Before November Ends

Travelling. Waiting.

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These 2 words are too routine in my daily list now. I have always said to my friends "Eat breakfast in KUL, offload in BKI, all in a day." Trips to KUL getting more frequent and at times I have to fly in twice a week. Travelling took too much of effective man-hours that I have to steal my personal time for work. 100 hours a week is not surprising from my office gate time-track. Oh that is inclusive of weekends.

I'm trying to make a difference to my workplace. Many things are not in place for the past 10 years. My personal commitment (apart of work commitment) is to make the change and to set up the facilities. It is now 1 year and 7 months since my first day on the job. The gauge is now at 70% completion with ETC in March 2011. Changing things along the way is not easy as my workplace is famous for being laid-back.

By then, I have delivered my promise to my superior on the day I stepped into Level 6. Looking forward, I would be searching somewhere else to contribute. Most importantly, somewhere that gives me better pay with work-life balance. (Mom is nagging me to find her a daughter-in-law. Sorry mom not now~)

Enough

ENOUGH

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May your joys be as bright as the morning,

And your sorrows merely be shadows that fade,

In the sunlight of love.

May you have enough

happiness to keep you sweet.

Enough trials to keep you strong.

Enough sorrows to keep you human.

Enough hope to keep you happy.

Enough failure to keep you humble.

Enough success to keep you eager.

Enough friends to give you comfort.

Enough faith and courage in yourself to banish sadness.

Enough wealth to meet your needs.

And one thing more: enough

determination to make each day a more wonderful day

than the day before.

Facebook

Najib Razak

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Many who like Anwar Ibrahim like him

And the new BearBeary video!

Life Measured with Numbers

Measured with numbers. (credit to Sean Chan via facebook)

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On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years." The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." 
So God agreed. 

On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks and make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span." The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?"
And God agreed. 

On the third day God created the cow. "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves, and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give back the other forty."
And God agreed again.

On the fourth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years? Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back, and the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"

Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."

So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

Glued

Glued to this SACS software since early February. My aim is to become a power user in 1 year time.

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One of the project where I am the discipline engineer.

Went to white water rafting at Padas 1 week ago. This will be additional activity for my visitors here in Kota Kinabalu.

Cheating The Breathalyzer

Can we really cheat the breathalyzer?

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*The honey in the video speaks Cantonese.

TOILET

Gentlemen..do not pull the wrong lever arm!

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Or it will be Halle-freakin'-lujah!

Lin Yu Chun

I was like....

Damn, is he Whitney Houston??

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Click to play.

The judges are totally speechless. So am I.

WAJA power window

Damage done by a Malaysia car to a Malaysian citizen, RM 276.

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I never knew Waja's power window can be so fragile. I never knew the window pane lifting frame is made of plastic.

It's not that "waja" after all.

Malaysia Boleh!

Oopps that's dangling!

Dangling; up close

2 out of 8 people required in this "mega-project". 1 do-er, 1 helper, while 6 trainees observing.

The final blow : 1 unit of centre locking cable and 1 unit of door lock cable costing RM38 each.

Overall damage in detail :

1. Power window frame - RM170
2. Service of power window switch - RM30
3. Centre locking cable - RM38
4. Door lock cable - RM38

Total Damage - RM276

p/s : I can get quality spare parts from Semenanjung, half the price offered in Kota Kinabalu. Import/export firm. Anyone cool with it?

New Battery Pack

I got myself a new battery pack for my Vaio.

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I could not afford the original battery pack which could set me back by RM700.00. Ta daaa~ I bought a compatible battery from Low Yat. Albeit different rating, it still pass the acid-test. The compatible pack lasts 2 hours on maximum LCD brightness. Bravoo~

p/s : This is the month of batteries. My car battery died off 2 weeks ago!

Bloody S*ny Va*o

Hardware virtualization will never be available on Sony Vaios, regardless new or old model. Period.

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This statement from designphilosophy slapped me hard.

Period.

Buaya

Most of my readers think I am a buaya. According to commonly accepted Malay proverb, buaya is crocodile. But literally.

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Buaya is a guy who physically seems faithful to his partner. In the absence of any looking eyes from people known to the buaya, he will unleash the buaya characteristics. Bounce forward and crunch his prey ;- female prey, into his mouth.

Statistics shown that 92% of my reader think I am a buaya. A colleague of mine said I am legend in courting girls at supermarket.

But looking from my current situation, I guess the readers need to pass the buaya crown to other deserving guys.

Oh, nothing. Just out of boredom and stress. I am looking forward for the weekend at Kota Kinabalu.

p/s : 

Engaged

Oh my elder brother is engaged with his long-time partner on 18th Feb 2010!

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I need to look for one as soon as possible!

I am an engineer,  a workaholic, a smoker, drink occasionally, not a playboy but people call me sweet-talker. Looking for a fair, petite girl from Chinese educated background.

Anyone?

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mt Kinabalu

Carried 12-14 kg of load on my back, taking 12 hours to reach Gunting Lagadan and severe altitude sickness to endure along 8.5 km route to the peak.

I made it to the top.

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I had 7 tablets of Actifast while ascending, and 2 before descending.

It's 7.4 degrees Celcius on the peak at 0830 hrs. It could be 4 if not because of the sun. A skinny Caucasian took off his shirt and said "Ohh, it's warm!"

My heart screamed, "You bloody motherf*cker.."

Slapped the green board to mark my reach at 4095.2 m. And yeah, 8 is now my magic number again.

From KL to KK

His Excellency Muar Taiko, Shawn Ong Wei Shen is now at Kota Kinabalu, sipping Carlsberg in Waterfront, bed.

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I am proud to host His Excellency in my house for an undetermined period of time.

He had 2 cups and was steady all along. He enjoyed his first time watching live band.