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KL Library ... the coolest place to be in town
6 months ago
Monday, April 27, 2009
WWF's "Take a Stand for Turtles TODAY; with just One Signature"
Title says it all, do your part and fax in your signatures, NO PAYMENT REQUIRED so what you lose is actually your pen's ink, paper and cost to fax, also a wee bit of your time :).
Click the pic to get an enlarged version, print then fax to 03-78035157.
Click the pic to get an enlarged version, print then fax to 03-78035157.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Swimming again
After many years of being away from the pool, today at long last i begin my some form of exercise. I don't really like to run that is why i have always shied away from my running friends' activities. I don't have a running shoe and im a person who is not built for long distance runnings, tried that in school ran 800m and i could see the stars as clear as the Hubble Telescope.
There won't be any pool pics as i won't be risking my camera which is not water resistant to be near water :p So instead i will show off my new gear :D My Speedo Goggles ^_^
The packaging
Unpackaged
An extra goodie, a carrying case for the goggles
In you go to your new home :p
Entrance fee have increased but isn't that an unmistakable trend? Rm2 for weekdays
A sad and unfortunate event, the car parked next to me was broken into
There won't be any pool pics as i won't be risking my camera which is not water resistant to be near water :p So instead i will show off my new gear :D My Speedo Goggles ^_^
The packaging
Unpackaged
An extra goodie, a carrying case for the goggles
In you go to your new home :p
Entrance fee have increased but isn't that an unmistakable trend? Rm2 for weekdays
A sad and unfortunate event, the car parked next to me was broken intoAfter spending close to 1 hour in the pool and maybe 500m of swimming with long rests in between laps of course. I went to my car and wanted to leave before it gets dark, as suspected, the place is really not safe and from the picture above you can see that the Mercedes Benz had its front passenger side window broken into and the glove compartment searched through. Not sure what the thief got but im guessing sunglasses, Touch N' Go + Smart Tag and whatever valuebles would be gone. This fella is either new here or have no other car, driving a Benz at times like this is just asking for trouble if you ask me, leaving it in a an area like this, the owner should be quite thankful that he/she will still have his/her ride after their fun in the pool.
My shoulders are so damned sore because i have not used them so vigorously for a very long time. Since i did not use much leg power to do kicking, they are in better shape, if i got cramp then i might have problem driving so i had to not use so much leg power for the time being. Thinking back, i had to swim at least 1km as warm and the next day i don't have any sores unless i get cramps. I wonder how long it would take before i am able to do 1km again :p
For the time being, i think i may have to apply Yoko-Yoko, i can't really fully raise my arms now :p Sigh, old age sure has its way of telling you :(
My shoulders are so damned sore because i have not used them so vigorously for a very long time. Since i did not use much leg power to do kicking, they are in better shape, if i got cramp then i might have problem driving so i had to not use so much leg power for the time being. Thinking back, i had to swim at least 1km as warm and the next day i don't have any sores unless i get cramps. I wonder how long it would take before i am able to do 1km again :p
For the time being, i think i may have to apply Yoko-Yoko, i can't really fully raise my arms now :p Sigh, old age sure has its way of telling you :(
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Panasonic Lumix TZ7 ^_^
My order for the newly released Lumix TZ7 finally reached my possession yesterday. I have been doing alot of research to find a good camera and had earlier set my sight on TZ15 or FZ28 but since this is gonna be a family camera so i had to opt for the PnS (Point and Shoot) type ie TZ15 eventhough both are around the same price.
Can't take the camera's pic with itself so i had to grab this from Panasonic's website :p
The box with its full content =D
Everything in the package, cloth bag included :p
Manual + CDs, Warranty card, the extra 4GB SDHC Memory Card :p Battery Protector, TV Cable and Plastic Lumix Landyard
6GB Memory Card (standard package), Lumix SDHC Card Holder
Battery Charger, 2 hours of charging for 2 hours of use =_=
The Synthetic Leather Case
I purposely went to Sunway Pyramid for the Panasonic fair. Delighted that i may finally get the camera which i have aimed for so long but was disappointed to learn that TZ15 is being phased out and the replacement model is not yet released in Malaysia, ie the TZ7. The new model like all new things is of course more expensive than its older model so it became a bit out of reach :(
Asking around in LYN, i got a quote which was much cheaper than the RRP (recommended retail price) and remembered that i have a friend who have a Panasonic dealer friend, so i decided to get a quote from him as well just to compare or see if he can give a better one. Luck as it may seem is by my side and he was able to give me the same price BUT with all the free gifts which were given at the fair ^_^
Can't take the camera's pic with itself so i had to grab this from Panasonic's website :p
The box with its full content =D
Everything in the package, cloth bag included :p
Manual + CDs, Warranty card, the extra 4GB SDHC Memory Card :p Battery Protector, TV Cable and Plastic Lumix Landyard
6GB Memory Card (standard package), Lumix SDHC Card Holder
Battery Charger, 2 hours of charging for 2 hours of use =_=
The Synthetic Leather CaseWith Panasonic's iA technology, i now have no more troubles having to flip from normal mode to macro mode. Though this may be a new standard for all brands of PnS, but this is the first time i really test it out. I can see my palm clearly at less than 5cm away :p Superb optical zoom (12x) will not be useful if there is no stabilizer technology, so i did try out the max zoom and my shaky hands were very noticeable but Mega O.I.S. kicked in and i got a good shot of my target ^_^
Its first real test would be my sister's trip to Bali. 10GB of memory should be able to accomodate them for their very short journey. Looking forward to enjoying the beautiful scenery captured when they come back =D
p/s : Uploading the pics here was really a pain, all the pics are almost 6mb in size EACH *sweat*
Its first real test would be my sister's trip to Bali. 10GB of memory should be able to accomodate them for their very short journey. Looking forward to enjoying the beautiful scenery captured when they come back =D
p/s : Uploading the pics here was really a pain, all the pics are almost 6mb in size EACH *sweat*
Thursday, April 16, 2009
P1's Wimax review
Yes, i did wake up VERY early this morning BUT not to watch football. I woke up long before it was time and i decided to check on my torrents, they were done again, YIPPIE! Refreshed livescore.com again and again and really forcing myself not to watch the Porto vs MU game as to not jinx the team. Seems like it worked and we are now in the semis to go against ARSEnal. Ok, enough with the crap talk, obviously this post is not about the game nor about me not being able to sleep again after knowing the result, not really because we have progressed but it really could not fall asleep again.
