Robin van Persie (born 6 August 1983 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch footballer who plays for English Premier League club Arsenal the Dutch national team. The son of two artists, Van Persie was encouraged to follow in his parents' footsteps, but he instead joined SBV preferred football and Excelsior's youth squad in 2001. He made his breakthrough at hometown club Feyenoord, where he spent three seasons and won the 2002 UEFA Cup. In 2004, he moved to England and signed with Arsenal, with whom he promptly won the FA Community Shield, and the FA Cup. Van Persie has 33 caps and 12 goals with the Netherlands, and participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008.Robin van Persie was raised in the Kralingen section of east Rotterdam. His mother, José Ras, was a painter, and his father, Bob, a sculptor.He has two sisters, Lilly and Kiki.He was frequently encouraged to become involved in the arts like his parents, but he gravitated toward football instead. On 17 May 2004, van Persie signed a four-year deal with Arsenal. Manager Arsène Wenger, who planned to convert van Persie from a left winger to a center forward as he had successfully done with star player Thierry Henry, said of his new acquisition, "He can play on the left side of midfield, as a creative player behind the main strikers or as a target man." Arsenal had further padded their stable of strikers in January by signing Spanish forward José Antonio Reyes,leaving the two to battle for playing time. Van Persie made his debut and won a trophy in the process, as he came on as a substitute in the 3–1 FA CommunityShield victory over Manchester United on 8 August 2004.
Van Persie with Former Arsenal's Superstar Thierry Henry
Van Persie spent most of his time on the bench during earlier parts of the 2004–05 season, and made his competitive debut on 27 October by scoring Arsenal's opening goal in a 2–1 League Cup win over Manchester City.However, he was sent off for the first time in an Arsenal uniform on 26 February during a 1–1 road draw with Southampton, following a lunge at left back Graeme Le Saux, for which Wenger was seen yelling an obscenity at van Persie from the sidelines. He then later lambasted his charge in the press. "I do not support van Persie today, but he did not look out of control at half-time. When the referee has sent off a home player, he is under pressure, so, if any player had to behave, it was him." Meanwhile, Telegraph sportswriter Clive White described van Persie in his match report as "21 going on nine." Van Persie was consequently benched for a number of games, starting with Arsenal's upcoming FA Cup replay against Sheffield United,and he was reintroduced into the squad only after Henry was out with a calf injury, and his return to the first team saw him score twice in a FA Cup semi-final win over Blackburn Rovers. The rest of van Persie's season was cut short by injury, and he finished with ten goals in 41 appearances in all competitions.Van Persie's ongoing form earned him the Player of the Month award for November 2005 after eight goals in eight starts, and he was rewarded with a five-year contract extension until 2011 on 4 January. However, two days after signing the contract, van Persie was again wracked with injury after an opponent stepped on his foot and broke his toe during an FA Cup match against Cardiff. Van Persie played the next three matches with a hole cut into his shoe to alleviate the pain until hewasfinallyrestedforArsenal'sPremiership match against West Ham United on 1 February.He was an unused substitute in Arsenal's first Champions League final appearance, a 2–1 loss to Barcelona. The beginning of the 2006–07 season included an airborne volley against Charlton Athletic that Wenger called "the goal of a lifetime"[dead link] and was later named BBC's Goal of the Month for September,and he capped off the calendar year by being named the 2006 Rotterdam Sportsman of the Year. However, his season ended early for the second time in his career on 21 January, when he fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot while celebrating his late equalizer in a match against Manchester United. He finished with a team-leading 13 goals. After Henry departed for Barcelona prior to the 2007–08 season, van Persie assumed the role as Arsenal's main striker. Following a streak of seven goals in ten regular-season games, van Persie was sidelined for two months with a knee injury suffered on international duty. He made his comeback in Arsenal's Champions League group stage win over Steaua Bucareşti on 12 December. Van Persie opened his 2008–09 account on 31 August with a brace in Arsenal's 3–0 league victory over Newcastle United. On 29 October, he scored his fiftieth career Arsenal goal in a 4–4 home draw with North London derby rivals Tottenham Hotspur, but was hit with his first red card of the season on 1 November after knocking down goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen with a shoulder charge in a 2–1 loss to Stoke City. Sorensen later admitted to "teasing" van Persie in an attempt to provoke a reaction. With captain Cesc Fàbregas injured and regular stand-in skipper Manuel Almunia rested, van Persie captained Arsenal for the first time on 3 January 2009 for the club's 3–1 third-round FA Cup victory over Plymouth Argyle. Van Persie scored Arsenal's first and third goals, while the second was a result of his cross being deflected into the net by a Plymouth player for an own goal. Also, he had the "perfect" January 2009 with Arsenal football club, as every goal scored by Arsenal was either by Van Persie or assisted by Van Persie. On February 24, van Persie scored a crucial penalty that earned Arsenal a 1-0 win over Roma in the Champions League round of 16 encounter. He had been fouled by defender Philippe Mexès and cooly slotted in the ball leaving goalkeeper Doni wrong-footed.
LAP TOP
A laptop (also known as a notebook) is a personal computer designed for mobile use small enough to sit on one's lap. A laptop includes most of the typical components of a typical desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device (a touchpad, also known as a trackpad, or a pointing stick) as well as a battery, into a single small and light unit. Therechargeable battery required is charged from an AC/DC adapter (ie, a wall wart) and typically stores enough energy to run the laptop for several hours.
