Eng Hoo's Personal Blog

New gadgets in 2012 that I want to have...

2012-01-05T18:35:00.004+08:00

iPad3 (Coming in Feb??)

I want to own this piece of tablet as my e-book reader!

New Macbook Air 2012

Using Mac OS-X Lion for iOS App development...

Yeah! I wanna be iOS App developer in 2012!

PS Vita

a portable that provides near PS3 graphics...

It's a pocket PS3 for some great games!

Dinner @ Thai Restaurant Aroi Pulau Tikus

2011-12-27T00:05:00.000+08:00

The food here is quite nice!

Year end break

2011-12-26T20:33:00.001+08:00

Another few days to go before 2012!
This is a season to celebrate after a year long's hard work.

It's also time to relax and enjoy the holidays.

Besides, we need to start to plan for the things to do in 2012.

Dont waste your time!

iPhone 5 does exist... in 2012 July?

2011-11-15T22:26:00.002+08:00

The iPhone 5 rumours continue...

What we expect iPhone 5 to offer in order to compete with Android which is the main rival ?

Quad Core A6?

1G RAM?

10MP Camera?

iOS6?

4" Retina Display with higher resolution?

Street Fighter 4 Volt is 99 cents!

2011-11-14T21:15:00.004+08:00

Just browse to App Store and found out Street Fighter 4 Volt is selling at 99 cents only.

With 22 characters to select, this game is the best fighting game on iPhone currently available.

Hopefully, Capcom will port more popular 2D fighting games to iOS platform as it's the most popular gaming ever with over 250M users and still growing.

Currently, it is No. 2 in Top Paid. The No.1 is still WhatsApp Messenger.

I hope to see more great games coming at 99 cents.

King of Fighter for iPhone, when will drop to 99 cents?

5 things I love about iPhone

2011-11-07T15:03:00.005+08:00

The iPhone is simply phenomenal. It simple changed the mobile phone and provide a new road map for the industry.

Until you have chance to play with it, you will wondering how could a company with only 1 product and beat all the giants mobile phone company.

The first thing I love about iPhone is the design. When you hold the iPhone, immediately you can feel the elegant design with the using of glasses for front screen and back. The simple but gorgeous design gives you appreciate the technology blended with liberal art. It's like driving a Mercedes car!

The second thing is the Retina screen which provides crystal clear image. The display is amazing and after 16 months on market, it still shines brilliantly. I wish that the next iPhone will continue with same level or better screen.

The third thing is the iOS which runs the iPhone. The iOS is one of the best mobile operating system ever created. It is fast, stable and efficient compare to the competitors out there. There are handful of 3rd-party Apps available which were built using native development tools (Xcode) from Apple Inc.

The forth thing is the user friendly interface of iPhone and the magic multi-touch capability. It totally blow away all the competition with it first launched. Until now the simplicity of iPhone still is best in class for smart phone.

Lastly, iPhone is not obsolete as fast as the competitors phone. This is because the iOS update still supports the old iPhone. Surprisingly, iPhone 3GS still runs well on iOS 5 even with slow processor that was released 2 and half years ago.

The iPhone may not provide the latest and fastest hardware specification compare to the competitors. However, the experience on iPhone is best in class. With iPhone 4S arrival in store, the standard and expectation is again raise up by Apple.

I look forward to have Siri running on iPhone 4. Hopefully, Apple will officially port this features to iPhone 4 instead of the hackers.

As a conclusion, if you ask me Android or iPhone for mobile phone. I can tell you iPhone is still the best option just as before.

iPad2!!

2011-11-03T13:24:00.001+08:00

iPad2 is simply amazing

My living room...

2011-11-02T21:01:00.001+08:00

Here is my living room and view to garden

Steve Jobs book is available now

2011-10-26T22:33:00.003+08:00

This book is a "must read" book for Steve Jobs fans.

I'm going to get one to read!

Semi-tethered Jailbreak for iOS5

2011-10-23T09:50:00.003+08:00

Semi-tethered jailbreak means you can reboot your iPhone with iOS5 tethered jb while away from your computer.

How to do that?

Simply install SemiTether from Cydia.

Here's the video tutorial...

Top game of iphone - Street Fighter 4 Volt

2011-10-22T13:39:00.004+08:00

One of my favourite 2D fighting game is Street Fighter series.

Thank God! Capcom has bring this popular franchise to iPhone.

First it was Street Fighter 4 and the latest offering is Street Fighter 4 Volt.

The gameplay and control are great!

Hope to see more great fighting games in AppStore from Capcom.

iPhone 4S component cost is similar to iPhone 4!

2011-10-21T00:09:00.003+08:00

According to IHS iSupply, iPhone 4S BOM cost from USD 188 to USD 245 depends on the model.

But keep in mind that this cost does not include software and others...

iOS 5 and Siri hacked

2011-10-21T00:02:00.002+08:00

As expected, the hack of Siri is coming to iPhone 4 as well as other iOS devices such as iPad2.

Look forward for Siri to run at my iPhone 4 :)

iPhone App Plants vs Zombies

2011-10-17T23:33:00.003+08:00

One of my fav game is Plant vs Zombies for iphone.

This game is addictive and with 50 stages to play.

i have spent hours to finish this game since i downloaded this game.

For 299 cents, this game is a real bargain.

Hope to see a sequel is coming :P

iOS 5 jailbreak

2011-10-17T23:17:00.002+08:00

iOS 5 is here!

Tethered jailbreak is available with redsnow!

The new iOS is simply superb with

- iMessage (something like blackberry messenger but integrated in SMS, iOS is smart enuf to determine sending normal message or iMessage)

- Access to Camera App from lock screen (by pressing home button twice)

- snap photo with + button (this feature was available from jailbreak app but now it's here in iOS5)

- faster Safari web browsing with less lagging (multi tab support for ipad)

- iCloud (online storage and sync)

- NewsStand (subscribe to magazines)

- Reminders (similar to task list app)

- Notification services (this is a great new improvement from old prompt notification)

- Twitter (is intergrated with iOS)

- Customize shortcuts in keyboard (omg => oh my god!)

and more to explore...

i'll be busy to play with new iOS for a while :)

Stay alive is to change the world...

