New books in my collection
While I was browsing a local bookstore two Sundays ago, I stumbled upon a rather rare but very interesting book. After careful browsing and evaluation, I decided to buy it thinking that our kids would benefit from a book like this. I remembered that none of my math teachers ever told us why we learned math and its purpose in life. That is my motivation to buy such a book. Yeah… Blame the teachers. I bought this book so that our kids will not blame the teachers. If those teachers in my time did not tell us why we should learn math and its purpose, I don’t think teachers in my kids time will ever tell that to them. Those close friends and readers who have been following my lampoon of the Malaysian education system will understand better my thinking.
The title is “50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know” by Tony Crilly. Tony is Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University.
I was in Kuala Lumpur for a business trip this Wednesday and I came across another two great books. I bought them of course. One is “A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: The Essential Scientific Works of Albert Einstein” by Stephen Hawking. I always wanted to read Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. Both Einstein and Hawking are my favorites. This is also a great collection for my bookshelves. It will certainly take me a lot of time and neurons to digest the entire book. I expect to read it many times over. Definitely not for my kids at this moment but can be a good inspiration for them.
The other book is “Scientific Writing: A Reader and Writer’s Guide” by Jean-Luc Lebrun. Although it is not the best book, in my opinion, it certainly is one of the good books. It will be useful for my undertakings and it is also a great book for bed time reading.
Busy
Dear family, friends and readers,
If you have noticed, I post less starting October. Perhaps some of you are wondering why. Yes, you are right, I am busy working on my research and the thesis. Please continue to check my blog regularly and all comments are welcome. I will check and reply comments and will write new posts when time and ideas sneak in. I will be writing selectively rather than random thoughts.
Thank you for your patronage.
Happy Diwali and a great start for Richie
First, our warm wishes to all our Indian friends a very Happy Diwali. Nothing special over the weekend and on the Diwali itself yesterday. Except we watched a Hindi movie, “Om Shanti Om”, on Sunday night. Yesterday, we visited Dmitry’s classmate and her parents who were celebrating Diwali. At night, we watched a Tamil movie, titled “BOSS”.
Today? Richie went to school for the first time to get him familiar with schooling life so that he can accustom easily when he starts his school officially next year. It was quiet at home with only LA, Nik and I. Nik was able to enjoy quiet moments without Richie bullying or disturbing him.
摧心取脑
好久没写关于空手道和武术的文章了。上星期和学生谈到了一些练武心得。最近也有一些新领悟。这一领悟，和我先前所写的一篇文章有很密切的关系。在此记录一下：
Finder hang in Leopard
When I returned home this evening, LA told me her applications had hung. I checked and found not only that, the Finder was not responsive too. I had no choice but to power off and to restart the Mac Mini again. This had also affected my user account. The Finder had failed to launch after login and the Dock did not appear as well. But fortunately root user account was not badly affected.
I Googled and found some articles and solutions here, here and here. I exhausted all the methods and I did not have DivXNetworks and ApplicationEnhancer.bundle in the directories mentioned in these links. I decided to go my own way.
What I did was to delete everything that was related to DivX. Since I did not have DivXNetworks, so I removed DivX folders in “/Library/Application Support” and “~/Library/Application Support” and also the DivX programs in Applications.
After the deletion, Finder still could not launch properly. I launched Console.app to examine system logs and found some errors in cache files com.apple.LaunchedServices*. I removed everything with com.apple.LaunchedServices in /Library/Caches.
Viola! Everything is back to normal again. DivX is a third party enhancement software and is not very stable. It seems like DivX has messed up with the system caches and somehow prevented Finder to launch.
I have spent two and half hours mingling with this problem. I hope my experience will save some of your time if you have the same problem as mine. I am going to take my supper.
Good luck!
龍蝦戲
龍游淺水，蝦戲之。龍氏文化，夏始。蝦豈辱之？
巫国有馬，為相治國二十餘。立鴨為相。鴨政不振，不公，不務德而傷百姓。諸侯百姓多叛。華之安還，百姓樂也。若不闕鴨，將焉取之？
巫伯圍鴨，鴨即知亡矣！然立雞為相。雞資私，損民益。求國無危，不可得也。民侯欲闕雞。若不闕雞，百姓苦也！
English, a deterrent tool
Yesterday, I met an Indian lady who was a retiree. We had a little chat and we both agreed to many things, like the education and English in Malaysia. She was in banking and now she works as a part timer to fill her time and to gain experience in some other fields. I told her about my plans to further my study and she gave me some useful advice.
