DIY car repair - Regular maintenance

Regular maintenance are important to keep your car out of the repair shop. Regular checking a few of these little things will help to ease the pain in your wallet. It may seem like a waste of time to constantly perform maintenance tasks on your car, but most of the regular maintenance checks only take a minute,so don't be lazy. It helps to save your money too. So, few minutes a day is worth the effort.

If you keep a regular maintenance schedule and checklist you'll always stay on track and avoid costly repairs. Maintenance intervals are a good way to keep on top of things. Below is a sample of Car Regular Maintenance Checklist:

• Radiator Fluid (coolen) Inspection 
• Air Filter Inspection 
• Tire checks
• Windshield Wipers checks
• Brakes Inspection
• Car Battery checks
• Headlights Inspection (especially on rainy season)
• Fuel Filters Inspection
• Timing Belt Inspection
• Power Steering Fluid Inspection
• Spark plugs Inspection
• Oil change

DIY car repair - What tools you need

Car repairing is something many of us say we do, but in reality few of us take the time to properly maintain our vehicles. we tend to let the professional to handle it, whenever there is a problem. Truth be told, there are even some repairs that could be classified as maintenance, just because the repair itself functions to keep a larger disaster from happening.

In this series of articles, we are going to discuss about how to "Do-It-Yourself in car repair". To jump-start our journey into the world of DIY car repair, be sure our tool box has what we need to make the repair easy, pain free, and safe. We can easily get all these important tools from Ace Hardware, hardware shops or any hypermarkets.

Basic tools we need are:

• screwdrivers (all size)
• hex keys
• open end wrenches
• oil filter wrench
• ratchet driver in 1/4 and 3/8, maybe 1/2
• cutting pliers
• extensions
• sockets
• torque wrench
• PB Blaster or another penetrating oil
• work light, fluorescent or LED
• repair manual
• pliers (sometimes it has to be)
• channel locks
• crescent wrench
• breaker bar or impact gun

比尔盖兹和他命定的电脑：自我潜能发掘

课余活动的重要：兴趣培养和才华发掘
（1993年电视采访比尔盖兹摘录）

…………

DA: Clearly, your extracurricular activity was probably more important in your later development than what you did in class, or at least equally important [Bill laughs].

How do you feel as we look at problems in education, that students that are coming up interested in technical things should balance those. Do you think it is important to explore things on your own at that age?



BG: Self-exploration is great, because you develop a sense of self-confidence and an identity of "Hey, I know this pretty well. I know this better than the teachers. Let me try and see if I can understand at the next level. Maybe I'm pretty good at this stuff."

And particularly with the computer where if your program is wrong, you know you try it and if it doesn't work and then you fix it and try it again. It is kind of a feedback loop, which because the classroom has a lot of people, and maybe there is not a subject that you think you are good at or interested at.

It is just fascinating to try and figure out the computer.

I remember at Computer Center Corporation they had hired in some of the great people of early computer days, including Bob Gruen, Dick Russell, a guy named Weir who was a Stanford guy. Anyway, these guys would kind of loan us deep manuals on the system, just for a few hours and then take them away.

So, we'd spend those few hours just reading carefully. It was so exciting to get a little glimpse and beginning to figure out how computers were built, and why they were expensive.

I certainly think that having some dimension, when you're young, that you feel a mastery of, versus the other people around you is a very positive thing.

And for me that came in several ways: the reading I was doing non-computer related; in Math. But computers, timewise, for many years was a key center of excitement.



