Unity Bond

Short Text or Long Text?

2012-03-22T14:36:00.002+08:00

Recently read an article about how internet changes how we read and what we gotten into reading...

With the advancement of the tech, and also thanks to the creation of SMS and Twitter and whole lot more similar messaging network. Factual sources have proved that the more days we spent on computers, staring and scanning through the texts on screen would decrease the reading rate time spent on books. (physically real book)

Ever tried reading a lengthy book or long articles and end up skimming through for the points or just directly skipped it. Instead, we would go for short paragraphs texts which convey shorter, precise and more concise messages.

But it contradict, somehow, that how would you be able to interpret a short text while sometimes you just need to read the long winded explanation to understand it altogether? Ever try explaining the "process" in a short paragraph? More often than not, it may fail.

So short text or long text? Which one would you go for?

An Answer Of Life

2011-07-14T17:33:00.001+08:00

Recently, one of our bloggers of Unity Bond asked us this question. Here would be my opinions and response.

"If you fall from a very tall place, would you get up and move on or climb up and try again"

I believe that this question totally applies to our life.

Falling from the top are painful and it hurts of course. Some people fall so hard that they couldn't be able to climb back up while some couldn't resist the reality of falling. First of all, to know the reason of falling. You have to know what causes the fall so you could learn by the mistakes and think of solutions to overcome it. If you are able to do this, you are ready to climb back up, because you know and because you are prepared.

Only when you have found the reason, and you don't think you can overcome it, is where people tend to move on. Mistakes are harsh. Failures are disappointing. Falling is painful. Not everyone in the world could face such mistakes and failures in life. Most importantly, you have to understand the reason behind every causes and consequences which would only allow you to decide if you want to climb back up.

If you want to climb back up, knowingly what causes you to fall and know what's up ahead of you. Moving on is an alternative to avoid the battle or to climb as you know you will not win or you couldn't climb.

Hopefully, you could make the right choice in your life. As the choice you choose determines the journey of your life.

:)

Hate Excuses, Don't You?

2010-03-20T21:47:00.005+08:00

Calvin's View : Don't you hate excuses? Well, personally I do. Not to blame those who give excuses including me. I even do make excuses at times. Reasonable excuses. Well, let it be real or fake excuses. It was the most annoying things to hear from. If you are going to be someone who are responsible towards something you hold, when you are unable to perform or be it not able to bear. Screw the excuses, and just say you cannot do it or blame yourself for not managing it well. Excuses for me is where you try to defend yourself from your mistakes. What do you think? Lame excuses.

Nazir's View : Excuses is one of those things we should avoid, and should use. We should avoid making excuses for mistakes we made. Instead, be honest, tell the truth and I'm pretty sure they will understand you (unless if they keep blaming you, that's another case). If you do this, not only you feel better about yourself (or perhaps not feeling guilty anymore) but to others, deep down they know you're an honest person. That's positive.

Does Race Or Religion Determine Your Personality?

2010-03-07T00:35:00.002+08:00

Calvin's View : This is a very tough question and doubt that most people will agree on that. To be in the positive context, in the religion view, be it Islamic, Christian, Buddha religion teaches and beholds true and good values. There are not any religion in this world that advocates evil and teaches you of the wrongdoings beside if I would call these religion the "lost religion". Religion provide you with the guides of life and the reason of being on Earth that somehow would shape your characteristic towards the religion practice or beliefs. And as for in a race context, I am very sure that those community who lives in single-racial country or even be it multi-racial country like Malaysia for instance, have shows that different races have different mindset and ways of doing things. These personality and characteristics are mould in the early stage of one's life. If one stays and not exposed to the diversity of races, there leave no chance for one own development towards other races characteristic. It starts from how and willingness you are to be exposed to these environment to get the right attitude right. Even you may not know the attitude of your own race are truly yours individually.

Nazir's View : Well, we can't really judge people's personality just by looking at their religion or races, but one needs to see that person's way of behaviouring and connecting with the people. For example; Japanese knod their head down to show their respect to others but Americans consider it rude to do so. You see, multi-racial countries usually don't have much problem, in fact, in US white people are now friendlier with the black people unlike in the past, even our country Malaysia haven't had any racial problems (until now someone just triggered the alarm).

