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Yo, readers! I'm back with more logic quizes! Dare to answer it? Go on! But be careful, some of them are tricky questions ;)
Let's start!

1. Supposing three men were frozen, 2 died. How many were left?
2. There are three houses. One is red, one is blue band, and the other is white. If the red house is to the left of the house in the middle, and the blue house is to the right to the house in the middle, where is the white house?
3. A lift is on the ground floor. There are 4 people in the lift including me.
   When the lift reaches 1st floor, 3 people get in.
   The lift goes up to the second floor, 3 people get out 6 people get in.
   It then goes up to the next floor up, no-one gets out but 12 people get in. Halfway up to the next floor up the lift cable snaps, it crashes to the floor. Everyone dies in the lift. How did I survive?
4. Two women and two doctors walk into an ice cream parlor. They each order an ice cream cone. When their ice creams come, there is only 1 strawberry,1 chocolate and 1 vanilla.
   How come they didn't complain?
5. There was a train going along the track and a car coming along the road at a right angle to the train. They were both going at exactly the same speed and would have crashed in the middle where they met. But they didn't. How come?

Dear readers,
I got this from my trainer, Ken. His post is interesting, and I think this will help you to improve yourself too. I hope you enjoy it.


I suppose that this would be the key question that all human being would ask at least once in their life... For some, maybe this is the only key question they are asking all their life.

To be honest, I don't have the answer either.

What I hope to share is maybe my personal feel and what I experienced over the challenging periods of my life.

I found my answers in a simple phrase. I don't remember where or when I learnt this from. And it goes like this, "Appreciate What You Have, And Not Complain About What You Don't."

For most people, the latter is so much easier to do. Who could blame them? It does feel good that we have people listening to our complaints... And better yet, start a "forum" with them to see who has a better complaint.

I have been through that myself. When my mom was down with her current illness, I complained about life being unfair to a kind lady like her. When my life was in a mess, I complained about why is the world so unfair. When I was down and out, I complained why is it that no one understood me. When I was sick, I complained why I was so unlucky. The list continues.

Well, I must admit, it did feel good to let off all the negativity through complaining. BUT, what I soon noticed is that, the negative feelings usually returns... And sometimes, with more negativity. And I end up, being more unhappy with what's going on in my life.

This, I suppose, is because of the Law of Attraction. Like Attracts Like.

When we complain, what we are actually doing, is not just "releasing" the negative energy. What we fail to notice is that we are also sending out negative energy to the Universe. And the Universe would do what a kind Universe do... Send back more of such energy back at you.

Maybe that's why, people who usually goes through rough patches in their lives, seemingly stays in such rough patches for a long period of time... Until some thing or some one comes and "rescue" them. Sometimes, never.

Thus, while complaining gives you the immediate release of negative energy and the "happy" feeling, it is, in my opinion, definitely not the way to true happiness.

As I have said, through the recent years of challenges, I realized that when I chose to see this from another perspective, things almost always get better...When I chose to appreciate more and give thanks.

Take for example, my mom's medical condition. It is something which is beyond my family and I. Not something which we can control or change. So, I can choose to be upset, and unhappy about it. OR, I can choose to be happy that my mom is still alive and that I still have time to spend with her.

So what if she may not understand what I am saying... She can still hear my voice...
So what if she may not be able to tell me exactly what she wants to say... I can still hear speak...
So what if she may not be able to walk... I can still push her around in a wheelchair to where we want to go...
So what if she may not be able to eat properly on her own... I can take care of her, the way she did when I was younger.

And more importantly, I chose to see the love that my family has for her.

From all these wonderful things that I am already bestowed, what's there to complain about?

Same for other aspects of my life...

Come to think of it... I am already blessed with so much.


Note:
This post is copyrighted by my trainer, Ken.
Don't forget, appreciate what you have, don't complain about what you don't!

What do you know about Hiragana? Well, you know it as Japanese words. But do you know more about it? Now I'm here to give you more information about it.

