Download Google Chrome 13.0.782.215 installer
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Google Chrome latest stabil version13.0.782.215 release
Google Chrome Has update their stable web browser From Google Chrome 13.0.782.107 into version 13.0.782.215, you can download the offline installer here
Download Google Chrome 13.0.782.215 installer
Download Google Chrome 13.0.782.215 installer
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Free Security Suites
Many security suite or internet security suite software company offer this kind on product, but usually pricey, so here some free & good software that you could combine by your self :
(choose only one for each criteria since multiple program wouldn’t do you any good, in fact it will conflict with each other and could probably crash your system)
1. Antivirus, For Antivirus program you could choose either :
· Avast Free Antivirus
· Avira AntiVir Personal - Free Antivirus
· AVG Free
Avast Free Antivirus come on my first choice, cause personally I found it the one that suites my needs the most. Second comes Avira, it’s still the antivirus that have the lightest impact on your pc performance, but the additional ask toolbar that bundled with the program just drive me out of it. but it’s still a good piece of software, and have the highest detection rate in many independent test to. Than there’s the most widely known AVG antivirus free for you to choose, got no comment on this one, cause I just simply like Avast or Avira better than so far.
2. Anti Malware /Anti spyware
· Malwarebytes’ Anti-malware (MBAM)
· SuperAntiSpyware (SAS)
I personally put MBAM as my first choice specially on removing infection on an already infected PC. And if you have the money, I found MBAM is very useful both preventing infection with their real time protection and website blocking features. While SAS is also a good choice, in protecting your PC, but in my experience with both software, MBAM come slightly on top, maybe event the far better one.
3. Firewall
· PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition
· Online Armor Free
· Outpost Security Suites Free
· Comodo Frewall
· Privatefirewall
· Zone Alarm Free
For most common user, PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition, Online Armor Free & Zone Alarm Free would probably the best choice, since it’s doesn’t pop up as much as the rest of the available choice. For more advance and experience user Outpost, comodo or Privatefirewall will be the better choice for you. For common user I suggest PC Tools Firewall Plus Free Edition as the first candidate.
Besides Security Program, don’t forget to updates your system for any critical updates & use a good browser for surfing the internet such as Mozila Firefox, Google Chrome, or Opera and make sure that you keep them up to date.
And the most Important thing is the keep improving your behavior and attitude, learn to develop a save browsing habit and do not use crack or patch, cause their no security program that can 100% protect you from harm, they way you use your computer and what you are doing to it also play a major role to keep your system healthy.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Download Firefox 6 Final
The launch of Firefox 6 Final has yet to be announced officially, but if your interested on using it you can download directly through their FTP servers here:
Download Firefox 6 Final
or if you like to choose which installer is more suitable for you, you can choose directly from their official ftp page here:
Mozilla official page
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Google Chrome stable version 13.0.782.107 release
Google Chrome Continue their effort in competing against other web browser product to create a faster, safer & lighter web browser.
You can download their latest stable offline installer / standalone installer of Google Chrome here :
Download Google Chrome 13.0.782.107 installer
You can download their latest stable offline installer / standalone installer of Google Chrome here :
Download Google Chrome 13.0.782.107 installer
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Dragon Boat Festival, The Duanwu Festival (端午節)
May of 2010 has passed and that of Chinese lunar calendar is just about to come. For most Chinese, what they expect for most in June may be the grand traditional festival - Dragon Boat Festival.The actuall event of this Chinese Festival was actually called as Duanwu Festival (simplified Chinese: 端午节; traditional Chinese: 端午節; pinyin: Duānwǔ Jié), but it is famously known to the world as the Dragon Boat Festival (simplified Chinese: 龙船节; traditional Chinese: 龍船節; pinyin: Lóngchuán Jié), it is a traditional and statutory holiday associated with Chinese and other East Asian and Southeast Asian societies as well. It is a public holiday in mainland China (since 2008), where it is known by the Mandarin name Duānwǔ Jié, and in Taiwan, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau, where it is known by the Cantonese name Tuen Ng Jit. The festival is also celebrated in countries with significant Chinese populations, such as in Singapore and Malaysia. Equivalent and related festivals outside Chinese-speaking societies include the Kodomo no hi in Japan, Dano in Korea, and Tết Đoan Ngọ in Vietnam.
(In the Republic of China , Duanwu was also celebrated as "Poets' Day," due to Qu Yuan's status as China's first poet of well renown. In modern Taiwan, zongzi are no longer thrown into rivers, but people still eat them as a holiday tradition and testament to Qu Yuan's self-determination.)
The festival occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar on which the Chinese calendar is based. This is the source of the alternative name of Double Fifth. In 2011 this falls on June 6. The focus of the celebrations includes eating the rice dumpling zongzi (Chinese: 粽子; pinyin: Zòngzi), drinking realgar wine xionghuangjiu (Chinese: 雄黃酒; pinyin: Xiónghuángjiǔ), and racing dragon boats.
Chinese traditional festivals, Dragon Boat Festival positions in the list of the most important traditional festivals in China as well as Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year), Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Festival) and Mid-autumn Day (Mooncake Festival). According to Chinese lunar calendar, Dragon Boat Festival always falls on the fifth day of the fifth month (May) every year. Therefore, it is also called Double Fifth Festival.
The Origin of The Duanwu Festival is believed to have originated in ancient China. A number of theories exist about its origins as a number of folk traditions and explanatory myths are connected to its observance. Today the best known of these relates to the suicide in 278 BCE of Qu Yuan, poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period.
For more than 2000 years, Chinese people have been celebrating this festival by holding various activities, e.g. wrapping Zongzi (rice dumpling wrapped in reed leaves), Dragon Boat race, drinking realgar wine, girding calamus, folium artemisiae argyi, wormwood and some other leaves which are considered to be good for health on the basis of traditional Chinese medical theory.
