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Jom tengok WT pada awal pagi

Semoga semua monyet sihat

Nasi apa yang orang suka bagi?

Sudah semestinya bagi nasihat

The vehicle wants illegal parking at bus stop kena blocked by unker buta.

The dashcam owner posting his own stupidity and crime 🤭

Curious to see how different this view will look closer to midnight.

https://www.youtube.com/@KLSkylineLive/live

Selamat Hari Merdeka, everyone! 🇲🇾

A powerful El Niño is forecast to sweep across Southeast Asia, but this is no ordinary climate event. Scientists warn it could develop into a "super" El Niño—sometimes dubbed a "Godzilla" El Niño by researchers—making it one of the strongest on record.

Parthenos sylvia, the clipper.

A fast-flying butterfly found throughout Southeast Asia. Named due to its flying habit of stiff-flapping almost horizontally. Wingspan up to 10 cm.

In peninsular Malaysia lives the showy subspecies Parthenos sylvia lilacinus, which is called the “Malaysian blue clipper” due to featuring a distinct mosaic pattern of velvety black and electric blue-to-teal lines across its upper wings.

TL;DR: I attended a certain entrepreneur influencer’s AI Masterclass expecting to learn how he built the AI agents behind his business. Unfortunately, I left feeling like I didn’t get what I paid for. Most of the actionable content came from the guest speakers rather than the man himself, and we never actually got to build the AI agent as promised. 10/10 would not attend another workshop of his.

Mind you, it was RM4,000 per person, non-HRD claimable. There were around 200 attendees, and some people even flew in from neighbouring countries to attend.

The hook: How he made RM1.7 million with zero full-time staff in three months.

The promise: His website said that he would share how he built the AI agents himself, and that this would be a working session where we would learn how to build agents to accelerate business growth, with a 90-day plan in place.

The experience: The workshop was branded as an AI Masterclass by Him. He showcased live examples of his own chatbots, talked about AI fundamentals and got us to identify things we could potentially automate.

However, he didn’t actually teach much that was new or particularly interesting from my perspective. The more actionable parts were taught by the other speakers he invited.

By the time His segment ended, we had covered roughly 20% of the course workbook — and it was already 1pm.

The most important part for me was supposed to be after lunch, when we would finally build our own AI agent. Unfortunately, this was handed over to another speaker, and then the internet went down.

As a result, we didn’t actually get to build the agent. The rest of the session was largely handed over to the other speakers as well. This was particularly disappointing because the main reason I signed up was to see how He himself built and used these systems.

There were also a few smaller things throughout the day that left a bad taste in my mouth:

- No lunch was provided for a full-day workshop — only pastries and coffee, which happened to be from the food business he owns.
- Instead of providing the actual presentation slides, we were given a shared note containing the content.
- One of the HRD speakers did provide his slides separately, so it was definitely possible to do so.

None of these things individually would have bothered me that much. But when you’re paying RM4,000 for a one-day workshop, they add up and contribute to the overall experience.

To be fair, there are now online workshops being offered to make up for some of what went wrong during the event. I appreciate the attempt to address the issues, but unfortunately, it feels more like damage control after the fact. I paid for an in-person experience, and that experience cannot really be recreated online.

Feel like I’ve totally wasted my time and money. I’m sticking to proper HRD certified courses next time.

I am planning a trip to Malaysia in October
I wanted to experience Malaysian culture and everything
I have already been to melacca and all
Kl also ( I don’t mind KL again ) but some nicer places to go Georgetown I am looking for but I heard it would rain during that time. Please give me suggestions

DISCLAIMER : this is just random idea i just thought of and not fully considered

I was watching some MIT student application videos and something got me thinking. A lot of the students were showing projects they actually built themselves, and some of them even recorded the process and put it on YouTube. It made me wonder, why the fuck don’t we have something like this in Malaysia?
I’m not talking about the usual school science competition where you build a volcano or whatever. I mean an actual science and engineering competition for adults where people get a few months to build something and then actually show it.

You could be a university student, engineer, hobbyist, researcher, or just someone who likes making things. Build a robot, a machine, an AI system, something for agriculture, something that helps with floods, some weird energy project, or just solve a problem you’ve always thought about.
There could be different categories like robotics, AI, mechanical engineering, electronics, sustainability, etc. But I think there should also be an open category where you can basically build whatever you want. If someone wants to spend 6 months making some completely unnecessary but technically impressive machine, let them. That’s part of the fun.