Hiragana

Hiragana consists of a basic set of characters: five singular vowels, 39 distinct consonant-vowel unions and one singular consonant. Additionally, を wo is included (although pronounced the same as vowel お o, [o]), bringing up the total count of common-use characters to 46.

These basic characters can be modified in various ways. By adding a dakuten marker ( ゛), a voiceless consonant is turned into a voiced consonant: k→g, s→z, t→d, and h→b. Hiragana beginning with an h can also add a handakuten marker ( ゜) changing the h to a p.

A small version of the hiragana for ya, yu or yo (ゃ, ゅ or ょ respectively) may be added to hiragana ending in i. This changes the i vowel sound to a glide (palatalization) to a, u or o. Addition of the small y kana is called yoōn.

A small tsu っ, called a sokuon, indicates that the following consonant is geminated (doubled). For example, compare さか saka "hill" with さっか sakka "author". It also sometimes appears at the end of utterances, where it denotes a glottal stop. However, it cannot be used to double the na, ni, nu, ne, no syllables' consonants – to double them, the singular n (ん) is added in front of the syllable. For example さんにん sannin "three people".

Hiragana usually spells long vowels with the addition of a second vowel kana. The choōn (long vowel mark) (ー) used in katakana is rarely used with hiragana, for example in the word らーめん, rāmen, but this usage is considered non-standard. In informal writing, small versions of the five vowel kana are sometimes used to represent trailing off sounds (はぁ hā, ねぇ nē).

Here's a hiragana chart for you:

The Hiragana Syllabary

Here is the first Japanese syllabary. Japanese has no alphabet, but instead two syllabaries and Kanji, a modified subset of Chinese characters. The Hiragana Syllabary.

Do you like manga or anime? Well, I found an interesting way to people who like manga to learn about hiragana. Take a look at this poster, and feel free to download it! (I got this poster from na-insoo on deviantArt ☺Feel free to check the profile too!)

Want to know more about Hiragana? Click here!

That's all about today's Japanese lesson. Hope you like it! Cheers!

-Jean

Have you read a comic called Naruto? There, you can see about 5 elements, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Lightning. But is that true? Well, let's see what Japanese culture have about the 5 elements.

Japanese old tradition says that with these five elements, you can get a wonderful well-balanced life. You can find these elements in everything, and if you can get along with them, you will be able to have a long and happy life.

1. Chi. It means Earth. Represents the hard, solid objects of the world. Emotionally, Chi is predominantly associated with stubborness and stability. In the mind, it is confidence, and emotionally has a desire to have things remain as they are; a resistance to change. When under the influence of this chi mode or "mood", we are aware of our own physicality and sureness of action.

2. Sui or Mizu. It means Water, represents the fluid, flowing, formless things in the world. Outside of the obvious example of rivers and the like, plants are also categorized under sui, as they adapt to their environment, growing and changing according to the direction of the sun and the changing seasons. Blood and other bodily fluids are represented by Shui, as are mental or emotional tnedencies towards adaptation and change. Sui can be associated with emotion, defensiveness, adaptability, and flexibility.

3. Ka or Hi. It means Fire. Ka represents our metabolism and body hear, and in the mental and emotional realms, it represents drive and passion. Ka can be associated with motivation, desire, intention, and an outgoing spirit. Besides the obvious examples of heat and flame, lightning can also be thought of as an extension of Ka.

4. Fū or Kaze. It means Wind, represents things that grow, expand, and enjoy freedom of movement. Aside from air, smoke, and the like, fū can in some ways be best represented by the human mind. As we grow physically, we learn and expand mentally as well, in terms of our knowledge, our experiences, and our personalities. Fū represents breathing, and the internal processes associated with respiration. Mentally and emotionally, it represents an Open-minded attitude and carefree feeling. It can be associated with will, elusiveness, evasiveness, benevolence, compassion, and wisdom.

