*260 - World gone topsy-turvy

Had a hard time trying to write up my research proposal but seems like im hit with the writer's block. For a proposal that is.

Dont u think that the world now gone topsy-turvy? Natural disaster... Economy meltdown... Political instability... Everything seems to be stuck somewhere.

This all happens when the homo sapiens thinks that they are so intelligent and superior for being able to create systems which thought to be able to control everything. Human thinks that they owned the earth; they controlled barter; they controlled other people. Dont u think so?

So many things covered-up, so many conspiracy, so many systems imperfect. By careful studying the history of mankind, every advancement every civilization rise and fall. And the economics that we're going through now are ought to be reform. Mayb around my grandchildren time.

The worst part is that not much people currently are aware of all these things. Big guns sits too tall now and they forget the subordinates. One day... the repressed under the current system will revolt to provide a refresh to this world.

ps: good to be an academician.

*257 - The More We Know, The More We Don't Know

Its not something that i just realize anyway...

This hit me again when i was reading a bit bit on quantum physics... and i learnt that that's something called parallel universe... As a pure bio guy... i dont really understand how it works...

Now... it became interesting when people are connecting thoughts to wave energy to quantum physics... And new theories are coming up and one of it was the ability to release a mind energy that may change ur environment...


Perhaps all of this sounds familiar as its emphasized on "The Secret", Law of Attraction etc etc... But science is moving that direction trying to prove what's beyond our science understanding...

Metaphorically, its just like we know that the universe is so so big... While on the other hand, scientist is going to prove that the universe its in a marble or some kind (watch man in black's end title u'll get the idea)

What i wanna say here is the more we get to know in depth about something... The more question will be raised and show that the more we dont know...

Somehow, this is why i like research very much... Looking for things that we dont know and trying to get to know it...

*256 - SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone App

Yo! Been wanted to share this for quite sometime now... Was thinking to blog more since I acquired iBlogger app but somehow it didn't happen... Hmmm... Ok... I'm lazy :P

This will be a good news to all academic iPhone users... Or perhaps potential iPhone users too... In research, literature review plays a very major part... and I believe this addition to the wide range of iPhone apps indeed increases my iPhone value...

The new SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone app is out! Best part bout it it's FOC!



"Need full-text but not at your desk? The SciVerse ScienceDirect iPhone app doesn't restrict your brainwaves to the workplace; now you can find and read any Elsevier article or book chapter while you're at a conference, travelling to and from work, or enjoying some rare downtime."



Without subscription, one shall only allowed to view a paper's abstract... but don't worry just yet... isn't ur institution subscripted to it?

What u need is just an email add under the institution's server domain... for UPM student, now u can finally visit to ur unknown or unused UPM email to access the subscription... go check out mutiara.upm.edu.my... u should have ur email of matricnumber@mutiara.upm.edu.my...



Now I understand the function of email provided by the institution... :)

*255 - The Best Pisang Goreng!

When food hunters all hunt for all those "premium" foods... they tend to forget about the local taste... One of our Malaysia special is the PISANG GORENG!

My colleagues bought some pisang goreng for everyone and it just taste so delicious... Sweet and crispy... She brought me to the stall last few days... Unbelievable in my eyes... People are queuing so long just to wait the banana to be fried... I heard there's always more demand than the supply...

 Can u believe that queue... All of them were just waiting... staring at the stove...

Its in Bayu Perdana Klang... The same row as Brother's accessories shop but on the other end... Go check it out yourself... Must Try!

*253 - I'm back! ... With The New iBlogger!

I'd stop blogging for some personal reason for quite sometime if u are following :P

I guess I'm now back with more sharing on the wonderful things in life instead of my journal... Been collecting materials for few months now... Just procastinating... Lol...

Anyway... This post is done on the new iBlogger app I'd just downloaded... Seems to work well till now... And hopefully this app will help me to provide live sharing anytime anywhere I am...

Stay 'connected' xD

PS: seems like I can't attach any photos from here... I'll keep looking :)

*252 - Odd Numbering

So who enjoy buying 4D here? Hehe... You? Then how do u buy ur numbers?

Mayb this is not something new but its still a new observation to me... And im sure u can count by urself from the law of probability...

Ok... Straight to the point... Did u noticed that most of the 4 digits number will be consisting 2 same numbers? For example, 9770... Try this... go on the street and observe car number plates... U'll be fascinated to found tat wat i said its true somehow... LOL

Thus... go out there and buy a double numbered 4D for ur next TOTO... Perhaps u'll get lucky... Starts with my car number plate 3352 then :P

*251 - How Open-minded Are You?

