Back in Business!

28 12 2009

Ok people, I am back into blogging now. I have been playing this shooting game called Blackshot, but since I don’t have alot of memory on my computer, my CPU gets really hot.

But the graphics are better than any other game, but the patches.. Aargh, they take really long, and the patches are quite big in size, around 100MB average each.

Going to have my haircut tomorrow and BM tuition in the afternoon.. (Not a good thing ^_^)

P.S. I’m going to start blogging again, wish me luck in keeping this blog rolling :)





UPSR Results!

12 11 2009

Hey guys, its a long time since I’ve touched my blog.. But now I’m back in business!! And this post is about UPSR Results.

I don’t think I will release my UPSR results here ^_^ But maybe I will. Its a surprise!

Now, it is rumored that the UPSR results are going to come out this coming Wednesday. And, I hope I can at least get 4A’s 1B. Because, I did badly in my BM paper (And I know that) –.-

Well, good luck to all the UPSR students taking their exams this year! (Because the results aren’t going to be easy to accept!





UPSR Over…Holidays Over?!?!

26 09 2009

Oh yeah! UPSR is Over!! 1 week of holidays has also passed.(Oh MAN!!) Well anyway, I THINK I may be able to get 4 A’s but not 5 A’s.

That’s because the BM Objective Paper was very tough. (Even my friends who is always at the top of the class says its hard) The other papers were easy though.

Another thing, I have been very active in Facebook, but thanks to an old friend, I’m starting to be active in Twitter too!

After that comes, Philip’s Birthday!! Hey, Happy Birthday!! <:o)  ……But I still don’t know what should I give you..

Gotta go now. Cya!





T-minus 2 Days (And Counting) Until UPSR

5 09 2009

OK guys, here’s a countdown clock I found on Widgetbox.com. The countdown is below. I set it to countdown the days until the first subject of UPSR, which would be BM Pemahaman. This coming Monday would be a school holiday so that gives me about three quarters of a day to do my ‘last-minute revision’.

Just a short table following my UPSR Timetable.

Day

Time

Subject

Tuesday

8 September 09

08:15 AM — 09:05 AM

09:45 AM — 11:00 AM

11:45 AM — 12:25 PM

BM Pemahaman

BM Penulisan

Mathematics Paper 2

Wednesday

9 September 09

08:15 AM — 09:15 AM

Mathematics Paper 1

Thursday

10th September 09

08:15 AM — 09:30 AM

10:15 AM — 11:05 AM

11:45 AM — 01:00 PM

02:15 PM — 03:45 PM

Science Paper 1 And 2

English Paper 1

English Paper 2

Aptitude Test

I do not know why the times must be so unorganized, we can go home after the Wednesday’s paper but we must stay until 03:45 PM on Thursday. I hope I’ll get 5 A’s so I can receive what I have being waiting for.(Can’t be revealed right now :D )

Wish me the best of luck! And, oh yeah, Good Luck to Ryan and Jason. (If you guys are reading this post!!)

*Removed voting counter

*Changed Theme to ‘Emire’ so to see the ticker. The theme will be changed back as soon as I post a few more posts.





Theory Exam

20 08 2009

Ooh.. My Grade 4 theory exam is this coming Monday and I’m still not prepared. Many theory terms have not been mastered yet. Grade 1, 2’s terms I have mastered, but Grade 3 and 4 is harder to master..

Got to work superbly harder, about 3X faster to remember everything.. Hope I don’t have a blackout in my mind on that day!! Let’s hope I get a High Distinction!





19 Days to UPSR!

20 08 2009

So the countdown begins, T-Minus 19 days and counting to UPSR. Actually, UPSR is not much more than an exam, so I do not know why everybody likes to fuss over it, although UPSR is the ‘worst’ exam in Primary School.

In the previous exam, I did not do very badly. I also increased my scores ‘A Little Bit’ :D Here’s a chart :

Subject

Marks

English 84 % – B
Science 88 % – A
Mathematics 99 % – A
BM – Pemahaman 68 % – B
BM – Penulisan 70 % – B

 

I’m hoping to get high marks in UPSR this year!!





Rating System

15 07 2009

Hey guys, I have just added a new feature – a rating system. Now you can vote how good is every topic here. 1 star being the worst – and 5 stars being the best.

