses to take care of the baby for them for short term. Think there will be a market for this baby caring services.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Technique to pass in Exam by Mr S
Below is an article read from the forum :
I had never been a hardworking student. Since I was a young student, I felt that memorising text from books was a complete waste of time - and I was never good at it.
Even though I knew I could obtain higher marks if I did it, I would rather settle for a pass. When I first entered Polytechnic in 1972, I was excited that I would be learning technical stuff, especially Electronics, which seemed high-tech enough that I would never need to memorise books again.
But, to my dismay, I found that the opposite was true. Despite being in the Electrical and Electronics Department, I found that we had to study subjects that were - to me - totally irrelevant. Worse, because nobody understood what the lecturers were talking about, everyone had to memorise the notes and regurgitate.
Sometimes the lecturers themselves did not know what they were teaching. 'OUTRIGHT BORING' Even Electronics, which was my biggest passion, was outright boring in the first two years. This was my second year in course, learning about radio and TV technology. As a result of those 'lectures', these straightforward and exciting technologies became a nightmare.
With the borrowed notes, I decided to skip the classes completely. By the time I reached my third year, there were about eight subjects. I was skipping classes for every subject except for Electronics. This was because the Electronics subject had moved on to cover Digital Electronics that, I knew, had a lot to do with computers.
It was also very logical, objective and interesting to me - no memorising required. It was about logicgates. You just needed logical thinking to understand it. On top of this, it was taught by an old but experienced lecturer. He liked to talk about his industrial experiences. He even joked about some of the absurd things he saw in school. I found it very refreshing and attended every one of his classes.
Finally, I devised a way that would significantly improve my efficiency. I reckoned that all these boring subjects would have no use in my life. Why waste my time copying them? The only reason was to pass the examinations.
Hence, I decided that I would only copy them just before the examinations. When I was copying, I was sort of 'studying' them for the examinations too. They went into my short-term memory. Immediately after the examinations, I would forget them completely. It was that efficient. In one instance, I was totally desperate. I needed to study one topic in a very boring subject whose classes I hardly attended.
This was a 'sure-to-come-out' question that I had zero clue about and I needed to answer it to get enough marks to pass. This was just an hour before the examination. Everyone was glued to his notes for last-minute studying. I could not borrow the notes to study fromanyone. I went to my best friend, KW. He was also studying hard and could not spare me his notebook. But I realised that he was not studying the topic I needed desperately.
(In) the nick of time, I came out with this crazy idea. With all the graciousness in the world, he consented. I took his book and tore it into twohalves - I returned him his half and borrowed the other half to study. The question did come out and I attempted it. I only spent half an hour studying it and passed the subject. It was a very close call.
In general, my method was that whatever I could remember from the note-copying exercise, I would write them down as the examination answers. The strategy was to err on the 'more' side. If you remember something, but are not sure if it is right, just write it down. I reckoned that you would not get penalised for providing wrong answers, but you would get marks for correct answers - it is worth the risk.
Moreover, it would make your answers longer. I guessed there would be some points associated with the length of the answers. BAD GRADES I managed to sail through most of the examinations in this way. But not with good marks. 'Cs' were common, sometimes a 'D', and occasionally an'A'. As the world has changed tremendously over the past 20 years, I am not recommending my techniques to any students today. You would need to formulate your own strategy to tailor it to the prevailing environment. I still think good old-fashioned hard work will pay off better.
I had never been a hardworking student. Since I was a young student, I felt that memorising text from books was a complete waste of time - and I was never good at it.
Even though I knew I could obtain higher marks if I did it, I would rather settle for a pass. When I first entered Polytechnic in 1972, I was excited that I would be learning technical stuff, especially Electronics, which seemed high-tech enough that I would never need to memorise books again.
But, to my dismay, I found that the opposite was true. Despite being in the Electrical and Electronics Department, I found that we had to study subjects that were - to me - totally irrelevant. Worse, because nobody understood what the lecturers were talking about, everyone had to memorise the notes and regurgitate.
Sometimes the lecturers themselves did not know what they were teaching. 'OUTRIGHT BORING' Even Electronics, which was my biggest passion, was outright boring in the first two years. This was my second year in course, learning about radio and TV technology. As a result of those 'lectures', these straightforward and exciting technologies became a nightmare.
With the borrowed notes, I decided to skip the classes completely. By the time I reached my third year, there were about eight subjects. I was skipping classes for every subject except for Electronics. This was because the Electronics subject had moved on to cover Digital Electronics that, I knew, had a lot to do with computers.
It was also very logical, objective and interesting to me - no memorising required. It was about logicgates. You just needed logical thinking to understand it. On top of this, it was taught by an old but experienced lecturer. He liked to talk about his industrial experiences. He even joked about some of the absurd things he saw in school. I found it very refreshing and attended every one of his classes.
Finally, I devised a way that would significantly improve my efficiency. I reckoned that all these boring subjects would have no use in my life. Why waste my time copying them? The only reason was to pass the examinations.
