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Microsoft Excel Accounting

Ivangile — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:05:55 +0800

Dear all, I am planning to use Microsoft excel for accounting. How can I do the following?

Let's say I have 2 accounts, when I fill in "Peter" in my Cash account, I want it automatically update Peter account.

Supplement Comment

Ivangile — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:01:29 +0800

Dear all, below are the supplements that I am taking, am I overdoing it? I take so much instead of 1 multi-tablet because most multi-tablet provides low-quality nutrients (potency and level). If you think there are better quality/value supplement than the one I stated, do not hesitate to share it with me

1. Carotenoid (VitA)

Beta-carotene, Alpha-carotene, tomato extracts, lycopene, zeaxanthin, cryptoxanthin & lutein. Taking 1 a day.

http://www.iherb.com/Natural-Factors-BetaC...0-Softgels/2526

2. Vitamin B-complex

In coenzyme form with alpha lipoic acid. Taking 1 a day.

http://www.iherb.com/Country-Life-Gluten-F...ggie-Caps/12081

3. Vitamin C-complex

500mg of Vitamin C with bioflavonoid, acerola powder, rosehip powder and rutin. Taking 2, 1 in the morning, 1 in the evening.

http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-C-500-Compl...50-Tablets/7186

4. Vitamin D

1000IU local brand, just take 1 a day when I know I am not going out/not expose to sun.

5. Tocotrienol (Vit-E)

Taking 1 a day.

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-Toco-...60-Softgels/137

6. Fish Oil

1-2 softgel a day

http://www.iherb.com/Natural-Factors-RxOme...0-Softgels/4251

7. Coenzyme Q10

http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-High-Ab...-Softgels/10930

8. Multi-mineral Iron-Free

All chelates / amino-acid bounded form

http://www.iherb.com/Country-Life-Gluten-F...20-Tablets/1742

Internship Resume & Cover Letter

Ivangile — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 19:20:09 +0800

Dear all, I am applying for an internship at oversea institute, which they only take in around 10 out of thousands. Below are some of my concerns.

1. 1-page or 2-page resume?

I have prepared both 1-page and 2-page. In 1-page resume, it only shows whatever I assume to be related and sell me for the internship. I google around and oversea seems to prefer 1 page. To me, 1-page resume also show that my resume is targeted for the internship, not generic because only relevant information is emphasized.

2. Does objective in CV really matter to you? (Such as internship)

I google around and have different opinions and I am blurred @.@ Most of them are not targeted on internship. To me, objective is important because it indicates I am sure of what I want and it is not a generic resume. Besides, it seems awkward to me to start directly to education, an objective kinda serve like a preface.

3. Related Experiences or everything?

Should I includes everything I have worked before (it ends up become 2 page) or only the related experience? Besides, since it is for internship, should I includes too many experiences? Because it seems if I have a lot of experiences, it defeats the purpose of internship, doesn't it? However, this internship is so competitive, I am not sure if I don't include those experience, do I stand an edge

4. References.

At this point, I have contacted 3 persons and they gave me permission to include them as reference in my resume. However, does reference important for internship application, or I should only give reference after they ask for it? The references take up quite a lot of space in 1-page resume.

5. Cover Letter

I am contacting the person-in-charge through email. The email I will be sending is kind of like a cover letter already, would sending another cover letter (Content differ but for same purpose) be redundant?

Thank you all sifus! (P.S. Please do not feel compelled to answer every doubts, every opinions count!)

Recommend me a bike/bicycle to buy (PJ area)

Ivangile — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:40:29 +0800

Dear all, my purpose for buying a bike is simple, to ride from home to uni, shops or makan-makan and explore the city abit during weekend. I am so blur when I search online for bicycle where most article like target for non-newbie like me (disc brake, tyre size @.@, roadbike, hybrid, mountain foldable)

You are welcome to recommend some safety accessories for me too (KL road doesn't seems to be cycling friendly)

I was thinking to go to any shop to ask for their recommendation, but I am afraid kena pancung.

The budget is around 800, please also recommend me a place to get the bike (reliable and cheap shop around PJ area)

Thank you

Slingshot!

