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Recent Obsession

2011-03-02T16:07:00.002+08:00

Something's really got into me. For the past few days, I've been really obsessed with diving. Not just any dive or any location. I'm specifically drawn to a dive site called the Blue Hole.

Blue Hole is a diving location on east Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea.

The Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole (a kind of cave), around 130 m deep. There is a shallow opening around 6 m deep, known as 'the saddle', opening out to the sea, and a 26 m long tunnel, known as the arch, the top of which lies at a depth of 56 m. The hole itself and the surrounding area has an abundance of coral and reef fish.

However the main attraction of this dive site is called "The Arch". The view of it is really spectacular. Nothing but total blue and the serene yet eerie feeling you will feel going through the huge cave exit to the open waters. BUT, there's a catch:

Nicknamed the "Divers' Cemetery," with more than 70 fatalities (some claim the actual number is over 100), Dahab's Blue Hole is basically a coral lagoon which opens to the Red Sea through a tunnel known as "the Arch." The roof of the Arch lies at a depth of 52 m (170 ft). The featureless depths beyond the Arch render the tunnel to the open sea appear shorter than it really is; in addition, a shoreward current causes the 26 m (85 ft) swim through the tunnel longer than its physical distance suggest it to be. The base of the Arch rests at 120 m (393 ft), after which it plunges to 1000+ m (3280+ ft) beyond. Scores of divers have fallen victim to its deceptive nature. The bottom of the Blue Hole is littered with scuba equipment and the bodies of their former owners; the cliffs around the bay bear their epitaphs.

Diving fatality (Yuri Lipski), 91.5 m (300 ft). The diver's helmet-mounted camera captured his final moments. Yuri's dive computer read 91.5 m (300 ft). The analysis, more emotional than objective, needs to be taken with a grain of salt. For example, at 91.5m, Yuri's oxygen partial pressure (PPO2) from diving on compressed air (he was only diving on one tank. No twinset and no deco-bottle), as opposed to mixed gas, would have significantly exceeded the physiological limit of 1.6 atmospheres for oxygen partial pressure exposure. Hence, his "thrashing about on the bottom" was more likely the result of convulsions from Central Nervous System (CNS) Oxygen Toxicity (OTox) than being "entangled in the sand." The Video below is the final moments before Yuri draw his last breathe.

Apparently this is the body said to be belonged to Yuri or possibly another diver named Babara Dillinger. They could not identify the body as the limbs were bitten off and the head of the body was missing. It is suspected that the body was lunch for sharks or what not. (Picture below)

The picture above was taken while a group of divers went down the blue hole to take a documentary video of the place. The video below best described how they found the body.

Speaking of Yuri, here's a video on how divers went down the blue hole trying to retrieve his body:

The thing I can clearly say about this place is that there's a great risk in seeing one of the greatest scenery mother nature have to offer. I for one particularly felt drawn to this place. I know I'm not properly trained for such circumstances yet. It's just a hope that one day I'll be able to prepare myself to witness the Arch with my own eyes and of course to live through it to tell the tale.

I wouldn't want to add my name to the list of tribute plates placed around the cliff on shore.

Something's Definitely Not Right

2010-12-03T11:16:00.002+08:00

Hmmm.. where should I start? I've been pretty busy lately both in my job as well as running my small time business. So much to do and yet so little time for myself. It's like almost everyday I have something to work on. I barely got any time for myself just to relax and kick back to take a breather. Not to mention that recently I had to run around to get this or get that done for my loan to be approved.

Loan for what you may ask. I won't be telling until it goes through. Don't wanna jinx it if you know what I mean :p

I get irritated easily these days too. Somehow my tolerance level towards people is deteriorating and I seem to get agitated easily. I'm in somehow a mess right now and can't seem to think straight at the moment.

This feeling is somewhat familiar with one of my previous relationship back then. I get so pissed off when she was so reluctant to get things going or not to procrastinate. I'm not saying that there's someone at the moment who is doing this to me. I'm saying that the feeling of irritation is something like that back then >.<

I can't seem to pinpoint where the irritation comes from however all I can is feel the irritation being there. Maybe I should search deeper to see where it falls back to, or maybe I just need to chill and rest up. Which is which I wonder?

Never mind, for now I'll just observe and not fall into any quick judgment or decisions. I'll just let time prove itself again :p whether do I have the time for this to happen...hmmm

Clock's ticking, tick tock tick tock...

Random Thoughts

2010-11-23T15:49:00.000+08:00

Never underestimate your potential and never be ashamed of what you are. Do your best especially when people expect you to do less because the greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Life never gets tough if one can handle it better. Cries won’t be tears if you’re not hurt. Sadness won’t mean anything unless you’re down. Anger will be nothing if apology comes right after. Smiles mean nothing if it comes from the unknown. A touch never says it cares unless you think so. There are a lot of things in life that have a different meaning of its own…

… So if you feel like having a dwell in life… Fight not because you’re brave but because you’re a coward who is out to prove something.

Blindfolded and walking alone. That’s what most of us feel in a lifetime full of major risks and decisions. It might seem safer to remain stagnant. But isn’t it more fulfilling if despite the fear of falling from a cliff and bruised knees, steps were taken? In the end, losing and mistake won’t count. What matters most is the person we turned out to be—not naïve but wise and beautifully molded by experiences.

I’ve learned… that when you plan to get even with someone, you’re only letting that person continue to hurt you.
I’ve learned… that ignoring the facts do not change the facts.
I’ve learned… that the easiest way to grow as a person is to surround yourself with people smarter than you are.
I’ve learned… that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
And I’ve learned… that life is tough, but I can be tougher!!!

Yet another trip and I'm hitting the road.

2010-11-09T21:12:00.003+08:00

Yet another week and I'm again hitting the road, and here I am at the island which has loads of good food, good air, and terrible traffic >.< I was suppose to leave at 7am this morning, however my colleague came late so we took off a little later, well an hour later to be exact. I was so tired to drive as I have kinda had a long hour drive the day before arriving at KL at night. So this morning I took it kinda slow, cruising at 130-140km/h. Took me about 4 hours on the dot upon arriving to Penang and another 30 mins to find my way to Naza Hotel.

Upon arriving, we quickly settled our baggage and checked in to our room. Met the IT guy here for lunch at their coffee house and then off to work. Trust me the food here, SUCKS! I've never tasted such bad food in Penang before. This has gotta be the worst! I didn't really have a choice since we're really hungry, we just took a quick bite then we went to do our work in which we are suppose to do here.

Finished our task and we went off to another hotel, Berjaya hotel...
Did some stuff there and meeting some people there and the hotel manager. Sort that out and we're off downstairs to midland plaza to grab some DVDs hahaha it's really up for grabs and the price is really cheap! :p

We had dinner then at the other end of the island. Wanted to have chinese hawker food but according to our dumb law in the company, we need to have dinner in which there's a receipt so we can claim for our meal. =.=" so we ended up at Kayu Nasi Kandar haha. one of the places in which I could think of with receipt included :p

Now I'm here sitting back at the hotel room, resting while waiting for my colleague to be done with shower so I can get one myself.

Ok he's done...I think. Gotta go. ciao~

Why oh why?!

2010-11-03T16:07:00.002+08:00

I've always wondered why sometimes things doesn't come to you when you are looking for it; however, when you decided to stop looking, these things will tend to creep up to you.

Example: I've been jobless for a while. I mean some of you guys knows some don't so well now you know. I won't really wanna talk about how did I get myself into this situation but let's just say I have my own reasons in doing so. Foolish it may seem to some of you but hey all I'm asking is just an open mind and let me be, me. :)

For more and a month to almost two, I've been left without a job. Yes I did go on several interviews however, it wasn't really successful. Not many companies were hiring at that time and even some of the ones that are hiring, can't afford to pay me >.<

After about 2 months of struggling, I finally got a job. This time around it's a job with a huge company, I shall not reveal just yet so I won't bloody jinx my term here. At least until confirmation is assured. I do have better pay; yes very much better than the previous job and hehe I can finally wear the pants in the house....well no one to compare with but hey I'm happy enough.

Job's a little challenging and yes I do have to travel quite frequent. Tioman last week, Singapore this week, Penang next week, and probably Redang and Langkawi for this year. Next year However we are planning on Phu Quoc, Vietnam, Seychelles and London for the first quarters. I do love to travel. Of course it's never nice to travel on your own expenses but with the companies? Hell, I'm game. :p

I got myself a little comfortable with the job here then there it comes.... another offer came up to me...then another, and today, another =.="

Job 1: I'll be a contract staff for 1 year tenure at a huge MNC company. As a project manager of course leading a team and dealing with infrastructure and network related projects for this customer. Pay? Well almost double my current pay. They are going to pay me 3 months in advance for a whole year. My dilemma? When the contract ends then what? Will my contract be renewed or will I be back at square 1; job hunting again?? If so, which company will hire me with this sort of pay? Will I be contented with new jobs if I were to get lower pay, nearly half from what I'm getting? Setback, no traveling =.=" Boo Fuckin Hoo!!

Job 2: I will be hired as a sales force to find revenues in terms of sales for this company. Pay will be slightly higher than what I'm getting now of course. However, the advantage is that I get to travel around Asia Pacific....50% of my time :p Now I will be lying if I'm telling you that I'm not drooling with the offer. However, the disadvantage is that I do not have sales experiences. however the interviewer said that he can see me as a very effective sales person >.< I keep hearing people say that. How can people be so confident in me doing sales when I can't even be confident enough to see myself through?

Job 3: Now today's another offer, They wanna hire a project manager, based in Taiwan... I get to travel... yes... I get to see those hot Taiwanese chicks... yes... However, did you guys watch the youtube video on those Taiwan chicks without their heavy make up? Gosh I won't wanna be in that position!! Another setback is that I can't bloody read chinese and speaking them? well let's just say that I will tend to make people laugh and she once said my mandirin sounds cute =.="

So now what the hell am I gonna do? I need to give an answer as soon as possible. I can see myself excel and have opportunities to grow or climb the corporate ladder in this current company that I'm with. Should I be greedy and go for the money now and end up in square 1? or should I opt to work overseas to experience life in a greater manner?

Another headache is that for the past couple of months, I have repeatedly scratching my head so much just to think on how to reject people and decline a relationship. hahaha... well at least now It's been better, I got no more unwanted requests and I'm contented with what I already have.

Sigh... Dilemma dilemma.... I kinda know which path I should take already. I mean I'm finally settling down emotionally and mentally. I don't really want to struggle anymore after what I've been through for the past few months.

I mean yes I've gotten happier in ways. However, there's still a black smudge lingering in me of the past experience I've been having. At least now I do finally realize that I have friends who still cares for me, people who will be there for me during the time of needs. At first I thought when I turned single, I'm gonna be there facing it alone which had happened to me before. It's a torment and it's never a good memory.

At least now I do have someone who would be there for me, well, most of the time to cheer me up and to share some life stories lol. Someone there to give you a hug when you need one, someone to let you lean on them when you are tired and frail, someone to put a smile right back to your face, someone to make you laugh at the silly things that are being said or done. At least i have people now who are not critical to me, who accepts me just the way I am...someone who does not judge me just because of some decisions I've made.

It's been a real experience for me to find myself again. Who I really am, What I really am....

Guess I should stop for now...it's getting a little long and a little too personal :p

Why is it so damn difficult?!

2010-09-14T02:05:00.003+08:00

Why is it so damn difficult? It's been a month now and I can't seem to shake my feelings off! I can't seem to let go, I keep looking back, I keep thinking about, I keep missing her...

I have tried, I really did. I mean I have gone away for a while and I did have a good time. Funny thing is that I still can't stop thinking about her. I have tried so hard and yet failure seems to keep creeping back unto me over and over again.

Each time I see her on facebook updates, my heart will go all sour and hurtful. It feels so fucking fucked up that I can't seem to shake her off my mind.

Maybe I should try leaving for good. Maybe I should just pack my bags and drift away, taking where ever the wind may blow me. It be a lie if I have not thought about it. In fact I am actually planning on doing so. But where to go? Will it be a wise decision? Who will I hurt? Who will I forsaken by my selfish acts? Will I be considered a coward for wanting to run away from my problems? I'm known for being a person who face whatever there's up against me but this issue, I can't seem to shake it off! Oh I so fucking hate myself for being like this!

I know a fact certain that things will never be like before again. I will never be able to get back this happiness again. I need to move on. I know it's not going to be easy but I never thought that it's going to be so fucking hard!

Do I feel angry? Hell yea I'm pissed! At myself mostly for being such a pussy! But to her? I've nothing but sadness and remorse. Why is it so hard loving someone? God fucking dammit!

OK Enough bitchin'

Something to Note and Remember!

2010-08-25T16:16:00.003+08:00

It's been really a while since I blogged at all but I feel that these several turns of event it's something that I would like to record down and remember. What could be any worse for anyone to face.

August 2010.

This month kinda served me as a black month as there had been so many things happening to me that really makes me feel that there could not be any worse situation of situations a person can face at one striaght go.

First of all, my brother's case. I guess I won't go into the details as it is not my issue at all. It affected me in a way that it has affected my family. From affecting my family it will indirectly affect me as well. Too much to go through and too much hassle running up and down just to get this thing sorted out.

Took about 1 week to 2 to settle this problem but let's face it; even after this experience it kinda shook everyone in the family including me. It's definitely something that I would not want to go through again. However, that does not fall to me to decide. Many a times if you think about it, it's usually due the cause of some smart ass that would create problem for this world to bear.

Secondly, I lost something that I've really deemed precious to me. Her... She has been the one that meant so much to and she's far too important for a man to lose. Well, due to either her or my own fault, those times have to end.

I can say one thing for sure. It's not easy for a man, well least of all me, to actually be able to decide or to even think of settling down, a.k.a marriage. She was the one I've set my eyes upon. She was my decision. Those who have known me for years know that I'm not the kind of person who would even think or even jump this length to a relationship.

So I dunno, for me, it's kinda big a deal as in the fact that I would decide such drastic decision, it's not easy at all and it took hell of a long road to come to that. Maybe to others its much simpler. You be with someone, you see him/her fit for a life partner, you plan and that's it... BOOM you 2 are on the track. But for me, it's like a civil war in my head.... To do it or not to do it... Alas the decision to do it had won. And yet, I lost her. I keep asking myself this same question.

"Will I be able to find such kind of person in which I will be able to decide like this again?" Somehow my answer is still "No".

To some, they will tell you that it's not like that, you will eventually find it again and you will not end up alone. That's not me. Once I've decided on something, it's really going to be difficult to change my mind especially on such big decisions like these. Wouldn't it be much harder to replan all these again?

I guess it's enough to record down for this part. The rest I would just wanna keep inside me and hopefully forget one day. I have a short term memory lost thing but to such long journey experience, somehow It's gonna take more than this sickness of mine to get rid of.

Thirdly, I received a news one day that a friend had passed on. I initially thought it's a prank from my friend. I've not met the deceased for like 2 years now and suddenly he's gone. When I realized that my friend's not joking, man the flashback of the good ol times we had just came back! I went to his funeral at the funeral parlor. Saw his coffin and thought to myself. Life is really short. To make matters worse, unpredictable. I mean like you may be living here one day and the next, you're all over again on the dice to roll to see whether you live or you die.

