about me A loner, although do enjoy the occasional companionship, if you can handle it. Enjoys long term friendships, sensitive, ponders a lot about life and people. Thursday, May 28, 2009
Android? WebOS?
[ 10:02 pm ] Ok, I love gadgets. I love 'new' gadgets. Both of these have been seducing me for a while now. I personally think the Android (OS by Google on the left) pretty nice to play around with while the WebOS (by Palm on the right) a lot more developer friendly for someone who's familiar with web tech ... like me. I don't have the spare cash (you mean, there's such a thing as spare cash?) now to fool around with this 2 phone OS, guess an emulator will have to do for now. What about Symbian? I've been using my Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic for about .... 4 months now? There's a list of annoyance that I can't stand. Sometimes, it's not so much of the phone, but the operating system itself. The S60 5th Edition has a long way to go. Long long way to go. Hang on, looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong way to go. I thought maybe with the launch of the Ovi Store yesterday, perhaps it would bring a little life out of my 5800. I don't even want to talk about the amount of crappy apps there are. Call me proud or pompous or whatever, Ow and I can come up with something better than what's available. Now, just need to find the time to do what we initially set to do. 0 comments
give me a title
[ 9:34 pm ] *sips green tea* I thought I had the luxury of waking up late today, because of a scheduled meeting at 1pm … but no … someone woke me up. Sorry, make that a couple of people had to wake me up. Meeting was good, thank God there weren’t any major changes with the project and we pushed the deadline back to a month. I think I’m pretty proud and confident of our work, and I’m not shy to boast or shout about it. If we don’t, who’s going take notice of us? Isn’t it a form of marketing? Inflated self-confidence or just plain delusional? Hey wait, both don’t sound good either way hehehe … action hor? Btw, we make awesome websites. We had another meeting later around 3pm (supposedly … then it was 3.20, but they came down at 4pm) Note: Honour time please, I am very anal about this. I don’t keep you waiting, you don’t keep me waiting. You don't take me seriously, I can't take you seriously. I find it really hard to take things seriously sometimes … this might be another character molding season for me, but … gosh I really hate it when things are wrong or misinterpreted or assumed. It’s so easy to point the finger … but then, you always end up checking your heart. It’s not easy. I want to be really sarcastic about it but I have to guard my tongue, but body language tends to give that away :P Fine, think of the big picture. For whatever it’s worth, at least we’re putting a smile on His face. *refills green tea* Our Homes is having an outing to Sg. Congkak this weekend. Where’s that? I have no idea, apparently it’s somewhere near FRIM. There were a few last minute pull-outs (as expected), to be honest, I felt like pulling out too … but nah, I need to know these people well :) So, I guess I’m looking forward to this little BBQ … and now that I don’t have to serve in Actstream this weekend, I don’t have to worry about getting back too late. I manage to have a quick chat with Mr. Chang over Gtalk yesterday … or was it a day before? I can’t remember. Suppose to write him an email but I haven’t had the time, hehe. Not even sure if I’ll have the opportunity to pay him a visit next year since there is a possibility of him relocating AGAIN. Oh well, at least I don’t have to plan and apply for leave. Isn’t that great? Sometimes, I think too far ahead and start to worry about things that aren’t going to happen anytime soon. I thought to myself, why not? Might as well be prepared, right? Isn’t that suppose to be wise? Unknowingly, I was limiting what God had in store for me. “Let’s worry when the time comes”. I can’t tell if that’s wise or foolish. 0 comments Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Future isn't cheap
