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E-learning
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E-learning part 2
Few days ago, I posted up my response on the e-learning issue as requested by my lecturer. I was quite shocked after found out that not more than 5 people posted their response. Is this a sign showing that even though we are studying computer science, but we still do not appreciate and utilize the internet connection wisely? Or this shows that our e-learning system has some problem because it doesn’t help attracting students to login (in other word, it sucks)?
But then, I am quite impressed that there are people who rely on the internet resources in studying in my course. This is because in my college, we are rely on the lecturer for notes. If a lecturer does not provide notes for photocopying, then he/she will be in trouble when students evaluate him/her during the end of semester. Not many who are really interested finding out more on the subject somewhere else and this is probably why not many logged into the BlackBoard and post their response.
In my response, I pointed out that constant electrical supply is a main factor in order to make e-learning a success. It is quite insulting when we are already used to electricity black-outs even in this so-called “Advanced State”. Besides that, decent broadband coverage is also another important factor because not many residents in Malaysia are able to surf online with the help of broadband. Even one can surf using broadband, if he/she is using Streamyx’s service, then he/she will probably suffer from the constantly service down. Even though there are other ISPs providing broadband connection but they cant provide low cost connection. This is because wired connection that is generally cheaper is already monopolized by Telekom. In order to use other ISPs’ services, we will need to pay more for the hardware because they use wireless technology to deliver broadband connection.
If these problems are left unbothered, then I do not expect E-learning will become a trend in Malaysia.
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e-learning?
Recently our English for Science unit’s lecturer posted an issue about e-learning at the college’s “e-learning” system (which is actually a blackBoard Learning System that is also used by many other colleges) and we are required to write a response to that issue. She also provided a link to a page that clearly explains about “e-learning”. Until now, I have really no idea on this issue since I am still reading that webpage while I am posting this.
If only looking at my college’s so called “e-learning” system, I really don’t like it much because it is not as useful as I expected. Blackboard Learning System is no doubt a good system handling “e-learning” things but it is not being well used at my college. I myself prefer looking for information at another websites rather than the e-learning system because there are almost nothing provided by our lecturer through the system except for some lecture notes / tutorial questions / assignment questions etc. I have a friend studying at another college and I heard from him that he can get a lot more things through their college BlackBoard System besides notes / assignments etc. And the participation of his lecturer is much better compared to my college. I found that sometimes it is very rare to see any lecturer to join in our discussion in the discussion board and probably this is why Blackboard System is not popular in my college.
But these are only some problems that only occur in my college, and this doesn’t mean that they will happen in other colleges as well. Therefore these cannot be the only points in my response to the issue, *sigh*. Now I would need to start thinking what to write and post them this Friday since I do not have much spare time because the units I took in this semester are quite tough (at least 4 credit hours) and I am definitely don’t wish the same thing happened as the “Introductory to Discrete Mathematics” unit last semester.
