Ck's Blog in English

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

好笑

不久前看了一则新闻,对我国官员处事方法真是佩服(如报道属实)。这是关于台湾跟大马洽谈农业合作关系。

其中一所大学--台南中興大學在农业与植物科研蛮有知名度。所以,一切如愿,通过合作关系,肯定能达致双赢局面。

根据駐馬台北經濟文化辦事處代表曾慶源,他表示:“

“官方”文件不見 被逼重新洽談協商--

曾慶源表示,在去年大馬政府主動接觸駐馬台北經濟文化辦事處討論農業合作前,辦事處早於2006年即已積極向大馬中央政府提出相關合作計劃,而且協商過程還一度發生台灣提出的“官方”文件不知去向事件。

他覺得大馬的行政體系可能和台灣不太一樣,因為台灣相關單位一般收到“官方”文件後會存檔,所以文件是不會遺失的。

“可是大馬部府部門與辦事處確認收到遞交的文件後,卻在相關單位的部長換人擔任後,文件跟著不見了。”

公務員一問三不知

“同樣的,我們原本以為各部門的公務員職位是很少調動的,但大馬這裡卻顯然不是,而且他們一調職,我們之前所做的全部溝通和協商都得重新來過。”

他也曾遇到上級主管已經發出指示,可是辦事的公務員卻一問三不知。

“他們就‘我們不知道呀,沒有呀,不過好像又有的樣子’,結果幾之後他們的答案又變成沒有,於是辦事處又得重新再跑所有流程。”

他指出,與辦事處計劃合作的大馬政府部門計有貿工部、農業部等。



欲知详情,参考以下新闻来源

http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/99704?tid=1

Friday, January 30, 2009

跌倒,再爬起来,永不放弃,一部令人感动的短片

今早收到室友的电邮,看了短片,真令人感触,尤其近期不如意的事蛮多,尽管新春期间不该讲些负面的话

此短片,讲述Nick Vujicic,一个没手脚的人,都能坚强过日子。并到学府给予激励讲座。

跟多详情可参考以下网址:

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

我近期申请的格拉斯哥大学博士生研究基金落选了,尽管之前得到导师的赞赏、及肯定。但最后,杀出个程咬金,使原本认为能获得的名额飞走了。

起初,心情的确有些失落无论如何,算吧。小弟有自知之明,尽量争取所拥有的机会,没有任何事是一击即中的。

大家加油吧!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

请献上您最真诚的祝福

不久前,游览MY FM 其中一个DJ,卓卉勤 的部落格, 发觉一个很有意义的活动,那就是收集2009个祝福、留言给予他们。

以前在圣约翰救伤队曾到残缺中心参观,对他们的处境感到伤心。所以,他们真的需要大家的祝福与鼓励。

大家不妨到以下部落格留言,谢谢

http://viviantokcafe.blogspot.com/2008/12/s.html

Monday, January 26, 2009

小弟的生日、圣诞、元旦、农历新年愿望—属意的研究所

之前的文章12提到其中一间我想要进行博士研究的研究所。

“机会之窗已经开启,接下来就看你如何去争取”,这是一位来自中国的学者给我的鼓励。

无可否认,小弟有一个“致命”的弱点,到目前还是没有解决方法(这弱点也得到导师、博士后、同事的认同)。无论如何,热忱、决心、永恒的兴趣将是我奋斗和努力的动力。我将会挑战自我,争取进入面试的机会。

就如以前在KL读书时一般,(来过我家的人就知道啦),把目标贴在墙上,每当压力困难来临,看看它,再冲刺。当然这不只是应用于学业,在事业上也蛮有效的。

希望到时有好消息公布。

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Ck’s 研究—第 3部—待续

最近进行了对样本进行了qPCR (测量基因表达能力的方法)。发觉些有趣的成绩,将会在下一个研究小组会议发表,haih,在大年初一回研究院开会,及进行科研。但,没关系,对研究成果感到满意,迫不及待跟导师、同事们分享

一旦确定研究数据是可靠,将会给大家分享,

总算,在新年来临有些好消息公布。

Friday, January 23, 2009

农历新年快到了

农历新年快到了,在此祝大家万事顺利,恭喜发财。

小弟将在这儿与同事庆祝,最近在youtube看了些本地的新年贺岁专辑,发觉几部MV与新年歌(如:988,MY FM等)都蛮不错,所以便跟大家分享吧.至于那些开车回乡过年的朋友,小心驾驶,安全上路吧










Tuesday, January 20, 2009

奥巴马就职典礼

从以下的链接可以看到美国新任总统奥巴马的就职典礼(现场录制)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7624873.stm


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7840926.stm

生物科技、医学系毕业生的曙光?!

