i had a friend who told me today, that he found 4 kittens roughly a month old. they were hidden in a corner of this shop he co-owns near town that was still being renovated. one was black, and the rest were apparently cow-coloured. he couldn't give me an exact description of the colours found on these kittens so i summed it up as cow-coloured. apparently, the mummy cat was locked out for the weekend somehow... i figure it probably hid inside to give birth a few weeks back but wasn't discovered until now. the kittens have since been fed and i don't know anything else besides that. anyone wants one?
i'd been feeling rather tired so i'm probably starting to skip days from blogging. just as i had reckoned, there was going to be some last minute amendments after all, in which everyone crosses their fingers and hopes things run smoothly for the first day of april.
it's rainy weather for the past days on and off. i see the weather forecast that predicts occasional thunderstorms in the coming days. i'm sorry to see it happen this way, but i figure i'll still hang on tight even if a tsunami hits.
*i'll earn it back...*
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
YouTube - 曖昧搞笑版歌詞
this is for you geeks out there. the rest of you may not understand some of it, but you just need to know it's a spoof/parody ktv sort of movie clip. in a techie lecture class. >_>
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
getting organised
i hope i'm well organised enough. the task B was kinda completed for now... to be set aside until the start of May. so i'm probably getting back to task A to continue my stuff on it around tomorrow. and as fate had it, we had a necessity for this task A to literally be ready to run by the 1st of May! goodness... at least my superior had the sense to ask me if it was really possible to complete it by then. it would be a bit risky, but possible, i acknowledged. given that i'd done about 60% of this task A, i have around 3 working weeks to work on the remaining 30%, and a few days after that (aka the fourth week) to play around with to runs tests on it for finishing touches. but you know what people say... you'll spend 10% of the time completing 90% of the work, and the remaining 90% of the time completing the last 10% of the work.
i'm coping good so far, and not really foreseeing any OT yet. i come to work on the dot and leave somewhat later anyway. not beneficial for morale, neither for my eyes to work for extended hours in a day.
remember i'd mentioned my parents bought this AntiMos mosquito repellent gel thing last week or something? i just discovered something about it. all this while, i'd left it unopened, THINKING that i'd opened it. it has a layer of thin aluminium foil over it that i'd poked holes in to let the smell come out, thinking that's how it should be used. i just found out for myself, that the foil should have been ripped and thrown away, to reveal this plastic COVER over the actual contents. and that the cover should have been REMOVED. @#$% no wonder we (my brother too) say it's not working for us... because it hasn't been opened yet! gosh how much more sillier can we get?! @##@#$@$%@%%$!
*@;[*
i'm coping good so far, and not really foreseeing any OT yet. i come to work on the dot and leave somewhat later anyway. not beneficial for morale, neither for my eyes to work for extended hours in a day.
remember i'd mentioned my parents bought this AntiMos mosquito repellent gel thing last week or something? i just discovered something about it. all this while, i'd left it unopened, THINKING that i'd opened it. it has a layer of thin aluminium foil over it that i'd poked holes in to let the smell come out, thinking that's how it should be used. i just found out for myself, that the foil should have been ripped and thrown away, to reveal this plastic COVER over the actual contents. and that the cover should have been REMOVED. @#$% no wonder we (my brother too) say it's not working for us... because it hasn't been opened yet! gosh how much more sillier can we get?! @##@#$@$%@%%$!
*@;[*
Monday, March 27, 2006
headaches
it's odd. these days i'm feeling this overwhelming headache in the afternoons. it almost feels like the kind you get for a hangover after a night out partying... minus all that enjoyment. might be lack of sleep, but i think i probably should look out to the grass/scenery out the tinted glass. i know. it's easy to talk all this, but getting myself out of the seat to do exactly that is another matter. especially if the work needs to be done and the logic baffles you enough to tempt you into trying to sit there and solve it for hours.
i'm experiencing first hand, the fluid environment of the business aspects of this software application/system i'm working with. project A was schedule to have been completed by the end of this month, originally. that is until project B (which was significantly more important no less) came into the picture and we have to settle B, and then C before we might consider sitting down again for A. and i've heard that project D is on the way soon... so i figure A might take a while... poor A... it's like A's the eldest brother in the family who never got to complete his studies because his younger siblings takes precedence. probably because they cost more too... ah dumb analogy. but you get the picture.
*poor sick darling!!!*
i'm experiencing first hand, the fluid environment of the business aspects of this software application/system i'm working with. project A was schedule to have been completed by the end of this month, originally. that is until project B (which was significantly more important no less) came into the picture and we have to settle B, and then C before we might consider sitting down again for A. and i've heard that project D is on the way soon... so i figure A might take a while... poor A... it's like A's the eldest brother in the family who never got to complete his studies because his younger siblings takes precedence. probably because they cost more too... ah dumb analogy. but you get the picture.
*poor sick darling!!!*
Sunday, March 26, 2006
i read girly mags
i came across an article in Her World that i'd bought for rach. it mentions of something about "unaffairs" that can happen to guys. it seems so plausible, so much so that it's frightening. if you can get a hold of the mag this month, check out that article inside. not to say i'm being paranoid, but you can't be to careful these days, even if you do things unintentionally or whatnot. you might be thinking, hey wtf whose side are you on anyway? a guy can be glad to share his thoughts with someone. anyone. but it'd be good if the person they share it with is their partner in life. for a guy who is not single to be sharing their feelings with anyone other than their significant other would seem to possibly jeopardise their relationship. probably not so if the confidante is a guy (minus the brokeback factor of course... eww...) but things have to be taken with great care if the listening ear if of the opposite gender. things can go awry even if neither of you had meant for it to happen.
that aside, i'd picked up this week's 8days a tad late. it seems fiona xie is enjoying herself getting all sorts of sponsors and endorsements. she's getting a contract with marigold for their beverages. oh wow. wonder what kind of ads they have in store for her in weeks/months to come...
fact of the day: you need a license to play music in a public place like a restaurant. lest the music is from radio. otherwise, you could be liable for court damages of $8k. ouch. lesson learnt, from my cousin's bf.
