得悉本地华语语音界泰斗陈天然老师于2009年8月10日逝世，令我感到惋惜。
以前常在电台节目听到他的声音。尤记得他是新闻广播员，同时也制作并主持有关华语发音的节目（不太记得）。他似乎也在电视台亮相过，没记错的话乃新闻主播。
一天不知从何处知道他的汉学功力在马来西亚是数一数二的，他在本地华语发音界更是个泰斗！另一个值得一提的泰斗是蒙润龙老师。
马来西亚又损失了一个人才了，陈老师请走好！
星期三, 八月 12, 2009
星期一, 八月 10, 2009
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
I came across this joke about GDP from today's Nanyang Siang Pau. (Nanyang Business Journal, 南洋商报). The story is roughly like below:
Here is the formula of GDP which is taken from Wikipedia:
GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports)
So i think the 100 million bucks from the above story is referring to "private consumption". Hahaha.
I once read about an economist from the United States said that(I could not remember that well) "to grow a nation's GDP (or to boost up a nation's economy), give money to someone to dig a hole on the road, and then offer money to another person to patch the hole up". Hahaha.
Frankly speaking, i think GDP's should be quite reliable else it will not be a universal key indicator to a nation's economic strength.
Two economists A & B were paying a visit to their sensei/master who is a well known economist.
On their way, they saw a pile of dogshit on the road. A told B that he was willing to offer B 50 million bucks if B eats the dogshit. Ok B really ate the dogshit and took the 50 million bucks. Then they continued their journey.
After a while, they saw another pile of dogshit again. This time B told A if A eats the dogshit B will return the 50 million bucks to A. A actually a bit regretted giving out his 50 million bucks to B early on and so he took this chance to get back his 50 million bucks by finishing up the dogshit.
Then they continued their journey. After several thoughts they started to realize they actually gained nothing but dogshit in their stomach. They were crying loud, and at that time they had already reached their master's house.
After listening to their stories their master was screaming with excitement: "100 million! 100 million! You two have ust contributed 100 million to our nation's GDP!!! "
Here is the formula of GDP which is taken from Wikipedia:
GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports)
So i think the 100 million bucks from the above story is referring to "private consumption". Hahaha.
I once read about an economist from the United States said that(I could not remember that well) "to grow a nation's GDP (or to boost up a nation's economy), give money to someone to dig a hole on the road, and then offer money to another person to patch the hole up". Hahaha.
Frankly speaking, i think GDP's should be quite reliable else it will not be a universal key indicator to a nation's economic strength.
星期日, 八月 09, 2009
Year 2012 again
Finally a movie about year 2012 is made. The movie talks about year 2012 is the end of the world.
There is a saying that in year 2012 Sun's magnetic pole will swap and hence affects earth's magnetic pole. Some more Earth's magnetic pole is changing all the time. Also Sun will be aligned with Earth in year 2012. Sun's sunspot will be very active at that moment and may cause some impact to the Earth. This was mentioned in the movie "Knowing".
The most famous prediction about year 2012 is the end of the world is coming from Maya civilization. Besides that Isaac Newton also predicted that year 2012 is going to be the end of the world.
Why do we need to trust Maya so much? It is because many evidences showing that they might actually be some advanced civilization race migrated to earth from another planet which position is in between Earth and Venus.
If year 2012 is really the end of the world. Let's start enjoying now. Do not work so hard, do not pursue money. Just try to spend more time with the one you love.
There is a saying that in year 2012 Sun's magnetic pole will swap and hence affects earth's magnetic pole. Some more Earth's magnetic pole is changing all the time. Also Sun will be aligned with Earth in year 2012. Sun's sunspot will be very active at that moment and may cause some impact to the Earth. This was mentioned in the movie "Knowing".
The most famous prediction about year 2012 is the end of the world is coming from Maya civilization. Besides that Isaac Newton also predicted that year 2012 is going to be the end of the world.
Why do we need to trust Maya so much? It is because many evidences showing that they might actually be some advanced civilization race migrated to earth from another planet which position is in between Earth and Venus.
If year 2012 is really the end of the world. Let's start enjoying now. Do not work so hard, do not pursue money. Just try to spend more time with the one you love.
星期六, 八月 08, 2009
One year already!!
Time flies. It has been one year already since i joined this company in KL. Also it is my 1 year in KL.
I have been working on ESB/SOA stuff since day 1. Back then i was really blur of all these queue/web services/broker/adapter stuff as i was from web development background. I am glad that i was given the chance to get exposed to this area. Thanks to the support from my colleagues. They are really great!
Since i am doing integration job, i often have to liaise with a few parties. Hence the interaction between me and them is quite important. The communication between me and them has to be effective to ensure that i am able to deliver the right solution as according to what business users need. This part has troubled me a lot. I think i still have much space for improvement in this area. Perhaps i need to take some psychology course. Hahaha.
I am quite lucky to witness the outsourcing process. My client - a telco company has outsourced its IT department to my company some time back. Things have turned quite messy at the first few months after the outsourcing. For example my project manager has changed 4 times in 3,4 months time and the process is no longer as clear as the one before the outsourcing. Fortunately i can see things are getting stable now.
Just looking forward to learn more things as long as i have not left this company. I hope can get high pay with minimum workload. Hahaha.
I have been working on ESB/SOA stuff since day 1. Back then i was really blur of all these queue/web services/broker/adapter stuff as i was from web development background. I am glad that i was given the chance to get exposed to this area. Thanks to the support from my colleagues. They are really great!
Since i am doing integration job, i often have to liaise with a few parties. Hence the interaction between me and them is quite important. The communication between me and them has to be effective to ensure that i am able to deliver the right solution as according to what business users need. This part has troubled me a lot. I think i still have much space for improvement in this area. Perhaps i need to take some psychology course. Hahaha.
