case #01. to the land of freedom

some paces of life...

2009-10-31T02:31:44Z

drats .... new semesters of school life was filled with practical and lectures. Configuring devices now is up one level difficulty, its good to had attachment before that, thus having some experiences in handling them.

Its time to set some of my budget, for Christmas, etc. Christmas is drawing nearer, also for some of the Dragon's 21th Birthday, which is ending soon. This year seems to be a hectic one, working hard, with little outcome.

Perhaps the global recession, like buying computer now, seems unfavorable now, due to the increases of PC parts, etc.

At least now, I had some time in writing up, after that still had countless of assignments to be completed.

sighs.

this is what a student life it is.

i am very bored

2009-10-05T09:06:30Z

days after days.... the industrial attachment were over, so as my 21th bday.
Thanks friends for taking your precious time to celebrate for me. The pressies were full of surprises too, Polaroid cameras... T shirts, special umbrella, etc. Thank you once again.

Netrider Competition is coming this Friday. OMG NYP, where one of the toughest elite was born there. I can sense that this competition will be a tough war to fight. Wish me luck. Hopefully once this is completed, there are other important commitments to be done, CCNA Exams, and maybe to get my driving license.

For any friends looking for good deals in computer speakers or perhaps others, do look for me, there is a clearance sale in one of the office.

Writer's Block: Peek-a-boo, what to do?

2009-09-11T00:19:41Z

If your friend or partner left his or her email open, would you look? How about a journal? Have you ever peeked at something private?

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I recalled on an incident about this and of course, that person deserved the privacy, so I will not probed into his / her messages.

But, he had a price to pay at the end! My friends had sent the mail to the school lecturers, that he is getting married this year at a particular hotel, particular day and time.

This mischievous act was so convincing that lecturers came and congratulate him and asked more details about the wedding.

Hahas

What an unforgettable memories at Polytechnic!

attachment were over!!!!

2009-08-22T18:59:30Z

six months had passed just fast and my attachments were over. Before that was a totally taxing jobs, rushing those weekly report every weekends and interim / final reports too.

My presentations were just having ten slides and mostly just technical and one topic.

Bad impression right? actually each slides will later come with a picture, and demonstration and a story to start with. At least better than some of my batch of friend which slide is full of texts.... making those judging panel so tired. This become my disadvantage as I was the last in the the batch to be accessed in my batch, hopefully they will probe into my weekly report, as the job I had done is really WRITTEN inside and WITH pictures.

Bad for me also, they started asking weird question, some are really out of scope question, I take an example: I had a picture of a wireless channel and a lecturer ask about wireless power? WTH???? I'm not about in Albert Einstein Laboratory ... perhaps some intelligent quotient reply expected? anyway my reply kept those judging panels discussing and arguing with their knowledge with each other.

Perhaps the judging panel were really bored and frustrated seeing the expectations of the students not meeting up with their standards.

Currently, I am not to used to it, since attachment were over, as this time, usually I am doing a summary of my weekly report, as it to be handled in promptly.

It is raining now and having some bad storms outside, some people says when there is a storms, you should not use the internet, when it was connected into the telephone outlet. as there is a possibility your computer stuffs maybe charred by a lighting... well I think SG should be okay right? I had braved my dear computer with many storms already :D

Writer's Block: Not So Genius

2009-07-19T05:32:24Z

Which modern invention do you think the world would be better off without?

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image courtesy from Wikipedia wind turbine.

I would say, Electrical Energy, without those, most modern items cannot be used.
Thanks Nature for giving those resources.

life as it goes....

2009-07-17T14:31:03Z

I had a call from one of my ITE friends/ Keong called me for some advises and was currently at NS. Counting back its about 3 years we had graduated from ITE, and due to the time constraints, we seldom meet out as often as before.

There are many changes as years progress, but a unfortunate event had happened. A sad news had been delivered to me yesterday. One of my classmate had passed away this year. He will be remembered always.

Sometimes life are fragile, you never know what is the next moment, when he is alive, you can be helping him, hating him for a moment, laughing, but as he is gone like a wind, memories will start flashing back.

so cherish what we have, before it is gone.

life is more than a fantasy

2009-07-15T13:32:28Z

Sometime I would say life is more than just a fantasy, during the morning. the path of road is smooth, up till late evening, the road starts to be a nightmare. Anyway we had to prepare ourselves for the the worst.