It is a callback to me to tell myself that life is too short to waste it. It did inspire me a little. I need to find myself again. I need to get myself back again. No doubt it was a sad night. Whole group of friends gathered at his funeral, catching up and all....remembering all the things that we had gone through with him, those crazy times...

To think again, it's really not easy to let him go. He was a good person, a good friend at least. But due to some reasons that I will not disclose here, he decided to go like that. Just a shocker to us all.

Last but not least, my job.... I made a decision to come back to my old job. I thought I would be able to expand myself. I thought the company had really changed... I was so wrong. so cheated.

I lost my job. Well, not technically...coz I actually resigned. I was made to choose between 2 most important thing to me...for now.... my job or my other important stuff... I had no choice.. everything was settle and we're ready. Too late to turn back now. Then the last minute this company had to come back to its old self again.

I was put into a situation where I have 2 choices and I had really no choice but to let go of my job. It's really not an easy choice but I know I had to make the decision. Tomorrow's my last day and I'm still cluless on where to look for a job. Sigh...

So at the end, like the chinese would always say:

I'm Old, I'm broke, Wife also runs away.

Seriously this month is really a FUCK my Life Month!

Perth Day 4 and the last day Sob sob...

2009-08-07T10:29:00.013+08:00

So this is the last day of our trip.... First thing we did was to go to the Aquarium.... to be honest, the one in Singapore and Malaysia is larger than this one.... cheh

Soon after that we headed back to Fremantle to have our famous fish n' chips! yummy!! I miss this place so much... I'm actually craving for it for the past 1 month =.="

Next we headed to the market in Fremantle... In market you have a bar as well...

Oh apparently Perth has a real estate agent named LJ Hooker.... and the ads below somehow portrays something really kinky!

Hungry Jacks is the same franchise as what we call here as Burger Kings

Night time is where we went out dinner with my relatives in Perth, We finally had some Chinese cuisine after 4 days :p

Once done with dinner, we headed out to the parks at night to do a couple of snapshots of the night view of Perth city before heading back to bed .... Sigh so sad....

Perth Pics .... Day 3

2009-07-30T10:21:00.008+08:00

OK first part of the day we took a full day tour to the Pinnacles desert. On the way we stopped by Cavernsham Wildlife park to meet up with the cute fuddly wuddly animals :p

First off, the Kangaroo

This is a baby Wombat... Looks cute huh?

Then the Koala...

The Tasmanian Devil.....

It was a pretty short trip in the park but hey at least we get to be up close to the animals and play with them.... then we soon head on to our desert journey. And we stopped by for a while to have lunch. We got Lobster for lunch...well half a lobster >.<

The desert looks nice right? It looks pretty hot but I assure you, it's really not that bad. :p

Later we went on to Lancester to ride on the Sand dunes...there's like a 4WD ride as well as sand boarding on the dunes....It's really fun, but walking up the hills of sand to slide down...well lets just say it took my breath away.... LITERALLY!

When they dropped us back during the night in the city, We walked around and found this restaurant that sells exotic food. We read about it in Lonely Planet. Somehow I'm too chicken to try their exotic food... They have like Crocodile meat, Kangaroo meat, Emu Fillet, and so on...So what I had?

Scallops!!

Red Snapper!! damn it's really fresh...

Crocodile meat :p that's Eileen mwahahaha

That's all for day 3. Next up will be our last day in Perth... So sad :(

Day 2 at Perth

2009-07-24T09:23:00.012+08:00

Day 2 is where we had our exploration over at the city itself. Our mode of transport, well our feet. The weather is really cooling to walk unlike in Malaysia where the moment you take a 5 minutes walk, you start to sweat like a pig.

We spent one whole day walking and it totaled up a sum of 16km of walk that day... Eileen's mobile phone has this thing to detect how many steps taken per day and the miles walked.

Pretty looking mall, but hey the sky is sooooo beautiful!

Oh yea, as we walked around the city, there's these little stuff on the floor for us to read and to solve some puzzle quiz....I never solved any =/

City hall!

It's the supreme court of Perth. Sitting just at a corner of a huge park

The famous Bell tower of Perth

Dunno where is it, but somewhere in Barrack Street.

The Perth Mint....

Don't ask.....Just... don't....

This walk is the one killing me, walking up hill, up to King's Park... there's a balcony though to be able to see the whole of the city. Looks wonderful huh?

See how beautiful the park is....Malaysia....PFFT....

Memorials for the soldiers died during the World War.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

That's it for now... Will post in more pictures....2 more days worth of pics....
Stay tuned.

Perth Pics.... Day 1

2009-07-21T11:37:00.006+08:00

Sorry ya, so long didn't post anything on my blog. Been really busy with work and now finally I do have some time to post up the pics I took on my Perth trip last month.

Enjoy...

This is the so-called map Eileen drew up on where we should go in Perth....Amazing how creative mind thinks sometimes...

Our comfy home on where we stayed in Perth. My grand aunt's place...
On the night itself we went to Fremantle prison for a ghost tour! It's really a tour you shouldn't miss when you go there. Trust me, it scares the daylight out of you. :p

This is the first day. Will be posting more pics on the days to come...*crossing fingers*

Side note:
For all these years, I've known Malaysian guys always wanted to go and live in Japan for mainly 2 reasons....

1) For the Metro men, it's because of the jap chicks you see quite often in TV. Trust me, the girls you see in TV are really overrated. Don't believe me? try going there and you'll find out with your own eyes.

2) For the Geeks, Anime is unlimited there! and you may think that these anime somehow portrait the real lifestyle in Japan....but think again...

Until 2 nights ago, I learnt that there's another reason some men would like to go Japan for...

The Electronic Gadgets!!!!....

When someone told me that.... I went =.="

Tasik Kenyir Pt. 2

2009-05-20T14:32:00.007+08:00

OK Time to post for the part 2 of this trip. This time around I'm only going to post pictures of people which had joined us for this trip.

The ladies...

The Photograhers...

We had to sit about a 45 mins boat ride, so due to lack of sleep and rest last night, we eventually end up sleeping on the boat...

Normal Slumber

Prayer Slumber

I tried to sleep since everyone was sleeping....Well only the guys sleeping though...unfortunately I failed at sleepingAnd the sleeping award goes to.......*drum roll* KELVIN!! Ain't he adorable?? :p
So after he found out that I was shooting pics of him, guess what he pulled off?

Now let's proceed to the model pics we took shall we? Let's start off with Eileen

Now's Koku...

Faye's our next... First picture is soooo adorable.

I personally feel this is the best model shot... Damn Kelvin can be a man whore....I see potential!

Let's show some group pics shall we?

There goes my part 2 of the trip. I will be posting pictures of Perth, Australia soon enough when I get the time....I still need some time to filter off those pics.... 1.43Gb worth of pics is like...DAMN!

Is It a Calling??

2009-05-06T12:01:00.004+08:00

Could it be God's calling back to His side?
After spending over 10 years away from Him and slacking out from my spiritual life, has this finally come to an end to the hindrance and God finally took a step forward and say "Get back here Son!"

I've been called by a company looking for IT specialists in which they wanted to arrange an interview with me. This company approached me once but I've actually rejected the offer due to the position is not what I've been looking for.

But this time around, the same company with different position had called me again. This time around they want a Project manager in which are skilled to at Networking as well as Infrastructure. All 3 are my skillsets... The value add one however is that I get to travel around for projects.

No where fancy though you might say...mostly 3rd world countries in need of our help =.=

Their requirements? LOL they expect me to be PASSIONATE towards my job.... Wanna know why?

This is the company that is hiring....

World Vision Click on it and you'll know what I'm talking about...

And their job description? Scroll down below to read....especially the red letters...

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

This role is the means of delivering IT services capability to directly support the IT operations of our WV clients. The GC IT Services Specialist position will be an integral part of the Global Centre IT Team and t¶he incumbent will be the GC presence on the ground in WV regional locations.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Engagement

a. Provide customer support to National Offices for establishing new projects, and providing second level technical support

b. Manage relationship with GC clients and stake holders, working in close collaboration with GCIT and regional IT leadership

c. Interact with customers (local and remote) via email, telephone or other means to provide requested services within defined parameters

d. Follow case management for all calls allocated, to ensure that customer expectations are set and the progress of problem resolution is communicated, and service levels are met.

2. Technical Expertise

a. Undertake service implementation and activation as required

b. Provide technical expertise in connectivity, networking and security domains

c. Provide second and third level support for technical problem solving and trouble shooting in connectivity and networking

d. Transfer skills to NO IT staff as required

3. Manage

a. Act as project manager for GC projects as required.

b. Manage own activities in an organized way that is consistent the GC project management processes

c. Prepare project plans for client engagements and own activities

d. Monitor and ensure customer satisfaction with GC related projects and services

4. Analyse and Document

a. Evaluate and analyze customer requests against defined criteria and formulate appropriate responses towards resolution

b. Document activities and learnings on a continuous basis and as part of a learning team

5. Other Responsibilities

a. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the duties involved in this position, WVI reserves the right to add, remove or alter duties when business need dictates. A TOR document will be agreed previously to the beginning of functions.

b. Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The following knowledge, skills, and abilities may be acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, or on-the-job training.

Christian Compatibility

· Strong Christian commitment as evidenced by life and character.

· High level of Christian maturity and theological awareness with effective, working knowledge of the principles of Christian life and ministry.

· Committed to promoting Christian witness within the increasingly diverse theological and social expressions of the church

Educational / Experience

· Deep understanding of World Vision’s operations and support, field and regional initiatives .

· A minimum of 2 years experience of demonstrated ability in a supervisory position

· Experience in IT or telecommunication services industry is preferable.

· Experience in supporting cultural and change management is desirable

· Experience with Lotus Notes/Domino infrastructure, Microsoft platforms and networking and Cisco technologies desirable

· Minimum of Bachelors Degree in an engineering discipline, Business Administration, or other Technical or Business related discipline.

· Formal education on Business process management, customer services and quality management systems is desirable.

Customer Services / Process Skills

· Customer service and process oriented professional

· Ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams with flexible and changing assignments.

· Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and be able to work well in a team environment.

· Understands sponsorship, relief, development and advocacy issues and operations consequences.

· Ability to combine business processes and technical knowledge.

· Ability to identify issues, propose solutions, synthesize and highlight implications of findings.

· Excellent written/verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

· Demonstrated ability to effectively establish and maintain working relationships with peers.

· ITIL Service Management framework knowledge and experience a plus.

· Flexible and willing to travel.

Hmm... is this a sign? Is this really God's calling to come back to serve Him again? I wonder....

Tasik Kenyir

2009-05-04T14:51:00.017+08:00

6 hours worth of drive.... takes us that long to get there. Yea the sound of driving such long hours may be a drag....but one thing for sure I can say....the view.... SPECTACULAR.... The experience.... Well WORTH it. Trust me on this people.

Here's some proof to show that it's really worth it...

Still not convince? Here's one more.

Anyways, this place is like I said, 6-7 hours drive away from KL and it's situated in the state of Terengganu. It's like on top of the mountains and there you'll find Kenyir.

Kenyir Lake is the largest man-made lake in Southeast Asia. Sharing its border with Kelantan in the west and Pahang in the south. This immense lake also serve as another gateway to Taman Negara. The lake covers 260 km² and contains 340 small islands, which were once hiltops and highlands, more than 14 waterfalls, numerous rapids and rivers. Because the lake is a reservoir, the water level can vary depending on the month. The water level is highest (and the lake consequently the most beautiful) in March and April.

OK OK so instead of wasting your time reading Geography and History of this place, let me share with you the pictures that we have taken.

The dead trees that made Kenyir famous for. It's known as Kayu mati in our local language but somehow, On of our friends called it Kayu Maut which literally translates as Deadly Wood. =.="

Another view of the calm waters and creates reflection of the mountains.

This is one of the caves that the tour brought us to. It's called Gua Bewah. Bewah means to gather. Apparently during the early days of 300BC, the cavemen gathers in this cave to shelter from the open. Any other activities during the so called gathering, we do not know :p I have no idea what are they hiding from but the Archeologies found traces of human bones inside this cave.... And there was proof that this whole area way back before was under the ocean. They found traces of sea shells within the rocks that they dug up. There's a room actually inside in which they uset o display the evidence they found within the cave.

From the entrance of the cave, there's a a view to the lake in which it's shown below :p

After Gua Bewah, we continue heading to the next cave to see from the outside only :(
Apparently the whole cave is flooded by the water level and it's only accessible during the month of August till October only... Sigh...

Other than that, during the next day we woke up pretty early in the morning like 6am just to watch the sunrise and capture some pics then. The view?? you'll see :p

Beautiful isn't it? Oh before I forget, this is the place where we stayed...

It's a 4 star villa in which they have chalets in which it looks like a studio apartment. Pretty impressive setup in my opinion. Looks expensive but during Matta fair, we bought the stay for like RM198 for a night in which it has buy 1 night free 1 night stay promotion...

After the 3 days trip in Kenyir our short holiday has come to an end. We checked out at 12pm and started heading towards a small town called Kemaman. Eileen said that there's a very tasty nasi beriani and a shop in which rumors has it that that's where coffee had started in malaysia.

Nasi Beriani.... Below is the coffee shop.

After having our lunch and coffee, it's finally time to start heading back to KL. another 6 hours back to home sweet home.

On our way back we actually passed Cherating beach so we stopped by for a few photoshoots and to have a cooling coconute drink. I will post those pictures later on another post along with our group photos.

Trust me, if you're a nature freak like us, you'll definitely love going for this trip.

What Happened to Recordedmoments???

2009-04-24T16:49:00.003+08:00

Dammit it's been so long since I've been able to have any time sparred to write anything in my blog. Work has even come to a point where it's everywhere in my mind.

What should I do???

Never mind, just let me babble something spontaneously just for fucks sake.

As I have read back my older posts, It occurs to me that all my past experience is just a mere recognition of the previous me. I have changed. No doubt in my body size =.=" but as well as the way I start to think.

As people start to age, we would realize that the past us are just mere memories of what we used to be. That's all the reason I've started this blog in the first place.

Back in those days, was never a weekend I would miss hitting the clubs and local bars to have a good time with my mates and all. We could bring ourselves to go all out till the morning sun warmth starts hitting our tired faces. Well not really tired though and furthermore we could continue till the afternoon strikes us and end up scouring the house for a place to rest LOL.

On weekdays, my mates and I will be going out for dinners... realize the plural i placed on dinner? It's mainly coz we could never stop on 1 place for food. Usually we would hop on the car and then start looking for other places for a drink and chill. Now this is what I would call living life on the fast track.

However, when you get older and career starts to prioritize in your mindset, your whole lifestyle completely changes. You would put in so much effort regardless it's emotional, mental or even physical, you would go the extra mile with what you got on your career. This often makes us tired as hell by the time we're off from work.

By the time you reach home, you would feel the weight of your day's labour hovering on your shoulder and you would just call it quits and call it an early night off.

Well this is just my perception. Other reality is well.... we're just getting older LOL

I know some of you would just pfft at me or even laugh at this statement that I do agree I'm getting older. This is what I call life. It's not that I do not enjoy life as I used to anymore but in a way, I'm happy that where my hard work has gotten my career thus far.

It has been fruitful though just I would need a couple more years to be where I actually want to be in the corporate ladder hence I have to act fast :p

Look at where I am now, career wise, I'm a manager...well those days when people see you as a manager, they would go like "Waaa.... good life huh you?"

