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