盖世英雄

本来不想放这张上来的,可是又觉得不找个地方把这一刻给记录下来就很对不起自己:D

演唱会现场不准拍照,但我们还是想办法用手机拍了一张,不算很清楚,但总算记录自己曾经到过观赏过这一场水准相当不错的演出啦:D

A programmer's nightmare

I call it the 7:30 PM Ghost... lame name it might be, but it can't get any more appropriate than that -_-


Its not the first time we planned to wrap things out before the sky turns dark, and its not the first time we were hit by unexplainable phenomena during our testing.

Picture this, I came to office 7:45 am today to perform migration, and the testing was smoothly carried out all the way till 5:00 pm, before all the minor bugs uncovered during the process were fixed, we had another migration around 6:30 pm.

Then around 7:45 pm, problems began creeping out...

First the provision service failed for no reason, then CRS can't run (never mind you don't know what they are, they're just programs we've written for this project), and eventually the migrated server died off just like that...

After a brief dinner (I didn't had any, in fact, i ate sandwich and bread for breakfast and lunch, i was too sicked to eat anything actually) and when we return to test, we decided to restart the server...

Now 10:00 pm. the server's memory usage is still very very high, at times we encounter problem like conference server died, remoting calls not responding... as usual, no bugs in our program, just purely network issues...


Recall SMU days, at times we were so happy that today's migration was so smooth and started planning where for dinner, only to be held back by unknown "ghosts" that appear after the 7:30 pm mark...

Then in the phase 1 of this MMC project, there were a couple of occassion that we actually spent the whole night debugging stupid network problems... "ghosts" as it would be... Why don't they appear earlier in the morning? Why must they only appear when we have prepared to wrap things up?

Ahh... 10:04 pm now, I'm ready to go catch ghost now :D
Wish me good luck :D hohohohoho

Its a programmer's world 2

Today's victim is XiaoP aka Wendy Lim... according to herself, she has been "in this line for more than 5 years" :)

VT says (10:45 AM):
***The subsequent conversation will be recorded in the originator's blog***


***Recording Start***
VT says (10:45 AM):
oioi, got time for an interview?
!q ()A|x™ says (10:46 AM):
*buang*
!q ()A|x™ says (10:46 AM):
for ur blog again ah ? haha...
VT says (10:48 AM):
yaya
interviewing all programmers

Lemme start~
Why do you choose to be a programmer?
!q ()A|x™ says (10:51 AM):
I neva choose to be a programmer..I was being cheated by Exx ! wat they had mentioned to me, is to be a web designer.. but then i ended up becoming a programmer at SxxxTxx...
VT says (10:51 AM):
hahahaha... then what happened after that? you didn't go back to the web designer stream le ah?
!q ()A|x™ says (10:53 AM):
after tat...i m stuck in this line for more than 5 yrs le..during these 5 yrs..i oso tink i wun be a gd designer lah..so din go back lor..haha..
VT says (10:55 AM):
haha... so in the future, you won't want to be a web designer anymore? or you want to start your own business liao?
!q ()A|x™ says (10:56 AM):
haha...nope, dun tink i will be a web designer le..i dun tink will start own business now lah..maybe in the future...
VT says (10:57 AM):
then what do you think is the largest challenge of being a programmer ne?
VT says (11:02 AM):
hoho
!q ()A|x™ says (11:16 AM):
hmm...challenge is to do the users impossible requirements...not possible oso muz tink positive and muz make it work...haha
VT says (11:18 AM):
hahaha, the what did you least like ne?
!q ()A|x™ says (11:20 AM):
least like ah...hmm...users keep having new ideas and wanna change things...schedule still the same !
VT says (11:21 AM):
wahahahaha, if given opportunity to change your jobscope, which type of job will you take up ne?
!q ()A|x™ says (11:23 AM):
wah...can i be a tai tai... hahha...

VT says (11:24 AM):
huh, tired with working life le ah?
!q ()A|x™ says (11:25 AM):
haha....no lah...
if can change job..then i tink i wun choose IT again le bah....