To be entirely honest with you, being a manager DOES NOT mean that you have a better life than any executives out there. Yes no doubt you get to push people around from time to time, but hey at the end of the day, the higher your position is, the more responsibilities you have to bear on your shoulders.

Like what Spiderman Movie said.... "With great powers comes great responsibilities!"
It's a true fact....Chew on that...

Desperado??

2009-03-16T12:37:00.004+08:00

Has romance become such a desperate thing for us nowadays?

Even in Matta fair there are agencies trying to hook people up together.
This proves that people in the city these days concentrates too hard on work and literally have no time for a little romance or even a little fun.

Or could we look at another angle and say that the companies we work for these days are giving us more and more jobs until we couldn't finish therefore we utterly have no time for socializing with others.

Hmm really something to ponder....

Za Dao pt.2

2009-03-05T13:35:00.000+08:00

There was once Eileen and I were watching a movie on DVD and here goes our conversation...

Me: Tomorrow...... *Silent*
Eileen: *waiting for answer for about 10 mins* Are you going to continue that sentence?
Me: Did I say anything?
Eileen: You said tomorrow..... then nothing already.
Me: Really ah? wow... I didn't know I said anything at all...

I was suppose to say something however, The movie caught my attention and made me forget what I wanted to say...

Very good example of my short term memory lost.... >.<

Za Dao....

2009-02-27T22:11:00.003+08:00

My GF told me a joke today.... and this is how it went...

GF: Hey you wanna hear a joke or not?
Me: What?
GF: In China got a lot of people ma........ *silent*
Me: ...... wow .......

Both end up laughing happily ever after.

Sekian Terima Kasih...

My Personality based on a Company's Predictive Index Test.

2009-02-11T16:59:00.003+08:00

Last week I had to take a PI test from a company to evaluate my personality for a job and here's the result that I've gotten...

Strongest Behavior

Calvin's PI Pattern has a very narrow width, so his behaviors are moderate in their expression.

While moderate, Calvin will most strongly express the following behaviors:

Relatively quick in connecting to others; he's reasonably open and sharing of himself. Builds and leverages relationships to get work done.
Fluent, enthusiastic, and comparatively frequent in communication; a motivator who pays attention to others' point of view.
Collaborative; works with and through others. focused on team cohesion, dynamics and interpersonal relations.
Productivity in driving to reach his goals while moving in a faster-than-average pace. Inquisitive about the world around him.
Relatively independent in taking action on his own ideas. Resourcefully works around most obstacles blocking completion of what he wants to accomplish.
Eager of results, his drive is for swift implementation. He works best in fast-paced environments offering a variety of activities, rather than routines.

Summary

Calvin is a very congenial, friendly communicator, affable, poised, capable of projecting enthusiasm and warmth, and motivating others.

An intense person, he works at a fast pace with emphasis on getting things done by working cooperatively with and through people. He understands people well, and uses that understanding effectively in motivating and persuading others to do what needs to be done to achieve the organization's goal.

Calvin is a dedicated team worker who will dependably function within the framework of plans and policies decided upon and expressed by company management. He is collaborative by nature, and works to control risks by ensuring input from others on decisions that are outside of established policies. When making such unusual, or risk decisions, he will work with trusted advisors, subject-matter experts, or management leadership to make a well-accepted, well-researched decision.

Calvin derives satisfaction from bringing out of the best in others and takes pride in contributing to the business' success in that way. at ease and self-assured with groups, Calvin is capable of selling the company's policies and values. While he will delegate subordinates, he will also follow up closely and carefully and in a friendly and helpful manner.

Quick and accurate in handling details as long as they are only an intermittent aspect of his work, he will become impatient and less effective if frequently required to work with repetitive routines.

Management Style
As a manager of people or projects, Calvin will be:

Focused on guiding his team to achieve predetermined company goal, in a friendly, driven, and proactive manner
Amenable to delegating authority and details to trusted employees; his follow-up will be quick, helpful, and close ensuring that both his personal standards and company's standards have been followed and met.
Proactive in bringing his ideas forward; takes action on them only after gaining agreement with key colleagues and/or proof that they'll be successful.
Collaborative in approach; he's eager to gather input from others, and is open to their viewpoints, but will be unlikely to go against proven solutions.
Cautious with risky decisions; he will defer to management, colleagues, or trusted advisors to mitigate risk and ensure agreement before moving forward.
A lively, positive, and genuine company spokesperson.

Selling Style
As a salesperson, Calvin will be:

Congenial and persuasive - focused on building a solid, trusting relationship with his customers - concerned about saying and doing the right thing.
Motivated in working with and through others to facilitate the sale; confident in his abilities to persuade and influence others when following a proven sales method.
Thoughtful in what he does, says, and communicates to the prospect - concerned about risking the relationship; cautious not to over-commit.
Sincere - will speak and present information in a logical and organized manner.
Confident in selling in ways that are proven to work; reluctant to 'think on his feet,' preferring to be well prepared and follow a predefined plan.

Management Strategies
To maximize his effectiveness, productivity, and job satisfaction, consider providing Calvin with the following:

Clear defination of his responsibility, authority, and organizational relationships
Specific training in his job.
Opportunities of involvement, interaction, and communication with people as a major aspect of his work.
Assurance of support and guidance of management, trusted advisors, or his team, particularly during periods of change or new developments.
Social and status recognition as reward for achievement and demonstrated of team spirit.

Wow. So much to type. This particular Acrobat file can't be copied and paste....kanasai...
All I have to say about the result is...

BOOYAH!!! Mun lei sei mei... :p

Something to Look Forward To

2009-01-16T15:29:00.004+08:00

It's been so long I've ever got the time to blog about anything at all. Work had been really piling up on me literally till the extent I could no longer have much time to do anything else but crash at home later day of the evening to take my own personal time to do practically nothing at all. I don't even have much time to play the games that I would usually play... how sad such kind of life is huh?

Since I took over P Project from a colleague who had resigned, I've been getting phone calls ever more frequent compared to my daily life. Heck I even might get more phone calls coming in to me than I would normally received for a month! Just like yesterday, Just on incoming calls only I had like 81 calls already excluding the calls I have to make for this P Project.

So as you might be able to imagine, my life is basically havoc right now. I'm so nervous to the extent of even having to force myself to check office emails from time to time from home; just to make sure there's if there's any urgent mails that require my attention, I'll be able to attend to it.

Teluk Batik Beach - Sitiawan

Oh don't let me bore you with my work and all. I am finally going to take a short weekend trip back to Sitiawan with a few friends of mine. Finally, the sea side, the sea food, the slower pace of life... God I'd give anything to have such life. comfortable and everything is so easy going. No doubt in order to experience such kind of life, one must not be too greedy on the incomes one would be getting living in such remote places.

But of course, life style there would be way much cheaper as well compared to our hectic city life. Like there's an old saying, There's a price to pay to every choice we make.

We are going to enjoy this weekend with the scent of sea breeze over the atmosphere, sitting by the beach while the gentle waves sweeps across your leg, the sea breeze running through your hair and letting yourself soak in the warmth of what the sun could provide.

Ah...the life... I can't wait to go back there and take some nice pictures as well as enjoy a full load of seafood :p

Till then, will report more when I get something out of it

What on earth is going on??

2009-01-06T10:57:00.003+08:00

My apologies people, As most of you know recently we have internet issues with Streamyx and also possible with other ISP outside.

Hence this had made me unable to upload pictures through the internet as my upload speed now is like only about 40-100kbps >.< in which, layman terms it means it's fucking slow to upload any pictures....

Since there's no pictures to upload, let me recap on my resolution for year 2008.

1) Cutback on smoking.

I have been trying for about 2 years to quit on smoking. I used to smoke like 2 packs of cigs a day. I fully understand the consequences of smoking and yes, I have been working on cutting down from 2 packs a day till up to date 3-4 days a pack. Not much of improvement you say? Well for some it's quite difficult despite the stress and the issues I go through throughout the 2 years. In a way, I'm making progress...

Well for this whole year round, I didn't really manage to cut down significantly, however, I did manage to only maintain the same amount of smokes per day... hence, I FAILED...

2) Improvements in my career.

I have just changed a new job. I'm earning more than my previous company. In a way I'm proud of my achievements but for this year, it's gonna get harder. I would like to stand out in my career and I have set a certain amount I wanna achieve in salary and as well as I have set the position I would like to be in for my career - a full fledged manager. :p

Hmm.... year 2008 was considered challenging to me coz I have changed like 3 jobs in that year. However, it's an upgrade on each job I've changed. I'm a full fledged project manager now and I'm happy with my job despite the busy schedule. So... this is a PASS....

3) Find someone special.

for 15 months now I've remained single. I've never gone out much from my house. My only routine is to go to work and come home. That's about it. Isolation was my theme for the past year. This time around, I think it's a suitable time for me to look for someone special to complete myself in the things I would not be able to do alone. *I know. some of you are laughing while reading this =.=" *

Umm.. need I say more? I have found someone special and till this day, I'm still very happy being with her ^^ so this is a PASS...

4) Change of Lifestyle.

As I mentioned above, I have not gone out much the whole year hence it kinda distorted my once glorious social life. :( *Stop laughing =.="* So I think this year I should go out and meet the world once again. Working with my previous company had made me too lazy to go out coz everyday during the weekdays I work till late nights therefore making me lazy to leave the comfort of my house after office. It also made me appreciate home more during the weekends as it's the only time I would be able to relax and rest. This new job however, is more relaxed. They don't really encourage overtime works. So I believe I'll be able to have more time spent not only with my family but with my friends as well. :)

I have had some outings this year. I've been slightly more active with my friends this year around and I'm proud to pronounce this resolution a PASS...

5) Obesity control.

Ever since I got back from Hong Kong at 2006, I gradually grew bigger in size as well as weight. I used to frequent the gym but after Hong Kong, I've been lazy and well too tired after work to hit the gym. So This year, I'm gonna put myself back to the gym and I would wanna have a proper toned up body by the end of this year *fingers crossed*

I failed plus failed another time.... historically, the heaviest I've been is like 75kg but this year around, I've gone up to 80kg >.<>

6) Getting a place to call my own home.

For 2 years now I've been planning to get my own place but was either too lazy to look for one, or due to some other plans of leaving the country that stopped me from searching harder. This year I suppose it'll be a better idea to get my own place. Well I might achieve in finding someone special so in a way, I do need something solid as well. A home would be the best bet.

Due to the frequent change of jobs, my income was affected as well, hence I limited myself from viewing any properties. So this year I'm probably gonna try again.... For now, this resolution FAIL...

Well well, 3 passes and 3 fails. Not bad still... It's still a 50% success to setup your own resolutions.

I will figure out what is my 2009 resolution is and will then update here once again...Sigh gonna be another year older soon... >.<

Congratulations~

2008-12-31T10:31:00.003+08:00

To Calvin and Evelyn,

Congratulations to both of you! Wish you both great happiness throughout your marriage life.
Yes no doubt there's ups and downs in life but may the 2 of you patch those downs to bring it up again :p

Hehe so there you go, a short post.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!

2008-12-26T14:22:00.002+08:00

Hi All,

Sorry for the late updates; As usual, I've been really stuck with heaps of work till it kinda suck out all the creativity in my mind to post out anything at all.

Don't worry, I have got something in store for all of you. I'll post out the pictures of what happened to me during Christmas eve :p It's really nothing fancy though. Since Eileen isn't in Malaysia this season, I gotta find something to do too right? Can't let myself spend a lonely Christmas, No one should actually ^^

Anyways, I've uploaded some nice songs that I've bought for myself as Christmas gift and now I'm sharing it with you guys.
More songs will be uploaded in time to come so stay tuned.

2008 Mini Blogger's Gathering

2008-12-09T12:26:00.011+08:00

So sorry for the late update on my blog guys. Work has been piling up lately and I don't really have much time for myself except when I'm home.

Usually I would upload those pictures from home but unfortunately, TM Streamyx has really taken a toll on me as well, My connection to the internet intermittently gets disconnected. Last night in order to send a mail to my co worker, I got disconnected like over 7 times. Can you imagine how bad would this get when I upload pictures?

So here I am, slightly eased up in office.... Therefore without further or do, I present to you 2008 Blogger's Gathering Season 2.

Yes again it was held in Marche. The reason for this all is very simple...

1) It's easier to split the bill as we have our own cards to pay at the cahier.
2) The location seems so much better to take pictures with.
3) The voters had voted for the food there. (Though in my personal opinion, the food isn't so great after all)

Was the gathering boring?? Hmm.... let the above picture speaks for itself... LOL

Nah, it wasn't so bad....First we started off by helping our Co host, Evie to put on some make up. Few reasons as well...

1) She was kinda underdessed.
2) We had a surprise for her and that surprise won't really go along with an underdressed person :)

This is how she looks after the make up.

The group of girls , well the early birds though... From the left, Bernice, Evie, Maegen and behind is Eileen

OK So here's the surprise we had for Evie. We kinda understand that she is getting married soon, and she has some shortage of funds, So the girls decided to make her earn her own marriage fund. How you say?

Yeap, that's right! She has to go around asking for donations all over the restaurant. But wait.... She's not just going around empty handed. She has to work on some sales before getting her hands on her money!

Ain't she cute??~~~

This is the whole group that arrived for our humble gathering...

NKwai... a fellow photographer and someone with a good sense of humour.
Oh yea below are the pictures of what our SALES was all about...

And just to think the group is not enough to make the sales quota, Evie had to go around the restaurant to sell her "product"

I bet you guys must be wondering what was she selling right? hehe will let you guys know at the end of this post, so be patient...

Evie, NKwai and Yat... Seriously, special thanks to yat for bringing a huge group of people from nuffnang's innit to join us. :)

Jason Lim and Chen Seng

Hsu Jen and David Hehe our very own "royal shortness"

Our photoshop guru, Chee Ching

Aaron and Stephanie

We also had Chun Lern , Fiona and Eric who participated in our gathering but unfortunately the pictures I took of you guys are blurry so I'm a little embarrassed to put it up... Sorry guys...

Our very own Thomas Yap. And yes this is what Evie was selling around the restaurant, CONDOMS!!! mwahahaha... Good one girls...

Sadly I as the co host wasn't pardon for this goof as well. So I had to particiate to ensure everyone that this is not a rip off. Guys...RM10 for 1 condom isn't expansive...Think Donation...Think Safe... :p

Post Gathering Syndrome

2008-11-26T09:46:00.001+08:00

Sorry for the late post guys. Pictures will be up very soon. I'm still trying to get them uploaded to my email so i can send to everyone >.<

Will do so soon enough so please be patient...

Sekian, Terima Kasih

Mini Blogger's Gathering 2008

2008-11-10T11:18:00.003+08:00

That's right. The 2nd Annual Mini blogger's gathering is back on track. We had one last year and it was a bash! This year we're hoping to get to know more of you bloggers out there.

Please do send me an email for a seating reservation. You might want to let me know if you're bringing anyone else apart from yourself if you're going. Bring your gf, bring your friends. It doesn't matter. Just as long as you let me know in advance so I can reserve tables and seats with the restaurant.

DON'T MISS OUT!