You can't say Malays did that, then they are wrong. Its their way of life, their culture, their religion. So as others too. Maybe it seems like the religion and races reflect their personality, but its only 50% of them, the remaining percentage falls on that person itself. For example: She may be a Malay Muslim, but what if she's a person you never thought she might be? Thus, we can't really judge their personality that way. Its just too sensitive to talk about this thing.

Should Sex Education Be Implemented in Schools?

2010-03-03T01:13:00.004+08:00

Calvin's View : This is a very popular debate topic and would like to bring up this issue when strong arguments are going on in the education system here. I strongly support the idea of teaching this subject in schools starting from secondary schools. It may be true that this subject is "taboo" before and rarely even being spoken be it at home by parents or even out in the public. This is where the problem lies, HIV/AIDS problem is rising and there is not a better step to curb this would be schools. These children are not exposed and the response to encounter when it comes to sex. Even parents seldom speak to their children about sex at home. Trained and skilled teacher should teach this subject not only through the Science subject of Reproduction but in depth of what sex is all about. It may be true that different students have different level of maturity but yet they have to adapt to the situation.

Nazir's View : I should agree with Calvin here. Sex education should be taught in schools so that these youngsters learn some awareness about sex in the future (what to do, and what should not to do). In our country Malaysians are too shy to talk about sex and surveys proven that over 80% of parents don't talk about sex to their children. When asked, they are too shy to answer and simply change other topics to revert their attention from that "sex-sitive" topic!

Well, I think we should be open minded about this cause sex education was already available in Science subject's syllabus (by that time, its kinda late to understand the counterparts of sex cause either probably they have done it or worse). Sex education makes them more mature and knew the pros and cons unlike these days, kids think sex is funny and exciting without knowing that sex is not another toy they should be playing with. Bottom-line is, we should educate these youngsters about sex in schools or else you know what will happen in the future.

Is Censorship Relevant?

2010-02-19T00:59:00.001+08:00

Nazir's Opinion: To be honest, I hate censorship, especially in medias. You know how awkward it is to listen to some explicit songs that have censors (ouch!) in between. It sounds awful. Incomplete. Sucks! Wait! Even movies, TV shows and newspapers censors offensive language. Why?!

I think censorship shouldn't be a problem now since most of us, including kids and teenagers knew which words are considered offensive. Without censorship, you can get the point faster, better and you received more direct message, get it? The point is: Censorship avoids you from reality.

Calvin's Opinion: It does make some sense on Nazir's opinion where censorship really sucks and annoying that it destroys the whole movies or songs. But still there is a reason behind it and most likely the censorship are used to protect the name of the producer. Songs with foul language and bad words are surely unpleasant to listen to especially when it was attach to a chorus and sang repeatedly. Some songs are just '"too much" while the others are okay. Censorship still plays an important role in reducing moral degradation of a community. Let kids be more dumb and childish, it is just weird nowadays that kids as young as 7 years old having Adam Lambert's hairstyle and speaking foul language whenever they talk. It is just, hmmm, not normal as a kid.

Instead of Ask "What", Why Not Ask "Why"?

2010-01-07T13:26:00.002+08:00

It is a natural phenomena and becoming a norm in our society that we are so busy in our daily life be it searching for own or family happiness or pursuing own desire or keeping pace with the world. Many and millions of people read newspapers. And I think you are one of the reader yourself. But don't ever this question cross your mind when you are reading these media. What you are reading and gaining information is to know "What is happening to this World" Does anybody give a damn to find out "Why does it happen instead?"

The answer to that question for most people is a "No". Clearly, people read newspapers everyday and even at times when they are reading a false or manipulated stories given by media. In the end, it turns out to be chaotic when each starting pointing fingers on one another without knowing the truth behind and just simply rely on news from media everyday. Information and even knowledge, be it factual or fictional are always manipulated and even worse, giving wrong statistics and blindly trusting them will lead to unimagined consequences. What I am trying to tell you is, don't solely depend on one resources to judge everything. Get a piece of evidence, do more homework and you will find out which research is correct and which is false.