My sister have been giving it a go since the beginning of the week. To her, it was great because for her game when compared to being played using Streamyx was what gamers would call lag free. I guess she did use it alot since its her study week and she is just lingering at home and not really doing any studying.
So this morning i decided to give it a go, boot up of the router was similar to Streamyx, have to wait for quite a while before it is able to connect. I got a full bar signal (green light) in my room and that made me smile from ear to ear. So i was thinking, what and how do i test the connection? You can't torrent as the port is blocked. My mind was filled up with how we won so i tried to search for youtube but none have been uploaded, so i had to settle for the next best thing, the full time report. After i had my fill from my favourite football sites, my mind came back to my initial question, how to test Wimax?
Then i noticed that i had several files which i have not completed downloads from Megaupload and Rapidshare. Though excited i wasn't hoping much BUT boy was i wrong. I did the normal procedures of being a cheapskate and chose the non-premium aka free users and my downloads started. At first the symptoms of slow downloads was quite evident as the download was slow to start and i almost looked away in anticipation of disappointment but then at the corner of my eye, the download speed began to show and it surprised me to say the least, 100+kb sometimes but most of the time remains higher than 50kb ^_^
What amazed me even more was that right after a file finished i tried to continue my next file and therein my next surprise, i could do another download without having the warning of "you have downloaded so and so size therefore you cannot use our service for 'X' minutes more", this was for Megaupload and i only had 1 incident of waiting for 11 minutes before i was allowed to get the next file on Rapidshare. All in all, i got 5 files of 100mb in less than 2 hours WOW!
To my great delight, i now have another Korean movie to enjoice ^_^
The nice cube design with P1's logo.
Everything working fine with full bar signal
To my great despair, my testing time for Wimax is coming to an end, time for another friend to test it out before he considers signing up.
Food for thought on my test :
1) These speeds may only be achieveable in the wee hours of the morning? Yet to be tested during waking hours.
2) Seems to me the auto-update of IP for the router works great for leechers like me on sites like Megaupload and Rapidshare.
3) Although not perfect in packet sending but the almost lag free is really impressive.
I would like to thank my friend for allowing me to test out Wimax. For the time being, im giving it 1.5 thumbs up :p Yet to know what would happen is more and more users subscribe to its service.
My sister have been giving it a go since the beginning of the week. To her, it was great because for her game when compared to being played using Streamyx was what gamers would call lag free. I guess she did use it alot since its her study week and she is just lingering at home and not really doing any studying.
So this morning i decided to give it a go, boot up of the router was similar to Streamyx, have to wait for quite a while before it is able to connect. I got a full bar signal (green light) in my room and that made me smile from ear to ear. So i was thinking, what and how do i test the connection? You can't torrent as the port is blocked. My mind was filled up with how we won so i tried to search for youtube but none have been uploaded, so i had to settle for the next best thing, the full time report. After i had my fill from my favourite football sites, my mind came back to my initial question, how to test Wimax?
Then i noticed that i had several files which i have not completed downloads from Megaupload and Rapidshare. Though excited i wasn't hoping much BUT boy was i wrong. I did the normal procedures of being a cheapskate and chose the non-premium aka free users and my downloads started. At first the symptoms of slow downloads was quite evident as the download was slow to start and i almost looked away in anticipation of disappointment but then at the corner of my eye, the download speed began to show and it surprised me to say the least, 100+kb sometimes but most of the time remains higher than 50kb ^_^
What amazed me even more was that right after a file finished i tried to continue my next file and therein my next surprise, i could do another download without having the warning of "you have downloaded so and so size therefore you cannot use our service for 'X' minutes more", this was for Megaupload and i only had 1 incident of waiting for 11 minutes before i was allowed to get the next file on Rapidshare. All in all, i got 5 files of 100mb in less than 2 hours WOW!
To my great delight, i now have another Korean movie to enjoice ^_^
The nice cube design with P1's logo.
Everything working fine with full bar signalTo my great despair, my testing time for Wimax is coming to an end, time for another friend to test it out before he considers signing up.
Food for thought on my test :
1) These speeds may only be achieveable in the wee hours of the morning? Yet to be tested during waking hours.
