I don't know that people called them that, even though they appear very frequently in my words. It is a happy thing to know that they exist and they are legitimate, even though warnings are given to people who deal with them. Potentially, they become bad stains to your writing. Here are some comments on noun strings:
From
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/bajaffee/SAS90B/Course%20Content/Grammar%20Syllabus/nouns%20as%20adjectives.htm
Nouns as adjectives
====================
Some authors advise against using nouns as adjectives, but consider the following example, where the first two words are nouns functioning as adjectives:
(a) Plant disease diagnosis requires both traditional and new techniques.
To avoid using the nouns as adjectives, you would need to add two prepositional phrases:
(b) The diagnosis of diseases of plants requires both traditional and new techniques.
How do you decide which is better? As always, use your ear (listen for rhythm or its absence) and most importantly, consider your reader. I would use (a) because the noun string isn't difficult to understand and doesn't wring the rhythm from the sentence, whereas the repetitive start of (b) The diagnosis/ of diseases /of plants/ is deadening. A third version would be fine:
(c) The diagnosis of plant disease requires both traditional and new techniques.
Now let's use a longer string of nouns as adjectives:
(d) Plant disease diagnosis technology has become sophisticated.
Your ear and brain should tell you that something is wrong with (d). When too many nouns are strung together as adjectives, the reader must wait too long to understand how the nouns are functioning. There is also a consonance problem (disease diagnosis technology).
I would revise (d) to (e) but not to (f):
(e) The technology of plant disease diagnosis has become sophisticated.
(f) The technology of the diagnosis of diseases of plants has become sophisticated.
In the following example (g), note how the excessive use of nouns as adjectives complements a static writing style:
(g) Earthworm burrow construction information has increased our understanding of soil stable aggregate formation.
Rather than resorting to prepositions, I would find an actor and action.
(h) By studying how earthworms construct burrows, we better understand how stable aggregates form.
From
http://www.designsensory.com/pws/lesson5/index.html
Unraveling Adjective-Noun Strings, Reducing Preposition Sprawl
A problem closely related to excessive use of jargon is excessive use of "adjective-noun strings"--that is, long strings of words that stack up in an attempt to modify a single word. These strings are common in science, technology, industry, and government. But that doesn't make them good professional style. They may sound impressive (if you allow yourself to be impressed by that sort of thing), but they are hard to decipher and are therefore bad style.
Here's a fairly simple example:
employee compensation level evaluation procedures
Tell the truth: didn't your brain stick and sputter over that phrase a couple times before you grasped its meaning? I'd have made your reading task easier if I'd written:
procedures for evaluating the compensation level of employees
Now unravel this string:
military trainee firing range regulations orientation manual
You should have come up with something like:
manual for orienting trainees to the regulations of a military firing range
The fundamental technique for unraveling adjective-noun strings is to read them backwards and break them into smaller modifying units, using prepositional phrases and sometime entire clauses. However, using this reversal technique doesn't mean that you always reverse the exact word order represented in the adjective-noun string, as you'll see in Exercise 1. Still, for many adjective-noun strings, a straight back-to-front flip (peppered with a few prepositions and articles) is all that's needed:
building radon source location method
We know the writer is telling us about some kind of method. A method for locating something. Locating what? The source of something. The source of what? Radon. What kind of radon? Radon in buildings. So, flipping the adjective-noun string front to back, we get:
method for locating the source of radon in buildings
Much easier to read, don't you agree?
Another technique for unraveling adjective-noun strings is to hyphenate chunks in the strings to show better modification: "Oil bearing shale deposits" becomes "oil-bearing shale deposits," lest your reader think you mean: "oil that bears shale deposits." There's a big difference between a man-eating shark and a man eating shark.
Remember, the rule is to hyphenate bundles of modifying words when they fall before the word they modify: "a pea-green boat" versus "a boat that was pea green."
You may argue that the first versions in all these examples are shorter than the second; am I not violating my own principle of "fat trimming"? Shouldn't professional communications be as brief as possible? Well, yes and no. Certainly, they should get the job done with as much economy, power, and persuasiveness as possible. But what IS the job? Saving space on paper or on a computer screen? No! The job is always to supply the reader's needs, and/or accomplish your persuasive purpose, while exhausting a minimum of the reader's mental energy.
True, in the previous four units I've urged you to use active voice, denominalize, trim fat, and reduce jargon, all of which tend to reduce sentence length at the same time they make sentences easier to read and information easier to assimilate and remember. But with unraveling adjective-noun strings, the task of making sentences easier to read happens to increase sentence length a little. Don't worry about that. I repeat: your goal as a communicator should be to supply the reader's needs, and/or accomplish your persuasive purpose, while exhausting a minimum of the reader's mental energy.
