There are many festivals and holidays observed in Malaysia. The diverse cultural and racial mix is evident the variety of observances, of which a few are listed below.
Hari Raya Puasa (Aidilfitri) is a joyous and important Muslim holiday that is celebrated throughout the Muslim world. It is the end of a month month of fasting and each day is started with children asking their parents forgiveness for anything they have done wrong, before they go to prayers. It is a time for special food, visiting friends and relatives and the children are given gifts of money.
Chinese New Year is a very festive time for Malay Chinese and is observed on the first day of the first moon on the Chinese calendar. The date of this celebration will vary from year to year depending on when this time falls on the lunar calendar and usually lasts for about 15 days. Sometimes this event is in January, other times in February, since it follows the lunar calendar, not the solar calendar. It is celebrated with a traditional dinner on New Year's Eve and subsequently continues with visits to family, friends and the honoring of the elderly. Packets of money called ang pow are given away at this time as well.
Wesak Day, in May, is Buddha's Birthday and is considered to be the most important day of the year for Buddhists. This day is celebrated with prayers and incense at the temples with the main celebration being a lantern procession at night.
The birthday of the Yang di-Pertuang Agong, Supreme Head of State, is celebrated on the first Saturday in June and is obeserved as a public holiday. On this day, awards and titles are given by His Majesty to those people who have set themselves apart from other Malays with their service to Malaysia.
Independence Day (now known as National Day) is August 31 and marks the time of Malaysia's independence. It is observed with parades, exhibitions, shows and free film admission for children. Those less fortunate in Malaysia (the poor) are presented gifts of money and food.
Deepavali is an important Hindu festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil, particularly that of Lord Kirshna over a demon king (mythological). It is observed with prayers in the morning, followed with visits to friends and relatives with delicacies served. In the evening, lanterns are lit.
Christmas is celebrated by the Christians in Malaysia usually with the attendance of a church service on Christmas Eve. There are also carolers who sing at various places (children's homes, retirement homes, hotels, etc) and bring Christmas joy. The exchange of gifts is practiced as well in celebration of Christ's birth.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
To Be A Good Web Designer
Most people have a favourite colour and most people will have their own ideas how colour should be used. Young or old, colours can have both positive and negative effects on our moods and feelings. The eleven basic colours, regardless of shade, tone or tint, have fundamental psychological properties that are universal.
To be a good web designer, we need to know how colours can affect people. People react to colours and we must associate them with differents feelings and emotions.
There are colours that affect people :
To be a good web designer, we need to know how colours can affect people. People react to colours and we must associate them with differents feelings and emotions.
There are colours that affect people :
- Red - suitable with strength, fire, blood and lust
- Blue - can denote confidence, loyalty and royalty. It is often used on business website
- Blue's darker shades - mean strength whilst the lighter end can be used to express fantasy and dream
- Green - to represent feelings of durability, safety and harmony
- Yellow - to emphasise areas of a site. Although it is not as popular, it can be overpowering if it is used too much
- Brown - to express honesty and trust in a design. It can be linked to ageing, warmth and comfort
- Orange - associated with enthusiasm, creativity and stimulation. It is used in designing for web to portray friendliness.
- Purple's darker shades - can be truly deep and luscious. It is associated with royalty, spirituality, arrogance and luxury. It is also not used very often on sites
In conclusion, the role of colour in web design is not just to make the website look nice, it can provoke feelings and emotions in the web user. Choosing colours that agitate the site user can have detrimental effects on your web site, whereas cleverly picking the correct colours may mean that the web site lives up to the user's expectations. If our site meets these expectations, there is more chance that our user will return to our website again and again.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Articles ~ What Impact Can Colours Have On Your Site?
Web design involves numerous skilled disciplines from type to layout & colour. Colour is especially important because it provides the first impression to the user. The correct colours can create a good user experience, whereas inappropriate colours can have a negative impact.
To make a good website, the web designer needs to know how colours affect people. Subconsciously, people react to colours and associate them with different feelings and emotions.
Colours do not only bring up emotions and feelings that could influence how a site is received but they can also be cleverly used to direct users to specific bits of your web site.
Each colour imaginable can be used on the web now, so picking the correct colours can be a huge task. Here’s a swift summary of how some colours can evoke certain reactions.
Red is associated with strength, fire, blood & lust. If it is used sparingly on a light background, it can be used to make the most of & highlight certain points.
Blue is the most frequently used colour for websites & it can denote confidence, loyalty & royalty. The darker shades of blue often mean strength whilst the lighter end can be used to express fantasy & dream. Blue is a very popular corporate colour, so it is often used on business websites.