2) Seems to me the auto-update of IP for the router works great for leechers like me on sites like Megaupload and Rapidshare.
3) Although not perfect in packet sending but the almost lag free is really impressive.
I would like to thank my friend for allowing me to test out Wimax. For the time being, im giving it 1.5 thumbs up :p Yet to know what would happen is more and more users subscribe to its service.
Half awake from a deep slumber
This is not about me waking up too early today. That would be the post above ^. I have got confirmation on something which i had suspected since Saturday. Things did not worked out as planned as im tied up with many other matters but in a way, im glad that this happened this way. It could have been worse and i may have lost a good friend.
If you can see me now, you will be able to know that im unhappy from my facial expression, im not known to be good at hiding how i feel. How i feel is generally shown on my face so depending on how 'black' it is, i would generally advise you to not test my patience because i believe it would have been reduced to zero or a bomb waiting to explode. However, depending on what it is, if you ask, i may share it if its not something which i do not want people to know.
I noticed that i have been in a deep slumber with a fantasizing dream which i did not wish to wake up from. A dream is a dream and reality it must face when i am awakened. I have actually scripted what might happen without taking into account of third party which may interfere, so what really happened now is just like what life can throw at you, surprises just when you least expect it.
In my script, i can see 2 endings where neither have a happy end, the way i see it. I have however factored in a unknown variable which have caused me some sleepless nights before. Since its unknown and very necessary, therefore there are infinite number of possibilities of how things might go. Since its a dream of course i would want the happier ending of the 2 to happen, knowing too well that its the least likely. But this unpredictable person have thrown up many surprises so the possibility no matter how remote it may seem may happen because she sometimes think very differently from other people.
I have changed my script very much factoring in more reality based variables. Perhaps i have underestimated a bit of the third party factor and too immersed into my fantasy that when things happened it just blew me away like what happened now. It doesn't matter because this is for the better, more for her and though less for me but i truly do wish her good luck as i have no confidence that i can come close to what she would have wanted. Many a time during her past relationships i have wanted to help but the green-eyed monster in me prevented me to do so.
After getting this out of the way, i can now hopefully concentrate on more pressing matters. My financials, "Say Goodbye", my job and what is left of my family. How funny is this, as i chatted with her, i talked about my other dream which now im striving towards is to provide for my family and try to shoulder more burden which my parents have been carrying for so long. With the heavy big stones which im carrying now, i must add-on more rocks and pebbles so that i can hopefully achieve that dream. There is still a long long way to go, next year's trouble is already in sight and nearer to now would be next month, 2 huge hurdles and i may have to go back into negatives to achieve what is asked of me.
Why is it half awake you may wonder? There is a small part of me that have not given up yet or to be more precise, is unwilling to surrender until i have got the answer told to me face to face or at least in a form which is concrete and will break this worthless piece of shit in me.
*Heaves a huge sigh of frustration!*
Ryu - My Memory (OST of Winter Sonata)
If you can see me now, you will be able to know that im unhappy from my facial expression, im not known to be good at hiding how i feel. How i feel is generally shown on my face so depending on how 'black' it is, i would generally advise you to not test my patience because i believe it would have been reduced to zero or a bomb waiting to explode. However, depending on what it is, if you ask, i may share it if its not something which i do not want people to know.
I noticed that i have been in a deep slumber with a fantasizing dream which i did not wish to wake up from. A dream is a dream and reality it must face when i am awakened. I have actually scripted what might happen without taking into account of third party which may interfere, so what really happened now is just like what life can throw at you, surprises just when you least expect it.
In my script, i can see 2 endings where neither have a happy end, the way i see it. I have however factored in a unknown variable which have caused me some sleepless nights before. Since its unknown and very necessary, therefore there are infinite number of possibilities of how things might go. Since its a dream of course i would want the happier ending of the 2 to happen, knowing too well that its the least likely. But this unpredictable person have thrown up many surprises so the possibility no matter how remote it may seem may happen because she sometimes think very differently from other people.
I have changed my script very much factoring in more reality based variables. Perhaps i have underestimated a bit of the third party factor and too immersed into my fantasy that when things happened it just blew me away like what happened now. It doesn't matter because this is for the better, more for her and though less for me but i truly do wish her good luck as i have no confidence that i can come close to what she would have wanted. Many a time during her past relationships i have wanted to help but the green-eyed monster in me prevented me to do so.
After getting this out of the way, i can now hopefully concentrate on more pressing matters. My financials, "Say Goodbye", my job and what is left of my family. How funny is this, as i chatted with her, i talked about my other dream which now im striving towards is to provide for my family and try to shoulder more burden which my parents have been carrying for so long. With the heavy big stones which im carrying now, i must add-on more rocks and pebbles so that i can hopefully achieve that dream. There is still a long long way to go, next year's trouble is already in sight and nearer to now would be next month, 2 huge hurdles and i may have to go back into negatives to achieve what is asked of me.
Why is it half awake you may wonder? There is a small part of me that have not given up yet or to be more precise, is unwilling to surrender until i have got the answer told to me face to face or at least in a form which is concrete and will break this worthless piece of shit in me.