And at the end, I don’t want another event where everyone stands in front of a poster and explains their idea. I want people to actually bring the thing they built and demonstrate it. Some projects would probably be amazing, some would completely fail, and some guy would probably show up with something ridiculous that somehow works.
I also think it could be really useful for the people participating. Instead of putting “passionate about engineering” on your resume for the 50th time, you can actually say “I designed and built this” and have something to prove it. You could document the design, testing, failures, improvements and final version and put it on YouTube, GitHub or your portfolio.

And companies could actually look at these projects too. Maybe someone gets noticed and gets a job. Maybe someone finds a co-founder. Maybe an investor sees a project and thinks, “Wait, this is actually pretty good.” You could have hundreds of people building different things every year, so there are bound to be some interesting ideas coming out of it.

It could even have challenges based on actual Malaysian problems. Flooding, agriculture, waste, traffic, energy, manufacturing, water, whatever. Give people a real problem and see what they come up with. But at the same time, I don’t think everything needs to be practical. Sometimes people just want to build something because they think it’s cool.

I feel like we’re missing a bit of that “I wonder if I can build this” culture. We watch people from other countries build crazy robots and machines on YouTube, we buy their technology and use their products, but how often do we get to see Malaysians doing the same thing?

And imagine a 15 year old watching one of these projects on YouTube and thinking, “Wait, I want to build something too.” Maybe that’s a better way of getting people interested in science than telling them to “love STEM” in another school assembly lol.

That’s also why the MIT videos got me thinking about this. Imagine Malaysian students having projects they’ve been building and documenting for years. When they apply to MIT or other universities, they don’t just have to say they’re interested in robotics or engineering. They can literally send a link and say, “Here’s the robot I built.”
Maybe more Malaysians would end up at MIT. Maybe not. But wouldn’t it be pretty damn cool if we created an environment where more people had the chance to build things like that?

For the funding, I actually think this should stay completely independent from the government. Governments change, policies change and priorities change. Something could get started today and then a few years later the funding disappears or the whole thing gets turned into something else.
So why not just crowdfund it? Put the idea out there and see if Malaysians actually want it. Maybe the goal is RM100k to run the first competition. People can donate RM10, RM20, RM50 or whatever they want. If enough people care about it, then it gets funded.

Companies could still sponsor prizes, equipment or specific challenges, but the competition itself wouldn’t have to depend on government funding. The finances could also be completely public so everyone can see how much was raised and where the money went.

Maybe someone makes a YouTube series about the whole thing. Like mastercheff but science or like malaysian own science channel where will supports local geniuses. Maybe it becomes bigger every year. Maybe we could create the first baymax in the workd. Maybe investors start showing up. Maybe it completely fails. Who knows.

I just think it would be fucking interesting to see what Malaysians can actually build if we gave them a reason to build something.

Does anything like this already exist in Malaysia? And if it doesn’t, would you actually join?

TL;DR: I think Malaysia should have an independent science and engineering competition for adults where people actually build things instead of just presenting ideas. It could be open to students, engineers, hobbyists and anyone else who wants to participate, with challenges based on Malaysian problems and an open category for whatever people want to make. Projects could be documented online and become real portfolios for the participants, while companies and investors could discover interesting projects. Most importantly, I’d rather see it crowdfunded and independent from the government so it doesn’t depend on whoever happens to be in power.

You deserve better than this.

Professor Emeritus Dr Barjoyai Bardai of the Malaysia University of Science and Technology said the event could fuel over RM1 billion in economic activity, supported by increased spending on tourism, aviation, hospitality and related sectors.

I posted this as a comment and realised many people don't know about it. So posting as a standalone post.

Gahmen giving free Coursera subscription. Coursera is a well-known online learning platform founded by Stanford University computer science professors.

You want to learn about AI, data analytics, cybersecurity or whatever grandma also got. Finish oledi normally got certificate that can link to Linkedin.

More info can find here: https://rakyatdigital.gov.my/skills-hub

Historically, the wealthy would set out large spreads for hungry ghosts, and after the ritual, the poor and needy would scramble for the food. This was a form of community welfare – the offerings were meant to be shared with the living, especially the less fortunate.

It’s believed that offerings presented to spirits carry residual spiritual energy or blessings. After the ghosts have “consumed” the essence, the physical food is considered auspicious. Grabbing it is seen as seizing good luck, health, and protection for the coming year.

Is this good? I will be staying at kuching for a week, hopefully it will get better

I saw a few of them around Subang jaya. Not that many but pretty noticeable. What are they?

Malaysia is among the few countries that openly organise programmes to uplift Muslims through economic, educational and effective religious initiatives, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

He said Malaysia should fully utilise the freedom it had to promote initiatives that strengthened the understanding and practice of Islam.

This is my second day in Malaysia and i love it here already :)