Sunday, April 30, 2006
Karaoke
Good Sunday morning,
Have fun with our own home made Karaoke
Making a karaoke show follows the same path as that of making a musical slide show, with one significant burden. The changing of colours of the lyrics has to be timed to synchronise with the song. This enables a viewer to sing along as the words change in colour with the music. This is the enjoyment and fun of Karaoke.
Powerpoint provides this facility, and karaoke clips can be made with it. How good a show is depends on how exact the synchronisation is done. The synchronisation requires reiterative adjustments until it reaches a reasonably satisfactory outcome.
Following the appreciation of my first attempt, Oh ! Suzanna,
I now forward The Happy Wanderer for your enjoyment.
I hope it performs on your computer as well as it does on mine.
Appended below is a copy of the lyrics of The Happy Wanderer.
Have a nice day
Ronald
wanderer.pps
4678K View as HTML Download
The Happy Wanderer
I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
Chorus:
Val-deree, Val-derah, Val-derah,
Val-derah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deree, Val-derah.
My knapsack on my back.
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song !"
I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.
High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky !
Have fun with our own home made Karaoke
Making a karaoke show follows the same path as that of making a musical slide show, with one significant burden. The changing of colours of the lyrics has to be timed to synchronise with the song. This enables a viewer to sing along as the words change in colour with the music. This is the enjoyment and fun of Karaoke.
Powerpoint provides this facility, and karaoke clips can be made with it. How good a show is depends on how exact the synchronisation is done. The synchronisation requires reiterative adjustments until it reaches a reasonably satisfactory outcome.
Following the appreciation of my first attempt, Oh ! Suzanna,
I now forward The Happy Wanderer for your enjoyment.
I hope it performs on your computer as well as it does on mine.
Appended below is a copy of the lyrics of The Happy Wanderer.
Have a nice day
Ronald
wanderer.pps
4678K View as HTML Download
The Happy Wanderer
I love to go a-wandering,
Along the mountain track,
And as I go, I love to sing,
My knapsack on my back.
Chorus:
Val-deree, Val-derah, Val-derah,
Val-derah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Val-deree, Val-derah.
My knapsack on my back.
I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun,
So joyously it calls to me,
"Come! Join my happy song !"
I wave my hat to all I meet,
And they wave back to me,
And blackbirds call so loud and sweet
From ev'ry green wood tree.
High overhead, the skylarks wing,
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing,
As o'er the world we roam.
Oh, may I go a-wandering
Until the day I die!
Oh, may I always laugh and sing,
Beneath God's clear blue sky !
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Sugar
Good morning to all,
The Processing of Sugar
Is refined sugar refined as it appears;
Is it as pure as it is claimed ?
Here is how it is done.
When the sugar canes arrived from the fields they are stored in a yard, allowing the mill to process them at a constant throughput. Cane growers are paid for the tonnage of sucrose that is extracted by the mill rather than the canes delivered.
There are four stages in the processing of sugar from the canes to the refined white sugar. These are Juice Extraction, Boiler House Recovery, Refining and Drying and Conditioning.
1. The cane is first cut up into a pulp with cane knives, resulting in a fluffy mass. The pulp is then diffused by washing the sugar out of it when they pass through a slow moving bed of water. Milling is the next step where the sugar is squeezed from the pulp by large grooved rollers. The juice is then screened to remove the pulp, the fibre.
This Juice Extraction process extracts the sucrose from the cane, leaving the fibre to be used as fuel for the mill itself.
2. The sucrose j uice is heated under pressure to above boiling point and then allowed to flash, or exposed to atmosphere, to rid the juice of air bubbles which may retard clarification. In the clarification process the remaining suspended solids are combined into a tricalcuim phosphate precipitate by adding lime. The precipitate is then removed by filtration, resulting in a clear juice, from which the sugar will be made.
The juice is then boiled in multiple effect evaporators to make the solution super-saturated with sugar, leaving a concentrate . A hot solution dissolves more sugar, and when carefully cooled, sugar crystals start to form. The crystallisation results is a warm, dark brown solution. The light brown sugar crystals are then separated by the batch centrifugal filters and retained in a perforated basket. The liquid removed is called molasses.
The remaining moisture is then removed by using either Rotary Louvre Dryers, rotating drums which pick sugar up in louvres and dropping it through a stream of air, or Fluidised Bed Dryers where heated air is passed through nozzles into the sugar, fluidising it. The sugar produced at this stage is about 99% pure sucrose called brown sugar .
