Coming to End of EIR.

Coming to end of EIR. From this module, i learnt how to do my research more efficiently and effectively. Through the activities i got to know friends from other courses and also people from Hong Kong. 

Before coming to this module, i only know how to get information through Google. But after lessons and practicals, i know things like, meta search engine, subject directory. 

Despite having lots of practicals and blog post to do, i managed to finish them in time and also i would like to say that those assignments are really interesting, such as the online shopping spree and dream holiday. 

We got to use Facebook as well as Twitter to engage in topic discussions.

All these days, Miss Farida has been helping us alot with researching and also to keep us engaged in topic discussions. 

Once again, Thank you Miss Farida for your time. 

^^ Good bye.  

 

Secondlife PolyU collab

So, there was only like three hongkong students online during the e-learning activity. Whereby it is really difficult for our EIR students to be able to chat with them, but some of the hongkong students are really willing to help out by staying with us till 11pm. I manages to chat with 2 people but one ignored me and the other logoff soon after the first question. So i will talk about the one who at least answered me one question.

The problem that most of us face is not being able to find a hongkong student to chat with.

Name of hong kong student: Shek Blogger

Course: Modern Software Technology

Me, phuayhao and rongyi shared and asked him questions like :

•  How do you protect yourself from the bad effects of the undesirable aspects (eg cyber sex, gambling, bullying etc) of using Second Life?
• Any recommendation of food and places of interest  

He said that he would turn off any strange invitations, using internet filters. 

He recommended us to visit Ocean park if we were to visit Hong Kong for holiday. 

And also to try out the dim sums, he also pointed out that we have dim sums in Singapore too. Which i think that he visited Singapore before too!  

Pictures, Enjoy! 

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The person standing infront of us three sexays is the hongkong student who chatted with us.

He told us about Ocean park and dimsums in Hong Kong!

*We found out that we could change our character's appearance. 

and we decided to change our bodies to something really hot. LOL 

I'll end here, 

'Cheers! ^^ 

Secondlife Virtual Holiday!

In secondlife, i can teleport anywhere i want! which is really convenient... (How i wish that can happen in real life...)
Okay, back to topic. So i am supposed to travel around secondlife..(Holiday)
so i decided to visit first, california..

I visited California Shore as i was not able to access the California Beach. 

When i reached the shore, it felt as if it was real.. there are houses and fishing ports built at the sides of the shore. 

 From the two images above, i found animals! But there are not moving around.. 

It really surprises me because i felt as though i was at a farm. Cows, Sheeps, Goats... 

There was also playground/ shelter at the shore. 

And you could also sit on benches. to relax and enjoy the breeze. 

After exploring the shore for awhile... I decided to visit Korea too! Since teleporting is really convenient. ^^ 

When i reached korea, i entered a huge shopping mall and i found some other characters from other countries like the U.S, Japan, Taiwan people.. And they have really weird taste of clothing for their character. 

From the image at the bottom, you can see a person dressing up like Optimus Prime from Transformers.

(Click to enlarge)

Overall, i think that virtual holiday is not as enjoyable as real life holiday. Because you don't get to eat their local food personally. And also the beautiful scenes of the country cannot be replaced by computer programmes. 

In conclusion, being able to travel to any country i want in virtual makes me a little happy. ^^ But it will still be best if a person experience things in real life than virtual. 

Cheers! 

Dream Holiday

San Francisco, California. Yes, this is my dream holiday. Renowned for its chilly summer fog, steep rolling hills, mix of Victorian and modern architecture and its famous landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and Chinatown. The main reason why i want to go San Francisco is because of their modern architecture and also to experience what it is like to be enjoying the fog on a mountain during Summer. 
Therefore i searched for a travel guide to San Francisco, California. 
http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/casfmenu/San_Francisco.htm

Fog is a regular feature of San Francisco summers.

  

This website introduces San Francisco with other than just images, it tells you where to go for sightseeing, getting a hotel, or even find maps and more. 

There are some famous places in San Francisco that i really wanted to go to:

Golden Gate Bridge.

San Francisco Peak.

Ocean Beach. 