Heroes of earth -- Unbelievable

It was Saturday morning (21/10), PY and I woke up around 12 pm, as we've been working late hours for the past week, Saturday appears to be a good day to rest :D

She dreamt of 4 numbers, I dreamt of two 4-digit numbers as well, so we thought it might be good to go try our luck today ^o^

The unbelievable then happen --

I receive an SMS from i-weekly, the person-in-charge says I won a pair of tickets to Lee Hom's Heroes of Earth concert... I cannot believe my eyes!~~~~~~ I took part in that contest like 2 weeks ago, until last week still no news then I wanna give up liao, see see now receive the notification!

I rushed back to tell PY after buying breakfast (or lunch if you like) and 4D, PY couldn't believe our luck as well, then only I know the concert is held on Saturday night! OMG -_- the day of the event only notify us we tio-ed, so weird right?

So we went to far east plaza to collect our ticket from the person-in-charge, the lady gave us the ticket and ^o^ its real!!!! Not hoax!!!~~~


And so we went on to the indoor stadium... its a full house! The whole atmosphere damn high~ although PY and I weren't true fans of Lee Hom, but we got to admire his musical talent and live performance! He can really sing (well, I manage to 偷偷 record a few songs of his, but the fans around us too noisy liao, only the last song 唯一 is nice :D) and he really looks cool and smart on stage (our camera kena 'consfiscated', can't snap any photos)

Overall his slow songs are much more attractive than his rock/chinked out musics... thats from our perspective la :D Can melt de lor when he sings 永远的第一天, 一首简单的歌, 不要害怕, 流泪手心 .. the atmosphere in unbelievable, especially when the audience sings and the background music goes silent, now i know what is 万人K歌 liao :D

Not bad le la :D considering the free tickets are of the $128 category, what could we ask for more? :D We were lucky to catch the stadium direct bus after the concert ends some more :D Got place to sit de leh :D

This saturday is one of the luckiest and happiest day PY and I have spent :) despite all the working stress and emotion rides these recent days :D Woohooo!~~

Its a programmer's world

中文怎么办?不管它了,访问全盘用英文进行,了解一下我以外的Programmer对于他们自己的工作有什么感想

The first victim, Miss Suki

Years of experience: If I didn't remember wrongly, 3 1/2 years.
Current Job Title: Web Designer (or something like that)

VT says (10:05 AM):
*The below conversation will be recorded in the originator's blog*

*Recording starts...*
VT says (10:05 AM):
In the first place, why did you decide that IT line should be your career?

(In short? Why work IT?)
- ♪ü k î - says (10:09 AM):
Because i study IT in poly mahh
VT says (10:09 AM):
hmmmm, then why did you study IT in poly?
- ♪ü k î - says (10:10 AM):
as for why i chose IT in poly, cos i dun like engineering and my O lvl english din allow me to enter Business, din wana wait for a yr to retake english juz to enter poly, so went ahead with IT lor.. gadually oso interested in IT le.. after retaking english, can go business le, i oso din wana change liao..
VT says (10:11 AM):
then, what is the most challenging part of an IT programmer/web designer/ multimedia developer?
- ♪ü k î - says (10:13 AM):
able to enjoy the process of producing a system/end product both the users and myself are satisfied with, within the deadline ~
VT says (10:16 AM):
then what is the part you hated the most being a programmer?
- ♪ü k î - says (10:17 AM):
$$ not enough arhh...
VT says (10:18 AM):
you can choose to become an IT support ah, heard from my colleague that their pay starts from 3k up to 6k de ah
- ♪ü k î - says (10:19 AM):
i not strong in tat area leh..
- ♪ü k î - says (10:19 AM):
i always spoil my home pc and need other ppl to gimme IT support instead.. how to go support other ppl =X
VT says (10:20 AM):
hoho... so, if given the chance, would you switch industry? Like HR or PR or admin?

You have just sent a Nudge!

- ♪ü k î - says (10:27 AM):
?
VT says (10:20 AM):
hoho... so, if given the chance, would you switch industry? Like HR or PR or admin?
- ♪ü k î - says (10:29 AM):
hmm at poly stage of time, i believe i stil will choose IT, but in future i cannot gurantee i wun switch line la.. hahaaaahaa.. but definitely not HR/PR/admin..
VT says (10:34 AM):
Thank you for your time
VT says (10:34 AM):
*** Recording Ends ***




What I felt:
Being an IT programmer really not lucrative (in terms of salary), yet sometimes we will work like hell (read: Come back to work every weekend to finish job, without OT pay nor benefits). What more, IT jobs are mostly contract-based, which provides further constraints to our beneficial rights.

