Just read an article interviewing an old man who managed to survive during Japanese Occupation in Malay during World War 2.
There is a part where he said there were a lot of Japanese businessmen back then. They turned into some major or sergeant after Japanese army conquered Malaya. That is their real identity.
This reminds me one story that my English tuition teacher told us before: When he was still a kid, there was this Japanese old businessman neighbor who always gave him & his fellow playmates sweets. To them, he was just another kind old man. The kids were joyful. They liked this old guy very much. In the end, only they found out his real identity is spy. He did not say or he was not sure of what did the guy do as a spy tough. The memory that he got was the old guy was good. Like any grandpa that me and you can see anywhere on each day.
At the end of the article, Mr Wu, the interviewer, criticized the militarism mindset that is still haunting the Japanese. They never really feel "they are wrong" about the occupation. This kind of thought is scary. My personal opinion, those who were involved in those evil deed should sincerely apologize to their victims and start treasure the harmony from today onwards. After all, it is a value of what the Japanese Buddhism Group Sokko Kadai have been promoting.
Japan will win more respect from its surrounding neighbours if they really sincerely apologize.
星期一, 九月 22, 2008
星期六, 九月 20, 2008
Back to old tech? Oh no...
So today, i met Lim KY. He is a project manager. He is currently handling a bank system project team. I am not sure what system is that but i was told it is already a phase 2 project. I may take part in the UAT session of phase 2, and phase 3 too.
After bidding farewell to him, i asked one of the team members what technology they use. Unfortunately they are using those obsolete technologies such as Java 1.4, EJB2, Struts 1.2 and so on. Oh no, not even using Object Relational Framework or Dependency Injection Framework. I need to dig deeper in those areas. I want to try out JBoss Seam, more Spring, EJB3, more Hibernate and so on. I need to sharpen those. Now my dream will likely break. I know it is normal for a client like bank to use those technology they are comfortable with because they are proved to be stable. So i can not blame. I am wondering if i shall talk to my manager to avoid working on something i do not like.
I do not know how long will the phase 3 last. I just know that working in this project will not offer me a chance to travel to oversea. That is what i am looking forward to: to communicate with oversea colleagus or clients, i want to improve on that part. Furthermore now i am going to use the obsolete technologies. It is a double blow to me. I do not want to waste my time doing things i do not like. I want to achive my goal as soon as possible before i get married. As you guys out there know, normally man will lose lots of freedom after getting married. Sorry, i should say this phenomenon is common in Asia.
Wish me good luck.
After bidding farewell to him, i asked one of the team members what technology they use. Unfortunately they are using those obsolete technologies such as Java 1.4, EJB2, Struts 1.2 and so on. Oh no, not even using Object Relational Framework or Dependency Injection Framework. I need to dig deeper in those areas. I want to try out JBoss Seam, more Spring, EJB3, more Hibernate and so on. I need to sharpen those. Now my dream will likely break. I know it is normal for a client like bank to use those technology they are comfortable with because they are proved to be stable. So i can not blame. I am wondering if i shall talk to my manager to avoid working on something i do not like.
I do not know how long will the phase 3 last. I just know that working in this project will not offer me a chance to travel to oversea. That is what i am looking forward to: to communicate with oversea colleagus or clients, i want to improve on that part. Furthermore now i am going to use the obsolete technologies. It is a double blow to me. I do not want to waste my time doing things i do not like. I want to achive my goal as soon as possible before i get married. As you guys out there know, normally man will lose lots of freedom after getting married. Sorry, i should say this phenomenon is common in Asia.
Wish me good luck.
Are we from Mars?
The human face on Mars. The pyramid on Mars. The water on Mars.
Is there any life on Mars?
Can human move to Mars?
Are we actually from Mars? As there are so many ancient legends telling us the 'spaceship' story?
If we are from Mars, then what had actually happened to Mars back then? Why our Mars ancestors chose to move to Earth? Where did water on Earth come from?
Is there really an ocean beneath the Mars land surface? Will we discover life in there?
Those Mars machines were washed by rains? Why they look so clean all the time? What has caused this? The rain?