5. Kū, oftenly translated as Void, but also means Sky or Heaven. It represents those things beyond our everyday experience, particularly those things composed of pure energy. Bodily, Kū represents spirit, thought, and creative energy. It represents our ability to think and to communicate, as well as our creativity. It can also be associated with power, creativity, spontanity, and inventiveness. Kū is of particular importance as the highest of the elements. In martial arts, particularly in fictional tales where the fighting discipline is blended with magic or the occult, one often invokes the power of the Void to connect to the quintessential creative energy of the world. A warrior properly attuned to the Void can sense his surrounding and act without thinking, and without using his physical senses.

Have you ever been bad mood, feeling like to hit something or something or someone? Well, take a deep breath, and do these tips, calming down your mind. It works!

1. Close your eyes, think about the people you love. Imagine their faces, see their smiles, remind yourself how do these people love you so much.
2. Smell everything that'll help you to relax, every smell that you like. The smell of vanilla, citrus, cinnamon will naturally make your mood positive.
3. Find ways to laugh! Find silly or funny movies (such as Mr. Bean, or any movies you like), read comics, play with your pet, or being silly with firends (a friend in need is a friend indeed!).
4. Listening to music. Find musics that will make you happy, stronger, and feeling like being loved.

Feel free to try these tips! Cheers!

ASCII Codes

What's ASCII? ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Computers can only understand numbers, so an ASCII code is the numerical representation of a character such as 'a' or '@' or an action of some sort. ASCII was developed a long time ago and now the non-printing characters are rarely used for their original purpose. Below is the ASCII character table and this includes descriptions of the first 32 non-printing characters. ASCII was actually designed for use with teletypes and so the descriptions are somewhat obscure. If someone says they want your CV however in ASCII format, all this means is they want 'plain' text with no formatting such as tabs, bold or underscoring - the raw format that any computer can understand. This is usually so they can easily import the file into their own applications without issues. Notepad.exe creates ASCII text, or in MS Word you can save a file as 'text only'.




Extended ASCII Codes

As people gradually required computers to understand additional characters and non-printing characters the ASCII set became restrictive. As with most technology, it took a while to get a single standard for these extra characters and hence there are few varying 'extended' sets. The most popular is presented below.

This PC game is a logic game. Here, you'll act as an Inspector who'll find the murder, the evidence, the victim, and so on. You'll be given some clues which is in form of pictures. There are 3 levels (Easy, Medium, Hard) in Each Mode. In Career Mode, you'll have to pass 10 levels (Each levels will be played 2 times. The first one is as a practice, some clues are already solved. But in the second one, you'll have to solve all the clues to find the murder, evidence, victim, and the other things). So, what are you waiting for? Click the link below and download the game! Improve your logic!

Do you like drawing? But you do it traditionally, and don't know how to colour your drawing using computer? Well, I've found some tutorials for you, the basic and the advanced one. These tutorials are from Amaretti, and they're for Adobe Photoshop, though. The Basic Tutorials teach you how to colour, and the Advanced Tutorials teach you about giving shadows to your drawings and giving textures. Here are the links to download both of the tutorials:

Do you have problems with your English? Always nervous when you speak English, don't know what to say, or maybe have problems in listening? Well, I have some tips for you. I found it and I've tried it by myself. And now, I realized that my English is improved by doing these. So, what should you do to improve your English?

1. Join any forums or social network.
Join social network, such as Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, Myspace, and so on. Add friends from other countries. Talk to them, chat with them. Chatting every day will show you many ways to speak (to talk), and later you'll get accustomed to talk with someone. You can also join forums. For example, you like manga or anime. Join manga forums such as: I Eat Soul, 1/2 Prince, and so on. Don't forget to be active on those forums, posts a lot, and reply the others' posts.

