Arghh....
At last, my computer is down...
Totally cannot boot up... Having this problem for the past 6 months, but still able to make it boot it up... Now... GONE...
Sad...
Hope Zheng Bin remember to bring the power supply...
haiz...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
新年快乐!
新年快乐!
希望大家 身体健康，万事如意！
希望家人身体健康，出入平安！
不知道为什么．．．总觉得今年在事业我会过的挺＂吃力＂的．．．
可是辛苦是回有回报的！
看来女朋友的计划又会瞻仰了．．．
哈哈哈．．．
Time to Rock & Roll!!!
hehe...
希望大家 身体健康，万事如意！
希望家人身体健康，出入平安！
不知道为什么．．．总觉得今年在事业我会过的挺＂吃力＂的．．．
可是辛苦是回有回报的！
看来女朋友的计划又会瞻仰了．．．
哈哈哈．．．
Time to Rock & Roll!!!
hehe...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Toastmaster Meeting - 22/01/2009
Disappointed... Very disappointed...
Today I did my Project 8 - Using Visual Aids.
I realised this was my worst visual aids presentation ever!
haiz...
I was too nervous. I stumbled. I forgot what i need to say. Not clam enough. My tongue slicked out again. Then what i felt the worst was I changed my voice... haha... Crapz...
But i still learned alot in this meeting.
Some beautiful words:
- threw themselves into the music
- heartware
- expiring runner, not an aspiring runner
- mother nature
What I say:
One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected data recorder, more commonly called as the “black box”. Today, “black box” is mandatory for any aviation accident involving civil aircraft.
The “black box” package consists of 2 equipments. Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data Recorder. Cockpit Voice Recorder in charge of recording audio sounds that occurred in the cockpit. Sounds from conversation, PA system and even turning on & off switches are recorded. While the Flight Data Recorder stores aircraft flight data such as altitude, speed and time.
All of the black boxes are painted bright orange with large letters "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN"
Why is it called the “black box”?
It was believed that the initial design of the equipment was in black, but later painted bright orange to make them easier to find at a crash scene.
The concept of “black box” became popular after World War. The First Generation Flight Data Recorders were made of foil recorders. It could only store 5 aircraft data parameters. Despite of the breakthrough in technology at that time, the equipment was still unable to meet the design requirements as 5 aircraft parameters was too little for a meaningful investigation. Additionally, the unit could not survive very well in any crash incidents.
In the 1960s, the Second Generation Tape Recorder was introduced. Investigators felt that flight data alone wasn’t enough, they needed more information. What happened? What did the pilot say to the crews? What did the pilot say to the Air traffic controllers? Did the pilot mingle with any switches at the point of accident? These information was vital in the investigation. Due to the requirement, Cockpit Voice Recorder was born. The recording medium for the equipment was magnetic tape. The CVR could retain the last 30minutes of crew voice communications and noise within the cockpit environment. Then the magnetic tape technology expanded to FDR. The Second Generation FDR allowed the equipment to record more parameters while meeting the higher crash and fire protection requirements.
Then the third generation recording technology uses solid state recorders. “Solid State” refers to storage of data in semiconductor memories or integrated circuits. It was surfaced mounted to the electronics board. As compared to the magnetic tape, solid state memory does not have any moving parts. Therefore, it does not require any scheduled maintenance and has a better crash survivability.
With the current solid state technology, CVR will be record up to 2 hours while FDR can record up to 25 hours of flight data.
Talking so much about the evolution of “black box”, so where is it located?
The only part of an aircraft that is often intact after a crash is the tail section. That is why the recorders are located in or near the tail section. The first recorders were placed in the front and very few of them survived a crash.
Knowing the cause of the accidents, not just solve the insurance issues of the airliners and victims. Neither its purpose is to blame anyone or any party to be liable for the incident. The main objective of the investigation of an accident or incident is to prevention another similar accidents or incidents.