*liar liar pants on fire... aughhhhhh!!!*
that aside, i'd picked up this week's 8days a tad late. it seems fiona xie is enjoying herself getting all sorts of sponsors and endorsements. she's getting a contract with marigold for their beverages. oh wow. wonder what kind of ads they have in store for her in weeks/months to come...
fact of the day: you need a license to play music in a public place like a restaurant. lest the music is from radio. otherwise, you could be liable for court damages of $8k. ouch. lesson learnt, from my cousin's bf.
*liar liar pants on fire... aughhhhhh!!!*
Saturday, March 25, 2006
battery life
ever picture yourself as a battery?
well you know, sometimes you just try to do everything in your power to maximise your day, doing all you can until you have almost no energy left? i think i do that sometimes. suppose it is a good thing. just that i don't do it often, otherwise it could get tiring too. on other days, you just do what you do normally, and by the end of the day you still have that last quarter of energy or something in you. but not on one of these "maximising" days. you would choose to, on these days, to start off early, and use up all the energy you have for that day right up until you feel like you could fall asleep anywhere. but of course you'd do all that willingly, because you are enjoying all that you are doing. what the heck am i talking about? i'm probably thinking of humans as batteries that's all. recharging ourselves daily, only to expend our energy the next waking moment...
well you know, sometimes you just try to do everything in your power to maximise your day, doing all you can until you have almost no energy left? i think i do that sometimes. suppose it is a good thing. just that i don't do it often, otherwise it could get tiring too. on other days, you just do what you do normally, and by the end of the day you still have that last quarter of energy or something in you. but not on one of these "maximising" days. you would choose to, on these days, to start off early, and use up all the energy you have for that day right up until you feel like you could fall asleep anywhere. but of course you'd do all that willingly, because you are enjoying all that you are doing. what the heck am i talking about? i'm probably thinking of humans as batteries that's all. recharging ourselves daily, only to expend our energy the next waking moment...
Thursday, March 23, 2006
there's always a first time
i fainted today. no, seriously. i fainted at work.
first thing i did when i went to work, was to join in the health screening within the company premises. it's free anyway. urine test fine, weight + height taken, waist circumference done, blood pressure ok. but that's not the point of this all. there was also a blood test. they wanted 2 tubes of my blood. when it was my turn, i'd sat down in front of the male nurse, and i observed him poking the syringe into my left arm. i was ok with that. he inserted one tube after another, each time waiting for the blood to fill the inside of the tube for a while.
when he was done, i felt my ears could not hear properly and so i sounded out i needed to go to the toilet. they were going to escort me there because i mentioned i was feeling faint. lo and behold, i took about 5 steps and barely stepped out of this room the blood extraction was in before i blacked out!
i wasn't sure how long it lasted but it was probably only a minute or less. but i came back to my senses shortly, only to find myself almost lying face up on the floor, with somebody supporting me from behind. they had then gotten me into a chair. holy crap that was weak of me. indeed. i'd sat one side with them getting me some milo. i took a while to recover.
*crap @;[*
first thing i did when i went to work, was to join in the health screening within the company premises. it's free anyway. urine test fine, weight + height taken, waist circumference done, blood pressure ok. but that's not the point of this all. there was also a blood test. they wanted 2 tubes of my blood. when it was my turn, i'd sat down in front of the male nurse, and i observed him poking the syringe into my left arm. i was ok with that. he inserted one tube after another, each time waiting for the blood to fill the inside of the tube for a while.
when he was done, i felt my ears could not hear properly and so i sounded out i needed to go to the toilet. they were going to escort me there because i mentioned i was feeling faint. lo and behold, i took about 5 steps and barely stepped out of this room the blood extraction was in before i blacked out!
i wasn't sure how long it lasted but it was probably only a minute or less. but i came back to my senses shortly, only to find myself almost lying face up on the floor, with somebody supporting me from behind. they had then gotten me into a chair. holy crap that was weak of me. indeed. i'd sat one side with them getting me some milo. i took a while to recover.
- this was the first time ever in my whole freaking life i'd fainted totally.
- i think i scared another colleague (married guy with kids) who was sitting next in turn behind me for the blood extraction.
- another colleague who was rather timid decided even strongly against taking the test because she was already afraid of the needles.
- the male nurse had concluded in a small chat with me that my last meal should have been before 10pm (10 hour fasting period) as opposed to my dinner which was around 7-8pm. my fasting period was longer than recommended.
- i stood up too soon after the blood extraction.
- i never had 2 tubes worth drawn from me before.
- i can't imagine how much worse it could feel for a swordsman to be stabbed and slashed multiple times walking around like it's nothing, without passing out!
*crap @;[*
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
i'm getting free stuff tomorrow!
actually i'm somewhat dreading it. the company is having free health screening for their employees. among the rest, more importantly it includes namely, yours truly. 10 hour fasting until the next morning. i've heard they'll conduct the routine checks. including 2 tubes of my blood to be drawn for analysis. can i say "ouch"?
i'm getting into the swing of things at work and i can see that work is gradually piling up. i'm receiving more tasks to do with increased frequency so far. ah heck i'll stop with talking shop. i was drenched in the afternoon today. i headed out for lunch with my colleagues in a light shower. we were lulled into a false sense of security as we walked out of the building, to which the sky started pouring! by the time we reached the canteen where the food was, our pants were soaked, socks soggy, backs damp. all this even when we had umbrellas with us. the things people do for food... i think i'll order in for lunch tomorrow if it rains again... >_> when we were back in the office, the aircon was cold, making us feel even more icky because we had to sit down with our skin in contact with the damp cloth of our pants. eek... my clothes dried up fast enough fortunately.