(part of the Transcript of a Video History Interview with "Bill" Gates)

Winner of the 1993 Price Waterhouse Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement, Computerworld Smithsonian Awards, Bill Gates(BG)

interviewer: David Allison (DA)

周星驰有厘头第一回：我来自草根

周星驰，香港中国内地移民的后代。


周星驰：来自草根，登上世界舞台

新移民后代，身世无需提

上个世纪50、60年代，香港迎来两次内地移民潮。1962年6月22日出生于香港的周星驰，是这一批移民的后代。

香港报章中曾有一种说法：周星驰的母亲凌宝儿是在1957年因为父亲被打入监狱，背着“黑五类”的身份，从广东前往香港谋生的。



其时正值香港的制造业发展迅速，新移民要找工作并不容易，先要有人担保，又要有工作保证金，很不容易。


“上下铺”睡碌架床，豉油捞饭当美食

来香港后，凌宝儿由于没钱读书，很快就嫁给一个来自上海的移民，住在在九龙穷人区，生下两女一子。过着清贫的生活，一家五口挤在一间狭窄的木板房里，睡的是“上下铺”的碌架床，把豉油捞饭当作为天下美食。

　　

父母亲离婚

父母两人个性不合，还经常吵架，乃至大打出手。凌宝儿是个性情中人，终于两人离了婚。子女的抚养权都归凌宝儿。

当时三个孩子，两女一男。

这个儿子就是周星驰，在家排行老二。（待续...）

周星驰 童年照



取材自：《周星驰映画》，2005年，作家出版社，网络“东莞读书网”

杰伦创世代_第二回——淡江中学的音乐才子

我们可以说，《不能说的.秘密》里头有周杰伦的校园回忆和遐想。
电影将导演的创作思想影像化，当然少不了虚构的成分。
当年的周杰伦，的确是学校的风云人物。

6年来赚23亿元(新台币)的超级印钞天王周杰伦，日前在新加坡开唱接受媒体访问时，竟语出惊人感慨：“如果到35岁不卖了就不做了，没必要把生命浪费在演艺圈，我不敢奢望小朋友会把大叔当偶像，我很看得开。”

出道10年，他名利双收，却说早看破演艺圈的现实，关键点是去年他到美国拍好莱坞电影《青蜂侠》之际，他自导的电视剧《熊猫人》反被批得体无完肤，让他很受伤：

“我一直有很深的感触是自己人都不挺自己人，既然如此我就做好给你们看！我知道很多日韩艺人也去试镜，最后都被我打败，真的很爽，我的民族意识很强，我要证明现在是华流强”！

——网络文章2010-07-27 13:38 来源: 中国新闻网

周杰伦就是有这种遇挫愈强的犟脾气。他高中联考只考了一百多分，当时淡江中学第一届音乐班招生，周杰伦抱着试试的心态参加考试，竟然考上了。

之前考了两次大学音乐系没考上，父母都很失望。虽然这样一段看似沮丧的时光，却是周杰伦心里最怀念的。曾经有位记者问他：觉得最幸福的是哪段时光？周杰伦说：是他12岁到16岁，读中学的时候！

他考上台北淡水高中的音乐科后，因为弹得一手好琴，又很会打篮球，一下子成了学校里的风云人物，更是许多女同学心中的白马王子。这时周杰伦开始有谈得来的好朋友，在同学的鼓励下开始创作，同学们抢着收藏，还预言他未来一定是个大明星。

《不能说的秘密》剧照

在淡江中学，腼腆、害羞、不善言辞的周杰伦风头很劲。会弹琴的多是古典派，而他弹得流行歌曲自然更容易引起同学共鸣。他经常受邀伴奏，张学友的《吻别》和《祝福》等和其他连续剧的片头片尾曲，都是那时他常弹的曲目。只要他坐到钢琴前弹情歌，总能迷倒一大群女生。

当时的一个同班同学这么形容他：“很自闭，话很少，女人缘超好，很多隔壁班的女生都倒追他。”她说周杰伦打篮球时场边有一群女生在那看他打球，尖叫“周杰伦，好帅”，算得上是学校的风云人物。