The colour green can be used to represent feelings of durability, safety & harmony. It is also a striking colour to use to emphasise calm & relaxation.
Standing for joy, happiness, warning and energy, yellow has a similar effect to red, although it's not as popular. It can be used to emphasise areas of a site. However, if it's used too much, it can be overpowering.
Brown can express honesty and trust in a design. It can be linked to ageing, warmth & comfort.
Orange is associated with enthusiasm, creativity & stimulation. It is used in designing for the web to portray friendliness.
Purple's darker shades can be truly deep & luscious. It is associated with royalty, spirituality, arrogance & luxury. The lighter end of the purple spectrum can stand for romance & delicacy. However, it's a colour that is not used very often on sites.
To make a good website, the web designer needs to know how colours affect people. Subconsciously, people react to colours and associate them with different feelings and emotions.
Colours do not only bring up emotions and feelings that could influence how a site is received but they can also be cleverly used to direct users to specific bits of your web site.
Each colour imaginable can be used on the web now, so picking the correct colours can be a huge task. Here’s a swift summary of how some colours can evoke certain reactions.
Red is associated with strength, fire, blood & lust. If it is used sparingly on a light background, it can be used to make the most of & highlight certain points.
Blue is the most frequently used colour for websites & it can denote confidence, loyalty & royalty. The darker shades of blue often mean strength whilst the lighter end can be used to express fantasy & dream. Blue is a very popular corporate colour, so it is often used on business websites.
The colour green can be used to represent feelings of durability, safety & harmony. It is also a striking colour to use to emphasise calm & relaxation.
Standing for joy, happiness, warning and energy, yellow has a similar effect to red, although it's not as popular. It can be used to emphasise areas of a site. However, if it's used too much, it can be overpowering.
Brown can express honesty and trust in a design. It can be linked to ageing, warmth & comfort.
Orange is associated with enthusiasm, creativity & stimulation. It is used in designing for the web to portray friendliness.
Purple's darker shades can be truly deep & luscious. It is associated with royalty, spirituality, arrogance & luxury. The lighter end of the purple spectrum can stand for romance & delicacy. However, it's a colour that is not used very often on sites.
Pyramid Scheme
What is Pyramid Scheme? Pyramid scheme or comission for a distribution or sales of commodities where an individual receives gratuity, or an opportunity to receive an interest in money in which does not depend on the total or quantity of products, nor the services sold or distributed, but which is based on sponsorship or introduction of an individual or a participant in the scheme.
The features of this scheme :
The features of this scheme :
- to set the number of sponsorship
- commission or bonus paid based on the sponsorship of fixed number of members, not based on the total sales made
- the promise of high income in the shortest time based on the number of sponsored members
- sponsored training or seminarswhich do not emphasise on the quality of products or how to market the product, but more on the way of recruitingnew members in this scheme
- the price of product or the service which is expensive and does not reflect the realvalue of the product or service mentioned
The government banned this scheme because it leans towards the get-rich quick scheme that offers returns only to the very few participants who belong to the top level, and not to the large number of participants who are still at the base level.
This pyramid scheme give negative aspects to the participants. There is only the first few participants or top level will get big commissions or great returns, and a large number of participants at the bottom level are made contributors so that the top level participants will enjoy the benefits.
What should we do if a scheme sponsor approaches us? First, we should check if the company they represent has a legal license that has been issued by any of the authorized government bodies. If the company turns out to be a direct selling company, please refer to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Condumer Affairs to check if the company owns an authorized direct selling license. An authorized license number start with AJL 93xxxxx. Thorough checks can also be made through the government's homepage : http://www.kpdnhep.gov.my
Article ~ Get-Rich Quick Schemes
If you're trying to earn money online, you may be tempted by opportunities that promise quick payouts and huge returns. Like most things in life, things don't usually happen that easy. If you see opportunities like this, they may use unethical methods of making money...or worse yet, be completely illegal.
In many of these schemes, only a few people make money and everyone else loses their entire investment. Getting involved in these schemes is never a long-term plan for financial success online.
There is one simple rule to spotting get rich quick scams, no matter whether they are sales oriented, money investing, or other things. That is, the proposal seems too good to be real. Believe your instincts, because they are right.
Pyramid schemes first appeared in the latter half of the twentieth century, starting with chain letters. Basically, a pyramid scheme involves the selling of the possibility to earn money, and does not usually involve any tangible goods.