This is not a new idea. Over a century ago, Herbert Spencer argued this idea persuasively in an essay entitled "The Philosophy of Style." In that essay, Spencer points out that the more energy a reader must expend in wrestling with the form of a communication, the less energy he has available to expend upon its content. Conversely, the less mental energy he must expend in grappling with a communication's form, the more he'll have available to devote to its content. You definitely want the folks reading your communications to fall into category "B."
Why do adjective-noun strings exhaust so much of the reader's mental energy? Precisely because such strings pack nouns and modifiers together like figs and nuts, without doing enough to show us the relationship between the parts; consequently, they leave the reader to do the work of unpacking and sorting.
The other good reason to break up long adjective-noun strings is that they are often ambiguous, as we saw in the example of "man eating shark" and "oil bearing shale."
Let's deal with the following adjective-noun string in its full sentence context:
New motorcycle motor durability equipment tests are being performed by engineers.
This could mean:
Engineers are using new equipment to test the durability of motorcycle motors,
or:
Engineers are performing new tests on the equipment that makes motorcycle motors durable,
or:
Engineers are performing tests on the equipment that checks the durability of new motorcycle motors,
--or several other things. Often, if you are editing (or simply reading) the prose of another professional who is prone to express himself in adjective-noun strings, you will have to ask for clarification.
Very well! Let's see how you do at unraveling the following adjective-noun strings. As always, type your answer before looking at mine.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
To Stay and To leave
I believe end of the day. I will leave.
To me, freedom is all I could have. Born poor is something hard to change. Mind free is the only property that I own. Not anyone should take it from me.
The government and the governed. Well said, when the ministers can raise their own salaries without much debate, without any road block from the opposition, the future is clear that - you prosper if you are a Scholar now.
I wonder what does it mean to be a politician here. If you don't have any political rights. You don't debate. You execute whatever from the top to the down. You said you do not have much error margin to experiment with. Yes, I do agree.
And that's why I have to decide. End of the day, I can not see myself not suffering under the future policies. The future rules that say: you worker class, strive as hard as cows so that you could live in one room flat and eat at coffee shops with stinking old uncles (by the time, you are one of them). Obey whatever the elistists tell you. We the elitists in return, make sure you will survive although in a shameful way.
To me, freedom is all I could have. Born poor is something hard to change. Mind free is the only property that I own. Not anyone should take it from me.
The government and the governed. Well said, when the ministers can raise their own salaries without much debate, without any road block from the opposition, the future is clear that - you prosper if you are a Scholar now.
I wonder what does it mean to be a politician here. If you don't have any political rights. You don't debate. You execute whatever from the top to the down. You said you do not have much error margin to experiment with. Yes, I do agree.
And that's why I have to decide. End of the day, I can not see myself not suffering under the future policies. The future rules that say: you worker class, strive as hard as cows so that you could live in one room flat and eat at coffee shops with stinking old uncles (by the time, you are one of them). Obey whatever the elistists tell you. We the elitists in return, make sure you will survive although in a shameful way.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Home - Think of home lyrics
Home (Think of home) - diana ross - the wits
When I think of home
I think of a place where theres love overflowing
I wish I was home
I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing
Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning
Suddenly the snowflakes that fall have a meaning
Sprinkling the scene, makes it all clean
Maybe theres a chance for me to go back there
Now that I have some direction
It would sure be nice to be back home
Where theres love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend, let me start again
Suddenly my world has changed its face
But I still know where I'm going
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet I've watched it growing
If you're listning god
Please dont make it hard to know
If we should believe in the things that we see
Tell us, should we run away
Should we try and stay
Or would it be better just to let things be?
Living here, in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it taught me to love
So its real, real to me
And I've learned
That we must look inside our hearts
To find a world full of love
Like yours
Like me
When I think of home
I think of a place where theres love overflowing
I wish I was home
I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing
Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning
Suddenly the snowflakes that fall have a meaning
Sprinkling the scene, makes it all clean
Maybe theres a chance for me to go back there
Now that I have some direction
It would sure be nice to be back home
Where theres love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
Time be my friend, let me start again
Suddenly my world has changed its face
But I still know where I'm going
I have had my mind spun around in space
And yet I've watched it growing
If you're listning god
Please dont make it hard to know
If we should believe in the things that we see
Tell us, should we run away
Should we try and stay
Or would it be better just to let things be?
Living here, in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it taught me to love
So its real, real to me
And I've learned
That we must look inside our hearts
To find a world full of love
Like yours
Like me
Sunday, January 21, 2007
scene from roof top
The pictures are buried in my cell phone for many many years. The first was taken at the line (queue) for the entrance to a book sales. The crowd were just enormous. It was quite surprising for I never expected people here like books that much. Sometimes, it make me think that the price reduction is the main reason for the big crowd. Vividly remember they were people who asked their maid to wait in the line, while they sat some where else.It is sorry to see that but the fact is no one feel awkwared about it here. That itself is something awful.
The second and third pictures was taken from the rooftop of vivo city. Not knowing if the shallow water pool was meant for playful kids or merely a decoration, I was annoyed to see even family picnics took place there.
