Own Time Own Target

Bids farewell to Euro

2006-04-28T01:54:00.000+08:00

Bye 1.2550. Hello 1.2350

real life simpsons intro

2006-03-05T01:55:00.000+08:00

very cool remake of the simpsons intro (now on youtube)

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Python on a Cell Phone!

2006-03-04T01:01:00.000+08:00

"Nokia gave me a phone to run Python. I wish I could blog all night about it! The phone is great, but the really cool part is how much effort Nokia has put in opening up the functionality to Python programmers! A tip of the iceberg." - Guido van Rossum

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Why I Promote Python

2006-03-04T00:09:00.000+08:00

It's flexible, easy, and powerful in a way that cannot be matched by other mainstream languages. If you use Python, then you know what I am talking about. If you do not, you will eventually; and then you'll know what I am talking about.

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Watching the MIT Lectures of Walter Lewin

2006-02-24T05:31:00.000+08:00

Watch MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) physics lectures online. There are hours of free videos in these links. And Dr. Walter Lewin is quite humorous and entertaining lecturer with lots of demonstrations.

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Flickr

2006-02-13T19:42:00.000+08:00

Today is the first time i tried out on , an online photo organiser. And I'm Really impressed with it.

Generalist or Specialist

2006-01-20T03:24:00.000+08:00

Generalist or Specialist from My Job Went to India

University Education

2006-01-05T02:29:00.000+08:00

SIM University (UniSIM) is the country’s 4th university, it is the first university targeted primarily at working professionals and adult learners......

Check it out the courses it is offering

webcam @ wisma

2006-01-02T15:45:00.000+08:00

www.foldershare.com

2006-01-02T01:58:00.000+08:00

i find this foldershare very useful, you can access your computer files from anywhere as long as the computer is on....

Happy Holidays

2005-12-27T00:42:00.000+08:00

A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Peter Drucker - Managing Oneself

2005-12-09T23:46:00.000+08:00

Somthing really worth to share with you......
Take your time to read through the whole article just 9 pages....download the whole pdf here

"We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you've got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their employees'careers; knowledge workers must, effectively, be their own chief executive officers. It's up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.To do those things well, you'll need to cultivate a deep understanding of yourself- notonly what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence."

Kelly Clarkson

2005-11-19T00:11:00.000+08:00

http://www.kellyclarksonweb.com/

Backpacking to Chengdu?

2005-11-18T00:55:00.000+08:00

http://www.gogosc.com/house_en.htm

Is my eyes playing trick ?

2005-11-03T00:59:00.000+08:00

http://www.patmedia.net/marklevinson/cool/cool_illusion.html

How to Make It Through The Learing Curve

2005-10-07T21:12:00.000+08:00

“I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have
succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work.
When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will
find the way that will work.”

– Thomas Edison

A leader of the free world needed permission for toilet break

2005-09-17T17:56:00.000+08:00

"I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible? W"

U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005.

What are you made of?

2005-08-29T03:58:00.000+08:00

Colleges have endeavored to impart the essential knowledge for you to qualify for a profession or job through which you may make a living. But do you know of any college that had given any courses on how to make money ? Mr. Hunt of Texas, reportedly one of the world’s richest men has stated that college education does not seem to be of much help in fortune building. Mr. Ling of Ling Vought Temco who made the largest check of over 400 million was a Drop-out. Ted Warren who made a fortune in Commodities never finished grammar school. All these men needed was common sense and a desire to become wealthy.
Dr. Alan H. Andrews

"Moral of the story being, if you see something you want to do, go do it with everything you have. That’s what these other men did. But if you don’t see your “something” if you can’t find your focus, you better get in school."

Source: http://www.dopeness.org/

What do you really hope to achieve in life?

2005-08-15T22:49:00.000+08:00

Read this story and you may find that what you are always hoping to achieve,you may be already have it.

There was once an American businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Mexican village. As he sat, he saw a Mexican fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore and noticed that the fisherman has caught quite a number of big fishes that is known to be a delicacy. The American was really impressed and ask the fisherman, "How long does it take you to catch so many fishes?"

