tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9236220988977393562024-03-01T10:57:03.044-08:00Artemis ArtArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-16895227504555049912015-08-25T08:08:00.000-07:002015-09-28T01:43:43.864-07:00Taobao kini membolehkan penghantaran terus ke Malaysia!Baru-baru ini Taobao melancarkan khidmat <a href="http://world.taobao.com/market/all/activity/august/direct_shipping.php?spm=a21bp.7706957.2015012212.2.S1RBTd">penghantaran terus</a> ke Malaysia dan Singapura menggunakan Logistik Rasmi mereka. Dengan cara ini, pelanggan hanya perlu bayar sekali sahaja tanpa perlu menunggu barang di gudang forwarder dan membayar forwarder pada kali kedua. Memandangkan kadar tukaran wang kita dan wang Yuan selalu turun naik, cara seperti ini mengelakkan kerugian apabila berlaku perubahan matawang.<br />
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Caranya mudah sahaja, jika anda melihat laman utama produk di Taobao, anda akan melihat perkataan Taobao Online Shop di bahagian penghantaran.<br />
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Setelah membuat pembayaran seperti biasa, seller akan menghantar barang ke gudang taobao di bawah nama anda. Alamat anda akan kelihatan seperti begini.<br />
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Anda boleh jejaki barang anda seperti biasa. perjalanannya sama seperti barang ditempah menggunakan kurier, cuma kali ini alamatnya berbeza. <br />
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Cuma pada pengalaman saya, prosesnya agak lama di gudang iaitu mengambil masa 3 hari seperti dalam penjejak di atas.<br />
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Anda mungkin terfikir - ini untuk satu barang, bagaimana pula untuk pelbagai barang daripada banyak kedai? <br />
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Ya, masih sama. hanya 'add to cart' seperti biasa, bila sudah selesai bershopping, tekan settlement dan di bahagian alamat, klik Taobao Direct Shop di bahagian paling atas.<br />
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Sekilo barang ditetapkan kos sebanyak 33.5 yuan, sama seperti kargo kurier yang saya gunakan sebelum ini. Jadi cuba lihat-lihat promosi yang ada di laman web rasmi, mungkin ada yang berbaloi pada wang anda.<br />
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Namun begitu, kelemahan penghantaran terus ini ialah tidak semua barang dapat menyokong penghantaran terus. Jika ada barang yang anda klik itu tidak dapat dihantar, ia tidak akan termasuk dalam pembayaran keseluruhan.<br />
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Dan kelemahannya yang paling utama, jika anda membeli barang daripada pelbagai seller, kos 33.5 yuan akan didarabkan kepada <b>setiap</b> seller, dan tidak boleh digabungkan. Contohnya anda beli barang dari 3 seller dengan jumlah berat 1 kg. Dengan penghantaran terus, kos penghantaran menjadi (33.5 x 3 = 100.5 yuan) berbanding menggunakan forwarder, kosnya tetap 33.5 yuan.<br />
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Maka, pilihlah penghantaran yang menepati cara perbelanjaan anda. Jika anda membeli secara pukal daripada satu seller, taobao direct lebih sesuai untuk anda.<br />
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<b>Oh ya, berikut adalah FAQ biasa mengenai taobao direct:</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px;">1. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">Saya ingin refund tetapi bayaran penghantaran telah dibuat, bagaimana?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">Ya, jika ada barang belum dihantar lagi, anda boleh mendapatkan refund penuh biarpun international freight dibayar; jika seller sudah menghantar anda perlu tunggu barang itu sampai di gudang dahulu baru memilih barang yang mahu dihantar dan yang mahu di-refund.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">2. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> Bolehkah saya bahagikan barang kepada 'batch' untuk penghantaran asing-asing</span><span style="line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">Tidak, Taobao direct-service akan gabungkan semua barang dengan sekali bayar, jika anda ingin beli secara batch, adalah disarankan menggunakan Cargo Forwarder seperti biasa.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.3240013122559px;">3. Berapa lamakah perlu ditunggu sebelum barang dihantar? Adakah ia akan dihantar satu-satu atau semua sekali ke Singapore / Malaysia?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: 微软雅黑, 'Microsoft YaHei'; font-size: 14px;">APabila barang pertama sampai di gudang, Taobao ada masa sepuluh hari untuk menunggu barang lain sebelum menghantar semuanya sekaligus. Jika selepas 10 hari tidak semua barang sampai ke gudang, automatik barang yang akan disimpan dahulu, Anda mungkin perlu menghubungi penyedia perkhidmatan dan mereka anda menguruskan penghantaran secara asing.</span></div>
ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-35437088926441283742015-08-23T23:37:00.000-07:002015-08-25T23:59:50.647-07:00Pengalaman Membeli di Taobao (Part 5 - refund dan...)Assalamualaikum wbt.<br />
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Seperti dijanjikan, saya akan nukilkan pengalaman mendapatkan pengembalian wang dari Taobao. Untuk melindungi hak pengguna, Taobao menyimpan wang pembayaran anda secara maya, jadi ia membolehkan pembeli menerima wang balik secara auto jika keadaan memerlukan. Saya biasanya melakukannya apabila barang yang dibayar tidak shipping biarpun sudah beberapa hari. Pada pengamatan saya, barang akan dihantar paling lewat 1-2 hari selepas dibayar, dan jika lebih mungkin menandakan masalah telah berlaku.<br />
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Sebagai contoh, barang yang saya order di bawah tidak menerima maklumbalas peniaga selepas 4 hari biarpun saya telah mengklik "remind the seller shipped". Oleh itu, saya menekan pula butang "refund" untuk membatalkan transaksi.<br />
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Dan saya pun dibawa ke halaman "Refund". Klik pada pilihan sebab refund.<br />
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Saya memilih "did not ship in time" untuk kes ini. "Shoot the wrong" bermaksud "salah pilih barang" pun boleh juga.<br />
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Nyatakan sebab lain permohonan refund anda, jika mahu. Saya nyatakan masalah saya, yang diterjemah ke bahasa Cina. Akan tetapi ini tidak wajib. Teruskan dengan menekan Submit.<br />
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Permohonan refund anda akan dimajukan ke peniaga. Jangan risau, jika peniaga tidak respon sekalipun dalam tempoh masa 48 jam, Taobao akan tetap memulangkan wang anda. Untuk mempercepatkan proses ini, anda boleh chatting dengan peniaga dan menerangkan permintaan anda. Ini akan menyegerakan proses refund.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apabila refund selesai, anda akan lihat tanda <span class="_Tgc"> <span style="color: red;">¥</span> di butiran item di Buy Baby anda seperti ini.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apabila diklik <span class="_Tgc"> <span style="color: red;">¥ </span>tadi, anda akan melihat laman ini. Anda boleh beri rating kepada seller, sepertimana transaksi biasa juga.</span></td></tr>
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Akan tetapi ada juga sebabnya seller akan menolak permohonan anda. Jika barang telah dihantar refund anda tidak dapat diterima. Lihat kembali di halaman utama anda, samada barang itu sudah berada di Inbound bermakna ia sudah dihantar.<br />
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Jadi, berapa lamakah sebelum wang itu kembali ke akaun bank anda? Mengikut pengalaman saya, ia akan masuk dalam 5-7 hari bekerja, oleh sebab ia perlu melalui saluran rasmi mereka Alipay, dan kemudian ke bank transaksi antarabangsa. Tapi jangan risau, lambat atau cepat, wang anda selamat dengan sistem pengurusan Taobao yang mesra-pelanggan.<br />
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Berikut adalah janji khidmat pelanggan Taobao:<br />
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Oh ya, ada lagi satu pengumuman hebat mengenai Taobao!<br />
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Kini, Taobao mempunyai pilihan untuk penghantaran secara terus (tanpa menggunakan cargo seperti yang saya lakukan) ke kediaman anda di Malaysia atau Singapura. Jimat masa dan tidak perlu membayar dua kali. Nantikan review saya!<br />
<br />ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-17307451813742629212015-06-25T03:10:00.000-07:002015-07-04T05:29:04.263-07:00Pengalaman Membeli di Taobao (Part 4) - Memilih seller yang betulAssalamualaikum wbt.,<br />
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Hari semua! Setelah entri mengenai taobao yang lepas mendapat agak banyak hits dan menarik minat orang untuk membeli dari sana, saya merasakan satu lagi entri perlu ditulis, iaitu mengenai cara memilih seller yang baik. Maklumlah, sebagai 'orang luar' yang tidak tahu apa-apa mengenai negara sana, adalah penting untuk kita mencari seller yang boleh dipercayai dan dapat membawa barang kita dengan selamat dan berpatutan harganya. Berikut adalah tips saya untuk mencari seller yang terbaik:<br />
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Gunakan aksara Cina untuk mencari barang anda.</span></li>
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Kenapa? Kerana kebanyakan seller tidak tahu bahasa inggeris. Dengan menggunakan bahasa cina anda dapat lebih banyak pilihan, dan juga barang lebih murah! Anda boleh menggunakan google translate, copy paste, ataupun memuat naik gambar barang tersebut dalam ruang carian.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lihat bezanya?</td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Pilih yang harga di tengah-tengah (tidak terlalu murah tidak terlalu mahal)</span></li>
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Setelah mendapat banyak pilihan barang, anda mungkin pening kepala melihat barang yang sama dari pelbagai seller tetapi beza harga. Kadangkala, rupa barang juga sama. Ambillah harga yang purata.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">500 dengan 300 (purata). Wah bezanya! Tapi ada juga sebab lain kenapa murah...</td></tr>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47;">Lihat pada shipping barang tersebut.</span></li>
