Thursday, September 07, 2006

persona test

got this from Rae! Thanks Rae!! haha quite true... ^^

You Are Dr. Pepper

You're very unique and funky, yet you still have a bit of traditionalism to you.
People who like you think they have great taste... and they usually do.

Your best soda match: Root Beer

Stay away from: 7 Up


wow I never even tried the drink before! lol XD

Flu

Flu, flu, flee, floo...

*sniff

hope I get well soon.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

A poem for her...



I sat on the stool,
Drawing my dear,
Looking at how wonderful she is...
Bad times come...we endured...
I'm not the most perfect guy,
But I hope we two could last...
Days of comforting her,
Although it was hard,
but I felt it was worth it...

I'm happy as long she is happy,
I'm sad and confuse,
If she is sad and crying...
All I hope to do,
Is to make her smile and happy,
As these would make my days much better,
Me as well as hers...

I love her so...
And I know she loves me too...
100 bad things can happen...
But all that is important is that we love each other,
coz we know another 10000 good things,
Will happen between us...
I love you Sheryl,
Don't be sad,
Just remember that when you are,
Know that happiness is on its way...
Somewhere not far away...
Me beside you...
You beside me...
Having a wonderful time,
In love with each other =)
Remember that,
I love you always dear,
From the bottom of my heart.

Monday, September 04, 2006

Monday...

Hun having exams for these 2 weeks. All da best dear!

Back to work today, can't believe i'm done on the 22nd and now is already 4th. 18 more days to go, whoa! Roy and ben will have to suffer when i'm back, muahaha. Itulah always ask me go back during Sundays, grr. My revenge will be soon... *darth vader breath sound*

A bit more go Dave! Hold onnnnn... (motivating myself)


Happy Monday blues everyone.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

~MERDEKA!!~

My poem which have won in my company's poem writing contest(huhu won RM50, not bad heh):

A Diverse Malaysia Celebrating Merdeka in Unity

Malaysia
,
How beautiful this country,
With so many colors,
Culture and races…
The variety of food alone,
Are countless…
From Malay, Chinese, Indian,
Japanese, Mediterranean and even Western…
This show how diverse,
Our beloved country is.
During this 49th Merdeka,
Let us unite our differences,
Let us celebrate together,
Let us wish one another,
“Selamat Menyambut Hari Merdeka.”
With a smile on our lips,
With hands outstretch…
Celebrating together in harmony…
Celebrating in diversity,
The essence of a progressive Malaysia

Happy Merdeka Malaysia!!!


"May we remember our fallen comrades in WW2, the sacrifice they gave, the lives that were lost, all for... the independence of our country."

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Wikipedia - The One



The one and only...information center, wikipedia has just proven to be my all-time favourite to search for any fact-specific stuffs that I need to find...

Search for anything, Bleach, Microsoft, planes, etc etc...you'll get it. It's like this open source humongous encyclopedia...

Gotta love it. =D

Me dear is backk!! =D

Sheryl is baccckkkk!!

Hugzzz...

Here's one be4 I meet her:


Miss ya dear!! Muackss...

Microsoft Team Foundation Server


Sigh, TFS installation is driving me nuts...hope to fix it soon...

The error that came out with it:


What the heck??! I've already installed SQL2005...darn it.

=.=

Part and parcel of IT...machines still can't think by itself...

Monday, August 28, 2006

Your results:

You are Superman

You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.





























Superman
85%
Green Lantern
80%
Spider-Man
80%
Iron Man
65%
Batman
65%
Catwoman
60%
Supergirl
57%
The Flash
50%
Robin
47%
Wonder Woman
37%
Hulk
20%













Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

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Cool! Superman roxxx...

*goin nuts with all the personality tests..

Aragorn

Which Fantasy/SciFi Character Are You?

Putting your appointed path ahead of any inner conflicts, you make your own rules for the benefit of all.

If my life or death I can protect you, I will.

Aragorn is a character in the Middle-Earth universe. There is a description of him at TheOneRing.net.

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Aragorn? XD

X-Men char

You Are Jean Grey

Although your fate is often unknown, you always seem to survive (even after death).
Your mind is your greatest weapon, literally!

