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♥ Tuesday, November 11, 2008♥

Today will be my last post on this blog for EIR. time fly. It's already near the end of the blog for EIR. Happy and Sad.

but here, i would like to take the opportunity to thank Ms Faridah for her kindness shown to all of us and given us a lot of new knowledge on EIR=D THANK YOU.


To think back why i chose EIR as my first module, what i would want to gain from the start of the blog, i'm very glad. from this module, i had learn a lot of new knowledge that i had desire.


Through this module, i understand that Internet has a great influence in the world now. i can't imagine life without Internet anymore.


To end off, i would like to remind you guys with this video which is quite smiliar to the one that MS Faridah shown us. so no matter what happen, stay positive and SMILE =D



http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31245
http://womenshealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa111599.htm


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♥ Friday, November 7, 2008♥

DAY 11
Today in lecture, Ms Faridah ask us to sign up the EIR wiki=D i find that it is very fun and interesting. in past, I'll always visit Wikipedia to get my research but i did not sign up as a member there. now, I'm a member in eir wiki. This is my first time writing something on a wiki=D


It's really very interesting to see how it works. everyone writing something relevant. one paragraph each and it will made up almost a story book. hahaha. ok i know it's too dramatic. haha. but this is what i meant. from nothing, there is something with mine effort, and yours too=D


i like the way it is. to think that my effort help people with their research even tho it is just a one paragraph effort=D I'm contended.


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♥ Wednesday, November 5, 2008♥

DAY 10
Today lecture is mainly on YouTube. one of the activity is that imagine if are appointed as the next CEO of YouTube.com what will be your next move on improving the website and the future aspect. i find that it is interesting. for myself, i almost watch video online at YouTube everyday. (mainly overseas dramas)
actually, to upload dramas without license is illegal. but, i still enjoy it very much. for what i think, it's free so why not? most of the dramas that i watch are still on air, i want to watch it once it got updated with the latest episode. to wait for the drama DVD to be on sale will take a few months. thus, i rather watch it online=D
But today, I'm thinking seriously, what if I'm really the next CEO of YouTube? what is my mindset on people like me? importantly what can i do to stop all these illegal things going on on my website? another thing, what is the future of YouTube on my hand?


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♥ Monday, November 3, 2008♥

DAY 9














Today lecture, one of the practical exercise is what is our dreamland overseas visit.? For me, it's definitely JAPAN! =D I always wanted to visit Japan. To see the beautiful Sakura flowers, Interesting views, honto oiishi(very Delicious) food and especially their culture.

Actually, i have never went overseas other Malaysia in my life. if I'm able to go on a tour overseas, I'll be happy to go anywhere like Taiwan and HongKong. But if i can chose, I'll definitely chose Japan. I like Japan's unique culture, the fashion sense, the extraordinary views and also not to forget the cuisine!=D
I found this website online. It allows me to know more about a tour trip by Sunrise Tour. they were first marketed over 40 years ago, "Sunrise Tours," japan's Top prearranged package tour brand for visitors to Japan, have been enjoyed by more than six million tourists and business people.


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♥ Friday, October 31, 2008♥

Day 8
Today we had our 1st test for EIR. i got 13/20. i did my best for it. tho a little sad but, it's ok. I'll try to score in my portfolio. Today lecture is so funny and interesting. =DD

In the lecture, Ms Faridah show us some very funny video(below). though it shows foreign the bad views of Singapore. but, i find it hilarious instead of angry.

after viewing the video, i watch it again and also to go through all the comments. there are some people who are angry but also some like me, thinks that it is hilarious instead.

after the videos, Ms Faridah also show us this website. http://www.talkingcock.com/ we were then sit as a group for an activity.

for my group, we are supposed to pretend that we are Singaporean (which i'm already am=.=) and comment about the views of this website. and i happen to be the person representing my group in the so call debate:)

as a group i commented that actually, we quite like this website. as the website URL said, this is a place for us to "talk cock" hahaha. This is a very funny website with entrainment and that we can comment everything that we are not happy with about Singapore in this website. SingMei (my group) also commented that, in Singapore it is very hard to comment on such comment. if not we will need to visit the Changi village for few months=.= ha ha ha ha. catch the joke?


in conclusion we think that this type of website is acceptable, it is funny and it allow us to have a place to speak. for my personal view, i find that as long as we are not too much in it it should be acceptable. we are just commenting on what we feel.