*grounded4u*
i'm getting into the swing of things at work and i can see that work is gradually piling up. i'm receiving more tasks to do with increased frequency so far. ah heck i'll stop with talking shop. i was drenched in the afternoon today. i headed out for lunch with my colleagues in a light shower. we were lulled into a false sense of security as we walked out of the building, to which the sky started pouring! by the time we reached the canteen where the food was, our pants were soaked, socks soggy, backs damp. all this even when we had umbrellas with us. the things people do for food... i think i'll order in for lunch tomorrow if it rains again... >_> when we were back in the office, the aircon was cold, making us feel even more icky because we had to sit down with our skin in contact with the damp cloth of our pants. eek... my clothes dried up fast enough fortunately.
*grounded4u*
t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m : ASCII-O-Matic
i won't say that it's fantastic, but it's remarkable how someone can come up with this thing for reproducing ASCII art.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
you know you're getting old when... (part 2)
work has been fine. i was given my first "support role" task today. some minor tweaking on a small part of their system. it was rather fun to trace the bug, and given that it was my first support task i think it was adequate. not ridiculously difficult to do. at least my supervisor was impressed with how fast i located the problem! xD *beams*
about the title... it shows that i have signs of memory failure. earlier on i'd sent rach home and drove myself back. i came into the car porch through the small gate and locked it. then i realised that, HOLY CRAP! i'd left my house keys in the bloody car!!! @#$% so i was caught between the locked gate and the wooden door leading to inside the house. i could either climb over the gate to get at the keys in the car, or sleep in the car porch until morning. that is of course if i didn't had my phone with me. thankfully my sis was still up, so i gave her a call knowing that. i couldn't imagine getting myself out of the fix had my sis not come to my rescue. the gate to my house isn't exactly very low you know... hmm well no you probably don't... it's not that i did climb over it before. but it's in the middle of the night. people could mistake me for a burglar. >_>
i know it might sound crazy, but i'm thinking of squeezing a bit of my time out to keep up with PHP and try to afford some time to gradually pick up vb.net in an effort to expand my skillset. i know i'd read through the "for dummies" book. but i was thinking more in terms of more hands-on so i can get a better idea of its use. can i be known as a fully certified geek already? it'd be a thrill to juggle the few technologies simultaneously though...
*An A+ in Short-term Objective Time Out Neural Gravitating, aka the SOTONG Syndrome*
*come on i've got to be a geek to bother coming up with THAT right?!*
about the title... it shows that i have signs of memory failure. earlier on i'd sent rach home and drove myself back. i came into the car porch through the small gate and locked it. then i realised that, HOLY CRAP! i'd left my house keys in the bloody car!!! @#$% so i was caught between the locked gate and the wooden door leading to inside the house. i could either climb over the gate to get at the keys in the car, or sleep in the car porch until morning. that is of course if i didn't had my phone with me. thankfully my sis was still up, so i gave her a call knowing that. i couldn't imagine getting myself out of the fix had my sis not come to my rescue. the gate to my house isn't exactly very low you know... hmm well no you probably don't... it's not that i did climb over it before. but it's in the middle of the night. people could mistake me for a burglar. >_>
i know it might sound crazy, but i'm thinking of squeezing a bit of my time out to keep up with PHP and try to afford some time to gradually pick up vb.net in an effort to expand my skillset. i know i'd read through the "for dummies" book. but i was thinking more in terms of more hands-on so i can get a better idea of its use. can i be known as a fully certified geek already? it'd be a thrill to juggle the few technologies simultaneously though...
*An A+ in Short-term Objective Time Out Neural Gravitating, aka the SOTONG Syndrome*
*come on i've got to be a geek to bother coming up with THAT right?!*
Monday, March 20, 2006
the pimply pimp pimple
darn it. i've got an irritating pimple at the tip of my nose. i hope it doesn't leave a scar now that i've squeezed it dead. or worse... leave a holy moley mole! >_<"
i think i'm beginning to feel this generation gap at work. just few years younger than the few of them and i'm seemingly more withdrawn. or maybe i'm still new... then again, i know my own character isn't exactly too likeable so i shouldn't be surprised. i don't think i'd disagree if people i know occasionally have a feeling they'd want to strangle me.
or maybe cos i'm tired...
i had my haircut yesterday. it looks spiffy, that is until i tried putting on gel myself. i think it looked weird the way i'd arranged it. the guy who did it for me at the salon made it looked much nicer.
*oinky*
i think i'm beginning to feel this generation gap at work. just few years younger than the few of them and i'm seemingly more withdrawn. or maybe i'm still new... then again, i know my own character isn't exactly too likeable so i shouldn't be surprised. i don't think i'd disagree if people i know occasionally have a feeling they'd want to strangle me.
or maybe cos i'm tired...
i had my haircut yesterday. it looks spiffy, that is until i tried putting on gel myself. i think it looked weird the way i'd arranged it. the guy who did it for me at the salon made it looked much nicer.