For many foreigners, they may hear of this festival no more than Zongzi and Dragon Boat Race. As a matter of fact, people celebrate it in memory of Qu Yuan,
who was a loyal minister of Chu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 B.C. – 476 B.C.) in China. In the light of the great historic recording work "Shi Ji" written by the famous historian and litterateur Sima Qian (135 B.C. – 86 B.C.), Minister Qu Yuan advised the King to appoint those who were of talent and moral quality to administer the country so that the country could get strong enough to withstand the super power Qin Empire. However, his proposal was strongly opposed by the noble of Chu Kingdom and he was dismissed and exiled. In the duration of the exile, he produced some great patriotic poems such as "Li Sao" and "A Request to God". In 278 B.C., the defense line of Chu Kingdom was broken through by Qin Empire. Knowing that his motherland was invaded, Qu Yuan felt torn with grief. He wrote his last poem "Huai Sha" on the fifth day (Chinese lunar calendar) of May and then drowned himself in the Miluo River to show his loyalty to his country. After his death, the common people of Chu Kingdom were very sad and tried to salvage him, but they failed finally. Without finding Qu Yuan's body, people thought out all kinds of ideas to keep his body being destroyed in the water – throwing rice balls and eggs into the river to feeding fishes and shellfishes so that they were full enough and wound not bite the body, and pouring realgar wine in to the river to put dragons in the water in a coma. Afterwards, to avoid dragons eating the rice balls, people wrapped the rice balls with leaves and coloured ribbons. Gradually, it developed into Zongzi. Hereafter, to commemorate Qu Yuan, people hold Dragon Boat Race, wrapping Zongzi, girding medical leaves every year and it consequently became a national custom.Zongzi They are known in Japanese as chimaki. Laotians, Thais, and Cambodians (known as Nom Asom) also have similar traditional dishes. In the Western world, they are also known as rice dumplings or Chinese tamales. In Indonesia, they are known as bakcang or bacang (Chinese: 肉粽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bah-chàng), a loanword from Hokkien, a Chinese dialect that is commonly used among Indonesian-Chinese besides Mandarin. Along the same lines, zongzi are more popularly known as machang in the among the Chinese Filipinos.
Like all other traditional festivals, Duanwu is reckoned in accordance with the lunar calendar consisting of 29 or 30 days. For this reason Duanwu—the fifth day of the fifth moon, or double fifth—drifts from year to year on the Gregorian (solar) calendar.
The moon is considered to be at its strongest around the time of summer solstice ("mid-summer" in traditional Japan, but "beginning" of summer elsewhere) when the daylight in the northern hemisphere is the longest. The sun (yang), like the dragon (long), traditionally represents masculine energy, whereas the moon (yue), like the phoenix (or firebird, fenghuang), traditionally represents feminine energy. Summer solstice is considered the peak annual moment of male energy while the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, represents the peak annual moment of feminine energy. The masculine image of the dragon is thus naturally associated with Duanwu.
History & Origins of this festival came with so many debate, but the most accepted theory base on the story of Qu Yuan, here is the full history & origin of this festival :
The Duanwu Festival is believed to have originated in ancient China. A number of theories exist about its origins as a number of folk traditions and explanatory myths are connected to its observance. Today the best known of these relates to the suicide in 278 BCE of Qu Yuan, poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period.
Qu Yuan
The best-known traditional story holds that the festival commemorates the death of poet Qu Yuan (Chinese: 屈原) (c. 340 BCE – 278 BCE) of the ancient state of Chu, in the Warring States Period of the Zhou Dynasty.[5] A descendant of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance. Qu Yuan was accused of treason. During his exile, Qu Yuan wrote a great deal of poetry, for which he is now remembered. Twenty-eight years later, Qin conquered the capital of Chu. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
It is said that the local people, who admired him, threw lumps of rice into the river to feed the fish so that they would not eat Qu Yuan's body. This is said to be the origin of zongzi. The local people were also said to have paddled out on boats, either to scare the fish away or to retrieve his body. This is said to be the origin of dragon boat racing.
Wu Zixu
Despite the modern popularity of the Qu Yuan origin theory, in the former territory of the state of Wu the festival commemorated Wu Zixu (526 BCE* – 484 BCE). Wu Zixu was a loyal advisor whose advice was ignored by the king to the detriment of the kingdom. Wu Zixu was forced to commit suicide by the king Fuchai, with his body thrown into the river on the fifth day of the fifth month. After his death, in places such as Suzhou, Wu Zixu is remembered during the Duanwu Festival to this day.
It seems that, here, Wu Zixu's birth year is false because Wu Zixu designed and built the city of Suzhou in 514 BCE. Thus, if he were born in 526 BCE, he must be just 12 years old at the time of the construction of Suzhou, which is totally impossible. Actually, the birth year of Wu Zixu is unknown.
Cao E
Although the Qu Yuan origin theory is the most popular, much of Northeastern Zhejiang (Shaoxing, Ningbo and Zhoushan) commemorates Cao E (曹娥) (130 CE - 143 CE) rather than Qu Yuan. Cao E's father Cao Xu (曹盱) was a shaman who presided over local ceremonies in Shangyu in Zhejiang province. In the year 143 CE, while presiding over a ceremony commemorating Wu Zixu during the Duanwu Festival, Cao Xu accidentally falls into the river. Cao E, in an act of filial piety, decided to find her father in the river, searching for three days trying to find him. After five days, she and her father were both found dead at the river, which they died from drowning. Eight years later, in 151 CE, a temple was built in Shangyu dedicated to the memory of Cao E and her sacrifice for filial piety. To this day, a tributary of the Qiantang River is named after Cao E.