May be the citizens have gone of out place to plan their picnics at weekend. Bravo to the planner of vivo city who come out with such idea to attract the shoppers.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Testing from the live!
It is till the end of life of windows XP and many other matters. Including my life too may be. I wonder if this tool is going to give us new life.. Or may be it is going to made us miserable.
Life if short. Microsoft is clever enought to sing about it and provide the elixir.
To try out the feature, you have really have to click on link that are available on the live! webpage . The google will never return the correct link if you enter "microsoft live". They are rivals .. again officially.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
What a ODBD connection strings look like :
http://www.asp101.com/articles/john/connstring/default.asp
How To Handle Multiple Results by Using the DataReader in Visual C# .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;311274
Connecting to MySQL database from your .NET applications -- introducing two methods.
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/ConnectMySQL.asp
Typed SQLDataReader
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/SmartReader.asp
ASP.NET: Accessing Data with C#
http://www.exforsys.com/content/view/1341/266/
MySQL 5 C# sample code using ObjectDataSources
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/MySQLCsharp.asp
Another way of connection in C#
Well I'm assuming you need to know how to use MySQL with C# in general so I'll post this...
I personally use the MySQL.DataClient when using MySQL with .NET so I'll post that, though there are other options, just google .NET and MySQL.
You can download them from:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/1.0.html
Code:
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
Connection string...
private string connectionString = "Server=localhost;Database=yourtable;User ID=youruser;Password=yourpw;Pooling=false";
Main body...
MySqlConnection MySqlConn = new MySqlConnection(connectionString);
MySqlConn.Open();
MySqlCommand MySqlCmd = MySqlConn.CreateCommand();
MySqlCmd.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(field) FROM table";
try
{
MySqlDataReader MySqlRead = MySqlCmd.ExecuteReader();
while (MySqlRead.Read())
{
Console.Write(MySqlRead.GetString(0));
}
MySqlRead.Close();
MySqlRead = null;
}
catch (MySqlException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
finally
{
MySqlConn.Close();
MySqlConn = null;
}
MySqlConn.Open();
MySqlCommand MySqlCmd = MySqlConn.CreateCommand();
MySqlCmd.CommandText = "SELECT MAX(field) FROM table";
try
{
MySqlDataReader MySqlRead = MySqlCmd.ExecuteReader();
while (MySqlRead.Read())
{
Console.Write(MySqlRead.GetString(0));
}
MySqlRead.Close();
MySqlRead = null;
}
catch (MySqlException e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
finally
{
MySqlConn.Close();
MySqlConn = null;
}
Another Example from
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Microsoft.Data.Odbc;
namespace myApplication
{
///
/// Summary description for WebForm1.
///
public class WebForm1 : Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button myButton;
public void butClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string dbConnect; //Defines how we connect to MySQL
int count = 0; //Cycle through Records
OdbcConnection DB; //The MySQL Connection
OdbcCommand query; //The Query We Send
OdbcDataReader reader; // How we read the records
dbConnect = "driver={mysql ODBC 3.51 driver};server=localhost;port=3306;database=aspwork;uid=localhost;"; //Define how we connect
DB = new OdbcConnection( dbConnect ); //Define our connection
DB.Open(); //Open our connection
query = new OdbcCommand( "select * from testtable", DB );//Define our query
reader = query.ExecuteReader();//Execute the query
while( reader.Read() )//While we can read, read.
{
Response.Write( reader.GetString( count ) );//Write results
count++;//Increment our counter.
}
reader.Close();//Close our reader
DB.Close();//Close our connection
}
}
}
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.SessionState;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using Microsoft.Data.Odbc;
namespace myApplication
{
///
/// Summary description for WebForm1.
///
public class WebForm1 : Page
{
protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button myButton;
public void butClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string dbConnect; //Defines how we connect to MySQL
int count = 0; //Cycle through Records
OdbcConnection DB; //The MySQL Connection
OdbcCommand query; //The Query We Send
OdbcDataReader reader; // How we read the records
dbConnect = "driver={mysql ODBC 3.51 driver};server=localhost;port=3306;database=aspwork;uid=localhost;"; //Define how we connect
DB = new OdbcConnection( dbConnect ); //Define our connection
DB.Open(); //Open our connection
query = new OdbcCommand( "select * from testtable", DB );//Define our query
reader = query.ExecuteReader();//Execute the query
while( reader.Read() )//While we can read, read.
{
Response.Write( reader.GetString( count ) );//Write results
count++;//Increment our counter.