Imagine at least a hundred of the similar aircraft model are flying in the sky. If the accident was due to design or even the manufacturing of the aircraft, all these hundred air-borne aircrafts may have a risk to have the same fate as the one that had just met the mishap.
While the initial phase of an accident investigation can be concluded within weeks or even days, the investigators' final report and recommendations often take years to complete. The final report consists of information about the accident, an analysis, conclusions (probable cause) and also includes safety recommendations.
In conclusion, the black box is invaluable for any aircraft investigation. There are often the lone survivors of airplane accidents. As technology evolves, black boxes will continue to play a tremendous role in accident investigations
Thank You.
Time Taken: 7min 20sec
Ah Counting:
- None. (hmm... i think the Ah Counter's ears not very good....)
(I had a few pauses...)
My Evaluator's Evaluation (Grace Tan):
- Present with ease & confident
- Recommedations:
+ Everyone to be issued with coloured pictures of the slides
+ Better to be Power Point slides or Chart
+ Audience was distracted by my give-out
+ hand-shaking while holding the papers
To be frank, I was wondering is it because a 美女 evaluating me,so my heart was like 小鹿乱撞... haha... I wasnt familiar with my visual aids. Additionally, i feel that my preparation wasnt enough... I did not practice with my visual aids. So whenever i started to point at the picture, it broke my rhythm of my speech which was not anticipated earlier.... Sianz..
Must not embarrassed myself again...
Must be CALM! When I am CALM, everything can be solved!
Today I did my Project 8 - Using Visual Aids.
I realised this was my worst visual aids presentation ever!
haiz...
I was too nervous. I stumbled. I forgot what i need to say. Not clam enough. My tongue slicked out again. Then what i felt the worst was I changed my voice... haha... Crapz...
But i still learned alot in this meeting.
Some beautiful words:
- threw themselves into the music
- heartware
- expiring runner, not an aspiring runner
- mother nature
What I say:
One of the greatest safety inventions for the commercial airline industry has been the crash protected data recorder, more commonly called as the “black box”. Today, “black box” is mandatory for any aviation accident involving civil aircraft.
The “black box” package consists of 2 equipments. Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data Recorder. Cockpit Voice Recorder in charge of recording audio sounds that occurred in the cockpit. Sounds from conversation, PA system and even turning on & off switches are recorded. While the Flight Data Recorder stores aircraft flight data such as altitude, speed and time.
All of the black boxes are painted bright orange with large letters "FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN"
Why is it called the “black box”?
It was believed that the initial design of the equipment was in black, but later painted bright orange to make them easier to find at a crash scene.
The concept of “black box” became popular after World War. The First Generation Flight Data Recorders were made of foil recorders. It could only store 5 aircraft data parameters. Despite of the breakthrough in technology at that time, the equipment was still unable to meet the design requirements as 5 aircraft parameters was too little for a meaningful investigation. Additionally, the unit could not survive very well in any crash incidents.
In the 1960s, the Second Generation Tape Recorder was introduced. Investigators felt that flight data alone wasn’t enough, they needed more information. What happened? What did the pilot say to the crews? What did the pilot say to the Air traffic controllers? Did the pilot mingle with any switches at the point of accident? These information was vital in the investigation. Due to the requirement, Cockpit Voice Recorder was born. The recording medium for the equipment was magnetic tape. The CVR could retain the last 30minutes of crew voice communications and noise within the cockpit environment. Then the magnetic tape technology expanded to FDR. The Second Generation FDR allowed the equipment to record more parameters while meeting the higher crash and fire protection requirements.
Then the third generation recording technology uses solid state recorders. “Solid State” refers to storage of data in semiconductor memories or integrated circuits. It was surfaced mounted to the electronics board. As compared to the magnetic tape, solid state memory does not have any moving parts. Therefore, it does not require any scheduled maintenance and has a better crash survivability.
With the current solid state technology, CVR will be record up to 2 hours while FDR can record up to 25 hours of flight data.
Talking so much about the evolution of “black box”, so where is it located?