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Kadangkala, barang berharga jauh lebih murah di dalam page seller ini berbanding seller yang itu. Barang yang sama pula tu! Tapi jangan terburu-buru membeli, lihat pada shipping costs. Ada yang barang harga lebih tinggi tapi free shipping. Ada juga barang yang sangat murah tapi shipping tiga kali ganda barang! Itulah cara seller mencari untung. Hati-hati.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Contoh sahaja. Ada yang lagi pelik, barang 1 yuan shipping 30.00 yuan!</td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Lihat rekod transaksi.</span></li>
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"People Payment" memaparkan berapa banyak orang yang membeli. Kemungkinan jika bilangan pembeli tinggi, barang atau seller adalah popular dan dipercayai orang tempatan. Mungkin juga yang sikit "People Payment" itu adalah syarikat yang sah cuma masih baru. Akan tetapi, carilah jalan selamat dengan memilih seller yang dikenali ramai.<br />
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Lihat comment evaluation (atau cumulative assesment).</span></li>
<br />Satu lagi perkara penting, ialah melihat komen pembeli yang lepas. mungkin barangnya popular kerana murah, tetapi kualitinya agak kurang atau sellernya agak lambat. Kadangkala seller akan membalas komen pengguna di ruang evaluation supaya pembeli faham. Daripada evaluation, anda boleh nilaikan samada ia seorang seller yang baik.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4.8 daripada 5, bermakna reviewnya agak positif.</td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Cari label-label berikut:</span></li>
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Semasa di ruang carian, anda mungkin dapat melihat label medal emas pada hujung kiri gambar. ini adalah Gold Medal, yang jarang didapati di kebanyakan seller. Jika seller anda memiliki label ini, insyaallah ia syarikat yang sah.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Satu lagi adalah logo "Reputation" berlian/hati/crown pada halaman produk jualan tersebut. Ini adalah ranking seller tersebut dalam urusniaga online. Crown adalah paling tinggi diikuti berlian dan paling bawah ialah hati.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Label hijau pada "Qualification" pula adalah insurans pemulangan barang, di mana jika anda tidak puas hati dengan barang seller boleh menggantikannya untuk anda dan seller akan <a href="http://www.taobao.com/go/market/xiaobao/xbintro.php">menanggung kos penghantaran</a>. Namun, kos itu biasanya tidak termasuk kos forwarder (maknanya hanya kos dari gudang ke seller).<br />
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<li><span style="color: #741b47;">Cuba chat dengan seller yang online.</span></li>
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Nampak tak dalam gambar di atas itu ada ikon biru ? Ya itu ialah ikon chat. Klik padanya jika ia biru, tandanya seller adalah online dan anda boleh menanyakan dia soal produk, biarpun belum membeli. Akan ada popup yang rupanya seperti Yahoo! Messenger lama, termasuk dengan emoji-emoji comel!</ol>
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<ol> (TIP: seller mereka rajin guna emoji untuk merasa ramah, seperti mana seller kita suka guna dear, sis, yunk dan smiley. Lain tempat lain cara, ya tak?)Selepas membeli, anda boleh teruskan chatting dengan seller, seperti ini.</ol>
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<ol>Alamak, apa berlaku di sini? Ha, seller menghubungi saya dengan masalah penghantaran. Nampaknya saya perlu refund. Nantikan entri tentang proses refund di masa akan datang!</ol>
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<br />ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-75834087016423273352015-06-04T01:25:00.000-07:002015-06-30T02:14:09.504-07:00Pengalaman Membeli dari Taobao (Part 3 - Forwarding dan selesai transaksi)<div style="text-align: justify;">
Assalamualaikum wbt.</div>
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Pada <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/06/pengalaman-membeli-dari-taobao-part-2.html">entri yang lalu</a> saya tinggalkan anda dengan langkah demi langkah pembelian barang dari Taobao. Sekarang, kita teruskan pula dengan proses penghantaran. Masuk ke laman web Taobao anda dan klik <a href="http://buyer.trade.taobao.com/trade/itemlist/list_bought_items.htm">butiran pembelian</a> seperti sebelum ini. </div>
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Apakah maksud "9 days left" di lajur kanan order? Ia bermaksud peniaga berjanji untuk mengambil masa tidak lebih 9 hari untuk menguruskan barang anda. Semasa anda membayar tadi, wang itu akan 'float' dalam sistem Alipay (e-wallet) Taobao sehingga urusan selesai. Jika seller itu mematuhi janjinya, sistem Alipay akan mengkredit duit itu ke syarikatnya. Dalam masa itu anda boleh meminta pulangan wang jika terdapat keraguan. Beginilah caranya Taobao melindungi pengguna.</div>
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OK, kita teruskan. Klik pada view logistics untuk melihat perjalanan item anda. Anda boleh dwiklik untuk membukanya di halaman baru. Ia akan menunjukkan satu demi satu poin perjalanan item anda dari seller ke gudang forwarder. Bagi barang saya, perjalanan dari seller di Beijing ke forwarder di Shenzen mengambil masa 3 hari.</div>
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Apabila barang itu sampai ke forwarder, anda akan menerima mesej dari forwarder samada dalam bentuk SMS, e-mel atau anda juga boleh periksa notifikasi di laman web Taobao. Saya mendapat SMS berikut:</div>
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Dengan ini bermakna urusan anda dengan seller sudah selesai, dan urusan anda dengan syarikat forwarder bermula! Ingat, bahawa gudang forwarder hanya akan menyimpan item anda secara percuma hingga 20 hari, selepas itu ia akan caj 1 yuan per item per hari. Untuk orang yang membeli banyak item dari seller berbeza tetapi menggunakan forwarder yang sama, mungkin setiap item sampai pada hari berbeza. Pastikan ia tidak melebihi 20 hari tersebut untuk mengelak membayar lebih. </div>
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Untuk membayar, seperti biasa, klik Inbound pada halaman Home anda.</div>
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Anda akan melihat Item anda berada dalam "Cargo to be baby"(Sebenarnya ia bermaksud "Item untuk ke Kargo". tetapi biasalah, penterjemah robot!) Klik pada item (atau kalau banyak barang, item-item) dan tekan butang biru "Merge." Secara automatik ruang "Pending Merger Express" yang berlogo lori itu akan berubah dari (0) ke (1). Anda boleh lihat kos penghantaran dalam menu drop down ia. Klik butang "Combined".</div>
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Anda akan melihat alamat, masa dan jenis kargo yang anda nyatakan sebelum ini. Sahkan alamat anda betul. Tekan butang oren di bawah sekali untuk ke bahagian pembayaran.</div>
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Seperti biasa, butang ini akan membawa anda ke bahagian pembayaran seperti sebelum ini. Klik Overseas Payment dan jangan lupa klik gambar bendera Malaysia!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Service Fee kalau tak silap saya adalah 1.5%. Berbanding ejen lain seperti askmebuy yang mengenakan 8%, ia agak murah.</td></tr>
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Jangan risau jika Alipay kelihatan lambat respons. Maklumlah ini merupakan transaksi antara negara jadi ia mengambil masa. Setelah proses selesai, anda akan berada kembali di laman <a href="http://wuliu.taobao.com/user/consolidation/consolidated_goods.htm">Cargo</a>. Klik Wait Library dan mesej ini akan muncul:<br />
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Maknanya item anda sedang dalam perjalanan ke Malaysia!<br />
Jika anda kembali ke Home > Inbound anda akan dapat melihat butang oren "Processing Transport" bertukar kepada "Handling Transhipment".<br />
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Di laman web Home anda sendiri, anda juga boleh terus mengklik "See Detail Logistics" (yang ditunjukkan anak panah) untuk menjejaki perjalanan barang dengan lebih teliti.<br />
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Dan anda boleh lihat butiran yang sangat terperinci seperti berikut:<br />
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Menurut laman web Taobao, pengeposan barang ke negara luar biasanya mengambil masa 3 hingga 6 hari bekerja. Jadi saya menunggu hingga proses tersebut tamat sebelum menekan Confirm Receipt bagi kedua-dua Seller dan Forwarder. Seller mempunyai tempoh maksimum 10 hari untuk menyelesaikan urusniaga mereka, manakala forwarder mempunyai tempoh maksimum 30 hari untuk menghantar barang ke penerima di luar negara, seperti yang ditunjukkan di bawah:<br />
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Jika ia melebihi tarikh yang dijanjikan oleh seller, anda boleh memanjangkan tempoh tersebut, untuk memastikan anda ada peluang untuk refund jika apa-apa berlaku. Anda boleh mula memohon untuk "extend time of receipt" paling awal tiga hari sebelum tarikh tersebut tamat. Hanya kembali ke <a href="http://buyer.trade.taobao.com/trade/itemlist/list_bought_items.htm">trade item list</a>, klik <span style="color: red;">order details</span>, dan klik <span style="color: blue;">Extend Time of Receipt</span>. Jika barang sampai dengan baik oleh forwarder, barulah boleh klik Confirm Recipt dan buat review (Evaluation) untuk seller.<br />
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Item saya tiba 7 hari seperti yang dijanjikan melalui kurier AirPak. Lihat kotaknya sedikit kemek kesan perjalanan jauh, namun barang didalamnya masih berkeadaan elok. Namun saya puas hati dengan barang yang dihantar, jadi saya Confirm Receipt. Saya diminta memasukkan 6 digit payment password (yang dipinta semasa <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/06/pengalaman-membeli-dari-taobao-part-2.html">mendaftar nombor telefon dahulu</a>, ingat tak?) dan checksum (checksum itu lebih kurang macam TAC untuk online banking kita). Selepas memasukkan nombor-nombor tersebut, anda akan mendapat mesej ini:<br />
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Tulislah apa-apa yang anda mahu, dan skrol ke bawah untuk memberi rating (maksimum 5 bintang) dan tekan butang biru untuk OK.<br />
