Monday, September 24, 2012

Furniture of the Future

Cool title right? So today I want to talk about some really cool furniture design that I found on youtube (off course, where else?) and I’ve been kinda obsessed about them these past few days. These are absolutely amazing furniture, some made by companies, some by individuals. Without further ado, lets take a look.


A New York based company that have been around for more than 10 years, provides the solution to tiny spaces problems with a stylish design. According to the president of the company, his furniture serves double and sometimes triple purposes instead of conventional one purpose furniture. What I like about them is that they are very useful and practical and modern and maximize space at the same time. Check it out.

A coffee table transform into a dining table. Neat right?

 A desk which elevates when the hidden single bed opens


 A two seat sofa that later be revealed as bunk bed (I honestly didn't see that coming)

An end table doubles as extra dining table for guests or it could double as your work table, you choose


Hiddenbed
A company specializing in designing furniture that always transform into bed, usually a single bed. Everything stays on the desk while you pull the bed from the back.






These are just plain awesome. The design concept totally blow me away. See for yourself. The pictures alone don't do justice, you need to see the video here to be totally amazed.

From the wall to a desk

The stool did come from the painting too (is it a painting?)

Yep, it doubles as a nice looking coffee table (how cool is that?)

I can obviously see that this is going to be hot item if it ever be marketed


Expandable table
Using some mechanism of gear i presume, it expand the square table which come in handy when you want larger table space.

With black glass top finish, you really can't complain

If that’s not enough, here some extras;
The furniture are also eco-friendly and portable too! 

Although most of the stuff is not available in my country, I just want to appreciate just how creative one person can be and I am jealous by their thinking and creative ability. I hope someday I can contribute some useful ‘thing’ to the world like they had no matter how small the contribution is.


Thursday, August 9, 2012

Nilai Syiling Lama


Hari ni nak cerita lagi pasal duit lama, buat yang baru singgah blog ni, apa kata gi ushar dulu post ni Duit oh Duit. Post tu pun pasal duit lama jugak – duit syiling.

Saje nak update info, dalam post yang terdahulu tu saya hanya bagi nilai UNC (Uncirculated) untuk semua duit syiling secara amnya, tapi dalam banyak-banyak syiling lama atau syiling 1st series, ada yang mencecah ribuan ringgit. Yup, jangan tak percaya pulak. Syiling yang mana satu? Mari kita tengok sama-sama.


Okay, untuk maklumat yang lebih lanjut mengenai 1 sen 1976 (ini bukan syiling 1 sen yang biasa, jangan salah faham), dinasihatkan melawat web lunaticg. Beliau ada menceritakan tentang bagaimana duit 1 sen tersebut boleh bernilai hampir 3600 kali ganda dari nilai sebenar. Kalau kamu semua nak tahu, sebenarnya, lagi sikit keping syiling yang dihasilkan bagi tahun tersebut, lagi berlipat gandalah nilainya.

Daripada jadual tu, semua mesti perasan ada yang beratus ringgit kan? Semua tu ada kisah disebalik nilai tinggi diorang tu, nak tahu lebih lanjut mengenai sejarah atau cerita panjang lebarnya, sila klik link yang kat bawah ni. 

Syling 10 sen 1971 = klik sini 
Syiling 50 sen 1967, 1968, 1969 yang tiada benang sekuriti (atau garis keselamatan)= klik sini 
Syiling 50 sen extra dot = klik sini 
p/s = Cerita tu bukan saya yang punya, jadi hanya boleh letak link.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Justin Bieber Look-A-Like

Justin Bieber has doopleganger all around the world. Let’s take a look into some of the famous one.

1) Dani Shay
She is a 22 year old from Florida, USA. She has her own youtube account where she post video of her singing covers and also her own original song. The singer caught national attention when she went to America’s got Talent as per video below. She also has an active website which is here if any of you want to check out.

Dani on the left, JB on the right

2) Alejandro Avilez
He is a 17 year old singer from Peru. Also has his own website (its in Spanish but we always have google
translate (“,)) . The Bieber look-a-like starts off with performing the star's song but later wants to have his 
own songs and be more than a clone. Good for him. For more info, go to this website.
Alex on the left, JB on the right
3) Jamie Laou
From Sydney Australia, the 17 year old Jamie used to tour around Australia before the real Justin Bieber’s 
just to pump the heat. He have his own youtube account where he wants to make people laugh. He also 
have an official blog but there’s nothing but just one photo.
Jamie on the left, JB on the right
4) Theo Cavalcanti
The 18 year old guy is a pride of Brazil because of his Bieber resemblance. I am not sure if he sings or not 
but there’s a playlist in youtube about him.
Theo on the left, JB on the right
5) Other infamous Justin Bieber doppelganger

Kalia, a winner of a Justin Bieber look-a-like contest. More info here 

Don’t know anything about him. Found him here 

Justin Bieber impersonator, found him on a website offering  shows and performance service.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

MicroExpression

Lately, I’ve been indulged in the body language reading in Lie to Me (click here if you don’t know about it). Is it for real or is it a hoax? I don’t know for sure but it’s a shame the show didn’t get renewal for a new season.

One of the focus of the show is Micro-expression (click here for the Wikipedia explanation). So, basically micro-expressions are involuntary emotion express by someone in a matter of less than a second. We cannot control it because we didn’t realize we are expressing the emotion at the time it happened, and by the time we realize it (if we ever) the emotion is already gone.