Email: siggyx.com@gmail.com

Mini Blogger's Gathering

2008-11-06T08:59:00.004+08:00

This invitation is handed out to all of you readers and bloggers who are interested. I'm going to copy and paste the information from Evie's post of gathering....

"As I've posted earlier, we, as in a few kuchi-rat bloggers, would like to have a mini gathering again this year. We have decided to have it on the 21st of November 2008, no, not a early Christmas Edition anymore, more to a normal get together (cos 21st Nov is so damn far away from Christmas). Since we've decided to make it easy-bill-manage, we narrowed down to these two location in PJ.

One, Marche Movenpick The Curve for easy larger seating area with aircond and indoor smoking access for those who smokes plus easier to make early booking for space but with abit of expensive billing. Calvin said this would produce a better photography at the end of the day so...

Two, McDonald's Mutiara Damansara, the one opposite Ikea or Tesco (I think) with cheaper manageable bills and free 24/7 Coke refill, but cannot guarantee if there would be enough seating indoor for everyone unless some seat outside and some seat inside. Furthermore, you can watch Discovery Channel or Football, if there is any on that day, or whichever Astro channel they wanna put on that day.

So there you have the pros and cons of these two area.

We've come up with a poll on our sidebar so that you can choose which area you would prefer to have this gathering. The polling ends this Saturday 12pm so that we could make reservations at Marche just in time (in case if Marche gets the majority votes). So please make your votes now.

To those who are interested to go, you can mark your calendar this 21st November and give your name and contact number to me via email evelynholic@hotmail.com to RSVP a seat. Please RSVP by 15th November 2008. Thanks, and happy polling :P"

So what are you waiting for? instead of email to the above said email address, email to me at siggyx.com@gmail.com

Don't forget to vote yea~

Oh if you want to know how our blogger's gathering went last year, check this out...

Chinese Male needed for Photoshoot.

2008-11-05T13:52:00.005+08:00

There will be a bridal shot for a friend of mine. She needs a male to be her partner in the photoshoot session. If there's anyone interested, Please send me an email at siggyx.com@gmail.com attached with a copy of your picture.

Date of the photoshoot is at 26 or 30th of November.

Criteria:
Chinese.
Any age but must look between 27 to 30
Height 175 and above.
MUST be photogenic.

Oh yea, there's no payment for the shoot, merely just a go and get happy event.

Want to see your partner you're gonna shoot with? Here you go....

Something to Lighten Up Your Blue Monday

2008-11-03T14:30:00.004+08:00

Blue Monday? Not feeling used to after a relaxing weekend from work? Unlike me, I just checked in to a new job and as I was cleaning up the computer that was used by a guy before me, guess what I've found..

OMG! There really is a place with a name like that... LOL I even have a picture of the previous guy looking it up and print screen it down.

So next time, want to plan a holiday trip? Don't know where to go? Fret no more! just go to the nearest travel agent and book your first air ticket to Fucking....and you know what??
You'll have a Fucking great time!

Contentment?

2008-10-31T20:24:00.005+08:00

OK OK Sorry for the long absence. I've been taking 2 weeks break away from work as well as blogging mainly coz right now I'm waiting for my new job to start.

Seriously, there's nothing worth to note down on what has been going on my life for the past 2 weeks apart from sleeping and gaming :) Yes there are occasions where I go out with some of my friends but rest assure, it's very very rare. I'd rather laze at home and wait till the day comes I have to wake up early in the morning for my work :p

OK. Today's topic would be something more general. It's something that is so common that sometimes people tend to forget about it.

Do you not find it ironic that there's a lot of people who keeps telling each other to be contented with what they have? Yet they themselves rarely practice it?

On general, Contentment comes only to those who CHOOSE to be contented with what they have. Some people are so consumed with greed or their own goals that they tend to miss out the best thing that they have right now.

For example: Men or women always complains about their partners or their husband/wife on their bad points. They would say how much their other half does not understand them or does not treasure them. One way to look at it, it's true. BUT think about it this way: Whether you are in good of bad times, have your partner refused to stand by your side? Have they never been your shoulder to cry on? Have they never been your best friend in times of need?

I know I used to be a person who use to take relationships for granted. I am still learning let me assure you that I'm learning each and everyday to build up as a better person to my other half :)

Let's face it, NO ONE'S PERFECT! Never your partner, never your husband/wife, and NEVER will be you. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

In relationships, there is no such thing as YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. Everyone in a relationship CAN and WILL find someone better than you. Your partner CAN and WILL be able to find someone better than you. There's always someone better than someone. So here's the truth...

IT IS HOW CONTENTED YOU ARE in the person you are with now. Everyone can be your MR. or MRS. right. Unless you learn to be contented with what you have now, no matter how many people you date with, they will never be good enough for you.

However speaking about professionalism, we as human these days, our generation, tends to jump from jobs to job. WHY? answer is pretty simple. It's mostly because they want to find a better pay job of a job with a better offer. Look at your parents, or your grandparents, the previous generations can actually stick to a job for over 20-30 years. They would not jump to another job. I'm not saying that there's no better opportunities for them in other companies, It's because they are contented with what they have. Yes they may complain that their job sucks or anything, but at the bottom line, they will stick to the job. Their loyalty is something we won't be able to get these days.

Why is it so?

Is it cause our generation now is so spoiled with choices till the extent we no longer recognize contentment anymore? Or is it mainly due to greed?

Put our parents in being in a relationship...

Divorce is so common these days unlike the older generations. How come our previous generations were able to keep a marriage for so many years but for us, some could even barely maintain a marriage for 3 years.

My honest opinion is mainly due to contentment.... again.... People are so greedy or really do not know how to see and recognize the good things that they have till they tend to go astray.

Let me tell you my story...I learned to be contented with what I have. Some may know what kind of person I used to be. I am somewhat ashamed of myself as well at certain times. But well, every curve is a learning curve right?

I finally learn to be contented with what I have, who I am with. I know that I can rely on this person with whatever trouble I am at. I know she would stand by me. And of course I would act the same on her behalf as well.

Yes in a relationship or marriage, couples do argue. If there's no arguments in a relationship, then you should be worried. Don't run away or break the relationship mainly coz you guys argued. Argument is something that would bind the relationship stronger. Don't give up on your partner. Maybe they have not given up on you yet. Why should you be the one to pull the plug? When you accept him/her to your life, you should be ready to accept that person for his/her goods and bads. Else why would you bother to begin a relationship let alone a marriage?

This is all I have to say now... Please consider what I have said and search for contentment in every situations. Sometimes, things may turn bad, but don't look at the bad points only, the good points are always in the thin silver lining.

Photography Festival 2008

2008-10-19T23:01:00.013+08:00

This weekend KL Time Square hosted this year's Malaysia Photography Festival 2008. It's a place similar like PC fair on every 3 months, but this one sells camera, usually DSLR and accessories like lenses and so on. Not only that, There's also a great deal of photography sessions with models and this year around, featuring Amber Chia.

Before you get to see Amber, here's some shot of the amount of photographers on that event taking pictures of models who waltz the stage showing off their pretty face and excellent body :p

When I arrived, there's literally no place for me to stand around the stage. Some even brought ladders to stand from the back and zoom out with their big ass zoom lense. So I decided to take a floor up and snap my pics using my Zoom lense from the first floor.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, AMBER CHIA!!

Forgive me for having an aunty behind Amber's pictures. There's no way I could cut her out coz my lense is only up to 50mm then coz we got a place on the first sitting row :p

Wait.... Apart from Amber there's also other models accompanying her. Unfortunately I do not know their names but I find this next girl pretty good. Though I wondered why she did not smile. Later when she did at the end of the show, I only realized why... She didn't really have a perfect set of teeth LOL

This is another model as well but I just don't know who she is; Sorry guys...

The next model....

After a hectic, hot and stuffy day at the mall, we decided to go home, So Eileen and I left for dinner then I hanged out at her place for a while till I'm tired then heading home... from a eventful day, the least I need is a traffic jam caused by a heavy downpour... =.="

2 Headed Snakes

2008-10-13T10:40:00.002+08:00

There are many types of people in this world. Some are understanding, some reasonable, some smart, some intelligently challenged, some hardworking, some lazy and the list goes on and on. Fact is there's always a quality a person lacks on. Only to make them human.

We as human are not perfect and I believe all of you would agree with me on that.

Never the less, we as humans, we have a choice to be what we wanna be. Some chose to be lazy instead of hardworking, some chose to be unreasonable instead of reason. But I feel intelligent is something we can't choose LOL.

The worst kind of people are those who what we asians call, 2-headed-snakes.

These type of people are the main problem that kick starts wars between 2 other people.

These type of 'friends' would come to you and backstab another friend of yours to you. They would say anything just to make you feel angry or pissed off your some of your other friends or even partners or even your wife.

Then on the other hand they would go to YOUR friend or your partner or your wife to backstab you in return. However, in front of you when they are talking bad about your other friends, he/she will say good things about you just so you would feel good.

These are the type of people everyone should get away from. I sometimes just wonder, why would these people CHOOSE to be what they are? Do they really enjoy their friends goes through a cold war amongst themselves because of what he/she had said?

Do you really find joy in other people's misery? I can honestly tell you I'm not stupid. I know what you did behind my back. Yes you know who I'm speaking of. I personally feel these type of people should really burn in hell. I mean now... Immediately... not wait till you die. but the moment you 2 time someone, poof off you go to hell to be burned eternally...

I fucking hate these type of people; well there are other types of people whom I really don't like but it's not as bad as this type. The other type would be hypocrites. Unfortunately we live in a world filled with people like this.

Cameron Trip Report

2008-10-05T21:20:00.009+08:00

So how was everyone's weekend during the raya break? I believe some of you have some agendas planned over the long weekend right? Mine was pretty simple given the fact that during the last MATTA fair, I wasn't able to get any holiday out of the country. So we ended up going to a local trip instead... 1 night in Ipoh and 2 nights in Cameron highland.

When we first arrived Ipoh, there's nothing much to do there but driving around looking for food. Ipoh is a heaven for food or some would say apart from Penang. I didn't manage to take any pictures around the town as I was kinda lazy hehe

The next day though we were driving around looking for a place called Kellie's Castle. We did find the place however; after several wrong turns and stuff :p Let the pictures talks by itself

There's a sign around this corridor that says Kellie's ghosts still wanders around here during the night. Believe it or not? Entirely up to you

After that Kellie's castle, We started our journey to Cameron highlands. No one in the car knows exactly the way up the mountains so from what supposed to be an hour drive up took about 3 hours. We keep getting lost in the outskirts of Ipoh trying to find the way up. We stopped to ask around several times and we turned back and forth a road many times coz of some screwed up people trying to give us directions but they themselves don't know the way =.="

We stayed in a 2 bedroom suite and this is the entrance to our place. We had to walk up 3 flight of stairs as our suite is all the way up top.

How would one not be tempted to go in the suite when there's someone so hot standing by luring you in? haha

This is how it looks like inside. The main living room. We even have a balcony which overlooks the mountains and bits and pieces of the road coming up.

We were kinda tired that night so we decided to just eat in the restaurant. It's a buffet though but I can honestly tell you one thing.... THE FOOD SUCKS!! After that Eileen and I took a walk around the hotel's premise since it's a cool chilling night. It's really a nice walk with all the nice lighting and so on...

Romantic right? :p

This is the lobby of the hotel.

Eileen posing in front of a flower at the rose valley.

Yes this is a very rare occasion where I would pick flowers and buy them for anyone...

We went later on to the tea plantation and the view there is specticular. It's so beautiful that even your mouth would gawk open.

There's a walkway to go to the top where we can overlook the plantation and while I was getting ready my camera, This is snap shot I took of Eileen. Cute huh?

Oh not only that... Throughout the trip I was looking for a waterfall in which I could hang out and snap some shots but to my disappointment, there wasn't any to be found nearby, There is one however as recommended by our hotel reception, the Robinson's fall. When we got there through small cramppy roads, we got there. But unfortunately, it has changed to be a damn to bring electricity to the hills...

So with a great disappointment, The next day we drove down back to KL. On the way down, I saw this huge waterfall at Lahat Iskandar. The fall was so amazing and finally, I get to fulfill one of my wishes for being in the hills :p

Sorry for the Lack of updates.

2008-09-30T17:53:00.002+08:00

I've been pretty sick the whole of last week. Been down with high fever first of all from Tuesday till Friday. On Saturday, I was getting better, or so what I thought...

After picking up Eileen's parents from the airport, We had dinner somewhere at a hawker food stall and the next day, I was caught up with food poisoning..

No it was not the China milk products that you may think. I'm really not sure whether is it the hawker food or the subway sandwich in which I've indulged myself with... But good enough, I was down again with fever and food poisoning. The whole of Sunday and Monday I had my stomach squirming with pain, not to mention the vomits and the poop I've had to endured throughout the 2 days.

However, I'm back again to work on Tuesday. I'm still not feeling very well though but having sick leave for 4 days isn't a good thing to the company's eye.

Even lunch today I couldn't bring myself to eat more than the usual lunch portion that I'm used to. Just a few spoon feed away and I'm already feeling like vomiting what I have indulged in. I am hungry though. Very indeed but heck there's nothing I could do but drink more water and keep myself warm in the air conditioned environment my office invited me to.

I am thankful however that there's not much work stacked up for me while I'm gone, so working on my job has been pretty smooth sailing till now *cross fingers*

And now I'm craving again... This time around, I'm craving for salad :p Don't ask me why but I love salad. Just that it's really hard to get a good fresh salad these days in KL.

Oh later I'm celebrating my mom's birthday with Eileen's parents attending as well, so yea, I'm pretty nervous But I'm sure I'll get by. On the bright side though I can have my craved salad :p

2008-09-22T11:51:00.003+08:00

Anyone a big fan of Takeshi Kaneshiro? Eileen is for one. She was goo-goo-gaa-gaa-ing over his poster when we were on the cinema the other day. But we were watching Death Race so we didn't catch this one.

However, when we were visiting the DVD shop to stock up some DVDs to watch over the weekend, I bumped to this movie. So I was like hey since she liked it so much, why not buy the DVD and watch it at home. It'll be nice though...actually I'm referring to the poster. Looks blue and nice :p I have no idea what is the story line behind this movie.

So as usual, we went back, start up the DVD player and slot the DVD in. At first watching the movie was kinda ok. It's a Japanese movie though! One thing about pirated DVDs, you're exposed to the risk of stupid subtitles. Eileen doesn't understand Japanese and I have a mild understanding of that language =/

So as we watched, we got more and more confused. Takeshi's name is Chiba, which the subtitle writes Lightning Thunder and the girl's name which was Kazue Fujiki becomes Rattan Wood =.="

What wonders can piracy do good titled movies...

Anyways, as we watched, we became more and more confused and you know what? I ended up sleeping followed by Eileen... We ended dozing off comfortably...... in a deep....deep....sleeeeep....

When I woke up hours later, I told Eileen, "This is a damn good movie....."
Eileen: Ya right! You slept in the movie. Some more you slept faster than me...
Me: Ya it's a good movie....good to sleep hee hee....

Guys and girls, watch on your own risk, just make sure you don't snore in the cinema, that's all..

Wooo Hooo~~

2008-09-19T10:40:00.003+08:00

Finally it has arrived! The long waited latest release album of Metallica!!! I just got my copy last night ;p This is the first time I ever purchased a CD that comes along with a free T-shirt...

