Some of you (admit it, come on!) watch Amazing Race Asia. I must say that the 2 cute Philipino girls are probably the only reasons to watch. Apparently those 2 chics posed for FHM and Maxim before man! Check this out.. (scroll thru).
http://www.lawstude.blogspot.com
Thursday, November 23, 2006
More bitching
It's time for more bitching...
.. you know.. I have been at this user organisation for 13 months already (amazing.. i left my consulting job after 13 years.. and here I am bitching after 13 months)
Anyway, one of the things that pisses me off which is actually a similarity between the both places that I've been, is the fact that in order to progress, one needs to lick butt and talk crap and you don't really need to have a lost of substance.
There have been occassions where I have, on projects, made certain observations of certain things not going right, then some flipping joker who totally got no content but has a pair of good ears, will somehow whisper to some "upper management dude" on the state of matters and there you go, that joker somehow is seen to be more "keng chow". Totally CCB man.
Last week, I couldn't make it to Mexico. Wah lan... there was quite a number of functional specs documents (abt 100) distributed out.. KNN.. I was like the only joker reading all of them... even the functional ones... So I go into the meeting (via phone) and I was like tearing apart the func specs when suddenly the functional fella (quite powder ful lady).. suddenly she says "actually the documents are still work in progress... I'm like.. kanina.. if the documents work in progress, why distribute? And why are you defensive of the vendor? If the documents like cock, say la the documents like cock. Then in the status call with some even bigger upper management fella, this lady says "the workshop was a great success, everything went smooth..". Lam pah man.. I tell you, the func specs that came back... can you imagine, the reversal func specs document only half a page. Nahia.. how to do design? We're talking abt reversal man! There's no step by step on what events can be reversed, what happens when each business event is reversed etc... all these ppl just wanna look good.
It's like in the previous job I was in. I remember way back in the early 90s... I was a young ciku doing technical architecture work.. then this ang moh consultant came in from Los Angeles (wah.. cheem). Nahia, this fella just tokok only, here I am, working day and nite writing shell scripts that can take a design document and generate a shell of the program.. (yeah.. I was doing that steam stuff last time)... and this consultant just tokok, fix the Project Director's printer, and then he declare that wah.. the project save so much money because we now do recycling etc etc... Hallo! What's the priority here?
Anyway, enuff of bitching la... never ending
.. you know.. I have been at this user organisation for 13 months already (amazing.. i left my consulting job after 13 years.. and here I am bitching after 13 months)
Anyway, one of the things that pisses me off which is actually a similarity between the both places that I've been, is the fact that in order to progress, one needs to lick butt and talk crap and you don't really need to have a lost of substance.
There have been occassions where I have, on projects, made certain observations of certain things not going right, then some flipping joker who totally got no content but has a pair of good ears, will somehow whisper to some "upper management dude" on the state of matters and there you go, that joker somehow is seen to be more "keng chow". Totally CCB man.
Last week, I couldn't make it to Mexico. Wah lan... there was quite a number of functional specs documents (abt 100) distributed out.. KNN.. I was like the only joker reading all of them... even the functional ones... So I go into the meeting (via phone) and I was like tearing apart the func specs when suddenly the functional fella (quite powder ful lady).. suddenly she says "actually the documents are still work in progress... I'm like.. kanina.. if the documents work in progress, why distribute? And why are you defensive of the vendor? If the documents like cock, say la the documents like cock. Then in the status call with some even bigger upper management fella, this lady says "the workshop was a great success, everything went smooth..". Lam pah man.. I tell you, the func specs that came back... can you imagine, the reversal func specs document only half a page. Nahia.. how to do design? We're talking abt reversal man! There's no step by step on what events can be reversed, what happens when each business event is reversed etc... all these ppl just wanna look good.
It's like in the previous job I was in. I remember way back in the early 90s... I was a young ciku doing technical architecture work.. then this ang moh consultant came in from Los Angeles (wah.. cheem). Nahia, this fella just tokok only, here I am, working day and nite writing shell scripts that can take a design document and generate a shell of the program.. (yeah.. I was doing that steam stuff last time)... and this consultant just tokok, fix the Project Director's printer, and then he declare that wah.. the project save so much money because we now do recycling etc etc... Hallo! What's the priority here?
Anyway, enuff of bitching la... never ending
Friday, November 17, 2006
End of Standard 1
Today is the last day of school for this year for my son. I must say that time has surely flown and when I look back at my son's struggles being an "ang moh" in a Chinese School, I am quite proud of his achievements.
When my son first went to school, he had almost zero knowledge of chinese. Well, he did go to kindy that had some chinese teachings, but nothing prepped my son for the amazing regimented teachings of a Chinese school.
- firstly, my son's school bag, wah lao eh... it was even heavier than a Kebangsaan school's Form 3 kid! I know because I compared! And the Chinese school fellas made it compulsory to bring the exercise books of all subjects every day! Jialat!
- tons of homework! My son arrives back from school between 7-730pm (afternoon school). After makan and a shower, he starts his homework the earliest also 830pm. Some times he goes on till about midnight! Yes.. it is that much!