Is there any life on Mars?
Can human move to Mars?
Are we actually from Mars? As there are so many ancient legends telling us the 'spaceship' story?
If we are from Mars, then what had actually happened to Mars back then? Why our Mars ancestors chose to move to Earth? Where did water on Earth come from?
Is there really an ocean beneath the Mars land surface? Will we discover life in there?
Those Mars machines were washed by rains? Why they look so clean all the time? What has caused this? The rain?
bomber & cowboy on the moon?
Neil Armstrong saw many footsteps on the moon when he made his first step on the it. this particular part was removed by NASA from the video because it was too shocking! Who made those footprints? Years later those moon astronauts claimed that they saw all kinds of weird things outside the spaceship while on their way to moon. What are those weird things? They claimed that they were being trailed by some unidentified flying object. What was that? Fortunately they managed to make it to the moon. Nevertheless, there is something shocking, a Soviet satellite saw an American WW2 bomber on the moon before! Sometimes it was there and sometimes it disappeared suddenly! Besides that, at a different time, a dead cowboy was also seen on the moon! Did all these 'earth' things travel through some special 'tunnel' ???
In spite of that, a Soviet spaceship was reported vanish before during the space competition between Soviet and the U.S period. Before the spaceship was gone, the crew said the spaceship was surrounded by some kind of 'light'. Interesting isn't it?
When can we know all the truth? Are we really being supervised by some unidentified being? If so, why did they allow The U.S spaceship to land on the moon? Does NASA ever land on the moon? or it was just a show so that the news can be seen as a victory over Soviet?
Please let us know the truth. It something that every human has to know.
In spite of that, a Soviet spaceship was reported vanish before during the space competition between Soviet and the U.S period. Before the spaceship was gone, the crew said the spaceship was surrounded by some kind of 'light'. Interesting isn't it?
When can we know all the truth? Are we really being supervised by some unidentified being? If so, why did they allow The U.S spaceship to land on the moon? Does NASA ever land on the moon? or it was just a show so that the news can be seen as a victory over Soviet?
Please let us know the truth. It something that every human has to know.
星期五, 九月 19, 2008
Great conversation with friends
I had a gathering with my university mates at 1U on 17 September 2008, which is a holiday in Selangor. We had a great conversation.
We talked about religions. One of my friend, who is a Methodist, said his Christian fellow will get angry every time he questions on the logic of certain Christian teachings. For example, if there are only heaven and hell for human to go to after death, then the number of being in hell is surely greater than the number of being in heaven as the rule to the heaven is so strict. Then the power of devil who governs the hell is surely greater than 'god' who governs the heaven. That is only one of many relevant topics that we discussed. Of course we did not only talk about Christian, but other religions as well.
We concluded that religion is a system. A system will surely have logical flaws. Of course we do not know if there is something that is beyond the logical flaw but for certain if based on the current knowledge we have, nothing can really explain the logical flaw of every religion or every system. It is a universal law.
We talked about religions. One of my friend, who is a Methodist, said his Christian fellow will get angry every time he questions on the logic of certain Christian teachings. For example, if there are only heaven and hell for human to go to after death, then the number of being in hell is surely greater than the number of being in heaven as the rule to the heaven is so strict. Then the power of devil who governs the hell is surely greater than 'god' who governs the heaven. That is only one of many relevant topics that we discussed. Of course we did not only talk about Christian, but other religions as well.
We concluded that religion is a system. A system will surely have logical flaws. Of course we do not know if there is something that is beyond the logical flaw but for certain if based on the current knowledge we have, nothing can really explain the logical flaw of every religion or every system. It is a universal law.
星期三, 九月 17, 2008
Ugly King Of Thai
The King of Thai is another ugly one. I really think he explains why the monarchy system should be abolished. Monarchy emphasizes "privilege" be given to a minority group - the noble one who is actually a normal human like us.
In the past 60 years the military "coup de tat" always happened with the secret approval from the King of Thai whenever his great wealth is being threatened by the government then. Just check the history of the "coup de tat" that happened in year 1981, 1985 and 2006. It is all about money. The government and King of Thai are just playing games and the people who live in poverty are the one suffering the most.