Westfield San Francisco Centre. (Shopping Mall)

Overall,
I think that this website is pretty good in terms of providing the user with informations of San Francisco and it also guides he/she when they want to visit SF. Like what to take note of, the famous sightseeing places, shopping, food and even transportation. There is also a search bar at the right of the website that could also help people get informations of other than just about San Francisco. 
But in terms of presentation and layout, the website is a little in a mess. 
which i think that it will cause the user to get distracted with the ads and etc. 
To conclude, i would say that this website is good and also helpful to people who wants to travel to San Francisco. With this site, it makes ours live much more easier when travelling. 
Hmmm, maybe someday.. i will get to visit San Francisco to enjoy the view from the peak and also get some great pictures on the Golden Gate Bridge, Beach and most importantly the food there...


Cheers! ^^ 

Practical 8 & 9

Today we learnt how to evaluate Internet resources based on identified criteria. Decide whether a certain webpage is relevant. 
So after today's lesson, i realized that in a website, there are the purpose, authority, accuracy, accessibility, coverage, currency, layout & presentation and usability. 


After the lesson of evaluating websites, i realized that there are lots of pages that lack of layout and presentation, with the help of this lesson, now i know whether this website is good/bad. 
Websites that are good are mostly organisational webs with helps from the professionals. 
Overall, i felt that it was rather a tedious job evaluating a website.

Tutorial 3 & 4

a.    How has Twitter (micro-blogging) enhanced your learning of EIR? Compare this with your blogging experience using Blogspot.

Twitter alows the user to reply instantly to people's response and Twitter also allows people to share video, image, music or links. But the words are limited to only 140. 

Blogspot is more of like a page of your postings. but it is unable to let people reply to comments. 

Compared to blogspot, twitter can be used almost anywhere on mobile phones, be it the bus, train or cars. 

b.    How can you use Twitter and Blogspot for research purposes? 

Through twitter, you can follow people and throught their posts, you can know how a person actually feel by starting a discussion.

With blogspot, you can actually rss feed another person's blog and you will get the latest updates.

Practical 7

Evaluation of Stomp.com.sg


Stomp is a website that allows users to share/ contribute their findings, thoughts, video, images or even just words for discussion. Stomp is updated by stompers (people who post stuffs on stomp) whereby they want to share news or even some topics with other people.


Home Page:

The home page is a little too cramped with news and articles around.

The most visited page is the Singapore Seen category. Because Stomp is mostly visited by Singaporeans and they want to know what is happening around them. 

Categories:

There are many categories in stomp. 

S'pore Seen: What people post on Stomp as they see daily.

Talkback: A forum where people chat and discuss about stuffs.

Just talk lah: A place where people just talk/chat online.

DIY video: Videos posted by stompers and wanting to share stuffs.

Jobs: More of like a job finder to assist people who are searching for job.

Connect with Stomp:

Anyone can Connect with stomp to get the latest news/ articles through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or Rss feed. Which is really convenient.

And you also can share the posts on Stomp on your Facebook account.

Articles by STOMPers: 

As you can see from above, stomp sometimes show latest news and even what Singaporeans see in their daily life. For example on the left, you have the news regarding the Downtown East Murder, it is considered as the latest news in Singapore. And on the right, a photo captured by a STOMPer and was being shared with other Singaporeans about the woman's behaviour. 

Mood Meter and Comment Section:

The mood meter serves as a survey to understand what the readers really feel about the article and the mood meter has got dialect like "Bochup" and "Shiok!" which brings out the Singaporean style of speaking. 

The comment section is right at the bottom of the article and only members of the stomp is able to express what they feel and to give their thoughts regarding the topic. 

In conclusion, Stomp is a platform where people share news in Singapore. But there are also several articles that are only about complains, complains and complains. Which i think that it does not benefit anyone at the end. So basically, i think that Stomp is a useful website that provides people with news. 

Tutorial 1 & 2

1.   How do you feel about posting your views on the topic posted on Facebook Group Discussion Forum?  Can you express your views freely?

I felt like i am contributing some of my thoughts and views on the topic .

And also at the same time i got to know other people's thoughts. 

Definitely able to express freely about the topic.

2.   How does this online discussion experience compared with traditional face-to-face in-class discussions?

An online discussion makes me feel better in a sense that i can type whatever i want compared to the traditional face-to-face conversation.