- the standard! I've told you before in earlier posts abt how tough the exercises are. Like for spelling, I used to get "bola", "ball", "boy" in my Primary 1, my son gets full sentences mid way to his standard 1 (eg. "Look, there is a toy in the window" is kinda like the simplest sentence he got mid way.) And his maths... other schools get RM1 - RM0.20 = ?. He gets "RM1 - RM0.20 = X number of 20 cent coins?"
- crazed teachers! I never told you guys before.. he got this Bahasa Malaysia teacher who threatened my son with scissors before... because my son wasn't paying attention! She took the scissors, put it around his ears and said "since u were not listening, I might as well cut away your ears!"
I asked my son why he didn't run away.
He said his classmate who tried to run away, the teacher chased him and banged the boy against the blackboard like Batista doing a Power Bomb! Brutal!
Sigh.. he has indeed gone far. And I'm proud my son never complaints about his teachers. In fact, he still looks forward to school and the beatings.. which makes me love him even more.
I wish him all the best in Standard Two next year!
When my son first went to school, he had almost zero knowledge of chinese. Well, he did go to kindy that had some chinese teachings, but nothing prepped my son for the amazing regimented teachings of a Chinese school.
- firstly, my son's school bag, wah lao eh... it was even heavier than a Kebangsaan school's Form 3 kid! I know because I compared! And the Chinese school fellas made it compulsory to bring the exercise books of all subjects every day! Jialat!
- tons of homework! My son arrives back from school between 7-730pm (afternoon school). After makan and a shower, he starts his homework the earliest also 830pm. Some times he goes on till about midnight! Yes.. it is that much!
- the standard! I've told you before in earlier posts abt how tough the exercises are. Like for spelling, I used to get "bola", "ball", "boy" in my Primary 1, my son gets full sentences mid way to his standard 1 (eg. "Look, there is a toy in the window" is kinda like the simplest sentence he got mid way.) And his maths... other schools get RM1 - RM0.20 = ?. He gets "RM1 - RM0.20 = X number of 20 cent coins?"
- crazed teachers! I never told you guys before.. he got this Bahasa Malaysia teacher who threatened my son with scissors before... because my son wasn't paying attention! She took the scissors, put it around his ears and said "since u were not listening, I might as well cut away your ears!"
I asked my son why he didn't run away.
He said his classmate who tried to run away, the teacher chased him and banged the boy against the blackboard like Batista doing a Power Bomb! Brutal!
Sigh.. he has indeed gone far. And I'm proud my son never complaints about his teachers. In fact, he still looks forward to school and the beatings.. which makes me love him even more.
I wish him all the best in Standard Two next year!
Monday, November 13, 2006
Home
I'm still at home today. Was supposed to leave on a flight to Mexico on Sunday but my wife fell ill on Saturday so I cancelled my trip. Again.
Yes, for those of you familiar with me, I also have been wondering "how come my wife always somehow falls ill just before I travel". I know it's an evil thing to think about and it's not something I should even contemplate thinking about.. but the "strike rate" is just too uncanny...
Some of you know that my wife's health is not the greatest and these things happen, but today, she told me that everytime it gets close to the time I need to take off, she gets to anxious that her body sometimes just caves in.
I'm now wondering if I am not meant to travel and if this means I got to start looking elsewhere...
Yes, for those of you familiar with me, I also have been wondering "how come my wife always somehow falls ill just before I travel". I know it's an evil thing to think about and it's not something I should even contemplate thinking about.. but the "strike rate" is just too uncanny...
Some of you know that my wife's health is not the greatest and these things happen, but today, she told me that everytime it gets close to the time I need to take off, she gets to anxious that her body sometimes just caves in.
I'm now wondering if I am not meant to travel and if this means I got to start looking elsewhere...
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Apologies
Sometimes, I do things that I'm not proud off. I have realised that I may, in the spur of the moment, say things or post things that reflect anger and I am not proud of it. Those of you who have read posts that think it is not the right thing, let me know. I will correct it. And apologies again for those who have read items that just don't seem right.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Pro Evo Istanbul
Guys, you just got to check this out... remember AC Milan vs Liverpool in Istanbul 2005? Check out this recreation!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Top 10 Comics
Some of you guys know that I have a soft spot for comics. Some have asked what my favourites are .. here is a list of my current all time favourites... (pictures only, the comments will come in later when I have time..)
1. Ultimates Volume 1
Some of you may know that Marvel came out with the "Ultimate" series with a re-imagining of quite a few hot titles. The Ultimates was the re-imagination of the formation of Marvel's premier super team The Avengers, which begins with the final World War II mission of Captain America and touches on the ups and downs of the founding members, Giant Man, The Wasp, Iron Man, The Hulk, and Thor, throwing in Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Ya man.. Samuel L. Jackson! The writing is extremely dramatic, especially when they revealed how Captain America was discovered and his past. Great stuff! And when they introduced Thor... my god.. (no pun intended). Words fail me!
2. Uncanny X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga
This goes back to the 80s where the X-Men were Cyclops, Angel, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus etc... and this was the issue where Jean Grey transformed into Dark Phoenix which culminated in an epic battle with the X-Men taking her down. Then they all get kidnapped by the Shiar and this was the issue where Jean Grey sacrificed her life! Stupendous 80s stuff!