不久前,从星洲日报发觉以下的新闻

“生物醫療業在未來3年,將製造6000個工作機會,而國防部今年也有2000個空缺待填補。

未來3年,新加坡將有7家藥劑和生物科技廠開幕,這7家工廠屬於藥劑公司雅培(Abbott)、Lonza(兩家工廠)、Genentech、葛蘭素史克(GlaxoSmithKline)、愛爾康(Alcon)和諾華(Novartis)。”

来源:http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/99217

看到如此多的就业机会,真是令人感到振奋,但我觉得纳闷的是,我国在6、7年前就已提及要专注发展生物科技、医学等领域。但如没记错,印象中雷声大,雨点小。计划的规模好像缩小了,或之前提及的重点发展区也没消息了,如:生物谷,还有在吗?

据我所知,很多本地生物学毕业生都由于就业机会有限,所以很难从事研究、实验室工作。许多生科毕业生多属从事于药品、科学仪器销售员(注:生科毕业生的出路不只是局限于科研,一个长久以来都被人误解的“concept”)。当然有些是没兴趣、或资历不足。看到有如此多所知名生物科技厂建在邻国,我想是否又把我国那些有兴趣于实验与研究的生科毕业生进一步“送出国”呢。

是不是,该检讨下和寻找对策为何又慢人一步呢

Monday, January 19, 2009

我的工作场所

第一周到达, 我的书桌


在12月,杂乱无比



我的实验室角落
看来,新的一年,该整顿一下

Saturday, January 17, 2009

新年贺卡

首先小弟要感谢Sui Cai 飘洋过海,穿梭云空而寄来的新年贺卡,小弟真的感动。虽然,刚开始我以为是他寄来的结婚请柬,“红炸弹”。。哈哈

大致上,贺卡问道小弟近况,与祝福。看来,sui cai和以前一样,还是关心小弟的感情生活,就如其他亲朋戚友般。无论如何,小弟还是以平常心看待来。顺其自然。

当然,关于择偶条件吧,也不高因为小弟有自知之明,所以小弟只要求另一半独立、成熟、有智慧。身高、体重比率跟小弟相似。但,世事无绝对,。。。

哈哈

Thursday, January 15, 2009

他们就是我的源动力

目前根据统计约8万万(0.8亿,如没记错)的人无法摄取足够的食物,1.3亿的人每日生存于少过1美元。当然粮食不足、饥荒并不是仅仅环境影响、收成不好而已。政治也扮演一定的角色。身为一位植物科学的研究生,我将尽我所能。大家将来吃东西时,想想他们,要懂得感恩。不要糟蹋食物。

Latest info from BBC News:

The latest estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger in 2008 as a result of higher food prices.

This brings the overall number of undernourished people in the world to 963 million, compared to 923 million in 2007.

The FAO warned that the ongoing financial and economic crisis could tip even more people into hunger and poverty.

"World food prices have dropped since early 2008, but lower prices have not ended the food crisis in many poor countries," said FAO assistant director-general Hafez Ghanem at the launch of the agency's State of Food Insecurity in the World 2008 report.

Adapted from:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7795652.stm


Tuesday, January 13, 2009

一百个不可错过的网站

Blogging

Now as easy as falling off a log.

Bloglines bloglines.com for reading web feeds. Smart and clean.

Wordpress wordpress.com free, and most importantly spam-free, blogging.

Browsers

A newly revived category, thanks to Chrome and Safari.

Chrome google.com/chrome newly out of beta, though Windows-only.

Firefox mozilla.com/firefox infinitely malleable, with fewer security holes.

Flock flock.com with an emphasis on linking to social networks.

Opera opera.com growing in importance for mobiles.

Safari apple.com/safari Apple's contender; a leader in mobile web access.

Cartoons

Everyone needs some relaxation.

Dilbert dilbert.com hi, cube-dwellers.

Alex alexcartoon.com amid the financial crisis, Alex the banker remains reliably self-interested.

Doonesbury doonesbury.com the cartoon you'll also find in that printed newspaper thing.

The Joy of Tech geekculture.com/joyoftech well-drawn, witty near-daily takes on Apple and computing life.

XKCD xkcd.com "Stick-figure strip featuring humour about technology, science, mathematics and relationships."

Create/collaborate

The main change from last time: whatever you want to do, wherever you are.

Dipity dipity.com build timelines and add text, pictures and videos.

Zoho zoho.com everything in one place, from documents to presentations.

Rememberthemilk rememberthemilk.com online task/to-do management.

Netvibes netvibes.com your to-do lists, news, weather and photos on one page.

280slides 280slides.com create presentations online. Very slick.

Zamzar zamzar.com convert files from one format to another.

Gaming

A field where handheld, bedroom and Flash games are becoming mainstream

Eurogamer eurogamer.net reportage, with breadth, if not always depth.

The Independent GamingSource tigsource.com a great place to pick up on tomorrow's breakthrough hits.

