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Thursday, June 28, 2007

Super live human electric conductor

Must see:
Miracle man demonstrated his body ability to conduct electricity, and running live current through his body and lighting a bulb.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

A stunning breakthrough

Years ago, I was working in the press. On the cover of the machines there were inks and chemicals which had sticked on it for lots of years, it seem impossible to remove. I am able to finally removed it. After moving the stains on the cover it look almost as new and shining.

These incident had attracted the attention of a Japanese teacher, I don't know how he got to know about it and he was so impressed, he brought his whole class of students to study it and compared the machines which had the stains removed and the one which had not removed.

Imagine the surprise the stains that had been there for a lots of years suddenly were removed. You can see the amazement on their faces, when they compared the one which had the stains removed and the one that were not removed.

After months of finding ways to clear the stains, through continue experimenting and finding the right chemicals to clear irremovable stains, I finally found a concoction of chemicals, that able to remove most of the stains. The chemicals were able to make the cover look shining.

I used the hand washing agents combine with kerosene and some other chemicals. (Hand washing agents is not normally used to clean the machinery)

As after the stains were removed, everybody were stunned because the stains on the cover of the printing machines were there lots of years and were thought to be impossible to remove .

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Secrets recipes for cooking yummy chicken rice and steamboat


Some of Singapore most favorite food are chicken rice and steamboat.

My mother had been cooking for more 50 years, she use to cook very tasty soup for us. I had since learnt some secrets from her.

I believe the best steamboat should be cook in clay pot using charcoal, this way is much tastier.

And tip into the fried shallots oil with soya sauce that I mention below. Nowadays because of convenience it is usually cook by gas and metal utensils which don't bring out the best of the soup.

The soup will be more tasty, if you don't mind spending some time using more elaborate procedures.

My all time favourite dish is chicken dumpsticks cook by my mother. Usually during the Chinese New Year reunion dinner where she will prepare my favourite food- chicken dump sticks(a bit raw).

An old chicken seller, teach my mother to cook the best chicken rice it need to a bit of raw and not to overcook it. So that when you eat it, it will be very smooth.

The fried shallot oil is the key to bring out the best of the flavour, with light soya sauce and sliced spring onions, putting the all together in bowl. Which is use as tipping sauce for the steamboat and chicken.

To cook the sliced shallots to perfection. Burn the wok hot. Then put the oil in, throw in the sliced onion. Cook until it is yellow, stop the fire, it should not be brown, if not the after effect will made it sour.

This combination of near raw chicken and fried shallot oils, will bring bring you to the heaven state.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

My feedbacks/ideas were adopted


I sometimes send and shares my ideas to the medias. Zoe Tay and some of the media artistes might not exists in the media today, if I had not send my suggestions to the then Singapore Broadcasting Corp.

Years ago I had sent my suggestions to Singapore Broadcasting Corp. (presently Mediacorp) , to set up a contest and that give generous incentives, to winners of acting contests to draw out talented people to come forward. Later they widen the talent pool, drawing contestants from overseas.

In my younger days, I read widely. I love to read about the life stories of great people. My hero were Thomas Edison whose inventions made the world a better place to live. Henry Ford for his mastering of the art of mass productions of cars & Florence Nightingale for her profound dedications to the sufferings and the sicks.

I had replied to an MP, as the MP had wrote to me for suggestions for bond the community when my wife got the PR, to built a 50 storey building to house multi-functional activities people to socialise, to bond the community near MRT.

My suggestions might had influenced the government, to allow the building of a 50 storey HDB with multi-facilities near Tanjong Pagar MRT station, at that I don't think they will consider such tall residential dwellings.

The a building a multi functional complex near One-North and Buona Vista MRT . Which can hold cultural, shopping, arts & musical activities etc

Long ago I had suggested making tourism as country main economic driver, now finally they had adopted the ideas. As tourism industries are sustainable and recurring in long run. And we need to continue to come up with fresh ideas to draw the tourists.

Our industries might had difficulties completing with India and China cheap, educated and large labour pool. The Bahamas, Las Vegas, Macau big part of their economy were driven by tourism. They too do not have much resources.

As I was greatly inspired by the works and contributions of the Nobel Prize Winners to humanity. I suggested giving numerous smaller awards, now I saw schools, always displayed their awards outside the fence in their banners.

I had wrote about building more library near the MRT for easier access. They are building libraries near Clementi and Searangoon MRT.

Sometimes ago I , Dee Kay & Nelson Poon discussing on building barriers on the MRT in the ping.sg shoutbox. Recently they started to build the MRT barriers.

