Movie reccomendation ...

Saw the movie "Curious case of Benjamin Buttons" with Brad Pitt acting. Must say it's one of the nicer movies around town this time of the year.

Story about life and growing old - whether you are young or old, it applies to you. For more matured, the realisation comes earlier. So, if you watch the movie and say it's boring, you are probably in the other category.

Spinnovex 2009

This year we exhibited some interestings projects.

Can you see what we are showing at the exhibition?

Long time no post...

The past few months have been busy with developing blog pages for student teaching.

Unfortunately, the effort did not seem to generate much interest among the targeted students.

Don't know whether it is the content, style, substance or all of the above that students don't find interesting.

Perhaps it is a development ahead of time. But, understand that some Language teachers have been using blogs with considerable success. They would rave over how they get their students to engage in writing the blogs. I suspect that technical content may have a natural disadvantage if you try to teach with blogs.

No? Comments please if you are reading... And I do appreciate positive comments.

Reading on Alan Greenspan

Been reading the autobiography of the previous Federal Reserve Chairman.

He is one truly remarkable man, with a gift of economic sense, integrity and belief that compels him through several changes of presidents - from Nixon, to Reagan, Ford, Bush Snr, Clinton and now Bush Junior.

A firm believer in free market and a subscriber to Schumpeter's creative destruction, this is one man who has the opportunity to verify what many previously speculate about the triumph of free market economics over central planning. Many in the past compared the communist economy with the West through production numbers - e.g. number of cars produce from each country. But there were no close comparison between the quality of the cars produced. While the communist blocs were able to increase their production numbers, they fail miserably in the quality aspect. They produce the same model year after year, long after the model has outlived it's obsolescence.

There are many insights into behind the scenes conversations and thinking behind the events that shook the world and America. How the budget surpluses in America that came about during Clinton's turn on presidency is not really entirely due to him. How the collapse of USSR could not be contained unlike those in East Germany or Hungary.

I've yet to finished reading it. Hope to do so before the term begins.

Graduation Day Pics...

Rona giving her speech...hmm, finally realise why I torture her that way...

Another pic, but must tilt your head to look...

The quartet that TORTURED us...(must say they have talent lah!)


The one that still want to sing...and sing... and sing...

Hmm, another shot...

Some more photos...