This Boiler House Recovery boils the juice to leave behind the brown sugar crystals.
3. The brown colour is due to impurities. This sugar is further refined to bring it to the state for the table.
In refining, the crystals are returned to a solution and then clarified. The clarification process employs one or more of the four following methods. In the first method, lime and carbon dioxide are added to trap the colour in a calcium carbonate precipitate which is then removed by filtration. A second way is to add lime and sulphur dioxide to absorb the colour in a calcium sulphate precipitate. The sulphur dioxide also has a bleaching effect. The precipitate is then removed by filtration. A third way is to add lime and phosphoric acid, to trap the colour in a calcium phosphate precipitate which is then removed by floatation after the melt has been aerated. The colour in sugar tends to be negatively charged, and it can be removed by ion exchange with chloride ions. Finally, the sugar is recrystallised and dried.
In Refining the colour is removed and the sugar is then recrystallised.
4. This sugar is then dried and packaged for delivery to the consumers.
Man cannot do without sugar
Because sugar is sweet
And darlings are sweethearts
And man needs darlings
Have a nice day
Ronald
Note: The simple terms of the additives used in refining the sugar are process chemicals.
Whether these are harmful and completely removed the consumers do not know.
Some of these process chemicals are as follows:
Acid based Evaporator Cleaning Additive (powder)
Acid based Pan Cleaning Additive
Alcohol Defoamer - Organic Based
Caustic based Evaporator Cleaning Additive
Corrosion Inhibitor for HCl
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Dextran Control Bio-Surfactant
Evaporator Scale Inhibitor
Evaporator Scale Inhibitor
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Defoamer - Organic Based
Mill Sanitation Biocide - DTC
Mill Sanitation Biocide - QUAT
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Defoamer - Silicone Based
Syrup Defoamer - Silicone Based
The Processing of Sugar
Is refined sugar refined as it appears;
Is it as pure as it is claimed ?
Here is how it is done.
When the sugar canes arrived from the fields they are stored in a yard, allowing the mill to process them at a constant throughput. Cane growers are paid for the tonnage of sucrose that is extracted by the mill rather than the canes delivered.
There are four stages in the processing of sugar from the canes to the refined white sugar. These are Juice Extraction, Boiler House Recovery, Refining and Drying and Conditioning.
1. The cane is first cut up into a pulp with cane knives, resulting in a fluffy mass. The pulp is then diffused by washing the sugar out of it when they pass through a slow moving bed of water. Milling is the next step where the sugar is squeezed from the pulp by large grooved rollers. The juice is then screened to remove the pulp, the fibre.
This Juice Extraction process extracts the sucrose from the cane, leaving the fibre to be used as fuel for the mill itself.
2. The sucrose j uice is heated under pressure to above boiling point and then allowed to flash, or exposed to atmosphere, to rid the juice of air bubbles which may retard clarification. In the clarification process the remaining suspended solids are combined into a tricalcuim phosphate precipitate by adding lime. The precipitate is then removed by filtration, resulting in a clear juice, from which the sugar will be made.
The juice is then boiled in multiple effect evaporators to make the solution super-saturated with sugar, leaving a concentrate . A hot solution dissolves more sugar, and when carefully cooled, sugar crystals start to form. The crystallisation results is a warm, dark brown solution. The light brown sugar crystals are then separated by the batch centrifugal filters and retained in a perforated basket. The liquid removed is called molasses.
The remaining moisture is then removed by using either Rotary Louvre Dryers, rotating drums which pick sugar up in louvres and dropping it through a stream of air, or Fluidised Bed Dryers where heated air is passed through nozzles into the sugar, fluidising it. The sugar produced at this stage is about 99% pure sucrose called brown sugar .
This Boiler House Recovery boils the juice to leave behind the brown sugar crystals.
3. The brown colour is due to impurities. This sugar is further refined to bring it to the state for the table.
In refining, the crystals are returned to a solution and then clarified. The clarification process employs one or more of the four following methods. In the first method, lime and carbon dioxide are added to trap the colour in a calcium carbonate precipitate which is then removed by filtration. A second way is to add lime and sulphur dioxide to absorb the colour in a calcium sulphate precipitate. The sulphur dioxide also has a bleaching effect. The precipitate is then removed by filtration. A third way is to add lime and phosphoric acid, to trap the colour in a calcium phosphate precipitate which is then removed by floatation after the melt has been aerated. The colour in sugar tends to be negatively charged, and it can be removed by ion exchange with chloride ions. Finally, the sugar is recrystallised and dried.