In those days computers is not widely uses so its difficult to record down all my ideas or what I had contributed, or some of my ideas were adopted. Now I can write in my blog if I had some good and inspiring ideas.

Also read View my Innovations

Straits Times called me a thinker :Click here

Saturday, June 23, 2007

The spectacular National Day Parade




Some photos of NDP06

I had performed in altogether 25 major cultural shows including Singapore National Day Parade, Chingay Parade(props assembling), Youth Peace Cultural Show, South East Asian Games etc.

When I was young I love to go up to the ten floor of a building to watch the fireworks.

TV Presenter joined us for a photo taking sessions. Nowadays more exciting stunts were added.

The thrills and adrenalin rush, into the stadium made performing in the NDP exciting, with various different groups of people from different backgroun working together for peace of Singapore.

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My medias interviews/Top the SEO



Verification of my football juggling and cycling feats which was broadcasted in the TV by Medicacorp Executive producer. Jackie Chan of SBC

Awards and featured in Singapore Press Holdings internal newsletter
News paper clippings had since lost, as SPH used to publish 3000 copies for staff to read.

Interview with TODAY newspaper. Surekha

Interview with Janice Seah, Straits Times

In an email interview with Terry Ruby of USA

Featured inTODAY newspaper

Podcast Karen Jarrett related my experiences in a podcast in UK

Email interview with Stomp Singapore Press Holdings Clare Lee

My photo selected by award winning journalist Kaitlin Fontana of Nowpublic.com/Flickr team for the:
www.nowpublic.com/the_best_cities_in_the_world_survey

http://www.nowpublic.com/geneva_switzerland_1


Photo was chosen for the best cities survey


Letter from kaitlin Fontana:
http://henryleong.wordpress.com/

Singapore top blogger: xiaxue-media.blogspot.com

Stomp of Straits Times featured my travels photos:


My feats still top the search engine, after 8 months.

Chingay Parade













HOW TO OPTIMIZING THE VISUAL EFFECTS OF PROPS (EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY)

James who use to make lion dance and lanterns props in his childhood days, prepare the outline.

Our props group was to prepare the musical props for the performers. It was an exciting challenge to glue the synthetic foams to the bamboo frames nicely. Translucent synthetic foams were used to stick to the bamboo frames together, by hot glue using glue guns. Between the props and the performers lights bulbs systems were installed inside and the props were then covered by translucent clothes.

As I used to work as a welder and also as a printer in a major newspaper company. My experiences and skills were able to put into good use. I am able to use my skills which I perfected for setting the printing rollers in SPH.

I used to practice hours and hours setting, the printing rollers accurately by pulling 2 piece of paper out from 2 printing rollers from both, sides as great skill was needed to set the rollers accurately for the printing operation. Click
View Blog machinery

During the Chingay rehearsals numerous props were brought back with the synthetic foams sagging, as it was not
properly pulled and glued to the bamboo frames.

It's very difficult to glue it to the frames, lots of fingers were burned, trying to stick and pull the odd shaped synthetic materials tight to the frames and hold on it until it stick tight to the bamboo frames, with the hot glue. As the foams take some time to stick to the frames.

To bring out the best possible visual effects of the props. When gluing the foams, it need to stretch it tight to the limits, so that to allow the best possible
penetration effects of the lightnings system inside the props.


As time was short, I got to muster all my skills and experiences rushing from morning, till night to completely redo all the props for the grand finale.

Innovations in prop-making

Because of my skills transferred from the pulling out of papers from the printing rollers,
I am able to meet these challenges, to the stretching of the foam to the right tightness, which enhanced the overall appearance and special visual effects of the lightnings. Click here to see more of my innovations.

Lot of satisfactions, they were so impressed & fascinated with the effects of the props, it were displayed in the temple for months after the performance.

The tightness of the foams, the multi-colours & the blinking of the lights inside the props made it a extraordinary sights to view.



In the 2006 Chingay Festival, our group was to make 40 electronic dogs (green & orange colour) and 4 bones props.

After numerous difficulties trying to find a solution, to stitch the bone props foams together, because this time we didn't use any frames to support it. It's very difficult to hold the odd- shaped foam together to glue it with the hot glue gun and wait until it set.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts to hold it together and glue it with the hot glue gun, trying various methods. We finally found a way using U-link wires to attached it to both sides and temporary hold it together, then apply the hot glue on it. After it were glued together, then removed the U-link wires.