She has a few children, they are in Australia, working and/or studying. She too finds our English standards, as well as our education system, are deteriorating precipitously. One interesting point she mentioned was the English language tests like the IELTS and TOEFL are used as a tool to daunt immigrants, whether studying or working.
After 911 incident, countries like US and UK have implemented measures to deter immigration. One of the deterrent is to increase the requirement of English proficiency test. Let’s put aside those Iranians and Iraqis who take these tests in Malaysia because their passing rate is extremely (pathetically) low. Even some Malaysians who are English educated during the British era and those younger Malaysians who speak very good English can’t even pass the requirement test. Many of them have taken the test over 5 times but still fail to meet the overly stringent requirement.
After talking to her, it has become clearer in my head, the direction I am heading to and am better aware of the requirement and challenges lurking ahead.
More night views at KLCC
There were some downpours on that evening so the weather at night was cooler. I really needed to get online to check my emails and to get some information from the Internet. My hotel did not provide complimentary Internet connection and I had to pay for RM40+ for 24 hours use. Who would use the Internet the whole 24 hours? What a stupid 5 stars hotel!
I learned that there was a Coffee Bean down P. Ramlee road which opened till midnight. After dinner with my sister, Jenny, I took my gears and headed to P. Ramlee. On the way, I took a picture just outside KLCC.
It was almost midnight when I heading back to hotel. I saw clouds passing across the tips of KLCC. I was taking the picture with my phone so the pictures were not as good as those taken with DSLR.
It was a nice walk because of the cool weather. But walking in KL was risky. You might sprain your ankles if you were not careful. The pavement was not event and some were protruded. I almost sprained mine a couple of times. So, if you ever come to KL, beware and watch your steps. Pedestrian safety and comfort are not the city’s interest.
Night view at KLCC
I passed by outside KLCC this evening and saw this magnificent view. I always wanted to take a shot of this magnificent building but did not manage to do it. This was a great opportunity but unfortunately I only had my phone (with camera) so I couldn’t get a nice picture of it. I like to take architecture photograph. Next time, I will take my DSLR with me.
Against All Odds - The Rise Of An Industrious Country
It was two weeks ago, if my memory served me right, my kids were playing around the dining hall. One of them, took a hard-boiled egg and put it into a basket of uncooked eggs. LA was getting crazy about this. I heard the incidence and I came out of my working room.
“This is the great opportunity to show the kids about science I learned when I was in lower primary.”, the thought emerged quickly. At that age, I used to read science comics for kids published by a Hong Kong publisher. I never had any chance to use that knowledge. My mom would do the cooking and I did not mess around her kitchen so there was no chance to mix up the cooked and uncooked eggs. This time, my kids gave me an opportunity to show off. 
I took the two eggs in my hand and LA gathered the boys around the dining table. Mom told D, “Look, daddy is going to demonstrate science.”
I took one egg at a time, stood it on its broader end and then spun it on the table, One egg would spin standing until it lost its angular momentum. The other egg couldn’t hardly spin on its end for a fraction of a second. The cooked and uncooked eggs had been determined. The boys, especially D, were astonished.
Well, what is the relationship about this egg tale and the rise of an industrious country?
归零
读了成彪登在新华网的作者文集，我对“归零”有很大的回响，也让我心中再次涌现了她的影子。读完文集，我热泪盈眶：
祝贺“神七”
昨日在报章上看到“神七”成功升天，心里很高兴。原本要写这篇文章的，不过由于很忙也太累了，所以没写。刚才回到家，原本也很累的，但是在电视上看到中国宇航员首度出舱外进行太空漫步，高兴得连疲累也忘了，心里真的感到一种莫名的兴奋。我孩子也看到了中国宇航员太空漫步的画面。向他们解释了一些太空科学。不知道他们是否了解，不过他们也非常的高兴。
在此，我们一起祝贺中国，“神七”为中国人带来了骄傲！
最新：神七返回舱于28日17时37分在内蒙古四子花旗着陆。
Two more kids get pox
Well, Dmitry had recovered from his chickenpox and began schooling this Monday. Unfortunately, Rich began to get the symptom on Monday late morning when LA noticed some red spots and small blisters popping out on his face. By Wednesday, he had blisters all over his body.
