KeadilanDaily | 6 Januari 2012

KUALA LUMPUR 6 Dis : Timbalan Presiden KEADILAN, Mohamed Azmin Ali memberitahu, polis telah memberi kebenaran dan jaminan akan menjaga keselamatan sepanjang perhimpunan yang bakal dianjurkan di Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur, Isnin depan.

“Kita telah bermuafakat dan bersetuju untuk meneruskan perhimpunan aman ini dengan beberapa perincian yang telah dibincang secara bersama,” kata Azmin selepas mengadakan pertemuan dengan Ketua Polis Kontinjen Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Mohmad Salleh hari ini.

Ahli Parlimen Gombak itu akan menerangkan secara terperinci mengenai rancangan dan keputusan yang telah dicapai untuk menjayakan perhimpunan pada 9 Januari itu, di Ibu Pejabat KEADILAN petang ini.

“Tempat telah ditetapkan, perhimpunan akan diteruskan. Keputusannya positif dan saya gembira dengan polis tadi menunjukkan kesediaan untuk berbincang dengan parti politik khususnya pakatan rakyat,” katanya.

Menurut Ketua Angkatan Muda KEADILAN, Shamsul Iskandar Mat Akin menerusi laman twitter beliau, pihak polis membenarkan ruang perkarangan kawasan letak kereta berhadapan dengan mahkamah untuk berhimpun.

Satu sidang tergempar bersama pimpinan KEADILAN akan diadakan di Ibu Pejabat KEADILAN di Petaling Jaya 3.00 petang ini.

Semalam, Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Ismail Omar menyatakan, pihaknya tidak akan mengharamkan himpunan berkenaan, sebaliknya mencadangkan supaya kawasan yang sesuai.

Terdahulu, , turut hadir pada pertemuan tersebut beberapa pimpinan KEADILAN termasuk ketua Wanita,  Zuraida Kamarudin, Ketua AMK Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, Pengarah Strategi, Rafizi Ramli dan juga Naib Presiden KEADILAN, N.Surendran.

Pertemuan itu dibuat selepas Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Seri Hishammudin Hussein dan Ketua Polis Negara menyarankan agar Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur bertemu penganjur bagi membincangkan perkara tersebut.

I used to collect different types of pen back then, ranging from different brands, different colour, different sizes and tip, etc. I don’t want to be writing with just any old pen and I utilize different pens for different purposes, which also makes my writing note looked more organized and easier to read. It was a vital part of my schooling / university life. However, we’re now very much immersed into the digital era that many of us no longer use pen to write our stuff anymore. Even in my university, our assignments are all computer-print based which doesn’t involve writing with pen. Nevertheless, I still made use of my pens to write additional notes on my printed materials anyway. It is important for me to have a pen that suits the purpose, feels good in my hands, writes like a dream…

I have my favourite brands when it comes to buying pen; Paper Mate is one of them. Remember those Kilometrico ballpens? Those are pretty darn cheap yet long-lasting man! Back then it used to be like what, 50-80 cents each? It was quite value for money and because of Kilometrico ballpen, Paper Mate had gained my trust and reliability when deciding which pen to bring into the examination hall during test, which pen to recommend friends to buy, which pen to use for drawing and so forth.

And just recently, I had received a bundle of Paper Mate InkJoy pens to tryout! If I was still in high school, I would have cried to joy receiving so many pens with different colours for my own usage! Really… I really love having to see new pens in my stationary case, it gives me a sense of INKJOYfulness; don’t you too? :’)

The beautiful colours of Paper Mate InkJoy with different sizes – this is a new product line from PaperMate which are designed to be a lot smoother to write with than your standard ballpoint pen.

Although I have been a huge fan of PaperMate Kilometrico pens, I still wasn’t completely satisfied with the way it sits in the hand; it’s kinda skinny (like me lol) to be a truly comfortable pen to use. Especially during school exams, I would struggle a little with the Kilometrico because I’ll get a ‘pen mark’ on my fingers after using it non-stop for a few hours writing essays. Don’t get me wrong, they’re one of the best, affordable, long-lasting pens I have used! But fret not, I think PaperMate acknowledged the issue and their latest PaperMate InkJoy range eliminates that problem! InkJoy is a new inking system that mixes “optimized writing tips” with “ultra-low viscosity inks”. It is a great little pen, cheap and cheerful with a range of colours to satisfy any pen enthusiasts. It glides across the page without leaving messy blobs of ink, require less pressure to write with and is comfortable enough to use when writing.

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InkJoy 100

Features a triangular shape for comfort. Available in both clear and transparent colour-tinted bodies for classic or fresh and modern look.
(RM1.00/pc)

InkJoy 100 RT

Features a triangular shape for comfort with a retractable tip for convenience. The colourful tinted body and white refill give the pen a refreshing look.
(RM1.20/pc)

InkJoy 300 RT

A retractable pen that features an extended rubberized grip for optimal comfort and a metal clip for durability.
(RM1.50/pc)

InkJoy 700 RT

The perfect blend of understand elegance and modern style. Sporting solid metal accents which provide long-lasting durability, a retractable pen that features an integrated contour grip to provide both comfort and control while writing.
(RM3.90/pc)

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After using these pens for quite some time, I conclude that I do quite like these Paper Mate InkJoy pens and would recommend anyone who often uses ballpoints to give them a try. Probably you could get the InkJoy 100 if you see one; if you like it, pick up the InkJoy 300 or InkJoy 700 as your everyday pen because I think you’d like them if InkJoy 100 is your choice. My personal favourite? PaperMate InkJoy 300 RT because it has variety of colours that would make my notes much more interesting and JOYful!

Anyway, let me know if any of you wanna try out these Paper Mate InkJoy pens because I certainly can’t be finishing them all by myself. Sharing is caring!

