text: September 2016 | The 8th Voyager
  Pisen TS-D192 4-in-1 presentation laser pointer pen and power bank (2nd generation)
  If you do a lot of public presentation or classroom lecturing, you will find a presentation laser pointer pen as a very useful gadget for you to remotely control the flow of your presentation which run from your laptop and projected on a screen, as well as using its laser pointer to draw the audients' focus onto a particular area in your presentation screen.
  I am using the Pisen TS-D192 4-in-1 presentation laser pointer pen and power bank for that purpose. In fact, it is more than just a presenter pen, it is also a 2,500 mAh power bank. It cost around RM70.
  The Pisen TS-D192 has 3 buttons and can serve 4 features:
  When you press its middle button, it will shoot up a red laser beam, with a long shooting range of up to 100 meters.
  This Pisen TS-D192 comes with a nano USB receiver, which you can plug into your computer's USB port. It is really plug-and-play and can function immediately in Windows XP and above, even without the need of installing driver.
  Its wireless transmission is using 2.4 GHz frequency band, with effective transmission range of about 10 meters. Unlike those infrared presenters that you need to aim the pen to the receiver, this Pisen TS-D192 which use 2.4 GHz wireless technology can work well regardless of its angle and direction, as long as it is within the 10 meters transmission range.
  When your computer is running PowerPoint or Adobe PDF Reader, its buttons function like this:
  Press top button to Page Up (go to previous slide)
  Press bottom button to Page Down (go to next slide)
  Long press top button will toggle full screen presentation
  Long press bottom button will toggle a black screen on the display
  The middle button will trigger its laser beam
  When your computer is running Windows Movie Player or VLC Media Player, its buttons function like this:
  Double press middle button to toggle between Play and Pause
  Press top button for Forward
  Press bottom button for Reverse
  Most of the presenter pens in the market are powered by either AA or AAA size normal battery. This Pisen TS-D192 is powered by an internal rechargeable 18650 Li-ion battery with capacity of 2,500 mAh.
  It can be recharged using a normal USB charging cable connecting its micro USB charging port to either your computer or a USB charger. There is a USB charging cable included in its packaging.
  It is said that you can use it as a presenter pen for about one year with just a single charge. With its abundant power, it can also serve as your emergency power bank with 5V 1A output to charge up your phone or gadgets.
  This is an interesting USP for the product, as you can still making use of it as a power bank when you are not using it for presentation.
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  Malaysia year 2017 national and state public holidays announced
  The official 2017 national and state public holidays in Malaysia has been announced by Cabinet, Constitution and Inter-Government Relation Division (BKPP), Prime Minister Department.
  There are 14 days of national holiday, and 2 of them fall on Friday, 4 fall on Saturday, 2 fall on Sunday, and another 3 fall on Monday. Most of the states will have around 4 state holidays in addition to the national holidays.
  Chinese New Year falls on Saturday and Sunday (28th and 29th January 2017). Hari Raya Puasa falls on Sunday and Monday (25th and 26th June 2017). Deepavali falls on Wednesday (18 October 2017).
  Click here to download the table of Malaysia year 2017 gazetted national and state public holidays.
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  The Johari Window is a model developed back in 1955 by 2 psychologists Joseph Luft (Joe) and Harrington Ingham (Harry), named after their combined first names.
  It is a heuristic method originally used for self awareness, to examine your characters that you are aware of, and those that others are aware of. There is also a portion which so far nobody is aware of.
  The Johari Window consists of 4 quadrants:
  Open / Arena: represents traits of subject that both you and others are conciously aware of.
  Hidden / Façade: represents traits of subject that you are aware of, but hidden from others.
  Blindspot: represents your blindspot where others are aware of but not you.
  Unknown: represents the mysterious area where nobody is aware of yet.
  Nowadays the Johari Window is also commonly used in knowledge management, to examine the areas of knowledge between 2 parties (eg. superior and subordinate, supplier and customer, 2 different departments, 2 colleagues, 2 business partners, ...)
  There are parts that known to both parties, and also parts that known to one party only, and also parts that unknown by both parties.
  By sharing of information/knowledge with each other, i.e. ask for the parts in your blindspot, and tell about the parts in your hidden area, the open area can then be expanded.
  At the same time, both parties will explore into the unknown area. The discovered parts will then be included into own hidden area, and if shared out, will further enlarge the open area. The parts discovered by the other party will initially fall into your bind area, and if shared out, will also become part of the open area.
  Think of a person or a group in your mind, what is the Johari Window looks like? How you would like the Johari Window to look like? What action should you take to make that happen?
  UniFi goodies: Switch to HyppTV Ruby Pack at no additional cost and get RM30 AEON Shopping Voucher
  Today, I've received an email from TM Takeout with their HyppTV Mooncake Festival Ruby Pack Migration Campaign 2016 promotion as follow:
  I have carefully checked the sender's email. It is not a scam and is really sent out from TM email server.
  I clicked on the link and checked the URL of the webpage opened by the link. It is an HTTPS secured webpage, with valid SSL certificate issued by Entrust CA.
  So, it is real!
  I then checked on the Terms and Conditions that I need to agree in order to accept the offer.
  The Terms and Conditions states that:
  The Campaign starts from 1 September 2016 until 15 September 2016.
  Only eligible to existing HyppTV subscribers of Aneka or Varnam Pack.
  The migration to Ruby Pack is free of charge, and there will be no additional monthly charge as long as the migration was done within this campaign period.
  Subscribers who have done the migration within this campaign period are eligible to receive a HyppTV Moon Cake Festival AEON shopping voucher worth RM30.
  Its too good to be true as there is nothing to lose for the subscriber to accept the migration offer, and at the same time can get a RM30 voucher too.
  Normally, the Ruby pack is RM10/month more expensive than the Aneka and Varnam pack for TM UniFi subscribers.
  The Ruby pack consists of Chinese channels including tvN HD, Channel [V] Taiwan, now Baugu Movies, now Chinese Drama, now Jelli HD, Red by HBO, SCM, SCM Legend HD, SETI, Star Chinese Channel and TVB8.
  So, if you also received this offer email from TM Takeout, think carefully first before trash it away. If you haven't received it, you might probably want to find it in your spam folder, or call 100 to find out from TM about your eligibility.