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Selesai sudah proses membeli. Dan dalam entri seterusnya, saya akan rungkaikan proses Refund yang selamat dan mudah oleh Taobao. Nantikan!ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-25639192736840094922015-06-01T07:01:00.000-07:002015-06-04T09:49:59.467-07:00Pengalaman membeli dari Taobao (Part 2 - daftar dan beli)Assalamualaikum wbt.<br />
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Ha, minggu lepas saya telah berikan entri mengenai <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/05/pengalaman-membeli-terus-dari-china-di.html">laman web Taobao</a>. Jika anda berminat untuk membeli dari sana, saya akan terus menulis mengenai cara-cara membeli daripada laman web ini dalam entri-entri yang akan datang. Pertama sekali, saya akan bantu anda dalam proses pendaftaran nombor telefon di Taobao.<br />
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Untuk mendaftar, klik laman pendaftaran Taobao <a href="http://reg.taobao.com/member/reg/fill_mobile.htm">di sini</a>. Secara automatik, Taobao akan mengesan anda dari Malaysia dan memaparkan nama negara dan kod kawasan +60, iaitu kod Malaysia. Klik butang English di kanan atas, jika laman web anda tidak auto-translate ke bahasa Inggeris.<br />
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Anda akan diminta untuk menaip nombor telefon bimbit anda, supaya pihak Taobao akan menghantar SMS pengesahan pendaftaran anda. Tandakan rait pada Create Alipay Account and klik Next.<br />
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Dapatkan nombor tersebut dan isikan ke dalam Verification Code tadi.</div>
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Kemudian isikan Information yang seterusnya seperti nama pengguna, kata laluan Taobao, dan 6 digit payment password untuk Alipay (simpan nombor ini baik-baik kerana ia seperti no. PIN untuk e-wallet akaun anda). </div>
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Setelah anda selesai memilih seller dan item yang diingini, klik Add to Shopping. Pastikan Delivery ditetapkan kepada 'overseas' untuk mendapatkan kos shipping yang mungkin ada. Anda akan dibawa ke cart.<br />
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Klik item yang ingin dibayar. Tekan Settlement untuk meneruskan proses. Di sinilah bahagian yang paling sukar (untuk sayalah) kerana saya perlu menulis alamat tanpa translation automatik Inggeris! Namun di sini saya akan terangkan kepada anda. Ketika menekan butang Set Address, anda akan diminta mengisi borang seperti berikut:</div>
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proses mengisi alamat memang memeningkan apatah lagi nama negeri dan daerah ditulis dalam aksara cina! nasib baik dengan sedikit google translate dan pencarian mudah, saya dapat menerjemahkannya:</div>
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Setelah selesai, klik butang oren di bawah itu. Pada hemat saya, tidak perlu meletakkan no telefon rumah kerana ia tidak wajib, dan selalunya error. Setelah selesai, alamat anda akan terpamer dalam borang order. tapi jangan tekan Submit dahulu! Tekan butang "Rookie Official Cargo" untuk memilih Forwarder.<br />
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Anda akan dipinta memilih antara 3 forwarder rasmi Taobao. Klik yang mana satu diingini.<br />
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Oh ya, apakah amaran berwarna merah di bahagian atas halaman itu? Ia menyatakan bahawa:<br />
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1. Penghantaran barang terhad sempadan dan embargo adalah dilarang, klik untuk melihat senarai barang embargo dan barang yang terhad sempadan.<br />
2. Apabila anda membeli daripada Taobao, amaun penghantaran, insurans, pengeposan (atau percuma) yang telah dijelaskan kepada peniaga adalah sehingga gudang Kargo Tanah Besar China sahaja, ia tidak termasuk kos penghantaran ke luar negara. (kos tambahan ini yang kita akan bayar kepada forwarder, seperti nilai di atas)<br />
3. Item Taobao diterima dan dibawa masuk ke dalam gudang Kargo dan disimpan secara percuma dalam masa 20 hari. Jika barang berada di sana melebihi tempoh 20 hari tersebut, anda akan dicaj 1 yuan / per order / per hari, jadi sila sentiasa jejaki perjalanan item anda.<br />
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Jangan risau, perkara ini saya akan terangkan dalam entri lain insyaallah. Cuma pastikan barang yang dibeli bukan barang terlarang import dan sentiasa periksa perjalanan item anda.<br />
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Ok, kembali ke proses pembayaran. Sekarang, ada dua alamat dalam laman web anda. Alamat anda akan menjadi alamat secondary dan alamat gudang akan menjadi alamat primary. Skrol ke bawah dan klik butang oren Submit Order untuk ke halaman pembayaran.<br />
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Pastikan "Overseas Elsewhere" dipilih (lihat yg ditanda oren dibawah) lalu klik gambar bendera Malaysia yang muncul.<br />
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Dari sini, anda akan dibawa ke saluran online banking dan bayarlah seperti biasa. Amaun akan automatik ditukar ke ringgit malaysia mengikut kadar semasa.<br />
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Tetapi ingat, apa yang anda akan bayarkan ini ialah kos item + kos barang hingga ke gudang (jadi kalau boleh cari yang Express-Free Shipping). Setelah pembayaran selesai anda akan dibawa ke laman utama akaun anda semula.<br />
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No <span style="color: #e69138;">1</span> pada "Be Shipped" bermakna pembayaran diterima dan 1 item sedang diproses oleh penjual. Apabila <span style="color: #e69138;">1</span> itu berada pada Inbound bermakna item anda dalam perjalanan ke gudang. Ada seller mengambil masa sehari ada pula hingga seminggu. Anda boleh menjejak perjalanannya dengan menekan nombor 1 tersebut.<br />
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Nampaknya barang saya sedang dipos dan ada sembilan hari lagi sebelum tamat urusniaga. Ini bermakna penjual menjanjikan barang sampai sebelum 9 hari tersebut dan jika ia tidak sampai, saya samada boleh memanjangkan tempoh atau meminta wang kembali. Apa akan berlaku selepas ini? Bagaimanakah caranya meminta wang dikembalikan? Ha, panjang sangat entri ini. Saya akan sambung selepas ini dalam tajuk urusniaga <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/06/pengalaman-membeli-dari-taobao-part-3.html">Forwarder</a> pula.<br />
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Semoga bertemu lagi!ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-50411026960332958492015-05-29T03:11:00.000-07:002015-06-04T10:04:03.344-07:00Pengalaman membeli terus dari China di Taobao.com (Part 1 - Apa itu Taobao?)<div style="text-align: justify;">
Assalamualaikum Wbt.</div>
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Sejak menjadi ibu / surirumah sepenuh masa ini, banyak masa saya dihabiskan di rumah. Jadinya, pembelian online merupakan pilihan utama dalam mencari dan membeli barang. Cumanya, kadangkala barang yang dijual terutamanya yang import agak "markup" harganya, mungkin kerana kos pengangkutan atau penggunaan orang tengah yang mencari untung. </div>
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Contohnya, semasa saya sedang mencari sejenis cabin stroller, (macam BabyZen YOYO) saya mendapati harganya makin lama makin tinggi - daripada 499 hingga 699 dan sekarang, 999! Amboi mahalnya. Dan rata-ratanya semua blogshop igshop yang saya survey, meletakkan harga yang sama dan gambar yang sama. Maka saya terfikir, mungkin mereka beli dari tempat yang sama!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ini adalah cabin stroller, antara beberapa jenis stroller yang cukup kecil untuk but kereta Perodua.</td></tr>
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Saya google dan mendapati di luar, brand yang sama (atau lebih kurang) dijual dengan harga yang jauh lebih murah. Tetapi, ia di website negara asalnya di China. Jadi, saya memberanikan diri untuk memesan terus dari sana. Ada beberapa laman web pembelian online China, contohnya Alibaba, Qoo10, Aliexpress, dan yang saya sedang cuba sekarang, ialah Taobao. Jadi bagaimana caranya orang Malaysia boleh membeli dari Taobao?</div>
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Caranya ialah menggunakan laman Taobao untuk Asia Tenggara iaitu <a href="http://sea.taobao.com/">SEA Taobao</a>, dan melayari melalui Google Chome. Kenapa Google Chrome? Kerana, tidak seperti Internet Explorer atau Opera, Google Chrome dapat menterjemah seluruh laman web secara automatik. Hanya tekan butang aksara Cina-rumi di hujung URL anda (bulatan biru dibawah). Mudah bukan? </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh ya, cuba lihat harga strollernya 719 yuan. itu bersamaan dengan RM420.</td></tr>
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Ya, walaupun bila website diterjemah secara robotik grammarnya terabur, namun boleh jugalah difahami sedikit. Atau cara lebih mudah, minta kawan yang mempelajari bahasa Cina untuk membantu anda.</div>
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Dari sini, bukan saja anda dapat membeli barang menggunakan CIMB, Maybank dan RHB, malahan anda mungkin akan mendapat promosi dan rebat istimewa! (Pada masa tulisan ini dibuat, RHBOnline sedang menjalankan promosi untuk pembayaran dalam Taobao). Apa yang anda perlu lakukan ialah mengklik Overseas payment (yang ditandakan Oren dibawah). Akan ada senarai pilihan bayaran, dan klik gambar bendera Malaysia. Anda akan terus dibawa ke website bank pilihan anda.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sumber gambar ini dari tutorial <a href="http://sea.taobao.com/howtobuy?spm=a214x.6760217.1745109.2.vjHGH5">taobao</a>.</td></tr>
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Oh, lupa saya mahu sebutkan, bahawa penghantaran barang Taobao ke Malaysia, Singapura, Thailand dan seumpamanya menggukan 'Forwarder'. Forwarder menggantikan sistem ejen yang biasa digunakan rakyat kita sebelum ini semasa membeli barang dari China. Sekarang, Taobao mempunyai Forwarder mereka sendiri di mana, barang dari seller akan dipos ke forwarder, dan forwarder akan menghantar barang ini melalui kapal laut atau kapal terbang ke Malaysia. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">forwarder biasanya pihak yang mempunyai gudang dan di kawasan pelabuhan, akan menyimpan barang anda sebelum dipos ke Malaysia.</td></tr>