*Heaves a huge sigh of frustration!*
Ryu - My Memory (OST of Winter Sonata)
My Memory moh doo gee uhk hae yoh geuh soon gahnEnglish Translation
Noon eul gahm euh myun ah joo jahk eun eel doh boh ee neh yoh
You're far away dah deul soo up neun goh seh
Sa rang hahn dah neun mahl doh gee dah leen dah neun mahl doh ha jee moht ha goh
Jung mahl mohl laht joh geuh dehl ee luht geh dah shee mahn nahl jool eun sehng gahk joh cha moht het suht joh
Ah jik nuhl sa rang hae ee jeh lah doh neh geh goh behk hahl kkeh
I want to love you forever
Neut jee ahn aht dah myun ee luht geh nah wah hahm kkeh young won hee
Oh leht dohng ahn geuh dehn nah ae gah seum ae mahn eun shee gahn heul luh doh
Ah joo muhl lee ee juh doh sahl ah eet sut joh
Jung mahl mohl laht joh geuh dehl ee luht geh dah shee mahn nahl jool eun sehng gahk joh cha moht het suht joh
Ah jik nuhl sa rang hae ee jeh lah doh neh geh goh behk hahl kkeh
I want to love you forever
Neut jee ahn aht dah myun ee luht geh nah wah hahm kkeh young won hee
My Memory At that moment I remembered it all
When I see those memories they seem so small..
You're far away in a place that I can't reach
I can't wait for these words of love to be said
I really was to blame
Will I ever get to meet you again?
I can't even imagine that
I still love you and now I'll confess that to you
I wanna love you forever
It's not too late
Be with me forever
For a long time you've been in my heart
Much time passes and still you're far away, but I will stay alive
I really was to blame
Will I ever get to meet you again?
I can't even imagine that
I still love you and now I'll confess that to you
I wanna love you forever
It's not too late
Be with me forever
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
One big stone on top of another
Now im beginning to understand the full extent of the warning i got from my colleague who helped me secure this position. My team does not seem to be understaffed but more like they are overworked. I got to know that ALL of them are handling like at least 10 concurrent projects and their calender are full of appointments. Sometimes they don't even have time for lunch @_@"
In a way i have been honeymooning until last week by doing clerical work or sometimes even secretarial work (not to the extent of making coffee, thank god). Since Monday my calender too have been starting to fill up. Attending meetings is fine with me since i got no authority to make any decisions for my department. Now that im picking up speed to be overworked, i first got a big stone, tosextify satisfy external auditors and fulfill all their demands whenever possible. Simple demands at first, no problemo! Starting Monday, i have to breathe down the necks of senior managers to get their reply to answer auditor questions, many of them of course are too 'busy' and delegate the work to the supposedly 'more knowledgeable' staff.
If you worked in a GLC or dealt with a GLC, you will know how they mentality is and the trouble of getting these people to work. '4方木, 踢一次, 动一次'. Actually some are even worse, to make that already worse matter ever more worse is that that manager is now in charge of the biggest application in the company and is one of the most elusive, hardest to reach/contact person in the whole company. Seems to be more busy than the CEO (FYI, my CEO is a known workaholic). After many attempts to contact him, i managed to force him to assign a manager to hopefully get the information i require tosextify satisfy the auditor, which is about 2 days later and at the end of day 2 im still left with this application's information not updated so that i can get the auditor off my back to do my other mounting tasks.
Yesterday, another big stone was dropped upon my shoulders. Since my department got a makeover due to the re-structuring, we have to handle aonther big task. This task is of course delegated to the seemingly most free staff ie your's truly. Again, i will have to deal with senior managers and chase them for more things which they do not want to do =_=" To make matters worse, i have to set goals for them achieve, failing which they must come up with plans to mitigate the risks, this of course is another thing which they do not want to do and your's truly will have to chase them to ensure that they have that plan before my due date to submit the report. I just received a big stack (>1 feet tall ^_^") of documents which my boss gave me 2 weeks to digest and come up with an executive summary for him to enjoy.
One of my task when doing clerical/secretarial work was to summarize a big ring file of documents into 10 pages of presentation to be easily digested by everyone in my sector (ie all of IT, starting with the managers). I have done this in about a week and since this is related to another big task which is again delegated to me making it big stone 3.
All these things will require reports, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly and adhoc or as and when required. GREAT!!! One report after another,sextifying satisfying the auditors, attend meetings + all the secretarial/clerical work which will be thrown to me from time to time. Since some of my colleagues will be moving away due re-structuring, i MUST take this opportunity to move further away from my boss and definately try to get out of the secretary's cubicle. He doesn't like to have secretaries therefore there has been none since his arrival in to the company.