"How Open-minded Are You?"... a question that earns a lot of YESes from most ppl... but is it really so?

Or should i rephrase the question a little...

"How readily are you to accept a new concept or idea?"
"How readily are you to accept changes in life?"
"How good are you listening to peoples idea?"

Starting to get some NO now?

We often judge things... especially new things... with prejudice and stereotype without really learn the details of it... These bias actually prevent us from opening ourselves to new opportunities and ideas...

Most of the ideas suggested during meetings arent really that good... in fact they sucks... but does that means that we should label ideas during meetings as lousy and we shouldnt spend time generating them? Most of the idea arent good... but there's always at least one that are significant...

I guess its time for us to start learning on how to open ourselves to new concepts... Ask more... Listen more... Try to find out the truth behind everything... Then only u're in position to evaluate the new idea :)

We know wat we know... We may know wat we dont know... But most of the time we dunno wat we dunno!

*250 - Looking for "Pay for Biomedical Science in Malaysia"?

Something surprised me on the analytics provided by Nuffnang for my blog... i got a search hit on "pay for biomedical science in Malaysia"...

Actually i didnt really wrote about pay for biomedical science graduate in my blog b4... i just rant before that the pay for biomedical science graduate isnt good enough for me... mayb that's the keywords that attracted the hit... This led me wanted to share wat i knew with all my readers here...

Disclaimer: im going into my final year and obviously i havent really graduated yet... all info i shared here is solely experience and counseling i got from seniors, lecturers, friends and forum... may not be 100% accurate but it will be a good reference for ya... if u found any of my infos were wrong or any good infos to share, feel free to leave comments in this post... we as biomedical science students need inputs from the experienced :)

As a biomedical science degree graduate... wat u really can do with it? Most ppl will go into sales and marketing... promoting pharmaceutical drugs, biomedical research equipment and kits... One of my senior is working in this industry and his basic is rm2k... but it comes with a lucrative commission from sales volume... if u're hardworking enough, u can pump until rm6k in no time...

Another choice is to work in pathology labs and diagnostic labs... For those ppl that dont really like to deal with ppl (you shouldnt be), this is a good choice for ya, u;ll be doing lab job, routine and stable income of rm1.8k-2.8k is achievable... One of my fren went enquiring in a private well-known pathology lab, they offer him rm3k including all the allowance... About the same pay goes to the insurance underwriter...

Let's say we further our studies, im sure there's some fellowship programme that u can apply to... in my uni, we can get rm1.5k as allowance with fee exemption if we successfully applied for the Graduate Research Fellowship... Seems quite good to me...

As a junior lecturer after u finish ur phD... (the info i got quite surprise me) we will be only having rm3k-rm4k as a start (basic la, dont worry)... or an experienced phD will be at 5k-6k... and only after that u hav to climb ur own ladder to more than rm10k or even rm20k as a professor... That will be at least 40 years old i think O.o

You can read more at:
Lowyat.net: Lecturer's salary and prospect in Malaysia
Boardreader: How much can a lecturer with phD earn?

Im certain that one can always do better than these... these were just an average guide... Go out and strive ur best to achieve your goals!

*249 - My Favourite Surfing Spot - In My CAR

LOL... you heard it right... Shhh... this is something from the bottom of my heart... So dont let my mum knows about it :P

Feels so bored to drive long distance rite... How about some movies on board? Some internet surfing? Imagine fb-ing during the long tiring boring journey... wow...

I had this thoughts since i found some crazy dudes incorporate his pc into his car... hehe... and its so damn cool... and i wanted to hav one too... if i got extra cash... i'll sure DIY it now itself xD (using lappie in car isnt tat nice at all =.=)

Check them out:  http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show-off-your-project/34278-car-pc-done-malaysia.html

My plans...

1. Hav a decent mother board and all the CPU stuff (i cant live without graphic cards anyway, who knows i wanna play game in my car too :P)... fit it under the front seat...
2. Get a cap-ayam or a cheap brothers TFT LCD screen to fit on the dashboard in front of the passenger seat... cable my USB ports onto the centre console...
3. Use a USB silicon soft keyboard and a bluetooth mouse...
4. An audio output into my car sound system... 
5. And of course... The most important... Wireless broadband for my internet access... P1 Wiggy!