Hence, I decided that I would only copy them just before the examinations. When I was copying, I was sort of 'studying' them for the examinations too. They went into my short-term memory. Immediately after the examinations, I would forget them completely. It was that efficient. In one instance, I was totally desperate. I needed to study one topic in a very boring subject whose classes I hardly attended.
This was a 'sure-to-come-out' question that I had zero clue about and I needed to answer it to get enough marks to pass. This was just an hour before the examination. Everyone was glued to his notes for last-minute studying. I could not borrow the notes to study fromanyone. I went to my best friend, KW. He was also studying hard and could not spare me his notebook. But I realised that he was not studying the topic I needed desperately.
(In) the nick of time, I came out with this crazy idea. With all the graciousness in the world, he consented. I took his book and tore it into twohalves - I returned him his half and borrowed the other half to study. The question did come out and I attempted it. I only spent half an hour studying it and passed the subject. It was a very close call.
In general, my method was that whatever I could remember from the note-copying exercise, I would write them down as the examination answers. The strategy was to err on the 'more' side. If you remember something, but are not sure if it is right, just write it down. I reckoned that you would not get penalised for providing wrong answers, but you would get marks for correct answers - it is worth the risk.
Moreover, it would make your answers longer. I guessed there would be some points associated with the length of the answers. BAD GRADES I managed to sail through most of the examinations in this way. But not with good marks. 'Cs' were common, sometimes a 'D', and occasionally an'A'. As the world has changed tremendously over the past 20 years, I am not recommending my techniques to any students today. You would need to formulate your own strategy to tailor it to the prevailing environment. I still think good old-fashioned hard work will pay off better.
Friday, June 01, 2007
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Win upto $5000 in cash
Receive email from sgx and i have participated.
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Now you can invest in funds on SGX, and enjoy MORE Efficiency, Transparency and Flexibility! More Efficient - ETFs have no sales charge, and lower management fees than traditional funds (the usual brokerage fees apply).
More Transparent - Unlike traditional funds, you can see ETF prices and trade ETFs anytime during trading hours.
More Flexible - With ETFs, it's much easier to get a diversified portfolio of stocks and commodities than to pick individual stocks and commodities. Also, you simply call your broker to trade ETFs, as flexible as trading shares!
ETFs generally aim to track indices like STI, Hang Seng Index and MSCI India. This means that when you invest in ETFs, you are effectively investing in the price movements of the component stocks in the underlying indices. With ETFs, you can also gain exposure to gold and other commodities.
To help investors get a sense of the index movements, SGX is organising a simple online guessing game.
Play the game at http://guessandwin.sgx.com and win up to $5,000 in cash! For more details on SGX ETFs, visit http://www.sgx.com/etf now Forward this to your friends, so that they have a chance to win too!
Now internet broadband speed 1 Mbps
Good news. Just received mail from singnet wanted to upgrade my 512Kbps broadband speed to 1 Mbps on 31 May 07 free.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Some blog that I read
Have found some interesting blog which written by Singaporean.
http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/
The blogger is a ex NUS law graduate and currently work in financial sector. After reading this blog and found that he has a different view in Singapore issue. He look things at different angle and make people to think different by not just listening or reading blindly and agree without questioning.
http://apmoneycoaching.blogspot.com/
Money coaching. To teach people how to manage the money well and ways to create wealth. His other blog is on fengshui which give advice on fengshui that could bring wealth.
http://livinginvestment.spaces.live.com/
A local polytechnic lecturer that write blog on his daily life as well as his view and explaniation in financial term.
http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/
The blogger is a ex NUS law graduate and currently work in financial sector. After reading this blog and found that he has a different view in Singapore issue. He look things at different angle and make people to think different by not just listening or reading blindly and agree without questioning.
http://apmoneycoaching.blogspot.com/
Money coaching. To teach people how to manage the money well and ways to create wealth. His other blog is on fengshui which give advice on fengshui that could bring wealth.
http://livinginvestment.spaces.live.com/
A local polytechnic lecturer that write blog on his daily life as well as his view and explaniation in financial term.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Online Learning - Daily Quiz
Recently i have participated in the cisco netwoking academy "netspace challenge" http://www.academynetspace.com. The online challenge has a daily QUIZ " Question of the day" which is one day one question and questions on demand which is 100 questions per day ranging from CCNA to CCNP level. Each correct answer will awaed certian points. Till now i have awarded 43000 points but compared with the top 475000 points, i still need to work a bit harder.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
AKIRA Warehouse Sale
AKIRA Warehouse Sale
Date: 31 May - 3 June 2007
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: AKIRA Building (opposite IMM), 10 Toh Guan Road, Ground Floor, TT International Tradepark
Free shuttle service from Jurong East MRT station
From 31 May – 3 June 2007, catch the free shuttle service* (between 10am and 9pm) from Jurong East MRT station to the AKIRA Warehouse
* Shuttle Service interval:
- 31 May, 2 and 3 Jun 2007: 10 min intervals
- 1 Jun 2007: 20 min intervals
Date: 31 May - 3 June 2007
Time: 10am - 9pm daily
Venue: AKIRA Building (opposite IMM), 10 Toh Guan Road, Ground Floor, TT International Tradepark
Free shuttle service from Jurong East MRT station
From 31 May – 3 June 2007, catch the free shuttle service* (between 10am and 9pm) from Jurong East MRT station to the AKIRA Warehouse
* Shuttle Service interval:
- 31 May, 2 and 3 Jun 2007: 10 min intervals
- 1 Jun 2007: 20 min intervals
UNSW Asia (in Singapore) is closing down!
