兔年来咯~恭喜发财！^^

再过6天就是兔年的降临咯！~
在此祝大家新年快乐，心想事成，最重要还是要身体健康哦！~ 
听这两首新年歌-One FM NTV7团圆饭和988许愿过好年 !~



團圓飯大合唱 ～ 歌詞詞/曲:賴奕忠

一陣陣米飯香 在飄揚 裝滿新年帶來的溫暖那遙遠的家鄉 那扇窗 還有著兒時的模樣
轉運的風車 轉呀轉 一轉眼我們都已成長
我把所有祝福大聲講 朋友啊祝你新春吉祥

一人一個夢想 一人一個願望 慢慢變成滿天的星光
再刻一個夢想 再許個願望 別怕我有寬大的肩膀

一頓團圓飯 心裡藏 數十年溫馨都一樣
歡迎你共聚一堂 齊聚這圓圓的桌上
團圓飯 加碗熱湯 就像有我在你身旁
化作一雙大翅膀 待你飛越重重難關

一陣陣米飯香 在飄揚 裝滿新年帶來的溫暖
那遙遠的家鄉 那扇窗 還有著兒時的模樣
轉運的風車 轉呀轉 一轉眼我們都已成長
我把所有祝福大聲講 朋友啊祝你新春吉祥

一人一個夢想 一人一個願望 慢慢變成滿天的星光
再刻一個夢想 再許個願望 別怕我有寬大的肩膀

一頓團圓飯 心裡藏 數十年溫馨都一樣
歡迎你共聚一堂 齊聚這圓圓的桌上
團圓飯 加碗熱湯 就像有我在你身旁
化作一雙大翅膀 待你飛越重重難關

一頓團圓飯 心裡藏 數十年溫馨都一樣
歡迎你共聚一堂 齊聚這圓圓的桌上
團圓飯 加碗熱湯 就像有我在你身旁
化作一雙大翅膀 待你飛越重重難關

Looking Back 2010

The year 2010 is coming to an end and we welcome the coming year 2011 with open arms.

Much has been done and happened in our country over the year 2010,from the recent northern flood to the murder case of Sosilawati.  Well, while we prepared to welcome the year 2011 with much anticipation and new resolution, I have several monthly issues which worth of my reminisce and of which catch my attention over the year 2010. 

January 8th: Involve yet another religious issue in which the Metro Tabernacle Church in Desa Melawati was damaged after a group of youths threw flammable materials into its premises. Worst still, two other churches in PJ , the Assumption Church and the Life Chapel Church were also targeted . Malaysia is well-known to be a country of multi-ethnicity and all other religions should deserve the rightful respect. Everyone has the freedom for devoting to their own religion as well as preserve the mutual respects to other religions as well. ISA should be used against the offenders.

February  : China launched a 10 day emergency crackdown on tainted milk product after several were found creeping back into the market on 2^nd February . Haiz, yet another  China food contamination, earlier on, I remember vividly there is this melamin contaminants which cause kidney damaged  among  many people. Luckily  the China Health Minister Chen Zu had promised a thorough crackdown to destroy all the melamin -tainted milk. Please, if this problem yet to be resolved, people would lose trust of the product of China!

March : MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek and 20 other leaders resigned from the central committee on 4^thMarch to pave the way for fresh election within 30days. Out of surprise, incumbent Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and former president Datuk Seri Ong Kah Ting were defeated by Datuk Seri Chua Soi Lek at the 28^th March party polls after a protracted crisis that had dogged the party since its AGM last October . Datuk Seri Chua staged a stunning victory and he was elected as the  9^th President of MCA.

April : Remember the Bangkok red shirted protest. These protester/demonstartors stormed the ground of parliaments ,forcing government ministers to flee by helicopters and raising pressure for snap elections. The red-shirted supporters of ousted premier Thanksin Shinawatra protest in Bangkok’s main shopping district , causing injuries and 50 deaths. A curfew was declared between midnight and 6am. Lucily, the issue was resolves when Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolve the parliaments. He also called for calm and reconciliation in Bangkok.