In Refining the colour is removed and the sugar is then recrystallised.
4. This sugar is then dried and packaged for delivery to the consumers.
Man cannot do without sugar
Because sugar is sweet
And darlings are sweethearts
And man needs darlings
Have a nice day
Ronald
Note: The simple terms of the additives used in refining the sugar are process chemicals.
Whether these are harmful and completely removed the consumers do not know.
Some of these process chemicals are as follows:
Acid based Evaporator Cleaning Additive (powder)
Acid based Pan Cleaning Additive
Alcohol Defoamer - Organic Based
Caustic based Evaporator Cleaning Additive
Corrosion Inhibitor for HCl
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Crystallizing /Vacuum Pan Aid
Dextran Control Bio-Surfactant
Evaporator Scale Inhibitor
Evaporator Scale Inhibitor
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Clarification Flocculant
Juice Defoamer - Organic Based
Mill Sanitation Biocide - DTC
Mill Sanitation Biocide - QUAT
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Clarification Flocculant
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Decolorizing Agent (polymer)
Syrup Defoamer - Silicone Based
Syrup Defoamer - Silicone Based
Monday, April 24, 2006
Aisle car parks
Good morning,
The aisle seats and reserved car park lots.
In a church there are usually three long passages from the entrance to the altar. There is the nave which is in the center between the two rows of seats and the two aisles, each between the row of seats and the walls. But people will say the bride walks down the aisle to her wedding. So, how and who is going to correct that ? Nevermind, we will stick to this aisle usage, the wedding aisle.
During a wedding people will want to sit near the aisle, to be close to the participants as they walk past, for their own reasons, and there are good reasons here. But in a bus, in a theatre, in a cinema, in an auditorium, etc. are there similar good reasons ? It is difficult to think of good reasons there except under special circumstances. And sitting near the aisles give one more problem than comfort, having to make way for people getting in and out, to and off, the inner seats. Yet people will, in a pegged elephant way, occupy the aisles seats first. One wonders whether the MRT coach designers took this habit into considerstion, all aisles seats, ha ha.
In car parks, especially multi-storey ones, a similar type of reasoning seems to be applied in alloting spaces for seasonal passes against short term parking. One will invariably find spaces reserved for seasonal pass holders marked near the entrances/exits or from the ground level upwards. Can there be other good reasons than to merely favour the season pass holders. If there are none, then the management of all these car parks have failed to serve the car park users in an efficient way their business offers.
Parking lots nearer to the exits/entrances are more convenient, no one can argue. Therefore they should be available to more users. Why tie down these lots, which are often unoccupied, to some season pass holders, and make the majority of other users drive up and down far from the exits/entrances. It does not show consideration for all users nor reflect good and efficient management of the car parks. The reverse order ought to be applied; allocate lots in frequent use nearer the exits/entrances, and lots in reserve away where only those fewer drivers need to go to.
In most multi-storey car parks, it takes one to drive nearly a kilometre to reach the fifth storey or so, for usually the lower storeys are often reserved and vacant. Does it make sense to make every non season pass holder to drive past these reserved storeys just to find a lot ? In a day, a reserved lot is used by only one car while an open lot is used by many cars, on average more than ten . By common sense, lots to be used by many ought to be easier to access. There is a lot of lost time, petrol saving and doing away with unnecessary driving around to be considered. An open lot also earns more revenue than a reserved lot, otherwise who would want to pay for a reserved lot.
So, wake up, car park management people, before you are woken up by your superiors !
Have a nice day.
Ronald
The aisle seats and reserved car park lots.
In a church there are usually three long passages from the entrance to the altar. There is the nave which is in the center between the two rows of seats and the two aisles, each between the row of seats and the walls. But people will say the bride walks down the aisle to her wedding. So, how and who is going to correct that ? Nevermind, we will stick to this aisle usage, the wedding aisle.
During a wedding people will want to sit near the aisle, to be close to the participants as they walk past, for their own reasons, and there are good reasons here. But in a bus, in a theatre, in a cinema, in an auditorium, etc. are there similar good reasons ? It is difficult to think of good reasons there except under special circumstances. And sitting near the aisles give one more problem than comfort, having to make way for people getting in and out, to and off, the inner seats. Yet people will, in a pegged elephant way, occupy the aisles seats first. One wonders whether the MRT coach designers took this habit into considerstion, all aisles seats, ha ha.