2011-10-11T16:56:00.001+08:00

Even if u failed to change the world, at least try to make it a better place.

Something nice from Steve Jobs...

2011-10-08T14:42:00.000+08:00

“领袖和跟风者的区别就在于创新。”

创新无极限！只要敢想，没有什么不可能，立即跳出思维的框框吧。如果你正处于一个上升的朝阳行业，那么尝试去寻找更有效的解决方案：更招消费者喜爱、更简洁的商业模式。如果你处于一个日渐萎缩的行业，那么赶紧在自己变得跟不上时代之前抽身而出，去换个工作或者转换行业。不要拖延，立刻开始创新！
“成为卓越的代名词，很多人并不能适合需要杰出素质的环境。”

成功没有捷径。你必须把卓越转变成你身上的一个特质。最大限度的发挥你的天赋、才能、技巧，把其他所有人甩在你后面。高标准严格自己，把注意力集中在那些将会改变一切的细节上。变得卓越并不艰难 - 从现在开始尽自己最大能力去做 - 你会发现生活将给你惊人的回报。
“成就一番伟业的唯一途径就是热爱自己的事业。如果你还没能找到让自己热爱的事业，继续寻找，不要放弃。跟随自己的心，总有一天你会找到的。”
我把这段话浓缩为：“做我所爱”。去寻找一个能给你的生命带来意义、价值和让你感觉充实的事业。拥有使命感和目标感才能给生命带来意义、价值和充实。这不仅对你的健康和寿命有益处，而且即使在你处于困境的时候你也会感觉良好。在每周一的早上，你能不能利索的爬起来并且对工作日充满期待？如果不能，那么你得重新去寻找。你会感觉得到你是不是真的找到了。
“并不是每个人都需要种植自己的粮食，也不是每个人都需要做自己穿的衣服，我们说着别人发明的语言，使用别人发明的数学...我们一直在使用别人的成果。使用人类的已有经验和知识来进行发明创造是一件很了不起的事情。”

带着责任感生活，尝试为这个世界带来点有意义的事情，为更高尚的事情做点贡献。这样你会发现生活更加有意义，生命不再枯燥。需要我们去做的事情很多。告诉其他人你的计划，不要鼓吹，也不要自以为是，更不能盲目狂热，那样只会把人们吓跑，当然，你也不要害怕成为榜样，要抓住出头的机会让人们知道你的所作所为。
“佛教中有一句话：初学者的心态；拥有初学者的心态是件了不起的事情。”
不要迷惑于表象而要洞察事务的本质，初学者的心态是行动派的禅宗。所谓初学者的心态是指，不要无端猜测、不要期望、不要武断也不要偏见。初学者的心态正如一个新生儿面对这个世界一样，永远充满好奇、求知欲、赞叹。
“我们认为看电视的时候，人的大脑基本停止工作，打开电脑的时候，大脑才开始运转。”

过去十年中，大量的理论研究表明，电视对人的精神和心智是有害的。大多数电视观众都知道这个坏习惯会浪费时间并且使大脑变得迟钝，但是他们还是选择呆在电视机前面。关掉电视吧，给自己省点脑细胞。还有，电脑也会让你的大脑秀逗，不信的话你去跟那些一天花8小时玩第一视角设计游戏、汽车拉力游戏、角色扮演游戏的人聊聊看，你也会得出这个结论的。
“我是我所知唯一一个在一年中失去2.5亿美元的人...这对我的成长很有帮助。”

范错误不等于错误。从来没有哪个成功的人没有失败过或者犯过错误，相反，成功的人都是犯了错误之后，做出改正，然后下次就不会再错了，他们把错误当成一个警告而不是万劫不复的失败。从不犯错意味着从来没有真正活过。
“我愿意把我所有的科技去换取和苏格拉底相处的一个下午。”

十几年来，世界各地的书店里涌现出海量的关于历史人物的书籍。这些人物包括苏格拉底、达芬奇、哥白尼、达尔文以及爱因斯坦成为人们灵感的灯塔，而苏格拉底排在第一位。西塞罗评价苏格拉底说：“他把哲学从高山仰止高高在上的学科变得与人休戚相关。”把苏格拉底的原则运用到你的生活、工作、学习以及人及关系上吧，这不是关于苏格拉底，这是关于你自己，以及关于你如何给你每天的生活带来更多的真善美。
“活着就是为了改变世界，难道还有其他原因吗？”

你是否知道在你的生命中，有什么使命是一定要达成的？你知不知道在你喝一杯咖啡或者做些无意义事情的时候，这些使命又蒙上了一层灰尘？我们生来就随身带着一件东西，这件东西指示着我们的渴望、兴趣、热情以及好奇心，这就是使命。你不需要任何权威来评断你的使命，没有任何老板、老师、父母、牧师以及任何权威可以帮你来决定。你需要靠你自己来寻找这个独特的使命。
“你的时间有限，所以不要为别人而活。不要被教条所限，不要活在别人的观念里。不要让别人的意见左右自己内心的声音。最重要的是，勇敢的去追随自己的心灵和直觉，只有自己的心灵和直觉才知道你自己的真实想法，其他一切都是次要。”
你是否已经厌倦了为别人而活？不要犹豫，这是你的生活，你拥有绝对的自主权来决定如何生活，不要被其他人的所作所为所束缚。给自己一个培养自己创造力的机会，不要害怕，不要担心。过自己选择的生活，做自己的老板！

Farewell and rest in peace Mr. Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T08:37:00.001+08:00

The creator of iphone is dead.
A shocking news to all Apple fans.
RIP Steve Jobs.

Another new week starts...

2011-10-03T14:15:00.002+08:00

Sometimes we wanted to change something in life...

The change may be just as simple as to correct some bad habits such as late for work...

As long as we keep remind ourself everyday and make it a habit to wake up early, soon we will overcome this...

Perseverance rewards!

20119029

2011-09-29T13:51:00.001+08:00

Time management
Have to make it a habit to manage time daily
I have been wasting 31 years of life.
Now it is time to make the changes
Slowly but surely i will adopt to this change.