The only part of an aircraft that is often intact after a crash is the tail section. That is why the recorders are located in or near the tail section. The first recorders were placed in the front and very few of them survived a crash.
Knowing the cause of the accidents, not just solve the insurance issues of the airliners and victims. Neither its purpose is to blame anyone or any party to be liable for the incident. The main objective of the investigation of an accident or incident is to prevention another similar accidents or incidents.
Imagine at least a hundred of the similar aircraft model are flying in the sky. If the accident was due to design or even the manufacturing of the aircraft, all these hundred air-borne aircrafts may have a risk to have the same fate as the one that had just met the mishap.
While the initial phase of an accident investigation can be concluded within weeks or even days, the investigators' final report and recommendations often take years to complete. The final report consists of information about the accident, an analysis, conclusions (probable cause) and also includes safety recommendations.
In conclusion, the black box is invaluable for any aircraft investigation. There are often the lone survivors of airplane accidents. As technology evolves, black boxes will continue to play a tremendous role in accident investigations
Thank You.
Time Taken: 7min 20sec
Ah Counting:
- None. (hmm... i think the Ah Counter's ears not very good....)
(I had a few pauses...)
My Evaluator's Evaluation (Grace Tan):
- Present with ease & confident
- Recommedations:
+ Everyone to be issued with coloured pictures of the slides
+ Better to be Power Point slides or Chart
+ Audience was distracted by my give-out
+ hand-shaking while holding the papers
To be frank, I was wondering is it because a 美女 evaluating me,so my heart was like 小鹿乱撞... haha... I wasnt familiar with my visual aids. Additionally, i feel that my preparation wasnt enough... I did not practice with my visual aids. So whenever i started to point at the picture, it broke my rhythm of my speech which was not anticipated earlier.... Sianz..
Must not embarrassed myself again...
Must be CALM! When I am CALM, everything can be solved!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Prank...
While preparing for tomorrow's Toastmaster Presentation, Jeremy msned me.
:[小兵:[ says:
causal sex with gals huh?
:[小兵:[ says:
i interested
Kelvin: Anyone interested in Software Engineer job position, can msn or sms me for more details.... says:
?
:[小兵:[ says:
see xp msn
Then i went to Xiaoping's msn...
To be surprise... His nick was "Any causal sexy gals that like to have sex, please msn or sms Kelvin."
WTF!!!???
Worse... 1 man replied me... Even more sianz... haha...
:[小兵:[ says:
causal sex with gals huh?
:[小兵:[ says:
i interested
Kelvin: Anyone interested in Software Engineer job position, can msn or sms me for more details.... says:
?
:[小兵:[ says:
see xp msn
Then i went to Xiaoping's msn...
To be surprise... His nick was "Any causal sexy gals that like to have sex, please msn or sms Kelvin."
WTF!!!???
Worse... 1 man replied me... Even more sianz... haha...
Friday, January 16, 2009
LIke a Busy Bee
Had been a busy bee for the past few days...
Today had knocked off the earliest among the 5 days, knocked off at 6.30pm...
haha...
Tired, but somehow enjoyed what I did. haha...
Really learnt a lot...
hehe...
In coming weekends will have to prepare for my coming Toastmaster Project 8 presentation... Havent started looking at it... Will have a busy Saturday, hope can complete on Sunday...
& a fruit-full Week, Month and Year...
hehe...
Today had knocked off the earliest among the 5 days, knocked off at 6.30pm...
haha...
Tired, but somehow enjoyed what I did. haha...
Really learnt a lot...
hehe...
In coming weekends will have to prepare for my coming Toastmaster Project 8 presentation... Havent started looking at it... Will have a busy Saturday, hope can complete on Sunday...
& a fruit-full Week, Month and Year...
hehe...
ESC Tennis Tourament 2008
Message by our 大哥:
Thank You all for your participation.
The ESC Tennis Tourament has finally come to the end.