To make forty electronic dogs for the students performers is no joke, all the different pieces ran into thousands. First I got use a blower to blow hot air onto the synthetic foams into various parts to shapes of different parts of the body and use my hands to hold it until it set into shapes. This process is too slow.

Later I found a way to increase the speed of doing it. By making wire moulds. Put a few foams into the wire moulds. This methods greatly increase the speed of making the props . This way more foams set into shapes much faster.

The idea of cutting a heart- shaped hole on the front cover chest foam and put heart shape translucent covers on it and put an electronic lighting device on it, initially ran into difficulties.

Later I found a way of cutting two pieces of thin synthetic foams made it into a heart shape glued it together put the electronic lighting device inside it, which able to fit into the foam (front cover of the performer) so to be able to take it out and replace it or change the batteries.

And cut a hole on it, so can switch on/off and the light, cut a hole in front so that the three little blinking light bulbs (red, yellow & blue) were able to put nearest to the translucent plastic cover, so to bring out the best possible lighting effects.

The synthetic foams were later sprayed with paint, scotch tape were use to stick on the surface to make it look glossy and prevent rain from damaging it. To tighten the tape so that, no trace of outline of the tape to be seen, a blower were use to blow hot air on it until it tighten and look glossy.

Various light reflective accessories
were later stick on it.

Series of small light bulbs which blink , were then installed on it and linked to the batteries pack on the belt. The sewing group were to make the uniforms for the performance. The foams were then attached to the uniforms. Electric motor were attached behind the back to make the tail spin. So it look like robot dogs.

Many graduates are now joining the prop group maybe due to the satisfactions of seeing their creations been appreciated, attracted them to join. Some of them stayed overnight, rushing to compete the props for the grand finale
Hearing people commended our props, brought me great satisfactions.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Values I want to pass to my children

Every parents hope that their children, grow up happy and successful.

Of course I hope my kids to grow up to be happy individuals and able to contribute to the society.

I will not pressure them to get a degree at all cost. Some of them might be are late developers. Some parents over pressured their kids to get a certificate in the end if might harm their kids more.

If they are good in skills they can get into the ITE first.

Robert Kiyosaki said most schools don't teach financial literacy. His real father is well educated asked him to learn about investments from his another adopted dad, which had only primary school education. Yet is a successful entrepreneur. His highly educated dad end up in debt after working very hard all his life in the government institutions.

I would like to teach my children about investment. It take a long time to understand the market cycle.

If my children master the skills of investment early. He can make money to finance his various other interests. He will enjoy his journey, rather then seek instant gratifications.

Adam Khoo's father who is an entrepreneur, who didn't give his son lots of money in his youth. So Adam got to look for ways to earn money between his classes. Through his early experiences starting young in his own business early, he got a head start.

Some of the most successful footballer their fathers are footballers. Fandi Ahmad with ITE education earn lots of money but through numerous failed ventures in his business fell into debt. Maradona went into drugs.

I think children in their young should learn more about how to invest in good companies.

South Korea had associations forms on how not to pass too much money to their children because of some of the rich kids got into troubles.

I will want my children to mix around with lots of people. So when they grown up they able to handle human relationships better and able to choose the right spouses.

Napolean Hill said in his book our worth is our abilities to induce the cooperations of others.

If kids learn to handle and adjusts with their relations in their early years there will be less wars later. Children are important parts of our future.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

How to attract lots of tourists

The need to divert some daytime traffics to the night is critical. My idea is to have more night tours to cater for the tourists, like having cycling tours for tourists to cycle on their own or through groups like trishaws tour etc. More shopping centre to open round the clock to cater for tourists.

More ideas are need to divert some of the daytime activities to the night. Awards to be given for the best ideas. More studies of overseas cities night scenes.

Hotels might be encourage to rent out bicycles. A deposit is collect when renting out the bike. When I was in the Hong Kong hotel a deposit was needed and refund me when I leave . GPS to track the bicycles if they got lost they way. Some they can see more of Singapore.

Night cycling is less risky because of much less traffic. Singapore plans to host the F1 at night why not more or other activities?.

To get the most value from my tour I usually walk a few hours on my own, during the free and easy days. In Tokyo I walked a record of 6 hours to see the city, even that I felt no enough and after that I lost me way. If I can rent a bicycle I could had covered more and see more of the city.

More shops, offices and industrial to operate at night? More activities to cater to the night shift workers and tourists. When I was in Hong Kong even at midnight the MRT were fully packed.

Usually my ideas come at the wee hours of the morning between sleeping and waking up then I start to blog my ideas in case I forgot it.