Here are the links to some manga forums (Click on the pic to go to the forums):



2. Listening to music.
You like to sing or listening to music? Then it'll be easier for you to do this tips. Find some musics. Try to find a "clear" one (so you can hear the lyrics correctly), and write down what you've heard. At first, just listen to slow songs. As the time goes, try to listen faster songs. That'll improve your listening. After you done your listening, see the right lyrics and check your progress.
By doing this, you'll get at least 3 benefits:
- You will improve your listening skill.
- You can learn new vocabs and know how to say it.
- You can increase your typing speed (if you listen it on computer and type the lyrics).

3. Read comics or novel, and play games!
Why do these activities can improve your English? Because by doing these, you can learn new vocabularies. Having a lot of vocabularies will somehow help you to talk and to listen. And by reading comics or novel, you'll see a lot of sentences. Later on, you can make good sentences because you're accustomed to see good sentences (learn how to write by reading people's writing!).

4. Create a blog.
Create a blog, fill your blog just like you write on your diary. You can posts your daily life or everything (but use English!). This will somehow give you senses to write (like using good dictions) and that'll improve your writing (remember, if you want to study abroad, writing essay is included as a test!).

So, that's all. I hope this post can help you improve your English.

Note:
This will works not only for English. You can do the same way to learn other languages! Cheers!

Do you like playing Sudoku? But you're bored to play it with paper and pen? Well, I'll give you something interesting! I found Sudoku Portable for PC. And most of all, I'll give you two version of Sudoku for PC! Here are the links so that you can download it and play every time you want! Cheers!

Hi guys..
This is a quiz about love..
Answer these questions below (you can write down your answer on a paper or just remember it). Follow it step by step, ok? Let's start!

1. One day, you go to your gf's house. There are two ways. The first way is shorter than the second way, but you'll have to cross the graveyard. The second way takes longer than the first way, but the scenery is beautiful. Which way will you choose?

2. On your way, you saw lots of rose. There are red roses and white roses. You decide to take 20 roses. How much white roses and how much red roses will you take?

3. When you arrive at her house, her father open the door. You say that you want to see your lover. What will you do? Will you ask her father to call your lover or you'll call her by yourself?

4. When you come in, you go straight to her room. But, unfortunately, your gf isn't there. What will you do with the roses? Will you put it on the bed or near the window?

5. It's already late at night, and you sleep at your gf's house (in a separate room, of course). The next morning, you go to your gf's room to see her. Do you want to see her when she's still sleeping or you want to see her wake up?

6. At last, you want to go back to your house. Which way will you choose, the first way or the second way?

Done? Click "See the answer" below to check the answers!

More logic quiz! Enjoy!

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

This post here is for the Hong Kong students, who want to study in Singapore. Let's see about Hong Kong Scholarships.

The Hong Kong Scholarships aim to provide opportunities to the young people of Hong Kong to develop their potential and equip them with skills that will enable them to confidently step into the new millennium.
The Hong Kong Primary Scholarships are offered for studies in selected primary schools in Singapore. These Awards are for Hong Kong pupils entering Singapore primary schools at four levels: Primary 2 to Primary 5, and lead to the award of the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) certificate.
The Hong Kong Secondary Scholarships and Pre-University Scholarships are offered for studies in selected secondary schools and junior colleges in Singapore. The Secondary Scholarships are for Hong Kong pupils entering Singapore secondary school at three levels: Secondary 1, 2 and 3, while the Pre-University Scholarships are for Hong Kong pupils entering Singapore junior colleges at Pre-University 1. Both Scholarships lead to the award of the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Advanced GCE A-Level (or equivalent) certificates.

Click here to see more about:
1. Hong Kong Primary Scholarships
2. Hong Kong Secondary Scholarships
3. Hong Kong Pre-University Scholarships
4. Merit Awards


Slash news:
- Outstanding students who perform well in the GCE A-Level (or equivalent) Examination may apply for undergraduate scholarships offered by the National University of Singapore (NUS) or the Nanyang Technological University.
- The application period for the 2011 Hong Kong Scholarships is from 20 April 2010 to 21 June 2010.
- This information are from Ministry of Education, Singapore.