I am quite lucky to witness the outsourcing process. My client - a telco company has outsourced its IT department to my company some time back. Things have turned quite messy at the first few months after the outsourcing. For example my project manager has changed 4 times in 3,4 months time and the process is no longer as clear as the one before the outsourcing. Fortunately i can see things are getting stable now.
Just looking forward to learn more things as long as i have not left this company. I hope can get high pay with minimum workload. Hahaha.
星期四, 八月 06, 2009
Statistic - The decline in Malaysia's economic from year 1960 - 2000
Below shows the statistic of GDP per capita which is a very good indicator to a nation's economic strength.
Year 1960, Msia ranked 4th after Singapore, Hong Kong and The Philippines.
Year 1970, S.Korea had caught up and pushed Msia to 5th place. However The Philippines lagi teruk(from 3rd - 6th).
Year 1980, Msia showed some improvement by pulling S.Korea down one place. Guess it was due to the discovery of crude oil in the 70's.
Year 1990, this time S.Korea caught up again and broadened the gap to 9591-6924 = 2667 !!!
Year 2000, the gap between S.Korea and Msia went bigger to 15702-11405 = 4297!!!
Can't wait to see how is it for year 2010.
In summary, from year 1960 until 2000, The Philippines ranking dropped the most. The accusation could go for its then incomplete politic system especially during reign of the notorious Marcos.
It's sad to see the gap between Malaysia and S.Korea to get bigger & bigger. It has been 9 years from year 2000 and i am quite negative that Malaysia could overtake S.Korea's place once again as what it did in year 1980.
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
Year 1960, Msia ranked 4th after Singapore, Hong Kong and The Philippines.
Year 1970, S.Korea had caught up and pushed Msia to 5th place. However The Philippines lagi teruk(from 3rd - 6th).
Year 1980, Msia showed some improvement by pulling S.Korea down one place. Guess it was due to the discovery of crude oil in the 70's.
Year 1990, this time S.Korea caught up again and broadened the gap to 9591-6924 = 2667 !!!
Year 2000, the gap between S.Korea and Msia went bigger to 15702-11405 = 4297!!!
Can't wait to see how is it for year 2010.
In summary, from year 1960 until 2000, The Philippines ranking dropped the most. The accusation could go for its then incomplete politic system especially during reign of the notorious Marcos.
It's sad to see the gap between Malaysia and S.Korea to get bigger & bigger. It has been 9 years from year 2000 and i am quite negative that Malaysia could overtake S.Korea's place once again as what it did in year 1980.
1960
| country | year | gdp per capita | gdp per capita2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 1960 | 4211.01 | 4219.14 |
| Hong Kong | 1960 | 3264.24 | 3321.62 |
| Philippines | 1960 | 2037.33 | 2038.72 |
| Malaysia | 1960 | 1829.30 | 1800.74 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1960 | 1544.15 | 1458.35 |
| Taiwan | 1960 | 1490.94 | 1443.61 |
| Indonesia | 1960 | 1098.52 | 1071.28 |
| Thailand | 1960 | 1085.84 | 1059.09 |
| Vietnam | 1960 | na | na |
1970
| country | year | gdp per capita | gdp per capita2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1970 | 6988.34 | 6967.22 |
| Singapore | 1970 | 6843.57 | 6837.95 |
| Taiwan | 1970 | 2872.19 | 2846.37 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1970 | 2621.31 | 2551.89 |
| Malaysia | 1970 | 2571.76 | 2529.36 |
| Philippines | 1970 | 2427.13 | 2430.59 |
| Thailand | 1970 | 1748.07 | 1733.87 |
| Indonesia | 1970 | 1279.19 | 1272.85 |
| Vietnam | 1970 | na | na |
1980
| country | year | gdp per capita | gdp per capita2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1980 | 13326.40 | 13410.37 |
| Singapore | 1980 | 13001.41 | 13032.17 |
| Taiwan | 1980 | 5944.63 | 5962.89 |
| Malaysia | 1980 | 5009.63 | 4950.16 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1980 | 4556.59 | 4496.54 |
| Philippines | 1980 | 3293.29 | 3313.71 |
| Thailand | 1980 | 2741.71 | 2708.16 |
| Indonesia | 1980 | 2082.79 | 2083.55 |
| Vietnam | 1980 | na | na |
1990
| country | year | gdp per capita | gdp per capita2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 1990 | 22003.35 | 21963.40 |
| Singapore | 1990 | 19472.46 | 19465.91 |
| Taiwan | 1990 | 11283.90 | 11248.17 |
| Korea, Republic of | 1990 | 9591.27 | 9592.83 |
| Malaysia | 1990 | 6924.16 | 6889.75 |
| Thailand | 1990 | 4844.58 | 4863.76 |
| Philippines | 1990 | 3208.79 | 3213.57 |
| Vietnam | 1990 | 1441.61 | 1433.65 |
2000
| country | year | gdp per capita | gdp per capita2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 2000 | 29433.77 | 29433.77 |
| Hong Kong | 2000 | 27236.15 | 27236.15 |
| Taiwan | 2000 | 19183.93 | 19183.93 |
| Korea, Republic of | 2000 | 15702.27 | 15702.27 |
| Malaysia | 2000 | 11405.50 | 11405.50 |
| Thailand | 2000 | 6473.60 | 6473.60 |
| Philippines | 2000 | 3825.62 | 3825.62 |
| Indonesia | 2000 | 3771.86 | 3771.86 |
| Vietnam | 2000 | 2189.41 | 2189.41 |
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