guys,
you can make it
do the serious stuffs first
then you can have fun fun fun fun fun…..

my thought for the subject

internet shouldn't be just about facebook @ dailymail.co.uk

i think net communication is much more than what i expect in the beginning of the semester. i thought it would be simply about social networking and some effects regarding internet use. it turns out it’s not that simple and linear. there is so much more than facebook. there is so much more we can do with internet besides facebook. we can maximize the use of it and even start our business, like the guest lecturer. and i’ve never learnt the importance of niche in terms of blogging. i guess without a niche, my blog would be simply another random blog talkng about random things out there. this subject definitely equips me with the basis ideas and knowledge needed in order to get what i want from it while still being a responsible ‘networker’.

my thought about the progress
i guess it is quite hard to do blogging in a routine manner. as we still consider this blog ‘an assessment’, it’s hard to keep on writing on it. if we take our blogs as ‘our blog’, like really personal blogs, then i guess it’d be easier to keep writing it in a constant pace.

in order to make my blog to be more personal, thus make me to write or post anything constantly, i link it with my twitter acc. so whenever i update my twitter, i’ll know i’m kind of updating my blog as well. that makes me think of my blog. so i’ll go to my my blog and maybe drop 1 or 2 lines and a picture.
indeed, it’s not hard to just drop a few lines and upload a picture about your daily life (as my blog is about daily inspiring thought). but it becomes a bit difficult when i have to link the niche of my blog with the topics of each week. it seems there is no commons between my niche and the subject. so i guess it looks quite odd in the end when i try to do the niche bloggings but i try to answer the weekly questions as well.

besides, for me, i tend to write blogs in small amount of words. i know 400 words is not much. but it looks quite a lot when it comes to blogging. it looks a lot when it comes to my short blogs.

anyway, it’s a good experience. i blogged before, but i just blog whatever i want to say on my blog. there’s no specific issues or topic i’d like to talk about. niche blogging definitely gives me a clearer idea to blog. i feel my blog in a sense look more concise and specific in terms of topic and target audience.

lastly, thank you dave n michael.you guys are so funny and nice. i have a great time and i hope you two have a great time too. best of luck!

i'm feeling happy

cheers :}

what’s ‘perfect’?

perfect proportion ?!

according to the cambridge dictionary, ‘perfect’ basically means absolutely flawless, ideal and accurate. therefore, a perfect guy means an ideal man in terms of appearance and characters, right?!

why do we always look for perfection?

it is because we always assume perfection is great. it simply suits whatever you have dreamt of. if your partner is perfect, it means you wouldn’t have to change for him/her. because he/she is simply perfect and would do whatever you want no matter how ridiculous it is. sounds awesome, yea?

hold on

perfection is not what we exactly want. according to a study from a dating website, woman doesn’t usually look for perfect guy. they look for man who are a bit geeky, a bit rough and can get ready quickly instead of spending an hour in the bathroom fussing over appearance.

more importantly, we can never be perfect. it doesn’t take 2 people to make up a perfect relationship. rather, it takes 2 imperfect people who want to be perfect for each other to make a perfect couple. the drive for being a better person for their love makes a better relationship.

therefore, we shouldn’t bother to find ‘the perfect boyfriend/girlfriend. be a better person. and you be in a perfect relationship.three tips from me:

• be considerate

yelling and speaking bad words doesn’t help in any arguments. think from the perspectives of your boyfriend/girlfriend. there is always a reason for their thought. there’s no perfect solution in romance. there is just better solution when you view from another angle.

• be lovely

complaining about your imperfection doesn’t help. it makes you feel bad and unworthy. accept your tiny little imperfections, like tiny pimple on your face. come on. it’s just a pimple. it looks cute.

• be happy


happy elmos from tokyo

being dull and discouraging doesn’t help. as we aren’t and never will be perfect, so live with it and smile! you can’t avoid bad things from happening but you can deal with it with another attitude, a positive one. we are not a problem. we are a problem solver.

imperfect focus but perfect chocolate

for me perfect is ‘to accept and appreciate imperfections.’

last but not least, something that you can try right now and make yourself a better person. although the video seems solely about make-up, it’s more about how you can laugh with imperfections in life. i hope you guys would love the video.

finger crossed

cheers

queenie’s beauty channel

not-so-perfect Chinese geisha make-up tutorial

For further information

http://www.tressugar.com/Study-Finds-Womens-Perfect-Man-7469579

flying
yea, the sparrows are cute. they are fat and the look like a fluffy ball. therefore, my friend and i take this picture right away. and then i wonder how they could fly in the sky when they get so fat so heavy. but then my friend told me that sparrow actually hops rather than flies, though it’s a bird. then i wonder why would god create a kind of ‘bird’ which actually walks more than they fly. i guess because god somehow loves sparrow. so they give them the gift to taste both the feeling of walking/hopping and flying.