Pocket Gamer pocketgamer.co.uk still by far the best site on handheld gaming.

Metacritic metacritic.com/games industry touchstone and useful one-stop buying guide.

Jay is Games jayisgames.com passionate, well-designed and knowledgeable.

Geek squad

Stack Overflow stackoverflow.com where programmers gather.

The Daily WTF thedailywtf.com daily despatches from the coding warzone.

Joel On Software joelonsoftware.com essays by a former Microsoftie.

Government/public services/politics

Streetwire streetwire.org hyperlocal information including planning alerts, crime and public safety, traffic, local news and postings to FixMyStreet.com.

Recycle Now recyclenow.com winner of the Show Us A Better Way competition.

British and Irish Legal Information Institute bailii.org a database of laws. Only survives hand-to-mouth on voluntary donations; where's yours?

What Do They Know? whatdotheyknow.com makes filing a Freedom Of Information request as easy as sending an email. Too easy, some in power think.

Upmystreet upmystreet.com all the detail on your area you could ever want.

Location, location

Services like these blossom with a mobile phone that can access the internet

Dopplr dopplr.com "share your future travel plans with friends and colleagues", then find out if others will be there too.

Qype qype.com localised search for pubs, restaurants, etc; also a bit of a social network.

Loopt loopt.com "transforms your mobile phone into a social compass".

Brightkite brightkite.com a "location-based social network".

Maps

The flip side of location-based services: seeing where you are.

OpenStreetMap openstreetmap.org a rights-free map created by people like you. Remarkably detailed and precise.

Walkit walkit.com walking directions for all sorts of routes.

Google Maps Street View maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview soon to have the UK as well.

Noise pollution map noisemapping.defra.gov.uk how noisy is it in the area around your house?

Where's The Path? wheresthepath.googlepages.com/wheresthepath.htm Let down by OS's absurd OpenSpace restrictions.

Money/finance/ consumer fightback

We all need someone on our side.

Money Saving Expert moneysavingexpert.com does what it says on the tin.

BView bview.co.uk review businesses before you use them.

Say No to 0870 saynoto0870.com direct-dial numbers, not expensive national-rate ones.

Consumer Direct consumerdirect.gov.uk government site for consumers.

Zopa zopa.com a human-centred way to loan money to people in the developing world.

Music

Last.fm last.fm British-made, CBS-owned, music recommendation station.

Amazon amazon.co.uk now has its own MP3 store in the UK as well as the US.

7Digital 7digital.com music downloads in MP3 format - so not tied to iPods.

Passionato passionato.com classical music MP3 downloads, slowly building momentum.

Songkick songkick.com find out where your favourite bands are playing next, based on your music library.

Blip.fm blip.fm be your own DJ and create a social network from your choices and recommendations.

News recommendation

Digg digg.com still the reigning champion.

Reddit reddit.com slightly upmarket from Digg; slightly below...

Techmeme techmeme.com technology news chosen by computer, though it's now adding human editors.

Popurls popurls.com aggregating the aggregators: the web in a window.

Slashdot slashdot.org still attracts a big, and often knowledgable, audience.

Offbeat

The Onion theonion.com still the satirical newspaper of record.

B3TA b3ta.com beyond classification; its forum has spawned many memes... and trolls.

Lolcats icanhazcheezburger.com captioned cats and other animals.

PostSecret postsecret.blogspot.com notes of secrets sent by people who want them posted. So they are.

Passive-Aggressive Notes passiveaggressivenotes.com would it be too much trouble for you to have a look?

Photography

Flickr flickr.com the granddaddy of photo-sharing sites.

Picnik picnik.com photo editing in your browser.

Picasa picasa.com Google's photo organisation and editing tool. Windows only.

Physical from virtual

Moo moo.com Moo business cards have become a calling card in themselves.

Blurb blurb.com coffee-table book publishing of your books.

Lulu lulu.com book, photobook, calendars and other sorts of publishing.

Cafepress cafepress.com badges, T-shirts etc. US-only at present.

Spreadshirt spreadshirt.net design your own T-shirt or sweatshirt and get it printed.

Reference

CIA Factbook cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook all the data you need on pretty much anywhere.

Wikipedia wikipedia.com still a first port of call on most topics.

Rotten Tomatoes rottentomatoes.com check the film you plan to see here.

Internet Archive/Wayback Machine archive.org the web in aspic.

Wikileaks wikileaks.org anonymous source of leaked documents.

Search

Google still dominates.

Clusty clusty.com results in clouds.

CoolIris cooliris.com image-based searching - a new way to use the web.

Social software

Chances are high you're a member of at least one, and perhaps all, of these sites.

Facebook facebook.com virtually everyone's your friend here.

Myspace myspace.com hangout for all the teenagers. And Kirk Douglas.