Then im set to have a great fun in my CAR!!! *saliva dropping*

I know u want that too xD

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*248 - Hectic Week @@

Whoa... i'd not been resting enough this week... incessant events, activities, tests and assignments queuing up in a long long list...

Gotta freaked out soon... LOL

Came across this words in my personnel supervision lecture notes... "external locus of control"...

Im one of the committee for the Malaysian Symposium on Biomedical Science 2010... (in fact, now im slacking in the main lecture hall :P) As u all should already knew... Organizing an event especially such a big one like this... is never been easy... its very TOUGH actually...

Many things went wrong... and i noticed many ppl are practicing external locus of control... what it means is one tend to blame others or natural uncontrolled causes that caused the problems...

Most ppl only know how to blames others... and we all tend to blame others 1st when anything goes wrong without really reconsidering... do u noticed that trend? So when will only a person will make him/herself as the primary cause of the events 1st?

I guess this is something that we all need to learn to be successful in an organisation and meet organisation goals as a whole...

Try to be aware of these when u wanna blame someone on something in the future... If u really consider the cause... It always everyone's fault :)

ps: now obviously it will be my fault if i didnt get all my assignments done during the weekends... die~ LOL

*247 - Where You Heading?

Life's a two way ticket... and u'll cant be standing still at one place too... so its either forward or reverse...

What does it means?

When everyone is moving forward while u're not... then u'll be lagging behind... No matter if you're a rabbit that runs so much faster than a tortoise, a quick nap is catastrophic enough... U'll need tons of energy to catch up the tortoise... or even worst, cant catch up at all...

that's why its a two way ticket... "不进则退"... either u go forward to started to go backward without u noticing...

Which way u'll choose then?

*246 - How Medical Sciences Works

When u read a medical or health article... do u notice something special bout it? its like a new way of writing an article totally different and unique to other kinds of work...

A very good example which u may be familiar of...
"High blood cholesterol level may increase risk of stroke"

Noticed something? Anything?

I'd been observing these few years ago and i'll say that science, health sciences especially is NOT DEFINITIVE...

So wat do u mean by MAY INCREASE RISK of stroke? does it cause stroke? does everyone with high cholesterol gets stroke? do it mean it maybe increase ur risk or it may not be?

We are studying and researching health sciences using statistic... considering all the variations, exceptions and individuality... everything is in percentage... how u can really understand health sciences?

In my opinion... one needs to know the true pathology, or physiology of the disease... u'll need to know how stroke develop... wat's the process that cause blood vessels blockage in the brain... then u evaluate urself wat factors can affect the pathways of the process...

Whey im writing this? coz most of the time wat public gets from a medical journal or article may not be the most correct info... they may understand the wrong concept... from the above example... it doesnt mean that reducing ur cholesterol intake will reduce ur blood cholesterol and helped on ur stroke...

How much do u agree with me?

*245 - To Be Honest

its been 3 months i didnt blog properly... if u noticed... so where i'd been?

not that i lost passion to blogging... i had so many things to share with all my readers... but something caught my thought 3 months ago...

I'd been blogging bout happenings of my life... posting photos bla bla bla... but i realised that ppl can track u from there... by reading, analysing all the blog post... one can simply guess and assume things bout you...

same thing happens on facebook too... ppl can stalk you... comment ur character behind you.... based on the info they gathered from blogs and social networking sites... which is not true most of the time...

its still ok when this is done by frens... but wat about by authorities? your employer? or your superior?

to be honest, this is why i stopped update my blog and seldom post any status... i lived an exciting life... should i share everything?

*244 - When everyone is talking bout Apple iPad...

LOL

ADV: FIRST Malaysian Symposium on Biomedical Sciences

Advertorial

Do you enjoy Science and its practical application?

Do you wish to gain an understanding of health and the methods of diagnosing, analyzing and treating diseases?

To mummies and daddies out there, do you want your children to get exposed to the knowledge of Medicine and Healthcare?

Realizing the importance of Biomedical Sciences in 21st century, Biomedical Club and Department of Biomedical Sciences , Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia has come out with the FIRST Malaysian Symposium on Biomedical Sciences (MySympBios).

Note: MySympBios is the only truly national, annual symposium on Biomedical Sciences, organized by undergraduates from various public and private tertiary education institutions in Malaysia.

