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Monday, February 2, 2009

KooDay 2009



Whilst many of us are still in the festive mood, here's wishing all of our partners, friends and you a very happy and prosperous new year! I am sure most of us had enjoyed shopping for new year goodies, mandarin oranges, preparing hongbaos (or collecting, for our little friends) and reuniting with our friends and families just last week. Well likewise, the entire KooBits team have also occupied our time with the necessary housewarming chores in preparation for a merry reunion night with everyone who has come a long way with us, giving us their warmth support constantly.






KooDay 2009, marks the closing of a year of happiness and success on a high note, as well as launching KooBits and its team into a whole new level of challenges - better support and service quality to existing customers, invading of international markets, and of course, producing the best, creative software yet for everyone. Having said that, KooBits 3.0 was officially launched on the event with exciting new features such as Wish Box containing over thousands of pictures that will be called out at your command, Snap Image/Video Capture functions for internal windows imaging/videoing and easy animation editing that could be done in just a few clicks!


But before all the actions of KooShow began, there were welcome speeches made by our genius, mad scientist Professor Sam and hyperactive dancer boy, Stanley.




And then came along our Kooguest speaker, Mr. Yee Jenn Jong, CEO of AsknLearn, who gave us an amazing speech as well which we awarded him with a memento, a KooCoach jacket.


This is just the beginning of the race, let's all run it together! :)

Monday, November 17, 2008

KOOBITS WINS THE ASIA PACIFIC ICT AWARDS 2008

TEAM SINGAPORE DO US PROUD
– KOOBITS WINS THE Asia Pacific ICT AWARDS 2008

Singapore 15 NOVEMBER 2008

For Immediate Release




The KooBits Team: (from left) Anqi Chen, Dr Chen Xiangdong, Eugene Jiang, Ehsan Jafri, Kris Childress, Stanley Han, Ren Dompor(other key members, not photographed) Prof Sam Ge, Mr Edmund Yong, Bharath Seshadri, Chin Kaiying, Hee Chun Hui, Malcolm Soh, Melissa Lee, Liu Ling and Nitar Win.



KooBits, an innovative interactive digital media authoring and publishing solution developed by Personal e-Motion Pte Ltd, was awarded the prestigious Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2008 at the awards ceremony held on Saturday night at the spectacular Plaza Bapindo Ballroom in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Asia Pacific ICT Awards, which aims at indentifying, recognizing and bestowing global credibility to innovative regional ICT achievers who have developed unique ICT products and solutions, is supported by 16 member economies which are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, People Republic of China, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. This year’s APICTA Awards is hosted by the Department of Information & Communication Republic of Indonesia and ASPILUKI (Association of Computer Software Industry of Indonesia).

Personal e-Motion emerged as winner in the competitive e-Learning category, earning the credit and recognition for its effort in developing an innovative authoring software and an online publishing portal -
www.koobits.com - for students and teachers to easily create interactive digital media content, to publish and share them with educational communities around the world, and to significantly enhance learning experience through the effective use of ICT and new media.

“We would like to thank the APICTA judges and organizing committee for giving us this very special award and the recognition. We feel extremely honored. We will continue the effort of developing breakthrough innovation in the area of e-learning and interactive digital media, and making KooBits a global brand that benefits millions.” said Mr Stanley Han, General Manager and Co-Founder of Personal e-Motion, adding “We would like to thank the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation for giving us the trust to represent Singapore to compete in the APICTA Awards 2008. We’d also like to thank the National University of Singapore and NUS Enterprise for their strong support in our technology venture, and the Media Development Authority of Singapore, especially Mr Michael Yap and the Interactive Digital Media R&D Program Office for their extensive support to our R&D effort. A special mention also goes to Mr Yee Jenn Jong, CEO of ASKnLearn Pte Ltd, for his continuous support as our technology partner in Singapore and ASEAN region. Special thanks also go to Mr Tham Chor Kee, Mr Melvin Yeoh, Mr Tamil Charleston, and many other MOE teachers for their invaluable inputs and support to bring KooBits into reality.”