Also, let’s join the InkJoy PicBadge Creative Awards Contest on Paper Mate Malaysia Facebook and See How It Feels™! The contest will run through 6th January 2012 till 2nd February 2012, stand a chance to win cash prizes + awesome goodie bags! Who knows you might get a big bag full of InkJoy pen variants too? I think that’s pretty awesome, so let’s join together!

Harakah

Bersaksikan puluhan ribu rakyat Kelantan malam tadi Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menegaskan beliau dan keluarga tidak akan lari meninggalkan negara biar pun berdepan dengan kezaliman yang menjijikan.

“Saya, anak dan isteri tidak sekali-kali meninggalkan negara ini biar pun berdepan dengan penghinaan yang begitu rupa.

“Saya telah mengadakan perjumpaan keluarga melibatkan isteri, anak dan menantu telah mencapai keputusan ini. Cuma mereka bimbang sekiranya saya sekali lagi dipenjara akan dicederakan seperti pernah berlaku sebelum ini.

“Kalau saya lari orang lain pula akan kena. Saya telah menjelaskan kepada rakan-rakan di luar negara rakyat bukan marahkan saya tetapi segelintir pemimpin yang rasuah dan zalim,” katanya pada program Amanat Terakhir di padang Majlis Daerah Machang.

Hadir sama Timbalan Pengerusi DAP, Dr Tan Seng Giaw, Pengarah Pilihan Raya PAS Pusat, Dr Mohd Hatta Ramli, Setiausaha Agung PKR, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Speaker Dun Kelantan, Datuk Nasuruddin Daud, anggota Exco, Dr Muhammad Fadzli Hassan dan pemimpin-pemimpin PAS dan PKR.

Pada 9 Januari ini Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur akan mengumumkan keputusan perbicaraan kes liwat versi II selepas perbicaraan yang penuh kontroversi berlangsung tahun lepas.

Anwar yang juga Ketua Pembangkang berkata, beliau dipelawa rakan-rakan di Turki dan negara Arab yang bersedia memberi tempat kepadanya memandangkan penganiayaan dan penghinaan terhadapnya masih berterusan.

Katanya, Perdana Menteri Turki, Tayyid Erdogan ada mempelawanya mendapat perlindungan di negara itu dan begitu juga rakan-rakan di negara Arab.

Bagaimanapun kata beliau Erdogan lebih memahami suasana sebenar kerana beliau juga pernah dipenjarakan oleh pemerintah Turki sebelum ini kerana pendakwaan yang bermesej politik.

“Begitu juga dengan apa yang saya hadapi sekarang, lebih kurang sama dengan Erdogan alami sebelum beliau berada di kedudukan sekarang sebagai pemimpin utama Turki,” ujarnya.

Oleh itu beliau berharap rakyat dan penyokong Pakatan bermunajat kepada Allah kerana segala keputusan dan tindakan di bawah penguasaanNya.

Seng Giaw sebelum itu memberitahu dua hakim yang pernah mengadili perbicaraan kes liwat I iaitu Datuk Augustine Paul dan Datuk Ariffin Jaka sudah meninggalkan dunia.

Wall Street Journal
By Shibani Mahtani

Malaysia’s cops are stealing a page from dissident movements across the globe, and turning to social media to keep troubles from spreading in their own backyard.

After activists in the Middle East and elsewhere used Facebook and other websites to rally countrymen against undemocratic regimes in recent years, the Royal Malaysia Police are now using their own official Facebook and Twitter pages – typically filled with traffic warnings and information on crime rates – to hopefully prevent a planned rally in support of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Jan. 9, when the verdict on his two-year sodomy trial is expected.

Sharing photos and videos of past riots – including the raucous London demonstrations that shook Britain last August – the Malaysian police warned that peaceful assemblies can easily devolve into chaos, and “should be a lesson” to Malaysians.

With a title of “Is this what you want?” the Royal Malaysia Police Facebook page includes a report from the ABC network in the U.S. of the London riots showing buildings being torched and smashed, and protestors overwhelmed by police in parts of central London.

“Peaceful assemblies that have become riots overseas should be a lesson to us if we want to pursue freedom and the right to self-expression,” said the caption accompanying the video.

The Malaysian police are also using their Facebook pages to share police videos of student demonstrations earlier this week, in which students from a university in northern Perak gathered to demand greater academic freedom. These videos were originally shared through the police’s official YouTube page.

The police also interviewed a shopkeeper – only identified as ‘Mr. Kenny’ – who, according to the site, was seeking to persuade anyone planning to rally on Jan. 9 against to refrain from protest, claiming that previous grassroots movements and rallies have affected his business.

Unlike some failed efforts at engagement between the police and citizens in some parts of the world, the Malaysian police seem to have been surprisingly successful at their social media efforts. Their Facebook page, which usually offers more practical information like updates on police activities, crime rates, safety tips and traffic reports, has more than 100,000 likes and is significantly more popular than many other government-led Facebook campaigns. The government’s Twitter account, launched in September last year, has almost 10,000 followers.

Most of the comments on the videos posted by the Malaysian police agreed with the sentiments behind them. Many even praised the police for “cleaning what is dirty” and “keeping the peace” in the country.

The issue of public protests in Malaysia has long been a testy one, particularly after last year’s “Bersih” (meaning clean in English) rally, in which police used water cannons and tear gas to break up a 20,000-strong protest demanding free and fair elections. In a move to placate critics, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak promised to scrap the country’s feared Internal Security Act and instituted new protest laws, which still drew criticism from those arguing they continued to limit dissent.

Those planning to rally in support of Mr. Anwar – dubbed the “901 rally” – insist that the event will be peaceful. They have indicated their willingness to work together with the police, though authorities and non-governmental organizations remain fearful that if the rally turns violent, scenes similar to last year’s “Bersih” rallies will cause chaos in the nation’s capital.

www.timeslive.co

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said his coalition will survive even if he is jailed on sodomy charges, as his nationwide tour ahead of next week’s verdict rolls on despite police warnings.