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Kosnya berbeza bagi setiap forwarder, lebih kurang 15 Yuan iaitu RM8 per kilo. Agak banyak tetapi jika dikumpulkan, murah sedikit daripada pembelian melalui ejen pada pendapat saya. Kalau mahu lebih mudah, mungkin boleh kumpul order dari rakan dan kongsi kos. Semasa checkout barang, klik forwarder dan pilih saja mana-mana yang anda mahu. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Senarai forwarder Taobao. Untuk malaysia, ada tiga pilihan.</td></tr>
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Jadi, fahamkah anda konsep membeli-belah di Taobao? Setakat itu saja post saya pada kali ini. Untuk menulis dengan lebih teliti, saya membuat blogpost berasingan kerana ia agak banyak gambar. Jemput baca blogpost seterusnya mengenai proses <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/06/pengalaman-membeli-dari-taobao-part-2.html">mendaftar dan membeli</a> dan seterusnya mengenai <a href="http://artemisart.blogspot.com/2015/06/pengalaman-membeli-dari-taobao-part-3.html">proses forwarding</a>.</div>
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Jumpa lagi semua!</div>
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ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-19107901995299278342015-05-02T10:23:00.000-07:002015-05-02T10:23:14.936-07:00Biskut Habbatus Sauda Mlik Booster (featuring Nutella!?)Assalamualaikum semua.<br />
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Baru-baru ini saya menonton video dari <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8y4ojpKhc">Sorted Food </a>mengenai Golden Ratio (kadar emas) dalam pembuatan cookie. Iaitu 1:2:3 - 1 kali ganda gula, 2 kali ganda lelemak dan 3 kali ganda tepung. Dengan kadar emas ini banyak resipi kita boleh reka. Oleh itu, memandangkan saya seorang menyusukan anak, saya cuba mereka resipi biskut yang boleh menggunakan bahan-bahan penggalak susu ibu seperti kekacang, madu, oat, dan habbatus sauda. Jadi saya hasilkan resipi Nutella lactocookie ini.<br />
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Mahu cuba? Sila salin resipi di bawah:<br />
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Nutella lacto-cookies (24 biskut kecil)<br />
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60g gula<br />
40g madu<br />
150g butter<br />
50g nutella<br />
1/4 tsp ekstrak vanilla<br />
secubit garam<br />
250g tepung diayak<br />
1/2 tsp baking powder<br />
1 tsp habbatus sauda<br />
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<li>Tambah madu, esen vanila dan campurkan lagi hingga rata.</li>
<li>Campurkan semua bahan kering-tepung, habbatus sauda, oat dan garam. </li>
<li>Kaup balikkan ke dalam bahan basah hingga tiada ketulan. </li>
<li>Bentukkan menjadi doh bulat, balut dalam clingfilm dan sejuk beku 15 minit. </li>
<li>Keluarkan dan jadikan bebola doh kecil. </li>
<li>Susun di atas dulan pembakar lalu bakar 180C, 15min-20min atau sehingga keperangan di tepinya. </li>
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Dan soalan cepu emasnya...jadi tak?<br />
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Hmm...tak pasti sama ada ianya sekadar plasebo atau tidak, tetapi memang menjadi jika dimakan sebelum sesi pumping. lagipun, memang ramai yang memperkatakan tentang keberkesanan habbatus sauda untuk susu, Jadi, mungkin ada kejayaan di situ. Tambahan pula nutella yang penyedap dan oat yang penahan lapar, memang menyenangkan tengahari sibuk yang adakalanya tidak sempat untuk memasak.<br />
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Saya mungkin akan mencuba lagi dengan beberapa komponen penambah susu lain. bayam? ekstrak yis? mungkin...<br />
ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-82549014530975679862015-04-27T20:40:00.001-07:002015-04-27T20:44:14.945-07:00Tutorial seal beg plastik yang cepat dan mudah tanpa sealerAssalamualaikum wbt.<br />
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Sudah lama saya tidak menjengah ke blog ini, nampaknya kali terakhir saya mengepos ialah sebelum bernikah. Sekarang, selepas mempunyai anak kecil, saya berazam untuk kembali lagi, dengan kandungan yang baru dan harapnya dapat membantu diri sendiri dan rakan pembaca (jika ada). Jadinya, untuk kali ini saya bawakan tips cara seal beg plastik yang cepat dan mudah. Saya, sebagai ibu kepada anak kecil sekarang banyak membawa makanan dalam beg. Terutamanya susu tepung. Untuk menggunakan bekas susu tepung seperti ini adalah memudahkan.<br />
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Tetapi bekasnya agak besar dan menggemukkan beg yang sungguh tak serasi dengan badan kecil saya ini. Itu belum lagi bekas yang mudah dihurung susu jika ditutup tidak rapat!<br />
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Bahan yang anda perlukan ialah:<br />
Beg plastik (saya sarankan paket aiskrim malaysia)<br />
Sekeping aluminium foil<br />
Seterika<br />
Gunting<br />
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1) Masukkan makanan yang anda ingin seal ke dalam beg plastik dan padat-padatkan.<br />
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3) Ambil aluminium foil dan lipat dua. Ini akan berfungsi seperti mata yang ada pada sealer komersil.<br />
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5) Seterika hujung beg plastik anda, dengan mengalas bahagian atas dan bawahnya dengan aluminum foil. Jika seal berjaya, aluminum foil akan kelihatan licin dan melekat kepada plastik.<br />
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6) Angkat seterika dan tunggu. Aluminum foil itu akan bergulung dan tanggal sendiri daripada plastik. Masa itu, ia akan cukup sejuk untuk dipegang.<br />
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7) Gunting sedikit hujungnya dalam bentuk v untuk memudahkan dikoyakkan nanti.<br />
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7) Siap!<br />
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Di negara Eropah, mereka ada menjual susu tepung dalam sachet 3 in 1 seperti sachet nescafe dan milo. Hanya koyak dan tuang ke dalam botol susu.<br />
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Di Malaysia, paling hampir pun ada saya lihat sachet isi-sendiri yang dijual di Manjaku Bangi, namun harganya 16.00 satu set. Apa kata kita buat sendiri, dengan beg plastik murah dari Giant, sekeping aluminium foil dan sebuah seterika. Selamat mencuba!<br />
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sumber dari video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W34jFp4021M">youtube ini</a><br />
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Selamat mengundi.ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-7340568397120030352013-02-17T17:18:00.001-08:002013-02-17T17:18:12.179-08:00<div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v2.0.10</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-88504295462817502152012-06-06T23:35:00.000-07:002012-06-06T23:35:12.742-07:00Drying vs tempreature<div style="text-align: justify;">
After getting a bunch of new samples, I decided to delve in the drying methods of the chiku. Previously, I've tried air <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07373930902904491">drying out in the open</a> and cabinet drying, both in room temperature. But there are a few setbacks in this method, such as the long time that increases the susceptibility to airborne fungi contamination. Thus, as I found out in the previous post, there are many temperatures and settings that can be used to dry the cut fruit. Therefore I studied different temperatures that is most effective to dry a sample, as in the research of <a href="http://aseanjche.ugm.ac.id/ojs/index.php/jce/article/viewFile/220/174">Chien et al, 2009</a>.</div>
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Three samples of similar maturity (around 1kg per temperature) is peeled, sliced and oven-dried into constant weight. Three temperatures are used--50, 60, and 70. The time of drying, yield, and properties is as follows.</div>
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According to the Chien study, higher temperatures can give better antioxidant activity. This is the exact opposite of some other fruit drying results such as <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf960282f">Larrauri et al,</a> (1997), <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814607000635">Garau et al </a>(2007), and <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-4549.2011.00657.x/abstract">Shiau, Wu and Chang</a> (2012); but similar to results of <a href="http://eprints.uniss.it/1552/1/Madrau_M_Articolo_2009_Effect.pdf">Madrau et al, </a>(2008), where its antioxidant components slightly increase. Although in this study, it claims that 60C does not change much of the fruits' properties.</div>
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Therefore, I shall use the middle tempreature of 60C for drying. Although I need to make sure there are less gummy samples after drying.</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-73516862442715464052012-05-29T01:13:00.000-07:002012-05-29T01:14:14.831-07:00Extraction Types<div style="text-align: justify;">
During the course of the fruit extraction, I've been experimenting with two extraction types lately, one being water extraction and the other being ethanol 95%. When tested with the same five microbes, these are the results:</div>
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From these tests I can conclude that both extract had somewhat of an inhibition activity towards microbes tested. A clear ring is seen around the disks for both extract types (except conc 25% and below). However, water extraction is not very effective in showing anti m/o activity. There is a huge difference in the two activities, even of similar fruits with similar maturity. According to the S/V, since ciku is full of polyphenols and other antioxidants (non-polar solvent soluble), those activities may be more observable in non-polar solvent.</div>
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One other reason that proved this is the fact that Ciku has very high antioxidant capacity. L<span class="smallcaps"></span>-ascorbic acid equivalent antioxidant capacity, AEAC, is the highest compared to other local fruits such as starfruit, guava<i>, salak, </i>pineapple and so on.</div>
