Bandwidth Test Rip Off

Was browsing the forums when I saw something quite interesting... bandwidth test
The guy was using streamyx and he manage to get a download of 2M and upload of 1M which was cool! I thought I should try it too...
Look what I ended up with :P



That means I have a download of 34M and upload of 31M!
which is totally not true... I later found out that the speed test
server was sponsored by my ISP :( Fark!

Try it yourself... www.speedtest.net

Friends that are business minded

Had one of my college friends contacting me last weekend.
Was quite a shocker as we haven't seen each other since a quite a while.
Said that he was in town and wanted to meet up with me to eat laksa.
Being the old nice pal I was of cause I agreed without hesitation.
He said 3pm and soon at 4.30pm I started to lose my patience,
hey 1.5 hours thats blardee long lar - was asleep anyway :P, so I decided
to give him ping. So he said sorry I'm meeting up with a customer and all that.
Fine fine... take your time, which he soon arrived within 15 minutes.
Going out to eat he came up with the topic that most people usually bring up
if you hadn't seen each other for a long time. Like what you doing to mess up your life rite now?
Are doing anyone famous like Palas Hilton? Niko Lychee?
Then he told me his "side" of his story which was quite sad. Mom met with an accident not
long ago and he had to take 2 months leave which caused him his job.
And right now he has to be in mortgage line with banks.
So I thought... still okay what, at least got job right?
Then another tragic story, my boss doesn't like me and I don't get a lot of sales!
Hmmm... something doesn't sound right!
Of coz we finished our laksa and when we reached our house *drum roll*
he said, Alvino help me sign up for a credit card *fireworks*
Whammmmm kena lar tu :(
Well of course being the nice pal I am I agreed
Sigh... should have smell it miles away but... I'm just too pure and innocent :'(
I don't mind helping a friend in need but come on be upfront about it to me
We're buddies, we're pals! Those reading these do not think I am easy to bully :P

Life moving on fast...

Well things having been great so far at work
Remember that Pan Chai and Yan Dou Chai story?
Yeah those 2 buggers! Fortunately those 2 have been "moved"
out of my team... which has brought a great change to the teams morale
The people that used to be under them are starting to get motivated!
Thats great coz its showing in the service level, at times we can reach 100%
with 16 people available to take the next call... that has never happened!
Not once since I joined the team in July...
This is the first :) Some of the agents say the curse is over! Hahaha...

To me I dont think its a curse. Its all the agents doing. They shouldn't have let
their boss being lame as an excuse for not coming in to work and not performing
If they had done this earlier we would have been better off, maybe those that
didn't get their increment on March would have gotten it... well... too late anyway
I just hope those agents learn from this "tragedy" - bleeding for a whole year service level

As for me, times flies really when everything is going well...
I spend my days in the office doing this
1. Make sure my team attendance is full, if they're not there I'll have to know why
2. Go for breakfast :P
3. Check emails/consult for walk-ins/walk the floor
4. Meetings
5. Lunch
6. Check emails/consult for walk-ins/walk the floor
7. Meetings
8. Go home :)
Sounds easy huh? Well that was what I did for the past 2 weeks
Its gonna get tough though from next week onwards...
Gotta push up the figures for our survey from now

Well it was nice while it lasted :)
Hope everyone else is having the same easy-office-life streak, especially keebs :P

Li-Ork

Recently there has been a li-ork (re-org) done by my company...
Now my boss is gone... and a new boss is here...
He has been for the past 1 week but I was away at Genting! :)
Making myself dizzy and sick with the stupid roller coaster rides, pirate ship rides...
Soon after that we "completed" our trip and came back... the bus broke down...
My nose bleed... overheated obviously...
So... what else can happen to me?
Oh ya... this is the 8th manager I have changed over a period of 1 year!
Well thats all in a nutshell of what happened...
Life is tiring...
Did you guys hear about the HP customer service manager who died from
being overworked and too stressed out?
Hope I dont end up like her... maybe if I do... my blog will get freakin famous?
All proceeds will go to my frenz so they become rich out of a dead fren! :D

Back to Hell Asia Pacific Sdn

Been away for a whole week from hell - office lar where else...
Was at Dorsett Hotel previously Sheraton Hotel.
Was there for a training sort of like Six Sigma, better known to manufacturing guys... but for my company its BPI - Business Process Improvement, fuyoh :P
Nama also canggih lar...
5 days... 5 days of heaven... and it has to end! Why?
Why all good things must come to an end?
Tomorrow is Monday, I feel very farked up right now...
I think I'm sick... Can I please not go to the office?
Talked to a few of me colleagues, everyone seems pissed off at something
I dont know what has happened in that 1 week but sure seems pretty bad
Just makes me feel even more reluctant to go back!
Well like I said in my previous post... its that damn Pan Chai and Yan-Dou Chai stirring up problems in the office, causing everyone to be pissed
How the fark can I get rid of them please... its either me or them!
I already feel like just giving in my resignation later and just fly out of this country and go backpacking how nice would that be :)
Should have done that when I didnt have so many commitments
Now my dad is retired, mom is asking for more money from me as well :(
Sigh... life... why does it have to go in this cycle? Why can't I just go wherever I want and do whatever I please! Damn man... DAMN!!!

Someone please SAVE ME!

GY PAN CHAI!

Specially dedicated post to Pan Chai.