In short, IT job very jialat la...

对喔...我这里原来是个中文部落格

那天忽然想起一件事...
我这个部落格原来应该是个中文部落格,
而且还有注册在"大马中文部落格联盟"里的咧...

罪过罪过,用英文写部落一个月有多了,
现在才想起,换回中文来会不会太迟了? :P

Hazy hazy day...

I was quite bo liao yesterday when the PSI hit 130, so I went to the pantry and took a few photos...

Its been a long time since I last stared directly at the sun, and yes, the last time was about 8 years ago when the haze struck JB... I could barely see Singapore from my school's sea-side when PSI hit 250 that time...

The condo opposite NCS hub can still be seen, however, the estates beyond it became far less visible.


Same for this pic :)


It should be a sunny day, yet the whole atmosphere... very dim :(

The sun's view at 8x zoom... very scary hor... THIS IS THE SUN LEH!!!

What a Monday

A hazy morning, but I don't feel the effect of my asthma as well --> Weird
Its a Monday, Garfield's most hated day, yet I woke up on time and felt refreshed --> Weirder
I came to office, expecting a mountain of works to be done, yet apparently it appears to be a peaceful Monday --> Weirdest!!!!


What happened to Mondays? I can't find a reason to hate it >_<

hahahahahaha

p/s: Zodiac sign says this week Leos have luck in lucky draws... let me try try :D

How are you all my friends?

Yesterday bo liao again... decided to ask my friends to update me about their recent life... and this is what I got :D

Cheau Yuin
- c - y - says (4:23 PM):
很逍遥
- c - y - says (4:23 PM):
三个字


Carol
陈炜 says (4:25 PM):
Busy with Germaine and work!!! busy busy... Sigh


Hon Sing
HonSing says (4:25 PM):
busy, tired, frustrated


Wendy Xiao P
!q ()A|x™ says (4:24 PM):
hahha...
!q ()A|x™ says (4:25 PM):
hmm...life recently...standard..
1) Work... 2) Gym (sometimes)... 3) Home
!q ()A|x™ says (4:25 PM):
hahha...


Joey
Joey Do it 100%! says (4:27 PM):
ops ...
Joey Do it 100%! says (4:28 PM):
busy... stress... hurt my knee cap... sometime dating
Joey Do it 100%! says (4:28 PM):
that my life recently ba

Chia Vui
CV : Thanks !!!! says (4:28 PM):
ooo....
CV : Thanks !!!! says (4:29 PM):
Took part in a basketball competition @ Marine PArade CC .. total 4 teams... played lousily ... but team still able to be the 1st runner up ...
CV : Thanks !!!! says (4:29 PM):
gagagag can ?



Ah Bao
哈哈 says (4:31 PM):
大家好，to my 粉丝，hows everyone doing...im still working in Moulding, doing support. still the same size, still as fit. erm.. maybe change abit but not sure how to say it.
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:32 PM):
same size?
哈哈 says (4:32 PM):
i think thats all.. dunno what else to say
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:32 PM):
hahahahaha


Siew Ying
http://sy@☆~~ £ìfÉ Is...~~☆.com says (4:32 PM):
hmmm ...i pretty vexed bout career and whether to change current life style or maintain the same life...


Laney
ColorPencil says (4:36 PM):
work, eat, sleep
ColorPencil says (4:36 PM):
hahaha... no plan yet lar, travel plan is on Dec or next Apr
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:36 PM):
u still want to go travel!!!~~~~
ColorPencil says (4:37 PM):
wah.... short one lar..
ColorPencil says (4:38 PM):
either Switzerland to visit my friend's family .. last time staying at their house for 3 months ler, hahaha
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:38 PM):
be it short or long, the plane ticket also expensive ma
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:38 PM):
hahahahaha, bring me along lor
ColorPencil says (4:38 PM):
hahaha... lai lai..
ColorPencil says (4:39 PM):
i chop you into several pieces then bring
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (4:39 PM):
u must make sure you know how to assemble me back leh!