In car parks, especially multi-storey ones, a similar type of reasoning seems to be applied in alloting spaces for seasonal passes against short term parking. One will invariably find spaces reserved for seasonal pass holders marked near the entrances/exits or from the ground level upwards. Can there be other good reasons than to merely favour the season pass holders. If there are none, then the management of all these car parks have failed to serve the car park users in an efficient way their business offers.
Parking lots nearer to the exits/entrances are more convenient, no one can argue. Therefore they should be available to more users. Why tie down these lots, which are often unoccupied, to some season pass holders, and make the majority of other users drive up and down far from the exits/entrances. It does not show consideration for all users nor reflect good and efficient management of the car parks. The reverse order ought to be applied; allocate lots in frequent use nearer the exits/entrances, and lots in reserve away where only those fewer drivers need to go to.
In most multi-storey car parks, it takes one to drive nearly a kilometre to reach the fifth storey or so, for usually the lower storeys are often reserved and vacant. Does it make sense to make every non season pass holder to drive past these reserved storeys just to find a lot ? In a day, a reserved lot is used by only one car while an open lot is used by many cars, on average more than ten . By common sense, lots to be used by many ought to be easier to access. There is a lot of lost time, petrol saving and doing away with unnecessary driving around to be considered. An open lot also earns more revenue than a reserved lot, otherwise who would want to pay for a reserved lot.
So, wake up, car park management people, before you are woken up by your superiors !
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Friday, April 21, 2006
Oh ! Suzanna
Good morning,
Oh ! Suzanna
When one reminisces about the old old Western movies by John Ford, or his contemporaries, one remembers the famous actor Randolf Scott and others. One will also remember some classic songs like Clementine and Oh ! Suzanna. And there would be this other famous actor Gaby Hayes, such a likable lovable wizened fellow playing his little harmonica to these tunes as the rickety horse-driven wagon rolled along.
To refresh ourselves, I append below the lyrics of Oh ! Suzanna. I have also put in some pictures from National Geographic and added a song sung by the Children's choir from the Best Favourite Nursery Rhymes and Children's songs CD into a show. The singing of the song has been varied a bit, but the words in the slides follow the singing. This show attempts to perform like a Karaoke clip, and I hope it will serve its purpose to enliven ourselves to the good old days.
Jenny, this is my apple for you, as best I can.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Oh ! Suzanna
I came from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see
It rained all night
The day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot,
I froze to death
Susanna, don't you cry
Oh, Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I came from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see
It rained all night
The day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot,
I froze to death
Susanna, don't you cry
Oh, Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
susannakaraoke.pps
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Oh ! Suzanna
When one reminisces about the old old Western movies by John Ford, or his contemporaries, one remembers the famous actor Randolf Scott and others. One will also remember some classic songs like Clementine and Oh ! Suzanna. And there would be this other famous actor Gaby Hayes, such a likable lovable wizened fellow playing his little harmonica to these tunes as the rickety horse-driven wagon rolled along.
To refresh ourselves, I append below the lyrics of Oh ! Suzanna. I have also put in some pictures from National Geographic and added a song sung by the Children's choir from the Best Favourite Nursery Rhymes and Children's songs CD into a show. The singing of the song has been varied a bit, but the words in the slides follow the singing. This show attempts to perform like a Karaoke clip, and I hope it will serve its purpose to enliven ourselves to the good old days.
Jenny, this is my apple for you, as best I can.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Oh ! Suzanna
I came from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see
It rained all night
The day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot,
I froze to death
Susanna, don't you cry
Oh, Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I came from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
I'm going to Louisiana,
My true love for to see
It rained all night
The day I left
The weather it was dry
The sun so hot,
I froze to death
Susanna, don't you cry
Oh, Susanna,
Oh don't you cry for me
I've come from Alabama
With my banjo on my knee
susannakaraoke.pps
910K View as HTML Download
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Cows
Hello people,
Cows, earth cow, stone cow, iron cow, blowing cow, flying cow, ...
In the East Coast village where I grew up, the community composed mainly Hainanese and Teochews. The Teochews lived inland and farmed while the Hainanese lived near the sea and fished. A provision shop and a coffee shop were the central gathering place for all. In such an environment, it was easy for one to understand and speak a smattering of the other's dialect. Traditionally, my father, a Teochew, operated the provision shop and my best friend's father, a Hainanese, the coffee shop.