Pan Chai oi... why you like that one?
Why you cannot understand human language one...
How to explain to you only you can understand?
Not that people dont want to explain or teach you mah...
but tell you liao somemore you want to disagree... then how ah?
Why you have to make my life so miserable??? WHY???
WHY!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? CANT YOU GET IT THROUGH YOU THICK SKULL?!?!?!?

Lastly I want to make clear to my fellow friends...
please follow my advice below:

WORKING WITH STUPID PEOPLE CAN KILL!

Heroes

Have you guys seen the famous American TV Series called HEROES?
Its a great show about how humans over the years of evolution
evolved to be human being with extraordinary powers.

All this happen with the transformation of genes.
Don't ask me how it happens... I just don't know...
BUT... if you would like sneak peak of what you will get...
Look below...



Haha... this is not Heroes... its ZEROES!
Fake version of Heroes... haha gotcha!
Courtesy of -KCB-

Funny Clips - Must Watch & Listen!

This is the funniest sound clips I've heard EVER. PERIOD.

Enjoy it... but 2nd one for those who understand hokkien only...

1. RK House - No Pork Prank


2. Kopitiam Prank - Hokkien

Great Week coz...

All I can say is, "Wow!"
It has been a great week for many in my company.
A lot of them got great performance reviews and there was a lot
of promotions as well... despite the companies poor performance.

For myself I got a promotion as well which was... hmm...
many were saying "well deserved promotion"
maybe thats true but looking at my own teams performance
i think i shouldn't have gotten the promotion at all...

nevertheless i will try harder to bring my team up to the next level
and make sure this time at least 2 people in my team gets promoted!

Gambateh neh!

How to make your own Shandy - Amazing! Try it!

Like the title says... this entry is going to teach you how to make some
kick arse shandy without having to pay so much :)

All you need is just...
A Can of Carlsberg
A big bottle of 7up

Steps:
Juz mix em and drink em!
Bottoms up :)

So easy... blogging is so easy... haha...

Well this recipe I got it from my mom...
She was told of it while shopping for CNY goods and the lady
juz told her, "Save your money, dont buy shandy! DIY dude!"

OK the "DIY dude", I added myself

Anyway photos of what happened with this experiment my mom did...
It actually tastes better than the Real Shandy :P not so real after all...


Enjoy making your own Shandy...

Gathering with old housemates from TAR College

Another CNY entry!
Met up with some of my ex-housemates when I was in TARC Penang
We used to stay in the Boon Siew Houses by Penang Realty
It was a nice house... 5 rooms... semi-d house not bad lar...
We had like 13 people in a house hahaha
It was a big happy family... boy I miss my college days :(
Those were the days... nuff bout that... back to the entry!

Attendees were me, my gurl, Li Yen, Tze Yann, Ying Yee and her man Peter.
Everybody looks the same... except for me...
They couldn't recognise me ='(
Again the word "FAT" come up... damn it...
Juz met up to catch up on the good old times
Well I'll post some photos... dun drool all over your keyboard pls =D~

This is a group with photo with LiYen and TzeYann, me in the middle to cover my "fat"

Vain shots...

LiYen

TzeYann

MaeYen aka Grace

Thats all for now... once again Keong Hee Huat Chye~

Chinese New Year 2007

This year's CNY is really boring man!
At least last year got a lot of activities...
A lot of people not working...
Phone keeps ringing with invitations to go mamak, go lim teh and all that...
This year totally ZERO, NULL, NIL!!!
The thing is this year I purposely take leave leh...
but but but... nobody take leave this year besides me!
What the heck....
I cant curse somemore coz its CNY... argh!!!

I'm rottin at home with nothing to do...
Looks like I really have to continue my Alias Season 1 to 5 Marathon...
CNY is losing its hype year after year...
I really have to make it more interesting next year!
That should be 1 of my 2008 resolutions...
BORING... ciaoz

Keong Hee Huat Chai

Keong Hee Huat Chai for my hokkien peeps!
Gong Xi Fa Chai~
Gong Hei Fatt Choi!

CNY juz doesnt seem like what it used to be when we were small doesnt it?
Everyone would get so excited about CNY that they'd practically pee in their pants :P
Now CNY juz seems like every other day...
No sound of firecrackers... People dont visit each other anymore
Heck I didnt even buy new clothes or shoes

Well despite all that... been getting a lot of wishes via SMS as usual like Christmas and
New Years...
Here's a good one I'd like to share, direct translation from cantonese to english:
Wish you Horse Arrive Work Done,
Step Step High Rise,
Year Year Got Fish,
One Road Smooth Wind,
Heart Think Work Done,
Dragon Horse Sperm god!

Keong Hee Huat Chai~
Huat Tua Chai~

Happi Balentine's Dey

Happi Balentine's Dey...