Powers: telepathy and telekinesis, the ability to project thoughts into the mind of others, communication with animals


Gosh, Jean Grey, when did I became a girl? o.O

Friday, August 25, 2006

The interns once again


From left: Waqar, Farhan and Asad

Faheem and Waqar having a chok-slam, lol.

Workdesk, ooo


At the entrance of Intel, Cyberjaya. ^^V

Gonna miss them lots. Take care dudes!!!

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Farewell GIKI interns

Our company had a farewell lunch for the GIKI(Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute) interns.

It was a memoriable one. I got to know all 4 of them and it completely changed my perspective of Pakistanis. They are not of the usual class...well educated and from the top university in Pakistan mind you. Their programming and IT skills are way way ahead compared to me or any local graduate in my opinion. And they are only year 2 students!!!

Sigh, see how far other countries like Pakistan have progress in higher education. I've even heard that Microsoft came to their university to hire 2 students there before.

The 4 interns, farewell and take care. We will remember you fondly at Intel.

The pics at the farewell lunch:








ps. I'll remember to smile more next time =P

It was at an Italian restaurant. The speghetti and pizzas was memoriable too...lol

Farewell and all da best in your studies! =D

Hun off to Thailand


Sheryl leaving for Thailand today at 8am. T.T Gonna miss her alot. She's one a vacation with her family till Sunday.

"Hun! I will misssss you! Make sure you arrive safely k??"

*hugs her before she steps on the plane...

*Plane moves, slowly departing into the sky... *Waves once more...*stares blankly into the sky as the plane dissapears...

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO ~~KOKOROBOX!!!!

Kokorobox.net = box of heart...

Malaysia's very own unique forum which will please any local forumers here. It is friendly, warm, interesting and basically you can post any topics there.

Come visit anytime soon!!

Below is the screen shots:



































You must join! It's just tooooo irresistable (for certain ppl, though there are ppl who left =P)

Just doing part of my job in promoting it lolx XD

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

World's shortest personality test, lol

Your Personality Profile

You are dependable, popular, and observant.
Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness.
In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do.

You are unique, creative, and expressive.
You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while.
And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!
The World's Shortest Personality Test

haha...this is funny...just click on a pic and you have your personality. But it's quite true!!

Tuesday

Your Blogging Type is Kind and Harmonious

You're an approachable blogger who tends to have many online friends.
People new to your blogging circle know they can count on you for support.
You tend to mediate fighting and drama. You set a cooperative tone.
You have a great eye for design - and your blog tends to be the best looking on the block!

What's Your Blogging Personality?

Cool! I'm a harmonious blogger...lols.

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Work as usual on Tuesday. Sheryl is down to Thailand this weekend from Thursday onwards. So so gonna miss her. Wonder why she doesn't leave comments or chat on chatbox anymore...sigh.
Some people tend to be introvert...and some extrovert. Me I'm extrovert:

extrovert /"Ekstr@v@;t/ (also technical extravert)
· n. an outgoing, socially confident person. Ø Psychology a person predominantly concerned with external things or objective considerations. Compare with introvert.
· adj. of, denoting, or typical of an extrovert.
– DERIVATIVES extroversion n. extroverted adj.
– ORIGIN C20 (earlier (C17) as extroversion): from extro- (var. of extra-) + L. vertere ‘to turn’.
And the opposite, introvert:

introvert
· n. a shy, reticent person. Ø Psychology a person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things. Compare with extrovert.
· adj. of, denoting, or typical of an introvert.
– DERIVATIVES introversion n. introversive /-"v@;sIv/ adj.
– ORIGIN C17: from mod. L. introvertere, from intro- ‘to the inside’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

Guess that's why they refrain from posting and type stuffs on the forums unless they're really confident about it. But I respect them, doesn't mean observation won't do any good too...

I do hope my darling would be a bit more extrovert. Don't be afraid or shy dear. Be confident ;) I'll be here for you so don't be afraid.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Weekends...=D

Was a nice weekend. Stayed over at my gf's place and went out with their family. Yea I know, you can say I'm like thick faced and cheap enough to do that, but what better choice do I have? I don't owned my own apartment or car to pick her up anytime, and on saturday it was her elder sis singing competition. So best thing is to join their crowd.