All the children went to the local Chinese primary school while me and my brothers an English school two miles away. It was not that my father was not chauvenistic; he had a problem with the earth cows (teegu in Teochew) to want to send us to study English. The earth cows were the government inspectors who checked coffee powder for excessive adulteration with maize. They were people who never completed secondary school but who spoke English. They came regularly to take samples for laboratory testing, each time they took a few tahils of coffee powder, four tahils is about 150 grams. They were bullies, bullying people who did not understand English.
A teegu or earth cow is a creature somewhat like the frog. It is about the same size, but brown and spotted in darker colour with shorter limbs. It is bulbous, like puffed up with air. Usually, after heavy rain, it will whined or mooed like the cow, louder than the toad which noise is many times louder than the frog. In fact, the frog makes the least noise, only croaking now and them, sporadically. Perhaps that explains why the inspectors are called teegu, puffed up with air and intimidating.
"Cows are flying, cows are flying !" (niu fey le, niu fey le in Mandarin) my friend's brother repeated loudly, to nobody in particular but to all who could hear; he did things like this often, just like the way he studied his Mandarin lessons by rote.
"Have you flipped", I said to him. He explained that the stone cow (cheogu in Teochew) and the iron cow (theekgu in Teochew) were sent flying. These two cows were bullies in his school, and they were beaten up by a new schoolboy named little dog (kowkia in Teochew).
In those times, people were superstitious and they gave their children weird, animal, names to keep them safe from being lost untimely. These two cows themselves like to blow cows (chuiniu in Mandarin , meaning boast and brag), and they also insulted the little dog, one dog who could fight, and they were sent flying.
During those times there were many Ah Ter (pig), Ah Kow (dog), Ah Gu (cow), Ah Ngiow (cat), etc.. What had happened to names like these ? Perhaps the cows didn't want to fly.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Cows, earth cow, stone cow, iron cow, blowing cow, flying cow, ...
In the East Coast village where I grew up, the community composed mainly Hainanese and Teochews. The Teochews lived inland and farmed while the Hainanese lived near the sea and fished. A provision shop and a coffee shop were the central gathering place for all. In such an environment, it was easy for one to understand and speak a smattering of the other's dialect. Traditionally, my father, a Teochew, operated the provision shop and my best friend's father, a Hainanese, the coffee shop.
All the children went to the local Chinese primary school while me and my brothers an English school two miles away. It was not that my father was not chauvenistic; he had a problem with the earth cows (teegu in Teochew) to want to send us to study English. The earth cows were the government inspectors who checked coffee powder for excessive adulteration with maize. They were people who never completed secondary school but who spoke English. They came regularly to take samples for laboratory testing, each time they took a few tahils of coffee powder, four tahils is about 150 grams. They were bullies, bullying people who did not understand English.
A teegu or earth cow is a creature somewhat like the frog. It is about the same size, but brown and spotted in darker colour with shorter limbs. It is bulbous, like puffed up with air. Usually, after heavy rain, it will whined or mooed like the cow, louder than the toad which noise is many times louder than the frog. In fact, the frog makes the least noise, only croaking now and them, sporadically. Perhaps that explains why the inspectors are called teegu, puffed up with air and intimidating.
"Cows are flying, cows are flying !" (niu fey le, niu fey le in Mandarin) my friend's brother repeated loudly, to nobody in particular but to all who could hear; he did things like this often, just like the way he studied his Mandarin lessons by rote.
"Have you flipped", I said to him. He explained that the stone cow (cheogu in Teochew) and the iron cow (theekgu in Teochew) were sent flying. These two cows were bullies in his school, and they were beaten up by a new schoolboy named little dog (kowkia in Teochew).
In those times, people were superstitious and they gave their children weird, animal, names to keep them safe from being lost untimely. These two cows themselves like to blow cows (chuiniu in Mandarin , meaning boast and brag), and they also insulted the little dog, one dog who could fight, and they were sent flying.
During those times there were many Ah Ter (pig), Ah Kow (dog), Ah Gu (cow), Ah Ngiow (cat), etc.. What had happened to names like these ? Perhaps the cows didn't want to fly.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Peace
Good morning,
Let There Be Peace On Earth
A former teacher once told me the trick of his trade,
"From the simple to the difficult,
from the known to the unknown."
This marvellous guiding technique has been employed
when Jenny taught me how to make a musical slide show.
First, start with one picture with one sentence.
Then, choose as many pictures, put in each as much words.
Then, string up the pictures into a series of slides.
Then add music, and time the slides duration to end with the music.
After this one can explore the more difficult to the unknown.
With all I have learned, I now present to you a pledge for peace.