3.   Do you find this online activity meaningful? Why?

Definitely useful and meaningful to me because now, i learnt that one can discuss about stuffs online on facebook other than forums. 

Practical 6

I don't think that i would use invisible web to do my research if i could get informations from search engines, meta-search or subject directory. Firstly, because i am more exposed to using Google, which is a search engine and also through Google, i can get to Google directory easily as well.
Invisible webs provides informations up to a few hundred pages of results, from my point of view, i don't think that anyone would be looking through all pages.
     

I would want to comment on shunchin's blog, http://l3ong91.blogspot.com/
he has applications like the calendar, guest count counter, music and even pictures. it tells us, the readers what kind of music he likes, etc.

Practical 4&5

By using more than one search engine, it helps me get more informations and it allows me to look into both different sources and compile them into one.

through this exercise, i was taught how to site feeds from my classmate's blog and it allows me to get latest informations and posts from their blog and even the date of the post is stated.

Wiki benefits us because we can easily update our findings and informations onto the page and it also allows other users to take a look on your research. Wiki is more of like a website that has informations compiled together to become one.

Second Life!

So i went to Roosa and Farrah Island to do some shopping for my secondlife account. This is my first time playing secondlife and i had difficulty searching for temasek polytechnic. i had to look through tutorials and search for the world map in secondlife. After 15minutes i finally figured out how to go to temasek polytechnic and also the virtual shopping malls.

First, i went to Roosa, a shop named Lisa. The design of the shop seems interesting therefore i went in to see what stuffs they were selling.

When i entered the shop, i see a variety of caps in the shop. Then i went around and take a look.

There was a screen infront of the big posters that is more of like a machine that sells their product and you make payment with.

Then i went all the way to Farrah Island. 

Teleporting was really easy, i wished that there is a teleporting device in real life too. 

Haha, when i first entered farrah island, this shop's name caught my attention. 

"TNC TOTALLY NAUGHTY CLOTHES" 

They do sell clothings, but all are only for females. 

So, i decided to leave the shop. 

I then went to the second level of the shopping mall and when i thought i saw another user that was online standing on the stage, it was not. those are like mannequin models on display. 

When i stepped into the shop, a note pop up at the side. 

And i was lucky to meet the owner/master of the shop and had a few words with him. 

So being able to shop on secondlife is an enjoyable experience for me. compared to the shopping spree in practical 1&2, secondlife allows me to be a character and roam freely around with teleport that is really convenient. 

I've learnt how to teleport in secondlife and also gained knowledge of how to purchase stuffs from secondlife. 

The most challenging experience i had was when moving around, because the speed of the character's movement is really slow and also i felt like vomiting when using secondlife. 

Overall it was fun and enjoyable. 

I shall end here!

see you again ! ^^

Forum discussion

So, i went to a local forum (SgForums) to search for posts that are related to my topic, Impacts of peer pressure on youths.
But i found nothing much. So i decided to post a new topic on the forum and hoping that someone will be willing to give comments or even discuss more about the impacts of peer pressure. at first, i posted it on the wrong category and some dudes from the net guided me to another page where i can post my topic there and be discussed. But in return i got flamed and my post was removed.

So i decided to go to another forum, lifesupporters.
compared to sgforums, this is a global website for discussion. I found a topic posted by someone that is related to my topic, peer pressure of youth behaviour.

The captured picture above is when i was at sgforums and i got flamed and removed !

This second captured below is when i found this post regarding peer pressure on youths.

I think that forum discussions with other people is useful as it provides you with informations that you might not know. and also at the same time get to know what others are thinking regarding the topic. 

There are some people that are helpful and some of them are just simply an a**h***. 

http://www.lifesupporters.com/forums/general-discussion/peer-pressure-of-youths-behaviour-11812.html

Reflection (Practical 3)

For lesson today, Practical 3.

We learnt how to use the world-known search engine, Google. At first, i wasn't really impressed because i thought that Google is just like other engines that can only search  for your desired topic with only accurate words, but i was wrong. From this practical, i learnt how to search with keywords and variations of my topic.
I find the auto-complete search bar function is really a great help to the user too.