}
reader.Close();//Close our reader
DB.Close();//Close our connection
}
}
}
Monday, June 26, 2006
some link about management and quality
NASA 100 Lessons Learned for Project Managers
http://appl.nasa.gov/ask/issues/14/practices/ask14_lessons_madden.html
http://www.altisinc.com/Links/100_Rules.html
Quality management
http://www.skymark.com/resources/refhome.asp
http://appl.nasa.gov/ask/issues/14/practices/ask14_lessons_madden.html
http://www.altisinc.com/Links/100_Rules.html
Quality management
http://www.skymark.com/resources/refhome.asp
Friday, June 09, 2006
Not so common afterall
Common sense - not so common after all
When I passed by the corridor .. A worker was fixing the electric lining of the lights. He was on a portable ladder and holding a electrical drill. The floor was scatter with pieces of dirts and paint fallling from the wall. Surprisingly, there is not warning sign located around the work area. Instinctly, I moved away from there.
Just then, a small kid, happily walking through the work area and couldn't help to stop and watch for a while. While the drill was still operating, I was worried what would happen to him if that gadget fell on his little head. His face may not be as cute as used to be.
It is to me common sense. Walk away from construction area, avoid the work area, move away from the workers who are doing the lawn. The new generation seems to forget about the danger. They are not educated to that.
You could blame some other party for not setting up the warning sign. End of the day, the consequence is irreversible and the regret is on your own.
And then, I can't help but wonder.. when we say common sense. It is not so common after all. It change with geography , with time and may be with people. There is nothing to rely on, when it come to common sense. The only common sense that you could believe is, common sense change.
When I passed by the corridor .. A worker was fixing the electric lining of the lights. He was on a portable ladder and holding a electrical drill. The floor was scatter with pieces of dirts and paint fallling from the wall. Surprisingly, there is not warning sign located around the work area. Instinctly, I moved away from there.
Just then, a small kid, happily walking through the work area and couldn't help to stop and watch for a while. While the drill was still operating, I was worried what would happen to him if that gadget fell on his little head. His face may not be as cute as used to be.
It is to me common sense. Walk away from construction area, avoid the work area, move away from the workers who are doing the lawn. The new generation seems to forget about the danger. They are not educated to that.
You could blame some other party for not setting up the warning sign. End of the day, the consequence is irreversible and the regret is on your own.
And then, I can't help but wonder.. when we say common sense. It is not so common after all. It change with geography , with time and may be with people. There is nothing to rely on, when it come to common sense. The only common sense that you could believe is, common sense change.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Letter for vandetta
Letter to vandetta
hi vandetta,
I think I miss you. Simply as a friend. I think what I need is just a listener. You don't have to approve on what you heard. I need the nodding once in a while to signifiy that you have heard. Yes, I need to pour out a bit of the contents in the bottom brain (heart) .. so that it won't be overflow.
Has it been a rough week. Full of tension, expectation, frustration and hope. Met with evil persons (collegues ) and met with kind angels (strangers). The good and the bad are not necessary as what you expected. The good and the bad give you the biggest impact while you were on these big emotional ride.
I am moving slowly, with little tiny hope towards the exit. Which still seem a very far far distance away. I am working / procrastinating towards the end. During the process, not wanting to lose everything, I am trying very hard to grab on different things. The exercise, the reading and my work.
Do I have enough hands to hold on them. I wonder. I need to tell myself . I will be fine.
hi vandetta,
I think I miss you. Simply as a friend. I think what I need is just a listener. You don't have to approve on what you heard. I need the nodding once in a while to signifiy that you have heard. Yes, I need to pour out a bit of the contents in the bottom brain (heart) .. so that it won't be overflow.
Has it been a rough week. Full of tension, expectation, frustration and hope. Met with evil persons (collegues ) and met with kind angels (strangers). The good and the bad are not necessary as what you expected. The good and the bad give you the biggest impact while you were on these big emotional ride.
I am moving slowly, with little tiny hope towards the exit. Which still seem a very far far distance away. I am working / procrastinating towards the end. During the process, not wanting to lose everything, I am trying very hard to grab on different things. The exercise, the reading and my work.
Do I have enough hands to hold on them. I wonder. I need to tell myself . I will be fine.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
More on food
Wonder what good food is? Wonder what good drink is? I tell you what good place to drink though. Here are two dreamy places that I will always remember sipping my coffee there.
Just quiet and cosy place to relax and indulge in the cafein sin.
The mornin sin
The evening sin
Just quiet and cosy place to relax and indulge in the cafein sin.
The mornin sin
The evening sin
find out the difference
Find out the difference between the thow pictures ?
Just would like to remember this special curry bun meal. Bought at narita airport, about 9 USD per meal. (you don't think japan is cheap don't you). The curry is not spicy at all, although you can see some of the visitors were having difficult time to deal with it.
Sometimes, when we are on the road, we tend to move out of our comfort zone. The outside world, spurs up our adventurous spirit making everyone a hero. I wonder are all the pilots feel the same way whenever they fly to a new place. You just have to be more courageous and bold to experience the culture.