Sunday didn't end that well though, there was some arguments between her mother and the sisters because of the Kiwanis club issue. Well I do think that it's a nice exposure for the children in the society thing, but if they were to be force at going the meetings, then it wouldn't be good for them. Injustice, not respecting their rights, abuse, lack of freedom and such. Imagine sending your kid to a piano lessons when he hates piano. He'll grow up hating piano and you as well...

True, such things happen, but sometimes parents do not see it. The best they can do actually is to encourage their children to volunteer themselves and to tell them the benefits. Instill in them at a young age and don't pamper or be around them too much, as they learn not to be independent and stick to you...

If I'm a father one day, I would discipline my kids at a young age. Let them join all sort of healthy activities and sports. And making them love it...

Maybe parents these days have been too lenient, and the "dont-bother" type of attitude... More proactive is the way to go...sitting down watching tv and reading newspapers wont help your children be future leaders when they are out there in the world one day.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Life

Life isn't about the money,
Neither is it about the work,
There's so much more to living...
Yet many are blinded by them.
If a person were to look at you,
Work and money wouldn't matter...
As much as your health,
Your wife, and your family...
Study is not everything too..
I've seen how a CEO today,
was just a PMR graduate...
I've witness a manager,
Who wasn't a nerd,
Or was he really good at studies...
He was in fact good at sports,
A leader, a natural ppl pleaser...
And I'm sad to see...
Parents forcing their children so hard,
That kids today don't enjoy that much...
Neither do they join clubs,
Societies or being selected in duties...
Some even remain as members...
And in the end they just left.
Life is not about the money,
You can have all of it,
And end up like Jackson,
Or Paris-Hillton...
Work is not too...
You can be at the top like Hitler,
Bush or Trump...
But will you remember them?
The answer is no...
It's how they live their lives...
It's how they helped people...
It's how much of a good impression,
They've made to the public,
To their families...
And to their self...
I tell you...
I would rather remember Mother Theresa,
Princess Diana,
Mahatma Gandi,
And all the good people...
In the world.
We should take them as role models...
I'm not asking you to be like them...
At least in things that you can be...
Yet in all these...
None would have a more meaningful life,
If they have no love...
Love from friends,
Love from parents,
Family, wife and even your children...
Life...
Is only one,
Use it to the full...
Coz you never know,
When it's your turn to go.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

We'll go through it all

We'll go through it all
Someone says even a young and a new-born tree need some 'light storm',
Not to take away its life, infact it will make it stronger in its roots.
The same happened in relationship, once in a while we do need the 'storm' in our lives,
Not to brake the relationship, infact it will make it stronger in its roots.

Sometimes the trees are complaining that they have enough 'storm' for their root,
They cried and they wept, yet they did not give up,
They remain strong in its roots.
The same happened in relationship, sometimes we r just so tired of what has happened,
We cried and we wept,
But if we take a minute to reflect upon it,
I believe it's not that bad, we can still hang on,
Do not give up and let the roots strengthen itself,
So that when the other storm of your life come upon us, we'll be ready,
Coz just like the small tree, we already have the strong roots.

Nice poem from Sur's blog...Thanks!

Hope my relationship with Sheryl goes a long way even with the difficulties ahead...

All these just makes it stronger...the "silver lining" that comes with the dark clouds... I'm so glad I met her. =)

Sheryl I lurvvvvv you!!! *echos*

Muacks!

Monday, August 14, 2006

The trouble being a consultant...is...

Complicated

Lots of research

Read...read...read...

Asking...

Meeting people...

Doing powerpoints...

Present! @.@

Yea the final two is in my agenda now...cracking my head on how to compile all of it and present. Been quite some time back then that I was a bit nervous in making presentations. Hmm year one in college? Since then I just stand there with those slides and talk...Now with this tremendous scale to present on (a methodology call Extremme Programming, mind you)...I'm really loosing the cool x.x

Gosh...

Friday, August 11, 2006

back...muahaha

back at last, ahhhh ahhh...how I miss Sunway. =D

muacks muacks!!

been suffering for five days in office, time to have a break! yoo-hoo!



^yea and I really do. Rawr!

Thursday, August 10, 2006

1:1 with manager

Ching Yee, my intern manager, gave me a good 1:1 with me today.

