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H1N1 crash course

Confirmed cases of H1N1 lately is making everyone panic without the right reasons. I may not be a doctor to justify all these, but a close friend of mine who is a qualified pharmacist (please note that 'guai lou's pharmacy concept is 100% different from ours in Malaysia) clarified a few points.

1. The H1N1 now is not the so-called 'original virus' from pigs back in the 1920s. It is an infection circulating around human all these while, just like cough and normal flu around the air.

2. H1N1 is being categorized as a flu, just cause it is indeed just a flu. You know, those normal flu you get when your immune system is unable to fight back the normal flu?

3. As we know, we recover from the normal kinda flu once we get proper medication and recovers. Same goes to H1N1, human are contracted to it cause of the immune system. Once the immune system is boosted and recovered, eventually H1N1 will be gone as well from the system.

4. ONLY people who are immuno-compromised (lack of immunity in their body and unable to fight back contractions), like those with cancer and diabetic face risks in being killed by H1N1.

5. SO GOOD NEWS for normal people like you and me, as long our immune system exists in us (which is and always will be), we will be fine and not freaking die!

6. SOLUTION? H20 and Vitamin C. Lots of it! Take more fluids and 4gm Vitamin C per day. It will definitely boost up your immune system and prevent H1N1 from infecting your system even if someone with H1N1 sneezed directly into your face.

7. Masks don't work! Yes babe, H92 or H99 or whatever masks with canggih-manggih name for it, or how often you wear it even in sleep or kissing your girlfriends. ONLY surgical mask works. Yes, surgical masks. Can you find one?



C'mon guys. Please don't fear something you do not know. Just only because others are panicking, we just follow suit blindly for the heck of it. Typical human nature. I almost got annoyed by people who are just worrying everyday as if they are waiting for the flu to infect them.

If you're not infected by H1N1, live your life normally. If you're a positive H1N1 carrier, live life normally as well. What difference does it make? All you need is some medication and rest, just like when you get a common flu.

Michael Jackson Passed Away!

OMG, Michael Jackson has died! I overheard the news from through radio this morning. I don't know about you all, but I grew up listening to his song. And I remember I was thrilled the first time I watch his music video "Black and White". This is such a big shock as I heard he is preparing his London Comeback tour in this July...

The King of Pop, Michael Jackson RIP

Icon factory

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Tim Burton's new film "Alice in Wonderland"

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first promotional photos for Tim Burton’s new film "Alice in Wonderland" which is due for release on 2010.



You can take a look at USA Today

Student survey

Aaron's recent blog article "a weird profession called students" makes me recall of a youtube video about student survey (comments/feedback/evaluation on lecturer) in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Hope this will bring laughter to everyone, enjoy!

Also Me and Aaron welcome your feedback on our lecture. But hopefully a constructive one XD

SoFake

Really cool transition effect on the Röyksopp Music Video- epal. It reminds me of a website - Sofake. Really cool and creative, yet the transition so smooth... errr at that time lar.(around year 2002~2003, makes me feel so old...sob ...) .



Check it Out! http://www.sofake.com/

Röyksopp

And so I got to know quite a number of fellas who got hooked to the song used in Deadline: post-it stop motion, including me.

It's by Röyksopp from their 1st album: Melody A.M. and is still a hit in live concerts today. Went searching for its original music video, and it's real hard to look for it and that it's a classic rare.

p/s: Do you think the style of the music video can become a potential Flash Web transition design?

Anyway, here it is:

stop motion: DEADLINE

3 MONTHS of planning...

4 DAYS of shooting...

6,000++ post-it notes...

...and you're still wondering why pre-production is always important in any forms of projects? =P

Practical Class DMLU1 on 18 June 2009

We Are Autobots!

Check this out boys and girls, turn yourself into Optimus Prime!!!
Go to tis link : http://www.weareautobots.com/
All you need is a webcam and install the plug-in provided.

Practical Class on 12 June 2009

DMLU2 in in the house!

Practical Class on 11 June 2009

Check out DMLU1 in action!

Special thanks to Mr. Aaron for sharing this wonderful Scrapbook.

Also you can check out some samples of scrapbook/sketchbook
by Wondermilk (formerly known as the clickproject)

Speak up! Boys and Girls!

Strictly Street 2009

If you loveeeeeeee... street culture, then you can't miss this coolest street event the year "Strictly street 2009". Created to encourage healthy street culture among the youngster, Strictly street is back with cool workshops and clinics. But the highlight of the event will definitely be the annual 3-on-3 Break Dance competition - "Floor combat 2009".

venue: Centre Atrium, e@Curve(formerly Cineleisure Mutiara Damansara)
date: 10th June (Friday)-14th June (Sunday)

Participation info for B-boys and B-girls: http://www.mypartners.net.my/floorcombat09.html

Urbanscapes - 24 Hour KL

I know I'm a little bit late showing this post here, but hey! Urbanscapes is now back with 24 Hour KL. As you may know, photography is always one of the most popular facets of Urbanscapes.

24 Hour KL is a collaborative project that invites photographers all over the city to snap shots of oft-unseen scenes around KL. Focused on highlighting the undiscovered and underexposed side of life in our city.

If you love photography and you wish to participate, you can grap the info from here -
http://sites.klue.com.my/24hourkl/

Or you just wish to take a peek on some of the unique scenes (or pretty picture) in KL, check out -
http://sites.klue.com.my/24hourkl/gallery.html

Namewee latest video

Namewee-黃明志 have recently updated his blog with his latest documentary trailer :
我要回家 i wanna go home.

Check it out!

JipJap & Chipster-Be a Chipster superstar!

Why send a plain old ecard when you can send a JibJab Sendables eCard instead? There's a JibJab Sendables eCard for any occasion. Whether it's a Birthday, New Born Baby, Anniversary or just for fun. Instead of a simple static ecard, JibJab Sendables eCard enabled you to send an ecard with a short video featured by you and your friends. Check it out!

Try it out at http://sendables.jibjab.com/

And as for our Malaysian version of Jipjap, check out chipster.com.my for the "Be a Chipster Superstar" Contest.

You might be featured on TV (TV3) and also walk away with prizes like MacBook Air, ipod touch and ipod nano. All you need to do is buy a pack of chipster, get the code inside, upload you and your friends picture to be the actor(s) of the movie provided and finally beg your friend to vote for you. Submission end June 8th 2009, so hurry hurry hurry!

Check out the example which I grab from the gallery:

*The website is crafted by Immerse (where I work) and the video is done by Fly studio (where partially of the video(s) were done by TARC Multimedia students while they were the intern there).