Yet, with globalisation waves flooding the whole world, one can always find goods that origine from thousands of miles away. (ignore the fact that Africa is part of the world ). It is quite stupid to try new thing at new place and put yourself out there for humiliation. What I am saying is, you don' t have any excuse to explain your ignorance to others culture, because we are one world now.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Ten ways that you could be longed
Ten ways that you could be longed
1. longing - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
2. yearning - A persistent, often wistful or melancholy desire; a longing: a yearning for romance and adventure.
3. desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
4. hankering, yen - a yearning for something or to do something
5. pining - a feeling of deep longing
6. wishfulness - an unrealistic yearning
7. wistfulness - a sadly pensive longing
8. nostalgia - longing for something past
9. discontent, discontentedness, discontentment - a longing for something better than the present situation
10. miss - feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
regret - feel sad about the loss or absence of
desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room.
yearn - desire strongly or persistently
1. yearn - hanker, long
you can yearn by
pine, yen, yearn, ache, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
2. yearn - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
you can yearn by
pine, yen, ache, languish
die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
3. yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for
you can yearn by
cherish, hold dear, treasure, care for - be fond of; be attached to
1. longing - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
2. yearning - A persistent, often wistful or melancholy desire; a longing: a yearning for romance and adventure.
3. desire - the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
4. hankering, yen - a yearning for something or to do something
5. pining - a feeling of deep longing
6. wishfulness - an unrealistic yearning
7. wistfulness - a sadly pensive longing
8. nostalgia - longing for something past
9. discontent, discontentedness, discontentment - a longing for something better than the present situation
10. miss - feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
regret - feel sad about the loss or absence of
desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room.
yearn - desire strongly or persistently
1. yearn - hanker, long
you can yearn by
pine, yen, yearn, ache, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
2. yearn - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
you can yearn by
pine, yen, ache, languish
die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave"
hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
3. yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for
you can yearn by
cherish, hold dear, treasure, care for - be fond of; be attached to
Saturday, May 06, 2006
hougang horrible yet the best
Never thought of there is such scene in Singapore.
When I was amazed by HongKong people spirit to walk out for their rights, I always believe that no such thing in singapore. However, these pictures prove me wrong. Even that it could be temporary hype factor because of election hit, it is still a WoW to me. Singaporeans (in most case ) earn my respect today.
source
http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/
When I was amazed by HongKong people spirit to walk out for their rights, I always believe that no such thing in singapore. However, these pictures prove me wrong. Even that it could be temporary hype factor because of election hit, it is still a WoW to me. Singaporeans (in most case ) earn my respect today.
source
http://singaporeelection.blogspot.com/
Saturday, April 29, 2006
story teller
You got have good story to tell... of course. The story line must be new and exciting or painful or extremely unique so that no one would ever forget.. May be what I am saying is that it is what a story is all about. Else it should not be a story at all.
Although, looking through my own story, which I really mean the blogs that I have rubbished. I realized that some are horribly boring just like the person who wrote it. Exactly, who would want to read such tasteless expression.
There are yet some good (adjective: interesting, invigorating) one. It is quite obvious that, if the story was told to others, it sound nicer ( adjective : pleasant ) than the one that only me talking to myself.
Don't you think so ?
Therefore, I am very pleased to announce that -- a good story teller must always only tell the story to others but not to himself/herself.
Somehow, remember those were the days where I have writen tons and tons of essays and compositions for examination preparation. In many languages and in many genre, they are. Argumentative, narrative, descriptive ( although limited to adjective such as : good, nice , pleasant and pretty ) .. you name it. The good-essay need to have certain quality. I just can not remember all of them. And also, If I could, I may not be able to reproduce what I have written now. Ultimately, time has changed, mind is gone. Mentally, I could never be the myself in 17 again.
If day allows, it is endearing to read them back. I wish the special afternoon will realize in future.
Although, looking through my own story, which I really mean the blogs that I have rubbished. I realized that some are horribly boring just like the person who wrote it. Exactly, who would want to read such tasteless expression.
There are yet some good (adjective: interesting, invigorating) one. It is quite obvious that, if the story was told to others, it sound nicer ( adjective : pleasant ) than the one that only me talking to myself.
Don't you think so ?
Therefore, I am very pleased to announce that -- a good story teller must always only tell the story to others but not to himself/herself.
Somehow, remember those were the days where I have writen tons and tons of essays and compositions for examination preparation. In many languages and in many genre, they are. Argumentative, narrative, descriptive ( although limited to adjective such as : good, nice , pleasant and pretty ) .. you name it. The good-essay need to have certain quality. I just can not remember all of them. And also, If I could, I may not be able to reproduce what I have written now. Ultimately, time has changed, mind is gone. Mentally, I could never be the myself in 17 again.
If day allows, it is endearing to read them back. I wish the special afternoon will realize in future.