Personal e-Motion, along with other winning teams from Singapore, fought hard and did well in this year’s APICTA competition, helping to bring more recognition to Singapore as one of the leading provider for interactive digital media, ICT tools and platform. “Singapore has one of the best environments for ICT innovation. We feel very fortunate that we started the project in Singapore,” commented Dr Chen, Director and Co-Founder of Personal e-Motion, “The market is extremely responsive to ICT innovation; the business environment is very conducive. We look forward to work with more partners to bring our product beyond Singapore to new markets such as Australia, Korea, Japan, Middle East, Europe and USA.”

And This is me.

THE INFOCOMM SINGAPORE AWARDS 2008

Reference Page:http://newshub.nus.edu.sg/headlines/0908/koobits_0908.html


Singapore 21 September 2008 For Immediate Release Personal e‐Motion emerged as winner in the competitive e‐Education category, earning thecredit and recognition for its effort in developing an innovative authoring platform for studentsand teachers to easily create interactive animated e‐books and other multimedia content.“We are extremely pleased and honored to be the recipient of this year’s Infocomm Singapore Awards and we will continue the effort of developing breakthrough innovation in the area of eeducation and interactive digital media, and making KooBits a global brand exported from Singapore.” said Mr Stanley Han, General Manager and Co‐Founder of Personal e‐Motion,adding “We would like to thank the Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation for the accreditation, the National University of Singapore and NUS Enterprise for their strong support in our technology venture, and the Media Development Authority of Singapore and Interactive Digital Media Project Office for their extensive support which was pivotal in bringing to reality many cutting edge projects. A special mention also goes to Mr Yee Jenn Jong, CEO of ASKnLearn Pte Ltd, for nominating KooBits for this special award and for his continuous support as our technology partner in Singapore and ASEAN region. Special thanks also go to Mr Tham Chor Kee, Mr Tamil Charleston, Mr Mohammad Isa, Mdm Rebecca Teo, Mr Melvin Yeoh and many other MOE teachers for their invaluable inputs and support to bring KooBits into reality.”Personal e‐Motion, together with other SITF awarded companies and institutes, will represent Singapore in the international Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards which will be held in Jakarta in November 2008, looking forward to bring recognition to Singapore as one of the leading provider for interactive digital media, ICT tools and platform.



The KooBits Team: (from Left to right) Ren Dompor, Eugene Jiang, Dr Chen Xiangdong, Stanley Han, Anqi Chen. (other key members, not photographed) Prof Sam Ge, Mr Edmund Yong, Ehsan Jafri, Bharath Seshadri, Chin Kaiying, Hee Chun Hui, Malcolm Soh, Melissa Lee, Liu Ling and Nitar Win.

Monday, June 30, 2008

resignation

I really did not enjoy the job at all. I struggled for the last one month and found the job was not suitable for me. I hate advertising. If I like sth you have passion in it, no matter how much it takes I will rush it do it challenge it. But what I got is just suffering...no...no...that is wrong, totally wrong. I even dun hv the feeling of achieving and effort. There is no reason I have to stay there. I need rest. I am tired enough.


Every one who knows Shakespere must know his most well-known tragedy:
Hamlet and that famous line: To be or not to be, that's a question. As
for Hamlet, to be or not to be is quite a dilemma: he was doomed to be
a tragedy, whether to live or to die.


Perhaps everyone will confront the similar choice to Hamlet in his life sooner or later. To survive
or to die, to fight or to surrender, to win or to lose. He must make the decision himself. Fortunately, I haven't come to that crucial point yet. Up till now, my life is like a smooth sailing. Sometimes I ask myself: do I find the real meaning of life and death? Though I am going to be a biologist, I have no definite answer to that. But still I believe that I did find something in life.