Pre-existing holiday
Some modern researchers suggest that the stories of Qu Yuan or Wu Zixu were superimposed on a pre-existing holiday tradition. The promotion of these stories over the earlier lore of the holiday seems to have been encouraged by Confucian scholars seeking to legitimize and strengthen their influence at a time when Buddhism, a foreign belief system, was gaining influence in China. The Records of the Grand Historian of that era relate to this.[clarification needed]
Many traditional rituals of the Duanwu Festival emphasize the avoidance of disease. The desire to prevent health hazards associated with the mid-summer months may have been the primary original motive behind the holiday.
Another theory, advanced by Wen Yiduo, is that the Duanwu Festival had its origins in dragon worship. Support is drawn from two key traditions of the festival: the tradition of zongzi, or throwing food into the river, and dragon boat racing. The food may have originally represented an offering to the dragon king, while dragon boat racing naturally reflects reverence of the dragon and the active yang energy associated with it. This combines with the tradition of visiting friends and family on boats.
Another suggestion is that the festival celebrates a widespread feature of east Asian agrarian societies: the harvest of winter wheat. Offerings were regularly made to deities and spirits at such times: in the ancient Yue, dragon kings; in the ancient Chu, Qu Yuan; in the ancient Wu, Wu Zixu (as a river god); in ancient Korea, mountain gods (see Dano (Korean festival)). As interactions between different regions increased, these similar festivals eventually merged into one holiday.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Google Chrome 11 Standalone Installer
Google Chrome just release their newest stable version Google Chrome 11.
It's been well known for sometimes that besides Firefox, Chrome is becoming the other favorites replacement for IE, specially for those who still haven't use the newest Operating System (OS) from Microsoft, Windows 7. As we all know IE 8 an above work slightly better on Windows 7 OS, at least more stable and last bloated under the new Windows 7 OS after the latest drivers updates from Microsoft.
But for those who still "love the old" Windows XP either due financial reason or either truly because still in love with XP because various reason, what do we have to do against the malicious greed of the giant Microsoft company? Should we give up & give them our money? In the end I believe yes, but from the economical point of view, I personally play the time value of money game against them, and hold the need to upgrade the Operating system as long as possible, in the Internet browser matter, even I couldn't use the latest IE9 not to mention the upcoming IE10 on my old PC with XP system, the generous freeware & open source community provide us with an equal replacement or even better with Internet browser such Mozilla Firefox & Chrome.
Chrome always being a problem with some people because they refuse to expose or to provide the standalone or offline installer for Chrome, luckily I manage to found the direct link for their stand alone installer of the newest Chrome 11, so I would like to share it with everyone who read this blog, here is the link to directly download Chrome11 :
It's been well known for sometimes that besides Firefox, Chrome is becoming the other favorites replacement for IE, specially for those who still haven't use the newest Operating System (OS) from Microsoft, Windows 7. As we all know IE 8 an above work slightly better on Windows 7 OS, at least more stable and last bloated under the new Windows 7 OS after the latest drivers updates from Microsoft.
But for those who still "love the old" Windows XP either due financial reason or either truly because still in love with XP because various reason, what do we have to do against the malicious greed of the giant Microsoft company? Should we give up & give them our money? In the end I believe yes, but from the economical point of view, I personally play the time value of money game against them, and hold the need to upgrade the Operating system as long as possible, in the Internet browser matter, even I couldn't use the latest IE9 not to mention the upcoming IE10 on my old PC with XP system, the generous freeware & open source community provide us with an equal replacement or even better with Internet browser such Mozilla Firefox & Chrome.
Chrome always being a problem with some people because they refuse to expose or to provide the standalone or offline installer for Chrome, luckily I manage to found the direct link for their stand alone installer of the newest Chrome 11, so I would like to share it with everyone who read this blog, here is the link to directly download Chrome11 :
Google Chrome 11 Offline Installer DownloadFriday, April 15, 2011
Free Photo Editing/Manipulation Software
About a week ago, I receive email asking is there any free program for photo manipulation or just an photo editing software, but since I've been very busy lately I haven't got a chance to announce the answer in this blog.
Yes, there is free program for photo editing/manipulation, actually a lot. But If I have to make a recommendation, I would suggest Paint.Net or for those more advance kind of users if would recommend the GNU Image Manipulation Program or simply called as GIMP
Paint.Net would be suitable for everyone from the beginners level to those more advance level, or for those who just need the basic on photo editing, cause it was actually build to replace the Microsoft Paint program that every standard windows operating system had. But, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins.
So, Paint.NET has evolve from a simple replacement program for Microsoft Paint into a program that have many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers. The down of Paint.NET that it was created for Windows, and has no native support for any other system. And please note, that in order to run this program, you'll need .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 which you can get from the windows update website if you didn't have it install on tour windows operating system (Windows XP users)
On the other-hand, GIMP would be the best free photo editing software to replace those insane expensive photo editing & manipulation software. And the part is, it is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft's Windows, Apple's Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. In addition to detailed image retouching and free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image editing tasks such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, photomontages combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format.
As a popular application, GIMP is regularly reviewed. The reviews often examine the fitness of GIMP for use in professional environments; as such GIMP is often cited as a free replacement for Adobe Photoshop.
In addition to detailed image retouching and free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image editing tasks such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, photomontages combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format.