And well at first I thought it was good news, till she read out the second agenda...and so forth:

"be firm - dont say things without confidence. Make people trust your proposal...assume resposibility - have confidence and volunteer yourself. Don't be intimidated.

"don't say only...but do as well. Show the actions."

"you can enjoy, but not too much. You need to know the corporate needs and fulfill it too."

"don't be a bystander, but volunteer yourself in assuming responsibility...you do not need to be told to do a task, raise up your hand! and say you gonna do this and that....and voice your opinions. Don't let anyone stop you. Remember Intel's value: 'Embrace change and challenge the status quo' which means challenge anybody, don't be afraid if you think you're right."

"learn, you're still young, you can do anything...give confidence to others that they can trust in you, such as a developer role, you can probably learn those programming languages yourself and remember: learn fast."

"At first you came to office with high motivation, but gradually you have less confidence and got intimidated. Bucked up..."

And asking her about the positives:
"like I told you to attend the meetings and be more serious about it, you've changed the next day, which was excellent."

"well there are..." (less on the positive...)

Lots of cannons flying, but I accept them...willingness to change for the better, so said.

It was like a FOCAL(year end performance review). They really take interns as if we are real employees @.@

There was more...so much I couldn't recall now.

Intel...not an easy place to work brother...

Wednesday, August 09, 2006



































I think these advertisements kick asses...time for them to deal a blow to AMD. =D

I'm always facinated with graphics, even to the extend of learning how to create userbars and signatures just for the passion of it. I don't create them for money, but rather the interest in them, and having that feel good of completing one, just gives you a feel of accomplishment none can give.

Below are some userbars that I created:





gosh graphics...just gotta love them. ^^

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Newcomers to my blog, qiki, devince and xcute | About work

Haha have to welcome these three...from kbox! One big family as usual.

Qiki - the bulat that hate lalats
Devince - Nursey panda bamboo bear
xcute - the lil gal who is always cute

Thanks for coming over and (spam spam!)enjoy yourself...lol.

You've made my blog a more merrier place then ever. =D

And of course, to the other half, Sheryl who have been always motivating me on updating my blog! thanks so muchie...

You ppl rawks!

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About my work



My meetings are at 8am these days, from Tuesday to Thursday, while Monday and Friday it'll be from 10am till 11am. On the other hand, annual Bi-weekly staff meetings will be held every two weeks once at 7am on Friday mornings. @.@

The only day that I look forward to is...futsal on Monday! The other days will fly by real fast after that, Tuesday, Wednesday and so forth.

The pros and cons working in big companies such as Intel:
Pros:
i. You get to learn a lot, I mean a lot....
ii. Pay, not as much as petrochemical companies or bigger ones, but it is considered good.
iii. They are professionals. Or acting like one. Some are nice ^^
iv. You'll be happy, as it is a multi national global company, if you can handle it.
Cons:
i. politics @.@
ii. lots of meetings, some are early if you're not lucky
iii. workload - like gunung ledang, or worst, mount everest if you are of higher rank
iv. headaches (when you cant solve something)
v. people... the biggest headaches
vi. pride, too much, till it just irritates you in certain ppl!
viii. some people like me, who don't see money as motivation, or whatever multi
national global bs...I still see whether or not I'm happy here and whether I am of use, and
able to commit myself to the company, that is truly what drives me.

Ok maybe you're conculding I'm not happy here in Intel (as an intern mind u). Yea it's kinda a nice place to work, but I'm pretty sure somewhere out there, there are other better companies that are just waiting for you to explore. I'm not like some people, who takes intel as their whole life and like owing Intel something sorta stuff. Nope, I wanna see what's out there, getting expose to how other organizations deal with their business and employees.

My prayer now, is to enter some other company out there who would value my skillsets and my ability to contribute, and to br able to trust in me. I dunno which, but I just hope I would be happy working there...

(and certainly...never ever a developer/programmer role anymore)

Do wish me luck and keep me in your prayers. Love you all!

Monday, August 07, 2006

Am I exhausted?

I thought I would be refreshed after the weekends, but ended up feeling tired today.

Weekends was going out pn saturday, but we went back earlier as we both felt sleepy. I realised she had some flu and cough too in the cinema. Glad that she's almost recovered now.

Then on sunday it was at her house helping out with her assignment and folding those prayer papers(they are about to visit their ancestors I guess).