Anwar was charged in 2008 with having sex with a male former aide and a verdict in the long-running trial is due to be handed down on Monday. If found guilty, the 64-year-old politician faces up to 20 years in jail.

Anwar has condemned the allegations as a government plot to destroy his image in the conservative Muslim-majority country, and reverse the unprecedented electoral gains the opposition made in 2008 polls.

To rally support ahead of the verdict, he has embarked on a nationwide tour that began Tuesday in southern Johor and will sweep through six other states before a courthouse demonstration on Monday.

Anwar told a gathering of about 500 people in central Negeri Sembilan state, near the capital Kuala Lumpur, late Wednesday that his three-party opposition alliance would not crumble without him.

“Anwar in jail, Anwar out of jail… it doesn’t matter. The most important (thing) is people should overthrow UMNO,” he said during a fiery hour-long speech, referring to the ruling United Malays National Organisation.

Pacing on a makeshift stage set up in a parking lot, Anwar said he was innocent of the allegations and called on his listeners to “save our country” from government corruption and mismanagement.

“I’m not guilty. I’m a victim of slander… there is no case if they follow the facts or the law,” he told the townspeople, many in Muslim traditional dress and brandishing party flags and pictures of Anwar.

He also took swipes at ruling party politicians, often raising laughter, accusing them of aiming to create divisions between majority ethnic Malays and the multicultural nation’s ethnic Chinese and Indian communities.

After his speech, the crowd applauded and proclaimed the innocence of the opposition leader, a former finance minister who was sacked and jailed a decade ago on separate sodomy charges widely seen as politically motivated.

“Everybody knows Anwar has not done anything wrong ever. (The government) is playing the same card, the same game,” 21-year-old university student Izzat Haffiz told AFP.

Despite low turnout in the opening days of the tour, organisers are hoping the crowds will increase dramatically when Anwar visits opposition-held Kelantan state late Thursday and northern Penang on Saturday.

The government has warned people against turning up at the courthouse protest Monday, and police have said they will crack down on anyone caught distributing posters as well as blogs “inciting people to attend the rally”.

“Police have to handle this matter carefully as the planned rally poses a threat to public security,” police internal security chief Salleh Mat Rasid said according to state media.

Deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin also criticised the opposition for going ahead with the nationwide tour and the rally at the court — the scene of previous large demonstrations relating to Anwar’s legal dramas.

“Many sides have already voiced their objections against the gathering,” Muhyiddin told the New Straits Times newspaper.

“By going ahead with it, they are showing that they’re going with the assumption that the courts already have a negative verdict.”

Anwar, a former deputy prime minister, spent six years in jail on sodomy and corruption counts in a stunning fall from grace after he fell out with his then boss, former premier Mahathir Mohamad.

The sodomy conviction was eventually overturned and he was released in 2004, allowing him to revive his political career as leader of an opposition alliance which has for the first time threatened UMNO’s half-century hold on power.

Prime Minister Najib Razak is widely expected to call fresh elections this year, hoping to regain a strong mandate after promising reforms on the economy as well as civil liberties.

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

With the verdict in his sodomy trial days away, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday decried the laws he’s charged with breaking, calling them archaic rules that can be abused to promote intolerance, invade people’s privacy and punish them too harshly.

The remarks place Anwar, who denies the charges that he sodomized a young male former aide, alone among senior Malaysian politicians. Government and opposition leaders alike in this Muslim-majority nation usually avoid making statements that could be perceived as a nod to gay rights, partly because of discomfort among religious conservatives.

Sodomy in Malaysia is punishable by 20 years in prison and whipping with a rattan cane. The 64-year-old Anwar said he is bracing for the possibility of a long prison sentence when the Kuala Lumpur High Court delivers a decision Monday. He will not face the whipping penalty because of his age.

“My view is that you can’t have laws to be abused for political purposes and to be seen to be punitive and to be unjust to others,” Anwar said in a telephone interview while traveling on a six-day tour of the country for opposition rallies ahead of the verdict.

Anwar’s 26-year-old accuser, Saiful Bukhari Azlan, testified that Anwar coerced him into having sex at a Kuala Lumpur apartment in 2008. Anwar did not take the witness stand but criticized the proceedings in a long courtroom tirade from behind the lawyers’ table, where he could not be cross-examined.

Anwar, who is married with six children, insists he is innocent and claims the sodomy charge is part of a government conspiracy to discredit him and destroy the opposition’s chances of winning general elections widely expected this year. Prime Minister Najib Razak has denied any plot.

The anti-sodomy law is seldom and selectively enforced, often only in cases of sexual abuse of children and teenagers, but gay rights activists have long claimed that it encourages homophobia. New York-based Human Rights Watch last month urged Malaysia to abandon laws banning same-sex relations.

Anwar said that although he believes government must prohibit same-sex marriage and prevent public obscenity, he also believes that current sodomy laws could “be abused to show violent discrimination or intolerance.”

“Our present laws are deemed to be rather archaic,” Anwar said. “The whole idea (should be) to encourage people to understand not to be seen to be so punitive. In this case it’s worse — you can go and probe and peep into people’s bedrooms just to try to smear them.”

This is Anwar’s second time on trial for sodomy. A former deputy prime minister, Anwar was found guilty in 2000 of sodomizing his family’s ex-driver, but Malaysia’s top court freed him from prison in 2004 after quashing his conviction and nine-year sentence.

The current charge surfaced in 2008, several months after Anwar led the opposition to its best electoral results since independence from Britain in 1957.

Anwar said Thursday that regardless of the verdict, his three-party alliance is determined to unseat Najib’s long-ruling coalition in the next elections and form an administration that would curb corruption and racial discrimination. The opposition now controls slightly more than one-third of Parliament’s seats.

“The likelihood of our winning elections … is not a far-fetched idea,” Anwar said. “We believe that change is imminent and for the benefit of all Malaysians.”