*oinky*
Sunday, March 19, 2006
sunday come, sunday go
it's coming to the third week at work for me... and thinking back i really hadn't spelt out what is it that i do there. well i guess it's about time to describe that in a more defined way than just the title of my position.
first, a little background on the company i'm in... the organisation i work for, has a number of subsidiaries. of which, the subsidiary i'm under actually operates an online application that allows them to service their clients. the system also allows this subsidiary to work together with partners and other third-party service providers.
so where do i come in? the crux of their business is in that application abovementioned. there are many aspects/perspectives to the system, of which i'm assisting in upgrading a portion of which is still currently relying on legacy support systems. so in a way, i'm extending the functionalities of the existing system as an in-house programmer.
things are definitely not as hectic as in a software house, and moreover, the current IT teams aren't exactly fully developed yet. our department is a rather small one. i'm still doing fine here so far.
have anyone been to check out this chocolate place called Chocz? can't stand it... their chocolate is nice... unfortunately i'm having this huge ass ulcer in the back of my mouth so things didn't go too nicely while i tasted those darned chocolate pieces... the ulcer is very annoying. -_-"
*u pain i pain everyone pain! >_<"*
first, a little background on the company i'm in... the organisation i work for, has a number of subsidiaries. of which, the subsidiary i'm under actually operates an online application that allows them to service their clients. the system also allows this subsidiary to work together with partners and other third-party service providers.
so where do i come in? the crux of their business is in that application abovementioned. there are many aspects/perspectives to the system, of which i'm assisting in upgrading a portion of which is still currently relying on legacy support systems. so in a way, i'm extending the functionalities of the existing system as an in-house programmer.
things are definitely not as hectic as in a software house, and moreover, the current IT teams aren't exactly fully developed yet. our department is a rather small one. i'm still doing fine here so far.
have anyone been to check out this chocolate place called Chocz? can't stand it... their chocolate is nice... unfortunately i'm having this huge ass ulcer in the back of my mouth so things didn't go too nicely while i tasted those darned chocolate pieces... the ulcer is very annoying. -_-"
*u pain i pain everyone pain! >_<"*
Friday, March 17, 2006
TGIF
it's friday and i'm heaving a sigh of relief! second week on the job and i'm not complaining yet. that's good! my superior is actually still on the look out for more people to recruit... unfortunately i don't know much people who can fill the position around me. probably save for one, to which i'll let the fella think about it first.
i've been wearing long sleeves and pants to work weekdays. i've come to follow a rough pattern of wearing dark coloured shirts on odd days, light coloured on even, and the subsequent week i'll rotate and do dark coloured for even numbered days (aka Tue + Thu). at least i'll have variation won't i? quite a bit of shirts to go around too.
friday night and i'm whacked. signs of aging...
*let's be homey!*
i've been wearing long sleeves and pants to work weekdays. i've come to follow a rough pattern of wearing dark coloured shirts on odd days, light coloured on even, and the subsequent week i'll rotate and do dark coloured for even numbered days (aka Tue + Thu). at least i'll have variation won't i? quite a bit of shirts to go around too.
friday night and i'm whacked. signs of aging...
*let's be homey!*
Thursday, March 16, 2006
time flies
oh how times flies when i'm at work. it was barely monday and now, goodness look at the time! the week is already coming to an end! i can't believe how fast time seems to pass. i'd been merely commuting between home and office for the past week or so... facing my computer fervently at work, typing up codes... and the time has slipped past me so quickly. maybe it's true what they say, that time flies when you are having fun.
i went to the gents today once, thinking to myself: "gosh i'm actually being paid to do this stuff..." for your information (well ok maybe too much info at that) i do frequent the washroom at work. almost once every hour or so. firstly it's probably cos i drink tons of water: approximately 3-4 x green tea bottles' worth. that's supposedly close to the recommended amount of water one should have right? several articles online have mentioned that drinking more water reduces water retention in your body... go figure.
i might be mad, but i like stress. maybe not in excessive dosage, but stress at a moderate amount keeps me on my toes. so to think of it, am i happy at work? i should think so.
*when 7 becomes 3 @;[*
i went to the gents today once, thinking to myself: "gosh i'm actually being paid to do this stuff..." for your information (well ok maybe too much info at that) i do frequent the washroom at work. almost once every hour or so. firstly it's probably cos i drink tons of water: approximately 3-4 x green tea bottles' worth. that's supposedly close to the recommended amount of water one should have right? several articles online have mentioned that drinking more water reduces water retention in your body... go figure.
i might be mad, but i like stress. maybe not in excessive dosage, but stress at a moderate amount keeps me on my toes. so to think of it, am i happy at work? i should think so.
*when 7 becomes 3 @;[*
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
the little engine that could
my bro took MC today cos he puked last night. i ended up sending my sis-in-law to work and drove myself to my office too. figures. i reached the place somewhat earlier than usual. i did my work today like any other day. i know this might be crazy but i think i'm actually enjoying it. at least so far anyway.
ladida... i'm actually quite happy going to work! >_>
the thing is, i think i'm feeling melancholic. beats me why...
*i think they all gonna die*
ladida... i'm actually quite happy going to work! >_>
the thing is, i think i'm feeling melancholic. beats me why...
*i think they all gonna die*
the little engine that could
my bro took MC today cos he puked last night. i ended up sending my sis-in-law to work and drove myself to my office too. figures. i reached the place somewhat earlier than usual. i did my work today like any other day. i know this might be crazy but i think i'm actually enjoying it. at least so far anyway.
ladida... i'm actually quite happy going to work! >_>
the thing is, i think i'm feeling melancholic. beats me why...
*i think they all gonna die*
ladida... i'm actually quite happy going to work! >_>
the thing is, i think i'm feeling melancholic. beats me why...
*i think they all gonna die*
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Happy Birthday!
Well of course i'd like to wish both my dad and Shan a happy birthday today... and incidentally i found out that today was also, of all things... today is Pi Day too! why Pi you wonder... well think of it... 3.14... that's pretty much it.
i'm feeling muted currently. can't type for nuts. i'd attribute that to my glass of cocktail watchamacallit... i drank cough medicine k? it's blue and it tasted just like cough medicine. but the label read French Vodka & Cognac. i'd always thought vodka more russian-ish than french but that's what was printed.
that feeling, on top of the fact that i'd felt so whacked out at work by the time it was 4pm. my eyes were so heavy i nearly thought i had 2 elephants tied to the ends of my eye lids. i had to resort to walking around, looking out to the grass field and hydrating myself with water. plus the visits to the toilet. a challenge to stay awake.
at least my superiors seemed satisfied with my performance so far...