Ivangile — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:51:08 +0800

Hey all, does anyone know where can I get slingshot? Been to several hardware shops, none seems to carry it!

TQ

How do you find research paper?

Ivangile — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 13:27:02 +0800

Dear all, just wanted to know, if there is a method where you can pull all related title? The current method I am using is uncle google, quite troublesome to check 1 by 1, and some duplicate.

Thank you~

Need opinion on headphones

Ivangile — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:53:03 +0800

Hi, I need a decent headphone around RM150, please recommend me 1. I use it with laptop only, no amp.

Usage:
1.All kind of music. but particularly wind/orchestra music, thus clarity of each instrument is important.

Please recommend me with its
Price-
Pros-
Cons-

If you have time, otherwise just have to give me the model, Google will do its job~

Thank you!

P/S: Been searching for headphones in trade zone, HD669 seems okay to me, what'd say?

Wifi Repeater

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Dual Boot Win8 and Fedora

Ivangile — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:57:10 +0800

Dear all,

1. My laptop pre-installed with Win8
2. I partition into C(Win8), D(Fedora) and F(Data) (Any comment?)

After installation of Fedora, I can only boot to Fedora using GRUB bootloader. Win8 is on the list, but it simply can't boot. In order to boot Win8, I have to go to boot menu then select windows bootloader to boot Win8. Any solutions?

Wifi Repeater

Ivangile — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:19:52 +0800

Dear forumer

I am having maxis wifi modem on 1st floor, from ground floor, the signal is a bit weak. Can I possibly use another wifi modem to act as wifi repeater without ETHERNET.

Or any other recommendation? My friend said I can also plug in usb wifi receiver which has longer range.. @.@

Win Installation GPT + OTG question

Ivangile — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:08:56 +0800

As title, I have recently bought a laptop, when I try to do a clean installation, I found the laptop is GPT partition (I don't really know what is this) and windows cannot install on it.
The format is still GPT after I deleted the partitions and recreate. However, I didn't delete the hidden partition of the laptop (factory reset partition). Thus, what can I do to do a clean installation?

2. Between OTG to flash drive and sd card, which 1 perform better as a storage (in term of speeeed)

Edit: 3. Also if OTG, is it safe for flash drive(or even hdd) because device have to power them up and might cannot provide sufficient energy.

Good Science or Bad Science

Ivangile — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:45:35 +0800

Dear Scientist out there~!

Hi all, I am just wondering what is your attitude as a scientist towards research?

Do you really practise noble value in research? Sometimes, I found scientific community is somehow quite confusing ya!

1. For whatever reason, scientist tend to cite ONLY those research favourable towards their purpose. Shouldn't a scientist take account of both sides?

2. I have heard people who do research replicate their result several times just to obtain favourable result. Again, is this a correct attitude? Disregarding the unfavourable result and publish the one which favour your hypothesis or the one you can explain.

3. Again, as a scientist, what is your attitude towards pseudoscience? For example, you think they are completely nonsense or maybe just can't be explained? For me, I always think that science shouldn't be a definite. People once said that moon-landing was preposterous, but it is now proven possible. I saw quite some documentaries where people challenge the fact, some scientists just cannot accept it.

4. When something is improbable, should we keep digging the same hole or look for alternative? This applied to the theory of big bang and the origin of life. The possibility of having life originate from chemical basis is so small that is deemed as impossible. So, should we keep on finding solutions to explain this theory, or should we think of alternative?

All in all, just to brag something Hope to listen from you too.

External Hard Disk Protection

Ivangile — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:04:30 +0800

Hi all, just want to ask, is there a particular way to protect external hard disk? Because it follows me anywhere (I think that's why it's portable/external), WILL it be damage? Or actually external hard disk is design to be more durable?

Since I am bringing it with me everyday, It is put into bag which in anyway might "rolling in the deep" (no pun intended ). Or, as long as it is not spin spin spin, it is fine to move it?

Memory, Graphic Card or Processor?

Ivangile — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:15:24 +0800

Hi everyone, I hope someone can clear my doubt here.