freedom
it’s like everyone has dreamt of flying like a bird in the sky. not for me. i’m scared of height and i’m afraid of falling from a high place (if you’ve read my previous post about bad dreams). but for sure i treasure the feeling of flying in the sky, the feeling of set free (hey, i don’t have to fly in order to feel to be set free, right?). and i feel like god loves us, human, much more. it’s because god gives us the ability to make machines or anything to experience all kind of freedom. we can get on a plane in order to feel like flying in the sky. we can get on a submarine in order to feel like swimming/experiencing in the deep sea etc. we can feel all kind of freedom.

being thankful
most importantly, god gives the freedom to choose whether to believe him or not. i’m not saying god is really amazing and you should believe in god. no. you can choose not to believe in god. it really doesn’t matter. what want to say is being thankful. you don’t necessarily have to thank god. but it’d be great if you can thank anyone or anything. thank that you were born with health, thank that you can read and write, thank that you have friends around, thank that you can taste fresh air, thank that you can ……

step up and go and show your thankfulness

say thank you to; the waitress gave you the coffee, the tram driver, the librarian etc.

thank you by daniel slaughter @ flickr

thank you

it suddenly pops in my mind when i was waiting for a tram this morning. i was thinking what i would feel if i have read 10,000 books. i bet i would never know. come on. it’s 10,o00 books. although i would never know how i would feel like or look like as if i’ve read 10,000 books, i’m sure that that i would choose to go travelling for 10,000 km in the world over reading.

indeed, that is my choice. and here i am.

royal bxhibition Building at night

i’m studying in melbourne as an international student.studying abroad has been my dream, so my dream has come true and i have no regret about this decision.

i’ve definitely learnt a lot. learning is actually life-experiencing. i’m actually experiencing everyday.

experience of living on my own
experience of cooking a few times a week
experience of hosting party at home without asking permission from mum n dad
experience of singing in the bathroom crazily
experience of signing all kinds of contract(eg, rent, water, electricity, gas, etc)
experience of missing mum’s dishes
experience of missing dad’s snoring sound
experience of missing my doggy”s bark

oh…and i’m experiencing this space to talk to you :}

i’m still experiencing. are you experiencing anything similar or different from me?

cheers

Discuss the quote above in terms of an interesting and provocative comments thread in your niche. Consider your own moderation policy and participation in discussions.

do not appreciate cruel comments from nemmers @ flickr

the public sphere and participatory cultures

the public sphere in the internet allows a wide range of opinion to be voiced. so basically, anyone can share and anyone can participate in this ‘free’ public platform. as people becoming more willing and daring to speak up in the internet, it also draws like-minded people together. they could exchange opinion on internet even if they have never seen each other. maybe they don’t even know how each other look like. it guarantees the chance that anyone could participate in the participatory culture, as long as one has access to internet.

similarly, it happens to the blog i randomly searched on internet, the notebook doodles

it draws people who have similar thought about art, fashion and basically lifestyle. this’s shown from the comment left by the other bloggers. most of them agree with the blogger of this blog. they usually respond by agreeing the blogger and sharing what they think about the topic., like food and art forms.

like what geert lovink said, this blogger also doesn’t intend to create public debate. but what i feel from the notebook doodles is she doesn’t mind to receive any negative comments. it’s because her blog is about art and lifestyle. and it doesn’t necessarily get similar thoughts. different opinion is allowed. even if there’s a negative comment about the blog or the images of this blogger, it’s just still one comment.

the politics of the everyday

in the politics of the everyday, even if there’s a negative or quite unpleasant comment, both the blogger and blog visitors would forget it really soon. bloggers, update blog quite frequently, so there’ll be another soon. visitors tend forget the old post and follow the newer post real soon (Lovink, from the reader). besides, visitors don’t tend to take things on blog seriously. maybe this is the politics of blogging. we allow negative comments but we tend to forget it quickly.

reputation and cyberbullying

cyberbullying @ ubc

as no one knows who you are in the cyberspace. but still, one has to take responsibility on what they post on internet. i recognize that it’s true that sometimes people comment more verbally-violent on internet. but i believe they do not intend to hurt someone. there’s no point to hurt someone, someone you don’t know. some may say you can bully anyone simply because you don’t know him and he doesn’t know you, so he could not take revenge on you. think again. why would someone hurt/bully a stranger? he has done nothing wrong .

here are some real cyberbullying cases:

david knight of burlington, ontario
ghyslain raza of trois-rivieres, quebec

i agree with what paulo virno said to comment could be recognized as a quite ‘individual game’. (Lovink, from the subject reader). the unpleasant comment is ‘nothing more than a place for immediate self-affirmation’ (paulo virno, lovink, from the subject reader). it’s more immediate and brutal in nature. although the comment may still contain some sense of truthfulness (michel foucault), we shouldn’t overestimate the negative tone or unfriendly word use. to better understand the reason for leaving pleasant/unpleasant comment helps us, as a blogger as well as blog visitor, analyze comment critically.

don’t let emotion going over our mind.
respect the benefits came from a diversity of opinion.
this is the right way for a sustainable and mature comment culture.

there are a number of reasons that i think C.C. is important to property sharing and protection.