Assignments, social circles, classes – so many things – so little time for the college student.  Thankfully, we have 5 tips here that are absolutely relevant (and useful!) to the techy student in all of us.

1. Connectify – because you want to share your wifi connection with other devices

Anyone who has lived on campus dormitories know that there are strict rules to abide by, and one of them tends to be a restriction on tampering with college property – even if its as simple as connecting your own wireless router to make your life easier. And without wireless access or an expensive data plan, mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPod touch, Android tablets etc. harkens back to the days of featurephones in terms of usability.

Gratefully, and we mean this in the sincerest way, there’s Connectify. Connectify is a service which allows you to transform your laptop into a wireless hotspot; and there’s no messing around here – it’s an Apple-esque one-click process. Since it looks like just about any other program, you won’t need to worry about it being detected by any tracking software the college authorities may have mandatorily installed on your computer.

2. Google Chrome Portable – because computer labs don’t usually have the best browsers

College campuses usually provide students with the luxury of computer labs; but unless you’re attending a rather reputable school, you’ll most likely have to contend with sub-standard services beyond the bare necessities – for example: limited range of wireless access, imperfect air-conditioning which is either too hot or too cold, and… Internet Explorer 6. If you’re among those who are stuck with Internet browsers from the 90’s and whose college computer labs restrict the installation of third-party programs, take comfort in that there is a solution for you.

Google Chrome Portable takes the speed and efficiency of its desktop variant and crams it into the tight confines of a thumbdrive. Taking up barely 100 MB of disk space, it’s nary a problem for even those constricted by 2GB thumbdrives, and the portable version works just as well as the desktop version – the differences are hardly noticeable in all practical aspects. As an added bonus, Google Chrome Portable handles a large number of open tabs just fine, making it a boon for those in the midst of writing their thesis.

3. Dropbox – because all your work should be instantly backed up to the cloud

If you’re constantly forgetting to bring your USB drive to campus, then Dropbox will be a lifesaver for you. Dropbox works by automatically uploading the contents of an entire folder on your home computer to its cloud servers, of which you can proceed to download from www.dropbox.com – so as long as you have access to an Internet browser, you’ll have immediate access to all the files which were originally saved on your home computer.

If you live constantly in fear of losing the contents of your entire USB drive to a washing machine, Dropbox may become more to you than merely a way to quickly share files across multiple computers. What’s more, it also has offline saving features for its apps on all the major smartphone platforms, so if you want access to lecture notes on-the-go, Dropbox will be especially valuable to you.

4. Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool – because you can’t afford to lose time reformatting a PC

Whether it’s your own computer or a friend’s, reformatting a Windows 7 computer can be a pain sometimes, especially when you have to search high and low for the installation CD after months of neglect. Fortunately, Windows has a nifty tool which helps you to reformat your Windows PC straight from a USB drive.

The Windows USB/DVD Download Tool handily creates a series of files which makes it bootable from the BIOS, and it has been tested to work even if you make a backup of those files and return them to your USB drive the next time you need to perform a fresh install. Best of all, since a USB drive has faster read/write speeds than a CD, your Windows 7 installation will be at least twice as fast, making reformatting your laptop a breeze.

5. KatMouse – because multi-tasking should be simpler on Windows

If you’ve done a proportionate amount of assignments on a Windows PC, you’d probably have started to realize that you can’t scroll in applications without first clicking on them. This makes it frustratingly difficult to do your research and type your assignment in Microsoft Word at the same time, because you’d have to click on the Internet browser to scroll through the website you’re researching, then click on the Word document to scroll through it, and rinse-and-repeat – even if you have both windows visible across your screen.

KatMouse does away with this little but noticeable irritation by allowing you to scroll up and down pages just by hovering your mouse cursor over them and moving the scroll wheel. This way, you can keep your Word document open as your main application, and still be able to scroll through the website you’re researching without having to click on it everytime you need to review something.

6. CopyTrans – because students love music

Ever performed a fresh install of Windows on your computer, only to realize that all your playlists in iTunes, which had been meticulously and painstakingly put together over a number of years, had been wiped clean? The endevour is made even more heartbreaking, by the fact that Apple has failed to acknowledge in iTunes the simple task of transferring the songs and playlists already residing on your iPhone or iPod back to your computer.

iTunes’s all-encompassing backup function has its advantages in simplicity, but if you’re just trying to copy your playlists over from your iPhone, tough luck. Well fret no more, as CopyTrans just does that. You can choose to backup your songs and playlist from your device straight into iTunes, so that things appear to have never changed at all. In addition, CopyTrans is also able to selectively backup your photo album, apps, contacts, messages and the like, so you’re actually capable of selectively backing up pretty much anything you wish.

This post was written by Aaron Pek

Jumaat 6 Januari 2012 – Lembah Pantai & Kelana Jaya

9.00 mlm –  Lembah Pantai – Dewan Gasing Indah, Seksyen 5, PJ

11.00 mlm – Kelana Jaya – Kompleks Sukan 3K, Persiaran Kewajipan, Subang Jaya

Sabtu 7 Januari 2012 – Pulau Pinang, Pahang & Terengganu

7.00 pagi – Permatang Pauh – Madrasah An Nahdoh, Kubang Semang

3.30 ptg – Indera Mahkota – Markas PAS, Kampong Balok, Kuantan

9.00 mlm – Kuala Terengganu – Pejabat PKR Kuala Terengganu, Gong Kapas

11.00 mlm – Hulu Terengganu – Kampong Gaung, Kuala Berang

Jeder einzelne Moment besaß hier Bedeutung. Im Gedächtnis blieb etwa Edmund Yeo, nicht nur aufgrund seiner lebendigen Persönlichkeit, sondern auch deshalb, weil in seinem Film der Schneefall der Örtlichkeit eine Entsprechung fand und er in wunderschön fotografierten Bildern wunderschöne Darstellerinnen präsentierte. Das zieht immer, weil im Publikum Menschen sitzen, so funktioniert der Anthropozentrismus, den viele so gerne mit dem Kino verknüpfen.