And today, guess what? Nik begins to show symptoms. His outbreak is slow with fewer blisters. We are supposed to meet up with LY tomorrow but it looks like impossible. They are so afraid that their daughter (same age as Nik) may get the chickenpox too.
Well, all three of them have gotten their chickenpox.
Land of opportunity
The America is regarded as the land of opportunity, there is no doubt about it. Tonight I watched the TV with my family and came across an interesting event. 80 year-old Ada Lynn appeared in “America’s Got Talent” and said, “We never know what will happen tomorrow. I say give it a try now.” Ada’s husband passed away a year ago. She was a singer and a humorist. Her voice was so beautiful and powerful, hypnotizing everyone. Of course, she passed the audition.
Another person who passed the audition was Kashif Meman from Pakistan. He came to the America 6 years ago and he wanted to try his talent in this talent searching show. He did Bollywood-styled dance and his amazing dance had mesmerized the audiences including the three judges.
That’s America, equal opportunity, where you prove your talent and make your dreams come true.
没有“懒趴”的华人
读了《回教党将是变天的最大赢家》也续我那篇《自私自利的马来西亚华人》之后，我不只感慨也愤怒马来西亚华人的怯懦，被他人说我们华人是“寄居者”简直是罪有应得。
前几天，我到巴生一处送东西。那边全是回教党的地头。我没有怕，反而更好奇。我驾车长驱直入。我迷路了，看到有一伙马来青少年坐在机车上聊天，我就过去问他们我要找的地方。一眼看去，他们都像那种吃饱没事作的飙车族，对一些华人来说肯定吓到半死，不敢问就跑了。当其中一位回答我的时侯，他的确让我感到非常惊讶。他说：“Uncle terus pergi, belok kiri, lepas belok kanan. Rumah tu sebelah kanan uncle saja.” (叔叔直走，转左然后再转右。那间屋子就在叔叔的右侧）。这位回教青年，多么有礼。回教非常可怕吗？
当我找到那间屋之后，屋主不在。其邻居出来问个究竟，那位 makcik 很友善的请我进去她家里等。他的儿子也盛情的邀请。我不好意思，向她们谢了，然后告诉她们我还没有吃晚餐（其实那时快晚上十点了，午餐只是草草了事），问她那里有 KFC，她儿子马上向我说方向。我有点满头雾水，他看出来就说可以带我去。我不想麻烦他人，就谢了。
用了晚餐过后，我又回到那里，屋主还没有回来。那位 makcik 请我进去喝一杯水。我答应了。然后跟他儿子还有儿子的两位朋友谈话了。他们都在工艺中学求学。我们还打成一片呢。过不久也很夜了，那屋主还没有回来，我只好把东西留在该邻居家，请她转交。她很乐意的答应了。第二天，我太太至电给收件人问她有没有收到寄存她邻居的东西，她说有也非常感谢和深表歉意让我等这么久。
回教党有什么可怕？我倒觉得他们都非常诚实和充满人情味。华人呢？不用我说到出面吧？
很可悲的是，很多华人连自己的宗教都搞不清楚，就连拜什么也不知道。就好象，一些华人，口说要支持华教维护华人文化，要送子女去华校，可惜连自己的中华文化也搞不懂。举个列子，为何新年要挂“红彩”？有的华人随便拿条“红布”挂上就说挂“红彩”。真是天大的笑话！要知道，“红彩”布料非一般“红布”的布料。有很多华人在新年家里也没挂红彩，也不懂为何要挂。一些华小华文老师也搞不好正确的发音。比如说，“风”，有些华语老师说“fong”。其正确的读音是“feng”。连自己的语言宗教文化都一知不解，还要跟人争平等。连自己的宗教也模糊不清，难怪会怕回教。无知！
自私自利的马来西亚华人
读了“916变天不成，安华应该交带！”之后，我写了“完成大事，要有耐心”（我也把它登在我的博客里，见：小不忍则乱大谋）来回应这妇人之见，希望大家能忍耐一下，继续齐心协力支持安华斗争到底。可是还有些持“妇人之见”人仕继续讽刺安华、要安华解释等等的来信。
看了之后，本人极度感慨马来西亚华人这种自私自利的态度。人家做得好，一声感谢都没有，要是有吗就随便说声”好！“。人家要是做不到吗，就踩到底，要人家解释等等荒唐之说。读了“安华好心没好报”和“应该体谅行动者”，我略有同感：安华欠了你吗？
好些马来西亚华人多是自私自利、怕事、不团结、自扫门前雪。举一项列子，一些华人看到他人被打劫，就快快躲起来，眼不见为净。有些还告诉子女亲人不要多管他人“闲事”惹麻烦。反观马来友族，要是一人被抢劫，整个kampung的人就会出来捉人。难怪会让他人看扁我们华人说我们是“寄居者”！