firstly, C.C could ensure different forms of intellectual property are able to share in the public domain with protection. it is because anyone quotes, remixes, reproduces or uses the original property in any manners, has to acknowledge the source as well as the author. not being acknowledged is the last thing any author/ producer wants to see. in short, C.C. makes everyone happy. people are happy with the access to the property while the author/producer are happy with the acknowledgment. it is definitely a win-win case.

however,
some may say that why do we need c.c when copyright is there to protect the author/producer and property. copy right is even more effective in preventing illegal/unwanted stealing of property. however, it also prevents the access and sharing of property. and this leads to negative impact of the whole democratic sharing culture.

c.c. is able to give the ‘freedom of sharing and enjoying’ which copyright could not provide. copyright is in a sense too restrictive in terms of property sharing. c.c. allows anyone to get access or even share the property, given that it’s under the limitations set by the author/producer.

creativity n remix
sharing intellectual property promotes creativity. and creativity is the driving force for more properties, both in diversity and quality. we can think from the other side. if there is little or no sharing, limited amount of further remixes from the original property could be created. that means there will be less fantastic and innovative music or picture like those created by andy warhol ( you know, some of his artefacts were based on remixing and repeating original properties, eg the campbell soup cans and marilyn monroe prints). his prints revealed the importance of property sharing and property remixing as well as impacts on modern arts culture. and i’m sure that all of us want to see more innovative publications by allowing some degree of property sharing.

as a m&c student
writing on behalf of media and communications students, c.c. has to be there in terms of sharing opinion and photos. we definitely want to make our voice to be heard. the easiest and quickest way to make our opinion heard is through sharing on internet then wide-spread via sharing. c.c. certainly gives us the faith that we would be acknowledged when our voices are copied/shared/mentioned in anywhere. this serves a channel for media students to be heard from media organization.  this is a chance for us to begin our media career. most importantly, we, media students, are doing what we are supposed to do; being the public watchdog for the sake of the commonwealth.

indeed, not just journalistic students but all people love sharing like, painters, music-lovers, carpenters, fashion designers etc, would find c.c. helpful in terms of protecting them when sharing their works.

therefore, i do place a c.c. in this blog. this ensures my voice could be heard, shared or even circulated among people (if my words are good enough). at least, this gives me a channel to share under my preferred boundaries.

i do understand why some people still have doubt on c.c. it’s true that c.c. is still in a developing age. and some people don’t really have faith on it. they may believe copy right is ‘protective enough’ for them and their property. yea, they are way too ‘protective’.

words to those have doubt on c.c.:
try it. it just takes you a minute to make your own c.c. for your property. then it can protects your property. it neither does any harm to you nor your property. and it doesn’t infringe your copy right to your property. besides, you can let more people know your fabulous work and be part of the innovative people to promote a healthy democratic sharing culture. why not?

exam is not around the corner because i don’t have exam. but i do have to hand in 4 essays, totally 10,00o words.woohooooooo…

obviously i’m not prepared,at all. but i’m getting there. by means of getting there, i mean i’m getting home snacks after snack for the essay-guerrilla fight. roarrrrrrr….

yummy crisps

this is my favorite honey n butter crisps. i hope i would eat all of it all in a time.

all pics are taken from iphone 3gs
i hope the quality is not too bad

all the best for exams

work hard
play hard

cheers

i dunno why i have such bad dreams quite often when i was young. but i learn that people were abused when they were tiny little boys/ girls have bad dreams. that’s understandable.

luka
i talk about bad dreams because i’m addicted to a song called ‘luka’. it is sang by suzanne vega in the 80s and it’s about child abuse. what i’m shocked about is the contrast between the happy music and the miserable underlying meaning of the song. some critics said that this song is about victims tried hard to cover or deny their unhappy childhood experience by profound music. i feel really sorry about the experience and the denial.

old vs new
actually i’m addicted to the same song but not suzanne’s version. it’s because her version is pretty devastating. the MV is quite scary too (that’s why i’m sharing suzanne vega’s version here, hahaha). i’m addicted to the version sang by olivia ong who is a singaporean-japanese singer. her voice is fresher and natural. i know it sounds like the happy voice of olivia ong even creates a larger contrast with the sorrowful meaning of the song.

all about happiness
but what i decode the song when i first heard is all about happiness. i can’t feel the sorrow. i can feel that one has move on with their experience. by gone is by gone. for me, olivia’s version makes me feel better. i even want to hum as  i walk home when i’m listening to this song. i don’t know if you guys would like this song but it’s worth a try.

ohhh… and don’t be frightened by bad dream. you don’t know how amazing good dream is without bad dream, right? if you do bad dreams, listen to the music you like, freshen your mind with what you like. take your mind to picnic with fresh air, green grass and yummy fruits and cakes. and you’ll be fine.

so there you go, olivia ong’s luka

Cheers

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warm
not too bright
soft

but i’ll miss the rainy days in such shinny day
the raindrops, the breezes, the swamps
and my dot-patterened umbrella
and a warm cup of latte
and a good friend

latte

good day