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In this experiment above, the ciku used is unripe. Fruit is peeled and blended, and mixed into 50% ethanol at 1:10 w/v, and centrifuged to obtain supernatant. This is different than the method I encountered which used <span style="color: black;">ripe fruits</span> (<a href="http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0260877405000750/1-s2.0-S0260877405000750-main.pdf?_tid=8448468f871108f288a54ac84bc5e632&acdnat=1337658163_b18059c5eea88097cd9aa5658c377d10">H. N. Sin et al, 2006</a>) . However, after many unsuccessful attempts with ethanol extract (very little antimicrobial activity), I may conclude that ethanol may not be fully optimized for these kind of fruits. I may need other types of extracting solvent. A few suggestions are hexane, acetone and methanol.<br />
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One research delved on the various types of extraction, and chose acetone as the preferred solvent (<a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf0488357">Shui, Wong, and Leong, 2004</a>). Acetone 50% is used directly to extract pulp of ciku for 45 minutes at 90C. Then it is rapidly cooled to room temperature before centrifugation at 14000g. This extract is used for spectrophotometry testing of TPC. Another research (<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07373930902904491#preview">Chong et al, 2005</a>) also uses acetone (70%), but after it the ciku was homogenized it in ultrasonic bath for 30 minutes before centrifuging it for 15 min at 5000rpm. This is different than <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/np020576x">Ma et al,</a> (2003), who uses methanol for ciku extraction and later fractionate it using hexane and ehtyl acetate.<br />
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Another possible error (while doing ethanol extraction) is the drying part. Previously I used "room temperature drying", i.e. 26-28C, to dry the ciku before extraction as specified by <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814610015116">Jayakumar and Kanthimathi (2011)</a>. However, it is recently found out by <a href="http://aseanjche.ugm.ac.id/ojs/index.php/jce/article/viewFile/220/174">Chong <i>et al</i> (2009)</a>, that the higher the drying temperature the higher the phenolics in the ciku.</div>
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In this experiment, ciku slices is dried until constant weight, between 15 minutes to 7 hours. Therefore, higher temperature can be used to dry the ciku; with only the time period is of concern.<br />
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<span lang="MS">Result is as follows:</span></div>
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<span lang="MS">a) LM</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Conc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">50</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">25</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">15</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">13</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">AVERAGE</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12.3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">15</span></div>
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<span lang="MS">b) EC</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Conc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">50</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">25</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">1</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12.5</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">2</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">3</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">AVERAGE</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">0</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">12.16667</span></div>
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<span lang="MS">Main problem: Sample is too viscous and sticky
to be removed using a pipette. Therefore solvent is poured in and shaken as
much as possible to dissolve the sample. But not all is dissolved, some remain
sticking to the base of the container.</span></div>
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<span lang="MS">Therefore it is difficult to gauge the real
inhibitory activity for 25% and 50% since there might actually be lower concentration
of ciku compound in diluted sample.</span></div>
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<span lang="MS"><b>2.2 </b>For Retest of antimicrobial susceptibility
(SA, STY and I), result is as follows:</span></div>
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<span lang="MS">Take note that if a “ring” is observed for streptococci
types, it is deemed resistant regardless of the clear zone size, because of
the beta-lactamase produced by the m/o.</span><br />
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<span lang="MS">Suggestion:</span><br />
<span lang="MS">to do it in a spread plate method, using cotton swabs, to make sure the m/o spreads properly.</span><br />
<span lang="MS">Also, look into other journals, to see what kind of extract is used--eg. methanol and hexane, since the viscosity may be attributed to the solvent. </span></div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-18036643774432259122012-04-15T20:30:00.000-07:002012-04-15T20:30:45.604-07:00Antimicrobial test: Result!In continuation with last week's experiment result (which proved that my current extract is contaminated), another extract is used to repeat the experiment. This time I used an older extract, which is much more dark, concentrated and viscous (therefore cannot be poured using a pipette).<br />
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The method is still the same, that is:<br />
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Prepare a 24 hour culture suspension of the selected microbes: S. aureus, E. Coli, L. monocytogenes, S. typhi, and S. I.<br />
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An agar-well test is made using the selected microbes. Three holes of .7mm are plugged out on each plate and poured with samples. (Samples are used at 100% conc to see their effectiveness first) The plates are incubated 18hr in 37C.<br />
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Results are in as follows:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">LM- clear zone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I-not much growth, but not very clear zone</td></tr>
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Therefore, after much measurement, we have: <br />
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Looking at <i>I</i> plate sets, the zone are not that clear, but the microbe growth is not that vigorous either. There are spots of microbe in the "zone" around the plates. This either due to 1) microbes in I are slow-growing (not so) or 2) it's very effective that no microbe has grown. The little growth seen are probably lucky few contaminant/resistant ones.<br />
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In conclusion, the sample is very effective on <i>L.monocytogenes, E.coli,</i> and not effective on <i>S.aureus</i> and <i>S.typhi</i>. More test should be done to confirm I.<br />
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<br />ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-17816504957818353172012-04-10T02:53:00.000-07:002012-04-11T21:09:35.405-07:00What went wrong?A good trait of a scientifically-trained person is to investigate a result that goes differently than expected. Now, what is to do, for example, if the result seems neither bad nor good?<br />
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The case in hand--this is an antimicrobial test using the Agar-Well method. 24-hour cultured microbes are grown in plates using pour agar method. 100 microliter of sample extract is poured into wells of 0.7mm diameter. Then, it is incubated for 18 hours. The expected result is an inhibition zone, that is a clear zone with no microbe growth around the well of the sample.<br />
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The result that came out isn't as expected--an inhibition zone is shown all right; but it is not a clear zone. Rather, it seems very opaque. As follows.<br />
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So, after much pondering, possible explanation is as follows:<br />
1) the sample really spread outside the well, creating an inhibition zone.<br />
2) that wasn't the sample, it was a living, growing microbe.<br />
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therefore, this hypothesis is put to the test by taking a bit from the "inhibition zone" and streaking it on a new plate: <br />
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A growth of similar shape and color occurs, which tells me this is a microbe. So the (2) reason is accepted.<br />
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Then, looking deeper, the second reason has two possible outcomes, that is:<br />
a) the sample is contaminated from somewhere else.<br />
b) the sample has it's own microbe that has inhibitory properties.<br />
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So, to test this, is to take a swab of the original sample straight from the bottles, for every batch.<br />
The swab is streaked on a nutrient agar and left for 18 hours. If not all the sample shows the growth, (a) is true. But if every batch shows the same microbe, (b) is true.<br />
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The result is shown as below:<br />
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Well, only one sample plate shown to have the microbe--the 6th March sample used in the agar-well test. Therefore, it is proven that this is a one-off contamination and not a special microbe.<br />
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Another thing to add--during the agar well test though, in some other plates, the growth inhibition effect does not show. it can be explained, since probably the microbe in the sample is unable to inhibit the culture's microbes.