Friday, April 21, 2006
words in third summer ep 2
The tumult had brought with it a certain strange exuberance, a feeling of living more extravagantly than ever before.
valia turned around somewhat belligerently, obviously feeling carmen's eyes on the back of her uncoiffed heed.
tartly
valia turned around somewhat belligerently, obviously feeling carmen's eyes on the back of her uncoiffed heed.
tartly
words in third summer ep1
guzzle - to consume to excess
voyage - A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially sea
intertwine - to join or become joined by twining together
grumpily - asked grumpily - peevishly - surly - discontented
elm - Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus, characteristically having arching or curving branches and serrate leaves with asymmetrical bases. Elms are widely planted as shade trees.
dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous , desperate
culmination- To come to completion
cheek pressed together,
wrinkle - A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
heave of flesh
demise - death
egregiously bad dance music - enormously; shamefully (bad dance music)
ceremonial - ppropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
daunted - discouraged
flipped and flopped
hiatus , a brief hiatus - short break, pause, aperture
taxidermy - The art or operation of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state
jauntily midstep - Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk
pedestal - A support or foundation
brass - alloy of zinc and copper
mystified,
gestured towards -
clammy - damn , colol , unpleasant -
utterly - completely
perplexed - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense;
blurted it out - utter implusively
preposterousness - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
eerrily - nspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
rumple of consternation - rumple of fear resulting from the awareness of danger
bread crumbs
dwell on it - delay
subtly (resisted) - So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive
source of agony - The struggle that precedes death.
spocking on -
unquenchable - Impossible to slake or satisfy. e.g. unquenchable hope
cleavage - The act of splitting or cleaving; a fissure or division.
kohl - a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
dork - foolish people
hideous - Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly
stupefaction - The state of being stupefied
glamour jock - jock is athletes
flew under - fly under
fray - dispute / contest
primping date - To dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail.
finery - Elaborate adornment, especially fine clothing and accessories.
gussied - To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish
skittish - Moving quickly and lightly; lively.
equidistant
old sensation of a wind blowing through her midn. alternately hot and sultry, then cold and bracing. and when the wind subsided, she realized that the friendship, as it had been, was gone.
someday somebody's going to ask you a question that you should say yes to -
solace - Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation. source of solace
shivery feeling - trembling
meager - deficient in quantity
hammy - Marked or characterized by overacting; affectedly humorous or dramatic.
skip to the crux of matter
stiffen her spine to mount a vivid defense
unwavering - marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
gaze
arching eyebrows -
monumental - Of outstanding significance:, astounding.
voyage - A long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially sea
intertwine - to join or become joined by twining together
grumpily - asked grumpily - peevishly - surly - discontented
elm - Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Ulmus, characteristically having arching or curving branches and serrate leaves with asymmetrical bases. Elms are widely planted as shade trees.
dire - Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous , desperate
culmination- To come to completion
cheek pressed together,
wrinkle - A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.
heave of flesh
demise - death
egregiously bad dance music - enormously; shamefully (bad dance music)
ceremonial - ppropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual.
daunted - discouraged
flipped and flopped
hiatus , a brief hiatus - short break, pause, aperture
taxidermy - The art or operation of preparing, stuffing, and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state
jauntily midstep - Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk
pedestal - A support or foundation
brass - alloy of zinc and copper
mystified,
gestured towards -
clammy - damn , colol , unpleasant -
utterly - completely
perplexed - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense;
blurted it out - utter implusively
preposterousness - Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
eerrily - nspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening.
rumple of consternation - rumple of fear resulting from the awareness of danger
bread crumbs
dwell on it - delay
subtly (resisted) - So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive
source of agony - The struggle that precedes death.
spocking on -
unquenchable - Impossible to slake or satisfy. e.g. unquenchable hope
cleavage - The act of splitting or cleaving; a fissure or division.
kohl - a cosmetic preparation used by women in Egypt and Arabia to darken the edges of their eyelids
dork - foolish people
hideous - Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly
stupefaction - The state of being stupefied
glamour jock - jock is athletes
flew under - fly under
fray - dispute / contest
primping date - To dress or groom (oneself) with meticulous or excessive attention to detail.
finery - Elaborate adornment, especially fine clothing and accessories.
gussied - To dress or decorate elaborately; adorn or embellish
skittish - Moving quickly and lightly; lively.
equidistant
old sensation of a wind blowing through her midn. alternately hot and sultry, then cold and bracing. and when the wind subsided, she realized that the friendship, as it had been, was gone.
someday somebody's going to ask you a question that you should say yes to -
solace - Comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or distress; consolation. source of solace
shivery feeling - trembling
meager - deficient in quantity
hammy - Marked or characterized by overacting; affectedly humorous or dramatic.
skip to the crux of matter
stiffen her spine to mount a vivid defense
unwavering - marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
gaze
arching eyebrows -
monumental - Of outstanding significance:, astounding.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
learning chinese words the english way.
降半旗 source half ride
骂人 horse man ( hokkien )
不三不四 not three not four
以鹅传鹅 chair goose boat goose
实事求是 ten yes ball yes
骂人 horse man ( hokkien )
不三不四 not three not four
以鹅传鹅 chair goose boat goose
实事求是 ten yes ball yes
Saturday, April 15, 2006
30 mins and 24 hours
It sometimes strike me if I begin to compute the time we spend for transportation.