GIMP's product vision is that GIMP is or will become a free software high-end graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements
Here is some screen shot from both program which I got from various source at the internet, sorry as I said earlier I'm a bit busy lately ;p
GIMP
Paint.Net
Here is the download link for both software :
Yes, there is free program for photo editing/manipulation, actually a lot. But If I have to make a recommendation, I would suggest Paint.Net or for those more advance kind of users if would recommend the GNU Image Manipulation Program or simply called as GIMP
Paint.Net would be suitable for everyone from the beginners level to those more advance level, or for those who just need the basic on photo editing, cause it was actually build to replace the Microsoft Paint program that every standard windows operating system had. But, Paint.NET has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program, into a powerful editor with support for layers, blending, transparency, and plugins.
So, Paint.NET has evolve from a simple replacement program for Microsoft Paint into a program that have many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers. The down of Paint.NET that it was created for Windows, and has no native support for any other system. And please note, that in order to run this program, you'll need .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 which you can get from the windows update website if you didn't have it install on tour windows operating system (Windows XP users)
On the other-hand, GIMP would be the best free photo editing software to replace those insane expensive photo editing & manipulation software. And the part is, it is freely available in versions tailored for most popular operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft's Windows, Apple's Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux. In addition to detailed image retouching and free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image editing tasks such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, photomontages combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format.
As a popular application, GIMP is regularly reviewed. The reviews often examine the fitness of GIMP for use in professional environments; as such GIMP is often cited as a free replacement for Adobe Photoshop.
In addition to detailed image retouching and free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image editing tasks such as resizing, editing, and cropping photos, photomontages combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format.
GIMP's product vision is that GIMP is or will become a free software high-end graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements
Here is some screen shot from both program which I got from various source at the internet, sorry as I said earlier I'm a bit busy lately ;p
GIMP
Paint.Net
Here is the download link for both software :
- GIMP Download
- From GIMP official website : gimp.org
- From Softpedia : GIMP at Softpedia
- From CNET Download.com : GIMP at CNET Download
- Paint.NET
- From it's official website : Paint.NET
- From Softpedia : Paint.NET at Softpedia
- From CNET Download.com : Paint.NET at CNET Download
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Firefox 4 launch
Yesterday 22 March, Mozila Firefox 4.0 was officially launch, after 12 public beta's, two release candidates(RC), and nearly a year of development, faces a hugely different landscape.
The new version of Firefox, contain several massive changes, the changes include radically redesigned interface, significantly faster browsing speeds, strong support for the still-in-development HTML5 and other "future-Web" technology, and competitive features like synchronization, restart-less add-ons, and tab grouping
Updating from version 3.6 to version 4 take's several minutes, because of the significant code changes that have been made, but it's worth the time to update.
I like the new look & the faster speed, that most likely everyone could instantly realize
to download the new Mozila Firefox 4 simply visit their website or just use the update from your current Firefox 3.6
The new version of Firefox, contain several massive changes, the changes include radically redesigned interface, significantly faster browsing speeds, strong support for the still-in-development HTML5 and other "future-Web" technology, and competitive features like synchronization, restart-less add-ons, and tab grouping
Updating from version 3.6 to version 4 take's several minutes, because of the significant code changes that have been made, but it's worth the time to update.
I like the new look & the faster speed, that most likely everyone could instantly realize
to download the new Mozila Firefox 4 simply visit their website or just use the update from your current Firefox 3.6
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Avast Free Antivirus 6.0 is release
Avast just release their free version of new antivirus, the Avast Free Antivirus 6.0 .
This new product that being continuously being develop by Avast in their fight in the competition between Internet security vendors, in my opinion are one step stronger home computer security product than the previous version 5. Although it's nothing much different in it's new interface, since it's only add 1 new fixtures that instantly seen in this version, the fixtures called Additional Protection which actually contain 3 services :
This new product that being continuously being develop by Avast in their fight in the competition between Internet security vendors, in my opinion are one step stronger home computer security product than the previous version 5. Although it's nothing much different in it's new interface, since it's only add 1 new fixtures that instantly seen in this version, the fixtures called Additional Protection which actually contain 3 services :
- AutoSanbox. This service allow Avast to automatically places programs when it being suspected being threats into a virtualized state. It's suppose to be able to prevent them from potentially damaging your system while allowing them to run. Avast's sandbox allows the program to run, while keeping track of which files are opened, created, or renamed, and what it reads and writes from the Registry. Since permanent changes are virtualized, so when the process terminates itself, the system changes it made will theoretically evaporate.
- WebRep. It's actually a browser-security add-on & works like WOT (Web of Trust), It supports a search result ranking and Web site reputation service that uses a combination of data from Avast virus labs and user voting to determine a safety score for a site. At the current time this service only supported Firefox & IE, although there been issue that they will soon support Chrome in the near future.
- Site Blocking. This service allows you to block access to specific websites/URLs, by manually adding the web or URL address that you wanted to block.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Using Avast 5 alongside Threatfire issue
PC Tools ThreatFire has been known as a behavioral-based protection anti-malware program that should run along with antivirus software, simply because some/most antivirus programs don't include behavioral-based detection or protection, which means ThreatFire complements the protection offered by antivirus software. To say it in a simple words, PC Tools ThreatFire monitors the computer for signs of suspicious behavior and potential attacks.
Since the launch of The Avast antivirus 5, the program was recently updated by adding a Behavior Shield, which has the same function that ThreatFire is already providing. Avast and ThreatFire problems started when its end-users reported applications such as Firefox, Add or Remove Programs, System Restore, and Thunderbird had stopped working or were not responding.
Most security software vendors and security experts recommend not using security software that provides the same functionality, which is correct and should be followed. Why? Because it can prevent system instability and application crashes. It will also prevent interference in removing malware and scanning the computer.
