Beat PTE!!! ✊

提升 PTE 的策略 { 根據（成果/努力）比 由大到小排列 }
Strategies to beat PTE (Pearson Test of English) in the order of highest (Outcome improvement / effort) ratio to the lowest:


1. 復習機經 Revise previous questions repeatedly.

  PTE 中許多項目的題庫是相對小的，比如 RL、ROP、FIB、和 WFD.




2. 練習模版 Practice on using templates.






3.



RL = Retell Lecture
ROP = Reorder Paragraphs
FIB = Fill In the Blanks
WFD = Write From Dictation

💻 Big Concepts 大概念 💻

Additives to fish ponds:
Benzalkonium Chloride
Calcium Hypochlorite
漂白粉
生石灰 / 熟石灰
bkc ： RM450 / 30 L


Business to Business (B-to-B) vs Business to Consumers (B-to-C)


Capsicum is richer in Vitamin C than oranges

Client - Request - Response - Supplier

Conservatives have larger amygdalas and are more reactive to fear.

Facts have half-life.

Farecast (dead x_x )

Fast-mimicking Diet
 (High olive oil, high legumes, high unrefined cereals, high fish, moderate wine, low fruits, low milk, low cheese, low eggs, low meat)

Fiscal fitness ∝ Physical fitness

Flu epidemic forecast (Google)

how to split a cell at the first number in excel

HTML = bone, Javascript = meat, CSS = skin

Nobel Prize Winners have lower percentages of publications where they are the First Author ( i.e. they are nicer people)

Orange cars are less likely to have faulty engines.

Penicillin kills guinea pigs but not humans (in the safety window range).

Randomness influences the accuracy of a sampling poll more than Sample Size

Regression to the mean (what goes up must come down, Francis Galton)

Scientometrics - Price - NUS allocate library books during renovation - Number of Publications in most academic fields grow EXPonentially.

Target predicts pregnancy with high accuracy.


Why do we sleep? Why do we wake up?

計劃生育好，黑人來養老

[] *eredh- "high"

*eredh- "high" 


Eng arduous
 Latin arduus "high, steep," also figuratively, "difficult, hard to reach,"


Greek ortho-, stem of orthos"straight, true, correct, regular,"

[] *dher- "to hold firmly, support." 🏢💺 ┬┴┬┴┤

 *dher- "to hold firmly, support."  🏢💺 ┬┴┬┴┤



Greek Darius, 
Old Persian Darayavaus "he who holds firm the good,"


Eng farm "cultivated land (1520s), fixed payment (usually in exchange for taxes collected, etc.), fixed rent," 
Old French ferme "a rent, lease" (13c.), from Medieval Latin firma "fixed payment," 
Latin firmare "to fix, settle, confirm, strengthen," 
firmus



Latin firmus "strong, steadfast, enduring, stable," figuratively "constant, steadfast, trusty, faithful,"

[] *ghredh- "to walk, go"

 *ghredh- "to walk, go"





Latin progressus "a going forward," from past participle of progredi "go forward," from pro"forward" (see pro-) + gradi 

平均 IQ 日漸下滑 大馬華人 何去何從？

不知道大家有沒有發現一個現象，如果拿一些 獨中 歷年的高級數學課本對比，你會發現高級數學課的難度有不斷下降的趨勢，學生學的内容越來越簡單

當然，這不僅僅只是 獨中 特有的現象，也不止是 大馬 的特殊國情，而是全世界都在普遍呈現的趨勢：IQ 下降

然而，大馬華人 面臨的整體 IQ下降更為嚴重，這是大環境造成的

首先，大馬華人 移民出國的人，雖然也有很多從事非腦力行業的人士，但各類專業人士佔了很大一部份，或者應該這樣說，移民出國的 大馬華人 之中專業人士佔的比例相對整體比例要來得高：

整體             ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l（專業）

減去移民後  ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l （專業）

這樣就導致 大馬華人 整體 IQ 下降趨勢比國家整體趨勢更爲明顯

其次，IQ 較高的一群走了之後，剩下來平均 IQ 較低的 大馬華人 繼續繁衍，生下來的第二代整體 IQ 基因水平就比先前一代來得更低。這樣反復重演、循環，大馬華人 的平均 IQ 就會逐年逐代降低：

第N代        ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l （專業）

第 N+1代   ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l （專業）

第 N+2代   ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l （專業）

第 N+3代   ： （非專業）l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l （專業）

(以此類推)

這个趨勢造成的一個相當恐怖的結果就是 華人 和 馬來人 的 平均 IQ 差距在逐年減少。而平均 IQ 差距逐年減少就會導致越來越多 華人 會 進回教，但這還不是最恐怖的。

最恐怖的是，華人 在經濟、文化、教育這些腦力領域上的優勢，將會蕩然無存。雖然 PRC 的崛起在很大程度上能減緩 大馬華人 被同化的速度，但如果 大馬華人 本身的 IQ 不斷下滑，想要傳承並維持優越的 中華文化，將會越發困難