[ 10:12 pm ] I just got home after sending YS to church for her community care thingamajit meeting ... lo and behold, what is this two white envelopes waiting for me? Oh splendid, my credit card bills. Let's see how many brownie points I've ranked in last month. My expenditure dropped 40%. Thank God. Woohoo ... I guess I haven't been spending much :D You know, business has been good. We never had to make any cold calls ... yet. We spent almost the whole of Monday preparing different quotations for people, now all that's left is ... some feedbacks. We'll be collecting our first payment tomorrow, it not much but I believe it will increase :) I can only wonder what else is in store for us, I find that exciting. God really does bless and answer prayers (like duh). Programmers from India are spoiling the market. Idiots. Do they have to charge their service that cheap? If anyone is gonna start comparing local prices with what they are offering, by all means engage their services. You get what you paid for -_- Anyways, had dinner with David and Erin today. Good to know that they are expecting :) I don't think I'm ready for anything at this moment. Marriage is not for the faint hearted, what about parenthood I wonder? Cost of living is rising rapidly, raising a family isn't going to be easy. Hahaha ... who am I to say that? I'm not even married. Seriously, it ain't cheap anymore. I was actually thinking about how much it would cost for your kid's education in the future. What about their allowances? My goodness, am I able to provide these needs? Better to start keeping these in mind than to worry about it later. What irony eh? Beginning of the post, praising God for provision and then ending with a doubt :P 0 comments Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Kampung mentality
[ 7:42 pm ] While driving home after returning a certain misplaced wallet (not the topic for today), I overtook a motorbike with Dad, Mom and little kid probably 2 years of age ... without a helmet. Somehow, that agitated me a little. How can you NOT have a helmet for your kid while the both of you are protected? This is just something that I fail to understand. What if a car knocks into them? Your kid is pretty light, he's gonna be flying really far - without a helmet. Damn it, stupid kampung mentality. Are people really THAT uneducated about safety or have absolutely no common sense? What happened to the parental instinct to protect your child? 0 comments Monday, May 18, 2009
I'm living.
[ 11:55 pm ] There’s nothing like sipping a nice cup of Dalcott green tea. Ok, I upgraded from the regular Boh green tea JUST BECAUSE of the packaging. Dalcott tea comes in wooden boxes. I guess I’m a sucker for good packaging heh. I’ve not tried that really good Japanese green tea yet, I wonder if I’d be able to appreciate it completely. Hang on … what’s up with the sudden ‘uncle’ interest in green tea … Anyways. I thought of switching on my work laptop, but it was a little late already. Honestly, I don’t feel like working late nights, not unless I have to. Well, not yet … eventually, I might need to. Odd thing is, if I get enough rest in the afternoon, I could work better at night minus all the distractions. In the stillness of the night, I find myself working and functioning better. How’s work been? Frankly, it’s too early to tell. I hope for more sustainable projects, but one or two might not go through, I don’t know. Doesn’t matter, God is still the very same provider. I refuse to believe that He will allow us to go hungry. I don’t think we are lazy. Someone suggested that I should just live one day at a time. That’s crazy talk. I like to plan ahead :P maybe … not too far ahead? I’m still worried about the Dream Malaysia video that pastor asked me to do. I’ve not put any thought into it yet, and what’s even more stressful is that it’s an important task. I’ll really work on it once the current project is done or … almost done. I’m not sure if I still have the flair for videos anymore. It takes a lot of time to come up with these things, ok? I really hate it when people think it’s easy to come up a video. Watering it down with misused terminology like ‘flash’ or ‘powerpoint’ doesn’t help much either. It’s a V-I-D-E-O. That requires hours of time wasted on rendering and RE-rendering. AHHHhhhhh but it’s so fun to see the final output :P I just hope there’s time for me to concentrate on this next month. I was just mentioning to Ow earlier today, that one of the few regrets I have is not being able to read Chinese. I really should have picked it when I was young. We’re working on a Chinese website project at the moment. It would be so convenient if we could read. Oh well, better late than never. Maybe I should. 0 comments Sunday, May 17, 2009
A dream & some other stuff