The current biggest opposition party in Thailand very much support the idea to increase service tax, to reduce the cost that is meant to help people living in poverty and to set a limit to suppress the working salary of the labor. You know what? The king of Thailand supports this idea!!! He is "indeed" a good king!!!
In short, i think, nobody should enjoy the so called 'privilege'. The royalties are born as normal human too. They are like us. Nothing different. So, please please everyone of you help abolish the monarchy system. First of all, let us pull down the one in British first. That one really makes me sicked.
In the past 60 years the military "coup de tat" always happened with the secret approval from the King of Thai whenever his great wealth is being threatened by the government then. Just check the history of the "coup de tat" that happened in year 1981, 1985 and 2006. It is all about money. The government and King of Thai are just playing games and the people who live in poverty are the one suffering the most.
The current biggest opposition party in Thailand very much support the idea to increase service tax, to reduce the cost that is meant to help people living in poverty and to set a limit to suppress the working salary of the labor. You know what? The king of Thailand supports this idea!!! He is "indeed" a good king!!!
In short, i think, nobody should enjoy the so called 'privilege'. The royalties are born as normal human too. They are like us. Nothing different. So, please please everyone of you help abolish the monarchy system. First of all, let us pull down the one in British first. That one really makes me sicked.
老马又开炮
http://test.chedet.com/che_det/2008/09/malay-unity-and-malaysian-unit.html
老马又要挑起事端了，这次要利用部分史实来强化他种族主义的论点。
嫌国内政局还不够乱吗？股市已跌接近1000点了。
说华人和印度人不愿接受同化，简直是在放屁！我想多数大马华人印度人都很乐意学习马来语。很明显的，我们的阻碍来自两点：
1）同化包括：被强逼皈依伊斯兰教、奉行马来人文化和舍弃华人姓名。
2）经济上：政府又处处以保护马来人利益为借口来限制别族的赚钱或升学机会。
这两点，都是问题的根源！都是造成大马人民不能团结的祸首！
还有，挑起事端地人总是那些印裔穆斯林（在大马我们称他们为嘛嘛），他们就是那些很会经商的一群。当年他们看到自己的商业利益逐步被华人侵蚀所以才认自己为马来人并强调需打击其他的种族。
这是有根据的！因为佩特拉亦有撰文透露这点。大家去找找看。
老马又要挑起事端了，这次要利用部分史实来强化他种族主义的论点。
嫌国内政局还不够乱吗？股市已跌接近1000点了。
说华人和印度人不愿接受同化，简直是在放屁！我想多数大马华人印度人都很乐意学习马来语。很明显的，我们的阻碍来自两点：
1）同化包括：被强逼皈依伊斯兰教、奉行马来人文化和舍弃华人姓名。
2）经济上：政府又处处以保护马来人利益为借口来限制别族的赚钱或升学机会。
这两点，都是问题的根源！都是造成大马人民不能团结的祸首！
还有，挑起事端地人总是那些印裔穆斯林（在大马我们称他们为嘛嘛），他们就是那些很会经商的一群。当年他们看到自己的商业利益逐步被华人侵蚀所以才认自己为马来人并强调需打击其他的种族。
这是有根据的！因为佩特拉亦有撰文透露这点。大家去找找看。
星期一, 九月 15, 2008
unknown histories about Singapore
Watched a documentary that talks about some unknown history Singapore.
When Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew was crying after hearing the news from radio. He was sad because he did not have a clear direction for his 'child', which is Singapore to go for. Nobody looked good on Singapore at that time as it was only a third world country port without any natural resources. Back then, it was really a tough job for Lee Kuan Yew.
At that time there were 3 isolated countries in the world: Israel, Republic of China(Taiwan) & South Africa. Therefore Lee Kuan Yew seeked for help from the RoC as he was a strong anti-communist politician. His relationship with the then President of RoC 'Jiang Jing Guo' was close. The good relationship started even before Jiang Jing Guo took over the president seat. Lee Kuan Yew visited RoC very frequently then. The rate was about once or more than once per year. Each time Jiang Jing Guo treated him as special guest.
