On the 29th night of August, my friend which was from Malacca campus drove up to cyberjaya and brought me to shoot the final fireworks display for the MIFC ( Malaysia International Fireworks Competition) which was held at Putrajaya. Knowing Putrajaya and cyberjaya was famous for their windy and complicated roads, I ask him when I was in the car. How did u managed to drove all the way to cyberjaya campus? Aha! he said it was no sweat because he used a GPS ( global positioning system device)! While we are having our dinner at the PICC convetion center, he was mentioning about RCW and then about comities members, robots... I went to total blank when I heard about that. Hence I ask him to enlighten me. Well its RCW ( Robotics Challenge Week) this event was held at Malacca campus hosted by Engsoc of MMU Malacca campus. Finally I went (ohhhh) after his explanation.
1. Knowledge Accessibility- Explicit Knowledge
Aha! he said it was no sweat because he used a GPS ( global positioning system device)!
- He reached cyberjaya campus without a sweat because the GPS is kind of like a digital and interactive map. Almost the entire Kuala Lumpur and I might say Malaysia is covered by the GPS. It is very useful when traveling around Kuala Lumpur when the streets and road are like so complicated and there are so many roads to memorize. Plus if you are not from Kuala Lumpur the probability that u might get lost is very big.
2. Thinking Process and Knowledge- Semantic Knowledge
Well its RCW ( Robotics Challenge Week) this event was held at Malacca campus hosted by Engsoc of MMU Malacca campus.
- This is a semantic knowledge because he explained to me that RCW = robotics challenge week
P/s I hope Mr. Nizam wont deduct my assignment marks Because this post was ment for 30th of august sorry for the late post
Sunday, August 31, 2008
A night out with my former housemate
To go or not to go
Since last night was merdeka celebration night my friends rang me up and asked me out for the countdown. However I cant decide on whether to go or just stay at home. So I told my friend Eddie that if he goes then I will go. being so undeceive, from what I learned from critical thinking, hence I can apply the (deductive reasoning of hypothetical syllogism).
1) Modus ponens (Affirming the antecedent) - Valid
-If Eddie is going, then I will go
-Eddie is going, so I will go. (yay)
2) Denying the antecedent - Invalid
-If Eddie’s going, then I’ll go
-I will not go, therefore Eddie’s not going. (Eddie might go with his other friends)
3) Modus tollens (Denying the consequent) - Valid
-If Eddie’s going, then I’ll go
-Eddie’s not going, so I will not go.
4) Affirming the consequent - Invalid
-If Eddie’s going, then I’ll go
-I’ll go, therefore Eddie’s going. (Eddie might stay at home and sleep)
So this question was bugging me.
Come to think of it, it was wise that I did not went for the countdown and rest at home instead. Thinking of assignments and next week's presentation makes me worried.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Malaysia international fireworks competetion (MIFC 2008)
1. HRM midterm (100 mcqs)
2. Mock job interview for managerial communication (20 marks)
3. Critical thinking midterm...
It was like me getting run over by a bullet train the fireworks was on Wednesday night didn’t care much about the exams and the rest, because for a photographer a missed shot is like #$%!* especially if it’s a good one I will whine n whine and whine…
Well on to the fireworks then. Was really anticipating shooting fireworks for the 1st time so prepared my camera then left cyberia around 7.45 reached Putrajaya central around 8 and board the free shutter bus to the Putrajaya International Convention Center (PICC). The bus did not stop us near the convention center but actually stopped at Dataran Gemilang and it was so damn far for the Dataran to the convention center. I measured with Google earth and it was an staggering 1.1KM walk. Arriving at the Dataran around 8.30PM me and my friend was aiming to get the best spot in the convention center so we alternately transformed into a rocket knowing we had to make up the lost time so we sped to the convention center as fast as possible. At last we reach there after searching for a good spot to setup our camera we finally cou
ld have a rest, by the time both of us were soaking in sweat. But the effort was worth it because the view was ‘perfecto’ sweet spot was discovered by the both of us.
While waiting for the show to start at 10pm, I was thinking all fireworks have bright and sparking colours, therefore all fireworks must be bright and colourfull.
Ok enough of the story let’s move on with some pictures!
p/s the pictures were watermarked by myself because I don’t want some guy later copy paste it in their blog / site n say “hey this was my picture for PICC”
And by the way I can say my pictures are far better than the official photographer of MIFC click here to look at his shots! Compare mine and his and give me a comment okay :p!
Implementation from BCT syllabus:
1. “it was like me getting run over by a bullet train”
· This is a Metaphor. I used this to express how stressful it was because it was really a busy and difficult. Metaphor is used to create a comparative image in a person’s mind, without using comparative qualifiers.
2. “so we alternately transformed into a rocket knowing we had to make up the lost time so we sped to the convention center as fast as possible”
· This is a simile, it was used to describe how desperate we were in reaching in time and find a good spot for the show. Similes are used to compare the expressions of both of us with some other ideas that create an image.
3. “all fireworks have bright and sparking colours, therefore all fireworks must be bright and colourful”
· This is an Inductive Generalization because my statement is drawing towards a generalization, as a likely conclusion from other observations. Inductive Generalization falls under the Inductive Reasoning.