May: 11^th of May had seen a remarkable history for UK as British  Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned from his post following his announcement that he would stand down as Labour leader ,thus making way for Conservative Party  Leader David Cameron to become premier.

June: Proud to see Malaysians  and Irish activists involve in the humanitarian aids by taking the MV Rachel Corrie ship heading  to Gaza  with its cargo of aid. However, Israeli forces boarded the MV Rachel Corrie after it ignored orders not to head to Gaza.Pro-Palestinian organisers accused the Jewish state for ‘hijacking’ the ship. On the other note, a very memorable history for Australians on 23th June - Julia Gilliard became the first female prime minister of Australia after the ruling party installed her in place of former premier Kevin Rudd.

July: There are two Malaysian heroes  in which I think they are well-deserved to be remembered. The first one is MCA founding member Tun Omar Yoke Lin Ong. Aged 93,he was laid to rest at the Warriors Mausoleum in Masjid Negara . He was the nation’s last independence fighter and the last member of the country’s first cabinet under our Father of Independence-Tunku Abdul Rahman. The second one is the  conferment of Datukship to Malaysia ‘s first Mount Everest conquerors ,N. Mohandas and M.Magendran. Both of them are Malaysian proud icons, Malaysia Boleh!=)

August:  the most memorable time in the world history, to combat terrorism and war and to promote peace in the world we live in. The Iraq war and insurgency have caused the America’s oil production to drop below pre war levels , creating the largest cumulative oil disruption since World War 2.It had been more than 7 years since the US led coalition invaded the country and more than 4000 US troops have been killed. Now, Americans troops celebrated the end of their war in Iraq on 19^th August as the last 4000 soldiers crossed the border into Kuwait. World peace is indeed achievable.

September: The murder case of Sosilawati which strike the whole Malaysia as to how cruel a person in high profession could become. Two lawyers brothers –the main suspects behind the slaying of cosmetics millionaire and three others were picked up along with their six workers. The 5 victims’ body were then burnt and their ashes scattered in a river after being stabbed to death. It is really gruesome,indirectly portraying the cruelty of mankind.  On other note, the day worth to celebrate in the month of September- Malaysia day. Good news comes as the government declared September 16 as a national public holiday. This will make more Malaysians to remember and celebrate the day when our country gain the name of ‘MALAYSIA’. 

October: Think of the In-vitro Fertilisation( IVF) dad- Robert Edward from Britain won the 2010 nobel prize in medicine for developing in-vitro fertilisation, a breakthrough that ignited heated controversy in the 1970s but has helped millions of infertile couples to have children.

November:There are good as well as bad memory lingering in my mind, and I shall categorise them.

Bad:

Still fresh in mind is the protest where thousands of British students  marched through London and stormed the Ruling Conservative Party’s Headquarter to protest against plan to triple university tuition fees. This is really a bad news as education should be made affordable to all people.

Bad news of two natural disasters strike. Mount Merapi violently erupted hot gas and ash again and that caused more than 60 people killed overnight.. We also know that usually during this monsoon month ,flood will strike certain areas .Non-stop rain caused flood in Perlis and Kedah, forcing people to abandon their home and seek shelters in temporary centres. 

Moral of the lesson: natural disasters can happened at any time , we should always beware all the time of the risk that might befall us.

My condolences to Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu’s family. Tun Dr Lim has been well known as the father of modern Penang passed away on 24^th Nov after he suffered a stroke . 