*pepper lunch for dinner? ironic wouldn't it?*
i'm feeling muted currently. can't type for nuts. i'd attribute that to my glass of cocktail watchamacallit... i drank cough medicine k? it's blue and it tasted just like cough medicine. but the label read French Vodka & Cognac. i'd always thought vodka more russian-ish than french but that's what was printed.
that feeling, on top of the fact that i'd felt so whacked out at work by the time it was 4pm. my eyes were so heavy i nearly thought i had 2 elephants tied to the ends of my eye lids. i had to resort to walking around, looking out to the grass field and hydrating myself with water. plus the visits to the toilet. a challenge to stay awake.
at least my superiors seemed satisfied with my performance so far...
*pepper lunch for dinner? ironic wouldn't it?*
Monday, March 13, 2006
2 years ago
it's amazing how time flies. it's been 2 years. 2 years since i was unhappy. how am i reminded, might you ask? my dad's birthday. he likes to have a family gathering, a meal out together. we had one yesterday. a happy occasion with happy people (including me) no less. yet 2 years ago i remember somewhat, that i was not too happy, only cracking a smile when i needed to.
i believe that was when things started going downhill back then. refusing to join my family for dinner... was a strong indication of worse things to come.
bah humbug. that was over and done with long time back. haven't heard anything positive about her thus far from people. not that i have any wish to find out more really. probably the only words i can offer her would be this phrase from Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man, and i quote: "Be well."
that aside, at work, i've never seen before in my life, such a huge set of table with such a huge amount of data. even more complex is how so many tables work together to form such an amazing database! i'm supposedly even only working on just a small portion of the tip of the tip of the iceberg... and fortunately so far the colleagues have been fairly accomodating with me. i'm still a bit of a stranger at the pantry and all... and my lunchtime is limited to interacting with the IT/IS department team which i'm fairly familiar with by now. at least there's one thing i'm glad to think about each day when i head for work! i actually take the bus! empty-handed! =x
*i've got you now... that's all that matters*
i believe that was when things started going downhill back then. refusing to join my family for dinner... was a strong indication of worse things to come.
bah humbug. that was over and done with long time back. haven't heard anything positive about her thus far from people. not that i have any wish to find out more really. probably the only words i can offer her would be this phrase from Sandra Bullock in Demolition Man, and i quote: "Be well."
that aside, at work, i've never seen before in my life, such a huge set of table with such a huge amount of data. even more complex is how so many tables work together to form such an amazing database! i'm supposedly even only working on just a small portion of the tip of the tip of the iceberg... and fortunately so far the colleagues have been fairly accomodating with me. i'm still a bit of a stranger at the pantry and all... and my lunchtime is limited to interacting with the IT/IS department team which i'm fairly familiar with by now. at least there's one thing i'm glad to think about each day when i head for work! i actually take the bus! empty-handed! =x
*i've got you now... that's all that matters*
Dear Person
Greetings Mr Person,
Just hope you are fine.
How have you been doing?
Cos we hardly had time.
I heard some things
And I guessed as much,
But it would be nice of you to keep in touch.
My presumptions had reasoned it to be your work,
Although it's turning out I might have been labelled a jerk.
Many things we should never assume
As that might cause some to never resume.
Really, you may think of me to be an ass
But I think it's little fucked up sending one-way SMS.
It seems an unfair judgement,
One without trial.
We haven't met out.
I know. It's been a while.
You might feel justified,
My opinions cast aside.
Set away everything else,
All the little whistles and bells...
Please dude, I hope you would give me a beep,
Let me know where I stand with a little tip.
/Ken
copyright notice? the author would probably think "nah nobody would want to plagiarise this piece of shit." but then again anything's possible in this screwed up world. so i probably should say whatever i wrote up there, and everything else in my blog, belongs to me. crap or no crap, i own this junk so don't take things from here without permission please. at least give me credit for me if you do. hey i'd give credit for whatever site i link to anyway... it's basic courtesy.
Just hope you are fine.
How have you been doing?
Cos we hardly had time.
I heard some things
And I guessed as much,
But it would be nice of you to keep in touch.
My presumptions had reasoned it to be your work,
Although it's turning out I might have been labelled a jerk.
Many things we should never assume
As that might cause some to never resume.
Really, you may think of me to be an ass
But I think it's little fucked up sending one-way SMS.
It seems an unfair judgement,
One without trial.
We haven't met out.
I know. It's been a while.
You might feel justified,
My opinions cast aside.
Set away everything else,
All the little whistles and bells...
Please dude, I hope you would give me a beep,
Let me know where I stand with a little tip.
/Ken
copyright notice? the author would probably think "nah nobody would want to plagiarise this piece of shit." but then again anything's possible in this screwed up world. so i probably should say whatever i wrote up there, and everything else in my blog, belongs to me. crap or no crap, i own this junk so don't take things from here without permission please. at least give me credit for me if you do. hey i'd give credit for whatever site i link to anyway... it's basic courtesy.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
when u eat too much
i think i had like an indigestion problem. we had a ten course dinner for my dad's birthday. the food didn't really agree with me i guess... and before that we actually went to had a photo-shooting session at a photog's, for me in the silly (and heavy) grad gown and also a family portrait kind of setting for everyone to be in. the weekend flew past ridiculously fast, it seemed...
i did the same test from shan's... i'm just as confused somewhat.
i did the same test from shan's... i'm just as confused somewhat.