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So in conclusion, one of the sample was contaminated with a microbe that is selectively inhibiting. May be useful, maybe not. We'll see.<br />
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I guess that is how a student's mind should work eh. Later guys :)ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-11847969569438501902012-03-20T01:23:00.001-07:002012-03-20T01:23:00.524-07:00Apakah itu "Factoring agent"?<div style="text-align: justify;">So tadi semasa sedang urus-mengurus PO dan RO (tersilap sebut PO dekat staff, pening dia cari borang, rupa-rupanya PO. haha!) adalah terkeluar persoalan mengenai Factoring Agent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Awalnya saya sangkakan bahawa factoring agent ini sejenis bentuk formula matematik (factoring = pemfaktoran). Rupa-rupanya ia adalah istilah perniagaan untuk ejen orang tengah dalam urusniaga.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bayangkan suatu situasi: Anda menjadi pembekal kepada institusi kerajaan. Dan seperti yang anda tahu, institusi kerajaan ni banyak pula karenah birokrasinya (dalam bahasa inggeris dipanggil<span style="color: red;"> red tape</span>). Duit nak bayar memang ada tapi, bayarannya lambat kredit. Jika anda sebuah syarikat kecil yang baru nak naik, dan pusingan modal anda lambat, ini boleh menyebabkan duit anda "terikat" tanpa aliran tunai. Tentu susah bukan?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jadi salah satu cara mengatasinya ialah mendapatkan sebuah ejen, Factoring Agent. Mereka akan menjadi orang tengah antara anda dan pelanggan, di mana pelanggan akan membayar kepada mereka, dan mereka akan membayar kepada anda--dengan sedikit upah, tentunya. Contohnya begini. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pihak Jabatan A memesan barang. Anda pun menghantar barang. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDrkYND8Wyiq_1zi_F2d4aerqR3LdrMRSFLEjYaacbGvcFTfSQ50K3xRy4K_oqWvVtgJzxYlzmawNgz2CLN5vzCTDighufZwo7AN-HCi09TvHnhkfJzp5n0sxWyHZotVIk-7rep0smo0F/s1600/one.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDrkYND8Wyiq_1zi_F2d4aerqR3LdrMRSFLEjYaacbGvcFTfSQ50K3xRy4K_oqWvVtgJzxYlzmawNgz2CLN5vzCTDighufZwo7AN-HCi09TvHnhkfJzp5n0sxWyHZotVIk-7rep0smo0F/s400/one.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anda pun mengeluarkan invois untuk Jabatan A itu. Tapi, invois itu dibayar kepada akaun Ejen B. Sebaik saja invois diberikan. Ejen B membayar sebahagian daripada nilai invois itu kepada anda, WALAUPUN Jabatan A tak bayar lagi duit (kira sekarang Jabatan A berhutang kepada Ejen B).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLmdUl5i2zAFjs5qgAiSpkeiBT7b9MWtG5mJv9GOlz648TWP1lhaYeFrg-NzvIbOPX129NEUedl0IXl6L9MxNuHkGY-__xvKzgWanQpJYHpY_Qe12cyRqm3Ibr3pGmxMaQQtZB7cWf8Xm/s1600/one.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLmdUl5i2zAFjs5qgAiSpkeiBT7b9MWtG5mJv9GOlz648TWP1lhaYeFrg-NzvIbOPX129NEUedl0IXl6L9MxNuHkGY-__xvKzgWanQpJYHpY_Qe12cyRqm3Ibr3pGmxMaQQtZB7cWf8Xm/s400/one.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apabila Jabatan A bayar kepada Ejen B mengikut invois tersebut, Ejen B akan memberi baki wang selebihnya kepada anda. Tapi dia tolak sikit untuk untung. Contoh kalau harganya 100 ringgit, dia ambil 5 ringgit buat simpanan sendiri (diorang pun nak cari makan juga kan. haha!). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apa akan jadi kalau customer cabut lari tak bayar? Ha, itu kena tengok pula perjanjian dengan Ejen B. Biasanya anda yang kena tanggung (recourse agreement), tapi ada juga yang mereka akan tanggung (non-recourse agreement). Kalau mereka yang tanggung tentunya untung yang diambil nanti agak banyak, tetapi anda juga selamat daripada pelanggan yang melarikan diri.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Begitulah adanya Factoring Agent. Kelebihannya ialah memudahkan dokumentasi akaun kerana kita berurusan dengan sorang ejen sahaja. Satu lagi adalah ia membebaskan aliran tunai dan membolehkan kita membeli lebih banyak inventori dan menjalankan projek jangka pendek. Jadi bagi syarikat yang mengutamakan pertumbuhan memang sesuai untuk membuat Factoring. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Apa-apapun saya tidaklah mahir sangat, ini barang dari <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/fundamental-analysis/08/factor-receivables.asp">google</a> sahaja. Dapatkan maklumat lebih lanjut daripada perancang kewangan profesional. Assalamualaikum!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-36220094521188685452012-03-15T23:45:00.001-07:002012-03-16T07:41:27.341-07:00Ciku antimicrobial activity report<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS">After I did some extraction last week, I gave a bottle of the frozen extract to another researcher for an antimicrobial activity pre-test. My objective is to see whether how much, and at what concentration, is the activity in Ciku extract.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="height: 650px; left: 86px; margin-left: 50px; margin-top: 52px; position: absolute; top: 1296px; width: 396px; z-index: 251695104;"></span><span lang="MS">The researcher, Cindy, proposed a pretest using the method she is familiar with, which is outlined below:</span><br />
<ol><li><span lang="MS">Saline and media is prepared, around 30 plates. Media: Mueller-Hinton. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">Microorganism is isolated, around 100 microliter into a saline and adjusted with McFarland standard. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">100 microliter of the mircoorganism is streaked on plates of Mueller-Hinton agar. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">A dilution of the extract is done at 0%, 50%, and 25% dilution level. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">1000 microliter of each diluted extract is pipetted into three 6.00mm filter paper disks. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS"> </span><span lang="MS">Disks are placed on the media carefully with forceps. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">The plates are incubated for 16-18 hours in 37C. </span></li>
<li><span lang="MS">Clear zones is measured, if any, and recorded in mm.</span></li>
</ol><span lang="MS"> </span><span lang="MS" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">And, the results are given as below:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO5fWIax9RclZgNKek7jvr3sLtiwJCnllCt0dKuqNtHbKGz-3RygatPJVpqYG_RGa5mxkSRHSUqgG6O70s3F4qgg170nvoE8CQMqC7yhn3NGFaEGUjJ7p4mhL-yWbFlzx-e8_Xi1uKaM3/s1600/table.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTO5fWIax9RclZgNKek7jvr3sLtiwJCnllCt0dKuqNtHbKGz-3RygatPJVpqYG_RGa5mxkSRHSUqgG6O70s3F4qgg170nvoE8CQMqC7yhn3NGFaEGUjJ7p4mhL-yWbFlzx-e8_Xi1uKaM3/s400/table.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS">So as you can see here, the ciku is compared with a control antibiotic. The inhibition zone is under 20 mm for ciku extract while the antibiotic is above 40mm. According to standard, this can be translated to antimicrobial activity as follows: </span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 248px;"><tbody>
<tr style="height: 11.95pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="143"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">Not effective</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-left: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 78.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">10 or less</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 11.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="143"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">intermediate</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 78.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">11 to 15</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="height: 11.95pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 107.55pt;" valign="bottom" width="143"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">effective</span></div></td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 11.95pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 78.15pt;" valign="bottom" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 3.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: black;">16 or more</span></div></td> </tr>
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</div><span lang="MS">Therefore, the ciku is between intermediate and not effective. But mostly, not effective.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS">How is this so, especially when ciku has been proven to have anticancer activity as shown in breast cancer cells (<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308814610015116">Jayakumar and Kanthimathi, 2011</a>) and colon cancer cells <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/np020576x">(Ma et al, 2003</a>)? In these studies as well, it is explained that the activity is attributed to its polyphenols and flavonoids, which is proven to have an antimicrobial activity (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21925860">Daglia, M., 2011</a>) </span><br />
<span lang="MS"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS">Therefore, what happens here may be attributed to an error for example, due to difference in method or experiment excecution. For example, extraction is done following exactly the one outlied in the 2011 research. However, the fruit maturity level chosen may be different since it is not stated in the research. Also, the length of exposure to light and air may destroy the polyphenols.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS">Another thing is that the method of antimicrobial activity may not be suitable for the type of extract. In a research on ginger as shown here (<a href="http://www.academicjournals.org/jma/PDF/pdf%202011/January/Sebiomo%20et%20al.pdf">Sebiomo et al, 2010</a>) , water extract are done using disk diffusion while ethanol extract is done using agar well. Therefore using disk diffusion, ethanol extracts of ciku may not have diffused fully onto the agar.<br />
<br />
A suggestion is to do the experiment again with another sample extraction, to see whether this is just experimental error; or to do a newer extraction with less mature fruits.</span><br />
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<span lang="MS"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Table from:</span></span><br />