Importantly, what i had also learn is that, such websites are winning a lots of people's heart. This is a website for me to learn. tho there isn't anything much but on entrainment and information, it's enough to win popularity. this is a website that people would want to visit again and again for new updates=D a good example of entrainment purpose of website.
After that i had also think of what if I'm a foreigner or the government in the country. what will be my reaction. it is very interesting. if I'm a foreigner, i guess i will think, what is it to be proud of speaking in Singlish? if i'm the government i think it's time i need to do something on this.





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♥ Thursday, October 30, 2008♥

Day 7

recently I found a interesting forums regarding my topic=D I also join the Smoking Addiction & Recovery Support Group in this website:) i get to see a lot of comments, questions and answer.

i posted a question on the website and i got replies just very soon. I'm very grateful to those who replied my question. some on them actually experienced it themselves and are willing to share with me.


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♥ Tuesday, October 28, 2008♥

DAY 6
Today Ms Faridah teach us on invisible web. actually yesterday i already guess what invisible web might be. haha. just as the name suggested. Invisible web, so it's text pages, files, or other often high-quality authoritative information available via the World Wide Web that general-purpose search engines cannot (due to technical limitations), or will not (due to deliberate choice) add to their indices of Web pages Also know as the “Deep Web” or “dark matter”


Only today i know that
http://spark.tp.edu.sg/ is a invisible website. actually I'm not too sure of this website. i only did it once before this lesson. which didn't tell me much. only today, ms faridah tell us how we can get information through this website. to get data of library books too=D I found a few useful data here too :)


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♥ Monday, October 27, 2008♥

DAY 5



Happy Deevapali!

=D today is Deevapali. and also my birthday=DD i want to thank everyone who greeted me=D
this morning i went online to do the online ole thingy. It's interesting. i post out my views on internet research. and i also went to check other people's views and gave comment. This is very interesting. I get to know my classmates point of view on the same topic.
I guess i'm starting to talk more on the internet regarding such comments or posts. haha. i'll be signing up a forum soon. to get to talk more even to people whom i do not know=D but first, let me decide with website should i sign up=D


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♥ Friday, October 24, 2008♥

DAY 4
Today Ms Faridah taught us new things again. i am still trying my best to digest everything well=D the lesson today is very important. she had gone through search engines, Meta search engines and Subject directories.
It's very interesting how Search engines, Meta search engines and Subjects directories work. This is my first time knowing what are these. i find that today's lecturer given me a lot of new knowledge on Internet. the differences and also which will be a better choice.
I had also found some anti smoking advertisement on youtube. one of it is especially for women who is pregnant. most of the advertisement i found is on the effects of smoking. eg, suffering from cancer. To me, these advertisements does not seems to work as pp out there are still smoking. (tho disgusting effect of smoking images printed on the cigarette box.)


Anti smoking ads.




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♥ Thursday, October 23, 2008♥

DAY 3


In today's lecture, i had learn a lot of new things. First is the way that we do our research. till today then i realise that google actually have a lot of different types of searching methods. There are also Advanced Search and Scholar Search. Using it the first time, i find that it is very useful for my research.

while doing researches we are not supposed to just dump the whole questions into google which i had been doing it for years.=x we are supposed to get the keywords and rephrase it in a order to get the best result for our research.


my topic is, the effects of smoking on women's health, so it'll be
(Effect* OR impact) AND (smoking OR cigarette*) AND (women OR female) AND health.


Today we had also learn the way to do different type of citations- Internet resource, journal, electronic journal etc. in past, I'll always visit citation machine in Internet to get it done for me. but from today's lecture, i find that it is nothing difficult at all. so from onwards, i guess I'll start writing it myself.=D

Today i learned a lot through the search engine available in the Internet. I think that it is very usually and This is also the first time i use the search engine in such manner. I think that it is very interesting seeing what is the difference between the google search vs the google scholar.


for me, i would prefer to use the google search compare to the google scholar. i received more results in the google search(search engine). importantly, google have more relevant results compared to the google scholar. further more, the results that google scholar get for me are most in medical terms without explaining. I wouldn't understand much through it. thus, i would prefer using the google search.