Let me just ask you this simple question and I can assure you that 80% of people don't give a damn to this question. "Do you know that 2009 economy downturn was the worst ever recorded in history? And do you know why?" Bet that everyone knows that the economy turns out badly these days but no one even bother to find out why. Strange huh?

Expensive and Cheap. Which One Would You Choose?

2009-11-24T01:48:00.000+08:00

There are two type of people who chooses over buying something. One is those who will buy the cheap stuff who also take into considerations of the quality of course while some don't even care if it lasts long. But there is a saying where "You Pay For What You Get" So does that sound or rings true to you? The other type of people are those who only buy the expensive stuff, means they'll go for branded stuff, which in turn of course cost more. The question is are truly expensive stuff guarantees the best of quality and last longer and worth better than the cheap one? What do you think?

Calvin's View : I think I am the guy that falls under the go-for-branded stuff people. I usually shops and look for a more expensive stuff, for example, buying laptops or phone or tech-stuff. I would go for the brand instead of the item. I just feel secured buying a more expensive item than the cheap one. I would doubt the quality and most of all, its life span. I would buy something that last long and fashion sustain for a period of time. If I were to buy a new phone, I would buy the latest and most expensive phone in stores so I would not have to change it from time to time as its fashion fades slowly... Hmmm...

Nazir's View: I'm more to expensive-branded stuff when comes to electronics; especially for the things that are meant to be used for a long time. I once look for cheap stuffs of electronics (MP3 player that is) and turns out that it fails to function properly within a week (luckily I can refund it back and earn back my cash) so I immediately buy the first generation of iPod shuffle! The point is cheap gadgets doesn't really "mate" well, and I usually look for bargains when it comes to clothing, foods and a lot others.

Are You Willing To Sacrifice?

2009-10-20T21:17:00.000+08:00

"Everything comes with a price" or "There is no free lunch in this world" These two saying are very true and make perfect sense that there is always something to sacrifice to gain another.

Easy example, it's like money and time! Are you willing to spend more to save time or are you going to save your money to waste more of your time? Which comes first? Its your choice to decide and it's your choice of your life.

Calvin's View : I have always come across many people who wanted so much but by doing just so little. The saying rings so true to me that if you wanted something so badly but never put up efforts or even taken the first step, you are never going to get where you want it to be. When it comes to situation like whether or not to take up a challenge is asking yourself to sacrifice something over to exchange for another. There was a kid that asked his mom this brilliant question "Mom, can I buy happiness?" It was the question that many people couldn't answer. You can never buy happiness but feel it in exchange of doing something good. You feel good when you make someone happy. You exchange your help to gain something better. In summary, to learn more, you have to sacrifice more.

Nazir's View : True, we get nothing if we didn't do something. Its not like when you scream for help then suddenly helicopters arrive. You need to fire up smokes on woods all the time until the help "find" you. But that doesn't mean it will come to you with a blink of an eye; you are human and you need food to survive while waiting. Yup, you sacrifice yourself to wild animals, puny insects and plants to fill up the time. Then, after long years of independence, you might have probably stayed there for the rest of your life. In short, sacrificing always lead to positive results. Like you risk yourself being hit by a truck to save someone; and you will be honored, prayed, and blessed will good charms ahead. An when you think of it, you'll glad you did it.

Forgiveness. Discuss.

2009-10-09T11:33:00.007+08:00

Forgiving is beautiful. It's what makes both parties happy. As for Muslims, an Eid-ul-Ftr day (last month) is the day of forgiveness; where all families and relatives forgives & forgets the past between them.

Saying the word is easy, but it has never been easy to do. Can you easily forgive a friend who have done something bad to you?

Nazir's View: As for me, I did "something" to one of my buddy lately and now I'm happy to say he forgive me. But can you forgive a husband who leave his family just for the f***ing money? Can you forget an embarrassing moments your friends set up on you? Have you ever thought of doing something back to them as the revenge? Ain't that easy right?