When participating in the discussion forum, i felt like i am just a person giving my thoughts and comment on the topic and also if possible, i will suggest some ideas. Definitely it is helpful for my research because there are also other people around the world giving feedback regarding the topic. I don't really feel anxious when talking to strangers on the net. At the very least, they don't know where i am staying at and doesn't have any of my contacts. So i think that it is rather safe.

Citations are references to sources from the net/people. It tells people whether the work is done by someone else or yourself. More of like to give recognition to the original wellsprings of those idea when using another's quotes/work/article.

I shall end here.
Seeyou Again!!!
^^

$5OO $___$

500 dollars !?

heh, im given 500 dollars for shopping! after much consideration, ive decided to get a good bathroom shower head for myself. Imaging yourself all worn out from work and when you return home, the first thing that you want to do most is to head towards the bathroom to enjoy a refreshing bath. Nothing beats a refreshing bath at home with a shower head that is designed to make consumers feel like they are taking a shower in the rain.
8" Bathroom Square Chrome Shower Head + Shower Head Arm

Price: GBP 59.88

Approximately S$ 121.69

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/8-Bathroom-Square-Chrome-Shower-Head-Shower-Head-Arm-/400164220885?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Bathroom_Taps_PP&hash=item5d2ba56fd5#ht_4266wt_1139
-Business/ Marketing
   -The site shows certain product that is on sales.





For the second item, i would like to get a jacket to keep myself warm when working in air-conditioned rooms or even when i visit countries that are cold. I prefer clothings with checkered box design and also in dull colours like black, grey, brown and navy blue.
Everlast Mens Check Jacket New

Price:GBP 26.99

Approximately S$ 54.85

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/Everlast-Mens-Check-Jacket-New-/280580787771?

pt=Men_s_Clothes&var=&hash=item870b5e76a6#ht_1114wt_905

-Business/ Marketing 

   -The site shows certain product that is on sales.

The third item in my shopping list is a Canon photo printer. I like taking 
photos together with my friends and family when we go out for gathering or even 
when there is a wedding dinner. 

SELPHY CP800 

Price: $199

http://www.canon.com.sg/personal/

products/compact-photo-printers/compact-photo-printers/selphy-cp800

-Business/ Marketing

   -Canon is a well-known company that produces electronic products like camera, 

     printer, camcorder, etc.. 

   -Therefore they are getting business from selling their products online.

The last item that i will get is a pair of shoes that are comfortable. Navy blue is the colour that

i think that will go along well with my clothings as most of them are dull colours.

OMMY BAHAMA SHOES GRAND HARBOR NEW MEN

Price: US$49.50

Approximately S$ 64.60

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310223807976&_trksid=p1000005.m2000041#ht_1881wt_905

-Business/ Marketing 

   -The site shows certain product that is on sales.

Total up: S$199

                    S$ 121.69 

                    S$ 64.60 

                  +S$ 54.85   

                  S$ 440.14   

Which gives me a balance of $59.86.      

I guess the balance will all go to meals and transportation fee for the shopping 

trip.

Reflection

I will be talking a little on what i have learnt today for practical 1.

With help from this practical, i now understand that there are different categories of internet  resources like for example, Organisational website, Blog, Magazine/Journal and a Discussion forum. Now, i can understand what the site's purpose is and tell what category the resource is.

hehe, i shall end my post here. 

see you again! 

"You are the Expert"

Fishing is what i am passionate about.

Fishing, give people a sense of calmness. It's one of the best feelings you can experience in life. Even if there is no bite throughout the fishing trip, one should not feel depressed because fishing requires a lot of patience.


Here are some of the fishing spots that i usually visit.
-Bedok Jetty
-Punggol End 
-Pasir ris park













Links for fishing tips:
http://www.thundermistfishingtips.com/
http://www.fishingkaki.com/forum/
http://www.fishingtips101.com/

About Me

chooweiqiang daniel from product & industrial design.

One of my favourite past time is fishing with my friends and family. We spend quality time together and chat the whole afternoon while fishing.

My favourite singers are  Barry Manilow, Lionel Richie, Celine Dion and Elton John.
Tv programme would be news.

Kopitiam. A cup of kopi with my friends and talk about almost anything.

Facebook is one of my favourite site because it keeps me and my friends in contact.