Ranking as follows
1) Ronald Lim ( Been gg to the west lately)
2) Liang Zhengbin (Founder of Happy Liang)
3) Yang Chao (Pls come earlier to swim)
4) Kelvin (looking for a gf lately)
5) Little P Lunchbox
6) Jeremy (Highest paid member of all)
7) Commando (MIA lately)
those ranking 7 and above not named.
Regards,
Organizing Committee
Thank You all for your participation.
The ESC Tennis Tourament has finally come to the end.
Ranking as follows
1) Ronald Lim ( Been gg to the west lately)
2) Liang Zhengbin (Founder of Happy Liang)
3) Yang Chao (Pls come earlier to swim)
4) Kelvin (looking for a gf lately)
5) Little P Lunchbox
6) Jeremy (Highest paid member of all)
7) Commando (MIA lately)
those ranking 7 and above not named.
Regards,
Organizing Committee
Monday, January 12, 2009
Monday Bluezzz
Somehow didnt manage to sleep welll yesterday night. Slept at 12 midnight, suddenly woke up at 1am, then lied on the bed for an hour before able to go back to sleep...
Super blur for today...
1) Pants zip found didnt zip-up only when reached the company's gate.... Sianz... Dont know will I appear on stomp anot...
2) Use my Ezlink card to open my department door instead of using my pass...
3) Kind of volunteered myself to be emcee for an event in May. Dont know how to reject leh... haha...
4) Saw an small orange insert on my hand just now and was accidentally killed by me.
Dont know is it because I stared at the moon yesterday night that caused today's hang over...
Whole day just simply blur blur... Fortunately, Weimin, Sing Hoe and Chia xxx were around. Or else I really feel very lost... haha...
Thanx man! Will need to work harder tomorrow... hehe...
Super blur for today...
1) Pants zip found didnt zip-up only when reached the company's gate.... Sianz... Dont know will I appear on stomp anot...
2) Use my Ezlink card to open my department door instead of using my pass...
3) Kind of volunteered myself to be emcee for an event in May. Dont know how to reject leh... haha...
4) Saw an small orange insert on my hand just now and was accidentally killed by me.
Dont know is it because I stared at the moon yesterday night that caused today's hang over...
Whole day just simply blur blur... Fortunately, Weimin, Sing Hoe and Chia xxx were around. Or else I really feel very lost... haha...
Thanx man! Will need to work harder tomorrow... hehe...
Friday, January 9, 2009
Toastmasters Club Meeting - 09/01/2009
This was the first Toastmasters Club meeting for the year 2009 and I had done my project 7 - Research my Topic.
I was an enjoyable as before, learned lotz of good stuffs.
Quotes:
- New Year, New Beginning, New Start, New Opportunity.
- Everyone hols a key
- Walk to talk
What I said:
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines world-wide in over 200 countries. It is produced by the Coca-Cola Company in
Do anyone know what is the recipe of Coca-Cola?
As spelled out, Coca refers to coca leaf while Cola refers to kola nuts.
As Frank Robinson, Pemberton’s partner, felt that “2Cs would look better in advertising”, he changed the ‘K’ to a ‘C’ and named the drink Coca-Cola.
Coca-Cola was invented by a pharmacist, John Pemberton. John Pemberton was also the creator Pemberton’s French Wine Coca. Pemberton’s French Wine Coca was an alcoholic beverage mixed with coca, kola nuts and damiana. To side track alittle, damiana is a kind of flower that is used in herbal medicine to treat coughs,
constipation and depression.
French Wine Coca was marketed mostly to upper class intellectuals, afflicted with diseases believed to have brought on by urbanization and
But in 1886, when
When launched Coca-Cola’s 2 key ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nuts.
Cocaine is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant. Because the way it affects the brain, cocaine is addictive. The addictive properties of cocaine was only discovered in the early 20th century. At that point of time, The Coca-Cola Company was forced not to use cocaine in the production of the soft drinks. Therefore, till today the company uses cocaine-free coca leafs for her soft drinks. Nevertheless, cocaine is used in medicine as a topical anesthetic, specially in eye, nose and throat surgery.