So, if you are using the new Avast version 5.1.889 or a higher and also using ThreatFire, you will need to adjust the settings or remove one of these programs. I personally still using both of them since I don't want to rely on a single security vendor, so what you should do if you wanted to use both programs like I do is simply Add ThreatFire in Trusted Processes Using Avast :
Since the launch of The Avast antivirus 5, the program was recently updated by adding a Behavior Shield, which has the same function that ThreatFire is already providing. Avast and ThreatFire problems started when its end-users reported applications such as Firefox, Add or Remove Programs, System Restore, and Thunderbird had stopped working or were not responding.
Most security software vendors and security experts recommend not using security software that provides the same functionality, which is correct and should be followed. Why? Because it can prevent system instability and application crashes. It will also prevent interference in removing malware and scanning the computer.
So, if you are using the new Avast version 5.1.889 or a higher and also using ThreatFire, you will need to adjust the settings or remove one of these programs. I personally still using both of them since I don't want to rely on a single security vendor, so what you should do if you wanted to use both programs like I do is simply Add ThreatFire in Trusted Processes Using Avast :
- Open the Avast antivirus program. Click Real-Time Shields at the left pane and select Behavior Shield.
- Click Expert Settings button to display the Behavior Shield Settings window.
- Click Trusted Processes and click the browse button.
- Browse the folder of ThreatFire (C:\Program Files\ThreatFire). Select TFService.exe than click Open.
- Click the Add button in the Trusted Processes window of Avast.
- Repeat the same steps by adding :
- TFGui.exe,
- TFHS.exe,
- TFNotice.exe,
- TFRC.exe,
- TFTray.exe,
- TFUD.exe,
- TFUN.exe,
- TFVS.exe and
- TFWSC.exe.
- Browse for C:\Windows\System32\drivers folder to add ThreatFire drivers as Trusted Processes by Avast. Just locate the following : TfSysMon.sys, TfNetMon.sys, and TfFsMon.sys in C:\Windows\System32\drivers and add them to be trusted by Avast Behavior Shield, as well. (if you could found it, simply change the Files of type from *.exe into *.*)
- Click OK and close the Avast user interface. Avast should now stop monitoring the processes and leave the tasks to ThreatFire. Also, it should stop other applications from hanging or not responding.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
PC Tools Firewall Plus v7
Anyone still stuck using windows XP? Than, installing additional firewall would almost be a must to replace the windows XP build in firewall. One of the good free alternative would be PC Tools Firewall Plus v7, It provides two-way protection that monitors inbound and outbound network connections. The personal firewall is also a rule-based firewall which means you can be in control which applications can use the connection. It's a perfect free firewall for Windows (as you probably already know, a firewall can help protect against unsolicited modification or connection attempts).
Installing PC Tools Firewall Plus v7, is very easy, but just like most free product it's being bundled with a rather unnecessarily additional product, in the PC Tools Firewall Plus v7 case, it's being bundled with Google toolbar in PC tools installer, but don't worry, you could just simply uncheck the box to prevent the installation of any unnecessary toolbar or changes in the browser's start and search pages. After the installation process finish, the firewall program by PC Tools will detect the active connection and running the necessary firewall services.
PC Tools rovide useful and neat features in their personal firewall., not only it can protect against intruders, but it can also monitor every network request by applications. It can also notify the user about applications that tries to inject or modify another application without the user's knowledge.
The free firewall provides application logging of the firewall and network activity. If you enable application logging, PC Tools Firewall Plus' history window will display the activities of Firefox or other programs. But by default, if you didn't modify the application rules, the history window in the firewall program will always be empty, even if you use the default setting to auto-refresh logging of network and firewall activities.
PC Tools personal firewall also includes the ability to block all network connections on the computer that it is securing which is a handy command that Symantec has removed in its Norton Internet Security's notification tray icon.
Installing PC Tools Firewall Plus v7, is very easy, but just like most free product it's being bundled with a rather unnecessarily additional product, in the PC Tools Firewall Plus v7 case, it's being bundled with Google toolbar in PC tools installer, but don't worry, you could just simply uncheck the box to prevent the installation of any unnecessary toolbar or changes in the browser's start and search pages. After the installation process finish, the firewall program by PC Tools will detect the active connection and running the necessary firewall services.
PC Tools rovide useful and neat features in their personal firewall., not only it can protect against intruders, but it can also monitor every network request by applications. It can also notify the user about applications that tries to inject or modify another application without the user's knowledge.
The free firewall provides application logging of the firewall and network activity. If you enable application logging, PC Tools Firewall Plus' history window will display the activities of Firefox or other programs. But by default, if you didn't modify the application rules, the history window in the firewall program will always be empty, even if you use the default setting to auto-refresh logging of network and firewall activities.
PC Tools personal firewall also includes the ability to block all network connections on the computer that it is securing which is a handy command that Symantec has removed in its Norton Internet Security's notification tray icon.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Happy Chinese Lunar New Year 農曆新年
It's a little late, but since it's not Cap Go Meh yet, I believe it's still o.k ^_^
May this year mark the new beginning in our life, a better & more happiest life to all of us.
May this year mark the new beginning in our life, a better & more happiest life to all of us.
I recently learn about the meaning of this Chinese new year along with other Preceding days that come with it, I also have read about some other Traditional Chinese Holidays & I would like to share it with the rest of you who visit this blog, if you are Chinese descendant as I am, I hope it could give all of us a better understanding about our culture, our roots of life from our ancestor, or if you're not, at least you could enrich your knowledge about what is Chinese culture is all about, who knows you might love it.