So here I am, back in office. Slept at 9.30pm last night although I went to bed at 8.30pm. x.x

Now I'm feeling even more tired. Maybe I need some of those chinese herb medicine drinks for extra energy.

Gosh, working life.

Friday, August 04, 2006

Weekends!

Muahaha you prolly wont be seeing me around on weekends until Monday!

Weekends is free from blog, work etc etc...time to go out and lepak! With u-know-who..

hmm but she's a bit sick today....hope she's better now. :(

Love u all! Take care and happy weekends!

Thursday, August 03, 2006

tagboard been spammed

K enough is enough...time to remove tagboard and replace it wif something else...

And time to change my avatar too =P Sheryl doesn't seem to like it haha...

New avatar: XD









Operasi Keju - Cheese at all cost. Muahah.. XD
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Working as usual, less burden now as I had just finished one presentation and my team is having meetings with Larren, Materials boss.

Life is good, appreciate the good times. =)

Monday, July 31, 2006

weekends was awesome

I love weekends, it's something I look forward to during my internship.

Last weekend, I went and spent a night at my gf's place. Slept with her brother and played lotsa PS2 with them on Saturday. Supposed to go out shopping, but ended up we were all too tired and rest at home instead. I went back on Saturday night and gosh...alrite maybe not so awesome, my wall is leaking water from the side! Coming from the bathroom I guess...which took me 2 hours clearing my stuffs underneath my bed as it is all soaking wet...each time someone bathes, the floor turns wet again...Ok so it was the not so awesome part ;P

Yet, Sunday I went out with Poh for his Rite of Acceptance as a cathecumen in my church. It was an honour as it was my first time becoming a sponsor for someone. Poh and me have been roomates for months, and he was touched to be a Catholic after visiting my church only once! Praise God. Currently he's in RCIA, hope his faith stays strong always...

Sunday afternoon was movies with Sheryl. We saw this not-so-really-evil-ghost-story sorta movie call Dorm. It is rather a good-casper-like-ghost-story. Lol. But it was worth it, only scary at the beginning and later on as it unfolds, the ghost is actually a good hearted one and died of an accident...he later met with a boy who became his friend, yup a boy that can actually see him while the rest can't. So the story unfolds where his mystery is reveal and a journey to help the ghost reach his end journey, re-incarnation...

Was really touching, really...I recommend it to everyone, as it has a deep moral value. And can even make you cry...Such a friendship!



















Synopsis

“I still remember very well, the first time I left home…”

“I was 12 and studying in 7th grade. In the middle of the semester, I was un-riotously transferred to a new boarding school…the reason…to be away from home…to get away from my father. You might be curious about this, but I am not surprised because it is only me who knows his secret.”

“Being transferred in the middle of a semester is really cruel. I have to get used to new classes and a new dorm that does not feel like home, and the worse part is, the new bed that I'm sleeping on, who knows how many people slept on it before me.”

“I feel really lonely here. I don't really have any friends except one. We like to sneak out and play at the playground behind the school. For years there has been this rumor floating around that there used to be a pool here, where children used to swim during the weekends, but was closed. The rumor is it's because a kid drowned!”

“Do you believe in this old school's tale?”

“I know a secret and if you promise not to tell anyone, I will tell you… “



Weekends was great. Thanks alot Sheryl!

Friday, July 28, 2006

my new avatar





















My new avatar in kbox...i'm loving it lol lol

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Hope to see my gf today. Missing her like crazy. Life in Intel well, up and down as usual. Today got a bit of a lecture from ching yee, my supervisor on not attending the meeting at 7am today. It's not like I didn't want to, but I'm just an intern coming to make introductions? And at 7am? Even my sis was complaining, is it necessary?

Anyway, will be careful, can see that she was upset about it.

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Gonna visit my gf's place and maybe sleep over. Gonna be my best weekend ever spending time at her place. Such a nice family to hang out with...how I wish I have one too. I look forward to repay thier kindness with gratitude one day, just owe them so much.

Love ya dear!

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Two more projects.

x.X two more projects in queue. Time to complete: 2 weeks

Description:

1. See whether VersionOne software tool is applicable for use in the AD&S team here in cyberjaya, which uses agile and extreme programming in their work. Tool is basically helping them in the planning game rather then the old way of using excel or a whiteboard.

