foodie blog

haha marleen is saying that my blog becoming a foodie blog le.. so i shall upload a bit more food pics ba.. since i too bored to study...

Baumkuchen - a german cake.. layered cake loved by the japs

Cut up ver.. looks like and taste like kueh lapis.. therefore i conclude the inventor of kueh lapis plagurised it.. since the german ver existed since 1700+

White promfet hehe eat good fish here cheap somemore

cut and prepared for cooking

make a guess?

hehe bak kut teh

Morals - Relative vrs Absolutes

haha after seeing my dear's blog entry... this is a response to that entry... hmmm it might also becos i cant sleep bah...

I believe all arguments should start with a common starting ground in mind and thereafter to be fully explored and discussed in all areas.

so
Step 1: Definition of moral from Encarta

mor·al [ máwrəl ]
adjective

Definition:
1. involving right and wrong: relating to issues of right and wrong and to how individual people should behave
2. derived from personal conscience: based on what somebody's conscience suggests is right or wrong, rather than on what rules or the law says should be done
3. according to common standard of justice: regarded in terms of what is known to be right or just, as opposed to what is officially or outwardly declared to be right or just a moral victory.
4. encouraging goodness and decency: giving guidance on how to behave decently and honorably
5. good by accepted standards: good or right, when judged by the standards of the average person or society at large
6. able to tell right from wrong: able to distinguish right from wrong and to make decisions based on that knowledge
7. based on personal conviction: based on an inner conviction, in the absence of physical proof moral certainty

plural noun mor·als
Definition:
standards of behavior: principles of right and wrong as they govern standards of general or sexual behavior

and since this definition is albeit too tedious on the eyes, here is an abbreviated version from your humble self

Morals

a set of principles or standards of behavior derived from conscience or societal norms relating to issues of right and wrong

Step 2: with the definition clearly in focus, we first should discuss the entirety of the definition.

What does principles or standards of behavior means to the average person off the street. To me, it means how a person would choose to deal with the problem or issue at hand. An example would be a homeless person walking up to you and begs for some money. The response would be largely influenced by a series of factors; the upbringing, mood of the giver, age, the surroundings and of course the homeless person's state at that moment. However, the ingrained principle of the giver would probably be to give the homeless person money as it has been constantly drilled in since his or her youth. And by seeing so, the most important factor governing the principles would definitely therefore be the upbringing. In fact, conscience and societal norms are part of a person's upbringing if we ignore the ever popular statement of everyone is born innocent. The upbringing of the person would therefore follow a near absolute state of affairs since to that particular individual, it is not a matter of one or two "training sessions" but rather a lifelong experience guiding him or her to form his or her very own principles.

Therefore for the individual, morals are more or less absolutes. However, this applies only to that particular individual possessing that particular principle. If we follow the law of permutations, in Singapore alone, there would be 5 million unique personalities and to make all 5 million of them to share a common moral is almost impossible. This is where the relativity comes in and for something to be relative, there must be a common measure from which the relativity extends and this leds to the government coming out with laws and order and religion and society imprinting their own footsteps upon general public.

eric complain

this blogskin was changed cos of eric

in pursuit of japan

Since i was so gian abt japan culture now... i decided to cook some jap food :D

the finished product.... gyoza and tamagoyaki

another view

the gyoza after wrapping and before fry/steam

another view

Playing ard with the computer

Lets start this entry with a common say... "boys will be boys"... i was trying to put my pictures from camera in using my newly bought sd card... and i realised i cant upload the pics in!!!!!

step 1) see whether the stupid card is inserted properly...

good it is...

step 2) see whether driver is there...

went to device manager...
cant find......
ARGHHH OMG!!!!
went to hp website...
installed the new driver...
went back to device manager...
STILL NOT THERE!!!!!
ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!

step 3) check for actual hardware malfunction...

*lightbulb* lets have some fun!!! hahahaha... and this led to....

how the keyboard actually looks like..

under the keyboard

under keyboard part 2

and part 3... the other piece is the speaker housing... the speaker is actually only abt 1 inch? and its the SUPER small thing at the top right and left.. cant really see though...

the bottom part of the laptop... tried to remove the casing but too many locks and screws... cant seem to remove it properly... broke one plastic clip... in the end gave up...

step 4) grind the teeth and live with it...

BUT......

OMG I DID NOT RESTART THE COMP AFTER INSTALLING DRIVER!!!!

stupid but ya.... so now the stupid card reader is working le...

p.s. urong u same comp rite... pls go install driver at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3973234

kk thats all for the stupid card reader...

Japan

haiz... i think i read too much manga le.. suddenly got this weird notion coming to my mind... anyone feel like joining me?

The plan...
spend one year learning japanese in 2010..
take a 2 wks hol end of 2010 to go japan to stay... ARGHH I WANNA GO JAPAN!!!!!!!!