Hmmm since im the 'junior', i think future activities of going to the vendor's office will be delegated to me too. Oh yeah, these fine overworked people do not like to claim overtime, WOOT! I guess this is how they welcome new people into the department. I sure as hell hope there will be a new junior soon. So that i can delegate some work to him/her too :p
In a way i have been honeymooning until last week by doing clerical work or sometimes even secretarial work (not to the extent of making coffee, thank god). Since Monday my calender too have been starting to fill up. Attending meetings is fine with me since i got no authority to make any decisions for my department. Now that im picking up speed to be overworked, i first got a big stone, to
If you worked in a GLC or dealt with a GLC, you will know how they mentality is and the trouble of getting these people to work. '4方木, 踢一次, 动一次'. Actually some are even worse, to make that already worse matter ever more worse is that that manager is now in charge of the biggest application in the company and is one of the most elusive, hardest to reach/contact person in the whole company. Seems to be more busy than the CEO (FYI, my CEO is a known workaholic). After many attempts to contact him, i managed to force him to assign a manager to hopefully get the information i require to
Yesterday, another big stone was dropped upon my shoulders. Since my department got a makeover due to the re-structuring, we have to handle aonther big task. This task is of course delegated to the seemingly most free staff ie your's truly. Again, i will have to deal with senior managers and chase them for more things which they do not want to do =_=" To make matters worse, i have to set goals for them achieve, failing which they must come up with plans to mitigate the risks, this of course is another thing which they do not want to do and your's truly will have to chase them to ensure that they have that plan before my due date to submit the report. I just received a big stack (>1 feet tall ^_^") of documents which my boss gave me 2 weeks to digest and come up with an executive summary for him to enjoy.
One of my task when doing clerical/secretarial work was to summarize a big ring file of documents into 10 pages of presentation to be easily digested by everyone in my sector (ie all of IT, starting with the managers). I have done this in about a week and since this is related to another big task which is again delegated to me making it big stone 3.
All these things will require reports, monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly and adhoc or as and when required. GREAT!!! One report after another,
Hmmm since im the 'junior', i think future activities of going to the vendor's office will be delegated to me too. Oh yeah, these fine overworked people do not like to claim overtime, WOOT! I guess this is how they welcome new people into the department. I sure as hell hope there will be a new junior soon. So that i can delegate some work to him/her too :p
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Acer X203H Happy then SAD ...
I have finally managed to buy a LCD monitor, not my first choice nor preference but beggars can't be choosers. Best bang for buck, the Acer X203H a 20" widescreen LCD with DVI, speakers, 16:9 and 10000:1 contrast ratio. With some help from a friend's friend, i managed to lower the price shown for retail. Friendly and knowledgeable guy, if in future i have any PC related things to buy, i will be sure to seek him.
Never liked Acer since it existed but in this case i really have no choice, with my wallet filled with only 8 pieces of Rm50, that is the max i can fork out for a LCD. The speaker is at the back so not gonna expect much sound from it. One down side to this purchase is that it has a dead pixel, i was told that it must have 15 dead pixels then only its eligible to claim for warranty? :(
Sometimes i really think im cursed, as soon i as i have setup and configured the PC with relevant softwares, the HDD died!!! I fucking flipped out!!! NIAMA CCB, just when i just settled down to enjoy a long dormant PC, it just fucking stopped working. To make matters worse, that was my biggest HDD, really KNNCCB!!! Fortunately though, i did not have much data on it, unfornately though i have just lost a 120GB HDD. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Although the prices of storage are crashing worse than the global stock market, i still can't see where i can squeeze enough money to buy another new HDD. This coupled with my lazyness to reinstall everything again. Maybe, just maybe if and when i have shifted to my new house, i might want to upgrade this machine and install it with Vista Ultimate SP1, which i got from a Microsoft event quite some time ago.
After struggling the whole Sunday evening to find another HDD to replace the dead one and the tedious work of reinstalling ALL the things which i had configured nicely JUST THE DAY BEFORE, here i am typing in this entry. Fingers crossed that this HDD will last me until i can move into my new house.
Never liked Acer since it existed but in this case i really have no choice, with my wallet filled with only 8 pieces of Rm50, that is the max i can fork out for a LCD. The speaker is at the back so not gonna expect much sound from it. One down side to this purchase is that it has a dead pixel, i was told that it must have 15 dead pixels then only its eligible to claim for warranty? :(
Sometimes i really think im cursed, as soon i as i have setup and configured the PC with relevant softwares, the HDD died!!! I fucking flipped out!!! NIAMA CCB, just when i just settled down to enjoy a long dormant PC, it just fucking stopped working. To make matters worse, that was my biggest HDD, really KNNCCB!!! Fortunately though, i did not have much data on it, unfornately though i have just lost a 120GB HDD. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Although the prices of storage are crashing worse than the global stock market, i still can't see where i can squeeze enough money to buy another new HDD. This coupled with my lazyness to reinstall everything again. Maybe, just maybe if and when i have shifted to my new house, i might want to upgrade this machine and install it with Vista Ultimate SP1, which i got from a Microsoft event quite some time ago.
After struggling the whole Sunday evening to find another HDD to replace the dead one and the tedious work of reinstalling ALL the things which i had configured nicely JUST THE DAY BEFORE, here i am typing in this entry. Fingers crossed that this HDD will last me until i can move into my new house.
Friday, April 10, 2009
I r enjoice surping wi ploxy
All the mistakes above were intentional. I am truly happy that i am now able to surf so much faster than my normal stimx connection. Just found out about using proxy to achieve great speed. To prevent the proxy from being shutdown, i will have to refrain from downloading movies (non-torrent) which i really would love to do now. Oh well, at least i can get page loaded as fast as when my office connection is perfect, else i will have to wait close to 1 minute for a page load. How do i know this? I play a game which have a certain time limit to things so prior to today, i can just watch in agony as those time limits ticked away, wasting away my investments in the game. Hopefully this proxy will still work tomorrow as it will be time again for me to continue in my that game.