Calvin's View: It is never easy to forgive someone easily unless he or she accidentally make it. Then you would forgive for the accident but if it involves great stuff like resulting in death, injuries, hurting feelings and more. These factors comes in when that word "Sorry" ain't meaningful anymore. If you have hurt a people's feeling so deeply, it will surely instilled and stabbed greatly in the heart that he or she will remember it forever. Till that level, being sorry are not effective anymore. Solely the word "Sorry" is not going to prove that you mean it unless you prove that you are sorry for your deeds. It is really annoying and stupid to say "Sorry" and yet you do it again. A simple and meaningful quote explains it all. "You can know your friend's true opology when he or she look directly to your eyes for 5 seconds and saying sorry meaningfully"

TV Ads. Discuss.

2009-09-09T09:15:00.005+08:00

We've seen many ads on television for years. Some have made us laugh hard, some are just annoying. Some encouraged us while the others just put our face to tears. While most televisions require TV ads to aid their revenue, others tried to get rid of it cause some find it disturbing and useless. In this modern era of technology, many have turned to watch their favorite shows online because it is ads-free and they can control what they want to watch. So, do you think TV ads should stay or must go away?

Nazir's View : I think TV ads should stay. Even though I find it quite annoying when the show were about to hit the best part, then pooff...commercials! TV ads is where companies gain money by publicizing their ads on TV while TV networks earn some cash to cover their broadcasting costs. So, both of them benefits from it, but what about viewers like us?

Many have voice out their opinion that these companies should just promote their products through other alternative medias like newspapers, radios, flyers, internet and others instead of wide-ranging home of entertainment; a television.

Seriously, nothing is more annoying than watching a TV host babbling about nonsense on their show. I like TV ads better. From there, I can get to know what are the latest products out there for us to buy. Some inspirational ads, which mostly airs during seasonal period really motivates me. Sometimes TV ads are more enjoyable to watch than the show itself. I think they should stay regardless of any way others trying to get rid of it.

Calvin's View : TV ads are the best way and the most effective way to promote a certain product by a company. Most of us watch TV and most couch potatoes watch it everyday at least up to 6 hours a day. Well, commercial sometimes play the role in guiding us to buy their product and to obtain trust from customers.

Usually big companies or wanted people to think they're big usually commercialize their product on TV. It's quite expensive to promote on TV but that's usually what people buy when they see on TV! If you don't know a product, people would never wanna take notice of your product at all. Since it's on TV, they prefer to get that product since they knew about it.

And what is annoying is when the commercial such as drinks for example Milo. Who in the world don't know what Milo is and why would they still promote their drinks? It's irritating to get 50 commercials of just Milo in 3 hours movie time. Cuz you are watching it so so many times, that you can even dream about it, ringing in your head.

Traffic Reports. Discuss.

2009-08-31T07:34:00.006+08:00

Nazir's View: This is one of the most useful portion of information heard on most radio stations worldwide. Besides general news and weather reports, traffic info is the most essential piece of s*** you need to listen to avoid congested roads.

But to me, I always annoyed by it where the narrator mentions "Hibiscus Road is congested, the traffic also slow moving at Road Avenue,..bla bla bla" (where most of the roads are congested during peak hours) over and over again, get it?

I mean most roads have traffic jams but the narrator just never tired of mentioning the place one by one. Why can't they just say "All roads are congested during this hour) instead? It saves our time too. Less depression. Get it? It's hard for me to put this on words.

Calvin's View: I partially agree with Nazir that the traffic reports are very irritating! Often I'm also get annoyed by those repetition announcement of the same area and same place reported over and over again every single day! It couldn't be more annoying than that. But it is useful though although they may repeat it because it really do help foreigners who uses Global Positioning System (GPS) to travel either by walking or driving elsewhere in your country. They may simply tune in to an understandable radio station (english is the most common of course) to catch up with the latest updates on the traffic reports! But hell yeah, why would they bother to listen to local music station and on TOP of THAT, do they even know or familiar with the roads here at all since they are foreigner!? So it's dumb actually.