When I ramble along in the peaceful field, hearing the twittering of birds, drifting in the fragrance of wild flowers, I will always praise the beauty of life and feel really happy that I'm still alive. When I learned the mysterious nature and the evolution of life, I was filled
with admiration by the greatness of nature. Life is a bestowing of nature, we have no right to smother, it's a part of universe.


I remember one day, when I felt so frustrated by those misfortunes in life, it seemed that I had done everything wrong and there was no remedy at all. I left home, wandering along the street, feeling sad and hopeless. It was then when I caught sight of the sunset. The sun was like a huge burning ball, flaring and shinning, it was so glorious and so brilliant. Soon the whole sky was flaming, the sun gathered its last energy burning thoroughly, like the solemn end of a tragedy. It
sunk slowly under the horizon, soon darkness fell around me.


I stood there unawaring of where I was. Tears ran down my face. A voice cried out in my heart: "I will wait, till the sun rises again, till the first sunshine on my shoulder." Perhaps that's the meaning of life. Everyone has his own sun and his own dream, and everyone has own
brilliant moment when his sun shines gloriously. We'll struggle and suffer in order to reach that brilliant moment. Nothing can stop us, no matter how hard, no matter how many times we fail. That dream, deeply rooted in our heart, is worthy of devoting our whole life to.

All of us want to see the sun shines again and want to catch that glorious moment to appreciate the real beauty of life. Life is like a long river, it will end someday and somehow. No one can escape from that eternal end, when that day comes, we'll say goodby to this colored world. A man's life is a man's song. Whether it's sad or happy, fierce or quiet, it's his own song. A song written in his own way with his soul, with his life. A man lived, did what he should do, found what he want, fulfilled his dream. He then died calmly. Because he knew that there was nothing to regret. He had seen evil and good, ugly and beautiful. Now it was all over, it was time for his play to close and gave the stage to newcomer. His song was going to end, but it would never diminish, it would become a tiny part of the chorus of the universe, and that will sing forever. Another man lived, struggled, but never reached his dream, for him, life was a perpetual nightmare, then he saw the twilight, they glimmered far in the distance, though he had no time and he would never got there, his heart was quiet, for he knew he had tried his best. His song might only be a faint cry but he knew it was just the prelude to the grand movement of that chorus.

He died happily, hearing the song were sung continue. The world is beautiful, because of warm sunshine and also because of its rain and storm. Only a man who has been drenched with tears can understand the real meaning of happy. Once a famous writer said in one of his novel: there is no real happy in life, but just one situation compared with another. The whole meaning of life lies in two words "hope and wait".


To be or not to be, it's all depends on a man's own attitude to life, on whether he appreciates the morning sunshine, whether he want to explore the beauty of nature. If the thunderstorms come, it all depends on whether he still firmly believes that the sun will rise again. Yes, the sun is going to shine, and it will shine even more brilliant. Do not cry, just wait and hope and fight. Life and death and the sunshine make the world. As they go round generation by generation, day by day, the world go round. Let's sing out our own song lauding life, lauding world.
I do believe I can find another good job. Just do it.



last photo with my friends

Monday, June 2, 2008

被点了

我被点名了
游戏规则:

1、觉得最享受的事是什么?
吃饭,睡觉。

2、你认为分手后的男女朋友还能做普通朋友吗?
拒绝回答

3、这个时代,你还相信网恋吗?
从不搞那个

4、最讨厌自己什么?
用情太深太专一

5、曾经最后悔的事情是什么?
没有控制住自己的脾气伤害了心爱的人

6、知道最心爱的人将要做的事是错误的甚至会伤害她(他),你是去极力阻止他(她)哪怕造成你们之间的矛盾呢?还是任他(她)所为哪怕让他(她)自食苦果?
现在我管不了他了。

7、你追求的生活是什么?
知足常乐

8、如果你全身心爱着的人跟别人发生一夜情,你会原谅他(她)吗?
看情况。如果他被迷奸我还会原谅。

9、当现实与理想有差距时你怎么办?
知足常乐

10、你现阶段最大的愿望是什么?
拿PR,另找份好工作。

11、给你点名的人最大的优点和最大的缺点是什么?
不知道

12、最近有什么开心的事?
买了双新鞋

13、你怎么对待生命中给你留下深刻记忆的人?
以诚相待

14、答应朋友的事你做到了吗?你能确定吗?哪怕是网络中的朋友。
90%都做到了。帮人要量力而行。

15、希望朋友眼中的你自己是个什么样的人?
冷酷无情的人

16、当下,什么是你最重要的和最想要的?(人、物、事都可)
家人

17、最想去的地方?