Works very well with facebook too. Some flash games in there takes ages to load but with this proxy, its almost as fast as when i was in the company where i did my industrial training. Pages loads almost instantaneously, i had quite a hard time adjusting to this sudden influx of speed :p
I suppose there are pros and cons to things and the downside to this fast proxy is that is really dislikes blogspot's new post page. Login page is fine, but dashboard onwards is deteriorated into a lame html page no matter how many times i refresh it, so im posting this with no proxy. It doesn't really matter as i just need to type in everything and publish this before i go back to the proxy and finish my night surfing.
In the process of enjoying this, i was also introduced to a cool extension for Firefox, Multiproxy Switch. With this i can have a good list of a few proxies and switch between them if the current one is not working. The catch about this extension is that it will only work for those directly connected so sorry for those who are on routers :p Not sure how the guys who found these proxies did it but i am VERY glad that they are willing to share it. Kudos and hats off to you guys.
I r really enjoice this ^_^
Works very well with facebook too. Some flash games in there takes ages to load but with this proxy, its almost as fast as when i was in the company where i did my industrial training. Pages loads almost instantaneously, i had quite a hard time adjusting to this sudden influx of speed :p
I suppose there are pros and cons to things and the downside to this fast proxy is that is really dislikes blogspot's new post page. Login page is fine, but dashboard onwards is deteriorated into a lame html page no matter how many times i refresh it, so im posting this with no proxy. It doesn't really matter as i just need to type in everything and publish this before i go back to the proxy and finish my night surfing.
In the process of enjoying this, i was also introduced to a cool extension for Firefox, Multiproxy Switch. With this i can have a good list of a few proxies and switch between them if the current one is not working. The catch about this extension is that it will only work for those directly connected so sorry for those who are on routers :p Not sure how the guys who found these proxies did it but i am VERY glad that they are willing to share it. Kudos and hats off to you guys.
I r really enjoice this ^_^
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Bleeding without blood
As we all know the saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword", apparently there is an even mightier weapon, the tongue. Today i got another taste of it even before the sun rose. Its not the first time but its really getting to me :( Not a way that you want to start your day with, absolutely not, especially when your main purpose everyday is to provide and care for him.
I can take this kind of abuse at night (almost every night) before going to sleep because my memory is similar to RAMs, after shutdown, its deleted and no residue will remain when i wake up again in the morning. Im too tired to take heart of the abuse hurled towards me. I may be left speechless at times but his tongue is his and that is something which i have no control over, same concept as i cannot prevent you from your own thoughts.
I understand his frustration and where he is coming from BUT i am at wit's end on how to manage it. Gentle method failed prolly due to his lack of comprehension of the situation. The hard way always backfires and blow up in my face so its best i don't try that at all unless absolutely necessary. I think its not helped by some fucking assholes who go and spoil him, another thing which i have no more control now.
His behavior was exactly the same when i hit a mental block. Not to the extent of insomnia but enough to draw your attention. Mars' rule applies to kids as well? If the problem is not overcomed then will it really be dropped like adults would? Sigh ...
My heart is stabbed over and over again with a knife which does not have to cut open the skin to pierce my heart. Demotivated and drained of spirit to shoulder on and march on.
A not so related but wonderful song which i totally love, 王菲 - 半途而廢
bring forward share any logical and workable bright idea. :)
I can take this kind of abuse at night (almost every night) before going to sleep because my memory is similar to RAMs, after shutdown, its deleted and no residue will remain when i wake up again in the morning. Im too tired to take heart of the abuse hurled towards me. I may be left speechless at times but his tongue is his and that is something which i have no control over, same concept as i cannot prevent you from your own thoughts.
I understand his frustration and where he is coming from BUT i am at wit's end on how to manage it. Gentle method failed prolly due to his lack of comprehension of the situation. The hard way always backfires and blow up in my face so its best i don't try that at all unless absolutely necessary. I think its not helped by some fucking assholes who go and spoil him, another thing which i have no more control now.
His behavior was exactly the same when i hit a mental block. Not to the extent of insomnia but enough to draw your attention. Mars' rule applies to kids as well? If the problem is not overcomed then will it really be dropped like adults would? Sigh ...
My heart is stabbed over and over again with a knife which does not have to cut open the skin to pierce my heart. Demotivated and drained of spirit to shoulder on and march on.
A not so related but wonderful song which i totally love, 王菲 - 半途而廢
要不痛快快地哭個夠Please
要不乾脆向他低頭
別再苦苦壓抑心裡的痛
昏昏愕愕愛過又算什麼
貪圖快樂等於墮落
你說一生不是為愛而活
別搪塞藉口 到最後反反覆覆忙忙碌碌
辛辛苦苦不知道為了什麼
半途而廢 你無所謂
少了自由怎麼海闊天空 真是 自作自受自憐
半途而廢 你不後悔 義無反顧
斷了退路 還談什麼幸福 你又何苦
Monday, April 06, 2009
Eun-Sik's Proposal
After countless trials of softwares on my Vista laptop, i finally managed to extract the proposal song from Sex is Zero 2 ^_^ I tried to get the video but the clipped video is not showing any picture T_T
I have got the OST album and i must say i was bitterly disappointed to find that this proposal song was not included in it :( Hence my crazed effort to get it. Now that i have managed to extract it, i call it "Eun-Sik's Proposal" as he used this to propose to his fiancee.