Its a new line of liquor from Balentine's :P

What is Valentine?
To Woman: Romance and treated like queen
To Man: Savings gone, credit card swipe max, treated like a slave

Wonder who made this Valentine day?
Even the date also 14/2 if you read this in cantonese its gonna be
"sap sei... yee" which easily converts to be "confirm die easy" knn...
Must be a chinese girl who made up this valentine's day

Anyway my pocket now got hole... so Happy Valentine's Day to everyone
reading this and Happy Chinese New Year soon :)

Usual Friday Nite - Happy Hour

Recently I've been hanging out with colleagues on Friday nite after work
We've been visiting this place called Crytalz Pub
Its one of those old fashion lounges with some "senior citizens" but I actually
like that place a lot... maybe I'm gettin old
You dont have a dance floor... nobody dances...
Everyone juz sits at their table and shares singing a big karaoke projected
to the mainscreen
Kinda nice place to juz sit, drink, relax and talk to frenz
Complain about work... make fun of stupid managers... :)
And by going there I have finally come to understand why people like to
drink and smoke so much... it really takes the pressure of u
It might juz be an excuse but... it sure helps me take off some of the pressure load

So anybody interested to go and treat me a jug or two :D

End of Jan 2007

One month it has been...
Still I feel like I'm in 2006...
Why? Coz everything at work is still the same...
People are still pulling the same ol' shitty stunts
Taking MC's like the clinic belongs to their grandfather...
Going missing for 1 or 2 days and come back with a lame excuse...
Geez... its like new year didnt even happen...

Well at least my pod is doing great :)
Lucky for me I have a bunch of great guys and gals in my pod
They are champs... I couldnt want to be in any other team than mine

Well... nothing much to say actually...
Starting to get use to the work of a TL...
Not as pressured and stressed when I started...
I've gotta thank my champs for that

Lastly... I have a mathematical question for you
B2.IC.L2 + B2.PM.TL = What?
Can someone tell me the answer? Bwahahaha

Updates for a fren in need of blogs to read

This is for you Keebs

Date 12th Jan, Friday
Woke up as usual at 4.30am for work
Brushed my teeth and feel something in my throat
Spat it out... turned out to be something like my flesh
Spat for the second time blood came out -_-"
Must have been because I worked too hard... knn 5am to 7pm only what @_@
Didn't drink enough water
Didn't eat on time coz farkers like to set meetings at lunch time
Didn't get enuff sleep... wake up at 4.30 only waht #_#

I know all that is crap... not funny at all... but i've got a joke for u all
Bloopers for Entering 2007
11th day into 2007 and my fren did something really bad...
He went to Penang GH looking for his gf that was admitted.
Looking for the room numbers and all that... but he couldnt find her
Then he decided to call her gf... turns out his gf is at Island Hospital
Terus kena kantoi kao kao :)
Dude... if you're reading this... dont do it the next time... ears sakit... kena pinch teruk man
You know who you are! haha

Happy New Year 2007

Happy New Year 2007 Everyone...
I know its 7 days late :)
What can I say... but I've been tied up at work
As usual working from 5am-5pm sometimes more
I am doing dual role and I think I'm goin to die very very soon
They're gonna have reviews on my 2nd role as well now... DAILY...
That means I have to prepare DOUBLE... mch mcb
C1 prepare 1 review...
Me a freakin B2 prepare 2 review... do 2 B3 jobs! ARGH!!! HMLC!!!

SAVE ME PLEASE!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all :)
Received a lot of SMSes from friends! Thanks!
Hope you all enjoy this holiday but I juz want to say...
Christmas is the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ
who came to save our sins and thats why its Christmas

For those that are reading this juz wan to let u guys know its
Christmas and NOT X'mas, ok?

Anyways I was bored and I found some photos of my work space...
I mean my cube... my tiny little cube where by I work everyday...
I spend more time there than my house!

Shitty

I am feelin very shitty today
Still hang over from last nite yet I woke up at 6am for work
Life is great!!! Can I resign please?

Luckily for me I'll be on leave till Christmas ^^
Hoooooooooooooooorayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Booze is bad for health

I am very the drunk as i write this XD
hahahaha
1am and i juz got home
went boozing with some colleagues which in the end we
went to Soho's and got even more drunk
Dell S&P Party wor :P
Farkin drunk
hwahahahahahaha
I love BOOZE!

Sadness... what a song can do to your life

This song was introduced to me by a fren...
A very very good fren back from college days...
He's now in SG enjoying his life... blardee monkey =)

Anyway I hope you guys enjoy this song as well...
It sure did bring up some old memories and tear ='(

I present Li Sheng Jie & Dunno who (fun cheong) - Ni Na Mo Ai Ta
Hokkien: Lu Aneh Ai Ee
Bahasa Melayu: Kau Begitu Cintakan Dia
English: You So Love Her (direct translation sorry) =P

Challenge and Stress

In a recent post I have mentioned that I went for an interview...
Results were actually announced last week
I got the JOB! :)
I am not officially doin 2 roles for my team.
There will be 6 people under me... more to come
Doin a Team Leader and also Level 2 role
Management and also Technical role which is quite stressing me out lately
Monday, Tuesday and Weds work from 5am to 6pm
Luckily Thursday and today I got take leave... if not die man

Well I will take this as a challenge and hopefully learn more and develop myself
I think being able to manage people will eventually be the thing that everyone has to do

Ah another thing u guys might be thinking, "oh farker got another promotion! make him treat!"
actually thats not the case.... I took up this role with no promotion or increment :)
However if things goes well I will eventually (2 months time) convert fully to a team lead and
also find a replacement L2 to replace me :)

So scrap that thought of askin me treat :)

Dinner and Present

Photo Blog...

26th November 2006...

- Happy Burfday GNMY -

I would like to dedicate this post to GNMY, someone very special to me
that has been at my side no matter what.
Happy Burfday! May God bless you always and shower your needs always.
Happy Burfday Grace! Muacks!