Will post the picture of the T-shirt up later. Mean time, I've uploaded 3 of their songs into my music box. Do check it out if you're interested. But so far as I can say about this album, it's pretty good on some songs, very garage feel but not as 'garagie' as st. anger's album.

I kinda like only a few songs from there so I'm posting up the 2 of my likings from the album. Go ahead....knock yourselves out.

If loading is too slow for you, come to Imeem.com to listen to the songs I uploaded to share. I has all the other albums from different artists as well :)

Oh on the side note... I'm going on a personal strike. I'm never going to patronize Malay food anymore. I hope all of you who are in Malaysia would join in for this strike to show these people we do make a difference in the country's economy system.

HIDUP CINA!!
Long live Chinese...

hahahaha.....

Are Men Intimidated over Stronger Women?

2008-09-12T10:57:00.003+08:00

I was, yet again, had a drink with a friend of mine some time earlier this week as he told me that he was really troubled and and kinda invited me out on a desperate measure for a drink. He was kinda depressed in a way coz he hadn't been working for like 2 months. He has a wife to take care of and of course some loans and stuff to commit on a monthly basis. So as you may guessed it, his wife is kinda supporting the income on the house. Which means.... the wife wears the pants in the house LOL

Then it kinda stumbled upon me of this question....

ARE MEN INTIMIDATED OF STRONG WILLED WOMEN?

I got to admit, male chauvinism is pretty common in Asia especially Chinese men. Some men are still living in the traditional era where they still believe that men are a superior being compared to women. Men believes that they should be the one wearing the pants in the house and working and providing to the family is the duty of men.

Well, men will feel very intimidated if their woman are supporting them financially in any terms. I do feel the same way too. I mean why would you want to have a partner if you can't support them? I remember when I was much younger, my mom used to tell me, "Calv, you should study more. Then graduate to earn more money. Then only would you have what it takes to find a wife to support her."

Seriously, I think that mail chauvinism is kinda bad for us. We shouldn't even adapt this this concept at all. I believe men and women are equal. Both species have 1 brain, 2 hands and 2 legs. We're given the same capacity to perform in jobs or what not. Why should women feel any lesser of a being compared to men?

Some men prefer submissive women who listens to them on every instructions and commands. I think it's more like these men just want a sense of security. Having troubles at work while dealing with people around already just doesn't want to go back to a home where even the partner challenges him. It works both ways as well. Women who goes to work, they sometimes get caught in a crossfire of office politics. They get stressed out too. But they still come back home and takes the bickering of their so-called superior being. It's really not healthy to have this kind of mindset in a relationship though.

I for one, prefer a woman who can hold her head high and have her own opinion. but of course from time to time, a submissive part of her popping out would definitely be nice. Men loves to feel wanted. They longed to feel important in their partner's life. I guess it goes both ways as well. Women too wants to feel important and wanted in their own home with their partner. Don't you agree?

So as you can see, we're all equal here, we both want the same thing in a relationship and want the same goal from each other.

Take some time to reflect guys and girls, Why should you be intimidated over each other? Especially men, why would you be intimidated over women who could hold their own? It'll be really boring if the women agrees in EVERY single thing you say and does not challenge you one bit. Where's the fun of a debate or a positive discussion?

I would like a woman who could tell me otherwise, tell me that I'm a twat or I'm being and ass. A positive communication or a discussion with your partner is good for a relationship. Some people may think being submissive is just to evade arguments from each other but I can tell you this, arguments are good to hold a stronger bond between 2 people. But of course don't get it over your head. Keep your pride in your shelf when you want a positive discussion.

To be honest, I too need to work on my pride issue. Sometimes even though I have the right mind to keep it in the shelf, it often pops up right beside me and it makes me feel like a jerk when I display my pride and sense of superiority in front of my partner.

So all in all, I feel men shouldn't feel intimidated over stronger women. Having stronger women could be fun as well. But of course to the Ladies, please don't get over your head as well. Be considerate. Men could be quite fragile as well. Not all men can take harsh words or headstrong attitude with women. Men may be strong physically, but I can honestly tell you they are not strong all the way in. Not all of them to say the least. Women have a stronger hold on their emotions and mental compared to guys.

2008-09-09T10:47:00.002+08:00

Sorry folks for the lack of update. I have been pretty busy for the past few days and yes another few days to come due to the workload I'm facing right now.

Just a short update: I was sent to Singapore over the weekend and yes to work. And of course it sucked. I mean traveling over the weekend away from your family and of course your own personal plans for the weekend would be ruined too.

What are my plans for the weekend you say? MATTA fair was over the weekend and I actually planned to go somewhere with Eileen for a holiday before her parents comes back. Ended up we went on Sunday but all of our preferred destination had been FULLY BOOKED.

So there you go, an update for you, no holidays for me :(

Online Shopping?

2008-09-04T14:24:00.004+08:00

Ebay.com is so efficient these days... From the very beginning, I was pretty skeptical about purchasing stuff online. I keep on getting worried about whether will I be cheated or even being sold fakes or bootlegs from what I originally wanted.

Thanks to Paypal.com, this is a place where you key in your credit card details to them and they will be the middle party who makes payments for all your online purchase items. Don't worry, they are pretty safe. As a matter of fact, they will help you out of you were sold fakes or even if the items you bought were not delivered to you, they will refund to you after a full investigation; which takes about a week or so. :)

I usually do my shopping for music online these days. It's so much cheaper and of course with Paypal and Ebay, it makes things so much easier and smoother. As some of you may know, There's a lot of music that you can't get it in Malaysia. Not to mention CHEAPER than Malaysia.

Buying a music CD in Malaysia costs vary from RM40 to RM90 depending on the artists. Isn't it a wonder why Malaysians are still going for pirated cds? They only costs for RM8 at most. We as Malaysians work as a regular job with only a pay of RM1500 to RM2000 a month. How many of an RM50 worth of CDs could we afford?? People in America who earns about US$2000 a month would be able to afford tons as 1 CD there costs around US$5 to US$10?

OK back to my story. I got this CD called NELO. It's not found here in Malaysia as they are a new band. Guess how much I got it for?? 1 cent on Ebay and with a shipping fee of US$6.15. It's friggin US$6.16 for a CD which is about RM20 here? Ain't it so much cheaper? The seller in Ebay definitely earns a little and we in Malaysia saved a little... There you go... a Win-win Situation...

Everyone's happy. Of course there's a catch and risks about purchasing items online. Catch is of course you gotta be patient. It takes them about 6-10 days for a delivery right to your doorstep. I mean a saving of RM20 or more is kinda worth the wait right?

Risks are being whether are they selling u fake stuff, or broken CDs. Heck some even won't bother sending the items to you after you paid them. But never fear, Paypal is here. Just lodge a complain and they will investigate on both ends. When they found out that you are the victim, the payment will automatically be refunded back to your credit card :)

So in all words, it's kinda risk free in a way hahaha.... so guys... Happy shopping...

A Trip to Eat and Watch

2008-08-28T10:11:00.007+08:00

The other day my colleagues and I went over to Kuala Selangor for seafood treat. There's this project that was pending for a very long time is now completed. So the company decided to take us for a treat to motivate us for a job well done.

Yea we went over to this lady's parent's place for dinner. Apparently her family opens a seafood restaurant over there and she said it's cheap and fresh.

Believe it or not, It took us a 90 minutes drive all the way to the village. We're so hungry by the time we reached not to mention we have to take orders and wait for the food to be served. Gosh I could almost eat a whole cow. But nevertheless the sight of driving there was a calm, country road. Even the sunset looks much better than the ones we see in the city.

See this? This is a pure fishermen village. This reminds me so much of my own hometown in Sitiawan.

This is the restaurant we had our dinner at. Looks a little dodgy but of course, these kind of restaurants always portrays this concept: More than meets the eye.
One of our Vietnamese colleague. Duc.... Don't ask me. I really don't know what's his deal with this kawaii look. Maybe this new trend just arrived Vietnam! hahaha

One of our dish is this shell fish. I really don't know what you call this snail but it is very common to see these shells lying around the beach here in Malaysia.

A hefty sum of food don't you think so? I think we ordered a total of 10 dishes with a 1kg of prawns on each table. Yummy.

I hereby present to you the participants of our escapade :p We have like 5 DSLR photographers and a couple of digital ones. We even have some mobile phone cameramen haha.

Soon after dinner, we headed to watch fireflies during the night. It's quite famous that people would come to Kuala Selangor to watch fireflies during the night on a boat ride.

I spotted a cute little chap munching his food away so this is my attempt on a black and white potrait picture.

The welome sign of the firefly park. The place as a chalet and like 15 boats taking their customers across the river to watch those insects.

Seriously, the place was very dark with no lights at all. The tour guide didn't even allowed us to use our camera flash to take any pictures coz it might scare the fireflies away. So with a little twitch and adjustment, I tried to take pictures of our horizon. Somehow it came out just perfect. I looked as if we're on a boat, riding to the underworld across to the land of the dead :p

This is how it looks like without my lighting effect. Doesn't it look spooky??

10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT

2008-08-26T10:13:00.002+08:00

10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you

Although the pay for IT professionals is not as great as it was before the dot-com flameout and the IT backlash in 2001-2002, IT workers still make very good money compared to many other professions (at least the ones that require only an associate’s or bachelor’s degree). And there is every reason to believe that IT pros will continue to be in demand in the coming decades, as technology continues to play a growing role in business and society. However, because IT professionals can be so expensive, some companies treat IT pros like they own them. If you have to answer a tech call at 9:00 PM because someone is working late, you hear, “That’s just part of the job.” If you need to work six hours on a Saturday to deploy a software update to avoid downtime during business hours, you get, “There’s no comp time for that since you’re on salary. That’s why we pay you the big bucks!”

9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors

Some users will angrily snap at you when they are frustrated. They will yell, “What’s wrong with this thing?” or “This computer is NOT working!” or (my personal favorite), “What did you do to the computers?” In fact, the problem is that they accidentally deleted the Internet Explorer icon from the desktop, or unplugged the mouse from the back of the computer with their foot, or spilled their coffee on the keyboard.

8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day

When you miraculously fix something that had been keeping multiple employees from being able to work for the past 10 minutes — and they don’t realize how simple the fix really was — you will become the hero of the moment and everyone’s favorite employee. But they will conveniently forget about your hero anointment a few hours later when they have trouble printing because of a network slowdown — you will be enemy No. 1 at that moment. But if you show users a handy little Microsoft Outlook trick before the end of the day, you’ll soon return to hero status.

7.) Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise

Headhunters and human resources departments love IT certifications. They make it easy to match up job candidates with job openings. They also make it easy for HR to screen candidates. You’ll hear a lot of veteran IT pros whine about techies who were hired based on certifications but who don’t have the experience to effectively do the job. They are often right. That has happened in plenty of places. But the fact is that certifications open up your career options. They show that you are organized and ambitious and have a desire to educate yourself and expand your skills. If you are an experienced IT pro and have certifications to match your experience, you will find yourself to be extremely marketable. Tech certifications are simply a way to prove your baseline knowledge and to market yourself as a professional. However, most of them are not a good indicator of how good you will be at the job.

6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs

Your co-workers (in addition to your friends, family, and neighbors) will view you as their personal tech support department for their home PCs and home networks. They will e-mail you, call you, and/or stop by your office to talk about how to deal with the virus that took over their home PC or the wireless router that stopped working after the last power outage and to ask you how to put their photos and videos on the Web so their grandparents in Iowa can view them. Some of them might even ask you if they can bring their home PC to the office for you to fix it. The polite ones will offer to pay you, but some of them will just hope or expect you can help them for free. Helping these folks can be very rewarding, but you have to be careful about where to draw the line and know when to decline. For help, take a look at TechRepublic’s free download “Ten ways to decline a request for free tech support.”

5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong

Working with IT consultants is an important part of the job and can be one of the more challenging things to manage. Consultants bring niche expertise to help you deploy specialized systems, and when everything works right, it’s a great partnership. But you have to be careful. When things go wrong, some consultants will try to push the blame off on you by arguing that their solution works great everywhere else so it must be a problem with the local IT infrastructure. Conversely, when a project is wildly successful, there are consultants who will try to take all of the credit and ignore the substantial work you did to customize and implement the solution for your company.

4.) You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones

One of the most attractive things about working in IT is the idea that we’ll get to play with the latest cutting edge technologies. However, that’s not usually the case in most IT jobs. The truth is that IT professionals typically spend far more time maintaining, babysitting, and nursing established technologies than implementing new ones. Even IT consultants, who work with more of the latest and greatest technologies, still tend to work primarily with established, proven solutions rather than the real cutting edge stuff.

3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies

A lot of companies could implement more cutting edge stuff than they do. There are plenty of times when upgrading or replacing software or infrastructure can potentially save money and/or increase productivity and profitability. However, it’s often the case that one of the largest roadblocks to migrating to new technologies is not budget constraints or management objections; it’s the veteran techies in the IT department. Once they have something up and running, they are reluctant to change it. This can be a good thing because their jobs depend on keeping the infrastructure stable, but they also use that as an excuse to not spend the time to learn new things or stretch themselves in new directions. They get lazy, complacent, and self-satisfied.

2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business

Another subtle but blameworthy thing that some IT professionals do is select and implement technologies based on how well those technologies make the business dependent on the IT pros to run them, rather than which ones are truly best for the business itself. For example, IT pros might select a solution that requires specialized skills to maintain instead of a more turnkey solution. Or an IT manager might have more of a Linux/UNIX background and so chooses a Linux-based solution over a Windows solution, even though the Windows solution is a better business decision (or, vice versa, a Windows admin might bypass a Linux-based appliance, for example). There are often excuses and justifications given for this type of behavior, but most of them are disingenuous.

1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up

All IT pros — even the very best — screw things up once in a while. This is a profession where a lot is at stake and the systems that are being managed are complex and often difficult to integrate. However, not all IT pros are good at admitting when they make a mistake. Many of them take advantage of the fact that business managers (and even some high-level technical managers) don’t have a good understanding of technology, and so the techies will use jargon to confuse them (and cover up the truth) when explaining why a problem or an outage occurred. For example, to tell a business manager why a financial application went down for three hours, the techie might say, “We had a blue screen of death on the SQL Server that runs that app. Damn Microsoft!” What the techie would fail to mention was that the BSOD was caused by a driver update he applied to the server without first testing it on a staging machine.

The True Defination of Special

2008-08-25T16:40:00.008+08:00

Last weekend I was walking around downtown to scout around for several stuff. So we decided to walk around to check out the price and where is the best place to buy the things that we might want/need.
1) Sony Ericsoon w580i

Eileen's phone is currently faulty and she is using my extra phone now. She is however scouting around to look for a new phone to purchase as the one she is using now is kinda confusing for her as the keys are not very user friendly. So we looked around everywhere for the best price and package. This colour is a limited edition as normally you only have a black, gray or white colour. Best price we found so far, RM799.

2) HTC Diamond Touch

A PDA phone that any geek would enjoy. This phone is the closest competitor to Apple's iPhone. For my personal opinion, this phone is small, sleek and honestly, It looks wicked! I always was curious on how much this thing would cost me if I were to buy it. True enough, the price is a hefty sum of RM2799. After 2 days of thinking, I decided to let this go for now. Maybe after a few months/years when my existing PDA expires then I might get this. :) but by then most likely there'll be newer and pretty gadgets out in the market =.="
3) Tamron Camera Lense.