<span lang="MS"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Johnson, T. and C. Case, 1995. "Chemical Methods of Control," adapted from Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology, Brief Edition, 4th ed. Redwood City, CA: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co., available online from The National Health Museum, Access Excellence Activities Exchange http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/chance_activity.html. </span></span></div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-24373851472555684902012-03-14T21:18:00.000-07:002012-03-14T21:18:54.239-07:00How to dispose of these bacteria?<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">A while back someone asked me this question: what happens after you have used a bunch of microbes? How do you dispose them? Ah, usually when we are undergrads all of these are handled by the lab staff—they instruct you to put in a blue trash bag labelled “biohazard” after each lab session. Sometimes they even let you leave them on the bench with all the utensils, where they will pick up and clean themselves.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not as tiny as this one.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">However when we are in postgrad—or using professors’ lab—it’s every man/woman for himself. Disposal of microbes are the own researcher’s responsibility. So as we were discussing, several solutions come up.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">“Boil them, sterilize them!”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">“What if they are spore-able microbes?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">“Then...boil them in a very long time?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="MS">“Do they die?”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">I don’t have the answers to these questions. So we left the lab with an issue still hanging (and a rack full of microbes on the bench, in case we mull over it that night and get an eureka). But then, after a bit of googling, I found a website offering a <a href="http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/MicroBio_p014.shtml">solution</a>. <a href="http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/MicroBio_p014.shtml"></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">An ideal situation is to put them into a heat-stable biohazard bag and autoclave it (oh so that’s what the blue bag is used for!). After autoclaving it is suitable for disposal by trash.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Another alternative method is to use bleach—yes, your good-old friendly neighborhood normal household bleach Clorox. Make a one part bleach four parts water solution (20% Clorox) and saturate the plates with it. Leave it overnight to soak, before disposal.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kills 99.9% of bacteria, it's super effective!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">There—as simple as that. Remember that bleach is corrosive and proper hand/face/body protection should be worn. Equipment should also be rinsed thoroughly afterwards.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-68994068930508615872012-02-26T18:52:00.000-08:002012-02-26T18:52:19.970-08:00Mueller-hinton Broth: HowtoMueller Hinton broth is used as the liquid medium for reviving the microorganism for antibiotics sensitivity testing, for determination dilution studies. It is also developed for the cultivation of nesserias and other fastidious microorganism due to the richness of the medium.<br />
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<b>Formula (g/Liter):</b><br />
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</b><br />
<b>Equipment:</b><br />
Conical flask<br />
Heater/stirrer<br />
Glass rod<br />
Autoclave<br />
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<b>Preparation:</b><br />
<ol><li>Dissolve the ingredient mix in one liter of distilled water while stirring constantly.</li>
<li>Heat them with frequent agitation and boil for one minute</li>
<li>Autoclave at 121C (15 lbs.sp for 15 minutes), DO NOT OVERHEAT.</li>
<li>Cool down, and measure the pH. It should be 7.4 at 25C.</li>
</ol><br />
<b>Validation test: </b><br />
A good mueller-hinton broth will show growth of any of the following microbes: <br />
<ul><li>Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923, </li>
<li>Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, </li>
<li>Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 33186, </li>
<li>aeruginosa ATCC27835, </li>
<li>Streptococcus pyogenes ATCC 19615, </li>
<li>Listeria monocytogenes ATCC19113.</li>
</ul>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-43974111304978539172012-02-24T23:50:00.001-08:002012-02-24T23:50:00.134-08:00Free Sins!<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Di kedai mamak bersama dua orang kenalan lelaki. Tiba-tiba mata beliau tertancap kepada sesuatu di hadapan, lalu berkatalah dia.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">“Ah, ternampak. Rezeki.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">“Apa?” tanyaku.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Berlalu seorang anak gadis dengan seluar ketat dan jarang, yang disebabkan kedudukan cahaya dan pergerakan badan, menampakkan sesuatu yang tak patut dilihat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Ah, spesis lelaki adalah spesis yang aneh. Tika wanita merasa geli-geleman jikalau terlihat aurat lelaki, lelaki pula kelihatan suka ketika melihat aurat wanita.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Tapi rezeki katanya?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Saya mula menggaru kepala. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Er...aurat itu bukankah, kalau didedahkan berdosa...jadi kalau dilihat berdosa jugakan? Di manakah hadiah “rezeki” di situ? Saya nampak,hadiah dosa. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7lpxmA8z1qafrh6.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg7lpxmA8z1qafrh6.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="MS"> Trololol. Jangan marah bang. Eh adik. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Tapi kemudiannya malam Khamis lalu saya menonton forum perdana ehwal islam, kebetulan isu ini disentuh kembali. Jemputannya adalah Ustaz Badli Shah dan Dr Fazdilah Kamsah.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">“Kalau terlihat sekali itu, tidah berdosa. Alihkan pandangan.” Kata Ustaz Badlishah kalau tidak silap.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Dia mungkin sekali merujuk kepada hadis ini: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span lang="MS" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">"Dari Jarir bin Abdullah, ia berkata: Saya bertanya kepada Rasulullah s.a. w. tentang melihat (aurat wanita) secara tiba-tiba tanpa sengaja. Maka jawab Nabi: Palingkanlah pandanganmu itu!" (Riwayat Ahmad, Muslim, Abu Daud dan Tarmizi) </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Oh di situ datangnya maknanya rezeki. Kerana pandangan pertama itu pandangan tak sengaja. Ya lah, mata lelaki itu agak tajam. Pantas saja menangkap apa yang disukai, kadangkala tanpa disedari. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcx4mQW4W1qcb5fko1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxcx4mQW4W1qcb5fko1_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apa yang nampak ialah kasut. tapi jadilah.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS"></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MS">It’s almost primal instinct, really</span></i><span lang="MS">. Teringat pula suatu uji kaji yang dilakukan wanita Perancis seorang ini, yang meletakkan kamera tersembunyi di badannya. Apabila diteliti kembali rakamannya, dapat disimpulkan bahawa lelaki memang cenderung memandang kepada ehem-ehemnya. Pendek kata, mana-mana lelaki yang lalu, mesti memandang. Adalah juga yang selepas pandangan pertama, beralih dan pandang kali kedua (mesti cun awek ni ye tak?).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Jadi mungkinlah dapat disimpulkan bahawa ia memang adalah nafsu semula jadi mereka untuk memandang kepada aurat perempuan. Mungkin, itulah sebabnya pandangan pertama itu tidak dipersalahkan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Jadi bolehlah ditengok. Jadi ialah rezeki ye tak?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Terpulang apa definisi yang anda mahu beri. Yang penting pandangan pertama haruslah pandangan tidak sengaja. Bukan pandangan sengaja seperti pergi mengintai bilik mandi atau google imej. Dan paling penting, kalau aurat itu terdedah tanpa disedari, dan anda terlihat, jangan tengok kali kedualah!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvjcpNwVm1r3zat8.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzvjcpNwVm1r3zat8.gif" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah that includes 9gag and imgur too.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS"> Oh berbalik kepada perempuan dalam cerita di mamak tadi. Jangan salahkan dia pula. Bukan dia sengaja hendak beri secara percuma. Mungkin sekali itu hanya wardrobe malfunction—dia tidak sedar bahawa pakaian dia dalam keadaan tertentu, pergerakan tertentu, akan ternampak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Macam saya. Selalu sangat kena wardrobe malfunction. Contohnya, hari ini.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Apekebengangnya lepas zuhur baru terperasan. Lepas dah pergi sarapan, print dokumen, naik turun pejabat, beli buku bagai.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Ahh untungla korang semua dapat rezeki free. Haram Betei.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Ok, ni sebnanrnya entri luahan perasaan je. Kalau nak tengok hukum penuh dia, <a href="http://www.zaharuddin.net/senarai-lengkap-artikel/38/510-womens-aurat--what-has-happened.html">UZAR</a> dah terangkan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Assalamualaikum.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-21168111388259841842012-02-19T19:18:00.000-08:002012-02-19T19:28:31.680-08:00How to make (your own) Mueller Hinton Agar<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(taken from<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/38994420/Microbiology-Culture-Media-Manual#archive"> CultureMedia Manual</a> book)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="MS" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mueller Hinton Agar is recommended for antibiotics sensitivity test and the primary isolation of gonococci and menigococci. Also it is popularly used as a plate to cultivate Nesseria sp. Making own cultures as compared to store-bought mixes, has many advanteges, which reliability being its major advantages as commercial products might not be as standardized.</span><br />
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<span lang="MS" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Formula, in g per L:</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Begitulah komen seorang rakan melalui media sosial apabila saya menunjukkan video-video tentang pelanggan di restoran makanan segera yang naik darah. Ya, VIDEO-VIDEO. Apabila saya google <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">fast-food</i> rage saya mendapati agak ramai juga penggemar makanan segera yang mengamuk apabila menu yang dipesan tidak dipenuhi. Ada yang menghentak pintu, ada yang memaki hamun dan ada yang merosakkan kaunter!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Ini belum lagi melalui pengalaman pekerja restoran makanan segera sendiri, yang jika ditanya akan menceritakan insiden yang mereka atau rakan sekerja pernah alami. Sampaikan bagi mereka insiden keganasan pelanggan mahupun staff itu seolah-olah menjadi kelaziman yang harus diterima para petugas! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Mengapakah pelanggan (dan pengguna) restoran makanan segera cenderung menjadi kurang sabar? Menurut saintis, bahan-bahan seperti lemak trans (dalam ayam goreng, kentang goreng dan burger), gula dan kafien (dalam minuman) dan karbohidrat semuanya boleh menganggu sistem <a href="http://www.bewellbuzz.com/general/angry-it-might-be-something-you-ate/">kesihatan menta</a>l. Tambahan pula, kebanyakan makan segera kurang dari segi mineral dan vitamin, yang kebanyakannya merupakan “makanan otak” untuk membolehkan minda berfungsi secara normal. Mineral seperti potasium yang berfungsi dalam penjanaan isyarat di sistem saraf, jika kekurangan mungkin menyebabkan <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/338845-how-does-low-potassium-affect-the-brain/">rasa lesu dan keliru</a> . </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Ambil contoh lemak trans (atau “lemak jahat”) misalnya. <a href="http://news.discovery.com/human/bad-food-depression-110127.html">Kajian</a> membuktikan bahawa manusia dengan kesihatan mental yang baik boleh mengalami masalah mental selepas enam tahun memakan makanan segera (sebagai retrospektif—sejak bila anda mula memakan makanan segera ya? Mungkin seawal tadika?). Seperti yang anda tahu lemak adalah konstituen utama otak anda. Apabila lemak trans menjadi bahan utama diet anda tentunya ia akan masuk ke otak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Bagi minuman bergula dan kabohidrat pula, ia menjadikan aras gula dalam darah tidak stabil. Dan ketidak stabilan ini jugalah yang dikaitkan dengan <a href="http://www.nutritionresearchcenter.org/healthnews/what-happens-to-your-body-if-you-drink-a-coke-right-now/">“sugar crash”</a>, perasaan “irritable” dan juga masalah depresi di kalangan pemakan makanan segera. Antara faktor lain pula ialah kandungan MSG dan/atau garam sodium yang tinggi dalam makanan segera. Kedua-dua ini dibuktikan mampu juga mengganggu “mood” seseorang, terutamanya bagi kanak-kanak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Jadi dengan faktor-faktor biokimia ini, ditambah pula dengan pemilihan makanan segera yang didorong pemasaran yang agresif serta sifatnya yang murah, mudah dan cepat dihidang, menjadikan pelangganya bergantung dan ketagih kepada hidangan makanan segera. Kebergantungan ini pula membawa padah apabila mengganggu kesihatan emosi dan mental mereka; namun ironisnya mereka terus-menerus memakannya kerana “ketagihan” kepada makanan tersebut. Kemudian kecelaruan mental meniumbulkan insiden keganasan, yang kadangkala berlaku apabila makanan itu tidak didapati. Seperti kitar pemusnah, bukan begitu?