Enjoy the lyrics with the tune and the pictures.
From this, one can see the progression towards Karaoke music clips.
Please excuse the lack of refinement and synchronisation;
these requires a lot of adjustment, time, and patience.
The lyrics of Let There Be Peace on Earth by Sy Miller and Bill Jackson are:
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be !
With God as our Father, brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me. Let this be the moment now.
With ev'ry breath I take, let this be my solemn vow;
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally !
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me !
In the show the last verse is a composite of these two verses.
Have a nice day,
Ronald
Let There Be Peace On Earth
A former teacher once told me the trick of his trade,
"From the simple to the difficult,
from the known to the unknown."
This marvellous guiding technique has been employed
when Jenny taught me how to make a musical slide show.
First, start with one picture with one sentence.
Then, choose as many pictures, put in each as much words.
Then, string up the pictures into a series of slides.
Then add music, and time the slides duration to end with the music.
After this one can explore the more difficult to the unknown.
With all I have learned, I now present to you a pledge for peace.
Enjoy the lyrics with the tune and the pictures.
From this, one can see the progression towards Karaoke music clips.
Please excuse the lack of refinement and synchronisation;
these requires a lot of adjustment, time, and patience.
The lyrics of Let There Be Peace on Earth by Sy Miller and Bill Jackson are:
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on earth, the peace that was meant to be !
With God as our Father, brothers all are we.
Let me walk with my brother in perfect harmony.
Let peace begin with me. Let this be the moment now.
With ev'ry breath I take, let this be my solemn vow;
To take each moment and live each moment in peace eternally !
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me !
In the show the last verse is a composite of these two verses.
Have a nice day,
Ronald
Thursday, April 13, 2006
LOVE
Good morning,
Some kind of LOVE ?
LOVE is potting a plant and tending to it to allow it to grow properly and bear fruits, or just to flower or to produce foliage for the ambience. The constant care of providing what the plant needs: water, fertilizer and sunlight or shade is LOVE.
LOVE is keeping an aquarium and making efforts to ensure that the tank environment is conducive for the healthy state of the fish therein. The maintenance to keep the water clean and the fish fed with the proper food is LOVE.
LOVE is rearing a dog or a cat as a pet and training it to enjoy its companionship. The training and influence extended on the pet to keep it clean and free from disease and remaining well trained is LOVE.
LOVE is nurturing young people, disciplining, guiding and leading them to live like humans. The desire and efforts extended to help unguided people is LOVE.
LOVE is taking time to direct someone to find his way wherever it may be. Guiding someone who may lose his balance is LOVE.
LOVE is answering a call during odd hours to send a neighbour to hospital for treatment. Losing some comfort to alleviate someone's suffering is LOVE.
LOVE is being considerate to old people, whether they are weathered beaten, wizened, clumsy, fragile, handicapped or invalid. Seeing in them the dignity of a human being is LOVE.
LOVE is attending a wake and comforting the bereaved or lending a helping hand. At such a time one's presence is LOVE.
LOVE begins with the giving of goodness or kindness.
The giving of attention, of consideration, of care, of provision,
or of the goodness one extends is LOVE.
LOVE simply is loving things and doing what is good.
LOVE works better in an action, little in an expression.
When one has to say I love you to one's close ones,
love has been idle, not showing itself.
One who has something to love has no room to be downcast;
love refreshes one's spirit, love something always.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Some kind of LOVE ?
LOVE is potting a plant and tending to it to allow it to grow properly and bear fruits, or just to flower or to produce foliage for the ambience. The constant care of providing what the plant needs: water, fertilizer and sunlight or shade is LOVE.
LOVE is keeping an aquarium and making efforts to ensure that the tank environment is conducive for the healthy state of the fish therein. The maintenance to keep the water clean and the fish fed with the proper food is LOVE.
LOVE is rearing a dog or a cat as a pet and training it to enjoy its companionship. The training and influence extended on the pet to keep it clean and free from disease and remaining well trained is LOVE.
LOVE is nurturing young people, disciplining, guiding and leading them to live like humans. The desire and efforts extended to help unguided people is LOVE.
LOVE is taking time to direct someone to find his way wherever it may be. Guiding someone who may lose his balance is LOVE.
LOVE is answering a call during odd hours to send a neighbour to hospital for treatment. Losing some comfort to alleviate someone's suffering is LOVE.
LOVE is being considerate to old people, whether they are weathered beaten, wizened, clumsy, fragile, handicapped or invalid. Seeing in them the dignity of a human being is LOVE.