I realized soon after the fireworks pictures, that the current kit lense I'm using is really no difference from using a normal point and shoot camera. This thing however is like an upgraded feature of the lense that I currently am using and it has a better picture quality. Best price after scouting around is RM1430. Ouch my Wallet!!

4) Hoya Polarizing Filter.

This gadget is good for my kind of photographer who does not know how to use Adobe Photoshop. LOL It helps me to cut off the glare off daylight pictures. It does comes in pretty handy though. Price is RM100. Want to see the result of having your lense poralized?

See the power of poralizing your lense? mwahahaha...

5) Dry Cabinet

After having my camera for about 2 years, I still do not have a dry cabinet to store my lenses and kit. Having a dry cabinet is necessary to keep the good condition of your camera and your lenses. The cheapest I found is RM230.

Want to know something funny?

When I was asking the sales guy about the HTC Diamond, this is the conversation that took place between us...

me: How much is the HTC Diamond going for now?
sales: Right now we got promotion. Selling for RM2799.
me: Wow that's quite expensive. What package do you include inside?
sales: We will give you screen protector, a bluetooth headset...
me: What brand?
sales: Jabra. We also give you the software that you need or other softwares that you want and we have, we'll give you, and the GPS software, Map King.
me: That's all? Anything else?
sales: We'll also give you a leather casing, it's not for sale but we use it as free gift. We're also giving away a Special Gift...
me: What's the special gift?
sales: We cannot tell you wan... it's special...
me and eileen: =.=" *we almost fell down*

Seriously, I almost wanted to slap that guy... with his look and the way he said the "We cannot tell you wan" part, it really took me off by a suprise... he looks something like this...

I believe you would too want to slap him >.<

So This is Where All the Romance Had Gone huh?

2008-08-21T09:26:00.010+08:00

Last night I said to Eileen while talking over the phone...

"I damn love you!"

Wanna know her response?

"Oh... I FUCKING love you!"

Wow this is the result of a evolution of romance huh?! hahaha weird it may sound but it does emphasize the love quite loudly :p

Goodness what a couple :p

Last night again, my colleagues and I decided to go over to Putrajaya to take some pictures of the fireworks competition that was displayed by some Canadian competitors.

Look at the top, there's so many people up there trying to take a good position. Hell we're smarter. My colleagues knows a place with a better view angle...I believed him... :p

Somehow this building looks really nice with it's blue soothing lights.

This is where the firework displays is gonna happen. Not exactly though but end of this road... They barricaded this road so no one would go near the explosions :p

Trust me, you WILL never guess what building is this.... Nope, you're wrong...Try again.... What?? Give up? You sure??

OK! This is a PUBLIC TOILET! Mother fucker this is where our money had gone huh? Our tax money had gone to a toilet where the government servants can have a better environment to take their dump!!! =.="

But of course while waiting for the display to start, There was some camwhoring shot. You know girls loves taking pictures and I'm just serving that purpose and not let it die :p

This is a friend of my colleague, her name is ICE.... Any takers??

My colleague Alex and his friend, Ice :p When he introduced to me he was like...

"Nah, this is my friend, Ice..."

I quickly interrupted him and said "Hi! I'm fire :)"
We had fun hahaha

Actually I particularly like this picture. Somehow it looks....umm.... just nice :)

These are the pictures of the fireworks that I took last night. As you can see, there's obviously no wind last night and ended up the smokes just stood there and made the pictures not as beautiful as I thought it would be.

Even so, the whole display itself wasn't so impressive after all. It somehow looks like those rejected goods that was rejected by China's Olympic fireworks and was sent here to show off. I can honestly tell you that I'm really not satisfied with the whole photoshoot for the fireworks display. :(

After that all, I couldn't even take any pictures of the finale coz of the smoke is really clogging up the sky!!!! Then when it ended, within a few minutes, This is how clear it became! God dammit!!

At the end of it all, This is the group of people that came for the photoshoot. From left to right, Me, Alex, Ice, Michelle and Raymond.

Shoot of the Night

2008-08-14T10:45:00.009+08:00

Last night my colleagues and I went decided to bring our camera to office so we could do a photo shoot outing after work. So after the clock strikes 6:30pm, off we went. Here's some pictures to share with you guys...

I'm sure you know where's this place already right? Seriously if you still don't know and you're from KL, you really ought to go out more often...

Here's the main picture of the area we took.Then the front view...

Then later on, we had our dinner then off we go for another round of shoot.

And finally, these are the monkeys that went for the photoshoot :p

Busy Busy Busy

2008-08-11T17:23:00.002+08:00

Sorry folks. Been really busy for me to drop anything fresh or new in this blog here, so this will be just a quick update.

Work is killing me during the weekdays and guess what? Singapore is trying to pull me over to work on some stuff again. Work is already pouring all over me here in Malaysia and going to Singapore isn't going to help me one bit. Somehow I need to synchronize my work between these 2 countries. If only I have an assistant but too bad, the company said, there will not be another hire of my position for the next 3 years. My god, It's not even 3 months and I am already feeling the pinch =.="

Oh well, apart from the workload, the colleagues here has been great. Both in KL Office as well as in Singapore office. That's the only thing that kinda kept me going. Else I would have thrown a fit already :p

Oh I've updated some songs into my playlist, so feel free to check them out k?
Cheers

What can Books do to you?

2008-08-05T11:07:00.002+08:00

Recently I have just finished a book. Yea some of you might think, Calvin?? Reading?? It's highly impossible! but then again when you find out what book I read, you would take back what you have just thought about me :p

Now does this even look anywhere near possible? Everyone knows I'm a dog-lover and anything to do with dogs, I'm all game..

This however is a very good book. This book made me laugh occasionally while reading. There's so much of what John had experience that I went through the same thing with my dog (Copper) as well...

But of all places, I HAD to read the ending inside a plane on the way back to Malaysia from Singapore. I have people sitting next to me and so on, It's where John had to make a decision to let Marley go. It's so sad. Even myself, of someone would call and emotionless son of a bitch, felt tears dripping down.

So after the book, I actually find myself changed a little, I actually treasure Copper a little more. I would spend time with him and actually took some time to communicate with him.

I noticed that dog-men relationships are something very unique, something worth treasuring that even money couldn't buy, well, except for the price you pay to buy it when it's a pup =.=" But overall, it's all worth it. :)

Here's some pics of what I do with Copper during my free time

As long as there's food, he's be extra obedient :p

He always loves to sit next to me and just lie there, occasionally a quick belly rub would give him the extra love he needs

See how much he has grown... from this cute little thing...

to this...

He's still cute however :)

So now I'm starting another book to read. Something darker, more sinister *evil grin* Let me introduce to you... Dead City

Album Review for the Weekend

2008-08-01T11:13:00.002+08:00

DJ Tiesto - In Search of Sunrise Asia

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Feel the Sun Rise - Banyan Tree
2. Wasted - Andy Duguid
3. Yohkoh (King Unique Original Mix) - King Unique
4. Space Katzle (Jerome Sydenham Remix) - Motorcitysoul
5. Feel the Rhythm (Ton Tb Dub Mix) - Three Drives
6. To Forever (Moonbeam Remix) - Rachael Starr
7. The Storm (Inpetto Remix) - Jerry Ropero
8. Get Lifted - Kamui
9. Ride (Tiesto Remix) - Cary Brothers
10. Denial - Airbase

Disc: 2

1. Blossom(Lounge Mix) - Steve Forte Rio
2. Crossroads - Zoo Brazil
3. Kenta - Beltek
4. Rush - Sied Van Riel
5. Driving To Heaven (Mat Zo Remix) - Tiesto
6. Just a Thought - Carl B
7. Melkwig - Kimito Lopez
8. Whenever I May Find Her (Joni Remix) - JPL
9. Casa Grande - Estiva / Marnix
10. Wounded Soul - Existone

I am a huge fan of Tiesto's ISOS series, but was not so thrilled by the last release. With ISOS 7, I am glad to hear Tiesto back on track. ISOS 7 offers the same two-disk format as ISOS 4, 5, and 6.

CD1 features the usual melodic vocals, with perhaps a bit more power behind them--check out for example "Feel the Rhythm".

CD2 is pure instrumental trance, one of the best ISOS mixes yet. Beyond "Get Lifted", I don't think ISOS 7 has too much of an Asian flair, but Tiesto was obviously inspired by the locale. Get your hands on this one. You won't be disappointed.

Cafe Del Mar Vol. 15

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Sun is Shining - Reunited
2. Wake Up - Melibea
3. Relax - Ludvig & Stelar
4. Avantguard - Jazzy Pecada
5. Life is a Wonder - Nera
6. Night Wave In Ibiza - Soula & Angela
7. World - Eleni
8. Smiling Faces - Clelia Felix
9. One Step Away - Villablue
10. Tren Lento a Juliaca - Orgatronics
11. Stop - Lento
12. Alright - Soulchillaz
13. What Are We Living - Paco Fernandez
14. I Will Be Waiting - Gary B

Disc: 2

1. Summer Memories - Dab
2. Breakaway - Alexander Vogele
3. Eternally Yours - Gary B
4. Under My Star - Gelka
5. Tarifa: Colores En El Viento - Alexander Boschi
6. Closer - Koru
7. Perfect Days - Ensoul
8. Mi Keny - Aitor Escobar
9. On the Shore - Santa Cruz
10. Charade - Duo Mecanico
11. Strangers No More - Soul Electrico
12. Jesus In the Sun - Yuliez Topaz
13. Indian Moon - La Caina

Disc: 3

1. Sunset People - Steen Thottrup
2. Eternity - Stigma
3. Sandbank - Tape Five
4. Higher - Rue Du Soleil
5. Gale In the Waterglass (My Love) - Kosta Rodriguez
6. Sax 4 Sex - Alejandro De Pinedo
7. I See - Kotik
8. Junto Al Mar - Schwartz & Funk
9. Fly Away - Almadrava
10. Aire - Zahara Music
11. Closer - The Birdstones
12. Sueno De Una Gaviota - J.R. Haim
13. Trocadero - Fernando Lozano
14. Interface - Ataln Chill
15. Skyline - Elmara

Well, Cafe del Mar Vol. 15 has finally arrived, and boy, I'm still breathless. Vol. Quince is becoming or showing a trend in CDM, as which its heritage is now smothered in a cinch of flamenco. The trendy Collection this time features a gigantic volume of exclusives that perhaps other compilations can only dream of. It compiles 3 CD's, for a total of 43 tracks of exclusive content, new, and inspirational.

First, lets delve into what this compilation offers into this new age of chilled music. Like Vol. 13th, it begins its journey into the world of guitar strings and a melancholy rhythm called "Sun is Shinning", by Reunited. When the track finally ends, you'll be transported into a world of sunshine, bliss, and dreams. I closed my eyes, and that one track alone rescued me from my own darkness. The track alone made me a believer of what was to come, and lo and behold, I was already in heaven. Beautiful rhythms are to followed throughout, all in English this time on all three disks, and although I wished there was a couple of tracks in Spanish, I think CDM finally has nailed what I think is their best work to date. They have compiled a history and a long series into a classic work of perfection. If you think you heard a better compilation in the past, guess again, because CDM, Vol. 15 has just raised the bar. The closest compilation that I think can at least compete is Hed Kandi, with their Serve Chilled series, but their last effort, "Kandi Lounge" just doesn't hold a candle mainly 'cause it was a more of a throwback to chill, with many tracks offering a current but retro feel to soulful and orchestral sounds. It's something different, but lacks that worldly feel CDM is normally known for.

Hence, CDM, VOl. 15 succeeds with a shuffle of exclusive electronic grooves that are easy listening and go beyond the stripped down acoustic bliss. To appreciate their beauty, these tracks really need to be listened on a high end sound system. Here, every nuance will be captured, every note, every breath of the artists perception. The world of CDM is filled from elements of lounge, soulful jazz, Balearic electronica, and chilled Latin to form a cohesive production of smooth, trendy tracks. These tracks are of the highest quality, and when you reached track 6th, of CD 1, CDM will make a believer out of you once again in case you lost faith in the series. Soula & Angela, 'Night Wave in Ibiza" features sweeps and angelic voices sprinkled throughout to sweep you off your feet, and port you to a place strong with catchy synth lines and vocal hooks to last a life time. Its percussive elements are well contrived for a visit to a music that is forgiving at its most seductive. Vol. 15th in my most humble opinion has no competition. Its strength and beauty lies in the fact that it combines the best of its own series, including a touch of Cafe del Mar, Classics. On par, it's a touch of of Hed Kandy, Cafe del Mar, and at times, it feels like Hotel Costes from its early days.

It must be mentioned, however, VOl. 15th also fixes the monotony that plagued Vol. 14th which had a few too many instrumentals that sounded alike, and was too heavy-handed in its latin flavor, under-sizing what could have been an excellent compilation. Vol. 14th was strong, but was a step down from the stellar Vol. 13th, which was highly refined, and for its time, offered a compilation that was hard to beat when it debuted. Again, Vol. 15th follows its tradition, and returns making a big impact on the world of Ibiza. Bar none, Vol. Quince surpasses Vol. 13th, by its sheer weight, originality, its warmth and quality of sound, and consistency. It is the best compilation of the year, featuring sophisticated vocals, strong lyrics, and well-produced electronica for the children of the ages. Worth every penny, and one of the few compilations that demands your listening. And like the last track on CD1, by Gary B, 'I will be waiting' for its next installment. Cheers!!! Vol. Quince is here to stay. Just awesome!!!

What an Experience

2008-07-31T11:54:00.002+08:00

Have you ever experienced any scary incidents in taking a taxi before?

I never had until yesterday when I was taking a cab back to the company’s apartment from office. Usually the routine was pretty simple, I wave for a cab to stop, get on the car and give out the destination that I wish to go; upon arrival of the destination, pay the man and get off the cab. Done deal, no strings attached right?

Only this time around was different. I just landed from the airport from Malaysia to Singapore, got my ass as quickly as possible to the office to solve the problem they had so urgently sent me over to do.

With that of course I would be lugging my luggage all over the streets of Singapore, to the office and then at the end of the day’s work, I would grab another cab from my office, with my luggage and head back to the company’s apartment.

I did the same routine of taking a cab as mentioned above but due to an interesting “conversation” I had with the cab driver, when I left the cab after paying the driver, I walked back to the apartment only WITHOUT my luggage that I have placed inside the trunk earlier on.

I realized that only after I had taken a few steps away from the cab but the driver had already began to drive away. I was chasing the cab from behind shouting at him and waving my hands above the air so hard in hope to gain the driver’s attention but you know what? Even until I wave till both my arms are broken, the driver would not even notice a frantic ex-client chasing after his cab.

That’s it! I told myself, I have lost my luggage… All my clothes, towels, snickers, toiletries and others were inside that luggage back. All I have now in my possession is my notebook bag in which I was trying to be optimistic, telling myself at least I kept my passport, my wallet and the company’s notebook in the bag in which I’m carrying on me.

For a split moment, I recalled I did ask for a receipt for that cab ride and immediately, I searched frantically through a compartment in my bag to find that last piece of hope I could have to ever find my luggage again.