Say no to delay
Say no to laziness
Say no to wait

Live now not past not future

Time is precious

2011-09-28T16:44:00.001+08:00

Suddenly feel that i have been wasting lots of time in my life.
I need to fully utilize every seconds before it is too late...

make friend with books...

2011-09-24T22:10:00.003+08:00

when feel lonely.... you can always visit books...

they never complain anything to you...

they never betray you...

they never let you feel disappointed...

they never give you hope and take away the hope...

they motivate you to do better

they give you hope in life

they give you knowledge and wisdom

they make you stand up again

Letter to myself

2011-09-24T20:39:00.001+08:00

虽然很苦但还是要忍耐下去。

I like this quote

2011-09-23T11:06:00.001+08:00

"Strong people know how to keep their life in order. Even with tears in their eyes, they still manage to say "I'm ok" with a smile. Send this to a strong person. I just did. Change is coming. Karma saw your sadness and said hard times are over."

got this from someone... it makes me feels stronger

Places i visit in 2010

2010-12-31T12:08:00.002+08:00

Although the Euro trip was cancelled due to not enough annual leaves, i still visit few nice places in 2010.

- Hatt Yai, Thailand

- Hong Kong

- Cameron Highland

Next year, look forward to Tokyo, Singapore and Koh Samui.

Hopefully this time the trip can be fulfilled!

My Iphone 4

2010-12-31T09:53:00.002+08:00

Being playing with this 'toy' for 3 months plus since the day it launched in Malaysia.

Overall, it is a very nice phone that i have been waiting for some times.

It is all about the Apps that matter.

Besides, a jailbreak simply unleash all the potentials of this phone.

Top 10 Apps that i love :)

- facebook

- PingChat!

- Viber

- WhatsApp

- AngryBird

- Plants Vs Zombies

- Smurfs

- WallpapaersHD

- Street Fighter 4

- Asphalt 5

Top 10 cool things with JailBreak

- MxTube (download youtube video)

- WinterBoard

- 3G Unrestrictor

- My3G (Facetime over 3G)

- psx4all (PS emulator)

- FolderEnhancer

- Multifl0w

- SnapTap

- Activator

- Cydia (lots of cool apps from hackers)

Good bye 2010

2010-12-31T09:05:00.002+08:00

Today is the last day of 2010.

Lot of things happened in 2010. Everything went though is a life experience and it is very valuable lesson. We cannot turn back time but we can learn from mistake and improve further.

All these good and bad experiences make us a better person.

Looking back this year, I have not really accomplished my targets.

At work, not much achievement as the job is more like fire fighting than design and developing something new. i wish i get can a job that's really more in design and development.

2011 will get a year for change!

For personal development, i think it is time to start on something new in my life in 2011.

Being working in few MNCs during my 8 years IT career, i realize that work for big company only can earn a living. Just enough to survive. The living standard in going up but the salary cannot catch up with it. May be it is time to plan for personal business for long term.

There are many resolutions in 2011. It is good to start writing down the new resolutions at the last day of 2010.

Good bye 2010...

Look forward to 2011, another year to accomplish my missions

Today is Earth Day!

2010-04-22T23:33:00.002+08:00

422 Earth day, a day to remember.

As a citizen of Earth, we must always think green and educate the people around us to do so.

Everyone can contribute to save our planet.

- reduce carbon footprint
- save energy
- save water
- recycling
- properly dispose e-waste
and so on....

Ip Man 2

2010-04-20T21:25:00.001+08:00

This is the movie i look forward to watch this month.

Before that, can refresh the first movie in youtube.

Project 10 to the 100

2009-09-29T21:16:00.001+08:00

So you wanna help the world?

This is the path to start...
http://www.project10tothe100.com/

Google is 11 now!

2009-09-27T22:14:00.002+08:00

Everyday, billions of people rely on Google to search for relevant information.
Today's Google's eleven anniversary.
Happy Birthday Google!

Raya Holidays

2009-09-22T23:09:00.001+08:00

Four days of holiday is coming to the end soon.

Tomorrow everything back to normal.

What have I done in the last four days.

Watching TVB drama 绝代商娇/古灵精探B, take care my dogs' food and clean up the sh*t (:P)

And the best part is sleeping 10-12 hours everyday....

New work place

2009-07-26T23:33:00.003+08:00

It is already a week i joined FirstSolar after resigned from Plexus. Overall, the new work place is quite nice.

In this new work place, I have meet many new colleagues. They are nice and helpful.

Tomorrow will be the start of 2nd week. And more and more training is coming...

I hope I will pick up the new applications soon as there are many apps I never heard before...

Knowing 2009

2009-03-27T23:15:00.001+08:00

A nice movie trailer...It is time to go back to Cinema to enjoy this movie!

Seven hundred years later...

2009-03-27T23:02:00.003+08:00

Seven hundred years later new song from Eason Chan...The MV is using Wall-E movie.
Seven hundred years later, Earth still exists? I wonder....

七百年後

曲：柳重言
詞：林若寧
編: 柳重言
監: 柳重言/Davy Chan/CY/陳奕迅

你那太空艙
能夠發出金色的光
我廢置一方
抬頭便會為你守望
一天天催迫生活在現代化

繽紛星空拋低我寄存繁榮垃圾崗
多得你原諒我骯髒

送你破黑膠
廉價發出歌聲依稀
送你破燈泡
便宜地照亮你天地
一箱卡式帶一直沒落仍能回味
那套舊文藝戲
生生不息的悽美愛情逾越物質跨過世紀

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
潮流裡
瞬息過去

棄置那棵花
容我帶它的根歸家
送你這棵花
來懷念已逝去初夏
漆黑的星體花葉樹木無從留下
你會在流淚嗎
花開的沙丘滋養我們貧窮地方優美似畫

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
潮流裡
建築統統破碎

天天進化熱潮已記不起
用霓虹去建設歡喜
雖則你我被每粒星唾棄
我們貧乏卻去到金禧

文明能壓碎
情懷不衰
無論枯乾山水
舊時年月投入垃圾裡
你我一起同居
仍然能送你
兒時玩具
老地方抱著一起安睡
七百年
隨年歲
記憶老去
仍然有你的忠心愛侶

Swimming at PISA

2009-03-09T20:29:00.003+08:00

Today's weather is not very good. Dark clouds cover the whole sky but as part of the training program to keep fit and teach Dann how to swim, we still carry on with the swimming plan.