变天是一件国家大事，不是小孩子玩泥沙。变天如棋，安华正小心翼翼下这盘棋，一步错，全盘皆落索。安华一定要依照宪政程序一步一步来。要是安华直接觐见国家元首，肯定被对方咬定安华没照宪政程序，反被对方问为何安华不先在国会讨论，那时就连国家元首也帮不了安华。
安华除了依照宪政程序之外，他也正在打心理牌，让现今政府丑态百出，同时也试探国际社会对他的支持。安华比任何一位在朝或在野政客有更多的国际人脉网络，如果由他出任首相，肯定很多外资蜂涌来马。
变天这件事已经引起国际社会的关注。要是当今政府胆敢以内安法令捉安华，西方国家，由其是国际人权委员会肯定会大肆谴责当今政府并向其施加压力。
请大家先搞清楚才做指责。要是不知道宪政或法律程序，那请不要胡乱指责安华，于事无补，反而弄巧反拙。这样会让他人更瞧不起我们华人！
这种态度要是不改，不管有位多么好的首相，我们华人在马来西亚不会有什么好日子过。
Shield of virtue, sword of truth
A noble knight, armed with the shield of virtue and the sword of truth, on his way to a kingdom barred by forest of thorn. May the shield of virtue protect him from harm. May the sword of truth fly swift and right to the heart of evil. The evil dies and the good prevails.
小不忍则乱大谋
至“当今大马”、回－－“916变天不成，安华应该做交待！”
老谋深算的安华自有他的策划。916过了两天还没“变天”，其中自有原因。安华要的是和平方式接任，也盼给阿都拉一个下台阶。觐见国家元首是最后一步。安华要接任之余，也避免树立敌人，乃大将风范。
大家既然支持安华，就应该对安华有信心。做大事，要有耐心。我们也不想有个粗心、鲁莽行事的首相，对吗？
Nassi-Shneiderman Diagram
I came across a highly influential graphical representation method of stating algorithm while I was reading books of system analysis and design. This method is called Nassi-Shneiderman Diagram or NSD. It was developed by Isaac “Ike” Nassi and Ben Shneiderman in 1972. Isaac also helped design the Ada programming language.
Many people claimed NSD to be very easy to read and understand, especially for beginners. This is probably quite true but maintaining NSD can be a problem for system designers. Unlike flowchart, NSD lumps all the symbols into one large block and does not use connectors between the symbols.
Contrary to flowchart which uses connectors, NSD provides a better structural approach of design where Goto should be avoided in structured programming. NSD provides simplicity and a compact overview of a program that can show some relationship nicely. NSD, in particular, provides visual aid and guides thinking about nested conditional structures.
Personally, I find that NSD is useful for rapid prototyping. It is quite simple and easy to draw a conceptual design before expanding into a flowchart. Modifying a stage or symbol in NSD is rather tedious compared to flowchart. On the other hand, after a careful and thorough investigation, I find NSD most suitable for structured system analysis, design and programming. NSD was designed with structured system analysis and design in mind as mentioned in the above paragraph, it has many advantages over flowchart despite of problem maintaining it. I think it is worth to study and to use it.