[] *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp"

 *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp"




Eng account "counting; reckoning of money received and paid, detailed statement of funds owed or spent or property held," 
     Old French acont "(financial) account, reckoning, terminal payment," from a "to" (see ad-) + cont "counting, reckoning of money to be paid,"

 Eng count
Old French conter "add up; tell a story," 
Latin computare "to count, sum up, reckon together," = com- + putare "to reckon,"


Latin amputatus, past participle of amputare "to cut off, lop off; cut around, to prune," = *ambhi- "around" + putare "to prune

 Latin reputationem (nominative reputatio) "consideration, a thinking over," noun of action from past participle stem of reputare "reflect upon, reckon, count over," from re- "repeatedly" (see re-) + putare

[] *re- "to reason, count"

 *re- "to reason, count"


 Old French rate "price, value" and directly from Medieval Latin rata (pars) "fixed (amount)," from Latin rata "fixed, settled," fem. past participle of reri "to reckon, think"

[] *ghabh- "to give or receive"

*ghabh- "to give or receive"







Eng due "customary, regular;" mid-14c., "owing, payable," 
     Old French deu, (past participle)
                            devoir "to owe," 
Latin debere "to owe, keep something away from someone" = de- + habere

[] *ndher- "under"

*ndher- "under" 


Latin infernus "lower," 
              infra"below"

Old English under (prep.) 
 Proto-Germanic *under-

[] *uper "over."

*uper "over." 


Old English ofer "beyond, above, upon, in, across, past; on high," 
Proto-Germanic *uberi

[] *reup-, *reub- "to snatch." *reup-, *reub- "to snatch."

 *reup- "to snatch"




Latin ruptura "the breaking (of an arm or leg), fracture," from past participle stem of rumpere "to break,"


"tear apart," c. 1400, probably of North Sea Germanic origin (compare Flemish rippen "strip off roughly," Frisian rippe "to tear, rip") or else from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish reppa, Danish rippe "to tear, rip"). In either case, from Proto-Germanic *rupjan-



 Latin abruptus "broken off," also "precipitous, steep" (as a cliff), also "disconnected," past participle of abrumpere "break off," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + rumpere "to break," 

 Latin disruptionem (nominative disruptio) "a breaking asunder," noun of action from past participle stem of disrumpere "break apart, split, shatter, break to pieces," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + rumpere 

[] *dheigh- "to form, build" 🏢🏗

 *dheigh- "to form, build."🏢🏗 



Old French figure "shape, body; form of a word; figure of speech; symbol, allegory" 
              Latin figura "a shape, form, figure; quality, kind, style; figure of speech," 

[] *pri- "to love" ♥

*pri- "to love" ♥



Eng friend
Old English freond  
Proto-Germanic *frijand- "lover, friend" 
PIE *priy-ont-, "loving" (present participle)


Old French affrai, effrei, esfrei "disturbance, fright," 
      esfreer (v.) "to worry, concern, trouble, disturb," 
          Vulgar Latin *exfridare "to take out of peace." = ex + fridare
                       Frankish *frithu "peace," 
                            Proto-Germanic *frithuz "peace, consideration, forbearance"

陣末風雲錄 🇲🇾 🇲🇾 The final years of Barisan Nasional

IQ > 100 並且有看 日本大河劇 的人都會發現，大馬 目前的政局和 日本幕末時期 極其相似，各種思潮風起雲湧，精彩紛呈

就和 黑船來航 後的 德川幕府 一樣，無力挽救國家經濟的 囯陣 行將就木已是大部份人的共識

問題是誰將會給 囯陣 帶來致命的一擊，將會對國家以及各方勢力的得失起著重大的影響

在這裡，就整理一下目下 陣末時期 各派人馬的角色

幕府                      ： 囯陣

佐幕派                   ： 囯陣粉絲

公武合體論             ： 廢票黨

倒幕派

尾張藩                   ： 土團黨

薩摩保守派             ： 回教党  

薩摩開國派             ： 公正黨

長州過激派             ： 紅豆兵

長州保守派             ： 行動黨高層（林神派）

長州開國派             ： 理性火箭支持者

土佐藩                   ：All-in 變天派

[] *sekw- "to follow"

 *sekw-  "to follow"



Anglo-French pursuer and directly from Old French poursuir (Modern French poursuivre), variant of porsivre "to chase, pursue, follow; continue, carry on," from Vulgar Latin *prosequare, from Latin prosequi "follow, accompany, attend; follow after, escort; follow up, pursue," = pro- + sequi

[] *ger- "to gather." 🤠🐄🐄🐄

 *ger- "to gather."  🤠🐄🐄🐄


Latin aggregatus "associated, united," past participle of aggregare "add to (a flock), lead to a flock, bring together (in a flock)," figuratively "attach, join, include; collect, bring together," from ad "to" (see ad-) + gregare "to collect into a flock, gather," from grex (genitive gregis) "a flock,"

[] *plak- "to strike"

 *plak- "to strike."