At a start, this holidays/feast day's/gala day's/celebration/commemoration were actually popularized by one of Chinese most famous Philosopher & humanist called Confucius, but some people categorize Confucius not just a philosopher & humanist, but they categorized him as saint or a prophet & his teaching as religion. For me, there's no right or wrong in either perception, since both sides has their own personal perception, let's just put this subject a side, we both Chinese anyway, so let's not quarrel of it ^_^
O.K, lets get started than:
The Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (農曆新年) is actually the first day of the Lunisolar Calendar & it's being the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration and the correct naming is hence "Asian New Year". In China it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春节 (Pinyin: Chūn Jié), owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western carnival. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng Yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year."
The origin of Chinese New Year itself is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Tibetans and Bhutanese, Mongolians, Vietnamese, and the Japanese before 1873 (Oshogatsu).
Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year 2011 "Chinese Year" 4709, 4708, or 4648.
The myth version of the New year festival was actually a fairytale, according to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nian (Chinese: 年; pinyin: nián). Nian would come on the first day of New Year to devour livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people. One time, people saw that the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid of the color red. Hence, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again. The Nian was eventually captured by Hongjun Laozu, an ancient Taoist monk. The Nian became Hongjun Laozu's mount.
Preceding days
On the days before the New Year celebration Chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying "Wash away the dirt on ninyabaat" (年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice is not usually restricted on nin'ya'baat (年廿八, the 28th day of month 12). It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that the newly arrived good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint. Homes are often decorated with paper cutouts of Chinese auspicious phrases and couplets. Purchasing new clothing, shoes, and receiving a hair-cut also symbolize a fresh start.
In many households where Buddhism or Taoism is prevalent, home altars and statues are cleaned thoroughly, and altars that were adorned with decorations from the previous year are also taken down and burned a week before the new year starts, and replaced with new decorations. Taoists (and Buddhists to a lesser extent) will also "send gods" (送神), an example would be burning a paper effigy of Zao Jun the Kitchen God, the recorder of family functions. This is done so that the Kitchen God can report to the Jade Emperor of the family household's transgressions and good deeds. Families often offer sweet foods (such as candy) in order to "bribe" the deities into reporting good things about the family.
The biggest event of any Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family will have. A dish consisting of fish will appear on the tables of Chinese families. It is for display for the New Year's Eve dinner. This meal is comparable to Christmas dinner in the West. In northern China, it is customary to make dumplings (jiaozi 饺子) after dinner and have it around midnight. Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape is like a Chinese tael. By contrast, in the South, it is customary to make a new year cake (Niangao, 年糕) after dinner and send pieces of it as gifts to relatives and friends in the coming days of the new year. Niangao literally means increasingly prosperous year in year out. After the dinner, some families go to local temples, hours before the new year begins to pray for a prosperous new year by lighting the first incense of the year; however in modern practice, many households hold parties and even hold a countdown to the new lunisolar year.
First day
The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Year's Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before. For Buddhists, the first day is also the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (better known as the more familiar Budai Luohan), the Buddha-to-be. People also abstain from killing animals.
Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
Second day
The second day of the Chinese New Year is for married daughters to visit their birth parents. Traditionally, daughters who have been married may not have the opportunity to visit their birth families frequently.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to all dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
Business people of the Cantonese dialect group will hold a 'Hoi Nin' prayer to start their business on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. The prayer is done to pray that they will be blessed with good luck and prosperity in their business for the year.
Third day
The third day is known as chì kǒu (赤口), directly translated as "red mouth". chì kǒu is also called chì gǒu rì (赤狗日). chì gǒu means "the God of Blazing Wrath" (熛怒之神). It is generally accepted that it is not a good day to socialize or visit your relatives and friends.
Fifth day
In northern China, people eat jiǎo zi (simplified Chinese: 饺子; traditional Chinese: 餃子), or dumplings on the morning of Po Wu (破五). This is also the birthday of the Chinese god of wealth. In Taiwan, businesses traditionally re-open on the next day (the sixth day), accompanied by firecrackers.
It is also common in China that on the 5th day people will shoot off firecrackers in the attempt to get Guan Yu's attention, thus ensuring his favor and good fortune for the new year
Seventh day
The seventh day, traditionally known as renri 人日, the common man's birthday, the day when everyone grows one year older. It is the day when tossed raw fish salad, yusheng, is eaten. This is a custom primarily among the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore. People get together to toss the colourful salad and make wishes for continued wealth and prosperity.
For many Chinese Buddhists, this is another day to avoid meat, the seventh day commemorating the birth of Sakra, lord of the devas in Buddhist cosmology who is analogous to the Jade Emperor.
Eighth day
Another family dinner is held to celebrate the eve of the birth of the Jade Emperor. However, everybody should be back to work by the eighth day. All of government agencies and business will stop celebrating by the eighth day. Store owners will host a lunch/dinner with their employees, thanking their employees for the work they have done for the whole year.
Ninth day
The ninth day of the New Year is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天公) in the Taoist Pantheon. The ninth day is traditionally the birthday of the Jade Emperor. This day is especially important to Hokkiens. Come midnight of the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven. Offerings will include sugarcane as it was the sugarcane that had protected the Hokkiens from certain extermination generations ago. Incense, tea, fruit, vegetarian food or roast pig, and paper gold is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honored person.
Tenth day
The other day when the Jade Emperor's birthday is celebrated.
Eleventh through twelfth day
On these days, friends and family are invited for dinners.
Thirteenth day
On the 13th day people will eat pure vegetarian food to clean out their stomach due to consuming too much food over the last two weeks.
This day is dedicated to the General Guan Yu, also known as the Chinese God of War. Guan Yu was born in the Han dynasty and is considered the greatest general in Chinese history. He represents loyalty, strength, truth, and justice. According to history, he was tricked by the enemy and was beheaded.
Almost every organization and business in China will pray to Guan Yu on this day. Before his life ended, Guan Yu had won over one hundred battles and that is a goal that all businesses in China want to accomplish. In a way, people look at him as the God of Wealth or the God of Success.