As for another ingredient kola nut. Kola nut is a genus of about 125 species of trees native to the tropical rainforests of
There are lots of criticisms on Coca-Cola. The Coca-Cola Company has been criticized for its business practices as well as the alleged adverse health effects of its flagship product. A common criticism of Coke based on its allegedly toxic acidity levels has been found to be baseless by researchers; lawsuits based on these criticisms have been dismissed by several American courts for this reason.
Numerous court cases have been filed against The Coca-Cola Company since 1920s, alleging that the acidity of the drink is dangerous, no evidence corroborating this claim has been found. Under normal conditions, scientific evidence indicates Coca-Cola’s acidity causes no immediate harm.
Another famous criticism was the amount of calories in the soft drink. There are indications that “soda and sweetened drinks are the main source of calories of many people, most nutritionists advise that Coca-Cola and other soft drink can be harmful if consumed excessively. Studies have shown that regular soft drink consumers have a lower intake of calcium, magnesium and vitamin A. The drink has also aroused criticism for its use of caffeine, due to the possibility of physical dependence. A link has been shown between long-term regular cola intake, of which Coca-Cola is the most consumed brand worldwide and osteoporosis in older women. This was thought to be due to the presence of phosphoric acid and the risk was found to be the same in all colas, no matter for caffeinated, non-caffeinated or diet or sugared colas.
With this, I hope that everyone has a better understand ok Coca-Cola & consume moderately if love it. Thank You.
Time: 5min 48sec
Ah Counting: 3 repetitions
Evaluation:
- Easy to follow.
- Will be good if I could utitlise another 1min to talk more about the origin, evolution, when was criticisms started.
- Go without the notes
- Remember by pointers
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
老塞历险记
Its all happened on Monday evening.
I felt an instance of stomachache & the pain disappeared, so I didnt bother.
Then the next morning, everything was still fine, until... I started chasing bus 168 in the morning while going to work (although didnt manage to broad the bus due to too many passengers). The pain of the stomach came in and went off. Oh Shit...
I broad the next bus, bus no#27. Then while sitting in the bus, the pain came in more frequent this time. Reaching the Tampines Regional Library, still deciding whether to alight the bus to clear the "custom" or chiong to office? After some considerations, thinking that I could still stop over at Sengkang MRT to ease my stomachache, I decided to chiong. Everything was still as per normally good, until.... Once the bus went into TPE, the pain came again. What the difference was this time didnt go off... Siao liao... The pain continued, it was quite unbearable & I knew they were moving towards "custom". Praying hard I could still control till Sengkang MRT bus stop. To be frank, I had moments that I felt that I might lose control of it. But 感谢祖先 and 老天爷, it didnt happen. Or else I believed that I will definitely appear in stomp or youtube by the name of "LS man on bus".
Finally reached Sengkang MRT bus stop, praying hard and at the same time controlling harder, walked to the interchange. Saw toliet sign, like see saviour. When opened the door... Siao liao... 3 cubincals all locked with another person waiting... Kao... All people come Sengkang bus interchange toliet LS!!!???
Knowing there is alternative (the MRT toliet), I began my hunt. I saw the secuirty guard & asked "Uncle, 那里有厕所?"
He answered "前面." with hand pointing back at the Bus interchange toliet.
Then I continued, "我去过了, 那里没有位."
He answered , "这么会没有位呢?"
I didnt reply him. In mind thinking, "KNN!!! I want to LS, how the hell why no space?"
Didnt feel like bothering him, I decided to find it by myself. (I am not really angry with him, just feel that it should concentrate more afford in controlling and praying, not explaining.)
Fortunately, he realised that I needed to LS & kindly pointed to the alternative toliet.
Found the toliet, FULL HOUSE again!!!??? WTF, the whole world comes to Sengkang to LS???
