Have you got a cable TV?

Since I set up cable TV at home, my knowledge has been broadened much. It also helps me have many more different views about the world, not only from Vietnam like before. And now if I were asked about what are my favorite programs, there would be many

The channel I watch most is CNN, a popular new channel. All the hot news around the world are updated constantly. There are also many special programs like: CNNConnect, Talk Asia... which I like very much. Another new channel is BBC, like CNN but is done by UK instead of US. I don't like it so much because the sound is more difficult to listen than CNN, but the music is beautiful

The most interesting channel is certainly the Discovery. Today I have seen about the Genghis Khan on this channel. The program was designed excellently and makes me have much feeling . Another interesting channel is HBO, only show films, but like BBC, is too difficult to listen.

There are still many programs but those channels above are the best. And if you have ever watched these channels, you should give them a try

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Mô phỏng hóa suy nghĩ bằng hình ảnh

Hixhix, từ ngày chuyển sang viết tiếng Anh đến giờ, tự nhiên số khách viếng thăm blog mình sụt giảm thấy rõ, cả comments nữa . Không biết đây có phải là nguyên nhân chính hông nữa? Do đó hôm nay len lén ...viết lại thử bằng tiếng Việt xem sao .

Còn một học kì nữa là đã ra trường rồi. Hic, sao đời sinh viên lại ngắn ngủi thế nhỉ, không biết sau khi ra trường rồi mình còn có được những cảm giác bay bổng như thời sinh viên không nữa . Nghĩ đi nghĩ lại cũng mệt, thôi thì ráng cố gắng hoàn tất các công việc hiện tại thôi.

Có lẽ một trong những công việc cần thiết nhất hiện tại là phải sắp xếp lại toàn bộ kiến thức của mình từ trước đến giờ cũng như các vấn đề mình gặp trong cuộc sống để có thể nắm rõ những gì mình đã có và bổ sung các vấn đề còn thiếu. Hehe, giá mà có công cụ nào giúp mình kéo thả các ý tưởng kiểu như ...thiết kế giao diện phần mềm nhỉ . Nghĩ là làm ngay, google ý tưởng liền. Thế là sau một hồi cũng đã tìm được một công cụ thật là hay MindJet. Giới thiệu với mọi người một số demo ý tưởng do Ngôn ...thiết kế 

"Số phận" của Ngôn trong tương lai sẽ như thế này (còn thiếu 5 cái )




Những kiến thức về IT mà Ngôn đã tiếp thu được trong những năm đại học




Mối quan hệ của Ngôn với mọi người xung quanh 

Hihi, hình như bất cứ sự việc nào cũng có thể đưa về dưới dạng hình ảnh thì thật là dễ hiểu . Thủ tưởng tượng trong tương lai các công cụ tìm kiếm không chỉ còn hiển thị những dữ liệu thô nữa, mà còn có thể phân tích vẽ biểu đồ dựa trên các nội dung đã tìm kiềm được. Còn để tìm một số liệu về một thị trường cụ thể nào đó, chỉ cần vô Google Earth gõ một cái là hiển thị tất tần tật của nước Việt Nam . Ngoài ra máy tính sẽ biến thành con robo, bàn phím và chuột cũng sẽ ko còn, bởi con robo có thể giao tiếp với người dùng qua cử chỉ, ánh mắt, giọng nói...  Kaka, ý tưởng thật là thú vị, khi nào rảnh sẽ dành thêm thời gian để google các thông tin về lĩnh vực này xem sao

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Learning English from ABC...

In the plan to develop English skills, I decided to take an English course at an English centre. And today is the first day of my English class .

At first, I had a little boring because many members in the class seems not to be dynamic and the teacher also looks good for nothing . But just a few minutes later, the teacher soon proved to be an interested person and he attracted everybody in the class listen to him with all concentration.

And I have gained many experience from him. He told us that he was a native English speaker and he was trying to learn Vietnamese , so he explained the difference between two languages very clearly.

- Learning English is like drawing a triangle: one peak is Listening, the others are Speaking and Reading/Writing. Obviously, you cant draw a triangle if lacking one of peak. The same in English, you cant improve only one skill without improving the others. And maybe this reason makes sense for my English progress in the recent days because I'm trying to improve all skills, not only the communication but also reading & writing.

- If you don't use something, you will lose it: For example, if you have a lover, but you dont love her, then you will lose her . There is no exception for English, if you don't use it, you will lose it.

- English is crazy language : You can see it has many irregular rules. And therefore, the crazier you are, the easier you learn English . Hehe, now I succeed in finding the answer why some friends told me that I spoke English quite well, just because I'm so crazy .

And these are still other things I dont remember... Hihi, today is an interesting day for me. It seems that 200$ for one-month English course is not expensive. Hope I can continue getting more experience in the following days .

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How to compare the standard of living?