3. New Teen Titans Judas Contract
During the 80s, there was a big battle between Marvel and DC. Marvel had X-Men. DC had the Teen Titans. The Teen Titans had this magnificient storyline where their arch enemy planted a mole within the titans (wah.. like Infernal Affairs!) and this mole was killed in the saga...
4. House of M
This was a recent storyline which involves the Scarlet Witch losing her control of her reality altering powers, and thru that, she creates an alternate reality world where Magneto ruled the world and mutants are all in abundance.
5. Avengers Disassembled
This was the story before House of M, and it started with Scarlet Witch losing control of her powers and she starts off killing Vision (her husband) and Hawkeye (amongst others). Thru the series, we see Dr. Strange explaining the situation and thereafter how the devastation caused by the Scarlet Witch caused the Avengers to disband.
6. New Avengers #1
Ha.. this was the start of the Avengers AFTER they disassembled! This has Wolverine, Cap America, Spider man, Spider Woman, Luke Cage, Iron Man! Amazing!
7. Crisis on Infinite Worlds
Another 80s story line from Marv Wolfman where they create a situation where the multiple parallel DC worlds are being consumed by an evil being and thru that, how the heroes of the various worlds come together to defeat him. This series sees the death of Supergirl and Flash!
8. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
Have you guys watched Sin City? This forms the story line of Sin City! Brilliant and violent!
9. Identity Crisis
A whodunit where it starts off with the homocide of the Elongated Man's wife and thru the 7 issues, how the heroes are thrown off course tracking down the killer and you'd be surprised who it turns out to be! AND, there was a startling revelation of something that the heroes did which totally rocks the hero universe!
10. Batman: Dark Knight Returns
This was Frank Miller at his best with the storyline of how Batman, in his 50s, returns to Gotham city to clean it up!
1. Ultimates Volume 1
Some of you may know that Marvel came out with the "Ultimate" series with a re-imagining of quite a few hot titles. The Ultimates was the re-imagination of the formation of Marvel's premier super team The Avengers, which begins with the final World War II mission of Captain America and touches on the ups and downs of the founding members, Giant Man, The Wasp, Iron Man, The Hulk, and Thor, throwing in Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. Ya man.. Samuel L. Jackson! The writing is extremely dramatic, especially when they revealed how Captain America was discovered and his past. Great stuff! And when they introduced Thor... my god.. (no pun intended). Words fail me!
2. Uncanny X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga
This goes back to the 80s where the X-Men were Cyclops, Angel, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus etc... and this was the issue where Jean Grey transformed into Dark Phoenix which culminated in an epic battle with the X-Men taking her down. Then they all get kidnapped by the Shiar and this was the issue where Jean Grey sacrificed her life! Stupendous 80s stuff!
3. New Teen Titans Judas Contract
During the 80s, there was a big battle between Marvel and DC. Marvel had X-Men. DC had the Teen Titans. The Teen Titans had this magnificient storyline where their arch enemy planted a mole within the titans (wah.. like Infernal Affairs!) and this mole was killed in the saga...
4. House of M
This was a recent storyline which involves the Scarlet Witch losing her control of her reality altering powers, and thru that, she creates an alternate reality world where Magneto ruled the world and mutants are all in abundance.
5. Avengers Disassembled
This was the story before House of M, and it started with Scarlet Witch losing control of her powers and she starts off killing Vision (her husband) and Hawkeye (amongst others). Thru the series, we see Dr. Strange explaining the situation and thereafter how the devastation caused by the Scarlet Witch caused the Avengers to disband.
6. New Avengers #1
Ha.. this was the start of the Avengers AFTER they disassembled! This has Wolverine, Cap America, Spider man, Spider Woman, Luke Cage, Iron Man! Amazing!
7. Crisis on Infinite Worlds
Another 80s story line from Marv Wolfman where they create a situation where the multiple parallel DC worlds are being consumed by an evil being and thru that, how the heroes of the various worlds come together to defeat him. This series sees the death of Supergirl and Flash!
8. Sin City: That Yellow Bastard
Have you guys watched Sin City? This forms the story line of Sin City! Brilliant and violent!
9. Identity Crisis
A whodunit where it starts off with the homocide of the Elongated Man's wife and thru the 7 issues, how the heroes are thrown off course tracking down the killer and you'd be surprised who it turns out to be! AND, there was a startling revelation of something that the heroes did which totally rocks the hero universe!
10. Batman: Dark Knight Returns
This was Frank Miller at his best with the storyline of how Batman, in his 50s, returns to Gotham city to clean it up!
Friday, November 03, 2006
Ketam Berbulu!
No, it's not a horny post... I was recently in Hong Kong and the hairy crab season is on! These cute little buggers have hair on their legs.
Here's a picture... they're actually quite small, and u can see the plate itself already has a picture of the hairy crab (which is much larger than the real crab). See if u can spot which is which!
Here's a picture... they're actually quite small, and u can see the plate itself already has a picture of the hairy crab (which is much larger than the real crab). See if u can spot which is which!
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