The distance of less than 1 km would take as much as 3o0 minutes to commute. One major reason is the unpredictable public transport schedule and moderate distance involved. Although categorized as high quality public transport, it does not eliminate the fact that "waiting" is just part of it.
The detail composition of a bus ride, would consist of the walking distance from source to the first bus stop, then the waiting time of the bus stop. When the bus start to move, then you see waiting time in front of traffic lights, waiting time of pedestrian way, boarding and alighting of passengers at every bus stop and finally arriving at the last bus stop. Wait a minute, that's not the end of it. Usually you still have to walk a short distance to the final destination.
Taking into all the consideration, it is apparent that why a short 1 km ride can end up as long as 30 minutes. We have not mentioned about the rainy day effect, traffic jam at peak hours. And we are still talking about 1 leg ride. In many occasion, the passenger have to transfer to another service ( or more than 1 ) before arriving at destination. Oh my god.
Now, you may argue that: driving on your own will take similar time. What I am trying to say is, in your own vehicle you have a private space that somehow is very comfortable, cosy , with your own genre of music on radio, and most importantly a guranteed place to sit. No one will pick his nose in front of you, no one shout at the cell phone, and no smelly dirty freaks besides you.. and definitely no other people sneezing behind you ( that's is creepy ). Also you have storage to keep all the luggage and hand-carry. If you are lucky you have favourite beverage just at the reach of your left hand.
So, imagine the time we spend of transport every day. I wish god bless us all with less painful transportation. I wish scientist bless us with the transporter in those science fic. movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation
The distance of less than 1 km would take as much as 3o0 minutes to commute. One major reason is the unpredictable public transport schedule and moderate distance involved. Although categorized as high quality public transport, it does not eliminate the fact that "waiting" is just part of it.
The detail composition of a bus ride, would consist of the walking distance from source to the first bus stop, then the waiting time of the bus stop. When the bus start to move, then you see waiting time in front of traffic lights, waiting time of pedestrian way, boarding and alighting of passengers at every bus stop and finally arriving at the last bus stop. Wait a minute, that's not the end of it. Usually you still have to walk a short distance to the final destination.
Taking into all the consideration, it is apparent that why a short 1 km ride can end up as long as 30 minutes. We have not mentioned about the rainy day effect, traffic jam at peak hours. And we are still talking about 1 leg ride. In many occasion, the passenger have to transfer to another service ( or more than 1 ) before arriving at destination. Oh my god.
Now, you may argue that: driving on your own will take similar time. What I am trying to say is, in your own vehicle you have a private space that somehow is very comfortable, cosy , with your own genre of music on radio, and most importantly a guranteed place to sit. No one will pick his nose in front of you, no one shout at the cell phone, and no smelly dirty freaks besides you.. and definitely no other people sneezing behind you ( that's is creepy ). Also you have storage to keep all the luggage and hand-carry. If you are lucky you have favourite beverage just at the reach of your left hand.
So, imagine the time we spend of transport every day. I wish god bless us all with less painful transportation. I wish scientist bless us with the transporter in those science fic. movie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleportation
Thursday, April 13, 2006
blink and blink continue..
More on the "blink "
5 - Paul van riper's big victory - about a general retired from vietnam war. who has the gifted sense of ad-hoc situation during war. he defeated the opponent side which has very affluent information about everything in the war. Yet, the information seems to be too overloading to digest even with a "expert system" computer .
Another example is the cook hospital in chicago. the use of computer recognition problem mine the rule - found three criterias are the most relevant to critical cardio problem when the patients have chest pain. Text processing on one side of the brain can over-shadow the functionality of the other side of the brain that manage image. So it is good to break down the task separately.
6 - Kenna's dilemma - the right and worng way to ask people what they want.
--> pepsi challege with short sip is different from long drink time. package is many ways important.
--> why disney mickey has glove.. otherwise no one loves him with the claw out .
--> aeron chair -- the allen chair. - when the product is revolutionary.. can not rely on history data.
-- with really really a lot of experience. might be able to expose the locked door..
what a reverse statment to make. -- when it is working, attribute it to inner locked door. and always has a way to explain the other method was mimicking the "behind locked door" ..
7 - Seven seconds in bronx -
- killed of one innocent immigrant because of multiple
- lack of time can be the reason of missing "blicnk"
In short - the book does not have a stand. it discuss but it is unable to give any conclusion.
8 - Listening with your eyes -
5 - Paul van riper's big victory - about a general retired from vietnam war. who has the gifted sense of ad-hoc situation during war. he defeated the opponent side which has very affluent information about everything in the war. Yet, the information seems to be too overloading to digest even with a "expert system" computer .