2. Continuous Intergration Tool. Link up with Kanasan's team to study more about this programming .NET tool. Attend every Friday's meeting to join their group meetings.

Complicated stuff. Hope I can do well in this, do pray for me. @_@

Taking consolation from this quote:

Life isn't meant to be easy. It's hard to take being on the top - or on the
bottom. I guess I'm something of a fatalist. You have to have a sense of
history, I think, to survive some of these things... Life is one crisis after
another. Richard M. Nixon

Monday, July 24, 2006

Monday

Monday monday...the usual blues. At my laptop now with sleepy eyes...a tired body. But it was a great weekend getaway with my gf's family at Sg Wang Plaza and Sunway Pyramid.

It seems I spent alot during the weekends. $$$ just slips away... But I guess you don't get anything if you don't give for something. To have a gf means spending more, it's an undeniable fact that requires sacrifice, but in the end if you really love her, it's worth it. Love cannot be bought by money, and indeed it can be used to strengthen it. =)

Still working on my CFS, almost done with it. Wanna try some challenging project up my sleeves. I love challenges, it just fills my life with more meaning than going for something less risky or boring.

One day, I dream to be someone in someplace. Somewhere I really love and commit myself to working.

And for Sheryl, thanks for being there with me, even through tough times. Love you honey.

Friday, July 21, 2006

CFS

a new day, a new challenge. To complete the CFS implementation replacing the older CFS.

Alrite, done with the text formatter earlier yesterday. Here's the complete portion:

(May look simple but it's not, look at the codes then you'll understand why)

Program used: VB.net integrate with access, with mail control function added in



Wednesday, July 19, 2006

missing someone and akmal's fairwell

miss my gf alot. She seems to be v busy in assign and not even sms-ing each other.

Well maybe I'm just thinking too much. Things are ok I guess.

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Today, a day where I gave up on the text formatter application. It won't work it seems, even with the help of two brilliant guys like Waqar and Farhan, the thing just wouldn't work. It's a migration from access to sql, and really isn't as easy as it seems.

I just wanna be over with my internship...had enough.

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Looking forward to the weekends...I just love it when it's Friday, back to my own home sweet home apartment. Life's great there.

Photo of today's meal with Azmal, who is leaving tomorrow due to contract expiring. Gonna miss him. (the food there at Kyoko japanese restaurant, Puchong is just great, look at the pics below and you'll know why)





Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Friends, how one should be

What a friend should be

Sweet words are easy to say,
Sweet things are easy to buy,
but sweet people are difficult to find.

Life ends when U stop dreaming,
Hope ends when U stop believing,
Love ends when U stop caring,
Friendship ends when U stop sharing.

So share this with
whom ever U consider a friend.
To love without condition,
To talk without intention,
To give without reason,
To care without expectation...
is the heart of a true friend.

I find this true. True friends are hard to come by these days.

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At office as usual. Given a simple programming task today yet seems complicated to me. Sheesh, how noob-ish. I gotta admit I'm noob when it comes to programming. I wanna be a pro! Gimme those programming knowledge and skills dear God!

Darn, I wanna be a hardcore programmer. Please, it's something money can't buy in the IT field. It's better then gold or diamond, seriously. With it your career can bring you anywhere in BIG BIG companies, and I'm talking big, something like Intel, Shell, Dell etc.

Yet, I chose my destiny earlier on, in Business IS. Which was kinda stupid mistake, it's really a noob-ish way of running the fact you NEED programming in IT line, or you're just not IT enough. Such descrimination, sheesh... -.-

Ok for IT dudes out there who are taking IT, you won't regret taking up progrmaming courses or major, like Comp science or Soft Engineering. Just discard the fact that you hate programming and embrace it. Ya I know, ppl say you'll get headaches, cranking up your head solving bugs etc yada yada. But they are just trying to INFLUENCE you. Don't listen. See how successful these people are in Intel, I tell you...I'm damm freaking jealous at them, and I DON'T SEE ANY HEADACHES or displeasure in their work AT ALL. (REASON? they get paid freaking high...I give you some hints, it's always above RM5k after 5 years in intel, maybe more, managers easily get up to 10k)

So don't complain, take the challenging path...it's worth it.