周杰伦自己却说，在学校他的功课中等，人缘也一般。因为喜欢篮球等课外活动而耽误了功课，又常喜欢别班女生，引起自己班上女生的反感。

在乐坛走红后，他的母校淡江中学也同感光荣，颁发“杰出校友奖”奖励他的优秀成绩。由于他是第一届音乐班的毕业生，他在歌坛亮眼的成就自然是校方骄傲的资产，每年都有莘莘学子慕名进入该校，一尝当周杰伦学弟学妹的滋味。

学校网上介绍，不忘在景点导览内强调：“这间音乐教室是本校毕业生，名歌星周杰伦上课所在”，把周杰伦也列入“校内观光景点”之一。

资料整理自《盖世英杰》中国画报出版社，李津编著

工业培训学院（Institut Latihan Perindustrian, ILP）

人力资源部：工业培训学院（Institut Latihan Perindustrian, ILP）

马来西亚人力资源部在国内13州和联邦直辖区（包括吉隆坡和纳闽岛）设立了22所工业培训学院（Institut Latihan Perindustrian, ILP），提供正规的工业技术训练，为我国培养熟练的技术员工。

学生可在工业培训学院完成不同等级的技职证书与文凭课程，并取得相应的马来西亚技术证书或文凭（Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia, SKM或Diploma Kemahiran Malaysia, DKM）。

此外，根据不同的课程，毕业生在取得马来西亚技术证书或文凭的同时，也可以获取工业技师证书（Sijil Juruteknik Perindustrian）、工艺证书（Sijil Teknologi）、工艺文凭（Diploma Teknologi），或是由能源委员会颁发的电工证书（PW2）等资格。

课程种类
工业培训学院的课程多达39种，包括电机工业、基本机械、汽车维修、烧焊技术、电工、冷冻及冷气维修、电脑系统科技、金属制造等。

修习时限

证书课程：视课程而定，从6个月至2年3个月不等。

文凭课程：2年。

获取资格
* 证书课程：马来西亚技术证书（Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia）。
* 文凭课程：马来西亚技术文凭（Diploma Kemahiran Malaysia）第４级和工艺文凭（Diploma Teknologi）。

申请资格

17岁或以上。

在SPM的马来文至少考获及格。

欲申请马来西亚技术第三级证书（SKM Tahap 3）课程或文凭课程者，需先持有马来西亚技术第二级证书（SKM Tahap 2）资格。
（除了基本入学资格，各课程尚有个别的附加条件，有意申请者可到人力局网站（www.jtm.gov.my）查询。）

如何申请

网摘:熊龙Alex Yoong马来西亚首位第一方程式赛车手访谈录（英）

熊龙在德国的访谈录


Top Stories from the Sports pages of the International Herald Tribune,
Wednesday, October 6, 1999

Racing's Asian Tiger
Malaysian Gets Noticed on Auto Circuits


By Brad Spurgeon International Herald Tribune



For the second race in a row, in the Formula 3000 race before the European Grand Prix on Sept. 26, Yoong was pushed off the track by the same rival driver. He was lucky this time, however, for in Spa, Belgium, in August, his car went off at 260 kilometers per hour (160 mph) and he was knocked unconscious for nearly 20 minutes.

受伤
''They thought I had a broken elbow, broken knee, broken ribs,'' Yoong said. ''My body was contorted and apparently I was screaming like a stuck pig.''

He got away with only an injured ligament in his knee, but while medical opinion differs on the severity, Yoong said it doesn't affect his driving.

担心
At the time, the worst was feared. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the Malaysian prime minister, wished him a quick recovery. As one of only three Southeast Asian drivers with Formula One potential racing in Europe, to lose him would be a blow to a region that is both struggling to produce drivers and about to host its first Grand Prix, in Malaysia, on Oct. 17.

优势
While the next generation of Malaysian drivers must still rise from go-carts up through a shaky motor-racing hierarchy, Yoong, 23, came to racing in a privileged manner. His father, Hanifah Yoong, raced sedan cars in the 1970s. He was a director of the Shah Alam circuit near Kuala Lumpur, then the country's leading track, where he introduced international motorcycle racing.