The fisherman reply : "Oh, just a short while."

"Then why don't you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more?"

The businessman was astonished.

The fisherman simply does not agree, "This is enough to feed my whole family?" he says.

The businessman then asked : "So, what do you do for the rest of the day then?"

The fisherman reply : "Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fishes, then I would go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I will join my buddies in the village for a drink, we played guitar, sing and dance throughout the night. My day was ever so complete and carefree."

The businessman does not agree with his way of life and offered a suggestion to the fisherman.

"I am a PhD holder graduated from Harvard University, specialises in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person.

From now on, you have to spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fishes as possible. And when you have save enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fishes.

As you go on, you will be able to afford to buy more boats, recruit more fishermen and lead a team of your own. Soon you will be able to set-up your own company, your very own production plant for canned food and do direct selling to your distributors. At that time, you will have moved out of this village and to Mexico city, and then expand your operation to LA, and finally to New York city, where you can set-up your HQ to manage all your other branches."

The fisherman asks, "So, how long would that take?"

The businessman reply : "About 15 to 20 years."

The fisherman continued, "And after that?"

The businessman laugh heartily, "After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in by the millions!!"

The fisherman ask, "And after that?"

The businessman says, "After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning and catch a few fishes, then return home to play with the kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!!"

The fisherman was puzzled, "Isn't that what I am doing now??"

So, what does one really hope to achieve in life, do we really need to work so hard in life?

What do you hope to accomplish in the end? ...

favour rubberband trade

2005-08-11T06:22:00.000+08:00

this is a good rubberband trade?

2005-08-09T23:57:00.000+08:00

Failed A down ?

2005-08-04T23:37:00.000+08:00

Getting there...

2005-08-02T22:00:00.000+08:00

Expecting this friday NFP data to break above 1.2250......im bullish

Breaking 1.2150

2005-07-29T01:05:00.000+08:00

Went up even higher on Thursday...

buy on a bounce?

2005-07-27T15:40:00.000+08:00

buy on a bounce?

Indeed...it bounced off as high as 1.2080 from 1.1970

Refresh refresh...

2005-07-23T19:15:00.000+08:00

Hello,

STRESSED OUT ? TAKE A HOT SHOWER AND REFRESH YOURSELF!

Focus of the Month:
ACD
Divergence

short after pivot?!

2005-07-17T03:09:00.000+08:00

job interview

2005-07-12T01:56:00.000+08:00

i went for the interview.....but found that after all im not so interested in it...so didnt show any enthusiasm during interview......im devoted into something i believe that i want......currencies trading. I am Confidence my earnings will be much more than the monthly job pay.....

caught in between?

2005-07-06T15:31:00.000+08:00

not another one...

2005-07-05T17:05:00.000+08:00

another post ...for my own reference...

More southward movement?

2005-07-04T16:25:00.000+08:00

Heading to 1.1880, 61.8% retracement of 1.0763-1.3670, before we see some retracement?

Retracement - 1

2005-07-02T18:05:00.000+08:00

Anticipating at least a 25% retracement will occur when market open on Sunday 2pm EST, Probably will enter a long position @ 1.1940 with stop-loss of 20 pips, take profit at 1.1980. Will post the result after that, stay tune!

FX10 Strategy - 2

2005-07-01T23:38:00.000+08:00

Lesson to learn today...short at 1.2075 and exit at 1.2064, 11 pips profit, too little. Should either hold on the position or enter when the short signal is more clear.

FX10 Strategy - 1

2005-07-01T15:15:00.000+08:00

Again I didnt trade this worth of 30pips profit, after loss of nearly 30% of my capital, I'm more conservative now. Chicken out already, need to build up more confidence before jump into the boat again.

And this blog is becoming my personal forex journal.

Double Top

2005-06-30T21:40:00.000+08:00

Was watching female superstar and msn with anthea, didnt look out for the sell signal, if not $$$ pour in again!

wakeup wakeup!

2005-06-28T19:50:00.000+08:00

Went for hair cut today, say bye bye to my long long hair and hello to my new short hair. Need to recharge myself man!