Here is an example of NSD and flowchart stating an algorithm to find a summation given by the equation:
If S > 100, then display k and tell the user that k is in range.
Hit the books
I have eight books to gnaw in 4 weeks but I only found one and bought it yesterday. So far, I’ve managed to gnaw one and half chapters of all eighteen in one book. The list of the books that I need to chew is growing. Looking at the list and the progress that I have made so far makes me a little worry. It is one mission impossible.
Some of the books are available as ebook but I prefer a hardcopy. Downloading of ebook pages are quite slow. The other drawback of the ebook is that I am unable to flip between pages for cross referencing. Hence, I would rather to invest in hardcopy books.
Local bookstores have limited titles. I believe Borders and Kinokumiya may have titles which I am looking for. I have to travel to KL one of these days to search for the books I need.
Pox Party
Hurray! Let’s have chicken pox party! Wait a minute… Am I going crazy? Who wants to have chickenpox? Huh… You see. In the past, parents would throw a chicken pox party when their children got chickenpox. The idea was to let other children to contract the virus naturally rather through inoculation. Once a person has contracted chickenpox, he/she will have immunity to chicken pox for the rest of his/her life. The only drawback is that person will have a chance to have shingles when the immunity gets low.
Dmitry has got chickenpox this morning. I didn’t see any when I had bath with him yesterday. So, the doctor gave him one week medical leave and advised him to stay at home. Nowadays people are so afraid to let their children to get chickenpox. This is a sign of overly protective. Children should not be sent back to school. But I personally think that why not as long as the children have no fever and as long as personal hygiene is taken care of.
Lets go spread some virus! He…he… 
Math and Science in English: A failure
My recent post about our tertiary education has revealed a serious flaw in our education as a whole. I read in awe an article of the same title by Meeky-Meeky and really got very disappointed about the policy. As I commented in Meeky-Meeky’s post, our education system is very much driven and influenced by politics. Those ignorant fools who oppose to teach Math and Science in English are shallowed minded, short-sighted and politically retarded. It is imprudent to let politics to influence and chart the course of education.
If this continues, our country will be dumb-headed in a few generation to come. Our country is already losing competitiveness in so many areas. With the rise of China as a new economy in this region, the competition gets tougher. And soon, Vietnam will rise. What will be our future?
Algorithmic art
Jean-Pierre Hébert, a 68-year-old French artist, is an algorist. This is a name, proposed by Jean himself, for artists who create arts using unique computer algorithms. Apple featured Jean and his works in May 2008. You can read about him here so I am not going to repeating writing about him and his works.
When I was doing shopping alone this evening, the idea flashed in my mind. I could use Mathematica to explore algorithmic art. So, I sat down in front of my Mac and explored. Here’s my first piece of algorithmic art . It is not comparable to what Jean has done but is definitely a good start. I can’t call myself algorist yet because I created no algorithm.
The following examples are two very simple mathematics equations. The plots demonstrate that mathematics can be visualized as art.
Butterworth low-pass filters
I was reading about Butterworth low-pass filters since two weeks ago. Signal processing was not my favorite but this particular linear analog electronic filter had somehow captured my attention. I have interns working on some projects. One project uses Butterworth low-pass filters to process signal acquired from some sensors.
I have to verify their works using Mathematica on Mac OS X for data modeling. But there is a problem with this software. It does not have a built-in function of Butterworth low-pass filter so I need to build one.
The gain G(ω) of an n-order Butterworth low pass filter is given in terms of transfer function H(s) as:
where ωc is break frequency.
The Mathematica code with break frequency normalized at 1 rad/s:
butterworth[w1_, w2_, o_] = 1/(1 + (w1/w2)^(2*o));
LogLinearPlot[
Evaluate[Table[
10*Log[10, butterworth[w1, 1, order]], {order, 5}]], {w1, 0.01, 100},
PlotRange -> {-100, 0}, PlotPoints -> 100, ImageSize -> 400]
Export["butterworth.jpg", %]
Plot of the gain of Butterworth low-pass filters of the n-order 1 through 5.