Busy with work

Well as the title says, I'm busy with work!
Been on training for the past 2 weeks and an interview for myself also interviewing others
Now I have to sit for an exam for the training that I went to.
The training was an internal company training for server products.
It was quite fun to learn all that... but... the exam is not useful for me coz
I juz wanted to learn the products... not support them...
Server products are definitely much more interesting than normal desktop & notebooks.
Alot of management stuff that can be done on the server and there is juz so much redundancy
I didnt even know that they have redundancy for RAM/memories!
Wont want to bore you with the training stuff... if want go register and take the training
probably you are from the same company as me :P

Then conducted interview for new up coming L2's...
Probably gonna hire around 4 or more L2's this round!
Looks like a lot of chance for people to grow recently which is good :)
The interview was fun... I felt the power :P I could ask anything I wanted!
It was great fun seing people trembling, freaking out and still trying to give you
an answer at the same time trying to please you... hehehe :D
After torchering some people I got what I deserved
I had to participate in an interview myself :(
I was interviewed by 2 senior managers and 1 HR manager
I was thinking wtf... I am only interviewing for a TL post...
Why need so many high ranking ppl to talk to me?
Worst part is the interview took 15 minutes only :(
My fren had 30 minutes... and me 15 ONLY?
Geez... :(
Anyways results should be out very soon ;)
Actually I know the results... juz dun wan to tell till official statement from management!
Muahahahahaha

Langkawi Trip Nov 2006

Went to Langkawi few weeks ago with Thong and his wife

It was suppose to be a holiday trip but I think I ended up being more

tired and alot more poorer... darn it

Usual thing took the ferry from Penang to Langkawi.

It took around 2.5 hours to get there.

Once we got there even before we went down, a few guys in white

shirt jumped in and started passing around their name cards.

Mau sewa kereta? Tinggal berapa hari? Mau hotel?

Damn I actually got pissed of by this but heck... when we got out

there was even more buggers but these were without uniform

so I guess they must be the illegal ones

So we took the offer from the white shirt guy... Proton Wira for 2 days RM130

I thought that was cheap but to find out that it was non peak so I could

have rented a Honda Civic for that money... darn it

Oh ya... if any of you happen to go Langkawi, if anyone asks you

which hotel you're stayin in... DONT TELL THEM!~, its actually a scam

last day of your stay they will come around your hotel and dent your car

then asking that you pay for it when you return your car... so beware!

Proceeded to find our hotel by the name of Malibest which is not so best!

Whole hotel... we were the only occupants... scary man...

Well anyway Malibest is located at Pantai Chenang... something like

Penang's Batu Ferringhi... it was nice not many people around

Wanted to go to the beach but both nites rain... man :(

No chance to watch stars!!! Darn it! That was actually what I was

anticipating to do at Langkawi... lay down on the beach and watch STARS!

Well... didnt do much there except shopping -_-" pocket kosong

Bought liquor and chocs as usual and also a digital cam - got cheated :(

Price in Penang for the camera was cheaper by 25 bucks and yet they

could have given me 1GB of memory instead of 256mb :(

Not much lar but still got cheated for 100 bucks or so...

Places I visited was the cable car thing... abit scary the cable car

but it has a breath taking view up there... I juz wish they had made

more shades! The walking up there made me dizzy and tired...

as if not enough from the ferry ride...

Then there is this Underwater Park... I think thats the coolest thing in

Langkawi but dem expensive leh... rm38 for tourist... if you're
Malaysian got discount rm28... it was the same for the cable car ride...

rm35 for tourist, flash them your MyKad or IC and discount till rm25...

I say its cool becoz... no sun... no sweating... :D

There are alot of marine life inside... big big sharks and sting rays... nice

Something like Sentosa Island in Singapore

Well that almost sums up my visit to Langkawi...

And some photos to end it.

- Work -

Been so busy with work lately
Always end up working 11 to 12 hours a day
Everyday I tell myself I am goin home sharp 9 hours nothing more :(
I fail every day except for Friday :P
Well... life at work has been hectic!
People leaving the team, good people, leaving for better jobs
Sigh... its good for them but bad for the team
The team is in a critical stage and if nothing improves I'm juz worried
they might juz shut my team down and move it back to India
Some of my colleagues wanted to leave hence I thought there was no future
left for me as well, so I went on lookin for a chance to leave as well... AND...
I got it... I was going back to old team... which is great and all that but...
some thing was bothering me actually...
Within the few months being with this new team I have grown fond of them
They are a team of good people that are juz no doing what they should be doing
They are demotivated from doing the best they can do
And being a part of this team, I felt that I had the responsibility to help them
Sigh... What should I do?
Should I leave or should I stay?
Well being in this team I also managed to get my blood pressure up till 140/80 :)
Will I die faster in this team? Probably YES! Haha...
Well... thats my thoughts for now...
Hope God can show me the right path to walk

IQ Test

Saw this on KCB's blog so... hmm...
I was wondering what my IQ was and being me I could not
resist to do it myself...

FYI I did not use google to search for the english words nor to solve
any of the mathematical questions - I say this becoz I know keebs will
think of me that way... stupid keebs!


And here is my results:

Fuah luckily higher than KCB - haha :P

Here is some of the detailed report of my test.

Great Jobs For You
Because of the way you process information, these are just some of the many careers in which you could excel:
Scientist, Mathematician, Accountant, Data Analyst, Musician, Astronomer, Researcher, Physicist

Knn I knew I was in the wrong line! Patut lah I look like a kangaroo answering phones!