[ 2:07 pm ] ... of flying. Ok, gliding ... technically that's flying right? I was in a race ... there were a few people running as well. We ran upwards a mountain slope and had to climb a few huge rocks, and we continued on downwards. This is the part where it gets cool. The slope was a pretty steep straight road. Instead of running downward fast, a lot of them were careful and slowed down. Since it was so steep ... I made a little sprint and took a leap ... and glided really fast downwards hehehe ... cheater. It was pretty cool 'coz as my arms were stretched I could control my directions hahaha. Anyways, I passed everyone and finally as the road leveled, my flight slowed down. There were toll booths at the end of the road. I took the motorcycle lane, 'coz you don't have to pay for that. I ran the race again. Up the usual huge rocks, and continued to the steep road downwards. I thought to myself, hey ... I could fly, let's give this a shot again. I did a little sprint, took a leap and launched myself downwards ........ I didn't fly, instead I tumbled down the hill so fast that I looked like a meatball. Yeah, a meatball. I was tumbling down so fast I felt like my flesh ripped apart. This is so weird, you know you have a body and yet ... you're looking at YOUR body? Umm ... third person. Ok, no one likes to look at themself being disintegrated. My little 'meatball' body tumbled, hit a rock, flew upwards and made a crater as it fell. So ... I'm a meatball now, eh? Argh ... gruesome dream. I liked the first part, just not the second part. Maybe ... I got this dream because of what I ate for dinner ... Behold, the magnificent sandwich. It took me about 20 minutes to prepare ... and 5 minutes to gobble it down. You work so toil and work so hard ... only to enjoy it for 5 minutes. Sometimes, some things in life are like that, huh? ;) I manage to catch Angels & Demons last Friday with YS, that person up there (LOL). Ok, I didn't read the book. The movie was ok, within my expectations. One of the coolest part of the movie was nearing the end ... have you ever seen anti-matter explode? As a matter of fact, no one has ... but the effects artist probably had a ball of a time imagining it ... 'coz it looked so good. It was as if the sky was aflamed ... and the shockwave threw everyone off the ground. Awesome! One part of the movie strucked me ... some of the cardinals were smoking. What the heck? That's not an appropriate behaviour, is it? Is that even in the book? I doubt it. 0 comments Friday, May 15, 2009
no respect
[ 9:19 am ] While this is pretty hillarious to watch ... but if I was in the same situation, I'd smash his phone. 0 comments Wednesday, May 13, 2009
It's all about me, ok?
[ 9:22 pm ] Ok, I decided not to switch on my work laptop and chill out a little ... can right? This may be a little old, but I managed to catch Star Trek LAST WEEK. I don't consider myself a long time fan of the franchise ... It was Star Trek Voyager that got the whole ball rolling. The FIRST female captain of a Federation vessel :P Anyways, the remake was above what I had expected, though I wasn't too pleased when they 'messed' up the timeline. Probably this was to ensure ample leg room for the next few movies in the future. It feels weird to watch Zachary Quito (Sylar of Heroes) as Spock ... I'm so used to watching him flick his finger to throw people around ... don't even wanna mention the dorky Vulcan haircut. Oh yeah, I managed to catch Wolverine too. Was suppose to watch with Kanmani, I think I had something on, so she went with another friend instead. Speaking of that snob, haven't contacted her in weeks now ... maybe I should go nag her or something. The next movie to watch ... 'Angels & Demons'. If you had watched The Da Vinci code, you'd probably don't want to miss this. I was quite surprised to know that YS actually read the book. That was pretty unexpected ... hmm ... I'm still surprised. I was actually expecting a, "What's that?" Hahaha ... I gotta give her more credit than she deserves. The weather was brutally hot for the past few days. I think I've grown darker. So vain, right? Honestly, I think my arms are darker now. I've been out in the sun a lot more than usual compared to when I was working in Hartamas. Speaking of work, things are pretty busy at the moment. This is a 'good busy', it just shows that we have something to do. I've not had the time to finish up the company logo and we need to get our cards printed soon. We finally got ourselves a company bank account. Now, I can start sending invoices out. Invoices? I mean ... invoice. Ahem. BUT ONE DAY IT WILL BE INVOICES! You know, most people think that starting your own business usually meant you'll have a lot more free time for yourself. To be honest, that's what I thought too ... that's further from the truth. If you're free, then there's something wrong. Either you got no job OR you got a fat bank account. I got a job and a sexy slim bank account. Need to 'feed' it We parked ourselves at TheGroundFloor for a week plus now. I'm quite accustomed to the noise and surrounding by now. I find myself working better when there's ... distractions. I mean, it sucks when it's all quiet and monotonous :P Of course this also meant our fellow hardworking full time workers have access to our magnificent God given tech prowess ... anytime they want ... I'm not sure if that's good or bad. Anyways, I need to have better expectations and start thinking BIG. 0 comments
Thought ...
