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Blogging 101: 2024 – Positive Developments & Lessons Learned From 2023

fireworks night 2024 new year celebrations

As we bid farewell to 2023 and welcome the dawn of a , it’s time to reflect on the positive developments that lie ahead in . From advancements in to economic growth, , computing, space exploration, medical breakthroughs, and cultural evolution, there is much to look forward to. Let’s dive into what we can expect and what lessons we have learned from the past year. Photo by Andreas Rasmussen on Unsplash

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Makeover 101: Part 4 – Learning Basics of LED Light Installation

LED Home COB House

My first large-scale experience with lights is when I decided to get an electrician to add new fans in the bedrooms and replace all the fluorescent lights in the with brighter, more lasting lights. In some places like the living room, I added extra double lights which make the whole area very bright. There was not much required for replacing fluorescent with LED lights but with LED strips for the kitchen is going to be different. Photo by Max Rahubovskiy.

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Project Management 101: Working Hard From Home – Benefits & Detriments

Working from home old office

One of the key factors in deciding the best workplace these days is -life balance and despite many workplaces in being capable of coming up with some concessions to have a good balance between work & life, they more often insist on a 9 am to 5 pm timeline.

This was the case until the pandemic decided to shake things up at the workplace with strict lockdowns & introduced the concept of work from (). Image source: Internet

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Things To Make Life Easier At Home

home solar environment green energy

Solar panels on the roofs of every home will go a long way to reducing the cost of energy in this country but we have yet to have the space or the money for this project for now. However, there are other things we did that improved productivity and cut costs at home. Image source: http://www.eurocosm.com/

Disclaimer: Making things easy at does not mean they will be cheap. Some “investments” will be required.

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Military 101: Revisiting RMN’s Brilliant 15 to 5 Transformation Program

RMN Frigate KD Lekiu Jebat Navy Ship

has a difficult mission to perform which is to protect ‘s maritime interest and protect almost 4,700 kilometers of coastline from any unwanted intrusions. And yet, its fleet is insufficient and aging compared to a small country like Singapore where it only has a coastline of 200 kilometers to protect and has a very modern, capable fleet. Image source: Wikipedia

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Military 101: New Dedicated Maritime Patrol Craft, ATR-72MP Leonardo

RMAF TUDM CN-235 Transport Military Maritime Patrol

Any country that has a vast shoreline to patrol like should have a large fleet of dedicated medium and long-range that is capable of performing hours of patrolling and can perform secondary missions like search & rescue and anti- warfare. Presently this role is being taken with some modifications by the Indonesia-made transport plane. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Military 101: Dedicated Light Combat Helicopter: Time For Malaysian Army To Have One?

Combat Helicopter Blue Thunder Military

When it comes to combat helicopters, one of our favourites would be the fictional attack helicopters from TV & movie, Airwolf and Blue Thunder. Between, one can rate Blue Thunder as a considering that it is based on French-made Aérospatiale SA-341G Gazelles and has plenty of props bolted on for the movie. Image source: Harvard Film Archive.

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Know Your Car Basics 101: When The Car Alarm Blazes Loudly Without Warning

Car Alarm Stolen Proton Wira Crime Statistics VTREC

Car components starting from the basic and continuing with immobiliser, security and car trackers are increasingly getting critical considering the number of vehicles being stolen every year. In 2021, Proton Wira topped the list for a known reason – the model is used as the base for the conversion into a modified Mitsubishi Evo look-alike or for parts. Image source: VTREC.

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National Security 101: A Persistent Scammer Called, Data Breaches & OTP Scams

e-wallet credit card banking bank online financial scam

We hardly go to the bank and use the old school passbook for our banking transactions which reduced the element of scams in the old days. But now, we are performing bank transactions from the comfort of our homes and via our mobile phones & laptops which may be exposed to malware and another method of scamming. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels

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Budgeting 101: Easy Project – Replacing Dead Air Conditioner Electrical Switch

Electrical Diagram

When there is a fault in the systems in the , it pays greatly to have some background on using the right tools and what the different colours of the electrical cables mean. Thankfully the electrical semantics at is not so completed when it comes to changing the bulb or adding electrical appliances to an existing setup. Image source: Flickr.

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Military 101: RMN’s Littoral Costal Ship Design – Big Differences Between Gowind & Sigma Class

RMN Frigate KD Lekiu Jebat Navy Ship

Presently KD Jebat and KD Lekiu are the most capable frigate ships in the Royal Malaysian ‘s fleet with Exocet Block 2 SSM and Wolf SAM and are due to be complemented by the new 6 Maharaja Lela class frigates under the Littoral Coastal Program. Image source: Wikipedia

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Gaming 101: Chess – Deep In Strong Strategies & Tactics Thoughts

Chess Game Gaming

A long time ago before we started playing the well-known game of , , we played checkers in our old neighbourhood as it was simpler to play. It was difficult to play chess initially as different pieces on the board have different modes of movement and also because there was no one to teach us the right way to play. Photo by Simón Arroyave.

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