I am planning to buy a new laptop, but I don't know which 1 to look at. I am always on the go, laptop will have to be ultra-portable. The laptop I have now is SO SLOW when rendering effect in after effect. I will always need to use Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash & After Effect.

So the question is,

1. If I choose ULV processor (because most ultraportable will use ULV, actually I don't care about battery life, but the weight is really a no-no for me), would it affect the rendering performance?

2. Is 4G of ram enough (Currently aiming for Zenbook, but so far only 4G is available)? I don't mind to increase to 16G or so forth, but will increasing it to 8/16G make my work faster? I might open Bridge, Photoshop & After Effect simultaneously.

3. Is INTEL HD4000 enough for rendering? If it's a better GPU, would it make my work faster? Another thing is what does those 1G /2G indicate for a GPU?

Basically, what specification should be for a multimedia design laptop which have to be very portable should be?

[addedon]December 2, 2012, 10:19 pm[/addedon]Addon :

1. Do not hesitate to recommend anything that can help in efficiency (like adding SSD which I certainly will)

Which 1 is better?

Ivangile — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 03:56:51 +0800

Hi, I am considering these few laptops, can you help me to justify those or you may suggest me other?

Requirement:
1. Must be ultra-portable, because I bring my laptop everywhere with me. (Light + ~4-5 Battery Life)
2. Must be able to handle photoshop, illustrator, after effect
3. Fast

Consideration:

Lenovo Y500
Pro : Definitely fast and the graphic rendering superb
Cons : HEAVY! and low battery life (Do you think it's convenient to bring it around, and without damaging it?)

Asus ZenBook Prime
Pro : Light
Cons : Intel HD4000, don't know can handle the software above or not.

Microsoft Surface Pro
Pro : Touchscreen, Very portable
Cons : Intel HD4000, don't know can handle the software above or not

Wait or Buy

Ivangile — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:19:07 +0800

Hi, I have a 4 years old Toshiba Laptop which just failed me last month.

Now, I am wondering whether to change the HDD or to buy a laptop right now. I have an eye for Y580 but Y500 is going to be out soon and pre-loaded with windows 8 which I THINK I will like the interface. Y500 also said to be better in heat management (which I hope so, my toshiba laptop was so HOT!) Besides, I think many laptop by 26 Oct will be optimized to suit windows 8 such as touch screen laptop, multi-touch mousepad and so forth.

So, I have 3 options:

1. Repair
2. Buy Y580
3. Buy Y500

Any suggestion please, is it worth the wait for 1 month?

Sleep and Caffeine

Ivangile — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 02:02:47 +0800

Hi all, recently I always need to burn midnight oil, I need something to perk me up. Hence, I drank coffee at night. However, coffee seems to make me more sleepy. I already drank for a few day, but then I still can sleep like a log.

Hence, anyone of you know what else can someone take to perk him/her up?

Behavioural Change

Ivangile — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:26:37 +0800

I would like to know how to help a person who faced behavioural change after hospital admission. He kind of giving up himself by refusing to eat food / medicine (I have no idea whether he is having hard time to swallow or just pretending to be).

Genuine Software

Ivangile — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:41:37 +0800

Hi, I have windows 7 and microsoft office 2010 GENUINE PRODUCT KEY, however, If I were to reinstall it if I want to format my laptop, is it possible to use the product key again since product key only meant to activate once...

Besides, If I change a new laptop, may I install microsoft office 2010 on the new laptop.

TQ .

Adobe Adobe

Ivangile — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:41:55 +0800

Hi, I am now waiting for university, still 2 months more to go. I would like to learn all(hopefully) Adobe programmes. I think it could help me to do my future assignments very much. Can you guys give me insight what do these programmes do (Its function)?

PhotoShop
Illustrator
InDesign
Acrobat X Pro
Flash Catalyst
Flash Professional
Flash Builder
Dreamweaver
Firework
Contribute
Premier Pro
After Effect
Audition
OnLocation
Encore
Bridge
Device Central
Media Encoder

By the way, which programme to learn first? And by any chance, do you know which website provide on-line tutorial?