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="MS">Now, now, don’t get me wrong</span></i><span lang="MS">. Jangan marah wahai industri makanan segera sekalian (saya tahu ramai batchmate, senior dan junior bekerja di sana) tapi sebagai seorang yang mengambil minor berkaitan nutrisi makanan, saya berhak menyampaikannya. Bukan tidak boleh langsung memakan makanan segera. Namun pelanggan dan pengeluar juga harus mempunyai tanggungjawab.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Pengeluar harus cuba mengurangkan penggunaan lemak trans. Selain itu, manual juga harus menggariskan penggunaan lemak yang minimum, sekadar cukup untuk memasak. Garam juga boleh dikurangkan sekadar cukup rasa (ini juga boleh membantu dalam pengurangan kos). Selain itu, produk lebih sihat boleh juga ditambah kepada menu mereka, terutamanya untuk set yang ditawarkan kepada kanak-kanak dan remaja. Contohnya, pemberian jeli buah-buahan dalam Happy Meal oleh McD. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Pelanggan pula harus bijak memilih dengan mengelakkan makan makanan segera dengan terlalu kerap serta memilih menu yang kurang berlemak, gula, dan garam. Contohnya menukar set air gas kepada air jus, meminta bahagian ayam yang kurang kulit tapi banyak isi, meminta pizza kepingan nipis berbanding kepingan tebal, dan banyak lagi. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span lang="MS">Tepuk dada, tanya selera. Ingat bahawa apa yang dimakan itu menjadi darah daging kita, jadi pilihlah yang baik-baik dan bermanfaat sahaja. Tiba-tiba saya rasa mahu makan nasi campur. Assalamualaikum! </span></div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-62147292954406933922012-02-12T20:48:00.000-08:002012-02-12T20:48:19.320-08:00What is the concentration of my extracted sample?<b>Situational problem:</b><br />
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I have a sample made from powdered ciku slices. The powder is dissolved in ethanol (95%), filtered and evaporated. The problem is, although I begin with a standard sample weight (300g powdered ciku), I ended up with different amount of concentrated extract for every single batch. Some is as small as a few mL. Some could fill up the bottom of a 300mL flask! <br />
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What is the concentration of my extracted sample and how do I make it standardized?<br />
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Well, we look at it this way. Concentration is measured as mg/mL, so in each bottle there is 300000mg per mL of ethanol 95% (even though it might not look like it). So, we can determine the concentration by measuring the volume inside the bottle. If there’s 5 ml inside the bottle, it’ll become 300g/5ml = 60 000 mg/mL. <br />
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Easy eh? Why haven’t I figured this out earlier.ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-19656933832735501532012-02-10T23:37:00.000-08:002012-02-10T23:37:00.847-08:00Percaya di bibir. Percaya di hati.<div style="text-align: justify;">Assalamualaikum wbt.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pada hari yang agak sunyi ini, sedang saya menunggu antara aktiviti makmal, saya teringatkan suatu cerita dalam buku (yang saya masih belum habis baca) iaitu "Rich Brother Rich Sister" oleh Robert dan Emi Kiyosaki. Ya, ini buku yang saya masih mengulang baca entah berapa kali, kerana tarikan isi kandungannya. Tidak kisahlah, walaupun ada orang yang mengkritik prinsip-prinsip dalam buku Kiyosaki yang terdahulu, tetapi dalam penulisannya kali ini (yang merupakan biografi, bukan buku non-fiksyen biasa), beliau menceritakan pengalaman menarik semasa beliau muda dahulu.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Buku, sumber review di <a href="http://sini./">sini.</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"> Adapun semasa muda dahulu, ketika baru keluar daripada kemelut kebangkrapan perniagaan terdahulu dan baru berkahwin semula selepas penceraian pertama, Robert masih di awang-awangan tentang hala tuju hidupnya. Dalam hatinya terfikir akan untuk berniaga lagi, tetapi ideanya mengenai "berniaga dengan niat untuk Tuhan" takut tidak menjadi. Namun, beliau bertemu dengan rakan lama yang agak ala-ala Hippie....tetapi memberikan nasihat yang paling berharga. Kisah teladan mengenai lelaki di Niagara Falls.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Niagara Falls. <a href="http://www.geologyrocks.co.uk/images/niagara_falls">(source</a>)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Pada suatu hari di tepi Niagara Falls terdapat seorang lelaki dengan basikalnya. Apabila ditanya oleh orang ramai mengapa beliau di situ, beliau menjawab, </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Saya mahu lintas Niagara Falls naik basikal...atas wayar nipis! Siapa percaya pada saya?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramai yang ragu namun ramai juga yang memberi sokongan. Lalu lelaki itu meniti wayar nipis itu, berkayuh dari hujung, ke hujung. Penonton menunggu dengan penuh debaran. Tidak lama kemudian, dia turun dengan selamat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bukan gambar sebenar.(<a href="http://www.tomguilmette.com/archives/1471">source</a>)</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ramai penonton bersorak dan memberikan tahniah. "Hebat! Kami tahu awak mampu!" jerit mereka lagi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tiba-tiba, lelaki tersebut berteriak lagi,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Sebab awak semua percaya pada saya....saya mahu lintas Niagara Falls lagi. Siapa nak ikut?"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Senyap, semua senyap.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(<a href="http://www.sheknows.com/living/articles/816652/strong-willed-children-how-to-help-them-excel-in-school-1">Source</a>)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Tiba-tiba seorang kanak-kanak ke hadapan. "Saya nak ikut!"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Penonton mula terkejut. Kaget. Apabila budak itu mengikut lelaki berbasikal tadi ke wayar, penonton mula resah dan marah. Ada yanghendak menelefon polis, ada yang terus meninggalkan tempat itu. Tetapi kanak-kanak kecil serta lelaki tadi tetap gigih, menaiki basikal itu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kemudian mereka melalui wayar itu. Pergi, dan balik.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dan turun dengan selamat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penonton di tepi Niagara Falls (memang kena pakai baju hujan ya) <a href="http://www.bakpakguide.com/canada/transport/backpacker-tours/salty-bears-niagara-falls-tour-toronto-niagara-fal.shtml">(source)</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Penonton kembali dan bersorak semula. Kagum. Mereka pun bertanya.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Adik, adik beranilah! Kenapa adik sanggup pergi dengan lelaki ni, naik basikal melintas Niagara Falls? Bahaya tu!"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adik itu menjawab,</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Nak tahu tak, lelaki ni ayah saya. Saya percaya dengan sepenuh hati padanya, bukan sekadar percaya di mulut."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nilaikanlah, betapa ramai orang di dunia ini sebenarnya yang hanya percaya sekadar di bibir dan bukan percaya pada hati. Jika anda berbuat sesuatu dengan niat untuk Tuhan, maka percayalah; percaya dengan hati, bahawa dia akan bantu. Maka dia memang akan bantu." kata Hippie tersebut menutup ceritanya. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Betul juga kan?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923622098897739356.post-77082111466765506502012-02-07T21:24:00.000-08:002012-02-07T21:24:04.515-08:00What is the McFarland standard?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8ML44NRBFzRz3mCs3Y_5YiP3crgMxmQCcJXuTQJqrQB7UaNH4hLLs-g_lk5jX_4RqdbLuEI2zsnums46LA2xfVBRJKw7b0LtKdTlXOXRTd7QiwiH7YK_nStWxV_gtoek5ydFfJ-G08-B/s1600/measure+zone+of+inhibition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8ML44NRBFzRz3mCs3Y_5YiP3crgMxmQCcJXuTQJqrQB7UaNH4hLLs-g_lk5jX_4RqdbLuEI2zsnums46LA2xfVBRJKw7b0LtKdTlXOXRTd7QiwiH7YK_nStWxV_gtoek5ydFfJ-G08-B/s320/measure+zone+of+inhibition.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">While I was talking away about FYP with my sister, she mentioned that she was trying to do antimicrobial susceptibility test, on which she used a standard McFarland to measure the inoculum turbidity. Previously I thought inoculum for antimicrobial tests are standardized by CFU count. So now, what is a McFarland Standard; and how do we make it?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, different species (different inoculum) exhibit different inoculum density even in similar CFUs. This might be hard to measure the inhibition zone for lighter-density species. Therefore, it must be measured in a way that the density is similar, easing the data collection later.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vetlab.com/McFarland%20Standard.htm">Source</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">A McFarland standard is an optical standard of 0.5 made from Barium Sulfate. An equivalent optical density standard is the latex particle suspension. In this post I will put the McFarland standard procedure. <br />
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1) Prepare a Barium Chloride solution 0f 0.048 mol/L using a 1.175% w/v from a stock solution of BaCl2.H2O. Prepare also a 0.18 mol/L Sulfuric Acid from (1% v/v) stock. <br />
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2) Mix 0.5 ml of the barium chloride into 99.5 ml the sulfuric acid, with constant stirring. <br />
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3) Verify the turbidity standard with a spectrophotometer with 1-cm light path and matched cuvette at 625nm. The absorbance should be 0.008 to 0.10.<br />
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These suspensions must be kept in screw cap tubes of similar sizes with the one used in growing/diluting bacteria. No need to store it in freezer, it can do well in a cool and dark place. Before use though, just vigorously agitate this standard with vortexer. If using latex particle, just invert it gently.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://bitesizebio.com/articles/train-yourself-to-measure-od600-by-eye-an-improved-approach/">Source</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">A standard is past its prime if large particles appear. It needs to be checked once a month as the density may change.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Well that's all folks! Another good read about the McFarland is the one posted by <a href="http://nasrin-sama.blogspot.com/2012/02/fyp-in-my-style-mcfarland-standard.html">her</a>, who added nutrient broth in the mix. Different people, different method.ArtForAuctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01324893807173967377noreply@blogger.com1