Not bad for today

2005-06-21T00:04:00.000+08:00

EUR retreats back to 1.2238 after EU Summit collapsed on Sunday, will break major support at 1.2000 before this weekend. Recovered some loss from today trade...

Playing with Forex

2005-06-16T23:18:00.000+08:00

Been committed to Forex trading for a month plus, as till today lost 27% of my total capital, but no regrets. Because learning a lot precious investment knowledge in this forex trading thing, better than spending the money on buying expensive handphone, u learn nothing from the phone. What i doing now is paying a small fee to make big money in long run...

What i trying to say is Believe in yourself, wont die if thing doesnt work out in your expectation! Must have strong determination, if fall, get up again!

What is future, what is job

2005-06-10T02:24:00.000+08:00

There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job.

Singapore Travel Community Forum

2005-05-07T23:03:00.000+08:00

Hi,

We have a new travel community forum at http://forum.sgtraveltalk.com

(1) Register an account.

(2) Post a topic after completed your registration.

(3) Give support and spread the words.

Thanks! :)

open source web based ICT solutions

2005-05-03T18:01:00.000+08:00

open source web based ICT solutions

Check for updates.

Choosing a Job

2005-05-01T14:38:00.000+08:00

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Confucius

Cruise Crew Job

2005-04-30T14:47:00.000+08:00

Anyone interested to get a tax free high paid cruise crew job ? http://www.cruisecrew.com/registerbymail.htm
It cost SGD$70 to get the registration form, we can split the cost if you are interested. Go to the web link and read for more info.

You can read up on this FAQs on how the cruise job is like, quite informative.
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/5933/jobs.html

My Home Web Server

2005-04-29T00:48:00.000+08:00

PHP + MySQL + Apache = http://okl.ath.cx:8080

Last Day in School

2005-04-22T21:03:00.000+08:00

Today is last day of final year project, for many it is the last day. But for me I need to go back on monday noon to guide the new project students.

Anyway here are some photos taken on the last day:

me and anthea, her expression is stylo, haha my favourite picture!
more here took previously

me and joreen, a very nice looking girl...

me and woei ling, didnt know her that well, but got her to take with me...haha

me and cindy, how come she look much older...

me and jenny, very nice soft spoken gentle girl...

me and khoo kc, he taught me multimedia module during year 1

yuchun, me and shaoyang outside the project lab

yuchun, me and ceilia in the library, haha...look funny

me eating water melon

School life is over, sad...sad very sad, no more care free life!!

Nikon D70s

2005-04-20T19:59:00.000+08:00

wah....my camera coming out...but going to cost around $2k-$2.2k
i think have to make a trip to casino already if i really want to buy it man!

China - Kunming

2005-04-18T23:08:00.000+08:00

"Kunming enjoys a pleasant climate and does its best to live up to its title of "the City of Eternal Spring". Whenever you are planning to go, the temperature is always pleasant"

I really cant stand singapore weather, it is so hot makes me feel so sick everyday.

100% Pure Escape

2005-04-18T00:38:00.000+08:00

NEW ZEALAND!!!

I GOING THERE TO STAY FOREVER NOT COMING BACK TO SINGAPORE, BUYING A HOUSE OVER THERE! WHO WANTS TO JOIN ME?! SIGN UP NOW!

Final Year Project Showcase

2005-04-15T20:55:00.000+08:00

Okie, final presentation is over, the comment given by my assessor was "I think you done quite well" and only could pointed out a grammar mistake during the whole program demo, heheh!!

