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(WTS) Acoustune HS 1655 CU

phillip88 — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:42:52 +0800

Item(s): Acoustune HS1655CU Earphones

Package includes: Earphones and pouch, box included. Also included with this is a silver balanced 4.4mm cable (designed by Stars Picker)

Price: MYR 1300.00

Warranty: 1 week personal

Dealing method: COD, other delivery methods at buyer's responsibility

Location: Petaling Jaya

Contact method/details: PM
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Item(s) conditions: minor scratch on the housing unit itself (refer to photos in album). Other than that, functions are good. No major issue in usage. Included a balanced 4.4mm cable recently purchased from Stars Picker.

Picture: Link to album

Sharing on Academic Programme Design

phillip88 — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:44:59 +0800

Context:
I am working in a team which is responsible for the development of a Master programme in a Malaysian public university at Klang Valley. Our programme was launched in 2018, and I was involved since the incubation. Hence, I’d like to share some of the stuff which may be useful for students who are going to enroll or are currently registered in an academic programme. There are some minor differences in terms of a Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree and Doctorate degree, I will try my best to be of use.

Components in an academic programme design and what it means to the students:
(The following information may or may not be revealed to students as it depends on the University/Faculty/Department/Programme policies. However, these information are part and parcel of a programme design. This means that every programme (accredited) will be scrutinized to ensure the quality of the programme meets the Standards of the Programme by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA).)

Programme vs Course: Programme is the name of the academic title, e.g. bachelors of business administration. Course is the name (with a course code) of the specific modules in a programme. Generally, a coursework programme has two types of courses: core courses and elective courses. Core courses are compulsory courses (including University core courses, e.g. national studies) in which students are expected to complete and pass. Elective courses are flexible that students can pick and choose from a list of choices as long as they are able to fulfill the number of credit hours required to graduate.

Important: for a typical course, its course duration normally is one normal semester (14 weeks of teaching and learning and additional final examination - optioanl). This is not applicable for progressive courses (e.g. research project/dissertation/thesis) which will have longer duration of completion. Hence, from here onwards a course duration will be assumed to be 14 weeks unless stated otherwise.

Programme Educational Objectives (PEO): PEOs are statements which the graduates of the programme should be able to achieve within 3~5 years after graduation. E.g., becoming a leader in the industry in the field of (??). The PEOs should be measurable via tracer’s studies (from alumni feedback, employer feedback & etc.), e.g. “leader” is defined as the managerial position in an organization, hence if the graduates become a manager in their workplace after graduation, then they are considered as “leaders” and the PEO is said to be achieved. Of course this is a very crude explanation and there are more technicalities involved in designing and measuring a PEO, hence the aforementioned is a simplified explanation of it.

Potential students may be interested to know the qualities of graduates the programme is aiming to produce. From there, potential students will know if the PEOs reflect their personal goals or what they would like to become after graduation.

Programme Learning Outcomes (PLO): PLOs are statements reflecting the 8 domains of learning outcomes stipulated by MQA. Generally it means that the programme offers a well-balanced educational values, e.g. knowledge, practical, social involvement, personal development, and so on. As of 2018 onwards, there is a new format for PLOs which includes cluster outcomes.

Students may be interested to know how the programme prepares the students in the specific domains. E.g., the type of knowledge the programme is aiming to impart to the students via completion of the courses.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO): CLOs are statements which outline the outcomes which a specific course is trying to achieve. A CLO will have two components: (1) type of taxonomy (cognitive, affective or psychomotor) and its level, e.g. whether the CLO is geared towards cognitive, affective or psychomotor, and the level of difficulty of the chosen taxonomy; and (2) type of soft skills and its level, e.g. whether the CLO is geared towards a particular soft skills (e.g. ethics and moral). A CLO will also have outlined its learning strategies and assessment methods. At the end of the course, whether a CLO is achieve or otherwise depends on its pre-determined criteria (e.g. 50% of the students have scored 65% and above in the assessments).

Students will need to know the CLOs in order to know what the course ultimately wants to deliver. Some courses are geared towards certain taxonomy, e.g. more hands-on, more theories, etc. A CLO would also spell out how the particular CLO is taught/trained and how it is assessed.

Relationship between PEOs, PLOs and CLOs: There is a mapping between PEOs and PLOs, and PLOs and CLOs. In a simplified explanation, the achievement of CLOs which mapped to a specific PLO means that the specific PLO is achieved, and when a few selected PLOs are achieved, the mapped PEO is said to be achieved. However, this is a simplified view and there are more mechanisms to ensure that PEOs, PLOs and CLOs are achieved in a programme.

Student Learning Time (SLT): The number of hours a student is expected to spend on a course. It is divided into Face-to-face (e.g. lecture), non-face-to-face (e.g. online learning), and student preparation time (independent learning hours) for both teaching and learning component and also assessment component. This happens in a normal semester.