Looking back on the year 2010, what have happened will make a history and lesson to all of us. Try to absorb the lesson and do our best part for this new year 2011!~

第四届全球闽歌赛总决赛

1月8日在澳门是个具有丰富歌声的一刻， 海选阶段，在原有的福建、杭州、台湾、马来西亚、新加坡、汶莱、印尼、美国、加拿大等赛区的基础上，本届比赛进一步增设了港澳赛区。

全球闽歌赛”创办于2006年。赛事为全球闽南语歌曲爱好者提供了最为国际化的舞台。让全世界看到闽南语歌曲不再是“老派”的代名词，它不仅可以时尚、可 以创新，更可以吸引来自世界各地、不同年龄层次与文化背景的人群。四年来，“全球闽歌赛”凭借其全球化、风格多样性、参赛选手水平高、赛事传播影响广等几 大特点，有效强化了闽南语歌曲在华语乐坛的地位，增进了全球华人之间的沟通理解和各国家地区的文化交流合作，成为了福建特色文化输出的品牌活动之一。
在经过三轮演唱后，来自福建的郑奕灿夺得冠军，成为闽歌赛创办以来首次夺冠的福建选手，来自印尼的谢伟娜获得亚军，马来西亚的陈采君成为季军，而来自台湾的叶诺帆和印尼的古椿晶分别为第四名和第五名。
马来西亚的陈采君获得第四届全球闽歌赛的季军！值得骄傲的成绩哦！
虽说目前无法看到这场比赛，但是还是希望可以有机会观赏到astro欢喜台的重播！=）

UM 2011/2012 Academic Calender

Here is the UM latest 2011 academic calender and yes, the coming semester break would be 4 months long. Besides having the task of completing my industrial training, i have come out with numerous plans.Hope i could manage to sort, plan and implement them well.Definitely Looking forward for this coming long break!Yay! =D

A short creative video -change education paradigm!

Too much alcohol kills!

Alcohol is a carcinogen that upon consumption increases the risk of mouth cancer,liver and female breast,and to a lesser extent stomach,colon and rectum cancer. Heroin,crack cocaine and methamphetamine or crystal meth were the most lethal to individuals. However, when considering their social effects, alcohol, heroin and crack cocaine were the deadliest with alcohol outranked all other substances. Marijuana, ecstasy and LSD scored far lower.Thus we can say that alcohol consumption is a growing health threat. Despite authorities plan drastic cut and possibly a total ban on alcohol advertising, alcohol continues to be a great and growing threat around the world today.

 According to the World Health Organisation(WHO), men in Russia have an average life expectancy  of just 60 years, well below that of western Europe where men have an average life span of 77 years. Statistics also shows that there are more than 23000 people die of alcohol poisoning annually in Russia. The condition is Malaysia is also worse, The WHO Global Status Report on alcohol 2004 shows that 45%of Malaysian youths under the age of 18 consume alcohol regularly. This figure is really alarming as drinking alcohol excessively can pose a threat to our teenagers. I myself, have seen quite a lots of teenagers binge drink in the pub, cyber cafes and even in public places. They don’t care whether the authorities would catch them red-handed since it is not an illegal act.

They should bear in mind this:

Alcohol is a toxin,poison, dangerous drug, mother of many maladies, destructive substances,highly advertised demon and potent killer.

And to those who fear of being obese, indeed, alcohol makes you FAT!!

Why? Because the presence of alcohol in the body will undergo anaerobic respiration, which in turn being oxidised to acetaldehyde. The breakdown product of acetaldehyde is acetate which will rise sharply after alcohol is consumed. In a study, blood levels of acetate were found to be 2.5 higher than normal after drinking 2 drinks of Vodka. Consequently, this steep rise in acetate puts the brakes on fat loss. Our body simply burns more acetate and less fat. 

Here is how this metabolism works: after one or two drinks of alcohol, a small portion of the alcohol(<5%) is converted into fat. The liver then converts most of the alcohol into acetate , the acetate then released into the bood stream and replace fat as a source of fuel. Our body tend to use whatever we feed. Another problem is the body starts making other substance called acetyl CoA which is the starting material for biosysnthesis of fats, thus cause body to make more fats.

Besides, alcohol will make us have a good appetise, in other word, it is an apetite booster. Ever heard of the word ‘aperitif’, which is alcoholic drink enjoyed before a large meal to whet the appetite . It is a method used by most restaurants to encourage more patrons to order and consume more quantities of food.  Most people will consume alcohol during evening or night time, this is very harmful as the metabolism is at its slowest, and consequently they will store fat instead of burning calorie.