Every single moment had meaning here. In memory of Edmund Yeo was about, not only because of his lively personality, but also because in his film, the snowfall was a correlation of the location and he presented in beautifully photographed images beautiful actresses. This often leads to sit in the audience because people, so does the anthropocentrism, which many love to associate with cinema.

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Swifty, Writing - the constant misadventures in filmmaking (and life in general) of Edmund Yeo

帶了尼康 D3S 到汕大的聖誕聚餐拍攝。

李嘉誠基金會的汕大之友從去年起開始辦一些親子活動，主辦單位的領導會要我們帶隊出動拍攝一些照片和視頻。

這次聖誕節也不例外，在一呼百應的情況下，胡某和水母老師找了一群同學們幫忙，雖然不否認一些同學是沖著君華酒店的食物而來，但是出席了就有做工還是挺令人滿意的。這次胡某帶了學院剛買的 尼康D3S 到現場試機 — 下學期要開始教廣告製作課，先瞭解一下器材的性能是很重要的。

D3S 不論在體型、操作、重量和拍攝的感覺都延續著胡某的 尼康D2x 的感覺，一點都不陌生，尤其是她的快門聲，清脆、精準，不論是追焦、測光、手感都是一流的。

這真不愧為尼康的頂級攝影機之一，一直以為我那 尼康D700 的成像已經是很好很好的，怎麼知道同樣的鏡頭用在這機身上出來的效果確實是不同凡響。

看來胡某必敗 尼康D4 了。

All Pictures: Nikon D3S | AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D | A Mode | Handheld | No Flash Fired | ISO640 | Vignette Control Turned Off | Minimal Photoshop | RAW Processed by Adobe Camera Raw | SanDisk 16GB High Speed CF Card

Kingdom Rush – Flash Games Download – Overview Defend the kingdom in this Kingdom Rush tower defense flash game and erect various defense such as barracks to produce melee soldiers to hold the front lines, archers towers for quick firing action, wizards towers for slow but powerful magic attack and artillery for massive area damage yo!

Download Kingdom Rush (File Size ~ 21.72 MB)
Download the ZIP archive:
kingdom-rush.zip (FileSonic)
kingdom-rush.zip (MegaUpload)
kingdom-rush.zip (MediaFire)
kingdom-rush.zip (GameFront)

Please contact Deimos if:
- one of the above download links is broken.
- there is an updated version of this game.

Kingdom Rush – Title Menu!

Green color creatures of various sizes are invading the kingdom! Erect defenses and kill them!

Kingdom Rush – Briefing!

Well the mission briefing is more like a back story for this tower defense type of game play.

Kingdom Rush – Instructions!

Defensive towers can only be placed on certain areas, not everywhere. Plan carefully yo!

Kingdom Rush – Action!

You can also summon reinforcements and call down great balls of fire from the skies!

Kingdom Rush – Orcs?

New enemies will appear as you progress. Counter them effectively with the correct towers!

Kingdom Rush – Upgrades!

Earn stars for completing levels and use them to get various new upgrades yo!

Kingdom Rush – Encyclopedia!

As you make progress more and more entries will open up in the encyclopedia! Information!

Kingdom Rush – Achievements!

A total of four pages of various achievements to be unlocked! For achievements fanatics!

tahun lepas aku main belasah je snap salji dengan digicam sony

tahun ni lepas dah ada dSLR ni kena la belajar sket2 kan. white balance? apakah!

nak cober dSLR ni pun bukannya senang. kalau snow tebal sangat susah gak ni

apa2 pun mari kita belajar dulu cara2 nak snap gambar dalam snow yang cun melecun!

sebenarnya susah jugak la nak snap pic dengan video dalam snow ni tau

sebab area keliling memang putih je. so camera akan confuse dgn white balance

kalau snap pakai flash terus gambar akan jadi gelap. tapi kalau pakai flash boleh nampak salji!

lagi satu kena cover camera gak takut mist dengan basah sebab salji ni basah sebenarnya hehe

Kenyataan Akhbar Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Komtar, George Town Pada 4.1.2012

Adalah dikesali bahawa kerajaan Persekutuan bermain politik dengan wang rakyat dengan tidak salurkan semua projek pembangunan kepada pejabat daerah negeri tetapi diberikan kepada Pejabat Pembangunan Negeri Persekutuan(PPNP). Pemberian wang kepada PPNP bercanggah dengan semangat dan prinsip demokrasi kerana PPNP yang dikuasai oleh BN tidak dipilih oleh rakyat sebaliknya BN ditolak oleh rakyat pada pilihanraya besar 2008.

Bukan sahaja PR telah menangi majority 2/3 dengan 29 daripada 40 buah kerusi negeri tetapi juga menang 11 daripada 13 buah kerusi Parlimen di Pulau Pinang. Jelas sekali wang sumbangan oleh Pulau Pinang dalam bentuk cukai pendapatan dan kastan tidak diberikan balik kepada rakyat Pulau Pinag. Sebaliknya semua wang sumbangan dikuasai penuh oleh BN sungguhpun telahpun ditolak peringkat negeri dan Parlimen oleh rakyat Pulau Pinang.