LOVE is attending a wake and comforting the bereaved or lending a helping hand. At such a time one's presence is LOVE.
LOVE begins with the giving of goodness or kindness.
The giving of attention, of consideration, of care, of provision,
or of the goodness one extends is LOVE.
LOVE simply is loving things and doing what is good.
LOVE works better in an action, little in an expression.
When one has to say I love you to one's close ones,
love has been idle, not showing itself.
One who has something to love has no room to be downcast;
love refreshes one's spirit, love something always.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Drop of Water
How does one prevent a drop of water from ever drying up ?
The answer is: .aes eht otni ti gnippord yB
The answer is: .aes eht otni ti gnippord yB
Sunday, April 09, 2006
Exchanging
Good morning,
Exchanging Something
When idle tongues exchange news there is gossip.
When sharp tongues exchange words all get insulted.
When people fight and exchange blows they get battered.
When old friends meet and exchange greetings
they go together for a drink.
Thomas Watson, the founder of IBM, said to his staff,
"When you exchange a dollar what do you have ?
You have a dollar !
If you exchange an idea, what will you end up with ?
You will have two ideas !"
A teacher wanting to impress upon his pupils said,
"When you exchange a dollar what do you have ?"
Before he could continue,
in quick succession the following answers came.
"You have some checking to do, whether you got a fake."
"You have excess weight if you got it back in coins,"
"What's the point ? It's only a dollar ?"
"You might get one with a lousy number."
"Are you passing a dirty dollar ?".
"Your offer may be rejected, coins might become obsolete"
"It's a waste of time exchanging a dollar"
"It depends on the currency you get back"
The teacher was not prepared for this,
frustratingly interrupted.
The pupils had aborted his intention.
Nevertheless he responded,
"Well, what I got is a class of smart alecks."
When people exchange quips there is a lot of wisecracks.
When people exchange wisdom with playful people,
mature or not, the result will be frivolities.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Exchanging Something
When idle tongues exchange news there is gossip.
When sharp tongues exchange words all get insulted.
When people fight and exchange blows they get battered.
When old friends meet and exchange greetings
they go together for a drink.
Thomas Watson, the founder of IBM, said to his staff,
"When you exchange a dollar what do you have ?
You have a dollar !
If you exchange an idea, what will you end up with ?
You will have two ideas !"
A teacher wanting to impress upon his pupils said,
"When you exchange a dollar what do you have ?"
Before he could continue,
in quick succession the following answers came.
"You have some checking to do, whether you got a fake."
"You have excess weight if you got it back in coins,"
"What's the point ? It's only a dollar ?"
"You might get one with a lousy number."
"Are you passing a dirty dollar ?".
"Your offer may be rejected, coins might become obsolete"
"It's a waste of time exchanging a dollar"
"It depends on the currency you get back"
The teacher was not prepared for this,
frustratingly interrupted.
The pupils had aborted his intention.
Nevertheless he responded,
"Well, what I got is a class of smart alecks."
When people exchange quips there is a lot of wisecracks.
When people exchange wisdom with playful people,
mature or not, the result will be frivolities.
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Couple Game
Hello, let's pun for fun
The Coupling Game
Opposites attract and courtship begins
All is beauty all faults unseen
No time to waste and born engagement ring
Opposites attach and together sings
All are looney as moon waxes and wanes
And soon enough ties the knot wedding ring
Come familiarity fades the visual screen
Opposites attack how else to let go steam
There is no interlude and hell suffer ring
Counsellors say be like Mickey Mouse
Two big ears to listen more
One mouth only less to say
They forget endearing Donald Duck
Ears small and with down hidden
Save one big wide flat beak
Now one loud yellow quacking mouth
And two big microphone ears
What else can result
Have a nice day.
Ronald
The Coupling Game
Opposites attract and courtship begins
All is beauty all faults unseen
No time to waste and born engagement ring
Opposites attach and together sings
All are looney as moon waxes and wanes
And soon enough ties the knot wedding ring
Come familiarity fades the visual screen
Opposites attack how else to let go steam
There is no interlude and hell suffer ring
Counsellors say be like Mickey Mouse
Two big ears to listen more
One mouth only less to say
They forget endearing Donald Duck
Ears small and with down hidden
Save one big wide flat beak
Now one loud yellow quacking mouth
And two big microphone ears
What else can result
Have a nice day.