The IA is ending soon, my job can be hectic sometimes or can be easy. Of course there is a price to pay, since it is a international / big organization company, there sure be politics, Arrowing here and there.

If you had a bad card in hand, that's bad, you only can improve / faked it up, than you loss the whole game. Not to say those had a good hands of cards.

Weeks ago, I was granted a privilege to work at PSA Tanjong Pagar. Gathering bugs information is not fun... thanks windows 7 makes my job faster.

By right I think its not allowed, but I make it a term By left, it is possible.

applying patches

2009-06-21T11:05:02Z

A short update, office life is full of ups and down.
many birthday celebrations and also expected even more as most are going 21 yrs old this year.

for durian lovers, its durian season now!
my supermarket is selling those about 50cent each (small one).
grab it and hack the shell, release the creamy substances, put in into your mouth.
The price for the day = heaty.

get a JJ Liang Teh to cool down.

dun like durian? no worries, more lobangs to share:

Popular Card members is having a 20% discount, the best stuffs to get is:

Verbatim DVD-R 50PCS

Why????

because not only it is made in Japan, the price, before discount is $25.50, after discount is $20.40!!!!!!!!

Save = $5.10

So grab it in stores, before it runs out.
Promotion for 20% is ending soon.

NOTE: CHECK COUNTRY OF ORIGIN BEFORE PURCHASING. (Newer Ones Are Taiwan Made)

I know im lagging my post...

2009-05-11T17:00:28Z

IM sorry about that, as my job schedule is limiting my time, if you had remembered my workplace, it is inappropriate for me to do surfing and blogging as many eyes were looking what you are doing. Talking about that, some days ago, my friend and I were in the processing of tagging the Cisco equipment, I believe this equipment is used for detecting and deterring unwanted hackers and suppose the equipment is very expensive. For god sake the equipment is heavy for a person manipulate.

The bad chapter came in, we dropped the equipment, a loud thud... many eyes marked on us. A nature reaction is to act blur lor... den wat to expect .. a clap? , as this comes with a hard disk, it had dampen my mood with guilt. The law of hard disk world is that you are not suppose to drop it, as it may damage the platter on the disk containing the information. Hopefully its working fine or else someone is gonna chase us with an axe or Khairul will be having another RMA job to Cisco.

some views on Michelle and Shawn wedding on TV today....
Quite lovey they were.... indeed tiring during the wedding event.

+ the sabo parts, poor Shawn, cannot run away from this vicious culture.

From the design and the way of the event is organized, I think it should be the dream of most new-weds. In reality I think most people can only admire at behind the TV screen.

today........... im really disappointed
did not catch the ship.
a computer speaker usual at 279, selling at 140!!!! and why..... SOLD OUT. argh..... crazy mode activated. Also cheap graphic cards were GONE like a breeze of wind.

going to work later. At least for me, catch some hour of sleep 1st!

some pictures of what am I doing..... at my work

2009-04-21T12:29:00Z

Make a guess.... where is this MRT Station at????

Any Idea? A little bit of hint here?

and more here, exiting to the open

the picture itself speaks

brb

2009-04-15T13:23:06Z

... so much things to do.

back updating (updating in progress)

2009-03-24T13:22:32Z

"open concept" design

neighbour Khairul, a busy person all the times, doing RMA, etc

tons of equipment to be logged.

many cicso router and switches, easily reached $10K for this assets.

power supplies and Catalyst switches, high end. I swear, those below are really heavy to transport.

boon yong looking for a perfect spot to "park" his equipment.

silong checking on the part number of the power supply.

Mr Neo presents the award to Silong for the most crap award, (MCA)

crappy.... taking director plant and hides behind.
If director see this, think he will not be happy.
Anyway it is in the wee hours, so no problem.

can you imagine this place, which is near to Haw Par Villa and a used to be Japanese Occupation area, this place will chill your spine down the moment you are walking on the corridor. FYI it is quite dark outside, with crickets and ....

+ the boss told me my office, colleagues had seen em.

summarise em...