Another option is for the comments. There is a thumbs-up and a thumbs-down.

Start voting now!!





Reversal of Teaching of Science and Mathematics to BM

12 07 2009

I feel that this decision is really bad  because everyone who studied in English for Science and Maths will have to study in BM by 2012.  Malaysia is moving a step back instead of moving forward.

He (Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin) said in order to ensure that the implementation of the new strategy did not affect the achievement of students who were taught the two subjects in English, the teaching of and examination for the two subjects would be conducted in both languages until the last batch of students who were taught in English completed in 2014.

Based on this observation, he said, the government was convinced that science and mathematics must be taught in the language that could be easily understood by the students, namely Bahasa Malaysia in the national schools, Chinese in the national-type Chinese schools and Tamil in the national-type Tamil schools.

(Quote from Bernama News)

I wouldn’t mind if the two subjects were taught in two languages.  In 2014, I will be… Form 4, and I will be affected by the change.  If the Maths & Science results in my school now are already quite low, and some of us don’t even understand properly, how could the Education Minister say that the BM language is easier for us (National Schools) to understand?

I strongly feel that it is better for us to learn Science and Maths in English.  There are lots of information in English on the web on the latest science discoveries.  It is easier to master the terms of the two subjects in English while we are young. 

I do hope that the government would reconsider this change and allow us to learn Science and Maths in English.

What do you think??? Please vote in the voting box on the top right corner. The poll is just for fun!





Invisible Pictures

10 06 2009

So sorry guys, about the pictures that can’t be seen. I’ll see to it immediately. If there are any other problems concerning this blog, go ahead and post a comment at the bottom, or drop me an email @ joshuakuan1997@hotmail.com

 

Thanks,

Joshua





Botanical Gardens Floral Fest 2009

5 06 2009

  The Botanical Gardens Floral Fest 2009 is now ongoing from 5th – 7th June. Info from the Penang Government Website is below.

Floral Fest 2009 & Trams Ride

  • Date: 31st May 2009 ~ 7th June 2009
  • Time: 9am to 7pm
  • Trams operation Hours: 9am to 5pm (20th – 30th May & 8th – 20th June),9am to 7pm (31st May – 7th June)
  • Tram fees: RM1 per adult and RM0.50 per child
  • Contact: 604-2270428

    Events and programs:

  • 31st May (10am to 2pm) – Official Opening Ceremony at Bandstand
  • 31st May to 7th June (9am to 7pm) – Orchid Show & Competition at Formal Garden
  • 31st May to 7th June (9am to 7pm) – Adenium Show & Competition at Formal Garden
  • 31st May to 7th June (9am to 7pm) – Floral Art Show at Information Center
  • 31st May to 7th June (9am to 7pm) – Carnivorous Plant Show & Competition at Formal Garden
  • 31st May (9am) – Sculpture Competition at Bandstand
  • 6th June (9am) – "Fancy Dress Competition" at Nature Heritage Exhibition booth
  • 6th June (9am) – Children Drawing Competition at Bandstand
  • 6th June (9am) – Children Colouring Competition at Nature Heritage Exhibition booth 
  • 31st May to 7th June (9am to 5pm) – Nature Heritage Exhibition

 

    My family and I went there on Tuesday to see all the different types of plants that were exhibited there. After walking about and looking at the unusual plants there, we went to the tram and took a ride. It was fun but it was also very short. After that, we went to buy some plants. It only cost RM 10 for 3 plants. So sorry I can’t post any pictures now because our camera couldn’t turn on.
    On Thursday, my mother wanted to buy more plants, so we went to the Botanical Gardens again. We were happy to find out that the plants cost RM 10 for 4 plants. We bought 8 plants back, was quite heavy and I had to carry 4 plants. Now my arm and shoulders hurts!! :D We have already bought a new Sony Cybershot camera on Wednesday. We took many pictures (Below).
    Unripe Mangosteens Scenery
    Best Plants
    Bonsai 1st Prize Bonsai  Another 1st Prize Bonsai
    Orchids

Best Plant (Orchid) of the Show  Bronze Orchid Orchids Hanging Orchids

 

Carnivorous Plants

 

 Carnivorous plants

Bonsais

Another 1st prize tree 1st Prize Bonsai1st Prize Bonsai Mini Flowering Tree   Fruiting Bonsai!!