| the Perfectionist Test finished! | ||
you chose CZ - your Enneagram type is ONE."I do everything the right way"Perfectionists are realistic, conscientious, and principled. They strive How to Get Along with Me
What I Like About Being a One
What's Hard About Being a One
Ones as Children Often
Ones as Parents
The Enneagram Made Easy
You are not completely happy with the result?! You chose CZ
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My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Quick and Painless ENNEAGRAM Test written by felk on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test |
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Date Movie
it's invariably stupid and downright lame at times. but the show was so ridiculous it was actually hilarious! i believe we laughed so hard the other people around us would think that we were nuts.
it is at last the end of my first week on the job. i've got assignments just in, but to describe the environment there so far... i'd have to say it's fairly conducive. i'm not seeing much politics. yet. the IT dept isn't too big, but not small to the point that we have to wrap mountain wrap sea... or whatever that proverb is... the people, quite friendly. minus the part about them hinting me for a treat when my first pay comes, lead by a guy indirectly linked to my team. >_>
i didn't take any photos for my uni graduation. but i'll have you believe my parents have decided to drag me down to a photographer's to have me mugshot in a graduation robe... probably with the token certificate tube as well. along with a rare family photo... the stiff upper lip kind.
junk is a fetish of mine... very likely so. i have a tendency of collecting stuff people don't usually collect. keychains? erasers? pin badges? boxes...? boxes that come with stuff i've bought. i had so much that i'd attempted to discard some of them since i came back from australia. perhaps the collection is growing yet again... xD i'm nonsense really... plain nonsense!
*canvas... >_>*
it is at last the end of my first week on the job. i've got assignments just in, but to describe the environment there so far... i'd have to say it's fairly conducive. i'm not seeing much politics. yet. the IT dept isn't too big, but not small to the point that we have to wrap mountain wrap sea... or whatever that proverb is... the people, quite friendly. minus the part about them hinting me for a treat when my first pay comes, lead by a guy indirectly linked to my team. >_>
i didn't take any photos for my uni graduation. but i'll have you believe my parents have decided to drag me down to a photographer's to have me mugshot in a graduation robe... probably with the token certificate tube as well. along with a rare family photo... the stiff upper lip kind.
junk is a fetish of mine... very likely so. i have a tendency of collecting stuff people don't usually collect. keychains? erasers? pin badges? boxes...? boxes that come with stuff i've bought. i had so much that i'd attempted to discard some of them since i came back from australia. perhaps the collection is growing yet again... xD i'm nonsense really... plain nonsense!
*canvas... >_>*
Thursday, March 09, 2006
the agony after an hour
having discussion for hours on end may not seem like a good idea. but neither is a brief session. barely an hour lasted before i realised what was coming unto me. tasks were assigned, people were briefed, and the deadlines were given. let's see me cook something up in time for that first milestone of mine. the main headache now, however, is not that major task ahead of me. rather, i was also assigned a fringe "cleaning-up" job of sorts, which in effect is causing me some troubles first. will have to resolve this task at hand asap. dragging on this "simple" job may affect the actual work i need to do.
as some of you may have noticed, i got hired. i've got a job. it's been like this since monday. routines have changed. the car had been left alone and public transport have once again come into my life. buses to work, and trains back home. meeting new colleagues, and getting familiar with the office environment. making my half-cubicle homely, and mixing better with colleagues. considering the bus/train rides take less than 20mins, i must say it's rather enjoyable. now now don't grumble yet. i'm experiencing stomachaches daily in the mornings before heading to work. i believe it either to be the anxiety of going to work, or it's just me.
i share one-half of a C-shaped cubicle with a female colleague, each taking a corner. so far i've home-ify my little corner in the office with the gorilla phone holder i've had, and a green froggy with our photo clipped on to it. just picture the desktop wallpaper to be a cheeky bunny sticking its tongue out. oh and don't forget the obligatory jacket draped over the office chair.
there i've said it. that's been the reason people hardly see me yak anymore. but then again i hardly yak much anyway... i yak to myself more... in here at least.
*i kena doraemon fist*
as some of you may have noticed, i got hired. i've got a job. it's been like this since monday. routines have changed. the car had been left alone and public transport have once again come into my life. buses to work, and trains back home. meeting new colleagues, and getting familiar with the office environment. making my half-cubicle homely, and mixing better with colleagues. considering the bus/train rides take less than 20mins, i must say it's rather enjoyable. now now don't grumble yet. i'm experiencing stomachaches daily in the mornings before heading to work. i believe it either to be the anxiety of going to work, or it's just me.
i share one-half of a C-shaped cubicle with a female colleague, each taking a corner. so far i've home-ify my little corner in the office with the gorilla phone holder i've had, and a green froggy with our photo clipped on to it. just picture the desktop wallpaper to be a cheeky bunny sticking its tongue out. oh and don't forget the obligatory jacket draped over the office chair.
there i've said it. that's been the reason people hardly see me yak anymore. but then again i hardly yak much anyway... i yak to myself more... in here at least.
*i kena doraemon fist*
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
All roads lead to Rome
but which route to take is entirely up to you. or so you think. until somebody you are in a group with tells you otherwise, that you should follow point A to reach B and subsequently moving on through points C to Z...
that being generically my main point, it has come to my attention that this is the process of standardisation. coming up with a set of rules/guidelines for something that didn't really needed them in the first place. didn't really need the rules if you operate alone for that matter... but if people start coming together to work in teams, it's inevitable that they get organised. things work more efficiently that way. isn't that how civilisation started in the first place? the beginnings of civilisation began more or less (i believe) on a single word: co-operation. true? perhaps not, but here's my 5 cents. i can picture them already, hairy ape-like humans realising they can have a greater chance of survival against other predators by banding together... and resources can be shared thus. roles can be applied/delegated. with roles came leaders, castes, classes... thereby bringing forth the likes of power, religion, ideals. people probably shared what they had with others they are close to. for the less familiar faces, humans would have probably started sharing by bartering. that more or less lead to trade, money, and the whole kahuna of monetary influence in the modern civilisation.
i don't feel like rambling more but you probably got my point. i find it amazing how humans had evolved to be so advanced a race (yes, humans as one race, imagine that!) fuelled by the primal instincts of survival and propagation. but if you come to think of it, what we are doing now are essentially providing means of survival, the basic concern of any animal out in the wild... just that humans probably had wanted to make things more efficient (read: laziness) which lead to what we are today.
i wonder what was that chunk i'd typed but i had to type it out because it was in my head ready to hurl itself out of my mouth into the toilet bowl... which would be a waste.