We have other universities in Malaysia playing their roles as co-organizers as well:
1* Biomedical Science Club, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2* Science Student Society, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
3* Biomedical Science Society, Universiti Malaya
4* Biomedical Science Students from Universiti Sains Malaysia and International Medical University (IMU)

There are a couple of universities and colleges are participating in our Symposium:
1* Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
2* Taylor's University College
3* Management and Science Unviersity
4* Mahsa University College
5* RIMA College Kuala Lumpur

Start getting excited?

Make sure you spare out your time on 13th and 14th of March as you gonna witness the launching of "Persatuan Biomedic Se-Malaysia", various talks by experienced speakers and thesis presentations by our final year students!!!

Interested??

 

Do you have research or project to present in your hand? If yes, you just have to pay RM 50 and send in the soft copy of your research to our email- mysympbios@gmail.com. I bet you gonna enjoy yourself throughout these two days in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM (accommodation and food are provided!!!) Note: ONLY 60 projects are shortlisted for presentation.


Wanna join our Symposium without any pressure of presentation and stuffs? YES, you can just pay RM 30. (Food and accommodation will be provided)
 

For mummies and daddies, if you would like to bring your children along, and you would not like to stay overnight, you could just pay RM 10 to enjoy our launching of "Persatuan Biomed Se Malaysia" and also talks on the first day of our event.
 

All participants will be given a certificate of appreciation.
 

The closing date would be: 31st of January 2010

HURRY!!!!!!

By the way,
feel free to visit our official website- www.sympbios.1free.ws
Abstrat submission and further enquiries to mysympbios@gmail.com

*243 - Tagged... Long Time Ago :P

Can u believe it? I just notice JShuang tagged me 1 month ago on this thing and i just noticed it :P Here am i to join the fun :/

1. Name → Kelvin Lee
2. Birthday → 9th Sept
3. Who tagged you → e. js
4. Name 5 of your best friends → More than 5 leh... Shit Rul3ss and NTY + JF
5. What do you want for your bday present → Cash? :P
6. Happiest thing you have gone through recently → Enjoyed my holiday
7. Recent pressure → My class starts tomolo and its 8am =.=
8. Ambition → Business owner
9. Do you have a lover → Yeah
10. Will you look for your teachers during an alumni association → Sure... Teachers only... Not lecturers :P
11. Who makes you happy during an outing → Whole bunch of joker frens
12. If 2 of your friends are arguing → then i join along to argue also xD
13. Where do you want to go with your lover → UK
14. What do you want to do during Christmas → Christmas in New York!
15. Who do you want to celebrate Christmas with → My lover
16. Do you have the excitement of waking up ? → See where am going after waking up.. LOL 
17. How many siblings do you have → 2
18. Which song u like the most (female) → Too much
19. Which song u like the most (male) → Too much
20. What colour do you like → White
21. Will you flush before use the toilet → Mostly no... depends how dirty it is
22. Do you love me → Who? O.o
23. Do you like male or female → Both xD
24. Shout out loud → Arrrggghhhh~ now what?
25. Dare to go for a pee at midnight → its midnight and im going to pee now... u say leh?
26. Will you take off ur pants when you're peeing ? → Mostly dont... I hav a natural pipe
27. Who are supposed to be whacked ? → The person who did this thingy
28. What are you crazy of recently → Avatar soundtrack
29. How is your sleeping look → Looks like im sleeping =.=
30. What time is it → 12.22am
31. Do you dislike the person who got you tagged → nope
32. Your weight → 58... i need to diet liao
33. Weather → Raining
34. Are you pregnant → I cant
35. Add a colour into rainbow → silver
36. Do you think friendship is true-hearted → yes
37. Do you know spring → wat do u mean i know or duno?
38. Who do you like in TVXQ → i hate them =.=
39. List out 5 of your flaws → my flaws are having a lot of flaws... LOL
Additional questions :
40. List out 2 sentences you like → Its time for dinner, Honey, im home...
41. What do you like to eat → Food! Dont care as long as its tasty
42. You pray to god for → Pray for making me a god too... hehehehehehhee
43. Brands you prefer → Lamborghini

TAG :
1. Michelle Yeoh
2. Teo Jun Fook
3. Whoever saw this! hehe

Im done~ Ur turn :P

*242 - Eastin Hotel, Penang

Another "Balik Penang" trip for my family this holiday... and this time we stayed in the new Eastin Hotel in Bayan Lepas Penang... Very near to QueensBay Mall... In fact its just 3 mins walk...