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是时候准备考试了……
今天收到Calculus I 的Mid-term成绩，吓了一大跳，此次是我踏入学院生涯门坎的第一次最令我失望的一次测验。后来检验了一次，发觉到局大多数都是很careless的错误，有点锤心口的感觉。不过也是好事啦，早发现好过迟发现。也顺便提醒了我这个懒虫是时候放点心机进学业了。
不知道是不是上次假期太过悠长的关系，整个人好像还没有完全投入“紧张”的状态（除了上几次赶Assignments）。这个这么差劲的成绩正好提醒了我，也刹那间狠狠地把我刮醒，是时候冲刺了！兄弟们，上啊！突然间又有点想念（本来错手写到怀念的，touch wood~）我的高级数学老师呐，因为她的教学手法很干净利落，而且往往不必花太多时间背一大堆Formula。在她的教导之下，我们是先花了一些时间那些Formula那里来（可以帮助记忆），要来做什么，最后才是怎么用。而目前这个讲师则是直接教你怎么apply这些Formula（那么我们上课来做什么？）。我不是说她不好，其实她讲课很仔细的，可是到了Formula应用的那方面，她就只是直接叫我们apply那些Formula。我则是坏在必需了解Formula怎么变出来我才甘愿去用的（大多数啦）。
此外，值得一提的是，今天，out of 22人，只有5人attend今天5-7的lecture，呵呵，满不错的嘛，破纪录喔。之前的纪录是8人，想不到今天的历史时刻我有份见证！太兴奋了！！！
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劫匪亡命人生
不晓得为什么要把他标签为全民公敌，因为基本上他的行事作风都很“亲民”，如果相对对立的执法人员。怎么个亲民法？尽管Dilinger每次都是提着大把小把的枪支，可是在片中我倒是没有看到他对任何民众路人开枪的。可能这也足够说明为何他在被押送到监狱的路上，整个街道的盛况完全只能用万人空巷来形容。所以可想而知，这个角色是多么的讨好，更不用说整个故事都是他一个人撑起的。
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朋友间的聊天教战手册
有时候朋友多交点不是坏事，如果交不到能面谈的朋友，交个网友也不错。其实也不一定要聊得来，如果生活只有聊得来的朋友其实也相当无趣的。这篇文想要说的，其实是刚好刚认识的这位网友问的一个问题引发的。先说说这个人吧，其实我这一生人遇到意见不合的人很多，但他总是用很奇怪的角度把我的话重新组织丢回来，形成一种我在挖洞给自己跳的感觉。首先在宗教和信仰上大家已经有了分歧点，本人比较接近无神论（btw我喜欢这个talk），他则是虔诚的佛教徒。我们的对话尽管不是每次都会兜回信仰上，但是信仰很多时候会左右思绪的逻辑，是以我一直都觉得他怪异得很有趣。其实我们的对话仔细一想其实一部分可以集结出来整理成很多的文章，呵。
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有些事不能乱说……
前天是我们的presentation日，因为第一节和第二节，也就是最后一节，也就是我们的presentation时间，相差了有5个小时，所以我们就“善用”那五个小时的空挡草草准备一份比较能看的powerpoint presentation。
因为相隔的时间太过于冗长，所以过了两三个小时难免会开始想睡。于是，在我们完成了所有的slide后，就出去喝杯茶清醒一下……之后呢，我们就回到工作间（其实是我们其中一个人租的房间），重新审查，并且开始彩排。彩排完毕后，我们就走路回到我们的campus。
戏肉到了……在回到campus后，漫步回课室的期间，一对家长团（开放日）竟然很荣幸看到我们一群人。这群显然是新生的家长们在工作人员的带领下四处参观我们学院的设施。因为他们前进的步伐非常缓慢，所以我们一群人唯有跟在后面慢慢走，反正时间尚早。好死不死，突然间他们竟然停下，在一个可以通往我们其中一个食堂的小路前听着工作人员说该小路可以直通食堂。这个时候，我身边的朋友她竟然很倒米得说了一句：“切，（食堂的食物）很难吃的……”。顿时间，一切事物停格了，我因为太尴尬的关系，所以找了个小路窜了开去，划清界限。哈哈哈，隐约中似乎看到家长们全部看着我的朋友，而解说员也“窒”了一下。
之后，我和其他的朋友连忙快步走想办法抛开家长团，后来总算把他们撇开了，我们才开始讨论刚才发生的窝囊事……后来我们一行四人强烈谴责该乱开炮的女生，因为我们认为就算食堂的东西如此不堪（事实的确如此），也不该这样“诚实”的，因为……新生到了才有得好受，现在学精了只会显示出我们多么无知，因为我们在第一个学期都是在食堂解决我们的饥饿的，哈哈哈哈。
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說不得不可說唔講得
生日後（本來想寫篇文章但手上各種事情陷入膠著所以根本沒心情）人生依然活在水深火熱，活得焦頭爛額。所以當時H先生揪看戲的時候，根本沒有想來的衝動，儘管卡士一時無兩。拒絕了之後我也不當一回事，一直到差不多一星期前，才突然收到囑咐說要把這天空出來。說的，就是由葉童和黃德斌領銜主演的《唔講得》。
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