The entrance fee is RM 5 compare to normal day RM 3, because today is public holiday.

After changed the swim suit, we headed to the kids pool as this is Mr Dann first swimming class. But he managed to pick up the basic skills very fast. Besides, he is also 'brave' enough to move to the big pool to practise.

Overall my stamina is not good enough. I think in the future i have to 'train' more to regain my fitness level. Anyway it is a good start!

Prepare for Thailand Trip

2009-03-09T12:03:00.003+08:00

So fast another trip is coming.

This time we are going to Koh Rok, Phi Phi Island and Phuket Island. The trip is 5 days only. According to the plan, first day we will travel from Penang to Pak Meng Jetty. And from the jetty, we will take speed boat to Koh Rok there snorkeling. At the end of day, we will reach Phi Phi Island and stay there.

The 2nd day, stay in Phi Phi Island to enjoy everything there!

The 3rd day, leaving Phi Phi Island and going to Phuket!

The 4th day, in Phuket and take local tour trip!

The 5th day, stay until afternoon before take firefly back to Penang!

Right now my luggage is not yet ready. Going to pack soon!

Hiking to 84

2009-03-08T11:23:00.002+08:00

Hiking is a part of my personal fitness training program. This morning Dann, Jessie, KG and I successfully reached 84 of Penang Hill (only half way).
I have to struggle for few times during the journey as my fitness level is still very low compare to before. But it is worth once we reached the target.
Next target is 168, the peak of Penang Hill. Hopefully after the Thailand trip we can make it!

After the hiking, we went to 7th road to taste the famous curry mee. It is a nice and healthy Sunday for four of us.

Busy week 2/3 ~ 7/3

2009-03-07T12:23:00.005+08:00

Monday
When arrive in office, receive 1 letter ask the late comers to be diciplined. I'm one of them!
Whole day sit in office doing unit test. I hate unit testing!
At night, watch drama until mid night.

Tuesday
Start new task doing hotkey for the web app. The main problem is no internet access in office. So i have to do some extra work at home to find the solutions.
After work, go to Egate's Tao to eat with colleagues. Because we reach before 6pm, we got 10% early bird discount. Back to home, continue to chase the drama.

Wednesday
Back to office continue to work on the Javascript for the hotkeys task.
After work, go to colleague's condo to play badminton. 1 year plus not playing badminton, my skills and stamina already not as good as before. So just play normal game and not push myself too hard. The purpose is to exercise only not competition.
While playing half way, Dann called me coz his car involved in an accident. Luckily, no one was injured.
After that, go home and continue the drama.

Thursday
Almost finished the task, just thinking of how to integrated this javascript to the whole solutions.
At night, go to Japanese class. Last week too busy until skipped it. So this week must chase back.
After class, ah Dann brought his car to my house for repair.

Friday
Today wake up very early....5.45am....
Reach company @ 7.00am to have meeting with US team.
Because of not enough rest, whole day 'fishing' in office.
After work, attend Yee Chang's wedding.
The wedding is like a concert with many local singers singing. The most impressive one is a small kid's performance.
After dinner, we went to Egate Starbuck to have a drink and chit chat until mid night.

Saturday
Today i'm going to finish the drama. And may be bring my car to wash...or tomorrow after hiking....

Feb 09 Update

2009-02-12T22:11:00.003+08:00

It's been a while since last update.

During Chinese New Year I was quite busy to have fun until no time to update this blog.

Now CNY is over, so as usual i write down something in my mind.

i think i m a little bit loss in direction. The new job is not what i m looking for. The US side controls everything on the project. In order to do something, I need to go through a long pain way. Besides, the whole project is very messy because the architecture design is very poor. And the worst thing is i feel like no freedom in doing the development as everything need to go through the US counterpart. The team is not very efficient.

As a solution architect in my previous job, i think my previous project is far better design than current one. Hopefully, everything will be ok soon.

Right now i miss the way i can write code in Renesas.

Good bye Renesas

2009-01-16T19:59:00.009+08:00

Yesterday was my last working day in Renesas. The day was full of many flash back as i walked through the corridor from one place to another. I think i will need some time to really get used to the new place. I guess there first few days i will be alone.....miss my lunch members....

Renesas is my fourth job. My next job is in Plexus. I going to start new work next monday, rite now feel a bit nervous. Hopefully the first few weeks i can pick up the things.

Today i on leave to prepare the things for new job as well as my personal stuffs.
After busy for whole morning, i only manage to enjoy some free time in the afternoon.
And i want to say sorry to my lunch members because i can't join them today. I owe u all 1 meal.

Tomorrow night we will have a farewell dinner at Auto City's Chicago Ribs. Look forward to the yummy dishes!

Count down to last day....

2009-01-12T23:43:00.003+08:00

Left 3 days in RSM. Next week will be going to new company. Just hope to have a good start.....but CNY is coming.....no mood to work.....

The last 3 days will be busy.....

Still got some technical documentation to be written. Besides, also need to transfer some knowledge to my colleagues. Hopefully, everything will go in smooth manner....

Nice article to share...

2008-12-12T14:53:00.000+08:00

如下事例不僅含括著機智，更也含括著膽識。
臨場能如此鎮定表現，絕非泛泛之輩所能及。
非常值得學習、惕勵，互勉之！

機會常偽裝成不幸

有一個人到一家大公司應徵公關經理，公司要錄取的名額只有一個，想不到報名者竟然出乎意料之外的多，經過激烈的層層考試與關卡的篩選。最後，他終於接到面試通知單。
想不到，輪到他進入董事長室時，他竟然在董事長的面前摔了一跤，並把手中的資料撒的滿地，只見他從容不迫地，一一撿起來，並微笑地走到面試官的前面坐下。果然不錯，董事長劈頭第一個問題就問他，你覺得這樣的事情會影響你的面試成績嗎?
只見這個人微笑著回答:在人生的旅程中，時常會有意想不到的事情衝擊著我們，而這些打擊會產生什麼樣的結果，端看我們是以何種態度去面對，因為不同的態度，就會產生不同的結果。通常我都會以從容、積極、正向的態度去面對，只要盡了力，我就不太在乎結果是怎麼樣。
如果，太患得患失，反而無法將真正的實力展現出來。更何況，有很多事情的結果，並無法操之在我。就像今天這件事情的成績是操之在董事長的手中，所以，會不會影響我面試的成績，應該是要問您，其實，這也是我想問的一個問題!
不久後，他接到了錄取通知單，董事長的評言如下:你是一跤摔進本公司。
意思是說，因為，你摔了一跤之後應付得當，才被錄取。
所以，如果沒有摔那一跤，說不定還無法展現出你的危機處理能力，而讓董事長欣賞。
在人生的旅程中，當不如意之事來臨時，千萬別喪志或輕言放棄，因為，機會時常偽裝成不幸，來試探我們，端看我們如何來應對。