I MUST forewarn you that his voice is not nice, his pitch may be off and you may not understand a word at all but its the meaning which it carries which is most important. So please do not blame me if your eardrums are hurt in the process of listening to it :)
What i tried to interpret from his singing :
legendary epic BUT i will be totally won over by it if i were a girl :)
I have got the OST album and i must say i was bitterly disappointed to find that this proposal song was not included in it :( Hence my crazed effort to get it. Now that i have managed to extract it, i call it "Eun-Sik's Proposal" as he used this to propose to his fiancee.
I MUST forewarn you that his voice is not nice, his pitch may be off and you may not understand a word at all but its the meaning which it carries which is most important. So please do not blame me if your eardrums are hurt in the process of listening to it :)
What i tried to interpret from his singing :
Chongni Kikude Nong Bi Chaungt,The meaning of what he sung is as below :
Homja Mane O He Yoh Dong Gayoh,
He Mai Gong Nyi Suruh Nai Ju,
Paburu Ma Deroso,
Hasidora O Ke Dewiheh,
Ne Mogunggoh Tte Bin Teh Oh,
Guii Ee Deh Uo Yong Ngo Ee,
Heoh Jiji Baaduri,
Naohji Kude Manu Sarang Ah Gi Temune,
Sarang Ah Gi Temune
When i first saw you,It is even more meaningful if you are able to see his actions, his naiveness (some may call it stupidity) is really
I felt a glitter in your eyes,
Was i wrong to feel that way?
Your radiant smile made me a fool,
I know you will come back to me,
I will give everything to you,
We will be together forever,
And never be apart,
Because i love you and only you,
Because i love you ...
Saturday, April 04, 2009
No more a slacker
For those who might not know, i have really slacked off work for more than 1 year. Not that i don't like it and also not that i have much of a choice. The projects which i was supposed to be involved in are either put on hold, canceled, KIV-ed and etc etc etc. Some sources claim it to be down to office politics, managers jocking for positions to show how capable they are and disrupt another manager's project(s) and some claim it to be management decision, cost cutting measures (before the recession).
Yesterday just before i went home, i wasinformed ordered to monitor a task to be done by our outsourcing company. This task will start at 11pm and may finish as late (more like early) as 2am or more. Being a slacker for more than 1 year, i have got pretty much used to getting off work on time and just laze at home before i go to sleep. Since my demotion (in a way) back to being a junior (as i have to learn things from scratch again), i can't really refuse this but im OK with it.
To make matters a little worse, the location of where this activity will take place is in PJ =_= My mental map of PJ areas are as obscure as going into a dense jungle with no compass. Luckily however, about 1 week ago i went to a restaurant in the vicinity of where i was supposed to go, so i have a VERY rough idea of where the location of the building may be.
Me being me who dislike being late, i started my journey at 10pm after settling my usual duties at home. With at least 3 different versions of rough guides given by my colleagues, i panicked when nearing a supposed turn and then later found out that i had made a turn too early from the most elaborate direction given to me, i can't get back onto my previous road as there was no junction to do so. As luck have it again, this road was used when i went to the restaurant the week before, so i can vaugely visualize my general directions albeit i have to reverse the direction of things.
With a calm mind and vauge memories, i made it back to restaurant only to realize that i have missed the turning into the place where im headed. I finally made a U-turn after missing 2 U-turns @_@ Reached my destination at around 10.30pm.
Since the task to be done can only start after 11pm (based on user's instructions), i waltzed about in the office and met up with some old contacts whom i dealt with almost on a daily basis when i was in another department before. We chatted about the old times and a very serious incident which happened the previous day. They were still cleaning up that shit. The admin who was in charge of doing the task started the activites after 11pm and everything went smoothly, so everything just took about 40 minutes :)
I reached home just before 12am whereas usually i would be (unfortunately) dreaming away. Oh well, i suppose i will need to get used to these kind of situations again. Let's just hope my aging body can cope up with it still :p
Yesterday just before i went home, i was
To make matters a little worse, the location of where this activity will take place is in PJ =_= My mental map of PJ areas are as obscure as going into a dense jungle with no compass. Luckily however, about 1 week ago i went to a restaurant in the vicinity of where i was supposed to go, so i have a VERY rough idea of where the location of the building may be.
Me being me who dislike being late, i started my journey at 10pm after settling my usual duties at home. With at least 3 different versions of rough guides given by my colleagues, i panicked when nearing a supposed turn and then later found out that i had made a turn too early from the most elaborate direction given to me, i can't get back onto my previous road as there was no junction to do so. As luck have it again, this road was used when i went to the restaurant the week before, so i can vaugely visualize my general directions albeit i have to reverse the direction of things.
With a calm mind and vauge memories, i made it back to restaurant only to realize that i have missed the turning into the place where im headed. I finally made a U-turn after missing 2 U-turns @_@ Reached my destination at around 10.30pm.
Since the task to be done can only start after 11pm (based on user's instructions), i waltzed about in the office and met up with some old contacts whom i dealt with almost on a daily basis when i was in another department before. We chatted about the old times and a very serious incident which happened the previous day. They were still cleaning up that shit. The admin who was in charge of doing the task started the activites after 11pm and everything went smoothly, so everything just took about 40 minutes :)
I reached home just before 12am whereas usually i would be (unfortunately) dreaming away. Oh well, i suppose i will need to get used to these kind of situations again. Let's just hope my aging body can cope up with it still :p
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Say Goodbye - Step 1
After some info gathering, it seems that this is much more complicated than the reverse of this process =_=. To add insult to injury or rub salt into a wound, it costs a heck of a lot more too =_=|| I suppose this is to let people think through of this decision not to mention the time it may take to complete the whole damn thing.