Another example is the cook hospital in chicago. the use of computer recognition problem mine the rule - found three criterias are the most relevant to critical cardio problem when the patients have chest pain. Text processing on one side of the brain can over-shadow the functionality of the other side of the brain that manage image. So it is good to break down the task separately.
6 - Kenna's dilemma - the right and worng way to ask people what they want.
--> pepsi challege with short sip is different from long drink time. package is many ways important.
--> why disney mickey has glove.. otherwise no one loves him with the claw out .
--> aeron chair -- the allen chair. - when the product is revolutionary.. can not rely on history data.
-- with really really a lot of experience. might be able to expose the locked door..
what a reverse statment to make. -- when it is working, attribute it to inner locked door. and always has a way to explain the other method was mimicking the "behind locked door" ..
7 - Seven seconds in bronx -
- killed of one innocent immigrant because of multiple
- lack of time can be the reason of missing "blicnk"
In short - the book does not have a stand. it discuss but it is unable to give any conclusion.
8 - Listening with your eyes -
blink and blink
Reading a book with title blink.
I have not come to conclusion on how useful it is. Possibly one of the so-so book that is written in easy language that I just flow through.
Mostly it is discussing concious mind and sub-concious mind.
Why do we have to pay attention to sub-concious mind. how different is sub-concious mind. The sub-concious mind is thin-slicing. it is simple and can be sometime more accurate to follow.
In contrary, you can find some instance that you won't want to follow the instant mind. Is there any guildlines to follow. In life / dead situation. you follow instinct.. the back door feel. In most day-to-day life, what do you do.
It also try to show the existence of such powerful - " locked /hidden " mind that enable the decision in a wink of time - blink.
Examples given is a good set of compilation (variety of psycology tests) . It is at least the effort of the author to pull everything together
1 - The status of kouros - how thin-slice work - no reason is produced
2 - The theory of thin slices - e.g. gottman's couple test about their positive/negative atttitude. interview for candidates of a jobs - you just have to find the most essential info that has the biggest influence. thin-slicing is good at it. our instinct is good at it. our usual way of solving problem (objectively) with survey and empirical method may not always be the good/correct way. In the example of couple relationship -- if there is a contempt ..then the marriage won't be long.
3 - The locked door - tennis player double fault/ speed dating / two ropes in a room.. the concious mind can be a noise to the sub-conscious mind. how could you filter the noisy concious mind. there are people who conciously know the correct and wrong Yet unable to act on it.
4 - The warren harding error - thin slicing can be dark side. the choice of warren harding as president was a bad decision. It was based on impression. and strong assiocation of external look. We all associate. Example of implicit associate test is really freaking me out. very true. It measuers our level of subconcious / altitude. also CEOs are average taller.. car salesman error to filter potential customer .. bottom line is you have to find out that you have the weakness of certain sub-concious and overcome it. easy to say.
note: very interesting IAT test
5 - Paul van riper's big victory -
6 - Kenna's dilemma -
7 - Seven seconds in bronx -
8 - Listening with your eyes -
I have not come to conclusion on how useful it is. Possibly one of the so-so book that is written in easy language that I just flow through.
Mostly it is discussing concious mind and sub-concious mind.
Why do we have to pay attention to sub-concious mind. how different is sub-concious mind. The sub-concious mind is thin-slicing. it is simple and can be sometime more accurate to follow.
In contrary, you can find some instance that you won't want to follow the instant mind. Is there any guildlines to follow. In life / dead situation. you follow instinct.. the back door feel. In most day-to-day life, what do you do.
It also try to show the existence of such powerful - " locked /hidden " mind that enable the decision in a wink of time - blink.
Examples given is a good set of compilation (variety of psycology tests) . It is at least the effort of the author to pull everything together
1 - The status of kouros - how thin-slice work - no reason is produced
2 - The theory of thin slices - e.g. gottman's couple test about their positive/negative atttitude. interview for candidates of a jobs - you just have to find the most essential info that has the biggest influence. thin-slicing is good at it. our instinct is good at it. our usual way of solving problem (objectively) with survey and empirical method may not always be the good/correct way. In the example of couple relationship -- if there is a contempt ..then the marriage won't be long.
3 - The locked door - tennis player double fault/ speed dating / two ropes in a room.. the concious mind can be a noise to the sub-conscious mind. how could you filter the noisy concious mind. there are people who conciously know the correct and wrong Yet unable to act on it.
4 - The warren harding error - thin slicing can be dark side. the choice of warren harding as president was a bad decision. It was based on impression. and strong assiocation of external look. We all associate. Example of implicit associate test is really freaking me out. very true. It measuers our level of subconcious / altitude. also CEOs are average taller.. car salesman error to filter potential customer .. bottom line is you have to find out that you have the weakness of certain sub-concious and overcome it. easy to say.
note: very interesting IAT test
5 - Paul van riper's big victory -
6 - Kenna's dilemma -
7 - Seven seconds in bronx -
8 - Listening with your eyes -
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