Samsung netbook NC10 review

2008-11-30T18:09:00.002+08:00

6.5 hours plus battery with wifi turn on, this is the best netbook currently available!

Last day of November 2008

2008-11-30T13:11:00.004+08:00

Sunny Sunday...being lazy at home.

It is good to rest at home as tomorrow is Monday.

The sky is clear and blue...

Time Square Penang is opening soon....another place for shopping and hang out...

不罵粗話-黃明志 (獻給衛道人士)

2008-11-28T15:05:00.000+08:00

Latest song from namewee...enjoy!

The Departure....

2008-11-26T22:36:00.003+08:00

Finally it is my turn to leave the company soon....

Deep inside my heart, i m very sad to leave this big family that once i consider to work until retirement. But due to some issues that happened, i got no choice but to leave and find a new place to start from zero. The supports, guidances and friendship from the team will remain in my heart forever....
And my lunch members that accompanied me for the last 3 years and 8 months, hope that their will get new member to join them soon.

Since 25th April 2005, i m growing from a programmer writing Delphi application for windows to asp.net web based application solution architect and SQL Server database.
During my time here, i got chance to learn the whole Manufacturing Execution System architecture. The skills i mastered are asp.net web application user interface, business logic web services, Insite XML Client API, Insite Server, Insite Designer SQL Server, Loftware Label, LabelPrint web service, Data Warehouse, EMES windows services, Integration services, server infrastructure, MES network architecture, VMware ESX and windows server.

As for the future, it is full of uncertainty. But i will continue to work hard to chase my dreams. The new work is still very far away and i foresee new challenges is coming very soon.

I need a break after this.... May be it is time to take a long holiday.....visit some places to discover new things...

Jay Chou 周杰伦 - 时光机 / Shi Guang Ji / Time Machine

2008-11-24T22:07:00.001+08:00

another nice song from Jay Chou's latest album...every time listen to this song will think back the good times when small.....

Showing in Cinema now

2008-11-24T18:41:00.001+08:00

Nice 3D animation movie to watch! Just the play time is not very long....

Insite 4.2 Upgrade Completed!

2008-11-11T23:16:00.003+08:00

For the last few weeks, I have been busy with the preparation of my company's MES upgrade. The schedule is tight and the hardware resource is limited. After spending 3 weeks of work to setup the upgrade environment, on last Saturday we managed to complete the upgrade in 20 hours.

During these 20 hours, we facing many technical issues and luckily all the obstacles were solved. And the new Insite 4.2 version is running smoothly.

After going through this upgrade, i learned a lot of technical knowledges. The most important thing is i realize that my SQL Server skill still have rooms to improve. Especially in Replication issues.

说好的幸福呢

2008-11-04T22:09:00.001+08:00

Very nice song from Jay Chou. Listen over and over again...

词:方文山曲:周杰伦
你的回话凌乱着
在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽
甜蜜散落了

情绪莫名的拉扯
我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌
假装没事了

时间过了走了
爱情面临选择
你冷了倦了我哭了
离开时的不快乐
你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这
真的痛了

怎么了你累了
说好的幸福呢
我懂了不说了
爱淡了梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得

你不等了
说好的幸福呢
我错了泪干了
放手了后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢

你的回话凌乱着
在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽
甜蜜散落了

情绪莫名的拉扯
我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌
假装没事了

时间过了走了
爱情面临选择
你冷了倦了我哭了
离开时的不快乐
你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这
真的痛了

怎么了你累了
说好的幸福呢
我懂了不说了
爱淡了梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得

你不等了
说好的幸福呢
我错了泪干了
放手了后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢

怎么了你累了
说好的幸福呢
我懂了不说了
爱淡了梦远了
我都还记得

你不等了
说好的幸福呢
我错了泪干了
放手了后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢

Hard times ahead

2008-10-10T22:55:00.003+08:00

The economy crisis is here!

In last few days, the US stock markets keep going down and down.

Many IT Giant companies announced jobs cut. The whold world is affected by this US financial crisis. Hopefully the 700 billion bailout strategy by US govt can really save the market or makes the recovery faster.

The crude oil price also going down to below 80 USD per barrel. This is a good news for us as the petrol price may be drop next month (but not a good news for Petronas :P)

Hopefully the bonus will not be very low.............

Eee PC, PS3, LCD TV and new laptop all need to put on hold again.....

Nokia's iPhone killer = 5800 XM

2008-10-05T21:57:00.001+08:00

Touch generation is coming!

Eee PC 901 is Gadget of The Year 2008

2008-10-04T18:44:00.003+08:00

What so attractive of Eee PC 901?
- About 7 hours of battery life!
- Light weight. Only 1 Kg plus. Can bring it to anywhere easily!
- Cheaper than normal laptop.
- Use SSD instead of traditional Hard Disk.

Busy Friday!

2008-10-03T22:37:00.003+08:00

Today is a busy day.

Wake up 7am
Go out 750am
Reach office at 814am

Then the nightmare begins......
Something went wrong with the AD and caused the production server date changed to April 2008 and some production lots' txndate are captured as April 2008.

So the boss is not happy and everyone has extra work to fix this problem.

At first i thought my side is okay but after some discussion with my colleagues. My data warehouse jobs are affected too. So tomorrow i need to go back to office to re-run the jobs.