Old system look & feel :

New system look & feel :

login page

student performance query

examination settings page

In Conversation - "Thing"

2005-04-13T16:49:00.000+08:00

10:38:21 AM You said:
where is anthea
10:37:38 AM antty@starhub.net.sg says:
my house
10:38:21 AM You said:
doing wat
10:38:27 AM antty@starhub.net.sg says:
tad thing
10:38:38 AM You said:
wat is that thing
10:38:59 AM antty@starhub.net.sg says:
can be anything
10:39:11 AM You said:
like what
10:39:56 AM antty@starhub.net.sg says:
tad thinhg which that thing u think
10:42:32 AM You said:
is that thing i think the same as you say that thing
10:43:31 AM antty@starhub.net.sg says:
anything

A Delayed "Delivery"

2005-04-12T14:12:00.000+08:00

RA Number :	RR006175953SG
Date of Posting:	4/4/2005

Source :

PAYA LEBAR DELIVERY BASE

Target :

CUSTOMER

Latest Status :

ITEM DELIVERED

Date of Transaction :

7/4/2005

History :

Apr 4 2005	ITEM RECEIVED AT POST OFFICE
Apr 6 2005	ITEM SORTED TO WRONG DELIVERY BASE. DELIVERY DELAYED
Apr 7 2005	ITEM DELIVERED

The item maybe delayed but still delivered in the end.....may life is so too.

6 years back

2005-04-11T19:10:00.000+08:00

Okie, this evening I tried to do 10 sets 10 push ups = 100 push ups. And my back injury acted up!! Rememeber 6 years back, I was still a fit young man. I used to jog in the evening and then followed by some workout, 100 push ups wasnt a problem for me at all! (Now you know why I got a big body frame?) This back injury really made me quite depressed for the past 1 year plus, until few months ago it condition got improved. But for now it seem not yet fully recovered...

okl and xiu...say cheese!

2005-04-07T23:54:00.001+08:00

okl and xiu the most funniest bloggers 2005

come let okl kiss kiss

hello...act ghost ah? hahaha

yes, we need to get rid the fats on our face...and how come you are taller than me??

Boredom drives creativity!

2005-04-06T22:09:00.000+08:00

What do you do when you are bored?

hello friends!

Stupid enough or not?!? What other stupid trick you would like to see? Tell me and I will do it for you, dont be shy that people will say you stupid!

Introduction

2005-04-06T00:16:00.000+08:00

I was seeking the possibility of using OKL.blogspot.com as my blog address. So I emailed to Mr Lorion, kindly request to let me have the "OKL" address. And I received his reply as in below. I thought it is very good english as in the way of expressing. So I would like to share with you guys and maybe we can learn a few new words from him. Hope Mr Lorion would not mind I publish his email to me without asking for consent!

I'm rather taken aback by such an impertinent request from out of the blue. Admittedly, I've not been using the "Money Talks" blog for much yet, setting it up mostly on speculation of future intentions, but I don't even see where that particular bit of my rather wide on-line presence has to my initials, which have been my personal trademark for over half a century, of OKL. I have about a dozen active e-mailboxes for okl-xxx@xxx.xxx, and probably 2 or 3 dozen abandoned ones scattered across cyberspace. I moderate 20+ maillists named okl-xxx@yahoogroups.com or egroups.com. But most sites want a handle with more than 3 letters, so I more often spell out my first name and just use the last two initials, owenkl. Or sometimes just mix them up with a personal pronoun and "I, OKL" becomes Loki,Norse god of mischief, my other handle. But I digress. I've now introduced myself to you, it is your turn to introduce yourself to me.

Owen K. Lorion in Santa Fe, NM, USA

Superstar Fann Wong

2005-04-04T23:23:00.000+08:00

Click for enlarged version!

Analyse carefully on her chin and nose, tell me what you noticed!
This photo was taken during her sister's birthday in her house near the upper pierce reservoir there! My friend's gf is her neighbour, and my friend always saw Christopher Lee's car parked in fann wong's house. Sometimes 2am in the morning still there!

Give me a christian name

2005-04-04T19:50:00.000+08:00

Hello friends,

My full name is Ong Kok Leong, I would like to have a christian name. Please feel free to come out with a christian name that match well with my dialect name.

Thanks a lot!! :)
okl

My Humble Quote #2

2005-04-04T00:46:00.000+08:00

"Be dedicate to what you do everyday, you will reap the harvest of the effort one day"

okl

Depreciation

2005-04-03T14:33:00.000+08:00

Look at the things we own, 99% most of them are depreciation items! Such items commonly found are tech gadgets like mp3 player,handphone...etc!