Students may gauge from the SLT to have a rough ideas on what are the expected teaching and learning activities as well as assessments they have to participate in order to complete a course in a normal semester duration.

Credit hours: The total SLT in a course divided by 40. This means that for a 3 credit hours course, students are expected to complete 120 SLTs in a normal semester duration. The more credit hours a course has, the more time a student is expected to commit in order to complete the course.

Why is credit hours important? It is a metric to measure how much educational time you have completed in a particular course. It is especially important when you want to do credit transfer in other academic programmes, and also for other institution (including international institutions) to measure what you have completed in your previous degrees when you apply for higher educational degrees.

Some questions students would ask:

1. How do I know what is the scope of the written assignment? How can I score?

First thing you need to know is which CLO does the assignment mapped towards. E.g. if the CLO is on developing a marketing model to address to current market needs, notice the word “develop”, which falls under Bloom’s taxonomy “Cognitive” level 6 – creating. This is the highest level under cognitive and hence the most complex. Students can expect this assignment to have higher weightage (usually does for higher level taxonomy) and hence more SLT is required.

On the scope, it depends on the CLOs and marking rubric. A marking rubric is designed in order to standardize (and to be fair) on the grading system for the assignment. Lecturers normally have a marking rubric for assignment because it is part of the quality process.

How do you know how many words do you need to write? According to a guideline (which may now be obsolete), for every 2000 words written essay, 10 hours of SLT is assigned. Do note that in a typical word document, there are 250 words per page. Hence, 2000 words come up to 8 pages, where 10 hours of SLT is expected.

2. Before I register for a course, what do I need to know?

You are required to complete all the core courses, hence there’s no choice but to complete it. However, electives are more flexible as long as you meet the requirement of number of credit hours to fulfill (generally). Hence, choose an elective course wisely by looking at the distribution of SLT – number of hours on lectures/online learning/assignments etc. You may also consider the nature of the course to complement with other courses you enrolled for the semester, e.g. registering for research methodology first before you start a research/study to master the foundations of research, and to enroll similar themed courses together to ease your study.

Feel free to drop your comments here or email to me at unityofholy@hotmail.com

Accident at NKVE near Subang Airport exit

phillip88 — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 06:39:03 +0800

Petaling Jaya, 12 October 2018.

At around 3:30 a.m. this rainy morning on the NKVE highway near Subang Airport exit, a long lorry carrying cement crashed into the middle of the road divider while two containers overturned and crashed near the lorry. According to the security guard who witnessed the chain of event, the lorry first crashed into the middle divider, spilling out all the cements onto the highway. Less than one minute later, two containers believed to be trying to avoid the crashed lorry but failed, overturned and the containers flipped and slammed onto the road. The loud bang was heard as if thunder exploded in the vicinity. Injury or death is not known yet.

Aftermath after 3 hours
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The Equalizer 2 (Trailer)

phillip88 — Mon, 21 May 2018 15:15:51 +0800

[YOUTUBE]HyNJ3UrGk_I[/YOUTUBE]

The film is scheduled to be released by Sony Pictures Releasing on July 20, 2018

Deer caught eating human remains for first time

phillip88 — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 16:07:42 +0800

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Scientists have discovered the first instance of a deer which eats human remains. The animal was caught mid-feast by a motion-sensitive camera at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility at Texas State University, a 26-acre area where forensic scientists study how human bodies decompose in the wild.

Animal was most likely chewing dry bone to stock up on minerals during winter months

Fear the Deer!
Bambi's gonna get you tonight!

Sony WM1A

phillip88 — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 16:08:22 +0800

Item(s): Portable High Quality Digital Music Player | NW-WM1A

Package includes: Full set in Box + Miter case

Price: RM3000

Warranty: Until 1 August 2018

Dealing method: COD only

Location: KL/PJ

Contact method/details: PM
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Item(s) conditions: Pristine. The Audio Player is well covered in Miter case and also put inside another protective case when unused. Never ran dried of battery. Unit is around 300 hours if I'm not mistaken.

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Reason for sale: Changing hobby. Farewell to hi-end audio.

(wts) Fitear TG334 + 005 Cable

phillip88 — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 08:15:39 +0800

Item(s): Fitear TG334 + 005 cable

Package includes: Fitear TG334 + 005 cable, Earphone case

Price: Rm3,199

Warranty: Not available. Strictly COD

Dealing method: COD only

Location of seller: Nu Sentral/LRT-convenient locations

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 2 yrs+

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Item(s) conditions: Pristine, kept in box after use. Wiped with cloth after use. I love my stuff.

Picture: PM

Reason for sale: Changing flavour.