2009-03-19T07:10:55Z

I am attached to a company, Fujitsu, you may think im doing more to PC / IT site, but my scope is more to networking products, e.g. IP phones, etc.

A total difference from my idea office, I am dreaming of all the times. When I stepped into the office for the first time, I was thrown into a reality. This place is really an open concepts, even directors were sitting within us and a "no door" concepts. The florescent lamp beam under us is like a row of vegetables in hydroponic growing.

I had to wear formal from Monday to Thursday, at least Friday is a dress down day. So many internal affairs there, so be careful of what you are talking and actions, you had to think and choose the words well and talk ... or else, you will be waiting for a stab from behind and email complains, cc here and cc there.

Edwin surprise birthday was held last Saturday at East Coast Park. Hope he will like it. At least got a handful of friends to decide on the pressie or I think I will be feeling really bad for buying a pressie with no sincere, or none. Thank yingz for clearing this stuff. I am glad I am able to see some of my friends that I had not meet them quite sometimes.

Sometimes god may give in and take away something just a flash, the reality is what we will need some time to digest.

Life is full of changes... sometimes the road we plan, is expected to change as it goes on to the future.

Now at office updating and also fed up with the laptop. The text keep jumping suddenly to another sentence... that's really pissed me off.

My occupation can be be changed to "Surfing web in the office".

More pictures of my job scope will be uploaded soon.

Writer's Block: Daily Grind

2009-02-24T15:11:46Z

Describe your morning routine.

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wake up and off the fan
and continue to sleep until cannot stand the heat or having a bad dream.
preparing up and mostly on my way to school.

nice music compilation

2009-02-23T13:20:32Z

This compilation is one of the good deal to get!

anyway my examinations were over ... now having some space, the rumor is true, seems I am going for a job attachment soon.

unfinished thoughts...

2009-02-22T03:42:32Z

tomorrow still having examinations....
other schools / department is starting their holiday,
well, seem till wednesdays will be the start of holiday for me, and hopefully or else a job attachment is approaching close.

Certain issues got to be addressed soon after the examination.
Just considering should I either take a vehicle license or work? Just indecisive about my choice now.

greetings....

2009-01-26T14:02:53Z

Wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year.
This year Lunar New Year is a rush for me, after this, this Friday a practical test, Monday another test and Tuesday, two test again!!!! aargh ... going mad soon, looking on the wall for a hit in the head or wear red, so the bull will charge against me and knock me out.

today solar eclipse is spectacular. apologies no pictures.

enjoy yourselves for tomorrow holiday too, collecting ang pow, etc, hahas.

so today is a free day?

2009-01-20T09:55:42Z

as the title suggest... today a free day?
no no, even no lessons today, due to the first shift of practical test, I am still busy today, to Sim Lim Square, purchasing the stuffs for my cousin, a thumbdrive for her project. Years ago, we are only restricted to 1.44MB diskette storage, as whoever had a ZIP diskette, approx 100MB / 250MB is a steal. And and those with thuumbdrives at that era , maybe 32MB, 64MB, 128MB(considered had lots of cash to spend), you are considered a luxury person.

sis cellphone is faulty, and gotta make a trip to simei eastpoint (Sony Ericsson), for serving later.

bit of disappointment that silong power supply cannot be repaired, killed two of my protection fuses, with a loud pop at the first power up and second attempt with sparks, smoke and smell.
Guess the power supply decides to retire early. LOL on him for itchy fingers changing the box supply to 110V, instead of actual 230V. So friends reading, dun follow my friend footstep and adjust. Luckily for technology now, some power supply are universal(you dun even need to change the switch, it can auto detect the incoming voltage and power up.)

school life is okays, inside my planner also had had lots of items marked and the upcoming bbq.
the japanese tidbits had ended, lucky having support from my teachers, friends and team members friends, to successfully completing the event.

this year chinese new year, frankly for me, I dun really had the mood to proceed, test and major examinations coming, core competency test, vcn lab test, in lab test, coming in a chunk. I am going to be worn out soon after chinese new year.

Writer's Block: Regime Change

2009-01-20T09:41:00Z

Today marks the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Obama's campaign was built around a message of change. What changes would you most like to see in the next 4 years?