Besides, today i still need to continue to setup new Insite 4.2 UAT server for RSK.
The setup is really time-consuming and complicated. I spend almost 6 hours doing this setup and still can't finish it today. Monday i will continue this task and hope that everything will be ok especially the database update scripts.

After 531pm, it is time for Table Tennis......
Today Michael rules in single matches. Too bad...i lose to him twice....
And the double matches are quite interesting as some experts come to join us.

Reach home about 8pm... After bath, fetch my aunts home and shopping in Giant with my mum.
Have my dinner at 10 something and going to watch Heroes Session 3 (Thanks Danny for sharing the Heroes series)

20081002 holiday

2008-10-03T00:54:00.002+08:00

Today is 2nd Hari Raya Holiday. Initially i plan to sleep until 10am....but at 8am something my phone woke me up. My colleague Mr OoiPK called me and ask me to help to check on the system. After about one and a half hours of testing, still cannot find the root cause. Luckily, another colleague CS called and said that he will be in office soon. So i no need to go back.....

My original plan was to went to Prangin Mall to exchange my laptop RAM but my friend helped me to test again and my laptop can manage to boot up again. But only 1 module is ok....another one still need to claim the warranty....hopefully i dont have to wait for a long time to get the new RAM.

Yesterday bought a Linux magazine because it includes a DVD with 3 hottest linux version for installing. I can try linux with 3 different version: fedora, ubuntu and openSUSE with my laptop when i m free. After using windows for about 11 years, i think it is time to learn linux as it is free and open source. Hopefully this weekend i can start using it with VMware player.

Learning new things...

2008-10-01T17:53:00.003+08:00

Today is the 1st official day that i crossover from MES software development team to Infra team. Even though it is a holiday (Selamat Hari Raya to all muslim!) but i still have to go back to company to learn the hands-on experience of VMWare. The original schedule is about 2 hours to finish the task but we end up using 4 hours.

By the way, i'm quite happy to learn new things. Although it is just the first day doing Infrastructure job but i already pick up many new jargons. Now my brain is full of Windows Servers, VMware (Init 6 command to upgrade to latest VMware), Network Load Balancing (NLB), web server, app server and blahx3................

After work, still have to fix my laptop memory problem. My laptop is having a problem. When the power is turn on, the system cannot start and the LCD does not ON. So i googling for a while and found out that the memory might be the root cause. Since the RAM is still under warranty so i unplugged the RAM and went to Prangin Mall shop with the hope to exchange with new one. Who knows.....the shop owner is also on holiday. So no choice.... I have to using my old bulky PC which is about 5 years plus plus......God bless...fortunately this old PC still can works......

But dunno when will my laptop back to normal??
I think i have to get a new laptop as backup just in case something went wrong......
Asus Eee PC 901? or another Compaq laptop?
i still considering......

Nokia N85 Promo Video

2008-09-03T16:36:00.001+08:00

Cool Nokia N79 Promo Video!

2008-09-03T14:21:00.000+08:00

Samsung Omnia (i900) Unboxing

2008-09-03T14:13:00.000+08:00

Google Chrome is available for download!

2008-09-03T14:08:00.004+08:00

Download now!

www.google.com

Dinner @The Ship

2008-08-05T22:17:00.005+08:00

Dinner @The Ship to celebrate my cousin's birthday.
Snap first after arrived.

No smoking!

Wine and Oyster...

Mushroom soup as starter...

Bread and salad...

Main course is here! Yummy...

After dinner, it is time to go home!

Still OPEN @midnite...

THE BEST STEAK IN TOWN!

My Myvi vs The Ship!

Solar power to end energy crisis

2008-08-03T17:10:00.003+08:00

A press release from MIT explains how it works:

The key component in Nocera and Kanan’s new process is a new catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water; another catalyst produces valuable hydrogen gas. The new catalyst consists of cobalt metal, phosphate and an electrode, placed in water. When electricity – whether from a photovoltaic cell, a wind turbine or any other source – runs through the electrode, the cobalt and phosphate form a thin film on the electrode, and oxygen gas is produced.

Combined with another catalyst, such as platinum, that can produce hydrogen gas from water, the system can duplicate the water splitting reaction that occurs during photosynthesis.

At night, the hydrogen and oxygen can be recombined into a fuel cell to produce a carbon-free electric current that can power your home or charge an electric car.

Let's hope that this breakthrough can really solved the energy crisis...

Can this concept brings us a new hybrid car which runs on solar and fuel cell?

Only God knows...

Some photos i took with my N82

2008-07-26T15:50:00.002+08:00

Komtar and Traders Hotel from my room's window.

TimeSquare is far far away...

Maggie, what are you looking at?

Last nite's dinner @Northam Food Court.

Weekends...

2008-07-26T15:44:00.002+08:00

This morning went to Prangin Mall to watch Red Cliff. The 11am show ticket is RM 5 only...discount for early birds.....
Overall this movie is great! Hope that the 2nd part will release soon...
If you not yet watch this movie...i highly recommended this one....

N82 RAM test

2008-07-23T22:52:00.001+08:00

Just browse to YouTube to look for N82 clips and found this....

The 128MB RAM in N82 really improves the speed and stability...

Busy week...

2008-07-20T13:27:00.002+08:00

Last few days I was quite busy with personal stuffs.....so no update in the blog......

Still not yet watch HellBoy2.....Dark Knight already showing.....

Give me more times............

HellBoy 2 - New Trailer in iHD

2008-07-14T22:17:00.001+08:00

Going to watch in cinema...After watching the trailer, i think this movie should be better compare to Hancock....

3G iphone in Japan first

2008-07-11T16:54:00.003+08:00

Available in Japan Store first....
Japanese always the first to get cool gadget.......so lucky.........
Here in Malaysia, we have to wait for long time and paying high price......

Google's Virtual World = Lively

2008-07-09T23:07:00.002+08:00

Check it out!

Wanted Trailer

2008-07-06T18:07:00.002+08:00

Just watched this movie in cinema.
The action is good!

Quarantine Movie Trailer

2008-07-06T18:06:00.001+08:00

I saw this trailer in cinema.
The story is similar to Resident Evil.
Enjoy the trailer! Coming soon in cinema.