Ronald
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Spirit yearning
Good morning,
When the spirit yearns
While one excels at what one does
bathe in its glory
As alas the spirit can drive
but the efforts are corporal
So while one still can do
enjoy its pleasure
When one cannot perform
then teach others
If one is unable to teach others
be a consultant instead
And if consulting turns out difficult
become a spectator
However if one cannot be a spectator
listen to it
Yet if listening to it is still not possible
magine it
Finally when one cannot imagine it
watmou1 !
Have a nice day
Ronald
When the spirit yearns
While one excels at what one does
bathe in its glory
As alas the spirit can drive
but the efforts are corporal
So while one still can do
enjoy its pleasure
When one cannot perform
then teach others
If one is unable to teach others
be a consultant instead
And if consulting turns out difficult
become a spectator
However if one cannot be a spectator
listen to it
Yet if listening to it is still not possible
magine it
Finally when one cannot imagine it
watmou1 !
Have a nice day
Ronald
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Cooking Pot
Hello to all,
A New Cooking Pot
The Japanese have invented a super duper cooking machine which they claim is a dream of the future. It will revolutionise the process of cooking food entirely. This machine, while it cooks it automatically reduces the fat out of meat and lowers the content of salt in the food. And it also protects the vitamins in vegetables, which are often lost through conventional cooking. Thus, food cooked this way is wholesome, nourishing and healthful.
This machine is able to do all this because it uses the new technology of water roasting the food, an extraordinary new discovery which super heats the steam.
This is not an April Fool joke. Very soon, water roasting food will become the conventional way of cooking food throughout the world. Sharp Corporation already has some models on the market. One can see them at the Parkway Parade branch of the Best Denki stores .
While the Japanese begin to boast about this new invention, they are in fact way behind the Chinese in the technological process of cooking food.
In 2002, in the county of Kwangnang, north of the bustling city of Dalian, the people had been using a cooking pot made of earth layered with copper, titanium and presonium. This cooking pot does not use electricity; its source of energy is the sun. And because it uses solar energy, the food will never be overcooked, always just cooked, making meat tender and vegetables still fresh. And the combination of the process and the materials and the solar energy converts the animal fats into plain carbohydrates, and retains the freshness and vitamins of the vegetables. The Japanese use sophisticated technology to achieve about the same results. What are they boasting about, so far behind ?
People may ask why such a cooking pot remain quite unknown up to now. There are simple answers to this. The Chinese have become quite affluent, thus they are adverse to using things made of earth for cooking. Cooking with solar energy is slow; the people are just as impatient as Singaporeans, needing all the time to make money, and time is money. Who cares about good cooked food; they go for fast food. And depending on the sun is not always appropriate, it may not always shine. Chinese people know not what they got. Fools, are they not, just like us ?
Have a nice April Fool day.
Ronald
A New Cooking Pot
The Japanese have invented a super duper cooking machine which they claim is a dream of the future. It will revolutionise the process of cooking food entirely. This machine, while it cooks it automatically reduces the fat out of meat and lowers the content of salt in the food. And it also protects the vitamins in vegetables, which are often lost through conventional cooking. Thus, food cooked this way is wholesome, nourishing and healthful.
This machine is able to do all this because it uses the new technology of water roasting the food, an extraordinary new discovery which super heats the steam.
This is not an April Fool joke. Very soon, water roasting food will become the conventional way of cooking food throughout the world. Sharp Corporation already has some models on the market. One can see them at the Parkway Parade branch of the Best Denki stores .
While the Japanese begin to boast about this new invention, they are in fact way behind the Chinese in the technological process of cooking food.
In 2002, in the county of Kwangnang, north of the bustling city of Dalian, the people had been using a cooking pot made of earth layered with copper, titanium and presonium. This cooking pot does not use electricity; its source of energy is the sun. And because it uses solar energy, the food will never be overcooked, always just cooked, making meat tender and vegetables still fresh. And the combination of the process and the materials and the solar energy converts the animal fats into plain carbohydrates, and retains the freshness and vitamins of the vegetables. The Japanese use sophisticated technology to achieve about the same results. What are they boasting about, so far behind ?
People may ask why such a cooking pot remain quite unknown up to now. There are simple answers to this. The Chinese have become quite affluent, thus they are adverse to using things made of earth for cooking. Cooking with solar energy is slow; the people are just as impatient as Singaporeans, needing all the time to make money, and time is money. Who cares about good cooked food; they go for fast food. And depending on the sun is not always appropriate, it may not always shine. Chinese people know not what they got. Fools, are they not, just like us ?
Have a nice April Fool day.
Ronald