*two fur balls sniffing each other! mwahahaha...*
that being generically my main point, it has come to my attention that this is the process of standardisation. coming up with a set of rules/guidelines for something that didn't really needed them in the first place. didn't really need the rules if you operate alone for that matter... but if people start coming together to work in teams, it's inevitable that they get organised. things work more efficiently that way. isn't that how civilisation started in the first place? the beginnings of civilisation began more or less (i believe) on a single word: co-operation. true? perhaps not, but here's my 5 cents. i can picture them already, hairy ape-like humans realising they can have a greater chance of survival against other predators by banding together... and resources can be shared thus. roles can be applied/delegated. with roles came leaders, castes, classes... thereby bringing forth the likes of power, religion, ideals. people probably shared what they had with others they are close to. for the less familiar faces, humans would have probably started sharing by bartering. that more or less lead to trade, money, and the whole kahuna of monetary influence in the modern civilisation.
i don't feel like rambling more but you probably got my point. i find it amazing how humans had evolved to be so advanced a race (yes, humans as one race, imagine that!) fuelled by the primal instincts of survival and propagation. but if you come to think of it, what we are doing now are essentially providing means of survival, the basic concern of any animal out in the wild... just that humans probably had wanted to make things more efficient (read: laziness) which lead to what we are today.
i wonder what was that chunk i'd typed but i had to type it out because it was in my head ready to hurl itself out of my mouth into the toilet bowl... which would be a waste.
*two fur balls sniffing each other! mwahahaha...*
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
something about domain knowledge...
somebody was just telling me... i probably should get into a focussed area of expertise, aka my specialisation. isn't IT/programming my specialisation, you ask? partially, yes. but it wouldn't hurt to make things more specific. you see, programming applications can be applied to a variety of existing industries. these existing industries can be complemented by IT in such a way that IT improves efficiency in these arenas. so simply knowing IT is not sufficient, it appears. applying such technical expertise to a particular domain would be wise, or so it seems. in doing so, one would probably allow for a more defined route of advancement in his/her career.
for example if i'm aiming for the banking/monetary industry like a friend of mine, i should probably pick up some accounting/money-related skills such as getting a job as a financial consultant aka insurance agent for a while.
if i'm headed for a career related to the medical field, i could work for hospitals and the like to start with. then gaining a foothold in this specialisation would subsequently facilitate my movement during employment.
of course, specialisation is a double-edged sword. you know more about a specific domain, and less of other fields. gaining more privy into one area helps in getting you focused. but it would probably also mean lesser exposure to other level playing fields elsewhere.
IT personnel are so pluggable... so abstract... you can just pluck an IT person out of his specialisation and plonk the fella into another field, and given enough time, he can fit in there too! this IT stuff is all about being a business enabler i believe. it doesn't work on its own, rather it supports other business domains.
bah. enough nonsensical ramblings of my theories on IT. i'm sure a lot of you know that already. but then again, i wonder if you have an answer to this question for yourself: do you have your own collection of a specific domain knowledge?
*a ball of fur in a bowl with a carrot is cute*
for example if i'm aiming for the banking/monetary industry like a friend of mine, i should probably pick up some accounting/money-related skills such as getting a job as a financial consultant aka insurance agent for a while.
if i'm headed for a career related to the medical field, i could work for hospitals and the like to start with. then gaining a foothold in this specialisation would subsequently facilitate my movement during employment.
of course, specialisation is a double-edged sword. you know more about a specific domain, and less of other fields. gaining more privy into one area helps in getting you focused. but it would probably also mean lesser exposure to other level playing fields elsewhere.
IT personnel are so pluggable... so abstract... you can just pluck an IT person out of his specialisation and plonk the fella into another field, and given enough time, he can fit in there too! this IT stuff is all about being a business enabler i believe. it doesn't work on its own, rather it supports other business domains.
bah. enough nonsensical ramblings of my theories on IT. i'm sure a lot of you know that already. but then again, i wonder if you have an answer to this question for yourself: do you have your own collection of a specific domain knowledge?
*a ball of fur in a bowl with a carrot is cute*
Monday, March 06, 2006
the amazing journey...
my days of public transport have re-commenced. fortunately it seems, that such travelling do not take long. even more remarkable was what i'd discovered... that just when i'd thought the bus trip took nearly a quarter of an hour, the train ride for nearly the same distance took half the time, at 70% the price! i haven't exactly been anywhere in my car today. thanks to the trusty public transport system! saves heaps doesn't it?
i spent practically half the day today, setting up and fixing up this computer i have... it was ridiculous but i guess i'd want it to be fully patched and updated. at least everything else was nearly painless. boring elements were kept to the minimum. i'll talk about this new species of people i'd come across another day... i figure i'm not too old after all, in their presence. xD
the change in lifestyle is imminent. take cover!
*oink!*
i spent practically half the day today, setting up and fixing up this computer i have... it was ridiculous but i guess i'd want it to be fully patched and updated. at least everything else was nearly painless. boring elements were kept to the minimum. i'll talk about this new species of people i'd come across another day... i figure i'm not too old after all, in their presence. xD
the change in lifestyle is imminent. take cover!