As if being completely empty is not enough, now i have to find ways to shelve out more stupidly and definitely not welcomed especially at times like these (yes, the economic recession). Although she has stated that she will take up half the payment BUT it will still cost me like half my salary BEFORE tax and EPF.
Clauses will definitely be put in place to protect both parties' supposed rights. Although i would supposedly benefit more from it but i think there are actually 3 losers from this outcome. SIGH, i have no words to describe. Having seen several cases of what im about to go through, i don't see how things will turn out like how i envisioned when i first made plans on children. Although i have marched on through rain and shine for more than 4 years but things got more and more heavy to shoulder especially when we have been jettisoned by someone who thinks that she had thought it through mostly i would say is for HER own good. I suppose it matters not anymore, like how i always predicted, once a person already made up their mind, they would not listen to other's logic and believe that the decision made is final and there is no 2 ways about it.
The timeframe for all this bullshit could range from 3 months to 9 months of which i may not be able to complete this wish within my stipulated timeframe. This is kind of out of my control and i did not have much knowledge prior to setting it. It matters not i guess, the result is already a foregone conclusion written before i can have any say. She may argue that i have been given ample time to turn things around but things are not as they seem (in reality) when compared to what you think MIGHT be happening.
Let thegamesjourney begin and march on, in rain, shine, thunderstorm or flood! Come what may, fall and get up i will, try and retry, give up i cannot!
As if being completely empty is not enough, now i have to find ways to shelve out more stupidly and definitely not welcomed especially at times like these (yes, the economic recession). Although she has stated that she will take up half the payment BUT it will still cost me like half my salary BEFORE tax and EPF.
Clauses will definitely be put in place to protect both parties' supposed rights. Although i would supposedly benefit more from it but i think there are actually 3 losers from this outcome. SIGH, i have no words to describe. Having seen several cases of what im about to go through, i don't see how things will turn out like how i envisioned when i first made plans on children. Although i have marched on through rain and shine for more than 4 years but things got more and more heavy to shoulder especially when we have been jettisoned by someone who thinks that she had thought it through mostly i would say is for HER own good. I suppose it matters not anymore, like how i always predicted, once a person already made up their mind, they would not listen to other's logic and believe that the decision made is final and there is no 2 ways about it.
The timeframe for all this bullshit could range from 3 months to 9 months of which i may not be able to complete this wish within my stipulated timeframe. This is kind of out of my control and i did not have much knowledge prior to setting it. It matters not i guess, the result is already a foregone conclusion written before i can have any say. She may argue that i have been given ample time to turn things around but things are not as they seem (in reality) when compared to what you think MIGHT be happening.
Let the
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
I wonder ...
Since pork is non-halal and those who consume them is in a way also non-halal, i wonder how do they classify those people who consume non-halal foods and then donate their blood? :p I supposed they would argue that blood is for saving life so live-giving overrides all other things. Then again i wonder, would they cannibalize or eat those creatures which lives in 2 environments? I wonder ...
The blood thingy was brought up after i donated blood today. I asked my colleague, since we consume pork all the time hence classified as non-halal in a way, how come our blood are not classified like that? This is only my fourth time donating blood, i missed 1 session last year where i was coughing my lungs out :( Before that, i just don't see why i should do it at all, selfish? Perhaps ...
Maybe i was more worried about this :
Bruising the size of a 50c coin, not to mention the soreness
Maybe i got influenced by my colleague, who is an avid donor, *hats off to him*. It just takes me about 5-10 minutes to fill up a 450ml bag but also gives me time away from office for about 1 hour :p Registration, queuing for a seat to donate and then a little refreshment plus rest before heading back to office. The nurses got lazy i suppose and just give out unfilled gratitude certifications. It would be more precious if it were filled up but a "thank you" is more than enough from the smiling nurses after they collect our bag of blood.
Donate 50 times and you will get first class wards at government hospitals for *10 years :p I think the * like the many other T&Cs out there, means that it would be changed without prior notification =_=
The blood thingy was brought up after i donated blood today. I asked my colleague, since we consume pork all the time hence classified as non-halal in a way, how come our blood are not classified like that? This is only my fourth time donating blood, i missed 1 session last year where i was coughing my lungs out :( Before that, i just don't see why i should do it at all, selfish? Perhaps ...
Maybe i was more worried about this :
Bruising the size of a 50c coin, not to mention the sorenessMaybe i got influenced by my colleague, who is an avid donor, *hats off to him*. It just takes me about 5-10 minutes to fill up a 450ml bag but also gives me time away from office for about 1 hour :p Registration, queuing for a seat to donate and then a little refreshment plus rest before heading back to office. The nurses got lazy i suppose and just give out unfilled gratitude certifications. It would be more precious if it were filled up but a "thank you" is more than enough from the smiling nurses after they collect our bag of blood.
Donate 50 times and you will get first class wards at government hospitals for *10 years :p I think the * like the many other T&Cs out there, means that it would be changed without prior notification =_=
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