Now, in my understanding, no matter where or who we are in the world, we tend to express emotions in the same way. If we’re happy = we smile, if we’re sad = we cry or at least the eyes will show you are sad. So the micro-expression is true for everyone regardless of age, race, religion or sex because we are from the same species =homo sapiens aka human.

There are a lot of emotions to cover, but these are the one that I found on the internet (credit to google images). Also, there are seven universal emotion; anger, disgust, fear, sad, happy, surprise and contempt.

 

Something extra;
1.   Apparently there are extensive studies regarding Micro-expression. (click here for the brief history)
2.  Want to know if you have the ability to detect these micro-expressions? Take these test = Facial expression test



Monday, June 11, 2012

I'm Coming Home - Skylar Grey

I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my Kingdom awaits
And they forgiven my mistake
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home

Very deep lyrics there. It could be interpret in so many ways by different people.
Here's what I think; (for the sake of my interpretation lets assume a she)

[ I'm coming home, I'm coming home ] - Someone who have been 'outside' her home for a very long time, either pursuing dreams or just want to live the world, suddenly have enough of what the 'outside' world has to offer and decide that she will go home - to where she feels best at being her true-self

[ Tell the world I'm coming home ] - She feels that everyone should know that she is going home because she is sick and tired of the world 'play' - all the lies and bullshit that the world corrupt us with

[ Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday ] - She is going to let her 'home' (home equivalent to the family and friends) heal all the wounds that she got during the 'outside' stay

[ I know my Kingdom awaits ] - Kingdom in the sense of her old world, the one that she grow up with, the one that she is comfortable with

[ And they forgiven my mistake] - Perhaps she went to the 'outside' world without permission and that her parents (obviously) have long forgotten about the misunderstanding and await her home, or the other way around, where people of the 'outside' world release her to return home

[ I'm coming home, I'm coming home, Tell the world I'm coming home ] - Just to make a clear stand that he/she have made up his/her mind and nothing will change that

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Journey to find yourself - Personality Test


Human is complex, thus understanding humans is by right also a complex process. In some other times, it is difficult to even comprehend your own action, why others will act differently – your inner-self. I feel the need to acknowledge and find the right path for myself – one that I enjoy while at the same time approved by my family and close friends (because they mean the world to me).

Therefore, I have been searching online for personality test that can help me with myself (if that makes sense) and I found out about The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Carl Jung theories, Big five personality and other psychological ‘thing’.

Basically, The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. The original developers of the personality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers. Click here if you want to read the Wikipedia version.

To cut the thing short, Myers-Briggs suggest there are 16 type of personality in this world, each and every one of us belongs to one of these personality. These 16 types of personality are built up from four pairs of preferences which are;


Extraversion – Introversion ( E / I )
Sensing – Intuition ( S / N )
Thinking – Feeling ( T / F )
Judging – Perceiving ( J / P )

Myers-Briggs also explained that their type indicator only reveal preferences and that it may change from time to time. You can only prefer one of the four pair. Therefore, if we calculate it mathematically it will give (2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16) 16 possible combination of personality.

Source : http://stjameslongbeach.org/myers-briggs-type-indicator-workshop

Source : http://web.forret.com/tools/personality

Source : http://donigan.blogspot.com/2011/05/know-your-strength-weakness--myers

These test, in my opinion, are essential in knowing your inner-self, not that I suggest that I don’t know myself but sometimes I found it hard to choose between two things and the description in the test do help in my life-decision, especially in career development.


So, there are lots of test on the internet but one that I found very helpful and accurate is The Myers-Briggs Test Indicator (which is available here)

The explanation of each personality type can be found at this amazing website here.

I post this entry in the hope that everyone can benefit from these test, either understanding yourself, your friends, family or whoever.
Enjoy and have a nice day (“,) 

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Izinkan Ku Pergi - Kaer Azami



Sinaran mata, Cerita segalanya,
Duka lara terpendam, Memori semalam,
Tinggal segala cinta, Tiada kembalinya,
Abadi kasih kita, Kau bawa bersama,
Mimpi indah mekar, Saat cinta bersemi,
Sedetik asmara syurga, Selamanya

Pergilah rinduku, Hilangkan dirimu,
Tak sanggup menanggung derita di kalbuku,
Pergilah sayangku, Bermula semula,
Semangat cintaku membara, Kerana dia,
Tiada niatku

Tersemat jiwa setia bersamanya,
Cinta murni berdua, Beribu tahunnya,
Mimpi indah mekar, Saat cinta bersemi,
Sedetik asmara syurga, Selamanya

Pergilah rinduku, Hilangkan dirimu,
Tak sanggup menanggung derita di kalbuku,
Pergilah sayangku, Bermula semula,
Semangat cintaku membara, Kerana dia,
Tiada niatku
Pergilah sayangku, Bermula semula,
Semangat cintaku membara, Kerana dia,
Tiada niatku

Maafkan daku, Duhai kasih,
Izinkan ku pergi.

>>> Memang indah lagu ni, dengan video klip yang best, apa yang pencipta lirik tu nak cerita sampai dalam jantung ni. Rasa sedih pulak, bukan sebab aku pernah kehilangan seseorang, tapi pernah hilang 'sesuatu' yang aku terpaksa lepaskan pergi...So, cakap banyak tak guna, enjoy (",) <<<