We also went on the tram ride too, but we didn’t take any pictures because the tram ride was quite bumpy.

My sister and I on the tram ride





New Theme – Spring Loaded

8 05 2009

I figured that the Ocean Mist theme may be getting a little boring, so I found another theme to keep up the views. The title of the new theme is called Spring Loaded. It is a fresh, green theme with a clean layout and modern type.

Sorry for a short post but this is just to keep you updated…





I’m sick … Again!!

8 05 2009

Oh man, not again, I’m sick. I don’t know why, but I always get sick before school exams, during school exams, after school exams and during school holidays. I wonder if there is a problem with me??

I have :

  • Runny nose
  • Fever from 38C to 39.9C
  • Really bad cough

I do hope I recover quickly, because my mother has disallowed me to play games on the computer as she says I will overstrain myself.  Hehe.

Oh yeah, I didn’t post much because I wasn’t allowed to touch the computer.





Speed of my Internet Connection

16 04 2009

My latest speed result

Wow, look at the speed of my internet connection… What a slow internet connection Telekom is giving. You can go and check out your Internet Connection Speed at http://www.speedtest.net.

My best result since 2007

That picture above was what I got during my first test in 2007, as you can see, it’s definitely faster than my current rating.

I only rated Telekom Malaysia a 3, turns out that Speedtest.net only rated it a 2/2.5. I tell you, I would say that Telekom Malaysia seems to be the slowest internet connections these days. Wouldn’t you think so?

The chart below is stating my speed when testing from the Wimax Website. Go to here and try your speed test again. The speeds below seems to be similar to the current speeds that I have, so it means that both are not lying. :-P

Download Speed

506kbps (63.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed

281 kbps (35.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency

31





Vista Home Premium and Avira Nag Screen

27 03 2009

To start off, I have just discovered that Windows Vista Home Premium has no “secpol.msc”. Secpol.msc is a application named Local Security Policy that allows us users to set rules for some applications.

I’m talking about Avira Personal AntiVir 9.0.0.386 right now. Found out on Philip’s Blog that the new Avira is out. Pros and Cons are on his website.

Oh yes, I almost forgot—after each update Avira puts up a nag screen, asking you to upgrade to the Premium or paid version. If you don’t want to see this screen (who does?) follow these steps to disable it. This applies to Vista Ultimate and the new Avira 9.0.0.386:

  1. Start-> Run. Type secpol.msc to open the Local Security Policy window.
  2. Click on Software Restriction Policy-> Additional Rules.                                                                                                                            
  3. Right-click Additional Rules-> New path rule.
  4. Click Browse and navigate to c:\Program files\Avira\Antivir Desktop and select avnotify.exe. Set the security level to Disallowed-> Apply-> OK. You won’t see the nag screen again during future updates.

Now, about this, back to secpol.msc. I would like the nag screen deceased but the restriction of the Local Security Policy won’t allow me to do that. I’ve tried Googling, but came up with no answers. According to that link at the bottom, the easiest way to disable the Avira Nag Screen is to

Open regedit and navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
In the right pane double-click avgnt and add /nosplash at the end of the path (ex. /min /nosplash)

 

For those users who doesn’t know how to open regedit, open start, and type “regedit”(without quotes) into the search bar then press Enter.





Mega Manager

27 03 2009

Wow! Mega Manager, sounds good, but is it really good?  Few days ago, I download this Mega Manager and the Megaupload Toolbar to go with it. Megaupload is a site where you can upload and download files.

So, Megaupload wouldn’t work without the toolbar and its own file manager, so after downloading it, my internet connections started going haywire. I couldn’t download anything from any website, and sign in to Windows Live Messenger either.