AhBeng
CoLd|2a|N Cherrys Valerie says (4:35 PM):
I trying to get my baby gal call me daddy! :D
CoLd|2a|N Cherrys Valerie says (4:36 PM):
no ETA at the moment though -_-|||


Kris Laoda
Mentally so tired.... says (4:39 PM):
mm.. nothing much except work..
Mentally so tired.... says (4:39 PM):
just bought hse so broke liao..

Shirley
~SiNiS~ This Never Happened Before… says (4:59 PM):
whaha.. okie.. ltr i type abit out la..
~SiNiS~ This Never Happened Before… says (4:59 PM):
in pts form can?
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (5:01 PM):
can can :D
~SiNiS~ This Never Happened Before… says (5:02 PM):
life is still the same for me.. not much change.. still working in singtel.. hehe :p
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (5:03 PM):
huh... in points form meh? -_-

Suki
- ♪ü k î - says (5:01 PM):
eh i eve3ryday tok to u.. i oso duno wad i need to update u leh
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (5:01 PM):
-_- then update other ppl lor
- ♪ü k î - says (5:03 PM):
recent update: life is stil as poor, still as boring, stil as not-happening, nothin happy abt, nothin unhappy abt..


Eric Koh
ek says (5:07 PM):
hmm... ordinary life with ordinary job... nothing special about my current life... why? r u getting married soon?
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (5:08 PM):
no leh... just thinking can update everybody altogether ma -_-|||
ek says (5:11 PM):
hahas... its nice to know how others r doing nw...

Allan
allanator says (5:50 PM):
Its been a period of uncertainty for me since I graduated from NUS in June. Didn't know what to do for my career, hence having worked in three different companies so far. I have just joined the same company as Vee Tian / Eric Koh this week and getting quite busy already. This sunday have to work somemore, dog's life man. But I'm enjoying it so far, very challenging job and high expectations from m
allanator says (5:50 PM):
y boss. Hopefully things will turn out fine here and I can stay long in this job, say, for 6 months? LOL

Eric Lim
VT @ www.WednesdayWhyWork says (5:55 PM):
anything u would like to share with others de lor
Boatman says (5:56 PM):
wake up -> breakfast -> work -> lunch -> work -> dinner -> jerk off - sleep


Tricia
update of myself:

getting more and more smelly! hahaha
--2 hours later--
Tricia says (1:28 PM):
i wanna add on my updates
Tricia says (1:28 PM):
keke
VT @ FAQ - Friday Approaching Quickly says (1:28 PM):
oh oh
VT @ FAQ - Friday Approaching Quickly says (1:28 PM):
come come
Tricia says (1:28 PM):
work + study + play + dating = my life now

My friends, if you have more to update, just leave a comment :D

Wish list...

Everybody seems to be setting up a wish list, and some even set up a fund foundation... -.- Then I figured it would be my turn liao :D

Then I sat in front of my blog entry for 10 minutes, 脑海一片空白! Eh... I so contented with my life woh... so there aren't any MANDATORY items nor are they any MUST HAVE purchases... below is just a wish list... all optional (Although I hate to say this, I still do not mind any of you kind people help me fulfil my wish :D)

1) A trip to HK (Not expensive right? I would have afford it myself, but that would mean a big hole in my pocket, keke)
2) A bag to office (Currently, I either come to work empty handed or with my laptop bag, which is very bulky and always knock other ppl down on the bus)
3) NBA Live 2007 and Fifa Soccer 2007 (**Drools** I will buy them anyway, but I've limited myself to 1 month a game liao, so expensive on XBOX 360, and I dun want to MOD my console to play pirated games, so... you know what to do la!)
4) A new guitar (Actually my current guitar is very good already, but the strings very hard to manage, and thus the tuning will always go off tone, so, a new guitar would be nice :D)
5) A HDB Flat (I do not know who is kind enough to buy me one :D)
6) A car (no need big big car, one with four wheels and COE paid will do :D)
7) Alas, sufficient time to let me enjoy those I have and dream of those I not yet have :)

Finally something that reflects me younger

You Are 22 Years Old

Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?

Tell me how to not laugh -.-

Yesterday PY and I went back to JB to celebrate her mom's birthday...