Fifteenth day
The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as Yuan Xiao Festival/Yuánxiāojié (元宵节) or Shang Yuan Festival/Shàngyuánjié (上元节) or Lantern Festival, otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; pinyin: shí wǔ míng; literally "the fifteen night") in Fujian dialect. Rice dumplings tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. This day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, and families walk the street carrying lighted lanterns.
In Malaysia and Singapore, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking for a love partner, a different version of Valentine's Day. Normally, single women would write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw it in a river or a lake while single men would collect them and eat the oranges. The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate.
(Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; literally "fifteen night") represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the New Year.
The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan and Kue Keranjang. In traditional Chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival or the Shang Yuan Festival. In Southeast Asia, however, it coincides with the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in Penang, Malaysia. In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.)
This day often marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities.
There is goes, if some of you had anything to add please let me know, I also would like to thanks wikipedia for being the source for this article & providing such detail which allow me to post this blog.
At a start, this holidays/feast day's/gala day's/celebration/commemoration were actually popularized by one of Chinese most famous Philosopher & humanist called Confucius, but some people categorize Confucius not just a philosopher & humanist, but they categorized him as saint or a prophet & his teaching as religion. For me, there's no right or wrong in either perception, since both sides has their own personal perception, let's just put this subject a side, we both Chinese anyway, so let's not quarrel of it ^_^
O.K, lets get started than:
The Chinese Lunar New Year Festival (農曆新年) is actually the first day of the Lunisolar Calendar & it's being the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration and the correct naming is hence "Asian New Year". In China it is known as "Spring Festival," the literal translation of the Chinese name 春节 (Pinyin: Chūn Jié), owing to the difference between Western and traditional Chinese methods for computing the seasons. It marks the end of the winter season, analogous to the Western carnival. The festival begins on the first day of the first month (Chinese: 正月; pinyin: Zhēng Yuè) in the traditional Chinese calendar and ends with Lantern Festival which is on the 15th day. Chinese New Year's Eve, a day where Chinese families gather for their annual reunion dinner, is known as Chú Xī (除夕) or "Eve of the Passing Year."
The origin of Chinese New Year itself is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and traditions. Ancient Chinese New Year is a reflection on how the people behaved and what they believed in the most. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors, as well as cultures with whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include Koreans, Tibetans and Bhutanese, Mongolians, Vietnamese, and the Japanese before 1873 (Oshogatsu).
Although the Chinese calendar traditionally does not use continuously numbered years, outside China its years are often numbered from the reign of the Yellow Emperor. But at least three different years numbered 1 are now used by various scholars, making the year 2011 "Chinese Year" 4709, 4708, or 4648.
The myth version of the New year festival was actually a fairytale, according to tales and legends, the beginning of Chinese New Year started with the fight against a mythical beast called the Nian (Chinese: 年; pinyin: nián). Nian would come on the first day of New Year to devour livestock, crops, and even villagers, especially children. To protect themselves, the villagers would put food in front of their doors at the beginning of every year. It was believed that after the Nian ate the food they prepared, it wouldn’t attack any more people. One time, people saw that the Nian was scared away by a little child wearing red. The villagers then understood that the Nian was afraid of the color red. Hence, every time when the New Year was about to come, the villagers would hang red lanterns and red spring scrolls on windows and doors. People also used firecrackers to frighten away the Nian. From then on, Nian never came to the village again. The Nian was eventually captured by Hongjun Laozu, an ancient Taoist monk. The Nian became Hongjun Laozu's mount.
Preceding days
On the days before the New Year celebration Chinese families give their home a thorough cleaning. There is a Cantonese saying "Wash away the dirt on ninyabaat" (年廿八，洗邋遢), but the practice is not usually restricted on nin'ya'baat (年廿八, the 28th day of month 12). It is believed the cleaning sweeps away the bad luck of the preceding year and makes their homes ready for good luck. Brooms and dust pans are put away on the first day so that the newly arrived good luck cannot be swept away. Some people give their homes, doors and window-frames a new coat of red paint. Homes are often decorated with paper cutouts of Chinese auspicious phrases and couplets. Purchasing new clothing, shoes, and receiving a hair-cut also symbolize a fresh start.
In many households where Buddhism or Taoism is prevalent, home altars and statues are cleaned thoroughly, and altars that were adorned with decorations from the previous year are also taken down and burned a week before the new year starts, and replaced with new decorations. Taoists (and Buddhists to a lesser extent) will also "send gods" (送神), an example would be burning a paper effigy of Zao Jun the Kitchen God, the recorder of family functions. This is done so that the Kitchen God can report to the Jade Emperor of the family household's transgressions and good deeds. Families often offer sweet foods (such as candy) in order to "bribe" the deities into reporting good things about the family.
The biggest event of any Chinese New Year's Eve is the dinner every family will have. A dish consisting of fish will appear on the tables of Chinese families. It is for display for the New Year's Eve dinner. This meal is comparable to Christmas dinner in the West. In northern China, it is customary to make dumplings (jiaozi 饺子) after dinner and have it around midnight. Dumplings symbolize wealth because their shape is like a Chinese tael. By contrast, in the South, it is customary to make a new year cake (Niangao, 年糕) after dinner and send pieces of it as gifts to relatives and friends in the coming days of the new year. Niangao literally means increasingly prosperous year in year out. After the dinner, some families go to local temples, hours before the new year begins to pray for a prosperous new year by lighting the first incense of the year; however in modern practice, many households hold parties and even hold a countdown to the new lunisolar year.