Thinking of no alternative, I waited. Not long after, someone came out from the handicapped toliet. Feeling luckier, the floor of the toliet was dry, toliet bowl was quite clean. I dropped my pants and ahhhh.......... The moment of release....
It took me about 20-30min to clear everything (懒人屎尿多)...
I reached office at around 9am. Today was the latest record. Usually I would reach around 8 for coffee then around 8.35am at office.
Really was a scary & torturing experience.
Really pray very very hard this morning that dont "holy shit" and be famous in stomps or youtube.
Really must thank 祖先 and 老天爷: Thank You!
I felt an instance of stomachache & the pain disappeared, so I didnt bother.
Then the next morning, everything was still fine, until... I started chasing bus 168 in the morning while going to work (although didnt manage to broad the bus due to too many passengers). The pain of the stomach came in and went off. Oh Shit...
I broad the next bus, bus no#27. Then while sitting in the bus, the pain came in more frequent this time. Reaching the Tampines Regional Library, still deciding whether to alight the bus to clear the "custom" or chiong to office? After some considerations, thinking that I could still stop over at Sengkang MRT to ease my stomachache, I decided to chiong. Everything was still as per normally good, until.... Once the bus went into TPE, the pain came again. What the difference was this time didnt go off... Siao liao... The pain continued, it was quite unbearable & I knew they were moving towards "custom". Praying hard I could still control till Sengkang MRT bus stop. To be frank, I had moments that I felt that I might lose control of it. But 感谢祖先 and 老天爷, it didnt happen. Or else I believed that I will definitely appear in stomp or youtube by the name of "LS man on bus".
Finally reached Sengkang MRT bus stop, praying hard and at the same time controlling harder, walked to the interchange. Saw toliet sign, like see saviour. When opened the door... Siao liao... 3 cubincals all locked with another person waiting... Kao... All people come Sengkang bus interchange toliet LS!!!???
Knowing there is alternative (the MRT toliet), I began my hunt. I saw the secuirty guard & asked "Uncle, 那里有厕所?"
He answered "前面." with hand pointing back at the Bus interchange toliet.
Then I continued, "我去过了, 那里没有位."
He answered , "这么会没有位呢?"
I didnt reply him. In mind thinking, "KNN!!! I want to LS, how the hell why no space?"
Didnt feel like bothering him, I decided to find it by myself. (I am not really angry with him, just feel that it should concentrate more afford in controlling and praying, not explaining.)
Fortunately, he realised that I needed to LS & kindly pointed to the alternative toliet.
Found the toliet, FULL HOUSE again!!!??? WTF, the whole world comes to Sengkang to LS???
Thinking of no alternative, I waited. Not long after, someone came out from the handicapped toliet. Feeling luckier, the floor of the toliet was dry, toliet bowl was quite clean. I dropped my pants and ahhhh.......... The moment of release....
It took me about 20-30min to clear everything (懒人屎尿多)...
I reached office at around 9am. Today was the latest record. Usually I would reach around 8 for coffee then around 8.35am at office.
Really was a scary & torturing experience.
Really pray very very hard this morning that dont "holy shit" and be famous in stomps or youtube.
Really must thank 祖先 and 老天爷: Thank You!
Thursday, January 1, 2009
01/01/2009 - 神功护体
Confirmed my sickness: Flu.
But played game almost the whole day...
Tried to install Fedora9 in my Virtual Box, but gave me error... Sianz... Cause last time when I was installing the Fedora9 half-way, I forced the program to exit and kind of caused a permanent error... Wah!!!??? sianz...
So continued to play game.. haha...
Think the virus becomes stronger... I can feel my gum swallow...
Think my 神功护体 failed me... 我生病了
But played game almost the whole day...
Tried to install Fedora9 in my Virtual Box, but gave me error... Sianz... Cause last time when I was installing the Fedora9 half-way, I forced the program to exit and kind of caused a permanent error... Wah!!!??? sianz...
So continued to play game.. haha...
Think the virus becomes stronger... I can feel my gum swallow...
Think my 神功护体 failed me... 我生病了
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