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A few thing presentation ideas from Steve Jobs: He hardly ever looks back at the presentation. There are hardly any words on the slides, leave alone lengthy bullet points. Even when he's sharing the financial results of the company (in the beginning), he makes them fun to listen to. He is driving the presentation, not the other way around. He's delivering the message, and the slides are giving the added impact to his message.   His words are in absolute sync with the slides. There are no useless headers, footers or logos on every slide, that we often use on ours. It gives that extra space, flexibility and freshness to every slide. You can hardly notice the remote controller in his hand. There are no other visible gadgeteries on him, distracting the audience.   He's so relaxed and calm, and that makes the audience comfortable and receptive to his message. He's so focused on the message. Not even once did he stray from the topic. He's unbelievably well fa

This is an interesting article on how to ensure misery in Life.   In case you wonder why I bother to bookmark this page , it is because it is funny and by one of the greatest investor of our time - Charlie Munger.

These quotes were taken from the following site . “We both (Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett) insist on a lot of time being available almost every day to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. We read and think.”   ―   Charles T. Munger “We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side.”   ―   Charles T. Munger “In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time -- none, zero. You'd be amazed at how much Warren(Buffett) reads -- at how much I read. My children laugh at me. They think I'm a book with a couple of legs sticking out".”   ―   Charles T. Munger ,   Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger The following is taken from another source : “SOME OF THE MOST ADMIRED PEOPLE IN FINANCE—INCL

It is a pretty interesting speech by Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway .   The text of the speech can be found here . The table of content is as follow: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction by Rajnish Mehra ...................................................................................................... 1 Munger’s Opening Remarks:......................................................................................................... 1 Non-use of Efficient Market Theory at Berkshire ............................................................. 2 Personal Multidisciplinary Education................................................................................ 3 The Obvious Strengths of Academic Economics .............................................................. 4 What’s Wrong with Economics......................................................................................... 5 1) Fatal Unconnectedness, Leading To “Man With A Hammer Syndrome,” Often Causing Overweigh

The article, published in Obesity Reviews (Vol. 13 Issue 6), explained that cardio doesn't work for FOUR reasons : a) Some people eat more when they start a cardio program b) Calorie burning at rest often decreases with cardio c) Calorie-burning lean tissue is often lost d) Cardio programs cause you to do less activity over the day

While looking for information on "Blink", I came across this website which analyzes a few of the books by the author.  The website is http://www.gladwell.com Discussion on: The Dog Outlier Blink The Tipping point

When doing crossword, we sometimes have a fixed number of spaces and have specific words in between. This web site will help. The tip provided on how to use it is as follow: Use a hyphen (dash) to give the location of a missing letter: w-rd or -are Use an asterisk (star) for any number of unknown letters: lett* or *gry or ar*ct Exclude words containing the letters that follow a caret (hat): ma-e ^kt Or enter a few letters (without hyphens or asterisks) to see if they make any words.

If you have a scrambled word you need to unscramble here is a resource to help you do that.

I found the following article and thought it might be useful to share it here. What Every Voting Citizen Should Know The Voter Agent training recently conducted at the PJ Civic Centre brought to the fore some very critical issues which every voter ought to know. These are as follows: 1. As soon as you enter the polling station, you will be ushered to Kerani 1, who will check your personal identity against your NRIC.   He/she will then read out your name, NRIC number and the Siri/Bilangan number in accordance to the list provided by the Election Commission (SPR). 2. Once all that is verified, Kerani 1 will pass your NRIC to the next officer, Kerani 2. 3. Here, Kerani 2 will hand you a ‘Kertas Undi,’ which is identified by its Serial Number. As a voter, please know your rights. You have the constitutional right under our Election Laws to NOT accept the ‘Kertas Undi’ that the officer assigns to you. You CAN and should ask for a different ‘Kertas Undi’ from a different book.

This is from the following article . 1.  "Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one." 2.  "It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." 3.  "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." 4.  "We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction." 5.  "Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs." 6.  "I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot." 7.  "I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing." 8.  "If you can't make i

Lately as I look around, I noticed many interesting things but have missed it before.   Take example how lights dance in the wind: As the insects dance around the lights, you can see the  patterns  the insects make: It was also interesting, that the color of this picture somehow creates a different color effect in the photo. Even in the sky, we can see interesting design.  For example this eye in the sky:

Dong Zen Temple is a very popular place for photography and also for prayer. See the video below, towards you end you will find a surprise.  Best part about the place is the entrance is free. Also look at some of the photos taken from the temple surrounding. VIDEO0006 a video by strovek on Flickr. Location is found below: View Larger Map

Penang Government will be introducing a park and ride service for people staying in Prai and working on the Island.   This service will start on Mar 2011.  The commute will be from Seberang Jaya on the mainland to the factories in Bayan Lepas (including Sunshine in Bayan Baru). The free bus service will run 6am to 9am and from 4pm to 7pm on Mondays to Fridays. This is one of the Green initiatives of the Penang government as well as to help fight the increase in fuel prices.  This follows another initiative of no plastic bag for the supermarkets and fast food outlets.  This shows the political will of the local government to help save our environment and create greater awareness. Reference: http://relax-mind.blogspot.com/2011/01/free-bus-rides-for-penang-factory.html

This was shared by a friend with me, I thought of sharing it here. This is amazing, Randy Pausch 47 yrs old, A computer Sc. lecturer from Mellon Universityhe died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, but wrote a book ‘The last lecture” before then, one of the bestsellers in 2007. What a legacy to leave behind… In a letter to his wife Jai and his children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe, he wrote this beautiful "guide to a better life" for his wife and children to follow. May you be blessed by his insight. POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE Personality : 1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment 3. Don't over do; keep your limits 4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does 5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip 6. Dream more while you are awake 7. Envy is a waste of time.