I found a lost and found number to call and so without hesitation, I dialed that number…tooot…..toooot…. “Sorry our operating hours are from 9am to 5pm. Please try again tomorrow during office hours.” I was like what the fuck?! It was already quarter past 6 and I don’t even have anything to wear of bath on for the night. I was stunned outside the guard house where the cab driver had dropped me not knowing what to do. Then another cab of the same company pulled over to drop off a client of his, I noticed there’s a telephone number at the back of the cab and started dialing the number in hope to be able to get some information on how to get back my bag.

Toot……Toot…. “Hello citycab” Thank goodness, I spoke to the lady about my case and she asked me if I have the cab’s license plate. I did actually, it was stated on the receipt. I felt proud of myself for taking the receipt :p

I gave the lady the license plate of the cab and she searched through her database and said, “Please hold on sir, I’m going to call the driver’s mobile phone.” I was relieved, really, I was… I waited patiently for a response and soon after several minutes, which sounded like ages to me, the lady responded… “Sorry sir, the number we have of this driver has been canceled. We are not able to contact him as of now. But we have left him a message in hope for him to reply.”

My heart sank, not knowing what to do. I decided to head up back the apartment and take a shower before heading out to meet my friends for dinner.

Back in the apartment, I was the only one staying there at that moment, so I went through the whole place to look for a towel or something I could use to wipe my body after a quick shower. Nothing! Nothing at all could be found. But soon later, I found a floor mat in the store room, a fresh clean one, mind you. I took it and started cleaning myself with it after my shower… gross right?? I know… =.=”

But then again what to do? I have nothing on me…

So after the awkward bath, I wore back my previous clothing and started to head out for dinner with my friends. By the time I reached the restaurant, I called the cab company again and this time around, she said she had found the driver’s number and asked me to call him to arrange on where to meet so he could bring my luggage back to me again.

God, I can’t express how thankful I am then when the driver after calling said he’ll drop by where I am then in 10 minutes to pass me back my belongings. He did indeed turn up however, and I got my stuff, then to show my gratitude, I shoved a 10 dollar bill into his shirt pocket despite him saying “No need la….” But I did insist.

Got my back happily and then I told myself, never again to put my luggage in the trunk if I can help it… sigh…what an adventure…

Back Here Again?~

2008-07-29T17:29:00.003+08:00

Just shortly 3 weeks ago I was here working in Singapore.

I thought that would be the last time I would step foot to Singapore for work under this company, but shortly after, I was called again to come over due to some smarty pants electricity guy had end up tripping the power in the building of our office thus making a havoc in our server room.

As some of you might know, I'm the only IT guy that supports both Malaysia and Singapore; so when there's a problem with either one of the countries, I might have to end up going there if I couldn't solve it remotely.

True enough this case we faced, forced me to come to Singapore. I couldn't even connect to the network in Singapore. It's like as if the 2 countries decided to declare war on each other and end up not wanting to talk to one another =.="

So here I am again, back to this city to solve a problem that I originally isn't too confident in able to solve it. To tell you the truth, I was kinda skeptical about whether am I able to fix this problem. Coz from Malaysia, I couldn't even grasp what is the issue in the first place.

Thank god after a half day of checking and fiddling with the servers in the server room, after being cramped in that bloody small room for half a day, after cutting myself on the chest due to the cramped space by the metal cabinet, I was able to find the solution. It appears to me such a small issue but the outcome was such a havoc. I can honestly tell you, I can feel my bosses were breathing down my neck.

All I know is if I couldn't solve this issue here in Singapore, it would mean my resignation letter for this company. But I am really grateful now that the problem have been solved. And to top that up, I feel more confident to myself and even more proud about my skills and capability.

Thanks to Eileen, she had comforted me that I could do more that I thought I could; which it happened to be so true :) Thanks babe.

As of now, I'll do some more research on something at this office before I book my flight back to Malaysia this Thursday. Oh yea, When I first came, I bought only a 1 way ticket to Singapore; it clearly shows how lack of confidence I have in able to solve this problem....Guess I proved myself wrong eh? LOL

Comparing the Joker

2008-07-20T11:33:00.002+08:00

Have you watch The dark Knight already? If you have not, what are you waiting for, go grab your tickets and enjoy the ride through out this movie. As for myself? I've watched it and I enjoyed it very much. As most movie goers, the public's eyes would normally be on the hero or the main actor of the movie. But guess what? This series of Batman, for my own personal opinion, The light shines hard on the bad guy, namely, The Joker.

As some of you may already know, there's this huge dispute on who is be better joker amongst the 3 actors. One being the old school joker starred by Cesar Romero, The modern day joker by Jack Nicholson, and the other by the latest joker from the dark knightHeath Ledger.

Cesar Romero:

Positives: Very animated, exceptional laugh, and of course, great over-exaggerated smile.

Negatives: Maybe it’s just me but although Cesar Romero added much arm movement to animate The Joker character, he seemed a bit stiff with his legs (unlike The Riddler in the original TV series - quite animated). I would have liked to have seen a bit more jumping around (am I being too picky?). Also, his lines were a bit cheesy. Of course that’s no fault of Mr. Romero’s, but it’s still something to consider.

Jack Nicholson:

Positives: Best facial expressions out of the three. The perfect marriage of a comical court jester and a murderous criminal.

Negatives: Laugh was just so-so. Also I personally didn’t care for all the hats he wore. You gotta show off the disheveled chemically mutated hair. He also wasn’t as animated as I’d like him to be. But then again, Mr. Nicholson is known for his personality and acting prowess, not for jumping around.

Heath Ledger:

Positives: You can’t really tell it’s Heath Ledger (and it’s a positive because if you could tell it was him, you probably wouldn’t be able to get the image of The Joker sodomizing Jake Gyllenhaal out of your head). Also, it looks like he has some good threads in this one (rather than the typical purple and green attire). And finally, it sounds like he has a pretty good laugh - not too corny, not too forced.

Negatives: In some shots in The Dark Knight movie trailer, The Joker kinda looks homeless, which actually works against my assumption that he’ll have some interesting attire (we’ll have to wait and see). Also, the white makeup and red lips look like The Joker just got drunk and fell into his mother’s makeup case.

Overall, After watching the dark knight, I personally feel that Ledger does a better job in the joker compared to the previous 2 icons.

Heath portrayed the homicidal side of the joker. His laugh portrays great evil within and by the way he looks, he's very much unpredictable. And just like the joker in the comic, he throws a bad joke over from time to time.

The previous 2 jokers kinda shows they are trying too hard to crack a joke and their laugh are much forceful compared to Ledger's natural look-a-like laughs.

Below is a video of the comparison of the joker character of Jack and Heath, I'm sorry I couldn't find the comparison one for Cesar but the 2nd video is a performance by the late Cesar Romero. Enjoy...

Where did the rating go?

2008-07-16T14:06:00.000+08:00

You guys know last time my blog used to be the top of the list in Google search. but guess what happaned?? My friggin ranking went down the drain during the period of 4 months of untouched blogging attitude :p

And the ranking now for mine is now over 23 million! can you believe it ?!

Blog ratings gotta suck but fuck it. At least my page ranking in whole of Google.com is still 3rd :p

blow me!

A Shitty Melody?

2008-07-11T10:27:00.002+08:00

Ever had a melody being sung during your certain moods and it clicks so well till you're even amazed with it?

Apparently this just happened to me yesterday. These things do happens but it only happens once in a blue moon and you would probably have to wait another long while before it happens again. I have these situations very often though... But this incident happened to me which was weird, funny and most of all, twice in a day!!

You know some office buildings, you have these soft speaking embedded to your ceiling playing music from the radio or some CDs? Our office have this system as well but it's mostly tuned to a radio station called Light and Easy. It usually plays those oldies and light tunes to sooth your already stressed day at work.

Case 1:

I was very busy in the morning, well usually I would be busy in the morning as people will ask of me to do something or probably even some system or server is acting up. I wouldn't have much time to talk or even do any of my personal stuff like checking emails, facebooks or so on. :p

OK As I was saying, it's a usual routine that I would go to the washroom to do my "business" in the morning. I was so stressed and busy till the extent where it even wouldn't allow me to get my daily "business" done. So after completing my job, all worn out from work in the morning session, I stole some time off to do what I NEED to do.

As I was half way there, sitting down on the toilet seat, taking a dump while smoking my stress away, there I heard this song, the song where the radio was playing over the ceiling...

Feelings - Engelbert Humperdinck

Here goes the Lyrics...

Feelings.....nothing more than feelings....
Trying to forget my....my feelings of LOOOVEEE~~~

I was like WTF?! I'm already FEELING stressed out and then this song kicks in to boost my FEELINGS~! I was already almost on my edge when this song really kicks in to add spice to the mood =.="

Case 2:

This also happened the very same day except it's during the evening. I'm not sure whether is it the food or something but my stomach was aching like a wild monkey beating on drums...

I gushed to the toilet, in a very panicky way, trying to remove my pants as fast as I could but you know, the faster you try to do it, the harder it is for you to take it off...then I heard....

And the lyric goes....

Step by step... OOoohh Baby....

I was like Dammit!! Can't a man take a dump in peace??!!

First Musical Ever

2008-07-08T12:33:00.003+08:00

Have you guys ever been to a staged musical before? Honestly I have not and as of 2 weeks back, I have lost my virginity of staged musical.

It's called The Beauty and The Beast. You know the old classical fairy tale where an ordinary girl who meets this ugly ferocious beast then somehow she managed to "tame" the beast up and they got together and be happily ever after, bla bla bla, the story usually goes on and on and on with one villain.

Eileen got us 2 tickets for the premier musical and it worth RM350 each. Plus we get to meet the cast before the show starts. Here's some pictures we took that day

It was said in our ticket that we can meet the cast in Room 304 and 305. We were like wondering how come we have to go into a hotel room to meet the cast? I was hoping more like a private "meet" LOL but unfortunately there were swarms of people hanging around the meeting hall.

Note that I looked kinda shy in the picture. Please take note that I wasn't ready for the picture taking yet when the photographer SNAPPED our picture. Somehow I have this feeling that I may be a very shy person from the inside. I know I know, A lot of you would puke or make funny noises when I say that I'm shy but heck, the picture proves it all!

It was said that we're not allowed to take any pictures in the theater but you know what? we're Malaysians and we do what Malaysians do best - Breaking the LAW. Till you think this is barely enough, we also did....

Hmm... What else... Oh sorry about not being able to blog last week. I was on a busy work schedule and was relocated to Singapore for the week. Sadly, there wasn't much pictures taken while I was there apart from the evening I'm at the airport about to go back to Malaysia; So I figured it really isn't much to blog about it. But guess what?

Usually people would go to another country to shop for clothing or even accessories when there's a giant sales going on. BUT.... I didn't manage to get myself any of those. Well, I found a Polo Ralph Lauren Shirt that I've been looking for a long time but when I had that opportunity to buy it, I blew that chance away. Instead, I got these...

Tiesto's Search of Sunrise 7. This CD has been out for a while but our Beloved Country (sense the sarcasm) had not gotten it in yet...

Cafe Del Mar Vol 15. I've always loved the gentle sound of chill music from this series. I didn't even know volume 15 was released until I saw it in Singapore... Again... Our beloved country...

Firelight. Never heard of this band before though but it's quite good, Music wise. I mean it's rock and all but somehow it reminds me a little of Evanescence.

And last but not least, Eileen made me look like a fool.... I'm amazed how big a panda can grow up to... Dammit my tummy's showing....

A Leap to the Past?

2008-06-30T21:49:00.004+08:00

You know how technology pushes itself forward ever so rapidly these days? Just merely 14 years ago, there wasn't such a thing called the INTERNET. There wasn't even mobile phones so common like you see in this age. In such short period of time, communication has advanced in such great length that no one back in those days would ever imagined where we are today.

Speaking of which, Guess what I've received a few days back...

LOL A fucking telegram! These things don't come so common anymore. When I first got it, I was like "What the heck is this?"

When I opened it then I only realized what it is. This is my very first telegram notice and let me tell you, it's not a good news.

It's from a company called Kudrat and Co. It's such a fucking lame company and well, the services they provide are somewhat... Unprofessional... wanna know why??

It's a fucking debt collecting company. Apparently I owe a bank some money and I already made the payment. They still called and asked me to pay up...

The person whom "handled" me however is a fucking loser. Well, a Sikh to be exact... Here's how the situation goes...

One week ago, there's this guy called Jaswan Singh called me regarding the payment of my credit card, I told him that I would make the payment and yes, I did made the payment and called him back telling him the payment had been made. He assured me he'll check on it with the bank and get back to me if there's any problems.

About a week later, he called again, this time his tone of his voice was someone angry and being rude. Vulgarity was part of the conversation let me assure you that. I told him I'll call him back after calling the bank. I'm like What the fuck man?! The money has already been debited from the cheque's bank. =.="

When I called the bank, after several minutes we found out that the cheque department of the bank had some issues since the 14th of the month. They said there's a lot of clients who paid via cheque but the it was not cleared to the said bank. The telebanker was very kind and told me she would look into my case and informed Kudrat and Co appropriately...

Here's the thing...

THIS JASWAN FUCKING SINGH IS SO FUCKING STUPID. DOES HE EVER INVESTIGATE WITH THE FUCKING BANK FIRST BEFORE CALLING AND EVEN TALKING RUDELY TO HIS CLIENTS? WE'RE THE MOTHER FUCKERS WHO PAID HIM FOR HIS JOB AND THIS IS HOW HE TREATS HIS CLIENTS? NEXT TIME, JAS-FUCKING-WAN SINGH, CHECK WITH THE BANK FIRST BEFORE APPROACHING YOUR CLIENTS. ELSE YOU MIGHT GET YOUR DICK AND YOUR WIFE'S CUNT INTO TROUBLE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ONE MORE CALL FROM YOU, I'LL HAVE YOUR MOTHER FUCKING JOB. BIATCH~

Last but not least, Kudrat, these days, we don't use telegrams no more... We use emails. Wait, Wait.... hmm but for your case, think u guys should go back old school...

BACK TO MORSE CODE BABY~ LOL

Karaoke Session

2008-06-26T15:04:00.004+08:00

A couple of weeks ago, my ex-colleagues organized this eat and sing your heart out thing with some of us close friends. Reason being is that they want to catch up on old times since most of us don't work in the same organization no more.

But the actual fact is, they just want to get together and show off to each other how well they can sing after the past few months we did not meet :p

Here's some pictures of the event to prove what I've stated.

If you do notice, it's the same guy that sings over and over again. Fact is this guy, Jordan, doesn't really sing from the start. But... after a couple of "drinks", the true colour reveals :p Also notice the girls that was surrounding him while he sings. You would assume that he's quite a charmer when he sings?

R.O.F.L... boy have you been taken for a ride. First picture shows that he can't read chinese lyrics but can sing em, so, our dear friend, Connie reads the words by his ear while he sings it out. Latest and most effective way to teach someone how to read chinese :p

2nd picture is basically camwhores lol.... and 3rd is While Jordan sings, WE DANCE!