First day
The first day is for the welcoming of the deities of the heavens and earth, officially beginning at midnight. Many people, especially Buddhists, abstain from meat consumption on the first day because it is believed that this will ensure longevity for them. Some consider lighting fires and using knives to be bad luck on New Year's Day, so all food to be consumed is cooked the day before. For Buddhists, the first day is also the birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (better known as the more familiar Budai Luohan), the Buddha-to-be. People also abstain from killing animals.
Most importantly, the first day of Chinese New Year is a time when families visit the oldest and most senior members of their extended family, usually their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents.
Second day
The second day of the Chinese New Year is for married daughters to visit their birth parents. Traditionally, daughters who have been married may not have the opportunity to visit their birth families frequently.
On the second day, the Chinese pray to their ancestors as well as to all the gods. They are extra kind to all dogs and feed them well as it is believed that the second day is the birthday of all dogs.
Business people of the Cantonese dialect group will hold a 'Hoi Nin' prayer to start their business on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. The prayer is done to pray that they will be blessed with good luck and prosperity in their business for the year.
Third day
The third day is known as chì kǒu (赤口), directly translated as "red mouth". chì kǒu is also called chì gǒu rì (赤狗日). chì gǒu means "the God of Blazing Wrath" (熛怒之神). It is generally accepted that it is not a good day to socialize or visit your relatives and friends.
Fifth day
In northern China, people eat jiǎo zi (simplified Chinese: 饺子; traditional Chinese: 餃子), or dumplings on the morning of Po Wu (破五). This is also the birthday of the Chinese god of wealth. In Taiwan, businesses traditionally re-open on the next day (the sixth day), accompanied by firecrackers.
It is also common in China that on the 5th day people will shoot off firecrackers in the attempt to get Guan Yu's attention, thus ensuring his favor and good fortune for the new year
Seventh day
The seventh day, traditionally known as renri 人日, the common man's birthday, the day when everyone grows one year older. It is the day when tossed raw fish salad, yusheng, is eaten. This is a custom primarily among the overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore. People get together to toss the colourful salad and make wishes for continued wealth and prosperity.
For many Chinese Buddhists, this is another day to avoid meat, the seventh day commemorating the birth of Sakra, lord of the devas in Buddhist cosmology who is analogous to the Jade Emperor.
Eighth day
Another family dinner is held to celebrate the eve of the birth of the Jade Emperor. However, everybody should be back to work by the eighth day. All of government agencies and business will stop celebrating by the eighth day. Store owners will host a lunch/dinner with their employees, thanking their employees for the work they have done for the whole year.
Ninth day
The ninth day of the New Year is a day for Chinese to offer prayers to the Jade Emperor of Heaven (天公) in the Taoist Pantheon. The ninth day is traditionally the birthday of the Jade Emperor. This day is especially important to Hokkiens. Come midnight of the eighth day of the new year, Hokkiens will offer thanks giving prayers to the Emperor of Heaven. Offerings will include sugarcane as it was the sugarcane that had protected the Hokkiens from certain extermination generations ago. Incense, tea, fruit, vegetarian food or roast pig, and paper gold is served as a customary protocol for paying respect to an honored person.
Tenth day
The other day when the Jade Emperor's birthday is celebrated.
Eleventh through twelfth day
On these days, friends and family are invited for dinners.
Thirteenth day
On the 13th day people will eat pure vegetarian food to clean out their stomach due to consuming too much food over the last two weeks.
This day is dedicated to the General Guan Yu, also known as the Chinese God of War. Guan Yu was born in the Han dynasty and is considered the greatest general in Chinese history. He represents loyalty, strength, truth, and justice. According to history, he was tricked by the enemy and was beheaded.
Almost every organization and business in China will pray to Guan Yu on this day. Before his life ended, Guan Yu had won over one hundred battles and that is a goal that all businesses in China want to accomplish. In a way, people look at him as the God of Wealth or the God of Success.
Fifteenth day
The fifteenth day of the new year is celebrated as Yuan Xiao Festival/Yuánxiāojié (元宵节) or Shang Yuan Festival/Shàngyuánjié (上元节) or Lantern Festival, otherwise known as Chap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; pinyin: shí wǔ míng; literally "the fifteen night") in Fujian dialect. Rice dumplings tangyuan (simplified Chinese: 汤圆; traditional Chinese: 湯圓; pinyin: tāngyuán), a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup, are eaten this day. Candles are lit outside houses as a way to guide wayward spirits home. This day is celebrated as the Lantern Festival, and families walk the street carrying lighted lanterns.
In Malaysia and Singapore, this day is celebrated by individuals seeking for a love partner, a different version of Valentine's Day. Normally, single women would write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw it in a river or a lake while single men would collect them and eat the oranges. The taste is an indication of their possible love: sweet represents a good fate while sour represents a bad fate.
(Chap Goh Meh or Tzap Goh Mei (Chinese: 十五暝; literally "fifteen night") represents the fifteenth and final day of the Lunar New Year period as celebrated by Chinese migrant communities. The term is from the Hokkien dialect and refers to the fifteenth day of the first month, which is the occasion of the first full moon of the New Year.
The occasion is marked by feasting and various festivities, including the consumption of tangyuan and Kue Keranjang. In traditional Chinese culture, it is also celebrated as the Lantern Festival or the Shang Yuan Festival. In Southeast Asia, however, it coincides with the Chinese Valentine's Day. It is also when young unmarried women gather to toss tangerines into the sea, in a hope that their future spouse will pick it up – a custom that originated in Penang, Malaysia. In the past, this was also the only day that unmarried ladies could be seen with their partners.)
This day often marks the end of the Chinese New Year festivities.
There is goes, if some of you had anything to add please let me know, I also would like to thanks wikipedia for being the source for this article & providing such detail which allow me to post this blog.
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