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Income tax ...!

Have you filled up and send your income tax forms?? The due date is end of this month!!

This is the least pleasing tasks. I've to fill up both 2007 & 2008 forms.
For those filling on-line, here's the link Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri

Stuck in a rut :(

It's been 2 months since my last post! The problem is...there's so many things to say and yet no words written. Been busy with stuff & travelling a bit but that's no excuse. It is more difficult to move myself to complete tasks now. I don't really know why. There's just no inspiration. No internal push. And this is the real DANGER!!
I've been thinking about how hard I push myself at the gym and yet not really be strict about my diet. It's counter-productive to 'minus' and immediately 'plus' again! Seems like I love to sabotage my own effort to maintain my BMI in the normal range. I guess the same thing is happening in my other aspects of life. Seems like going no where :S

Where to do post-grad studies?

When you decide to do post-grad studies, apart from the field & topic, there's also the question of where to do it?
If let's say you have a choice of anywhere in the world to do it...so how to decide then?

Let's start with university rankings...

Good University Guide

Barron's Profile

RAE Report

Looking beyond ratings...

Assessing programme qualites

Finally, here's something for those who need a shortcut.

Find a Masters

Find a PhD

Find a Post-doc

Le Tour de Langkawi

Final stage of Le Tour de Langkawi was held this afternoon. The winners are listed here.

Took the chance to try out my relatively new Canon PowerShot SX110. Fast-moving subjects / Events.

Here are some pictures at the Kuala Lumpur Criterium circuit at Jalan Lebuh Ampang and at 50 metres from finishing line.

 

Shimano

 

Lebuh Ampang corner

 

 

Malaysian rider (in orange) riding pass me

Cheering on the ride leaders

An explanation of romance..?

Read this!

 

The science of romance: Brains have a love circuit

Sheila Sipaun - RIP

Today's the ninth anniversary of her passing. Years had passed by but the memories live on.

MAY YOU REST IN PEACE

Work

2 Feb 2009

Trying to focus on my research proposal & to finish my long over-due report

3-4 Feb 2009

The 10th Specialist Engineers Meeting & Symposium

Palace of The Golden Horses

We opened up two booths at this event. These two days were spent talking, promoting, convincing people about nuclear technology, advantages and its applications.

 

Our booth

5 Feb 2009

Today was spent doing inspection at a troubled highway structure. Damn, the fumes and noise from the vehicles makes me sick. Not looking forward to more field work.

 

6 Feb 2009

Back at lab for more data acquisition. Looking forward to the long weekend :))

 

Radiation Detectors

1. Fast Neutron Detector Array, Uppsala Universitet

2. TU Delft

3. Academic Jobs

4. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

ROOT

A colleague alerted me about the existance of ROOT - An Object-Oriented Data Analysis Framework

Apparently, anyone can do data analysis by using programs from Download Binaries.

Gonna try it out after this post.

Key Technology Areas for Malaysian Industry

1. Advanced Manufacturing
2. Advanced Material
3. Microelectronics
4. Biotechnology
5. Information and Communication Technology
6. Multimedia Technology
7. Energy
8. Aerospace
9. Nanotechnology
10. Photonics
11. Pharmaceuticals

 

In MOSTI, there are 5 Research Clusters

1. Information and Communication Technology

2. Biotechnology

3. Industry

4. Sea to Space

5. Science and Technology Core