A disgrace to Malaysian tertiary education
Many of my friends and I do not see education in Malaysia at par with many western countries and even neighboring country like Singapore. Some students even revealed to me that some Ph.D. lecturers plagiarized lecture notes and assignments from foreign university’s websites and setting silly questions in mid-term paper for final year students. Some of them even were told to Google for answer when they approached their Ph.D. lecturers for pointers. Many of them have now realized how serious our tertiary education has deteriorated or has not even achieved in standards at all. But there are also some short-sighted students do not agree with that and continue to feel proud to be tertiary educated by Malaysia education system. Read the comment by a student nicknamed “Kick his Rosy ass” here.
This morning, I received an email from a friend from China who was reading local news website. Now, the whole world knew our standard and that’s extremely embarrassing but not surprising.
On August 23, New Straits Times published an advertorial entitled “Honorary Degree Award, 7th Convocation Ceremony University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia — Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti AlMarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah, D.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M.” This grammatically broken advertorial was produced by University Tun Hussein Onn. Click on the advertorial for larger view.
Later on August 26, New Straits Times apologized for mistakenly published this advertorial which was unfit to be published. The notice said (link):
NEW Straits Times published an advertorial entitled “Honorary Degree Award, 7th Convocation Ceremony University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia — Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti AlMarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah, D.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M.” in our Aug 23 issue. The advertorial contained gross factual and grammatical errors. The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad, as publisher and printer, hereby expresses deep regret for inadvertently printing the advertorial, which was unfit to be published. The advertorial was produced by University Tun Hussein Onn to announce the honorary degree award to Yang Amat Mulia Raja Zarith Sofiah binti AlMarhum Sultan Idris Al-Mutawakil Alallahi Shah, D.K.II, S.P.M.J., S.P.C.M. by the university.
Well, if this had happened in one of the local university, it could happen in other local universities. Some could be better but were not necessarily to meet standards.
And to our “honorable” minister of education, this is a university that named after your father. What say you? Malaysia boleh!
The power of China
After watching the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic 2008, I wrote a Chinese post about it and the magnificent Olympic torch ceremony. Tonight, the world witnessed again China’s ability to stage such a huge magnificent show to the world.
One thing that caught my eyes was the double deck bus which then transformed into a stage. When I was young, I used to imagine to have a vehicle which could transform into anything as I wished. China has done it! It has become possible.
Both the opening and closing ceremony have attracted the world’s attention. The shows take a person’s knowledge and understanding of Chinese cultures and history. Without such knowledge and understanding, the shows were just merely gigantic stage performances, and nothing more than entertainment. The story went down the time tunnel from Qin dynasty to modern China. They told the spectacular transformation of China and its rising.
Writing a conceptual paper
This may or may not be the greatest invention or rather I will not call it an invention yet. I am thinking of how to write a paper to record the conceptualization of my idea which I talked about earlier. First, at this point, I can’t discuss my idea with anybody in order to protect my interest; that makes the writing more difficult. Second, I have nothing to prove so writing this paper is like writing a Sci-Fi novel. So, I need a different approach, may be.
I dug out my collection of conference proceedings yesterday afternoon, hopefully I could find some inspiration. Obviously, I haven’t.
Yummy little cup cake
LA had baked some little cup cakes. She decorated them so well that you wanted to eat them. If you look at them for a while more, you wouldn’t want to eat them because they were so colorfully beautiful.
These photos were taken in May and I did not have time to process them and to write a post. I was processing Dmitry’s graduation photos last night so I conveniently processed them together. Some good and mouth watering pictures to get rid of the eye sore.
Protected: Dmitry’s graduation photo session
Sudden flooding of wild ideas
I have a sudden flooding of wild ideas these couples of days. Most of them seem to be really wild and not practical or logical enough to implement. But I see one with great potential which may change the way of computing.
I need some time to think it over and if it is viable, I then have to look at possibilities to patent it. If I am lucky enough, I may get venture capital fund for research and development. I hope so. Let’s dream big.
This is going to be exciting though.
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