Monday, July 17, 2006

Guys

I find this true, got it from a forwarded email.

How guys xpress their love!!!

When a GUY is quiet and is alone,
He's is thinking how good you're, Miss you!!!

When a GUY is lying on his bed,
He is thinking deeply why he loves you.

When a GUY looks at you in your eyes,
He wants to tell you how much he loves
you and how important you're.

When a GUY answers "I'm Fine" after
awhile,
He is not and feels hurts.

When a GUY keep asking you the same
question,
He is wondering why you are lying.

When a GUY hugs you while sleeping,
He is wishing that you belongs to him
forever.

When a GUY calls you everyday,
He Miss You and wants your attention.

When a GUY wants to see you everyday,
He cares for you and want to know how are you today.

When a GUY sms's u everyday,
He wants you to know he is fine.

When a GUY says I love you,
He really means it.

When a GUY says that he can't live
without you,
He has made up his mind that you are his
future wife.

When a GUY says "I Miss You",
He wants to see you immeditely.

movies

watched Voice, a korean horror movie and also Pirates 2 last weekend.

It was good. I mean Pirates 2. Voice was so-so, was expecting it to be scarrier but ended up more like some story telling which is kinda vague and unclear, in the end the villian is all along herself, hmm why didn't I thought about that.

Pirates 2 focus all on Johnny Depp, somewhat a spectacular actor. He has made the whole series a totally diffrent twist thanks to his skillful and imaginative acting. Girls especially would just flock to the theaters just to see him perform all out...

Thanks sheryl for accompanying me for the movies. =)

Back to work on Monday, futsal day! Glad to release some stress on the first work day.

Friday, July 14, 2006

Intern but is it worth more work? hmm...

Another day at work. but suddenly today, they asked me a few favours, like pair programming with one of the persons in the meeting, not Maisie, but Siew Tin. And later helping out in installing the PC which had some problem...reformatting probably.

And I thought I can rest and surf today...well abit on what my sis told me yesterday:

"Well if they don't give you anything to do, just surf the web, or design that tank game that I gave you. Don't bother, you're just an intern, relax and have fun while you can. And don't ask for more work, coz it's stupid, remember that you are being paid minimal wage."

I'm like =.="...."Ok...now I know..."

Well, but I'm still here to learn, and will learn as much as I can about the corporate life. And so far it's been an eye opener. O.O <---see how big are those eyes

It's true too maybe I'm asking too much. So I'm gonna take it easier this time.

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And to sheryl, can't wait to see you again this week. So many plans but so little time. Miss ya lots. Can't wait to hug you the next time.

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Passion is one of my most favourite words...And here's my favourite quote I found in the net:

Quote: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful” - Henry David Thoreau

Exactly. Love what you're doing always.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Test, work and living on my own...

Take this test
http://www.personaldna.com/tests.php

I'm a Dynamic Analyst.
http://www.personaldna.com/report.php?k=iBwYjmgnKaxegka-ML-ADCAD-f3ea&u=11a17d8ef482

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Another boring day at work, I really think my supervisors looked down on me, probably I'm less the technical person that they think I am. I'm not given any task, except to learn at my desk. And it seems hard to learn programming by yourself all alone.

Gee, should have join my other friends who are in Infortech, near Pyramid there. They're having a great time working there and learning alot everyday.

I hate being idle, seriously, it just bores the hell outta me. And I hate ppl who look down on me, who thinks I really don't know how to execute the tasks. Well I'll try my best even scurrying the net for the codes if I really need to.

That's the problem, they expect you to know everything...the day you enter to the work, assigns poured in, and if they think you don't know, they won't even give you. Well maybe I'm wrong, they won't even hire you I guess....I'm an intern here, so what the heck...just do my best to learna dn observe here.

I do hope to come back to intel again, but not right after I graduate, I really wanna pump up my skill sets first. It's a great place to work, but it requires a great set of skills and knowledge too.

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Sista sista...haih...I do hope she'll change and be a better person someday, seems hard having her to nag me everyday. Till I wanna live on my own someday without relying on her.

Car...that's what I need, the rest can be settled, apartment can be rent...but transport...reli need it. hmm maybe working some place near first...

Future planning, sigh...I am really getting old.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Sacrifice

As I grow older, time seems to become less and less, things that I've loved to do once, slowly seems to slipped away, examples are gaming, creating userbars for people, forumming like everyday without miss, etc.

Now another era of my age is coming, work. Having it taking so much of my time, seems like all those previously liked activities have to be sacrificed. Taken away...Even if I had the chance to do it, it wouldn't be much, or just mediocre of it. I miss college days, where after class, it would be doing those stuff except during the times I'm with assign and exams. Going out with friends, yumcha, sigh. Miss it lots.

Working is one, what's next? Marriage? Kids? Can't imagine. As one grows older, so does his responsibilities grow.

Moral is, enjoy it when you're young, coz, you never get a second chance when it slips away.

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Sheryl

Didn't write much on the time I spent with her. Owe her one for insisting on going on a movie on Saturday, when actually I'm not feeling well =P

Ended up resting in her house and all of them cancelling the plan the last minute. But she really took care of me, giving me water and medicine and even a bed to rest.

Thanks so much sweetie. =)

Looking forward to the week ahead, will take good care of myself, promise.

Monday, July 10, 2006

motivated =)

got the bug fixed today. Finally. It just require a reboot after the setup, which means if I did that last friday, things would have went well.

Oh well, sometimes things are just meant to happen. Lighten my mood up alot today =)

Now I can really program with ASP and database SQL... getting my hands all dirty.

*type type type...

demotivated

feeling demotivated. Workin is not that easy, especially when ppl demand a lot from you and others seems busy or too preoccupied to help.

It's like they give u something, and expect you know how to do it.

And now, I have this bug where it seems so hard to fix. Sigh...

Sometimes I wish I can be a student always, such a simple and fun filled life. Working is really very diffrent, and your only time to getaway is the weekend.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Not bad

Days have been good in Intel. The staff are great, friendly etc. Glad to work here, been learning something new everyday.

I guess something more challenging is coming ahead soon. Programming in C# and SQL I guess.

To those taking IT, seriously, consider Software Engineering and Computer Science, the market here is much higher for these two courses. Mine? Business Information Systems is like...hmm..."not that useful" here...

If I would be given a chance to rewind to the time when I'm choosing my major, I would have choose Comp Science(Soft Engineering not offered in Sunway).

Well, there's still Masters I guess.

Man, I love what I'm doing now, I dont fear programming anymore, rather embrace it.

"Fear is the main reason people cant be programmers. A programmer needs courage to do it."

A quote from Agile Manifesto(principles of Agile Programming):

Principles behind the Agile Manifesto



We follow these principles:

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer
through early and continuous delivery
of valuable software.

Welcome changing requirements, even late in
development. Agile processes harness change for
the customer's competitive advantage.

Deliver working software frequently, from a
couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a
preference to the shorter timescale.

Business people and developers must work
together daily throughout the project.

Build projects around motivated individuals.
Give them the environment and support they need,
and trust them to get the job done.

The most efficient and effective method of
conveying information to and within a development
team is face-to-face conversation.

Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile processes promote sustainable development.
The sponsors, developers, and users should be able
to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

Continuous attention to technical excellence
and good design enhances agility.

Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount
of work not done--is essential.

The best architectures, requirements, and designs
emerge from self-organizing teams.

At regular intervals, the team reflects on how
to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts
its behavior accordingly

Monday, July 03, 2006

chatao china intel song

The Intel Song : We're a Happy Family!

I don't think I ever heard anything so ridiculous in my life. If my company would make me listen to something like this each morning to "motivate" me, I would either quit my job or end up mad.


Apparently this song is used in Intel’s internal training in China, as well as to boost employees’ morale during daily morning exercises. (Source: tian.cc)

Our operation is satisfaction,
We are sure perfection,
Quality we fair achievement we share,
For the staff Intel cares…

Intel, Intel,
The leading company,
Intel, Intel,
We work in harmony…

We are proud to say we lead all the way,
Technology today…
With a better show to the front we go,
Just watch us as we grow.

Intel, Intel,
The place for you to be,
Intel, Intel,
The happy family…

(source: http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/06/intel-song-were-happy-family.html )

Haha got this from a forwarded mail from my colleague. Funny stuff. China's Intel actually takes it for serious. Thank goodness we dont have to do it elsewhere.