Know The Difference

Emergencies

>Traffice or worksite accident
>Broken bone or dislocation
>Sudden abdominal pain that doesn't subside
>Uncontrollable bleeding
>Sudden, severe chest pain or breathlessness

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

Non-emergencies

>Mild fever
>Coughs and cold
>Small cut or bruise
>Superficial burn or scald
>Localised rash or insect bite


www.hpb.gov.sg/emergency

Academia talk.

Many months ago, I applied for NTU school of Rajaratnam's Master of Science (Strategy Studies). It was my great hope for it, as i will have a chance to learn modules like 'Special forces', 'Terrorism' and 'Radical muslim motivations for war' etc. Eventually after getting for of my previous lecturers to write in for me, i did not get the place. I was quite pissed during then, emailed the relevent personnel(not to be too obvious) and told him off. There was no reply. I did not know if he had got that email.

A couple of months ago by chance, I applied for Master of Science Communications from NUS in collaboration with ANU(Australia National University). My bet that this is not a course for me, and chances are not high. However applied for fun anyway. There was a correspondent who keep following up with me on the fee of $20 to process the application. After i finally complete the process by mailing the documents and cheque of $20, I got a letter very soon, for being unsuccessful. They tried to eat my money, I feel. Earning this application fee is enough for them.

I applied and Kaplan's National University of Ireland(University College Dublin) Master of Science (Management) a couple of months ago, and a couple of weeks later, I was accepted. Will go for the orientation, collect materials, and attend lessons first.

I took the Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers and Trainers (CIDTT) was initally wanted to clear the pre-requisite for Murdoch's Master of Education by Kaplan, but feel that unless one is a subject matter expect at their specialised degree level, and able to teach, then an MEd will be good for them to further themselves. No point for me to take this now. It will be better, if i have extra money for a Master Degree.


I applied for NIE's Master of Arts (Instructional Design and Technology) many months ago, and recently, I was elated to be offered the course. To affirmed my decision, I emailed to the unit coordinator to check if the cert to be conferred will be under NIE itself, or NTU. The good news was, it will be conferred solely by NTU. It will worth my 2 years of study. However, the trade off will be, i will have to leave my current job soon.

With the 2 years, my focus will be on training for IPPT, reservist, lose up to 5 kg, take more short courses, like photography, creative writing, phonetics, concurrently, if there are enough opportunities during my free time, i will conduct to teach short courses or workshops to kids or teach creative writing, phonetics etc.

I will also go back to my old martial arts Karate, and also if can afford time, money and commitment to, take up Krav Maga.

I will also volunteer for the Assistant Testing Director of my Mensa Society Singapore etc. At times, i will go to the gym, meet my girlfriend, and chat up any old friends, if there are opportunities.

Going to NTU will also be far, so it would takes me around 2 hours on my own travel, or if i drive, will need ard 1.5 hours or lesser to go for my studies from 6pm to 9pm. Let's hope the plan is in mind.


My aim is also to travel to Israel for the Advance Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security course, for own interest. Also to vist some other middle east country for travel, like Dubai, Abu Dhabu. Other countries will be Japan, Turkey, Italy etc.

My current colleague wanted to go to south Korea for some trekking tour. If i have enough finance, i will join him.

If i could lower down myself a little, may visit my old security friends by working some security assignments, and go for some carefes job with Mediacorp, like I did.

My Intercept Academy organisation I hope, will re-open again one day.

I would say that i am 文武双拳双.  Haha, to have attained up to a high qualification, and had a black belt in karate previously is the best of both world. :)

Back from China from 22 Oct to 30 Oct 2011. Was great to re-vist there once again. The first objective is to follow my mother and grandmother for relatives' visits, then rest and relax will come in play.

Went to Xiamen, then Raoping line at Teo Chew city for a night, before visitng the village ( there. Most of them are down there (Fuo Shan Zhen, Jun Pu Chun). Not much changes. Many kids had grown up, while most of the thing there are still the same. We went back Raoping for dinner. Alot of stalls offer dog meat and lamb. Then  we headed to Swatou, and stayed the other night. Safety not that good, that was what we heard. However, roads and shops are bound to have. We then headed to Quanzhou, a city cheap in goods and services, good for business opportunities there to embark with. Then you can spent the money at Xiamen, a bustling city as nice as Singapore, but with expensive things and properties. From there we stayed 3 nights at Fujian Province, Anxi, where my grand father's side lives. Our granduncle and his wife passed away, so now left an empty rock house at the mountain top. Visiting there now and 14 years ago was so different. Was so lively with teens 14 years ago, now most of them grown up and started their family, work or got married to other cities. Very soon, the mountain (Peng Lai Zhen, Peng Ge Chun) will diminish to the extent that the old house will be preserved by their younger generations, and back on only special occassion. Who knows, it may become a heritate area in a couple of centuries time? There are still 3 houses when my china uncles and their family lives in the mountain top. One of them has been operating his show and keys making business at Xiamen for years. Eventually we went back to Xiamen for the last night, and i had initiated to visit the 2nd uncle who is doing his key making business.

It is also an open secret to be working in the government side that corruptions is inevitable. Therefore priviledges and high earning is no suprise to anyone who got into jobs related to the government sector there.

As for food, my comment is that most of the food are oily, with the element of Lards are being use. However, with china's natural food resources, their food are no doubt much fresher than ours in Singapore. And fish and seafood are vast, while pork and duck are their popular food. As for chicken, I hardly has a chance to see. What curbs the fats, oil, and cholestrols? Their habitual way of drinking teas in china. Almost practically, all household has a tea set with big trays for water to be poured onto the wide tray. As for our Anxi, the root of the 'Tie Kuan Yin' tea, they have the best production and grade for the tea.