Laptops are usually shaped like a large notebook with thicknesses between 0.7–1.5 inches (18–38 mm) and dimensions ranging from 10x8 inches (27x22cm, 13" display) to 15x11 inches (39x28cm, 17" display) and up. Modern laptops weigh 3 to 12 pounds (1.4 to 5.4 kg); older laptops were usually heavier. Most laptops are designed in the flip form factor to protect the screen and the keyboard when closed. Modern 'tablet' laptops have a complex joint between the keyboard housing and the display, permitting the display panel to twist and then lay flat on the keyboard housing. They usually have a touchscreen display and some include handwriting recognition or graphics drawing capability. Laptops were originally considered to be "a small niche market"] and were thought suitable mostly for "specialized field applications" such as "the military, the Internal Revenue Service, accountants and sales representatives". Battery-powered portable computers had just 2% worldwide market share in 1986. But today, there are already more laptops than desktops in businesses, and laptops are becoming obligatory for student use and more popular for general use. According to a forecast by Intel, more laptops than desktops will be sold in the general PC market as soon as 2009.
SONY ERICSSON C902
The Sony Ericsson C902 is a mobile phone released during the second quarter of 2008. The phone is the first in Sony Ericsson's new 'Cyber-shot' C-series of phones, along with the Sony Ericsson C702. With a 5.0 megapixel camera, with features such as BestPic, autofocus and face detection, it is set to be the new camera-focused series. It is available in the colours of "Luscious Red" and "Swift Black". In the United Kingdom, the Luscious Red colour is available only on the Vodafone network.The C902 is featured in the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. The phone will be available in a rare titanium silver color and will include a 2GB M2 memory card preloaded with several James Bond media.The phone was designed to be a successor to the popular K800i and the K850. Sony Ericsson released the C902 with a much slimmer and lighter metal enclosure, a more robust joystick and a more durable camera slider. These features seemed to address the main problems with the K850.
MY FAMILY
The back bone of every individual is their family members. As for me my family members are indeed the back bone in my life. My family consists of five member which is my dad,mum,elder sister,me and my younger sister.Here is a brief biodata's of my family members. My dad works in Malaysia Airlines Sdn Bhd as Head Of Department Engineering and Maintanence.He is the bread winner in my family. Next is my mum she is a housewife. She is a very hardworking lady.My elder sister is works as Clinical Instructor in Masterskill College.Me i am going to be 19years old this May 2009. Im studying Metallurgical Engineering in Universiti Malaysia Perlis(UniMaP).Last but not the list is my younger sister who is studying Form One this year.She is a very intelligent girl but sometimes very naughty and annoying..Haha.. Here are some pictures of me and my family members in a vacation to Rome,Italy. (NOTE:My father is missing from the picture because he was the cameraman.Haha.=P
Here we are at outside of Rome International Airport
My younger sister and i in the streets of Rome
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Me with MAS Pilot in Rome Airport
APPLE IPODS
iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on October 23, 2001 (2001-10-23). The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle. The iPhone can function as an iPod but is generally treated as a separate product. Former iPod models include the iPod Mini and the spin-off iPod Photo (since reintegrated into the main iPod Classic line). iPod Classic models store media on an internal hard drive, while all other models use flash memory to enable their smaller size (the discontinued Mini used a Microdrive miniature hard drive). As with many other digital music players, iPods, excluding the iPod Touch, can also serve as external data storage devices. Storage capacity varies by model.
Apple's iTunes software can be used to transfer music to the devices from computers using certain versions of Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. For users who choose not to use Apple's software or whose computers cannot run iTunes software, several open source alternatives to iTunes are also available.iTunes and its alternatives may also transfer photos, videos, games, contact information, e-mail settings, Web bookmarks, and calendars to iPod models supporting those features. As of September 2008 more than 173 million iPods had been sold worldwide, making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.The iTunes Store is an online media store run by Apple and accessed via iTunes. It was introduced on 29 April 2003 and it sells individual songs, with typical prices being US$0.99, AU$1.69 (inc. GST), NZ$1.79 (inc. GST), €0.99 (inc. VAT), or £0.79 (inc. VAT) per song. Since no other portable player supports the DRM used, only iPods can play protected content from the iTunes Store. The store became the market leader soon after its launch[12] and Apple announced the sale of videos through the store on 12 October 2005. Full-length movies became available on 12 September 2006.Purchased audio files use the AAC format with added encryption. The encryption is based on the FairPlay DRM system. Up to five authorized computers and an unlimited number of iPods can play the files. Burning the files onto an audio CD, then re-compressing can create music files without the DRM, although this results in reduced quality. The DRM can also be removed using third-party software. However, in a deal with Apple, EMI began selling DRM-free, higher-quality songs on the iTunes Stores, in a category called "iTunes Plus." While individual songs were made available at a cost of US$1.29, 30¢ more than the cost of a regular DRM song, entire albums were available for the same price, US$9.99, as DRM encoded albums. On 17 October 2007, Apple lowered the cost of individual iTunes Plus songs to US$0.99 per song, the same as DRM encoded tracks. On January 6, 2009, Apple announced that DRM has been removed from 80% of the music catalog, and that it will be removed from all music by April, 2009.iPods cannot play music files from competing music stores that use rival-DRM technologies like Microsoft's protected WMA or RealNetworks' Helix DRM. Example stores include Napster and MSN Music. RealNetworks claims that Apple is creating problems for itself by using FairPlay to lock users into using the iTunes Store. Steve Jobs has stated that Apple makes little profit from song sales, although Apple uses the store to promote iPod sales.[ However, iPods can also play music files from online stores that do not use DRM, such as eMusic or Amie Street.Universal Music Group decided not to renew their contract with the iTunes Music Store on 3 July 2007. Universal will now supply iTunes in an 'at will' capacity.Apple debuted the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on 5 September 2007, in its Media Event entitled "The Beat Goes On..." This service allows users to access the Music Store from either an iPhone or an iPod Touch and download songs directly to the device that can be synced to the user's iTunes Library.