We should pay attention on how our money is spent and how to make our money grow! Click on MoneySense now.

While writing this blog, received news that His Holiness, Pope John Paul II has passed away at the age of 84.

我的爱人如花小姐。

2005-04-02T16:10:00.000+08:00

Such a gorgeous lady, I love you 如花!! Will you marry me?
Remember to catch my lover on every Sunday 9pm Channel 8!

ongkokleong.com

2005-04-02T15:08:00.000+08:00

You can access my blog using this url:
www.ongkokleong.com

A strange encounter with a boy

2005-04-01T09:50:00.000+08:00

12am plus, after watched last episode of Romance of 3 Kingdoms on Channel 8, I went off to bed. Was quite sleepy already so for not too long I fell off to sleep. Do not know for how long I had been sleeping, suddenly I open up my eyes(my head was facing on the right side) and saw a blurish image of a little boy wearing a polo tee with dark blue/white stripes infront of me and diminished in a few seconds. At that point of time, I thought it might be just hallusions.

But for now somehow I dont think it is hallusions...

李资政香港花旗银行领袖典范巡礼演讲

2005-03-31T23:10:00.000+08:00

李资政谈论主要关于中国和香港前特首董建华，和本国是否应该开设赌场的问题....

FAQs

2005-03-31T15:38:00.000+08:00

Last Updated: 4th April 05

Q: What does OT-OT stands for?
A: Own Time Own Target!

Q: When and Why it started?
A: It started in 4th Feb 05, see my first post. Under the inspiration of xiu, I started to blog during my final year project phase for the sake of killing time!

Q: Why your blog so boring/boliao?
A:

Thanks for your kindly support! :)

okl

Neck Exercise Part 1

2005-03-30T16:44:00.000+08:00

Easily feel tiring these days, i need to exericse, let's do it together. Follow my instructions:

(1) Stand straight , or sit straight
(2) Turn your head to the right, count to 10 secs, 1000,2000,3000,4000...10000
(3) Turn your head to the left, count to 10 secs again.
(4) Bring your head to front, look down to the floor.
(5) Slowly bring it backward and count to 10 secs.

okie, repeat this neck exericse daily in the morning, noon, and before you off to bed.

My Humble Quote #1

2005-03-28T21:40:00.000+08:00

"Life is full of choices, there is no an ideal answer, you have to be decisive.

okl

Funniest Friendster Award

2005-03-28T20:03:00.000+08:00

He definitely deserves this award!

Places To Travel

2005-03-28T15:20:00.000+08:00

It will be a great memorable trip to these places after graduate:
China - Shangri-La, Tibet

An alarm clock that hide

2005-03-25T14:18:00.000+08:00

I use my handphone as alarm clock, and sometimes i press that snooze button when i cant get up. The below mentioned clock is useful for people like me.

"When the alarm clock goes off and the snooze button is pressed, Clocky will roll off the bedside table and wheel away, bumping mindlessly into objects on the floor until it eventually finds a spot to rest. Minutes later, when the alarm sounds again, the sleeper must get up out of bed and search for Clocky. This ensures that the person is fully awake before turning it off. Small wheels that are concealed by Clocky's shag enable it to move and reposition itself, and an internal processor helps it find a new hiding spot every day."

DEVELOPED BY: Gauri Nanda, Research Associate, MIT Media Lab

Happy Good Friday

2005-03-24T20:55:00.000+08:00

haha! didnt know tomorrow is good friday, lucky my friend mentioned about it, else i would be waked up early in the morning and go for school.

Road to 27...

2005-03-23T23:22:00.000+08:00

I wish it is a very very long road, will never reach it...

Monday

2005-03-21T20:28:00.000+08:00

okie, never updates for sometime, here is my update for today. Had a plate of mee siam and a tempura chicken burger today during tea-break. The new tempura chicken burger taste not bad, yummy! Then went off at 4pm today to buy a new bolster. Very comfortable! And I had chicken porridge followed by burger again for dinner, 1 big Mac and 1 chicken and 1 fish !!