What do you do if one of your fiend ask you to help him compare the standard of living between two countries such as Thailan and Vietnam ?  Maybe you will tell him to use the "GDP per capita" , which is the avarage value a person earns in one year. But this method is inappropriate. Why? Look into an example

100$ in Vietnam can help you have a good living in one month. But with the same amount of money in US, you cannot pay for one-month house renting. And it's very clear that $100 in Vietnam is more valuable than 100$ in US.

So how can we compare the standard of living? That's PPP - Purchasing Power Parity, the amount of goods a person can afford to buy with his income. Below are PPP/GDP of some countries.
 
US                    41399$ / 42000$
Japan              30615$ / 35757$
Malaysia       11201$ / 5042$
Thailand       8368$ / 2659$
China              7198$ / 1709$
Vietnam        3025$ /618$

And it is quite easy to infer from figures above, the standard of living in US is 13 times more comfortable than in Vietnam , follow by Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, China with 10 / 3.7 / 2.6 / 2 times than Vietnam. Maybe it the main reason make many Vietnamese immigrate to US 

Final question, how do people calculate the PPP index? Unfortuanately, I do not study about Finance, so I cant help you answer it . But a completed answer can be easily found on Wikipedia.org

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Put myself in an English environment

I have learned English for more than 10 years, but my English is not as good as it should be, maybe because of the method. Up to now, all my English classes are just for examination . Hichic, I must find another way to learn it efficiently. And I decided in the next 4 months, I will put myself in an English environment, so that I can practice it everytime and everywhere I can

- Reading : Give up all Vietnamese version of daily newspaper such as: Tuoi Tre, Thanh Nien... and change to Thanh Nien daily, Vietnam News, Google News... In addition, every two days, I will get information about one country on the Wikipedia.org. Now I have finised reading about US, China. It's too interesting for me to continue and maybe after this semester, I will have an overview about all countries in the world


- Writing : Learn more about English grammar on BBC and how to write a good English essay. Try to practice writing in English as much as possible. As a result, from now on, all my blog will be written in English. (Hichic, so sad because writing in Vietnamese make many people visit my blog )

- Listening : I have found two good resources to help me improve my listening. News everyday on Special English and BBC English News. I will also buy an USB Humax driver (about 80$) so that I can watch cable TV on my laptop.

- Speaking : Practicing this skill is the most difficult. Maybe I should take an English class with a foreigner teacher to have an environment to speak. Besides that, I will join an English club on Sunday at the Youth Centre, attend many English seminars and trying to talk with all my friends in English. So all my close friends, please prepare...


OK. That's a good plan. Hope that after this semester, my English will be good enough for me to watch an English film and work in an English speaking country

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The World Is Flat : Vision for the Future

It took me nearly a month to finish reading "The World Is Flat - a brief history of the 21th century". This is one of the best books I've ever seen. Not only because it has changed my mind, but also broaden my vision for the future .

The most useful thing I gain from the book is the anwser for the question: How to join the flatting world? In general, it's also the way for Vietnam to catch up with other developing countries. The answer includes three steps:
1. Good infrastructure
2. Good training
3. Good management

Perhaps it's too difficult to understand. A real example is How to establish a good company? First the company should have a good Internet and phone connection for the employees to exchange information. Second, the employee can only work well if they have a good training. Third, the company must have a group of people with a management skill to control the whole company.

How many elements Vietnam having now?
- Infrastructure : Very bad, the connection is not good and not stable
- Training : Lots of articles on many newspapers in the recent days mention about it, so it's no need for me to repeat
- Management : very big problem. For example, looking into all state-owned company in Vietnam now.

Although Vietnam is still lacking lots of things, it seems that many people don't realize it or they know but don't want to change anything, especially change themselves. Hichic, how many years will it take for Vietnam to become a developing country?

But I'm not sad  anymore. Althought I cannot change this society, change the city where I live...  but I find out that I can change myself, my family and some of my friends around . Good people will make a good society. Do you agree with me?

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Trying to improve English!

Working for Google is one of the most funny thing for programmers all over the world and so do I.

Few days ago, I decided to apply for Google Internship at Beijing this summer.  On the day after, they reply me that : "OK. Please prepare for the interview through phone". Hichic, I'm so worried because my English communication isn't very well, it's just enough for me to use in everyday activities. But now I have to use it for a long interview which will take about 2-hours and to answer all questions involving my major IT.  An impossible mission!!!

But I said to myself "Ngon, although you can't pass this interview but you must try your best". And ... it makes me very tired . One week diving into English : visitting BBC site for listening, going to some English club for speaking... trying many ways to improve as quick as possible.

Tonight, after checking my progress, I feel more confident than last week. Although it cannot help me pass the interview but I have realized that English communication is an important factor if I want to get more successes in the future.

So ...continue to improve English this summer.  Hope to have a chance to go to London for one month to practise English and also visit relatives .

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