If you were to were to click to see the print screen for better view, u can see that the result that google scholar vs the google, you will that the results that google scholar given me are not so relevant compare to google with is more relevant. thus i prefer google.



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♥ Tuesday, October 21, 2008♥

DAY 2

In today lecture, I learn that there are different types of purpose for Internet resources.

  1. Information
  2. Advocacy -create to influence public opinion.
  3. Business/ Marketing
  4. News
  5. Personal
  6. Entrainment

there are also different types of blogs. Organization VS Personal. In our research using an article from organization will be more credible. We are also taught how to see the differences between these two.

Today we are suppose to chose a topic to do my part 1 research on. and my chosen topic is Discuss the effect of smoking on women's health.

Actually all along, i dislike cigarettes. i also do not understand since smoking damage people health but why people continue smoking and even smoking more heavily. I often tell people who smoke around me that smoking is bad for health. but they once tell me, since when cigarettes can cause death or cancer.? there isn't and confirm up to now. It's all only a higher possibility to lead to various illness. now, with this topic, i can do a deep research and thus, next time when my friends were to smoke I'll remind them with all the damage to their health physical. and even do a debate with them=D

In today lecture, we are ask to imagine if we were to have S$500. Through the Internet for business/ marketing, what are the products that we desired to have.

if i were to have S$ 500, my wish list are...... "EVIL LAUGH" muahahaha

1. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T70 8.1-Mega pixel Digital Camera – Silver
S$299.90

2. Blouse from Korea at S$ 22.90


3. Blouse from Taiwan at 280元 = S$14


4. Lurlene McDaniel Books at S$25.90


5. Guess watch at only S$ 128.00


6. Scarf from Taiwan spree at 150元= S$ 7.50


TOTAL SPENT = S$ 498.20

Left with S$ 1.80
ha ha maybe can get a chocolate sundae from MACDONALD? yummy =D



Through this activity i realised that Internet has a great influence in the area for business/ marketing(not only in this field but the other 5 mention above too). People now all do their business online. and it actually have a great influence as online shopper are more and more. Internet in 5 yrs back hasn't have much influence on business area. but now, websites meant for business is countless.
it is now as simple as ABC.
My cousin has actually started her own online business selling Taiwan's products. so often buy products online from her too=D pls support her too. This is her link :) definitely reliable if not come find me=x
Another online business link that i visit is this too. This is another online business also selling Taiwan's products=D This person who open this online business is actually my friends' friend. She is also reliable=D
last one, this is my friend's online business which started recently,
Online business like these 3 links are countless. i actually have more friends who is doing online business. My friend James, had just sold his old motorbike recently on ebay. so online business are mostly reliable (depending who's).
business had also make it's way in Internet. through Internet, research had been made a very simple tasks. But also not to forget if u got the correct way to use it. thus we are in this module=D cheers~


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♥ Monday, October 20, 2008♥

DAY 1

Today is the first day of our new module for EIR=D Before i start my blog let me do a self intro:)

I'm WENDY=D This is my 2nd year in Temasek Poly PID course. im 19 this year and my hobby is to watch dramas. i look like a Malay girl but im a 100% PURE CHINESE=D heeeee.

a lot of people seriously gt SHOCK and almost chock when they see and hear me speaking in Chinese. hahaha. so don't be shock. i don't want to be the caused of any heart attack.=D

This module is called Effective Internet Research. i was in luck to get my first choice. In my course in TP, Product and Industrial Design(PID) we will need to do tons of research's. And these researches are very important so that our design will not clash into other person design or that people's mistake, we will not make the same mistake. we will hand in even up too thousands over pages research. To research is easy. but to do a effective Internet research that is what I'm here for=D

I hope after this 1 month of EIR I'll be able to do my Internet research easily and more effective. getting the research that is revalent and help me in my every projects.

in today lecture, we were told all the assignments we got to do for this module. i had be exposed to online forums and wiki. only till today, i understand that wikipedia is call wiki which means combines of the public collaborative work regarding certain information. i always misunderstand it as a work from one or two authors only.

oh ya. not to forget forums. i had never once comment in any forum. it sound interesting. and from what i learn today, i guess forums is a very good place to get my research too=D (not to forget u go to the right forums and right questions.) i shall start searching for the right forums for my part 1 research=D



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