Some of Your Greatest Talents
You've got tons of strengths. It wouldn't surprise us if you:
Are resourceful, Are detail oriented, Are highly efficient & economical, Are lightening quick with responses, Think in numbers, Are experimental

Resourceful - Alvino pinjam 50 cents, want to buy coffee
Detail Oriented - Like robot, "Thank you for calling Hell, my name is robot"
Highly Efficient & ecnonomical - Can sleep 12HR non stop, sleep no need eat save $$$ liao mah :D
Lightning quick with responses - Keebs says "Lu si peh...", Alvino says, "Kiong kan" even before Keebs is able to finish :)
Think in numbers - Cust says, "My computer is dead. What should I do?" Alvino says, "11001001, 10110111"
eXperimental - Always trying to improve the techniques of Kamasutra?

Having said all that please do your own IQ test and let me know your results.
Go to - http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/index_main.jsp

Who are Technical Support people?

Name has been removed to protect the "innocent"


If you wanna know more about the technical support people this is the correct place to read
about it...

In most companies now, you will have a group of people who attend to people within the
company, sometimes external customers, to assist with problems that those people have
on their computers...

They help with very complicated problems such as...
1. Q: I cant turn on my computer!!! What should I do?
A: Did you turn on the main switch?

2. Q: There is nothing on my screen! You better get it working right away!
A: Did you turn on the screen?

3. Q: I cant browse the internet! Get it working or else I'm gonna complain about you!!!
A: Did you turn on the modem and connect to the internet?

Well I think you get the idea...

Is it a problem with the TS (tech support) guys or the customers?
Lets do a comparison...

TS: Fresh grad with diploma in IT
Cust: Possible (CEO of a very big company with double masters?)

Who is smarter now?

Let me show you... who are the people answering your IT helpdesk phone calls

So there you have it folks! Those are the TS people helping you :)
but with the questions that TS people keep getting... maybe its the other way around?

I hope this post has made you smile :) coz I am not smiling... I hate my job! Please kill me!

RAN Online

RAN Online is basically an online based multiplayer game which I have been playing for the past few months to fill my up time on weekends...

It was introduced to me by my sister, of coz thats the leng lui in the photo above ^^

I'm too lazy to explain how the game is and what its about

So RTFM - www.ranonline.com.my

Well nothin to do after going through jobstreet so decided to post this...

Anyone who is interested in this game please come and join me =)

Status: Lookin for job!

With the shit that is happening to me at work, I am now officially trying
to get another job! Thank you Mr. Stiff - Management farker :)
Well thats life... gotta move on when you need to...
3 months being in the team, I admit I have not contributed much to the whole team
but I have played my part as a good L2 to some of the L1s there...
They needed help, trust and a fren... I did that for them

Does the management see what I have done? Of coz not... the results are not good
The team as a whole is failing... whose fault is it?
M (Management) is blaming the L2s! L2s are blaming the M!

Let me ask you a question, if a worker/team or worker fails to perform and demotivated,
whose fault is it? ITS THE MANAGER! Right? Do you agree on that?
BUT how can the manager blame the L2? L2s are the people who help the L1s do their
daily job... we are not in charge of their tardiness and attendance...

Damn it!!!
The more I think of this the more pissed off I am
When I heard about the reorg thing going on... I couldnt sleep on the nite before
I slept at 1am only to wake up at 2am thinking its time to go to work
Mana tau 2am only... thats how worried I was

Frenz that are reading this, please find me a job!
25/Male/Penang/Chinese
Lookin for IT related job
3 years Call centre experience as 1st and 2nd level support

Another Belated Burfday Post - To Mysel

Yup... thats rite... its my burfday

I'm already 25 years old, its so fast...
I wish I was still in secondary school or college
Life then was juz pure happy go lucky















Photo of View from E&O - juz post it coz I think I did a hell of job taking this photo

Now with worries of job security, house loan, car loan, etc.
I think you get what I mean.
Sorry to myself for blogging something sad on my burfday post.















Another great job by my K810i ;)

Partly is because of my stupid job. The management decided
to restructure the organisational chart.
I am now under another boss which I don't really look up to.
I hope in time I will learn to see his good sides? At least
he's the one that gonna give me promotion next year.

Well... coming back to my burfday :)
Celebrated with at Park Royal hotel, buffet dinner.
Food was juz okay... not really what I expected for 80 bucks.
I got a Swatch watch from me dear. Thank you dearie~

Happy Birthday Khai Ma~

This post might seem to be a little bit late but... heck... better late than never

Happy Birthday Khai Ma!

She's the one sitting down on the far left of course.
I got to know her from my house mate - Rau Kau Chuan (Monkey Chuan)
That was back at TARC Penang... good old days :) I still miss those days
Well RK Chuan was my housemate, a year later his cousin came to live
with us as well, thats the guy standing behind us Kay Thong (Chicken Thong).
And of coz we were all good frens, and got to know my Khai Ma (god mother).

She's has been very very nice to me since the day she met me.
I'm very happy to get to know her as she is like a 2nd mother to me back then.
She still is but just that we dont keep in touch that often anymore.

I'd just like to tell her "happy birthday and thank you for all your care!
you are the best "mom" anyone could have!"

Lazy Satoorday

Signing in from work at this moment...
Its pretty boring to work on a Saturday but... get extra $$$ :)
Feel kinda tired today but what to do...