Probably the oldest, and most familiar pyramid scheme, is the chain mail. This is seldom seen today, mostly because there are cheaper ways to bilk people than using the U.S. mail, and it's also illegal.
The first schemes were pitched in terms of receiving an impossible sum of thousands of dollars, all from sending X dollars to the first person on the list included with the letter. You would then remove that person's name, add yours to the bottom, and send out ten (or more) copies to people who also wanted to become rich.
Naturally, not everyone who got one of these letters, participated. But the success rate was big enough to make it worth the effort, because the more letters sent out, the bigger the returns, even if your success rate was only 2-3%. Depending on how long the chain had been going, there could be several hundred or thousands of letters out there with the same list of people you got, and the first person on that list was going to make out like a bandit.
As a money making scheme, it's pretty much a dinosaur these days. Chain mails do still make the rounds occasionally, usually amongst friends, but for the purpose of sharing things like recipes, or gathering squares of material to make pillows.
In many of these schemes, only a few people make money and everyone else loses their entire investment. Getting involved in these schemes is never a long-term plan for financial success online.
There is one simple rule to spotting get rich quick scams, no matter whether they are sales oriented, money investing, or other things. That is, the proposal seems too good to be real. Believe your instincts, because they are right.
Pyramid schemes first appeared in the latter half of the twentieth century, starting with chain letters. Basically, a pyramid scheme involves the selling of the possibility to earn money, and does not usually involve any tangible goods.
Probably the oldest, and most familiar pyramid scheme, is the chain mail. This is seldom seen today, mostly because there are cheaper ways to bilk people than using the U.S. mail, and it's also illegal.
The first schemes were pitched in terms of receiving an impossible sum of thousands of dollars, all from sending X dollars to the first person on the list included with the letter. You would then remove that person's name, add yours to the bottom, and send out ten (or more) copies to people who also wanted to become rich.
Naturally, not everyone who got one of these letters, participated. But the success rate was big enough to make it worth the effort, because the more letters sent out, the bigger the returns, even if your success rate was only 2-3%. Depending on how long the chain had been going, there could be several hundred or thousands of letters out there with the same list of people you got, and the first person on that list was going to make out like a bandit.
As a money making scheme, it's pretty much a dinosaur these days. Chain mails do still make the rounds occasionally, usually amongst friends, but for the purpose of sharing things like recipes, or gathering squares of material to make pillows.
Comparison of NOKIA N90 and NOKIA N93
We might think that choosing between the N90 and the brand new N93 is a no-brainer - but a careful study of the attributes above should reveal that they are slightly different beasts and each have their strongpoints. Nokia N90 has pretty good 2mp focussed images, perhaps a little lacking in colour and with only average handling of extremes of light and dark while N93 has better 3mp focussed and optically zoomed image, though still arguably lacking a little in terms of colour and automatic exposure.Beside that, N90 has the biggest free RAM for application that is 20MB than N93 only has 18MB. In comms, N93 is better than N90 because it has many functions. Furthermore, N93 has Wi-Fi and UPnP make it something of a cosummate communicator. How about their video photography? N90 has a reasonably sharp VideoCD resolution (352 by 288 pixel) video at 15 frames per second, working out to around 4MB of disk space needed per minute of footage while N93 has a superior video capture at 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, with optional image stabilisation, working out to around 20MB of disk space needed per minute of footage. N90 has 173g in weigs but N93 has 180g, so, N90 has the smallest weight than other one. However, each of them have their own advantages and scarcities. Although they have many difference in functions and features, they still have the similarity in on-device video editing of video editor, integrated into Gallery, with cut, colour effect and slow motion.
Article ~ NOKIA N90 versus NOKIA N93
The N90 scores with its smaller size, the more flexible cover display, the more flexible camera module, greater free RAM and better third party application compatibility.
The N93 mainly scores with its VGA video recording facility and slightly superior optics, with higher resolution, better hardware camera controls and flexible, brighter display with UPnP or direct cable piping to a TV or similar if needed. Plus Wi-Fi, of course. There's far more of a focus on the camera with the N93 though - the high-spec video recording and its playback is the whole point of the device.
The typical buyer of the N93 won't be that interested in running games or web browsing or listening to music. He or she will buy it to split duties between phone, camera and camcorder, and I'd expect them to use a 2GB card for maximum recording time, with no other files on the card. The N90 buyer, on the other hand, wants a good camera, it's true, but knows there's more to a smartphone than being a makeshift digital camera, and will be using office and PIM applications, games, music players and so on. It's a very different scenario for a very different device.
More thoughts on the N93 in full review, coming shortly.
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