Its another business class hotel that is highly advertised in papers, magazines etc... U can tell that too after u notice numerous of signs and billboards pointing ur way to the hotels... Very good publicity i'll say since its still very new and they already got their rooms all filled up this holiday...



Eastin is a very beautiful building... I'll say its one of the best hotel in Penang in design exteriorly and interiorly... Modern urban designing with a sense of nature... Hmmm... (G Hotel still has the best design)



At the lobby, there's a small lounge beside... Very small i'll say... Nothing special there... And on the other corner is the restaurant that serves buffet breakfast, lunch and dinner... Swee Brasserie... I got to know from Michelle's fren that the chef are sent overseas (France if not mistaken) to learn all the food specialty... No reviews on the food since i did not dine there... Who wanna eat in that restaurant while in Penang? LOL... Local hawker stalls is so so much more tempting xD


Here's the Not-So-Good part... Had quite a bad experience with the service there... Staff were not well-trained and they are all totally BLUR =.= mayb its still new...

We called for reservation few weeks b4 the trip... The receptionist said reservation must be made to the sales department... but we tried to called a few times and for a few days... Its always engaged... I doubt that they have such good business O.o Then we manage to get the receptionist to reserve for us (as wat we're told she will inform the sales department)... When we reached there, there's no room for us... Since we got her name, we asked to girl out to solve the problem... And she said she inform the sales department... and its the sales department fault... After unsuccessful dealing with the sales department officer, we request to speak to the sales manager... One funny question he ask us: "we have 5 managers, which one u wanna speak to?" LOL... really LOLed... How i know which manager i wanna speak to... Just call a relevant manager out la =.=

We got our room... Instead of the room we reserved, there's only 1 seaview room available (suppose its at rm198++ but we manage to have it for the price of rm168++ as the room we reserved)... Wow... Seaview... That's the seaview we had...

I wondered how that small piece of sea cost another rm30++ O.o... Damn not worth it... I can see QueensBay Mall, Pulau Jerejak and the OXO cafe from my room :)

For the rooms... Its very very very very small... They advertised they use LCD tv in every room... And now i know why they use LCD tv... Coz i cant even find a place to put the conventional tv... O.o See for urself...

In conclusion... Its a very beautiful hotel, near to shopping mall but not so value for money and not really that comfortable... I think their service will improve after sometime but meanwhile their staffs are still very blur... LOL... There's still plenty of better hotels out there :P

*241 - Merry Christmas From ElfYourself

My younger bro is having winter holidays in London until he is so free to create a very very cute Merry Christmas Video using our faces =.=!!!

Kind of like Chipmunk singing jingle bells... and our big big face as the elfs... OMG O.o

Check out the video here... Y not u make one for ur family too... it sure makes everyone LOL xD

*240 - Pao Lo 包佬, Famous Pao In Langkap, Perak

This is something u can find in the very very small rural town of Langkap, Perak...

Pao Lo 包佬 that sells all kinds of Pao and very famous among the locals...


My dad got to know this place because his customers in Langkap introduced to em... Its all about fresh made Pao's from the kitchen at the back...


I think my bro's face looks exactly like the Pao =.=


They hav these "Pillow Pao" (枕头包)... filled with fatty pork... Special but not really tat good :/


We also ordered Peanut Pao and Chicken Pao, but i had a Lo Mai Kai "Glutinous Rice Chicken" (糯米鸡)...


Overall its ok... But frankly is nothing special if u compare to those commercialized Pao in the urban city... The beauty of these Pao is the freshness and a healthier choice since its all kampung chicken for the ingredient... Can try if u happens to be in Langkap (i wonders how O.o)

*239 - Post-Job: I'm Grateful

Talking bout my last job... (finally im writing bout it :P)

My night shift ended after 6am... 7something if there's OT... Frankly... Its been a very long time i'd missed the Sunrise and totally forgotten the beauty of it... The view of nature is always so fascinating... This job allowed me to cherish the Sunrise once again... I felt so energetic every early morning (though mayb that's my punch-out time xD), listened to Hitz.fm morning crew, watching the city lights go off one by one... It gave u inspiration and motivation with "Its a new day!" kind of feel... Why dont u try rising early and experience it urself... with a good breakfast meal, these sure will make ur day!

This is the one video that u'll like to watch it every morning... Its in my com, my phone, my ipod... Inspiring video that helps u jump start ur day :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf8zqdu3TtA

ps: Im going camping at bukit cahaya now ;)

More readings:
10 Benefits of Rising Early and How To Do It
Advantages of Rising Early