There were many more dramas and happenings during the 8 nights, 9 days trip. But to summarize overall, it is a fruitful and wonder trip. Cheers.

Regards,
Kenray

Mathematics

Smart man + dumb woman = affair

Dumb man + smart woman = marriage

Dumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy

Office Mathematics

Smart boss + smart employee = profit

Smart boss + dumb employee = production

Dumb boss + smart employee = promotion

Dumb boss + dumb employee = overtime

Shopping Mathematics

A man will pay $20 for a $10 item he needs.

A woman will pay $10 for a $20 item that she doesn't need.

General Equations and Statistics

A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

HAPPINESS

To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.

LONGEVITY

Married men live longer than single men do, but married men are a lot more willing to die.

PROPENSITY TO CHANGE

A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does.

DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE

A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Effective Fengshui for all.

Fengshui is good for all, i would believe. It may help to improve one's life, if things has been calculated correctly. Many times, general fengshui can be applied to anyone, at anytime.
Everyone born in a certain year can also predict their lucky directions to help attract the quality of energy that can be nourishing or work for us. Once we know our lucky fengshui directions, we will try to face them at work, home or even at bed( the direction the hair of our head should be facing when we are in bed)

How do your find your lucky feng shui directions? It is simple. First we will have to know our Kua number, and also to determine our year of birth due to the Chinese New Year Calender.


Then follow the steps below:

Step 1. Add the last two digits of your year of birth (or of the person whose kua number you are calculating.) In the example we have chosen the result will be 7 + 3 = 10. Bring it to a one digit number by adding the two digits 1 + 0 = 1. So, by using our example of the year of birth 1973, the number we calculated in Step 1 is 1.


Step 2. If you are calculating the kua number for a female:

• Add number 5 to the number from Step 1 (1). So, in our example we have 5 + 1 = 6. Bring it to a one digit number by adding the two digits 0 + 6 = 6. Voila, you have just found out the Kua Number for a female!

If you are calculating the kua number for a male:

• Deduct the number from Step 1 (10) from number 1. So, in our example we have 10 - 1 = 9. And Voila again, you have just found out the Kua Number for a male!

In classical feng shui, you are either a East or a West group person. Once you know your Kua number, you can easily find out your feng shui group, here it is:

EAST Group: Kua Number 1, Kua Number 3, Kua Number 4, Kua Number 9

WEST Group: Kua Number 2, Kua Number 5, Kua Number 6, Kua Number 7, Kua Number 8.


Lastly, look at the chart below and find out the best, or lucky feng shui directions for your Kua number:


Enjoy!

Presidential Election - My personal take.

In considering this Saturday's President Election and who to vote for, my personal take would be someone who is good in finance, and has a generated a great turn over and growth of company revenues and assets in the financial company. Do i need to spell out who that person is? The only thing is that I think he may need to polish up his pronunciation(or go for a phonetic course), as he will need to represent the state, should he be elected as the glorifying head of state.

4 Mr Tans(not including myself) are respectively trained from first, PHD in Mathematics and Science, 2nd, A Medical Doctor, 3rd, a Financial Chief Executive with Substantial Experience, and 4th one, one who is trained in Economics.

Why would i choose the 3rd one? Well, my take: He wanted to create a President Personal Council(An independent maverick like me would think the same as he is), he can look after the reserve well and believe the sum of money in the reserve can better help the gray areas of the populations. He wanted to propose NS men to have same salary scale with the regulars (though put inside CPF), and he wish to donate half of his high salary to the poor and needy in the community. He stands out during the interview events(He dressed in traditonal attire, while the rest dressed in tie and suit). He dressed without the tie, while the others dressed in standard tie and suit. He also seems like a humble man, one who can blend in with the normal people in the society, than being a pro-partisan or pro-elite person. He is deemed to be independent and neutral, and doesn't sprout tones or elements of pro-partisan(Be it opposition or government).

In considering that, what coincidentally increase my support is that he was being invited by the Mensans for a financial planning talk during the June's Mensa Soapbox (Although i am not involved and not active at that point of time), the coincident has generated my increase for support for him.

For people who have been considering between him and the 4th Mr Tan. I would feel that since this is a P.E, and not a G.E, you could not bring in the tone and elements of opposition too much in the P.E. The elements was strongly and prominently produced by the 4th one when he make his talk in his rally. This is what i felt, a little sort of extremist. Therefore i would not consider the 4th Mr Tan.

In the first 2 others, not base on fact or basis, I got some funny comment that the 2nd Dr Tan superficially looks the most like a President, but however, since both the Dr was a member with the Pro-Govt, I personally will not consider any of the both of them. Otherwise, my 2nd choice(if can have that), would be the 2nd Dr Tan. The first Dr Tan, I know his intellect and experience, as he emphasis through his speech can have strong influence and consideration of the government, but personally, i think he is already rich enough, and was pro-partisan, therefore somehow, he has not got into my mind of electing for him. Many young people may also not vote for him, that is my guess.

So who will you vote for? Consider wisely. If you do somehow agree with my take, then vote the same Mr Tan with me. :)

The Career & Development Life Path

My categorization. You may also like to do that, you may include other category such as Marriages, goals etc:

Career Alternatives

1)Education Related
2)Events, MarCom, and Marketing Related
3)Self Defence, Security & Counter-Terrorism Related
4)Teacher, Lecturer, and Trainer
5)Entrepreneur (Food & Beverage related)

Qualifications seeking

1)Cambridge International Diploma for Teachers & Trainers
2)NUID Master of Science in Management
3)PHD in Government (KIV)

Development

1)Photoshop
2)Dreamweaver
3)Advanced Certificate in Training & Assessment

Martial Art

1)Krav Maga