18、你对自己哪一点最满意?
勇气与耐力

19、真的能“有缘千里来相会”么?
不能

20、如果我要回火星,你愿意跟我一起走么?
不去

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

10,000 BC


It was a time when men and beast were untamed and the mighty mammoth roamed the earth. A time when ideas and beliefs were born that forever shaped mankind. "10,000 BC" follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling sabre-toothed tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilisation and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her.

One would expect to set eyes on a lot whole of grandeur when viewing a prehistoric epic like "10,000 BC". One of the more exciting prospects would be seeing cultures, language and creatures of unbelievable magnitude. Incorporating those key aspects, this film easily possesses a great concept, but that distinction unfortunately rests on a very weak script and plotline.The film revolves around a prehistoric tribe called the Yaghal, in a time where shamans were respected leaders and prophecies decreed their culture. Yaghal men hunted woolly mammoths called Mannaks for a living and surprisingly, are very loyal to their women and families. Despite the primitive settings, the prehistoric society is a pretty valiant lot with exemplary virtues, except for the villains of course.


Among the Yaghals, one prophecy resounded above all others - a young girl with unusual blue eyes will appear within the tribe and becomes the key to their salvation. The Yaghals have long suffered a merciless climate which deprives them of food and shelter, and according to the prophecy, the man whom the blue-eyed girl will eventually belong to will be the one to lead the tribe to restoration.Enter a young girl named Evolet (Camilla Belle), the sole survivor of a village rampage who, with her blue eyes, gave the Yaghals hope and catches the eye of timid mammoth hunter D'Leh (Steven Strait).


With the prophecy slowly manifesting itself, D'Leh is plunged into becoming the hero he never knew he could be. When Evolet is kidnapped and taken hostage by an evil warlord, D'Leh paces into a harsh journey to save the woman he loves as well as his tribe.D'Leh quickly becomes a central character, faced with feelings of abandonment by his father and the need to prove his worth to his people. Up-and-coming actor Strait may be the token 'fresh face' the movie tries to sell but his actions prove a little too modern for the setting and Belle probably has more to offer than what her vulnerable damsel-in-distress Evolet allows. Pair the two lead actors together and you get a prehistoric "One Tree Hill".


Cultivating a fictional ancient culture from scratch takes a lot of imagination, and no matter how hard the lead actors try to antiquate their English, it resulted in what sounds like 'surfer dude' slang. On the other hand, the lush traverse of the prehistoric landscapes and creatures were breath-taking, although a man-and-beast face-off many would have loved to see were minimal.


Only three major prehistoric animals were fit into the movie, and each one with very little screen time, which in turn made little impact. So you can forget about this being a National Geographic experience either.However, the movie does have its good points. Character and set design were simply amazing and D'Leh indeed takes us on an adventure across the lands, coming across unique sets of tribes each time - each with their own costumes, languages and beliefs.The journey is a moral one, rather than spiritual. As much as we'd like to root for D'Leh, his travels feel incomplete and non-progressive.


The background plot about his father could have been developed so much more, while giving him the angst he needs to push him further. Devoid of a connection, we can't really attach ourselves to what he endures. What we were expecting was a heroic transformation, but what we were left with is still that timid little mammoth hunter that may well be a wave-riding surfer in our time.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

久违的一个人生活


无力得趴在床上,流着泪


我好累


谁都不要来打扰我


谁都不要。