Janganlah sebut juga bahawa kerajaan negeri mendapat bayaran balik wang yang memadai bila hakikat adalah sebaliknya. Mengikut jawapan Parlimen:-

1) Kutipan Cukai Oleh LHDN Dan KDRM Dari Setiap Negeri Bagi 2001 Hingga 2008

2) Pemberian Kerajaan Persekutuan Kepada Kerajaan Negeri Bagi 2001 Hingga 2008

3) Peratusan Pemberian Daripada Kutipan

a) Sumbangan bagi Kutipan Cukai Oleh LHDN dan KDRM dari setiap negeri bagi tahun 2001 hingga 2008, Pulau Pinang adalah keempat (4) tertinggi iaitu RM25.670 juta.

b) Pemberian Kerajaan Persekutuan kepada Kerajaan Negeri bagi tahun 2001 hingga 2008, Pulau Pinang merupakan ketiga (3) terendah iaitu RM794 juta.

c) Peratus pemberian antara kutipan daripada LHDN dan pemberian Kerajaan Persekutuan, Pulau Pinang adalah terendah sekali iaitu 3%. Bagi wang duduk tempat keempat dapat wang No. 1 belakang kira.

Selepas 2008, kerajaan Persekutuan hanya salurkan RM231.08 juta yang tidak disalurkan kepada Pejabat Daerah yang dikuasai kerajaan negeri tetapi diberikan kepada PPNP yang dikuasai BN. Berbanding dengan RM794 jtua yang diberikan dalam tempoh 8 tahun 2001-8, RM231.08 juta dalam 4 tahun ini lagi kecil daripada yang diberikan sebelum ini. Jelas BN tidak menghormati keputusan demokrasi rakyat Pulau Pinang dan menjalankan diskriminasi kewangan sedemikian.

lihat jawapan bertulis parlimen oleh YAB Perdana Menteri di bawah：

JAWAPAN

Pejabat Pembangunan Negeri Pulau Pinang tidak melaksanakan projek dari tahun 2005 sehingga pertengahan tahun 2008. Projek berkenaan dilaksanakan oleh Pejabat Daearh dan agensi pelaksana yang lain di peringkat persekutuan dan negeri. Selepas PRU 2008, sehingga 15 November 2011, Pejabat Pembangunan Negeri Pulau Pinang telah melaksanakan 2822 projek bernilai RM231.08 juta. Jenis dan jumlah projek mengikut tahun adalah seperti berikut:

Perolehan projek-projek tersebut dibuat mengikut peraturan semasa yang ditetapkan oleh Kementerian Kewangan melalui Arahan Perbendaharaan, Surat Pekeliling Perbendaharaan dan surat-surat Kementerian Kewangan lain yang berkaitan. Sehingga 2009, perolehan bagi projek bernilai kurang daripada RM20,000 dibuat secara tawaran terus, nilai projek RM20,000 hingga RM200,000 dibuat secara sebut harga manakala lebih daripada RM200,000 secara tender. Walau bagaimanapun, had bagi perolehan secara sebut harga telah ditingkatkan kepada RM500,000 iaitu berdasarkan Surat Pekeliling Perbendaharaan Bil.5 tahun 2009 yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Kewangan.

Keputusan tender diputuskan oleh Lembaga Perolehan Persekutuan(A/B) Negeri Pulau Pinang manakala sebut harga oleh Jawatankuasa Sebutharga Persekutuan Negeri Pulau Pinang dan tawaran terus yang diputuskan oleh Jawatankuasa Pemilihan Kontraktor.

Kontraktor yang ditawarkan bagi kerja-kerja berkenaan adalah terdiri daripada kontraktor kelas F bagi projek-projek yang dibuat secara sebut harga dan kontraktor-kontraktor kelas lain bergantung pada nilai kontrak masing-masing.

LIM GUAN ENG

Back in April 2011 I blogged about:

My bday present, Apple Magic Trackpad! LINK

Ewin’s birthday dinner LINK

Richard’s wedding dinner LINK

Hennesy Artistry LINK LINK

Blackberry Playbook launch LINK

Got myself a new Nixon watch! LINK

Yinxie’s birthday at Las Carretas! LINK

My trip to Korea, thanks for Air Asia X! LINK LINK

Cool infographic. Geek or Nerd, Which are you?

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Trigger Knight – Flash Games Download – Overview This Trigger Knight is a one button action flash game as in you only need to click the left mouse button at certain times since most of the game is fully automated. Play the role of some cute looking girl armed with some sword who keeps on running, battles monsters, earn gold and all.

Download Trigger Knight (File Size ~ 1.91 MB)
Download the ZIP archive:
trigger-knight.zip (FileSonic)
trigger-knight.zip (MegaUpload)
trigger-knight.zip (MediaFire)
trigger-knight.zip (GameFront)

Please contact Deimos if:
- one of the above download links is broken.
- there is an updated version of this game.

Trigger Knight – Title Menu!

She is cute, yes? Deimos find her to be rather cute though. Pedo Deimos!

Trigger Knight – Survive?

Monitor the life span and health points to prevent her from dying yo!

Trigger Knight – Trigger!

Press the left mouse button at the right time to play this game yo!

Trigger Knight – Battle!

Battle is fully automated though you can drink healing potions to heal up.

Trigger Knight – Action!

These rock like monsters are tough and will take a lot of beating to kill !

Trigger Knight – Restoration?

Remember to spend gold at soul shrines to restore the lifespan or she will die!

Trigger Knight – Restore?

Click now to restore life span before it is too late to do so and she will die!

Trigger Knight – Achievements?

This game is hard. Is it even possible to win it in one run? Very challenging!