Update:
1 chicken burger again at 12am plus.

Transferring data from ot-ot.blogspot.com...

2005-03-19T21:01:00.000+08:00

Transferring.....

I want go start jogging again but....

2005-03-14T22:18:00.000+08:00

Those good old days when i used to jog everyday in the evening, but unfortunately my back having these slip disc problem for 2 years plus, still under recovering or will never be recovered.

Please have some mercy on me god, I have so many health problems already, please do not take away my last hope. Let my back fully recover and then I can jog, can run, can jump. Can go backpack as a photographer to Europe, Middle East, Great China.

Migraine

2005-03-13T20:42:00.000+08:00

Migraine strike me again, very bad over these 2 days. It is very important to have a good healthy body, the great happiness that money cant buy. So better take care your health, dont let illness become your life long partner. You dont want struggle through everyday in pain.

City life is a tragic?

2005-03-10T22:05:00.001+08:00

Few days ago, a man committed suicide with his family, wife , son and daughter. And before that was a 23 years old undergraduate who had "finished" her newborn baby. All these tragics are not new at all, few cases happened before too.

So I have this thought does this kind of tragic happen commonly in those third world countries? No, usually they died because of no food, no clean water, sickness, diseases and AIDS.

How I wish to stay away from city and live in the countryside. Free from stress, depress, worries...

Isommia

2005-03-09T19:53:00.000+08:00

I am dead tired, never really have a good sleep since last week. And worse thing is when I go to bed, i cant sleep at all! Been like that for few weeks! I think i really take in too much caffeine during day time!

OMG! Help me!

Q OR Q ?

2005-03-08T19:44:00.000+08:00

What is required to get a good grade for Final Year Project ? It need 2 Qs, Quality and Quantity. Quality work, it is understood but why quantity?

My supervisor told me there is quality in my work but lacks of quantity. Those "people" will question you if there is no quantity even it has quality.

But inorder for me to continue produce quality work i really need to put most of the time in it. If quality work time is cut down and put into quantity, the standard will defintely drop. So there is a need of balance between this 2 Qs.

But as a student, what I really would like to achieve is quality knowledge but not quantity knowledge. Quantity is for the sake of pleasing those people that I am not idling.

What do you think?

p/s: im not trying to tell you how good my project is!

Channel 8 9pm drama

2005-03-06T20:34:00.000+08:00

I dont enjoy watching those channel 8 cant act, bimbo type actress like the what....fiona xxx? If you cant act at least please dont try to act cute ma! Dont you guys agree with me?

But sometimes will watch the weekdays 9pm drama show. Because there are 2 actress that I love to see, Ms 陈松伶 and 芮恩.

A picture is worth more than a thousand words, so see the picture!

Rui En, would you like to be my girlfriend? I drive BMW....but i think she got suitors with Ferrari :(

j/k!

Poll - What do you think of me ?

2005-03-03T23:19:00.000+08:00

Sleepless Night

2005-03-03T22:52:00.000+08:00

Since last week till today havent been sleep well, feeling sleepy actually but dont know why cant fall into sleep.

Probably too much thoughts on my mind and too much NYP FJ's cappuccino.

SE K750i and W800i

2005-03-03T19:57:00.000+08:00

A picture is worth more than a thousand words. The new SE 2-megapixel camera phone!

W800i

K750i

Notice

2005-03-01T22:00:00.000+08:00

Sorry, author is having retreat until further notice.

otot.blog at gmail.com

何谓包容

2005-02-24T21:48:00.000+08:00

包容是人类的美德，不，它是人类最为宝贵的意识。包容是文明的标志、文明的成果，也是文明的成因。

每一个生物体，都是一个依赖"包容"创建起来的和谐的、有机的组织。从最低等的原始生物到作为万物之灵的人，任何生物体都由许多不同的物质成分、不同的元素"包容"而成。生物体要维持机体的正常运转，要维持其作为生命的存在，就一刻也不能没有"包容"。如果组成这个生物体的物质成分闹起"分裂"，等待这个生物体的就只有解体和死亡。"包容"是生命的根本机能。