We did it!

2008-07-03T23:15:00.003+08:00

This is from spreadfirefox.com

We did it!

We set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. With your help we reached 8,002,530 downloads.

You are now part of a World Record and the proud owner of the best version of Firefox yet!

Don't forget to download your very own certificate for helping set a Guinness World Record.

Now try to show off this cert...

Anyone still not using FireFox3, please download and install...high recommended!!

Hancock in cinema tomorrow...

2008-07-02T19:43:00.002+08:00

After waiting for so long, finally this movie is showing in cinema from tomorrow.

Hopefully get can ticket in the weekend...

8GB 3G iphone without contract = USD 599

2008-07-02T19:31:00.002+08:00

According to AT&T, you can get the latest 3G iPhone without any contract.
However, you have to pay 3x the price of the original announced USD 199 price.

I personally think that USD 599 (about RM 1900~2000) for 3G iphone is just too high.
Those who going to get this cool gadget, prepare to pay high price to own it....

N82 Black Edition....I want!!!

2008-06-30T21:56:00.005+08:00

My Nokia N-Gage bought in November 2004 is about to 'retired' soon.
After using N-Gage for 3 years plus, I decided to get a new camera phone so that i can snap some interesting photo and post it here.

Right now i still considering N82, N78 and N95. The price is around RM 1400-1500 for N82, RM 1300-1400 for N78 and lastly RM 1500++ for N95.

N78 = 3.2MP + WIFI + GPS
N95 = 5.0MP + WIFI + GPS
N82 = 5.0MP + XENON Flash + WIFI + GPS

After comparing the spec, i think i will get N82 black edition.
Hopefully the price will drop to below RM 1400 soon....

PSP Custom Firmware 4.01 M33 Released...

2008-06-29T22:35:00.001+08:00

For psp owners to upgrade to latest custom firmware.

Please follow the link below for more details...

http://www.psp-hacks.com/2008/06/28/custom-firmware-401-m33-released/

Centrino 2 Spec...

2008-06-29T22:25:00.004+08:00

Just get this Centrino 2 spec from a chinese website.

The Centrino 2 spec is surely better but the actual performance improvement still need to wait until the benchmark results.

Hopefully, the Centrino 2 platform not only provides better performance but also giving us longer computing hour without plugin.

When will the mainstream laptop battery can support 10 hours computing time compare to 2-3 hours now?
May be have to wait until the fuel cell battery for laptop....

150 MPG car in 2012?!!!

2008-06-27T21:49:00.006+08:00

The oil price already reach USD 140 per barrel. And soon the price may hit USD 200 per barrel. We as the consumer will pay the high petrol price.

So how to cope with the high price? I think it is time for the car manufacturer to come out with better design to increase the fuel efficent.

By 2012 Antro Solo want to produce a solar, human and gas-electric hybrid vehicle that drives more than 150 miles per gallon of gas.
The Antro Solo is not only the most fuel efficient vehicle currently thought of, but will also be extremely affordable, costing consumers around USD 20,000 (About RM 64,000).

This car is a gas-electric hybrid with a carbon fiber chassis that seats three.
The graphic designers chose carbon fiber to produce a vehicle that is lightweight and quick. The Antro Solo weighs less than 600lbs. This car reaches a pretty impressive top speed of almost 90mph.

Besides, solar panels are installed in the car's roof to charge the vehicle’s batteries for short trips ranging between 10-15 miles.

Each passenger’s seat comes with pedals that will power the cars generator and the car is capable of switching to its small combustion engine that has the ability to run on either ethanol or petrol.

As conclusion, the designers of this car is able to push 150 MPG with 3 in 1 hybrid car.

Light Weight + Solar Panels + Pedals + Petrol = 150MPG car

Hopefully, the japanese car maker can come out similar concept car.

As for Proton and Perodua, let's just hope that they can start hybrid car research...

Myvi Hybrid or Gen 3 Hybrid??

If this car is available in Malaysia, the price will be 2x.......with tax.....

Apple 3G iPhone mfg cost = USD 173 only!!

2008-06-25T23:29:00.003+08:00

According to a preliminary analysis by iSuppli, the mfg cost of Apple's latest 3G iPhone is only USD 173.

Apple is going to make big profit with this new gadget phone as the iPhone needs to tie with the service provider contract.

Only Apple and Nintendo can make big money in hardware business....

The Radeon 4000 Series Officially Launches...

2008-06-25T23:19:00.003+08:00

This week AMD has released the the Radeon HD 4870, which is priced at USD 299.
Radeon 4870 is the big brother to the Radeon HD 4850 and features higher clock speeds and newer cutting edge technology like GDDR5 memory ICs for improved memory bandwidth.

ATI Radeon HD 4870 and Radeon 4850 are basically the same thing as both have the same number of transistors 965 million using the 55nm manufacturing process at TSMC. Both offer DX10.1 and Shader Model 4.1 support and use ATI's CrossFireX multi-GPU technology. The only difference here is the clock speed and the memory type.
The new higher clock frequencies mean the math processing rate is now 1.2 TeraFLOPS over the 1.0 TeraFLOPS found on the Radeon HD 4850.

From the chart above, we can see that Radeon 4800 series is 2x faster in terms of math processing rate.

Google Adsense

2008-06-25T22:52:00.003+08:00

If you are not sure what Google Adsense is about. Let me briefly explain it here.

Google Adsense is an earning tool for webmasters/bloggers to monetize their website/blog.

The concept is simple. You put the advertisements in your website/blog. Google Adsense will based on your site's topic and display relevent ads. When someone's interested to the ads and click on the link. You get paid!

Simple right?

Yes! So if you have a website or blog, you can register Google Adsense and start monetize it today!

Blogging + Adsense = Earn Extra Money!

AJAX in Visual Studio 2008

2008-06-25T22:43:00.004+08:00

Today I'm doing some studies on AJAX in Visual Studio 2008.
After googling some AJAX info, I managed to find a good tutorial of AJAX for VS2008.

If you wanna learn something about AJAX's usage in VS2008, follow this link

http://www.asp.net/AJAX/Documentation/Live/tutorials/CreateSimpleAJAXApplication.aspx

to check out the step by step guide.