Finally, I tried to sign in on my mother’s laptop, that worked. After I uninstalled this Megaupload Toolbar and Mega Manager, my internet connection started working for me. Mega Manager must have been taking up my bandwidth. At least its back to normal! :-D





Term Holidays

13 03 2009

Here come the Term Holidays again, how great! As you know (or don’t know), my exam just passed a week ago. Me and my school friends were so happy as the last bell rang after school. One thing good about the holidays is that I can play a lot. The bad thing is that my mother will give me revision work to do every morning, since my exam results got just O.K (Not very good, but not so bad :D )…

Exam Paper

Marks

BM Paper 1

58% :-O

BM Paper 2

80%

Mathematics

80%

Science

74%

English

Not sure yet

Man! I sure got some really low marks in my UPTP 1, so I got to make it up…  Sometimes I wonder why we must have exams…





Earth Hour 2009

7 03 2009
THIS IS THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL ELECTION, BETWEEN EARTH AND GLOBAL WARMING

On March 28th you can VOTE EARTH by switching off your lights for one hour.
Or you can vote global warming by leaving your lights on.

The results of the election are being presented at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. We want one billion votes for Earth, to tell the world leaders that we have to take action against global warming.

HOW TO TAKE ACTION

Turning your lights off for an hour is a great start. However, there are many other things you can do to make Earth Hour 2009 a success.

  • Sign Up at http://www.earthhour.org/signup/default:en and become a part of Earth Hour and get useful tips and tools to reduce your carbon footprint everyday.
  • Tell A Friend. Better still – tell them, your family and even your work mates. Encourage them to sign up. Email them a link to this website and mobilize even more people!
  • Run your own Earth Hour. Download our quick guide for how to run Earth Hour in your city or town. It’s easy!
  • Your Earth Hour. What will you be doing at 8.30pm on Saturday March 28? We’re keen to know what you have planned for Earth Hour 2009. If you’d like to share your plans with Earth Hour and the media, then please send us an email describing with as much details as you can, what you have planned to myearthhour@earthhour.org. Don’t forget to include your name, where you live (City and Country), and your contact telephone number including your country code.

Earth Hour is inviting communities, business and governments to switch off lights for one hour at
8:30pm on Saturday March 28, sending a powerful global message that we care enough about climate change to take action.

This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.

We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.

Earth Hour 2009

(Concluded from http://www.earthhour.org/)





Second Special Celebration

2 03 2009

This blog has hit 4000 hits already since the 1000th mark celebration in January 21, 2009.

Again, I thank you all for coming to this blog and making it very successful.

Please keep visiting! LOL :-P





School Exams (UPTP)

2 03 2009

Well, the school years have come and gone so fast, now I’m already in Standard 6!

My first term School Exams are just tomorrow :-O.  The school calls it UPTP.  School tuition classes and co-curriculum have been cancelled!(YAY!)  Wish me luck!

Day

Topic

Tuesday

BM Paper 1
BM Paper 2

Wednesday

Mathematic Paper 2
Mathematic Paper 1

Thursday

Science
English Paper 1
English Paper 2

 

Oh yeah, really don’t have much time to post this week, blog seems to be falling apart. Will post whenever possible!





The Origin of Valentine’s Day

17 02 2009

Valentine’s Day always falls on February 14, and is the traditional day on which lovers in some cultures let each other know about their love by sending Valentine’s cards, which are often anonymous.

The history of Valentine’s day can be traced back to an obscure Catholic Church feast day, said to be in honor of Saint Valentine, are discussed below.

 

The Mystery of The Origin of Valentine’s Day

Origins of Valentine’s Day are obscured by mystery and there are varying opinions about it. Its origins have become themes of many legends. St. Valentine’s Day, as we celebrate it today, has remnants of both ancient Roman and Christian traditions. According to some, Saint Valentine served as a priest at the temple during the reign of the roman Emperor Claudius.  Emperor Claudius then had Saint Valentine jailed for defying his decree, which outlawed marriage for young men.

Valentine’s Day Legends

Some other legends have it that the Valentine’s Day originated from St. Valentine, a Roman who was martyred for refusing to give up Christianity on February 14, 269 A.D. Today the Roman Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine, all of whom were martyred. St. Valentine may have been imprisoned and later killed for helping Christians to escape harsh punishment in Roman prisons.There is an interesting story portraying the love affair between St. Valentine and the jailor’s daughter. St. Valentine left a farewell note for her, the note read "from your Valentine".

 

Valentine’s Day Started in Roman Empire?

In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans regarded her as the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the festival of Lupercalia, in honor of Lupercus, the hunter of wolves. Legends aside, the popularity of the Valentine’s Day rose manifold among the people so Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine, the patron saint of love and romance.