His father was born in Malaysia of Chinese parents, and his mother is a British expatriate. His sister is a top water skier, and Yoong, too, skied in competitions, rising as high as the top five in Asia.

成绩
At 15, he began racing Proton sedan cars, and won two of five races his first year. The next step was Formula Asia, a single-seat open-wheel series that raced in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Thailand, and China. Several podium finishes were followed by victory in the last race, in Zuhai, China. The next year he won six of the 14 races and the Malaysian championship, but he missed the international title by two points to a British driver.

(续下篇)

大马人力资源局培训所招收2011年一月新生

人力资源局（Jabatan Tenaga Manusia）日前在中文报上刊登招生广告，招收明年一月份的新生。

一共三个培训所提供各项技职课程，主要是工艺与技术的培训，它们是工业培训所（Institut Latihan Perindustrian, ILP）、日马技术培训所（Institut Teknikal Jepun-Malaysia, JMTI）、高级技术培训中心（Pusat Latihan Teknologi Tinggi, ADTEC）。

有意申请者，可上网查看详情：
www.jtm.gov.my/online


仅限于网上申请

申请截止日期：10月6日（星期三）

JMTI提供的课程截止报名是10月29日，其基本证书课程的学费、住宿费和膳食费全免。

其他文凭和高级文凭课程，资格符合者可以申请贷学金（PTPK，Perbadanan Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran）

残障人士（OKU）也可报读，唯须符合特定要求。OKU一旦录取，其学费、膳宿费全免，另有300元每月津贴。

马来西亚开放大学的成功因素：灵活性（学习时间）

可伸缩的学习时间



马来西亚开放大学的另一特色就是出席讲课或个人时间学习的灵活性。

该大学了解工作人士的需要，即凡事都需要安排其优先次序。

乐宾伊布拉欣说：“这是因为有时候，工作人士需要休息或出席一些重要的活动。但是，我们提供他们机会，让他们从所脱节的部分开始学习，而无需从头开始。”

他说，很对大学都要求必须在4年内完成学士学位课程，但是马来西亚开放大学让学生延长其时间至8年。

他也说，另外，该大学的硕士学位学生可拥有5年时间完成学业。

无论如何，他指出，该大学也非常关注学生可如期毕业的事情。

乐宾伊布拉欣说：“若你缺席一些课程或课业，或你在未交上作业前就放长假，那大学的负责单位就会拨电给你，以了解你的进度及大学可提供帮助的地方。

“这也是入学第1天我们就强调的事情，学生为主的学习方式、有素质的产品与服务及负担得起的学费。这也是我们成功的原因。”



（承下文）

马来西亚开放大学的成功因素：灵活性（学习方式）

灵活的学习方式




马来西亚开放大学是以远距离及网络学习闻名，这个学习方式提供学习更广阔及多元化的学习管道。这些方法包括自我管理学习、网络学习及面对面交流，而这些都被称为“混合学习方式”。

乐宾伊布拉欣指出，另外一个革新的学习方式就是通过i电台，即该大学的网络电台，让学生通过该大学网站收听该电台。

他说，当中70%的电台内容是与学术有关，而为了听众的利益，另外的30%则是娱乐。

他也说：“在这个现场直播中，我们有话题讨论及专家访问，从早上至下午6时。

“我们了解我们的学生工作忙碌，这些节目与访问也可从网络取得，以便学生可下载及聆听他们所错过的内容。”

他还说，不管学生身在何处，他们也可通过影像会议、录音及影像录影上课。

乐宾伊布拉欣说，此外，该大学也在电话学习方面着手，让学生通过手机接收课业及学习。

无论如何，他说，一些学生还是比较喜欢与教授面对面的学习方式。

他也说：“至于那些喜欢面对面学习方式的学生，我们也提供其中的设施与学习地方。这是我们所谓的学生为主的学习方式。”


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