Earlier I wrote a post about a my friend mine, putting the inspiring books beside his bed and read it when he was going to sleep. While he was asleep his brain is dreaming of some ideas, came from this inspiration.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The secrets of highly successful people

What stand out between a highly successful persons and a failure is persistence, some even strive on adversities.

It might be during adversities they able squeeze out all their creative juices to challenge their problems.

Some of them are able to turn their liabilities into assets. I had read an article of Kenji Kitahara, who was knocked down by a train when he was two years old and had both his legs amputated, used false leg practice until he walk like normal people and later able to run a successful business, married and have three children.

Author Somerset Maugham was so shy that he would walk the street for one hour before trying to find the courage to make an appearance in a party. Later became one of England's greatest modern novelists and also a sought after social lions, despite been a lifelong stammer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

People who success made rejections into a springboard to success and they don't take it personally, maybe made them more determined to success. Leon Uris whose parents were Poland immigrants flunked English three times and dropout of high school to join the Marines, went on to become a best-selling author.

His book Battle Cry was rejected 12 times, finally found a publisher and later it was made into a motion picture.
http://nvnv.essortment.com/leonurisbiogra_rxiq.htm

Chris Gardner struggling from been homeless and later became a self made millionaire entrepreneur.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gardner
He was said to study in the toilet for his remisier examinations.

Some gave up at a drop of a hat and grumbles, while others who success seem to strive on adversities, which made them more determined to success. I think this is the difference.

Saturday, June 9, 2007

The secrets of successful companies

There are many ways the companies can success,but not many can last long.

Companies like Walmart success by been the cheapest among his competitors. He would advertises some products that are cheapest prices in his stores to attract hordes of bargain hunters from far away.

He use helicopters to scout for the busiest locations to set up his shops.

Thomas Edison companies General Electric success by been innovative and coming up with new innovations regularly. His company still survive long after his dead.

Apples MP3 sell more than Creative it's not that their products are superior to Creative, but because they had better marketing and packaging ideas(The fact that Apple need to pay Creative $100 millions for the Copyright).

Some of their ideas are rejuvenated old ideas, Japanese had been using earlier.

Warren Buffret buy companies that even recession people need to use like Gillette. Every day millions of men need to shave.

He also like to buy companies like Coke, millions and millions of people drink it everyday.

He said that you only need to have a few good ideas to be successful in your lifetime. As most companies don't success.

Not surprising the world oldest company:http://www.kongogumi.co.jp/
is in the buildings and constructions trade, where everybody need a roof over their head rain or shine.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Setting goals

In the articles setting goals which Mr Wang featuring mehttp://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-set-goal.html.

When we set a goal we should set it way beyond our abilities, even we think is impossible. Even we can't reach it. We will be stretched to the limit.

What made me able to juggle a football 3,400 times with all parts of my bodies non-stop, continuously without dropping it, one hour and 20 minutes at Woodsvilles Sec. Sch. was the burning desire and the constant thought to be a world champion or a world record holder.

At times of performing the records little did I believe I am able to achieve it. But the day somehow I kept juggling non-stop, might be there are hundreds of students around. Up to now I am still astound by my feats, without coach or any support.

After reading the book about 'The Will to Win' I was inspired by the Olympic champions, how many hours they train to attain the standard. I put up to train 4 hours per day to perfect my technique.

I used to ride a economical bike up and down East Coast Park up and down, even with numerous cyclists cycling up and down the bicycle track a few hours a day with only one leg with holding the handlebar, with no accidents at all.

I am able to ride the whole stretch of cycling tracks 12 km at East Coast Park, from end to end non-stop, handfree and using on one leg. All my bike skills and juggling feats were recorded and broadcasted by SBC.

In the book Think and grow rich. We need to have definite goal and persistence.

In Joe Girard book, every morning when we wake up, he teach us to talk in front mirror. And talk 5 minutes about our goals and the positive things. We need to have the hunger for success and take actions .

Adam Khoo in his book, we need to model ourselves against those who are very successful.

When I was very young I used to dream about travelling around the world, my mother used say go and rub some oil in your leg and you can go there, because we were so poor.

I kept setting goals to go to certain countries. I am able to one by one holiday in the countries I wishes to go.

If you want to be rich you need to read books about Warren Buffret or some of the great investors or find more of those people who are successful and learn how they do it.

At that time lots of people would thought that the Wright brothers were mad. The bicycles repairmen plan to build a vehicle that can enable them to fly. If they didn't conceived and believed that we can fly until now, we might not able to travel by aeroplanes.