LinkedIn linkedin.com mainly for business.

Friends Reunited friendsreunited.co.uk the original social network.

Twitter, and associated

Twitter has proved itself over and over this year as a vector for news.

Twitter twitter.com the ur-site, where you can create an identity (or several).

Monitter monitter.com watch keywords on Twitter. A brand, your name, a meme? No login required at present.

Matt themattinator.com post to multiple Twitter accounts. Requires your password; only give if you trust the site.

Twitterfeed twitterfeed.com posts blog contents to Twitter. Requires password; only give if you're sure that you trust the site. We do.

Twitter Grader twitter.grader.com find how you rank on Twitter.

Video

BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer already taking up 10% of UK network traffic.

YouTube youtube.com dominant provider of video content online.

Vimeo vimeo.com better rights control than YouTube and a cleaner interface.

Worldtv.com worldtv.com set up your own global TV channel.

Qik qik.com video-sharing from your mobile.

Joost joost.com internet TV via a browser plugin.

Videojug videojug.com a sort of social network of informational video.

Seesmic seesmic.com short video conversation: another social network.

Virtual worlds/MMORPGs

Runescape runescape.com amazingly successful MMORPG.

Entropia Universe entropiauniverse.com set in a distant future on the untamed planet of Calypso.

Club Penguin clubpenguin.com minigame-tastic virtual world for kids.

Moshi Monsters moshimonsters.com "educational" virtual world for kids.

Visualisation

DabbleDB dabbledb.com create online databases and analyse them.

Google Visualisation tools code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery.html dozens of tools for making data more comprehensible.

Many Eyes manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Visualization_Options.html IBM's visualisation tools, similar to Google's.


资料来源:

The Guardian, Thursday 18 December 2008

at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/18/internet-websites

Sunday, January 11, 2009

CK的研究 ,第二部

好久没分享研究心的了,欲知更多关于ck的研究可参考以下文章:12 3

以下的研究结果在2、3个月前已获取。但还有改善空间,而且观察所得也不带明显。当然这有很多原因,如:移植时无意伤到幼苗,移植后的适应期不足。等

从固体移植去水耕种植


是时候体验“新刺激”咯

大致上,我们可发觉植物受压后,成长会受到影响




但,预先受压的植物,成长得比没受压的好。所以,应有些“事“发生,我将通过分子生物学,进一步了解。







小弟农历新年将留在这儿庆祝。待完成学业后才打算回去。

新的一年,挑战不少,但感觉到曙光再现,期望一切顺利。加油!

Friday, January 9, 2009

肉骨茶

好久没发现烹饪心得了,如小弟之前的文章12。从开始至今,小弟还是自己来,不是3分钟热度哦。

去年收到家人寄来的汤料,到现在才有时间煮,真不好意思。




大致上,小弟只准备葱、蒜米、肉

原料:-




准备好与切片:-



煮 45分钟



等待当儿,准备课业,珍惜时间。。哈哈




终于准备好啦…


hmm..不错不错

Monday, January 5, 2009

新年展望

相信新的一年每个人都有新的期望和目标。

对小弟来说或认识我的朋友都知道我有本身明确的愿望和目标,所以不必多谈啦。时间到,便会在部落格通知。

最近从报纸获知一个有趣的消息,那就是“
新年新希望或有害身心”, 其实我想所谓“有害身心”是讲述目标未达致时, 心情差而影响健康吧。

欲知详情,可参考以下网址:
http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/96701


无论如何,不管所设定的目标,最后是达成或否,都应该积极看待。

祝大家有个美好的一年

Friday, January 2, 2009

格拉斯哥元旦庆典

小弟在导师的家庆祝新年聚会。然后再到大学主楼庆祝倒数。可参考以下的短片和照片

令我感兴趣的就是之前提到的“火焰甜品”..大致上,此甜品有水果如:橙、柠檬等,再用红酒煮,然后便放“糖棒”在锅上,淋上朗姆酒(80%酒精)。最后点燃它。 燃烧时,糖便会融化,然后与酒精一同融入甜品。

小弟尝试一杯红酒、两杯火焰甜品, 然后便感觉飘飘然,醉了,但还清醒。哈哈

过后便到大学等待新年到来,导师告诉我这儿并不流行烟花庆祝,所以我认为大马的烟花还是较多样化,美丽。



the pictre of "flaming dessert"


food in the part

new year celebration with my lab members

night view at glasgow uni.



flaming dessert



new year count down



Thursday, January 1, 2009

200年图片故事,2009年主要城市烟火庆典

从BBC网站获知,欲知跟多可参考以下网址:祝大家新年快乐

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7806219.stmFireworks as world welcomes 2009, video

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7806543.stm
In pictures: New year festivities


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7806767.stm(Edinburgh's new year firework show

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7806756.stm(New year fireworks over London)





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