Plans for tonite seem to be interrupted
Everyone has something to do except for me and DC
but... I dont want to go boozing with another guy... it will look very GHEY!
So... I guess tonite will be juz another lazy nite at home... watchin tv...

Anyways wanna upload some pictures here. They are actually some of the accessories I have
in my car.

1.) Giraffe from Makro - my dad forced me to take it

2.) Potpourri from China - no smell one!














3.) Own made potpourri bought from Cameron Highlands















4.) DLS UP1C Tweeters















5.) DLS C6 2-way system
















Obviously by reading this post you know how bored I am in the office now...

Farnee Conversation

This has got to be the funniest thing I heard all day.
Below is a portion of a conversation with a fren I shall name N.

ME: you still got any day off left?
N: alot...anything i can help ya?
ME:how many days mate?
N:more than a week
ME:wahhh... 1 year get how many days mate?
N: 364 and 365 once in 4 years. y? u going to die tomorrow?
ME: @#$$%$%^$%@... i askin u 1 year get how many days leave lah!

Sigh... I laff alot becoz of this... juz brightened up my life!
Thank you for your the laff N!

WK31FY07 - Hectic Week - Updated

As you all may know, I am now in a situation where I have to pay TNB RM800
I still have 1 week left to make my plead
I am still pending updates from my lawyer, I will contact her on Monday
If all goes well settle lar... if not Tuesday I'll have to go to TNB to make
an official complaint with their customer engineer or someone lar

Apart from that... work is like shit
Got pissed off by an agent of mine
Told him to use a tool that was supplied but was given this,
"You go listen all my calls, if can use, I give you 100 bucks on the spot!"
Mah chao hai... I got pissed off and kicked the rubbish bin, it was LOUD haha...
Well that guy can kiss his any increment or promotion sayonara!
I'm gonna submit his doings to the senior manager :)
U might ask why in the first place I go ask that guy, its becoz that senior
manager is pushing everyone to use it
And this agents name was highlighted... for his good I go ask him
and all I got is his attitude and what the cantonese say "one face fart"
or yat min pei :P

What the fuck is wrong with my life?
My left eye keeps jumping, BAD LUCK they say.
Memang pun bad luck...
Sigh... life sucks at this point so I'm gonna go out and have fun
Tonite booooooozinnnnnnnn all nite long~
Hope I get drunk!

==========UPDATE============
Ended up goin to Swing Cafe at Bandar Perda with Neebs and DC
Reached there 10 plus juz over happy hour and for a bucks of Carlsberg RM61
Compared to happy hour RM39.90 heck wasted a extra 20 bucks
Next week gonna go at 9.30pm and order 4 bucket at 1 go
Bet you guys wouldnt be sayin this now, "Alvino sipeh cheapskate"
So 1 bucket tak cukup the 3 of us lar of coz espcially with DC
having such a big CC :P
Felt real hungry after boozing went MCKT
Met up with Chuen Khim and wife, had a nice chat and found out
more stories about a fren who has changed so much that I myself cant believe it
We were quite close in college but now he's changed so much... I'll talk bout it
next time...
It was a fun nite (any nite with booze is fun) thanks guys!

Chao Cheebai TNB!

Those Tenaga Nasional Bastards are goin to sue me for something I didnt do!
Mah chao hai ah!

I didnt get my last months bill and being a good citizen I called to enquire
about it.
I was then told that my metre was tampered with and they have photos as prove.
They said I moved in at June and they disovered that the metre was tampered with
after June hence I will be one getting sued not the previous owner.
HOW FUCKED UP IS THAT?!?!?! Use ur brains lar...
If I tampered with the freakin metre would I call to ask why my bill didnt come?
And they are giving me 14 days to settle the bill of RM800 or else they are
goin to cut my electricity.
The malay puan I spoke to even had the guts to say "RM800 only what... its not alot"
If its not alot then dun freakin charge me for it lar chao cibai
Kiang kan lar TNB...

Fark the previous owner as well... at least let me know you freakin did somethin
to the metre lar... I could have rectified it... cipom eh

Now I am getting sued and RM800 poorer! There goes my savings AGAIN...

Every Satoorday Night

Every Satoorday nite has been a "guys nite outing"
This has been going on for quite some time now...
I wonder how long is it going to last?
Everytime SUPPER SUPPER SUPPER
Coz got 1 guy cannot drink beer or any alcoholic beverage
I'll talk about that in another post coz its totally hillarious

OK... now for the past 1 year we have supper every Friday nite
1st Malay Char Koay Teow
2nd Chinese Char Koay Teow
3rd Samudra Nasi Kandar
Those are the only 3 places we have been to every Satoorday nite for the past
1 year(at least)... how boring is that?

Thats why lar my cholesterol level so freakin high!

Anything else we can do on Satoorday nites beside supper?
Clubbing tak boleh... mentioned above 1 guy cannot take alcohol unless eat bread first :)

Life is boring... I wanna be a DVD seller to make life more meaningful

The War of the "3"

Life sucks man... when you have "war" in the office
Imagine this... its like this in the real world
The whole world is quite peaceful with some little protest, strikes rite?
Then there's Iraq, Iran and Israel who are always at war.