Lee Kuan Yew's visit to Taiwan was not of no intention. Political system wise he adopted a lot of RoC's ideas as RoC is one of the Repulic in Asia then. RoC even helped build Singapore military system by sending a few good officers who later became important military officers in Singapore. Of course the help was not without any reward. Singapore helped RoC to purchase weapons and did a number of kind of sensitive things. It also became the 'international representative' of RoC as RoC's diplomacy was defeated badly by People's Republic of China then. RoC would always get Singapore's help to transmit messages to the worldwide.
Singapore's idea of welcoming talented people from worldwide are actually originated from RoC as well. In year 1985 Singapore was facing serious economic growth problem. The world's economic turned bad, the atmosphere was very much like the one right now. Singapore's economic growth percentage of that year was 0%! It was a big blow to Lee Kuan Yew. While his good friend the RoC managed to achieve a 6%! Lee Kuan Yew asked Jiang Jing Guo why his country was able to do that. jiang jing Guo said it's due to the policy of encouraging talented people to come to Taiwan and also due to the government's policy of encouraging creative and innovation in technology. Lee Kuan Yew was impressed and he quickly went to RoC for a toru of obversation. He spent a few days in the technology park! His earnest attitude impressed a lot of RoC officers. He brought back all the ideas to Singapore and immediately applied them and nowadays it is even doing much better than the RoC now.
I never expect Lee Kuan Yew believe in Feng Shui. The story is: Back into year 1997, the economic downturn came like a strong wind and defeated a lot of countries in Asia. Singapore was hit as well. Then the Feng Shui consultant of Singapore suggested that each Singaporean had to carry a 'Ba Gua' (Chinese ancient 'Eight Trigram'). The problem was: how to get every Singapore to carry that kind of awkward thing? Hence the government came out with an idea, which is to put the 'Ba Gua' in the 1 dollar coin! If you notice, the 'Ba Gua' was actually put into all 1 dollar coins that were published after year 1997!
Lee Kuan Yew strongly believes that dictatorship would help growing a country by ensuring a stable political environment. He objected jiang Jing Guo's idea of allowing 'democracy' to his country. However Jiang Jing Guo did not listen to him and now RoC's democracy was quite a role of model for the Asia countries.
Well, i am glad to be able to know this history.
When Singapore was expelled from Malaysia, Lee Kuan Yew was crying after hearing the news from radio. He was sad because he did not have a clear direction for his 'child', which is Singapore to go for. Nobody looked good on Singapore at that time as it was only a third world country port without any natural resources. Back then, it was really a tough job for Lee Kuan Yew.
At that time there were 3 isolated countries in the world: Israel, Republic of China(Taiwan) & South Africa. Therefore Lee Kuan Yew seeked for help from the RoC as he was a strong anti-communist politician. His relationship with the then President of RoC 'Jiang Jing Guo' was close. The good relationship started even before Jiang Jing Guo took over the president seat. Lee Kuan Yew visited RoC very frequently then. The rate was about once or more than once per year. Each time Jiang Jing Guo treated him as special guest.
Lee Kuan Yew's visit to Taiwan was not of no intention. Political system wise he adopted a lot of RoC's ideas as RoC is one of the Repulic in Asia then. RoC even helped build Singapore military system by sending a few good officers who later became important military officers in Singapore. Of course the help was not without any reward. Singapore helped RoC to purchase weapons and did a number of kind of sensitive things. It also became the 'international representative' of RoC as RoC's diplomacy was defeated badly by People's Republic of China then. RoC would always get Singapore's help to transmit messages to the worldwide.
Singapore's idea of welcoming talented people from worldwide are actually originated from RoC as well. In year 1985 Singapore was facing serious economic growth problem. The world's economic turned bad, the atmosphere was very much like the one right now. Singapore's economic growth percentage of that year was 0%! It was a big blow to Lee Kuan Yew. While his good friend the RoC managed to achieve a 6%! Lee Kuan Yew asked Jiang Jing Guo why his country was able to do that. jiang jing Guo said it's due to the policy of encouraging talented people to come to Taiwan and also due to the government's policy of encouraging creative and innovation in technology. Lee Kuan Yew was impressed and he quickly went to RoC for a toru of obversation. He spent a few days in the technology park! His earnest attitude impressed a lot of RoC officers. He brought back all the ideas to Singapore and immediately applied them and nowadays it is even doing much better than the RoC now.