Does Language Plays a Role to Make Friends? Discuss

2009-08-04T14:14:00.006+08:00

Calvin's View : I got one confusion in mind and a very disturbing one here. This issue is regarding with friends. It doesn't really matter what race are you, and there is always this problem I face in university or even high school. Does it matter what background you are to be accepted as a friend? I seriously would be a friend to anyone if he or she intended wants to be. But we can see that there are groups of people who only hangs out with their people.

Let's say for example of the type of language you used to communicate with your friends, careful of the language you speak the first time you met people or wanna make friends with. I'm a guy who usually speaks English, and of course, the language that I speak and talk to Chinese friends MUST be CHINESE and NOT english. If I would to speak English when I meet them first place, I may be criticized or alienated by some of them. And if I continue to speak English for the rest of my semester, hell yeah, I most probably would lose all my friends.

So does it really matter to speak your mother tougue language to make up with friends for the first impression? To be who you really not, to fix in a society? "People accept you because of who you are not and not being who you are" Is this statement true?

Nazir's View : Well, to me its all up to you. If you wanna make a lot of friends you have to follow their guidelines (the way you speak, the way you dress...) or else you will get a sidekick, unless if you have your loved ones or best buddies who really understands who you are so you don't have to be somebody that is not the real you.

When it comes to language, can you imagine how odd it is to sit with the Chinese (for example...) who speaks Cantonese all the time with all his Chinese buddies without even realize there's another person of a different culture who don't understand a single word? These people may end up smiling and pretend as if he/she understands what they have been bluffing about. To me, language changes everything especially when it comes to this.

Toilet Texting. Discuss

2009-07-22T18:22:00.007+08:00

Nazir's View: Some people are really concern when it comes to time that they even texting SMS in a toilet while doing their "business" (is there such word "texting" in our grammar?)

No offence but I do it too when I have to. But to others, it seems nasty and weird. You know, texting SMS in a world's most disgusting places? I'm neutral on this but what do you think?

Just don't call your loved ones in there. It may smells.

Calvin's View: There is a trend where people who used to bring along newspaper to read in the toilet. Now trends changes with technology, instead by texting! I have many friends who once reported to me saying their phone falls into the toilet bowl. Hahaha! Hear that before?

Well, it's kinda natural. People text when they are bored, so what's the fuss or problem with texting in toilet? It's a trend! So let's follow it! It may smells but it's your phone you are bringing in, so let your phone smell! Texting in toilet is normal BUT have you seen or heard people talks or chat on the phone in toilet?! Yes, I do. In public toilet, doing his business next to me and I can hear every single conversation he speaks! (the whole toilet people can even hear him!)

But then, you may end up texting in the toilet rather than focusing on your "business" instead. So beware that if you are keeping your fingers busy texting, hold your phone tight! And if you are having constipation, perhaps texting is not a good idea at that time. Focus!

Sleeping in a Car. Discuss.

2009-07-17T05:17:00.009+08:00

Nazir's View: I often saw a guy sleeping in his car at the gas station. I thought he might have been kicked out, had a fight with his wife or girlfriend, hiding from someone, or maybe just wanted to get to work earlier than usual.

Seriously, if that's true, then who am I to deny it? But what if he does it for other reasons? Would you want to do that?

Sounds cool but it's kind of awkward to me. Good during vacation but not to work.

Calvin's View: Sleeping near or at a gas station is an insane act! Maybe he was overstressed and decided to kill himself. By sleeping at a gas station exposed, not only you are inhaling toxic fuel gases for hours that can poison your body enough to reduce half of your life-span! Or perhaps he is trying to catch people's attention like you. (Yeah, you Shin Chan)

That guy may perhaps having sleeping disorder. There are few people who encounter these problems. If you are having restless nights due to stress or over-assignments to adhere to. (Hopefully if that guy is having serious problem sleeping in a car! He should take a peek on our blog!) There are foods that change your sleeping attitude or foods that alter your sleep condition, click here to view a short slideshow of it. Hope you guys like it.