比較認真的測試。

Fujifilm X10 少了 “Finepix” 的稱呼，不懂有沒有特別的意義，但是剛剛拿到她的時候，就覺得手感很不錯，渾身金屬的質感很好，尤其是對我這類習慣了比較沈重的攝影機的人來說，X10 的平衡感很不錯，沒有那種便宜攝影機慣有膠質感。

當然，這台相機算不上便宜，她在可以用手動的地方全用上了，省了很多零部件，也降低了成本；首先，這相機沒有變焦馬達，手動變焦的結果是鏡頭的整體設計變得很簡單了，而簡單的光學設計也讓這鏡頭的成像很好，騰出來的空間可以用上一枚很大幅的前置鏡片，讓這台相機長得比其他同級的攝影機好看多了。

說到長相不得不提的是她的金屬鏡頭蓋。這個鏡頭蓋很容易不小心跌到地上，而金屬鏡頭蓋的最大困惑就是跌了以後會留下痕跡，真的很苦惱。

沒有電子變焦以後，機身上少了幾個按鍵，讓這本來長得很像旁軸攝影機的相機變得更帥氣。可惜的是這相機的觀景器裡面沒有任何顯示框，為了省電把顯示屏關上的話，這攝影機只有一盞小小盞的顯示燈和警示聲響告訴你她還活著。


(這是富士為這相機製作的廣告片，拍得很好，可以一看。）

這個元旦在日本比較寒冷的天氣裡發現她弱小的電池基本上撐不了一天的拍攝，所以建議你多買幾顆電池以防不測。我個人比較喜歡 Velvia 的高動態顏色設置，覺得效果很特出，但是在 Adobe Camera Raw 新版支持 Fujifilm RAW 格式以後，我幾乎都在用這個格式拍攝，一般的低階攝影機是沒有這個功能的。

Fujifilm X10 的 Adv. Mode 可以讓你拍攝 360度 的全景照片，我試了一下，覺得拍攝時如果能遵守一切拍全景照的規矩去操作的話，效果會更好。

對於一台隨身機來說，X10 的很多功能都挺方便的。她拍攝的 1080P 的視頻效果很不錯，雖然我習慣了 F1.4 的大光圈帶來的視覺效果，這 f2.0 的鏡頭表現也蠻不錯的。

當然，這不是萊卡 X1，甚至不是 Fujifilm Finepix X100，所以如果你已經有了一台單反想買台簡單一點的隨身機，這是個粉好的選擇。X10 的對焦速度挺快的，ISO640 的成像表現還令人滿意，我不認為一個 2/3吋 感光元件的攝影機可以跟 M4/3 或其他大片幅的攝影機的底光表現放在同一個台階上作比較。

X10 輕巧，外形古樸，操作不是非常複雜（雖然她的功能也可以很複雜）但是如果真打算單機出行的話，我建議你帶台好一點的攝影機。

Jahrelang waren es unkontrollierter Tablettenmissbrauch, Alkohol und das Rauchen, die als gefährliche Suchtkrankheiten mit nachhaltig negativem Einfluss auf die Volksgesundheit ausgemacht wurden. Mittlerweile sind es aber auch immer häufiger Essstörungen, die sich in diesen Kreis eingereiht haben. Es ist für viele Menschen kaum vorstellbar, dass es sich im eigenen Leben immer und bei jeder Gelegenheit ausschließlich nur um das Thema Essen drehen könnte. Aber genau das ist die Problematik, die den Essstörungen zugrunde liegt. Was vor allem dabei überrascht ist, dass Esssucht und Magersucht einen derartigen Umfang angenommen haben, dass mehrere  Krankenkassen bereits mit einem Therapienetz zusammenarbeiten, um proaktiv an einer Lösung des Problems zu arbeiten.

Die gesetzlichen Krankenkassen beteiligen sich aktiv an Lösungen
Das muss geradezu zwangsläufig bedeuten, dass die Auswirkungen auf das Sozialsystem Krankenkasse bereits beträchtlich sind. Seit einigen Jahren ist es für jeden Bundesbürger möglich, selbst die ihm passende, gesetzliche Krankenkasse zu wählen, die für ihn die besten Konditionen bereit hält. Bei einem Krankenkassen Vergleich mag das proaktive Engagement dieser Institution den Ausschlag geben, welcher Institution er sein Vertrauen schenken möchte. Sehr erfreulich ist, dass sich immer mehr gesetzliche Krankenkassen an einer Lösung für dieses brennende Problem beteiligen. Bemerkenswert bei der Analyse von Essstörungen ist es, dass sowohl Esssucht als auch Magersucht auf massive seelische Störungen zurückzuführen sind.

Essstörungen wie Magersucht nehmen bedenklich zu
Während die unkontrollierte Esssucht schon rein optisch einfacher zu erfassen ist, so ist die Magersucht eher eine sich im Verborgenen abspielende Tragödie. Ein falsches Schönheitsideal, das durch die Gesellschaft erzeugt wird, familiäre Probleme, ein zu geringe ausgebildetes oder gar nicht vorhandenes Selbstwertgefühl sind unter anderem wichtige Ursachen und Auslöser für eine Magersucht. Die meisten der bedauernswerten Betroffenen Mitmenschen können nur durch lange Therapien aus diesem Teufelskreis ausbrechen und wieder zu normalen Essgewohnheiten zurückfinden. Dieses Beispiel zeigt sehr deutlich, welchen Herausforderungen sich das Sozialsystem Krankenkasse stellen muss und wie sich die zukünftige Finanzierbarkeit dieser so wichtigen Institution entwickeln kann.

Mind map, that the word I’ve been looking for. I started to craft a buying guide or a mind map after I started living my own with my wife. Things are getting a little tighter, but it is getting better. Well, it help keep thing minimal at home. With minimal setup, we get to clean up faster, spending time drinking a cup of tea instead of cleaning the house.

A lot of time, there is this “desire” taking over the “analytical” thinking. When it come, the mind map will kick in. However, undeniably, it is hard for one person to do that, because when “desire” tells you, you fucking want that, you will want that and grab it. That’s why, I always shop with someone else. Doesn’t matter what the person think about me buying the item, s/he will start some comment, and that comment wake the mind map up.

Hope to still keep the house minimal this year. I’ve added a few non-sense already.