Yeap another bunch of camwhores. It's like this: once there's a camera around the room, people will somehow chase after the camera for shots to be taken :p

See what I mean? How cute!! 2 hot chicks some more. But...sorry guys, they're taken. I just don't wanna get your hopes all high up the sky :p

OK. Here's another deception. This is the 2nd time we gather together for a karaoke session. There's this promotion where we get was the birthday promotion. We get some drinks and a bottle of wine and a cake in the package. So since Connie have a membership card for the said karaoke, she gets to become the "birthday girl" for the night! This is the 2nd time and it's still Connie's birthday. 1 year with 3 birthdays (including the real one) is a lot to take in my honest opinion. hahaha...

Last but not least, this is the whole group picture we took together that night. Don't see me in the picture right? OF COURSE I'M NOT IN THERE.... I'm the camera man :p

Somehow they told me not to put these pictures that I have taken to Facebook... Should I? hmmm.... *evil grin*

Back to the Primitive

2008-06-23T14:54:00.002+08:00

Last Friday was one of the worse nights one could ever imagine to go through. Let me put it to you this way, Friday's normally what people would categorize gateway to relaxation. In a way it's quite true. You worked hard over the weekdays, and when weekend finally hits, you start to have plans over the weekend to either have a fruitful event or even laze and rest home till Monday strikes again.

Usually my choice would be to laze and rest at home. Not going out at all and so on... But then again, there's an old saying, you usually don't get what you want. For my case, it's usually true. Every turn of weekend strikes, my gf and I would plan to stay home and rest but for the past few weeks, it didn't not happen for is, eventually there'll be some smarty pants who would want a piece of us. Apparently we're too happening for people to resist not asking us out :p I'm joking...

OK back to the topic. On Friday evening, I was out to have dinner celebrating a farewell to a close friend who is flying off to somewhere to work. After dinner, I went to pick up my gf from her place back to mine. Don't ask me where is it, the drive takes me 45 mins to reach. =.="

So after a hectic day at work, a tiring drive from one end of the city to another, I would expect nothing less than a comfortable bed in which I'm familiar with and a cool breeze of the air condition in my room. But guess what? When I'm about to reach home, all I could see is total darkness. Pitch black road all the way back to my place. I was like, "oh shit! blackout"

Apparently my area was in total darkness since 4pm and when I reached home, it's already 12am. For our household, if there's no electricity, there'll be no...

1) Lights, Duh~
2) Air-Condition, Double Duh~
3) No water... ok this is cause our water supply ties to a water pump, so if no power means pump does not work = no water T.T
4) No computer... I left my notebook in office, so...

All in all, it's really back to the primitive. It's been raining almost everyday but for last Friday, THERE'S NO FUCKING RAIN! What luck huh? So anyways, thank god we have a backup bathroom which runs water directly from the water tank up above the roof. But.... my pee has higher water pressure compared to that shower =.="

After a nice cool water shower, I thought to myself maybe I could get some sleep after having a shower. Usually that's the case you see... Unfortunately, I couldn't sleep well... here's some stuff that I tried...

1) Sleep without my comforter ....... FAILED
2) Opened the window to sleep directly on how the wind outside blows in ..... FAILED
3) Sleep on the floor ..... FAILED
4) Use an old magazine to fan myself while trying to sleep ... FAILED
5) Proposed the idea of checking in to a nearby cheap hotel to sleep ..... PROPOSAL REJECTED
6) Proposed to sleep in the car. At least until the electricity comes back ..... PROPOSAL REJECTED

Overall, I just stick myself from rolling around the room, starring outside the window looking at the power guys fixing the problem, and fanning myself with some old magazine.

3 hours later...

3am: I told myself, that's it! I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I got up, took my keys and about to leave my room and shoot straight to my car to get some air-condition feel... then...

POOF! The Power's back up!!!! I was like jumping around my room with joy as I feel the air that's blown from the fan to my face. The sensation was so familiar and welcoming that you feel immediately at ease. I switched on my air-condition and within minutes, I'm in dreamland!!

Moral of the story: We're so pampered with electricity at this age till we'll eventually die from suffering if we don't have any. How are we gonna survive if our lifestyle is forced to change due to Global warming?? This is something I really wonder...

This is WAY too much.

2008-06-20T15:23:00.003+08:00

Have you ever gotten yourselves an email from some sort of African or some third world country's email asking you to help some God forsaken girl whose dad/uncle/grandfather whom is dying and they are leaving behind a huge inheritance of fortune. Apparently the girl being locked away in some refugee camp unable to flee from her untimely fate.

I used to ignore these mails or even delete them on the spot. We all knows that these are scams of some sort that will end up you using your own money for some worthless cause. Despite the figure of their "inheritance" is somewhat huge; by the count of billions in case you didn't notice, it's still a SCAM!

Today, I gotten another new technique of scam being spread around the email world. Check this email out...

asmina880akou@yahoo.com
HELLO
How are you today, I hope all is well with you .I am sorry to worry you with my Proposal for a relationship with you, but I know that you will grant my request in good faith and understanding, My name is asmina am single. I am interested in having a relationship with you, I will also like to Know you the more, i will like you to send me an email so that I can send you more details about my self Including my picture I believe we can move from here. But bear in mind that Love has no colors barrier, no educational back ground barrier,no socio-economic Barrier,religious, language,nationality ordistance barrier, the only important Thing there is love. I am waiting for your mail.Yours Sincerely

asmina.

I'm like "What the hell is this?!" Does it have to come to this extent to get such attention from people? Have these third world countries just gotten their internet till they find it amazing to con someone or even find love over the internet?

Goodness this is sooo friggin pathetic. I wonder what's next? I'll give you USD$5 million to marry me?? =.="

Should Piracy in Malaysia Continue Existing?

2008-06-16T11:14:00.004+08:00

After some thoughts about piracy in Malaysia, it occurred to me thinking about this question... Should Piracy in Malaysia Continue to exist?

I'm only going to take 1 example out of the many issues of piracy we face in our country.

Pirated Movies in VCD or DVD

As most Malaysians know, prices to go to the movies are going up higher and higher. I remember those days where I have to only pay RM5 for a movie ticket. But right now, it has changed so much as 100% of being RM10 during the weekday and RM12 over the weekends.

There are, however, other prices to pay if you book them online. An additional surcharge of RM1 for booking your seats online and an additional service charge of RM1.50 being slapped at your palm for purchasing the tickets online.

These issues has raised a concern to me though. Usually, I'll go for the movies over the weekend, and mind you, it's very rare that you see people going to the movies alone. I for instance would love going to the movies with my girlfriend :) So if my calculation's correct, the least I would have to pay for a movie session would be RM24 (knowing that during the weekdays we have to work therefore we won't have the time to go anywhere else)

Is it really worth it? This is merely just movie tickets and it excludes the drinks or the snacks you're gonna buy over at the popcorn counter. Note that those items that you buy from the theater, they charge an extra of 50% from the normal price outside at 7-11 stores. The best part is, you can only buy items from that cinema and it's not allowed to bring outside food in else it'll be quarantine.

So the grand total for a decent enjoyable movie, one must pay like RM30 for 2 people just to enjoy a movie. MY question is, IS IT WORTH IT?

Take a look at the other side of the dodgy situation. Over the streets of any food stalls outside, there are other source of entertainment called PIRATED MOVIES. Now, don't get me wrong or judge me so quickly just yet. Think about this, These movies you buy from these sort of people... is so much economical compared to go to a movies, oh yea, to go to a movie theater, it's normally located in a shopping mall therefore, you still have to pay parking just to watch a damn movie.

OK back to my point. You can actually purchase a DVD movie from these sort of guys and go home to watch it with a much CHEAPER price and of course, with the comfort of your own home. How much is a pirated DVD you say? It's only ranged from RM8-RM10 per DVD and it's limitless to how many people you're gonna watch it with. Cool huh? :p

You get to pause it when you wanna go to the washroom, you can just rewind the previous chapter if you have missed out or can't understand what was said, and you can even just drop by a nearby 7-11 store to get some cheaper snacks to munch while enjoying your own movie.

However there's a catch, There's some DVD movies that aren't clear or also known as bootleg version. It's basically some thief sneaks into the movies and record it using a regular video recorder. Don't fret just yet. There's also clear copies which a duplicated from an original DVD. Lastly, you only get to watch the movie after a while it's been aired over the theaters. But with a saving of over RM25 it wouldn't hurt just to be a little patient over watching a movie right?

These are my thoughts and my sole opinions only. :) Well, you guys think about it and tell me what you feel :)

Unfortunately a small group of us humans have the ability to abuse ourselves subconsciously (including myself from time to time). Despite knowing the very fact of going over the cinema would incur much more costs compared to getting pirated movies to watch, we'll still have the tendency to spoil ourselves.

It only proves one thing: Malaysians will always have piracy. Fact is prices for EVERYTHING in Malaysia is going up, unfortunately that doesn't count your monthly salary income. So what should we do? Answer is "CHANGING OF LIFESTYLE" according to what our prime minister says. But how do we do that? Every human needs some form of entertainment. So pirated movies is a solution. Cheap entertainment anyone?

New Day and Finally a Life~

2008-06-11T17:03:00.003+08:00

Ho Ho Ho... After 3 months of being jobless and just being a bum at home, I finally found a job at company nearby my house! work environment is pretty nice but of course not the most comfortable one I've ever been with.

I'm the only Engineer here so as you can guess, I'll be very very busy with my work schedule. Good thing is that I'm quite a workaholic and the rest that I had over the past months, gave me the energy enough to boost my performance in work.

Being the only engineer is only temporary as they require me to hire an assistant when I clear up all the mess that the previous engineer had left in the company. However, this is the most interesting job I've ever taken up.

Usually when you start working in a company, you'll basically have a few days before you ACTUALLY start work. This one however, I have to start a busy day on my 1st day! I was sooo busy till I completely lost track of time. I didn't even know it's already lunch and even it's time to go back!

Well today's day 2 and again, I'm still as busy as hell! The previous guy had left without handing over the documents and other information I SHOULD HAVE! so... I had to search everything on myself and get everything done from ground zero...sigh...

Well not much time to type left, I have a few more stuff to do before I go back. so I'll blog more when I have the time :)

Ciaoz...

Where Have I Been?

2008-06-03T20:38:00.003+08:00

So many people have asked me of where have I been? Have I been missing? Hmm... guess I do owe a lot explainations on where on earth I am. :p

I have been home all these months, yeap you didn't read me wrongly, I'm jobless now and I've been spending most of my time at home. Rarely even going out at all. And of course, what could 1 person be doing at home, resources of activities are so limited.

I've been as usual, playing game...well it's a Mass Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) mainly it's called World of Warcraft. It's mainly the only thing I opt to do since I refuse to go out of my home mainly coz I wouldn't wanna spend unnecessarily.

Can you imagine me not spending a single cent during the days but just staying home wasting my life away by this game? LOL

Actually, that's not true. I do on other parts of the day do look for a job online. And yes again, I AM online all the time. Just that I wasn't on MSN or even my blog. Too lazy to chat and yea lazy to blog as well. :p

I am getting a job soon so I do hope my blogging habits would come back to me again. Not to mention the inspiration to write comes back to me again. Seriously, I don't know what to write these days...

OK Here's a funny video about the game Someone sent to me on youtube :p

I know some of you know what game it is and so welcome to the addiction :p

For those who have not tried or even heard of it before, DON'T TRY IT! It'll eat your life away :p

cheers

Report: Superstar Aquarius

2008-04-29T22:44:00.003+08:00

Here's some pics that I took while I was on a cruise trip with my family :)

Lobby of Cruise Terminal

1 Night out to international water cruise :)

Stupidity with my sister

Cruise access card

The gang of the cruise

The cruise was late for 4 hours and we had to wait till sun set and beyond only that damn thing approaches the dock =.=" This is a picture I took of the view during sunset

Another sunset view

Alas finally the cruise arrived and we had to line up to board the ship. First thing I did was rushing to the room and head to the toilet to release myself :p

Unfortunately the bathroom is as small as the ones in First World Hotel in Genting =.=

The swimming pool of the ship. It closes during the night so there's no swimming for us :(

The ship top deck. a.k.a 12th floor :)

The walk way from one end to the other end. This place is for people to do their jogging or probably sun bathing during the day

There's a pool bar as well but sadly, it didn't open through out trip :(

This however is a club in the night and a restaurant during the day. First night, Indian songs... =.="

There's a basketball court as well but I didn't spend anytime there :p

One of the four restaurants that we can eat all we want for free :p But seriously, the food sucks in there. except for 2 restaurants. The Asian/Indian Cuisine and the BBQ buffet. Those are highly recommended

During the day, nothing feels better than to soak yourself in a hot tub of jacuzzi

Then to laze yourself throughout the day :p or you could go gamble your brains out. Currency is using Singaporean dollars but heck the bets are cheaper than the ones in Genting :p

Hours later we arrived Singapore. Check out Habour Front :p

We went down the Orchard road for a walk and all just to pass time. We had like 4 hours before we had to go back to check in at the ship again. That's all for now. :)

Belated Travel Report

2008-04-14T20:57:00.003+08:00

Sorry for the delay. I was on a cruise last week and well, to be pretty honest, I've been pretty lazy in blogging these days. But then again, deep down inside I know for sure that I owe it all to most of my readers so I'm still not gonna quit on blogging :) So Next up would be my belated 2nd part travel log; PENANG!

This would be my first attempt to drive to Penang. I've never drove there before. Mostly I took a bus and my best friend would come pick me up from the station. Everything has to start somewhere right? So here I am, driving for the first time :p

I reached around the evening and met up with my God sister and we then checked in to the hotel she helped me book. Later we met up again and hanged out outside Queensbay Mall while waiting for my best friend to arrive. But unfortunately he couldn't make it due to heavy workload. Above are the pictures we took during the evening outside Queensbay Mall.

Thanks to my photographer wannabe gf, she took a lot of pictures of me while I was lazing around in the hotel room that evening. Wahahaha. I have to say she has improved a lot on her skills on a DSLR thanks to practicality as well as some intense reading on the internet. (so that is what she does during office hours shhhhh.... :p)

Famous Gurney drive food center. Trust me, The food still taste good even after so long since I've been there. I even had their famous fried chicken skin there!

Fancy hotel huh? This is the G hotel. A fairly new hotel around Gurney. The place looks really classy. I feel like I'm in a club when I entered this building to check it out. It's slightly overpriced though but well for the setup I personally think it's worth the price. They even have a fancy club that matches their name. Wanna know what they call it?

That's right. THE G SPOT! wahahahaha what a sense of humour!

We went to Penang Hill the next day and let me tell you, the train up is really a DRAG! 1 interchange, each ride is like 30 mins up! no place to sit, and it's hot! and I thought it'll be colder up above.... but hell no!

Scenery is nice I'll give you that, but unfortunately, It was rather hazy that day so the views quite blurred out. Oh well, I thought that's all for that place until we found a nice place.... check out the pictures and I'll tell you more about it soon.

Looks nice huh? It's called David Brown's restaurant. Looks really English and classy. The interior is cozy and comfortable as well...

What I tell ya? They even have a fireplace but obviously they do not need to use it since Malaysia is a hot country. There's no need for a fire in the house to keep warm :p

And of course, nothing beats to have a good chilled cup of tea while enjoying the view of the whole place. True?

Overall, the trip was short but full of fun and FOOD. We ate almost every few hours. and both my gf and I gained some weight when we returned to KL. Oh yes, Before I forget, See what my gf made me do =.="

I'M 27 ALREADY!! I CAN'T ACT SO CHILDISH ANYMORE..... :P