Static Electricity

Static Electricity is electricity that doesn't move.

Every person will have SE on their body simply by doing common actions in everyday life.

Helicopters can create a stunning show while initiating an static electrical discharge.



At times, your hair is out of control with flyaways and frizz. You have Static Electricity hair.

Static Electricity hair is usually caused by using a plastic comb or brush and your hair can’t find a ground to discharge and therefore causes the hair to flyaway and stand up.



There are simple ways to discharge the SE from the body.

Touch the earth wire of the building, if you can find one.

Touch the ground with the feet, no shoes nor socks.

Or do it the Tibetan way.

The Rise of South Korea

1238, Mongolia invades
1592, Japan invades
1910, annexed by Japan
1950, the Korean War broke out
1961, a military coup toppled the civilian government
1980, a military coup seized power
1992, election ushered in a new era of civilian rule




World War II, Japan attempted to exterminate Korea as a nation.
Worshipping at Japanese shrines was made compulsory.
The Korean language was banned and Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names.
Tens of thousands of men were conscripted into Japan's military.



Today Samsung is the world's largest conglomerate with US$180 billion revenue.



Hyundai has US$110 billion.

LG has US$105 billion.

SK has US$80 billion.


And it was only 50 years ago South Korea became one of the poorest countries in Asia. Its infrastructure and resources were severely depleted during the Japanese occupation and the Korean War. A U.S. Army General who took part in the war said, "This country will never be able to recover from this, even in 100 years."

TV Technology

It was not too long ago that Japanese television sets dominate the world. Sony, Hitachi, Panasonic, Sharp to name a few.

Today Korean TV sets are top sellers worldwide.

Samsung, LG and Sony are now the top three best sellers in that order.



The current battle plans by TV manufacturers is to become leader in 3D display sets. Television viewers will be carried into a new dimension.

There are concerns that the special glasses cause eye fatigue and dizziness.

But for such cutting edge technology within reach, who cares.



3D glasses do not come cheap. One powered with a replaceable coin-sized battery cost $150.
The glasses power up with the touch of a button and power down after a minute after you fold the arms.

Are you catching up ?

Charge It !

Zap It. Max It.

The battle cry of urban shoppers can be heard all over the developed countries.



Bad debts written off by banks for credit cards in Singapore went up from about $115.4 million in 2008 to $183.9 million last year.



This is the numbers of card holders globally.

Australia: 16 million
Brazil: 191 million
China: 199 million
Canada: 72 million
France: 34 million
Germany: 4 million
Hong Kong: 14.7 million
Israel: 6 million
India: 24 million
Indonesia: 10 million
Japan: 346 million
Philippines" 8 million
Saudi Arabia: 3 million
Singapore: 1.2 million
South Korea: 96 million
Spain: 18 million
Thailand: 14 million
USA: 686 million
Vietnam: 2 million

Buying a new TV

Flat screen televisions are now the rage.

From plasma to LCD and now LED.



The LED TVs you see in the showroom is actually an LCD TV that uses LEDs to illuminate the display. There are two types of display. Back Lit and Edge Lit.

Back Lit have LEDs placed across the entire back of the display, while placing LEDs just around the perimeter, is called “edge lit” display.

Sony was the first to introduce Edge LED lighting.



Samsung and many other TV makers have incorrectly called the new range “LED TVs".

They are not LED TV. Samsung drop the term “LCD” which is a smart marketing move.

After all, “LED” does match a technology that’s all the rage as a new lighting source.

To put it accurately, it is an expensive LCD set.



Is the extra money worth it ?

Well firstly both techniques use less power than plasma TVs and LCD TVs which use fluorescent tubes.

Edge-lit LCDs can be ultra-thin, because the LED sources are on the side and is less expensive than LED backlit technology.

Short Sightedness

The need to wear reading glasses when people reach age 35 - 40 years.



A pair of prescribed reading glasses could set you back a couple of hundred dollars.



Or you could get a $2 pair of reading glasses from a pasar malam stall.

It is a cheap and effective way for people who need reading glasses.



Would these glasses worsen your eyesight?



“You may encounter giddiness or discomfort but there won’t be permanent damage,” so say Dr Leonard Ang, the medical director of The Eye and Cornea Transplant Centre.