*oink!*
Sunday, March 05, 2006
i'm gonna get occupied
i've got places to go, people to meet, things to do!
so if i had the time to do stuff... i've got like several little projects i'd wish to have time to work on...
i just spotted an accident just outside my home where the traffic junction is. tsk... those two poor cars is causing a jam of sorts there. fortunately it's rather late at night hence lesser traffic to jam with...
*i will not khh...
i will not khh...
i will not khh...*
so if i had the time to do stuff... i've got like several little projects i'd wish to have time to work on...
- online bag shop
- dumb comic strip using my old MASK toy figures
- making an R2D2 computer casing
- un-dulling my blog template...
i just spotted an accident just outside my home where the traffic junction is. tsk... those two poor cars is causing a jam of sorts there. fortunately it's rather late at night hence lesser traffic to jam with...
*i will not khh...
i will not khh...
i will not khh...*
Saturday, March 04, 2006
CANOE -- JAM! Music: McCartney's anti-seal hunt protest a go
erm... the article isn't exactly my main focus. i was just attracted to the baby cup seal in the photo... kawaii ne!
Friday, March 03, 2006
munich
i must say, this bloody movie (quite literally) was a long one. accordingly they claimed it was filmed based on true events. although it was a bit abstract/artistic, it was a worthwhile motion picture to catch. apart from eric bana's on-screen sex scenes with his wife, everything else in the script was quite remarkable.
the show basically put the audience through the mentality, thoughts and feelings of the main cast, which supposedly are "good" people helping their country. but that's just a perspective. others may see them as just another terrorist cell operating under instructions from their government. it was not obvious that the film highlighted the saying of "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" by contrasting how these people behaved in the early 70s. i must say there were a number of disturbing scenes. but i suppose more of such scenes would already have been censored by the authorities... it's rated m-18, but scenes showing people getting killed were rather graphic, but to a point of realism.
having done my ns, i suppose many of the scenes reminded me of various points to take note of, in relation to what i'd learnt in the army. i would say it was a war movie, but of the unconventional nature. the conflicting factions battle each other through asynchronous warfare in urban set-ups practically in broad day-light. i'm sure steven spielberg had meant for it to make a statement about the state of the world in constant conflict as it already is now.
darn i'm reading too much into the movie. the shallow point of view would be, it was rather excessively artistic for me to appreciate. but there were highs and lows throughout the show. point to note: don't watch the show too late at night. it lasts 163minutes. that's practically close to 3 hours long. it's 4am and i barely got home.
oh and if you are still with me, thanks for reading this whole chunk of a movie review. i can't imagine if you had even understood that psychedelic mindbender of a critique of the show. you probably don't need to know this either, but i just got a job.
*flower power? hell yes! =x *
the show basically put the audience through the mentality, thoughts and feelings of the main cast, which supposedly are "good" people helping their country. but that's just a perspective. others may see them as just another terrorist cell operating under instructions from their government. it was not obvious that the film highlighted the saying of "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" by contrasting how these people behaved in the early 70s. i must say there were a number of disturbing scenes. but i suppose more of such scenes would already have been censored by the authorities... it's rated m-18, but scenes showing people getting killed were rather graphic, but to a point of realism.
having done my ns, i suppose many of the scenes reminded me of various points to take note of, in relation to what i'd learnt in the army. i would say it was a war movie, but of the unconventional nature. the conflicting factions battle each other through asynchronous warfare in urban set-ups practically in broad day-light. i'm sure steven spielberg had meant for it to make a statement about the state of the world in constant conflict as it already is now.
darn i'm reading too much into the movie. the shallow point of view would be, it was rather excessively artistic for me to appreciate. but there were highs and lows throughout the show. point to note: don't watch the show too late at night. it lasts 163minutes. that's practically close to 3 hours long. it's 4am and i barely got home.
oh and if you are still with me, thanks for reading this whole chunk of a movie review. i can't imagine if you had even understood that psychedelic mindbender of a critique of the show. you probably don't need to know this either, but i just got a job.
*flower power? hell yes! =x *
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
general hospital
nah it's not an episode out of those tv drama serials to do with the healthcare personnel... i spent the afternoon with my lovely, and her parents, down at gh. for her dad no less. it was a long wait, especially when we found out they were waiting for one of his reports/graphs to show up at the clinic. i believe we waited over an hour before her dad was called his turn to see the doctor. tsk...
in other news, i'd woken up early once again, and began on my little bit of self-teaching for some stuff. i must admit, it's not easy to pick up just like that. i won't be able to know it all at a snap of my fingers, but i've got to start somewhere...
i came across this article on somebody having made himself (i can't picture it being of the fairer sex seriously) a replica of R2D2 for the casing of his computer! that got my mind running... and i'm pondering on the possibilities of me doing up something like that too. hmm...
and ooh i heard that there's going to be a vintage toy fair in town soon! can't wait to catch it! xD i'll have you believe i'm a vintage toy lover. especially those from the 80's in which i grew up on a host of fascinating toys tied-in with tv cartoon series. hehe...
*i gave up that one counting my eggs on this... wish me luck!*
in other news, i'd woken up early once again, and began on my little bit of self-teaching for some stuff. i must admit, it's not easy to pick up just like that. i won't be able to know it all at a snap of my fingers, but i've got to start somewhere...
i came across this article on somebody having made himself (i can't picture it being of the fairer sex seriously) a replica of R2D2 for the casing of his computer! that got my mind running... and i'm pondering on the possibilities of me doing up something like that too. hmm...
and ooh i heard that there's going to be a vintage toy fair in town soon! can't wait to catch it! xD i'll have you believe i'm a vintage toy lover. especially those from the 80's in which i grew up on a host of fascinating toys tied-in with tv cartoon series. hehe...
*i gave up that one counting my eggs on this... wish me luck!*
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