5 logic quizes! Try to answer it!

1. There is a man who lives on the top floor of a very tall building. Everyday he gets the elevator down to the ground floor to leave the building to go to work. Upon returning from work though, he can only travel half way up in the lift and has to walk the rest of the way unless it's raining! Why?

2. A man is wearing black. Black shoes, socks, trousers, lumper, gloves and balaclava. He is walking down a black street with all the street lamps off. A black car is coming towards him with its light off but somehow manages to stop in time. How did the driver see the man?

3. A man went to a party and drank some of the punch. He then left early. Everyone else at the party who drank the punch subsequently died of poisoning. Why did the man not die?

4. A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. The barman pulls out a gun and points it at the man. The man says 'Thank you' and walks out. Why?

5. The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old. Next year, she'll turn 10. How is this possible?

Are you interested to study abroad, especially Australia? Well, this post might mesmerize you. I found a university in Australia that giving scholarships to international students - The University of Melbourne, Victoria. Let's jump in and see what they have!

Why choose Melbourne?

The University of Melbourne is Australia's no. 1 research university*, and is ranked at no. 6 in the world for its graduates employability**.

Whether you are living in Melbourne, rural Australia, or coming to University of Melbourne from around the world, you will:

• Study in an atmosphere of intellectual excitement supported by excellent facilities and access to some of Australia's best libraries and online resources.
  
• Benefit from the wealth of cultural, institutional and recreational opportunities available.
  
• Enjoy a learning community and curriculum that is internationally and culturally diverse
  
• Study alongside highly motivated and successful students
  
• Find students who are active in clubs, sport, community service and reaching out for international experiences.

The best and brightest students from many different backgrounds choose to study here. Diversity is valued, multiculturalism is celebrated, and the integrity of the individual is respected. At the University of Melbourne, you'll have the opportunity to make lifelong friends from around Australia and the globe.


Here are some pictures about The University of Melbourne:






Click here to see more about Scholarships, grants, and sponsorships for Students from South-east Asia and other information.

Want to meet Melbourne Staff in your country? Check out the events list here!

See more about information for International students here!

Note:
^* According to key indicators used by the Australian Government to allocate competitive research funding
^**The Times Higher World University Rankings, Times Higher Education, UK, 2009


Slash news:
- The University of Melbourne has a formal agreement with Universitas Indonesia (UI) in Jakarta and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta for dual degree programs.
- Other international linkages are made with Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, Siwalima Museum, Bogor Agricult, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah, and many more.
- More than 1,900 alumni of the University of Melbourne live in Indonesia.

There was a family.
One day, the father and the boy went to the mall by car.
But, a truck came across and crashed their car.
The father died, but the boy hasn't died yet.
The people took the boy to a hospital.
The boy had to be operated so that he'd be safe.
But the doctor said, "I can't operate him, he's my son!"
Who's the doctor?

The ASEAN Scholarships are also given by Singapore. Here's some information about the ASEAN Scholarships.

The ASEAN Scholarships aim to provide opportunities to the young people of ASEAN to develop their potential and equip them with skills that will enable them to confidently step into the new millennium.

The ASEAN Scholarships lead to the award of the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education ‘Advanced’ (GCE ‘A’) Level (or equivalent) certificates. Outstanding students who perform well in the GCE ‘A’ Level (or equivalent) Examination may apply for the ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarships offered by the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), or Singapore Management University.

Find out more about The ASEAN Scholarhips for:
1. Indonesia
2. Brunei
3. Cambodia
4. Lao P.D.R.
5. Malaysia
6. Myanmar
7. Thailand
8. The Philippines
9. Vietnam


Slash news:
- Application period for the 2010 ASEAN Scholarships for Indonesia is now closed. If you're interested to apply, apply next year! So, study hard from now on!
- This information are from Ministry of Education, Singapore.