Let us beware of the effects of alcohol by looking at statistics figures. World Heath Organisation (WHO)’s Global Burden Disease( GBD)study found tht alcohol was the 3^rd most important risk factor after smoking and raised blood pressure for ill-health and premature death in European Union.( Enderson etal.2005). Overall, injuries account for the largest portion (40%) of the disease burden due to alcohol, with unintentional injuries outweighing intentional injuries. Neuropsychiatric disorder  and disease accounted for 38% of the disease burden. Other non-communicable( eg liver cirrhosis), cardiovascular disease, cancer, each contribute 7-8% of the total. Alcohol not only destroys our health but also damage the economy  of our country as it amounts to more than 1% of the Gross National Product with the costs of social harm constituting a major proportion in addition to health costs.

Let's get back to our part to ban alcohol!

第四届全球闽南语创作歌唱大赛

It is coming! A competition which is witnessed by over millions of people around the world each year.The competition has moved to its fourth year since its’ inception on 2007. I have the chance for  watching and enjoying the competition through Astro 333 live ,though it is not watching it live on the spot at Fuzhou.

This year competition seem to be pretty tough and competitive as all top 10 contestants are very well-versed and talented, and the proudest thing is that  there are 3 contestants  from Malaysia who successfully get into top 10. Malaysia Boleh! My warmest congratulation to 黄紫薇,陈彩君,蔡汶琦.你们是最棒的!

在这十天连续在astro333-欢喜台播放的闽南歌大赛，优美的歌声也跟着响连天，这一届的比赛的确实非常的精彩！除了这三位参赛者成功进入`十强外，还有来自大马的菲比姐姐竟也当这届比赛的主持人呢！性格幽默，爽快，开朗，活泼的她真是拥有当主持人的料喔。她与郭涛哥哥真是绝配的主持人耶！哈哈！=D

虽说这是我第一次观看这精彩的闽南歌大赛，但是第一次听完每一位参赛者的歌声与闽南歌后，让我赞不绝口！我非常地喜爱听闽南歌，所谓的福建歌在我还是儿时当年已听上耳油了。

这一届的闽南歌大赛，可看见闽南歌是不分国界的，来自世界各国如印尼，马来西亚，福建，台湾，加拿大，美国，新加坡等，及懂得闽南语的选手都纷纷来参加。最让我印象深刻的还是来自美国的Danielle，一个纯洋人，竟也懂得唱闽南歌呢，其唱腔及发音还真像是个华人呢！真叫人惊叹不已哦。

陈彩君，第一次听到她是在第一季的绝对Superstar。那时，她是成功进入了5，可没获得冠亚军。这一次的她又在闽南歌界亮相，成功以她甜美的声音及一把温柔的嗓子获得世界级评审的肯定！

陈采君进大决赛

黄紫薇，9岁小女孩，唱功与声音好比18岁半的少女。记得黄舒骏老师曾点评小紫薇：你唱完歌之后，后面还没唱的哥哥姐姐们都被你吓跑了。可见年纪轻轻的你有这么好的表现，已经让很多人来不及羡慕啊！虽然无法进入5强，无法继续在舞台上再让我们为你的表演惊叹又赞不绝口，可是路还很长远呢，才9岁的你一定要加油喔！想当年9岁的自己还在小学奔奔跳跳，天真无邪的样子还真可笑呢！

一直走成熟唱法、表现一直都很坚强的小紫薇回归了一个9岁小孩的天性，含泪与观众挥手告别

这一届的5强人马，有包括来自马来西亚的陈彩君，来自印尼的古春橸和谢维娜，来自台湾的谢诺帆，以及来自福建的郑奕灿。5位都是高强人马，相信在1月8日的总决赛一定势君厉敌，非常精彩！唉!1月3日开始新学期了,希望可以有机会观看这场总决赛吧=）

当然也不忘了祝大马的陈彩君All the Best哦！

欢喜来卡拉在大马隆重举办当时的十强选手