University of New South Wales just started its Singapore Campus this year.
Refer to: http://www.unswasia.edu.sg/homepage.html
The reason given is that enrollment is too little. So what is the current enrolment figure in Singapore UNSW ? It is truth enough if there is no student then there will be no school. Currently Singapore already have 4 University, NUS,NTU,SMU and SIM. Each of the university is try all their means to get enough students (including overseas students) to study in their University.
Refer to: http://www.unswasia.edu.sg/homepage.html
The reason given is that enrollment is too little. So what is the current enrolment figure in Singapore UNSW ? It is truth enough if there is no student then there will be no school. Currently Singapore already have 4 University, NUS,NTU,SMU and SIM. Each of the university is try all their means to get enough students (including overseas students) to study in their University.
Monday, May 21, 2007
Escape Responsibility
A staff was nominated to perform a task but he try to avoid it by finding excuses of busy in doing other things. He hope that by delaying it and when the due date near, he may not be the one to do it. This is no use as his name was officially nominated by his superior and in the end he still need to do it. So why need to escape and avoid the duty ? If being nominated then just do it. Any unhappiness or remark can be made to the superior after completing the task.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
How to Recruit The Right Person for The Job?
Put about 100 bricks in no particular order in a closed room with an open window.
Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the situation
If they are counting the bricks. Put them in the Accounts Department.
If they are recounting them.. Put them in Auditing.
If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks. Put them in Engineering.
If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order. Put them in Planning.
If they are throwing the bricks at each other. Put them in Operations.
If they are sleeping. Put them in Security.
If they have broken the bricks into pieces. Put them in Information Technology.
If they are sitting idle. Put them in Human Resources.
If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved. Put them in Sales.
If they have already left for the day. Put them in Marketing.
If they are staring out of the window. Put them on Strategic Planning.
And then last but not least.
If they are standing around talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved..... Congratulate them and put them in Top Management!
Then send 2 or 3 candidates in the room and close the door.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then analyze the situation
If they are counting the bricks. Put them in the Accounts Department.
If they are recounting them.. Put them in Auditing.
If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks. Put them in Engineering.
If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order. Put them in Planning.
If they are throwing the bricks at each other. Put them in Operations.
If they are sleeping. Put them in Security.
If they have broken the bricks into pieces. Put them in Information Technology.
If they are sitting idle. Put them in Human Resources.
If they say they have tried different combinations, yet not a brick has been moved. Put them in Sales.
If they have already left for the day. Put them in Marketing.
If they are staring out of the window. Put them on Strategic Planning.
And then last but not least.
If they are standing around talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved..... Congratulate them and put them in Top Management!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Pay Tax
Today receive letter from Inland Revenue. It is paying Income Tax again. This month need to spend less for the tax payment.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Handphone
Oh no.... i have left my handphone on my office table. This is the second time i forgot to bring the handphone back.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Japan Water Melon
Have seem a shopping mart selling Japan Water Melon. Guess what is the price ? It costs $75 Singapore Dollar.
Computer cannot display blogger web properly
Dont know what happen ??? My computer cannot display the icon in the blogger properly and hence i cannot blog.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Hp charger faulty
My hp battery power only left 10% strength. So i decided to charge it but there is no indication in the hp it is being charged. Initially i though is the power failure so i go to another powerpoint to plug in the charger, the result is the same, no indication it is charge. I started to panic and ask around my colleague anyone of them having the same charger for me to confirm whether the charger faulty or the hp faulty. Luckily one colleague has the same charger and confirm that is the chager faulty. Another lucky thing is it is still under warranty and i am able to send it for warranty claim.
Hair important
Nowsaday see alot of teenage male students are having long hair. Is hair really important to them that they can go against the school rules? I wonder in future when they go NS can they bear to have their hair cut ???
Birthday Cake
On 2/5/07 our section head, Mr Seah had bought a birthday cake to celebrate his staff that birthday fall on Apr/May. So there are 4 staffs birthday in Apr/May. They are Mr Kwok, Ms Charmaine, Mr Seah and me... hahaha. It seem has become a custom that Mr Seah he himself will buy the cake every month to celebrate for his staffs.
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