On the way down from Genting there is a Mushroom Farm. The following Orchids are obtained from there:

This is a snippet from the following url  which I thought may be useful for those dealing with Stock Market.  The summary of the article is as follow: Trading Do not wait for a reason for price movement. Do not trade when conditions are not favorable. Do not blame the market. Learn from losses. Find the path of least resistance Lose small and win big Be patient and sit tight through the bull run. Do not try to pick market top and bottom Average up not down. Do not have a position too large for your psychology Reverse your instincts. You cannot beat the market. Do not focus on how much money you are going to make. Do not listen to others. Do not trade the market to clear your debts. Know yourself Booms and bust will always happen because human nature does not change Sell after a reaction Do not follow or give tips Learn how to diagnose the market Manipulation Find an appropriate time to unload a large position. Make a stock active during the bull run.

A youtube video on how a Check Fraud can happen:

The following website is great for checking on the writing styles. http://www.paperrater.com/

Where to find free Books to read The following is a collection of sites where you can download books for free. You have to be careful about the websites you go to. Some of them are just baits to get you to sign on and so they can send you spam or get you to buy other things. I try to list some genuinely free download. This is where you can find a good collection of personal development eBooks http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/bookstore-index.htm This one contains a good collection: http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp This site uses rapidshare for download: http://www.freebookspot.com/ Contains out of copyright books for download: http://www.planetebook.com/ Free eBook Library: http://www.witguides.com/ This one contains mostly technical books but have some on finance: http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/ Contains a lot of public domain books: http://www.ebooksread.com / This one requires a special reader (called asksam Viewer) to use: http://www.ask

I just recently found out that Penang has been very successful in performing PC parts  recycling, thanks to effort by Dell and its various partners. I thought I would share the collections points to further help the effort.  I converted the following handout to something that can be copied and pasted: No Pusat Kutipan Lokasi Tarikh Waktu 1 Sunshine Jelutong (Tel: 04-281 2222) 9-27, Jalan Lenggong, 11600 Jelutong Setiap hari Selasa kecuali hari cuti umum 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm 2 Sunshine Farlim Shopping Mall (Tel: 04-827 1111 Mr. Wong / Ms. Sim) 294, Jalan Thean Teik, 11500 Ayer Itam Setiap hari Khamis kecuali hari cuti umum 7.00 pm - 9.30 pm 3 Stor Pembersihan Kampung Jawa Baru (Tel: 04-228 4284 Mr. Bahari) Star MPPP, Jalan Kampung Jawa Baru, 101 50 Georgetown Setiap hari Isnin hingga hari Sabtukecuali hari cuti umum 8.00 am - 5.00 pm 4 Bahagian Perkhidmatan Perba

It's been a while since I posted here.  The reason is because I have been busy writing on Triond instead of here. There are very good writers and articles there and I am receiving more comments there too. Seems that more serious articles such as  Five Problems with Contact Lenses  are getting more hits.  However, I am doing more fictional children stories because this is the one my children demand every night.  I do, however, punish them by withholding stories when: They misbehave - fighting, crying and shouting. When they insist on staying late - way past their bedtime.

The following are a collection of nice thoughts: If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa In a day, when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are travelling a wrong path - Swami Vivekananda If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means that they had never tried a new thing in their life. - Albert Einstein. Never break four things in our life - Trust, Relations, Promise & Heart because when they break, the don't make noise but pains a lot. - Charles Dickens Three sentences for getting success: Know more than other. Work more than other. Expect less than other - William Shakespeare. If you win, you need not have to explain... If you lose, you should not be there to explain! - Adolf Hitler. If we cannot love the person whom we see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see ... - Mother Teresa I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered 1000 ways that can cause failure

POSITION Mother, Mum, Mama, Mummy, Mumma, Ma JOB DESCRIPTION Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an, often chaotic environment.Candidates must possess excellent communication and organisational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required. RESPONSIBILITIES The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as

1. Make up your mind to be happy. learn to find pleasure in simple things. 2. Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something. Of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is To make the laughter outweigh the tears. 3. Don't take yourself too seriously. Don't think that somehow you should be protected From misfortune that befalls other people. 4. You can't please everybody. Don't let criticism worry you. 5. Don't let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself. 6. Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt. 7. Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real ones. 8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, Avoid people who make you unhappy. 9. Have many interest. If you can't travel, read about new places. 10. Don't hold postmortems. Don't spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don't be one who never gets over things. 11. K

Received this from a colleague: WE all accept that getting older is inevitable, and now leading clinicians have revealed the exact age when different body parts start to decline, most alarming being the brain and lungs. French doctors have found that the quality of man's sperm starts to deteriorate by 35, so that by the time a man is 45 a third of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Here, with the help of leading clinicians, Angela Epstein tells the Daily Mail the ages when different parts of the body start to lose their battle with time. BRAIN - Starts aging at 20 As we get older, the number of nerve cells - or neurons - in the brain decrease. We start with around 100 billion, but in our 20s this number starts to decline. By 40, we could be losing up to 10,000 per day, affecting memory, co-ordination and brain function. GUT - Starts aging at 55. A healthy gut has a good balance between harmful and 'friendly' bacteria. But levels of friendly bacteria in the gut drop significant

Received this from a friend - posted it a bit late. National Friendship week is on Aug 2, 2009 (one week late). Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence) There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the h

I just attended a talk today on parenting and was introduced this outrageously funny video and thought I would share it here:

To give you a sense of the difficulty, see the size of the flag compared to the participants: The video is here: