My Bloggie…

Every wonder why some ppl really has shit flying out of their mouth/mind each time they talk? This is what I got from my ex-colleague. Thought wanna strike a conversation via msn, only to get these sort of of replies from her…… Didn’t reply her coz I went down to watch football also didn’t escape from that foul mouth.

Not the first time though.. many times already. Perhaps this time was the final straw, which i kinda got bored of her dry jokes. Used to even have vendors asking me why she’s so grumpy all the time… some even asked me.. "her father died ar?"

Anyway, none of my business for that attitude of hers’. Just rather curious why.

Disclaimer: Name removed to give her some benefit of doubt.

A season to be jolly. That phrase really suits the feeling i have right now. I’m totally ecstatic to find out that I’ve been promoted. Well, actually not that i was surprised to find out, but happy to know that it had materialized. There were hints here and there, especially coming from my Delivery Lead that i may get that role.. but i didn’t expect it to come so soon.

Furthermore, i’ve just joined this company for less than 6 months and also being the youngest in the team…. hey.. i’m the only one in the 20’s. LOL.

Well, looks like the extra late night and weekend works really paid off (by the way.. i am in the office right now :P). For the past 2 months was madness… a few times i was practically working 48 hrs full stretch… or working almost everyday across weekends. My manager (whom i’ve taken over his lead role in this account) told me that the past projects and task assigned to me was a test actually. 3 of us (team mates) were given different task and projects as a test to see who would come out best. To be honest, no failed project of course.. all completed the project with flying colours.. but somehow, i have the extra edge ahead of my closest competitor.

I’m not sure, but i did took a time to reflect, i guess because I was involved in most of the project management, proposal and time line plan out… and also working in a project as a team, and also single-handedly pulled through the most recent DC move at Belgium….. perhaps those were part of the many factors that contributed to this promotion.

It is going to be a challenge ahead… leading a team of engineers to serve a worldwide Belgian account. It may not be the biggest account in HP, but at least it will help me move forward in my career. Definitely special thanks to my Delivery Lead whom is my best buddy in this account… special thanks to the new Wintel Manager!! and of course… the Manager whom hired me at the first place. ….. last but not least… my team mates, whom worked effortlessly to serve our account well.

Year 2008 will be a promising and challenging year ahead.. wish me luck everyone.

Back to work…. hopefully i can complete in time to go back to my in-law’s place to celebrated the Dong Zhe festival…. its new year mannnnn….. i can’t believe i’m sitting here in the office, waiting for 10am to call the US client…. argh.. set back especially when dealing with things coming from US… their timezone is the exact opposite of ours.

I’ve received this in my email, MSN, and even in my regular forum… thought I should also put it here to widen the chances.. hopefully she can be found, safe and sound.

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Today morning I received an sms from Haris alerting of a kidnap of a young gal, ethnic Chinese by 3 guys at Shah Alam. Minutes ago I received an email from a close friend revealing more precise details of the kidnap enclosed with a picture of the young lady. According to the email received, the young lady whom was kidnapped is DORA GOH. The kidnapping took place at their office PADINI open parking lot in Glenmarie.

An eye witness said that she was grabbed by 2 guys, ethnic Chinese into a car which had another guy also ethic Chinese whom was in the drives seat. She described the man whom grabbed Dora as fat while the other was thin and tall (no further description was given-this general description might not be very helpful) As the incident was so sudden and unexpected, they only managed to collect that they were driving a Silver Toyota Camry (plate number 7641)

Anyone who has seen this lady or know of any information that can be helpful, please feel free to contact the nearest police station. Her life is possibly at stake so people please be alert and do take heed as it could have happened to any one of us.

Dora Goh Wei Wei, 25 year-old, 155cm For anyone who manages to find the car or eye-witnessed the case, please report to police or contact +60123515248

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Dear All,

An unfortunate thing has happen to one of our staff.

Please send her picture to as many people as possible.

Please, please, please help us find her. She was taken away this morning by 2 men. If you have see her please call the police IMMEDIATELY.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

Leong Lian See, Ms

Department Coordinator, Merchandising

PADINI DOT COM SDN BHD ( 510558-H )

No. 19, Jalan U1 / 20,

Hicom Glenmarie Industrial Park,

40150, Shah Alam.

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel : 603 5123 3633

DID : 603 5039 7007

Fax : 603 5569 5242

Mobile : 6016 284 6182

Do you agree that sometimes human being can be very greedy? Give them one, and they want 2 more, give them 2 and they want even more. Is it human by nature? Or is it the natural instinct to fight for survival?

Reason being why I brought this up is that I’m not sure when will I feel contented or satisfied with what I have. I have to admit that I’m supposed to be rather satisfied of the current situation that I’m at right now. Good job, well paid(at least for the time being.. here we go again), good recognition, nice simple home. But somehow… i feel as if I’m lacking something, or rather .. I want more. Can be anything… or everything. I just want everything.