(wts) Sony MDR-EX1000

phillip88 — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 21:15:12 +0800

Item(s): Sony MDR-EX1000

Package includes: Complete set

Price: RM1399

Warranty: Not available because it is an import set and I'm unsure how to claim from Sony Japan. Test on the spot during COD.
I can disclose here that I do not listen to loud volume, the unit is slightly played on moderate music for around 100 hours in total. I wiped it every time after use and keep in a container for most of the time.

Dealing method: COD only to ensure item is handed over carefully and is working.

Location of seller: KL-PJ

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: Since Nov 2016

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Item(s) conditions: Immaculate condition. No scratch, pressed or drop. Cable is well protected. Wiped and well kept after every use.
Everything in the original box is practically unused (including the backup cable).

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Reason for sale: JVC HA-FW01 is not a good person. She aroused my desire for woody sound.
I am very regretting my decision to let EX1000 go T.T

(wts) Cayin C5 Dac

phillip88 — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:22:47 +0800

Item(s):
Cayin C5 Dac

Package includes:
Full set (USB C to micro USB cable is available with additional charge)

Price:
RM450 nett

Warranty:
More than 6 months left

Dealing method:
COD to ensure item condition is as advertised

Location of seller:
KL/PJ

Contact method/details:
PM

Age of item:
Less than 6 months

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Item(s) conditions:
Item 1. Well kept in pouch. Item is used carefully and I never let the battery run dry before charging to maintain battery life.

Picture:
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Reason for sale:
Item 1 has less than my desired battery life because of changing lifestyle. I need something more than 10 hours. Works well and makes my Spotify music sounds much, much better than the smartphone though. If not for my long distance travelling I'd stick to it.

Uranium for Sale

phillip88 — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:43:59 +0800

Wanna buy some Uranium?

Here's the link: Link to Uranium

Here's the customer's FAQ:

*warning, military software detected. top secret clearance required*

United airlines mengheret doktor keluar

phillip88 — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 20:43:47 +0800

Video: Link to Twitter

More video: Link to another twitter

Source of news: Link to News

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CHICAGO, Ill. (WHAS11) -- Disturbing footage sent to us from viewers on social media shows a man forcibly removed from a United Airlines Flight headed from Chicago to Louisville on April 9.

The man was forced out of his seat by officials and dragged him down the aisle.

The flight was overbooked, according to United Airlines, so the airline asked for volunteers to leave the aircraft.

This man said he had to get home and refused to voluntarily give up his seat and that's when we are told the police were called to remove him.

United Airlines gave us this response:

“Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked. After our team looked for volunteers, one customer refused to leave the aircraft voluntarily and law enforcement was asked to come to the gate.
We apologize for the overbook situation.”

There is no word on the condition of the man removed from the plane.

One passenger said after the incident: "..kids were crying and people are disturbed."

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Dafuq this is speechless. Dafuq is this?

New Power Rangers toys

phillip88 — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:10:09 +0800

Have you seen the new Power Rangers toys?

I saw it at a general toy store at a mall in KL yesterday. Can't help but remembered the toys I used to have when I was a child. You still remember one of the earlier versions where you can flip the rangers' heads and they'll "morph" from the human face to the masked face? Yeah. I had one of those, a red ranger. How much I wished I'd have the 5 robots to be combined into the Zoid!

Yesterday I saw the new toys. I was like... this kinda material and movable parts, they used to be the cheap knockoff! And now they're marketed as the original products and sold for nearly a hundred bucks?! Wow!

How much has the toy industry changed.

John Wick - Safety Edition

phillip88 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 07:57:43 +0800

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(WTT/WTS) TFZ Balance 2 IEM

phillip88 — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:55:33 +0800

Item(s): TFZ Balance 2 IEM

Package includes: Full Package including the box. Only Bi flange eartips used.

Price: RM 520 (SRP RM599)

Warranty: few weeks short of 1 year

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: KL/PJ

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: few weeks short of 1 year

Item(s) conditions: Pristine. Well kept and maintained. Kept in pouch all the time when not using. Cleaned occasionally to preserve cleanliness

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Reason for sale: I failed to adapt to the bass despite Balance 2 (Magnesium Grey version, counterpart of Grey in Balance 2M) is the lesser bass of the two (the other one is solid black, its counterpart for Gold in Balance 2M). Wish I could, because this thing renders my music beautifully and it sings well on the go too (Smartphone powered)!

For trades, looking for something with lesser bass to play safe

Kuala Lumpur - Where to take scenic pictures?

phillip88 — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 07:45:57 +0800

Hi, guys. I'm not exactly familiar with Kuala Lumpur despite knowing it as the capital of Malaysia. That said, do you know where I can take some scenic pictures (streets, architectures, historic places, people, etc) of the city? It'd be best if it's accessible by LRT/Monorail.

Thanks for your suggestions!