I never expect Lee Kuan Yew believe in Feng Shui. The story is: Back into year 1997, the economic downturn came like a strong wind and defeated a lot of countries in Asia. Singapore was hit as well. Then the Feng Shui consultant of Singapore suggested that each Singaporean had to carry a 'Ba Gua' (Chinese ancient 'Eight Trigram'). The problem was: how to get every Singapore to carry that kind of awkward thing? Hence the government came out with an idea, which is to put the 'Ba Gua' in the 1 dollar coin! If you notice, the 'Ba Gua' was actually put into all 1 dollar coins that were published after year 1997!
Lee Kuan Yew strongly believes that dictatorship would help growing a country by ensuring a stable political environment. He objected jiang Jing Guo's idea of allowing 'democracy' to his country. However Jiang Jing Guo did not listen to him and now RoC's democracy was quite a role of model for the Asia countries.
Well, i am glad to be able to know this history.
星期日, 九月 14, 2008
Happy mid-autumn festival 中秋节快乐！
The mid-autumn festival is one of the 4 major festivals of the Chinese. You may refer to the complete description of this festival here
The other 3 important festivals are the Chinese New Year(Spring Festival), the Qing Ming Festival (means Clear & Bright) and the Duan Wu Festival.
Luckily this year it falls on Sunday. Therefore i managed to reunite with my family members on this day. Reunion on the full moon day means everything to Chinese family.
It is quite unfortunate that it was raining in the night so i could not see the beautiful moonlight. Anyway i had seen it the day before. The scene was weird. Clouds were gathering around the full moon and the moonlight penetrated through the thick clouds. You could see rainbow ring surrounding the full moon. Fascinating!
Happy mid-autumn festival to you guys out there! Hope you guys will complete your whatever things out there as full moon means complete!
The other 3 important festivals are the Chinese New Year(Spring Festival), the Qing Ming Festival (means Clear & Bright) and the Duan Wu Festival.
Luckily this year it falls on Sunday. Therefore i managed to reunite with my family members on this day. Reunion on the full moon day means everything to Chinese family.
It is quite unfortunate that it was raining in the night so i could not see the beautiful moonlight. Anyway i had seen it the day before. The scene was weird. Clouds were gathering around the full moon and the moonlight penetrated through the thick clouds. You could see rainbow ring surrounding the full moon. Fascinating!
Happy mid-autumn festival to you guys out there! Hope you guys will complete your whatever things out there as full moon means complete!
星期一, 九月 08, 2008
New Employee Orientation
Well, i joined IBM Malaysia eventually. The first few weeks were just quite bored. I am not given any assignment. Today i attended the New Employee Orientation. I learned something here!
I realized the power of 'innovation'!
We were put in different groups. The trainer was asking us to play a game. Each of the group member has to touch 4 balls in sequence. He demonstrated the normal way we did it and asked us to improve the process.
The game was so interesting. Initially we achieved a 5 seconds record. He was not satisfied and in the end we managed to finish the task within 1 second!
That's the power of 'innovation' , 'think'
Wow....
I realized the power of 'innovation'!
We were put in different groups. The trainer was asking us to play a game. Each of the group member has to touch 4 balls in sequence. He demonstrated the normal way we did it and asked us to improve the process.
The game was so interesting. Initially we achieved a 5 seconds record. He was not satisfied and in the end we managed to finish the task within 1 second!
That's the power of 'innovation' , 'think'
Wow....