In fact, I even want to bring everything to my wife… getting her favourite stuffs, designers’ wear, new car… etc.. everything.

Am I expecting too much from myself or from anything? Oh well, I just want to be good in the things I do.

OK… i’m alittle lost of words right now, thanks to the curry chicken cooked by my father-in-law. It definitely got me distracted, at least for awhile. LOL … for the good I hope.

Never in my life that I’m actually happy that tomorrow is Monday and I can’t wait to be in the office. Am I crazy? hahaha… Can’t wait to pop my laptop and check the mails. Or maybe I should just dial in and check my mails now.. but heck, I want to keep the good stuffs for tomorrow morning.

Not sure bout you, but I find the below paragraphs rather inspiring.

http://www.mayaangelou.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou

In April,
Oprah interviewed Maya Angelou on her 70+ birthday. Oprah asked
her what she thought of growing older. And, there on television, she said it was
"exciting."  Regarding body changes, she said there were many, occurring every
day like her breasts. They seem to be in a race to see which will reach her
waist, first. The audience laughed so hard they cried.  She is such a simple and
honest woman, with so much wisdom in her words!

Maya Angelou said this …

"I’ve
learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on,
and it will be better tomorrow.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot
about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost
luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights."

I’ve learned that
regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re
gone from your life.

I’ve learned that making a "living" is not the same
thing as "making a life."

I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a
second chance.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a
catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.

I’ve learned that when ever I decide something with an open heart, I
usually make the right decision.

I’ve learned that even when I have
pains, I don’t have to be one.

I’ve learned that every day you should
reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on
the back."

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn. I’ve learned
that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget how you made them feel. 

Well, part and parcel of handling accounts from different timezone. Just when its 5.30pm here at M’sia, it is peak hour at Belgium.. signn… and 12 midnight here, it is 5.30pm at Belgium, and peak hour at USA.

So far I’ve got stranded a few times due to certain high severity escalations, which requires a quick resolution. But sometimes in the middle of the "resolution phase", there would be some blank minutes or hours, like awaiting feedback, or rebooting.. etc etc. So how do I kill time?

For me and 2 of my team mates, it will be the Wastepaper BasketBall Championship. LOL… don’t get it? See below:

This is the ball (its the stressball from F5, which is all grey and dirty instead of white. hahaha):

This is the waste paper basket..  aim there and try to get a 3 pointer.. But of course not that close, we’ll try to shoot from 6 yards away. So far my team lead has the best ratio of goals over number of attempts. I’m the worst … hey, I’m not a basketball player.. I’m a football player.

If hunger strikes? what else:

This is abysmal.. took me 2 months to finally realized that my router required to do port forwarding to gain high speed for torrent downloads. I’ve always had the perception tat my residential area had poor infra.

Not until this evening, deemed bored for good that I’ve decided to check on my router’s software.. then only I realized that the port forwarding can be done via an option screen called the Special Application and Virtual server.

Now my torrent download speed shot up to an average of 30kbps, with highest of 40kbps… from a merely pathetic 1kbps. hahahaha.

I really
love it… this great space of mine in office. Window view and I get lots of the
soft sunlight, filtered by the heavily tinted glass. What is the great big deal?
Yes there are. There are differences between the white light you get from the regular
florescent light tube and natural light.

Really sets
off the nice mood. You won’t feel too tired. And best part… I get to see the
clouds… different formations of clouds all the time. It definitely helps to
relax my mind if I’m stuck in some complicated cases.

So if you
get a chance to choose your sitting place, please take window view. But make
sure the window is tinted and you have aircon vents on top of you. Else it will
be too hot and glaring.

Well..
cheers everyone, from me, with a cup of tea, while looking up the skies and
listening to light music (headphones of course). LOL … hey, I AM working ok.. I’m
just taking a break…. Its 5.20pm already.

Looks like i’ve finally joined the 4 eyed society. LOL … have to wear glasses liao. Not that powerful though… only 75, but it was enough to bother me so.. heck just wear it la.

Anyone tried turtle eggs before? No? This is how it looks like… its slimy.. gooey.. or watever u call. The shell is soft, hence it won’t break even if u just drop it on the table or floor… but of course, it will still "leak" if you throw hard. Yes.. "leak".. not break coz the shell’s soft..

It has this unique taste… which maybe not be favorable to some.. some may feel it is disgusting, while some feels it is tasty. I’ll leave it for you try it for yourself.

You can get it from Kuala Terengganu or Kota Bahru wet market, at price ranging from RM1.80 to RM3.00 for one, depending on size.

But I would seriously discourage you all from buying them from market as they are an endangered species. Save turtles ok? And why I have it? Well, my buddy bought it from KT when he was there over the weekend. I grew up with turtle eggs, as my grandparents are from Kuala Terengganu.. but of course, I grew up to avoid them as there is just too much guilt in it.

OKok.. I promise.. this is the last that I’ll eat.