News on the suspected suicide on Penang Bridge

phillip88 — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:33:20 +0800

Saw on FB that there's a suicide happened on Penang Bridge. Any updates? Did he survive?

From PenangKini FB:

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PULAU PINANG 26 Okt. - Seorang lelaki dikuatiri terjatuh ke dalam laut dari atas Jambatan Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah berhampiran Batu Maung di sini pagi ini.
Difahamkan dalam kejadian kira-kira pukul 8.30 pagi itu, lelaki berusia 38 tahun berkenaan yang pada mulanya menunggang motosikal dari arah Batu Kawan dipercayai berhenti di kilometer (km) 11.3 jambatan berkenaan sebelum hilang.
Menurut laporan dikeluarkan Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat negeri, kehilangan lelaki dikenali sebagai Mohd. Sukri Saad itu disedari apabila motosikal miliknya ditemukan anggota peronda di atas jambatan berkenaan.
Jelas laporan itu, pemeriksaan lanjut ke atas motosikal terbabit kemudiannya turut menemukan sebuah telefon bimbit dipercayai milik mangsa.
"Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat negeri menerima panggilan kecemasan kira-kira pukul 8.40 pagi sebelum sekumpulan anggota dan pegawai penyelamat dikejarkan ke lokasi kejadian.
"Sebaik tiba di lokasi kejadian operasi mencari dan menyelamat mangsa terus dilakuan dengan bantuan pasukan di sekitar kawasan perairan di bawah jambatan berkenaan setelah mangsa dikuatiri terjatuh ke dalam laut," katanya.

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Sembang Kencang: If a house is gateway to Hell

phillip88 — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:48:08 +0800

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If a home had a gateway to Hell, such as in the Amityville Horror, would you as the seller/estate agent have to disclose that as part of the sale? "It is my responsibility to tell you that this home does have... [deep breath] a gateway to Hell in the basement." Or would you try to make it a selling point, like it's Hell adjacent? I've had 8 real estate agents hang up on me for asking this question!

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as an engineer you are going to have a code nightmare.
you cant just have an open pit to hell like that. It needs to be secured from animals, children, and the disabled. Fences, warning signs etc. Talk to your local building department.
You need to do something with that burning sulfur coming out. Depending on the conditions in hell you could very easily be dealing with hydro-sulfric acid droplets. Which means you are probably going to need some sorta desulfurication process, like a scrubber system. This aint cheap but the good news is disposing of sulfur reclaimed is cheaper then it used to be.
Noise issues. Depending on how loud the denizens of hell are screaming you could violate local and state ordinances on dB levels. I assume there is no real concept of day-and-night in hell so I assume the noise will have a floor followed by random spikes. You are going to have to dampen it out somehow. Consult with a civil engineer to discuss options.
I am worried about ground water leaching from all that sulfur. You might have to bring in an environmental chemical tester to ensure it is not migrating into the soil surrounding said hellhole.
On the plus side if the house is in a flood plain that is most likely not a big deal anymore.

win answer

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(WTS) JH Audio Siren Series - Angie™ Version 1

phillip88 — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:41:09 +0800

Item(s): JH Audio Siren Series - Angie™

Package includes:
1. 1 piece of Angie IEM.
2. Full retail box.
3. 1 piece of cable (termination: 3.5mm TRS single ended)
4. 1 piece of cable (termination: 2.5mm TRRS balanced)
5. Hard shell storage.
6. ADDITIONAL: 2.5mm balanced TRRS to 3.5mm balanced TRRS L-angled converter

Price: RM3,300 (Angie II is retailed at over 6k)

Warranty: 1 week personal warranty

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Kelana Jaya/University of Malaya

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 1 year +

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Item(s) conditions: Well taken care of. Wiped the shells and tips after use. IEM is kept securely inside a separate case. Cable and connectors are in good condition.

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Reason for sale: Funding.

The Vastness of Space

phillip88 — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:44:53 +0800

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Indigenous Australians most ancient civilisation

phillip88 — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:49:46 +0800

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Claims that Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth have been backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago.

Scientists were able to trace the remarkable journey made by intrepid ancient humans by sifting through clues left in the DNA of modern populations in Australia and Papua New Guinea. The analysis shows that their ancestors were probably the first humans to cross an ocean, and reveals evidence of prehistoric liaisons with an unknown hominin cousin.

Prof Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary geneticist who led the work at the University of Copenhagen, said: “This story has been missing for a long time in science. Now we know their relatives are the guys who were the first real human explorers. Our ancestors were sitting being kind of scared of the world while they set out on this exceptional journey across Asia and across the sea.”

Aubrey Lynch, an Indigenous elder from the Goldfields area, said: “This study confirms our beliefs that we have ancient connections to our lands and have been here far longer than anyone else.”

credit to theguardian.com

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