对生物体如此，对社会组织也是如此。人类社会的任何组织，小至家庭，大至社会、国家，要和谐共存，都离不开这个"包容"的意识。人们的性格不同，个性各异，对事物的见解各各不同。如果缺少这个包容的意识，人人各执己见，见面只有争吵，哪里还能一起共事、创造和谐美好的生活呢？所以，"包容"也是社会组织存在和发展不可或缺的机能。

从人类历史来看，"包容"总是和繁荣、昌盛、进步联系在一起，而偏执、独断、专制总是和战争、不幸、灾难联系在一起。"百家争鸣"，乃有战国的学术繁荣："独尊儒术"，乃有刘汉以后的文化衰颓。大唐对异域文化的兼收并蓄，遂有盛唐文明辉耀千古；满清在外来文明前的闭关自守，终致近世中国的积贫积弱。北大在现代学术文化史上的崇高地位，奠基于蔡校长的"兼容并包"："十年浩劫"中文化学术上的万马齐喑，根源在"八个样板"的"一枝独秀"。

我以前的邻居是一对中年夫妇，带一个上中学的孩子，一家人原本生活得和和美美。我经常看见他们有说有笑地一起散步。曾几何时，这种和谐美满的气氛消失了。夫妇俩开始频繁吵架。我下班回家，经常不得不耐着性子欣赏隔壁的"战争交响乐"。家具的碰撞声、瓷器的碎裂声、男人的谩骂声、女人的嚎啕声、孩子的啜泣声，八音齐奏，此起彼伏。后来，男的带着孩子离开了，只剩了女人一个人。人整个儿变了，见天阴着脸，不哭不笑，似痴似呆，看了令人心碎。这是缺少"包容"而导致家庭解体的例子。

人类还远远没有学会"包容"。"9.11"以及随后的阿富汗战争、伊拉克战争……这些不幸的事实不断提醒我们，人类距离学会"包容"还有多远。也就是说，我们还远远没有低等的生物体"聪明"。

但是，为了和谐的生活，为了创造一个更加美好的世界，我们必须变得聪明，真正学会"包容"。

那么，怎样才能培养"包容"的意识呢？

"包容"，归根结底，根源于爱和理解。只有心中有爱，我们才能以同情的态度对待他人，才会充分尊重他人的立场和见解。只有爱，才能消除彼此的敌视、猜忌、误解，让不同民族、不同国家、不同文化的人们在这个世界上和谐共存。而爱的荒芜和消亡，将使最亲密的人彼此伤害、仇视以至兵戈相向，就像我的邻居一家。

作者：西渡

KOPI-O

2005-02-24T19:29:00.000+08:00

Had a cup of kopi-o at south(SEG) canteen today and my heart went breathless, legs and hands still trembling now. The caffeine cant be that strong, dont know why.

Updates:
diarrhoea 3 times tonight.

Getting Sick Again

2005-02-23T13:05:00.000+08:00

Hi,

Having flu this morning, going to get sick again i think. Quited smoking for nearly 2 years, out of the blue dont know why i missing it abit.

Why I have been so sick...

Happy Day

2005-02-22T18:28:00.000+08:00

Today woke up at 11pm and then went for hair cut. After that went to Tampines Mall to buy something. Then arrival in school at 3pm.

Oh yes, btw this is my new add in item the Canon EOS 350D for my wish lists.

I am down

2005-02-21T22:48:00.000+08:00

Today reached school at 9am, felt not well and went to food junction and bought 2 cans of Tonic drink to cool down. Probably because of the hot weather. Then at 12pm, I called up my supervisior to ask for half day off, and he approved.

Million Dollar Baby

2005-02-20T02:53:00.000+08:00

Today morning while reading newspaper, came across this movie review on Million Dollar Baby, the writer gave a 4.5 stars rating overall and so i decied to watch it.