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WORLD PEACE, I would say, and safe the climate and unfortunates.

the moment of time

2009-01-12T11:11:55Z

getting really real busy now, my organizer is overloading with many plans. School is treating me in a cruel way, perhaps. Many assignment, projects, test, assignment, etc, countless, like walking on the endless boardwalk. Life is really hectic now for me. Come on.. this year chinese new year festive will not be enjoying as before.

Hopefully this wednesday the event will run smooth.

Sometimes we wait for an answer but answer can be only be found if you look for it.

hopefully a better day tomorrow

2009-01-05T14:14:05Z

today is back to school....
sighs ... mixed feelings.

hmm... when is my email going to reply back... sighs...
seems I really need to come down to have a conversation soon.
sighs.

so many things to tick and cross since the start of school.

encapsulation.

2008-12-30T15:36:12Z

hopefully next year I will be going well and more hardworking
glad that school WRT300N is finally fixed, cross out one of my quest,
next quest is the Yamakawa quest, to reconfirm and order.

Any dear friends want Japanese tidbits? I can order for you ... Hichew - Meiji Ice Fran , morinaga, kit kat exclusive from japan.

shhh... here only not in school (take it as personal, selling you guys at cost price if you want)

dead tired.....

2008-12-24T16:09:20Z

20 mins to Christmas.

Woke up very early today, think about 5am. Preparing myself for the day, to the children home, Jamiya Children Home @ Chin Cheng Avenue, just beside Telok Kurau Secondary school.

Today Christmas eve morning weather is raining like cats and dogs, not a good start of the day.
Later on, met Steve, Silong and Qifeng @ the MRT station. Had a good breakfast near my house.
Took a cab there and brought those stuffs for those kiddies there.

Expected... we are the earliest there, but we are not well greeted there, we got a cold back, the guard worker there is giving us a cold shoulder back, in spite that it was raining heavily, just giving us the cannot be bothered look, open a simple gate... just too hard for him, hey come on, our hands were heavily utilized.

soon time past like a breeze and the rest of the volunteers had arrived, and we were brief for the duties to do for the day.

its nice being with kiddies, and think we are quite fortunate if we had a family.

the organizer had organize a mini race game for those kids. The kids really enjoy themselves with the games, and seeing them how unite in their teamwork. At end of the day, the winners were finalized. The result will be a heart piercing to some children. Some eventually cried upon the results, on excitement or disappointment. No worries for the disappointed team, lucky me I had brought a canister of Chupa Chups lollipops and some contraband items, chewing gums. and share among those, so everyone is a winner. The contraband items were the fastest of all to be finished, think some never eaten chewing gum in their whole life. In this time I saw them, from sadness, turned into a smile.

Event soon end and we are parted with the new friends we had met.
Silong and Steve went on there own way and I went to eat, together with Qifeng to the nearby Indian Muslim Cuisine Stall for a dinner, and went back home, to sleep la... so tired.

back to journal....

2008-12-12T16:38:10Z

For this week, its examinations, cannot hope for high marks, that is obvious that I had screwed them upside. darn. why got a bad dream tt day i woke up late, and really spoil my mood on tt morning taking the examinations.

Once VCN paper is over, I went to VivoCity, together with silong, qifeng steve, zetian. Dinner at the nearby hawker center. Silong suggested Toy 'R' Us .. I was stunned... ??? Toy 'R' Us ??? ya there ? for ? playing. faintz.
Anyway follow them there and in the mean time while they are playing with each other, i walked around on the toy section, by section, thinking back on the toys i had possessed before. Silong broke steve specs by accident while playing the styrofoam sword. awwww poor thing, and to add on, qi feng took steve specs and run around, and see steve in despair mode.

anyway went to daiso later. Intended to buy some stuffs, but in the end ended with only a can of azuki beans, maybe for doing some desserts.

took a bus back home and returning back home just in time to catch a drama.

It is such a sore for my elective module members.... are really a hard nutcase.
finalizing and reporting everything I do, scouting, I do, in the end say change idea never inform me...

but lucky to pull back to track on what i'm doing halfway or my efforts will surely go down to the drain.

scribbling...

2008-12-07T09:30:50Z

abit of updates here...
common test is next week.
best wishes to friends taking examinations.

will key in more once things is settle down.
preparing pressie for xmas too after test.
hehe