[ 11:35 am ] ... we were made for his Glory. I keep on forgetting that. 0 comments Monday, May 11, 2009
Overdue but
[ 10:53 pm ] This post is a little overdue ... I've been really occupied with different things. Right. No, seriously. Anyways, the last day at work was pretty normal. Wasn't expecting much, I packed my stuff without feeling attached or anything like that. See? 2 years and I could fit everything into that tiny box :D If only I could take that monitor and table with me hahaha ... The silver container was one of the gift exchange from AYA back in 2006. It was a bottle of office supplies ... Ps. Sandra's idea lol. Kinda useful, there's a UHU glue in it, a puncher, pen, eraser, etc. One of the most useful gift exchange EVAR. The pink container, my officemate bought it for me ... so that I could keep all my candies in it ... yes? I have a sweet tooth ... and yes, I have a container filled with candies. The panda thingy on top, a little souvenier I got from her visit to Shanghai. If your eyes are sharp enough, you could see the 'THINK.com.my' brain stress ball there. The turtle was from Alvin 2 years ago ... I can't remember why he got it. As a matter of fact, he got everyone something. I think that's his love language. This is the cup that I've been using. No, I didn't take this back. I need a new cup. Ok, I'm a junk collector ok? How long has it that I left AYA? Around 2 years now? See that box on the right? Yeah ... that's my stuff from AYA, and it's STILL in my boot. I have no where to put them :( And I get really lazy sorting things out ... probably that's why it's still in my boot. Check back with me next year if it's still there. I haven't had any dreams lately, maybe I'm too tired. 0 comments
hmm
[ 2:11 am ] It's been a rather eventful week. Some ups and downs, nothing out of the ordinary ... but in everything, I'm still thankful. I'm looking forward to a brand new week. I wonder what crap ... I mean, what wonders should unfold itself before my very eyes. Ah ... the cynic in me still lives. No la, all is good in the land of unicorns and rainbows - Unfortunately, I'm not there. I'm trying not to rant so much, but sometimes you just can't help it. I found out that one of my brake lights isn't working. Tsk. That's not safe ... I need to fix it soon. I need to start doing the video that pastor requested ... soon. Ahhh ... I don't know how to get about doing it. Maybe things will start rolling once I get my hands started on it. I don't know. I think I get overwhelmed easily sometimes. Why? You can't tell from my papan face, eh? I have the images in my head, but sometimes I can't seem to translate it well into what I want. The lack of skills perhaps. My family had dinner at Nirwana's Taipan today. I think they are pricey ... and I'm still convinced that Sri Paandi's is THE place for banana leaf rice. My granny was sitting right in front of me. It's really cute to see her. I think all old people are cute. Except for my grandpa of course. He's not cute. He's just ... I don't know, I have no comments about that man. How do you express love to a person who has not shown you an ounce of kindness? He's gonna be back for 6 month. Bleh ... bad memories. Bitter? Nah ... more like, I don't really care. This is what favourtism does to a family. Ok la fine ... let me think of something nice he has done for me. Hmmm ... let's see .... hmmm .... nope, can't recall anything except the unpleasant ones. Anyways, it's getting late. I should be in bed. I've been having problems encoding a video ... it keeps on getting corrupted. Don't think I'll go to bed until this is done. 0 comments Saturday, May 09, 2009
Grace
[ 2:08 pm ] I was going to post a long rant about inefficient last minute tasks that caused you hassle AND messes up your day because of someone's own inability to manage their time well .... then this word popped in, 'Grace'. ... rainbows ... 0 comments Friday, May 08, 2009
Short update
[ 12:25 am ] 1. Ipoh trip on Labour's day was good, except for the snoring. 2. First day of being self-employed ... and I lost the parking ticket. That cost us RM20. 3. God has been providing jobs. 4. Work is hectic, maybe hectic isn't the right word to use ... ummm ... swamped? I'm not complaining, at least there's work. 5. Been working from TheGroundFloor since Monday, loved the sense of familiarity ... and distractions. 6. Installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my old laptop, loving it so far. Contemplating installing it on the current laptop, but don't find it practical since I hardly switch off the laptop. 7. Need to manage time well. I can't and should not be working till late night. It's not good. 8. I know I've been quoting lower than market price for projects. *shrugs* 9. I hate government offices and the red tape. 10. I don't like writing 'official' letters. 0 comments Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Time
[ 1:44 am ] ... you can never get enough of it. 0 comments Archives nothing |
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