Swordie Bloggie

First I thought its nothing… but after I join I Rate My Day, I realize it is really a fun site. I really like the icons it used to rate my day. It’s so easy… when I’m happy, I just choose the happy face icon… that’s all and it’s like “Let the Whole World know how I feel Today” 😉 Go ahead, give it a try… I’m sure you gonna like it.

And currently they are running a contest and they are giving away Microsoft Zune with 30GB storage… cool.

See the icon below… that’s how I feel today 😉

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While looking for information about International Space Station (ISS), I accidentally stumble with this site… http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/

It’s NASA web site showing the location of the ISS in real-time. It really excites me… but what excites me more is, it also showing the real-time location of the SUN!!!

On the map, it shows 3 flight-paths of the ISS… I’m waiting for it to pass my house… some said, you can actually see the ISS with naked eyes… hopefully I can see it with my naked eyes when it fly-pass my house. You can check it out and wait for it to fly-pass your house… 😉

While writing this blog, the ISS has move from South America to Africa in less than 10 minutes… it should be above Sabah in less than 15 minutes… isn’t that cool 😉

SCORE is an education center for kids from age 4 to 14. It is a place where kids will never get bored learning with its innovative tutoring methods. SCORE have 15 solid years experience of an innovative and unique method for kids to catch up, keep up, and get ahead in their studies and to help them achieve their goals and reach their academic potential in math, reading, spelling and writing.

SCORE programs include personal academic coaching, positive reinforcement, and a customized curriculum that adapts to each child’s pace and learning needs… and helped make a difference in the lives of more than a quarter million of children, giving them lifelong love of learning.

That is why SCORE is not only recognized by local media but also by international media as one of the nation’s top tutoring service providers.

registration… pass
air ticket… pass
hotel… pass

Okay… I’ve completed with all the necessary stuff for my TechEd SEA 2007 trip today…

Registration: Manage to get the special early bird fee at RM599. I registered & paid online on May 23, 2007.

For the air ticket, I manage to get the not very cheap round trip price at RM608. If there were no gold-rush and last minute thingy during the MAS 50 Hours Mad Sales recently… my ticket should be around RM200!!! grrrrr…

Then for the hotel… it’s going to cost me RM145++ per night without breakfast. This is a corporate rate… Published rate is around RM215++ with breakfast! Never mind about the breakfast… if I wake-up early, I think I will be able to get some light breakfast… some snacks probably… hopefully provided by Microsoft 😉 else, I just eat maggi mee in my room loh… then, since I’m staying around Bukit Bintang, I’m gonna need taxi every morning… I think it will cost me around RM5-RM10 per trip… or I can use the monorail to Central then another train to KLCC just like what I did last year… one train from Mid Valley to Central then another to KLCC. Coming back time, I definitely can use the train from KLCC. Hotel and taxi/train fare will be shared with my friend… that will be lighter… so not so expensive…

So far, this trip has cost me…. without food… and I eat ALOT!!!…
Registration – RM599
Air Ticket – RM608
Hotel – RM145 x 7 = RM1,015
Total… RM2,222.00 whooaaa… what a nice number 😉

Yippeee… like my friend said… and like what I said in my post… now I know and believe that you really can make monies by simply blogging!!! My first posting was approved today!!! Yes today… and I’m expecting $10 for that!!! .. I also realized that I’m no school kid any longer, whenever it said minimum 100 words, it makes me shiver before… But now, 100 words is not a problem at all to write when you put your heart into it… school and real live is very far apart…

So, if any of you out there really serious about getting paid while blogging… PePeePeee is one place to start all that… go ahead… don’t be scared with 250 words… or 300 words… or… 😉

From experience, to make kids involved with something is not that very hard… the most important is to put something together with it and they do need tutoring… guidance.

For instant reading… kids will not be interested in reading if we put it straight-up to them in plain way. Kids just loves to play, so one way to make them interested in reading is to include it with some interesting stuff… like games… pets maybe… pictures… images… objects… you just have to be creative… learning must be enjoyable… even adults will get bored if the subject presented to them are presented in a boring way!.. Believe me, I’ve attended so many presentations… I can imagine how kids felt if they are put in the same situation…

SCORE is one place where kids will not get bored while learning. SCORE is like reading tutors the children. They have a unique method for kids to catch up, keep up, and get ahead in their studies and to help them achieve their goals and reach their academic potential in math, reading, spelling and writing. Every kid is treated individually based on their ability because not all kids have the same abilities.

I’m always fascinated with new gadgets especially its appearance and features… which I always refer as RADICAL. The experimental aircraft from Boeing, X-48B, is one example. The image on the left shows its first flight at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California on July 20, 2007.

The X in front of the model number represents experimental… so, whenever you see an X in-front of any aircraft model (build by US), it means it still being ‘experimented’… not for production yet… I learned this from National Geographic 🙂

The X-48B resembles like a flying wing… no cylindrical fuselage like the normal aircraft. It is more like the Stealth Bomber B1 from USAF… aka BAT-WING. The other bat-wing is the Stealth Fighter F117A… which I see not really bats-like fighter jet but aircraft with lots of sharp edges. The sharp edges and the bats-wing design which make it stealth actually going against the aviation principles… so it is very RADICAL… it’s not supposed to be able to balance itself once airborne… but require thousands of computer instructions to stabilize it… and makes it the deadliest jet fighter.

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At last, got some time to post today… life is so busy…

I was outstation to Kundasang last week, 19th – 20th July 2007. Me and my 2 colleagues went there to present 3 systems for our office management meeting… we brought along quite a number of gadgets… unfortunately there was no internet service out there… well, we are almost at the foot of Mount Kinabalu. We stayed at Zen Garden Cabin & Restaurant. Since there were 3 of us, we took a big room with 3 beds.

Unfortunately, when we entered our room, there were only 2 beds. Worse, no in-house phone service and we don’t know what their phone number is… it was pre-arrange by the secretariat. So, my colleague has to walk downhill to the reception. Then later we found out two of the ceiling light are not working, no shower curtain and no floor mat to dry our feet… later the bath room get wet all over… but we cant be bother with that anymore… we were so tired… what the heck… but I’m not saying the place is bad… it’s actually very nice.

We started our journey from KK around 10am+… I drove my car… and claim for transportation service since I used it to ferry my 2 colleagues and the gadgets. We actually over-shoot the hotel junction which is just next to the Kundasang market ground… we only realize that when we were getting closer to Ranau. At last we made a U turn at almost 9KM to Ranau… wasted about 30KM!!! KK to Kundasang is like almost 100KM… we reach the hotel around 1pm+… just on time for lunch… we walk-in quietly and join the rest for the lunch. The rest arrived yesterday since they have a conference on the first day. Our presentation is on the second day around 2pm… that’s why we only come today. . . . Continue Reading »

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I’m so excited today… PayPerPost approved my Swordie Bloggie!!!
When I opened my email today, the first thing I saw is this email… I’ve been waiting for this email for sometimes… and this is my first PePeePeee posting 😉