“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated” ~ webOS

In case you have been reading all the doom and gloom about webOS and thought it was dead – it’s not quite dead, Jim. Seriously, a pretty sad turn of events after a roller coaster ride for HP webOS in 2011 summarised nicely by webOS Nation. I think it was basically mismanagment leading to products with sub-stellar hardware (though not as bad as some make it out to be) and a very competitive market. If HP had priced it right, the Touchpad could have been a greater success from the beginning. The firesale was a huge success even though people knew it was an EOL product and webOS as a multitasking OS is still great to use. In fact I use my multi-boot (Android/webOS) Touchpad more than my iPad.
What happens next? webOS isn’t dead yet and at least Meg Whitman has done the right thing by planning to put it to Open Source pasture. Whether it die a slow death there or perhaps someone picks it up and we see another revival, only time will tell. Perhaps in the near future, if there is no new smartphone manufacturer who will use webOS, we could be flashing Opensource webOS to say an HTC or Samsung phone. The webOS community remains vibrant with Homebrew and leaders like webOSinternals in charge.

It’s a pity that it’s basically a two horse race now with webOS out of the picture and Windows Phone struggling to break in. It’s a race that Android is winning for now and to me it looks like the old Mac vs Windows game again. I predict eventually the iOS market will shrink to a small niche area – perhaps 10-20% of mobile users and Android will dominate like Windows did for the next 3-5 years. I doubt Apple can pull any rabbits out of the hat without a visionary like Steve Jobs. It all depends on what they release this year so we’ll know soon enough.
As for medical users, iOS probably dominates though like the rest of mobile users, I suspect Android usage will increase as medical apps for Android are also increasing in number.

As for me, my gadget lust is being pandered to by my Palm Pre3, HTC Android and iPhone 4 smartphones My desire for tinkering with app development has since moved on to mobile web apps so I can use (and share) my work on any mobile device I use. At least webOS development has opened my eyes on how easy it is with just HTML5 & Javascript to make an app which runs well in a webkit browser. Multi-platform web app development will be my direction for now and with the increasing use of the connected mobile devices over traditional laptops and PCs (Gartner predicts that by 2013, mobile phones will have overtaken PC’s as the most common way to access the internet), I believe web apps will become more popular.

The advantages of web apps:
- no need to develop specifically for one platform
- rapid and easy development for hobbyist coders (no need to learn complex programming languages!)
- runs fast within modern webkit browsers given improvements to the way Javascript is handled
- can run offline if need be
- can be easily converted native apps with utilities like Phonegap

There are some disadvantages
- inability to access some phone specific functions
- requires Internet access to run (initially at least)
- lacks the visibility that an app market will provide for each specific OS

Are you a medical mobile user who wishes to explore web app development? I shall share my experience in this blog as I make my journey in this direction. I have some exciting plans as well in this area so stay tuned.

Have a great year ahead,

Palmdoc.

from the Palmdoc Chronicles

Happy 2012!

Let’s do a little recap.

I got married! I don’t know how I managed to pull in the funds, anyway, I’m glad I did. It’s true what they say, God will help you in mysterious ways if you want to get married. Picture, thanks to FarisFakri. I got him on Groupon

Work wise, well, I did achieve my yearly quota by August. From there on, it was smooth sailing till year end. All I had to do was focused on 2012 items.

Part Time work. I managed to complete a few projects. Antaragrafik, TeddyTods, Toshiba and some internal dashboard for the company. It’s too bad I didn’t complete my company’s website. I have it in my head, just never threw them out in the open.

I’ve also learned what’s it like to be an Apple user. I got the iPad 2 and MacBook Air. I don’t really think they live up to their expectation. I’m more of a windows user, shortcut is my thing and on Mac, you just have to press an additional key. However, I doubt anyone can beat them at built quality. It’s an astonishing feat (provided you take good care of them)… and the love-hate relationship continues. But if I have to recommend, I’d definitely be against it.

This year (ahem, mind you that it’s already 2012), my deary wife will pursue her studies in Australia. After much contemplating, we decided that it’s best I remain here. After all, it’ll be really tough to find a job like mine in Aussie. A job like mine is best for locals. It’s like how mat salleh comes here and tell me that they understand this country’s economy better, yeah, doubt so.

Also, this year’s resolution, I guess I’ll have to revisit my 2011 and blog about it later. Till then

Back in March 2011 I blogged abouttttttt:

Floating Market LINK LINK

Ikea Catalogue launch LINK

Sony Alpha Convention LINK

Nokia N8 launch LINK

Avira Antivirus launch LINK

Unboxing my Nokia E7 LINK

My birthday dinner at Frames! LINK LINK

Twestival KL LINK

9 Emperor Gods festival LINK LINK

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Flash Games Download – Overview If you enjoyed previous balance related games such as Perfect Balance, Perfect Balance: New Trials, Perfect Balance: Playground, Perfect Balance 2, Perfect Balance 3, Imperfect Balance and Imperfect Balance 2 then you might probably welcome the added challenge in this Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials.

Download Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials (File Size ~ 4.42 MB)
Download the ZIP archive:
perfect-balance-3-last-trials.zip (FileSonic)
perfect-balance-3-last-trials.zip (MegaUpload)
perfect-balance-3-last-trials.zip (MediaFire)
perfect-balance-3-last-trials.zip (GameFront)

Please contact Deimos if:
- one of the above download links is broken.
- there is an updated version of this game.

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Title Menu!

This time there are no more Japanese fonts in the title menu. Just good old English this time.

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Levels!

It seems like there are a total of forty levels in this game. Deimos will not complete them all!

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Instructions!

Same game play mechanic as previous games. Why is the play field blocks not straight?

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Perfect?

Sure Deimos got it done but not much room for many additional gems though. Bummer!

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Bombs?

All right no touching the bombs. Should not be too hard right? Only level two. Easy? No?

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Boom?

This is intentional as Deimos wants to see what happens when them bombs explode.

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Fail?

This is not intended as Deimos was trying hard to clear this level. The bombs are annoying!

Perfect Balance 3: Last Trials – Levels!

Unfortunately Deimos is cannot access the other levels as he failed to clear the second level.