The same freakin situation is happening in my office! How wonderful!
Its like we're all living in the same freakin world... why cant you all make peace?
Make peace! Make love and peace :X

3 "countries" living next to each other... why cannot be nicer to each other?
Why isnt there teamwork? Why? Why? WHY???
I have been asking that question for weeks now and I can think of 1000 and 1 reasons.
Still I dont feel like I can fix the freakin issue.
This 3 "countries" have around a total of 48 citizens.
These 3 countries are at WAR
They point fingers at each other...
They blame each other...
Nobody wants to be the bad guy...
They dont freakin care what happens as long as they get $$$
but little do they know... its like US is coming and goin to take control and
kill all of em...

NO MORE 3 countries... 48 citizens all DIE!
DIE DIE DIE BIATCHES!!!

In other words, semua kena tapao balik India!
Nobody has job nobody gets paid... all farked up!
Why cant they see that coming I wonder? Armageddon.

Can I make a difference??? Can I change them??? Can I make things right???

I doubt it but there's a little hope in the team...
I see people with wonderful skills and great potential but not putting it to good use
I will try my best... that is my pledge... if I cant do it...
I will resign and fark everyone up before I leave :)

I think what I have written above is very confusing... sorry lar if catch no ball
See me personally if you want to know... but beer or coffee is on YOU! Hehe...

Its My Way or The Highway

"Its My Way or The Highway"
Imagine one day at work your screwed up office...
Your propose that YOU can do a particular tasks which you know and everyone knows
cannot be done...
And when you reject or at least try to defend your arse you get this...
Its my way or the highway buddy :P

What would you do? What would you say? How would you react?

Well... in my case... its not only me but a few colleagues as well.
We didnt exactly get the my way or the highway but it was this,
"This is not an OPTION, it is a DIRECTION!".
We had to obey like slaves we are and do what we were told to do :(

It just makes you say "hamik lanciao? mah cheebyee eh!", doesnt it?
Ah... what to do... life is like this... so think on the bright side
At least the boss is not sending you to Africa :)

The Life of a Slave... lookin for a highway (if anyone knows a highway,
please point me to it)

Amazing Race

As mentioned in the title... amazing race... yes...
We had a company event for our services department last Saturday.
Its similar to the Amazing Race you see on TV except the prize is RM 0.00 :)
Nope... didnt left out any other numbers its ZERO and only ZEROS.
Well... the first team did get a trophy, so did the second and the third.
Heh... so... well... its bout the monay, its bout team building.
We had 9 staff teams and 1 management team.
It was sure fun to see everyone getting together and getting to know each other.
Especially the South Asia team and the Australlian team. We dont get to talk
or even see each other at working hours so it was a time to mingle.
For the singles it was time to mengurat :P
And for the not so singles... it was juz to have some fun.

I would say the planning and effort from the organising team was perfecto!
It was great... the puzzles and clues were terrific EXCEPT for the execution!
Rules were not communicated properly causing much confusion amongst teams.
The above reason caused my team to come in I think 6th or 7th spot :P
Its not our fault =X its them!

Well I think I am getting lousier each time at this blogging thing.
Should I stop? How do I put a freakin poll so my 2-3 readers can vote :P

Crepe Cottage

Crepe Cottage... thats where we had our little celebration dinner
Its juz alone the nice nice sipeh crowded Gurney Drive...
Specialties of the shop are Pan cakes and Ice Cream ^_^

We reached the place around 8pm but some only got their food on the table
at 11pm... yeah... WTF? haha...
Its because the whole shop only 1 aunty cooking...
And that aunty cook 1 order 1 at a time... thats why so freakin slow


Pic above L to R: Sharon Stone, Vince L, Dominique, Mel Mel, Vince G


the Little Penguin wine - Shiraz - bought from Denise

Cabernet Sauvignon bought from Denise Wine as well - very sweet

Almost the whole group L to R: Richie Lim, Ram Ram, Wee Wee, and HL

This is one innocent photo of Dinash not drinking wine but look below his hand...
cup of wine... somemore setengah habis dah =P

The food there was good but we had to wait so freakin long to eat it!
Hence why no photos coz we makan =D
Bill was RM200 which is not bad lar for so many people...

Very sleepy now... dunno what to write...
Bai bai...

Updates updates

Pheww...
World cup is over...
Work is giving me alot of pressure...
My dad is sick...
Alot goin on in my life currently, thats why I haven't been able to blog
Ok lets go through this one at a time

World cup 2006
It was great! Viva Italia =D
Got some extra cash from it ;) if ya know what I mean
And I got myself a Soni Elikson W810i handphone... courtesy of WC2006 :D~
(now how to take a photo of my phone, using my phone???)

Work...work... WORK!
As mention in the prev post I have taken on a new role at work
2 days on the job I was "thrown" into another team with a totally different role!
As they always say... our company is a very fast paced company, changes happen juz like that
So what do I, a technical person, have to do? Besides being a technical support guy for
the level 1 agents, now I have to take on the role of a team leader as well.
What do I have to do? Chase people to answer calls faster, shorter talk times, faster
resolutions, no snaking :P I think u get the idea if you're workin in a call center.
Its not really that bad but... its all too sudden... so abit hard for me to digest actually
Lets hope things get better and I go back to my old role :) or worst come to worst
I stick to the same role :)

About my dad, his heart got blocked 60% + diabetes (high sugar level) + high blood pressure...
So... he had to go for an operation to get the blockage resolved...
Its called balloon, why they named it that in the first place?
Now let me explain, what happens is they have to find the main veins that pump to ur heart.
From there they put in a stem slowly, from ur leg up till inside ur heart... scary but
thank God everythin went ok... my dad is now at home resting

There's alot of small things that has happened but dont think I can update anyore till later
See ya take care

Jail Sentence Ends Tomorrow 30th June 2006

Ahhh~~~ I smell the sweet sweet smell of freedom already!
After being in prison for 2 years 2 months and 22 days at last it all comes to an end.
I think you dont know what I'm talking about... its my job
I'm free from taking all those crappy calls I get everyday, finally my new role will commence
on Monday. Everything seems very good for me this year and I hope it continues.