Well, we had a dinner that was ... VERY DELICOUS!!!

Apart from the high cost (11 persons -- 6 adults and 5 kids, the whole dinner costed RM 479.xx), the food there was absolutely heavenly made :D

The crab (cooked with salted egg yolkk), soon hock fish (steamed with HK style), pig stomach soup that taste just like some very very throat soothing chicken soup... and lots of nice dishes :D

Ladies and gentleman, introducing you Kong Inn Restaurant! 港一海鲜楼 is one of the best JB restaurant I have been to... My dad introduced this restaurant to me 5 years back, that time it only has a single outlet called 港一小菜馆, the main chef of the restaurant was the 主厨 of a famous restaurant in a hotel :)

Like what the boss always say -- Hotel style, economic price :D


Ok ok, now to the part where makes me laugh :D

When we back at our home, PY wanted to bring some books back to SG, one of the book she chose was La' petit prince (小王子, XiaoWangZi), but then when she told me what she brought back, she named it as 小丸子 (Xiao Wan Zi) -.- I blurred almost throughout the way.. until I finally sorted the things out -.- i was still thinking if we really had the comic XiaoWanZi -_-

Some quizzes :)

I did this test... hahahaha, so indeed I'm suitable to be a programmer :D

Your Dominant Intelligence is Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

You are great at finding patterns and relationships between things. Always curious about how things work, you love to set up experiments. You need for the world to make sense - and are good at making sense of it. You have a head for numbers and math ... and you can solve almost any logic puzzle. You would make a great scientist, engineer, computer programmer, researcher, accountant, or mathematician.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

My level of depression:

Your Depression Level: 60%

You seem to have mild depression. A lot of people fall into your range, and it's quite possible you don't need treatment. If you've been feeling this way for a while, you may want to seek help.

Are You Depressed?

Reunited with Allan

Not that I dreamt of it or asked for it -__- apparently this guy wasn't satisfied with his current working environment and came to NCS for an interview...

As a result, Allan has been recruited to NCS and will start work next week.

IRONIC

I just can't seem to run away from this guy -_- We have been duelling since our Singtel days, and looks like the competition shall continue :D

He's lucky to be working one storey lower than me (that is level 5), heard that all the younger engineers working at the floor... my floor only got aunties -_-


and so, Erick, Allan and VT reunites, at a subsidiary of Singtel, hey.... we're working in Singapore, so we can't run away from Singtel?

-__-

well, at least no kappa this time around, and the three of us working in different departments :D

Sing a song... :D

Inspired/provoked/challenged by Suki's compilation of yanzi's songs into a paragraph, I decided to challenge Jay Chou:

外婆安静听妈妈的话,
可爱女人发如雪, 她的睫毛分裂
千里之外,娘子以父之名一路向北回到过去,
懦夫开不了口:"爸,我回来了.你听得到, 对不起."
爷爷泡的茶,麦芽糖...
火车叨位去,蓝色风暴龙卷风,黑色毛衣,白色风车飘移搁浅...
我的地盘四面楚歌,将军乱舞春秋困兽斗,最后的战役,
半兽人双刀, 忍者双截棍, 世界末日...

Gunners for life

Many people ask me (particularly Man U fans) why I support Arsenal... Its difficult to be a gunners fan in SG :) But I'm proud to be one.

Yes, when people start commenting "Arsenal hopeless liao la..." you could not fight back... but now its time, first Tomas Rosicky, then Robin van Persie...

Charlton vs Arsenal, van Persie's 2nd goal -


Hamburg FC vs Arsenal (Champions League), Tomas Rosicky



Last year was an emotional year, when Dennis Bergkamp finally retires... no more dutch master... and on came van Persie, the younger version of The Iceman..

Fabregas shrugs off the influence of Vieira and is a worthy No. 4 for the gunners now...

And on came Rosicky, whom I think should be a direct replacement for the ageing Robert Pires... Pires has always been my favourite player in a gunner's shirt... I prefer him over Bergkamp and Henry... He can pass, can shoot, can dribble and is always so cool :)

I'm still gonna miss him but Rosicky, with his reputation back in Germany, looks set to fit in Pires' role well...


Arsenal just ain't an Henry Team right? :D