Eng plague
    Mid Eng plage, "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge; malignant disease," 
               Old French plage (14c.), 
                          Late Latin plaga "pestilence," 
                                       Latin plaga "stroke, wound," 
                                                    ?plangere "to strike, lament (by beating the breast)" 

請 紅豆憤青們 不要白癡了，華人 是不可能同時幹掉 UMNO 和 回教党 的

理想很豐滿，現實很骨感


UMNO 想把 馬來西亞 榨乾，回教党 想把 馬來西亞 變成 ISIS；華人 左也是死，右也是死


不要整天談移民，我知道幾乎每个 華人 都有至少一個遠房親戚已經移民走人或正在移民的，但這个人未必是你，所以你最好 diam-diam 坐下來，看完這个帖子



你想幹掉 UMNO 和 回教党，我也想。但是理想很豐滿，現實很骨感，華人 的力量加起來是不可能把這兩个政黨同時幹掉的



如果 曹操 率大軍南下的時候，孫權 不但不和 劉備 結盟，還想同時打敗 劉備 和 曹操，他肯定是瘋了



同理，在 囯陣 步步進逼的當下，希聯 不和 回教党 結盟就算了，還想同時滅掉 回教党 和 UMNO，根本就是痴人説夢



華人 是不可能同時把 UMNO 和 回教党 都滅掉的，我們（孫權）可以做的就是先聯合 回教党（劉備） 把 UMNO （曹操）打退，然後再想辦法對付 回教党（劉備）



而且讓 回教党（劉備） 繼續在 馬來鄉區 發展，也可以牽制住 UMNO（曹操），就像 劉備 入蜀後從 西南地區 不斷騷擾 曹魏，給了 孫權 在 東南 有喘息和進擊的機會



UMNO 未倒臺前再有言 滅回教党 之 華人，是為 漢奸 

[] *men- "to think." 🤔💭

 *men-  "to think." 🤔💭


Latin mentionem (nominative mentio) "a calling to mind, a speaking of, a making mention," from root of Old Latin minisci "to think," related to mens (genitive mentis) "mind,"

*steig- "to stick; pointed"

*steig- "to stick; pointed"



Eng stick
Old English stician "to pierce, stab, transfix, goad," also "to remain embedded, stay fixed, be fastened," from Proto-Germanic *stik- "pierce, prick, be sharp" 


Eng distinguish
    Latin distinguere "to separate between, keep separate, mark off, distinguish, separate by pricking," from dis-  + -stinguere "to prick"

Eng extinguish
   Latin extinguere/exstinguere "quench, put out (what is burning), wipe out, obliterate," from ex-  + stinguere "quench," 

華沙感悟/語錄 A shitty idea a day, keeps the idiots at bay.

2018-02-07

龍生龍，鳳生鳳，你的兒子最好去 potong.


實踐你許下的所有承諾，上帝必厚賞你。
Fulfill all promises you ever made, and God shall reward you handsomely.


爲了反 回教党 而 投囯陣、投廢票、不投票， 導致 UMNO 坐大的 華人，你們的靈魂將永遠被釘在歷史的恥辱柱上。

2018-02-08

林神頌

住大房，開跑車，錢不夠用找林神
娶洋妞，打下人，大家齊心幹囯陣

中下層，剩男多，近来光棍难存活
早早开门拜林神，馬來妹紙任你插



2018-02-20


你表弟娶馬來妹的確是香火斷絕，但如果你表弟找不到老婆，找不到女人幫它生孩子，香火嘛不是一樣斷絕，看開點啦，有個洞插就好

2018-03-01

人類社會永遠都是金字塔結構，如果 中國人 都想達到 馬來西亞上層華人 的生活水準（住大屋、開跑車、娶洋妞、打下人），3个地球都不夠用 

2018-03-06

Health Telling: Tell us your past, we tell your future


2018-03-08

LifeTrack Analytics


2018-03-09

Betting:
1. Single Company Big Data Analysis 
2. Cross-Company Comparisons (computationally demanding + not much insights)
3. Live Betting Odd-ratio Crossover Monitoring (Australia only allows live betting by phone call, dodgy)


2018-03-11

除了新加坡，都过得挺滋润的吧，被弱势群体包围着，竞争压力不会很大，一个华人的身份差不多是半个上层社会的入场券了，只要不排华，幸福指数应该都挺高的，个人感觉只要比周围大多数人过的好就挺幸福。

[] *bhendh- "to bind" ➰

*bhendh- "to bind." ➰


Eng band "a flat strip, something that binds; an organized group (late 15c); group of musicians (c. 1660)"
    Middle English bende
               (Old English bend "bond, fetter, shackle, chain, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown" + Old Norse band + Old French bande "strip, edge, side")
                           Proto-Germanic *bindan