星期四, 八月 07, 2008
中华文化对世界文明的贡献
奥运是希腊文明送给世界的一份礼物。
中华文明呢？除了四大发明外？有别的吗？
这值得探讨。
要超越美国成为另一个超级大国的话，软实力一定要强！英语的通行就是昔日英国及今日美国成功的软实力政策的一例！如果华语（普通话）能做到这点那么中国才算是有希望挑战美国的地位！日本曾经差点做到了！所以这应该不是梦！
而且中国需要鼓励国内的创新风气。如果在文化及科技上能创新，就必能强化对世界的影响力！就像日本的动漫一样！中国需要的就是这些东西！
我想，这梦想可能还需要一、两代人来努力实现！加油吧！
中华文明呢？除了四大发明外？有别的吗？
这值得探讨。
要超越美国成为另一个超级大国的话，软实力一定要强！英语的通行就是昔日英国及今日美国成功的软实力政策的一例！如果华语（普通话）能做到这点那么中国才算是有希望挑战美国的地位！日本曾经差点做到了！所以这应该不是梦！
而且中国需要鼓励国内的创新风气。如果在文化及科技上能创新，就必能强化对世界的影响力！就像日本的动漫一样！中国需要的就是这些东西！
我想，这梦想可能还需要一、两代人来努力实现！加油吧！
星期二, 七月 29, 2008
The way Islamic countries treat women
Women in Islamic countries are suffering from a lot of restrictions which are so against the humanity. Women in these countries have to cover from their head till leg! This kills the woman's right of choosing costume freely. Some countries that practices the Islamic fundamentalism even do not allow women to get involved in social activities. For example women are prohibited from working!! Women who participate in sports have to make sure that they do not expose any parts of their body besides head! Imagine if a Muslim lady takes part in swimming or gymnastic or beach volleyball! Certainly she will be forced to dress up a lot or she is even not allowed to take part in the game anymore.
Ironically, the men from these countries are curious about woman's body. They enjoy sex. They enjoy prostitution. Men from Islamic countries enjoy typing 'SEX' in Google!(According to a survey done in year 2007 or 2006 i can't remember exactly) Yet they want their women to cover up their body so that these men will not commit any sex crimes against these women. Ain't it funny! Think carefully, the problem actually falls back to men. It is up to the men themselves to control their behaviors rather than to ask women to do something that help reduce the lust of the men! If we are decent, if we do not have obscene thinking in our mind, it does not bother us if a nude lady is standing right in front of us. Is it really unfair to ask the ladies to cover up their hairs so that to protect themselves from being attacked by men. That is ridiculous! Why blame the lady instead of man???
All the ridiculous things that these Islamic countries do are certainly losing respect from the non-Muslim. They will think that Islam is an extreme and a barbarous religion. If Islam wants to earn more believers, Muslims should promote Islam reputation by doing good deeds such as giving respects to women, to drop the old time punishments such as 'throw stone till death' and so on. Please let the non-Muslims know what are the good teachings in Islam. That will help convince the non-Muslims to turn themselves into Muslims.
So far i think Turkey has done a good job of trying to maintain its nation status as a secular country! I think all the other Islamic countries should learn from Turkey anyway.
Ironically, the men from these countries are curious about woman's body. They enjoy sex. They enjoy prostitution. Men from Islamic countries enjoy typing 'SEX' in Google!(According to a survey done in year 2007 or 2006 i can't remember exactly) Yet they want their women to cover up their body so that these men will not commit any sex crimes against these women. Ain't it funny! Think carefully, the problem actually falls back to men. It is up to the men themselves to control their behaviors rather than to ask women to do something that help reduce the lust of the men! If we are decent, if we do not have obscene thinking in our mind, it does not bother us if a nude lady is standing right in front of us. Is it really unfair to ask the ladies to cover up their hairs so that to protect themselves from being attacked by men. That is ridiculous! Why blame the lady instead of man???
All the ridiculous things that these Islamic countries do are certainly losing respect from the non-Muslim. They will think that Islam is an extreme and a barbarous religion. If Islam wants to earn more believers, Muslims should promote Islam reputation by doing good deeds such as giving respects to women, to drop the old time punishments such as 'throw stone till death' and so on. Please let the non-Muslims know what are the good teachings in Islam. That will help convince the non-Muslims to turn themselves into Muslims.
So far i think Turkey has done a good job of trying to maintain its nation status as a secular country! I think all the other Islamic countries should learn from Turkey anyway.
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