After watched it and reached back home at 2:30 am plus, i switched on my PC and started to write this blog.(I set the Million Dollar Baby movie poster as my wallpaper too!) I just cant wait to tell you all how good(story,picture) this movie is!! Boys and girls(emotional girl pls dont watch it due some disturbance scene) must go and watch! This is defintely another excellent piece of artwork by Clint Eastwood after Mystic River

And 2 others movies to catch this month are Hide And Seek and A Very Long Engagement(French).

I Got A New PC

2005-02-19T02:24:00.000+08:00

Today finally received the Starhub Maxonline 3600 promotion PC, a Compaq Intel Celeron 2.56 Ghz, MSI motherboard, Samsung 256mb 400MHZ DDR Ram, 40GB 5400rpm Samsung hard drive, 48x Samsung cdrom, Intel Integrated Extreme Graphic 64mb shared dynamic memory and a 17" CRT monitor with JLB speakers, ps/2 scroller mouse and keyboard. The pre-install original XP Home edition was rather slow, so I formatted the hd and install the Microsoft Windows XP Pro edition. Much faster after that.

Best part is I dont hear any more hd spinning sound!

Google AdSense

2005-02-18T23:17:00.000+08:00

Hi boys and girls,

You must have noticed there are 2 new features in this blog. Yes, it is Google AdSense and Google Search. I earn few cents when visitor clicks on the sponsored links. And I have already earned USD$0.30 or SGD$0.50 just after i added into my blog few hours ago.

So boys and girls please click on the links everytime you visit my blog! So i can have an extra cup of Coffee-O in school's Food Junction.

Thank you so much.

Tag-Board Down

2005-02-17T19:27:00.000+08:00

I watched the movie Black Hawk Down, quite a nice war movie. But today my Tag-Board is down too. And many of my supporters are very disappointed because they got so much message to leave behind for me to read. Boys and girls dont be too sad okie! I love you all!!

And this morning i recived a call claimed that i won a lucky draw, 1 week free stay in any 5 stars hotel in Thailand. But must spend 1 hour to visit what exhibition at Delphi Orchard then can collect the prize. 哈哈哈, think i so easy to be tricked huh?!

我看起来有点傻可是我不呆！！

我爱你们！！

谢谢
阿怪

玉皇大帝

2005-02-17T01:04:00.001+08:00

今天是玉皇大帝的寿旦，我祝大帝生日快乐。
请大帝赐我一家大小兴福快乐，身体安康，顺顺利利，天下太平！
还有。。。发大财!!

拜完了我可有烤猪吃哦！！

Slow Yahoo! Mail

2005-02-14T22:23:00.000+08:00

Anyone experiencing slow connection to SG Yahoo Mail server ?

Happy Valentine's Day

2005-02-14T01:24:00.000+08:00

no.life wishes all his supporters a very Happy Valentine's Day.

48th World Press Photo contest

2005-02-14T00:58:00.000+08:00

Picking up photography if i manage to save enough money to buy a Digital SLR camera. See my wish lists below!

My Favourite Web Brower

2005-02-12T14:52:00.000+08:00

Been using Firefox for the past 3 months, I would say it is defintely a better web browser than Internet Explorer. Of all of the features i like most is the ability to open up new 'Tab' windows in a single browser. So your windows taskbar will not be populated with so many new open windows like in IE.

Strongly Recommended.

My Heroine

2005-02-09T13:45:00.000+08:00

Today morning i came across a news about this 28 years old English girl, Ellen MacArthur, completed her solo sailing, fastest in the world record. Greatly admire her courage and dare to dream spirit, I salute to her and she shall be my heroine.

My Reunion Dinner

2005-02-08T18:01:00.000+08:00

Today is Lunar New Year eve, everyone is enjoying their reunion dinner, so am I. And my dishes are:

(1) Cold Curry Chicken
(2) Cold Curry Vegtables.
(3) Cold Fried Chicken Wings
(4) Cold Fried Rice
(5) Cold Fried Mee

And i was eating alone.....what a cold new year eve.

Q&A

2005-02-06T15:24:00.000+08:00

Q: 0707 sure open or not??

A: OT-OT, O = 0 , T = 七 and it is year of rooster(鸡).

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