Happy AJAXing!

Dark Knight Trailer...

2008-06-23T22:07:00.001+08:00

Enjoy!

FireFox 3 is here!!!!

2008-06-18T22:07:00.002+08:00

Follow this url to download FireFox 3 now!!

http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/

C905, 8.1 MP camera phone from Sony Ericsson

2008-06-17T21:21:00.003+08:00

Spec:
- quad-band GSM (9-hours talk / 380 hours standby) and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100
- auto-rotating, 2.4-inch scratch-resistant QVGA display,
- aGPS with Google Maps,
- A2DP stereo Bluetooth,
- TV-out, 2GB of included Memory Stick Micro (M2), and WiFi with DLNA support

Nokia E66 and E71 preview...

2008-06-16T21:17:00.004+08:00

Nokia E66 and E71
Both phones are slim.
Which one you like?

宇多田ヒカル -- Prisoner Of Love [Official PV with Lyrics]

2008-06-11T21:25:00.001+08:00

Nice song!

new 3G iphone for USD 199...

2008-06-10T22:49:00.003+08:00

Just read this news from Apple website. The price is very affordable for 8GB version!
16GB version selling at USD 299.
Hopefully we can see it in Malaysia....

Kung fu Panda Trailer

2008-06-07T12:08:00.000+08:00

Fwd Article: 我再去救一个

2008-05-26T21:51:00.000+08:00

This is a nice article....

> >>> [帖]作者南派三叔新浪博文：天佑中国，人间有
> >>>
> >>> 天佑中国人间有听到的消息 (2008-05-13 19:43:30)
> >>>
> >>> 本想今天更新，但是看到了新，在有了心情。
> >>>
> >>> 接通了一位采我的四川者朋友的，她从竹退下，
> 个小的丫在里和我了她眼的情况，她只用了四个字形容，就是：“世界末
> 日。”她她几乎无法工作，眼泪就有停，太惨了，一片一片的墟，到是哭喊
> 的音，救援了一样的救人，然而往往救不了，跟着去的影只了拍一照
> 片，就扔下相机去帮忙，因那情景你不可能站着看着。
> >>>
> >>> 她和我，她在一个校看到了她永不忘? 囊荒唬５萄?BR>> 坍塌了大半，正在上，几乎有100多个孩子被在了下面。全是小生。一些
> 似乎是消防的士在墟中已出了十几个孩子和三十多具尸体，看着那些小
> 小的，着巾却再也无法眼睛的孩子，她她突然得自己的勇气都
> 有了。
> >>>
> >>> 然而就在救到最的候，突然教的墟因余震和机吊操作生
> 了移，随有可能生再次坍塌，再入墟救援十分的危险，几乎等于送死，
> 的消防指下了死命令，入墟的人上撤出，要等到坍塌定后再入，
> 然而此，几个才墟出的士大叫又了孩子。
> >>>
> >>> 几个士听了就不了，又要往里，坍塌就生了，一块巨大
> 的混凝土块眼看就在往下陷，那几个往里的士上其他的士死死拖住，帮
> 人在上面拉扯，最后墟上的士被人拖到了安全地，一个从墟中出了一
> 个孩子的士就跪了下大哭，拖着他的人你我再去救一个，求求你我> 再去救一个！我能再救一个！
> >>>
> >& gt;> 看到个情形所有人都哭了，然而所有人都无可施，只眼的看着墟
> 第二次坍塌。后，那几个小孩子是挖出了，但是却只有一个活着，看着那
> 些个年的士抱着那个幸存的小女孩在雨中大叫着跑向救援所在的篷的候，她
> 已泣不成。
> >>>
> >>> 我无法想象在中已如此惊心魄的情形在是怎么样一个悲的
> 面，我只知道是真的，而且，在在，在震中地，样的事情在重复的
> 生着，就在今夜，我坐在舒适的房间，第一次意到我是否做些什么，然我
> 不可能到去，但是我是否做一些力所能及的事情？
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 于是我眼含着眼泪，首先了一篇博文，我知道篇博文无法什么
> 际的帮助，但是，是我想到的最便捷的，我所能立即做到的第一件事情，一篇文
> 然有力量，但是至少我可以更多的人注件事情。只有完成了第一件事情，才
> 有第二件，第三件。
> >>>
> >>>
> >! >> 天佑中国，人间有。朋友，无你身边有任何的条件，只要是能帮助
> 灾的，希望我都上付之行，莫以善小而不，一篇文章，一元捐款，都是一
> 种支持，2008注定是荣耀与灾交的一年，灾的是中国人的土地，荣耀的是中国
> 人的心。

Wii Fit

2008-05-20T21:29:00.001+08:00

Full trailer of Wii Fit.
Gaming + Exercise = Wii Fit!

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" TRAILER

2008-05-20T21:26:00.001+08:00

Enjoy the trailer first...coming to Cinema this Thursday!

Firefox 3 RC1 is available for download...

2008-05-19T15:21:00.001+08:00

Check out this link for latest FireFox 3 RC1.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Sichuan Earthquake Relief Fund...

2008-05-17T23:01:00.002+08:00

Everyone please donate!

http://www.tzuchi.org.my/relief/relief_donation.html

Speed Racer Trailer

2008-05-17T22:36:00.003+08:00

Now showing in cinema...

New Kembara = Nautica

2008-05-13T22:42:00.003+08:00

New Kembara from Perodua. I browse to Perodua's website and check the price. It costs RM 89K plus. Personally, I think the price is too expensive for 1.5l car.

Check out the video clip below:

Cyclone Disaster in Myanmar

2008-05-07T23:31:00.001+08:00

Today's headline in newspaper.

If you feel like wanna support the disaster relief.

Check out this link
http://www.google.com/myanmarcyclone/

Hancock Coming Soon!!

2008-05-04T15:27:00.002+08:00

I'm Will Smith's fans. Look forward to watch this movie in cinema.

Macbook Air Ad

2008-05-03T13:52:00.001+08:00

Macbook Air Ad

Interesting Ad! The Macbook Air super thin and light. But the price is not consumer friendly.