Come Monday, new role, new team, new tasks BUT I am starting to get worried bout this.
I'm worried that I might not be able to cope or handle the new tasks very well.
I'm also worried that the guys in the new team might not be able to accept me and
might not respect for the role that I am about to take because most of them are seniors
as well and most of them applied for the post as well.

Very worried. Lets juz hope that I can get along with them and we can all work as a team.

Anyways main purpose for this blog is... KEEBS, WHERE IS MY TAMBUN DINNER???

Please pray for me that I will be able to get along with my new team and cope with
my new job! ^_^

Interview

Today I was at a hotel in Penang doing a walk in interview for my company.
Was with there with the HR people and of coz my colleagues.

I was only there half day but it was fun. Free lunch sux!
The buffet dinner and lunch looks the same... disappointing!

Anyways interviewing people is really fun...
You get to ask anythin you want and they have to answer.
The funniest thing that happened was this...
At the end of this guys interview, we gave him a chance to ask us back anything
he wanted... like a chance for him to know the job and all that.
Guess what he said to me?

I have nothing to ask but I want to say, your hair is very nice and I like it alot.

My goodness? Was he trying to mengampu or is he hitting on me? BBM detected :P
Boy that really freaked me out... well anyways I let him pass to the final interview
Hahaha~
So next time if got interview again... polish my shoe kau kau I let you pass~~~

Wifi In Ma Crib

Yo peepz :P
Sounds so not me, hehe.
Well, I'll juz stick to "Greetings keebs and Lingz" coz you 2 are
the only people reading and posting comments in my blog!
Heck... how to get more people to read what I crap here?
Even though its only to vent some anger here sometimes but if nobody
is reading it... I dont feel it happening :P

Ops... side track di, back to the topic "Wifi In Ma Crib".
I've got wireless~~ woohooo~
Bought a Linksys WRT54G for RM225 from Bukit Jambul.
Its great! It looks wonderful with its blue and black casing.
And at the front there's a very cool CISCO emblem that lights up!
How cool can that be :D Maybe not for tech lovers... but its cool for me.
Installation was a breeze, took me left than 5 minutes to connect the
cables and click Next multiple times and also not forgettin to
setup WPA2 to secure me network.

*WPA2 - Wi-Fi Protected Access™



See the amber light on the most left? thats the CISCO emblem :D


Now you guys must be thinkin "Alvin is so freakin rich and has no
where to spend his freakin money! Instead of treating me to
eat mamak he spends it on a wi-fi router."
Wrong! I got the router becoz I didnt want to cable my whole
freakin with network cables when I have plaster ceiling.
So sensibly getting the wi-fi router solved all my worries.

Broken Tail

Here's how it looks like. I know its not serious but still its my car's first accident.















Also the other day on my way back I saw something very ridiculous.
It gave me good laugh and kept me awake getting home from work.

Forced to blog - Peer pressure

Hello
I am blogging now becoz I am forced to by a fren... again...
Well I havent been updating becoz I'm really busy this week and last week.
I juz got home from work, working 7am to 6pm and today mcb some huan nah
bang my car and my tail light is gone. And he's paying me 100 bucks for it.

Demn life is stressful so this blog is gonna be short.

1. Thursday and Friday was at Perlis for a frenz wedding. Its so nice to see him and his wife getting married coz they've been together since form 3 thats like 10 years now.
A relationship that can last so long as a bf & gf is amazing to me. My relationships never
go more than 2 years mark. Sorry no photos to post for the wedding but here are some
photos of the homestay motel my fren rented for us.

2. Next day my fren took us to Gua Kelam. Its a mining tunnel since 1850! Its 370 metres
long cave road. At the end its like going in to another world, imagine Jurassic park, sort of lar.
Its quite an experience for someone who has never been into any caves :P Oh yeah he also
took us for some Perlis famous "tua pow" - big pau? Yeah rite next time he comes to
Penang he's gonna eat Penang famous roti bangali.



3. I felt bored with life seing my fren getting married. I wanted something new as well!
No I did not get any new gf I juz dyed me hair. Consists of 3 colors. Brown, copper & gold.
Only for RM120. Done at AVER @ Krystal Point II. I feel its abit too bright for me but ok lar...
Here's how I looks likes nows. If too tukau please inform me.

This is what the dude use to er... mud my hair...

4. 666 - The Number of the Beast is really EVIL. Went to watch The Omen on 6th June as well.
I hated kids before this but after watching The Omen, dem, I hate kids EVEN MORE.
I dont wanna have kids because when I was small I was evil, so I guess my kid will be the same.
Anyways 666 is bad, next day met with an accident on my way to work.
Nothing serious but my tail light is broken now. Original cost around RM130 plus minus.
Other than that everything is great in my life! I juz have a streak of bad luck.
3 colleagues did not come to work today.
5 people to take 250 calls. Wonderful.
I love my job!